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41 Self-Discipline Habits
For Slackers, Avoiders, & Couch Potatoes
By: Peter Hollins
Narrated by: Russell Newton
Series: Live a Disciplined Life, Book 11
Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
Build a Better Brain
Using Neuroplasticity to Train Your Brain for Motivation, Discipline, Courage, and Mental Sharpness
Despite our best efforts, most of the time, we act without thinking. We make poor decisions. But this isn't our fault! It's just how our brains are programmed. Now, you don't have to be a scientist to understand how to use your brain's instincts to your advantage instead of your downfall. Build a Better Brain has one goal: to help you improve your life by understanding how your brain works and learning to taking advantage of it.
Enlightening book on the application of neuroscience
By Ryan D on 04-25-19
Millionaire Habits
High Performance Habits and Ideas for Prosperity You Can Do Now
By: Larry Bloomberg
Narrated by: Keith A. Bailey
In this audiobook, you will discover how powerful habits are. You will learn how to change your habits and immediately change your life. You will also discover how important your habits are towards helping you build up your self-confidence and self-discipline. You will also learn how to program your subconscious mind for success and wealth. It turns out that there is a useful structure that can render it simpler to adhere to fresh habits so you can enhance your overall health, resources, and livelihood.
Speed Read Anything
How to Read a Book a Day with Better Retention Than Ever (Learning How to Learn 15)
Speed Read Anything is your essential guide to the topic. You will learn tips and tricks that will transform your entire attitude toward reading. What you thought you knew about speed reading will be turned upside-down, and everyone will ask you for your secrets. All you need to do is point them to this book. Break you slow reading habits and develop your visual concentration. Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path toward success.
Wow! At the Age of 73 years old I can Speed Read
By data tech on 06-13-21
Dopamine Detox
A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series, Book 1)
By: Thibaut Meurisse
Narrated by: Joshua Alexander
Do you keep procrastinating? Do you feel restless and unable to focus on your work? Do you have trouble getting excited about major goals? If so, you might need a dopamine detox. In today's world where distractions are everywhere, the ability to focus has become more and more difficult to achieve. We are constantly being stimulated, feeling restless, often without knowing why.
Stop Overthinking
23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (Mental and Emotional Abundance, Book 6)
By: Nick Trenton
Break free of your self-imposed mental prison. Stop Overthinking is a book that understands what you've been through, the exhausting situation you've put yourself into, and how you lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick Trenton will walk you through the obstacles, with detailed and proven techniques, to help you rewire your brain, control your thoughts, and change your mental habits.
Useful tips/reminders for self-transformation
By Hazard on 06-20-21
Do the Hard Things First
How to Win Over Procrastination and Master the Habit of Doing Difficult Work (Bulletproof Mindset Mastery Series)
By: Scott Allan
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
Best-selling author and personal development trainer, Scott Allan, wants you to defeat procrastination, eliminate negative self-talk, and overcome lazy tendencies to delay hard work. In this hands-on, practical guide, you'll learn Scott's step-by-step method to destroy bad habits and end self-sabotage so that you can stop guilting yourself for working hard but getting nothing done.
By Kenneth Pointer on 01-05-22
Easy Self-Discipline
How to Resist Temptations, Build Good Habits, and Achieve Your Goals Without Will Power or Mental Toughness (Self-Discipline Mastery)
By: James W Williams
Narrated by: Lee Jagow
Multiple Amazon best-selling author James W. Williams provides a scientifically proven, step-by-step program to achieve your goals, and these strategies don't rely on the willpower or mental toughness that has failed to serve you again and again.
This book is genuine and honest.
By Francesca B Ellis on 09-01-21
Rewire Your Habits
Intentional Life-Changes to Transform Your Mind, Body, Relationships, and Work.
By: Zoe McKey
Narrated by: Asaera Cote
Using the best research, knowledge, and experiments, Rewire Your Habits presents you with a step-by-step solution to bad habits in five major life areas: physical, mental, spiritual, relationship, and work health. Transform your stressed, frustrated, helpless, argumentative, and hopeless attitude. Be the one who takes a curious look at the things that go wrong in their lives, ask themselves "how can I do better?" and take empowered action to level up their health, wealth, relationships, and work, and live a life you deserve.
By Dimitri WingPaul on 09-20-21
The Power of Self Discipline
How to Use Mental Toughness and Self Control to Achieve Your Goals and Resist Temptation with Willpower
By: Wallace Wright
Narrated by: Paul Tuma
Self-control or self-discipline is the art of practicing control over your impulses, emotions, desires, and actions. It is the art of thinking before doing. It is this impeccable wisdom that separates us from the rest of the species. If someone has the power of self-control, this person can do anything!
This is an extraordinary audio-book!
By Vickie Clayton on 09-27-21
The Power of Discipline
How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals
By: Daniel Walter
Before you can achieve anything in life, you need a solid foundation of self-discipline. Talent, intelligence, and skill are only a part of the equation. Positive thinking, affirmations, and vision boards are only a part of the equation. If you want to turn your dreams into reality, you need self-discipline. Self-discipline is what will keep you focused when all hell is breaking loose, and it looks like you are one step away from failure.
Nothing new here.
The Power of Self-Discipline for Success in Your Life
By: Brian Tracy
Narrated by: Brian Tracy
Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline. Brian Tracy knows this firsthand. He didn't graduate from high school, and after working for a few years as a laborer, he realized he had limited skills and a limited future. But through the power of self-discipline, he changed his life.
Don't buy this book if you have his GOALS! book
By L. Venable on 12-27-13
Develop Daily Habits to Program Your Mind, Build Mental Toughness, Self-Confidence and Willpower
By: Ray Vaden
Narrated by: Curtis Wright
Self-discipline is a wonderful thing. It can mean the difference between achieving goals or not achieving goals. It can give a person a greater sense of self-worth. It can allow someone the ability to work harder for a shorter amount of time and accomplish much more than before. Self-discipline can make the process of dropping bad habits in favor of good ones much easier to accomplish. People who have self-discipline are happier in life. They have a greater sense of purpose overall and a greater sense of accomplishment in everyday life..
encouragement and support to anyone
By Michael on 03-22-19
Persevere in the Face of Adversity, Master the Art of Never Giving Up, and Always Beat the Odds Stacked Against You (Bulletproof Mindset Mastery Series)
Do you always start something new but soon give up out of frustration or boredom? Are tired of committing to a goal you can't complete? Is life defeating you and not sure how to get back up after the knockdown? Scott Allan's book Undefeated teaches you the strategies for becoming unbeatable, undefeatable, and to conquer impossible odds.
Resolve!
By Amber on 05-08-20
The Ultimate Blueprint for Success to Cure Procrastination, Addiction & Laziness 365 Days a Year. Sculpt Your Strength & Confidence, and Finish Every Project Increasing Productivity
By: Daniel Anderson
Narrated by: Scott Reed Birney
Do you know what self-discipline is? Do you want to know how to practice it? It's not a gimmick or a fad; it's not the answer to every life problem, either. So, what is self-discipline? It's a lifestyle. It's a tool and a skill that you can learn and practice every day to achieve the life you want. None of us are born with self-discipline. You have to learn how to make it a part of your life practice.
Very interesting book on this topic
By Michael M. Graham on 06-07-20
Habit: Self Development Guide for Habit Stacking, Power Focus and Discipline to Set Goals and End Bad Habits to Boost Productivity and End Procrastination
By: Stephen Ganser
Narrated by: Brian Anderson-Payne
Live your life to the fullest. Transform your life with highly effective habits that can instantly change the direction of your existence. Sometimes our bad habits get in the way of our success. But when we learn how to turn these habits into something more productive and healthy for ourselves, it is easier than ever to really see some great results. This book is about learning to change and take control over your life: getting rid of the bad things in life and instead replacing anything bad with good habits, plus developing and strengthening your already existing good points.
So inspiring & motivating!!!
By Brown on 01-16-19
Self Discipline for Success
How to Use a Power of Self Discipline to Get the Life You Want. Simple Strategies to Change Your Mindset and Improve Your Willpower to Achieve Your Goals.
By: Alison King
Narrated by: Jim Rising
Do you often wonder why some people are blindingly successful? Do you ever wonder how they got there? Do you want to find more ways to take control of your daily tasks? The answer to the questions above is self-discipline. The reason why some people have a hold on life better than the rest of us is because of habitual behaviors that sabotage even the best of intentions.
By Annie Bissell on 08-08-20
The Ultimate Blueprint Guide That Lets You Program Your Mind to Cure Procrastination, Gain Motivation and Control by Developing Good Daily Habits That Will Lead You to Success
By: Jennifer Lee
Narrated by: Micah Howery
Do you often have insecurity and motivation drops? Are you a person who acts on impulse without thinking? Would you like to stop procrastinating your most important commitments? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then keep reading because this is the audiobook you were looking for! In this audiobook, we will dive deep into why you don't do all the good things that you logically decided to do and why do you keep doing things which are just the opposite. Get ready for a deep, extremely insightful analysis of our willpower and self-discipline.
Informative Audio Book .
By Darlene Mccarthy on 09-27-20
Stop self-defeating behaviors and act with intention. You'll thank yourself later.
What you receive in life is dictated by your self-discipline. The more you have, the more you get. Will you settle for less than you desire? Get your habits into shape and start living the life that you want.
How to make willpower automatic, second nature, and habitual.
41 Self-Discipline Habits is not a textbook on self-discipline, nor is it a gentle and drawn-out discussion. It is a toolbox to keep you in motion and in action towards your goals. It pulls no punches as it provides direct techniques to ensure that your actions match your intentions - a difficult task. Forty-one techniques. Not bad, right?
Self-discipline is not about grinding it out from morning until night. Let's work smarter and accomplish more with less effort.
Tools to get started, keep going, overcome distractions, and follow through every single time.
Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a best-selling author. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience.
Gain self-awareness and cultivate your determination and tenacity. Immediate action has never been so easy.
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...Are you sure you're where you intended to be?
Apparently, a surprising number of us are named "barton cole" (lots of dogs, too, no doubt), and even a raven sculpture in Kolowna, BC, named after yours truly, but you'll find those others on the book of faces - likely the dogs, also, although not the raven ("nevermore," and all).
I've put up a slurry of Writing samples, some extensive notes regarding my views on Food, snapshots of some Places I've been (and a page of fun Maps), and - picture me in spatter-charred leather apron with welding glasses, heavy gloves, and a digital torch - am working on content about my Art, and about my Work.


