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The films X-Dance receives hundreds of submissions from around the world, making it an international event. Every film involves action sports, from snowboarding to surfing. Awards are given in the expected categories, but the 2012 fest has added awards for trailers, film segments and films shot from athletes' perspectives.
Athletes Fans flock to see who won the Athlete of the Year Award. In the past, it's been given to legends like Tony Hawk, and last year, snowboarder Jeremy Jones. Attendance by at least one representative of each film is required, so it's a great chance to meet top athletes.
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Republic of Tajikistan
Area: 143,100 sq. km.
Capital: Dushanbe.
Terrain: Pamir and Alay mountains dominate landscape; western Ferghana valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest.
Climate: Mid-latitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir mountains.
Nationality: Tajikistani.
Population (Oct. 2007 est.): 7,181,400.
Population growth rate (2006 est.): 2.19%.
Ethnic groups: Tajik 74%, Uzbek 23%, Russian and others 3%.
Religion (2003 est.): Sunni Muslim 95%, Shi'a Muslim 3%, other 2 %.
Language: Tajik (sole official language as of 1994); Russian widely used in government and business; 77% of the country, however, is rural and they speak mostly Tajik.
Education: Literacy (according to Tajikistan official statistics, 2003)--88%. The Tajik education system is still struggling through a period of decline since independence.
Health: Life expectancy--61.68 years men; 67.59 years women. Infant mortality rate--110.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.).
Work force (2003 est.): 3.301 million.
Type: Republic.
Independence: September 9, 1991 (from Soviet Union).
Constitution: November 6, 1994.
Branches: Executive--chief of state: President Emomali RAHMON since November 6, 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since November 19, 1992; head of government (appointed by the president): Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV since January 20, 1999; Oqilov has reached mandatory retirement age, and will soon be replaced. Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Supreme Assembly. Elections: president elected by popular vote for a 7-year term; election last held November 6, 2006. Election results: Emomali RAHMON 79.3%, Olimjon BOBOYEV 6.2%, Amir QARAQULOV 5.3%, Ismoil TALBAKOV 5.1%, Abduhalim GHAFFOROV 2.8%. Legislative--bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of the Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyanandagon (lower chamber; 63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms) and the National Assembly or Majlisi Milliy (upper chamber; 33 seats; members are indirectly elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms, 25 selected by local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; all serve 5-year terms). Elections: last held February 27, 2005 for the Assembly of Representatives. Election results: percent of vote by party--People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan 74.9%, Communist Party 13.64%, Islamic Revival 8.94%, other 2.5%. Judicial--Supreme Court; judges are appointed by the president.
Political parties and leaders: People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMON]; Islamic Revival Party or IRPT [Muhiddin KABIRI]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [Shodi SHABDOLOV]; Democratic Party or DPT [ Masud Sobirov heads government-recognized faction; (Mahmadruzi IZKANDAROV, currently serving 23-year prison term, is chairman of original DPT; Rahmatullo VALIYEV is deputy)]; Social Democratic Party or SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOYIROV]; Socialist Party of Tajikistan or SPT [Abdukhalim GAFFOROV; (Murhuseyn NARZIEV heads the original SPT party that is currently unrecognized by the government)]; Agrarian Party or APT [Amir Birievich QARAQULOV]; Party of Economic Reform or PERT [Olimjon BOBOYEV].
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal.
Defense (2003 est.): Military manpower (availability)--1,273,700.
GDP nominal (2007 est.): $3.5 billion.
GDP nominal per capita (2007 est.): U.S. $437. Purchasing power parity is about $1,500.
GDP real growth rate (2007 est.): 6.9%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices, 2007 est.): 20%.
Natural resources: Hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, gold, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten.
Official unemployment rate (2007): 2.4%. The official rate is estimated based on the number of registered unemployment benefit recipients; under employment also is very high, approximately 40% of the workforce; 60% live below the poverty line (2006).
Agriculture: Products--cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats.
Industry: Types--aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, textiles, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers.
