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The text of the article is available in BSL here; I was having some issues setting up to film and so got a friend to be my cameraman with a bribe of coffee. Further issues ensued with phone; apologies for the cutouts in the signed article, but thankfully I'd managed to fix the phone by the time I got to signing the poem. Whew!
This week is Deaf Awareness week, and coincidentally, I've just finished composing a poem inspired by THAT interpreter, the surrounding events and a recent oh-so-funny advert by the one and only LiveLens.
Some background to this poem; Thamsanqa Jantje is the 'interpreter' who royally messed up Mandela's funeral service. Signing gibberish, he hallucinated or bluffed (depending on your point of view) his way through the entire event. On being exposed as a fake, he claimed that he'd been seeing angels and was receiving treatment for schizophrenia, before checking back into a psychiatric unit.
It got worse when it turned out that a man accused of murder – by necklacing; putting a tyre around someone's neck and setting it on fire – as part of a mob, but escaped trial due to mental incompetence, had been allowed to stand in touching distance of various world leaders. The organisers had a lot of explaining to do.
And the world laughed. Oh, not everyone, to be sure. There was a heck of a fuss. But comedians couldn't resist poking fun in ever so side-splittingly hilarious ways, and just type 'fake sign language interpreter funny' into youtube. I had to stop after three pages of results, it was too depressing.
LiveLens are the advertising start-up who have used Jantje to make an advert. And they snuck him out of said psychiatric unit to do it.
There are so many things wrong with all of this on so many levels, but LiveLens appear to be blithely – or cheerfully – unaware of the level of hurt and offence that they have caused.
As well as defending their actions on twitter, LiveLens issued a statement on their Facebook page:
"We never thought our video ad would gather so much interest from people.There is absolutely no disrespect meant at deaf people or anyone! The interpreter was "starring" before on SNL, Jay Leno and others. Its also ok to give people a 2nd chance. Thamsanqa is mentally ill and admitted several times he made a mistake that day. Should he be banned for life? Please share your thoughts"
Here is my deconstruction, and my response:
"We never thought our video ad would gather so much interest from people."
Then why do it?
"There is absolutely no disrespect meant at deaf people or anyone!"
Again: then why do it?
LiveLens CMO Sefi Shaked said it himself: "[with] every campaign, some people think something is disrespectful… We are expecting an argument." No disrespect intended, huh?
"The interpreter was "starring" before on SNL, Jay Leno and others."
No, he wasn't. He was being mercilessly sent up by actors in SNL, Jay Leno and others. The quality and sensitivity of the sketches involved were variable, but that's a separate issue.
"Its (sic) also OK to give people a second chance."
Yes it is, providing the people who get given the second chance are seen to use it well, showing understanding of the consequences of their actions and respectful gratitude. Otherwise, they just look like piss-takers. Case in point.
"Thamsanqa is mentally ill and admitted several times he made a mistake that day."
About him being mentally ill. Didn't LiveLens sneak him out of a psychiatric unit for a day to film the ad? A recovering schizophrenic with self-confessed hallucinations and violent tendencies? And offer him lots of money? Can anyone at LiveLens explain that thought process in a way that doesn't make them seem like they were shamelessly exploiting a mentally ill man and the situation he found himself in?
And yes. He apologised for his performance and then went on to say his interpreting was the best in the world. He also cheerfully said he was the "great fake". Then, in an interview with Betabeat regarding the ad, he said he wasn't sorry or ashamed at all as he'd raised awareness for an important cause. Yep. He seems sorry.
If the cause was highlighting the importance of checking your interpreters' qualifications BEFORE you put them on the world stage, job done.
If the cause was raising awareness of sign language in a positive light; fail. You want to raise awareness of sign language and the deaf community? Get a qualified interpreter and let the world see the beauty and flow of real sign language, honouring a world leader.
"Should he be banished for life?"
Honestly? Perhaps not, in a free world and all that, but by the same token a little respect wouldn't go amiss and not parading around the farce he caused for amusement and – worst of all – profit. He's profiting from being the interpreter who bluffed his way through a globally-televised funeral. LiveLens is helping him. That's pretty far from banishment, and having seen that video, banishment would almost be too kind now.
"Please share your thoughts."
I shall.
But for this, simply venting on my blog doesn't seem enough.
So, I composed a poem. This was composed in English, so in signing it, I'll follow the English structure, effectively SSE. One day I may attempt a full BSL translation, happy to collaborate with anyone up for the challenge! For now, here it is.
Oh, and – if you want to see interpreting done properly, check out http://www.realinterpreter.com.
PS: Further inspiration came from Terp Life, two words; balloon animal.
Without further ado, here's the poem, with a signed translation.
We never meant any disrespect
We never meant any disrespect.
OK, so the interpreter was a fake,
But you have to admit it's pretty funny,
The funeral of an elder statesman
a polar figure
reformed terrorist
or wrongly imprisoned freedom fighter?
A man who, merely by taking a walk
changed the world.
Then changed it some more.
Loved by many.
And his funeral
a worthy occasion
world leaders paying tribute,
a massive stage,
a mourning throng,
spotlit by glittering lenses
beaming to satellites,
a fittingly global connection.
What a chance
for signs to shine
to be part of the Rainbow
honouring the man
who showed that where there is rain
there can be light.
And his funeral
All inclusive; black, white, hearing, deaf, everyone
honouring a man who fought exclusion
turned to farce
by a modern day Judas
who with spurious translations
sealed off
shut out an entire community.
This snake in plain sight
took a shit
a stupendous steaming turd
that landed on the stage with an almighty splat
that only those with receptive eyes could see.
It hit the screens
it smeared down
and was left there til the end.
And then it hit the fan.
And the world laughed.
In surprise, in shock, in horror.
But it laughed.
We never meant any disrespect.
OK, so the interpreter was a fake,
But you have to admit it's pretty funny,
Sure. Funny in the same way
that if the whole thing had been conducted in Afrikaans
and was translated thus:
Walla walla walla
Rocking horse goes up and down
knife and fork
touch my face, pat my tummy
here is a balloon animal
kill the boer, kill them all
a breakdancing pineapple
hand me the scissors
I have no shame
a donkey farts in a tower
touch my face, pat my tummy
the bagpipes go wheedle wheedle wheedle
a rocking horse fucking a breakdancing pineapple
a menage a trois with the balloon animal
knife and fork
touch my face, pat my tummy
For hours.
Wouldn't that have been hysterical?
Imagine the uproar
when English users finally broke through
and the shambles exposed.
Can you imagine?
And if then the world laughed
and took to the internet
spoofing English
spouting gibberish in a mockery
dancing around blabbering
for the craic
even professional comedians join in the fun
with lazy kicks at the wounded.
Then corporate opportunists
colluding with avaricious delusionists
for advertising gimmicks
And then said
We never meant any disrespect.
OK, the interpreter at Nelson Mandela's funeral was a joke,
but you've got to admit it's pretty funny,

