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Kolkata, April 21: The red sandalwood axe is all set to fall on the high and mighty and the Andhra Pradesh police are in the process of carrying out a spate of high profile arrests. They are likely to summon a former Congress Minister who is currently with the YSR Congress Party in connection with the red sandalwood smuggling case.
It has been found that red sandalwood smugglers had the backing of an ex MLA from Tamil Nadu and a sitting MLA from Andhra Pradesh.
Big wigs to be questioned
The AP police is treading very carefully and would question these high profile personalities before arresting them. We have concrete information about these politicians who have had a nexus with the red sandalwood smugglers, an top officer informed Oneindia.
The politician from Andhra Pradesh has been under the radar since the past couple of months and the police have been gathering information on him. It has been alleged that the former Minister was hand in glove with the red sandalwood smugglers and this had helped them carry out their business all these years.
He is also said to have coordinated with an ex-MLA in Tamil Nadu. This coordination in fact helped the red sandal wood smugglers move the contraband between the two states with such ease.
TN elections funded by red sandalwood smugglers
The AP police have also found that the last elections that were held in Tamil Nadu were funded by red sandalwood smugglers. The extent of the funding is what we are looking into the AP police official informed.
The police during their investigations found that many political parties in Tamil Nadu had received funds to contest the previous assembly elections. In turn these politicians have provided them with backing which ensured that their activities went on unabated.
A large part of the police operation was hindered as these MLAs would call the police and stop them from stalling red sandalwood activities, police officials informed.
There have also been instances in which the release of several smugglers arrested both by the TN and AP police have been ordered by these politicians.
The West Bengal connection
It was found during the probe that a lot of smuggled red sandalwood had been transported to West Bengal. The arrest of one smuggler Sounder Rajan from West Bengal revealed that logs worth Rs 20 crore were smuggled in a bid to move it to Myanmar.
Rajan had stationed himself at Siliguri, West Bengal where he operated a timber go-down. The red sandalwood would land here and then be transported illegally into Myanmar where there is a high demand.


'Leave resting seals alone': DPaW
Seals found resting on beaches should be left alone, a Department of Parks and Wildlife officer warned last week.
Following recent storm fronts seals could come ashore to rest or may be seen spinning and turning in the water to maintain their body temperature.
Wildlife officer Cameron Craigie said seals resting on beaches were in most cases not stranded.
Dolphin Discovery Centre marine biologist Phil Coulthard said most years one or two seals would use Koombana Bay beach to rest on. He warned people to stay away from them and to report them to the Wildcare Helpline.
He advised beach walkers to steer clear of them and keep their dogs away from the animals.
Most seals spotted on beaches in the area were juvenile or sub-adult leopard, sub-Antarctic fur and New Zealand fur seals.
If people see a seal that has injuries or is in distress report it to the Department’s Wildcare Helpline on 9474 9055.
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Traincore is an aesthetic that revolves around trains, trams, metros and places such as railways, trainstations and the interior. It’s a subgenre of Transportcore.
Traincore comes from the general feelings surrounding trains, particularly empty ones. This aesthetic likely kicked off durning the 2020s, when trains and trams had very few people inside. It can combine feelings of slight loneliness, or maybe self-satisfaction and overall enjoyment.
Visuals of traincore include dark tones and monotones. Sounds like rain, automated voices, and steady rumbling are commmon. Nothing is over the top, or an extravaganza. While trains are often crowded, traincore can have emotions like loneliess and boredom, as well as mellow enjoyment and independence. Cold, hard, metal surfaces are integrated into this as well as industrial imagery to tie together this aesthetic. Other visuals include streetlights, sidewalks, train tracks, train stations, and concrete and metal structures
Dark traincore makes use of nighttime, lots of clouds, rain, and coldness. It takes up most of overall traincore.
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1 edition of Sports for Girls Coloring & Activity Book (Little Princess Books) found in the catalog.
Sports for Girls Coloring & Activity Book (Little Princess Books)
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Dark diversity is the set of species that are absent from a study site but present in the surrounding region and potentially able to inhabit particular ecological conditions.
Dark diversity is part of the species pool concept. A species pool is defined as set of all species that are able to inhabit particular site and that are present in the surrounding region or landscape. Dark diversity comprises species that belong to a particular species pool but that are not currently present at a site. Dark diversity is related to "habitat-specific" or "filtered" species pool which only includes species that can both disperse to and potentially inhabit the study site. For example, if fish diversity in a coral reef site has been sampled, dark diversity includes all fish species from the surrounding region that are currently absent but can potentially disperse to and colonize the study site.
Dark diversity name is borrowed from dark matter: matter which cannot be seen and directly measured, but its existence and properties are inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter. Similarly, dark diversity cannot be seen directly when only the sample is observed, but it is present if broader scale is considered, and its existence and properties can be estimated when proper data is available. With dark matter we can better understand distribution and dynamics of galaxies, with dark diversity we can understand composition and dynamics of ecological communities.