Trade: Exports (Jan.-Sept. 2007)--$1.094 billion f.o.b. (Jan.-June 2007): aluminum $567 million, electricity $26.3 million, cotton $62.3 million, gold, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles. Partners (Jan.-June 2007)--Netherlands $503.6 million, Turkey $448.7 million, and China $215 million. Imports (Jan.-Sept. 2007)--$1.672 billion f.o.b.: electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs. Partners--Russia 28.5%, Kazakhstan 14.6%, Uzbekistan 11.8%, Azerbaijan 3.2%, China 9.3%, Ukraine 1.8%, Italy 4.9%, Turkmenistan 2.1%.
Total external debt (2007): $1.076 billion; total bilateral external debt (2006)--$185.3 million, of which Uzbekistan $73.1 million, U.S. $16.3 million, Turkey $10.3 million, Kazakhstan $10.9 million, Russia $30 million; total multilateral debt (2006)--$629 million, of which World Bank $341 million, IMF $44.4 million, ADB $139.9 million.
Debt/GDP ratio (2007 est.): 30.5%.
At 36'40' northern latitude and 41'14' eastern longitude, Tajikistan is nestled between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the north and west, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Tajikistan is home to some of the highest mountains in the world, including the Pamir and Alay ranges. Ninety-three percent of Tajikistan is mountainous with altitudes ranging from 1,000 feet to 27,000 feet, with nearly 50% of Tajikistan's territory above 10,000 feet. Earthquakes are of varying degrees and are frequent. The massive mountain ranges are cut by hundreds of canyons and gorges; at the bottom of these run streams which flow into larger river valleys where the majority of the country's population lives and works. The principal rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, both flow through Tajikistan, fed by melting snow from mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Flooding and landslides sometimes occur during the annual spring thaw.
Contemporary Tajiks are the descendants of ancient Eastern Iranian inhabitants of Central Asia, in particular the Soghdians and the Bactrians, and possibly other groups, with an admixture of western Iranian Persians and non-Iranian peoples, Mongols, and Turkic peoples. Until the 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life--either nomadic or sedentary--and place of residence. By the late 19th century, the Tajik and Uzbek peoples had lived in proximity for centuries and often used--and continue to use--each other's languages. The division of Central Asia into five Soviet Republics in the 1920s imposed artificial divisions on a region in which many different peoples lived intermixed.
The current Tajik Republic hearkens back to the Samanid Empire (A.D. 875-999), which ruled what is now Tajikistan as well as territory to the south and west, as their role model and name for their currency. During their reign, the Samanids supported the revival of the written Persian language in the wake of the Arab Islamic conquest in the early 8th century and played an important role in preserving the culture of the pre-Islamic Persian-speaking world. They were the last Persian-speaking empire to rule Central Asia.
The expanding Russian Empire encompassed the territory that is now Tajikistan, along with most of the rest of Central Asia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Russian rule collapsed briefly after the Russian Revolution of 1917, as the Bolsheviks consolidated their power and were embroiled in a civil war in other regions of the former Russian Empire. As the Bolsheviks attempted to regain Central Asia in the 1920s, an indigenous Central Asian resistance movement based in the Ferghana Valley, the "Basmachi movement," resisted but was eliminated by 1925. Tajikistan became fully established under Soviet control with the creation of Tajikistan as an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924, and as an independent Soviet socialist republic in 1929.
The Republic of Tajikistan gained its independence during the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) on September 9, 1991 and soon fell into a civil war. From 1992 to 1997 internal fighting ensued between old-guard regionally based ruling elites and disenfranchised regions, democratic liberal reformists, and Islamists loosely organized in a United Tajik Opposition (UTO). Other combatants and armed bands that flourished in this civil chaos simply reflected the breakdown of central authority rather than loyalty to a political faction. The height of hostilities occurred between 1992 and 1993. By 1997, the predominantly Kulyabi-led Tajik Government and the UTO had negotiated a power-sharing peace accord and implemented it by 2000.
The last Russian border guards protecting Tajikistan's 1,400 km border with Afghanistan completed their withdrawal in July 2005. Russia maintains its military presence in Tajikistan with the basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent. Most of these Russian-led forces, however, are local Tajik noncommissioned officers and soldiers.
Tajikistan's most recent presidential election in 2006 and its 2005 parliamentary elections were considered to be flawed and unfair but peaceful. While the government and the now-incorporated former opposition continue to distrust each other, they have often found a way to work with each other and are committed to peacefully resolving their differences. In June 2003, Tajikistan held a flawed referendum to enact a package of constitutional changes, including a provision to allow President Rahmon the possibility of re-election to up to two additional 7-year terms after his term expired in 2006. The February 2005 parliamentary elections, in which the ruling party secured 49 of the 63 seats, failed to meet many key Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) standards on democratic elections, but there were some improvements over previous elections.
After the November 6, 2006 presidential election in which President Rahmon secured a new 7-year term in office, the OSCE determined that democratic practices were not fully tested "due to the absence of genuine competition, which provided voters with only nominal choice." There were four other candidates on the ballot but no strong opposition candidate. The strongest opposition party, the IRPT, decided not to field a candidate and two other parties (the DPT and SDPT) boycotted the election.
Lack of transparency in the legislative process and significant concerns regarding due process demonstrate the weakness of civil society in the country. Corruption is pervasive, and numerous observers have noted that power has been consolidated into the hands of a relatively small number of individuals.
Afghanistan continues to represent the primary security concern in Tajikistan's immediate neighborhood, although much less so than in earlier years. With the ouster of the former Taliban government from Afghanistan, Tajikistan now has much friendlier relations with its neighbor to the south. The Taliban-allied Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a U.S. Government-declared terrorist organization formerly active in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, has also been greatly diminished as a threat to Tajikistan's domestic stability. Rampant illicit trafficking of Afghan opium and heroin through Tajikistan remains a serious long-term threat to Tajikistan's stability and development, fostering corruption, violent crime, HIV/AIDS, and economic distortions.
Principal Government Officials
President--Emomali Rahmon
Prime Minister--Oqil Oqilov
Foreign Minister--Khamrokhon Zarifi
Ambassador to the United States--Abdujabbor Shirinov
Permanent Representative to the United Nations--Sirojiddin Aslov
Tajikistan established an embassy in Washington, DC in temporary offices in February 2003, and formally opened its first permanent chancery building in March 2004. Tajikistan's embassy in the United States is at 1005 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037 (tel.: 202-233-6090; fax: 202-223-6091).
Tajikistan is the poorest Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) country and one of the poorest countries in the world. Foreign revenue is precariously dependent upon exports of cotton and aluminum, and on foreign remittance flows from Tajik migrant workers abroad, mainly in Russia. The economy is highly vulnerable to external shocks.
Tajikistan has great hydropower potential, and has focused on attracting investment for projects for internal use and electricity exports. Meanwhile, the country faces severe electricity shortages, particularly during the winter, when many citizens receive two to four hours of electricity each day.
Tajikistan has followed a relatively strict fiscal and monetary policy, which has resulted in macroeconomic stability. However, government interference in the economy and massive corruption stifle economic growth and private investment. The government has attracted state-led investment for major infrastructure projects rather than implementing the necessary economic reforms to attract private investors. Two-thirds of the workforce of Tajikistan is in agriculture, most of them pressured to grow cotton. Tajikistan struggles to implement agricultural reforms that would allow this two-thirds of the population to farm the crop of their choice. Income from narcotics trafficking, while difficult to quantify, has an increasingly visible impact on the Tajik economy.
With the ouster of the former Taliban government from Afghanistan, Tajikistan now has much friendlier relations with its neighbor to the south. Though a pull-out of Russian border guards was completed in July 2005, Tajikistan continues to permit basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent.
Tajikistan has a difficult relationship with Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is concerned about Tajikistan's plan to develop hydropower, which Uzbekistan views as a threat to downstream irrigation. Border disagreements arise sporadically between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. For the most part these are harmless disagreements concerning people moving across mostly unmarked borders, but occasionally disputes develop into situations where gunfire is exchanged.
The United States remains committed to assisting Tajikistan in its economic and political development, as Tajikistan continues to recover from its civil war legacy. U.S. assistance efforts are evolving away from humanitarian aid and political reconciliation, as those needs increasingly have been met. Instead, our efforts are targeted toward broader goals of democratic and economic reforms.