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From the happiness to the heartache to the history that has been made, there has been a multitude of amazing moments so far this 2016. From Leicester winning the Premier League title to Steph and Kristen becoming the first ever female winners of TAR Canada, 2016 had a host of incredible moments that will not soon be forgotten. So to cap off The Mastermind Award Nominees 2016, it is time to talk about the very best moments of 2016 in the world of both football and reality TV!
Leicester City Win Premier League Title ♥
I've already talked in great length in a few other nomination pages about how special this moment was but words still cannot describe truly how much this meant to all in football, particularly those that call themselves a fan of the Foxes. Eden Hazard's goal against Tottenham was officially the moment that sealed the deal but Wes Morgan and Claudio Ranieri lifting the trophy will forever be the one remembered as the iconic image of this incredible 2015-16 Premier League title win for the Foxes. Every single person at the club played their part and every single person watching around the world wanted it to happen. I don't think anyone could ever truly describe how amazing this was.
Eder Scores Euro 2016 Winning Goal
It took 109 minutes of a relatively tame final match of Euro 2016 for someone to break the deadlock but substitute Eder Lopes finally managed to do it with a thunderbolt of an effort from outside the area, winning Portugal Euro 2016. Madness erupted around the stadium when this goal went in and the Portugese players just could not believe it. Somehow Portugal managed to win Euro 2016 and they did it without Ronaldo, as Eder scored this fantastic goal.
Aubry Flips Tai Onto Her Side (Survivor Kaoh Rong)
Although Cydney's decision to flip against the Brawn alliance and take out Nick is widely regarded as the move that changed everything in Survivor Kaoh Rong, Aubry flipping Tai onto her side was equally important in allowing this fantastic alliance to make it all the way to the end of the game. Aubry flipping Tai onto her side was an incredible piece of gameplay and proved her to be easily the most astute player on the island with the way she managed to accomplish it. This move by Aubry not only solidified her place in the final but knocked down all those that opposed her in Scot, Julia and Cydney. This was amazing social gameplay from Aubry, one of the best ever, and a truly special moment from 2016.
Michaela's Blindside And Reaction
For all the wonderfulness of Survivor Millennials vs. Gen X so far, this moment right here might stand out as the one that everyone remembers for years to come. Bret LaBelle looked all set to go home in Survivor Millennials vs. Gen X's seventh episode of the season. He and Sunday had found themselves at the bottom of Ika Bula when they swapped with a numbers disadvantage against the four Millennials and so when the tribe finally lost the challenge, Bret was looking ready to go home. That was until Jay and Will started to feel uncomfortable with Michaela's dominant role in the alliance and methodical ways of thinking about the game. Jay quickly made a plan to take out Michaela instead and in never-before-seen footage, he let Bret and Sunday know of the plan too. Because this conversation was never shown on the screen, it made for an even more shocking elimination from a viewer perspective. But the best part of all about Michaela's elimination from the game was her reaction, which you have to see below. The moment her name came up a third time, she screamed "Whaaaaaaaat?", turned around at Jay, gave Will a brief glance and then turned her attention back over towards Jay, asking "Did you do that?". What happens next you have to see for yourself below to fully get the true image of what happened. Words cannot describe how amazing this blindside was and Michaela's elimination from the game was the best reaction ever and will forever make this moment remembered as one of the best blindsides of all time.
Phoebe Blindsides Craig l'Anson (Australian Survivor)
Phoebe Timmins was the star of Australian Survivor Season 3 and there was no greater moment in the show's twenty-six episode run than her shocking elimination of Craig L'anson in episode 12. As we knew that Phoebe had a hidden immunity idol and was the most strategically sound player on the season, it wasn't the audience that was blindsided that night. Instead it was every single player on Vavua beach who were blindsided by Phoebe's move (apart from the fake reaction of Kristie Bennett in the middle who knew of the plan). At the beginning of the swap, Craig found a clue to the hidden immunity idol. But no matter how hard he tried, he just could not find it. One of the key reasons why was that a day after Phoebe saved herself with one idol in Rohan's elimination, she immediately went looking for another one and succeeded in stealing it away from Craig. But the night of Phoebe's impending elimination, the rest of the tribe (apart from Kristie) had no idea that Phoebe had an idol and so trying to be the good guy, Connor let Phoebe know that she was about to be sent home, prompting Phoebe to know that it was exactly the right time to use her weapon to her advantage. When the votes came in, Phoebe played the idol to save herself again, devastating the Vavau tribe. As the rest of his tribe shared looks of disbelief all Craig could do was smile.
Jamie Vardy Breaks Premier League Goal Record
Nobody even knew who Jamie Vardy was a couple of years ago but under Claudio Ranieri last season the former non-league footballer managed to do the impossible and break Ruud Van Nilsterooy's Premier League goal record for most consecutive games scoring a goal. Watching Jamie Vardy score every single week regardless of who the Foxes were playing was amazing to see and as he grew closer and closer to the record no one could take their eyes off of this man and Leicester City Football Club. Vardy scored 13 goals in 11 games to break the record helping the Foxes pick up a host of surprise results along the way. This kind of goal return from the Premier League striker was one of the keys to Leicester City's success and forever cemented his place in Premier League legacy. This record might not ever be broken again and it is absolutely amazing that a former non-league player, Jamie Vardy, is the one that pulled it off.
Steph and Kristen Become First Ever Female Winners of Amazing Race Canada
It took America seventeen seasons to get it right and although four seasons isn't anywhere near as bad, it was still far too long for an all-female team to win the Amazing Race Canada or for the show to have a female winner at all. So when Steph and Kristen pulled it off as The Mastermind had been predicting them to do all season long, it was a truly special moment. The dating couple ran one of the most dominant races in the history of the show and were incredibly deserving winners that now serve as emblems for female prowess on Canadian Television.
So where can I vote?! Voting is now open here -> VOTE: The Mastermind Awards 2016. Enjoy! And if you haven't done so already, make sure to check out The Mastermind Award Nominees 2016 Page for all the details on who and what is up for every single award. Have fun! 🙂


