Anaheim is adventurous places Orange County in United State of California. Many visitors dream city to get vacations days in that city. John Wayne Airport is the airport that most famous and from that there are many transport facilities are available, Santa Ana is the near to the place. For further journey there are many bus facilities are lies which provide to visit this place.

This is also the sporty places well recognized. Places With contains the hotel deals near to attractions. Second claim to fame is hosting the National Hockey League’s Anaheim Duck and Major League Baseball‘s Los Angeles of Anaheim. And the attractions of the places are Disneyland, and there are many adventure activities are take places. Crystal Cathedral the places large numbers of the people attend there. And Garden Grove is the impressive glass building that makes the attraction to the visitors.

In orange many there are varieties of shops, restaurants, hotels near to attractive places. Make vacations is full of enjoyment and attractions that make for remember able vacations. Angel Stadium such the attractive places and many activities are happened. There are hotels in anaheim with near to attraction and adventure place. The Garden Walk place is so nice places of eating and shopping. For night stay there are many inn and hotels to get the more adventure and fun of place. Nightlife of the city is so charming and put the entertainment in the vacations days.

Since I last wrote in my blog, many things have happened.

I got over my swine flu, but ended up missing the last week of lessons and the week of exams. I was so tired due to my upside-down sleeping patterns. Not to say I slept upside down, but rather if I went to bed it was at 5am-6am in the morning and I would get up at 3pm-4pm. Occasionally I didn’t sleep at all for periods of over 24 hours.
So I met with my teacher, Kanayama-sensei,  on the Friday at 4pm which was the last day of the exams. She tried to convince me to just resit the semester rather than take the exams, since I wasn’t doing very well in class anyway. Considering I was homesick, injured, depressed and tired for pretty much the entire semester ensured I couldn’t do better than scrape a pass.
Anyways, just after the meeting she mentioned that there was a party to celebrate the end of the semester, so I went along since my headache wasn’t too bad and I figured it would make me sleepy enough to sleep early.
It was a really fun party and I got to see my friends again. It was pretty cheap considering it was all you can drink and they gave us some nice-ish food. Best thing was socialising with the teachers (Song-sensei and Kanayama-sensei both sat at our table in the izakaya) and seeing Chanelle mix drinks while trying not to get caught by the izakaya staff, having brought her own selection in with the intention of mixing mojitos and pina coladas for the teachers. For some reason they had never tried them before.

I went home afterwards, having to wait half an hour for the bus (bought some cakes from the Little Mermaid bakery before it closed. They make really nice apple pies. Though maybe not as good as my nana Margaret or my little brother. Their apple pies are amazing.

I revised my butt off for the exams. Was in the library as much as I had been before I had the internet, though it was crowded a lot and I couldn’t get a good desk. I spent 6 hours there drumming causative and passive verbs into my head and writing out kanji after kanji. I even practiced speed reading, which came in so useful in my final exam, since I mistimed it and ended up having 10 minutes to finish the reading section.

I think, despite my mountains of revision, that I failed. Mostly due to my abismal performance in the speaking test. I’d just finished the 2 hour final exam and due to mistiming it I had been forced to miss out some grammar questions I would have otherwise been ablw to answer, and then had 10 minutes to read a 2 page spread of text and answer 2 pages of questions on it. I answered all the questions though, with the exception on the extended writing answer. It shook me up though, realising I had probably failed despite the fact I actually thought I did ok on the kanji and grammar until that point. I ended up with no break and went straight in to the speaking exam. My mind blanked, and the kanji readings in the text that I memorised that morning left me struggling. I made so many mistakes that I knew it was going to be a failure. I ended up getting upset and could hardly continue. I got to the interview part and got through that ok, except half way through I realised I was supposed to be using polite and humble forms and I wasn’t. So I failed again. Then I got to the roleplay. I had written out and practiced 2 of the 3 roleplays. I was better at the one on my experiences in Japan though, and knew I would do well if I got that one. But I was given the letter of reccommendation role play which I wasn’t as good at, and ended up forgetting how to speak any Japanese at all. So I gave up and didn’t finish it.