U.S.-Tajik relations have developed considerably since September 11, 2001. The two countries now have a broad-based relationship, cooperating in such areas as counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, and regional growth and stability. In light of the Russian border forces' withdrawal from the Tajik-Afghan border, the U.S. Government leads an international donor effort to enhance Tajikistan's territorial integrity, prevent the transit of narcotics and material or technology related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and support a stable, peaceful Tajikistan in order to prevent the spread of influence and activities of radical groups and terrorists.
We continue to assist Tajikistan on economic reforms and integration into the broader global marketplace, for example in pursuing World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. Tajikistan has been a strong supporter of U.S. efforts in the war on terrorism and in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan.
A U.S. Government-funded $36 million bridge over the Pyanzh River connects Sher Khan, Afghanistan, with Nizhniy Pyanzh, Tajikistan and when fully operational is expected to transport more than 150 trucks or 1,000 cars daily. The bridge will enhance economic and commercial opportunities on both sides of the river, allowing goods and people to move across more easily. On the Afghan side, the bridge road will connect to the Afghan Ring Road, which is being built with international assistance primarily via the Asian Development Bank.
The United States recognized Tajikistan on December 25, 1991, the day the U.S.S.R. dissolved, and opened a temporary Embassy in a hotel in the capital, Dushanbe, in March 1992. After the bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa in 1998, Embassy Dushanbe American personnel were temporarily relocated to Almaty, Kazakhstan, due to heightened Embassy security standards. American Embassy Dushanbe has since returned to full operations and in July 2006 moved into a purpose-built Embassy compound.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Tracey Ann Jacobson
Deputy Chief of Mission--Thomas Hushek
Management Officer--David Schafer
Political/Economic Section Chief--D. Matthew Purl
Public Affairs Officer--Jacqueline McKennan
Consular Officer--Gregory Pfleger
Defense Attach�--LTC Dan Green
USAID Country Representative--Carolyn Bryan
The U.S. Embassy is located at 109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 734019. Embassy phone: [992] (37) 229-20-00, Consular section phone: [992] (37) 229-23-00, Embassy Fax: [992] (37) 229-20-50. Website: dushanbe.usembassy.gov


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ORMOND BEACH - Girl Scout Troop 1462 wants to make area needy girls dreams come true by helping them go to their high school prom.
The troop is collecting gently used prom and formal dresses that can be given a new life as a prom dress for a girl who may otherwise not be able to attend their prom due to financial hardships.
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Most girls can remember days of long ago when tea parties would be shared with best friends. I remember serving juice in a ceramic tea pot to my best friend, Larry, and dozens of his Steiff stuffed animal pets. Saltines were also served. We couldn't have been more than five or six at the time.
It wasn't long after that when Larry and I parted ways as best friends. Although he still lived across the street from me, Larry found fishing and became friends with my brother. I found girlfriends in the neighborhood. But I'll always remember those wonderful tea parties and the memories that came with them.
Years later, I still enjoy a good tea party every now and then. These days I must admit, they are a little more sophisticated with scones and tea sandwiches, clotted cream and lemon curd, sweets and a good cup of tea, of course.
I've had high tea served by waiters in tuxedos and white gloves at Brown's Hotel in London, nibbled on tea sandwiches with high society at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, and casually entertained neighbors at NEV-R-DUN farm on summer afternoons. Earlier this Spring, my friend, Joan, invited me and some other women to join her for tea at her house.
While working long hours and taking care of her family, Joan spent a whole week preparing the menu, setting her table, and finding specialty teas to serve. Along with her culinary delights and good conversation, fine china, linen napkins, and a lace tablecloth helped set the stage for a lovely diversion from the usual Sunday afternoon spent preparing for the week ahead.
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Hi there. I'm hoping one of you Framus fans can help me out a little. A Framus 5/296 Texan 12-String is on its way to me after an E-bay auction. The seller noted that it didn't have tuners but for the price I managed to snag it I still feel lucky. My question: Does anyone happen to know of a set of tuners that fit? I was told that the measurement from center to center of the hole is 1 inch and found a set of tuners here (http://www.wdmusic.com/product9233.html) that fit that description, but I don't know the other measurements.
Framus does sell a set that state they fit the 5/296 (http://shop.warwick.de/product_info.php?info=p493_Mechanics-with-me...) but the price plus international shipping (not to mention exchange rate for dollars) would end up costing more than I paid for the guitar.
