- By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 18, 2024
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A couple of high-profile Democratic upsets were the compelling stories of the 2024 primary election.
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Two weeks ago I wrote about Duke Kahanamoku’s first year in competitive swimming. In 11 months he went from entering his first swimming contest in August 1911 to winning the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle swim at the Stockholm Olympics in July 1912.
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Superconductivity is a state in which a material can conduct electricity without resistance. Normally, when electricity flows through a wire, some of it is lost as heat due to resistance.
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Question: Every summer you used to mention free, in-person classes to teach kupuna to use the computer. I didn’t see any notice this summer. Are they available?
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Question: Now that we vote by mail, we must sign the ballot packet’s outer envelope — otherwise our vote won’t count.
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In recent weeks many users of Windows 10 have been greeted with an ominous message when starting up their machines.
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Everybody loves a winner until they win too much.
There are few exceptions to this rule in sports, but one comes to mind quickly: Hawaii in the Little League World Series.
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Question: Will Social Security reduce my benefits if I keep working? By how much? How do I find out? I haven’t started collecting yet.
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Ready, set … go?
Save-the-year notices have gone out for 2028 for the Los Angeles Olympics, another presidential election, and — cross the fingers and hope to spit — the opening of the new Aloha Stadium.
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Question: I received a check for the MacBook Keyboard Litigation Settlement. I had two issues with the keyboard in 2018, but I do not recall joining the class-action lawsuit. What are the possible consequences if I deposit the check and it is not legitimate?
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Wendell Say picked the perfect time to be a fan.
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In Hawaii, political talk of age is discouraged, and that’s a mistake. It’s partly because we revere kupuna, believing wisdom comes with age. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t.
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Question: A lady down the block used to feed feral cats and I believe she had at least some of them fixed, although I am not certain about that.
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As officials go over the returns from this week’s state primary election, it is a good time to check back when Hawaii as a state first voted for U.S. president.
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Most of us in Hawaii wanted to see 2021 Tokyo gold medalist Carissa Moore go out with a repeat performance in surfing, considering this was her last competition, at least for now.
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- By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 9, 2024
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I wrote about kimchi last month, and many readers told me their stories that involved that spicy, fermented cabbage.
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Question: Do you know of any person, group or organization that can use the small clear orange plastic pill bottles with the childproof caps?
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Question: I read that nationally more kids are going to the ER with COVID-19 now than old people, percentage-wise. Is that true in Hawaii?
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