Habitat specificity and scale
Dark diversity is the counterpart of observed diversity (alpha diversity) present in a sample. Dark diversity is habitat-specific in respect that the study site must contain favorable ecological conditions for species belonging to dark diversity. The habitat concept can be narrower (e.g. microhabitat in an old-growth forest) or broader (e.g. terrestrial habitat). Thus, habitat specificity does not mean that all species in dark diversity can inhabit all localities within study sample, but there must be ecologically suitable parts.
Habitat-specificity is making the distinction between dark diversity and beta diversity. If beta diversity is the association between alpha and gamma diversity, dark diversity connects alpha diversity and habitat-specific (filtered) species pool. Habitat-specific species pool only these which can potentially inhabit focal study site. Observed diversity can be studied at any scale, and sites with varying heterogeneity. This is also true for dark diversity. Consequently, as local observed diversity can be linked to very different sample sizes, dark diversity can be applied at any study scale (1x1 m sample in a vegetation, bird count transect in a landscape, 50x50 km UTM grid cell).
Methods to estimate dark diversity
Region size determines likelihood of dispersal to study site and selecting appropriate scale depends on research question. For a more general study, a scale comparable to biogeographic region can be used (e.g. a small country, a state, or radius of few hundred km). If we want to know which species potentially can inhabit study site in the near future (for example 10 years), landscape scale is appropriate.
To separate ecologically suitable species, different methods can be used. Environmental niche modelling can be applied for a large number of species. Expert opinion can be used. Data on species' habitat preferences is available in books, e.g. bird nesting habitats. This can also be quantitative, for example plant species indicator values, according to Ellenberg. A recently developed method estimates dark diversity from species co-occurrence matrices. An online tool is available for the co-occurrence method.
Dark diversity allows meaningful comparisons of biodiversity. The community completeness index can be used:
This express the local diversity at the relative scale, filtering out the effect of regional species pool. For example, if completeness of plant diversity was studied at the European scale, it did not exhibit the latitudinal pattern seen with observed richness and species pool values. Instead, high completeness was characteristic to regions with lower human impact, indicating that anthropogenic factors are among the most important local scale biodiversity determinants in Europe.
Dark diversity studies can be combined with functional ecology to understand why species pool is poorly realized in a locality. For example, if functional traits were compared between grassland species in observed diversity and dark diversity, it becomes evident, that dark diversity species have in general poorer dispersal abilities.
Dark diversity can be useful in prioritizing nature conservation, to identify in different regions most complete sites. Dark diversity helps to estimate the relative loss of local diversity, but also restoration progress. Dark diversity of alien species, weeds and pathogens can be useful to prepare for future invasions in time.
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Flexible ZnO nanowire-based field-effect transistors (FETs) are built with a composite solid polymer electrolyte as the gate insulator to ensure battery-compatible, low voltage operation (≤2 V). Long-term, stable performance of the nanowire FETs in air is demonstrated. Even though electrochemically gated, the in-plane device geometry already shows an extremely fast switching of >100 kHz, which should increase further for the top-gate configuration.
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Review: Bluboo Picasso 4G -Budget Smartphone with LTE and NFC
Galagram published a review of Bluboo Picasso in 2016 when it was an up-to-date and affordable smartphone in the price range of less than $100. Today we’ll tell you about its improved version – Bluboo Picasso 4G, which is equipped with an LTE modem and costs up to $100.
- Display: 5 inches, HD, 1280×720p, 293 ppi
- Processor: MTK6735, 4 cores, the frequency of 1.0 GHz per core
- 2GB RAM
- Flash memory: 16 GB
- Main camera: 8 megapixels (up to 13MP), Sony IMX219, dual LED and autofocus
- Front camera: 5 Mp (up to 8 Mp) with a front flash
- Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n
- Bluetooth 4.0
- NFC module
- GPS / A-GPS / GPS +
- 2500 mAh battery
- Version of Android OS 6.0 Marshmallow + Launcher3
- Dimensions: 142 × 72 × 8.2 mm
- Weight: 152 grams
- Plastic housing materials
Contents of Delivery
This smartphone is sold in a medium-size beige cardboard box. Inside it, the phone itself resides with the factory protective film and additional film on the screen. In addition, in the envelope under the smartphone, the user will find an instruction manual, a warranty card, a white micro USB cable, a 5V/1A charger and an NFC label. As for the state employee – the delivery set is good.
Design, Appearance, Housing Materials and Assembly
Bluboo Picasso 4G looks exactly like its predecessor Picasso 3G. We received a blue model of the device with a dark front face for the review. Another device is sold in white, orange, yellow, green, blue and gold cases with a white front face. By personal preference – the blue version looks best.
In its front side, we get a display, a front camera with LED flash, sensors and a talking speaker. Behind the detachable textured plastic cover with an unusual pattern, the main camera and a dual LED flash are located there. Below it, there are a battery and three separate slots for two micro SIM cards and one for a microSD memory card.
