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Looking out over the pristine turf field at Corona (Calif.) Centennial just prior to the team's recent "College Showcase" -- an amped-up version of spring practice that attracted more than 30 coaches from some of the top football programs in the country -- it was easy to notice Austin Maloata staring with a sense of wonder.

On the island of Ofu in the South Pacific, Dr. Steve Palumbi searches for the strongest corals in the Pacific. The goal is to first find corals that can withstand the rising temperatures of the ocean due to climate change and then understand why they survive.

We are working with colleagues at Stanford University (Stephen Monismith, Rob Dunbar, Steve Palumbi) to understand carbon chemistry dynamics on shallow coral reefs in Ofu (American Samoa) part of the National Park of American Samoa.

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LOLO: FAIAOGA, FA’AFETAI MA LA OUTOU TAUTUA MATAVELA
 
Na tutu faatasi ta’ita’i o le atunuu i le tafa tolu o lana faigamalo, aemaise ai le aufaipisinisi ma le loaloa o le atunuu atoa e lagolago le aso faapitoa o Faiaoga i lenei tausaga, e ala i polokalame e pei o lauga, pesepesega ma taaloga na tuu faatasia e le Matagaluega o Aoga a le malo lea na faatautaia i le malae taalo o le VA Stadium i Tafuna i le taeao ananafi.
 

The Passing Flag Football League (PFFL) conducted by former NFL hard hitting player Niko Noga of American Samoa, will be heading into its third consecutive season this summer.
 
“This year’s league will have a seven-game season, with a ten-man roster for each team, and two divisions,” said Noga. “There will be a division for boys fourteen and under and a division for girls sixteen and under, but if the girls wish to play in the boys division, that will be ok,” he said.