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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Paka lolo: Marijuana
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Spak brus: Marijuana
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Where the wind blows, there the smoke falls.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “You don’t need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan

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

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October 17th, 2005: The organization Drug Science estimates that as of 2005 Marijuana (paca lolo) is the largest cash crop in Hawaii, producing nearly $3.9 billion annually, or nearly sixty times what sugar cane produces ($64 million). Of this, it is estimated (as this is illegal activity, the word estimated is emphasized) that nearly one-third ($1.3 billion) comes from the Island of Maui. This amounts to a daily take of $3.5 million.

The only state that produces more cash for this crop is California ($13.8 billion). On a national scale, marijuana is the number one cash crop in the United States, at $35 billion, beating the next largest crop – corn – which comes in at $23 billion.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 17th
1931: Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
1933: Albert Einstein arrives in the U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany
1967: The play “Hair” is first performed
1989: An earthquake registering 7.1 on the Richter scale hits San Francisco during the World Series (the quake kills 67 people and causes $7 billion in damages)
1997: The remains of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara are buried in his adopted country – Cuba (30 years after his execution in Bolivia)
1989: An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California, killing 67 people and causing $7 billion worth of damage.
1997: The remains of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara were laid to rest in his adopted Cuba, 30 years after his execution in Bolivia.
2007: President Bush, raising Beijing’s ire, presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal and urged Chinese leaders to welcome the monk to Beijing.