Kanayama-sensei said I only had around 50% before these exams and I need 60% to pass, so I doubt I will pass.
But she says I will be better off resitting JLP3, but it ruins my plans. I wanted to do JLP3 this semester, JLP4 next semester and intensive JLP5 and 6 in my final semester. If I have to resit, then JLP4 is the highest I can get, and it isn’t good enough to get fluent for my final year in Japanese at Newcastle University.
Also if I fail this semester, I may get my scholarship taken off me, and have to repay the 100,000yen I have already recieved. Though I can’t exactly help the fact I had influenza…

I have been pretty lonely whilst in Japan, but I am starting to get out more and make more friends. I went to Tokyo Disney Sea with the Soul Run people. I could only afford to go after 6pm (which is 3,100yen as opposed to 6,500yen for the whole day) but it was still amazing. I got to ride some fun rides and see a 3D Aladdin live show, and I bought some Minnie Mouse ears (they were 1,050yen though :S ) The fireworks were amazing. Everything was so Christmassy even though it is onlt November!
On December 2nd we are all going to Disney Land for the day. I hope I can afford it, since I am running low on money. I’m going to transfer more over this evening when the UK is up and running. I think it will be faster than last time, mostly because I actually know I need to go convert it from pounds to yen myself rather than waiting for it to happen itself. Maybe I will get a good exchange rate this time?

I went out with Gary and the guys from Canada House the other day. We went to a festival at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies not too far from ICU’s campus. We rode our bikes there, which was good because I needed the exercise. I hadn’t eaten all day but I didn’t like how small the food portion sizes were for the money they were charging. I gave in and bought some ゆず茶(Yuzu Tea) from the Korean food stall. Yuzu are a sweet citrus fruit that is very popular in Japan. It reminded me of how Lemsip would taste if it was actually yummy. Very sweet and tangy.
After the festival, some of us went off to Higashi-Koganei station’s side streets and got some Gyoza from this really nice restaurant. It only cost 500yen for 2 rows of gyoza (10 gyoza in totally I think. either 10 or 12) plus a bowl of rice, some pickles and some soup. There was free water on the table too. I had a really fun time and made new friends – some American, some Japanese.

I am hoping that I will spend the holidays going places with friends, but everyone seems busy going outside Tokyo. I can’t afford that yet. Maybe I can’t afford it until after Christmas, or perhaps not at all.

I am looking forward to Soul Run Video Night #2 (I was unaware #1 had even happened) and I really hope I have the money for Disney Land on the 2nd.

Author: Chris Elliott
Source: isnare.com

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The best attractions are in the city some are like Disneyland, here all the folk are get and more entertainment activities are taker place. This is the kid special attractions are there. In the night the places look so charming and many of adventure acts are like roller costar, swing and many more.

Near to that many adventure place are there to get more attractions and many of game and adventure places to get there. Crystal Cathedral is huge congregation that also so amazing building architecture.

The great attractions of the shopping and many amenities are there. The night life of the city also makes the intense attractions. The lodging facilities like cheap hotels in anaheim make vacations so entertaining. The city is the dream vacations city to get vacations with great pleasure.

Las Wonder Girls aparecieron en el canal ABC13 para un segmento de entrevistas. (Foto cortesía de JYP Entertainment)

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[Parte 1] La vida diaria de las Wonder Girls en América

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Heyyyyyyyy I’m back! Ca fait longtemps SORRY T__T je me demanderais plus tard (lorsque je relirai mon journal), pourquoi ai-je laissé autant de jours sans rien écrire.. Et bien parce que je n’avais plus l’envie ni le temps HAHAHAHA la terminale c’est chiant tout de même. Pas le temps de développer énormément! Aisssssh j’ai choppé une sale angine c’est HORRIBLE! mais ça va passer, ça passe déjà!

Aujourd’hui! Qu’ai-je fait? J’ai mangé au resto’, enfin pizzeria (à côté de chez Sigou) avec Sigou BY et Thomas! c’était bon, pas trop cher et bien sympa~ Dommage qu’il n’y avait pas Ax. et Oui Ax de mon rêve avec Vn… je pense de plus en plus à lui -3- . ET par conséquent j’oublie 49! (ouais enfin il commence à puer celui là ! même s’il est toujours ouaw é_è) et puis j’ai revu Rasta Rockett *____* bien marrant aussi.

