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Women Leaders in Manufacturing Today
On Friday, October 5, at the NJMEP Annual Manufacturers Day Conference, I had the honor of facilitating a panel comprised of three women manufacturers who came together to discuss the topic, "Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Women through the Manufacturing Leadership Pipeline: What's Working and What Isn't."
Over the course of the hour that we spent together, these three leaders shared their personal experiences and anecdotes, the challenges they faced and overcame, and the unique issues they continue to face in the mostly male dominated world of manufacturing.
With women representing less than 30% of the leaders/owners in the manufacturing sector, the obstacles they deal with daily are very real. But their accomplishments are also real.
Although each had a different story to tell, not surprisingly, there were many leadership characteristics, attitudes, and experiences that they had in common.
Here is a brief introduction to our panelists:
- Hipatia Lopez is an award-winning founder, inventor and the CEO of Empanada Fork.When she and her family were struggling to make more than 150 empanadas for their Thanksgiving Day dinner guests, a new idea came to Hipatia. For years she and her family had been cooking empanadas for family and friends, but as their crowd grew, the stress of producing so many more empanadas became almost overwhelming. Instead of giving up, she began to contemplate a better system, a way to make those empanadas more efficiently and quickly. From the demands of necessity, a brilliant idea began to take shape.She grew so excited she honestly couldn't sleep until she formulated a plan for how to patent her idea that would speed up the production process for empanadas (or other similar pasties). Hundreds of phone calls, meetings, rising hopes and disappointments followed, but Hipatia has earned the distinction of being one of the less than 1% of Latinas who hold a patent in the United States. Her process and company, Empanada Fork, is now a patented reality and she is well on her way to creating an impressive manufacturing and distribution company.
- Suuchi Ramesh is the Founder of Suuchi Inc., a tech company that designs, manufactures, and ships clothing for forward-thinking American apparel fashion brands and Fortune 1000 companies. Evolving from one to 130 employees in 30 months is just one way that Suuchi benchmarks the company's growth explosion. Their success comes from their unique ability to draw on data is to keep their business customers updated in real time with project progress and 100% transparency while blending a diverse workforce together in a meaningful and integrated way. As Suuchi notes, "Our leadership team is a brilliant mix of the best in technology, design, and manufacturing." The company can boast that they have 130 employees coming from 27 different nationalities, spanning several generations, with 80% being women. It is Suuchi's strong belief that implementing sound leadership practices has resulted in happy and loyal employees, a positive culture, and a high retention rate.
- Christine Brenner is the President and CEO of Brenner Metal Products Corp., headquartered in Wallington, NJ. Before taking on this role, Christine was a Finance Director for a large Real Estate Development Company. She found her journey taking an unexpected turn upon the passing of her husband eight years ago, as she took on the leadership as a federal contractor/manufacturer of field hospital equipment for the US Government.
The result was that she had to move in an entirely different direction in order to carry on the legacy of a 50 year old family business she knew very little about.
After the first few years, orders began to dry up when the economy slowed and dipped. She was faced with the fact that she had only $10,000 in the bank and no way to sustain the company. Rather than back down, she dug deeper, and got on the phone with everyone she knew. Her strong argument convinced the government to task her with designing, building and manufacturing a modified military field hospital bed. It was the chance she was waiting for. She quickly came back with a prototype that was accepted by the government. Today Brenner Metal Products is the sole source manufacturer of the Brenner Adjustable Field Bed, and growing at rapid speed to keep up with the manufacturing and demand.
"The company had to go from the top to the bottom and back up again, to make this business my own. Our success was driven by my determination and realization that failure is not an option," said Ms. Brenner. "We are proud that our products are american made and manufactured here in New Jersey. We are planning to double the size of our manufacturing facility in 2019, as we introduce new products and grow our international distribution of emergency management equipment and supplies."
As they shared their specific situations, Christine, Suuchi and Hipatia also revealed their approach to problem solving. In each instance, persistence was a major part of the formula for their success. They simply never gave up. It was no matter how long they needed to stay on hold while waiting for someone to answer their calls, no matter how many questions they had to ask to gain a deeper, better understanding of their company and the manufacturing sector, no matter how many meetings they had to attend, no matter if they had to invest in the company instead of buying Christmas gifts, they agreed it was worth it. As leaders, they know they represent their company's brand and reputation. That means they set the tone for the organization at the top. They have to be inspirational, motivational, business savvy, and respectful and appreciative of employees, vendors and customers. Their tenaciousness was important but it was their genuine passion and determination to succeed that propelled them forward in a meaningful way.
Joining the women on this panel we also had the privilege of gaining insights from Tom Bergeron, Editor in Chief, ROI-NJ. Given that this news platform is embedded in the manufacturing space, interviewing manufacturers on a near weekly basis, Tom was able to provide a macro-view of what manufacturers are doing in the field to attract and retain young women as well as to comment on the role of women in business and specifically in manufacturing.
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The body at the center
Establishing connections between the exhibitions held at Galpão VB and Associação Cultural Videobrasil's collection, the institution's Video Library organizes playlists and makes them available to the public during visitation hours. For the exhibition Nada levarei quando morrer, aqueles que me devem cobrarei no inferno [I will take nothing when I die, those who owe me, I will charge in hell], on show through June 17, the team at Videobrasil Collection organized two playlists (see the complete list of works at the end of the article).
