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Mod Garage: The Johnny Marr Fender Jaguar Wiring
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Learn the guitar setup used by the Smiths legend, along with different ways to implement it and make it your own.
Welcome back to Mod Garage. This month we'll take a deeper look inside the Fender Jaguar and what can be done to its wiring to make it more practicable. The 1962 Fender Jaguar is one of the offset outlaw axes and we dipped into this subject some years before in "Mod Garage: Rewiring a Fender Jaguar."
This time, we'll focus mostly on the controls of the standard Jaguar, instead of focusing on the numerous switches and additional pots as I covered before. I'm always happy about receiving requests to write something about such guitars, as I really like these outlaw buddies and I don't think they get the attention they should. So here we go.
Today we'll dissect the Johnny Marr Jaguar wiring found in the Fender Johnny Marr signature Jaguar model. My PG colleague Charles Saufley recently did a great interview with Johnny Marr, so definitely read it if you want to find out more about him.
The U.K.-born Marr is best known as the guitarist and songwriter behind the Smiths, who redefined and ruled British pop in the 1980s. He's also known for playing with The The, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, and, of course, his solo work as well as playing on countless sessions. Rolling Stone listed Marr at No. 51 of the 100 Greatest Guitarists and No. 67 on the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. What else can one say?
Sound familiar? It is! The 4-way pickup switch is the 4-way switch from the series Telecaster wiring and the bright switch is the good old mid-tone cut switch (aka "strangle switch") from the original Jaguar wiring but in a doubled version.
Marr started playing a Fender Jaguar around 2005 and used it during his stay with Modest Mouse, resulting in his signature model, released in 2012. The guitar and its wiring underwent several changes since then, and today we'll talk about the actual version built by Fender (model #0116400705).
Regarding the electronics, you can spot the differences at first glance: Instead of the typical three switches on the lower-horn chrome plate, the Johnny Marr Jaguar sports a custom chrome plate with a Fender-style 4-position pickup selector switch. On the upper-horn chrome plate, the two additional pots were replaced with a second slide switch in a custom chrome plate, which sports two slide switches. In addition, the guitar has several hardware upgrades, custom-wound pickups, and the original master volume/master tone configuration.
Let's look under the hood as to what these elements are doing on the Jaguar, here, in Fender's own words:
Four-Way Pickup Switch: Rather than traditional slide switches, Marr's signature Jaguar has a special four-way blade pickup switch on the lower horn, delivering the bridge pickup alone, the bridge and neck pickups in parallel, the neck pickup alone, and the neck and bridge pickups in series.
Two "Bright" Slide Switches: In an extra-special design element, the upper horn of the Johnny Marr Jaguar features two slide switches—a "universal" bright switch that kicks everything up a notch or two, and a separate bright switch that only affects the "series" pickup switch position.
Sound familiar? It is! The 4-way pickup switch is the 4-way switch from the series Telecaster wiring and the bright switch is the good old mid-tone cut switch (aka "strangle switch") from the original Jaguar wiring, but in a doubled version.
In addition to this switching matrix, we find the typical vintage Jaguar master volume/master tone controls under the hood: two 1M audio pots with a 0.01 µF tone cap and a single 56k resistor on the tone pot.
Before we dissect the wiring in Fig. 1, please note that it's in an optical simplified version for a much better overview. The two switches are the typical Jaguar on/off switches—the ground of the bridge pickup is connected to common ground and not to the pickup-selector switch, same as for the Telecaster 4-way wiring.
Replacing the pickup switches with a standard pickup-selector switch not only makes operating the guitar a lot easier, but it enables an additional tone a standard Jaguar doesn't have—both pickups together in series for a very fat and loud lead sound. It's the same 4-way switch that you all know from the Electroswitch company (formerly Oak Grigsby) that's used for the Telecaster. The downside of this mod is that you need a new custom chrome plate for the switch, but this type is available from several companies for a decent price. Fitting the switch can be a problem regarding the depth of the routing in the body. I've done this modification to several Jaguars, and in all cases I had to reroute the body to make it fit. It's not a big deal with a good handheld router tool, but you should know about this problem. If you order a new Jaguar body, you should mention that you need a deeper routing at this location, so it's a trouble-free operation.
Replacing the two additional pots with two switches on the upper horn also means that you need another new custom chrome plate, but this one is also available without any problems. The adaption of two individual strangle switches looks confusing, but, for whatever reason, Marr wants a general one influencing the whole wiring plus a special one only for the pickup position with both pickups in series. I can think of several applications for this wiring but it's a matter of personal choice and preferences. If you have the playing chops of Marr, you'll sound excellent with every guitar and every wiring inside. Us mere mortal pickers need some support from the wiring, so it's no crime to mod it, but more about this later. In general, the bright or strangle switch uses a 3000 pF cap forming a fixed high-pass filter. In other words, it cuts bass, so the sound gets much brighter.
Using two 1M audio controls for master volume and master tone follows in the heritage of the Jaguar, same as for the single 56k resistor on the tone control together with the 0.01 µF tone cap. Nothing new here.
The combination of all this works, at least for Mr. Marr. But let's break it down in sections.
The 4-way switch we all know from the Telecaster 4-way mod works perfectly and is a great addition to any guitar with two pickups, not only for a Jaguar. The switching order is the same as on the Telecaster (bridge only / bridge+neck in parallel / neck only / bridge+neck in series), so it feels like home. I don't think there's a useful variation for this mod: It's perfect the way it is.
It's up to you if you need a strangle switch, or if you need two of them. I think you should give it a try and play it for some time to see if you like it. Personally, I don't need or like this feature, and in my own Jaguar I would use the two switches to add a kill-switch and phasing like we did with the Duo Sonic guitar in 2021. The series feature is already present in the Marr wiring, so the second switch would be my kill switch in this wiring. You can also tinker with the value of the bright caps on the two switches. Reasonable values would be from 1000 pF up to 6800 pF and everything in between. I think Marr's concept behind the two switches was that he wanted to play a fat rhythm part without the bright switch, but when switching to solo mode (both pickups together in series) the sound gets very loud and fat and the dedicated bright switch helps to cut through the mix in this situation. So, it's a kind of preset sound you can dial in—a concept that has tradition at the Fender company.
I really like 4700 pF on a Jaguar to dial in some fine nuances of warmth.
Regarding the two pots using 1M audio pots, this strictly follows the Jaguar vintage route and is boon and bane at the same time. The benefit is that with the pots fully opened, they're close to a no-load pot with full high end. The downside is that in the Jaguar's pure passive system the useable range of the pots is close to zero, acting like an on/off switch rather than a useful control with an effect over the whole rotation of the pot. Personally, I would change out both pots for two 250k audio pots or a 250k volume and 500k tone pot if you want a tad more high-end. The useable range is much better compared to the 1M pots, but this is also a matter of personal choice. Marr seems to like it, so it's worth a try.
The standard volume control is perfect the way it is. I would add a treble-bleed network to keep some treble alive when rolling back the volume. For more info about this please have a look at "Mod Garage: Deep Diving into Treble-Bleed Networks."
And last, the tone control. Choosing a 0.01 µF tone cap clearly shows the Jaguar was not designed for dark jazzy tones and that the tone should still have some good portion of treble when using the tone control. A 0.01 µF cap is a good choice, but if you need darker tones, go up to 0.015 or 0.022 µF and beyond. If 0.01 µF is still too dark for you, go down to 6800 pF and beyond. I really like 4700 pF on a Jaguar to dial in some fine nuances of warmth.
The 56k resistor on the tone control is a wired construction and there has been countless debates about it for decades. The physics behind it are very complex and I think Fender wanted to offer something new and versatile, but, as it often goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Meaning, it works on the drawing board but not so good in reality. In very simplified words, it's a mixture of limited tone control and a little bit of Gibson '50s wiring. With the tone control fully opened, everything is normal and as you know it from other guitars like a Strat or Tele. When you start to close the tone pot, the 56k resistor is slowly pushed into the signal path, forming a low pass together with the 0.01 µF cap, resulting in attenuating the tone and the resonance peak. With the tone pot fully closed, it acts like a '50s wiring and there is no resonance shift.
It's not a bad design per se—some like it while others don't. An interesting detail is that when you start to close the tone pot, the pickup's inductance will be decoupled from the cable capacitance, resulting in a glassy and ice-picking tone, and I think this was exactly what the Fender designers had in mind. In reality, this effect is completely offset because of the following high-end roll-off caused by the guitar electronics. Maybe Fender wanted to try something new, putting as many tonal features as possible into the Jaguar. It shall remain a secret and a mystery.
I would remove the resistor and rewire volume and tone as in a standard Telecaster for a traditional control. Give it a try and see if you like the Jaguar method better. Who knows? You can also experiment with the 56k resistor; reasonable values are from 22k up to 100k.
That's it for now! Next month we'll cover something you've asked for a lot: a mod for both electric and acoustic guitars to enhance tuning stability.
Until then ... keep on modding!
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On the way out, we pass a frame on the wall bearing a quote by Robert Dedman Sr., founder of ClubCorp. My husband stops to read it: ''A club is a haven of refuge and accord in a world torn by strife and discord. A club is a place where kindred spirits gather to have fun and make friends. A club is a place of courtesy, good breeding, and good manners. A club is a place expressly for camaraderie, merriment, goodwill, and good cheer. A club humbles the mighty, draws out the timid, and casts out the sorehead. A club is one of the noblest inventions of mankind.''
Individuals may buy products through Quixtar's web site with a referral number from an IBO. Quixtar also gives IBOs the option to create free personal websites that can be personalized to focus on health, beauty, health and beauty,[13] and/or gift and incentive products. The referring IBO then receives the retail/wholesale profit (usually 30%), and a percentage ("bonus") of the cost of the sold goods (from 3% up to 31% depending on total PV generated), with Quixtar-exclusive products yielding a higher bonus per dollar in Point Value and Business Value (PV/BV). Quixtar offers a wide range of products for its IBOs to purchase for personal use and/or to sell to customers through Quixtar.com and IBO personal e-commerce sites.
As a child, I found the pleasure of being inside a big house to be endless. Future ownership had come to feel like a guarantee, so I took to imagining what life would be like in each one we visited. In this model of a girl's bedroom with its shelf of figurines, canopy bed with lace cover, pink painted chest, and carved mirror, contentment felt within reach. This room was assurance I'd never be lonely or bored; that I would always have something lovely to look at, and lovely things to say, and other children near me to validate my worth. I felt special, included.
