Sunday, January 19, 2014
Almost
Finally got most things straighten out. I had them planned for the year but in the beginning things don't turn out quite right. North Shore blog has been deleted. Eastside Dancing blog will be deleted Chinese New Year. And I have changed some names. Makaha Knolls is now Waianae Coast and Dancing in the Dark is now Dance Oahu. That should be good enough for the first half of the year and hopefully we can get enough Guest Authors and at least 100 average hits per day on some blog to make it independent. Looking good.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
The Reappraisal
The reappraisal has not been so agonizing as before. I made most of my decisions for the beginning of the year and the results have been there for the first half of the month. There has been a definite decline in the influence of the Creative Researchers And Producers. People are beginning to realize that their truths are nil. Not bad overall but not really excellent.
This year we are already seeing a new focus on the one of the most basic forms of communication: the written word. We should all know that words matter, writers matter, and the methods matter - so watch for the coming influence of dance blogs. And the people willing to share their opinions with their fellow dancers, regardless of club affiliations, dance studios or dance styles.
The North Shore blog has been deleted and the Eastside Dancing blog will be deleted on Chinese New Year. From the hit list they will not be missed.
And I have changed the name of Makaha Knolls. I originally had Nanakuli Ridge but not enough understanding. They thought I was selling something. So I moved the name to the other side of Waianae, and the same thing. From suggestions (what do I know?) I have changed it to Waianae Coast and will let it ride for six months. So far it looks good.
I have extended the PR to include Google Plus, Facebook (under assumed name) and three twitter accounts. I will get the Two Centers from there. Once the factor of the unique independent opinion is confirmed the blogs will roll. The Two Centers will soon realize that sending their opinions by email are valuable. Then they may decide to get on as Guest Authors, get in, write, include photos, publish and get out all on their own, without saying boo to anyone.
"Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis,
yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice"
This year we are already seeing a new focus on the one of the most basic forms of communication: the written word. We should all know that words matter, writers matter, and the methods matter - so watch for the coming influence of dance blogs. And the people willing to share their opinions with their fellow dancers, regardless of club affiliations, dance studios or dance styles.
The North Shore blog has been deleted and the Eastside Dancing blog will be deleted on Chinese New Year. From the hit list they will not be missed.
"Young At Heart" by Frank Sinatra
And I have changed the name of Makaha Knolls. I originally had Nanakuli Ridge but not enough understanding. They thought I was selling something. So I moved the name to the other side of Waianae, and the same thing. From suggestions (what do I know?) I have changed it to Waianae Coast and will let it ride for six months. So far it looks good.
I have extended the PR to include Google Plus, Facebook (under assumed name) and three twitter accounts. I will get the Two Centers from there. Once the factor of the unique independent opinion is confirmed the blogs will roll. The Two Centers will soon realize that sending their opinions by email are valuable. Then they may decide to get on as Guest Authors, get in, write, include photos, publish and get out all on their own, without saying boo to anyone.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The Crunch Is Beginning.
The pressure is now on Waimalu Shopping Area. It is coming and there is nothing you can do about the greatest disruption of a community that has ever been done in the Pacific Basin. Let's face it, people don't count. It's the bread, Fred. It's the money, Sonny. It's the dough, Moe. Big Bucks in Profits.
Taken at the Present Rail Party headquarters. Hey,
those Mainlanders know what they are talking
about when they mention Big Bucks.
The Present Rail Party on the Rail Catastrophe has deleted the word "comfortable" in all the manuals and it is apparently forbidden to be mentioned on the Ivory Towers. But they are nice people and the part for the drivers, on how to use their feet to get more people in the bus, has been deleted, after all this is Hawaii. Although they have another chapter on "How to pack more sardines in a can," for people in the Ivory Towers.
The Articulated Bus and enough of them. One tenth the cost of Rail Crises, five times more efficient and I coulda got the bus right around the corner and get to town faster.
It does have a full chapter on Cattle Cars. How to getting them into short haul buses to the waiting pens and how to get the most cattle into a cattle cars without "too much" crowding. Then how to figure getting them out of the cattle cars and not lose too much time. And figure more ways of milking the public for all the money they can get. Hey we are talking millions and millions of dollars in profits. And many still do not know who is going to pay for all this. Ha!
