Dunce  Day Day 313 of 2008 53 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Olu‘olu: Kind
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Gut: Kind
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Open out the chest that it may be spacious.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Anything you want, youi got it.” – Bonnie Raitt

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Democracy Now!
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — President-elect Obama in Chicago
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

MAUI NEWS TODAY – Arbor Day
Maui Nui Botanical Gardens distributes 1,000 free Hawaiian trees to Maui County residents each year in November. There will be educational booths, free water saving devices and plant care demonstrations, as well as special awards to “tall trees.” Free parking and free admission. Saturday, November 3, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon, 150 Kanaloa Ave. Kahului.

MAUI NEWS ARCHIVES – November 8, 1883:
Mother Marianne Cope arrives on Molokai with three Franciscan nuns to begin their work at the Kaluapapa Leper Colony, as it was called back then. Ten years earlier, Father Damien had arrived, and began the work to turn a scrabble of a town, surrounded by high cliffs and set away from the leering eyes of the public, into a decent, private and even happy place for people who suffered from Hansen’s disease. More >

EVENTS ON THIS DAY – November 8
1789: Bourbon whiskey is first distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig of Bourbon Kentucky)
1793: The Louvre opens in Paris
1889: Montana is admitted as the 41st state of the Union
1895: Wilhelm Rontgen discovers X-rays
1933: President Roosevelt issues the executive order that creates the Civil Works Administration, designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed people
1966: Edward Brooke of Massachusetts becomes the first 20th century African American elected to the U.S. Senate
1994: Republicans gain control of the House for the first time in 40 years and win a majority in the Senate in midterm elections
2000: A statewide recount begins in Florida, which becomes critical in deciding the winner of the 2000 presidential election (early in the day, Vice President Al Gore telephones Texas Gov. George W. Bush to concede, but called back about an hour later to retract his concession)
2006: President George W. Bush announces Donald H. Rumsfeld’s resignation as defense secretary.

BORN ON THIS DAY – November 8
1656: Edmond Halley, astronomer
1900: Margaret Mitchell, writer
1909: Katharine Hepburn, actress
1927: Patti Page, singer
1931: Morley Safer, elevision journalist
1949: Bonnie Raitt, country/blues singer
1954: Rickie Lee Jones, singer
1968: Parker Posey, actress
1979: Dania Ramirez, actress

DIED ON THIS DAY – November
1308: Duns Scotus who coined the word “dunce”, dies
1933: King Nadir Shah of Afghanistan, assassinated by Abdul Khallig
1965 Dorothy Kilgallen columnist (What’s My Line?), dies at 52
1968: Wendell Corey actor (11th Hour, Peck’s Bad Girl), dies at 54
1969: Kam Tong actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at 62
1978 Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84
1983: Robert Agnew director, died at 84 of kidney failure
1986: Beatrice Kay singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78