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Markowitz with photo of 7s star, Ricardo Duarte
  Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA — Samoa News Senior Staff Photojournalist (and "Cool Stuff" columnist) Barry Markowitz, was pleased to learn some of his World Cup and HSBC 7s imagery will be prominently displayed at Orm's Pro Photo Warehouse camera shop in Cape Town, South Africa. The photo of local...
Barry in the midst of Typhoon Nalgae
Hong Kong, SAR — As a Savaii guy, Cool Stuff is used to self reliance.  When my Adventure Gifts business blew down at Aggie Grey’s father’s historic pharmacy building on Beach Road, it was just tough luck, my problem.  No assistance was expected from our Western Samoa Government. Typhoon Nalgae...
Capetown homeless
Capetown, SOUTH AFRICA — Currently the Republic of South Africa is suffering from 47% unemployment, and rampant daily national crime. Cool Stuff was warned repeatedly, by South Africans of all ethnicities, not to go out in public with his camera gear. One local put it bluntly, “You will get mobbed...
Scene at LAX
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — This past Monday, Samoa News Photojournalist, Cool Stuff, was greeted by an onboard pilot announcement (on his return from the Vancouver Rugby 7s) happily announcing that inflight mask requirements were just made officially optional.   Then we all heard the good news that...
Ben Gollings with Waisale Serevi (Fiji) and Nathan Hirayama (Canada
Onboard for only 3 months, former England 7s great now Fiji head 7s coach, Ben Gollings, has fostered a favorable environment to allow Fiji to get back in the groove to championship form.  Gollings has helped his team overcome the disappointment of the pandemic locking them out of the HSBC 7s...
covid-19 home test
Honolulu, HAWAII — Cool Stuff is sure Congresswoman Uifa'tali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewaggen has your back... making sure the territory gets its share of home COVID test kits in a prompt manner. Here is what to expect as these helpful kits could become critical to the territory's re-opening.  ...
The Litefighter 1 Tent
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Litefighter 1 Tent is most likely the tent that protects our active duty nephews, sons, cousins, nieces, Moms & Dads from the elements when deployed.  Litefighter 1 is an American made high quality product from a veteran owned (Dept of Defense approved) tent...
The Insta 360 Go 2
HONOLULU — Heaps of sponsored You Tube folks furiously try to compare the Insta 360 Go 2 the Go Pro, DJI Osmo Action and DJI Pocket 2.   The Go 2 is a unique reflection of Insta 360 genius that you can afford and will use daily.... it is more niche sophisticated than your commonly revered action...
The Carter Family of Atlanta, Georgia
Honolulu, HAWAII — While the Territory rejoices at the arrival of the most recent repatriation flight, we all face daily challenges we never would have dreamed of one year ago. Hardly any shops or restaurants are open at Honolulu's airport — which means thousands of hardworking folks lost their...
Preppers Peak Sun Kettle
Honolulu, HAWAII — The sun is always our best friend as proven in our past articles and Red Cross/first responder donations of our favorite LuminAid Packlite solar lantern.   Likewise, the Prepper Peak Sun Kettle can assure you off grid functionality any time natural disasters or infrastructure...

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