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Blogger has got this infested with scam spam robot hits. They make the stats completely meaningless. So I just stopped blogging. The other guest authors can do as they please, which is the way it has always been. It make take a month. Meanwhile I have my hands full with the other blogs. Mahalo.

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Point Of View

Looking over the terrain from Makaha is quite an experience. The rest of the Island looks interesting but they should not be making decisions that are against the residents of Makaha. The bus system is not good with the Present Rail Party take over but some parts remain good. The #93 bus is terrific but when the Present Rail Party finds out how good it is they will put a stop to it.

"There is the urgency of doing - knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

Throughout the civilized world there are efforts being made to get people off their cars and onto Public Transportation but not by forcing them, like the Present Rail Party plans to do to these low class people. The number #94 bus as an Articulated bus would guarantee "sitting" comfortable to and from Honolulu. It might be worth it to leave the car at home and take the bus. That is an option, not forcing the low class citizen.

And if you get enough people, just a few Bi-Articulated buses would be the perfect solution and fifty times cheaper than a Rail Disaster. And there would be 100 cars missing from right in front of each bus. Where are the drivers? "Sitting" comfortably in the bus. But it cannot be done by forcing everyone to take a crowded #40 bus to a station somewhere and be cattle rushed to Honolulu with several stops on the way there.

The Rail Mess will take perhaps three hours Makaha to Downtown Honolulu. That's after spending Ten Billion on the Rail Disaster. Yes, it's the dollars, Scholars, not for the users of public transportation. The residents of this island don't count. It's the money, Sonny.

 

For now, just fifty more of these carefully placed and the users

of public transportation would increase because it would be

more comfortable. And I could get the bus right around the

corner where I always got it.

"Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth-

to see it like it is, and tell it like it is- to find the truth,

to speak the truth, and to live the truth."

Bicycles sales are going up. The self driving car is in the works, More private vans to carry passengers that must work in Honolulu. And even small boats, Barber's Point to Honolulu in 30 minutes, no freeway traffic. But anything is better than taking the Rail Catastrophe, and the freeways would become slow moving parking lots. Just to make millions and millions of dollars in profits, easy money.

Rail by John Pritchett

Available in book online and in most book stores. Terrific cartoon analysis.

Buy it now for the best commentary on Rail

in the entire Pacific Region.

 

 

Rail by John Pritchett

Available in book online and in most book stores. Terrific cartoon analysis.

Buy it now for the best commentary on Rail

in the entire Pacific Region.

 

 

Waipio Industrial Park

Five multi-tenant warehouse/distribution buildings, located in the master-planned Waipio community, with convenient access to Honolulu's main freeways.

Offering bay sizes from 900 square feet to 77,000 square feet. Built in 2008 before the Present Rail Party was organized and too late to stop them. Since then they have stopped all the rest, paying off the legislators, to make the big buck$ in the Rail Disaster.

 

And you can think of all the lucky ones that can make it home
in 20 minutes. No Rail Disaster for them, they really live,
and work in Paradise.

 

Thousands of cars missing from the freeways to and from Honolulu. Thousands of cars missing from downtown Honolulu Traffic. But the Present Rail Party wants to keep it a secret because then there is no need for a Rail Catastrophe and more people are becoming aware of the ten year tax burden ahead. New estimates are up to ten billion dollars for the Rail Mess. When the Federal money runs out we are in deep doodoo.

 

 

Waipio Industrial Park

Five multi-tenant warehouse/distribution buildings, located in the master-planned Waipio community, with convenient access to Honolulu's main freeways.

Offering bay sizes from 900 square feet to 77,000 square feet. Built in 2008 before the Present Rail Party was organized and too late to stop them. Since then they have stopped all the rest, paying off the legislators, to make the big buck$ in the Rail Disaster.

 

And you can think of all the lucky ones that can make it home
in 20 minutes. No Rail Disaster for them, they really live,
and work in Paradise.

 

Thousands of cars missing from the freeways to and from Honolulu. Thousands of cars missing from downtown Honolulu Traffic. But the Present Rail Party wants to keep it a secret because then there is no need for a Rail Catastrophe and more people are becoming aware of the ten year tax burden ahead. New estimates are up to ten billion dollars for the Rail Mess. When the Federal money runs out we are in deep doodoo.

