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14 Degrees South: Selected Poems, American Samoa, 1981-2006 has just been released by the University of the South Pacific Press.  It is a winner of the USP Press Prize for poetry, recognizing the contribution of the veteran Pacific author and activist John Enright, formerly of American Samoa.

The selection, a distillation of his poetic output during 26 years living in the islands, captures both the simplicity and the mystery of island life.

Joseph Kennedy, author of The Tropical Frontier: America’s South Seas Colony, says in the liner notes,

E to’alima ni tama’ita’i Tausima’i ua mae’a fa’apine i le sauniga mamalu sa fa’ataunu’uina i le Lecture Hall 2 a le Kolisi Tu’ufa’atasi a Amerika Samoa (ASCC)  i le afiafi o le Aso Gafua, Tesema 10, 2012.  Ma o le a aofia foi i latou i le Vasega Fa’au’u a le ASCC i le fa’au’uga i le taeao o le Aso Faraile, Tesema 14, 2012.

Ua i ai nei le atu Samoa i lapataiga o matagi malolosi, e mafua mai i le faaputuga o matagi malolosi lea o lo o agai atu i le motu o Wallis ma Futuna, tusa o le 100 maila le mamao ma Tutuila nei.

I se ripoti na tuuina mai i le Ofisa Vaai Tau, sa taua ai e faapea, o lenei faaputuga o matagi malolosi (tropical depression) o lo o fuafua afai ae faatupulaia pea lona malosi, o le a aga’i atu i le itu lagi o lo o i ai le motu o Fiti ma faasolo atu ai i Wallis ma Futuna, ma e ono aafia ai le atu Samoa aemaise lava Samoa i Sisifo i le isi 18-30 itula o lo o muamua.

O le faaiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei na fonoa ai le Itumalo o Saole i le itu i Sasa’e o le atunuu, faapea ai ma Alataua i le itu i Sisifo o le motu nei, mo le sailia o ni isi e tauaveina tofi Senatoa o itumalo i totonu o le maota maualuga a le Senate mo le isi nofoaiga o lo o sosoo nei.

I le maea ai lea o le fonotaga a le Itumalo o Saole, ua filifilia ai loa le afioga ia Saole Mila e fai ma o latou sui i le Senate, ae o le Itumalo o Alataua ua filifilia i ai le tofa i le tau tootoo ia Faletogo Tafavalu Taliloa e fai ma o latou sui.

TOLOPO MATAUPU A SE ALII FAIPISINISI

O le alii faipisinisi lea o lo o tuuaia i lona faia o ni uiga mataga i le ‘niece’ a lona toalua e 16 tausaga le matua, ua toe tolopo lana mataupu lea na tuu e fofogaina i luma o le Faamasinoga Maualuga i le vaiaso nei, i le aso 11 o Fepuari o le tausaga fou.

Na faailoa e Sharron Rancourt, le loia a le ua molia, i le faamasinoga e faapea, o lo o faia ni feutanaiga ma le malo mo se maliliega, ma e i ai le talitonuga e maea le 60 aso ua maua se taunuuga o talanoaga o lo o faia ma le malo.

Lornalei Christina Meredith, daughter of Matai'a Daniel and Gwendolyn Ho Ching Meredith of Alafua, Samoa is the latest Attorney at Law for the Territory of American Samoa.

She was sworn in at the High Court in Fagatogo by the Chief Justice of American Samoa, Michael Kruse, last Friday.

Ms. Meredith graduated with a Juris Doctorate, from the J. Reuben Clark Law, Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in April.

A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding vows at 12:12 p.m. in Pittsburgh's federal courthouse. And gamblers can take advantage of promotions some casinos are using to lure in patrons who want to test their luck.

With a once-a-century date arriving Wednesday, some people across the United Stated are betting on good fortune for 12-12-12.

In New England, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut will offer $12 in free slots play to rewards cards members who sink $12 into the slots.

E to’aiva i latou na fa’ai’u i le toese i Tafuna fiafiaga amata o le Kerisimasi o lenei tausaga, i le fa’ai’uga o le vaiaso na te’a nei, ina ua ova lo latou fiafia ma faia ai ni isi uiga ua le tusa ma ala o le tulafono.

E to’aiva i latou na taofia e leoleo i le faaiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei, ma tuuaia i solitulafono e aofia ai le ‘onana faavalevalea, sauaga i totonu o aiga, faaoolima atoa ai ma le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele.

O le taeao ananafi na tatala aloaia ai le Ofisa Leoleo fou i le afioaga o Leone, ma sa toatele ni isi o sui o le malo faapea taitai o le afioaga, na molimauina lenei faamoemoe taua, ina ua tini se tasi o moemitiga a le afioga i le Komesina ma le mamalu o le Matagaluega o Leoleo, e fausia lenei ofisa e fesoasoani ai i le faatinoina o la latou pito laau, i le puipuia lea o le saogalemu o le atunuu lautele.

TATALA I TUA STERLING FUGA MAI LE TOESE

O le alii lea o lo o tuuaia i le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu, e mafua mai i lona faia o ni uiga i se tamaitai sa la nonofo faatasi i le nofoa o se pasi, na la malaga mai ai mai Leone, i le masina na te’a nei, ua tatala i tua e faatali ai le isi ona iloiloga  i luma o le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo.