The Big Bash

Yes, the Annual will be done this year too but this time in the West. On Tuesday evening the 1st of April and all for free. And for those having auto problems there will be limousine service that will pick you and take you home.

Twelve piece band, playing all the old time favorites. They will have valet parking free of charge and at the entrance, door prizes for everyone. Show with some of the best Exhibition Dancers on this Island. Free tickets for the drawing at break time, on a new Mercedes Benz automobile.

There will be two professional photographers taking pictures at no charge. And during the dance they will have available 14 cases of champagne so that everyone can wet their whistles. At break time, they will serve steak and lobster and a side dish of caviar. The music will stop at midnight. If there is anything else you would like, call them and let them know.

 

As regular advertising transitions from a plain old marketing buzzword to common practice, there has emerged a blurring of the line between editorial content and advertising. Watch it, too many sneaks out there. In an effort to make content that looks as little like advertising as possible, many advertisers have failed to make it clear where the content is coming from and what its intentions are.

Much of the bad goop is coming direct from the computer programming schools. And their intent is not to sell, but to trick you into something you do not want. Unfortunately many of them are employed by Microsoft and Apple. Linux is about the only one that allows the users to use only what they wish to use. You cannot ask for anything more? Well, yes, I want them to learn about GUI.

The Big Bash

Yes, the Annual will be done this year too but this time in the West. On Tuesday evening the 1st of April and all for free. And for those having auto problems there will be limousine service that will pick you and take you home.

Twelve piece band, playing all the old time favorites. They will have valet parking free of charge and at the entrance, door prizes for everyone. Show with some of the best Exhibition Dancers on this Island. Free tickets for the drawing at break time, on a new Mercedes Benz automobile.

There will be two professional photographers taking pictures at no charge. And during the dance they will have available 14 cases of champagne so that everyone can wet their whistles. At break time, they will serve steak and lobster and a side dish of caviar. The music will stop at midnight. If there is anything else you would like, call them and let them know.

 

As regular advertising transitions from a plain old marketing buzzword to common practice, there has emerged a blurring of the line between editorial content and advertising. Watch it, too many sneaks out there. In an effort to make content that looks as little like advertising as possible, many advertisers have failed to make it clear where the content is coming from and what its intentions are.

Much of the bad goop is coming direct from the computer programming schools. And their intent is not to sell, but to trick you into something you do not want. Unfortunately many of them are employed by Microsoft and Apple. Linux is about the only one that allows the users to use only what they wish to use. You cannot ask for anything more? Well, yes, I want them to learn about GUI.

Complications?

From the latest studies, but can only be understood by the rootzi tootzis, is that there are ornaments worn today that are not present in all mammalian species. Some authors have suggested that females may evaluate males largely on the quality of their movements, especially those movements that contain elements of vigor and/or skill, because these are most likely to indicate health and genetic quality. Dancing?

"For many, if they were to begin life again, would devote it to music and dance
for those are the only cheap and unpunished raptures upon earth."

We are receiving some beautiful posters from all over, informing us
in our dance world, that we don't have a monopoly on dancing.
Everybody all over this planet is having a ball just dancing.

Evidence from birds, ungulates and crustaceans demonstrates that females detect subtle variations in male motor performance during ritualized courtship displays, and base subsequent reproductive decisions upon such differences.In humans, dance is a set of intentional, rhythmic, culturally influenced, non-verbal body movements that are considered to be an important aspect of sexuality and courtship attraction; indeed, dancing often forms part of courtship and marriage celebrations.

We have evolved dancing to other ramifications, and we cannot say anyone of them is bad. The Internationals disapprove of dancing with other types of dancers because they may pick up bad habits. And they have good reason because they are in a true discipline and they will be judged accordingly. Whereas we dance anyway we like just as long as we enjoy moving to our favorite music.

"My Sharona" by The Knack

Slow Down

Seems to be slowing down a little in this sector, but down town is jumping. Even the Night Clubs are doing good and can afford to be particular. I have heard there is some action on the North Shore but nothing definite.

Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club is sure to have many people from the North Shore attending their Anniversary Dance at the Halemano Plantation. And I am sure there a lot dancers in the Central Valley. We don't get much news from the Dot's in Wahiawa or Just Tacos in Mililani. So we must be patient.

The hits are still slowing going up even though we lost most of the scam spam robot hits. So a photo in this blog can be compared very favorably with one in Facebook. (They get 250 million photos a day.) Your photo in here will be seen by your fellow dancers. 30 average hits per day is 900 per month. Send them in along with a little info and we can share with the growing readership.

Of course we are going to do our best to groom Waianae as the next excellent location of very good group of American Style Social Dancers. The Line Dancers, like every where else are a little publicity shy. So we have to wait until the next group that is not so private. Waianae District Park already has the most beautiful dance floor in the West, just waiting for the recreational dancers on this Coast. With a Good Night Club in the new Lualualei Industrial Park, the dancers on this Coast will be a little closer to Paradise.

Pub's Side Note: Fortunately, I am meeting more people that have good speakers on their computers. With some good speakers you can play music that may sound better than your high class stereos. Or a good set of Earphones. I can give them some of my music.

Slow Down

Seems to be slowing down a little in this sector, but down town is jumping. Even the Night Clubs are doing good and can afford to be particular. I have heard there is some action on the North Shore but nothing definite.

Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club is sure to have many people from the North Shore attending their Anniversary Dance at the Halemano Plantation. And I am sure there a lot dancers in the Central Valley. We don't get much news from the Dot's in Wahiawa or Just Tacos in Mililani. So we must be patient.

The hits are still slowing going up even though we lost most of the scam spam robot hits. So a photo in this blog can be compared very favorably with one in Facebook. (They get 250 million photos a day.) Your photo in here will be seen by your fellow dancers. 30 average hits per day is 900 per month. Send them in along with a little info and we can share with the growing readership.

Of course we are going to do our best to groom Waianae as the next excellent location of very good group of American Style Social Dancers. The Line Dancers, like every where else are a little publicity shy. So we have to wait until the next group that is not so private. Waianae District Park already has the most beautiful dance floor in the West, just waiting for the recreational dancers on this Coast. With a Good Night Club in the new Lualualei Industrial Park, the dancers on this Coast will be a little closer to Paradise.

Pub's Side Note: Fortunately, I am meeting more people that have good speakers on their computers. With some good speakers you can play music that may sound better than your high class stereos. Or a good set of Earphones. I can give them some of my music.

It couldn't happen again!

Design Flaws Cited in Deadly Train Crash in China

BEIJING — Chinese investigators delivered a long-awaited report on Wednesday on the deadly July 23 high-speed train crash in the eastern coastal city of Wenzhou, citing a string of blunders, including serious design flaws in crucial signaling equipment. Workers cleared the wreckage after a train accident in Wenzhou that killed 40 people and injured 191.

 "Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters

cannot be trusted in large ones either."

Two former top officials of the Railway Ministry — who had been removed from their posts months before the crash over alleged corruption — were singled out for blame. It was a serious setback to China’s hopes to turn high-speed rail into a symbol of the nation’s technological and industrial progress, and led to an online wave of public outrage that died down only after government authorities muzzled the domestic media.

The crash investigators found sloppy development of the signaling equipment, bidding irregularities in the contract to provide it and lapses by safety inspectors who were supposed to ensure its quality. When lightning struck the Wenzhou line, the wrong signals appeared, sending one high-speed train smashing into the rear end of another on a viaduct.

Investigators put the bulk of the responsibility on the former railway minister, Liu Zhijun, and the Railway Ministry’s deputy chief engineer, Zhang Shuguang. It had been guaranteed that it couldn't happen again. Before Mr. Liu’s arrest on corruption charges in February, he led the endeavor to build nearly 5,000 miles of high-speed rail in seven years, one of China’s most dramatically ambitious initiatives.

Fortunately the Present Rail Party guarantees that it cannot happen on Oahu. Would fall on a lot of people. And fortunately too is that China is finding other means of avoiding long distance commutes.