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Closing Time: Red Sox erupt for 7 runs in 11th inning to beat Blue Jays
On Sunday, Mike Napoli talked about the importance of treating the remainder of the schedule as meaningful, of respecting the game in a fashion that maintained the integrity of the team's who still have something to play for in 2014. The veteran said that the Red Sox were mindful of the teams that had fallen out of the race last year that nonetheless still fought for wins against contenders; the Sox, Napoli hoped, would do the same. Through the first two games against the Blue Jays in Toronto, the Sox have done just that, delivering a potentially terminal pair of losses on the Jays, the latest an 11-7 victory in 11 innings on Tuesday. The Sox scored seven or more runs in an extra-inning frame for just the second time in at least the last 30 years, the previous such instance coming on August 16, 2005, then held on for dear life as reliever Heath Hembree struggled to secure the final three outs. Still, secure them he did, as the Red Sox left the Blue Jays reeling, seven games out of the wild card race. WHAT WENT RIGHT FOR THE RED SOX -- For the second straight game, Dustin Pedroia went deep, launching a two-run homer in the top of the first against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. It was the first time since last July 30-31 that he's gone deep in consecutive games. He later delivered a bases-loaded, two-run single in the 11th to set in motion the Sox' victory. His four runs batted in matched a season high. -- Napoli smoked a three-run homer (his 16th of the year) to blow the game open as part of a 2-for-5 game. -- Yoenis Cespedes had his third straight multi-hit game, going 3-for-6 with a trio of singles including a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the seventh. He also now has a five-game hitting streak that has included at least one run in in each contest, a run during which he's 10-for-22 with a pair of walks. His stretch of five straight games with a hit and RBI is the longest by a Red Sox this year. Cespedes is 10-for-31 with a walk and 18 RBIs with runners in scoring position since joining the Sox. -- Will Middlebrooks continued his tremendous success against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. He drove a first-inning RBI double to center against Dickey, improving to 4-for-11 against him, with all four of the hits (two doubles, two homers) having been for extra bases -- the most extra-base hits Middlebrooks has against any big league pitcher. However, Middlebrooks' strong night was somewhat qualified by the fact that in the 11th, he struck out against infielder-turned-pitcher Steve Tolleson. -- Brock Holt singled against tough left-handed reliever Aaron Loup, thus improving to .311/.360/.430 against southpaws this year. -- Allen Craig hit his first homer since joining the Sox, a two-run shot in the 11th. WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE RED SOX -- For the first time in his 24 big league starts, right-hander Rubby De La Rosa did not strike out a batter. While he had plenty of velocity, he fooled no one over the course of his 4 2/3 innings in which he allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks. While it would be natural to wonder whether De La Rosa has fatigued due to a career-high innings log, he had struck out eight in his last outing and indeed in two of his prior three. Moreover, it's worth noting that the Blue Jays have been all over De La Rosa this year, having whiffed just twice in a total of 14 2/3 innings spanning three starts against Toronto. There's been some discussion throughout the year about whether De La Rosa has been tipping his pitches. If so, it would appear that Toronto has developed a very keen sense of when he's throwing his fastball. It's also worth noting that De La Rosa, whose success this year had derived largely from his ability to elicit ground balls and work down in the strike zone, operated at the top of the zone throughout the night. He got just four groundouts, and in some respects, was fortunate to limit the damage to just three runs during his outing. -- Alex Wilson's streak of nine straight scoreless innings came to an end when he allowed a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the seventh. He also gave up a walk, the first free pass he'd given up since May 25. He'd made six subsequent appearances spanning 13 1/3 innings without walking anyone.


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text: TECH Nintendo 3DS Brings 3D Gaming to the U.S. on March 27 7:00 AM PST 1/19/2011 by John Gaudiosi FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Courtesy of Sony Nintendo 3DS The company expects to sell four million Nintendo 3DS devices by March 31, 2011 NEW YORK CITY -- Nintendo of America will bring the latest iteration of its bestselling portable gaming system, the Nintendo 3DS, to U.S. gamers on March 27 for $250. It will be available in two colors: Aqua Blue and Midnight Black. The Japanese game maker held a press event today in New York City to showcase its lineup of new autostereoscopic (glasses free) games. Nintendo expects to sell four million Nintendo 3DS devices by March 31, 2011, which marks the end of its fiscal year. The company expects to sell 15 million Nintendo 3DS games in that time frame. The new system will debut in Japan on Feb. 26 before heading to the U.S. Michael Pachter, video game analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, expects Nintendo will produce 2 million pieces of hardware per month. That would give Nintendo 24 million Nintendo 3DS systems by the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2012. Nintendo will continue to support its other portable hardware, which includes the $130 Nintendo DS Lite, the $150 Nintendo DSi, and the $170 Nintendo DSi XL. Nintendo sold 2.5 million units of these portables in the U.S. in December, bringing the total U.S. install base for the Nintendo DS family to 47 million since the device launched in November 2004. That makes it the best-selling video game system in U.S. history. But Nintendo has had success globally, as well. Nintendo has sold over 135 million Nintendo DS portables worldwide. "I'm sure that Nintendo is going the 3D route because the consumer will support it, it's quite different, and they can be first to market," said Pachter. "My guess is that with a price cut, regular Nintendo DS sales drop to 10 million or so annually. So combined, they will sell 30 to 35 million, which is definitely not too shabby." Nintendo 3DS comes with a 3.53-inch top screen and a 3.02-inch bottom touch screen. It has three cameras -- one inner and two outer -- to deliver the 3D effect and take 3D pictures. It includes a motion sensor, a gyro sensor and even a slide pad that allows 360-degree analog input. Nintendo DS games will play in both 2D or 3D, as the slide pad that allows gamers to control the depth, or "parallax barrier," of the on-screen action. Nintendo will support the new system with new iterations of franchises like Mario Kart, Paper Mario, StarFox, and Animal Crossing. Some of the third party games shipping for the portable device include EA Sports' Madden NFL Football, Capcom's Resident Evil Revelations, Activision's DJ Hero 3D, and Namco Bandai's Ridge Racer. "We think that the 3DS is so far ahead of other mobile devices in its game playing capabilities that it will generate substantial excitement this year among the many core gamers craving a new hardware device," said David Cole, president of video game research firm DFC Intelligence. Sony jumped into the stereoscopic 3D game last year with its free firmware upgrade, which turned every PlayStation 3 into a Blu-ray 3D player and a 3D gaming device for titles like Gran Turismo 5, MLB 11: The Showand Killzone 3. But gamers need to upgrade to a 3D TV to experience stereoscopic 3D. Ultimately, Nintendo will be facing competition from new 3D rivals in the consumer electronics and handset carrier space. At CES 2011, companies were showing off autostereoscopic smart phones and tablet devices that are capable of playing console-quality 3D games through new Tegra 2 technology from NVIDIA. NVIDIA also offers PC gamers stereo 3D gaming experiences for over 400 games through its 3D Vision technology, which is now available on a wide array of desktops and laptops. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME John Gaudiosi email@example.com @thr