 

 

Kapolei NB votes anti Rail

Good news that the Kapolei neighborhood board realizes that the Rail Fiasco is not good for the anyone in the West. And now they know that it is the big buck$ that are to be made in the next ten years. Millions and Millions of dollars and no benefit to the users of public transportation, whatsoever. We just have to spread the word for everyone's benefit. Some are seriously thinking about a small industrial park in the area. The proof would be in the pudding, no need Rail Mess.

Kaena Point

There is still a lot to do all the way up Yokohama Bay to Kaena Point. The Waianae range comes too close to the road. Someday some smarty pants is going to move part of that mountain over to Kaena Point and make it into the best park on this island, plenty of solid rocks there already. And with it comes one of the best beaches on this island.

"The river of truth is always splitting up into arms that reunite.

Islanded between them, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime

as to which is the mainstream."

And there will be a way to drive around Kaena Point all the way to Mokuleia and the North Shore. Think of the commerce that would evolve between the Waianae Coast and the North Shore, but the Present Rail Party would not permit it. Honolulu is first and foremost. This is already an urban island and the Present Rail Party knows that. But it's the money, Sonny. And those mainlanders intend on getting as much of it as possible in the next ten years. Millions and Millions of dollars in this Rail Disaster.

 "Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed.

 

You can still talk story about surfing and the wonders of Makaha with living legend Buffalo Keaulana. This veteran of 36 years as an Oahu lifeguard and father of two champion surfers hangs out every day on Makaha Beach. And there are more.

 "I'll Remember You" by Don Ho

 

 

Makaha Studios and Searider Production are both looking good on the Waianae Coast. However the rumor is that one of them is the pocket of the Present Rail Party. We have to inquire a little more into this and get it right. Meanwhile Hawaii Free Press is doing a terrific job of covering the West. Who needs the Star Advertiser? Not me.

Pub's Side Note: Some of the wheels in the dance community have to be dragged, kicking and screaming into the 21st century. I will not do that. If they do not want it they shall not have it. But the sign on the door I leave open still says welcome.

American Rumba

When Arthur Murray first saw what he thought was the Rumba, he instinctively knew that the American people would never learn the rock step and the slow step to that music. He, being smarter than anyone else, introduced the box step as basic, with a slow, quick, quick and the rest is history.

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage

to lose sight of the shore."

What made it even more solid was that Fred Astaire was a dancer and he knew that most moves had been done over the centuries.  So Arthur Murray sued Fred Astaire for using "his" box step with a slow, quick, quick in the Rumba and what is more, he won. What did the courts know about dancing? Fred Astaire then changed his box step to quick, quick, slow and got away with it. Thus began the screw up that remains to this day.

"Saturday Night" by Bay City Rollers

The Competitions in the American Style of Dance in the US are mostly controlled by the Fred Astaire Studios, so we can guess what basic is used for Rumba. They are gradually introducing an "alternative" basic throughout the mainland which is the original Rock Step and a Slow. Like in Calypso, Beguine, Mambo, and dozens of other Caribbean dances, and also the famous International Style of Dance.

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches, or from the praise of people but from doing something worthwhile."

Kilauea Rec.Center, Perfect.

Even in Latin America. where the people in the middle and upper brackets have become "civilized" and are not fanatical about dancing. They dance it as a social skill to dance at weddings and dinner/dance occasions at the country club. Many have learned in the US from Arthur Murray or Fred Astaire studios. So you go someplace and they are dancing it slow, quick, quick. You go that way. You go some place where they dance it quick, quick, slow and you go that way. Let's dance. But out in the bush it is a Rock Step and a Slow step.

Fortunately, plenty of dancers throughout the country and specially here on Oahu, are discovering the elderly Mambo steps to make use of in the Rumba and nothing could be more ideal. The basic, the crossover break, the underarm turns, the hand to hand, the spot turns, the whole enchilada. Fits like a glove, Stunning! Does anybody really know this?

