Dear World:

The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.

The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located, and the software responsible was replaced Tuesday night, November 4.

Early tests of the newly-installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional by mid-January.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage, and we look forward to resuming full service — and hopefully even to improve it in years to come.

Thank you for your patience and understanding,

The USA

World Kindness Day Day 318 of 2008 48 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Olu‘olu: Kind, kindness
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Gut: Kindness
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Have the heart of a chief.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

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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 ARCHIVES – November 13,1957
For the first time on record, the construction industry in Hawaii reports earnings that surpass agriculture. Building in the Hawaiian islands earns $150 million for the previous year, while sugar and pineapple earn $146 million.

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