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darkskippychan · 11 months ago

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Temp Work and the Dangers of GMO

By DarkSkippychan

Hello fans of my darkness. I wrote this story for a fan of mine who decided to share herself with me when I was feeling down as a token of appreciation. I hope you are able to afford to go back to university soon and things work out better for you. This story contains Non Con, Sommnophilia/drugging, F/Monster, Tentacles, Forced Orgasms, and Impregnation. Please do not read this story if any of these things may be triggering for you. You have been warned.

Marin Biotech (the 3rd largest biotech firm in the world) had just opened its newest research campus two months ago in her local suburban town. The new work campus provided the nearby community with an influx of much needed capital as well as fueling a new boom in housing, local shops, and (of course) jobs. Their sprawling 43-acre campus was home to many lab facilities, greenhouses, and office buildings all catering to the global companies’ many research projects.

She had been lucky enough to land an afterhours temp job entering data from several of the many research groups and labs. Her normal shift ran from 6pm to 2am, so she seldom saw other employees of the company.

Some people would have found the work conditions lonely, but she actually enjoyed the solitude and freedom to work at her own pace. Not to mention she got full access to the company’s well stocked employee lounge and was pretty much left alone to do her job with little to no supervision as long as she was completing her assigned tasks.

After parking her car in the near empty concrete employee parking garage, she hurried quickly to the main facilities building, her breath fogging out in front of her from the winter cold. Fortunately, snow hadn’t started falling yet, but it always felt right around the corner.

The building was quiet, and she didn’t see another soul as she used her employee pass to enter the building. She crossed the lobby and took the elevator down to basement floor 1 where the buildings main labs and her computer terminal awaited her.

Upon reaching her workstation, she quickly removed her coat, scarf, and gloves before the heat of the heavily climate-controlled basement overwhelmed her. The company always kept it a bit warm down in the lab levels, and she wasn’t sure why. She had learned to drink generous amounts of coffee to offset the urge to doze or sleep while she worked in the comfortable warmth.

The hard copy file ‘In box’ on her desk had several inch thick manila files of printed paper data for her to enter, but she noticed that her workload was about half of its usual size. Thinking it over, she figured some of the researchers had decided to get a head start on the three-day weekend with Monday being a company holiday.

She settled down and woke her computer from sleep mode, as she fell into a rhythm and began to get down to work entering all the collected data.

Lab 3 (of 8) of Marin Biotech main research building was currently devoted to the development of new Genetically Modified Organisms (or GMO for short) mixing plant and animal DNA to create new fast growing and disease resistant strains of plants and animals.

The work was slow and tedious and led to hundreds if not thousands of non-viable products. More recently work had begun to create mutations of promising strains by bombarding them with different forms of hard Alpha, Beta, and Gama radiation, hoping to create organisms with a more favorable outcome.

Among the newest batch in the lab was genetic specimen Beta-317. The Beta series were all different Amazonian Jungle species (picked for their high growth rates and competitive nature) mixed with different ocean animals to try to cultivate their unique properties. Beta-317 or B317 was specifically Cissus Amazonica also known as the Amazon Jungle Vine propagated and enhanced with spliced genes of the Enteroctopus dofleini or Giant Pacific Octopus for its RNA editing abilities and regeneration properties.

Work in Lab 3 had ended early in the day as the staff left early for their vaunted three-day weekend. Multi spectrum bulbs illuminated the far quarter of the lab where the Beta specimens were constantly exposed to full spectrum light as to encourage their rapid growth. Each GMO hybrid had also been placed in a nutrient rich water bath to provide each with the proper nutrients to sustain rapid growth.

Unseen by human eyes, experiment B317 quivered under the constant UV assault, before unfurling several of its thin appendages in its nutrient bath. Roots quested out and dipped into its neighbors fluid baths, draining the fluids and growing in size and length from the additional nutrition.

One appendage discovered the edge of the pool of light and B317 quivered as it began to pull itself out of the damaging brightness still growing from all the rich nutrients it had just absorbed from its neighbors.

A couple of hours had passed in the blink of an eye while she worked when she suddenly let out a big yawn. Stretching, she decided it was time to take a break and get some coffee to help her finish her work shift.

The employee lounge was just down the hall from her workstation, the ecofriendly lights automatically turning on as she entered. She picked up a cup and placed it in the coffee machine, then frowned as nothing happened after she hit the dispense button. Looking at the illuminated control panel she saw the machine was displaying an error code.

She sighed loudly and instead selected some Lavender tea from the tea display beside the coffee machine. A little hot water, milk, and honey later and her second drink of choice was ready.

As she headed back to her workstation, sipping her tea, she didn’t notice the quivering greenish form of B317 clinging to the ceiling down the hall behind her.

B317 had moved through the empty building hallways virtually silently despite its growing size, but not finding anything of interest until it had spotted the woman’s movement as she left the employee lounge.

Attracted to her heat and scent, it slowly began to follow her down the hall moving silently along the ceiling, vine-like tentacles spreading it’s weight evenly as it moved.

She sat down and began working again, taking a sip from her tea now and then. After a while she suppressed another yawn just as she finished up her current folder. She stretched again and leaned back in her chair deciding to close her eyes to rest for just a moment. After all, she thought, her workload was light, and a little nap couldn’t hurt.

B317 found its prey not moving as it slipped past the door frame and into the room. The only sound in the room was the gentle rhythmic breathing from the woman reclined in the chair, and the quiet hum of the lights and office equipment around the room.

Slowly it moved along the wall and down onto the office floor. Moving carefully, it cautiously reached out several tentacle vines towards the sleeping woman. Delicately they brushed across her warm skin, savoring the heat from her body, before stopping as she murmured in her sleep. As she settled back down, they continued to move along her body exploring.

B317 was confused by the cooler non-living clothing around the body of the young woman, but it began to become more excited by the closeness of her warmth and scent. More of its appendages began to move to the body of the woman, wrapping around her very gently as not to wake her.

As B317’s vine tentacles began to move up her body to explore the woman’s face she suddenly shifted and began to blink awake, unconsciously knowing something was wrong.

‘Whaaaa..’ she began, her brain still foggy and dazed from her short nap.

B317 struck out of instinct, jabbing a needle like barb into her neck and injecting her with a potent venom. The woman cried out and her body tensed at the sudden prick of pain. Her eyes shot open, then almost just as suddenly her eyes rolled back into her head, and her body went limp as the creature’s venom coursed through her system.

The newly born mutant vibrated in pleasure as its prey surrendered to its toxin. Hungrily it began to tear through the young woman’s clothing, vine tentacles desperate to expose more of her soft warm flesh.

The woman moaned weakly as the mutant creature stripped her body roughly and she involuntarily shivered at her body’s sudden exposure. Questing tentacles began to explore every inch of her body, causing her body to react of its own accord.

Her nipples began to harden as her body was roughly explored and goose flesh rose as it attempted to fend off the sudden change in temperature. The creature lifted her whole body up off the chair, easily holding her weight aloft. Her head fell back, causing her mouth to open, which B117 took as an invitation to explore. One thick tentacle vine pushed into her mouth, and began to slide down her throat, enjoying her mouth’s warm wetness.