Appelons Thomas : 66! (toujours le même principe du nombre de lettres dans le prénom et nom!) Bin 66 est tout mignon x3 et rigolo bref plus j’en apprend sur lui et plus c’est cool~

Sinon à part ça… Je suis en correspondance avec un Chinois de Canton de 21 ans! Il s’appelle Cyrano (quel nom @_@) et apprend le français depuis 2 ans. D’ailleurs faut que je lui réponde >__< en chinois en plus grr trop galère!

Les trucs qui se sont passés avant aujourd’hui..

ah oui prenons dans l’ordre! Il y a eu tout d’abord le concert de miyavi , un mini-retour? ouais tout petit alors.. pas du tout la même ambiance que celui à l’Olympia u_u là c’était beaucoup plus “mature” je dirais ^_^ moins festif, plus dur, c’était du bon YEAAAAh!! Pas trop comparable avec le premier que j’avais littéralement adoré! Mais là j’ai tellement apprécié (bref ça va tourner en rond si je continue comme ça)

Petit coup de coeur pour Superhero et We love you (tous en coooooeuuur!!) et kimi negai wo qu’il a enfin chanté en live (*___*) ça gèère! bon le reste j’ai un peu oublié… je n’ai pris aucun souvenir à part une simple photo de la scène ♥  (que je mettrai plus tard)

Bien je suis finalement allée à Uniqlo (trois fois en tout). C’est vraiment un magasin pour les fashion! C’est joli mais pas si extraordinaire, m’enfin j’aime bien~ Mais quelle est donc la relation entre Uniqlo et une photo de moi en Yukata? et bien c’est simple le YUKATA!! Ce yukata vient d’Uniqlo au Japon~ et oui , je m’en suis souvenue il n’y a pas très longtemps~ HAHA

Plus récemment il y a eu Disney land! (again & again & again) le dernier d’Ophé,  sa carte expire!! il était particulièrement génial!  J’ai vraiment apprécié cette journée et soirée (surtout la soirée en compagnie d’Ophé et Etienne) c’était vraiment rempli de HAHAHAHA 8B. Ce fichu Disney m’a quand même donné une sacré angine que je traîne encore è_é

Extra:

J’ai changé le design~ encore du vert (le choix des thèmes est restreint XD) et j’ai aussi changé ma “wishlist” ainsi que ma “To do list”.. et oui il y a le retour de la philo.. FAIT IECH!!

mood : sick
music : Oh Yeah – MBLAQ

Some of the greatest visuals of the Atomic Age, IMHO, come from Disneyland. There’s something about the grainy super 8 and 16mm film stock of home movies coupled with the colors and architecture of the place that really capture the time period well.

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Laatua Disney Landissä

Tarina kertoo kuljettajasta joka vei ihmisiä takaisin hotellille. Hän huomasi matkalla matkustajissa itkevän tytön ja meni kysymään häneltä syytä. Tyttö kertoi, että olisi halunnut tavata Mikki Hiiren, mutta hänen ympärillään oli niin paljon ihmisiä ettei  päässyt tapaamaan häntä.

Kuljettaja lohdutti tyttöä ja lähti jatkamaan matkaa. Matkalla hän otti yhteyttä hotellille ja kertoi tilanteesta. Perille päästyä yhtenä vastaanottajana oli Mikki Hiiri, joka tuli tapaamaan tyttöä. Tytön pettymys oli poispyyhkäisty ja päivä pelastettu.

Tämä on aika kuvaava esimerkki hyvin hoidetusta asiakaspalvelusta. Pienellä eleellä ja järjen käytöllä saadaan asiakas tyytyväiseksi.

Mitenkä tämä liittyy tähän blogiin. Oikeastaan niin yksinkertaisesti, että kun esim. eri instanssien päälliköille on kerrottu ongelmasta ja toiveesta saada liitetiedostot nettiin, niin kasvojen pesemiseksi olisi hyvä yrittää edes sitä.

Mutta jokaisessa tilaisuudessa jossa olen ollut läsnä, niin materiaalia ei ole ollut jaettavaksi tai kerrottu sen löytyvän netistä. Vaan yleensä on aina lueteltu lukuja tai näytetty mv- kalvoja.

