July 17, 2009
Raphael O'Suna
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By Raphael O’Suna
Fear is a nasty business. It can turn a human being into a demon and a community into a mob.
It can turn a heart into a dry mango pit and an open aura into a bubblesuit. Stay with me, and you’ll understand why I chose that odd word “bubblesuit.”
Twenty-five years ago, when AIDS began to become an issue on Maui, the medical fraternity seemed terrified of, and paralyzed by this unknown disease. Very few doctors felt comfortable treating these young men. Even Maui Memorial treated them both differently and poorly.
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July 17, 2009
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 Peach Ice Cream Day
Day 198 of 2009
167 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Lahaina: Cruel sun
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — San: Sun
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The sun stands over the brain, the shadow retreats into the body.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The sun is but a Morning Star.” (Henry David Thoreau)
TODAY – LAHAINA NOON 12:32pm, Kahului & Lahaina: On one day each May and another each July, the sun is directly overhead on the major islands of the Hawaiian chain. These two days are called Lahaina Noon, and occur on different dates and times, depending on the latitude.
As the sun moves northward from the Equator toward the Tropic of Cancer, it passes directly overhead at all latitudes in between. When it reaches the Tropic of Cancer on June 22, the farthest north it will appear overhead each year, it is the Summer Solstice. On its return trip south, it will again pass overhead.
Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that experiences Lahaina Noon because of its location within the tropics (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn). This event had no name until 1990 when Honolulu’s Bishop Museum Planetarium sponsored a naming contest. The winning entry: “Lahaina Noon” in Hawaiian means, “Cruel Sun.” Every location has its own time for local noon and Lahaina Noon. Lahaina Noon occurs at 12:30pm tomorrow in Hana.
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