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C.H.U.D.
Director: Douglas Cheek
Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist, Laure Mattos, Brenda Currin, Justin Hall, Michael O'Hare, Cordis Heard, Vic Polizos, Eddie Jones, Sam McMurray, Frank Adu, Ruth Maleczech, J.C. Quinn, Frankie Faison, John Goodman, Jon Polito
Review: A woman is out walking her dog on the streets of New York City at night when the manhole cover she is passing by flips up and something grabs her, dragging both her and her pet into the sewers... Meanwhile photographer George Cooper (John Heard) is trying to avoid a telephone call from his boss who wants him to cover a story about the homeless. He has done that before, but would prefer to spend time with his girlfriend Lauren (Kim Greist) who is a fashion model. They have recently moved into their new apartment, and before they head out for the shoot, Lauren goes into the basement to retrieve some of her stuff - but what are those strange noises from below?
Nope, the noises are not what she had for lunch, there's something underneath the streets of New York and they are the C.H.U.D., which I don't need to tell you stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers. You have to take their presence as read for most of this film, however, as director Douglas Cheek seems particularly reluctant to let them appear for more than three seconds at a time, when they do appear at all, that is. A monster movie that doesn't wish to show its monsters? How can that be entertaining?
And the answer is, well, it isn't much. After a while, and a lot of earnest conversations, it dawns on you that the filmmakers are going for the atmosphere and suspense over the splashy effects, but the results might well leave you restless. For some reason C.H.U.D. has stuck in the minds of a generation of video-renters, probably because of its ubiquity in the video stores of the world during the eighties and nineties. Talk of remakes follow this film around, but in truth if you see the original there's little material here that would stand anything but a major rewrite.
Apart from Heard, our other star is Daniel Stern as A.J., a hippy-ish do-gooder who runs a soup kitchen for the homeless who is contacted by the police when they investigate the increasing number of missing persons, including the wife of the investigating officer, Bosch (Christopher Curry). It doesn't take a genius to work out what has been happening to them, but the characters are another matter, taking a hell of a long time to cotton on that there are flesh-eating beasts lurking out of sight in the shadows underground. But as I say, they are shy of publicity (although they do have fancy glowing eyes).
C.H.U.D. is one of those eighties horror movies which tackled social issues, this time a sort-of-allegory about how America treats its underclass and how that underclass might turn around and bite them soon, only here the disadvantaged really do bite. This means we get the authorities involved and predictably they are an unhelpful bunch, more concerned with covering up what transpires to be entirely their fault in that the toxic waste dumping under the city has created mutants. All very responsible to include such a theme, but it doesn't half drain the fun out of the film, though not as much as the near-endless scenes of characters yakking: for example it's very nice that George and Lauren are going to have a baby, but that is nothing to do with the rest of the film. What this needed was more monsters, less chatter. Music by David A. Hughes.

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Roof Grip Access walkways were installed on the roof of the City Hall in Durban. Access was required on this historic building in order to maintain modern plant and machinery. Roof Grip projects provided a solution. Access up and along roof ridges allowed for safe and controlled access. The use of aluminium for all the structural members ensured the imposed load on the old building was kept to a minimum.
City Hall Installation: Standard access walkway along curtain wall.
City Hall Installation: Standard access walkway with access bridge.
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The Marijuana Receptors: A New Medical Target?
By Arash Fereydooni
Banned by the U.S. government and legalized by other nations, praised by some college students and disdained by others, marijuana is an issue of contention not only in policy writing but also in the medical sphere. The endocannabinoid system — which regulates the psychoactive effects of marijuana — is emerging as a new medical target in pain research and many other areas, such as weight loss and neurological disorders. However, the stigma associated with cannabis and cannabinoids leave scientists and doctors in a controversial conundrum.
Although the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a relatively "young" discovery in the world of signaling systems (the term "endocannabinoid" was coined in the mid-1990s), it is surprisingly heavily involved with a number of our bodily functions and pathological conditions. This elaborate network of receptors and proteins — which includes endocannabinoids, enzymes, and the cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 — plays major roles in our immune function, autonomic nerve function, memory, stress response, and appetite. Research even demonstrates a clear relationship between altered endocannabinoid signaling with cancer, cardiovascular disorders, eating disorders, and psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Enticed by the system's powerful role in regulating cravings, mood, pain, and memory, drug designers have endeavored to develop drugs that can improve one's physical and mental health despite much controversy. While some researchers have been successful, others point out gaps in our knowledge and understanding of the system. In 2006, the pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis began selling a new weight-loss drug, Rimonabant, that worked by targeting CB1 receptors and reducing patients' appetites. Within six months, however, the company had received more than 900 reports of side effects, such as depression and nausea, and the drug was then pulled from the market. Studies later linked the existence of a previously undiscovered second receptor, CB2, to these effects.
The ECS is responsible for appetite and award-seeking behavior. Courtesy of BBC Science Features.
"It's against the propagation of life in the long run to interfere with the central components of appetite," asserts Dr. Tamas Horvath, who serves as Chair of the Section of Comparative Medicine and works as a Professor of Neurobiology and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale School of Medicine. For this reason, the development of such drugs that target ECS receptors has raised ethical controversies; when we try to manipulate a system as widespread and effective as the ECS without sufficient understanding, we can end up with a broad spectrum of unintended effects. "It is virtually impossible to selectively interfere with either a brain region or a peripheral organ such as the liver, without having any other impact on other tissues," Horvath adds.
Other pharmaceutical companies have tried to develop powerful painkillers that imitate how the active ingredient in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), reacts with receptors in the body's endocannabinoid system. The British company GW Pharmaceuticals is one of these companies currently seeking FDA approval for their marijuana mouth spray, Sativex. GW Pharmaceuticals is attempting to quell concerns of recreational drug abuse by utilizing only two cannabinoid compounds that could counterbalance each other: THC and CBD (cannabidiol). While THC would activate CB1 receptors for pain relief, CBD is believed to suppress the "high" feeling that comes as a side effect of THC. The company also advertises that Sativex, as a mouth spray, takes at least an hour to start producing an effect — a time period too long to be easily abused by drug users.
Sativex is the first medicine to be naturally derived from plant extracts of the cannabis sativa plant. Image courtesy of Inpharm.
Although the FDA has set strict guidelines regarding cannabinoid pharmaceutical drugs, there is evidence that a policy shift may soon allow more of these drugs to appear on the market. In the 1980s, Marinol and Cesamet, two drugs based on synthetic cannabinoids, were approved for alleviating the nausea and vomiting for patients undergoing chemotherapy and for stimulating the appetite of patients with AIDS. Further trials for these drugs have concentrated on movement disorders such as Parkinson's syndrome, chronic pain, dystonia, and multiple sclerosis. Despite claims that these drugs are based on synthetic compounds and have low risk of physical or mental dependence, concerns still exist over whether such cannabinoid-based drugs could or would still be abused for recreational use.
While developing new drugs targeting the ECS can bring about groundbreaking medical treatments, the extensive and highly integrated nature of the ECS has made it very difficult to avoid negatively affecting the other parts of body. The quest and urge to better understand the endocannabinoid system needs to be tackled before we can begin to see the ECS as a common medical target.