My college bound son called and stated he went to a seminar to sponsor Amway which in turns was a marketing scam to recruit! They asked for $200 to hold to start and depending on the sales and teams that he got together to do the same along with commission he can earn $200 a month! My son is unemployed in college trying to get an education not be a flunky for selling products online! Stop lying about making $39,000 in a month home business! If it was legitimate why haven't everyone heard of this company or products! Leave young, impressionable people alone! And stop showing them the money and talk about staying in school and getting an education & degree! Instead of quick money!!
I have a friend that I met at Uni and we're very close (met him on my first day which was last year this time). Just yesterday he was approached through a networking website and attended a meeting for a company named "Amway". I did a bit of research and what I've gathered, it's another pyramid scheme. But how? Aren't they illegal? He literally spilt out everything they said in the meeting about "investing in products, marketing it and gaining huge profits eventually", and seemed genuinely excited. He then wants to bring me in as a mentee, because he thinks I'll really like it. I don't believe he would try to bring me in, if he knew it was something along the lines of a pyramid scheme, (since we're close mates and all). So what does Reddit think of Amway? Is it an obvious choice to run?
I was seven when my parents joined Amway. Our house filled up with Amway products: boxes of Nutrilite™ vitamins, toaster pastries, Glister™ toothpaste, Artistry™ makeup. We washed our hair with Satinique shampoo; we washed our floors with L.O.C. ™ cleaner; we washed our dishes with Amway-brand dish soap; we strained our drinking water through Amway's filter. Our friends were Amway. Our vocabulary was Amway. We were 'Directs' going 'Diamond.' We 'showed The Plan' to anyone who listened.
Amway is a company you buy into to become an Independent Business Owner where you sought out your customer base through the internet, or various advertising methods. I learned to connect with individuals on their level no matter what walk of life, need or interests, Amway has a product for each and every situation. There was no work place culture being that you were your own entity. The hardest part about Amway to me is, choosing what and if you will be beneficial to a potential customer, since most of the products are fairly expensive and has to be shipped along with a fee so this company is essentially less about lucrative incomes then it is the endless possibilities of conducting business in every lane. The most enjoyable part is being able to interact with the community at hand and online as an Independent Business Owner with a purposeful conversation and an open heart with the intentions of well-beings and self-sustainment at hand.
A 1998 analysis of campaign contributions conducted by Businessweek found that Amway, along with the founding families and some top distributors, had donated at least $7 million to GOP causes in the preceding decade.[76] Political candidates who received campaign funding from Amway in 1998 included Representatives Bill Redmond (R–N.M.), Heather Wilson (R–N.M.), and Jon Christensen (R–Neb).[74]
It's not because we're better or entitled to more money; we have been entrusted with it, and therefore need to be especially responsible. We just make sure personal spending doesn't become a priority over the giving side. Once you learn the budgeting process of setting aside for giving first, then what you have left you can allocate elsewhere – including a home or an airplane or a boat. One could always argue that these things aren't necessary and that you could give away more, and that's always true. But if you look at it that way, you'd never do anything more than take the bus.
While this marketing strategies are great, and yes that does work at times, but the conversion rates are very low. And lets face it…is it working for you? No. Do you like chasing around or harrasing your friends, family, and even strangers to join your business or buy you Amway's products? People who call your business an Amway Scam? No. Is it fun? HECK NO lol
This Lady is terribly misinformed… As a Amway IBO we give you plenty of chance to say no and ways out of this. People will always bad mouth things that they don't understand you know why because its easier tosay something negative than to take the time out of your day to find out what your really talking about and here is just some food for thought. I started this business a few years back and just listened and did what they asked me too. Because of it i was Able to bring my wife home. Successful people will away do what unsuccessful people aren't willing to do.
What made Amway different at the time was their combination of direct selling and multi-level marketing. Distributors could make money in both arenas. Distributors can buy Amway products at "wholesale" prices for themselves or to independently sell. This can generate a modest income, but the larger payouts come from recruiting new distributors. Any recruits result in residual pay to the recruiter, hypothetically leading to a lucrative "downline" (income that comes from recruits' sales). This allows Amway to market to future distributors by offering an easy way to start your own successful business or store. With an average yearly income for active distributors at less than $3,000, Amway has redefined what constitutes a successful business.
From an early age, Betsy was pushed to compete. In 1965, she was one of two second-graders to make entries in Holland's annual tulip festival (a citywide valentine to the area's Dutch heritage). In middle school, she entered a poster and essay contest about crime prevention. In her teenage years, she was a member of the Holland City Recreation Swim Team. Betsy excelled at the breaststroke. In August 1972, she won the Mid-Michigan Conference Championship, a contest in which younger siblings Emilie and Eileen Prince placed third and fifth, respectively).
At the end of the day, they deliberately do not keep records to show if they earn more money from recruiting or from sale of products. People that are recruited are mandated to buy products and how do we tell the difference between people who joined Amway for the discounted prices and those who joined for the income opportunity but were unable to recruit? Everyone is bundled together so we will never know.
The IBO Association International (IBOAI) was founded in 1959 as the American Way Association with the goal of "serving the common interests of Independent Business Owners throughout North America." Members are served by an 18-member Board of Directors who are supported by seven full-time staff.[18] The Association's board members are "elected by its voting members",[19] who must be "Qualified Platinums and above."[20]
I went to a Amway meeting was one of the people in this situation they are creepy, the guy who tried to get me into Amway used my teammates death to incite conversation between us. He used my teammates death to try make profit off of me. I say try because i had this guy who did this spend money on me, who would buy me dinner and i would always tell them how cool the ideas are, every meeting was the same they made it seem like a family instead of a business. with a 200 dollar buy in they'd guarantee I'd make it back in a month or 2. Thankfully i chose a better financial option which was spent that 200 on weed and flipped that sack for money. made my money back in one day. Like to see them give results like hustling on a street, honestly they use aggressive terms just like the Presidential candidate they use aggression or use chances to take advantage of people who have experienced loss, they use comfort and happiness to overshadow the intentions they truly have next thing I know i'm being asked for a 200 dollar buy in then asked to go to trips to Iowa where i'd have to drop near a thousand to go. Now the guy who tried to get me to join alienates himself from everyone he has known who isn't into the Amway business. These are facts guys and girls they aren;t so much like a cult just someone who will do everything to get your money in a trickle down economic policy that doesn't work.
The Sales & Marketing Plan is based on what Scott called "the revolutionary business strategy of duplication." To illustrate the idea he pointed to an imperfect example: McDonald's, which succeeded so phenomenally, Scott explained, thanks to duplication—not because it served particularly good food (people who "hadn't spent a lot of time around millionaires" always amused Scott with their idea that successful businesses required quality products). Ray Kroc had figured out a better way to flip a burger, but instead of hiring employees to do it, he taught it to franchisees, people fired up with the zeal of business ownership. While they willingly slaved to make what they owned more valuable, Kroc made his money by "taking a penny for teaching others how to make a dollar." His was truly a magical income, expanding whether he worked for it or not, growing whether he lived or died. Long after Kroc had "taken a dirt bath," Scott joked, duplication still supported his widow to the tune of $200 million a year!
The FTC also cites Amway's "Buyback Rule" as a feature distiguishing the Business from a pyramid scheme. Distributors can return any "products, literature, or sales aids" for "whatever refund is agreed upon between the departing distributor and his or her sponsor." The Manual adds this note: "To return Amway literature for credit or refund, the literature must be sent back in its original wrapping, unopened and unused."
We follow her up the stairs. There are two large bedrooms separated by a bathroom and a linen closet – the children's rooms. I step into the one on my left, which is smaller than I expected. It has wood floors and a closet with sliding mirror doors. Out the window, the neighboring house is less than ten feet away, and the space between is filled with broad-leafed palm trees. I hear the faint twang of the radio on the pool deck, playing 'Sweet Home Alabama.'
A report in the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) quotes a top official of Economic Affairs Wing (EOW), Kerala as saying "With the call of easy money, they have been luring people to come and invest. And in turn, the new members had to get more people and this was leading to illegal money circulation. As a result, we had received several complaints against the company and we decided to arrest the officials."
Amway can't be a scam if the FTC uses it as a benchmark for all network marketing companies. It was probably a person that you had an experience with that wasn't a good person. I have encountered some myself outside of working with amway. Some were my friends, some were my coworkers, and some were even my family. Be careful about some of the people you work with!
This year's report confirmed the desirability of starting a business falls with age. While the AESI is the same (58) for respondents under 35 years of age and those between the ages of 35 and 49, it is considerably lower (51) for respondents over 50 years old. The youngest age group surveyed demonstrated the strongest desire (68 percent) to start a business. This falls to 60 percent for the middle age group and 48 percent for the oldest group of respondents. Most interestingly, the feasibility of becoming an entrepreneur follows a different demographic pattern with respect to age. It is the lowest for the youngest respondents (58 percent) and highest for the middle-aged respondents (64 percent).
Amway and its sister companies under Alticor reported sales of $8.6 billion in 2017.[1] It conducts business through a number of affiliated companies in more than a hundred countries and territories. Amway was ranked No. 29 among the largest privately held companies in the United States by Forbes in 2015 based on revenue, and No. 1 among multi-level marketing companies by Direct Selling News in 2016.[6][7][8]
In 2002, the first election of GLEP's existence, its PAC had more money than the Michigan Education Association, United Auto Workers, or any Democratic-affiliated PAC in the state. And if they lacked the influence and statewide presence of those groups, it was only a matter of time. "They take a very long-term view," says Matuzak. "If you pick up a few new Republican legislators every two years, and throw a fair amount of money at legislators who are already there, you can create coalitions of folks who can tackle what seem to be impossibly large issues."