But then it is gradually being danced by the Universal dancers. New invention? Ha, that is the way it was danced 100 years ago by the originals before it got screwed up the experts.

 

American Rumba

When Arthur Murray first saw what he thought was the Rumba, he instinctively knew that the American people would never learn the rock step and the slow step to that music. He, being smarter than anyone else, introduced the box step as basic, with a slow, quick, quick and the rest is history.

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage

to lose sight of the shore."

What made it even more solid was that Fred Astaire was a dancer and he knew that most moves had been done over the centuries.  So Arthur Murray sued Fred Astaire for using "his" box step with a slow, quick, quick in the Rumba and what is more, he won. What did the courts know about dancing? Fred Astaire then changed his box step to quick, quick, slow and got away with it. Thus began the screw up that remains to this day.

"Saturday Night" by Bay City Rollers

The Competitions in the American Style of Dance in the US are mostly controlled by the Fred Astaire Studios, so we can guess what basic is used for Rumba. They are gradually introducing an "alternative" basic throughout the mainland which is the original Rock Step and a Slow. Like in Calypso, Beguine, Mambo, and dozens of other Caribbean dances, and also the famous International Style of Dance.

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches, or from the praise of people but from doing something worthwhile."

Kilauea Rec.Center, Perfect.

Even in Latin America. where the people in the middle and upper brackets have become "civilized" and are not fanatical about dancing. They dance it as a social skill to dance at weddings and dinner/dance occasions at the country club. Many have learned in the US from Arthur Murray or Fred Astaire studios. So you go someplace and they are dancing it slow, quick, quick. You go that way. You go some place where they dance it quick, quick, slow and you go that way. Let's dance. But out in the bush it is a Rock Step and a Slow step.

Fortunately, plenty of dancers throughout the country and specially here on Oahu, are discovering the elderly Mambo steps to make use of in the Rumba and nothing could be more ideal. The basic, the crossover break, the underarm turns, the hand to hand, the spot turns, the whole enchilada. Fits like a glove, Stunning! Does anybody really know this?

But then it is gradually being danced by the Universal dancers. New invention? Ha, that is the way it was danced 100 years ago by the originals before it got screwed up the experts.

 

Rail by John Pritchett

Available in book online and in most book stores. Terrific cartoon analysis.

Buy it now for the best commentary on Rail in the entire Pacific Region.

 

Pub's Side Note: No more blogs this month. Too many scam spam robot hits.

John Pritchett

One of the worlds best for editorial cartoons, caricatures and illustrations. Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist.

 

The Rail Disaster was not for the benefit of the users of public transportation in the West. And it will be paid for by the citizens of the North Shore, the windward Coast and rest of East Honolulu. They don't know it yet but it will also have to be paid by the citizens of the neighbor islands.

 

 

With enough of these Articulated Buses we coulda had it made.

But it's was the bread, Fred.

 

Million and Millions of dollars in profits for the few, beginning with the Czar. That salary is obscene, but these mainlanders knew from the beginning that these local yokels can be taken. And the Present Rail Party is proving it.

 

Right today, you can make it from Makaha to town on #94 express in an hour and a half. The rail ain't nevah gonna beat that in a million years. It's gonna take an hour and a half just to get to the station, with the increase in traffic coming up. But somebody got suckered into it.

 

 

 

Debby

I have been waiting for her to get something in here. Just a couple sentences would do, just to get your feet wet. Then you can take your time in do a better and longer one later.

The Box Stop

By Quentin Hasegawa, Village Park

The box step is danced by using a forward and backward pair of altering figures to step on the four corners of a square. Where did it come from? Actually it had been used for thousands of years in different cultures and different dances.

"Dancing is the art of getting your feet out of the way
faster than your partner can step on them."

In the book "Dancing" by Marguerite Wilson, Philadelphia 1899 she describes what she calls the waltz, and what is today called the natural turn in the Viennese waltz, (using ballet terminology.)

She said "Before trying to turn, these steps ought to be practiced forward and backward in an imaginary square, as indicated in the following diagram ..." The diagram shows the box step, though she does not call it by that name. Thus, she is introducing the box step as a preliminary practice step to build coordination before learning the natural turn. She describes the process of turning later. She is not describing what is now known as the "turning box", she is describing the natural turn in the Viennese waltz. Still later she describes the reverse turn.