Her heart began to beat faster, her body aware of the danger, even if she herself was not. Warmth flowed over her as her body flushed and reacted to the creature’s touch. Moistness gathered as her juices begain to drip from between her legs.

The creature’s body quivered, and a bulge began to form along its body before bursting forth into a new appendage from its central mass. More of the mutant’s vine tentacles wrapped around the woman’s legs, spreading them wide while it held her in the air before it.

The new appendage moved towards her exposed womanhood drawn there by her musky scent and dripping juices. It slowly began to rub along her slit, collecting her juices along its length and head before nuzzling against the opening of her sex.

A soft moan escaped her lips around the vine tentacle in her mouth that quickly grew to a cry as the creature suddenly forced itself inside her. Her cries just as suddenly turning into soft whimpers as the large appendage slid deeper and deeper inside her, stopping only once reaching the opening to her womb.

Suddenly the creature began to roughly pound its length in and out of her, causing the woman to involuntarily orgasm after just a few thrust of its large phallus like vine tentacle.

B117 greedily absorbed her juicy discharge and the rich nutrients it carried, not stopping for one moment to let the woman rest as it continued to forcefully fuck her. The head of the appendage struck the entrance of her womb like an ancient battering ram trying to forcibly enter a besieged castle.

The woman’s whole-body shook, and her breast bounced with each hard thrust into her limp unresisting body. Orgasm after orgasm ripped through her as the creature continued to have its way with her and absorb her rich juices.

Finally, after several minutes of attempting to force its way inside her, the creature was able to modify its breeding appendage. The tip forming petals that it used to pry and force her cervix open, thus allowing its head to slip deep inside her womb and nestle inside her.

Her stomach began to bulge as it worked more and more of itself inside her, stretching her out birth canal out. She moaned in unconscious protest as the mutant filled her body fuller and more completely than ever before.

B117 pulled the young woman close to it as it felt something deep inside itself grow, then detach, and begin to work itself along the length of its body and down into the appendage connecting them.

Slowly bit by bit, it contracted and moved the hard lump along its length. Reaching the connection between them, the creature was stymied by the tightness of the woman’s body wrapped around its breeding tentacle vine.

Slowly it began to push, harder and harder, increasing the pressure until finally with a loud moan from the woman, her vaginal passage stretched out far enough to allow the hard mass to pass. Using more and more pressure now, the creature continued to push the hard lump of its seed deep inside her.

Centimeter by centimeter the seed moved up her birth canal to be stopped once more as it reached the much smaller opening of her cervix. Twisting and pushing, B117 thrashed the tip of its tentacle inside her womb, causing her to orgasm once more. The sudden tensing and relaxing of her body with each pulse finally allowing the seed to continue millimeter by millimeter up inside her until finally it plopped into the warmth and wetness of her womb.

The woman’s whole body suddenly relaxed as the mutant finished implanting its seed inside her. Sweat dripped from her limp body to be collected greedily by the vine tentacles enveloping her as they sucked at her skin.

Content for now, the creature labeled B117 began to move out of the room, holding its prize in a cocoon of vine tentacles above it.

The woman rose to conscious slowly, her mind still slow and foggy from the mutant venom the plant hybrid had injected her with. Her whole body felt sore, and every muscle abused as if she had run several marathons or had climbed a couple of tall mountains.

She could feel the cool air of the room on her naked skin and her throat felt raw and dry. Her eyes moved around the room, not recognizing where she was.

A very bright group of lights was over a table in one corner of the room. All around her was a green vine type plant mass, covering what she could only assume were tables, chairs, and office equipment. The plant covered the walls, and even parts of the ceiling, and seemed to pulse almost as if it were breathing.

As she looked around, a vine began to move towards her mouth. She tried to turn her head, or to pull back, but she found she didn’t have the strength to even do that much.

As the tip of the vine tentacle opened her mouth and slid inside, it suddenly pulsed and began to disgorge a warm, thick, starchy tasting liquid into her mouth. Disgusted the woman had no choice but to swallow the liquid or risk drowning in it. After a minute or so the vine tentacle stopped and slid back and out of her mouth.

Even as she was disgusted by what had just happened, the woman was surprised to find that she felt better and a little stronger. But before she could even begin to adapt to her situation, she felt something twitch inside her lower belly.

She looked down and her eyes went wide as she saw that her belly had grown and was now stretched out as if she were six months pregnant. Her eyes darted around wildly, looking for something to help steady her mind with.

She saw a clock on the wall displaying the time and date. Only a few hours had passed since she went to the lounge for her tea. It seemed incomprehensible to her.

How could all this have happened in only a couple of hours?

Suddenly she felt a large movement inside her growing belly. She managed to flop from her side onto her back as the first contraction hit her. She cried out loudly and moaned as she felt something moving, fighting its way out of her.

‘Oh god… noOOOOOOOO!’ her hands each wrapping around a vine and squeezing hard as her legs spasmed. The vines felt almost like a kind hard rubber with very little give in them as she panted and struggled with the new life growing inside her trying to be born.

Sweat covered her entire body as she panted and felt the organism inside her moving towards its birth and freedom. She cried out again as another contraction helped to move it along. Two small vine tentacles burst from the slit of her red swollen sex and began to wrap themselves around her thighs, giving the creature additional purchase to pull itself out of its mother.

She came then, hard and long despite everything, the pain and pleasure signals mixed up and scrambled in her brain. The hard rubbery body of the birthing creature pushing hard against her G spot as it pulled itself out of her, raping her from the inside out.

With a final push she collapsed back against the labs floor, totally spent. Her eyes fluttered as she fought to stay conscious despite the struggle of birthing the creature and her ordeal.

The newborn creature began to slide up its mother’s body, two vine tentacles questing for the milk already dripping from her nipples. Attaching themselves to her hard nipples, they began to suck greedily on their mother’s breasts, nourishing itself on her milk and already beginning to grow.

B117 began to stir once more. Vine tentacles quested out for the young woman’s warm sweat covered body once again. After all, her womb was now empty and available, and it had a full three-day weekend to procreate and progenerate…

As the young woman began to slip back into unconsciousness, she felt the touch of B117 along her body once more and wondered if taking the temp job had actually been such a good idea….

I hope you enjoyed my little dark story. Thanks for reading and congratulations for making it this far. If you did in fact enjoy the story, please feel free to buy me a coffee or send me a nude or two. Nudes nourish my soul and fuel my imagination. Till next time friends, stay dark and weird. DarkSkippychan Feb/2024

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psatalk · 5 days ago

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ACTEGA's reflections on 2024

Reflecting on a successful 2024 for ACTEGA, the year was filled with opportunities, even amid supply chain disruptions and rising costs in the industry. ACTEGA, a manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants and compounds for the print and packaging industry, not only weathered these complexities but thrived.

