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Kings Point-USMMA-The Jones Act

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Sea Years / Maritime Field Notes Trials The Jones Act & Laws of the Sea The rules of the sea become real when the gangway closes, the ship sails, and the next port is no longer yours to choose. See Full Image Kings Point Pride of America STCW Passenger Vessel Services Act Flags of Convenience Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Visiting the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, I ran a few laps around the track. My pace was like Clapton's “Layla” — the slower, raw, heartfelt unplugged version. Mission accomplished. I had been a one-man National Geographic on that everywhere trip. Cancel m...

You Get Paid For The Waiting (Acting's Free)

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Hollywood Field Notes · LOST · Hawaii Answer the Call You Get Paid for the Waiting (Acting’s Free) From earning a SAG card to standing in for Terry O’Quinn on LOST : a field report about resemblance, relationships, technical patience, and saying yes when the island calls. Enter the Story How I Got My SAG Card Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Actors do not get paid to act. They get paid to wait—and to be ready when waiting suddenly becomes the scene. The path from Hollywood to Haleiwa was not a straight line. It began with the SAG-card chase, continued through years of production relationships, and arrived in November 2007 when paradise became a workplace. As Terry O’Quinn’s stand-in and body double, I stepped into John Locke’s light before Terry stepped into the frame. The audience never sees that work. The camera depends on it anyway. The Operating Lesson Availability is a craft. Film work rewa...

Shoveling Sunshine in Paradise-

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Skip to story My First Ship · Hawaii · 1994 Shoveling Sunshine in Hawaii I wanted a different experience. So I took the first job I could get: deckhand aboard the SS Constitution. See Full Image Open Original Show Text Story Position · Answer the Call Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir The Decision A Different Experience Was Enough of a Reason My first extended stay in paradise began with American Hawaii Cruises. I was not following a grand plan. I simply wanted a different experience—and I was willing to take the first job that opened the door. In 1994, aboard the SS Constitution Answer the Call The First Job I Coul...

Huna-Helped By Hidden Hands

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Huna / Kahunas / Aloha Spirit The Huna and Kahunas The Secret Science Behind Miracles A miracle is a shift in thinking. The world changes when attention, love, limits, and the present moment change. Aloha Spirit Wisdom Without the Ticker Tape Aloha from Pele and The Huna! IKE - The world is what you think it is. KALA - There are no limits. MAKIA - Energy flows where attention goes. MANAWA - Now is the moment of power. ALOHA - To love is to be happy with. Gallery Aloha Field Notes Image 01 Watch the hands, they tell a story."They have hands?" Image 02 Image 2 Image 03 Image 3 Image 04 Image 4 Image 05 Vincent The Dog - Guardian of the beac...

It's Called The Big Island Not The Tiny Island

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Big Island Adventures - Shoveling Sunshine in Paradise THE BIG ISLAND SHOVELING SUNSHINE "My First Extended Stay In Paradise" Kona Coffee & Blue Hawaii Kona has coffee; and where there is coffee there is caffeine, and where there is caffeine, there is Starbucks and the opportunity to do stupid things faster. Kona's ocean water almost always reflects a blue Hawaii that leaves me thinking "Where is the ukulele and Elvis sightings?" "American coffee is 'dirty water' and Instant coffee takes too long. Kona, however, is 'Ono'. Tastes good." ...