World Food Day Day 290 of 2008 76 days left in this year

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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Waihona puke: Library
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Ridim: Read
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “She is the repository of learning.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I am not youg enough to know everything.” – Oscar Wilde

WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Anchorage Daily News
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Keating Economics
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — McCain’s Voicemail to Obama
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK —  World Rainforest Network

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 16th
1629: The government of colonial Virginia passes the first laws limiting crop production (tobacco) to maintain prices
1649: The colonial citizens of the Maine counties of Massachusetts Colony pass legislation granting religious freedom to all its citizens (if those of contrary religious persuasions behave acceptably)
1967: Joan Baez and 123 other anti-draft demonstrators are arrested for blocking the entrance to the Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland California
1984: Desmond Tutu, African Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1995: A large assemblage of African American men gather in Washington DC for the “Million Man March,” led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan
1998: British police arrest former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in London for questioning about allegations that he had murdered Spanish citizens during his years in power
2002: The White House announced that North Korea had disclosed it had a nuclear weapons program.