Any insights or info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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Hi Logan,
I just seen your message, this night it's a bit late (2 AM), but when I wake up I'll take the measurements of the distance between pegs and the peg diameter on my '70 special. It would be uesful if you can send a picture of the peghead, or compare to mine in my picture gallery - just to be sure they are the same.
Allen, I can't thank you enough. Unfortunately I don't have the guitar yet - I was hoping to order the tuners before it arrives next week. The pictures I'm attempting to attach were taken by the Ebay seller, hopefully it will help. I checked out the pictures of your Texan special (it's a beaut, by the way) and the headstocks look a little bit different but I'll take any measurements I can get. Thanks again!
Hello Logan,
Sorry what I proposed was not helpful. On my 12 string Texan, the tuning gears have been replaced with original Framus vintage replacement parts. Sometimes, an old instrument that you have not paid much is still worth more than its price for repairs. I suggest that you wait until you receive the guitar: the major problem to fix on some old Framus 12 strings is the action height high on the fretboard. Many Framus don't have the problem, they are so sturdy, and if the action is still low, the guitar's value for the usual "natural" or "sunburst" finish - which is yours - is around $ 200 or $ 250 for a used instrument without finish damage.
If the action is too high, it is recoverable, but it needs a skilled craftsman to do this precision job.
The amount you pay for replacement parts or a repair also depends on how often you intend to play the guitar and how much you are ready to invest on your musical talent: I am ready to spend some $ 150 to fix one of my (old and not expensive) 6 strings if needed, because I am playing them every day, and sometimes in front of an audience, and even sometimes I get paid for it, so it's an investment in sound quality and I never regretted what I paid to put new frets on my 5 string banjo, I paid for the pleasure of a brand new bright sound ! I would rather pay to avoid wasting time trying to get a good sound out of an unplayable or out-of-tune instrument.
Your guitar is, as I guess, a mid '60 model, seen from the shape of the headstock. There sould be a stamp on the label inside, with a letter and two figures, like "64L" where the letter is the month so "64L" means december 1964.
Another important point on old guitars is that they may need to be refretted. More common problem on 6 string than on 12 string.
A good idea is to show the guitar to your local repair shop - assuming there is one in your neighbourhood: sometimes you should not trust what the repairman says, because some of them don't like old Framus guitars, but you have a chance to gather valuable info, and in my place, the local music stores have replacement parts or can order them.
Allen, thanks for the reply. According to the E-bay seller (who had all positive feedback, so they seem trustworthy) the guitar plays well when strung up. So I'm hoping that the action will be reasonably playable.
I like your point on considering how much it will be used when deciding how much to spend for parts/repair. For me the Framus was a whimsical purchase - I didn't have a 12-string but didn't really need one either. Snagging it as cheaply as I did surprised me. And while I didn't really need it, it would be nice to have a decently playable 12-string sitting around. So I'm willing to spend a little, but I'd like to keep it under $150-200. Based on your advice I may see if a local guitar tech has any ideas, or may just go ahead and pay for the Framus tuners that will fit for sure.
As for how much I play - it's daily but as a hobby. The band I play with is working up some songs to eventually begin playing out but we're all school teachers with limited time. The Framus isn't going to become my daily guitar, just something else to mess around with when writing songs.
This is the photo of the label that was sent to me, I don't see the digit/letter combination that will tell me the year but it does have a serial number.
Thank you so much for your help and advice, I'll try to keep an update running when I get the guitar and being fixing it.
I have been on Internet looking for 12 string guitar tuning gear, and I have seen some of them that look similar to the ones on my Framus, at prices around $ 17 or 18. But I don't trust these open gear rails unless I know the brand, some of the low priced open gear things may lack of mechanical precision. I keep on thinking the best thing to do is to have the item in your hands, so you can actually feel the quality. Your local music store is the way. Especially if there is an old guy in the store: if a man sells acoustic guitars for 30 years or more, chances are that he loves them.
Well, the guitar came in the mail yesterday and looks to be in pretty decent shape. The frets are low but I've read that's pretty common on these guitars - they don't seem to be pitted or worn too much. The zero fret and nut both look okay.
Tomorrow I'm taking it to a local repair guy, South Austin Guitar Repair. He's right down the road and has great reviews on his work, seems to do it just because he loves guitars.