There is a 3.5 mm audio output and an additional microphone on top, and a micro USB port on the bottom and a microphone with a speaker on the sides. On the right side there is a volume rocker and a lock button, the left side is empty.
The smartphone looks good, for its price segment, despite the use of plastic as the main material of the case. However, it did not affect the assembly in any way. Everything is felt monolithically and firmly, the lid is removed tightly and snaps securely. The weight of the tube is 152 grams, and its thickness is 8.2 mm.
The Bluboo Picasso 4G has a 5-inch IPS display, which is made using On-Cell technology without an air gap between the sensor and the glass. Its resolution is typical HD 1280 × 720p, and the pixel density per square inch is 293 ppi. The screen supports gestures, for example, it can be awakened with a double tap, and by drawing the letter “C” on the locked display,you can open the camera application (“C” for camera).
The screen itself is responsive and bright, it is well calibrated. Taking it out of the box, you’ll see the barely noticeable complete protective film. The AnTuTu display test shows simultaneous support of 2 touches. Under the sun, it fades a bit, like all IPS screens.
Processor and Memory
The smartphone is built on the platform MediaTek MT6735 on which a 4-core processor runs at a clock speed of 1.3 GHz per core. The ARM Mali-T720 MP1 graphics system is installed with a frequency of 600 MHz. Memory in Bluboo Picasso 4G is standard 2/16 GB, and for the expansion of flash memory, a microSD slot is provided.
23.955 Points in Antutu
As for performance, in the benchmark of AnTuTu, the device gets 23.955 points. The real performance of the device allows it to cope with everyday tasks like SMS, calls, phone and social networks, without any problem. Sometimes it just slows down, but for a $80 smartphone, this drawback is forgiveable. This device is not designed for games, but it’s still possible to play on it with minimal settings, for instance, casual games generally go without problems.
Firmware and Operating System
The phone works on the basis of a new OS Google Android 6.0 Marshmallow with its own shell from Bluboo called Launcher3. The available 5 built-in themes offer customizing option, but if they do not suit you – you can download and install from Google Play third-party launcher. One thing to remember – the third-party launcher will occupy a place in the RAM, but it’s only 2 GB.
The system itself works smoothly and relatively stably. Icons and widgets for desktops, as well as a separate list of all installed applications are available. The stock weather deserves separate appreciation, it looks informative and fits the style. There are FM radio, voice recording, mail application, calculator, calendar, backup and search all over the smartphone.
Interfaces and Communication
The gadget has built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC. In the kit, there is one sticker NFC-label, with which you can “manage” the modes of the smartphone. This is convenient when you want to set silent mode in the office, you just need to attach the NFC-tag near the workplace and configure the phone. Now, when you get close to the workplace, the device itself will go into silent mode. Also, the NFC opens up opportunities for contactless payments.
The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules work without problems. Another pleasing fact is thatthe manufacturer has equipped a phone not only 3G, but also a 4G modem and for such a price, it’s like a boon. There is support for two Micro format SIM-cards, they are installed on the back edge under a removable cover. This device can rightfully be called one of the best budget smartphones with LTE support up to $100.
Cameras and Photo Capabilities
The device has two cameras: the main one offers 8 Mp with program interpolation up to 13 Mp, similar to the Sony IMX219 model and the front one at 5 Mp with interpolation up to 8 Mp. It is noteworthy that both cameras are equipped with LED flashes.
The Sony Camera is Equipped with EIS – Electronic Image Stabilization
In the stock application of the camera, there are many settings – manual shooting mode, automatic snapshot when the gesture is detected two fingers up, and has the ability to choose the quality of the photo in megapixels. There is also an option for shooting in HDR mode, and for video, there is a mode of Slo-Mo and electronic stabilization of the EIS image. You can see examples of pictures taken on Bluboo Picasso 4G below.
Battery and Autonomy
Inside the smartphone, there is a removable 2800 mAh battery with support for charging 4.35 V. The charging port is a normal micro USB, and the complete charger delivers voltage and current 5V / 1A. The Picasso 4G is charged quickly, from onetime full charge of the battery, it can last about a day.
When the battery is low, you can activate the smart power saving mode and this really works. A 5% phone can last about 30-40 minutes. It is worth noting that in the first modification of this device with a 3G modem, there were problems with the dropout of the battery during shaking. With the 4G version, you’ll experience no such problem, the battery is fixed securely and even when it accidentally drops, it does not simply crash.
Ease of Use and Recall
Spend the money on this smartphone and they’ll come back in the shape of positive feedbacks. Thanks to an ergonomic and weighty body, it is easy to hold and using with one hand is possible. The front flash seems scarcely useful to me, but individual slots for SIM cards and a microSD slot are much more convenient than a common SIM tray.
With an average use, the smartphone serves about a day, just like other devices in the range of up to $100. The power is enough for most tasks, like social networks, messengers, work with mail and even some simple games. If you are looking for a reliable and inexpensive 5-inch smartphone with support for 4G LTE, then Bluboo Picasso 4G will definitely win your heart.
