August 27, 2008
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There are monsters among men. And everyone knows what this means, because we each have had monster moments in otherwise normal lives.
What makes a man a monster? Self-deceit? Hypocrisy? Malice? Lack of fellow feeling? Heartlessness? Soullessness? Possession by a “Dark Whisperer”?
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August 27, 2008
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 Petroleum Day? Ugh!
Day 240 of 2008
126 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Aila ka: Petroleum
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Bensin: Gasoline
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “The fault lies in the mouth.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to b ashamed of.” (Confucius)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
MAPA
Today: Bill Clinton and Joe Biden address Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO tonight. Then a roll call vote will determine party unity. Yesterday, the Democratic platform adopted Native Hawaiian recognition. More >x
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 27th
1667: Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S. (Jamestown, Virginia)
1859: Edwin L. Drake drilled the first successful U.S. oil well near Titusville, Pa.
1883: The 18 mile long island of Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons.
1945: U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
2007: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation after a controversy over the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.
2007: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty in Richmond, Va., to a federal dogfighting charge.
2007: The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reported that Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested June 11 by a plainclothes officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in a Minneapolis airport restroom.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 27th
-551: (BCE) Confucius, philosopher
1871: Theodore Dreiser, novelist
1882: Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer film maker/produce
1890: Man Ray, photographer/painter/filmmaker
1908: Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US president
1910: Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace prize
1952: Pee-wee Herman, aka Paul Reubens, actor
August 26, 2008
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Women’s Equality Day
Day 239 of 2008
127 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Wahine: Woman
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Meri: Woman
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “This woman made a circuit of the islands.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.” (Simone de Beauvior)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
MAPA
Today: Hillary Clinton night at the Democratic National Convention on the anniversary of the day women’s suffrage was won. Hillary Clinton will give a much anticipated speech in Denver celebrating Women’s National Equality Day. More >x
August 26, 1920: 19th Ammendment passes. Allowing women to vote was first seriously proposed in the United States in July, 1848, at the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. One woman who attended that convention was Charlotte Woodward. She was nineteen at the time. In 1920, when women finally won the vote throughout the nation, Charlotte Woodward was the only participant in the 1848 Convention who was still alive to cast her vote. she was 81 years old.
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 26th
-55: (BC) Roman forces, led by Julius Caesar, invade Britain
1775: The Continental Congress passes an act providing pensions for war veterans
1789: The French Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
1883: The Indonesian volcano Krakatoa erupts destroying the island and killing 36,000 people
1920: 19th Amendment to the US Constitution establishes womens’ right to vote
1937: Pumping & dredging are finished to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
1957: The Soviet Union announced that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
1967: Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” is released
1974: Charles Lindbergh dies at his home in Hawaii at the age of 72
1998: The U.S. Justice Department announces the government is investigating Microsoft
2003: Investigators concluded that NASA’s overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 26th
1676: Sir Robert Walpole, British PM
1838: John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln
1904: Christopher Isherwood, novelist/playwright
1921: Ben Bradlee, former Washington Post executive editor
1935: Geraldine Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY) 1st female major-party VP candidate
1948: Jet Black, rocker
1948: Valerie Simpson, singer
1960: Branford Marsalis, actor
1980: Macauley Culkin, actor
August 25, 2008
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Kiss & Make Up Day
Day 238 of 2008
128 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Hakua wahine: Wife of a chief
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Meri: Wife
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “I fly away leaving disappointment behind.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “A good wife and health is a man’s best wealth.” (English)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — MAPA
Today: Barak Obama’s family members will address the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado today. Wife Michelle Obama and sister Maya Soetoro-Ng from Hawaii, will will kick off the convention’s opening day with speeches to the delegates. More >x
Yesterday: Waipio becomes the second Hawaii team in four years to capture the Little League World Series championship. More >
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 25th
325: The Council of Nicaea establishes the calendrical calculations to determine the date of Easter each year
1875: Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel, traveling from Dover England to Calais France in 21 hours and 45 minutes
1932: Amelia Earhart completes the first transcontinental flight with a female pilot
1944: Paris is liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation
1990: The U.N. authorizes military action to enforce the trade embargo placed on Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait
1997: The tobacco industry settles with the State of Florida for $11.3 billion
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 25th
1530: Ivan IV (the Terrible), first tsar of Russia
1819: Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
1836: Bret Harte, author
1905: Clara Bow, silent movie actress
1918: Leonard Bernstein, conductor/composer/pianist
1927: Althea Gibson, first African American tennis champion
1930: Sean Connery, actor
1933: Regis Philbin, TV host
1933: Tom Skerritt, actor
1954: Elvis Costello, rocker
1961: Billy Ray Cyrus. country singer
1964: Blair Underwood, actor
1968: Rachael Ray, TV chef
August 24, 2008
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Nat’l Kinfe Day
Day 237 of 2008
229 days left in this year
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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
Duke’s Official Website
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK —
Livestrong Challenge
NETCAST OF THE WEEK —
TruthDig.com Podcast
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK —
Project Gutenberg
August 24th, 1890: Duke Paoa Kahanamoku is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Growing up on the outskirts of Waikiki, he spent his youth as a bronzed beach boy. It was at Waikiki Beach where he developed his surfing and swimming skills.