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The Dutch government's mission for last week's budget negotiations, which had to be secured by Prime Minister Rutte, was three-fold: First, to maintain the 1 billion euro rebate on The Netherlands' contribution to the EU. Second, to lower total EU spending. This goal might have seemed ambitious, given that new EU budgets had always been higher than the previous one, and given that the European Commission had asked for and increase of 5,5 per cent compared to the old 2007-2013 budget.
Third, Rutte's goal was to modernize the budget in order to create more financial room for investing in the EU's earning capacity, in areas such as research, innovation, transport, energy and digital networks.
While the latter goal is the most substantive in nature, the first two are highly political: Rutte seemed to be particularly keen on being able to demonstrate that he could succeed in making Brussels "give in and give up", and to show that he could come home with spoils of some sort for the national electorate.
The first of these goals has been achieved: Rutte managed to maintain the Dutch rebate. The second goal was also successfully negotiated: for the first time in the history of the EU the budget has been pushed down. This makes The Netherlands part of the winning team in last Friday's decision making process, together with Britain, Germany, Sweden and the other net-contributors.
By contrast, Rutte was not successful in securing a more modern EU budget: spending on Competitiveness for Growth may increase by 40 per cent to more than 125 billion euro, it still remains a very modest part of the total budget (12,6 per cent compared to 32,6 per cent for regional development and 37,4 per cent for agriculture).
So it can be concluded that Rutte has succeeded politically but lost in more substantive terms. In his first response to the press, Rutte stated: "Of course it is not possible to get everything you want when you negotiate with 27 member states. But we keep our rebate, for which we fought hard, and the total budget will be smaller. That's appropriate, because all member states have to cut their spending".
What Rutte does not mention is that since the last budget was made, the member states have asked the EU to do more, for instance in the field of regulating the financial services and national budgets, foreign policy and fighting cross border crime. The EU institutions will have to perform these additional tasks with fewer funds. For The Netherlands, there is a clear analogy with what the present central government demands from local authorities: policy decentralization has been paired with budget cuts for municipalities.
Another part of the budget that pleased the Dutch government is the demand for all EU institutions to cut down 5 per cent of their staff in the next years. Those EU-civil servants that remain will have to work longer hours without additional compensation and will face a salary cut of 6 per cent, seen as a "token of solidarity" with indebted EU member states. This measure tallies nicely with the recurrent debate on public sector rewards in The Netherlands. Just last week, there was outrage in Dutch newspapers and TV shows in response to the news that more than 3000 EU civil servants enjoy a higher salary than the Dutch prime minister himself.
The failure to truly modernize the EU's budget is seen by many as a missed opportunity to use the budget negotiations as stating an ambition for Europe, rather than underlining the popular perception that EU budgets are more about finding a "gloomy compromise between political opportunism and subsidy addiction" as the Dutch Commissioner Neelie Kroes for Europe's Digital Agenda called the budget agreement in the papers.
In sum, Rutte succeeded in achieving the two political goals that prevent him from losing political prestige domestically, but he failed to triumph in terms of creating more common added value for Europe, by moving away from the old economy and embrace the new economy. This can be taken as an indication of Europe's long road ahead, both in terms of economic recovery and in terms of increasing multi-level political legitimacy.


text: New Diet Plans and Foods: Are We Eating Healthier Than Before or Is It a Fruitless Exercise? Healthy Living, Highlighted, Nutrition Recommended: Use a voucher code MAS5385 to save an extra 5% when shopping for supplements on iHerb. Hardly a day goes by when we don't hear about a new superfood or new diet plans which have been endorsed by a celebrity. We can hardly be blamed for wishing to try some of these so called miracle diets for ourselves when people like Gwyneth Paltrow, as much respected for her nutritional knowledge as for her film success, or Jennifer Aniston who clearly seems to benefit from her diet, advocate certain eating methods or types of food. What New Diet Plans Have Emerged Recently Possibly one of the most talked about regimes we've been hearing a lot about in the past year is alkaline eating. An alkaline diet works on the principal that alkali foods are good for us and acid foods are bad. Gwyneth Paltrow has enthused about alkaline dieting on her much read website and lifestyle blog, GOOP while even Victoria Beckham has been seen tweeting that we 'must buy the cookbook' by Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson. However, bearing in mind that Corrett's mother is celebrity interior designer Kelly Hoppen, you can be forgiven for wondering whether this particular eating trend would have taken off in such a way without the multiple celebrity input. Taking over in popularity from previous celebrity favourite, the Dukan diet, alkaline eating relies on a diet of alkaline ash producing foods combined with a lower intake of foods which produce acid ash. Victoria Beckham is said to favour a 70% alkaline and 30% acid programme. The 'ash' part of the diet basically relates to the ph balance of your urine, with high alkaline ash or alkaline urine produced through eating alkaline rich foods. There is no scientific evidence that this way of eating helps prevent cancer, heart disease or other illnesses as some alternative practitioners would have us believe, and in fact, a diet which doesn't contain a balance of all of the major food groups can be detrimental to long term health. Food For Thought The alkaline diet is comprised of a plan whereby you eat alkaline rich foods for most of the time, interspersed with a few acid foods to make things interesting. It is meant to create the perfect bodily ph balance, and of course aid weight loss, a prerequisite of celebrity endorsement it seems. It supposedly has a whole host of advantages such as clear skin, bright eyes and a bushy tail, as well as apparently being a major tool in the prevention of osteoporosis. It's said that high acid ash, or acid ph can lead to weakening of the bones, therefore a diet with a high alkaline yield has the opposite, beneficial effect. There has been no regulated scientific research to support this claim. An alkaline diet is high in fibre, from fruit and vegetables including spinach which should be eaten raw, harking back perhaps to the fad for raw foods so popular a few years ago. It also includes multigrains and cold water fish, sprouts, linseed oil and broccoli to name but a few, and suggests drinking lots of water, all of which is helpful in cleansing and maintaining the digestive tract. If this sounds familiar, it's possibly because any balanced diet recommends good hydration and eating a range of fruit, vegetables and multigrains. However, alkaline eating bans pasta, white rice, sugar and condiments such as salt and pepper, only allowing a smidgen of soy sauce here and there for taste enhancement. Though it's highly likely that weight loss will be an outcome of strictly adhering to an alkaline plan, it's still a difficult regime to say the least. The Benefits of Healthy Diets and Superfoods An overall balanced diet plan containing a wide range of foods and lots of water is accepted by doctors, nutritionists and scientists as the ideal way to eat. Combined with an exercise plan tailored to your needs it will ensure that you lose weight steadily and safely. We're always hearing of new superfoods which supposedly have great benefits in terms of health and well being and in some cases can assist weight loss. Beetroot juice is one such food which in fact has been monitored carefully and shown to live up to the claims made. High in antioxidants, nutrients and nitrates such as Vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, sodium and betaine, beetroot juice has been proven to be effective in the prevention of fatty build up around the liver, which in turn can reduce liver disease cause by alcohol consumption. One of the ingredients of beetroot juice is betaine, particularly helpful in preventing the production of harmful amino-acids and a good tool against heart disease and stroke as well as other diseases. It's also highly beneficial to athletes, allowing blood sugars and lactic acids to regain normal levels after exercise far more quickly among other helpful effects. Beetroot juice can be bought in health food shops and some supermarkets, although as always supermarket chains are slow to stock foods which are seen as 'healthy'. You can drink it on its own or you can add it to fruit smoothies such as blueberry and raspberry. Superfoods In the News Again Kale is another food which has been shown to have high dietary value in many respects. A green, leafy vegetable it has generated lots of interest from nutritionists and chefs such as Jamie Oliver and celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow who has recipes featuring kale on her GOOP page. Try her kale chips for a unique way to cook this great food. Danish chef Trine Hahnemann suggest a kale salad with apple, pomegranate and walnut and dressed with lime which also sounds good. Kale can be included in an alkaline diet and is one of the healthiest vegetables around. A member of the humble cabbage family this superstar food contains lots of antioxidants and vital nutrients including Vitamin K and is particularly good at lowering cholesterol and fat absorption. Steaming releases its benefits to optimum effect. A Footnote As always, supermarkets have been slow to catch on when it comes to superfoods. Notoriously vague when it comes to labelling so that what you think may be a low fat food contains massive amounts of salt, or a food you take to be sugar free is full of artificial sweeteners, there is no commercial benefit to supermarkets in stocking 'healthy foods'. Healthy foods can be more expensive to grow and produce and have a lower shelf life as they are free from additives. In a consumer driven society where cheapness and longevity rule, it's up to the individual to make their concerns heard and try to get supermarkets to take note. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.


