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Digital Metrology Marks 20 Years of Metrology Successes
In recent years, Digital Metrology has collaborated with instrument manufacturers around the world to develop measuring systems and to embed software in custom and off-the-shelf metrology systems.
Shown in this image are some of the analyses in Digital Metrology's software products: Top, OmniSurf3D image showing ridges and local pits in 3D surface texture data; Center: OmniSurf 2D analysis of Wvoid (Local Void Area Per Unit Length); and, Bottom, OmniRound analysis used to diagnose a camshaft journal with significant chatter. Image courtesy of Digital Metrology.
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Digital Metrology Solutions, provider of measurement software, consulting and training, is marking its 20th year of service in May, 2019.
"We realized early on people don't want to measure…they want to understand. It isn't the measurement that matters, it's what you are able to do with the data," says Dr. Mark Malburg, founder of Digital Metrology Solutions.
Digital Metrology was originally formed to develop software for custom metrology applications, such as measuring unusual profile geometries and/or features of interest. In recent years, Digital Metrology has collaborated with instrument manufacturers around the world to develop measuring systems and to embed software in custom and off-the-shelf metrology systems.
The success of its earlier custom work eventually led to creation of several general-purpose software packages, including OmniSurf for two-dimensional surface profile analysis, OmniRound for roundness and harmonic analysis and, more recently, OmniSurf3D for three-dimensional surface texture analysis.
"When we entered the metrology market, most surface and geometry analysis was performed on the instrument, using the instrument's own proprietary software," Malburg says. "We saw a need for a simple-to-use software that people outside of the lab could use. TThough the years I've heard many customers say that the engineers' ability to interact with the data, in their offices, has lead to major breakthroughs in product understanding and development."
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23-year old Ofo Ezeugwu is the CEO and co-founder of Whose Your Landlord (WYL), a free service that provides renters with landlord reviews so that they can be better informed about the properties that they want to rent. The web site exposes landlords who try to scam unaware consumers in the marketplace, and also provides community insights and reveals the best available apartment listings. Companies like maryland property management company would probably maintain a good rating, they provide a good service I hear.
Think about it! Before you watch a movie on Netflix or Hulu, you want to first see the reviews. Before you make a purchase on Amazon, you also want to first see the reviews. Shouldn't it also be that way when searching for a rental property?
Common issues that renters face with their landlords include discrimination, theft, unaddressed plumbing issues, sewage problems, bed bugs, rodents, illegal evictions, and more.
So how does it make money?
As mentioned earlier, the service is free. But it will still be a major revenue generator through paid partnerships. For example, companies like Allstate, Roadway Moving, DOZE Beds, etc. want to advertise to their audience.
Also, landlords and property managers will eventually have to pay market rate subscription rates to list their properties on the web site.
Another source of revenue will be through their revenue share partnership with TransUnion that allows renters can request their credit report, background check, and eviction history.
The innovative company is already proving itself to be a success. They already have thousands of reviews on their web site, more than 500,000 listings, and the service has already been featured on BET, ABC News, CBS News, and in Newsweek.


Republicans in the United States Congress have rejected calls by Democrats for a full-blown investigation into whether the Bush administration hyped intelligence reports on the alleged threats posed by Iraq before going to war.
But they agreed on Wednesday to hold oversight hearings and review US intelligence reports that accused Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
The Bush administration justified its war against Iraq based on Baghdad's alleged threat for possessing nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Republican Senator Pat Roberts, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he would not allow the WMD issue to be used as a political tool.
"There seems to be a campaign afoot by some to criticize the intelligence community and the President," he said.
Roberts said criticism levelled against US intelligence bodies would create "divisiveness" with the intelligence committee and the Defence Department.
The Republican chairmen of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee echoed Roberts' rejection for an inquiry.
Roberts said various committees in charge of supervising intelligence gathering activities would investigate and interview witnesses before an official inquiry was launched.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's top Democrat Carl Levin and Democrat Senator John Rockefeller, a member of the Intelligence Committee, have called for a more official investigation.
Some Democrats say the Bush administration "hyped" intelligence findings, drawing upon the most dire conclusions to justify Washington's push for war against Iraq to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Rockefeller described the Republicans' plan for oversight hearings as "entirely inadequate and slow-placed".
"I'm not sure whether they really wanted to get to the crux of what really happened," he said, adding he would continue pressing for a broad inquiry.
Roberts said next week they would review intelligence documents in closed hearings.
"We've got to make sure that the CIA does not embellish or distort in any way the intelligence information in order to advance a policy of any administration," said Levin.
Media reports recently cited unnamed US officials as saying they felt pressured to slant intelligence. Roberts said no one has approached him with such concerns.


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Anis Ahmad Kaimkhani (Urdu: انیس قائمخانی born: 5 October) is a Pakistani politician who was the co-founder and president of Pak Sarzameen Party, until its merger into Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan.

Family and personal life

Early life and education
Anis Kaimkhani was born on 5 October in Hyderabad, Pakistan where he also received his early education.

His father was Hidayat Ali Khan who died in December 2012.

Political career

Working with MQM
Kaimkhani joined MQM in 1985 and rose to the position of unit in charge within two years. Then in 1987 he became the Unit-Incharge. In 1992 he was promoted to the rank of Zonal Incharge Hyderabad. Afterwards he was inducted into party's central co-ordination, Rabita Committee.

Rabita Committee
In 2011 Altaf Hussain, the chief of the MQM, selected Kaimkhani to be Rabita Committee's deputy convener. The party gave him many responsibilities in 2013 after which he was deducted. He was the former deputy convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). Then he left the party and stayed with Mustafa Kamal out of Pakistan. They stayed there for three years

Comeback and formation of Pak Sarzameen Party
Anis Kaimkhani, along with Syed Mustafa Kamal, returned to Karachi on 3 March 2016 holding a press conference in a rented house at Khayaban e Sahar in Defence phase 6 Karachi on the same day at 3:00 PM. They both founded a party which was called Pak Sarzameen Party. Kamal became the chairman while Kaimkhani became the president.

Later on in January 2018, before the 2018 Pakistan general elections, Farooq Sattar invited Kamal and Kaimkhani to rejoin the party but they rejected. Kaimkhani did not contested in the 2018 Pakistan general elections.

References

Pak Sarzameen Party members
Year of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from Hyderabad, Sindh
Living people

External links
Anis Kaimkhani on Twitter

Anis Kaimkhani on Facebook

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Vitamin C (or L-ascorbic acid) is the hexose ramification of acidity, and the lactone of saccharinic acid in enol form. VC is mainly derived from fruit and vegetables.
Vitamin C (or L-ascorbic acid) is the hexose ramification of acidity, and the lactone of saccharinic acid in enol form. VC is mainly derived from fruit and vegetables. It is also the essential nutrients for senior primates and other small numbers of creatures. There are two kinds of isomer for VC, including L-type and D-type. Only L-type has physiological function, and both reduced form and oxidized form have physiological activity.
HPLC purity of methanol; analytically grade of metaphosphoric acid, trisodium trimetaphosphate, phosphoric acid and monopotassium phosphate; Guarantee reagents of L-cysteine, and the ultrapure water.
Transfer about 0.5 g ~ 2 g (to the accuracy of 0.001 g) well mixed solid sample (containing 0.03 mg ~ 6 mg of L (+)-Ascorbic acid approximately) into a 50 mL centrifuge tube, add 20 g/L metaphosphoric acid solution and transfer the mixture into a 50 mL volumetric flask. Shake and dissolve to the constant volume, transfer all the solution into a 50 mL centrifuge tube. Ultrasonic extraction for 5 min, centrifuge at 4000 rpm for 5 min, Aspirate the supernatant and filter through 0.45 μm aqueous filter followed by HPLC analysis. (This solution can be used to test the content of L (+)-Ascorbic acid and D (+)-Ascorbic acid of the sample simultaneously).
to measure the total amount of L (+)-Ascorbic acid including the dehydrogenated type in the sample).
A robust HPLC analytical method was developed for quantifying L (+)-Ascorbic acid and D (+)-Ascorbic acid in infant formula milk powder. Exceptional separation was obtained with high resolution using Venusil C18 Plus. The method was determined to be accurate and reproducible. Typical method results were well within acceptable criteria.


