ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Reduce risk of falling
Advertiser Staff
Falling at home is an ongoing risk for seniors and convalescents. Comforting Hands Hawaii, an organization that works to help seniors retain independence in their homes, presents a seminar for caregivers and the public on falling and ways to reduce the risks of falling at home. The free seminar is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Central Union Church Parish Hall, 1600 S. Beretania St. Information: 942-2676, www.comfortinghandshawaii.com.
— Advertiser Staff
OBAMARAMA
BARACK OBAMA: BLOG STAR
Techpresident.com monitors Barack Obama's MySpace "friends" — he's got 44,445 (last count), against Hillary Clinton's 23,367. Friend or rival, Obama is the focus of a flurry of blogs such as www.barackoblogga.com, where a hefty archive of blogs link to a spectrum of opinion. Tracking the presidential hopeful's every gesture, speech and voting record is now a matter of mouse clicks. Who knew Obama is big in Stockholm? Started by "eurotrashies" who see the junior senator as a Bush antidote, http://SwedesforObama.com is a non-American point of view of the junior senator. And of course there's the official www.obama4america.com.
— Advertiser Staff
FINAL WORD
"I feel the need to move forward. ... I know it's going to broaden me as a human being; I hope it broadens me as an actor."
Cate Blanchett | the Oscar-nominated actress on her and husband Andrew Upton's appointments as artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, in The New Yorker magazine
