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Imagine reaching your golden years, traditionally a period for rest and reflection, only to face the grim reality of homelessness.

The quantity and quality of nonalcoholic options have greatly increased in recent years. Many will appreciate having these novel options available to help keep their celebrations festive and safe.

We have understood for a long time that the oceans play a significant role in transferring heat from the equator to the poles, but only in recent years have we begun to understand the importance of the link between ocean and atmosphere.

Perhaps the greatest failure of our state government during the COVID-19 pandemic was the breakdown of the unemployment insurance system.

When Hawaii’s most famous U.S. senator, Daniel K. Inouye, died and was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, then-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended.

Jo Mi-su pleads with the king to reinstate Yi Yin-gyum. Ha Ryun is devastated when he receives news of Yi Yin-gyum’s death. Da-kyung searches for Jeok-ryong to try and get information on Ha Ryun.

Earth is the water planet, but perhaps it is equally appropriate to call Earth the water cloud planet. Although liquid water is a distinctive feature of planet Earth, water clouds are even more so.

Sugar cravings can strike at any time of the year, but Halloween kicks off the season of sweet treats.

Chip Fletcher, the award-winning interim dean of the University of Hawaii’s School of Ocean Science and Technology and an impassioned defender of Hawaii’s oceans and beaches, is as the saying goes, “one of the good things about Hawaii.”

At World Series time my thoughts turn to my baseball-venerating dad, but I’m not sure he’d be enticed by the Texas Rangers, a struggling expansion team when he died, vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks, who didn’t exist.