Olympians come from all over the globe come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the same holds true for those hailing from the United States.
But there’s one school in Hawaii that seems to have a special knack for churning out Olympians … not to mention former United States President Barack Obama.
More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Hawaii’s Punahou School, and there hasn’t been a U.S. Olympic team without a graduate of the school since 1972. Find out why this Honolulu prep school has such a strong place in Olympic history.
Related post from the Hawaii High School series: Off Track: Punahou School
Computer security and privacy are rapidly becoming topics of discussion. Facebook and Google are well known gathers of personal information which they resell. Several news reports indicate that these two organizations have more information about you than the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
But most commercial websites track you and share and/or sell your online preferences or interests.
How do these websites track you? Cookies, ad trackers, capturing keystrokes, sharing information with Facebook and Google Analytics.
These things don’t happen on the websites you visit? Go to the Blacklight website and enter the web address of a website you go to often. Be aware that several large websites have altered their software, so a Blacklight report shows no threats.
“I think this red bump is getting bigger.” That’s what I told my husband after growing concerned about the strange-looking rash that appeared on my face four days earlier. I read online that most rashes are not serious, so I thought a trip to the doctor was unnecessary.
“What if you have Lyme disease?” he asked me. That question prompted me to be evaluated, but I was concerned that the doctor would tell me it was only a pimple. I was shocked to learn that I had shingles.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
We’ve got ‘heavies’ in town, and Airmen from the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron are keeping the flow of traffic steady as can be.KC-135 Stratotanker’s, crewed by Airmen from New Jersey, Washington, and Maryland, are supporting Sentry Aloha fighter operations out of Kalaeloa Airport.
During each sortie, these tankers rendezvous with fighter aircraft to provide in-air refueling to sustain training operations. The events of Sentry Aloha are tailored to ensure that warfighters in the air and ground are immersed in realistic combat scenarios and prepared to integrate with TFI partners at a moment’s notice.
From the Nexstar Media website
At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves. National veal and egg producers are optimistic they can meet the new standards, but only 4% of hog operations now comply with the new rules. Unless the courts intervene or the state temporarily allows non-compliant meat to be sold in the state, California will lose almost all of its pork supply, much of which comes from Iowa, and pork producers will face higher costs to regain a key market.
If you’re not getting enough good sleep, your body may soon show the signs. Learn more
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
At the start of World War II, the United States Navy needed an all-purpose, lightweight, standardized housing unit that made efficient use of shipping space, could be easily transported anywhere, and could be quickly and easily assembled without skilled labor.
The housing unit needed to be adaptable to any geographic or climatic condition, without extensive reliance on local resources of material or labor.
Two construction companies, George A Fuller and Company and Merritt-Chapman had been hired to build the Quonset Point base. In March 1941, the Military asked Peter Dejongh and Otto Brandenberger of George A. Fuller Company to design and produce a hut to US specification … and, do it within two month
The article ends with great photographs of Quonset Huts, including several at Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA), the old Hilo and Kona Airports.
Earlier Retiree News post: Check Six – 1943: Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA)
From the U.S. News & World Report website
f you have a 401(k) plan through your employer, there are certain times when you may have the option of rolling it over to another account. A 401(k) rollover typically refers to moving your funds into a different retirement account. The transfer usually occurs when you leave a job or transition into retirement. “Rollovers can be simple if you prepare for the process ahead of time and learn what to look for and how it’s done,” says Jay Jumper, CEO of Future Capital based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as an e-newsletter today.
Today we feature the August 1963 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Year Round Field Training (YRFT0 to start
* New officers
* Military pay raise bill moving though Congress
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The Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting the Sentry Aloha fighter exercise beginning Wednesday, August 11, and will run through Wednesday, August 25. O‘ahu residents, particularly along the island’s southern coast may see an increase in military aircraft during takeoffs and landings at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of
exercises hosted by the HIANG’s 154th Wing enabling tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force, and other Department of Defense services. It provides U.S. warfighters with the skill sets necessary to perform homeland defense and overseas combat missions.
Sentry Aloha exercises have been conducted by the HIANG for over twenty years. This iteration of the exercise will involve approximately 182 personnel and 28 aircraft from five states.
Visiting Air National Guard participants include KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling support from units out of New Jersey, Washington, and Maryland, and F-15 Eagles from the California Air National Guard. The visiting aircraft will take part in simulated combat exercises with the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons’ Hickam-based ‘Hawaiian Raptors.’
Today, participants reunited during a welcome brief and discussed plans to enhance their warfighting competencies.
Military retirees and family members renewing or getting their first military identification cards this year are nearly guaranteed to receive the Next Generation Uniform Services Identification, or USID, Card, the first update to Defense Department IDs for non-active duty beneficiaries in nearly 30 years.
According to Pentagon data, 97% of the DoD’s ID renewal offices, known as Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification Card System, or RAPIDS, sites worldwide are issuing the new cards, which more closely resemble Common Access Cards used by troops and DoD civilians.
The transition to the new cards is expected to be completed by January 2026.
I am a savvy traveler who, I’d like to think, wouldn’t fall for any scams but sadly, that’s not always the case. I’ve fallen for multiple scams, mostly years ago when I’d just started traveling the world. The worst was when I fell for a bar scam in Budapest and because of that experience, I didn’t fall for a similar tea scam in China. So I’ve learned from my mistakes and now I learn from the mistakes of others.
Unfortunately, these days, it’s difficult to keep up with all of the cons out there, so I just try to learn about them (and more importantly, remember them) whenever I compile the travel news for the day. Believe it or not, it takes me a couple of hours just to sift through the day’s news.
Today, I learned about a new travel scam thanks to an Orlando Sentinel article entitled: Renting a car? Beware of scammers with too-good-to-be-true prices
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