Question and Answers
We get a variety of questions from the users about the smartphones through mail and comments. Here we will try to answer the most common ones, concerning the hero of our review.
- How to make a screenshot? To take a screenshot on the Bluboo Picasso 4G smartphone, just hold down the power and volume keys at the bottom. The taken shot will be saved in the gallery.
- Does the smartphone support memory cards? Yes, it supports microSD memory cards up to 256 GB, almost any one will do.
- Is the sensor working normally? Yes, the screen of the smartphone is responsive and supports 2 touches at the same time. Sometimes the sensor does not work, but it happens very rarely.
- Is the back cover replaceable? The rear roof of the device is replaceable. If desired, you can buy additional colored covers, links are given at the end of the review.
- Is there a film on the screen? The smartphone comes already with pasted factory film, it’s reliable enough to be used for a long time.
- Is the smartphone metallic or plastic? The main material of the body and the side frame are made of plastic, but inside the device, the base of zinc is mounted.
- Is there a large frame around the display? Yes, there are 3 mm medium-sized frames on each side. Our advice is to take a dark blue model, where they are almost invisible.
- Affordable price
- High-quality assembly
- Electronic video stabilization EIS
- Separate slots for SIM-cards and microSD
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box
- Availability of NFC and 4G LTE
- Stock envelop on an amateur
- The main speaker is not that much loud
Bluboo Picasso 4G remains one of the most interesting budget smartphones in the price range up to $ 100. The updated version got a 4G LTE modem, as well as an NFC module. In addition, the device operates on the basis of a fresh version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow and will appeal to those who choose an inexpensive and compact smartphone.


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Stan Lee announces new Latin superhero
Stan Lee revealed the news at Latin America’s largest comic convention after being asked what kind of hero Mexico would need to address its social problems
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Querétaro (Mexico): Comic book legend Stan Lee is 94 years old but still working on new characters—telling fans they can expect a Latin superhero by the end of the year.
The creator of Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and X-Men made the announcement in front of almost 20,000 fans at La Conque, the largest comic convention in Latin America, after being asked on Sunday what kind of hero Mexico would need to address its social problems.
“I wanted this to be a surprise, but I’m personally working on a Latin hero that you’ll be seeing at the end of the year. I want to make him as good as I can, as different as I can,” Lee said.
He took part in three days of activities at the convention in central Mexico, signing autographs and taking photos with fans who had come from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and even as far away as Belgium.
“This city, in this country, has the greatest fans in the whole world! You people are spectacular. This convention is wonderful,” he said.

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- Input Voltage from 7V Up to HB LED Forward Voltage
- Demonstrates Overvoltage Protection (35.6V)
- HB LED String Output Currents Configurable for 100mA or 150mA
- Demonstrates UVLO (6.4V)
- Demonstrates Cycle-by-Cycle Current Limit and Thermal Shutdown Features
- Demonstrates Adaptive Output-Voltage Optimization
- Configurable LED Current Foldback (VIN < 6.5V)
- Proven PCB and Thermal Design
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The MAX16838 evaluation kit (EV kit) demonstrates the MAX16838 high-brightness LED (HB LED) driver, integrating a step-up DC-DC preregulator followed by two channels of linear current sinks. The step-up preregulator switches at 500kHz and operates as a current-mode-controlled regulator capable of providing up to 300mA for the linear circuits. Each channel is capable of operating up to 33V and provides up to 150mA. The channels are configurable for 100mA or 150mA HB LED output current. The MAX16838 IC is available in a 20-pin TQFN package with an exposed pad for enhanced thermal power dissipation.
The MAX16838 EV kit operates from a DC supply voltage of 7V up to the HB LED string-forward voltage. The EV kit can withstand a 40V load-dump condition. The EV kit also demonstrates the MAX16838 features, such as adaptive voltage optimization, undervoltage lockout (UVLO), overvoltage protection (OVP), cycle-by-cycle current limit, thermal shutdown, and digital PWM dimming operation using a digital PWM input signal to control the brightness of the HB LEDs.
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A UK teenager has called on the Government to help him achieve his dream of becoming an airline pilot.
Josh Bough, a Year 13 student at Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre, has won a place on an Integrated Airlines Course run by the Pilot Training College in Florida. The 17-year-old is a keen member of the Air Cadets and hoped to become a pilot in the RAF before the force took the step to suspend all recruitment.
To complete the course, Josh will need to pay £82,000, a sum which is currently out of his reach due to a lack of funding support for courses of this type.
He said, “The problem is there are no grants available for this kind of course, which seems daft to me. I have friends that will go off to university who can borrow £40,000 or £50,000 with little or no guarantee of a job at the end of their studies.” Whilst a job is by no means a sure thing for any pilot coming through the system, Josh argues that a pilot qualification offers a higher chance of employment at the end than most graduate careers, and the opportunity to earn a salary “two or three times that of a ‘normal’ graduate”. However, the government currently has no scheme to support trainee pilots.
