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LOS ANGELES – Rewind four years to the Summer Olympics in Beijing, and you'll understand how this year's marquee sporting event will be unlike anything ever before.

By the time you read this, my 18-year-old son and I will be in

Otherwise known as goobers, ground peas, manila nuts and pinders, peanuts are a homely staple in much of our country.

Although the state of Hawaii is today multicultural and multiethnic, the influence of the early Christian missionaries is still quite evident. Last week I described the Anglican/Episcopal presence on the island of Kauai; today's focus is on three historic Christian churches.

Not sure how we're going to build two paseos downtown before the

"Like many people, I enjoy the exhilarating hobby of building and flying radio control model airplanes, but not every one does. On Feb. 20 between 2 and 3 p.m. I was flying my model airplane In Christmas Hill park like I always have for the past 12 years. Acknowledging the posted notification about the restriction of flying 'gas' powered model airplanes, I brought an electric powered model. I chose a clear nonpopulated site to launch. After a few flights, a man in a city-marked truck confronted me. While my airplane was in the air, he yelled at me and attempted to grab at my very expensive controller and compromising my ability to also fly my, also very expensive, airplane. I was afraid for my personal property. Not wanting to get in to a possibly physical situation, I quickly landed my airplane in mid-air and left. In all my years of flying model airplanes, I've never seen such a reaction directed at  me or anyone else for flying a model airplanes."

The other day I was admiring, er … critically assessing my Christmas tree and its many ornaments. Ever notice a trend in ornaments? Back in the ’50s there were bubble lights and fragile but brightly colored glass retro ornaments – although in the ’50s you wouldn’t exactly refer to them as “retro.” But we can trace the trends of the decades just by looking at our Christmas trees.