  

A beautiful Industrial Park in China. The residents can get home in 20 minutes. Thousands of automobiles missing from the highways to and from town. Thousands missing from the horrible downtown traffic. Maybe the Chinese are on to something?

But in Honolulu? How much will the minimum wage be for the workers in the construction of the Rail Disaster in Honolulu? Even the rich would be surprised. ($50/hour?) Property Taxes will double, but most of us already know, It's not for the people, it's for the dough, Moe. Rapid Transit? Would be a laugh if it wasn't such a serious "Lie."

Good Contact

Receiving plenty of dance communication on my Twitter accounts. I thought I may as well post a nice photo from the Brazilian Samba Dance Academy in the UK.

Pictures like these will liven up any blog.

But of course, this is from the UK, and not very pertinent to the reader/dancers of this blog. but how about a nice group picture of our local people. Wow! They would go over better than hotcakes. Actually the best photos of our local people is four to six or seven people, in a social dance environment. And several photos would do no harm. The Two Center will be the ones who can do it. And our blogs will keep growing. OMG.

"Stranger In Paradise" by Al Martino

Latest Stats

Just finished the latest stats and the entire blogosphere seems to be in a plateau. Happens now and then, hopefully it will begin to go up again. For sure a regular Two Center would be the proof in the pudding needed to get these blogs rolling.

"We tend to overlook the people that offer us the world,

for those who can barely give us the time of day."

The Two Center can communicate his information and/or photos by email, I will proof read and post it to the blog of your choice. All you need is that once or twice. When you see your work in print and published in a blog, then you will know if you wish to be a Guest Author. And all that means is you can get in, post and get out all on your own as in Twitter, Facebook etc.

The big difference is the readership. 85 to 90 per cent will be residents and/or dancers of this Island. If you can live with the fact that no one from Cucamonga Junction will probably every read it, you got it made. It seem likely that the Two Centers will come from the Micros that I subscribe to because they are already communicating.

Dance Character

From Instep Magazine, 2005:

One of the key parts in dancing involves appropriately applying the character of the dance and it helps if you can interpret it from the music. There is the term "rise and fall" in Waltz in which there is a difference from Fox Trot even using the same figures. You can exaggerate but it is not necessary, you don't want to turn it into a Polka. Applying the appropriate technique to capture the character of each dance rather than blindly trying a "one size fits all" approach, is one of the most joyful aspects of dancing.

Finally there is the technique associated with each figure - the "heels and toes," amount of turn, sway, etc. However, what is overlooked is that they are actually descriptions of what the finish product should look like mostly in competition dancing. It in not a prescription for how to achieve it. Reading dance books may help but nothing will do it like the dance floor with some skilful help.

Whether you are a recreational or competition dancer, dancing is about enjoying yourself. Dance technique is not meant to take away from your enjoyment, its purpose is to enhance it! The more you understand about the different categories of technique, the more enjoyable dancing will be to you, and the more enjoyable you will be to dance with.

“The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety or wit, shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.” ~Omar Kayyam

Dance Character

From Instep Magazine, 2005:

One of the key parts in dancing involves appropriately applying the character of the dance and it helps if you can interpret it from the music. There is the term "rise and fall" in Waltz in which there is a difference from Fox Trot even using the same figures. You can exaggerate but it is not necessary, you don't want to turn it into a Polka. Applying the appropriate technique to capture the character of each dance rather than blindly trying a "one size fits all" approach, is one of the most joyful aspects of dancing.

Finally there is the technique associated with each figure - the "heels and toes," amount of turn, sway, etc. However, what is overlooked is that they are actually descriptions of what the finish product should look like mostly in competition dancing. It in not a prescription for how to achieve it. Reading dance books may help but nothing will do it like the dance floor with some skilful help.

Whether you are a recreational or competition dancer, dancing is about enjoying yourself. Dance technique is not meant to take away from your enjoyment, its purpose is to enhance it! The more you understand about the different categories of technique, the more enjoyable dancing will be to you, and the more enjoyable you will be to dance with.