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Japan, China, and the Future of Capitalism
By Web Admin on February 16, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Simon Leitch*
Brisbane, February 16, 2016 (Alochonaa):Japan remains stuck in recession. If you have been monitoring the Japanese economy for the past quarter century, you may have noticed that 'recession' is now one of the three default settings of the Japanese economy – the other two are 'stagnant' and 'anaemic.' A series of prime ministers have attempted to restore Japan to growth by introducing some limited domestic reforms, yet all have failed. Japan's central bank has attempted to create growth by manipulating monetary policy, without much success. It now appears set to pay people to borrow money as it pushes interest rates into negative territory.
Shinzo Abe, the father of 'Abenomics,' would appear to be latest leader to crash into the harsh realities of capitalism. His signature economic policies are yielding nothing but occasional ripples across the stock market and cheap finance for bankers. The initial slide of Japan's economy in the early 1990s may have been the result of several factors but it is now hitting up against one of the great certainties of economics – sustainable economic growth can only be achieved with growing workforces and growing markets. Japan's population will fall over the coming decades and its economy will fall with it. It is a mathematical certainty with implications that policymakers around the world are finding hard to accept or overcome.
Throughout world history, no country has ever achieved long-lasting economic growth without continuous population growth. The two variables are inseparable because there must always be more people working than retiring, and more consumers must always be in the pipeline to ensure rising returns on investment. By manipulating exchange rates, interest rates, business regulations and domestic industries, states can and do affect growth rates. Nevertheless, no major state has ever overridden the problems associated with the decline in their workforce caused by the aging, then shrinking, of their population. Japan will not return to high or moderate growth rates any time soon.
Japan is not the only country in East Asia facing the economic consequences of a demographic crisis. South Korea's population has also stagnated and China has gradually been tearing down its decades-old 'one child' policy to counteract its demographic decline. Some European countries, most notably Italy and Russia, are also staring down the barrel of the geriatric bomb, and many other countries in the West are presently only maintaining population growth through immigration. The choices facing these states are obvious – grow the population or see the economy shrink and the expenses in health and aged care rise disproportionately. This is the conventional wisdom handed down by economists, at least, and it is unambiguously free market capitalism combined with longer human lifespans that causes this dilemma.
Stunningly, almost no mainstream economists, policymakers or bureaucratic officials seem to want to talk about the obvious need to alter those two choices and plot out a third way (one that doesn't involved simply denying government money to the elderly to balance the budget). If the choice facing national economies under modern capitalism ultimately comes down to either embracing unending population growth or allowing lengthy economic recessions, the choice cannot be the former. Unending population growth is impossible in a finite world with finite space. The point at which maximum sustainable population will be reached is as debatable as it is irrelevant – the certainty of the outcome is all that matters for the purposes of how we organise society to cope with it.
Yet even as we watch countries like China and Japan grapple with the economic and social consequences of the interplay of demographics and capitalism, most people remain either ignorant to the dangers or in denial of the problem. Recently, Japanese policymakers admitted that they need more workers if they are going to revitalise the economy, hence, for the first time, Japan is seriously considering allowing the entry of significant numbers of immigrants. After all, what harm could there possibly be to just having more people? And, presumably, when the immigrants get old there will just be more, always more, or perhaps by then Japan's domestic growth rate will have returned. More, always more, problem solved.
China, being a lot poorer than Japan, may have had fewer choices but their decision to battle their demographic challenges through removing the one child limit shows an equal lack of imagination. At some stage that policy will either return, due to resource constraints, or China will stagnate like Japan. In Australia, the ageing population causes some politicians and business lobbyists to continually champion the idea of higher immigration levels leading to what has become known as the 'big Australia' concept. If Australia doesn't come close to doubling its population by mid-century, we'll have to confront the ageing population and join Japan in the demographic recession. As no one wants to do that, we'll probably just double the population via immigration. If that doesn't sound like a good idea you might not want to think about the logical extension of the principle to the next half-century, or the one after that.
The issue of population control is controversial, and rightly so. If we are talking about managing our populations, not just our interest rates or tax systems, then we are talking about an elementary shift in governance which will creep into many aspects of our lives and affect us in ways we will not like. Still, the fact that we will not like it does not make it any less necessary. We live in a finite world and the end to growth is, therefore, inevitable. We need to learn how to manage a steady state economy with the minimum of harm, whilst there is still time, resources, and flexibility in the system to utilise.
And yet, as salient this issue is, and as historically and logically obvious as the economic and demographic problems are, I doubt we will see any fundamental reformation of our economic system in my lifetime. We will limp through and leave the heavy lifting to future generations, when it will be more difficult for them to adapt. This may seem like pure cynicism but it is based on my observations of how the vast majority of politicians and business groups view, or rather, fail to view, the relationship between economics and population control. For an example, observe this 'debate.'
In the video above, the debate is ostensibly about Australia's population in the future and discussion turns to whether or not immigration should be a key to Australia's future growth. Dick Smith, a proponent of environmental sustainability, argued that Australia shouldn't have more immigrants because we needed to learn to live in a finite country. Battlelines drawn, you would probably expect the other guests to tackle this point, yet they systematically failed to do so. One guest, in response to Dick Smith, argued that Australia should have more immigrants because Australia is an immigrant country (sustainability was not mentioned). Another guest argued that Australia should let more immigrants in because Australia is a good place for immigrants (sustainability was not mentioned). Amanda Vanstone, the former Minister of Immigration, argued that Australia should accept immigrants because we were good at settling them (sustainability was not mentioned). No one tackled Dick Smith's point – their arguments, as is normal, were irrelevant tangents that collectively compose a lexicon of denial.
Eventually, after Dick Smith again pressed the point about the obvious problem of infinite growth in a finite world, and was treated as though his argument was both wrong and little bizarre, Amanda Vanstone, a very smart lady, did come up with a counter-argument. She said that Australia would just deal with the population problems in the future – that was her solution, imbued with that wonderful 20th century spirit of pass the buck. A debate about population and economic growth, the greatest structural dilemma of modern capitalism and future government, was resolved by ignoring it, as usual.
Humans have a remarkable capacity for self-denial when it is convenient, and even very smart people are able to delude themselves that never ending growth is possible if the free market could just do its work, or that some future technology will save us because it simply must – after all, if it doesn't that would be bad, so it must and, therefore, it will. When Sir David Attenborough proclaimed that anyone who believed in the possibilities of infinite growth in a finite world was either mad or an economist, his words fell conspicuously flat on anyone tasked with managing actual economies.
The one positive in the case of Australia is that countries like Japan and China, with their higher resource constraints and more immediate problems, will eventually provide many policy lessons. These countries will be some of the first models of success or failure to find a new economic formula. Whether or not we recognise those lessons in time to minimise the consequences is, however, another question entirely.
*Dr. Simon Leitch is the Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy and International Affairs, Alochonaa. He taught International Relations and Security Studies at Griffith University. His research interests are in foreign policy and strategy with a particular interest in the interaction of the great powers.
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The UK financial regulator has gone to town on the country's funds management industry calling for a raft of measures to reduce fees, improve disclosure and increase competition.
In a wide-sweeping report released last week, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recommends stronger investor best interest requirements for fund managers as well as introducing an "all-in fee" disclosure standard.
Investment consultants also copped a serve from the FCA with a side-bar study outlining plans to bring the highly-concentrated asset advisory business under its regulatory ambit and refer the industry to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
According to the FCA report, the UK investment consultancy industry suffers from weak demand-side scrutiny, murky performance measures, conflicts of interest and lack of competition.
The FCA says just three providers – Aon Hewitt, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson – have dominated the UK asset consultancy industry for some time, accounting for about 60 per cent of the market.
Furthermore, the UK regulator found asset consultants were prone to recommending associated implemented solutions.
In its main report on the UK funds industry, the FCA says most active management fees have remained at high levels (average 0.9 per cent) while passive fees (average 0.15 per cent) have fallen in recent years. However, active managers in general have not outperformed passive funds after fees, the report says.
"We also note that as fund size increases, price does not fall, suggesting the economies of scale are captured by the fund manager rather than being passed onto investors in these funds," the FCA says.
In general, the UK asset management industry has sustained high profits, generating average margins of 36 per cent over the six-year sample period reviewed by the regulator.
"These margins are even higher if the profit sharing element of staff remuneration is included," the FCA says.
The report says about 1,840 UK funds managers collectively look after some £6.9 trillion of assets split between retail (£1 trillion), institutional (£3 trillion) and offshore investors (£2.7 trillion).
Both the main fund management proposals and investment consultancy CMA referral would be open for consultation until February 20 next year.
"We also propose further FCA work on the retail distribution of funds, particularly on the impact that financial advisers and platforms have on value for money," the regulatory report says.