By forging new partnerships for the market adoption of its pioneering technologies, expanding its production facilities, and advancing its sustainable solutions, ACTEGA has continued to add significant value to its customers’ business and the broader industry in 2024. Looking forward to 2025, ACTEGA strengthened further its leadership in sustainability by launching innovative products this year, as well as spearheading advancements and initiatives that promote wider sustainability within the sector.

Showcasing a diverse and innovative product range at leading industry shows and conferences

In 2024, ACTEGA showcased its solutions and products at prominent industry events, including drupa 2024 and Labelexpo Americas. At drupa 2024, ACTEGA displayed its comprehensive product portfolio for printers and converters at various touchpoints and on partner company stands throughout the event. The focus was on the company’s offering of more sustainable solutions and high-value embellishment options, with Ecoleaf technology one of the key highlights for drupa attendees.

Another notable highlight at drupa 2024 was Dennis Siepmann, ACTEGA's head of sustainability, who addressed the audience on the crucial topic of sustainability concepts and the forthcoming EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). This regulation promises to reshape the landscape of packaging and its materials.

At Labelexpo Americas, ACTEGA launched its ACTKote UV wash-off primer, an important addition to its portfolio of sustainable solutions, designed to increase the recyclability of shrink sleeves. Prior to the official launch, the new primer was formally recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for meeting the highest criteria for recyclability according to the APR Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability. This high-quality primer not only provides the quality ink adhesion needed for shrink sleeve applications, but customers can be assured that choosing ACTKote Primer leads to less waste, more efficient use of natural resources and an increased supply of high-quality post-consumer recycled content.

Mell Bishop, vice-president of Flexible Packaging North America & Global Market Manager Labels, ACTEGA explains, “With improving sustainability a priority for the industry, the products and technologies ACTEGA showcased at Labelexpo Americas became a highlight for anyone attending the show. We’re a company that is committed to an all-encompassing sustainable approach – from how we develop our inks, coatings and technologies and the impact these products have on the carbon footprint of labels and packaging, to our regulatory expertise that ensures our customers can enjoy full confidence in our safe, compliant solutions.”

ACTEGA also showcased its innovative UV Direct to Metal system, cutting CO2 emissions by 40% by replacing solvent-based coatings with UV systems, Svelon Low Gauge Compounds, reducing crown cork thickness to 0.18 mm and potentially saving 90,000 metric tons of metal annually. Additionally, the joint development of Innocan technology by ACTEGA, Brasilata Labs, and HP Indigo was featured at the show. This innovative, cost-effective process enhances high-speed offset digital printing in canmaking.

This year, at the Paper Packaging Council Fall Conference in Atlanta, ACTEGA and Standridge Color Corporation showcased their collaboration in driving sustainable solutions for single-use food packaging. The two companies jointly presented their water-based barrier solutions and application capabilities - offering the industry a sustainable and functional alternative to traditional poly-coated boards.

Forging the Path of Sustainable Innovation with Pioneering Technologies: Ecoleaf and Signite

As we look back on 2024, Ecoleaf – on-demand metallization technology for label embellishment - has solidified its role as a pivotal innovation within ACTEGA's portfolio. Ecoleaf technology was honored with the 2024 FINAT Sustainability Award in the Reduction of Environmental Impact category at the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam. This accolade highlights Ecoleaf's groundbreaking method of applying metallization solely where needed, significantly reducing the environmental footprint of labels. By enhancing recyclability and minimizing waste, Ecoleaf addresses a longstanding challenge for end-users concerned with sustainable packaging solutions.

“In an era where eco-consciousness dictates industry trends and consumer behavior, Ecoleaf stands as a herald of change in the packaging world. Through our technology, we see a clear path forward for brand owners to reconcile premium branding with environmental stewardship,” explained Harald Jasper, General Manager at ACTEGA Metal Print.

In 2024, ACTEGA also made significant strides with the expanded collaboration with All4Labels for their transformative decoration technology Signite. The partnership between the two companies, formalized in December 2023 with a 10-year agreement, appoints All4Labels as the exclusive partner for ACTEGA’s Signit technology in the European market. Throughout 2024, the two companies worked together to optimize production, making the "no-label look" solution ready for European brand owners, particularly in the Wine & Spirits, Personal & Homecare, Beer & Beverages, and Food sectors. 2024 saw the agreement’s extension to Central and South America, where All4Labels will market the sustainable Signite® technology as Stardirect within its STAR Portfolio.

Progressing with Purpose: Milestones of 2024

ACTEGA has been expanding its operations and enhancing its customer service offerings over 2024. One key component of this strategy is the establishment of a new 238,000 sq. ft. facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, which will be fully completed in 2025. This state-of-the-art production facility consolidates four existing premises from North Carolina and Indiana, signifying ACTEGA's dedication to investing in cutting-edge technology. From 2025, the new building, with its expansive size, will serve as the perfect platform for ACTEGA to expand, especially its Flexible Packaging and Metal Packaging business line production and operations. The facility will house all ink technology development under one roof, fostering synergy in R&D, technical service, and quality control.

In addition to these developments, in October, ACTEGA announced the appointment of Stuart Hayes, the new Managing Director for ACTEGA North America. Stuart Hayes brings over 25 years of experience in the specialty chemicals industry, having held various operational, strategic, managerial, and sales positions. His tenure at companies like BASF and Evonik, including a three-year period in Germany, has equipped him with an international perspective and a comprehensive understanding of multifunctional environments. While with Evonik, Stuart Hayes helped to craft a holistic sustainability roadmap for the North American region, underscoring his dedication to environmental stewardship.

Thorsten Kröller, president of the division ACTEGA, warmly welcomed Stuart Hayes, commenting, "Stuart's visionary leadership and expertise make him the ideal choice to propel ACTEGA North America towards a successful future, which we also support with significant investments in our sites in North Carolina and New Jersey. His skills in managing and developing teams will be instrumental in contributing to our global OneACTEGA roadmap. I am confident that his addition to ACTEGA's global management team will drive our unprecedented growth and innovation further."

Acknowledging Excellence: ALTANA Innovation Award

In 2024, ACTEGA was honored to receive the Altana Innovation Award for its pioneering YUNICO® technology. This award recognizes the most promising innovations across all Altana divisions. YUNICO technology stands out for its ability to allow ACTEGA's customers to disperse highly customisable compounds into stable water-based coatings. Whether for drinking cups, stand-up pouches, or pizza boxes, the patented Yunico technology platform enhances food packaging sustainability by offering new functionalities in recyclability and adhesion, while providing barrier properties against water, water vapor, and oils in the packaging.

Commitment to Sustainability: Making the World a Little Bluer

In 2024 and beyond, ACTEGA is unwavering in its mission to lead the industry with innovative solutions and ambitious sustainability initiatives. Sustainability is at the core of ACTEGA's business. Embracing the motto "Let us make the world a little bluer", ACTEGA continues to pursue significant advances in creating a circular ecosystem and reducing its own climate impact. The company’s commitment to making the print, labels and packaging industry even more sustainable is as strong as ever.