The Crunch Is Beginning.
The pressure is now on Waimalu Shopping Area. It is coming and there is nothing you can do about the greatest disruption of a community that has ever been done in the Pacific Basin. Let's face it, people don't count. It's the bread, Fred. It's the money, Sonny. It's the dough, Moe. Big Bucks in Profits.
Taken at the Present Rail Party headquarters. Hey,
those Mainlanders know what they are talking
about when they mention Big Bucks.
The Present Rail Party on the Rail Catastrophe has deleted the word "comfortable" in all the manuals and it is apparently forbidden to be mentioned on the Ivory Towers. But they are nice people and the part for the drivers, on how to use their feet to get more people in the bus, has been deleted, after all this is Hawaii. Although they have another chapter on "How to pack more sardines in a can," for people in the Ivory Towers.
The Articulated Bus and enough of them. One tenth the cost of Rail Crises, five times more efficient and I coulda got the bus right around the corner and get to town faster.
It does have a full chapter on Cattle Cars. How to getting them into short haul buses to the waiting pens and how to get the most cattle into a cattle cars without "too much" crowding. Then how to figure getting them out of the cattle cars and not lose too much time. And figure more ways of milking the public for all the money they can get. Hey we are talking millions and millions of dollars in profits. And many still do not know who is going to pay for all this. Ha!
But It Couldn't Happen Again.
Officials are taking a hard look at safety issues surrounding the growing transportation of crude oil by rail following this week's fiery train derailment in eastern North Dakota. A 106-car BNSF freight train carrying crude oil from the state's Bakken oil field went off the tracks Monday in a spectacular and devastating accident.
The accident caused violent toxic explosions and a hazardous plume of smoke in the region, although no injuries were reported. The derailment was the fourth major accident of 2013 involving a freight train transporting oil.
Forty-seven people were killed in July when a crude oil train derailed and exploded in a town in Canada's Quebec Province, just across the border from Maine.
Another derailment occurred in October in Alberta, Canada, and yet another a month later, when a train carrying about 2.7 million gallons of crude oil exploded and burned in Alabama.
Despite the string of accidents, America's railroads boast an impressive record when it comes to transporting hazardous freight, and especially oil.
Fortunately we have a guarantee from the Present Rail Party that it could not happen here. And we know how truthful they are. It could fall on a lot of people.
The accident caused violent toxic explosions and a hazardous plume of smoke in the region, although no injuries were reported. The derailment was the fourth major accident of 2013 involving a freight train transporting oil.
Forty-seven people were killed in July when a crude oil train derailed and exploded in a town in Canada's Quebec Province, just across the border from Maine.
Another derailment occurred in October in Alberta, Canada, and yet another a month later, when a train carrying about 2.7 million gallons of crude oil exploded and burned in Alabama.
Despite the string of accidents, America's railroads boast an impressive record when it comes to transporting hazardous freight, and especially oil.
Fortunately we have a guarantee from the Present Rail Party that it could not happen here. And we know how truthful they are. It could fall on a lot of people.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Waianae Trip
Monday morning I had a nice breakfast, showered and ready before noon. Had to stop by Kokua Mau and people there are doing their job very nicely, helping the community. Yvonne, and two volunteers, Roy and Kim.
Just in time to get the 40 bus going to Waianae and got off at the Waianae Transit Center. Took my nice leisurely walk dropping my fliers in the right places. Many empty spaces since they raised the rents to pay for the Rail Disaster. Found Kokua Villa. A nice classy place looking more uppity than Nanakuli. Very impressive people there.
I tried to explain but I think I did not do a good job of it. It happens, I am not a very good explainer. I left and thought I may as well go to Makaha and the Thrift Shop. The people there were very nice and seem to understand. I will have to be patient and see how I can help them. Meanwhile we look for others so we can all know and help each other on the Waianae Coast.
We need the Industrial Park and a much better Bus service. The local buses are terrific, it's the big shots, like the C and the 40. Need to make it more pleasant to take public transportation than the car. They are a far cry from it now. The entire world is looking for the solution and for sure, we ain't got it.
