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Image of the Day: Crime Fighting with Yo-Yos
The above poster comes courtesy of Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog, and yes, it really is a movie about Japanese school girl crime fighting with Yo-Yos.
Unfortunately, while there seem to be a number of good scenes according to Chris’s review of the movie, it doesn’t hold up to the original.
Yes, that’s right, not only is this a movie about Japense school girl crime fighting with Yo-Yos, it’s actually the SECOND movie about Japanese school girl crime fighting with Yo-Yos.
MIND: OFFICIALLY BLOWN.
Hawaii: Day Four – Pineapples and Parks
Our fourth day in Hawaii involved a drive to the Dole Plantation, part of the history of James Dole‘s Hawaiian Pineapple Company that eventually became the Dole foods company we all encounter in supermarkets today.
We also took a walk through one of Honolulu’s many nature parks, taking in the breathtaking plant and animal life native to the island.
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Hawaii: Day Three – Craters, Submarines and Memorials
The third day of our trip involved three seperate adventures, the first of which nearly killed us with all the walking and climbing involved.
Diamond Head
The Diamond Head is one of Hawaii’s long extinct volcano cones that lies right next to the Waikiki beach. There is a mile-long path that leads up the 700+ foot tall rim of the Diamond Head, which leads to a stunning view of the Pacific Ocean.
While the tourbooks describe the hike as “short”, it’s definitely not something to be undertaken lightly, as the terrain is rough and the climb can be very steep as the path twists and turns up the side. The last portion of the hike involves going up over a hundred flight of stairs and through the lookout complex at the edge.
The view from the top, however, makes for a very satisfying conclusion to the difficult hike.
Atlantis Submarine
After the long hike to the top of the Diamond Head, we were glad that our second adventure consisted of an underwater trip in of the Atlantis Adventure submarines.
The water was a stunning blue-green at the hundred foot depths we reached during the trip. The colors only made the artificial reefs formed out of the sunken airplane and ship encountered during the trip that much more spine-tingling.
The Punchbowl
Our final trip of the day was to the Punchbowl Crater where houses the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, which pays tribute to the men and women who’ve given their lives in service.
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Hawaii: Day Two – The Beginning and End of WWII
Approaching the USS Arizona by boat
USS Arizona: The Beginnings of World War II
Our second day in Hawaii was mostly spent satisfying the historical interests of my father and brother with a trip to Pearl Harbor. There, visitors can see two very important ships, the first of which is the sunken remains of the battleship USS Arizona.
Inside the memorial hall
The Arizona Memorial is a very quiet, solemn place. After an introductory movie in the land-side museum, visitors are taken out by boat to the memorial itself. While most of the above water superstructure has been removed, the base of the giant gun turrent still stands as silent witness.
Around the memorial, there are pools of oil, leaking slowly from the wreckage at a rate of 2 quarts per day even 66 years later. To the memoral staff and locals, the oil is often referred to as the tears of the ship, weeping for the 1,177 crew members lost on December 7th, 1941.
The Arizona’s forward gun turret base
USS Missouri: The End of the War
The forward guns on the battleship USS Missouri
On the other side of Pearl Harbor, the ship where the japanese surrender ceremony took place on September 2nd, 1945, signaling the end of the second world war, lies docked.
Inside the massive battleship
The battleship USS Missouri has a long and rich history, having served in World War II, the Korean War and the Gulf War. We were able to take a complete, guided tour throughout the ship, thanks to my younger brother. The tour went from the control deck all the way down to the engine room, and introduced us up close and personal to 60 years of naval history.
Main gun targeting computers
In the course of a few hours, we went from the tragedy that started one of the most famous wars in history, to the joys of the end of the very same conflict. It was a long and exhausting day, but ultimately a rewarding one for all of us.
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