In 2024, emphasizing more responsible chemical alternatives, ACTEGA launched a TMPTA-free UV-coating product line in response to TMPTA's reclassification as a category 2 carcinogen, underscoring ACTEGA’s commitment to environmental responsibility. For metal protective applications, for example in internal coatings for aerosol cans, new solutions were brought to market which replace Bisphenol-A (BPA)-containing, conventional systems. The systematic replacement of PFAS-containing additives and raw materials was another focus over the past year and led to numerous examples in ACTEGA’s portfolio which are now free of this challenging class of substances. ACTEGA’s Bremen site achieved certification under the ISCC+ scheme, integrating mass-balanced raw materials that significantly reduced the carbon footprint of our plastic granulates. By completing their Scope 3 inventory data collection, ACTEGA gained valuable insights into emission hotspots, paving the way for targeted emission reduction strategies. Establishing CEPI 2.0 recycling testing in their lab and our Gold medal achievement in the Ecovadis assessment of ACTEGA RHENACOAT further highlighted their dedication to sustainable progress.

“By prioritizing sustainability efforts, we not only contribute to protecting the planet but also demonstrate our dedication to being a responsible and forward-thinking business. At ACTEGA, we consistently examine our practices and make changes where necessary. This ongoing commitment drives us to continually assess and optimize our portfolio for greater sustainability.” says Dennis Siepmann, ACTEGA Head of Sustainability.

A Glimpse into 2025: Embracing Sustainable Progress

ACTEGA’s vision is rooted in a deep understanding of the evolving landscape of consumer expectations, regulatory frameworks, and technological advancements. The company recognizes that the future of packaging is not only about meeting market demands but also about fostering a culture of environmental stewardship.

Undoubtedly, the shift towards eco-friendly consumption is transforming the packaging industry, especially in Europe, where consumers are increasingly assessing the environmental impact of their purchasing choices. In their pursuit of excellence, ACTEGA aims to be at the forefront of this shift by continuing to innovate and introducing cutting-edge technologies and solutions that cater to the diverse needs of our customers while prioritizing sustainability.

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research-123 · 1 month ago

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Sustainable Research Practices: How to Minimize the Environmental Impact of Academia

Academia and research have always been intrinsically married with high energy use, great paper waste and transportation emissions. Sustainability emerges as one of the priorities of most sectors in the currently grappled war with the crisis of global climate. Fortunately, there are many ways in which academic institutions, researchers, and students can adopt more sustainable practices, both in the way research is conducted and in the broader operational aspects of academia.

Energy Consumption Reductions in Research Laboratories Research labs are usually high-energy, active spaces due to the extensive use of specialized equipment, lights, heating, cooling, and ventilation systems within the facilities. Operational demand can be significant in such a facility. To reduce carbon footprint:

Install Energy-Efficient Equipment: Use energy-efficient appliances, LED lights, and low power computing devices in labs and offices. Replace current old fume hoods and ventilation systems with more energy-efficient models; make sure all equipment is shut down outside of operating times. Optimize lab operations. Implement activities such as "shutdown" protocols at the end of the day or during lulls in activity. Promote the sharing of equipment where practicable, to reduce duplication and wasted energy. Green Building Certifications: For new or renovated lab spaces, sustainability should be first priority in design, through green building certifications such as LEED, BREEAM, focusing on energy efficiency, waste reduction, and sustainable materials.

Reduction of Emissions from Travel Perhaps most markedly, traveling, which is such an important feature of most academic conferences, fieldwork, and collaborations, gives research a big environmental footprint. Many greenhouse emissions originate from air travel. To try to change that:

Promote Virtual Conferences and Meetings: Where possible, replace physical meetings with virtual platforms (for instance: Zoom, Teams). Virtual conferences are now increasingly popular and available, making it more feasible for researchers to share work and collaborate on projects without having to travel. Travel locally or regionally instead of flying long distances. Use train, bus, and carpooling services for short journeys instead of air travel. Offset carbon emission. For unavoidable flights, researchers and institutions can join carbon offset programs to balance out the impact of traveling. This would include investments in projects that diminish carbon emissions, such as reforestation or renewable energy initiatives.

Sustainable Paper Use Although digital technologies are on the rise, paper is always a major issue in academia. Printing research manuscripts, textbooks and journal publications are all generating from the information which aims to cut down trees and waste. Steps for doing less paper:

Go Paperless: Convert into digital format for research publication, notes, and data storage. Tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote will help researchers about citation management and articles without printing anything on paper. Digital Storage of Data and Sharing: Use cloud-based applications, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive, to share research information and collaborate with others. Fewer printed copies are needed, thus reducing the environmental effect of carrying and handling materials. Recycling and Eco-Friendly Paper: For those times when printouts are necessary, use recycled paper or from sustainably managed forests (look for FSC certification). Encourage recycling and reuse in the offices and lab spaces, limiting unnecessary prints.

Green Research Inputs Research materials, be it lab-based or field-based, can have serious environmental impacts. Chemicals, equipment, in other words: production, consumption, waste, pollution-often form part of the materials lifecycle. End

Green Chemistry and Materials: In the lab, use "green chemistry" methods to reduce the amount of toxic chemicals used, hazardous materials, and waste. Find alternative sources of nonrenewable resources and utilize sustainable resources more extensively throughout the design of experiments. Reuse and Repurpose Equipment: Use methods to reuse or repurpose equipment. The same approach can be applied to software, lab consumables, and furniture. Eco-friendly Field Research Practices: Field research must be such that it minimizes the interruption of the natural environment and is conducted in accordance with best practices for sustainability. Field studies should not be disruptors to ecosystems, and least amount of waste must be generated. Reusable or biodegradable materials must be used in fieldwork.

Sustainable Publishing and Open Access This is another area where research efforts can lead to great positive impacts: the academic publishing business. Traditional publishing is often dependent on mass paper-based processes and huge amounts of energy consumption. Additionally, many researchers cannot access published research because of very high subscription fees. In order to foster sustainability in publishing:

Support Open Access: The most significant positive impact of open access publishing is that it helps enlarge the availability of research. Other environmental benefits may be gleaned from not printing journals. The publication of research can now freely be accessed online through various open-access repositories and platforms, such as arXiv and Zenodo, without being printed. Adopt Digital-First Publishing Models Journals should embrace a digital-first model to avoid the environmental impact of printing and shipping. Most journals already publish online first and print hard copies on demand. Ecological Publishing Practices: For print journals, encourage publishers to use recycled paper, environmentally friendly inks, and energy-efficient printing practices. Encourage reducing the number of hardcopies printed, instead adopting on-demand printing instead of volume printing.

Green Campus Initiatives Sustainability in research is closely tied to the environmental practices of the institutions that support it. Universities and research campuses can adopt broader sustainability policies:

Green Campuses: Energy-saving projects - This includes campus-wide use of solar power, geothermal heating, and the construction of energy-efficient buildings. Encourage students to use green transport facilities like bike-sharing programs and electric vehicle charging stations. Waste Reduction Programs: Students will be encouraged to recycle, compost, and to reduce the use of single-use plastics. Many universities have zero-waste policies in place, diverting the majority of waste sent to landfills. Sustainable Food and Resources: Offer locally sourced, plant-based menu alternatives at university dining facilities and promote sustainable food production practices. Save resources through policies enforcing water conservation and reducing waste of food in the dining halls.