The first one is thematic. Titled "Corpo e rito" [Body and Rite], it contains works that explore the boundaries between the sacred and the erotic in the human body and its adjacent space. Such is the case, for instance, of Luiz Duva's Deus come-se [God to Eat]. With a vertiginous editing, in which animals for slaughter, insects, and people succeed and mix with one another before the spectator's eyes, the work explores the devouring as method and metaphor of a divine which comprises, also, the grotesque.
A different perspective on this link between human and divine is addressed on Barrueco, by Ayrson Heráclito and Danillo Barata. The video combines black bodies, verses by Mira Albuquerque, and the voice of Nina Simone to orchestrate the ambivalence of water, which is simultaneously a spiritual element central to African cultures and a symbol of the horror of the black diaspora, which happened over centuries of slave trafficking across the Atlantic.
This anguish of the diasporic condition is relived by Ingrid Mwangi in My possession (image), a performance she carried out on the 15th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, in 2005. The discontinuous movements of the artist's body depart from a far-fetched neutrality, traverse the anguish of self-discovery and confrontation with others, and arrive to the finally conquered dignity. The dignity of the subject that resists is also present in Luiz Duva's PVC and Hui Tao's Talk about body, videos that round out the selection.
In addition to "Corpo e rito", the Videobrasil Collection offers a playlist with works by Caetano Dias, Virginia de Medeiros, and Gisela Motta e Leandro Lima, artists featured on the exhibition Nada levarei quando morrer, aqueles que me devem cobrarei no inferno. These two sets intend to offer deeper insights on the issues raised by the curators. They are, thus, an invitation to explore the institution's memory and to reflect, by means of other works, on what was experienced by the public during their visit to the show.
Corpo e rito [Body and Rite]: transversal theme for the exhibition Nada levarei quando morrer, aqueles que me devem cobrarei no inferno
- PVC, by Luiz Duva | 2001, performance
- Deus come-se, by Luiz Duva | 1990, video, 9'32"
- My possession, by Ingrid Mwangi | 2005, performance
- Barrueco, by Ayrson Heráclito and Danillo Barata | 2004, video, 4'34"
- Talk about body, by Hui Tao | 2013, video, 3'45"
Other works by the artists featured on the exhibition Nada levarei quando morrer, aqueles que me devem cobrarei no inferno on the Videobrasil Collection
- sem título #4, by Gisela Motta and Leandro Lima | 1999, video, 5'6"
- Canto doce pequeno labirinto, by Caetano Dias | 2007, video, 18'25"
- 1978 – Cidade Submersa, by Caetano Dias | 2010, video, 16'
- Rabeca, by Caetano Dias | 2013, video, 71'
- Sergio e Simone, by Virginia de Medeiros | 2010, video, 10'
WHAT: playlists for the exhibition Nada levarei quando morrer, aqueles que me devem cobrarei no inferno
WHEN: through June 17, 2017, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Galpão VB's Video Library | Associação Cultural Videobrasil – Av. Imperatriz Leopoldina, 1150, São Paulo/SP
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The co-hosts of a Worcester-based online fishing show are paying it forward, so to speak, by organizing an effort to clean up some of the city's top fishing spots, starting with Bell Pond on Belmont Street.
A popular swimming destination as well, Bell Pond is one of three city bodies of water stocked with trout for fishing. It's also lately well stocked with trash.
"It's pretty bad," said Anthony Romeo, co-host of GetBentTV. "There's trash 20 feet from the shore into the woods and then there's trash all around the pond.
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"We're trying to get a small group of people together to do a walk around the park and pick up trash," said John Field, Romeo's TV and fishing partner. "We went fishing there about a month ago after the pond was stocked. It's a great spot to fish, it should be one of the cleanest bodies of water in Worcester, and it's spring-fed."
The duo plans a May 28 cleanup at the pond and is seeking volunteers.
"It's one of the only ponds that they stock in Worcester. It's a great fishery, but around the pond is a mess," Field added.
On the beach area Friday, April 15, there were several broken beer bottles, a used condom and a scattering of empty (alcoholic beverage) "nips." Plastic bags and other trash littered the water near two geese and along the hiking paths there were loads of household trash.
City officials did not respond to questions over how often and specifically when the pond and park area are cleaned. Department of Public Works & Parks Commissioner Paul J. Moosey's office referred the Sun to city spokesman John Hill, who declined to provide further information prior to the Sun publishing deadline.
Bell Pond opened for swimming last year July 1.
GetBentTV premiered in Spring 2014 and has run six episodes since its launch.
"There's been a huge response from local fishermen following our shows. People want to know where we are fishing and what we're using," Romeo said.
Ideally, the pair would like to see GetBentTV picked up by a television station, but right now they've succeeded via social media.
"It's a great medium to get in touch with local fishermen and educate others on where to go and what to use," Romeo said.
Romeo, of Worcester, is a graduate of Holy Name High School and Clark University. He owns and runs Gym & Juice, a supplement and nutrition bar inside World Gym at the Greendale Mall. He is the cousin of recently named Holy Name football coach Jim Romeo.
Field, of Douglas, who now lives in Worcester, is a graduate of Worcester State University.
The fishing duo said they wanted to start cleaning up at Bell Pond because it's the first place they fished together in Worcester this year.
"It's a great place to start," Field said. "This is something we want to keep doing maybe once a month or once every few months where we pick a different spot that needs some cleaning up. It's a great place for other people to enjoy, kids especially."
"Bell Pond is centrally located. That not only provides recreational use like swimming, but also allows people to get outside many times a year to experience fishing," Romeo said.
"We've only fished there once," Field said, "but we want to make it a regular spot for us. And we think by cleaning it up it will help that area thrive."
