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...early-morning hike up Diamond Head, for example, the iconic volcanic peak east of town. Or catch the free Kodak Hula Show at Kapiolani Park, a fun 63-year-old institution recently saved from extinction by the charitable Hogan Family Foundation. And whatever your budget, generous portions of sun, sand and surf are free for all along the seductively kitschy, crowded shores of Waikiki...
...military value of the V-22. While the Marines insist the Osprey is ready for production, it has not been approved for combat maneuvers and lacks its required gun. The winds created by its dual 38-ft. rotors are so strong that landing in a desert kicks up sand "brownouts" that can blind pilots, and rescuing someone from the sea is made extremely difficult. Marines climbing down ropes from Ospreys in combat simulations aboard ships or oil platforms have to hit the deck and stay there until the aircraft departs or risk being blown overboard. Communications gear aboard the Osprey...
Five shooting bays allow officers to shoot at targets up to 50 feet away. A mock-up of a house stands in one corner, for hostage scenarios. The thick cement back wall of the range is pock-marked with bullet holes. At the wall's base, in piles of sand, lie hundreds of flattened bullets...
PANDAS One main and three smaller enclosures; two ponds; two sand wallows...
Kamen is the founder of DEKA Research of Manchester, N.H. and has won numerous prizes and awards for his mechanical contributions to medical science. He invented the portable insulin pump and a wheelchair that can negotiate stairs, sand and gravel...