Homemade Bread Day Day 322 of 2008 44 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Palaoa: Bread
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Bret: Bread
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Where the wind blows, there the smoke falls.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The day has eyes, the night has ears” - John Ray

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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 17, 2006
The Great American Smokeout hits Maui, as new ordinances go into effect, banning smoking in public places, restaurants, bars, nearly every public place, and 50 feet outside of public places, too.

During the debate over the new regulations, businesses, particularly bars and restaurants, howled at the disastrous impact the new law would have on their incomes, how they might have to lay off workers or even close for good. As usual, none of this happened. A year later, business is good, no one got fired, and the air is a bit cleaner.According to healthyhawaii.com, smokers in Hawaii live an average of 14 years less than nonsmokers.

And speaking of bad habits, American corporations continue to hook their customers on the world’s most addictive substance - nicotine - and profit from the hundreds of thousands of worldwide deaths their products cause annually. But it’s okay because we’re only addicted to “free market capitalism.”

EVENTS ON THIS DAY - November 17
1800: The U.S. Congress holds its first session in Washington DC in the partially-constructed Capitol building (only the north wing has been completed)
1869: The Suez Canal opens (Egypt)
1875: American Theosophical Society is founded by Mme. Blavatsky & Col. Olcott
1988: Benazir Bhutto is elected prime minister of Pakistan
1993: President Bill Clinton signs into law The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
2001: The Taliban confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden’s military chief Mohammed Atef
2003: Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.

BORN ON THIS DAY - November 17
1901: Lee Strasberg, director/acting teacher
1925: Rock Hudson, actor
1937: Peter Cook, actor/comedian
1938: Gordon Lightfoot, folk singer
1942: Martin Scorsese, film director
1943: Lauren Hutton, model
1944: Danny De Vito, actor
1944: Lorne Michaels, SNL producer
1948: Howard Dea, Democratic Party chairman
1958: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actress

DIED ON THIS DAY - November 17
1917: Auguste Rodin sculptor, dies in Meudon, France
1979: John Grascock of Jethro Tull, dies at 27 following heart surgery
1985: Jimmy Ritz of Ritz brothers, dies of heart failure at 81
1988: Sheilah Graham gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84