According to the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Bell Pond is one of three natural trout-stocked bodies of water in Worcester. The other two are Lake Quinsigamond and Coes Pond.
Bell Pond and Coes Pond get stocked each spring. Lake Quinsigamond gets stocked each spring and fall.
"We want to make this place fishable for everyone, especially kids. It's such a great resource to have in the middle of the city where we typically don't have these kinds of resources," Romeo said.
Field added, "We are fishermen and we think this is a good way for us to give back by helping clean up some of the local fisheries."
GetBentTV's Bell Pond cleanup is planned for Saturday, May 28. For more information, or to volunteer, email Field and Romeo at email@example.com.
The next episode for GetBentTV will be in two weeks, and will feature the Wachusett Reservoir. You can follow GetBent on Twitter @GetBentTV.
This article was originally published in the April 17, 2016 edition of the Sun.
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n the courtyard, girls with backpacks like turtle shells giggle around a smartphone while boys zigzag a soccer ball through the crowd. A short distance away, another boy leans against a rail, doing his best to look cool. A teacher passes two shy girls who immediately get quiet … another morning in the city where Jesus was a teenager.
The city of Nazareth, the size of Gary, Ind., sits in the middle of the thin strip of land known as Israel, a country where history is measured in millennia. Nazareth proper is Arab, 70 percent Muslim, 30 percent Christian (Christians make up less than 4 percent of the total population in Israel). Counter to what you might expect, however, it's peaceful between the groups. Busy streets mind you, but Nazareth has the feel of a place where you could learn a trade, make an honest living and raise a family.
It's not hard to imagine similar thoughts going through the minds of Jesus' parents when they moved here two thousand years ago. The craggy hills, the breathtaking view over the plains of Armageddon, it's easy to picture Jesus as a teenager leaning against a rock and gazing up at the stars His forefathers once gazed at, the same ones He had made …
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Yousef was one of those stone-throwing Palestinians. In his words, "I was a lost teenager crying out for someone to show me the truth." To that point all his experience had shown him were tanks, machine guns, hatred, oppression and fear. By the time Yousef reached his teens, he'd been detained by Israeli soldiers, kidnapped at gunpoint by extremists, and paralyzed from the legs down by a strange, undiagnosed autoimmune disease.
For one year, Yousef was bedridden. Medicine, therapy, nothing worked; until one day, in a scene that could have been taken directly from the pages of Scripture, a priest and pastor came together to the hospital and prayed for him. The next day, Yousef walked!
"Your God has healed you" were the words the doctor wrote on his discharge papers. The community marveled. "Even as I was unfaithful to Him, God has always been faithful to me," said Yousef.
He considered going into the priesthood. For a time, he trained as a monk. Eventually, he was steered toward Bethlehem Bible College. He found a job at a home for special needs children called House of Hope. Most had been abandoned by their parents, but not by God. Yousef made sure of that.
Young Life was made for him
In 2006, Pete Hardesty, area director in Harrisonburg, Va., traveled to Israel during his sabbatical. "About the second day, I thought, 'I have to figure out a way to get my leaders over here.' It was like everything I had read in the Bible went Technicolor."
A year later, twenty-five students from James Madison University boarded a plane. They stayed at Bethlehem Bible College and served special needs children at, of all places, the House of Hope.
"That's where I met Yousef," said Hardesty. "We became friends almost immediately. As we walked around Bethlehem, Yousef knew everyone. I'm not sure if he was made for Young Life; I think Young Life was made for him!"
For twelve years, Lambeth had been serving as the director of Young Life Expeditions, a ministry that fields and facilitates short-term service trips to Young Life areas around the world. Through his travels, he had connected with a group from the Middle East called the Sounds of Hope. "They were wonderful people from every tradition — Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Coptic, Evangelical — but no one was doing youth ministry." To Lambeth's surprise, many believed a relational approach was the perfect strategy to reach this part of the world. With this encouragement, Lambeth returned to the States and gathered a team of Young Life staff to conduct relational ministry seminars. Pete Hardesty was among them.
When Yousef learned Young Life was coming to Bethlehem Bible College, he made sure to get a front-row seat. "Yousef's story is so incredible," said Lambeth. "This guy, who endured so many things, now is a bridge builder with a vision of reaching every type of person. When you think of being made for this, Yousef was made for this."
Lambeth and Hardesty made arrangements to bring Yousef to the United States for training. He went to camp with Hardesty's area, and in the fall of 2009, Yousef returned to his hometown and started Young Life in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Lambeth wondered if God was calling him to move to Israel. He talked it over with his wife and daughter. After much prayer, they were all in. "Lauri and Haley have been true champs in this whole deal," Lambeth said. In August 2012, they arrived.
A crowning moment
At the 2012 Young Life Celebration in Orlando, Fla., Lambeth and Yousef were standing in a hallway outside the main ballroom amidst a swarm of flags, 83 in all, the number of countries where Young Life had ministry. They were holding two: Israel's and Palestine's.
When the doors opened, they walked in holding hands. It was a powerful picture of how Jesus transcends politics, ethnicity and culture, of how Young Life is about every kid.
But the most powerful moment happened afterward, when, in a small room where the flags had been placed, a group of friends and staff came together to pray. They prayed for the Middle East; they prayed for Palestinians, while Yousef quietly drifted over to a white flag with a blue Star of David in the center. He knelt on the ground and wept. Others came around him as Yousef prayed in Arabic for this country that represented such suffering to him and his people. He prayed they would know Jesus.