Just in time to get the 40 bus going to Waianae and got off at the Waianae Transit Center. Took my nice leisurely walk dropping my fliers in the right places. Many empty spaces since they raised the rents to pay for the Rail Disaster. Found Kokua Villa. A nice classy place looking more uppity than Nanakuli. Very impressive people there.
I tried to explain but I think I did not do a good job of it. It happens, I am not a very good explainer. I left and thought I may as well go to Makaha and the Thrift Shop. The people there were very nice and seem to understand. I will have to be patient and see how I can help them. Meanwhile we look for others so we can all know and help each other on the Waianae Coast.
"I Remember You" by Don Ho
We need the Industrial Park and a much better Bus service. The local buses are terrific, it's the big shots, like the C and the 40. Need to make it more pleasant to take public transportation than the car. They are a far cry from it now. The entire world is looking for the solution and for sure, we ain't got it.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Competition Dancing
By Francisco Cerecerez, Nuuanu.
We have accepted competitive dance as a popular, widespread activity in which competitors perform dances before a common group of judges. The International Style of Dance has covered this in Hawaii quite thoroughly in the last 40 years.
The competitive dance industry on the Mainland largely consists of competition production companies — also sometimes called dance competition companies — that conduct regional competitions at stops along their annual, nationwide tours. Dance Clubs and Dance schools, also referred to as dance studios, arrange for their classes to compete as groups.
Eventually some of the dance studios continually emerge as the best teachers of the dance. The results are there. On Oahu, two studios have been consistently dominant in teaching the best dancers of the International Style and have proven it in competitions.
By the same token two groups have been consistently at the bottom of the pile. But that is the name of their game. When the rootzi tootzis mention "junk dancers" they may not always be referring to American style. In competitive dances the proof is in the pudding.
Competitive dancers must be physically fit, because even short dances can be physically demanding. Dancers must continuously train to maintain and improve their technique, balance skills, strength and flexibility. International competition dancing requires dedication as it is typically a year round sport. When competition season is occurring and when not, dancers usually take weekly technique classes in all forms of the dance.
From the Dancer's Handbook
In England your teacher will suggest that you go for the Bronze Medal when he considers you sufficiently skilled. You will have to pay a small fee and your teacher will provide you with a partner that already has a Bronze medal.
You will then be expected to dance all the basic figures you have learned. You will not be asked any questions but will be judged solely on your ability to dance. You will be marked according to this ablility and as most examinations, you can gain a distinction, honors or merely a pass.
After the Bronze medal (level three) if you are good enough you can go to the Silver (level four) and then the Gold (level five.) These tests, of course, are progressively more difficult and when you have won a Gold medal, you can consider yourself reasonably skilled, but yet not anywhere near to the standard of most competition dances.
We have accepted competitive dance as a popular, widespread activity in which competitors perform dances before a common group of judges. The International Style of Dance has covered this in Hawaii quite thoroughly in the last 40 years.
"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word - the soul of conversation is sympathy."
Eventually some of the dance studios continually emerge as the best teachers of the dance. The results are there. On Oahu, two studios have been consistently dominant in teaching the best dancers of the International Style and have proven it in competitions.
By the same token two groups have been consistently at the bottom of the pile. But that is the name of their game. When the rootzi tootzis mention "junk dancers" they may not always be referring to American style. In competitive dances the proof is in the pudding.
"The best teachers are not always the best dancers, conversely,
the best dancers may not always be the best teachers."
the best dancers may not always be the best teachers."
Competitive dancers must be physically fit, because even short dances can be physically demanding. Dancers must continuously train to maintain and improve their technique, balance skills, strength and flexibility. International competition dancing requires dedication as it is typically a year round sport. When competition season is occurring and when not, dancers usually take weekly technique classes in all forms of the dance.
From the Dancer's Handbook
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| Dance Pavilion overlooking Nanakuli Beach |
You will then be expected to dance all the basic figures you have learned. You will not be asked any questions but will be judged solely on your ability to dance. You will be marked according to this ablility and as most examinations, you can gain a distinction, honors or merely a pass.
After the Bronze medal (level three) if you are good enough you can go to the Silver (level four) and then the Gold (level five.) These tests, of course, are progressively more difficult and when you have won a Gold medal, you can consider yourself reasonably skilled, but yet not anywhere near to the standard of most competition dances.
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