“The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety or wit, shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.” ~Omar Kayyam

The Latest Studies

Getting some good stuff from the Internet. And the facts seem to be there. In Latin dancing there has been lotsa sex. In American Style, there has been some and the International has been sterile except in the ladies Latin costumes. Initial analyses showed that movement variables were significantly and positively correlated with perceived dance quality. Unlike the Professional set ups of today.

"Some days you just have to create your own sunshine."

Linear regression subsequently has revealed that three movement measures were key predictors of dance quality; these were variability and amplitude of movements of the neck and trunk, and speed of movements of the "right" knee. They have identified specific movements within men’s dance that influence women’s  perceptions of dancing ability.

Darwin found that much emphasis has been placed on conspicuous male secondary sexual ornaments and associations between such ornaments and female mate preference. Some of which exist to this day. They strongly suggest that such movements in dancing may form honest signals of male quality in terms of health, vigor or strength - though this remains to be confirmed.

"An exhibition dancer is an artist who uses the body as the canvas

and the music as the colors."

Whatever, our search seems to be leading us to the right place. And I am surprised that so many of our American Style dance teachers already understand all this. The immediate necessity is to get the Guest Authors on this blog to make it the first real Independent blog in the Pacific. They would run the hits up through the ceiling.

 "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 crumble."

Hitting Good

Seems like the social clubs are picking up good, especially where they have many social recreational type dancers. Even their "Extravadanzas" are doing good. So if you treat your members right they will kokua. Minimize the influence of the Creative Researchers And Producers. And the good news is overflowing to the neighbor islands.

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth,

faithfulness the best relationship."

I keep getting the hints of a possible new dance club dedicated only for the American style of Dance. Would be a humdinger. Not many would be telling you that you are not dancing "correctly." That can be drag. Most of us are just average dancers and are not planning on Dancing with the Stars. We just wanna have fun dancing with our friends and an occasional stranger.

Then there is the possibility of a Latin Dance Club. Not much difference in dance agenda. No foxtrot, no paso doble, no quick step, no bolero, but everything else in fun dancing would be there. Latin Waltz, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Samba and Tango. Any additional Latin would just be gingerbread.

Waianae, Really Starting To Roll.

The people on the Waianae Coast realize that they live pretty close to Paradise, but? First, the biggest cloud on the horizon is that they have to go so far to work everyday. Some lucky ones work nearby but most must spend "hours" to and from Honolulu everyday, At one time we had pretty good bus service, but now that the Present Rail Party has taken over it is a disaster. And everyone knows that it is going to get worse.

"It is hard to believe that a person is telling the truth when

you know that you would lie if you were in their place."

I can get the #93 bus at Alapai Transit Center during the week, at 3 pm. and get home in Nanakuli before 4 pm. This was set up before the Present Rail Party took over. The Rail Disaster, when finished will take three hours. The #93 will be discontinued, naturally. Look it up and you will see. Rapid Transit, the biggest Con Job in the history of the Island of Oahu. Ever!

"Morning Dew" by Loyal Garner

And everyone in the West knows that it is going to get worse and the auto repair shops on the Waianae Coast are already working overtime to fix the old clunkers. More cars, more traffic, much slower to get to Kapolei. And if you have to pay for the Rail Disaster you cannot fix Farrington Highway. right? Your legislators are right there with the answers.

With enough Articulated Buses, it might have been better to

leave the car at home. But no, the Present Rail Party is talking

"bottom line" and converting all Waianae Buses into cattle cars.

Gotta pay for the Rail Catastrophe.

The small industrial park would certainly help a lot of people and enable them to spend a little more time with their families. "I coulda been home in 20 minutes," is an Island wide saying now. Specially, when we know that the property taxes on the entire island will double in a couple years to pay for the huge cost in the Rail Fiasco and it will do nothing for the users of Public Transportation.

The Waianae Coast would really be a Paradise with one as
beautiful as this one in Waipio, the lucky people would kiss
the ground they live on. Coulda been home in 20 minutes.