Leaning in to the Gospel
The Lambeths look at what is happening in the Middle East with a great deal of optimism. Last summer, 225 kids plus their leaders attended Young Life camps. Five staff are currently serving through Young Life's Developing Global Leaders initiative (a program which offers educational funds, life-skills mentoring and Young Life ministry training for the leaders of tomorrow). Even more encouraging, two local women have come on staff with Yousef. Leadership has bloomed to 28 Israeli and Palestinians. "Several of our leaders are kids who came to our first camp four years ago," said Lambeth. "That is one of my favorite things about our leadership, that we are already seeing the circle completing itself, the multiplication and fruit of discipleship."
Lambeth continued, "Everything we plan and pray for is about raising up people from that part of the world. We consider the kids we are working with now as the leaders God will use in the future."
Back in the West Bank, a teenager juggles balloons in a jam-packed unfinished basement. Later, he and his friends listen to Yousef tell the story about Jesus' conversation with the woman at the well (it happened just a few miles from here). After club, Yousef travels to Bethlehem to do contact work with Capernaum kids at the House of Hope.
In the courtyard at Nazareth School, Hunter and Lauri stand in the middle of a throng of students, who are laughing at the couple's Arabic and asking when club starts.
The bell rings, and the students follow the Lambeths upstairs to an assembly hall where Hunter puts a picture on the screen. "What do you see?" he asks. There are whispers. Finger points. Then, ahs. More ahs as ninth- and tenth-graders notice not one face, but two — one young, one old. "So often we can look at the same picture but see entirely different things," says Lambeth, putting another picture on the screen. A cross. "We see this picture and depending on our eyes, we can also see very different things. But Yasua [Jesus in Arabic] came so we could see things the way they really are." The students lean forward. They want to hear the rest of the story.
A story that began in this very place, a story that continues to be written.
To learn more about Young Life Middle East, Developing Global Leaders or how you can get involved, contact Hunter Lambeth at email@example.com.
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Cannabis Banking Readiness Means Having Verified Compliance
The banking industry is slowly creeping into the cannabis sector. Is your business ready for this necessary and all-important step? Will you be able to take advantage of all of the necessary banking products that will be made available to the cannabis industry? Products that streamline your operation and positively affect your bottom line?
Let's take a look at a few key issues and gain an understanding that transcends your needs.
In your defense, you need banking. In fact, you must have banking and all of its many benefits that come in the form of financial products. Banking removes a huge safety concern because you have somewhere to park your cash.
Banking has benefits that relieve the many hours you spend running your business with cash and, free up personnel. You save money and time. No one can argue with the benefits and necessity of this much-needed opportunity.
Banks and other financial institutions are gearing up for potential massive involvement with the marijuana industry after last month's passage of the SAFE Banking Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. https://t.co/UO5sg48mdp
— Marijuana Business Daily (@MJBizDaily) October 14, 2019
In the eyes of the bank, cannabis businesses are and will be a high-risk client. That's because there is a significant percentage of non-compliant, black market, and trade-based money laundering activity in this sector.
It does you no good to argue against this statement. Rather, you need to accept the reality of it and prepare your business for this necessary transition. And here is another tough reality: The bank you are trying to get into sees you as a potential customer.
It is solely up to the bank as to whether they accept you as a customer. That's right, "accept you". Banking is not a right, it is a necessity. And that bank you have your eye on is not obligated to assist you. Remember, you are a high-risk potential client in the eyes of the bank.
The bank is obligated and actually required by law to monitor its clients, report suspicious activity, and minimize its risk. So then, what can you do to prepare your business for banking? Should you do anything other than scream for access?
Those Most Prepared Will Succeed
Cannabis executives that have their act together are forward-looking. They are preparing for eventualities. They are readying their organization for opportunity. They are streamlining their operations and improving their bottom line. In other words, they are readying themselves for banking and looking at every avenue to accomplish that.
Cannabis executives understand how the bank views their industry and look for ways to cooperate with the process and most importantly, gain access. They know that arguing against reality or perception does not gain access or speed the process. Martyrs make important statements, but they do not win the moment.
The time to prepare for banking is now. You have voiced your concern. You have made your needs clear. National government is moving your way. Banks are eyeing the opportunity and examining their path forward. No one denies the necessity and eventuality of the banking of cannabis.
More than a few banks are being very quiet about their cannabis customers at this point. They are also limiting their risk by only accepting a certain number of cannabis clients. Remember my earlier point, the bank decides to accept you. It is their choice.
The high cost of regulatory compliance has forced other financial institutions out of banking cannabis. Tulsa-based Encentus Federal Credit Union announced on Sept. 30 that it would close its nine marijuana-business accounts by Oct. 31.https://t.co/TrNox8FEFz
— Dustin P. Walsh (@dustinpwalsh) October 14, 2019
Get Your Financial House in Order!
Records of all types of transactions must be clear and organized. Or put a better way, you must be able to defend your financials in the face of scrutiny.
Don't bring a shoebox of receipts and orders into your bank meeting. Use generally accepted accounting software and make sure your numbers add up. If you cook the books or have a second set of books, you are in trouble in a hurry. If you didn't bother to keep clean records because you were really busy or frustrated at the lack of banking, you are in big trouble.
An auditor is going to go through your books with a keen eye. If the numbers don't add up, you don't get in. My suggestion, hire an independent 3rd party firm to reconcile your financials. Get started clearing up your books now so you are ready. Waiting until you have a bank targeted as a potential source is too late or at the very least, not wise. Be proactive, not reactive. Be smart.