I agree with you Allen - cheap tuners often have dodgy quality and with the difficulty in tuning 12 strings it's better to get something decent.
My biggest problem was finding the right place to take it. Up until now I've done my own repair work - replacing pickups on my Strat, putting together a Telecaster, fitting a new nut and saddle for a friend's acoustic... that was in my grasp. With this I just want it done without the hassle of having to drill or fill anything myself. The only "old guy" shops seemed to specialize in really high end guitars (and guitarists - this is Austin, TX after all). South Austin Guitar Repair sounded like a good guy who just likes to fix guitars.
I'll update again after visiting with him tomorrow.
An update and closure: I took the guitar to a long running guitar shop here in Austin, North Loop Musical Exchange. The word is that if it's been around these guys have seen it. They looked my Framus over and pretty much told me that I had a wall hanger and it wasn't worth repairing. The neck block has an issue, so in addition to adding tuners it would have to have quite a bit more done.
I feared that would be the outcome, but am glad I didn't go too deep money wise before finding out. Allen, thank you for all your help and guidance. If not for your suggestion that I should take it to an old guy guitar tech I probably would have wound up spending much more than it's worth.
For now the search continues for a decent 12-string at a low price! I may end up with the Martin X-series 12-string. They can be found for around $450 used - but I'm open to suggestions and opinions.
Hi Logan,
Sorry to read that your Framus isn't worth repairing. I met a guy who repaired one with a block issue himself, but I think doing so he wasted the time that he should have spent to play on a better guitar.
I can't give advice on recent 12 strings because I am an outdated musician who only plays on vintage or ancient instruments: I play on a 1964 Framus "Camping King" that sounds like a cittern (great sound), the purpose being not specifically to play 12 string guitar, but to play harmony melodies with that special sound flavor that only my old Framus can produce: I am focusing on the nature of the sound, and if I have to play on a lute or on a mandola to get the sound I want, I play lute or mandola.
I like your philosophy Allen - it's about the sound. Lately I've been obsessively working on my Stratocaster to get "the tone" and it drives my bandmates crazy. They'll say that no one will ever notice the small changes I'm making but that's not the point - I'll notice, and striving for those sounds makes me want to play more than learning a different sequence of notes would. Even if it makes the guitar harder to play the sound is worth it.
A 12-string will probably be in my future, but lately my attention has been diverted towards finding a Telecaster that doesn't kill my shoulder.
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For many, September means back-to-school, Fall festivals, and football. For emergency managers, it also means National Emergency Preparedness month or an opportunity to raise awareness about the community-wide threats we face that can make life inconvenient or even a bit dangerous.
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|Trevor Bauer is a unique pitcher and a guy who has been on the radar of card collectors even before he was picked #3 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2011 MLB Draft. He is known for his quirky workout regimen which includes a long toss that will leave you astounded when you see how far he can throw a baseball. Bauer was called up to the big show and will make his MLB debut on June 28, 2012. He has had some success in the minors but detractors point to a modestly high walk total and concerns that he may be a good #2-3 starter, and not a lights out #1 type guy.
In 2009 Upper Deck released a Team USA Baseball set and Bauer was on the US squad and has base, autographs and game used cards available in that set. 2010 Bowman Baseball also featured Bauer in a USA uniform. Bauer fans finally got a chance to see him with cards in a Diamondbacks uniform in 2011 Bowman Draft Baseball and 2011 Bowman Sterling. Some of his rare parallel autographs from that set sold for hundreds of dollars while he was pitching in the minor leagues.
|If you've been collecting baseball cards the last several years you will know about the Rookie Card Logo Rule. Once Bauer was called up to the major leagues it allows Topps to include him into sets with that rookie card logo. That opens up the number of sets they can put him in and expect to see Bauer in most of the sets Topps will release in late 2012 (see list below).
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I saw Bauer make a minor league start in late 2011. The warm-up routine leaves you stunned. His long toss extends the entire outfield. It will blow your mind. The time he took just to stretch before the game takes longer then most pitchers full warm-up before a game. He has a ton of pitches in his repitore and that from what I've heard can get him in trouble with pitch counts and walks. Often compared to Tim Lincecum, for Bauer though, in my opinion his stuff isn't on par with Timmy when he debuted with the Giants. Not a knock on Bauer - but Lincecum was dominant in his brief time in the minors and then won back-to-back Cy Young Awards.