Funding Research with Sustainability Funding agencies and research organizations are employed to fund research in sustainability:

Sustainability as a Criterion: Funding bodies may consider the sustainability criterion of research proposal evaluation. Projects on reducing environmental impact, using renewable resources, or promoting climate action may score an extra point in funding. Support for Green Innovation: Incentive shall be given to research that leads to environmental sustainability to include the most contributory research endeavours and ideas such as renewable energy, climate change mitigations, and sustainable agriculture. Conclusion Sustainable research practices in academia could highly contribute to reductions in the impacts of the research process on the environment. Not only does this include the reduction of consumption in labs as well as the emissions produced from traveling, it also employs the use of sustainable materials in all aspects of research while using sustainable publishing practices. The academia could set an example in proactive strategy towards sustainability and encourage generations of researchers who will come about into considering the environmental impacts of their work, thus creating a more sustainable and resilient global research community.

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insstek · 2 months ago

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MX-Lab Alloy Design and Metal Alloying Research | INSSTEK

The INSSTEK MX-Lab is an advanced platform specifically designed for alloy design and metal alloying research. It enables scientists and engineers to develop and optimize new metal alloys using Direct Energy Deposition (DED) technology. The machine provides precise control over material properties by allowing for experimentation with various metal powders and alloys, making it ideal for creating custom alloys tailored to specific applications.

Key Aspects of Alloy Design and Metal Alloying with MX-Lab:

Alloy Design: Researchers can design and fabricate custom alloys by controlling the composition and structure of the deposited materials. This flexibility enables the creation of alloys with enhanced mechanical properties, such as increased strength, hardness, or corrosion resistance, based on the specific requirements of the application.

Metal Alloying: The MX-Lab allows for metal alloying by combining different metallic elements during the DED process. With the Hexa-Feeding System, researchers can introduce multiple metal powders simultaneously, enabling the development of complex alloy compositions and functionally graded materials.

Features of MX-Lab

Auto Z Adjustment: Automatically adjusts the distance between the sample and the nozzle to maintain a consistent Working Offset Position (WOP) of 9mm. This adjustment happens layer by layer during the deposition process, ensuring uniform and accurate builds.

Laser Control: The laser power is automatically set based on NC-Code instructions, allowing precise control of the laser at the desired location for multi-material sample production. This ensures that the appropriate laser power is applied for different materials during the process.

Auto Powder Calibration: The powder calibration, which was previously a manual process, is now automated. This improvement makes the process significantly faster, more convenient, and more precise, resulting in higher quality output with less manual intervention.

Monitoring System: The MX-Lab Monitoring System oversees the printing process, providing real-time feedback and data extraction capabilities. This feature helps track and optimize the deposition process for better control and quality assurance.

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Fujifilm's print technologies at drupa 2024

Fujifilm Group recently announced its presence at drupa 2024, from 28 May – 7 June in Dusseldorf, Germany (Hall 8b / A02). At the first iteration of the show in eight years, Fujifilm is set to showcase a range of print technologies – from analog to digital; toner to inkjet, through to printheads, inks and software this year at Fujifilm’s biggest-ever drupa stand covering 2,420 square meters.

Fujifilm will showcase its Jet Press 750S, highly known for more than a decade for its print quality, achieved through inkjet technology. The Jet Press series has been acclaimed for its high image quality that surpasses offset printing, with over 300 installations worldwide, the company claimed in a release.

Another B2 digital press, the Revoria Press GC12500, which uses dry toner for paper versatility and high usability, will also be showcased. The Revoria Press GC12500 is said to be the world’s first printer to expand the maximum paper size to B2XL size (750 × 662mm), allowing up to 6-up A4 posters and large format applications.

Apart from the B2 digital presses, the Jet Press 1160CFG, a full-color high-speed continuous feed inkjet printing system for the commercial printing market, will be exhibited for the first time. By adopting a newly developed water-based pigment ink, the new press can print beautifully on both coated and uncoated paper, the company said.

Moreover, two new mid-range production printers will also be unveiled for the first time. This new press is modeled on the Revoria Press PC1120, with its specialty colors and massive application range. The Revoria Press PC1120 has received wide market recognition, such as winning the “Buyers Lab (BLI) 2022 PRO Award” in the high-volume CMYK+ device category, from Keypoint Intelligence.

New process-less plates for offset printing and DX solutions for automation and streamlining with workflow software, will also feature, in addition to demonstrations of Fujifilm photographic products at the company's stand, the press release said. The inclusion of third-party finishing equipment will showcase the huge variety of applications possible with Fujifilm technology.

The recently released Jet Press FP790, a water-based inkjet digital press, which brings innovation to the flexible packaging printing process, and new automation options for its hybrid wide-format machine will also be displayed.

The Acuity range of wide format inkjet printers will be showcased, as well as a broad range of applications delivered by Fujifilm Group’s latest technology, including signage and packaging.

Customized printing equipment and inks through Fujifilm integrated inkjet solutions will be highlighted for printers whose demands cannot be met by standard printers. In addition, case studies across a wide range of applications, including direct mail, transactional printing, labels, and embellishments will be presented at the show.

Fujifilm will show its Aquafuze inkjet ink technology at drupa. Launched in Autumn 2024, the Aquafuze inkjet ink technology combines water-based and UV-curable ink for wide-format inkjet printing applications. The UV-curable aqueous ink is suitable for indoor signage and wallpaper applications, meeting the growing needs of the wide format market, the company said.

The company will also exhibit the RxD Series, a pigment dispersion with high stability in the face of diversifying ink formulations spurred by digitalization. Moreover, Fujifilm will announce new products for print heads that enable versatility across a wide range of applications.

New Fujifilm Group environmental strategies will also be introduced. These include short run with the use of digital on-demand printing, processless offset printing plates, carbon-neutral production facilities, and recycling initiatives, the company said.

Priyatosh Kumar – associate director and head of Division, Graphics Communication & Device Technology, Fujifilm India said, “With its largest-ever presence at the event, Fujifilm Group aims to highlight its role as a trusted and sustainable partner in the printing industry. Emphasizing the theme of “Discover the difference,” Fujifilm will showcase how its solutions add significant value to businesses, catering to diverse needs across the printing landscape.”

Participating in a prestigious global platform like this provides Fujifilm India with a unique opportunity to extend its reach to a broader audience and engage with a diverse array of stakeholders, including industry peers, potential partners, and customers from across the globe, he added.

This presents an invaluable chance to foster meaningful connections and collaborations that can enrich the company's network and open up new avenues for growth and innovation, he shared. “Additionally, interacting with players from different parts of the world allows Fujifilm India to gain insights into global trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, which can further enhance its competitive edge and contribute to its long-term success in the dynamic and evolving landscape of the imaging industry,” Kumar concluded.