Terrible news to report as Ralph Santolla, who spent time playing guitar in Decide, Obituary and Death, is in a coma following a heart attack Tuesday night.
"Friends and family… it is out there now so let me tell you what I know. Ralph thought he had a spider bite on Saturday. Went to the hospital. It was not a spider bite, it was a blood clot. Tuesday night he fell and he had a heart attack. John Rocha gave him CPR until EMTs arrived. His heart had stopped but they got him back. His visuals are stable but he is in a coma.
"He is on a ventilator but he is breathing around it. He could breathe on his own but they do not want to add additional strain to his body. He is in a coma. That is the main concern at this moment. They can fix everything else.
"We are having as many of his friends as he can come and talk to him and play music. There has been minimal movement but some. He is in the ICU but in a private room; they are letting anyone in and they can stay as long as they want. So please pray as he has people all over the world praying, and if you can come and spend time with him [please do]. Please… he needs to get back from the place that he is in. I love you all… let's just work on getting him out of the coma if we can. I will keep everyone updated the best I can.
On behalf of everyone at MetalSucks, we'd like to wish Ralph a speedy and full recovery and we send our best to his family and friends.


Claude Debussy and Gy�rgy Ligeti both re- imagined piano music in their own way, inspired by musical and extra-musical influences as diverse as they are fascinating. In this concert Danny Driver illustrates this by interweaving a selection of mature works by the two composers. Ligeti's Piano �tudes, composed during the 1980s and 1990s, draw on a broad range of world musics (such as gamelan, tribal African musics, and jazz) and mathematical principles. Debussy's two books of Images, with their celebration of pure sound freed from traditional forms and diatonicism, are as rooted in the composer�?Ts native culture as they are inspired by the art objects and sounds from faraway places.


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The simplicity of Mehedi Hasans trundle, gather and release was only matched by his disarming smile at the end of his first day in Test cricket. Otherwise, England found him a tough proposition with his five-wicket haul, the youngest among the seven Bangladeshi bowlers to do so on debut.This smile was also present at this years Under-19 World Cup in which Mehedi finished as the player of the tournament and led Bangladesh to the semi-finals for the first time.He managed the unusually high pressure of expectation on his team impressively and good-naturedly. On the day before the tournament started at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, he took one look at the journalist who asked him about pressure.What you are saying about pressure, I am hearing this for the first time, he said, beaming as he did so.He was a key performer throughout those three weeks, and made sure that after his team lost to West Indies in the semi-final, he picked up his disappointed team-mates and walked back to the dressing room in Mirpur with head held high amid a standing ovation. It was just the U-19 World Cup but Mehedi understood the stakes, and took on the challenges happily.Eight months later, the smile has remained, and there were many more reasons for it. There was the cherished debut, the big turn he managed to get the first wicket, the straighter delivery that got him his fifth, and the satisfaction of bowling accurately for 33 overs. The sight of his angled seam pitching on the straw-coloured surface repeatedly was as encouraging for all the spinners in this game as it was for a Bangladesh team which is still looking for a foil for Shakib Al Hasan. Mehedi bowled the most overs by a Bangladeshi bowler on his first day in Test cricket, beating Sohag Gazis 32 overs against West Indies in 2012. But he still had the energy to describe two of his wickets at the press conference.He said that the Ben Duckett wicket, which pitched on leg stump, spun and hit the off stump in the tenth over of the morning, came when he quickly realised that the large turn he was getting from the first over was more useful if it was directed at the stumps. But he said that, since even he didnt know how the ball went straight, the wicket of Jonny Bairstow to complete his five-for was special..I am never going to forget this day, Mehedi said. I got a five-wicket haul on my Test debut. It is also a matter of fortune that I got those against England. I thank the Almighty Allah, and I am indebted to everyones prayers.I got massive turn off my first delivery but Mushfiq bhai repeatedly told me that I should bowl at the stumps, so that I have chance to get leg-before or hit the stumps. I was bowling outside the off-stump in my first over, which they were leaving easily. From my second or third over, I realised that I will be successful if I bowl stump to stump. I loved all my wickets but the fifth one was special. It went straight. Neither I nor the batsman understood what was happening.Bowling one-third of the days overs was, according to Mehedi, a matter of habit. Doing it a number of times in domestic cricket for Khulna Division made sure that when Mushfiqur Rahim kept throwing him the ball, he maintained his discipline.Since his first-class debut, he has been part of the Khulna spin attack, which is led by the domestic giant Abdur Razzak. They usually bowl for long periods on tandem, at times 30-odd overs from each end.We are slaves to a habit. I learned bowling long spells from domestic first-class cricket. I can bowl for 30 to 35 overs per day. It helped me today. [Abdur Razzak] Raj bhai, our Khulna Division captain, guided me in the NCL. I spoke to him after I got chance in the national team.He told me to repeat what I did well in the NCL, to bowl at one spot for 30 to 35 overs. No need for variations. He told me that batsmen will have a hard time dealing with my bowling if I am accurate, said Mehedi, who added that taking the new ball was also something he had been doing since his Under-15 days.Mehedi though said that he was aiming for a middle-of-the-road performance on his international debut, so he exceeded his own and the team managements expectations. I never really thought I would get five wickets. 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Wests Tigers players would welcome the prospect of lining up against fired up former teammate and skipper Robbie Farah if a mooted 2017 first round NRL encounter with South Sydney eventuates.Farahs distinguished 14-season senior career at the Tigers finished at the end of the 2016 campaign.The NSW and Australian representative was picked up by Souths, one of the Tigers traditional Sydney rivals.It was reported in the Sydney Daily Telegraph on Monday the two clubs could clash in an opening round blockbuster at ANZ Stadium on March 3, though the draw wont be released till later in November.It would be a fiery clash, said Tigers back rower Chris Lawrence, the clubs longest serving player following Farahs departure.If that was the case, I think that would be great for the game.Im sure it doesnt matter when we come up against the Rabbitohs, Robbie is going to be fired up and Im sure hell be looking to have a good game.Ive spoken to him and saw himm a few times in the off season and had a chat to him since hes been back (at Souths) and they are straight back into it.ddddddddddddHes enjoying the new challenge, Lawrence said.Lawrence played a straight bat when asked if Tigers coach Jason Taylor was happier Farah was no longer at the club.Its day one (of pre-season training), everyone is happy to be getting back into it, he said.He felt the Tigers would miss Farahs vast experience and highly rated young halves Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses needed to take control of the playmaking duties.The centre turned back rower, who made his Tigers debut in 2008 and is closing in on 200 games, wants to remain a one-club man.Ive signed for the next three years and hopefully I can finish my career here but as we all know, three years is a long time in rugby league, he said. 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Q: AWS S3 Generate a presigned url with a md5 check Im looking to generate a pre signed url with aws s3.
It works fine with some condition (mime type for example) but im unable to use 'Content-MD5'.
I use the node js sdk and put the md5 in fields object.
const options = {
      Bucket: bucket,
      Expires: expires,
      ContentType: 'multipart/form-data',
      Conditions: [{ key }],
      Fields: {
        'Content-MD5': params.md5,
      },
} as PresignedPost.Params;

if (acl) {
      options.Conditions.push({ acl });
}

if (params.mimeType) {
      options.Conditions.push({ contentType: params.mimeType });
}

But after when I upload the file, I would like AWS to check by itself the uploaded file with the MD5 given in the presigned request but I always have that error :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Error>
    AccessDenied
    <Message>Invalid according to Policy: Policy Condition failed: ["eq", "$Content-MD5", "<md5>"]</Message>
    <RequestId>497312AFEEF83235</RequestId>
    <HostId>KY9RxpGZzRog7hjlDk3whjAbItG/mwhpItYDL7rUNNH4BCXMfmLZsbZIPKivmSZZ3VkWxlgstOk=</HostId>
</Error>

My MD5 is generated like that in the browser ( just after recording a video ):
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsBinaryString(blob);
reader.onloadend = () => {
  const mdsum = CryptoJS.MD5(reader.result.toString());
  resolve(CryptoJS.enc.Base64.stringify(mdsum));
};

Maybe it's not the way it works ?
edit :
If I add to the upload form data (md5 hash is the same as set in the presigned)
formData.append('Content-MD5', encodeURI(fields['Content-MD5']));

the error becomes
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Error>
BadDigest
<Message>The Content-MD5 you specified did not match what we received.</Message>
<ExpectedDigest>2b36c76525c8d3a6dada59a6ad2867a7</ExpectedDigest><CalculatedDigest>+RifURVLd61O6QCT+SzhBg==</CalculatedDigest><RequestId>B4FF38D0FCC2E8F2</RequestId><HostId>yS7q200rJpBu48RNcGzsb1oGbDUrN8UK9+gkg6jGMl+EJSGeyQaSCfwfcMRUeNlJYapfmF304Oc=</HostId></Error>

answer:
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsBinaryString(blob);
reader.onloadend = () => {
          resolve(CryptoJS.enc.Base64.stringify(CryptoJS.MD5(CryptoJS.enc.Latin1.parse(reader.result.toString()))));
        };