Mietin vain kuinka pienellä asialla saataisiin palvelu onnettomasta hyväksi.

Kari…

P.S. Tämä on vain välikirjoitus oman työblogin päivittämisen sisällä. Ja tätä kutsutaan siellä toisessa blogissa hukkatyöksi, eli työksi josta en kuvittele saatavan mitään hyötyä

Currently, the price for one day ticket at Disney Land is $72. That’s…a whole lot of money that I definitely don’t want to spend. Maybe Disney Land is finally recognizing that people just don’t have that kind of paper to throw around anymore so they are offering a new deal for people.

Starting January 1st, 2010, when you sign up here to volunteer a day of service with a participating organization (and your service is completed and verified) you’ll get one day admission to a Walt Disney World® or Disneyland® theme park, FREE! We want to inspire one million people to volunteer a day of service.

Moar details can be found at DisneyParks.com

How precious. Do a good deed and save yourself $72

Myself and my wife visited Los Angeles on 22nd through 26th Aug. We had 270 miles of spectacular drive through deserts and valleys  from Las Vegas. It takes around 4 hours with major part of the drive being through Mojave National Preserve. This is an unfrequented desert which doesnt even have  gas stations for hours, So better keep your gas tank full before you start.

Attractions  in Los Angeles

My travel itinerary was as follows,

1st Day : We were roaming around LA downtown,  Hollywood,  Beverly Hills and  Rhodeo drive till evening.  In HollyWood blvd you would certainly  see Historic Chinese Theater, Kodak Theater, Walk of Fame  (not a great attraction) etc.  You can take a city tour through Beverly hills if you are interested to have a look at  Celebrity Homes and stuffs like that , I was not impressed by those tours though..

You can drive from Holly wood blvd to see Hollywood Sign which is less than 10 miles far. You cannot go near the sign since it is closed for visitors. But at least you can drive up to the point where you can take clear pictures.

I followed this Driving Direction :  http://travelonthedollar.com/2009/03/26/how-to-reach-the-hollywood-sign/

If you want a risky hiking follow this http://hollywoodsigntrip.com/hollywood-sign-trail.shtml

2nd Day(Disney Land):

I would prefer to stay in Anaheim, CA 92802 because it is very near to Disney Land. You can go to Disney Land early morning and enjoy the park till midnight. If you have kids along with you, then you might need more than one day. They have an Adventure park also which is right opposite to Disneyland,  it is good for adults who likes adventure.  We covered both the parks in one day.  Fireworks @ Disneyland was amazing. I think it was at 9 PM (Ask at information desk about this show schedule), Pls Do not miss that spectacular show…

There are plenty of immaculate hotels around this park at a very reasonable rate, I did see someone selling rooms for cheap rate(30$) in ebay too.

Important Tip : check in ebay for DisneyLand ticket. It is far less than any other internet/at the gate price. You may get 2 tickets with Fast Pass for just 90-100$/day.

3rd Day

Universal Studio, I didn’t visit this place since I had visited Florida Universal Studio earlier. I am sure it must be good. I prefer Universal Studios for adults over Disney Land.  Disney Land is more focused on kid’s interests and activities.

4th Day

Beaches in Los Angeles are very beautiful.  Driving along the shore line will be a nice experience , Hwy 101 from Santa Monica to Malibu looks interesting.  I suggest to go to Malibu or Zuma Beach which are lonely and beautiful.

Other Attractions Around LA

Sequoia National Park : You make a one day  trip (250 Miles, 4.5 Hrs) to Sequoia National Park to see big Red Wood Trees.  I really like this park due to nice climate and sceneries, not only in the park but also through out the drive from LA.
Driving Directions : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Los+Angeles,+CA&daddr=Sequoia+National+Park,+CA&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.953203,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=31.466154,-111.621094&spn=22.028774,39.506836&z=5

You can see the World’s largest  tree( General Sherman Tree) and  lot many other Big Red Wood Trees in this preserve.  It is around 7000 ft above the sea level.  Dont miss out the bus trip to 3 different scenic destinations from forest museum, They are worth spending time on it….
On the way to this park, we stopped at Three Rivers , Slick Rock recreational area and spent around 1 hr over there. You can swim in small river over there..(Good one)..