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omkar-print-lab · 2 years ago

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isenmulangkonveksi · 2 years ago

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omkarprintlab · 5 years ago

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rigelmejo · 3 years ago

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some cool resources

Ilya Recently I found a collection of The Natural Approach study resources! It’s amazing! Its got links for learning through comprehensible input for several languages, and includes many resources I’ve mentioned before like Comprehensible Input French, Ayan Academy, Le Francais Par Le Methode Nature, Frank Method, along with stuff I hadn’t found before!

Awesome Natural Approach - https://github.com/IvanovCosmin/awesome-natural-approach

This is a natural approach resource someone designed for japanese, which is really cool because its the first of it’s kind I’ve seen for an asian language (I would love more nature approach/comprehensible input resources for languages like japanese, chinese, korean etc). I’ve explored this site and truly it is comprehensible input if you can read kana. Its a wonderful resource and I’ve been going through it to see how much it teaches - I would be in heaven if a resource like this ultimately aims to cover as many words as Le Francais Par Le Methode Nature does. In my dream world many languages would have a resource that covers as much as that book ToT. I’m really excited by the project below, and I still would desperately love to figure out how to make a similar resource for chinese one day.

DrDru’s Lab https://drdru.github.io/stories/intro.html

Ilya Frank’s Reading Method (japanese - but it has several other language resources): http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/japanese/11-japanese-folk-tales

Wasabi-jpn (not a nature method resource, but it has phenomenal free lessons for japanese with audio and text and translations): https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/

DeFrancis Chinese Readers audio files (while the books are really good graded reading material, they’re old and out of print and hard to get copies of, and I highly recommend the audio files on their own - they’re clear enough to study from even without accompanying text, just like FSI’s language course audios are useful even without the accompanying text. The material is incredibly dry, but if you need tone drills, sound drills, drills of simple common words and graded listening material that gradually increases in difficulty, its a plentiful resource): http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31539&TPN=3

Legend of Fei audiobook: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1iN411d7M6

Tian Ya Ke audiobook: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV14p4y1t7sB?p=11&spm_id_from=pageDriver

Modu audiobook: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Gb4y1e7z8?from=search&seid=16682226077510869656&spm_id_from=333.337.0.0

Guardian audiobook: https://music.163.com/#/djradio?id=791802378&order=2&_hash=programlist&limit=100&offset=0

Guardian audiobook (deep voice): https://fm.qq.com/show/rd002ED4aN0mYz2L__

Night by U (Bai Yu): https://www.ximalaya.com/renwenjp/42190598/

Webnovel site jjwxc (it has a LOT of webnovels, is the place a ton of danmei authors post on, also one of my favorite pingxie fanfiction writers posts their stories here. Good for keeping up to date on newer stuff, following authors, supporting authors, and finding what’s popular) https://www.jjwxc.net/

Daomubiji novel site (I don’t think it has some of the really new novels though): http://www.daomubiji.org/

Zhenhunxiaoshuo (this lovely site has a ton of danmei novels backed up, along with a ton of romance novels in general backed up, while https://www.jjwxc.net/ is the go to for keeping up with novels, buying new chapters and supporting authors, zhenhunxiaoshuo has back ups and is nice for if chapters have been censored/taken down/changed or full stories have been deleted, zhenhunxiaoshuo also has the print chapters of some novels if you’re trying to find a limited-run extra online. Also if you’re just trying to find a new danmei author or story, everything on there is solid, then you can use the title or author to go search for more. As its named for zhenhun, it seems to prioritize backing up everything by priest in particular. I’ve often gone there when looking for chapters or extras that were missing from either a print novel I owned or another site I’d been reading on. For the learners and translators - it works really well with a lot of text to audio, click dictionary, mtl tools, it has none of the weird text partly not registering/not showing up issues that some hosting sites have).

MTLnovel (I know people like to look down on mtl novels, although to be fair a lot of novels still are untranslated and mtls get used until better translations are made - and sometimes some wonderful person makes an Edited mtl to fix some glaring errors, until a better translation gets made. Well, if you have to read an MTL, I recommend this site. It hosts a LOT of webnovels, seems to use Google Translate as far as I can tell so its not awful considering I know apps like Readibu use Google Translate too - though far from ideal. Its biggest benefit though is you can make an account, then click ‘RAW’ at the top of chapters and read a parallel text chinese text with the english MTL. As a learner it means a TON of convieniently made parallel readers with the click of a button and is easier than copy/pasting each section you’re reading into some translator and looking back and forth to compare. It has each line of chinese followed by the english mtl, so its well suited for following along with an audiobook or just comparing the chinese text to the translation to figure something out. If you’re a translator and know some chinese already but use MTL as a first-pass on texts, I found this feature useful so I could quickly read the original chinese and notice glaring errors like wrong gender or the mtl totally misunderstanding a sentence/phrase. Then I could narrow in and just work more on translating those specific parts with issues, instead of either missing them by thinking the MTL was fine or wasting a lot more time on parts that read-okay when there were messier sections that needed to be worked on. I just think the ability to quickly compare the original to a line by line MTL makes it easier to comb through errors in an MTL, if you’re trying to make an edited MTL translation for people or relying on MTL to help. And again, as a learner, a lot of the less great click-dictionaries like LingQ and Readibu use Google Translate anyway, so its nice to have a site that uses it but also separates it into easier readable chunks to compare with the original. About 6 months into learning Chinese I used mtlnovel to translate 10 chapters of Silent Reading for myself, because the translation was unfinished at the time. It was a slog as a beginner but the site absolutely helped me not drown. If you’re a person who ends up interested in a lot of chinese-only novels, this site’s a nice collective resource until better person-done translations get made) https://www.mtlnovel.com/

Deepl.com (a translator. Its not perfect by any means, and I have found times when it gets things Worse than Google Translate or Baidu. But me and a few others have used this to just BULK mtl a novel that has no translation yet. Like The Wolf and The Rebel Princess’s novels. And overall, it doesn’t tend to get to many errors - it still makes the he/she mistake which is fixable, but otherwise it mostly only has issues of somewhat misunderstanding complex phrases/sentences. It rarely spits out a Really Wrong word definition, whereas Google Translate regularly spits out a Very Wrong translation for a lot of commonly used words. Also unlike Baidu Translate which seems to simplify down phrases unless you are just translating one small section at a time, DeepL tends to keep most details in its MTL instead of simplifying. It still simplifies a bit, but I think that's just a sad issue with chinese to english MTL. Basically, overall DeepL is likely to give you a very readable text with few glaring issues that would cause frustration - only the he/she and names might need fixing - and then will give few enough major errors in meaning that you’ll still retain the gist correct plot of the novel. I cannot necessarily say the same for Google Translate, so usually when I use Google Translate I also use Baidu or Yandex and compare. If you’re trying to whip up a parallel text for yourself real fast with a machine translation, I’d recommend DeepL. But if you know of a better mtl that still retains most details and doesn’t give a ton of glaring errors, please let me know.) https://www.deepl.com/translator

Baidu Translate (I highly recommend pasting in a URL and getting the whole webpage bulk translated, if you’re attempting to keep the text from being as simplified. I recommend pasting in individual sentences and paragraphs if you suspect simplifying is happening, and baidu will give you footnotes below your translation of expanded translations of various parts. I think baidu Usually is fairly good at getting the overall meaning of a translation. However baidu Really frustrates me, because it clearly has the CAPACITY to retain idioms and longer turns of phrase but instead will cut out idioms and oversimplify when it spits out a translation Bigger than only the idiom/phrase. So something like ‘stiff as a coffin’ baidu may translate to ‘scared’. You lose a lot of detail when it does that constantly.