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Pop!Tech 2009: One Times A Million or the Other Way Around? Emily Pilloton from Project H Design
My friend Monika is a designer. She's curious, restless even, always thinking about the next project and about ways to make them valuable for her local community. She currently doesn't practice design but she's looking for ways to get involved and make her creative thinking something she can devote her life to and a valuable resource to society. Monika is not alone. She's part of a larger movement that sees design and creativity not as a discipline aimed at creating new stuff and gadgets, but as a way of thinking, an approach to turn social challenges into design and innovation opportunities.
Today, I had the pleasure of having lunch with Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design, a Pop!Tech 2009 Social Innovation Fellow and a key character in the community interested in the nexus between design thinking and social impact. She is a really fast talker… and I'm a really slow typer. Hence, I took my notebook and tried to capture the main takeaways of our conversation. Here are th highlights of our conversation briken into three main section that underscore her thoughts on localizing efforts, markets and scale and, finally, her new book Design Revolution.
Localizing design: "I'd rather look at my own backyard"
We sat down. We shook hands. I introduced myself and NextBillion and went straight into arguing that her approach had enormous potential in my native Latin America, Africa and Asia, the places we most often analyze and write about in this website. Like Jason yesterday, Emily was quick in politely pointing my attention to the fact that the US faces enough social challenges to capture all of her attention at the moment.
Perhaps it's the theme of the conference, but this has been a common thread throughout my experience at Pop!Tech: a constant pledge for localizing efforts and creating tools, approaches and information that enable local communities to come up with solutions for their own problems, plus a growing interest for social innovation that takes place in the United States.
The key of Project H's approach and its local chapters is deep immersion into the circumstances of local communities. Partnerships with local organizations play a central role in the process of identifying social challenges where design may provide a viable solution. An example of these partnerships is the one Project H developed with the Downtown Women's Center of Los Angeles, where a solution for the needs of street dwellers has been developed. She also used the same example to explain how Project H's thinking begins by identifying a problem, not envisioning a solution.
Starting "with a need in mind, not knowing what the final solution will be" can be a lengthy process, particularly in terms of building trust among local actors and creating dynamics that allow communities to incorporate a problem-solving discipline that prevails even after the Project H design team is gone. "That's when you know you've been successful", said Emily, "when projects keep going even after we're gone".
I thanked Emily for her push back on my point about developing countries. It's really not about solutions and cool approaches being exported from this country to those across oceans. It's about making information available and about educating local actors in the art of observation and design thinking to make local challenges local opportunities for design and enterprise.
"1 million people doing something is better that 1 thing done a million times"
Our conversation quickly moved into the role of markets and enterprise in making these solutions sustainable. "That's one of our main challenfges", Emily admitted. "I would argue that a social need implies the existence of a market… but since we start from the need and not the market, we often have a challenge figuring out the business model or subsidy that can make a given solution sustainable and over time".
That's when the magic word came to my mind of course: "Scalable". But I told you Emily talks fast. Before I even said it, she told me "I truly believe scalability is not the inescapable answer". "I believe it's more important to move a million people to do one thing than make one thing and copy it a million times". Powerful, yes, but she wasn't done just yet… "what needs to be scalable is access to information and tools. A way through which people can feel as part of a community. A way through which they can get answer to any question they may have about a project".
Nothing to add here, really. You may agree or not but It's a stance that enriches our conversation here in NextBillion.
"The Design Revolution Roadshow"
Next I asked Emily if there was anything she wanted to say during her Pop!Tech talk for which she didn't have time. The obvious answer was "YES!" and then went on to tell me about the upcoming Design Revolution Roadshow.
Design Revolution is the name of Emily's new book, a compendium of 100 innovations in design for social impact divided into 8 sections: Water, well-being, energy, food, mobility, education, play and enterprise. The book is so new it's not even available at the Pop!Tech Bookstore, which has in display everything every speaker or fellow has ever published. However, Emily had a copy at lunch and I was able to take a quick sneek peek into it. It's totally relevant to the NextBillion community and I'm sure it will be appreciated by many of you out there.
"I wrote the book in 90 days (!) and see it as a continuation to my manifesto. The manifesto set the tone and marked the road. Design Revolution is a tool, a blueprint of how to actually do this work."
In sum…
I really enjoyed my conversation with Emily, someone who couldn't take working for what she thought was wrong, quit her job, worked as a blog editor for a while and then founded her own remarkable organization, one relevant to the NextBillion community because of its role in changing the way people and organizations think about design, enterprise and their link to development.
Make sure to keep track of Emily and the dates when the Design Revolution Roadshow will be in your area… she'll be releasing those soon! What's more, it will be Emily's home on the road! That's literal. See below for the Airstream, which will be rolling across campuses in the US bringing along a sample of the products highlighted in the Design Revolution book.


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Q: Are we supposed to be able to trust empty DIVs to show in HTML5? Having seen advice seemingly change over the years regarding use of empty DIVs (ie.

) I'm confused as to the current thinking over whether or not to use   when a DIV will have no inner HTML.
I can find no definitive confirmation over whether we can rely on all modern browsers to display background color and image correctly at the specified width & height when there is no inner HTML, so I'm thinking maybe we can't rely on it - yet it's such a seemingly basic area.
I have even seen suggestions that empty DIVs should never be used - but do specs really state it is 'wrong' to have empty DIVs, or is it just unreliable? (I've tried finding reference to them, but maybe I'm using the wrong terms).
To illustrate, here are 5 areas where I would normally use an empty DIV, in the absence of any recommended alternative:

*

*as a placeholder for content which will subsequently be fetched by XHR calls

*as a way to manually create space in a layout

*where an image is defined in CSS (as a background image, but will effectively be foreground)

*where the text will come from the CSS using .somediv:after{content:SOMETEXT}

*where CSS is used to display graph bars etc using solid background color

Maybe there are different answers for each of these, which might explain the complexity over this issue.
I have, of course, tried discovering already, but for example the SO question Is necessary to show an empty
? suggests to me there is a huge amount of "IMHO", "probably", "seems to work" in this area. I would expect that by now that some official consensus has been reached on best practice.
So.. should I use   and if so should I set font-size to the same as the smaller of DIV width/height to ensure that space is filled in all browsers? Are there any other CSS tricks to ensure this will work in all browsers?

A: The browser is not going to discard or forget your container just because it does not have any contents (yet).
If you want the container to have a specific placeholder shape, then you might give it min-height, min-width, height and width and make sure it's display: block;.
If you are still unsure, you can fill it with a spacer.gif/png without padding and margin.
http://jsfiddle.net/APxNF/1/

A: Short answer. Yes, browsers will render the div even if there is no content.
Long answer, That might now always be the case. I have worked in the web for 8 years now and never had to use these, but here they are anyway.
jsFiddle demo
HTML

CSS
.empty1 {
    background: #FBB829;
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
}

.empty2:before {
    content: "\00a0";
}
.empty2 {
    background: #FF0066;
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
}

.empty3 {
    background: #F02311;
    min-height: 1px;
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
}

Sources:

*

*Experience

*Empty div with 2px width and background color doesnt show with height as 100%

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Jointly owned and managed by MCHT and Vinalhaven Land Trust, The Basin Preserve surrounds a wildlife-rich embayment on Vinalhaven's eastern shore.
Hiking - Three miles of moderate hiking trails leave from four separate trailheads, carving through evergreen forest and offering scenic vistas near the shore. Scroll down to learn more.
Kayaking - Launch your kayak near the Granite Island Bridge (avoid low tide) and enjoy a quiet paddle in the bay's protected waters.
Wildlife Observation - Home to many creatures, the Basin is a great place to observe seals, great blue herons, eagles, and ospreys, as well as birds not commonly seen on the mainland.
The Basin preserve has four trailheads.
One is located off Wharf Quarry Road, a narrow dirt road that runs in a westerly direction off North Haven Road. This trailhead and small parking area are located about a third of a mile down Wharf Quarry Road on the left. While it is possible to reach the trailhead with most cars, a high clearance vehicle is recommended. Wharf Quarry Road is closed in the winter, but parking is available on North Haven Road – look for the signs.
A second trailhead is located at the end of Folly Pond Road, a 0.3-mile dirt road that leaves west off North Haven Road.
There are also two trailheads located on Granite Island Road. The southernmost of the two is on the east side of the road, just after City Point Road departs west. Granite Island Road's other trailhead can be found a little more than half-mile farther to the north on the right, just after the road turns from pavement to dirt.
The state run Vinalhaven Ferry between the island and Rockland offers several trips each day, but offers limited space for vehicles. Reservations should be made in advance, especially during summer months. One option is to tour the island with a bicycle. The Wharf Quarry trailhead is four miles from the ferry terminal and the first Granite Island trailhead can be reached in a little more than two miles.
This 789-acre preserve surrounds a 360-acre tidal embayment on the west side of Vinalhaven known as the Basin and is jointly owned and managed by MCHT and Vinalhaven Land Trust (VLT). The Basin Preserve includes 64% of the bay's roughly seven miles of shoreline and conservation easements protect most of what remains. The Basin is largely spruce-fir coniferous forest mixed with hay scented fern fields and pitch pine woods at higher elevations. Look out for wildlife! You'll see seals on the ledges, bald eagles and osprey hunting, lots of winter ducks, and maybe even one of the Great Horned Owls that nest nearby. In the springtime, the woods are buzzing with songbirds. Into fall, the trails are lined with Amanitas and other mushrooms.
A culmination of more than twenty years of land conservation work, the first portion of The Basin preserve was established in 1990 and the most recent addition occurred in 2009. This preserve would not exist without the generous support of conservation-minded landowners surrounding The Basin, most of whom donated their land or conservation easements. A portion of The Basin was supported with funds by the Land for Maine's Future program.