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I always heard people saying lifting heavier weights helps build muscle mass while doing more repetitions helps improve muscle definition. I have no trouble understanding the former. But how does one rationalize the latter? In the past, I used to think that doing more repetitions helps burn away fat at the target area, thereby making the muscle looks more define. But after reading answers to this question, it seems the common consensus is that there is no way to target fat loss. So, how does doing more repetitions make the muscle looks more define? Or is this just a myth?
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Correct, there is no way to burn fat from a specific location.
Doing more reps of a certain exercise, lets say dumbbell curls, will make your main bicep's "fibers" work more; when the "main" fibers get tired, adjacent fibers are waked up and put to work. So, when you increase the number of reps you force your muscle to activate more fibers in the last few reps. This provokes muscle hypertrophy, your muscle grows (main and adjacent fibers). That is when you start to see a small curved bulk of muscle in your arm. Because men store little fat in the arm, the change is noticeable in a very short period of time; two weeks can be enough.
About your muscles shape, you can't change it, your genetics determine that. However, when you make it grow it is easier to notice its shape, like in the case of the biceps. Unfortunately for other muscles that is not enough; even if you work them really hard, you won't notice them. This is the case of the abdomen. I know guys that have super big and strong abs, but they don't have a six-pack because its all covered with fat.
More reps improve definition, because you activate sleepy fibers; they grow and give a bigger better look to the whole muscle. But, this works only to some extent.
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Post subject: A Proposed Paranormal Taxonomy
The term "paranormal" (as used in paranormal romance) covers quite a range.
I think we might want clearer or more detailed labels than the overly broad use of "paranormal" for the same reasons given in my "Genre Labels" essay some years ago (still on the WWW board). Clearer labels can make the reading experience more enjoyable by setting more realistic expectations. With paranormality, there is also a disbelief or comfort issue. As a long-time F&SF reader, I enjoy all the variations I've listed, but I know of other readers who can enjoy some subsets of the paranormal but not others. Clearer labels would let such readers pick and choose more carefully without having to try or avoid everything with the paranormal label: approachers could look for subsets they like and avoiders could steer clear of subsets they don't like.
Here are some possible categories (with labels I coined--I have not run across standardized terminology).
Everyday light paranormal romance includes things that some people ascribe to paranormal talents and some people don't, such as hunches, intuition, thinking about someone right before a call or contact, etc. Things like this pervade fiction.
Mild paranormal romance includes people demonstrating actual psychic abilities, but mild ones such as dowsing, psychometry, etc.
Psionic paranormal romance includes people consciously and accurately using strong psychic/psionic abilities, such as telepathy, telekinesis, precognition, telehypnosis, teleportation, clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc.
Magical paranormal romance is the same as psionic paranormal, but is presented in a world in which magic is known to work.
Beyond human (metahuman or transhuman):
All the categories to this point just include human characters. There are many stories with characters other than humans. Such stories often also include humans with paranormal talents.
Ghost paranormal romance adds ghosts or wraiths, which in most stories are transformations, survivals or residues of humans.
Undead paranormal romance adds vampires, revenants, zombies, liches, ghouls or other varieties of undead creatures from various cultural traditions (or new types invented by authors). In most stories the undead are (usually but not always magical) transformations of humans, but I've read some vampire stories that present the vampires as a separate non-human species. Most paranormal romances with undead protagonists modify the traditional undead natures fairly substantially to enable romantic relationships with humans.
Shifter paranormal romance adds werewolves or other shapeshifters. The explanations are almost always magical. Some allow humans to become weres (contagion or curse models), but many treat weres as separate species established by major magical events in the past.
Multi-sapient paranormal romance adds other sapient species (often but not always humanoid) on this Earth or an alternate Earth. These sapient species can be from any mythology or cryptozoology or new species invented by authors. This can include Bigfeet, brownies, dragons, dryads, dwarves, elves, faeries, fauns, giants, gnomes, kobolds, merfolk, nymphs, ogres, pixies, satyrs, selkies, trolls, yeti, etc.