Translations come out like this. Baidu is more likely to retain specifically correct word translations than Google Translate - for one thing Google Translate tends to get some really common words brutally wrong and if you’re a learner you will notice - but the longer the translation, the more likely Baidu is to start cutting translations you see below in its footnotes and then turn them into simplified shorter phrases on the right hand side. If you are using Baidu to MTL before you translate further yourself, its worth comparing the actual chinese to the actual MTL it spits out and seeing what stuff it simplified. Like DeepL, Baidu occasionally struggles with longer phrases/sentences and mistranslates them, but if you break down the sentence into individual words it will handle each word fine.) https://fanyi.baidu.com/#zh/en/

Various alternate sites to find cnovels (when you can’t find a chapter somewhere else, need to translate and copy paste, etc): https://www.sto.cx/list-mbook-44-1-0.html (sto.cx seems to have a LOT including fanfictions backed up, however it has some features which sometimes break text-to-audio functions and click-dictionary functions), https://www.mengruan.com/ (mengruan has some cnovels along with translations of things like The Little Prince, Agatha Christie, etc). If you search a novel’s chinese name followed by “小说在线” in a search engine, you will find a lot of alternative sites that host said novel, if you need to search for alternatives which work correctly for whatever tools you’re using (if you’re using a click dictionary or text to speech or google translate etc).

Bilibili Comics (if you’re looking for manhua, bilibili generally hosts a TON especially the new release stuff, just change the language at the top to Chinese) https://www.bilibilicomics.com/ There are alternative manga hosting sites, but honestly webtoons and bilibili are the most reliable and are the official hosts of a lot. However if again for your needs you need an alternative, search the manhua title in chinese then “ 在线” zaixian and you will find some alternative hosts in the results that may work better for you. In general though I’ve found its easy to find the official chinese releases, and its only for finding unofficial manhua translations in english that I’ve had to dig and really look around.

Various sites to find audio books, audio dramas (有声读物 youshengduwu and 有声读物在线 youshengduwu zaixian are your friends. Go to a search engine and search the chinese name plus one of those phrases, and you will find potential audio even if its not on one of the bigger sites - that’s how I found daomubiji audiobooks. Its worth searching youtube or bilibili first as they have a lot of audio that’s easier to find. https://music.163.com/ , https://fm.qq.com/ , https://www.ximalaya.com/ are the big 3 sites to find audiobooks specifically, and they work fine in computer and phone web browsers if you can’t download their apps in your region. Ximalaya often has official productions, and music.163 and qq have a lot of fans who make audios. https://www.missevan.com/ is a good site for finding audio dramas, as well as bilibili and youtube. Youtube is the most likely to have english subs on the audio dramas if you need them, and if you click the button below the videos on missevan - or the similar looking button on bilibili below videos - sometimes videos have chinese captions at the bottom of the video.)

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Synergia Pac enhances innovation through HP Indigo 6K digital printing press

Established in February 2024 in Gurugram's Udyog Vihar, Synergia Pac is an innovation lab started by co-founders Saqib Jamshed, Raman Anand Chahal and Deepak Nargis. The lab aims to combine printing and packaging with in-house designing, providing customers with a platform to design end-products according to their specific needs and requirements.

Synergia Pac installed an HP Indigo 6K press for its printing requirements and has printed 4 million impressions till now with an average of 7 lakh impressions per month. The HP Indigo 6K provides the flexibility to print on multiple substrates such as PET, polyester and paper for a wide area of products and more diversified avenues, Jamshed said, adding that though offset and gravure are considered the pinnacle of printing quality, HP has aced that with their range of digital printing presses.

The co-founders measured digital technologies for digital toner and liquid electrography (LEP) and found that the HP Indigo 6k suited their requirements as an innovation lab. Jamshed told Packaging South Asia, “HP is a market leader in the digital printing technology and I had experienced their services while working with Technova. HP presses are CO2 neutral and the inks are in compliance with sustainability guidelines, which helps in catering to customers who are looking for sustainable end products.”

Though sustainable printing is the buzzword in the industry, we are lacking on many counts, he said, adding a lot of work needs to be done to deliver sustainable end products. The raw materials in the Indian market are lacking in sustainability requirements. The substrates and print media such as paper, PET and PVC are not up to the mark in the sustainability agenda, he said, adding this creates a bottleneck for brands that want to take the sustainability route.

Apart from the HP Indigo 6K, Synergia Pac has a single VIS 370 semi-rotary flexo and die-cutting station from Vinsak, and a Vinsak flatbed die-cutter LFD350. Jamshed said digital printing is all about short runs and they have invested in a VIS 370 semi-rotary flexo and die-cutting station from Vinsak for its enhanced quality and to save cost in post-press operations.

In the coming few years, the Indian packaging industry will develop in three broad areas – sustainable packaging; integrating design and packaging with a design-heavy model; and the short-run pouches space, Jamshed said, adding there was an innate need for an innovation lab that provides to all these segments.

Apart from these three areas, the packaging industry will evolve in standardized conventional running, which is long runs; space for tier-3 and tier-4 cities startups, which require short runs for bare minimum quantities; and innovations for sustainability and anti-counterfeiting, he explained. “We are looking at the second and third categories with our innovation lab for the next level of consumer engagement.”

About the strategic location and the 4,500 square feet space in Gurugram, he said the city is a hub for brands and the location gives Synergia Pac the strategic advantage of having 500-1,000 brands in a three-km radius. The brand owners can drop by anytime for approvals on samplings and reprography.

Jamshed said the brand patterns are gradually changing in India, with more focus on convenience. There are two major factors that brands take into consideration while designing their packaging – consumer behavior and compliance. Earlier, brands used to focus more on compliance, but now consumer behavior is also a big factor when it comes to packaging.

Taking the example of cold drinks, he said earlier there were three to four standard companies for this space, but with the boom in start-ups, there are many sub-brands, seasonal brands and startups for individual and regional preferences of customers. These are the kinds of brands and startups that the company is eyeing to provide more variety in packaging design to consumers.

Synergia Pac has quick commerce houses, production houses, ad agencies, institutions and FMCG companies as its clients and serves the Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad markets. Apart from the metros, it is covering evolving cities such as Jaipur, Shimla and Chandigarh, and central Indian cities such as Bhopal and Indore, which will be the futuristic hub for packaging, he said.