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Donald A. Lichi, PhD. is a licensed psychologist and currently serves as the Interim President of EMERGE Counseling Services. Dr. Lichi is an adjunct professor with Trinity International University (IL), the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS), the Asia Theological Center (Singapore), and All Nations Theological Seminary (Malawi, Africa). He has been a speaker at numerous conferences and workshops on pastoral health, Christian Education, parenting, marriage, and family issues. He has published several articles on Christian mental health. He is the co-author of the book, Broken Windows of the Soul (Moody Press). He serves on the Pastoral Teaching Team of the Akron Chinese Christian Church and the board of Emmanuel Christian Academy which ministers to "at risk" children in the inner city of Akron, OH. Dr. Lichi was in private practice for over five years, taught school, and directed a school-based counseling program for six years. He also taught for six years in the graduate school at the University of Akron. While in the United States Air Force he served for three years in Italy and three years in Alaska. Recent ministry has taken him to India, Brazil, Thailand, Ecuador, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Romania, China, Malaysia, Russia, Hungary, Nicaragua, and Singapore. Best of all, he is married to Marcie and they have three adult children and seven grandchildren.
Steve Dunleavey comes to EMERGE with 15 years of experience in Christian counseling and six years in pastoral ministry. Over the years, Steve has served at EMERGE as a Counselor, the Director of Education, and in 2016 was promoted to the position of Director of Clinical Services at EMERGE. However, Steve's most cherished roles in life are that of husband to Kristen, and father to his twins, Cooper and Finley.
In his professional role, Steve is passionate about relational leadership and integrating Biblical and theological truth with sound psychological principles to help people truly heal and experience the abundant life and freedom that Jesus promised. It is this passion that guides his leadership of the clinical team at EMERGE.
Steve earned an MA in Clinical Pastoral Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary and a BA in Biblical Studies and Pastoral Ministries. Steve leads marriage retreats and seminars on various topics, is on the Executive Leadership Team and is a Counselor Supervisor at EMERGE. Steve has also been an Adjunct Professor at Ashland Theological Seminary in their Practical Theology and Mental Health Counseling Departments for the past 15 years.
Todd came to EMERGE with over 20 years experience in Behavioral Health. He felt called to serve at EMERGE having worked his entire career in the non-profit sector. He is a graduate of the University of Akron where he received his BS in Finance and Associates in Accounting. Todd also holds a Masters of Ministry from Andersonville Theological Seminary. While not at EMERGE, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys. He also plays a large part in serving his church.


