Thursday, July 03, 2003

Feature Price and Atlantic.Net Are Ripoff Internet Web Hosts   My web host, for egreenway.com, was Feature Price, in Florida.  They have suddenly gone out of business and disappeared.  Some company called Atlantic.Net is now posting a message on egreenway saying that I will need to sign up and pay them to get my website back up, even though I am still paid up for another 6 months.  What a racket!!  Based on my experiences, Atlantic.Net and Feature Price are a ripoff team, can't do the work you pay them to do, can't run your webpages or mail server, make excuses, and don't answer your e-mail or phone calls.  Beware!!!  I signed up with Chico.Net in Chico, California, today for them to be my new web host for my egreenway.com websites.  Chico.Net has been in business for six years and runs on Red Hat Linux.  But, we shall see how they perform!  I have also used Radiant Communications in Vancouver, B.C. since 1999, - they run on UNIX, and are an excellent web host - fast, reliable, and very helpful.    6:39:01 AM    comment []

	Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Cloud Hands: Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung All my efforts at writing the last few weeks have gone into my Cloud Hands website. I keep a journal/blog at the Cloud Hands website.  It is called the Valley Spirit Taijiquan Journal     11:16:32 PM    comment []

	Sunday, May 25, 2003

Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan   Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan: Links, Bibliography, Notes, and Quotes. Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo. Chinese Poetry: Han Shan   6:54:59 PM    comment []

	Friday, May 23, 2003

Tai Chi Chuan, Short Form, 24 Movement, Peking Version   "While making a stride, it is as quietly as a cat walks, and while putting forth strength the exertion is so mild that it looks like reeling off raw silk from a cocoon.  The movements, like clouds floating in the sky, are spry and light, but well-balanced and steady.  Motion is even and fluid, the muscles neither stiff nor rigid.  Breathing should be deep and even ... the mind is tranquil but alert, with consciousness commanding the body.  In practising T'ai Chi Chuan it is essential that movements be guided by consciousness and that there be stillness in movement - a unity of stillness and motion." -  Official Chinese instruction manual for the 24 movement short form, quoted by Howard Reid in his book "The Way of Harmony," p. 90.   Cloud Hands Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong       6:07:01 AM    comment []

	Thursday, May 22, 2003

Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)   Those interested in a website with good links and a extensive bibliography about Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) should visit the Cloud Hands website.  The website expands each day with new and interesting information, links, and references.  Those interested in the Yang Style of Tai Chi Chuan Simplified 24 Movement Form will find a webpage with a list of the 24 movements, comments, links, bibliography, and quotations.     5:59:05 AM    comment []

	Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Eight Section Brocade Qi Gong   A detailed description of the Eight Section Brocade Chi Kung form is now available at the Cloud Hands website.  The webpage is over 100KB in size and is growing each week.  It includes clear instructions for doing each of the Eight Treasures movements, variations for each movement, links to related websites, a bibliography, quotations, and a variety of comments about this popular Qi Gong form.  The form can be used as a martial arts warm up set or as a chi kung set.  A bibliography and selected links about Qi Qong can also be found at the website.       7:07:49 PM    comment []

Tai Chi Chuan - Cloud Hands   A new website is being developed by Michael P. Garofalo for followers of the path of Tai Chi Chuan.  The website features articles on Taijiquan, links, bibliographies, and a journal.  Sections on T'ai Ch'i Ch'uan include articles, links, quotes and comments about the Yang Style Simplified 24 Movement Short Form, the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan 108 Movment Long Form, and the Chen Style of Taijiquan.    11:13:36 AM    comment []

	Monday, March 03, 2003

Worrying Over Another War   Wearing their team colors - Ash Wednesday. God's Hand tossed on the lawn, Right Wing Red Guards in the White House, Patriots on speed, unable to weep, Americans raped as they sleep. Baghdad: two armies sweating.           7:43:20 PM    comment []

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