As a Reiki Master and Teacher and profound Energetic Healing Facilitator Ashley has the ability to assist your energy system to flow in union with universal life giving energy. Often our energetic systems are dormant and not charged with universal life flow or are spinning counter productive to our ability to fully function in life. Ashley acts as an energy conduit assisting in the restoration of your energy system, creating a transformative energetic healing experience so you may function to your full desired capacity.
Reiki is a Japanese healing technique, developed in the early 19th century, by Dr. Mikau Uusi for stress reduction, relaxation, enlightenment and healing. It is administered by the laying on of hands, and is based on the idea that an unseen life force energy flows through all of us, and is what causes us to be alive. If one's life force energy is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy, healthy and calm when dealing with stressful situations. Reiki safely facilitates the healing of energetic blockages that manifest in our physical, mental and emotional bodies. By healing these energetic blockages Reiki helps increase the vibration of our personal energetics. Increasing your personal energetics allows for you to naturally gravitate towards things and people that are good for you, well at the same time helping you move away from things and people that are draining.
In todays world we are continuously faced with an over stimulated culture and lifestyle. This can lead many of us to feel overly stressed, drained, anxious, fearful and tired due to our lack of energy to keep up with the hamster wheel. A Reiki session will allow you to empty your mind, calm your nervous system, and experience deep peace creating greater sustained joy in your daily life. All you have to do is be open to receiving the experience, lie down and let the magic happen.
How many reiki sessions will I require?
Each person is different and requires different levels of care. It all depends on how well your energetics are functioning, your stress levels and your decided level of ideal balance.
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When working with chronic conditions three to nine sessions are recommended to see significant results.
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Ashley will hand pick a number of crystals specifically suited to your energetic issues that you can use at home to balance your energy centres after a stressful day.
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I am trying to move the "shop-now-btn" below the heading. there is a grid above it and they seem to be joined when I try and move the "shop-now-btn".

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A: Putting a margin:0 auto will center your box. Let me know if this is what you mean.

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       background-position: center;
       background-repeat: no-repeat;
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       position: absolute;
       width: 100%;
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       padding-left: 30px;
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A: Display flex, align items and justify content are flex properties defined on the flex parent, not its children:

.shop-now-btn {
  font-size: 16px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: GT Pressura Mono, Roboto Mono, monospace;
  color: black;
  border: 2px solid #bfc5c7;
  max-height: 45px;
  max-width: 100px;
}

.section-1 {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  z-index: 100;
  background-image: url(https://swallowtailtea.imgix.net/s/files/1/2960/1850/files/white_gywan_2400x.jpg?v=1551770466&auto=format&q=50&);
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  padding-left: 30px;
  padding-right: 30px;
  padding-top: 30px;
  animation: slideBg 10s ease-in-out 3s;
  animation-timing-function: ease-in-out 3s;
}

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Here is an example with better defaults and less code:

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html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
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  max-height: 45px;
  max-width: 100px;
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  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
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  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  height: 100%;
  padding-left: 30px;
  padding-right: 30px;
  padding-top: 30px;
  animation: slideBg 10s ease-in-out 3s;
  animation-timing-function: ease-in-out 3s;
}

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Focus on Radiation Oncology
Novel Combinations
Small Molecule Therapeutics
Therapeutic Targeting of KDM1A/LSD1 in Ewing Sarcoma with SP-2509 Engages the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response
Kathleen I. Pishas, Christina D. Drenberg, Cenny Taslim, Emily R. Theisen, Kirsten M. Johnson, Ranajeet S. Saund, Ioana L. Pop, Brian D. Crompton, Elizabeth R. Lawlor, Franck Tirode, Jaume Mora, Olivier Delattre, Mary C. Beckerle, David F. Callen, Sunil Sharma and Stephen L. Lessnick
Kathleen I. Pishas
1Cancer Therapeutics Laboratory, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Christina D. Drenberg
3Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
4Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
ORCID record for Christina D. Drenberg
Cenny Taslim
ORCID record for Cenny Taslim
Emily R. Theisen
Ranajeet S. Saund
Ioana L. Pop
5Huntsman Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Brian D. Crompton
6Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
7Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth R. Lawlor
8Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
9Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Lawlor
Franck Tirode
10Univ Lyon, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon, Centre Leon Berard, Cancer Research Center of Lyon, Lyon, France.
ORCID record for Franck Tirode
Jaume Mora
11Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.
ORCID record for Jaume Mora
Olivier Delattre
12Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Service de Genetique, Pole de Medecine Diagnostique et Theranostique, Unité de Génétique Somatique, Paris, France.
Mary C. Beckerle
ORCID record for Mary C. Beckerle
David F. Callen
Sunil Sharma
13TGen Clinical Sciences, Applied Cancer Research and Drug Discovery, Phoenix, Arizona.
Stephen L. Lessnick
14Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
For correspondence: Stephen.Lessnick@nationwidechildrens.org
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0373 Published September 2018
Multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimes remain the cornerstone treatment for Ewing sarcoma, the second most common bone malignancy diagnosed in pediatric and young adolescent populations. We have reached a therapeutic ceiling with conventional cytotoxic agents, highlighting the need to adopt novel approaches that specifically target the drivers of Ewing sarcoma oncogenesis. As KDM1A/lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is highly expressed in Ewing sarcoma cell lines and tumors, with elevated expression levels associated with worse overall survival (P = 0.033), this study has examined biomarkers of sensitivity and mechanisms of cytotoxicity to targeted KDM1A inhibition using SP-2509 (reversible KDM1A inhibitor). We report, that innate resistance to SP-2509 was not observed in our Ewing sarcoma cell line cohort (n = 17; IC50 range, 81 –1,593 nmol/L), in contrast resistance to the next-generation KDM1A irreversible inhibitor GSK-LSD1 was observed across multiple cell lines (IC50 > 300 μmol/L). Although TP53/STAG2/CDKN2A status and basal KDM1A mRNA and protein levels did not correlate with SP-2509 response, induction of KDM1B following SP-2509 treatment was strongly associated with SP-2509 hypersensitivity. We show that the transcriptional profile driven by SP-2509 strongly mirrors KDM1A genetic depletion. Mechanistically, RNA-seq analysis revealed that SP-2509 imparts robust apoptosis through engagement of the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway. In addition, ETS1/HIST1H2BM were specifically induced/repressed, respectively following SP-2509 treatment only in our hypersensitive cell lines. Together, our findings provide key insights into the mechanisms of SP-2509 cytotoxicity as well as biomarkers that can be used to predict KDM1A inhibitor sensitivity in Ewing sarcoma. Mol Cancer Ther; 17(9); 1902–16. ©2018 AACR.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Online (http://mct.aacrjournals.org/).
Received April 10, 2018.
Revision received May 15, 2018.
Accepted July 2, 2018.
Published first July 11, 2018.
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All India Radio (AIR) : All India Radio (AIR) is a national broadcasting service planned, developed and operated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting under the Government of India. The operations of All India Radio began formally in 1936 with the...
by CulturoAdmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Cultural Bodies in India
Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation: Set up in May 1972 as a part of the bi-centenary birth celebration of Raja Rammohan Roy, it is a fully financed autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture. Its main objective is to promote and support the public...
National Council of Science Museums: The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Calcutta is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Culture. Its wide range of interactive programmes and activities are aimed at popularising science and...
Kalakshetra: Kalakshetra literally means a 'Holy place of Arts'. It was started in 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale as a cultural academy for preservation of traditional values in Indian art, especially in the field of dance and music. The Government of...
Films Division: Started in 1948, it is a central film-producing organisation of the government of India. Its prime responsibilities include production and distribution of short and documentary films. It has centres in Bangalore and Calcutta. Some of the best...
by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Arts & Crafts of India, Cultural Bodies in India
The Crafts Council of India (CCI), which was established by Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay in 1976, is a registered non-profit voluntary organisation working for the welfare of crafts persons and the preservation and development of handicrafts. It has its headquarters in...