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How Old Was Selena Gomez in Wizards of Waverly Place?
If You Watched the First Episode of "wizards of Waverly Place," About how Old Was Selena Gomez?
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Singer Selena Gomez Has Spoken Out About Her Experience Working With Disney
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The American singer-actress-producer Selena Marie Gomez. Gomez got her start in the industry on the kids' show Barney & Friends. She first came to public attention as a teen for her role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place.
The Wizards of Waverly Place was Selena Gomez's first big break when she was just a kid. She played the starring role of Alex Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place when she was just 13 years old. In a quest for new talent, Disney was able to identify and recruit an engaging actress.
Selena was only 10 years old at the time. Gomez explained that the combination of her age and the nature of the show had turned her into a people pleaser. A few years later, at the age of 15, Selena became a household name after starring in a Disney television series.
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According to what Selena Gomez revealed to InStyle in 2017 "Being in this profession at a time in life when you're still trying to figure out who you are is, in my opinion, a very dysfunctional choice. It's not something I urge you do, "insinuating that she doesn't long for the days when she was a Disney princess.
In the same year, the actress revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that she had been bullied throughout her time at Disney. During the conversation, she remarked, "Whether it was other kids or adults, I was always being told what to do with my life.
This was true whether I was in a traditional school or attending the largest high school in the world, Disney Channel. I was completely befuddled by it all. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out who I was meant to be."
The actress further confessed to The New York Times, "Disney is a machine, and I'm grateful for it, but I feel like being part of that environment makes me seek the reaction from other films even more." "Working since I was 7, being away from my family, moving from Texas to [Los Angeles], experiencing fame, being confused by what that means, trying to grow up, being in such a weird position where people are actually caring and being awkward because you're growing up — I think I was scared of it and I probably hated most of it," Selena said in October 2019 on the Zach Sang Show, admitting that Disney robbed her of her childhood.
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For her March 2021 Vogue cover, Selena discussed how Disney wanted her to be a role model and how that meant she had to present a spotless image at all times in order to keep her job. She continued by saying that Disney was very conscious of maintaining a wholesome image because so many children looked forward to her as an actor.
While employed by Disney, Selena had no personal space to call her own, and she eventually came to feel violated by this. In an interview with Vogue, the actress revealed that she despised being followed by reporters from the time she was 15 years old.
In his own words, Gomez explained, "We were all new to this, and they wanted to say stuff to the paparazzi, but you can't because that's precisely what the paparazzi want." As an afterthought, she continued, "When I was 15 I went to the beach with some relatives who were in town for the weekend and we spotted some mature men taking pictures of a girl who looked to be about 15 or 16 from a distance. That's an awfully intrusive sensation."
The actress shared another reason why working for Disney was a negative experience for her in a recent interview with Vogue. She also revealed that she had a fear of being typecast after first coming to prominence as a child star on Disney Channel and that the nagging thought that she will always be remembered as "the Disney girl" remained with her to this day.
Thankfully, Selena's days of being a Disney princess are behind. In August of 2021, Selena met with reporters at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour to discuss her show, Only Murders in the Building. Gomez drew parallels between her acting career and her time on Disney Channel.
It was her words, "It was when I was very young that I signed away my life to Disney, and I had no idea what I was doing. On set, I was just going about."
Gomez admitted that, while filming Wizards of Waverly Place, she was still a child. When compared to Only Murders in the Building, it lacked the professionalism that she now enjoys.
As Selena put it, "what I'd say is the degree of intricacy of the content is the first reason why I wanted to do this." The singer and actor continued by saying that she treated the set of Only Murders in the Building like a sponge, intending to absorb as much knowledge as possible from her fellow cast members.
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Owing Up or Opting Out: The Role of Emotions and Identities in Issue Ownership
Bureau of Economics & Business Research, Working Paper No. 98-0115
Posted: 3 Mar 1999
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Michael G. Pratt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Business Administration
Jane E. Dutton
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Date Written: August 1998
Building from an in-depth study of a library system's responses to two different issues, we propose a theoretical account of the conditions that are conducive to issue ownership. At center stage in this account are the roles of emotions and social identities in determining whether and how an issue is seem as "belonging to" organizational members. We suggest that by better understanding the social-psychological processes that explain patterns of issue ownership, we can better understand issue-related action and inaction in organizations.
JEL Classification: L21, L22
Pratt, Michael Gerard and Dutton, Jane, Owing Up or Opting Out: The Role of Emotions and Identities in Issue Ownership (August 1998). Bureau of Economics & Business Research, Working Paper No. 98-0115, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=150607
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El tambor huichol también llamado tambor mayor, es un instrumento membráfono de percusión que mide de 60 a 80 centímetros de altura, la circunferencia del tronco es de 80 centímetros aproximadamente. Esta hecho la parte del tronco de encino, roble o algún otro árbol de la región wixàrika.

