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...examination of the last 45 min. of Columbia's life. Commander Rick Husband fired his deorbit engines at 8:15 a.m. E.T. when the ship was high over the Indian Ocean. Half an hour--and half a world--later, it hit the edges of the atmosphere just north of Hawaii at an altitude of about 400,000 ft. (122,000 m). Shortly after, a faint pink glow began to surround the ship, as atmospheric friction caused temperatures to rise to between 750[degrees]F and 3,000[degrees]F across various parts of the spacecraft's exposed underbelly...
That Samoan side Urale is ready to explore in her much-anticipated first feature, which she hopes to start shooting soon. Last July, she won a Fulbright residency at the University of Hawaii, where she polished her latest draft of Moana, about an urban Polynesian family's rediscovery of their pre-colonial myths. As a visual storyteller, whose modern-day fables have the weight of traditional Samoan fagogo, or fairytales, Urale has already begun that process, drawing new audiences around the projector's campfire. "I love social issues - that's why I make films," she says. "Because I want...
...just play and replay . . . and Kelly Slater is showing them his moves." And Ha'atafu provides good learning conditions. "We get some world-class waves here," says Burling. "They're clean and a good size, though we don't get the huge waves you'd associate with Hawaii...
...construction is picking up too. "It's not just about the golf," says PGA pro David Frost, who has played on many of the newest courses around the world. "To attract travelers these days, golf courses have to offer an extra feature. Spain has the Riviera and the nightlife, Hawaii the swimming, Africa the safaris...
...first six years in the state legislature, Democrats were in the minority, and I couldn't get a bill heard, much less passed. In my first race for Congress, I had my head handed to me. So when I, a black man with a funny name, born in Hawaii of a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, announced my candidacy for the U.S. Senate, it was hard to imagine a less likely scenario than that I would win--except, perhaps, for the one that allowed a child born in the backwoods of Kentucky with less than a year...