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I bought an eight foot Porta Boat back in 2001 to replace a real nice fiberglass lap strake dingy that was lost in a gale. I have never regretted the purchase. It has been a real workhorse and has saved it's cost many times over in dingy dock fees. I don't abuse it but, I don't baby it either. But, over the years the wear and tear has taken it's toll. Namely on the plastic foam filled rear seat and the removable wooden transom.
The wooden transom really began to fall apart during last season as ten years of water, rain and sun started to delaminate the 3/4 inch marine plywood.
Happily, the Porta Boat people don't rest on their laurels and have continually improved the Porta Boat design over the years. Including a new plastic transom that is lighter than the wooden one it replaced and a stronger more robust seat. So I ordered one of the new plastic transoms to replace the waterlogged wooden one. It does require a little bit of retrofitting but, nothing too difficult. Here is what is required:
New holes have to be drilled for the screws that will secure the transom to the the Porta Boat hull. You can see the new and old positions for these screw in the photo below:
I refilled the old holes with some Marine GOOP and covered them with some tape. The plastic transom is lighter and floats and won't be damaged by water like the previous wood transom was.
Once the old brackets were removed I also needed to cut out a little of the floatation foam in order to fit the new seat brackets to the hull:
Two of the existing holes line up with the new bracket. But, I had to drill one additional hole for the new bracket.
I again filled one of the old screw holes some Marine GOOP. With the new brackets installed I refitted the new seat into the boat and then filled it with useful things I needed to take out to the boat. One of the nice things I like about the Porta Boat is how much it holds and how dry it is compared to an inflatable. With the upgraded transom and new seat it should serve me well for a number of years to come.


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I think that the people of the Pacific Northwest, for the most part, are really enjoying the rain that we have finally been getting. I love sitting outside and just smelling in the scents and listening to the rain fall. When I went out on a misty, sprinkling Sunday hike, I kept my eyes to the ground in search of mushrooms. I was surprised to only see this one spindly, lone mycena growing out from under a log the entire day. But even seeing just the one fungi made me smile, because I love September, with it's beginning signs of autumn. I am sure today when the weather warms up again and the rain takes another break, more will appear.
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Riding The Baggy Wrinkle – A New Place and a New World
on January 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm
I had one long rough week. Yes. You were correct. I missed last weeks Robotic Madness and sketch Wednesday. Between freelance deadlines and my family for the Holidays, I just didn't have time to belt out a page. I managed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Xoc by Matt Dembicki
Author: Matt Dembicki
Publication Date: July 25, 2012
Length: 120 pages
Xoc tells the story of a great white shark who is on a long journey. Along the way, the shark is joined by a turtle, whose fin has been damaged by a boat. As the two travel through the ocean, they encounter many dangers, from natural predators to floating garbage patches.
This book would be a good introduction for kids to the negative effects our pollution has on the oceans. Although, some explaining would be required, since I doubt most kids could recognise the oil barrels and other dangers, and they aren't really explained in the book, since everything is from the point of view of the shark, who doesn't know what these things are.
I liked the turtle, and I enjoyed the interaction between the two characters, but the story fell a bit flat for me. And the way the shark talked was too unnatural to be able to read smoothly. (I know, I know, what's unnatural speaking for a shark? But I found the ellipses tiresome. "How much farther... do you plan... on following me?" I didn't quite get what the author was going for with that.)
2 stars, which are entirely for the delightful turtle.
This book counts for the 2012 A-Z Book Challenge.
Full disclosure: Free e-book copy received from the publisher through NetGalley.
Posted by Lianne at 7:00 AM
Labels: children's, environmentalism, graphic novel
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Artifact Details
TitleGilson Slide Rule
Catalog Number102675451
TypeStill image
PhotographerBromfield, David
PublisherSmithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Place of PublicationWashington, D.C.
Identifying Numbers
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|Verso Pencil
Dimensionsoverall: 8 in x 10 in
DescriptionB&W. Close up of Gilson Circular Slide Rule. Shows the two cursors, circular lines with numbered divisions. "Gilson Slide Rule Co., Niles, Mich. Patents Pending"
Verso: White paper label " SITES logo This photograph may not be reproduced except for non-profit publicity or educational purposes without written permission from SITES, Washington D.C. 20560"
Title: " Gilson slide rule
Date: c 1900 Lent by The Computer Museum, Boston, MA
From the exhibition \: Computers in your pocket:: The Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
History of Hand Held Calculators Photo credit: D. Bromfield"
CreditCourtesy of Gwen Bell
Lot NumberX7413.2015
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SenderOk solves the problem of sorting out important email at a glance. The best thing about SenderOk is that you do not have to use separate notifiers for Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail. I would love to see more custom labels being integrated in the upcoming versions because only three categories is not enough.
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text: The author introduces 13 animals that live (or lived) near North American rivers, including the common dragonfly, water beetle, blackbird, raccoon, and catfish as well as the less common moose, river otter, water shrew, osprey, beaver, trout, salamander, and mountain lion. She describes how the different animals use the river from morning to night to find food, play, and raise their young. Each page is devoted to a different animal, the left page showing a full color portrait and providing text, while the right shows the animal in the pond at a specific time of day. The same painting of the pond appears on each right-hand page, only the changing light and shadow indicates the passage of time as various animals come and go throughout the day and evening. While the technique is interesting, it is not entirely successful here. The pale colors used and the sameness of scene sap the river of vitality. The effect is of a museum diorama rather than viewing a river first hand. Like the author's previous titles, Desert Discoveries (1997) and Tundra Discoveries (1999), there are some interesting facts provided, for example, the shiny water beetle sticks its bottom out of the water to draw air into a special cavity. Underwater, the air is released from the cavity via tiny tubes, allowing the beetle to jet along and avoid its enemies. A question is provided on each page to encourage careful listening. The title concludes with a double-page spread with all the animals present in the pond and a brief glossary. While the author's appreciation of the natural world is evident, the text is livelier than the illustrations. (Nonfiction. 8-10)