Es ahuecado con un artefacto de hierro y cortado de forma dispareja en su parte inferior de manera que se formen tres soportes anchos con el mismo tronco, (éstas le dan estabilidad y aumentan la resonancia). La parte superior está cubierta con piel de venado estirada que ha sido primero secada al sol y curtida, es colocada húmeda, sujeta por fuera del tronco mediante cordeles, también de tripa de venado que pasan alternando por arriba y por debajo de las clavijas de madera clavadas en los agujeros en la parte superior del tronco a unos dos centímetros por debajo del borde.

En los costados hay dos pequeños agujeros que sirven para dejar salir el humo del fuego que es pasado por debajo del tambor durante las ceremonias para mantener estirada la piel. Tiene además dibujos de carácter lineal y grabados en la madera.

Forma de utilizar y ejecutar

Los huicholes utilizan este instrumento membranófono como un instrumento sonoro que se toca de una manera monótona con la intención de aumentar el estado de concentración durante sus rituales religiosos.

El músico toca el tambor sentado, siempre lo hace con las manos, sin la utilización de objetos tales como palillos u otros objetos serpentoides. El maarakame o chamán ritual se sienta frente al tambor y toca con la palma de las manos, siguiendo cierto ritmo para producir un sonido monótono y grave que retumba en el silencio de la sierra. El tambor produce dos sonidos distintos al unísono (en acorde), si se percute en el centro produce un intervalo de quinta del sonido que se obtiene si se golpea la piel en las orillas, es decir que produce dos de los niveles más importantes de las escalas de la música europea, la tónica y su dominante. Se utiliza como contrabajo y para dar el tono, puede dar hasta cuatro tonos. Para amplificar su resonancia se para una antorcha de ocote entre las tres patas del tambor, para mantener la tensión de la piel del venado.

La fiesta del tambor
En una de las celebraciones que los huicholes realizan como parte de sus ritos mágicos sagrados, representan uno de los rituales más importantes en la vida y costumbres huicholes y no escatiman tiempo, dinero o esfuerzos en los preparativos que duran varios días con el fin de agradecer a sus dioses el regalo que les dio la madre tierra tamatzi, tiene lugar al término del periodo de lluvias de finales de octubre. Precede y a la vez autoriza la cosecha del maíz, también se agradece a las deidades las lluvias, la buena cosecha, se les pide que no envíen enfermedades y les ayuden a resolver sus problemas, además se trata de integrar a los nuevos miembros de la sociedad, es decir los niños cuya edad no supera los cinco años.

Apenas entrada la noche, convocados por el monótono sonido del (tambor sagrado), los huicholes se congregan desde el viernes en el centro ceremonial de una colonia llamada Zitacua, ubicado en la explanada de uno de los cerros que bordean la ciudad de Tepic, para efectuar su ritual nocturno anual, encabezados por su maracáme (sacerdote indígena). al início de la ceremonia, los ayudantes del maracáme se turnan para tocar el tambor que acompaña los rezos y cantos, mientras que los niños agitan sonajas, suena el tambor y un coro encabezado por el sacerdote entona cantos que hablan de la bondad de sus dioses, de los lugares sagrados, del respeto y veneración que se les debe guardar, también piden a todos sus dioses que no les falten alimentos y que niños y adultos no se enfermen.

La danza nocturna se realiza con el acompañamiento del tambor en patrones binarios, y se realiza con movimientos tipo "levógiro" ó "levo-rotatorio" y "rotatorio", es decir, girando el cuerpo en el sentido de las manecillas del reloj y en sentido contrario, pero además avanzando por cierto paso brincado, también en círculo, alrededor del fuego, con algunos parados súbitos y un pequeño retroceso, para después continuar hacia adelante y en círculo.

