Blessing bowl
Which way is the house facing? Is it located near a cemetery? Did someone die in the home? What’s the address number? A lot of superstitions are rooted in our blend of Asian and Hawaiian cultures as well as—ahem—some first-hand experiences.
If you’re new to the process, here are a few things to note:
In the first study of its kind, eating nuts, including peanuts, has been linked to fewer deaths across ethnic groups, even for people who had metabolic conditions like morbid obesity or diabetes, were smokers, or drank alcohol.
The large, observational diet study included lower-income Americans from the Southeast and Chinese people in Shanghai. All groups — blacks, whites, and Asians — showed longevity benefits from eating nuts. Study participants didn’t need to eat expensive nuts to add years to their lives — peanuts and peanut butter work as well as more costly varieties of nuts.
If you are a weather fanatic and always wanted a website that linked all kinds of weather information, today is your day. A friend of Retiree News just completed creating a website AH6QODashboard that meets your quest for weather information. and there are news and other links. Be sure to check the individual pages – Bookmarks, Notes, Hawaii Weather Radars, Tides, and WaterWatch Streams.
Ten Years Ago….
+ Old Air Defense System shuts Down
+ HIANG Host open House in Hilo
+ Photographs from the USO’s Salute to the Troops parade
The June 2006 issue of the 154th Wing’s newsletter, the Kūkā‘ilimoku, featured these stories and more
Read more: 2006 06 Kukailimoku
John Chun emailed these two photographs. Both deal with Consolidated Tool Kits (CKTs) in the Engine Shop. John estimates the photographs are circa 2001.
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Treatment for high blood pressure may include eating a nutritious diet, taking medications, and healthy lifestyle changes.
Most people who have high blood pressure will need lifelong treatment to help ward off or delay serious health problems brought on by hypertension.
Treatment for adults is usually aimed at getting to and keeping blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg.
From the @HawaiiTAG Twitter feed
Photographs from Gregory “Woody” Woodrow’s pinning ceremony at Washington Place. Governor David Ige and his wife were present with Brigadier General Ryan Okahara presiding over the pinning ceremony.
The most important things are the stories, said Stan De La Cruz of Hanapēpē.
De La Cruz is spearheading a reunion for everyone affiliated with the Air National Guard 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.
The reunion is scheduled for August 28 for one day at Wong’s in Hanapēpē.
De La Cruz said the last reunion was five years ago to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 150th ACW, which was originally set up in the radar station near the entrance to the Kalalau Lookout.
With its emphasis on diagnostic and preventive care, the TRICARE Retiree Dental Program can help you avoid bigger problems down the road.
Did you know that more than 120 different diseases are first detected in the mouth? And that going for your annual dental exams can actually help in detecting heart disease, diabetes, pancreatic cancer and more? In fact, swollen gums, mouth ulcers, dry mouth and excessive gum problems can often be signs of bigger health problems. The good news is that most dental diseases are actually preventable.
Continue reading: Good dental health and good overall health go hand in hand
For more information, contact Diana Laux, Western Region Representative; dlaux@delta.org or office 310-201-0044
Photo courtesy of the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor
As Hawaii (and the nation) prepares to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, detective work is being done on Ford Island, where sailors and airmen weathered the first blows of the Japanese attack.
The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor occupies buildings on Ford Island, still in the heart of an active U.S. Navy base, and has undertaken a variety of efforts to preserve and restore the historic structures. Elissa Lines, the museum’s executive director of development, has been hard at work raising donations and grants to support efforts to preserve and protect the hangars, runway, and a control tower that was still being prepared for action (converted from its original use as a weather tower) as the attack arrived. One of the three hangars that were hit was restored in 2006, and houses aircraft and other exhibits including flight simulators that allow the museum’s 225,000 annual visitors to get a feel for aerial battle of the time. Another has been partially restored, and is currently used for aircraft restoration; a third hangar still under Navy control is part of the museum’s future plan.
Thanks to Gordon Lau for emailing in this article
TABASCO® brand products are made by McIlhenny Company, founded in 1868 on Avery Island, Louisiana. To this day, the company is still family-owned and operated on that very same site. http://www.tabasco.com/
Tabasco: It’s the beloved tangy red sauce used to spice up meals all over the world, from humble diner booths to the Queen of England’s table. For the past few months, I’ve been doing research for The Taylor Foundation Object Project, opening in July, an exhibition about things that have transformed daily life. It will encourage visitors to take a closer look at some objects we use all the time but might take for granted, like prepackaged foods.
We all want bright, white smiles — they can take years off your appearance and boost your confidence. And while bleaching your teeth is an effective (and generally safe) whitening step, it also helps to avoid foods that stain teeth in the first place. In fact, it’s particularly important to steer clear of these foods immediately after a whitening treatment; the bleaching process makes teeth extra absorbent.
Read on for a list of foods and beverages that can dim your grin.
Almost nowhere is the mind-body connection more apparent than in the link between depression and heart attack.
Mental health and heart health are intimately connected when it comes to your heart. Heart disease is consistently the No.1 killer in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each year, about 715,000 Americans have a heart attack. And 190,000 of these are repeat heart attacks. Those who have heart attacks are more likely to become depressed, and people with depression have higher rates of heart attacks.
During May, the following postings received a high number of viewings.
Retiree Update: Don & Joyce Arakaki Don “Rock” Arakaki retired after a long career with the Hawai‘i Army National Guard in the mid-1990s. He served in many command and staff positions during his career. After his Guard retirement, Rock went on to serve as the senior instructor at the Junior ROTC program at Wai‘anae High School.
New 154th Wing Commander Announcement As the famous quote goes, ‘Flexibility is the Key to Air Power’. A lot has happened in the last week or so. Long story short and good news for the Wing, Col Woodrow will be your next Wing Commander effective 1 June 2016.
10 Medical Services Medicare Doesn’t Cover Many older adults need glasses, hearing aids and dental work, but Medicare typically won’t pay for any of these services. And if your health deteriorates to the point where you need extensive long-term care, Medicare will pick up the tab for only a very limited amount of time and under specific circumstances.
Kūkā‘ilimoku: May 2016 The May issue of the Kuka’ilimoku, the newsletter of the 154th Wing features:
* BG Sakai “Go Forward Warriors!”
* Balikatan
* Raptors Return
* Launa’ole winners
* plus more