If the Present Rail Party insists on stopping Kapolei as second city, Waianae gotta do their best to build a second city, where we need little from Honolulu. Big Shopping Center in Makaha and a another big one in Nanakuli. Wow. Industrial Parks. Paradise would be here.

Average Dancer

By Leslie Matsumoto, Foster Village

I have long believed that the average dancer is the one that has the most fun in the extras benefits, such as socializing with friends, drinking and dining in a dance party, and going to a night club in groups. And fortunately average is not real high at most clubs. So if you are not going to look down on anyone and many are not going to look down at you, that can be comfortable.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful

about what we pretend to be.”

With a good basic of line dancing, it is relatively easy to get accustomed to the music that is used at most social dance occasions. The movements to the music will come easy in the beginning part and as soon as they get too fancy, you can switch over into partner dancing.

Getting to average is not out of reach for anybody who stays in the game and attends socials and even a night club or two regularly. In some scenes a year or two will be required. Try to make it fun thing, enjoy every step of the way, the trip of learning does not have to be chore.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Bruddah Iz

Many are the ones that can learn just by watching. Some watch clips on the web to learn  the simple movements and can even purchase some DVDs. It’s easy to miss details. Of the guys who do take group classes, the majority take once or twice a week for a few months before cutting back. For some reason, the dropout rates of group classes are amazingly high after the first four to six months.

If you make a concentrated effort, it’s easy to learn faster than average. In addition, most guys level off after a few months, so just staying in the learning game beyond the first six to twelve months can make you really stand out.

Clear or Unclear

Blogging Hawaii, Oahu West and Kapolei Social Dance blogs are doing just fine. What is clear is that these blogs are jockeying for second place behind Town Dancer who is way out in front. What is not clear is which one will emerge in the next month clearly. It will be decided by the person that decides to become a regular Two Center or Guest Author.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters

compared to what lies within us."

Like I have stated before, no one that I have met yet has made the extensive study that I have on the Web and Blog site communication on this Island. The Blogger scam spam robot hits threw me off for a while but my stats analysis design seems to be developing very nicely.

Two more Guest Authors for Town Dancer and I can groom them for independence from me. They will be on their own and make their own rules. I have done all the ground work, and they will probably run up the hits past the three hundred average per day.

The Looming Rail Disaster

From Hawaii Free Press:

"She came to the meeting because she wanted to speak out about an issue she was having with where she lived. Her and fellow tenants live in an affordable housing complex and were being subjected to a huge increase in rent because the units were sold by the City and County to a mainland developer."

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon

to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
Abraham Lincoln

The money is needed to pay for the Rail Disaster. The Present Rail Party elected them and now they gotta come across, that is their version of the Golden Rule, "He who has the gold makes the rules." Happening all over the Island. But the Present Rail Party rules and they are out to make the Big Bucks in Profits. The City and County does not have any choice in the matter. The federal millions for the Rail Calamity is running out already. (That was easy money.)

The Articulated bus. Enough of them and we could have solved the problem.

Every bus driver out there knows this. But they are paying millions and

millions of dollars to those that do not know.

Now, everybody has got to pay. You have seen the prices going up. Property taxes will double. Even the neighbor islands, only they don't know about it yet. There are Millions and Millions of dollars in profits to be made from the Rail Crisis. Latest estimates are total cost of the Rail Mess at ten billion dollars. And few realize that the Rail Catastrophe is not going to do anyone else any good.

The beautiful Waipio Industrial Park built over the protests of the Present Rail Party.

The residents that live and work here worship the ground. They really live in

Paradise. They can get home in 20 minutes.

"Rapid Transit" is a well known joke on the Mainland. Check them out and you will see. Right this very minute, Alapai Transit center, #93 bus going to Makaha, leaving at 3:00 pm. I will get home in Nanakuli before 4:00 pm. The "Rapid Transit", Ha! You will be lucky to get to and through the station and on the train in an hour. Somebody got conned - royally. And now the Present Rail Party is set to take over the State. Hey, these mainlanders all say the same thing, "These local yokels can be taken."