Referencias

Bibliografía
1. Neurath, Johannes. Las fiestas de la casa grande. INAH y Universidad de Guadalajara, 2002.
2. Rajsbum Gorodedezqui, Ari. Pueblos indígenas de México: Huicholes. Ed. Instituto Nacional Indígenista, México, 1993.
3. Jáuregui, Jesús. Música y danzas del gran Nayar. Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centro Americanos, Embajada de Francia, 1993.

Tambores
Instrumentos musicales del folclore de México
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Dawn Jorgenson, Digital Content Editor, Graham Media Group
Published: June 12, 2019, 7:45 am
Tags: News, Lifestyle, International, Travel
This breathtaking Ireland island wants to grow its population with folks from US
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Whether you're thinking about retirement, already retired or a vagabond looking for a beautiful, quiet spot to dig your heels, there's a picturesque, pristine island that's looking to grow its population with people from the United States.
The population on Arranmore Island, a few miles off the northwest beaches of Ireland, has fallen to just 469 people.
"There's no better place to live than Arranmore, but we have been decimated by immigration," one resident said in an interview with Three Business.
The three-by-five-mile island, covered in sandy beaches, sea caves and cliffs, was once dominated by industries like farming and fishing, but it's now Ireland's first offshore digital hub, with high-speed internet and sophisticated digital resources, according to Insider. There are many residents who do graphic designing, game and app developing and photography, among other crafts.
In a letter to the U.S. presented by the island, it talks up the area in hopes of coercing some potential new residents.
Your commute, no matter where you are, will only ever be five minutes. You'll have the best diving in Ireland on your doorstep and seafood to rival the tastiest New England chowder. There are fewer people here than would fit in a couple of Amtrak carriages, but enough musicians and good Irish whiskey to keep the party going well into the night.
"The digital hub means people working for tech companies like mine can now work on Arranmore," said Arranmore native Neil Gallagher, the CEO of tech company Caped Koala Studeios. "The setup is as good as any city in the world, but the view is so much better."
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Dawn is a Digital Content Editor who has been with Graham Media Group since April 2013. She graduated from Texas State University with a degree in electronic media.