While relaxing at home over spring break, I played blind pick with the novels on my TBR shelf. My finger landed on First Grave on the Right, so I flipped through the comments. Overall, pretty good. My mom read the whole series so far and loves them, and we typically like the same books. Okay, it all sounds promising. So I start reading.
Oh! The protagonist is a smartass. That's definitely a plus. And look! She made a witty remark. Cool, cool, I'm digging this.
Rinse. Wash. Repeat for 300+ pages.
Am I too serious? Maybe I'm too serious. But I feel like a novel's worth of snappy comebacks and sarcasm is a bit overboard. And there are a few things I look for in a book. Typically the big one is plot. Yeah, that thing that tells the story. I hear it's quite important — and also a weakness of First Grave.
Charley Davidson (yes, you heard me right) is our star, a grim reaper and P.I. She's not your typical reaper. No scythe, no black robe, just a Bugs Bunny quilt. I first met her after she has a very hot dream about a mysterious figure who has haunted her sleeping hours for the last month. Naturally, my mind thinks that the story will follow her trying to figure out who the person/thing is. Not even a handful of pages later, Charley is standing on the scene of a murder talking to a dead guy and taking on a case to discover the murderer. This story starts to take the spotlight and I settle into a wise-cracking detective solving a murder mystery.
Flip to about halfway through and suddenly, who cares about murder? Charley learns the name of her elusive dream stalker and is now consumed with finding him.
The story jumped around so much I began losing interest. Keeping the two storylines separate wasn't the problem. What put me off reading this book was the fact that Charley had to make a comment about everything. And every time it was a joke, a smart remark to be funny. Occasionally? Sure, sounds good to me. But for each and every action and event was just too much. It began to lose its comedic — and therefore, entertainment — value.
enough with the witty remarks!
Thankfully, there wasn't anything downright ugly about this book. Overall, it was pretty average for book numero uno in a series and I'll be reading the next book to see if things improve.
Recommend to fans of: Grim Reaper tales, paranormal romances, kickass heroines with plenty of sass, hot detectives and "Death-ly" creatures.


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Illum Jacobi (født 31. juli 1977) er en dansk filminstruktør som har instrueret spillefilmen "The Trouble with Nature" (2020), som han også har skrevet manuskript til, sammen med 	Hans Frederik Jacobsen.

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Filminstruktører fra Danmark

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Q: Question on countability of a set of positive real numbers If A is a set of positive real numbers such that for all sequences $(a_n)$ where each element is distinct and $a_j \in A, \forall j$:
$$\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=0}^{n}a_i = 0$$ Show that A is countable.
Idrk where to start, any help would be great!
(I mean I have figured out a few things about the sequence $(a_i)$ but these do not seem very useful.)
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I have noticed the following till now:
Since $a_i >0 \forall i$ means that the mean is always greater than 0. So if it converges to 0 implies that the sequences ${\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=0}^{n}a_j }$ is decreasing. This would further mean that $\forall n, \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=0}^{n} a_i > \frac{1}{n+1}\sum_{i=0}^{n+1} a_i$ which would simplify to $a_{n+1}<\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=0}^{n} a_i$. I don't know if what I have done is right or not.

A: Hint: Define $A_k=\{x\in A\;|\;x\ge1/k\}$. What can you say about the cardinality of $A_k$?

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queues, unless `burst` mode is enabled.
The return value indicates whether any jobs were processed.
set of Queues, where the order of the queues is important.
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iterate over all queues, do individual LPOPs, and return the result.
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Robert Diez (20 de abril de 1844, Pößneck - 7 de octubre de 1922, Loschwitz) fue un escultor alemán.

Biografía
Era el hijo del alcalde de Pößneck. Sus inclinaciones artísticas empezaron a emerger en casa de sus abuelos en Sonneberg, el centro de la industria juguetera alemana. Durante sus años en el Gymnasium en Meiningen, vivió con su tío Samuel Friedrich Diez, el Pintor de la Corte, quien firmemente lo animó a hacer carrera en el arte. Inició su formación artística en 1863 en la Academia de Bellas Artes de Dresde. De 1867 a 1870 fue alumno de Johannes Schilling. Después de la muerte de su padre, sin medios económicos, fue a trabajar al estudio de Schilling. Para 1872 fue capaz de abrir su propio estudio y realizar el tradicional viaje de estudios a Roma.

Fue hecho miembro honorario de la Academia en 1881. Sucedió a Ernst Julius Hähnel en el Estudio Maestro de Artes Plásticas y se convirtió en miembro del Consejo Académico en 1891. Fue nombrado profesor pleno poco después. Ernst Barlach y Selmar Werner estuvieron entre sus estudiantes más conocidos. Se hizo miembro de la Real Academia de Artes Prusiana en 1895. En 1912 recibió su elección como Geheimrat.

Obras destacadas
Dresde
 Gänsediebbrunnen (Fuente del ganso-ladrón). Recibió la Medalla de Oro del Internationalen Kunstausstellung en Múnich (1878). La fuente se halla ahora en el "Weiße Gasse", una zona peatoanal.
 Fuentes gemelas "Stille Wasser" und "Stürmische Wogen" ("Agua lisa" y "olas de tormenta", 1883-1894) en la Albertplatz.
 Monumento a Bismarck, Seestraße (1903). Partes del monumento fueron fundidas para uso militar en 1944 y el resto fue retirado por la administración soviética en 1946. El pedestal granítico y las escaleras fueron reciclados en 1949.
Braunschweig
 Heimkehr des Kriegers (Retorno del guerrero), grupo de figuras que forman parte del Siegesdenkmal (Monumento a la Victoria), empezado por Adolf Breymann. El diseño de Diez y las figuras fueron ejecutadas por Hermann Heinrich Howaldt.
Meiningen
 Bechsteinbrunnen (Fuente de Bechstein), en el "Jardín Inglés" (1909), dedicado al poeta Ludwig Bechstein.

Muchos de sus moldes y diseños originales estaban en el Museo Patrimonial de Pößneck, que fue destruido en 1945.

Galería

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Ernst-Günter Knüppel: Robert Diez : Bildhauerkunst zwischen Romantik und Jugendstil, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86583-355-6
 Enciclopedia Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4ª edición 1888–1890.

Enlaces externos

 Robert Diez website

Escultores de Alemania del siglo XIX
Escultores de Alemania del siglo XX
Miembros de la Academia de las Artes de Berlín


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MXM spends an early Mid Autumn Festival with Hong Kong fans
Hong Kong, 2017 – Having gained huge popularity in 'Produce 101', Kim Dong Hyun and Im Young Min garnered great attention when they debuted as MXM (mix & match, More X more). They graced apm earlier this month and spent an early Mid-Autumn Festival with Hong Kong fans.
When they came up the stage, they were greeted by numerous flashes and cheers from the media and crowd. The organiser prepared games where MXM could play mini games with lucky fans and also teach them the dance steps for their new song. They also performed 'Good day' and 'I'm the one'.
During the interview, they were asked about which senior they admire/like to work with and would like to follow in their footsteps. Dong Hyun answered that he would like to work with Crush and would like to be a great singer like Park Hyo Shin. For Young Min, he would like to work with Jay Park and explained that he watched Jay Park's videos to learn dances and aim to be an all rounded singer like him.
Both of them were also asked about the most memorable thing when filming 'Produce101'. Dong Hyun shared that while filming the show, they had to attend numerous interviews and the camera staff and crew had to sit on golf carts with them to move around from a place to another. As for Young Min, he mentioned that the whole lot of them will cook ramen together but as there were too many of them, they had to go to another building to borrow water.
This fan sign is also a very meaningful one as fans had to donate to The Salvation Army to exchange for the autograph passes.
September 30, 2017 hyc	ImYoungMin, KimDongHyun, MXM