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alexwrekk · 4 years ago

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In American high schools some kids earn letters for a letter jacket. I hung out with punks, skaters, goths, and hippies in the south parking lot and spent half the classes in my senior year hiding out in the Graphics Lab running school letterheads off on a AB Dick offset press to give away to friends for mischief reasons, making bootleg band screen prints, and planning my first zine. For some reason Ms. Nelson gave me this Guttenberg award for printing in 1995, the same year I started my first zine. A cool enamel pin before enamel pins were cool.I until the actual gutenberg, I did not actually learn how to use move able type (letterpress) until 2001 or 2002. This was a fun find in my big cleaning. #zinestergram #zines #izm2020 #gutenbergaward https://www.instagram.com/p/CDR1OpVhKl3/?igshid=16swx4o438hny

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Omkar Print Lab is a customer-focused printing company in Bangalore. We offer quality-driven digital and offset printing services to accomplish your every printing need, how big or small it may be. We use sophisticated printers, premiere quality inks, and the finest papers available in the market to create supreme standard prints.

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Fujifilm's print technologies at drupa 2024

The Acuity range of wide format inkjet printers will be showcased, as well as a broad range of applications delivered by Fujifilm Group’s latest technology, including signage and packaging.

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The best beauty discoveries are the ones that plop into your lap, and this is exactly what happened with these peel pads by Naturally Serious.

Background

You know how “natural” is a fun buzzword a lot of companies use in their campaigns but it actually doesn’t mean anything within their products or company? I think we actually have a good egg here with Naturally Serious. Looking through the ingredients of this product then browsing their about page, I can see they’re about using natural ingredients following their “B.A.D. (“Banned, Ambiguous or Debatable”) ingredients” philosophy. More impressively, they believe in environmentally-friendly packaging and production; offsetting their carbon print which is something that a lot of other companies don’t acknowledge in their pledges to be more green.

Also noticed that the bottom of their site the name “© 2020 June Jacobs Laboratories, LLC. All Rights Reserved”, so I decided to look into June Jacobs Labs. First off, they’re not affiliated with the peace activist of the same name. Second, I don’t think there is a June Jacobs, which I was wondering why I couldn’t find a ‘face’ of the company. Well, from this very recent class-action lawsuit, June Jacobs Labs/Laboratories was founded by Peter Thomas Roth of, well, Peter Thomas Roth! So JJL is founded and run by PTR as a contact manufacturing facility and were brought up in this class-action as they manufacture, market and do product packaging on 2 PTR products that were the subject of this lawsuit for misleading claims (point 87, page 24). So in a nutshell, June Jacobs Labs is the facility where both Peter Thomas Roth and Naturally Serious are made, as well as having its own beauty line. Actually, as you go to the JJL line website, you can see a link right at the top a link to both NS and PTR.

Edited: June Jacobs is an actual person who actually has been working with natural products.

So, does this change what I now know about Naturally Serious after using these peel pads?

No. I’ll tell you why.

While extraordinary claims are NOT GOOD AT ALL, I know that even though there is a parent company and/or manufacturing facility connecting Naturally Serious, I think the NS team believes in the philosophy of good, quality, naturally derived ingredients and upholding environmentally-friendly standards. It has happened before; Origins skincare was birthed at – and still owned by – Estee Lauder, but they do responsibly source (even having their own hives for the beeswax sometimes used) and have a proactive recycling program. It is possible to be owned by another company and do the right thing, and I’d like to believe that what NS is saying on their website is held in the highest belief in their research, produce and marketing.

Now that all that’s out of the way, let’s continue.

Ingredients of note

Naturally Serious does use the cold-pressing technique for the pads, which means it doesn’t use high heat to extract the stuff you’re trying to attain (nutrients, fats, oils, etc.), sometimes using that high heat limits or damages some of that said ‘good stuff’ (e.g., have you ever boiled the shit out of broccoli and it’s a pale, sad, limp mess? It’s also had the nutrients cooked out of it too).

Rooibos: Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate: preservative made by fermenting radish roots and leuconostoc bacteria from lactic acid Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract: fermented pomegranate Sodium PCA: I’m going to put a link to Naked Chemist because it’s fascinating Colloidal Oatmeal: moisturiser to treat or prevent dry, rough, scaly, itchy skin and minor skin irritations Pinus Cembra Wood Extract: from the wood of the Swiss stone pine tree with “resveratrol-like molecule called pinosylvin, which has abilities to:

Neutralize free radicals

Block pain receptors present in the skin

Decrease inflammation through several biological pathways“

Peucedanum Ostruthium Leaf Extract: “traditional Alpine leaf extract used for its wound healing and anti-inflammatory properties have appeared as outstanding options in this field”

Leontopodium Alpinum Extract: AKA Edelweiss, a plant extract providing antioxidant and skin-soothing benefits for skin. Edelweiss contains lignans, one of the constituents that have a natural skin-calming benefit. Strengthens skin’s barrier and helps reduce signs of sensitivity. In doing so, it helps the skin’s surface become more resistant to environmental aggressors, including some types of airborne pollutants.

The fragrance is of natural origin from fruits and herbs.

This unassuming little tub held the key to a personal annoyance. You see, For the first time in my life, I’ve had to deal with milia. What are milia? These annoying little jerks-

they’re not tumours or warts, they don’t hurt or itch, but for me, they’re just small, slightly white cysts of keratin that get trapped under the top layer of skin – and stupidly annoying. When you’re an oily-but-flaky dry skin person like me, this can happen. Mine were popping up under the inner part of my brow, forehead, cheeks (like the first photo) and a RUDE big asshole right at the edge of my nostril. And guess what? You can’t just squeeze these suckers out, you have to do some risky at home slicin’ n’ extractin’ or go to a pro to fish them out.

Thankfully, before I did anything too stupid, I was using these pads. Once in the morning, once at night. What I noticed is that a few of the smaller milium were gone and the bigger ones (including my nose one) were either disappearing or easier to dissolve from the inside via a little prick opening before cleansing with the pads [I know how confusing this might sound but I don’t want to tell you what I did in case you get the urge to do something stupid and bad]. He went, he disappeared surprisingly fast and this was the only thing I changed in my routine. It never stung or felt dry at all, it was just damn great.

What I Didn’t Like

I’ve been trying to think about what I don’t like about this product and really, there isn’t anything. The scent is nice, light and aromatic, but any stronger and it would have deterred me. I think the only bit of downside is that for $51, I’ll have to save for it and maybe only use it once a day, but I would see this as an investment.

Final Verdict

Within a month I had comfy skin with no flakiness and a massive reduction in the milia I had, with only the deeper, stubborn bumps left on my forehead. I feel that with longer use those bumps would have reduced even more. I was blown away with this little guy that this is the reason I have been so excited to come back because I wanted to share this with you. I hope that if you’re ever in a situation were you can test this product, you give it a go.

Recommended: Yes. Good for: Anyone looking for a more natural or gentle approach to exfoliating.

Prices (at Sephora) for 60 pads

$51AU $38US Unable to find prices for the UK or Canada.

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