From the National Institute of Health website
Last year more than 1.7 million people were diagnosed with cancer in the United States. Cancer can be difficult to treat because each tumor is unique. Scientists are now gaining a better understanding of the changes that lead to cancer—and figuring out how to target them for personalized treatments.
“Cancer treatment is changing at a very fast pace,” says Dr. Patricia M. LoRusso, an NIH-funded cancer treatment expert at Yale Cancer Center. “What somebody got a year ago may not necessarily be the same treatment recommended for another person today.”
Roberta Satsuki Hironaka, 87, of Honolulu, passed away on December 17, 2017. She was born in Eleele, Kauai on December 14, 1930.
She retired in 1990 as an Executive Secretary for the Hawaii National Guard, after serving for many years working for the Federal Government at Pearl Harbor, Fort Shafter, and ending her career at Fort Ruger. After retirement, she worked for the U.H. Law School as secretarial help for over 10 years and also was voluntarily involved with the Diamond Head Theater for many years helping to run the box office.
Roberta are survived by their children, Mark (Raquel), Derek (Marlene), Brad and Robyn (Dr. Mike) Kurosawa; six grand- children and three great-grand- children. Roberta is also survived by her brother, Fumio Hidano.
Celebration of life services for Albert and Roberta (this is a joint funeral) will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Diamond Head Mortuary; visitation to begin at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m., with inurnment to follow 2 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Arrangements Provided By: Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary
Roberta was the secretary at United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) for many years.
Many types of mobile radio equipment were deployed to multiple locations throughout Korea to support the Air Force communications mission. This AN/TSC-60(V2) mobile van was located a Osan AB as one link in the communications chain.
The AN/TSC-60 series of HF Communications Central facilities were utilized by the Air Force to satisfy requirements for point-to-point and ground-to-air HF communications. They were used to establish long haul communications to a DOD communication system entry point or rear main operating base.
Reports indicated that it was very cold when the photograph was taken, but the snow started the next day. Brrr…
From the MarketWatch website
The phrase “death cleaning” may sound jarring to unaccustomed ears, but the concept makes sense. It’s about getting rid of excess rather than leaving a mess for your heirs to sort out.
“Death cleaning” is the literal translation of the Swedish word dostadning, which means a decluttering process that begins as people age. It’s popularized in the new book “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” by Margareta Magnusson.
Magnusson focuses on jettisoning stuff, but most older people’s finances could use a good death cleaning as well. Simplifying and organizing our financial lives can make things easier for us while we’re alive and for our survivors when we’re not.
From the Wired Magazine website
Personal Technology is getting a bad rap these days. It keeps getting more addictive: Notifications keep us glued to our phones. Autoplaying episodes lure us into Netflix binges. Social awareness cues—like the “seen-by” list on Instagram Stories—enslave us to obsessive, ouroboric usage patterns. (Blink twice if you’ve ever closed Instagram, only to re-open it reflexively.) Our devices, apps, and platforms, experts increasingly warn, have been engineered to capture our attention and ingrain habits that are (it seems self-evident) less than healthy.
Unless, that is, you’re talking about fitness trackers. For years, the problem with Fitbits, Garmins, Apple Watches, and their ilk has been that they aren’t addictive enough. About one third of people who buy fitness trackers stop using them within six months, and more than half eventually abandon them altogether.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement. He was awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 1964.
From the Travel Channel website
Whether it’s Texas-style brisket or Carolina-style pulled pork you’re craving, here are the best places to fill your plate in each state (plus Washington, D.C.).
From The New York Times website
Should a 76-year-old who doesn’t have heart disease, but does have certain risk factors for developing it, take a statin to ward off heart attacks or strokes?
You’d think we’d have a solid answer to this question. These widely prescribed medications lower cholesterol to reduce cardiovascular disease, the nation’s most common killer, and get much of the credit for the nation’s plummeting rates of heart attacks and strokes.
From the Money website
Retirement, like all life stages, is a work in progress. Whether you’ve been out of the paid workforce for days or decades, there’s always room for tweaks to improve your finances—and your fun quotient. “No matter what step you’re at, take some time to say, ‘what’s next?’” advises Keith Lawrence, co-author of Your Retirement Quest.
Here are three steps for making your retirement even better in 2018:
From the Honolulu Magazine website
Honolulu Magazine food writer Catherine Toth Fox wrote these 12 great articles in 2017. From our favorite pizzas to locally made acai bowls in Kahuku to a shop in ‘Aiea serving spiked froyo, here are her favorite Biting Commentary blogs of 2017.
Check out Catherine’s social media sites – Twitter @thedailydish and her blog thecatdish.com
From the nextavenue website
“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; can give and receive without judgment and derive sustenance and strength from the relationship,” Brené Brown, the author and speaker of one of the most famous TED Talks once said.
I was reminded of this quote when today’s mail brought a survey from my congregation for “households with only one adult member.” They’d found that 25 percent of members fit that description. How, the letter asked, could these households be better served?
I wondered, who are those single members? Never married, not yet, not interested; divorced; widowed like me…. The survey never asked the jackpot questions: Are you lonely? How can we help?
From the everyday Health website
Did you know that what and how much you eat can affect your risk of developing certain cancers? According to the American Cancer Society, about 20 percent of all cancer diagnoses in the United States are linked to diet and excess weight, along with inactivity.
The following are some key dietary recommendations based on that report and other cancer research.
(Back, from left) Frances and Edward Goo, Gayle and Ed Pei, (front) and Lishan and Kenneth Chong. – Lawrence Tabudlo photograph
United Chinese Society
United Chinese Society of Hawai‘i recently hosted a banquet at Jade Dynasty Seafood Restaurant to honor Michele Ching Choy as its 2017 Model Chinese Citizen of the Year, and to install its 2018 officers and trustees.
The society’s mission: To provide community service for the general health and welfare of the citizens of the State of Hawaii, and to promote friendly relations among the Chinese in Hawaii, the United States of American and abroad.
Kenneth Chong served as a Traditional Guardmember, assigned to Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. In his early civilian career, Ken worked for Kaiser Development Company, known as Kacor; the company who oversaw the development and construction of Hawaii Kai. More recently, he owned Ken Chong Realty.
Kenneth’s brother, Cedric Chong served as a engineering officer in the HIANG for many years.