(Crain's) -- When the head of Discover Financial Services joins his fellow executives at the White House for a meeting later this week, he'll represent the rock in a hard place.
The government is lobbying credit card issuers to loosen up their lending practices.
But at Discover's annual meeting Tuesday, Chairman and CEO David W. Nelms reported the Riverwoods company is losing money now and doesn't expect conditions to improve.
"We're in our third recession, and there is really no end in sight," Mr. Nelms said. "Our customers are very stressed."
The company's charge-off rate for bad loans was 5.6% at the end of last year.
Still, in the tough credit card environment, Discover is holding up better than most of its competitors, including Citigroup Inc., whose charge-off rate rose to 8.0%, and American Express Co., whose rate hit 6.7%. "Our low charge-offs have been the envy of the other companies in our industry," Mr. Nelms said.
But Discover's bad loan charges are rising. Management expects the 6.48% rate in the first quarter, ended Feb. 29, to hit 7.5% or higher in the current quarter.
Michael Taiano, an analyst with Sandler O'Neill & Partners L.P. in New York, predicts Discover's charge-offs will increase to 9.98% by yearend.
"But most other card issuers will be above 10% by then," he said. "It's true that Discover will be outperforming many of its competitors. Yet that's like the tallest-midget syndrome. Credit is headed in the wrong direction for all these companies."
If U.S. unemployment, now at 8.5%, goes above 10% later this year, some analysts believe card issuers could face charge-offs of 12% or more. That would hammer earnings, they say.
"Unemployment is expected to continue rising through this year and credit card charge-offs will follow suit," said David Robertson, publisher of the Nilson Report in Carpinteria, Calif., which tracks credit card companies. "Every credit card issuer will suffer."
Discover, which employs 3,000 in Riverwoods, announced last week that it will lay off 500 workers by mid-May. Most of the cuts will come at its headquarters.
On Thursday Mr. Nelms and five other leading credit card executives are scheduled to meet with Obama administration officials. First on the agenda: the government's concern that even after pumping rescue money into lenders -- Discover got $1.22 billion in aid in March -- most are continuing to tighten lending practices. By some estimates, the credit card sector is cutting credit lines by 60%, or $2.7 trillion, this year.
Discover has 47.8 million accounts, though only 20.7 million of those are active. "Those inactive accounts can be dangerous," Mr. Taiano of Sandler O'Neill said. "Consumers sometimes turn to them in desperation when they've tapped out their active cards. That is why issuers will be moving to kill off these old accounts and shut them down."
Mr. Nelms declined to comment on that possibility, saying only: "We'll be playing strong defense. There will be conservative loan growth.
In the first quarter Discover posted net income was up 48% from a year earlier to $120.4 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, thanks to a $297-million antitrust settlement with Visa and MasterCard. The company more than doubled its provisions for loan losses to $707 million in the quarter and slashed its quarterly dividend to 2 cents from 6 cents.
Robert V. Peruzzi, an analyst with UBS Securities LLC in New York, forecasts that Discover will post a loss of $1.25 a share in the current fiscal year and earning of 15 cents a share in 2010. Profits will rebound to $1.30 a share by 2011, but even then they'll trail far behind the $2.02 a share the company earned in 2007, Mr. Peruzzi said.


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Hemorrhagic Virus Threatens Spain's Amphibians
A common midwife toad (Credit: Ruben Diaz Caviedes)
The world's amphibians cannot catch a break. Climate change, habitat loss, and the spread of chytrid fungus already contribute to declining populations. Now, a deadly virus is ravaging Spain's toads and newts, and may spread to other amphibian species across a wide geographic range, according to a study published last week in Current Biology.
Unusual amphibian deaths first appeared in Spain's Picos de Europa National Park in 2005 when animals exhibited skin lesions, limb necrosis, and internal hemorrhaging; some even vomited blood. With help from colleagues at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid and park biologists, researchers with the University College London began observing population trends and collecting tissue samples from six amphibian species at different life stages from 15 sites around the park between 2005 and 2012. Using a series of genetic techniques including polymerase chain reaction, targeted sequencing, and comparative genomics, they identified the culprit as two new strains of a ranavirus called Common Midwife Toad Virus (CMTV).
Ranaviruses are found on every continent except Africa, and have a wide range of hosts including fish and reptiles. Over the past decade, Europe has seen its fair share of CMTV outbreaks — the virus was implicated in amphibian deaths in the Netherlands, Belgium, and more recently France. Until now however, CMTV has never been linked to such catastrophic population declines in more than one species.
"The capacity of these viruses to infect multiple species means that there is the possibility that some host populations may be extirpated due to infection," said lead author Stephen Price in a press release. "Pathogens that can exploit more than one host simultaneously are able to persist even when one host drops to low numbers, and eventually zero, because there is another susceptible host available."
A tadpole infected by ranavirus. Symptoms include internal hemorrhaging and limb necrosis. Courtesy of Flickr CC.
The team's study found decreases between 60 to 100 percent in populations of the common midwife toad (Altyes obstetricans), alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris), and common toad (Bufo bufo). And although three additional species (Rana temporaria, Lissotriton helveticus, and Salamadra salamandra) suffered less severe declines, they tested positive for the virus. Unfortunately, affected populations in some observed areas showed no signs of rebound after five years and are feared extirpated.
The source of the virus and how it spread remain unclear. However, Price and his colleagues hypothesize that CMTV may have been introduced at multiple locations throughout the park by human transportation of infected material along with livestock and equipment. Further genetic testing of the virus — including phylogenetic analysis, which Price plans to do in the future — should provide more clues.
Originally published at The Wildlife Society, October 21, 2014
Categories: Science, The Wildlife Society
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When Mary Tagliaferri, MD, L.Ac. and Isaac Cohen, OMD, L.Ac. co-founded the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at the University of California, San Francisco's Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center and opened the first traditional Chinese medicine clinic at UCSF, their plan was straight forward: employ state of the art technology to rigorously identify and test the active ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine herbs and botanicals.
Little did they know that 15 years later they would be working with the FDA to test oral botanical drugs for major medical indications.
Tagliaferri and Cohen's plans shifted because their lead candidates, all derived from TCM, worked even better than they anticipated to treat breast cancer and menopausal hot flashes.
Ban Zhi Lian, long used in TCM to treat breast cancer, was discovered to have selectively cytotoxic effects on human cells, mice, and finally, women with advanced breast cancer. In trials using the herb, the evidence of tumor shrinkage and extended life spans merited advanced clinical trials, especially, as it worked without the life threatening toxicity which is inherent to available conventional treatments for advanced breast cancer.
Cohen and Tagliaferri's menopausal hot flash compound, Menerba, derived from 22 TCM herbs and botanicals, proved to be clinically effective in early trials in the lab, and had no serious side effects.
Based on the success of their early studies at UCSF, Cohen and Tagliaferri co-founded Bionovo, a company dedicated to the development of TCM derived compounds into FDA approved drugs for unmet needs in women's health and cancer.
Isaac Cohen, OMD, LAc and Mary Tagliaferri, MD, LAc both co-founded the company Bionovo. Building a bridge between Eastern and Western medicine made sense. The two sides make up for each other's shortcomings and support each other's strengths. TCM's strengths are: a deep stock of potential drug candidates to investigate with 4,000 years of documentation on their known application, safety and efficacy. Conventional medicine's strengths were: A rigid, formulaic approach to drug development, resulting in robust statistical data regarding a drug's efficacy, safety and tolerability.
There were also shortcomings. TCM's shortcomings are that is not well known to the general public and is often not covered by health insurance. Although it has a 4,000-year-old written history, TCM has not been subjected to the rigorous scrutiny and consistency requirements, which FDA approved synthetic or biological drugs have. The mechanisms of action in TCM compounds have not been scientifically identified. Conventional medicine's shortcomings are that Western medicine often takes a sledgehammer approach to healing. The FDA approved treatments available for menopausal hot flashes and breast cancer come with deadly side effects.
Bionovo's mission excited investors and they received funding to move their lead candidates through Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.
With funding secured and scientific leaders in oncology, endocrinology, thermoregulation, estrogen receptor biology and dozens of other fields on board, Bionovo has now identified the mechanisms of action in their lead drugs, and pioneered new discovery platforms in order to rapidly identify specific, sensitive automated quantification of the active pharmaceutical compounds, condense and concentrate the herbs, reduce fiber mass, and ensure standardization of each ingredient to be in accordance with the FDA's strict standards.
It has been nine years since Tagliaferri and Cohen founded Bionovo. And the trials for Bah Zan Li (now known as Bezielle) and Menerba (formerly called MF101) have advanced with positive results and shown continued excellent safety and tolerability profiles. The trial results and discoveries along the way continue to generate great interest in medical and scientific arenas.
Soon, Bionovo expects to enroll 80 women with advanced metastatic breast cancer into a Phase 2 trial for Bezielle at esteemed sites such as the MD Anderson Cancer Center, UCSF, Duke and the Memorial Cancer Institute.
Menerba completed a Phase 2 trial for hot flashes in 217 menopausal women for their much more complex compound with positive results in 2007. About 92 percent of the participants in the trial took all of their study medication, an extraordinarily high compliance rate and no serious side effects were detected. (All currently available conventional treatments for hot flashes carry the risk of heart attacks, strokes, cancer and other deadly side effects).
The clinical trials of Menerba and Bezielle represent the first time that the FDA's botanical guidance has been used for oral botanical drugs in major indications.
This is among the first times FDA has agreed to a manufacturing process that has multiple ingredients and multiple actives - this is previously unheard of.
Recently, yet another milestone was marked, which paved the way for more TCM derived drug development: in October 2010, the FDA accepted Bionovo's manufacturing plan for Menerba to move into Phase 3 clinical trials. Unlike synthetic or biologic drugs, it is not feasible to identify every active compound and interaction between compounds in a 22-herb formula. The FDA's acceptance of Menerba's manufacturing plan - even though they haven't identified every active compound in the formula - shows an increased acceptance for a holistic approach by the FDA, which will open doors for more traditional Chinese medicine treatments to be tested. The European Medical Agency (EMA), the European equivalent of the FDA, also met with Tagliaferri and Cohen and gave them enthusiastic final direction and advice on the initiation of full scale clinical trials in Europe next year.
Wulf Utian, the founder and president emeritus of the North American Menopause Society will be the principle investigator on Menerba's three month trial. The trials will take place at 40 sites throughout the US and 1,200 women who suffer from severe (<50/week) menopausal hot flashes will participate in this double blind placebo controlled dose.
The results to date have shown there is great potential for a whole new branch of effective remedies for medical conditions with no safe treatments at this time. This is an exciting time for traditional Chinese medicine, as we use modern technology to bring it into the light and unlock its ancient secrets.