"I Do The Rock" by Tim Curry

What they now call change steps she calls the pursuit, and she prefers the man to go backward in the work of change steps. The box step was an exercise, not a dance. The box step is not the waltz step. The waltz step is different. For plenty of people it does not look like or feel like a dance, and some people think it ought to not be promoted as being a dance, But the box step has so long been represented to be the waltz step, (this misconception ought to have been corrected long ago,) it is too late to change now.

"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" by Temptations

How did the box step go from merely an exercise to being thought about by uninformed teachers to be the waltz step? No one knows. Plenty of knowledgeable teachers recognized the movement from other dances. Some teachers may have looked at the diagram and not read the book, thus honestly fooling themselves in to thinking the box step was the waltz step. Whatever, it's now been solidly accepted by most everyone.

Pub's Side Note: "In Hawaii, dance blogs are enabling hundreds of dancers to express their opinions with reduced political risk simply because of the sheer number of like-minded opinions online. Facing these independent voices, the old clique machine starts to grumble then to crumble."

The Box Stop

By Quentin Hasegawa, Village Park

The box step is danced by using a forward and backward pair of altering figures to step on the four corners of a square. Where did it come from? Actually it had been used for thousands of years in different cultures and different dances.

"Dancing is the art of getting your feet out of the way
faster than your partner can step on them."

In the book "Dancing" by Marguerite Wilson, Philadelphia 1899 she describes what she calls the waltz, and what is today called the natural turn in the Viennese waltz, (using ballet terminology.)

She said "Before trying to turn, these steps ought to be practiced forward and backward in an imaginary square, as indicated in the following diagram ..." The diagram shows the box step, though she does not call it by that name. Thus, she is introducing the box step as a preliminary practice step to build coordination before learning the natural turn. She describes the process of turning later. She is not describing what is now known as the "turning box", she is describing the natural turn in the Viennese waltz. Still later she describes the reverse turn.

"I Do The Rock" by Tim Curry

What they now call change steps she calls the pursuit, and she prefers the man to go backward in the work of change steps. The box step was an exercise, not a dance. The box step is not the waltz step. The waltz step is different. For plenty of people it does not look like or feel like a dance, and some people think it ought to not be promoted as being a dance, But the box step has so long been represented to be the waltz step, (this misconception ought to have been corrected long ago,) it is too late to change now.

"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" by Temptations

How did the box step go from merely an exercise to being thought about by uninformed teachers to be the waltz step? No one knows. Plenty of knowledgeable teachers recognized the movement from other dances. Some teachers may have looked at the diagram and not read the book, thus honestly fooling themselves in to thinking the box step was the waltz step. Whatever, it's now been solidly accepted by most everyone.

Pub's Side Note: "In Hawaii, dance blogs are enabling hundreds of dancers to express their opinions with reduced political risk simply because of the sheer number of like-minded opinions online. Facing these independent voices, the old clique machine starts to grumble then to crumble."

Priorities

So now added to the Two-Center, the Guest Author, I have a new priority. I now have to find a reliable hit counter. One that can tell me how many are really hits from live people and at least mildly interested. The crap I am getting now from Blogger isn't worth the trouble. But their programmers are just not capable enough to it correctly. The new counter on Eastside Dancing blog seems to be doing all right. May try it over on this blog.

The Industrial Park

The Waianae Coast would be transformed closer to a perfect Paradise for those lucky enough to work there. A small industrial park in Makaha Valley, a couple in the Waianae Valleys, one in Maili and one in Nanakuli.

Property values would go up. People could work close to home. They do not like spending half their life commuting to Honolulu. And everyone knows that with the Rail Disaster, it is going to get worse. The big shots in the pay of the Present Rail Party, talk about minimum wage. But they know "jack" about minimum wage in Waianae. Worth ten times more than minimum wage in Honolulu.

 

Replace all the #40 "cattle car" buses with Articulated Buses.

Care about the people.