The teenager has taken his concerns to the highest level and written to Droitwich MP Peter Luff to press for a solution to help him secure his career.
In reply, Mr Luff said, “I can think of no arguments against the points you raised so I have referred it on to the government minister responsible for higher education asking for his observations.”
Josh said he was glad Mr Luff had taken his approach so seriously and added, “This is a great opportunity and there is no way my family can afford to pay for me. I am looking forward to hearing the minister’s reply.”

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Eileen Barrett, MD, wants to help doctors beat burnout.
After her pre-course at Internal Medicine 2019, the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians, in Philadelphia, Dr. Barrett spoke with Postcall host Nick Andrews about the real problem of physician burnout and how it exacerbates other underlying issues. She uses a famous quote from Anna Karenina to illustrate the issue as she sees it (07:02).
She also tells an anecdote about how a passing comment in her hospital turned into a new protocol for administering vaccines. She discusses how this simple interaction increased her gratitude for her non-physician colleagues and exemplifies how clinicians, administrators, and non-clinical professionals can come together to improve outcomes, "help the bottom line," and solve a logistical issue (11:45).
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Emma Chamberlain Wiki, Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Boyfriend, Net worth, Ethnicity, Body Statistics, Personal Life Affairs, Parents & Siblings: Emma Chamberlain (born May 22, 2001) is an American Famous YouTube Star and Social Media Personality. She is famous for creating funny, hauls, DIYs, Lifestyle Vlogs, and fashion related videos on her YouTube channel. The name of her channel is Emma Chamberlain only and has 3.2+ million subscribers.
Furthermore, the 17-year-old YouTube star has started her channel in 2016. It is just 2 years and her channel got a lot of views, likes, and subscribers. Due to her hard work, passion for videos, and dedication lead this star to fame. She is one of the most popular content creator and YouTube star in Los Angeles. She is also very popular on Instagram having 3.5 million+ followers.
Emma Chamberlain Biography, Age, Family & Wikipedia
How old is Emma Chamberlain? She was born on 22nd May 2001 in San Carlos, California, USA. Therefore, the age of YouTube star is Seventeen (17) years old as in 2018. Her father “Michael Chamberlain” is an Oil Painter and her mother is a homemaker. The information about her siblings is still not available on the internet.
Furthermore, Emma is currently studying in High School in LA, California. She moved to California recently in order to pursue her YouTube career. She firmly believes that YouTuber has more opportunities to work with brands here in LA rather than any other city in the USA.
Her hobbies are Swimming, Hiking, Shopping, Ice skating, traveling, and listening to music. Currently, she is single and focusing on her career.
Emma Chamberlain Net Worth, House, Lifestyle & Earnings
She started her YouTube channel by her name on June 13, 2016. Her first video was City Inspired Summer Lookbook 2017 and it got 578,393 views till now. Later, Emma posted varieties of videos such as Reaction Videos, Hauls, Vlogs, Viral Challenges Videos, Fashion Related Video, Photo-shoot with Friends, and many more.
In addition, many of her videos got millions of views on the YouTube. These videos are
- TURNING ME INTO AN LA GIRL FT. JAMES CHARLES & THE DOLAN TWINS (7.6 million+ views).
- MY HAIR IS RUINED (4.3 million+ views).
- I went to tanacon (3.5 million+ views).
- PHOTOSHOOT FT. MENTAL BREAKDOWN (2.9 million+ views) and many such more videos.
Furthermore, the estimated net worth of Emma Chamberlain is $350,000 US Dollars, as of 2018.
Emma Chamberlain Wikipedia, Age, Height, Weight, Bio, Parents, Boyfriend, Net worth, Ethnicity & Body Stats
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|Full Birth Name||Emma Chamberlain.|
|Working As||YouTube Star.|
|Age||Seventeen (17) years old (As of 2018).|
|Date of Birth (DOB), Birthday||22nd May 2001.|
|Birthplace/Hometown||San Carlos, California, U.S.|
|Star Sign (Zodiac Sign)||Gemini.|
|Current Residence||Los Angeles, California, USA.|
|Famous for||Famous for her videos like fashion hauls, lifestyle Vlogs, Fashion Content and DIYs.|
|Height (Tall)||Feet & Inches: 5' 5".
Centimeters: 165 cm.
Meters: 1.65 m.
|Weight||Kilograms: 53 Kg.
Pounds: 117 lbs.
|Body Measurements (Breast-waist-hips)||34-24-34.|
|Shoe Size (US)||6|
|Parents||Father: Michael Chamberlain (Oil painter).
Mother: Not Found
|Famous Relatives||Not Known|
|Emma Chamberlain Husband & Relationship|
|Highest Qualification||In High School.|
|Hobbies & Favorite Things|
|Favorite YouTube Star||Cody Ko, Casey Neistat, Ethan and Grayson Dolan.|
|Favorite Celebrities||Actor: Ryan Gosling.