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package com.facebook.buck.cli;

import com.facebook.buck.io.filesystem.ProjectFilesystem;
import com.facebook.buck.parser.ProjectBuildFileParserFactory;
import com.facebook.buck.parser.api.ProjectBuildFileParser;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.coercer.DefaultTypeCoercerFactory;
import com.facebook.buck.util.ExitCode;
import com.facebook.buck.util.ObjectMappers;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;

/**
 * Evaluates a build file and prints out a list of build file extensions included at parse time.
 * This commands is kind of like a buck query deps command, but for build files.
 */
public class AuditIncludesCommand extends AbstractCommand {

  @Option(name = "--json", usage = "Print JSON representation of each rule")
  private boolean json;

  @Argument private List<String> arguments = new ArrayList<>();

  public List<String> getArguments() {
    return arguments;
  }

  @Override
  public String getShortDescription() {
    return "List build file extensions imported at parse time.";
  }

  @Override
  public ExitCode runWithoutHelp(CommandRunnerParams params)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    ProjectFilesystem projectFilesystem = params.getCell().getFilesystem();
    try (ProjectBuildFileParser parser =
        ProjectBuildFileParserFactory.createBuildFileParser(
            params.getCell(),
            new DefaultTypeCoercerFactory(),
            params.getConsole(),
            params.getBuckEventBus(),
            params.getExecutableFinder(),
            params.getKnownBuildRuleTypesProvider().get(params.getCell()).getDescriptions())) {
      PrintStream out = params.getConsole().getStdOut();
      for (String pathToBuildFile : getArguments()) {
        if (!json) {
          // Print a comment with the path to the build file.
          out.printf("# %s\n\n", pathToBuildFile);
        }

        // Resolve the path specified by the user.
        Path path = Paths.get(pathToBuildFile);
        if (!path.isAbsolute()) {
          Path root = projectFilesystem.getRootPath();
          path = root.resolve(path);
        }

        List<Map<String, Object>> rawRules = parser.getAllRulesAndMetaRules(path, new AtomicLong());

        int includesMetadataEntryIndex = 3;
        Preconditions.checkState(
            includesMetadataEntryIndex <= rawRules.size(), "__includes metadata entry is missing.");
        // __includes meta rule is the 3rd one from the end
        Map<String, Object> includesMetaRule =
            rawRules.get(rawRules.size() - includesMetadataEntryIndex);
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        @Nullable
        Iterable<String> includes = (Iterable<String>) includesMetaRule.get("__includes");
        printIncludesToStdout(
            params, Preconditions.checkNotNull(includes, "__includes metadata entry is missing"));
      }
    }

    return ExitCode.SUCCESS;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isReadOnly() {
    return true;
  }

  private void printIncludesToStdout(CommandRunnerParams params, Iterable<String> includes)
      throws IOException {

    PrintStream stdOut = params.getConsole().getStdOut();

    if (json) {
      // We create a new JsonGenerator that does not close the stream.
      try (JsonGenerator generator =
          ObjectMappers.createGenerator(stdOut).useDefaultPrettyPrinter()) {
        ObjectMappers.WRITER.writeValue(generator, includes);
      }
    } else {
      for (String include : includes) {
        stdOut.println(include);
      }
    }
  }
}

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Мацу́рі ( — мацурі, «свято») — еквівалент свята у релігії синто або фестивалю у сучасній Японії.

Не існує узгодженого календаря для всіх мацурі країни, позаяк вірування японців мають сильну територіальну диференціацію і не можуть бути уніфіковані. Більшість свят припадає на серпень, коли поминають померлих, та жовтень, коли збирають урожай.

Характерною рисою мацурі є хода по вулицях із невеликими переносним святилищем-ношами мікосі, у якому перебуває божество. Свято супроводжується сильними вигуками і гуляннями. Вважається, що гомоніння веселить богів камі.

Організація мацурі не змінилася з давніх часів — вони досі влаштовуються сільськими і міськими общинами за підтримки місцевої влади.

Серед відомих свят-мацурі Японії можна виділити Канда мацурі у Токіо, Гіон мацурі у Кіото та Саке мацурі (свято японської горілки) у Хіґасі-Хіросімі.

Посилання
 Elizabeth Moriarty: The Communitarian Aspect of Shinto Matsuri
 Festivals of Japan
 Bernhard Scheid: Religion in Japan: Matsuri — Religiöse Volksfeste

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This Carina has been done in a 1920s - 1930s vintage Cellulose Acetate that features pearly blues grays and silvers in a black matrix. A really stunning vintage material. The cap has been done in a modern black acetate and is trimmed in hammered white bronze trim including a two piece, hand made clip that has been given a bright polish.
This is my standard 14mm Carina and most people would classify it as a classic oversize pen. The nib is a Jowo #6 in your choice of finish and width. The nib photographed with the pen is a Rhodium plated Broad.
This is a cartridge converter pen but it can also be used as an eyedropper with a little silicone grease on the section threads.


It's South Africa, 1990. The country still squirms under the iron fist of apartheid. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela, and more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school.


Bakersfield, CA: The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) have recognized Baby Café Bakersfield with their IBCLC Care Award for 2017-2019. Baby Café Bakersfield islicensed through Baby Café USA (www.babycafeusa.org) and establishes a pathway foraccess to IBCLC care and peer breastfeeding support. The IBCLC Care Directory lists recognized hospitals, birthing facilities, birthing services, and community-based health agencies that hire currently certified International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) certificants and have a dedicated lactation support program.
Established in 2014, Baby Café Bakersfield has assisted hundreds of families from the Kern County community to meet their own breastfeeding goals by providing clinical care in a welcoming, non-medical environment. Families do not pay for the care they receive atBaby Café Bakersfield, and published research has shown that the Baby Café model improves breastfeeding duration and parent satisfaction with their breastfeeding experience. Baby Café Bakersfield facilitates access to care provided by IBCLCs, the highest level of professional lactation care available.
Christine Staricka is a practicing IBCLC in the Kern County area and facilitator of Baby Café Bakersfield. Discussing the impact of this award, Christine has said that "This award confirms that Baby Café Bakersfield provides a valuable service that has been validated by these organizations. We are extremely proud of the work we do, and we are grateful that our largest source of new referrals is the families we are currently serving." The IBCLC staff at Baby Café Bakersfield are local, experienced healthcare professionals who have seen firsthand the difficulties families face in accessing the professional lactation care they need. They have created an environment of non-judgmental breastfeeding support that offers families a place to go for breastfeeding help at least twice every week.
Families can find more information about the IBCLC Care Award at http://www.ibclccare.org/mothers.html and from USLCA at www.uslca.org, the professional association for the IBCLC in the U.S. Through efforts in leadership, advocacy, professional development, and research, USLCA works to advance the IBCLC, the national standard in professional lactation care. By working to advance the IBCLC, USLCA envisions a nation where all families have access to IBCLC care as a foundation of optimal health and wellness.


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About our mediaContent = Communication
From the start What Design Can Do has been a content creating organisation. At first with the conferences but gradually through more channels. Today, WDCD operates as a platform that communicates through its conferences, challenges, website, blog, social media and off line publications. Along all these channels a growing community of engaged design professionals and design followers are reached. All of WDCD's communication is focused on advocating design as a crucial factor for societal change and activating the international design community to make a difference.
Communication = content
For WDCD communication and content are two sides of the same coin. Every message that WDCD sends out is part of the same narrative: that design and creativity may not be neglected as an important factor for social innovation and problem solving. Every announcement of a new speaker at one of WDCD's conferences, every description of a workshop, every blog post, every social media posting has the same underlying statement: that design is more than a styled chair or a fancy vase. It means that content and communication are synonyms for WDCD.
WDCD focuses its activities and communication on the international community of engaged designers in all disciplines, on governments, organizations and companies with an interest in the problem-solving powers of design, students and all others with a professional interest in design. Communication is focused on these groups, while sometimes the general public is served as well through articles in general media.
Every year WDCD publishes a new book that highlights the work of designers from all parts of the globe who try to change the world for the better. Click on the images below to learn more about the four books we've made so far.