The bank goes through a process called "KYC", "know your customer." In other words, the bank is going to dig into your business and find out about your organization. The bank wants to know all about you. Remember, they view you as a high-risk potential client. Some banks go so far as to KYCC, "know your customers-customers."
The bank knows that diversion and trade-based money launderers hide their activity. Because the bank's job is to minimize its risk, they want to know who the partners are, who owns what, where does the money go/flow, how transparent and compliant are you, and the list goes on.
Transparency is critical. In fact, if you only remember one thing from this article, remember to be transparent. Transparency means you have nothing to hide and you don't really care who looks at what because you know "they" will not find non-compliant activity. You pay your taxes, you have workers compensation insurance, you don't do ANY off-book activity, and the list goes on.
Independent 3rd Party Compliance
Let me leave you with a great idea. What I believe is both critical and a place where the industry is headed. That place is "independent 3rd party compliance verification." It will not be the cannabis industry that demands it (unfortunately). It will be government, banking, and the insurance industry that require it.
Minimizing risk, monitoring risk, and ensuring compliant activity is critical, and it is coming. Coming because of the high rate of black-market activity. Coming because realized tax revenue is way under estimated.
Coming for consumer safety. Coming for many reasons.
Be smart. Be proactive. Be prepared.


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A groundbreaking clinical trial about to begin recruiting test subjects may finally provide some science to back their claims.In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Colorado, Denver will study the genes of those with a kind of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome who have been treated with a strain of medical marijuana known as Charlotte's Web. The study will attempt to determine if specific genetic components can explain why some epilepsy patients see positive results from ingesting Charlotte's Web, while others do not. The plant, grown by five brothers in Colorado through a non-profit organization called Realm of Caring, is low in THC, the compound that produces marijuana's psychoactive effects, and high in CBD, a compound believed to reduce seizures in those suffering from certain forms of epilepsy. It is administered to epilepsy patients, including many children, in the form of an oil. The plant is named after Charlotte Figi, a young girl who was the first epilepsy patient successfully treated with the strain.While anecdotal evidence suggests Charlotte's Web can be highly effective in treating such conditions, scientific investigation of the product has been stymied by federal drug laws that severely limit marijuana research. Edward Maa, the principal investigator of the Charlotte's Web study, says the new trial could be a first step toward building a body of research on how and why medical marijuana can be used to treat epilepsy. "This is the first attempt to get the information people are interested in that is observational in nature," says Maa, an assistant professor at UC Denver and chief of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Programs at Denver Health.The new study will recruit epilepsy patients who have already taken Charlotte's Web. The patients will be divided into two groups—those who have seen seizure activity reduced by at least 50 percent on Charlotte's Web and those who have had less dramatic or no results from taking the marijuana oil. Genetic analysis of the patients in both groups will then be performed in hopes of discovering what genetic components may cause a patient to be responsive to medical marijuana. Interventional studies, in which patients would be given Charlotte's Web to measure its efficacy, are far more difficult to conduct. "That would be the Holy Grail," says Maa.Still, researchers on the UC Denver team will collect data on dosages used by patients in the study, for example, which could allow for further research down the line. "The more data we are able to collect in a large sample, the closer to the truth we will get," says Maa. He says the study could allow children with Dravet Syndrome to be genetically screened before taking Charlotte's Web so parents could know ahead of time if their children would benefit. It's possible to conduct the study in Colorado because Charlotte's Web is grown there legally and is home to many families who have moved to the state to specifically to access the marijuana strain."Do you uproot and move your entire family to not have an effect? I think this could be very helpful to answer this question," says Maa.Recruiting for the new study will begin within a month and data will be collected until February 2016.Source: Time Magazine (US)Author: Kate PickertPublished: September 3, 2014Copyright: 2014 Time Inc.Contact: letters time.comWebsite: http://www.time.com/time/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/z4oaySJFCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #9 posted by Hope on September 08, 2014 at 14:40:34 PT comment 8 I heard you... but I was wrong about what you were saying, I realized, when I reread it.So I didn't "Hear you".... but the rest still applies anyway. I know you love dogs, too.Bill Bennet, back when he was Czar liked to say "Where's the outrage?" He wanted people to be outraged at and hate drug users and dealers and such. The outrage? I've always been outraged about what was being done to the citizens of this country and others in the name of prohibition of drugs and particularly, the prohibition of cannabis.I'm outraged at the prohibitionists' lies and their extreme cruelty. Also, personally, I was a little put off by virtuous Bill's apparent outrageous gambling habits. Though that's none of my business. Still its seems frivolous and wasteful since he wants to publicly judge others so harshly.He can put his false outrage back in his pocket and go back to the house from whence he came. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by Hope on September 08, 2014 at 10:25:11 PT runruff I hear you. And you forgot that stuff about corporations being humans.Sometimes it is a tangle to get around the nuances. I'm misunderstood in face to face relationships. It must be amazing how it could be mistranslated from print. I believe you are a good man... or at least as good as they can be. I don't believe you wish to harm anyone. I do believe you are very angry and righteously so.Here's that "Outrage" you liked to espouse, oh most virtuous of Bills. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by runruff on September 05, 2014 at 10:19:28 PT What was I trying to say in post #3 What I was saying got garbled. Sometimes I try to multi-task and I can't make coffee and toast at the same time. So, sorry for the nutsoid comment. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Oleg the Tumor on September 05, 2014 at 09:03:07 PT James Dickey once said, "I want to SHAKE with Purpose!"I've been shaking like a paint-store shaker since 1979, but had no idea why until the MRI was invented.Think of your neurological system as "living wires" that are soothed by the properties of this plant. Cannabis has been used for this purpose for thousands of years. That is until Aug 2, 1937, when the American Congress decided that it knew better than to refuse the moneyed interests intent. This fraud has since been perpetrated, perpetuated, palivered, polished and pushed far enough.THE BALLOT WILL DECIDE THIS ISSUE. BUT THE ONES WHO NEED TO HEAR THE MESSAGE ARE DEAF TO THE PROCESS THEY CONTROL. THIS IS HOW THEY CONTROL THE PROCESS! [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by The GCW on September 04, 2014 at 20:39:40 PT Hard Science: cannabis = less risk to begin with. One of the bits of Hard Science revealed is that this particular plant has never killed a single soul. In that regard it is already better that the alternatives.While doctors practice, they do so with cocktails that have side effects which include death.As soon as You elevate from cannabis the risks go up. Not down. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by runruff on September 04, 2014 at 19:39:49 PT The CSA. The Corporate State of America needs you to be taken out behind the barn and shot in the head like a rabid dog! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by MikeEEEEE on September 04, 2014 at 16:22:35 PT Pharm Corporation$ only care about money.A plant you can grow yourself, without them, doe$ not benefit the corporate $tate of america. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Sam Adams on September 04, 2014 at 10:29:19 PT "hard" science ah yes, another attempt to apply the standards of western pharmacueticals to an herbal medicine.There's already a mountain of hard science proof of the efficacy of cannabis and cannibinoids. The pharma mentality of lusting for a standardized form of an herbal medicine is misplaced.There's no magical, "standard" strain that's going to revolutionize medical MJ. It's a plant! Every one grown will differ slightly. We've known for years than cannibinoids are good for seizures. What's needed now is unfettered access to this herb. Patients should be able to choose from hundreds of suppliers. 3rd party testing can prove whether there's CBD in the flowers.This urge for to quest for an "ultimate" study with convincing "proof" of efficacy is just another way to maintain criminal prohibition for longer. Dozens of cannabis strains have CBD and can be made available to all, for cheap, within days of Prohibition being fully repealed. We've had proof for thousands of years of efficacy.These families with sick children (probably from our poisoned environment) don't need more studies or research. They need government law enforcement to leave us alone. End the police state if you want to help sick children. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment


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Its creation in 1953 by Spyros P. Skouras,[1] the president of 20th Century-Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection. §Origins[edit] A French inventor named Professor Henri Chrétien developed and patented a new film process that he called Anamorphoscope in 1926. It was this process that would later form the basis for CinemaScope. The optical company Bausch & Lomb were asked to produce a prototype "anamorphoser" (later shortened to "anamorphic") lens, meanwhile Sponable tracked down Professor Chrétien.
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It is especially important for the stage manager to note the actors' positions, as a director is not usually present for each performance of a play and it becomes the stage manager's job to ensure that actors follow the assigned blocking from night to night.[3] By extension, the term is sometimes used in the context of cinema to speak of the arrangement of actors in the frame.
In this context, there is also a need to consider the movement of the camera as part of the blocking process (see Cinematography). House left/right are from the audience's perspective The stage itself has been given named areas to facilitate blocking.[4] In France, stage left is referred to as côté cour (court side). Vidéo-jockey. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.
Exemple de prestation de Vjing. Un vidéo-jockey (anglicisme), abrégé sous le sigle VJ, est une personne qui est à l'origine d'une animation visuelle projetée sans plus d'indications sur les techniques utilisées ou les choix graphiques effectués. Le VJing est un terme large qui désigne la performance visuelle en temps réel. Les caractéristiques du VJing sont la création ou la manipulation de l'image en temps réel via la médiation technologique et en direction d'un public, en synchronisation avec la musique. Le VJing a souvent lieu dans des évènements comme des concerts, clubs, festivals de musique, et en général associé à une autre performance artistique. Dans les pays anglophones, le terme a été popularisé par MTV qui utilisait le terme de VJ pour désigner la personne qui animait et présentait les diffusions de clips vidéo, mais ses origines datent des clubs new-yorkais des années 70[1],[2]. §Historique[modifier | modifier le code]
Cinematic techniques. Storyboard. A storyboard is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.
The storyboarding process, in the form it is known today, was developed at Walt Disney Productions during the early 1930s, after several years of similar processes being in use at Walt Disney and other animation studios. Origins[edit] The storyboarding process can be very time-consuming and intricate. Image. Two images of the same scene: The top image is a captured photo made using photography, while the bottom image is a simplified artistic rendering.
Images are produced by capturing or rendering. An SARradar image acquired by the SIR-C/X-SAR radar on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour shows the Teide volcano. Compositing. Four images of the same subject with original backgrounds removed and placed over a new background Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene.
Live-action shooting for compositing is variously called "chroma key", "blue screen", "green screen" and other names. Today, most, though not all, compositing is achieved through digital image manipulation. Motion graphic design. Motion Graphic Design is a subset of graphic design in that it uses graphic design principles in a filmmaking or video production context (or other temporally evolving visual medium) through the use of animation or filmic techniques.
Examples include the kinetic typography and graphics you see as the titles for a film, or opening sequences for television or the spinning, web-based animations, three-dimensional station identification logo for a television channel. Although this art form has been around for decades, it has taken quantum leaps forward in recent years in terms of technical sophistication. Technology[edit] Recently, motion graphics design needs more than a few tools and practices to be created smoothly. Tools like Maxon Cinema4D has integrated tools to create Motion Graphics, such as the native MoGraph plugin, or ICE of Softimage that can also be used for similar purposes. Special effect. A methane bubble bursting The illusions or tricks of the eye used in the film, television, theatre, video game, and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world are traditionally called special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, SPFX, or simply FX).