We can get the #94 bus in Makaha right now, around the corner from where I live and be in town in and hour and half. Many leave their cars home because it can be convenient if you can "sit" all the way. The Present Rail Party knows this but want to keep it quiet. With the Rail Crisis, it will take an hour and half just to get in the Rail Station.  Farrrington Highway has never seen it as bad as it is going to get.



With work at the Industrial Park, I coulda been home in 20 minutes. There may be some people that need the rail, but not for us in Waianae, if we had the Parks and the Articulated buses. And Farrington Highway would be nice to travel on.

Pub's Side Note: Ordinary Communication Media, - To whom it may concern, one way, newsletters, email flyers, web sites. They do their job but nuttin' like a blog.

John Pritchett

One of the best political cartoonist in the world. He knows how to put it across.

Some People Are Thinking

New Blogs

Eastside Dancing and Makaha Knolls moving along quite well. I thought by now I would know which one I could schedule for deletion. Of course, a lot of it is spam robot hits which mean nothing, they just mess up the stats. I have the advantage that I can compare the stats on all my blogs and get some insight. Those that do not have these type of counters are not losing much.

Hits on Dance Blither

I really don't know where they are all coming from. There is much from the scam-spam robot hits and of course, they don't count. Blogger programmers just don't know how to handle no-hits. But Blogger just gets whatever they can get when it comes to programmers. And they sure learn how to force people into their schemes. Auwe.

Twitter

Looks like Twitter is doing some good after all. It seems a little too International and at one time I had one from South Africa that really ran "my" Twitter. I "unfollowed" last week though I am still followed there. On the Waianae Coast just got some interested, Makaha Studios, AugieT from Makaha and Nicolas Smith from Nanakuli. May get something going soon. Dance Blither is much more local, perhaps only this Island.

Waianae Coast

Hawaiian Soul Country

The Independant Lifestyle of the Waianae Coast

From Community Profiles:

Far west Oahu is a study in contrasts, corralled as it is between the dry, craggy Waianae Mountains and the watery depths of the blue Pacific Ocean.

"And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle."

 

This was perfect for the first Hawaiians who sought shelter here over a thousand years ago. They felt that the majestic mountains provided a safe wall of isolation, allowing them to feed from the ocean and maintain an independent lifestyle.

 

Today, this part of Oahu is the closest thing to a true Hawaiian place on the island. Proud and independent like their forbears, Waianae Coast communities nevertheless have opened their hearts to diverse cultures, welcoming others to the ocean-loving pleasures and simple lifestyles enjoyed by centuries of Hawaiians. They fully recognize that they could get a little more upscale to live a little better like having a place to work nearby.

"Tropical Storm" by Peter Moon

All of the Waianae Coast shares 20 miles of what many feel are the island's most beautiful, unspoiled beaches. Certainly, Oahu's best big-game fishing is off this coast. And we pay attention to tsunami warnings since most of our buildings are one story.

 

Most Waianae Coast homes, condos and apartments are in the affordable price range, although a few expensive homes with incredible ocean views dot the landscape. The low price is because not many are willing to spend half their lifetime in traveling to Honolulu to make an honest dollar. And everyone seems to be aware that with the Rail Disaster, it is going to get worse. The neighbor islands are looking better all the time.

An industrial park would do wonders for the lucky ones to work here and making this place a little closer to Paradise.

 

 

Halloween Posters

This blog is amazing and seems to be going in the right direction. Was about 20 points behind Blogging Hawaii and now within ten points of coming even with them.

The Good People are always looking for opportunities to help others. Da Odder Kine are always asking, "What’s in it for me?"

Pearlridge Chapter and Kalihi Chapter could make the difference and of course, only the beginning. And Halloween dances all over the place, I bet they have something going on the North Shore and the Windward Coast, but if they wish to keep it a secret we shall respect.

 

I hope to be getting more posters (easy to post) with all the holiday dances going on. Of course the rest of it too, information and photos. The reader/dancers are there and waiting. I just don't have much to offer them. The icing on the cake is wot happened at the shindig? Info and photos, the reader/dancers would eat that right up. Mahalo.

 

 

 And on the Big Island.

 

 

Pub's Side Note: There are three rules for getting guaranteed hits in a blog. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.