As a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team, he won the gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, and a silver with the relay team. During the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, he won gold medals both in the 100 meters, and in the relay. He finished the 100 meters with a silver medal during the 1924 Olympics in Paris, the gold going to Johnny Weissmuller. He also played for the U.S. Water Polo team at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
1456: Johann Gutenberg publishes the first book printed from moveable type (St Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible)
1682: Delaware is awarded to William Penn
1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
1936: The Australian Antarctic Territory is created
1968: France explodes a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific, making that country the world’s fifth thermonuclear power
1992: Hurricane Andrew causes record damage in Florida (before dissipating, Andrew causes 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas)
1995: Microsoft Corporation begins selling Windows 95 personal computer software
2006: The International Astronomical Union declares that Pluto was no longer a planet
2007: James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.
2007: The NFL indefinitely suspends Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick without pay for his involvement in dogfighting.
BORN ON THIS DAY — August 24th
1898: Malcolm Cowley, author
1955: Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas
1958: Steve Guttenberg, actor
1960: Michael Richards, comedian (”Seinfeld”)
1960: “Cal” Ripken Jr., Baseball player
1962: Craig Kilborn, talk show host
1965: Marlee Matlin, deaf actress
1973: Dave Chappelle, actor/comedian
1982: Chad Michael Murray, actor (”One Tree Hill”)
1988: Rupert Grint, actor (”Harry Potter” movies)
August 23, 2008
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Senator Barack Obama, the great candidate of change, the actual, real-to-life “Washington Outsider” that has energized a nation with the call of duty and the promise of hope, who has run a campaign based on the power of differences, who has seen the tremendous political rise of women in his party and in this country, who has given his word to bring fresh ideas to our nation’s capitol has reached a momentous day in his campaign.
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August 23, 2008
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Nat’l Spongecake Day
Day 236 of 2008
230 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Eke ‘ea: Plastic bag
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Plastik: Plastic
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “Where were you when the rain was blowing.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Please all and you will please none.” (Aesop)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
WOZ.ORG
Yesterday: Maui County Concil gave final approval to Plastic Bag Ban. The ban will will prohibit retail business from using plastic bags after January 11, 2011. More
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 23rd
1833: Britain abolishes slavery in its colonies (700,000 slaves are freed)
1872: The first Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco carrying tea
1957: Digital Equipment Corporation is founded
1977: A man-powered plane first flies for a mile (Bryan Allen in the Gossamer Condor)
2003: Former priest John Geoghan, the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, was killed by another inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005: Israeli forces evicts militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 23rd
1852: Arnold Toynbee,economist/social reformer
1868: Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist
1912: Gene Kelly, dancer/actor
1930: Vera Miles, actress
1932: Mark Russell, political satirist/pianist
1947: Keith Moon, rocker
1947: Rex Allen Jr, country singer
1947: Linda Thompson, rock singer
1949: Shelley Long, actress
1970: River Phoenix, actor
August 22, 2008
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Be an Angel Day
Day 235 of 2008
131 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Kula: Gold
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Gol: Gold
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “The plant has become a tree.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.” (Cicero)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
WOZ.ORG
August 21st: Hawaii Sierra Club Director Jeff Mikulina Steps Down. More >
August 22nd: Hawai’i’s Bryan Clay wins the gold medal in Olympic Decathalon. Clay, the Castle High graduate from Kane’ohe, led from start to finish to become the first American since 1996 to win the Olympic decathlon gold medal today as the “world’s greatest athlete.”