Large Stay-in Place Reinforced "Composite Panel Insulated Concrete Form" (CPICF). Standard Forms are 32" x 96", But Can Be Manufactured Any Length And 32", 48" Or Wider With A Continuous Laminator Line.
A reinforced composite system for constructing insulated concrete structures comprising, panels having a foam plastic core (polyurethane) between outside and inside reinforcement layers (fiberglass facing material), reinforcement layers substantially strengthen the panels during material handling and construction greatly reducing deflection of the panels between studs (ABS plastic) when placing concrete allowing walls to be filled in one lift. (Also adding UV protection and an excellent substrate for coatings such as stucco and other coatings). Panels are placed horizontally in an opposing and parallel spaced-apart relation. Opposing panels are placed end to end in rows and stacked vertically, rows of panels being staggered from each other so panel ends in adjacent rows do not line up vertically. Vertical studs are embedded in panels extending the full height of the panels each stud having a flange for receiving mechanical fasteners and groove for receiving spreaders.
A plurality of spreaders at each stud location extend between opposing panels and slidably engaging the studs in opposing panels. (Spreaders of multiple widths allow for concrete core thickness to be 4", 6", 8", 10", 12" or any thickness in between). Spreaders are stacked vertically in such a manner as to engage studs half their height above and below the horizontal joints between rows of panels (causing the full height wall to act as one) Each spreader has opposing flanges connected by horizontal members, horizontal members having multiple formations, when spreaders are stacked the formations compliment each other allowing wall reinforcement bars to be restrained in any preferred location. Hollow horizontal stiffeners may be utilized to accommodate electrical wiring. Locations of vertical studs are shown by markings on the exterior of panels. Hinged corner forms and bearing ledge forms can be shipped flat and rotated into position on site.
We are looking for an outright sale of our patent.
We believe the market capability of this product is unlimited due to the ability to use it in commercial, industrial and residential building construction projects on the exterior envelope from the footings to the roof and all floors in between, also including any interior walls as desired.
We have done a substantial amount of R&D on this product and produced over 2000 forms, tweaking many aspects of the system along the way. It can be manufactured readily in many key locations in the US and other parts o the world cutting down on shipping.
We have copyright and trademarks on the use of the name of the product called "EnergyForm" and designs made around it.
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1911 50 Cal
This is a discussion on .50 cal. 1911 Beast within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Does anyone have one of these or have any experience with one?
Some folks just need to pack the largest round possible. If you're a 1911 fan, that means toting one of the unique .50 caliber 1911s from Guncrafter Industries. Alex Zimmerman immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a competitive shooter. Gun laws in his native Denmark were.
Morgan, UT –-(Ammoland.com)- The Model 1911 .45 Automatic Pistol is the world's most.
Among his other military inventions were the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), numerous .30 caliber and .50.
By David Crane [email protected]. DefRev just received a very informative update about the "Model No.1" .50 Cal. (50 GI) 1911 pistol from Alex Zimmermann, owner/CEO of Guncrafter Industries, LLC.
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It's chambered in .50 cal. Talk about stoping power.
but at $2895.00 it might be something that I don't get to try anytime soon. And I'm sure that we can't get it here in MA.
At 50 yards making hits on steel was easy.
The only downsides to this gun are what makes it so good. A 1911 is a heavy gun and .45ACP is a powerful caliber. It is reliable and accurate, but only.
get a 1911. a .50 cal is just pure show. i see no true purpose for a .50 because a .45 is more than enough to take down a person for home defense or personal defense. besides .50AE's are harder to.
Recently, one company, Solid Concepts, using a 3D printer that can print metals, reproduced a clone of a military 1911 .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol, which successfully fired 50 rounds. Defense.
The Mil-Spec 1911 also features fixed 3-dot sights, a lowered and flared ejection port, and a single-sided thumb safety. Each Mil-Spec comes with fully-checkered wood grips, unique to this Defend Your Legacy Series model. This classic 1911 has a Parkerized finish to combat corrosion, and comes with one 7-round magazine.45ACP
United States Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911. Some modifications include installing compensators and the addition of accessories such as tactical lights and even scopes.[50] A common modification of.
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45-caliber 1907s a month and a half after Colt filled its contract.
The significance of these changes would soon become apparent. On March 15, 1911, the 1911 Savage faced the 1911 Colt in a.
Sturm Ruger's take on the 1911.
A new caliber, the bigger, more powerful .45 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) round was waiting in the wings. The new .45 ACP round was designed by prolific firearms.
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Nov 29, 2018 · Among other things, they make custom 1911 pistols chambered for the .50 GI (Guncrafter Industries) cartridge, also designed by Zimmerman. The idea of the cartridge is to have a larger bullet diameter without having the excessive power and recoil of a magnum type round like the .50 Action Express or .45 Winchester Magnum.
1911 Firearms Manufacturer in Huntsville, Arkansas. CZ75 Frag Grips (Full Size) Guncrafter Industries Frag pattern CZ 75 grips are machined from billet aluminum and then Type III Hard Anodized in Black or Slate green.
The .50GI is loaded to .45 ACP pressure levels, and offers loadings ranging from 185gr Of course, it's also possible that the gun is just simply based on the giggle factor of having a fifty caliber 1911.
50 cal BMG ammunition. Its tungsten sabot tipped bullets are fast.
A reliable fall back when you find yourself in close quarters. 1911 — A well-rounded semi-automatic side arm with a moderate rate.
The M1911, also known as the Colt Government or "Government", is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1986.
50-caliber Desert Eagle semi-automatic pistol, the company has gone on to expand its product lines to include BFR revolvers, polymer-framed defensive pistols, .22 rimfire rifles, and more recently, a.
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His Wright Flyer Model EX was as flimsy as a kite and could only manage.
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it stayed in service into the 1960s. 4 of 11 Colt M1911, 1911 John Browning developed a new .45 cartridge with improved stopping.
Aug 22, 2014 · In the upcoming GUN ANNUAL 2015, author Matt Berger runs and guns with the Guncrafter Industries Model 3 1911 built for the .50 GI chambering. Berger writes, "When Alex Zimmerman brought his newest model, the Guncrafter Industries Model 3, to market, I knew I wanted to write about it, as I've tested two of his pistols in the past.
Where can I find a 1911 that uses a .50AE round? I've shot a LAR Grizzy 1911 and wasn't impressed. My friend almost gave me a heart attack when he lured me to the range promising to fire a .50 cal 1911 and much to my dismay it was using .50GI.
I know I should be impressed anyway, but my expectations were high.
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The .50 GI (12.7×23mmRB) pistol cartridge was developed by Alex Zimmermann of Guncrafter Industries. The .50 GI was introduced at the 2004 SHOT Show alongside the Guncrafter Industries Model No. 1, a variation of the M1911. The round has a rebated rim that is the same diameter as that of the .45 ACP.
.50 cal in a 9111!!! i was a little excited to be honest as i love 1911's. while some guns like the desert eagle do absolutly nothing for me.
. i kinda like the idea of a .50 in a 1911 frame.
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There are many uses and ideas out there for felt play. Teaching Tinytots at Mommy School has an adorable felt play game about a teeny tiny mouse who lives in a house (check out her site for other wonderful ideas). It's one I will have to add to my kids growing felt play collection! Today we played with orange felt pumpkins. I used a pumpkin cookie cutter shape to trace the shape onto the felt. I cut out ten pumpkins so there would be enough to go around between my two kidlets. My daughter had the most fun. She cut (she's learning how) out pieces of felt to use as eyes, nose and mouth on the pumpkins and then we hid them and played "Go Find the Pumpkins" (her name for it).
Felt play is one of those ageless, timeless activities, dare I say "fun-tivity" that is so delightfully simple. Why was I ever worried about not knowing how to do this? Sure my puny goldfish aren't the best looking on the block, but my kidlets don't care- and they are what matters.
*check out The Artful Parent for her adorable felt storyboards, a smaller version that is great for car rides and going to grandma's house.
great job love your pond! my youngest and my 1 yr old nephew are getting feltboard stories for part of their chrismtas!
Thanks for all the great ideas! I think my girls might get a felt board for Christmas. They would love felt pieces to go along with all of their books.


