August 24, 2010
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 Shooting Star Day
Day 236 of 2010
129 days left in this year |
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Nalu: Surfer
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —
Man bilong pait: Warrior
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —
“When the surfrider is unskilled, the board is broken.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY —
“Charity knows neither race nor creed.” (Talmud)
TODAY: PERSEID Meteor Showers, July 17 to August 24.
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.
August 21, 2010
Raphael O'Suna
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by Raphael O’Suna
There is charm in the way Bobby told his stories.
It would be easy for me to retell them, using more generally accepted explanations. One might use more appropriate psychological language, but I’m not sure that that would make things more accurate.
I’ve always hallucinated at critically important and very intense moments. This started at a very young age, when I would find myself in a very beautiful and subtle world. Later I called it Green Meadows, but at the time, I hardly realized that I had transited into another world. I was very young at the time.
Later, when I was in grammar school, I remember the morning of the great accident. Richard Gelman and I were talking outside the old Gothic public school building, waiting for the doors to open, when a large flame erupted before my eyes. I had been seeing black lines before my eyes that morning, but it was the flashing flame which moved me.
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August 21, 2010
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Nat’l Poets Day
Day 231 of 2009
134 days left in this year |
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pepe: Baby
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Pikini: Quiet
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A burden 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)
TODAY: Obon Dancing at Baldwin Beach. Paia Rinzai Zen Mission Obon Festival – 120 Alawai Rd, Paia. Service begins at 6:00 p.m., Dancing begins at 7:00 pm. For information call 268-2209.
HAWAII ADMISSION DAY - It is celebrated the third Friday of August each year to commemorate Hawaii’s admission to the union on August 21, 1959 as 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 (the third Friday in August), President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state. Read Paul Theroux’s NYT Op-Ed,
Happily a State, Forever an Island
August 20, 2010
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Bamboo Day
Day 230 of 2010
135 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 — “The mountains watch over this land, silent sentinels of the Gods.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Silence is the mother of truth.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
TODAY: All state and county offices are closed in honor of Statehood Day, tomorrow, August 21.
YESTERDAY: What would Dr.* Laura say about being called a loudmouth “Kike”? A day after talk radio host Laura Schlessinger quit her show, following criticism for using the N-word repeatedly in a broadcast, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told her: “Don’t retreat . . . reload!” In an interview with Larry King in which Schlessinger announced her decision, she said, “The reason is, I want to regain my First Amendment rights. I want to be able to say what is on my mind.” (* She has a PhD in physiology, a degree that has nothing to do with human interpersonal relations. She was granted a California Marriage, Family and Child Therapist license in 1980.)
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August 20, 2008: After almost two years of trying remove Jan Dapitan as Executive Director of Maui’s Community Work Day (CWD), the Board of Directors finally forced her out and installed her replacement, Rae Chandler. The 73-year-old Dapitan, worked with CWD since it began as the Maui branch of Keep Hawaii Beautiful in 1978.
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