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A bright and beautiful Boston day made for an excellent Boston Sierra Club ICO canoe trip on the Charles River!
After a quick breakfast in East Boston, Zumix staff member Dan, ICO leader Laura, co-leader Susie, and volunteers Amy, Ray, and Maria rounded up all eight kids and headed out . Unlike most canoe trips, our adventure didn't begin on the river; it started in the urban jungle as we switched from the Blue Line to the Orange Line to the Red Line then hiked a little over a mile along the Charles to our canoe pick up.
During our river walk, we started catching glimpses of wildlife, including a mother duck with her babies. Ray, Susie, and Laura also taught the kids how to make whistles with marsh grass, and everyone seemed to enjoy the brief cacophony. It was a successful hike, especially considering our large group only toppled one cyclist (no kids were injured and the very nice cyclist, who'd swerved to avoid us, was fine!).
We met volunteer Liz on the bed of the Charles, where she'd set up a wonderful picnic lunch. After eating sandwiches, fruit, and snacks, we filled up our water bottles, learned about canoe safety, got fitted for life jackets and paddles, and boarded our canoes.
Getting into the boats without tipping was a major feat, and it was great to be able to teach the kids the simple physics around moving a canoe. We spent a lot of time almost running into the banks and dodging bigger boats in the middle of the river, but by the end of the day, everyone seemed to have their turning and paddling skills down.
We paddled up and down the Charles for a few hours, encountering two turtles balanced on a piece of wood, a large hawk perched in a tree, innumerable ducks and Canadian geese, and at least one dead fish. The turtles seemed to be a favorite, but the kids almost enjoyed the humans on the river more: my canoe crew screamed with delight every time a speed boat passed us because the resulting waves really rocked us around.
After spending the afternoon paddling up, down, and across the river, the kids (mostly exhausted) regrouped for snacks. We formed our closing circle on the riverbed, and each kid told us what their favorite part of the trip had been. "The whole thing" was my favorite answer. We sat in the shade for post-canoe snacks, which were eagerly devoured, and the stalwart kids trekked the mile back to Harvard Square in the blazing sun with little complaint.
All in all, it was a great trip! Not a single boat tipped, and the kids seemed to have a blast.