Important: Be very careful while driving back , Roads are a bit dangerous…Keep Max 25 MPH…

You can stay at Three Rivers or Visalia  if you have plans to visit Kings Canyon National park, which is a continuation of Sequoia National Park.

Over all it was a wonderful experience in Los Angles..Thanks for reading

Some friends of ours who are artists are considering a move to Detroit and made an impromptu trip up to see the city for the first time. Andrew and I went to school and lived downtown for a few years, but we haven’t spent much time downtown since we moved back here from Delaware 9 months ago. A little overwhelmed with the idea of giving a complete tour of the city on my own,  I called upon a friend who luckily had some time to help me take our visitor on a whirlwind tour of different artist communities in the city. I didn’t get as many photos to share as I would have liked, but we were moving fast.

This Hamtramck installation was done by some visiting artists. (The wood cutout over the window, not the burning.)

We drove passed the Power House Project, which has received quite a bit of press lately.

The Power House Project serves two primary goals:
[1] To develop a model home.
The house, as an architectural experiment, will work as a prototype example or model home for what is possible in the current atmosphere of cheap housing in the city. What does it take to create a truly affordable, secure, sustainable house for under $99,000?
[2] The house is a social art project. (info:phproject)

I had never known about this little block of Farnsworth Street before so was really excited to visit here. There is a vibrant community of people working to restore homes, make art and keep up a wonderful community garden.

I wish I would have put my fingers into the photo to give perspective on this tiny phone.

We quickly drove down Heidleberg Street.

The Heidelberg Project, bearing the name of the street on which it exists, was started in 1986 by Tyree Guyton.

…Guyton began by cleaning up vacant lots on Heidelberg and Elba Streets.  From the refuse they collected, Guyton began to transform the street into a massive art environment. (Heidleberg Project)

and through Brush Park

Homes were built in Brush Park beginning in the 1850s and peaking in the 1870s and 1880s; one of the last homes built was constructed in 1906 by architect Albert Kahn for his personal use. Kahn lived in this home until his death in 1942, after which it was obtained by the Detroit Urban League, which still uses it today.

During the 19th century, around 300 homes were built in Brush Park, including 70 Victorian mansions. However, the neighborhood began to decline in the late 19th and early 20th century, when the advent of streetcars and then automobiles allowed prosperous citizens to live further from downtown. Early residents moved out, notably to up-and-coming neighborhoods such as Indian Village and Boston-Edison, and the neighborhood became less fashionable. During the Great Depression, many of the old mansions were subdivided into apartments, and as demand for housing fell after World War II, the homes were abandoned and fell into disrepair. (wikipedia)

I had completely forgotten about Hamtramck Disney Land, but was so glad when we noticed it poking out of the alley behind Klinger Street.

A retired gentleman named Dmytro Szylak — who came to Hamtramck from the Ukraine right after WWII — created Hamtramck Disneyland. It took him from 1997 or so until 1999 to put it all up. Several of the displays are wired-up and move when he flicks a switch. He also has lights and music wired-up. It’s in the back of an unassuming house on Klinger St. right in the alley. It looks like a carnival for gnomes. [Lenaya Lynch, 04/26/2006] (Roadside America)

We made a stop at CCS and also drove through Russel Industrial, Boston Edison, New Center, North End, Eastern Market, Woodbridge, Corktown, Hubbard Farms, Mexicantown and East English Village. There are a handful of places we didn’t make it too in our short trip…next time!

It was great to tour Detroit and learn more about this city that I love so much. I’m thrilled to think such innovative thinkers and workers may be joining the dynamic community we have here.

Just heard about a cool program that Disney has for 2010. It is Give a Day, Get A Day. Disney is giving a free park ticket for those who volunteer in selected community service projects.  Sign-up begins January 1, 2010 but is you can sign up for email reminders not.  I think it is a cool way to encourage community service.

I do not have a camera at the moment…I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of one! So, in the meantime, here are some Disney Land Pictures!

This pic really captures my boys

From inside a tree!

It was difficult to NOT capture my boys picking their noses!

Although blurred, you can still see how much fun CJ is having!