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WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama weighed in Sunday on gun violence, childhood obesity and the prospect of relative anonymity when her family leaves the White House.
In a CBS News interview, Obama said offering consolation on behalf of the nation to the families of children mowed down by gun violence has been more powerful than almost anything else she has had to do.
"In those moments, I try to speak from my heart, and I try to do a lot more listening that I do talking. But yeah, it's tough, but knowing that a hug, an ear, a ray of hope -- we know how important that is. So that helps you find the words somehow," Obama said.
"What I realized was that Hadiya's family was just like my family. Hadiya Pendleton was me and I was her," Obama had said in an April 10 speech memorializing Hadiya Pendleton, 15, of Chicago, who was shot to death a week after she had performed with her school band at President Barack Obama's second inauguration.
CBS News said the first lady has focused on the nation's youth since her husband took office, starting with the less-controversial "Let's Move" program to fight childhood obesity, hopefully within a generation. The White House kitchen garden, started four years ago, has allowed children across the country to come plant in the dirt.
Obama said children used to be expected to eat their vegetables. "Now somehow that's shifted, where all of a sudden we think that kids should have a complete say over what they eat. And kids don't know. My kids know, you've got to eat your vegetables, so our household is no different. Our kids are not somehow veggie lovers. ... It's still a struggle."
A woman whose haircut made front page news, Obama said she has learned "to appreciate the value of anonymity."
"And the president and I, we will grow to appreciate that greatly in four years, when the everyday sort of things we do don't make front page news," she said.
"But we also know the privilege of the platform that we have. I don't take this platform lightly; I try to cherish it and make the most of it every single day."


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Tips for setting achievable resolutions
It's a running joke every January at the fitness club I attend. One of the "regulars" looks around the packed club and grouses, "Why are there so many people here?" Someone else inevitably replies, "Just wait until February."
It's so true. If you search online for the "top 10 broken New Year's resolutions," losing weight and getting fit is number one. Another online statistic reports that about only eight percent of people who make New Year's resolutions keep them. Ouch. I'm no scientist, but attempting something repeatedly with such low probability of success seems a little futile.
So why do we even bother to make New Year's resolutions? Maybe it's human nature to want a fresh start in a new year. Maybe it's in response to eating way too many Christmas cookies and not wanting to buy bigger pants. Whatever it is, it's also a part of human nature to try—and sometimes fail—at making lasting, positive changes in our lives.
So should we even try? And should we encourage our children to set New Year's resolutions? I think that everyone needs some achievable, tangible goals, even if they aren't written in red pen on January 1 on our calendars. But here are a few things to keep in mind:
- Resolutions should be realistic, measurable, and tackled in manageable chunks. Instead of vowing, "I am going to lose 50 pounds this year!" perhaps start with: "I am going to commit to walking for 30 minutes, 3 times per week." And who doesn't want to commit to spending more time in God's Word? So, if "I am going to read through my entire Bible this year" seems too daunting, try: "I am going to find a manageable Bible reading plan and read my Bible for 10 minutes each day."
- Accountability can help us make positive changes in our lives. There are times my husband has had to pull me, groaning and griping, off the couch to get me to exercise. There are times I've done the same for him. Families are great accountability groups. Parents, try sitting down with your kids and asking them for three realistic, measurable goals for the new year. Ask: What steps do you need to take to achieve these? How can I help you stick to these goals? Then parents, you do the same. Set goals for yourselves, share them with your kids, and ask them to keep you accountable. Pray as a family for God to bless your efforts and give you strength to achieve your goals. And don't forget to celebrate every little victory along the way.
- Ask God's forgiveness—and forgive yourself—when you stumble. We're human. We fail every day. What a comfort it is having a loving God who forgives our failures through the blood of his Son, Jesus!
And ultimately, remember that even the best resolutions can fail. We can plan and plan and try and try, but some things are beyond our control. Stuff happens. Remember, "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps" (Proverbs 16:9). Some things we want just aren't in God's plan for our lives, and that's okay. Knowing that our loving God already has the entirety of our lives mapped out in his perfect plan is a huge comfort to us—and to our kids.


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West Broadway Bunny
Corners In Jeremyville is an ongoing series that documents the streets that intrigue the artist Jeremyville, and the inhabitants, real and imagined, that inhabit those intersections of his mind.
This series of drawings and works on paper are based off the observations of artist Jeremyville, from his many travels around the world. His sketchbook drawings and human interactions form the basis for these works. Often The Corners in Jeremyville works are drawn in situ at various cafes around the world, and sometimes turned into screenprints.
Visit #CornersInJeremyville and #StreetsofJeremyville for new and archived drawings from this series, and other projects related to it.
Pen on Strathmore heavy weight watercolor cold press card (140lb). Signed in pencil.
5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.6cm)


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UK retail sales rise more than expected on nice weather
[LONDON] UK retail sales gained more than expected in April as nice weather prompted Britons to splurge on their homes and gardens. The pound rose.
The volume of goods sold in stores and online increased 2.3 per cent after a 1.4 per cent drop in March, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday. Economists had expected a 1.1 per cent gain. Average store-price inflation slowed.
The data suggest consumer spending, the mainstay of economic growth, is holding up in the face of rapidly increasing food and fuel costs. Retail sales declined for the first quarter in seven years in the three months through March.
The pound climbed above US$1.30 for the first time since September and was at US$1.3028 as of 9:53am in London.
Inflation accelerated at the fastest pace since September 2013 in April and workers are seeing their real earnings fall for the first time in 2-1/2 years. That may be starting to limit pricing power for retailers, as annual increases in shop prices slowed to 3.1 per cent from 3.3 per cent.
"April's jump in retail sales looks unlikely to mark the beginning of a renewed upturn in consumer spending given the sharp and increasing squeeze on purchasing power," said Howard Archer, an economist at IHS Markit.
"The suspicion is that it needs something special like markedly warmer weather to currently get consumers to really loosen their purse strings."
Retail sales rose 4 per cent compared with the year earlier. Sales excluding auto fuel gained 2 per cent on the month. The increase was driven by all sectors except department stores and clothing.
The nicer weather particularly drove demand for hardware and household goods, the ONS said. The figures are adjusted for the later-than-usual timing of Easter.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said last week that inflation would accelerate faster than previously forecast this year before easing in 2018 as the economy slowed. He warned of "challenging times" for consumers.
Households have in part been financing their spending by saving less and borrowing more, taking advantage of record low interest rates. They may prove less willing to keep doing that as pay fails to keep up with inflation.