Oct 2015: esc medien kunst labor Graz/Austria as part of the Steirischer Herbst 2015.
Abstract: In the workshop the artwork "Megacorp." is used as an entrance point to deeper investigate fake business networks that are created to remain anonymous with the intention to commit fraud. We will explore how fake online identities and company representation are created by using a number of open source intelligence tools (osit). Additionally we will illustrate strategies that activists use to uncover fake companies of criminal organisations. Since these companies appear and disappear rather quickly, the "Megacorp." collection is an attempt to archive these websites with the intention to create a local dubious repository allowing further investigations.
Look for hints and clues that can prove that the website is real or fake.
How does the Logo look like?
Do all links work or are some links misleading to other pages?
Does the page look trustworthy? If not, why?
Are there some unfamiliarities or bad grammar used?
Is there another company under the same company name?
Is there a same website registered under the .com, .net, .at, etc.?
Can I find other information about the company online?
Is there a way to get in touch with someone?
Is it a valid address? Can I find the address through OSM, Google.maps, etc.
If there is a phone number provided, is it a valid number?
Does the country code fit to the address?
Can I find the phone number in a phone book?
– Does the website use content copied from somewhere else?
Selection of 15 businesses that are located in Germany.
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Grey Swans: Low Probability Events to watch for in 2019
2019-01-16 14:00:00 Christopher Vecchio, CFA,
1. Brexit Goes off the Rails, Jeremy Corbyn Rises to Power but the Pound Never Recovers
2. Emmanuel Macron Loses Power as French President
3. US-China Trade War Goes On, and On, and On…
4. Federal Reserve Independence Will Not be Challenged in a Serious Manner
5. OPEC Dissolves; Russia-Saudi Arabia-US Move towards New Production Bloc
In summarizing his career as a derivatives trader in the book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Taleb outlined the concept of an unpredictable financial event with extreme consequences – in other words, a "black swan." Inherently then, by identifying potential risks to financial markets in 2019 now, these are no longer "black swans." Instead, we shall call them "grey swans," events still unlikely to transpire, but if they were to, there would be profound consequences for financial markets.
Here are five "grey swans" to consider as the calendar turns into 2019.
The UK's process of exiting the EU – Brexiting – has been messy at best and downright horrifying at worst. A no-confidence vote in December 2018 fended off by UK Prime Minister Theresa May may have bought her some time to try to push through her 'soft Brexit' resolution, but there are dissatisfied parties all around. It's not difficult to foresee a situation where efforts to pass the Brexit resolution are suspended in favor of what's being called a "People's Vote," an effort to hold a second referendum on up-down, yes-no "No Brexit" or "Hard Brexit" outcomes.
Assuming a second referendum is eventually held, it's easy to envision an outcome whereby Theresa May, despite having a 12-month window of impeachability, decides to step down as prime minister and throw the country back into another general election. By that point in time, after having guided the country through a miserable Brexit flirtation period, the Tory Party would stand in disarray with no clear voice set to unite the Tory Brexiteers and the Tory Remainers. Such disarray would give room for Labour's Jeremy Corbyn to ascend to the prime minister's office.
This is not a critique on political economic philosophies, but the fact of the matter is that capitalist financial markets, historically, aren't pleased when leaders with socialist leanings goes into power. Fears of rampant government spending and ballooning debt and deficits would replace the "Hard Brexit" fears that weighed down the British Pound previously. The fact of the matter is, even if Brexit goes off the rails and is avoided altogether, the damage done to Britain's soft power is immeasurable, leaving it as an economic backwater with respect to the broader Euroarea. Acting like an emerging market economy on the brink of disaster won't change anyone's minds.
Throughout the fourth quarter of 2018, the "gilet jaunes" or "yellow vest" protests, engulfed Paris, among other major French cities, in riots. Given that the cause was fiscal in nature – initially, protestors were unhappy with a tax hike related to the Paris Climate Agreement – markets have been keen to see how French President Macron would react. In response to what has become a populist uprising, a desperate President Macro promised to raise wages and step up government spending.
By promising to reverse his tax hike, increase wages, and boost government spending in general, President Macron has promised to deliver a budget deficit, as a percentage of GDP, likely around 3.5%, according to French Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin.
Why does this development matter? The European Commission's threshold for budget deficit is 3.0% of GDP. Emmanuel Macron has invited outside criticism of his government. As the riots have persisted, the French-German 10-year bond yield spread has increased; meanwhile, their Italian-German counterpart has narrowed since mid-November 2018.
If there is political risk hurting the Euro, it's coming from France at the moment. There is no reason for the protestors to stop rioting until they get everything they want; Macron caved quickly once, so he probably will again. Accordingly, it is now a risk that the Macron government fails; a no-confidence vote is possible if the riots don't dissipate. The prospect of a political extremist gaining power in the Euroarea's second largest economy has previously been a burden for the Euro to carry (see: late-2016 to early-2017).
"Trade wars are good and easy to win." By now, it's evident to even the casual observer that US President Donald Trump's March 2, 2018 statement regarding the perceived expedience and success of his international trade policy was wildly off base. The US-China trade war rages on, even if there is a 90-day period of détente following the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 1.
Perhaps the key aspect of the US-China trade war is the timeframe on which each negotiating party is operating.
On one hand, Chinese President Xi Jingping isn't facing an election anytime soon, having just secured his leadership for life after abolishing term limits. On the other, US President Trump just faced a significant defeat in the 2018 US midterm elections, and his political support is on the downswing halfway to his re-election bid in 2020.
As such, for the Chinese, the US-China trade war may simply be a waiting game. A stalemate for a long enough period of time will prove to be more costly for Donald Trump than for Xi Jingping, Chinese strategists reason, given that Trump will face re-election at a time when his political base is feeling the economic sting most intensely. Reports have indicated China's tariffs are targeting parts of the US that supported Trump politically; to wit, in November 2018, Chinese imports of US soybeans were zero (in November 2017, they were 4.7 million tons).
For all of the market participants hoping to see a quick resolution to the US-China trade war once the calendar turns to 2019, it's best to tamper down those expectations.
By the end of 2018, the shifting tides of the US economy and requisite responses by the Federal Reserve had drawn the ire of US President Donald Trump. Openly fuming on Twitter regarding the path of interest rate hikes, Trump has made clear time and again that he's not happy with his decision to install Jerome Powell as Fed Chair, opining that former Chair Janet Yellen may have been a better option.
While some are crying wolf over the perceived threat to the Fed's independence, the behavior by Trump may not be all that different from his predecessors – he just may be more public about it. In his memoir Keeping at It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government, former Fed Chair Paul Volcker recollected an interaction in 1984 with James Baker, then-Chief of Staff to former President Ronald Reagan. Pointedly, Baker told Fed Chair Volcker not to raise rates before the 1984 US midterm elections. This is not an isolated incident in history; former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan and former US President Bill Clinton have, in recent years, reflected on their fractious relationship during the 1990s.
The point is, verbal jousting by the Chief Executive of the United States towards the Chair of the Federal Reserve is nothing new. As tempting as it claim that this is an area in which Trump is overextending his influence, the fact of the matter is that the governance structure of the Federal Reserve is setup to minimize political interference (hence the overlapping term limits between administrations): Congress will have to find a cause to remove Fed Chair Powell from office through a vote and a procedure; Trump cannot.
The end of 2018 was a rocky period for energy markets. Amid news that Qatar would be leaving OPEC to pursue natural gas drilling on its own terms, fears of a supply overproduction gripped markets, sending both Brent and Crude Oil down nearly -40% in the final three months of the year.
How quickly things have changed from a decade ago. In 2008, the United States produced, on average, 5.17 million of barrels of oil per day. As we close out 2018, the US is on pace to end the year just short of 11 million barrels per day. This has dramatically altered the production landscape in a short period. Now, in order to cope with this new American reality, we've seen Russia and Saudi Arabia – in an agreement that is known as OPEC+ - begin to coordinate energy policy more closely than ever before.
The name of the game at present time seems to be 'acquire market share.' Saudi Arabia has made clear that has no serious plans about cutting oil production by itself, instead insisting that other OPEC members share the burden with commensurate output cuts of their own. Russia's inclusion and growing influence over the decision making of OPEC is simply a matter of pragmatism: if OPEC made cuts but Russia didn't, would the cuts matter all that much? Since 2016, Saudi Arabia has essentially said that OPEC meetings are pointless without Russia at the table, after all.
As US energy independence rolls forward, it's reasonable to expect greater coordination between Russia and Saudi Arabia, the other two major global energy producers. But in the event that the lesser OPEC members become stifled by Russian influence over the body's decision making, OPEC could dissolve itself, sending energy markets into disarray. At that point in time, a coordinated policy among Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States could begin to come into focus…a New OPEC.
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New drug a potential treatment for Type 2 diabetes Garvan scientists, in association with US pharmaceutical company DiaKine Therapeutics, have shown that a drug candidate, Lisofylline, could be useful in treating Type 2 diabetes. Lysofylline, an anti-inflammatory drug, is currently undergoing clinical trials for other diseases. https://www.garvan.org.au/news-events/news/new-drug-a-potential-treatment-for-type-2-diabetes https://www.garvan.org.au/news-events/news/new-drug-a-potential-treatment-for-type-2-diabetes/@@download/image/tablets.jpg
Garvan scientists, in association with US pharmaceutical company DiaKine Therapeutics, have shown that a drug candidate, Lisofylline, could be useful in treating Type 2 diabetes. Lysofylline, an anti-inflammatory drug, is currently undergoing clinical trials for other diseases.
Media Release: 22 July 2010
Australian scientists, in association with US pharmaceutical company DiaKine Therapeutics, have shown that a drug candidate, Lisofylline, could be useful in treating Type 2 diabetes.
Drs Georgia Frangioudakis and Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, tested the anti-inflammatory drug which is undergoing clinical trials for other diseases, on mice being fed high-fat diets. Their findings are published in the journal Endocrinology, now online.
"This is the first time it has been suggested that Lisofylline could be useful in treating Type 2 diabetes," said Dr Schmitz-Peiffer. "We believe it works by preventing the build up of certain by-products of fat metabolism."
"Fats build up in the muscle and liver cells of obese people or high-fat fed mice. When those fats are metabolised, their breakdown products prevent the normal movement of glucose into cells."
The hormone insulin is produced after we eat to move glucose from our bloodstream into our cells for energy. When people get fat, that process becomes compromised and they develop 'glucose intolerance', or 'insulin resistance', precursors of Type 2 diabetes.
"The blood sugar levels of people with insulin resistance take a long time to come down after eating because glucose can't get into their cells," explained Schmitz-Peiffer. "High blood sugar can lead to many unwelcome complications, such as kidney failure and blindness. So it's something you want to control if you possibly can."
"Certain drugs can prevent the various metabolites of fat from accumulating, and we were interested in blocking development of one known as 'Ceramide'."
"A lot of studies have shown that a build up of Ceramide in muscle correlates at least with a build up of insulin resistance."
"In the absence of Ceramide, the transmission of signals between molecules inside cells improves, and so does the ability of insulin to be effective."
"As it happens, Lisofylline is effective in preventing the build up of a number of fat metabolites, including Ceramide. While we don't yet understand all the mechanisms, we believe the blocking of Ceramide may have something to do with the drug's anti-inflammatory properties."
"We tested Lisofylline and another fat metabolism inhibitor under different dietary conditions, and Lisofylline was able to improve insulin action under all of them, making it a useful potential treatment for obesity-related insulin resistance."
"Lisofylline has already undergone Phase 1 clinical trials, and has been shown to be safe when used in healthy subjects. It is undergoing Phase 2 clinical trials for other purposes at the moment."
"These new results suggest that the development of Lisofylline, or other drugs that might be orally bioavailable with the same spectrum of activity, may be a novel approach to the treatment for Type 2 diabetes."
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Nothing Small About the New MINI Solar Farm
by AutoVolt | 20 Jun, 2014 | News
Althought the MINI electric car is no longer with us – instead serving purely as a testbed before the arrival of the BMW i3 – MINI haven't forgotten the power of electricity and have installed a solar array to help power production at their Oxford based manufacturing facility.
More than 11,500 panels over an area of more than 20,000 square metres have been installed making the roof mounted solar famr one of the largest ever installed in the UK.
Generating more than 3 MW electricity, the solar farm could power an impressive 850 homes.
Frank Bachmann, managing director of MINI Plant Oxford, said:
"We are delighted that our new solar farm is now up and running and already producing green energy for Plant Oxford. It is fitting that the first of these panels have gone onto our new bodyshop as the building has been designed with environmental performance at its heart."
The new solar array has been installed to help power the factory's bodyshop, which contains 1,000 robots and includes 3,869 individually programmable LED lights. Energy saving technology has also been installed with a special energy-saving "rest mode" for the robots, a water harvesting system to supply the toilets and so-called heat wheels in the building's roof which control the recirculation and admission of fresh air thus reduce the amount of heating and cooling required within the building.
The launch of the solar farm also coincides with Oxford's first ever 'Low Carbon Oxford Week'. Plant Oxford was one of the first signatories of the Low Carbon Oxford Charter, which kick started a programme of activities aimed at reducing the city's carbon footprint by 30% by 2020.
Dr Barbara Hammond, Chair of Low Carbon Oxford and Chief Executive of the Low Carbon Hub, said:
"I am pleased that MINI Plant Oxford has undertaken such a large solar project here in Oxford. We hope to see other businesses, big and small, install solar PV projects, such as those we are developing with local businesses at the Low Carbon Hub."
Source; MINI UK