Actress: Kristen Stewart.
|Dream Holiday Destination||Bali, Hawaii.|
|Favorite Color||Red, Blue, and Purple.|
|Love to do||Swimming, Hiking, Shopping, Ice skating, Traveling, and Listening to music.|
|Favorite Food||Frozen Blueberries, Sushi, Pizza, and Burger.|
|Emma Chamberlain Markle Net worth|
|Net Asset||Approx. $350,000 USD (As of 2018).|
|Office Address||Not Known|
|Home Details||Not Known|
|Mobile or Phone Number||N.A.|
|Email Address||Will update soon.|
|Official Website||Not Available.
|Social Media Accounts|
|Instagram Account||noopener" target="_blank">Instagram.com/_emmachamberlain|
|Twitter Link||noopener" target="_blank">@emmachambie|

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The Securities and Exchange Commission's ban on funds directing trades to brokers in exchange for shelf space, or directed brokerage, has mutual fund companies scurrying for new ways to compensate distributors.
"Every fund family recognizes distribution of its products through the brokerage channel is critical. If they cannot compensate broker/dealers through directed brokerage or find other ways, smaller funds will begin to lose shelf space," said Matt Bienfang, a senior analyst with TowerGroup of Needham, Mass. Bienfang explained that many small firms depend on directed brokerage to supplement distribution and once that is halted, the impact will be significant.
According to TowerGroup, mutual funds pay an estimated $475 million a year in trading commissions through directed-brokerage agreements, and the ban is likely to cut that in half. This is going to have a tremendous impact on fund companies, as brokerage distribution now accounts for more than 60% of fund families' annual sales.
However, Chip Roame, managing principal at Tiburon Strategic Advisors of Tiburon, Calif., still believes there is a chance of survival for smaller funds. The ban will probably drive some consolidation in the industry with smaller funds selling to bigger funds if shelf fees become a fixed amount that could be spread over more funds, Roame said.
Alternatively, "fund adoption," similar to the move made by Schwab acquiring AXA Rosenburg funds and rehiring AXA to manage the fund, is another strategic move that could be anticipated as well, he said.
Other companies may pass the cost along to investors through loads, Bienfang added. "With margins already squeezed and pricing pressure increasing, it is harder for funds to dip into their pockets," he said. "In the end, costs stemming from the [directed-brokerage] ban will likely be borne by the consumer."
But because not all fund companies may turn to these strategies, Bienfang believes there will be a sharp reduction in both trades and revenue at many brokerage firms, particularly the smaller ones.
The ban is likely to have the most explosive impact on the independent broker/dealer community, which at 4% already has the lowest operating margin in the industry, he said. Many independent firms do not share revenue from directed-brokerage agreements with the distribution force, he explained. Therefore, the revenue has dropped right to the bottom line. Large, bulge-bracket brokerage firms, or wirehouses, on the other hand, not only might attract some of these redirected trades but should be able to absorb the loss of revenue from directed brokerage much more readily, he said.

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After the roaring success of his previously shared single 'Leave The Light On', which went onto be featured in a commercial for JP Morgan, emerging producer and artist shy niko returns once again with his stunning new offering 'icy girl'.
Bringing back more of that bold and vivid direction he is known for, 'icy girl' sees him come back in stellar form. Filled with breezy tones, a soaring atmosphere, and some wonderfully woozy vocals throughout, he is definitely making his mark with this new one.
So with the new single available now, we sat down with him to find out more about his background and what has inspired him most over the years.
What was the first instrument you fell in love with?
I was classically trained playing oboe and bassoon and then naturally picked up piano and guitar from there but no doubt, my acoustic guitar my mom got me at age 10 was the first instrument I fell in love with.
What kind of music did you love when you were younger?
As the product of two immigrant families, I had the privilege of being exposed to lots of different music from Greek island and folk music to The Beatles to The Police to ABBA. I loved it all and still do today.
What was the first album you remember owning?
I can’t remember which was came first but I definitely remember having the same several albums in regular rotation at the same time which were:
The Black Album (Jay-Z)
Dutty Rock (Sean Paul)
Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
Justified (Justin Timberlake)
What is the one song you wished you could have written yourself?
Either Toxic by Britney Spears (because Max Martin is an absolute idol/hero for me) or I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd and Daft Punk– easily one of the best pop songs ever written.
Do you have any habits or rituals you go through when trying to write new music?
I usually like to turn the lights off, get some of the studio mood lighting up, light a candle and just let it flow. There’s never any guarantee you’re going to get gold but those little ritual moments help. Oh, and coffee. LOTS of coffee.
Who are your favourite artists you have found yourself listening to at the moment?
Been loving artists like Spilltab, Arlo Parks, Mk.gee, Joji and Eyedress lately.
If you could open a show for anyone in the world, who would it be?
The 1975, but only because I would just be stoked to attend the show after opening. Saw them in London and Chicago and both shows were incredible.
What do you find is the most rewarding part about being a musician?