Minimum Wage

Workers in Hawaii deserve to make a living wage. The Democratic leaders in Hawaii have proposed raising the minimum wage to $10.00 an hour, but the minimum wage should be more because $10.00 an hour isn't enough to lift full-time workers and their families out of poverty

Unlike 40 years ago, today's typical low-wage worker is not a teenager; he or she provides all or a large percent of family income. The minimum wage should be adjusted for inflation and for the productivity gains we achieved since then;

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

Many of the rich throughout the island now pay wages that don't lift their employees out of poverty, the rest of the resident taxes pay for their Medicaid, food stamps, housing, and other assistance -- in effect, subsidizing these low-wage employers.

Some jobs on the Waianae Coast may be lost by raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour, but many more people will be lifted out of poverty. Probably get many of the hopeless and homeless back to working again. The entire coast will benefit.

"Hawaii Today" album by Loyal Garner

The economy will also benefit as low-wage workers have more money to spend, thereby creating more jobs. At a time in our nation's history when 95 percent of all economic gains are going to the top 1 percent, raising the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour is the right and decent thing to do.

By the way, does anyone know what the minimum wage is going to be in construction of the Rail Disaster that we don't need? That would surprise even the rich in Hawaii. And the property taxes will double. Though I have heard that the Present Rail Party is all for a minimum wage. "The more minimum the better."

Wassup?

People resent being controlled. Not benevolent control, but da odder kine. It happens in all our private social clubs. So my own plan is evolving that each blog will attain its independence from me. Oahu West will eventually be on its own, beholden to no one but its readers. This is going to take some doing.

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious
wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.
~Ludwig van Beethoven

So we have three categories of people that will have some control of information for the reader/dancers of this Blog:

The Information Contributors: They can contribute all the small items that are overlooked by the big shots and that are pertinent to the dancers that were there for whatever the occasion. That is the meat and potatoes of social media that we need so desperately.

They must be e-mailed to the blog. If they wish to contribute a bigger item, why not? How about a few photos too? Fine, for the ones we are seeking, five or more people. They can do an awful lot to establish this blog as Social Media.

"It's Now Or Never" by Elvis Presley

The Guest Authors: When they are ready, these will come from the Information Contributors. If they can contribute on a regular basis they can very easily get to be Guest Author and the more the merrier. They will be invited into Blogger and from there that can accept or not. Then they can get in whenever they wish, write what they want and get out again and it will appear on the blog. Their own private blog within a blog.

The Administrators: They really don't have much to do but there should be at least two to keep the blog going if something should happen to one of them. However they can do a lot of damage if they wish. So please be careful.

"Youth is a time of ferment, not cement."

Wassup?

People resent being controlled. Not benevolent control, but da odder kine. It happens in all our private social clubs. So my own plan is evolving that each blog will attain its independence from me. Oahu West will eventually be on its own, beholden to no one but its readers. This is going to take some doing.

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious
wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.
~Ludwig van Beethoven

So we have three categories of people that will have some control of information for the reader/dancers of this Blog:

The Information Contributors: They can contribute all the small items that are overlooked by the big shots and that are pertinent to the dancers that were there for whatever the occasion. That is the meat and potatoes of social media that we need so desperately.

They must be e-mailed to the blog. If they wish to contribute a bigger item, why not? How about a few photos too? Fine, for the ones we are seeking, five or more people. They can do an awful lot to establish this blog as Social Media.

"It's Now Or Never" by Elvis Presley

The Guest Authors: When they are ready, these will come from the Information Contributors. If they can contribute on a regular basis they can very easily get to be Guest Author and the more the merrier. They will be invited into Blogger and from there that can accept or not. Then they can get in whenever they wish, write what they want and get out again and it will appear on the blog. Their own private blog within a blog.

The Administrators: They really don't have much to do but there should be at least two to keep the blog going if something should happen to one of them. However they can do a lot of damage if they wish. So please be careful.

"Youth is a time of ferment, not cement."