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collection images: hérve léger, resort
by Jeremy Danté
in a continued effort to avoid any death of their bandage dress, the hérve léger label, which is designed by max azria, takes a stab at the 2012 resort pre-season. while no particular direction is seen nor felt, it seems as though the label has attempted to create a set that provides a range of bandage dress looks with no intent at representing cohesion. while i've been surprisingly impressed by the lable's approach with concept in the past two show season, it seems as though no creative energy is being wasted on the pre-season. barely in unison, even in palette, the collection hosts an array of looks & even includes a bandage bathing suit as options for you girls who can't get enough of this band-aid style. overall, the collection is nothing special & seems to act as a filler as though the resort collections have become mandatory for big budget labels. basically, the same old shit is seen which doesn't exactly earn my respect; rather it makes me feel like the léger is just making clothes with no purpose behind them. that said, i believe that it should be more than that & have always respected labels who take a creative approach & represent some form of emotion. i can respect a vision or even a follow-up to a popular style someone has created but i feel as though this was just thrown together. no creative value or innovation is seen in this set. nothing new.
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Businesses ask the question, "What social media platform should I be on?" often, and for good reason. Each platform is drastically different in the type of content people are hoping to see, who is interacting, how businesses should be engaging, the frequency of engagement required, and dozens of other factors. Knowing which platform is right for your business can be a tremendous challenge.
But be warned; anyone claiming to know without a shadow of a doubt where your business belongs is suspect. They're either selling something, scamming you, or just plain un-informed. Because, unless they know your business incredibly well, they cannot possibly know who your customers are, where they are engaging, what your communication style is, what time availability you have, what photography skills you have, who you're connected with, where your strengths are, or what purpose you have for your social media platform.
And without all of that valuable information, anything they tell you is at best an educated guess. And at worst, they will be sending you down a rabbit hole ending in wasted time, money, and no or little growth.
The answer to the question of what platforms you should be using is so dependent on your business and your own personal communication style that it is a question you need to answer for yourself or with the help of a consultant who knows your business well.
Others can give you insights into social media trends and general behaviors, but they do not know your business the way you do. At best, they can give you ideas based on larger trends in your particular niche and market area.
As people who study trends and data from a cross section of platforms, we can tell you in general terms who tends to be on what platform, what they are looking for, and what content tends to do well there. We can even get more detailed into what types of photos tend to work and what posting times tend to do well. Even with that much detail, however, we still cannot answer the question of what platform to be on and how to interact as well as you can.
Online research and articles are certainly helpful, and businesses should make use of them. But don't treat them as gospel; rely on your own knowledge of your business (or the knowledge of your personal consultant) to correctly choose the best social space for your business.
The first module of our Beat Social Media Overwhelm in 90 Days course is a great resource to help you work through this topic for your business!