Special effects are traditionally divided into the categories of optical effects and mechanical effects. With the emergence of digital film-making tools a greater distinction between special effects and visual effects has been recognized, with "visual effects" referring to digital post-production and "special effects" referring to on-set mechanical effects and in-camera optical effects. Mechanical effects (also called practical or physical effects) are usually accomplished during the live-action shooting. This includes the use of mechanized props, scenery, scale models, animatronics, pyrotechnics and atmospheric effects: creating physical wind, rain, fog, snow, clouds, etc. Stop motion. Storyboard. Special effect. Filmmaking. Parts[edit] Film production consists of five major stages:[1]
Master shot. Historically, the master shot was arguably the most important shot of any given scene. All shots in a given scene were somehow related to what was happening in the master shot. This is one reason some of the films from the 1930s and 1940s are considered "stagey" by today's standards.
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Het Huis Utrecht is a home for artists and new ideas. It provides (theater) artists and other creatives a place and guides them in developing their plans. Other theater professionals utilize the expertise of Het Huis. The organization plays an important role in the performing arts scene in Utrecht, The Netherlands, it is a vital link in the chain of art schools to theater companies and venues .
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On March 24th, Dennis Galarza returns to the ring against Miguel Gonzalez from Mexico.
Galarza 14-2-0 (9 KO's), is a young lightweight prospect who resides in Orlando Fla and he will have the support of the "Puerto Ricans" boxing fans when he faces Gonzalez (23-8- 1) in the co-main of (Puerto Rico vs. The World) event hosted by Nelson's Promotions.
"I'm really excited, fighting here in front of my Puerto Rican audience in March-24 at Orlando Live Events (OLE)". Having the audience on my side, it gives me an extra of motivation that I need to keep improving my record and career," said Galarza.
Dennis Galarza is coming from an impressed TKO victory against Edgardo Rivera in three rounds on Jan-13 of 2017 at the Hialeah Park in Miami, Fla.
The Galarza vs. Gonzalez fight is scheduled for 6 rounds and is the co-main event. Galarza along with his father and coach Jason Galarza are very motivated by this fight.
"The rivalry of Puerto Rico vs Mexico is an ingredient that gives a special flavor to every fight between boxers of both countries and we have a lot of respect for our opponents, but we are training with the intention of winning spectacularly and we are in our home and we will impose respect," said Jason Galarza.
Galarza is an exciting fighter and he has appeared on National TV on several occasions in the past, and that speaks louder about the quality of the event that Nelson Promotions will present on March-24.
In the main event, the undefeated and also "Boricua" Miguel Cruz 14-0-0 (11 KO's) will face Azerbaijan Ali Mammdov. The card will have a total of ten exciting fights.
Also in the card; Six 'PROBOX Management fighters will be in action and we expect great wins for all of them, "said Garry Jonas (CEO of PROBOX Management).
Nelson Lopez Jr. from (Nelson's Promotions) stated: "Our commitment is to give Puerto Rican boxers an excellent platform to develop their careers due to we acknowledge that the "Boricua" audience is a loyal one and this event "Puerto Rico vs The Word" in March-24 would be the beginning of several boxing cards that we will be presenting throughout the year of 2017.
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Shrinkage/Swelling Behavior of Knitted Fabrics during Relative Humidity Cycles Determined by X-ray Imaging
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The 2D deformation of knitted jersey ready-to-wear clothing made of cotton was measured during adsorption and desorption steps. A digital x-ray imaging system was coupled with a climatic chamber to control temperature and relative humidity during the cycle. Images of the samples were recorded at each different equilibrium state of the cycle. Finally, an image correlation process was used to compare the recorded images and to determine the 2D strain. The deformations along course (εcc) and wale (εww) directions and the shear (εwc) were measured for four identical samples. The repeatability of the results shows the reproducibility of the measurement process. These original experimental results establish a clear anisotropic shrinkage and swelling behavior between the wale and course directions. The anisotropic ratio (εcc/εww) rises up to 2 during the adsorption step. Moreover, they enlighten a hysteresis between the adsorption and desorption steps. It denotes the effect of the material's history and it is explained by geometrical considerations of the structure at the microscopic level and the relationship with the manufacturing process. Finally, the shear strain is explained at the microscopic level by electronic microscopy (ESEM) observations that show the fibers' twist dissymmetry between the two wings of the stitch.
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Rolls-Royce's Corniche Convertible was introduced in 1970 as a convertible version of the popular Silver Shadow, and remained in production for an impressive 25 years.
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Steven came to this home with his twin sister Mary when he was two and half years old. He found a much better home to be in. This child also had no hope of living. His fingers and toes were full of jiggers. All over the hands. In fact, holding anything with his hands was a problem or even stepping or walking on the floor was big problem. This boy never afforded any smile until Rick, Lisa and Pat came and gave him some candies. That's when we saw his first smile! It's amazing! He is now fours years and four months old. Steven joined the Kindergarten Pre-unit class this January 2010. He seems to be enjoying the school work and homework as well. He is joyous and likes to play a lot. When he grows up he would like to be a driver. Thank-you for the big help you gave to Steven.