The Duchess was the picture of glamor this evening at Prince Charles's 70th birthday party.
Here you see Kate and William as they left Kensington Palace. They were on their way to Buckingham Palace, where the party was held.
There was a full roster of royals attending the elegant affair. Below, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they left Kensington Palace.
Newlyweds Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank (center).
Lady Helen Taylor (the Duke of Kent's daughter) and husband Timothy Taylor.
Prince Philip was at the party, and many other BRF members: Princess Anne and her husband, Timothy Laurence; Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex; Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice; the Duke of Kent.
It was the hottest ticket in town (in a manner of speaking), and there was no shortage of European royalty. Below, Grand Duchess Maria Theresa and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
The Norwegian Royal Family tonight, from left to right: Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Queen Sonja and King Harald.
The Royal Family recently revealed that Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been diagnosed with chronic pulmonary fibrosis, a life-limiting condition. You'll recall the Duke and Duchess's time with both couples when in Norway this February (seen below); Kate and William are sure to enjoy seeing the family again.
Royal photographer Mark Stewart shared a photo of Kate and some of the other European royals at the party.
Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary as they are leaving Buckingham Palace.
And the couple in a photo they posted on Instagram.
Heaven reports Crown Princess Mary was in a new Jesper Hovring velvet gown.
Other European royals that were reportedly at the event include Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; Prince Albert of Monaco.
Here is the guest of honor.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are shown in a photo taken at Clarence House this evening just before the party. The Duchess is wearing a rich navy gown by Bruce Oldfield.
She spoke as monarch, host and, most importantly, mother. And in some of her warmest words about the Prince of Wales on record, she could clearly not have been prouder.
In a toast to celebrate the Prince's 70th birthday, the Queen has delivered a fond, heartfelt tribute to her son: an "heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history" and, she joked, a true "Duchy Original".
Her words, in a family not known for their gushing sentiments in public, were remarkable, coming at a dinner in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace thrown in the Prince's honour.
"It is a privilege for any mother to be able to propose a toast to her son on his 70th birthday," the Queen said in a toast. "It means that you have lived long enough to see your child grow up. It is rather like – to use an analogy I am certain will find favour – planting a tree and being able to watch it grow.
You can read the entire toast by clicking here.
Earlier today the couple carried out engagements. Here you see them arriving at Spencer House for a function; HRH is carrying a balloon and birthday gift from Rebecca English (The Daily Mail), Hannah Furness (The Daily Telegraph) and Valentine Low (The Times of London).
Ahead of the royal bash, Prince Charles opened up to reporters about what it feels like to be 70 years old. "I'm not sure. It's rather like indigestion. 'Many Happy returns' are not quite the same as you get older," he said.
Now for a closer look at what Kate wore this evening.
She was in a pink one-shouldered gown.
It featured softly layered petals of fabric, in what looks something like a silk chiffon.
Another view as the Duke and Duchess leave Buckingham Palace. In this closeup, we see that the material at the shoulder is not what is used for the full gown; it changes to a different material at the bodice.
You can see a touch of tulle on the bodice in Mark Stewart's photo above, as well as these close-ups.
Knowing the Duchess generally turns to a handful of designers for events like this, many of us are leaning toward the possibility of a bespoke design from Jenny Packham. Laura noted the S/S 2019 collection includes a number of pieces featuring ruffles. There are several other good possibilities, like Alexander McQueen and Temperley London. We will continue hunting for pieces with similar design elements to the few we have seen of Kate's dress.
Many recognized the earrings worn by the Duchess. Most recently they were seen at the 2018 BAFTA Awards.
Below, another view from the BAFTAs and a look at them when first worn to the 100 Women in Hedge Funds dinner in 2011, although they are barely visible in the photos from that night.
It's been suggested the earrings are quartz or perhaps morganite. They are not pieces on loan from HM; it's possible they were a wedding gift.
Kate's hair was in an elegant updo that looked terrific.
Thursday, Nov 15: The gown is *not* a Jenny Packham creation; HeavenQRF received confirmation of that information today.
We don't know about shoes or other accessories because of the lack of photos. We'll update the post if we learn anything new about the dress or jewelry. We'll leave you with this montage of images of Prince Charles through the years.
Could this pink dress be a bespoke version of this dress from Catherine Walker?
I'm still DYING to see this dress! so impatient 🙁 I wonder why the designer hasn't tweeted or something that they were behind this beauty.
A most intriguing glimpse of Kate's evening wear tonight and I can't believe there have been ID possibilities from just the one scrap of shoulder fabric. Kudos to the sleuths! Thanks for the brilliant close-ups to show the change in bodice fabric. This has to be the most knockout updo Kate has done, she's definitely developed a strong regal look these days. Magic to see those luscious earrings again.
Do they look like Roxanne Assoulin's Over The Top Mismatched Earrings to you?
Thank you 🙂. I'm a long time reader of your blog, and I'm always impressed by your sleuthing capabilities. I'm so thrilled to finally, finally, have had an ID suggestion for you.
Like so many others, I do hope we see this intriguing pink dress again and get to see more of it.
I also want to call out what Camilla wore. I don't follow her fashion much, but she looks stunning. Her dress is elegant and flattering–I like the neckline in particular–and the colour is a beautiful foil for her hair. Her jewellery is lighter that her usual pearl choker and really lets her and the dress shine.
Wow. This is just a stunning look. Pink is wonderful on Kate, and the earrings and updo are fantastic. So glamorous– maybe someday we'll get more pictures of her at this event. Happy birthday to Prince Charles as well!
WOW ! how stunningly beautiful Catherine is ! This look is exquisite and should be shown in iconic look. Love her make up, her hair-do, her dress (though just a tiny bit of it) and those earrings ! Fabulous !
I am totally bowled over ………………the updo, the chiffon dress and it all clicks!
Stunning! even though we can only get a glimpse of the dress! Like many other comments I've read, I live in hope that we'll see this dress again! If my memory serves, I can't recall seeing the DOC in an evening dress in this shade of pink – beautiful! She looks radiant. I like her makeup, but her HAIR!! I LOVE THIS UPDO!! So shiny and elegant and sophisticated! And those earrings love love love – I am by no means a jewelry expert – but definitely diamonds and morganite?? And oh by the way, did I say how much I love her hair? Lol!
I really want to see the whole dress, it looks fab!
It seems from one of the pictures that the dress may be one-shouldered. I really wish we had a picture because just from the car she looks amazing and I love love love those earrings!!!
THANK YOU, visiting Royals, who posted pre-party photos from last night's birthday celebration on their private Instagram accounts! Besides the Norwegian Royals, shown above, there is a lovely indoor photo of the Danish Royals, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, on their Instagram account. Maybe more royals will too.
After yesterday morning's trip to McLaren I was hoping Kate might be driving Prince William to the birthday party in that cute yellow McLaren sportscar! She's looking glamorous and her updo allows those earrings to sparkle and her gown's neckline to be seen. I follow Ella Kay, at The Court Jeweller, who was the one who put the idea in the pot back when Kate first started wearing these earrings that they might have been a wedding gift… given the proximity to when they were first worn by Kate. If that's true perhaps the gifter was at Prince Charles' birthday party?
Love her hair ! I really like the "looser" updo instead of the tightly pulled back style that she usually wears. I also believe these are the same earrings worn to Pippa's wedding ?
I am a bit iffy on Kate's updo, from the side it looks a bit odd but maybe someday they will release pictures. Otherwise from the neck up (what we can see!) she looks really beautiful and the blingy earrings really suit her. I'm very curious about the dress–I either tend to love or dislike the fancy gala dresses she wears. She probably will rewear it at some point as she does tend to rewear the fancy dresses. Looks like everyone had a good time!
I also meant to add it's nice to see Mette Marit up and about. I think it was recently announced she had been diagnosed with some severe lung problems which sounded rather ominous? I hope she is feeling better.
This is the updo I've been waiting for! May the severe, low chignon be gone forever!
Oh my! Radiant is the first word that comes to mind. Her makeup is gorgeous and she looks so happy! I love those earrings and the pink material we can see looks exquisite. Her hair though is really the winner here. The last few up dos (state dinner and green Catherine Walker coat) have seemed flat to me. There wasn't a lot of body to those updos and her hair seemed dull. But this updo was phenomenal. Her hair looked shiny and full bodied. Obviously, this updo wouldn't have worked for the Remembrance event but I hope she recycles this updo for future black tie/white tie/ formal events. I do hope we get a picture of the gown because I suspect we will all love it.
I really hope BP releases a group photo, with so many Royals in attendance they must have taken photos.
Those earrings – are they semi precious or paste? Are they real gold and diamonds???
I think they are real too as she has only worn for important black tie events. For a huge important and glitzy event like this with so many Royals present I really don't think she would wear costume jewellery.
Over at Court Jeweller site where the jewel experts congregate I've seen people suggest morganite for the central stone and smaller diamonds for the outside.
I want to see a picture of Kate's dress. Do you have one?
Kate looks splendid and I love the hairstyle! Wish we could see more.