Arghhhhhh!

That is not a slight on one of my all time favorite bands* but the title of their latest release. On it they cover Roger Miller’s masterful “Not In Nottingham” (from Robin Hood), Randy Newman’s “I Will Go Sailing No More” (from Toy Story) as well as other great music from The House of Mouse. (And to think I scooped Mrs. CollateralDamage – who writes the Disney focused blog Broke Hoedown – on this. WOOT!)

This is not the first time that “Just Another Band from East LA” has done the Mouse. On the great compilation Stay Awake they performed “I Wanna Be Like You” from The Jungle Book, which was recorded for the movie by the great Louis Prima (and is included on LLGD). I bought Stay Awake on vinyl back in the day (1988) and highly recommend getting the CD. It also has Sun Ra (!!!) doing “Pink Elephants On Parade” and Tom Waits’ version of “Heigh Ho (Dwarf’s Marching Song).”

Stay Awake was one of several odd and wonderful compilations that came out around then. The other one I have is “Lost In The Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill” (1985). While it does have Sting doing “Mack The Knife” this is more than balanced out by the other tracks including Lou Reed’s “September Song,” Stan Ridgeway (of Wall of Voodoo) does a sublime and terrifying version of “Canon Song,” Marianne Faithfull’s exquisitely ragged “Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife,” Todd Rundgren doing “Call From The Grave,” and many other great ones. It’s out of print, which is a shame, and used copies are selling for $23 and up. C’mon over to my house and I’ll play it for you for free.

*In the ‘80s when people would refer to U2 as The Greatest Band In The World all I could ever think (and sometimes said) was “Did Los Lobos breakup?”

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I’ve never been to Disney World.  Before you say “Oh, neither have I,” I’ve also never been to Disney Land. “You’ve never been to Disney?” people ask as if I’ve just told them I’ve never used indoor plumbing. No, I’ve never been to mother f-ing Disney. 

Not that I’m too bitter, but deep in my soul, there are feelings of anger and resentment that have been harbored for 20+ years over the Disney issue.  As a child, it was my dream to visit Disney World.  I remember when a classmate returned from a Disney vacation with a Mickey Mouse pencil that I wanted so bad I would have sold my soul.  “Maybe next year kids,” my dad would say as we packed up the car and made our 8 hour drive to the Ozarks.  Instead of Disney, we had mini-golf and a little arcade called Two Bit Town that housed a row of skee-ball machines.   Next year always turned into a few more years, with plenty of excuses for why it “just wasn’t a good year to go.”  Two decades have passed, and I have yet to see a spinning tea cup. 

My ex boss couldn’t believe I’d never been to Disney World, so she brought four albums of family vacation photos for me to look through so I could have a better feel for the park.  She had been there something like six times.  I’m pretty sure she thought my parents must have abused me.

Again, I’m not bitter.  It’s not as if I really strike you for a person who would enjoy the happiest place on earth.  Long lines, bastards running around every where, overpriced fried food, and rides…I hate rides.  I can’t handle Wal*Mart, so I don’t know I would be able to handle Wal*Mart with roller coasters.  Maybe it could have been magical in my youth, but as an adult it would just be a place of way too many fanny packs and overstuffed stretch pants.  Besides, I’m really bothered by Mickey Mouse.  That little shit has molester written all over him.

Geoff Carter is an excellent and smart writer who, among other things, produces the Disney-centered blog YourSouvenirGuide (but don’t hold that against him). In the post Ten things Disney could have done to geek up without buying Marvel he explains both why Disney buying Spidey was a bad idea and how they could have leveraged the properties they already own.

To my mind, the purchase of Marvel is one of the few missteps the Mouse has made under Bob Iger’s reign. Disney isn’t getting a hell of a lot for its money. The theme park rights to the characters will continue to be held by Universal. And the movie properties .. will remain the properties of Sony, Fox and Paramount for the forseeable future. …. Four billion dollars spent to wait out contracts and to see if Avi Arad and Jerry Bruckeheimer will duke it out in Thunderdome.

My favorite suggestion:

9. The Disney Princesses: Teach them kung-fu and arm them with wrist-holstered blades and pistols.

Works for me.

Mouserine courtesy of KidKalig