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Narrow-leaved Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. deamiana)
Life history
Species overview
Narrow-leaved Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. deamiana), a Wisconsin Special Concern plant, is found in sand prairies and on sandstone outcrops, mostly along the lower Wisconsin River. Blooming occurs late June through early September; fruiting occurs late August through late September. The optimal identification period for this species is late June through early September.
Synonyms: Commelina erecta var. greenei
- Distinguishing characteristics: Distinguished from C. communis by its tall, erect stem (not weak and arching upward from a low creeping stem), thickenend fibrous roots, and spathe with the margins connate on the lower third.
- Flower characteristics: Flowers 3-petaled, solitary or in small clusters, borne in a spathe with the margins connate (joined) on the lower third; upper two petals, larger, 1 to 2.5 cm wide, and blue; lower petal smaller and whitish.
- Fruit characteristics: Capsule, 3-locular although usually only 2 locules are smooth and dehiscent; seeds brown, smooth, 3 to 5 mm long.
- Leaf characteristics: Linear or lance-shaped, 10 to 15 cm long, the base encirling the stem with a white hairy sheath.
- Blooming phenology: late June through early September
- Fruiting phenology: late August through late September
- Optimum time to identify: The optimal identification period for this species is late June through early September
- Growth form: Forb-erect
- Vegetative reproduction:
- Life cycle: Perennial
- Comments: Associated Species: Juniperus virginiana, Monarda punctata, Tradescantia ohioensis, Andropogon scoparius.
State status
Status and Natural Heritage Inventory documented occurrences in Wisconsin
The table below provides information about the protected status - state and federal - and the rank (S and G Ranks) for Narrow-leaved Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. deamiana). See the Working List Key for more information about abbreviations. Counties shaded blue have documented occurrences for this species in the Wisconsin Natural Heritage Inventory database. The map is provided as a general reference of where this species has been found to date and is not meant as a range map.
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|State Rank
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Habitats and landscapes
The Natural Heritage Inventory has developed scores indicating the degree to which each of Wisconsin's rare plant species is associated with a particular natural community or ecological landscape. This information is similar to that found in the Wildlife Action Plan for animals. As this is a work in progress, we welcome your suggestions and feedback.
General habitat information
- Habitat description: Found in sand prairies and on sandstone outcrops, mostly along the lower Wisconsin River.
- Soils: Dry, sandy soils.
Natural communities
This table lists the natural communities that are associated with Narrow-leaved Dayflower. Scores for natural community associations are: "significant" association (score=3), "moderate association" (score=2) or the species can be present but is only weakly associated with the community (score=1).
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Ecological landscapes
This table lists the ecological landscape association scores for Narrow-leaved Dayflower. The scores (3=High, 2=Moderate, 1=Low, 0=None) also correspond to the map.
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Species guidance
The Endangered Resources Program has developed avoidance measures and management guidelines for plants on the Natural Heritage Working List. These are a work in progress, and we welcome your suggestions and feedback. Sources used in developing this information can be found here.
Avoidance measures
These are specific actions designed to avoid "take" (mortality) of this species.
- Avoid locating landings, staging areas, or access routes in open sandy areas dominated by native grasses.
- Avoid known individual plant locations and conduct operations elsewhere when they are least likely to cause damage. Ideally, this would involve frozen, snow-covered ground. However, in areas of the state where frozen conditions are unreliable, very dry soils late in the growing season might be the best available alternative. Consult with a biologist, if needed.
- Avoid broadcast spraying of herbicides; use care with spot spraying.
Management guidance
Management guidelines are additional considerations that may help maintain or enhance habitat for this species
- Prescribed burns and/or brushing may be beneficial (dependent on local site conditions).
- Maintain and restore open habitat through selective clearing and brushing.
Other resources
Links to additional Narrow-leaved Dayflower information
Other links related to vascular plants (all exit the DNR website)
- Wisconsin Flora
- NatureServe Explorer
- Atlas of Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora - Wisconsin State Herbarium
- USDA - NRCS Plants Database
- USGS Midwestern Wetland Flora - field office guide to plant species
- eFloras
- Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Herbarium
- Intermountain Herbarium Grasses of North America
- Orchids of Wisconsin
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Support for Wisconsin's rare plant information has been provided by the Division of Forestry, the Endangered Resources Fund and the Wisconsin Rare Plant Preservation Fund. To donate, visit the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin [exit DNR].


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Real Madrid and Chelsea among other suitors may lock horns for one of France's best youngsters in the defensive midfield role.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has to deal with some transfer rumours and one of the strongest ones surrounds N'Golo Kante, who is thought to be seeking an exit from the Stamford Bridge. The Blues' star man has been linked with the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid in the past, but so far, nothing has developed with either of the clubs.
Frank Lampard is anyway short on options in the defensive midfielder's role and will look to sign a player to strengthen that role having had his side's transfer ban being lifted. Fox Sports reports that Lille man Boubakary Soumare has been established on the west Londoners' radar and they will hope to approach him in this month or the summer.
Lille have a history of producing world-class and talented players down the years with the likes of Eden Hazard, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe being examples in support of it. Chelsea will especially expect a lot from Soumare in case he ends up signing for them given the fact that Hazard became a legend in London.
Boubakary Soumare is thought to have been valued at 20 million euros by the marketers, but his parent club has reportedly made it clear that no bid which goes lesser than a lofty 50 or 60 million euros would be entertained. Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Napoli and Valencia have also shown interest in signing him.
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When looking to get funding for a small business, an entrepreneur can take advantage of getting loans through the Small Business Administration. This is a government-backed organization that provides business owners with access to funding sources for their business. There are many benefits with loans offered through the Small Business Administration.
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