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Collects All-New Wolverine #1-6.
She's the best there is! X-23 was created to be a weapon; for a time, that's all she was. But with the help of her mentor, Logan — the original Wolverine — she escaped that dark past. Now, the man she knew has fallen, but Laura will honor his memory as the All-New Wolverine. But with the famous cowl comes a world of misery and mystery — like the devastating secret of the Sisters. Uncovering it will involve new friends Doctor Strange and the Wasp, and lethal new enemies like the Taskmaster! But after recent events, Laura is growing used to doing everything in her power to save those around her from forces hell-bent on destruction. If anyone can stop them, it's Laura. After all, it's what Wolverine does.
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Fittingly, as this is the 7th of December, we take time to pause and reflect on those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. In the second photo, of special note are the smaller displays. Listed on these markers are the names of men who survived the initial attack while on the Arizona who later were interred within the ship many years later.
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How To Structure Your Pearl Harbor Visit
USS Arizona Memorial
A lot of people post questions on the Oahu Tripadvisor forums asking about timing their Pearl Harbor visit.
While this seems like an easy and simple thing to do, there is a lot more to Pearl Harbor than just the USS Arizona Memorial – there is so much to see here. So how do you lay it out to try and fit as much in as possible?
I think if and when we visit again, I would actually like to schedule in two days for Pearl Harbor and do it properly, and see everything there is to see there.
If I had to squeeze most things there into one day, I would schedule it like this –
– book ahead of time online for the USS Arizona Memorial and book for an 8:30am tour
– make sure you get a good breakfast before you head off – whether that be cereal in your hotel room or going somewhere to get it, but bear in mind this will be super early and you will want to be in your taxi or rental car by 6:30am to get to Pearl Harbor for 7am. I would go with cereal if you can.
– get there for the 7am opening – you will probably have to get a taxi (around $50-60US from Waikiki) or rent a car to get there this early but this place is so incredibly beautiful first thing in the morning and much cooler, it is worth budgeting for it in my opinion.
– Put your cellphone to silent – vibrate only – for your entire visit here.
– pick up the tickets for your USS Arizona Memorial tour first thing when you arrive – you must collect them at least one hour before your scheduled tour but it can be earlier than one hour.
USS Bowfin
– visit the USS Bowfin keeping an eye on the time and remembering you have to be at the theatre for your USS Arizona Memorial tour 10 minutes beforehand – set a silent/vibrate alarm on your phone for this – the sub tour will take about an hour.
– On your way back to the theatre for USS Arizona, if you have time visit the waterfront memorial near the USS Bowfin with all the submarine stories, this really puts what you just saw on the USS Bowfin into perspective. Bear in mind though, we spent a good 50 minutes here just reading these plaques.
– Take your tour out to USS Arizona. Make sure to ask the Navy staff if they did not clearly announce it – which they likely did as you arrive at the memorial – what time they want you back on the boat and set a *silent* e.g. vibrate only cell phone alarm for this so you do not miss your boat back. They do not make announcements on the memorial that your boat is leaving. It is up to you to make sure you do not miss it.
– When you return you will likely visit the Circle of Contemplation and sit and think for a little bit. There are also some things to read and see there.
Plaque at the Contemplation Circle
– If you now decide you want to visit the USS Missouri and the Pacific Aviation Museum, grab your tickets for that and then head over to the shuttle to Ford Island
– Depending on the time of day and the weather, I would suggest visiting the Missouri first – the Pacific Aviation Museum has one large air-conditioned area and an air-conditioned place you can get a good lunch if you want, plus a walk to a non-airconditioned hangar.
– Be aware that the Pacific Aviation Museum has an excellent gift shop, as does the USS Bowfin as well as the visitors centre gift shops. These are three entirely separate stores run by different people and the merchandise in each is slightly different. If you see a book or something you want in one store, it is not necessarily safe to assume the other two stores will have it, so get what you want when you see it. 🙂
– When you return back from Ford Island, drop into the USS Bowfin gift store – this one is air-conditioned beautifully and you will enjoy that at this time of the day. You might also want to visit the Submarine Museum if you did not have time for it earlier, this is also air-conditioned I believe.
– There are shuttle buses back to Waikiki – VIP Trans and Reliable Shuttle are two companies I know of that run these, cost is around $6 or so. You can call them ahead of time and book your pickup time if you are willing to decide what time to leave ahead of time – alternatively you can let them know you will want to return at some point that afternoon and you will call to book in the time when you are ready. These generally run on the hour e.g. 2pm, 3pm.. they will tell you all that when you call.
– Alternatively you can catch TheBus back – keeping in mind this will take about an hour maybe more depending on traffic and by that time you might be a bit exhausted and over it. Additionally, in order to reach the Waikiki-bound busses, you will need to walk up to the Kamehameha Highway stop, as they do not enter the park on eastbound trips.
If I could do it in two days, I would make the USS Arizona Memorial tour for a little later, around 10-10:30am, and visit the USS Bowfin first, taking my time with that. I might then head over to the Pacific Aviation Museum and do the guided tour which costs a little more but these people are very interesting to listen to, it is worth it.
The second day I would reserve purely for the USS Missouri. While it might not take super long, I would be a lot more comfortable touring this in the early morning while it is still cooler, and being able to take my time with it.
USS Missouri
Anyway those are just my thoughts after our last visit there. I felt like I wanted to know more, and I wanted to read more, and see more. Especially about the submarines after reading the plaques.
I did buy 4 books but I could have bought a *lot* more – I was being careful because I knew we had limited space for books in our luggage. I have since bought some e-books on this topic, and will probably pick up a few of the other books I most wanted for the e-reader once I have finished those. If you can budget some space for books in your luggage I think you will not regret doing that.
What Happened Next?
Everyone knows some of the details about the attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7th, 1941.
View from the Navy boat on the way to USS Arizona Memorial
After our visit there I felt the need to know more – about the attack itself, about the lead up to the attack.. and what happened after the attack.
After reading At Dawn We Slept by Gordon Prange which focuses a lot on the lead up to the attack, has quite a bit of info on the attack itself, and also some info of the aftermath as far as investigations into it.. there was not very much in this book about what happened specifically in Pearl Harbor after the attack.
I will review At Dawn We Slept in another post here on the blog, but in the meantime I wanted to tell you of a book I did find which has thus far answered most of my questions about what happened at Pearl Harbor after the attack – Resurrection: Salvaging the Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor – I am about half way through this one now. I will review this one also.
I bought it on Google Play – it was a little bit cheaper there than Amazon, plus we had a $50 credit from buying my new Android phone a while ago.
I also recently re-watched Tora Tora Tora and now I have questions about how that was made, it must have been a mammoth effort back in those days.
@ Pearl Harbor Today
USS Missouri
If you will like to know more about the USS Missouri, click here for the official website. Click here for the Wikipedia page. Click here for the USS Missouri on Facebook
Oil On The Water @ USS Arizona Memorial
Black Tears or Tears from USS Arizona – oil on the surface of the water.
USS Arizona contains an estimated 500,000 gallons (2,300 tons) of Bunker C fuel oil, which has been slowly escaping since its loss. Over 70 years later, it continues to leak from the ship.
My googling turned up a pretty fascinating website – USS Arizona preservation project. It has not been updated in some time but still contains a lot of interesting information and photographs.
That site contains some fascinating and very respectful underwater photos of the USS Arizona from monitoring dives that were conducted. The site is an underwater grave for 1177 men, and over 30 have since had their ashes entombed or had their ashes scattered at the site.
Pearl Harbor survivors — those men who were formally assigned to the ship on December 7, 1941 — may have their ashes entombed within the ship, while other USS Arizona veterans may have their ashes scattered on the water directly over the vessel.
The site also contains a moving story from one of the divers who dove there which you should read before you visit – click here to read USS Arizona Revisited.
Interestingly the forward turrets were thought to have been removed, it was not until the preservation program began that they discovered they were still on the ship.
You can read more about the USS Arizona on the Wikipedia page by clicking here.
US Government Shutdown
Presently the US Government is shutdown. What the?
It is a long story, I will put some links to press articles with more info for you at the bottom of this post if you want to know the whys and wherefores.. I actually hope by the time this post is scheduled to be posted the shutdown will be over, though it looks unlikely to end anytime soon.
Probably what you most want to know is.. how will this change my trip to Hawaii?
The biggest problem for us tourists is that all national parks are currently shut down. This includes Pearl Harbor on Oahu, which you have likely planned a visit to. You currently cannot visit the USS Arizona Memorial, the Pearl Harbor Visitors Centre or the USS Bowfin & Submarine Museum.
The USS Bowfin is a privately run non profit which just happens to be located within a national park. From the USS Bowfin website –
Bowfin Park is a privately operated non-profit institution that relies on admission fees and gift shop sales to maintain the historic World War II submarine USS Bowfin and the adjacent Pacific Submarine Museum.
And let me tell you the USS Bowfin people run one heck of a great gift shop. If the government shutdown is over when you visit, DO NOT MISS the USS Bowfin gift shop. It is over by the USS Bowfin, separate from the other gift shop you see at the entrance to Pearl Harbor in the visitors centre. You can purchase some of the items online but the store itself contains a lot of wonderful memorabilia and in particular the last time I visited they had a great range of baseball caps.
What Can You Visit At Pearl Harbor During Shutdown?
The USS Missouri is still open and accessible. From their website –
In lieu of the government shutdown the Battleship Missouri Memorial and Pacific Aviation Museum will remain open. Limited parking is available with shuttle service running as normal.
Special USS Arizona Memorial Tour Experience @ USS Missouri
While the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is closed, the tour guides of the Battleship Missouri Memorial will offer visitors a unique complimentary pierside interpretation of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and sinking of the USS Arizona.
The Missouri's 1,000-foot pier extends to just a few hundred feet away from the USS Arizona Memorial and presents a memorable view of the historic monument.
The Pacific Aviation Museum is also open and accessible. If you choose to visit, make sure to say hello to the F-111C that the Royal Australian Air Force recently gifted to the Pacific Aviation Museum – you can read more about that here.
News Articles About Shutdown
My all time favourite has got to be this one – if you click on only one of these links, make it this one –
The Government Shutdown, Told in Lego
US Goverment Shutdown Explained – via our ABC
And a further snag – The US debt ceiling crisis explained – if the shutdown does not end by October 17th, the US will default on its debt.
This situation seems to have finally been resolved, and on the same day this post was posted. Good news for all!


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English pop star. He was a member of the band Take That 1990–95, before embarking on a solo career. In 1997 he released his first solo album, Life Thru a Lens, featuring the hit singles 'Angels' and 'Old Before I Die'. His second album I've Been Expecting You was released in 1998, and his single 'Millennium' reached number one in the charts in the same year. He rejoined Take That in 2010.
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Reinventing the Mirror: Reconciling Guyer's and Allison's Interpretations of Kant's Second Analogy
© McKenzie Southworth 2014
This paper concerns two interpretations of Kant's second Analogy in the Critique of Pure Reason. On the one hand, Paul Guyer argues that the goal of the second Analogy is to provide grounds for the confirmation of beliefs about causal relations. Henry Allison, on the other hand, argues that the principle of the second Analogy is a condition of the possibility of experiencing succession, whether subjective or objective. Their starkly different views on the aims and coherence of Kant's overall system clearly influence their interpretive differences in the specific context of the second Analogy. The exegetical investigation required to evaluate each point of divergence between them is beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, as regards the second Analogy in particular, I focus on one point where Guyer's position has been misrepresented. Allison characterizes Guyer as equating objective validity with empirical truth. I show that Guyer is equating objective validity with justification, or a claim to knowledge, rather than knowledge itself. Therefore, Allison has misinterpreted Guyer's interpretation of Kant in this regard.
Recommended Citation
Southworth, McKenzie (2014) "Reinventing the Mirror: Reconciling Guyer's and Allison's Interpretations of Kant's Second Analogy," Res Cogitans: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2155-4838.1113


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