The summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when a planet’s rotational axis, in either northern or southern hemispheres, is most inclined toward the star that it orbits. Earth’s maximum axial tilt toward the Sun is 23° 26′. This happens twice each year (once in each hemisphere), at which times the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole.
The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere’s summer. This is the northern solstice in the northern hemisphere and the southern solstice in the southern hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs some time between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere. The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred to as the winter solstice.
The summer solstice marks the onset of summer, at the time of the longest day. Summer solstice 2017 in northern hemisphere is this afternoon at 6:24 pm Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time.
Webmaster Comments: In 1970, “In the Summertime” is the debut single by British skittle band Mungo Jerry. Written and composed by its lead singer, Ray Dorset, it celebrates the carefree days of summer. In 1970, it reached number one in charts around the world, including seven weeks in the UK Singles Chart, two weeks on one of the Canadian charts, and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US. It became one of the best-selling singles of all-time, eventually selling more than 30 million copies.
Can never think it’s summer until hearing (and now watching the video) “In the Summertime”
Saving for retirement is inevitably a guessing game. No one knows how long they will live or how healthy they will stay, which means no one knows just how much to save.
Because of all these future unknowns, it’s not uncommon to develop a healthy – for the most part – fear about retirement. Whether it’s fear that the money won’t last, that Social Security won’t be there or that one’s health will deteriorate, concerns can drive savers into unnecessary or unsafe investment vehicles.
On the other hand, fear can also lead to avoiding risk altogether.
“You might have someone come in, totally risk averse,” says Greg Stevens, a financial planner at Cabot Wealth Management in Salem, Massachusetts. “It’s just as detrimental as being too aggressive,” since one’s savings will struggle to grow large enough without enough equity exposure.
Understanding where the fear comes from and how to attack it, can put savers at ease. Here are some of America’s biggest retirement fears and how to avoid them.
Rex Earl Jones III served in the Department’s Human Resources Office for several years as the State Equal Employment Manager (SEEM). He moved to another Federal position in Colorado in October 2009. Rex and his wife Tracey are living back in Wisconsin.
He recently sent these photographs of their European trip with his Aloha.
From the Money website
Medicare beneficiaries whose income exceeds certain thresholds must pay more in monthly premiums for Part B doctor coverage and Part D drug coverage.
These income-adjusted premiums apply to single tax filers (and those married filing separately) with incomes of more than $85,000 and married couples filing jointly with incomes of more than $170,000. Fewer than 5% of Medicare beneficiaries have incomes above these thresholds and thus pay these higher rates, which are known as income related monthly adjustment amounts, or IRMAA.
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The XP-80 evolved to the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. The two-seat trainer version was the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star or T-Bird.
There was a squadron of T-Birds flying out of Hickam AFB in the 1950s.
Donald Wo Kan Ching, 88, of Aiea, a retired Machinist Foreman for Hawaiian Electric passed away on May 31, 2017. Donald was born on September 25, 1928 on Maui in Happy Valley, Wailuku. He graduated from McKinley High School in 1946. He married Helen Rego on December 23, 1949 in Honolulu. Prior to working for HECO, he was a 1st Class Machinist for Hawaiian Dredging and was also in the Army National Guard. He was a member of the Ching Clan and See Dai Doo Societies.
He is preceded in death by his parents Ching Hing and Louisa Ah Fook Kong Ching; brothers Edward Ching, Edward Hee and Ah Sheong Dang; sisters Irene Len, Winifred Mahi, Kam Brenno, Dora Gruber; and son Wayne.
He is survived by wife, Helen; sister Muriel DeLawder; son Wayde (Shinderpal); daughter Valerie Pursel (David); grand-children (Kalani Kane, Leah Kane Mariani (Thomas), Galaya Ching, Nicolas Ching, and Navraj Ching); great grandson (Jake Mariani); beloved niece Carolyn Ancheta (Ronald); and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held on Thursday, June 22 at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Aiea. Visitation begins at 10:00 am with mass at 11:00 am. Casual Attire. Arrangements Provided By: Ultimate Cremation Services LLC.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to Donald’s family and friends.
From the Tasty Island website
A reader recently commenting on the ‘Oahu Eateries Memorialized‘ post mentioned some really old school Honolulu nightclubs, that those of you who remember them may have quite the story to tell… or keep hidden and buried deep in the closet!
Therefore, let’s now create a master list of bygone bars & nightclubs on Oahu
Mature Retiree News followers will recognize most of the establishments listed.
From The New York Times website
At the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., scientists are trying to get time to run backward.
Biological time, that is. In the first attempt to reverse aging by reprogramming the genome, they have rejuvenated the organs of mice and lengthened their life spans by 30 percent. The technique, which requires genetic engineering, cannot be applied directly to people, but the achievement points toward better understanding of human aging and the possibility of rejuvenating human tissues by other means.
From the Wikipedia website
Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 (St. Joseph’s Day) since the Middle Ages. This celebration was brought by the Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America, where March 19 is often still used for it, though many countries in Europe and the Americas have adopted the U.S. date, which is the third Sunday of June. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
Okay, fam. It’s getting hot, real quick, and we need to chill. Time to take a dip into something refreshing. Something cool. Something delicious.
From the dodlive.mil website
It’s almost impossible to recount all of the gallantry that went on during World War II. But the pilot we’re highlighting today gave his life on a mission he volunteered for just months after one of the war’s most famous generals refused to fly with him.
Harl Pease Jr. joined the Army Air Corps in September of 1939. About a year later, the Plymouth, New Hampshire, native was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He was immediately put on active-duty in the Pacific theater, flying B-17 Flying Fortress bombers between the U.S., Hawaii and the Philippines.
Related:
Pease Air National Guard Base
157th Air Refueling Wing
From the CNBC website
So you have amassed a nest egg large enough to retire. Now comes the hard part: figuring out how much you should withdraw each year to enjoy life and make sure you don’t run out of money.
It can be a difficult balance. Many investors simply use the 4 percent rule. Under this scenario, you withdraw 4 percent per year from a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, adjusting annually for inflation, and you will have enough to last for 30 years in retirement, based on historical returns of the U.S. stock market.
Retiree News recently ran into Kenneth Takushi. Ken served on the 154th Wing support staff for many years. A Traditional Guardmember, he retired in the 1990s.
Ken said he retired from the United Postal Service a few years ago. Great seeing and catching up with Ken.
From the Task and Purpose website
When you spend enough time in Iraq and Afghanistan, the scenery starts to overlap, and you can forget which theater you’re currently in. Especially when the Danger Rangers all start to look the same. That was the feeling freelance reporter Courtney Body got Wednesday, when she spotted something in Iraq that didn’t want quite belong.
Body was stopped at an Iraqi checkpoint traveling toward Mosul on May 10, when a Ford Ranger in a passing convoy caught her attention: The insignia on the pickup truck wasn’t for Iraqi security forces… but for the Afghan National Army.