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 22nd
1775: King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
1846: U.S. annexes New Mexico
1851: Gold fields discovered in Australia
1864: Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations
1906: First Victor Victrola manufactured
1988: Australia unveils first platinum coin (Koala)
1990: President Bush I authorizes calling up of reserves as a step that leads to sending U.S. forces to the Gulf in preparation for the 1991 Gulf War
1996: President Clinton signs welfare legislation ending guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanding work from recipients
2003: Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, is suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse.
2005: The last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip, ending decades of Israel’s turbulent occupation.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 22nd
1862: Claude Debussy, composer
1893: Dorothy Parker, short story writer
1920: Ray Bradbury, sci-fi author
1934: Norman Schwartzkopf, U.S. General
1940: Valerie Harper, actress
1941: Bill Parcells. football executive
1945: Steve Kroft, broadcast journalist
1947: Cindy Williams, actress
1949: Diana Nyad, swimmer
1966: Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist
August 21, 2008
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Nat’l Poets Day
Day 234 of 2008
132 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Pepe: Baby
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Pikini: Quiet
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “A burdden on the back; a babe in arms.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” (Charles Dickens)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
WOZ.ORG
August 21st, 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th state. Statehood bills for Hawaii were introduced into the U.S. Congress as early as 1919 by Hawaii’s non-voting delegates. Additional bills were introduced in 1935, 1947 and 1950. After Congress finally approved the statehood bill in 1959, it was followed by a referendum in which Hawaii residents voted overwhelmingly in support of statehood. On August 21, 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state.
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 21st
1680: Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa Fe from Spanish
1831: Nat Turner launches a short-lived, violent slave rebellion in Virginia.
1878: The American Bar Association iss founded in Saratoga, N.Y.
1888: Adding machine is patented
1940: Exiled Russian Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky dies in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin.
1998: Samuel Bowers, a 73-year-old former Ku Klux Klan leader, is convicted in Hattiesburg Mississippi of ordering a 1966 firebombing that killed civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 21st
1906: Count Bassie, musician
1932: Nelvin van Peebles, playwright
1936: Wilt Chamberlain, basketball/volleyball player
1938: Kenny Rogers, singer
1939: Clarence Williams III, sctor
1944: Jackie DeShannon, singer
1945: Patty McCormack, actress
1958: Steve Case: AOL founder
1956: Kim Cantrall, actress
1956: Jon Tester, US senator (D-Mont)
1957: Kim Sledge, vocalist
1962: Matthew Broderick, actor
August 20, 2008
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Nat’l Radio Day
Day 233 of 2008
133 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Hamau: Silence, silent
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Kwait: Quiet
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “One meets misfortune, all meet misfortune.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Silence is the mother of truth.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
WOZ.ORG
Yesterday: After almost two years of trying remove Jan Dapitan as Executive Director of Maui’s Community Work Day (CWD), the Board of Directors has finally forced her out and installed her replacement, Rae Chandler. The 73-year-old Dapitan, who has worked with CWD since it began as the Maui branch of Keep Hawaii Beautiful in 1978, has so far refused to leave her post.
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 20th
1896: Dial telephone patented
1940: Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21
1964: LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
1965: Rolling Stones release “Satisfaction” (their first #1 U.S. hit)
1968: 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1971: FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr
1988: Iran and Iraq enact a cease-fire in their 5 year war.
1998: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, president Bill Cinton orders US cruise missile strikes against al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan and at what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 20th
1785: Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero
1833: Benjamin Harrison, (R) 23rd US President
1890: H.P. Lovecraft, Gothic novelist
1907: Shirley Booth, actress
1921: Jacqueline Susann, author
1933: George Mitchell, US Senator (D-Me)
1942: Isaac Hayes, singer/songwriter
1943: Robert Plant, rocker
1944: Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India
1946: Connie Chung,broadcast journalist
1952: John Hiatt, singer/songwriter
1953: Peter Horton, actor
1954: Al Roker, TV weatherman
1956: Joan Allen, actress