Multi-dimension paranormal romance adds planes/dimensions beyond Earth. Access to other dimensions is mostly magical (e.g., Faerie realms), but sometimes a scientific-sounding explanation is given. This isn't the same thing as alternate history, which has many instances of the same Earth that have developed along different historical lines.
Genie paranormal romance adds one or more version of afreets / afrits / afrites / efreets / ifrits, djinns, genies or jinni. These are (usually strongly magical) sapient species, often with partially or completely non-physical natures. Elementals probably also fit in here.
Demon/angel paranormal romance adds angels, cacodemons, cherubim, daemons, demons, devils, imps, seraphim / xerafeen, etc. Incubi & succubi probably fit in here, since I believe they are usually categorized as classes of demons. Many, but not all, demon/angel stories use a Judeo-Christian-Islamic framework or background.
Gods paranormal romance adds beings like gods: Aesir, demigods, gods, goddesses, Olympians, titans, etc. These are usually lowercase (polytheistic) gods or just beings with great (god-like) powers. Greco-Roman, Norse, Celtic, Egyptian and Native American traditions are probably the most used. God-like beings are rarely the protagonists.
In SFR (science-fictional romance), there are also often aliens with varying levels of divergence from familiar Earthly humans, or human races from other planets (often without any attempt to explain origins).
Also, an observation: SF, fantasy & paranormal romances treat the concept of "species" rather strangely, since they have many separate "species" that somehow manage to breed together despite interfertility usually being one of the defining characteristics of a species. All the interplanetary and other breeding would require a really wide definition of Homo Sapiens, with all the planetary populations, shifters, weres, vampires, elves, fairies, etc. as sub-species.
A few examples of expanded labels:
The Demon books by Meljean Brook are Magical + Undead + Demon/Angel + Multi-dimension PNR.
The Parasol Protectorate books by Gail Carriger are Magical + Undead + Shifter Steampunk.
The Undead books by MaryJanice Davidson started as Undead PNR and now are Magical + Undead + Shifter + Demon + Multi-dimension (counting Hell as a separate dimension) + Time travel PNR.
The Elder Races books by Thea Harrison are Magical + Undead + Shifter + Multi-sapient + Multi-dimension + Genie PNR.
The Dark Hunter books by Sherrilyn Kenyon are Magical + Undead + Shifter + Multi-dimension + Demon/Angel + Gods PNR, including the only protagonist god I've been able to remember so far.
The Arcane Society books by JAK (Jayne Castle / Jayne Ann Krentz / Amanda Quick) are Psionic PNR.
The Pack and Pride books by Shelly Laurenston are Magical + Shifter PNR.
The Wild About You books by Vicki Lewis Thompson are Shifter + Multi-sapient PNR.
The Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris are Magical + Undead + Shifter + Multi-sapient + Multi-dimension (counting an offstage fairy realm) Mystery/Fantasy.
The Lupi books by Eileen Wilks are Magical + Undead + Shifter + Multi-sapient + Multi-dimension + Demon + Gods Urban Fantasy.
I urge anyone discussing (or reviewing) paranormal stories to qualify the term to increase clarity.
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I think "paranormal" is such a broad term because it's relatively new sub-genre in romance. Whereas the SF/F genre has had decades to expand and create new sub-genres under its fold, romance was an is mostly just contemporary or historical.
If anything, I think many romance readers might get a little "scared" (??)off if "paranormal" romances were even more stratified--isn't that why feel Science Fiction Romance or Fantasy Romance have never really taken off? Romance readers are "simple" in that we align our reading tastes with certain markers (covers, titles, key words in blurbs, etc--though, this backfires when we have the umpteenth The Duke's Wicked Sins of the Night sort of titles), and too much delineation is distracting. I think extra stuff proposed would fit better on blogs, where they can tag the books!
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Post subject: Re: A Proposed Paranormal Taxonomy
Thanks so much for this classification system of paranormals. I am going to keep a copy of this. I don't see any missing categories!
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:22 pm
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My own history is that knowing more before I start reading leads to a more enjoyable reading experience because my expectations are closer to what I read (hence a lot of rereading and books in series), but I know some people don't even read blurbs for fear of spoilers, so my increased clarity could be someone else's TMI.
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