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Are you interested in a rewarding and challenging career? Join the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General!
Prepares and updates policy for the division's directives.
Manages and conducts special projects as assigned.
Manages the electronic surveillance operations and the use of consensual monitory of non-telephonic verbal communications.
Manages the OIG Confidential Informant Program and reviews informant files created by the field for conformance with OIG Manual requirements; maintains informant records.
Responsible for oversight of Division undercover operations; ensuring that these operations are in accordance with authorization levels set forth in the OIG Manual.
Manages the Victim Witness Program for the Division, to include ensuring that all Special Agents and other appropriate personnel receive training.
Participates in all aspects of the inspection and review of field and headquarters entities, programs and functions.
Conducts Peer Reviews of other federal OIG's Investigations Divisions.
Conducts or participates in conducting sensitive and complex internal security investigations, criminal and administrative, on an OIG-wide basis.
Acts as the Division's Security Officer coordinating with the OIG's Security Program Manager to ensure that classified documents and other materials are handled and secured in compliance with DOJ standards.
25% or less - You will be expected to travel 25% or less for this position.
You must maintain a state issued driver's license.
You must maintain firearm proficiency and successfully pass periodic tests.
You must maintain firearm certification and medical requirements.
You must have at least one year of specialized experience at, or equivalent to, the GS-13 grade level in federal service. This experience must include conducting comprehensive investigations encompassing allegations of criminal misconduct, serious administrative infractions or integrity violations involving individuals, groups, or large organizations. Types of investigations include violations of Title 18, United States Code, including fraud, bribery, larceny, embezzlement, collusion, conflict of interest, civil rights violations, contract fraud, and other Federal criminal violations.
You must meet all qualification requirement's by the closing date of this announcement.
This position is under "secondary" law enforcement retirement coverage provisions. Law Enforcement Retirement: This position meets the criteria for the special retirement provisions under both Civil Service Retirement (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
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Employees subject to special retirement coverage for law enforcement officers must retire at age 57 upon completing 20 years of law enforcement service under the special retirement provisions. If these 20 years of service are not attained at age 57, mandatory retirement is required upon completion of 20 years of service.
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Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP): As a law enforcement officer you will be required to work on an unscheduled basis in excess of the 40-hour work week. These positions require substantial overtime to include holidays, weekends and nights. You must be readily accessible to perform this unscheduled work. To ensure your availability, you will receive extra compensation in the form of Law Enforcement Availability Pay, which is calculated at a flat rate of 25 percent of base salary.
There are no education requirements at this grade level.
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Grandma + grandpa: Go ahead, spoil my kids this Christmas
Angela Anagnost-Repke
Red and green wrapping paper covers family rooms of children on Christmas Eve and morning. The parents get out the screwdrivers to open the backs of new toys and insert the over-priced batteries. Toy bins overflow with My Little Ponies and closet doors can no longer shut.
After the holidays, toys are the new bosses of the home. The parents are left with children who have many many toys to play with.
But grandparents love to spoil (at least my parents do). It is part of the job description—especially around the holidays. It reads: GRANDPARENT QUALIFICATIONS: Must possess the ability to provide sugar to his or her grandchild. Upon special occasions, or no occasion at all, the grandparent must give an obscene amount of gifts to the grandchildren in efforts to drive his or her own child into an insane asylum.
It gets out of control. And fast.
I get all of the posts that encourage giving the gift of experiences, only three gifts, or other ideas to prevent the spoiling of kids. But yet, I let my parents and in-laws give my kids as many presents as they want. No, I don't let them give any lavish items to prevent entitlement. However, they give them more presents than I know what to do with. And I'll admit, it does get on my nerves.
But my parents are alive.
My mom, or Yia-Yia as the kids call her, survived advanced cancer. My dad, or Papou, is 82. He didn't hold his first grandchild until the wise age of 77.
If my mom wants to buy my son seven Star Wars figurines and my daughter all of the mermaid dolls she can find, I let her. A couple Christmases ago, I didn't know if my mom would feel the joy of another holiday. And as for my dad, I never know if this will be his last Christmas. Although the quantity of gifts is aggravating, I don't stop them.
It's true, giving experiences is definitely more practical, but it's just not the same as watching a child tear through that snowman wrapping paper to discover what loud Minion is underneath. When my kids receive a gift from their grandparent, it's the grandparents I watch—not my kids. When the presents produce squeals from the kids' mouths, I can't escape the glint in my parents' eyes. Who am I to stop that?
I just won't.
Instead of complaining about it, I rotate toys, take them to a consignment shop, or donate them. I have my kids pick out toys they don't play with anymore or have outgrown and we give them away. They can start learning a little humility and charity while they're young.
When I start grumbling about the over excess of toys, I try to think less about the toys and more about the joy that it brings the grandparents. To them, gift giving at Christmas doesn't mean batteries and wrapping paper serving as the new carpet. It means watching the magic of Christmas unfold and sharing that with their grandchild.
And I just won't stop that.
Angela-Anagnost-Repke is a writer dedicated to raising two empathetic children. She hopes that her graduate degrees in English and counseling help her do just that. Angela is known for her dreadful technology skills and her mean Grecian chicken. She has been published in Good Morning America, ABC News, Scary Mommy, The Good Men Project, and more. Angela has personal and literary essays in Literary Mama, The HerStories Project, the anthology, "Red State Blues" by Belt Publishing, among others. She is currently at-work on the cross-generational memoir, Mothers Lie.
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Meghan Markle's babywearing photo ignited a firestorm—but we're calling for compassion, instead
Heather Marcoux
[Editor's note: While Motherly loves seeing and sharing photos of baby Archie and other adorable babies when the images are shared with their parents' consent, we do not publish pictures taken without a parent's consent. Since these pictures were taken without Markle's permission while she was walking her dogs, we're not reposting them.]
Meghan Markle is a trendsetter for sure. When she wears something the world notices, and this week she was photographed wearing her son Archie in a baby carrier. The important thing to know about the photos is that they show the Duchess out for a walk with her two dogs while wearing Archie in a blue Ergo. She's not hands-free baby wearing, but rather wearing an Ergo while also supporting Archie with her arm, as the carrier isn't completely tight.
When British tabloids published the pictures many babywearing devotees and internet commenters offered opinions on how Markle is holding her son in the photo, but as baby gear guru Jamie Grayson notes, "it is none of our business."
In a post to his Facebook page, Grayson (noted NYC baby gear expert) explained that in the last day or so he has been inundated with hundreds of messages about how Markle is wearing the carrier, and that while he's sure many who messaged with concerns had good intentions he hopes to inject some empathy into the conversation.
As Grayson points out, these are paparazzi photos, so it was a private moment not meant for world-wide consumption. "This woman has the entire world watching her every move and action, especially now that she and Harry are leaving the umbrella of the royal family, and I honestly hope they are able to find some privacy and peace. So let's give her space," he explains, adding that "while those pictures show something that is less than ideal, it's going to be okay. I promise. It's not like she's wearing the baby upside down."
He's right, Archie was safe and not in danger and who knows why the straps on Markle's carrier were loose (maybe she realized people were about to take pictures and so she switched Archie from forward-facing, or maybe the strap just slipped.)
Grayson continues: "When you are bringing up how a parent is misusing a product (either in-person or online) please consider your words. Because tone of voice is missing in text, it is important to choose your words carefully because ANYTHING can be misconstrued. Your good intentions can easily be considered as shaming someone."
Grayson's suggestions injected some much-needed empathy into this discourse and reminded many that new parents are human beings who are just trying to do their best with responsibilities (and baby gear) that isn't familiar to them.
Babywearing has a ton of benefits for parents and the baby, but it can take some getting used to. New parents can research safety recommendations so they feel confident. In Canada, where the pictures in question were snapped, the government recommends parents follow these safety guidelines when wearing infants in carriers:
Choose a product that fits you and your baby properly.
Be very careful putting a baby into—or pulling them out of—a carrier or sling. Ask for help if you need it.
When wearing a carrier or sling, do not zip up your coat around the baby because it increases the risk of overheating and suffocation.
Be particularly careful when using a sling or carrier with babies under 4 months because their airways are still developing.
Do not use a carrier or sling during activities that could lead to injury such as cooking, running, cycling, or drinking hot beverages.
Health Canada also recommends parents "remember to keep your baby visible and kissable at all times" and offers the following tips to ensure kissability.
"Keep the baby's face in view. Keep the baby in an upright position. Make sure the baby's face is not pressed into the fabric of the carrier or sling, your body, or clothing. Make sure the baby's chin is not pressed into their chest. Make sure the baby's legs are not bunched up against their stomach, as this can also restrict breathing. Wear the baby snug enough to support their back and hold onto the baby when bending over so they don't fall out of the carrier or sling. Check your baby often."
Meghan Markle is a new mom who was caught off guard during a moment she didn't expect her baby to be photographed. Every parent (no matter how famous) has a right to privacy for their child and the right to compassion from other parents. If we want people to learn how to safely babywear we can't shame them for trying.
Mama, if you've been shamed for wearing your baby "wrong" don't feel like you need to stop. Follow the tips above or check in with local baby-wearing groups to get advice and help. You've got this.
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The unpaid work women do adds up to $10.8 trillion per year
We often think of the unequal gender division of unpaid labor as a personal issue, but a new report by Oxfam proves that it is a global issue—and that a handful of men are becoming incredibly wealthy while women and girls bear the burden of unpaid work and poverty.
According to Oxfam, the unpaid care work done by women and girls has an economic value of $10.8 trillion per year and benefits the global economy three times more than the entire technology industry.
"Women are supporting the market economy with cheap and free labor and they are also supporting the state by providing care that should be provided by the public sector," the report notes.
The unpaid work of hundreds of millions of women is generating massive wealth for a couple of thousand (predominantly male) billionaires. "What is clear is that this unpaid work is fueling a sexist economic system that takes from the many and puts money in the pockets of the few," the report states.
Max Lawson is Oxfam International's Head of Inequality Policy. In an interview with Vatican News, he explained that "the foundation of unpaid work done by the poorest women generates enormous wealth for the economy," and that women do billions of hours of unpaid care work (caring for children, the sick, the elderly and cooking, cleaning) for which they see no financial reward but which creates financial rewards for billionaires.
Indeed, the report finds that globally 42% of women can't work for money because of their unpaid care responsibilities.
In the United States, women spend 37% more time doing unpaid care work than men, Oxfam America notes in a second report released in cooperation with the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
"It's an economy that is built on the backs of women and of poor women and their labour, whether it's poorly paid labour or even unpaid labour, it is a sexist economy and it's a broken economy, and you can only fix the gap between the rich and the poor if at the same time you fix the gap between women and men," Lawson explains.
According to Lawson, you can't fight economic inequality without fighting gender equality, and he says 2020 is the year to do both. Now is a great time to start, because as Motherly has previously reported, no country in the world is on track to eliminate gender inequality by 2030 (one of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by 193 United Nations member countries back in 2015) and no country will until the unpaid labor of women and girls is addressed.
"Governments around the world can, and must, build a human economy that is feminist and benefits the 99%, not only the 1%," the Oxfam report concludes.
The research suggests that paid leave, investments in childcare and the care of older adults and people with disabilities as well as utilizing technology to make working more flexible would help America close the gap.
(For more information on how you can fight for paid leave, affordable childcare and more this year check out yearofthemother.org.)
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Employers still aren't doing enough to support pumping mothers at work, says new study
It's been more than a decade since federal guidelines were implemented to ensure nursing mothers have the time and space to pump at work, but as Motherly has previously reported, many mothers still find it extremely challenging to maintain a pumping schedule in the workplace.
This week a new study out of the University of Georgia showed that while most women report having access to private spaces and break times for pumping there are still significant "gaps in access to workplace breastfeeding resources" and the researchers recommend employers take action to reduce breastfeeding disparities.
"We know that there are benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and the infant, and we know that returning to work is a significant challenge for breastfeeding continuation," says Rachel McCardel, a doctoral student at UGA's College of Public Health and lead study author. "There is a collective experience that we wanted to explore and learn how can we make this better."
The challenges of breastfeeding in 2020
There is a lot of pressure on mothers to exclusively breastfeed, but nearly half of mothers feel like they must make a choice between breastfeeding and keeping their job. A baby's mother is the best person to decide whether the infant should be breastfed, formula-fed or both, but it should be her choice. When workplace supports for breastfeeding are not in place many mothers feel like they don't have a choice at all.
Public health campaigns and social norms reinforce breastfeeding as the best choice, but a recent survey from Areoflow found that 1 in 3 people (31%) "do not believe employers should be required to provide a lactation room" but at the same time, 90% of those surveyed stated that they believe women should be allowed to pump at work.
For too many women, those contradicting messages mean that pumping at work is an uncomfortable experience, something they need to do nearly in secret. It's an example of the many ways in which mothers are supposed to parent as though they don't work but pretend they aren't parents when at work.
Calling for change in 2020
Half the states in America explicitly protect the rights of nursing parents in the workplace, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, and federal law also provides protections to nursing workers under the Affordable Care Act. Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act—but millions of working mothers are not covered by those protections, and the new research out of the University of Georgia's College of Public Health suggests that even mothers who are need more support from their employers.
Heather Padilla is an assistant professor at UGA's College of Public Health and the co-author of the study. She recommends employers "designate a person who is responsible for making sure that women who are preparing for the birth of their baby understand what resources they have available to them when they return to work," she said.
Supervisors or HR directors could fill this role, and would fill a gap between company policy and personal experience. Padilla and McCardel found that many women "said they hadn't expected to get much help from their employers, and there was a general lack of communication about the resources available to them."
The work Padilla and McCardel have done reinforces the work we at Motherly are doing: In 2020 we are calling for change, and demanding support for mothers feeding their babies.
Mamas need to work + babies need to eat
For many American mothers work is not a choice, it is a necessity. Mothers are increasingly the breadwinners for their families and it is very hard for mothers, even those with working partners, to be a stay-at-home parent in 2020.
We need paid family leave and protection from breastfeeding discrimination. We need employers to support working mothers who choose to pump, and we need to reduce the stigmatization of formula feeding.
Mama, we see you pumping in your office and mixing formula bottles to take to day care. We see how hard it is and we support you. Know that no matter what your baby is eating—bottled breast milk, formula, or some combination (because breastfeeding doesn't have to be all or nothing)—we know you are working so hard to provide it.
We have declared 2020 the #yearofthemother. Join us, and call for change because McCardel is right—this is a collective experience and it is one we can make better for the mothers who come after us.
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In the 1960s and 70s a real plastics euphoria broke out. Because the term "synthetic plastic material" was so new, it remained the subject of analysis and discussion for some time. Deciding whether or not the words "synthetic" and "plastic" were apt when describing a material that was this strange and new – created by chemists – was a balancing act! At any rate, young people looking forward to an interesting and promising career agreed: they wanted to be part of this!
Klaus and Elke Oschmann decided to devote their time to studying a specialized subject area. Chemists, engineers, technicians and designers realized that, using new processes, new things could be created in industrial mass production that would meet rising consumer demands. This was a heyday in the plastics industry! Machines were developed to inject, cast, form or blow the new material, and the newly created products kept getting bigger. To name but a few, the automotive and aviation industries, medicine, construction and sanitary engineering boomed. This meant that plastics had to be produced, shipped and stored. There had to be efficient ways to stock, weigh and dose the materials and mix them with other components.
Klaus Oschmann designed silo and conveying facilities. He developed and patented dryers for this industry. It was this experience that made him interested in creating his own product. The market was thirsty for innumerable useful instruments to help make operating processes run better. Rationalization took hold everywhere and people began fancying the five-day work week and the eight-hour day. The leisure industry began to stir. Ideas spread unstoppably and creativity knew no bounds – a world without plastics was now unthinkable. At first people did not want to believe this but the parts that could be made from heat or acid resistant material became smaller and smaller and could be combined to work with great precision: plastics engineering entered precision engineering. All these parts had previously been made from metal!
30 years ago, insight into the demands of the battery industry led to the creation of a watering system that remains unsurpassed today. With it, the field is safer, cleaner, more efficient and more environmentally sustainable.
Klaus Oschmann patented and founded the bfs batterie füllungs systeme gmbh, klaus oschmann. Following his untimely death, Elke Oschmann took over the management of the companies. Since then, the development of the bfs system has been continued with the greatest care and the market monitored. Along with existing industrial standards, the highest safety and quality standards form the framework for the tasks of the staff at bfs.
bfs's central mandate in the 21st century: to contribute to a usage of batteries that is almost clinically clean as well as characterized by availability around the clock. It is our absolute priority to prolong the lifespan of batteries while using and storing energy in increasingly conscious and mindful ways.