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Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman
Exhibition Summary
Included with Basic admission
Explore the concept of race through sculpture.
In the early 1930s, the Field Museum commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to create bronze sculptures for an exhibition called The Races of Mankind. Hoffman, who trained under Auguste Rodin, traveled to many parts of the world for an up-close look at the "racial types" her sculptures were meant to portray.
By the time the exhibition was deinstalled more than 30 years later, more than 10 million people had seen it—as well as its misguided message that human physical differences could be categorized into distinct "races."
Today, 50 of Hoffman's sculptures are back on display—with a new narrative—in Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman. This exhibition closely examines the nuance and beauty that defines the person and inspiration behind each sculpture.
Looking at Ourselves takes a hard look at the 1933 exhibition. More than 80 years later, our cultural and scientific notions of race have changed—but the consequences of racial ideologies persist.
Stanley Field was president of the Museum when he sent a telegram to sculptor Malvina Hoffman to gauge her interest in creating models of "racial types" based on world travels. Hoffman, intrigued by the prospect, agreed to show two sculptures to Field and won the commission.
In 1933, the Field Museum debuted an exhibition called The Races of Mankind. The exhibition featured artist Malvina Hoffman's 104 bronze statues of people from around the world as illustrations of "racial types."
Identifying sculptures by name
Not only do Hoffman's detailed sculptures embody the complicated ways we look at culture and race, but they are also nuanced portraits of individual persons from around the world.
In her letters from the field, Hoffman told museum curators that she wanted to illustrate the dignity and individuality of each of her subjects.
The Looking at Ourselves exhibition team believed that naming Hoffman's previously unnamed subjects was an important way of illustrating that individuality. They spent months poring over Hoffman's and her husband's letters and journals, and consulting the work of others who have researched the Hoffman collection over the years, to find the subjects' given names.
For subjects whose specific identities remain unknown, the team worked with anthropologists to correctly pinpoint the names of their ethnic groups.
Desideria Montoya Sanchez belonged to a famous pottery-making family in New Mexico. In the 1930s, her bust was simply identified as "San Ildefonso Pueblo Woman."
John Weinstein
A Crow (Apsáalooke) man from the Great Plains, United States.
This life-size tableau depicts a San family from the Kalahari region of southern Africa.
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Conservation of Sculptures
Before going on display, Hoffman's sculptures underwent extensive conservation treatment (visitors couldn't keep their hands off them). Conservators began work in 2013, gently removing decades' worth of skin oils, soap, and dust, without harming the artist's original work.
It took the conservation team 18 months to restore a total of 85 sculptures from the original exhibition. Looking at Ourselves features 50 of them on display.
Conservation Assistant Allison Cassidy treats a bust portraying a woman from Sudan, created by artist Malvina Hoffman.
Karen Bean
This exhibition is organized by the Field Museum.
Conservation and re-installation of the Hoffman works are made possible by a generous gift from Pamela K. and Roger B. Hull. The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust and an anonymous donor.
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The Mammoth Pacific geothermal power plants in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Photo by Bob Sullivan, NREL 10991.
Geothermal energy is derived from underground reservoirs of hot water or steam. Utility-scale geothermal projects tap into hot water or steam deposits, or into subsurface areas of hot, dry rock to which water can be injected, to spin a turbine. The Renewable Energy Program focuses primarily on utility-scale geothermal projects designed to generate power.
Enhanced Geothermal Systems - These systems include a reservoir with hot dry rock. Energy is captured by injecting cool water over the rock surface, causing water to be converted to steam. Utility-scale geothermal energy production relies on this process of conversion to heated fluid or steam, which turns a turbine connected to a generator. Common geothermal power generation methods all re-inject remaining geothermal fluid back into the ground to replenish the reservoir and recycle hot water.
Please refer to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy websites for a more detailed description of geothermal energy.
Geothermal energy accesses resources and captures energy in different ways, resulting in various natural, cultural and historical impacts. Geothermal technology generally involves drilling wells, water movement through piping systems, and cooling, all of which may have potential impacts to natural and cultural resources. Key impacts of geothermal energy production include water quality and use, land conversion and subsidence, and air pollution.
Water Quality and Use: While most water is re-injected into reservoirs after use, some is lost as steam so additional sources of water are needed to maintain water levels. Brine (which is typically a low quality, high temperature byproduct of geothermal processes) can contain dissolved compounds such as silica, sulfates, and carbonates, which would degrade water quality if mixing were to occur.
Land conversion and subsidence: The process of extracting large quantities of water and reinjecting it into the ground has the potential to cause subsidence (the sinking of land surface) and minor earthquakes. Additionally, the necessary infrastructure for geothermal systems may result in vegetation clearing, soil impacts (movement/removal, compaction, erosion), and wildlife disturbance. Earthquake risks resulting from geothermal systems must also be considered to avoid major fault lines and areas of high seismic activity.
Air Pollution: Geothermal systems may emit harmful gases including hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane, or boron. Hydrogen sulfide, for example, in addition to its distinct smell, can lead to acid rain, which may have detrimental effects on forest, vegetation, wildlife, soils, historic buildings, or monuments.
For more information on potential environmental, cultural, and historic resource impacts of geothermal energy technologies, please see the "Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States [6.6 MB PDF]," or visit the links below.


Wilson Garden offers the best and the most luxurious hotels in Bangalore. The area is well connected to the entire city of Bangalore and is for those who want to have the best of accomodation. With a lot of 4 and 5 star hotels, Wilson Garden is a hub of activity in Bangalore. Most travelers looking to see the best side of the city, prefer to stay in Wilson Garden Wilson Garden in Bangalore offers a good range of luxury hotels. Since Wilson Garden is located in one of important area of Bangalore, there are a lot of good accomodations available here. One would find decent 4 and 5 star hotels in this area.


Recognition of the cutting-edge research approaches of BARU helped the team to secure funding from the NIH/NIA for a major new program project on the "Relationships between Genetic Regulators of Aging, Health and Lifespan", and for the project "Genetics of Changes in Population Pyramids: Implications for Health Forecasting", along with several smaller research projects. This new funding lays the groundwork for further expansion of BARU to meet emerging challenges, including super-massive databases, in conducting integrative research on the genetic and non-genetic bases of healthspan, aging, and lifespan.
Please see our team's publications and data collections.


We've all heard the nursery rhyme about girls being made of sugar and spice and everything nice. But what exactly does that mean? I bet most young girls nowadays have no idea. Girls are constantly striving to meet unrealistic images and expectations of the media and society. They struggle with self-esteem and self-image issues at very young ages. So what happens to our girls when they look in the mirror and believe they are not made of sugar and spice; that they don't meet the world's expectations of everything nice?
Well…something special has been created to fortify girls against the real and perceived pressures they face every day. Introducing GOT G.I.R.L. POWER!
GOT G.I.R.L. POWER has been created to reverse the feeling of powerlessness and to remind girls that the beauty of sugar and spice and everything nice, comes from within. From one's heart.
Being a G.I.R.L. means one is Graceful, Invincible, Respectable and Loyal. A G.I.R.L. also believes she is Powerful, Outstanding, a Winner, Extraordinary and Righteous in her convictions.


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About the Bell Group
Bell Printers was founded in 1981
The Bell Group was founded in 1952 by Mr.Chelladhurai. Here he is accorded a welcome after signing agreement with German Companies
The founder's son, Mr.Gunasingh developed Pin Machines for the Bell Pins Manufacturing company which created about 500 jobs in Palayamkottai.
With our first exports to the USA in early 1970s, we broke China's monopoly in selected sectors.
Bell Printers was founded in 1981 under the name of Chellsons Fine Arts, primarily as printshop catering only to the printing and packaging needs of the Bell Group and Standard Fireworks
Even with just very basic print equipment, Bell won the National Award for Printing Excellence for its amazing large format posters
Completion of the Bell Hotel in Sivakasi with 40 rooms was the start of the diversification of the Group into the Hotel Industry
Realising that our big dreams and ambitions needed space to grow, a large tract of land in central Sivakasi was chosen as the site for our new factory.
As construction started speeding up, our factory transformed the skyline into a workplace of change, that will generate hundreds of jobs in the neighbourhood.
We moved to our current location in a 5 acre state-of-the-art facility, transforming ourselves into a corporate setup with a team of highly skilled staff and employees. We had invested in a series of German Heidelberg press and Japanese postpress equipment.
Bell Printers celebrates its 30th Anniversary of Operations with grand celebrations.
Building a factory with new machinery and a great team was not all. We introduced 5S systems in the workplace and maintain a spotlessly clean workplace.
Corporate Governance was introduced in 2012 with a team of highly skilled and experienced professionals in the industry. This was unheard of in Sivakasi.
Professional Training becomes a routine process in Bell, as our team members work consistently with their own personal values to grow.
Under Innovation Category, we win a National Award for Printing Excellence in Pune. We now take efforts for making innovation a routine at Bell
Bell Printers is is connected with the BMPA (Bombay Master Printers Assn). Our Director Mr. Vashikaran joins print delegations to Japan & Germany.
Excelling in Print Innovations, our team regularly starts participating in national and international Innovation seminars and conferences.
Bell participates for the second year at IIT Bombay's Industrial Design Centre conference, with a purpose to innovate for the packaging industry.
Three National awards this time. Pictured is the award shared with sister concern Chellsons under Innovation Category.
Students of Printing Technology, locally and overseas now regularly visit Bell Printers to experience how Printing really works.
Won the prestigious Gold National Award for Innovation in Packaging at the 11th National Awards for Printing Excellence at New Delhi, 15 Jan 2017.
We make the transition of our Luxury Rigid Box production from hand-made processes to automated manufacturing. The quality of our boxes are so good they are approved for export almost always instantly.
Leader of the Pack. Bell Printers dominates the Luxury Packaging segment in India. Our departments for manufacturing premium boxes gain mastery and acceptance across the world.
8 National Awards for Excellence in Printing. Also the overall Winner of Best Packaging Printer in India. The event was held in Madurai in December 2018.
PrintWeek winner of Luxury Packaging converter of the Year (Special Jury award). Event was held in Mumbai in October 2018.
At the Asian Packaging awards held at New Delhi in 2019, we won two silver awards for Digital Packaging and Best Mockup sample.