The most rewarding part about being an artist is getting to see those little moments of other people enjoying something you created out of thin air.
And what is the most frustrating part?
Always wondering if your best idea was the last thing you made…..until you make something new, that is.
And what is the best piece of advice you have received as a musician?
Comparison is the thief of joy.
shy niko's new single 'icy girl' is available to stream now. Check it out in the player below.


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The uneven distribution of COVID-19 relief funds to hospitals demonstrates the need for a standardized database of key financial metrics that lawmakers can use to guide future decisions, according to the authors of a new article.
Researchers from the Urban Institute and Harvard University joined in a article in the Journal of Health Care Finance which draws attention to the imprecise methods HHS used to distribute more than $ 130 billion in grants from the Provider Assistance Fund. The federal government provided most of that money based on the size of health systems without considering other factors, such as liquidity, solvency, capital investments, or overall financial health. As a consequence, a lot of money ended up going to systems based on billions of dollars in cash and investments, while some government-owned systems got proportionally less.
That may not have happened if lawmakers in Congress had access to reliable national data that allowed them to quickly assess critical health system finances and make accurate peer-to-peer comparisons, the report concludes.
“Health systems are in a competitive market, but he’s also trying to make sure that the entire country has access to high-quality health care,” said Nancy Kane, lead author of the paper and adjunct professor of health policy and management. at Harvard. TH Chan School of Public Health. “But when assets are so unevenly distributed, you are actually hurting access, affordability and quality of care.”
At this time, there are several ways to collect the financial conditions of individual health systems, but there is no national database where they are required to enter data from their audited financial statements in a standardized way. The study authors would like that to change.
Policy researchers and analysts often rely on CMS Medicare cost reports, which contain a large amount of volume and financial data. However, there is a big problem: It is only reported at the individual hospital level, not at the health system level, the report notes. Some important measures of financial health are often not reported on individual facilities, such as investment earnings or long-term debt, Kane said.
People who study hospitals also use the Internal Revenue Service Form 990 to gather information on health system finances, but they are limited to nonprofits and the information is not timely or complete, the report notes.
California, Florida and some other states already require hospital-level audited financial statement reports, according to the report. “Not that this is radical,” said Robert Berenson, study author and fellow at the Urban Institute.
A database like this would also be useful for researchers and even hospital executives who want to compare their companies with the competition, Berenson said.
Audited financial statements are the “gold standard” of financial data because they include detailed information about the company’s finances, they are certified by external auditors, and creditors can sue companies that report misleading information, the report says.
However, financial disclosures have their own shortcomings. For one thing, they are based on generally accepted accounting principles, which leave a lot of discretion to management, Kane said. For example, unrealized gains and losses can be reported anywhere in the financial statement and cash can be reported as restricted or limited without details on what the restriction is.
Those answers will be in the footnotes, but lawmakers won’t take the time to dig that deep into individual systems, Kane said.
The study identifies a dozen key financial metrics that the authors argue could better inform policy, including total margin, cash and investments, debt service coverage, and uncompensated care burden.
Lawmakers focused on getting aid grants as quickly as possible early in the pandemic, but later tranches were better targeted at rural hospitals and facilities in COVID-19 hot spots, said Rick Gundling, vice president of the Association of Financial Management of Medical Care.
“The first round was just to get a cash injection for these healthcare systems that we as a nation had stopped all elective surgeries and all that kind of thing,” Gundling said. More consistent financial data in line with what the Urban Institute and Harvard recommend would be helpful to lawmakers, he said.
Such a database would not require significant resources from the federal agency charged with maintaining it, Kane said. Calculations of the mean and median could be automated, although someone would have to compare the financial statements of the health systems with the information they presented to ensure consistency, he said.
Americans have access to a great deal of data on hospital quality on the CMS Hospital Compare website, but comparatively little on hospital finances, Kane said.
“We need financial data as much or more than we need quality data to make policy at the federal level,” Kane said. “However, it lags far behind the quality data.”


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Western Michigan’s turnaround story keeps getting better and better.
Last season, the Broncos finished second-to-last in the CCHA. This year, they’ve rattled off the nation’s longest unbeaten streak and the longest in school history (13) thanks to a tie and a victory against Bowling Green.
“It’s nothing we talk about,” said first-year coach Jeff Blashill. “It doesn’t benefit us to talk about it at all. You want to win every single game that you play. Every game we have from here on out is going to be critical. We’re trying to get better.”
The two teams tied the opener, 1-1, before WMU used a big third period and won the finale, 3-1.
In the opener, the Broncos fired 32 shots on net, but could only come up with one goal to show, a third-period goal by Chase Balisy. WMU failed to convert on four power-play opportunities.
Jerry Kuhn made 14 stops for Western Michigan; Andrew Hammond made 31 for BGSU (8-19-3, 3-16-3-1 CCHA).