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The Raven (2012)
Posted on May 8, 2012 by carlosdev
Edgar Allen Poe or John Wilkes Booth? You decide.
(2012) Thriller (Relativity) John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jimmy Yuill, Michael Shannon, Sam Hazeldine, Pam Ferris, Brendan Coyle, Adrian Rawlins, Aidan Feore, Dave Legeno, John Warnaby. Directed by James McTeigue
It is no secret that Edgar Allen Poe was one of the greatest writers in the history of American literature. He was the Stephen King of his day, his interests tending towards the macabre but while King is a superior storyteller, Poe was the better writer (assessments I think both King – and Poe – would have agreed upon).
The death of Edgar Allen Poe is shrouded in mystery. He was discovered raving in the streets of Baltimore (on a park bench according to this film but history doesn't give us that kind of detail) and died in a Baltimore hospital four days later. To this day the cause of death is unknown. This movie gives us one theory.
As the film opens Poe (Cusack), a raging alcoholic, is flat broke trying to get drink on credit in a bar. Few know who he is; fewer still his accomplishments. His critical essay on Wordsworth's most recent book has been killed by Henry (McNally), the editor of the Baltimore Patriot. Poe is desperate for the funds; Henry wants something along the lines of "The Fall of the House of Usher." Poe is well-aware that his best days as a writer are behind him and despite the encouragement of a sympathetic typesetter (Hazeldine), he is unsure he has another great story in him.
In the meantime, Det. Fields (Evans) of the Baltimore Police Department, has stumbled onto a grisly murder. In a locked room, a mother has been found with her throat slit and her daughter stuffed up the chimney having been strangled. There's no way in or out and the officers entering the room distinctly heard the door lock before they broke in. How did the killer get away? The detective discovers an ingenious latching mechanism on the window which had appeared to have been nailed shut. Fields recognizes the set-up of the murder, but from where?
After some research, he discovers that it is similar to a story written by one Edgar Allen Poe, from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." He calls Poe in for consultation, and when Poe's literary nemesis, Rufus Griswold (Warnaby), turns up cut in two – by a blade hanging from a pendulum – he realizes that there is a killer on the loose bent on recreating murder scenes from Poe's work.
Poe would rather concentrate on wooing Emily Hamilton (Eve), with whom he is deeply in love (and who loves him right back) but her father, the hot-headed Captain Hamilton (Gleeson) would much rather use Poe for target practice with his revolver. Nonetheless, Poe is ready to announce his engagement to his beloved when she is kidnapped by the dastardly fiend who makes his game with Poe far more personal. Poe will have to use clues discovered on the bodies of the victims to find his fiancee before time runs out – and the killer might be closer to him than he realizes.
Keep in mind when watching this that it is meant as pure entertainment. If you're one of those looking for historical accuracy, you're in the wrong theater. McTeigue, best-known for V for Vendetta, has concocted a nice little yarn that puts Poe in the position of being Sherlock Holmes but quite frankly, Poe is overshadowed in the detective department by Fields who is more Holmes-like.
It is also no secret that John Cusack is one of my favorite actors and he isn't disappointing, although he seems a bit more prone to chewing scenery here than he is normally. He bellows like a rampaging bull from time to time and tends to overplay. Still, few actors grasp the nuances of their characters better than Cusack and his regret, frustration and general pessimism bring Poe to life. Cusack's Poe is a weary man, resentful not that he finds himself unable to write but that he is largely responsible for the mess that he's in with his drinking and debauchery. The death of his first wife weighs on him heavily and there is a sense that Emily might just be his only way to salvation.
There are some wonderful scenes here, like one where Poe is drinking with the killer and the movements of the two men are literally mirror images of one another. There is also a chase through a misty forest which has a surreal quality that Poe might have approved of. However, for all the good scenes there are a few that don't work very well, such as the ball scene where Emily is kidnapped. It seemed a bit too formulaic.
Eve is a little bland as Emily; it's hard to see how Poe would have fallen in love with her. Gleeson gleefully chews scenery and seems to be having a great time. Evans has a thankless job of being the stolid heroic Fields but his heroism must remain second fiddle to Poe's. I wouldn't mind seeing a film about Fields somewhere down the line although given the anemic box office of this film that is about as unlikely as finding out the real cause of Poe's death is.
The movie carries a decent entertainment value which overshadows the unevenness of the structure and the sometimes egregious liberties with history and fact that the writers chose to take. Again, one must remember this wasn't intended to be a documentary about Edgar Allen Poe but a fanciful tale of what might have been. It doesn't always work but for those deciding what to see if The Avengers is sold out, this makes a pretty decent alternative.
REASONS TO GO: Keeps you interested from beginning to end. Cusack channels Nicolas Cage a bit here.
REASONS TO STAY: Uneven in quality. Too many anachronisms.
FAMILY VALUES: Some of the murders are pretty gruesome and there are some pretty disturbing images from time to time; definitely not for the squeamish.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The first trailer for the film was released online on the anniversary of Poe's death (October 7, 1849).
CRITICAL MASS: As of 5/8/12: Rotten Tomatoes: 21% positive reviews. Metacritic: 44/100. The reviews are trending towards the negative side.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: From Hell
EDGAR ALLE POE LOVERS: The character who was murdered via "The Pit and the Pendulum," Rufus Griswold, was an actual person who actually survived Poe. Griswold had a vendetta against Poe and was inexplicably named as his literary executor, using his position to assassinate the character of Poe after his death, portraying him as a drug-addled, depraved madman, using "letters" purported to have been written by Poe but later proven to have been forgeries as proof. His murder was more wishful thinking than fact-based in this context.
NEXT: FriendsWith Benefits
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Oh, I've seen Fire and I've seen Rain...
(2009) Martial Arts Action (Warner Brothers) Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune, Randall Duk Kim, Sung Kang, Kylie Goldstein. Directed by James McTeigue
There are certain movies that you really can't complain about. For example, this one; the title tells you exactly what kind of movie you're going to get. You can't watch it and then bitch about the plot and the acting. The whole point of the movie is to have guys in black pajamas slice and dice each other and fly through the air like moths. Really, that's the only standard a movie should be held to in reality. Still, one can dream of a little more to a movie than that, right?
Raizo (Rain) is a lethal assassin, trained from childhood (some would say abused) in the art of killing people silently and unseen by the Ozunu clan, the deadliest assassins in Japan. Their compound, high in the mountains of Japan, has never been seen by an outsider and the mere knowledge of their existence can mean death in a most painful and bloody way. Laughing at their rumored existence, well, that's just plain stupid as a few yakuza toughs find out in the opening sequence.
However, Raizo has a bone to pick with his clan; they executed his girlfriend (Goldstein) in a most gruesome manner (which would tend to piss anybody off) and now they're all after his ass. Raizo, the deadliest and nastiest of them, is out to topple their empire, aided by a couple of thumb-twiddling Interpol cops, Mika (Harris) and Ryan (Miles). However, Raizo has violated a cardinal rule of the ninja – something akin to rule #1, don't talk about Fight Club. Now the clan's leader, Ozunu (Kosugi) and his number two son Takeshi (Yune) have a real need to dismember Raizo and you just know it's going to end badly for somebody.
This was produced by the Washowski Brothers (the Matrix trilogy) and directed by McTeigue, who previously helmed V for Vendetta which I think is a much better film than this. Part of the problem of a movie about ninja assassins is the whole conceit that they melt in and out of the shadows; by necessity the movie must be then underlit to provide said shadows, which makes seeing the fight sequences difficult at times. That's a shame because some of the choreography is pretty damn good.
Yes, I know that you're not supposed to talk about the acting in a movie like this (I did mention it earlier) but I do have to at least point out that I found Harris unbelievable as an Interpol agent (do Interpol agents scream like little girls whenever an assassin shows up?) and that the acting is a bit stiff in general. Rain, the Korean pop star, is more adept at dancing and singing than he is at slicing and dicing, but he performs solidly enough in his fight sequences. He showed immense potential in Speed Racer as a double-dealing race car driver which isn't delivered on here. Harris was in the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies and was far more effective in those, so I know both of them are capable of better than they delivered here.
Sho Kosugi is one of the most revered and beloved figures in Japanese action films (particularly of the samurai variety) of the last 30 years. While known mostly to Asian cinema aficionados in the States, he brings a certain gravitas here that is quite frankly wasted. He's well into his 60s but he can still kick patootey without breaking much of a sweat. Personally, I think he's worth seeing even in a movie that isn't.
Something tells me that this movie was a victim of studio over-involvement. A last minute re-write was called for and delivered in a two and a half day turn-around which allowed the movie to make its tight delivery date after which brilliant studio executives promptly delayed its release for almost a year. Really, when dealing with ninja movies it would be a wise studio executive that doesn't get too involved with the nuts and bolts; the simpler, the better in terms of plot for these kinds of things and its best just to let your fight choreographer and director just go to town; this movie is at its best when they do just that.
WHY RENT THIS: There are some very fine martial arts sequences here. It's always a pleasure to see Kosugi, one of the underrated stars of Asian cinema.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: The acting is as wooden as it gets. There are times that the story drags, particularly in the middle. Penalty for overuse of flashbacks. Too many fight scenes lose their effectiveness because they're badly lit.
FAMILY VALUES: As you might expect from a movie of this nature, there's a boatload of violence and a smattering of foul language. Definitely for older teens and above.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael Straczynski did the re-write of the original script which was, in an unusual move, approved by Warner Brothers without notes and shipped into the actor's hands within a week.
NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: The Blu-Ray has a nice feature on ninjas and the mythology behind them.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $61.6M on a production budget of $40M; the movie lost money.
TOMORROW: Intermission
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New Releases for the Week of November 27, 2009
It's hard to believe these guys are old dogs now.
OLD DOGS
(Disney) John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Conner Rayburn, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon, Bernie Mac. Directed by Walt Becker
From the director of Wild Hogs comes this new comedy that similarly involves older men in a younger man situation. In this case, two successful businessmen on the verge of closing the biggest deal of their careers are derailed by the revelation that one of them is in fact a father and at one of the most critical junctures in their negotiations, will be babysitting his newfound brood. As will happen around kids, chaos ensues.
See the trailer here.
For more on the movie this is the website.
Rating: PG (for some mild rude humor)
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
(Apparition) Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flannery, Clifton Collins, Julie Benz. This is the sequel to the cult classic penned by Troy Duffy (the making of which was the subject of the acclaimed documentary Overnight). The brothers MacManus who have been taking it easy in Ireland since the events of the first film find themselves compelled to return to the mean streets of Boston when a priest is brutally gunned down.
Rating: R (for bloody violence, language and some nudity)
(Fox Searchlight) Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzmann, Bill Murray. From the minds of the late novelist Roald Dahl and director Wes Anderson (Rushmore) comes this animated feature that pits a clever, tricky fox against three brutal but not-so-bright farmers.
Rating: PG (for action, smoking and slang humor)
(Warner Brothers) Rain, Naomie Harris, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune. Taken from the streets as a child by the legendary but lethal Ozunu Clan and trained as an assassin, Raizo becomes one of the deadliest killers on the planet. However he butts heads with the clan and is forced to vanish. Now, he finds an Interpol agent who has stumbled upon one of the secrets of the Ozunu Clan and is marked for death. He must protect her – and himself – from the world's most skilled assassins and try to find a way to bring the clan down for good. This stylized anime/video game hybrid is from V for Vendetta director James McTeigue.
Rating: R (for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language)
(Weinstein) Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Kody Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron. After a global catastrophe kills nearly all life on earth and ends civilization as we know it, a father and his son make their way across a barren, dangerous landscape trying to avoid predators of the natural and unnatural kind in an effort to make it to the coast and survival. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, this post-Apocalyptic thriller boasts an all-star cast.
Rating: R (for some violence, disturbing images and language)
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