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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Maka‘u: Fear
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Pret: Afraid
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A battle by children shows much fear.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “No greater hell than to be slave to fear.” - Ben Jonson

WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Sarah Palin’s Lies
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Keating Economics – McCain’s Complicity in Financial Crises
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Radio Nation
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK —  Hole in the Wall Camps

October 10, 1911: Dr. Sun Yat-sen dethrones the Manchu Dynasty and founds the Chinese Republic of China. During six visits to Maui, Dr. Sun lived here more than seven and a half years, his last visit being May, 1910, just months before he takes over the government in his native homeland.

His Maui visits helped to form his revolutionary ideals. At first, he lived with his older brother, who was a successful rancher on Maui. It was here that he established the Hsing Chung Hui (Revive China Society), a revolutionary society whose aim was the overthrownof the Chinese government. With the help and financial backing of many in Hawaii, Dr. Sun was able to afford repeated trips to China, and help begin the revolution.

On his last visit, Dr. Sun formed the Tung Meng Hui, which backed armed uprisings all over China, culminating in the Wuhan Uprising, October 10, which is marked as the end of the Dynasty. Dr. Sun ruled China for 15 years, until his death in 1925 from liver cancer. Sun Yet Sen County Park overlooks the island of Maui from from Keokea at an elevation of 3,000 feet.x

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 10th:
1874: Fiji becomes a British possession
1938: Xerox introduces the photocopy machine
1943: Chiang Kai-shek takes the oath of office as president of China
1970: Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1973: Richard Nixon’s Vice-President Spiro T Agnew resigns and pleads “Nolo contendere” (no contest) to charges of tax evasion.
2002: The House voted 296-133 to give President George W. Bush broad authority to use military force against Iraq. (The Senate followed suit the next day.)
2003: Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh announced during his syndicated radio show that he was addicted to painkillers and was checking into a rehab center.
2004: Actor Christopher Reeve, who became a quadriplegic after a May 1995 horse riding accident, died at age 52.
2005: Angela Merkel struck a power-sharing deal that made her the first woman and the first politician from the ex-communist East to serve as Germany’s chancellorx