The Queen's remarks were really touching. How extraordinary it must be to have your mother around on the occasion of your 70th birthday. If only we could all be so lucky!
From what we can see and Kate's affinity for vintage, there seems to be a 60's vibe to her look. Fabulous. Kate can rock any decade.
Completely agree that Kate has a vintage 60's look going on here and it's stunning. From what little we can see, I think this is the best she has ever looked. If the severe, low chignon reappears, I will be so disappointed now that this has become a reality.
Her updo does seem very 60's!!!!!!
I've been trying to put my finger on what Kate's updo reminded me of and you hit the nail on the head! Yes- I agree that it is very '60s retro.
How funny is it that Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Queen Sonja are wearing the same gowns they wore when William and Kate visited them last year? I wonder if it was intentional or just one of those odd coincidences?
This is one of the best updo's Kate has worn in a long time. The tiny bit of volume at the crown, plus getting it all up instead of the chignon at the back of her neck are both very flattering and instantly lifting to the face. Her makeup looks lovely and she appears to be happy and content. I really hope we get to see a full length view of this gown some day in the future.
The earrings are most likely Morganite and they have a slightly pink tone to them which looks nice with the pink gown, but I would have gone for some real bling here and either worn the chandelier diamond earrings loaned by HM or asked very nicely to borrow some other gorgeous earrings from the royal vaults. The BRF has increasingly fewer opportunities to really go for it with white and black tie events, so the magpie in me would jump at the chance to wear some serious jewels.
I thought all the photos of Princess Mette-Marit and Queen Sonja were older photos and not from last night?
I could be totally wrong here, but I thought the photo of Queen Sonja and family was taken when William and Kate visited them, not a photo from Charles 70th. Susan???
Love, love, love those earrings. Prince Charles is allegedly quite opinionated about women's clothing, so it is lovely that Kate appears to have debuted an amazing, new dress for her father-in-law's birthday.
The fabric at her shoulder may be organza, not chiffon.
Seriously, Kate looks fabulous. Love, love the earrings and from what I can see I love the dress.
I don't think they're feathers though, I think it's fabric.
OHHHHHH SOOOO Fabulous. The duchess looks absolutely marvelous in bright pink and we have seen her in it more and more. Her hair up and high looks so wonderful and dazzling on her. The earrings so beautiful. One never gets tired of looking at her remarkable beauty!
Will hope that an additional picture sneeks out! So happy to see her in what looks a bit more daring! Oh to be a Duchess!
It is a magical dress on the breath-taking DOC! We rarely seem to see her in pink! What an updo! I want more photos!!!!
Sad to not see the dress, as it appears to be a more vivid color than she usually wears that I would like. Her updo is MUCH improved…softer and less fussy than her usual fancy 'dos. I don't love the earrings though…they seem very heavy. I ADORE Meghan's earrings, though, that she also wore on the tour. I am sad that they are far out of my price range. 🙁 I will just have to wait for someone on Etsy to make a similar pair.
I don't quite get why the comment 'her up do is much improved'.
Catherine has naturally gorgeous hair and her updo is ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL. hence, there is nothing to improve. Her hair is never fussy and fancy. In fact I do not recall any of her hair-do which I don't like.
She knows when and how to pull off glamorous and striking styles.
Her updo is different for this special occasion and she will have a different style again for another event.
Wow!!! I can't believe this looks to be one of her most stunning looks EVER and we won't get any pictures.
Her hair looks phenomenal. I didn't think her hairstylist was capable of anything besides that chignon.
I do love those earrings everytime she wears them. Even if they won't tell us who bought them I do wish we could get information on what stone they are made out of. 7 years on and we are none the wiser!
I'm a bit confused. In the picture above of the group of royals at the party including the Norway couples, Kate has on a dress that is nothing like the glimpses of her dress when she's in the car. In the photo of the group her dress is a pale pink or blush with a high embellished neck and a cape. The Norway royals have on the same dresses shown in other photos from tonight's party. I'm I just "off" tonight and having a senior moment? After all, I'm seventy like Prince Charles and those moments do come along from time to time. BTW, I think Camilla looks stunning. The dress is a beautiful color and suits her perfectly.
It took me a moment too and had to re read. Even then I don't think the post made it all that clear but that picture is from their visit to Norway, the Norwegian royal family just happen to be wearing the same.
Thank you, yes, you are right. I somehow missed that in the first reading.
The photo above that includes the Cambridges is from earlier this year, during their visit to Norway. But it seems that Queen Sonja rather likes that purplish dress: I did a quick Google image search using the London photo of them in this article, and found some instances of her wearing the same gown at other events. They included a reception for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
I assume that Mette-Marit similarly chose a 'repeat' gown.
I am NOT saying the royal ladies are too poor to have more than one dress (goodness knows they are exponentially wealthier than I am) but I believe the Scandinavian royal families do not have the personal wealth that the BRF has.
To bad we didn't get to see the entire look. I infinitely prefer this hair-do to the one she on the morning of Remembrance Day, which is to bad because otherwise her look was exquisite. Unlike others, I like the headband and the do she wore with the Catherine Walker coat.
I love seeing Kate with different types of looks for different occasions. She is matching her looks with the different levels of formality these events are calling for.
Diana used to do this effortlessly, but it's a gift few have. She did famously well as her own stylist. Kate needs a little more help and I would still like to see her working with a professional, but I think she is getting there.
My goodness, this gown, the hair, the jewels… it all looks like it's an absolute dream! But it's a nightmare that we can't see the whole thing! I shall offer prayers to the fashion gods that somehow a full length pic becomes available.
And I agree with a poster below who stated how joyful her pink dress is for a celebration. Kate must have looked like a happy little beacon of celebratory fun for the night… and ultra glamorous of course.
Her updo is giving serious Swedish Nobels hair vibes (ala CP Victoria). All it needs is a tiara! I hope we see this type of updo more often.
Ahh I wish we could see the whole look! I'm usually not a fan of this shade of pink, but it's a very joyful choice for such a happy celebration! I would've been quite sad if she wore a dark colour.
I wonder is Kate and Meghan talk about what they're going to wear beforehand. I know I would, and they seem to be friends, and are neighbours! Their earring choices are quite similar today.
From what we can see, Kate looks exquisite. Her hair is in a very elegant up do and of course those earrings make a grand statement. The pink of the dress looks striking and the one sleeve treatment is a unique look for Kate. I'm certain that I express the thoughts of royal watchers everywhere, when I say that with the exception of Camila, who looks very nice, it is a great disappointment not to see what the ladies are wearing. This would be a night of high fashion with royalty from many nations. Hiss boo, to whomever decided that photos were not allowed.
Hopefully we might see Kate's and Meghan's dresses on another occasion.
There are two Marquesa Resort 2018 gowns on which her gown may be based.
I second Laura's question here. I realize the lace blush pink Marchesa was quite revealing, but the red Marchesa Notte she wore to the theatre was spectacular! It's one of my favorites.
Google Harvey Weinstein. Harvey provided funding for his wife, Georgina (sp?) Chapman to start Marchesa. The ironies abound.
Oh, my bad, had not remembered that connection. Of course not! Thanks for your kindly gentle response.
No need to apologize, none at all. When thinking about Mr. Weinstein the majority of people would not think about fashion. At any rate, Georgina Chapman, one of the brand's co-founders and owners, was married to Harvey Weinstein. (I believe their divorce is final but am not 100% sure.) There are allegations female stars were *strongly* urged to wear the brand at red carpet events. Ms. Chapman says she was unaware of this; even so, wearing a Marchesa gown is a step down a path I don't see Kate taking.
Thanks so much for sharing this connection! I hadn't heard this before.
The detailing at the shoulder made me wonder if it was McQueen simply because there was a similar rosette embellishment on the dress she wore to the recent state dinner. I realie that's a huge stretch and obviously McQueen isn't the only design house that uses them! The color is beautiful and I love her updo tonight—I wonder if the floral embellishments were meant as a nod to Charles' love of gardens? Really wish we were getting full length photos from inside the party!
So wish a pic of that dress surfaces. Hair looked amazing, and love those statement earrings.
Absolutely beautiful! And all we've seen so far is from the neck up.. the hair the makeup, its all so pretty! Those earrings are incredible. She looks great and I bet they had a fun night!
Looks like something really special!!
It's KILLING ME that we can't see the whole look! But what we can see is just splendid. Her glamorous updo, those magnificent earrings. Obviously we can't see enough of the dress to form an opinion, but I do think that something pink and fluffy is a really joyful choice for a birthday celebration–pure happiness.
Camilla's dress is beautiful and suits her so well. Is it just me or has she gotten very slender in the last few months? I was thinking, when the family photos came out, how very trim she looked in her white suit, seated at an angle that's not always flattering and next to her movie-star-beautiful daughters-in-law.
This updo looks different than her usual tightly woven chignons. Very glamorous indeed!
I hope we get to see the rest of this frock. From the glimpse we got, it looks like a showstopper.
I have thought of Giambattista Valli Couture for the dress.
Very much that style. Although it does not perfectly match any design from the past 2 couture seasons there are several ones that could have served as inspiration.
Congratulations on your wonderful website.