In the second game, after WMU’s J.J. Crew and Bowling Green’s Jordan Samuels-Thomas traded second-period goals, Derek Roehl and Trevor Elias both scored their second goals of the year in the third period to boost WMU to the 3-1 victory.
Kuhn made 19 stops; Hammond made 30.
“Any time we can win games, it’s good,” Blashill said. “But you don’t judge seasons midway through the year, you judge them when they’re over. We want to continue to go out and win hockey games.”
Western Michigan (15-6-9, 9-5-8-4) next faces CCHA-leading Miami (16-9-5, 13-7-4-2) in Oxford, Ohio, Friday and Saturday. Friday’s contest starts at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday’s kicks off at 7:35 p.m.


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We're absolutely thrilled that you're interested in joining the Bristol Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) family!
Our choir is all about having a blast while striving for excellence in performance. So, what do we look for in our members?
First and foremost, we want you to have a pleasant singing voice, but don't worry if you haven't had much experience - we welcome all skill levels and will work with you to improve your singing. It's also important that you have a good sense of pitch and rhythm and that you're able to blend well with the rest of the group. We don't tolerate divas here, so we hope you'll bring a cooperative attitude and a willingness to work as part of a team!
Don't worry about learning the music on your own - we'll provide you with sheet music, sound files, and lots of tips and tricks to help you get up to speed. And, of course we'll ask that you practice outside of rehearsals so that we can really rock the stage when the time comes!
When you join us for rehearsals, we want you to bring your best self - a friendly and open attitude, a commitment to excellence in music and a sense of cooperation. We'll also ask that you pay monthly membership fees to help support the choir.
Before you join us as a singing member, we'll need you to attend a quick 5-minute voice assessment. We know that this might seem daunting but we promise to make it as fun and painless as possible! This assessment will help us figure out which section you'll best fit into - whether it's Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Baritone, or Bass.
We can't wait to welcome you into our choir family! Our face-to-face rehearsals take place in Bedminster in central Bristol, and we'll let you know all the details via email so you know exactly where to go.
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A Level Subject Mastery. Copy of Chapter 1 The American Revolution and the Slave Trade. 1968: the year that set the world on fire. The Mangrove Nine. The friends who drove a bus behind the Iron Curtain. Image copyright 1968 CRD253 Group In the summer of 1968, a group of friends adapted a double-decker bus and took it on a journey to Eastern Europe.
Sponsored by two Scotch whisky-makers, they encountered Soviet tanks, a Romanian beer shortage and a perilous Yugoslavian mountain pass. The bus was an old Reading Transport Corporation AEC Regent MkII - a model that now has its own Wikipedia page and a loyal following. Long past its corporate usefulness, the bus was lined up with an assortment of discarded relics outside a garage in Spittalfield, a small town north of Perth in Scotland. Ian Jack and his friend Dave Stickland had vague plans for some sort of summer road trip. Buying such a large vehicle was "a ridiculous idea", so they declined and left, Ian says. The trip was on. Image copyright Google. Posters that changed the world – in pictures. Joana Choumali: 'I set my imagination free on the photographs' Joana Choumali’s interest in photography began when, as a child in Abidjan in Ivory Coast, her family hired a local studio photographer to take a family portrait.
“I was fascinated by how he handled the camera and the lighting as well as the way he directed us,” she recalls. “It was almost like a ceremony. I remember asking him so many questions. That tacit communication and connection with other people through photography was what interested me the most. I wanted to do the same.” Having studied graphic arts and then worked in an advertising agency in Morocco, Choumali rekindled her childhood fascination with photography in 2011, initially creating work that merged portraiture and documentary to explore “an Africa caught between tradition and modernity”.
She began in 2018 by photographing at dawn in various African cities, including Accra, Casablanca and Dakar as well as Abidjan. Photo London Digital runs until 18 October. Aerial views of London: then and now – in pictures. I have been photographing aerial views over London from helicopters for more than 25 years.
I first flew in the capital when I was 22, and looking at images from then it is incredible how much some areas have changed. We normally fly at an altitude of 750ft to 2,450ft. Gresham.ac. Revealed: Soviet spies targeted George Orwell during Spanish civil war. They had a common enemy in General Franco’s fascist-backed army, but that did not stop legions of communists, revolutionaries and anarchists in 1930s Spain warring among themselves, fuelled by internecine rivalries and paranoia.
Now, new evidence has emerged that one of the most famous international fighters on the Republican side of the Spanish civil war was under surveillance by communist military intelligence. Wreck of the world’s oldest slave ship at risk of destruction. A 17th-century English shipwreck, the world’s earliest vessel linked to the transatlantic slave trade, is facing complete destruction by 21st-century fishing trawlers.
The 1680s Royal African Company trader – seen as a burial ground of slaves who perished on its final voyage – lies on the seabed about 40 miles south of Land’s End. It is being “pounded into oblivion” by “bulldozers of the deep”, claimed a leading British marine archaeologist. This was a trade that saw more than 12 million Africans taken across the Atlantic in 45,000 voyages over 400 years. Many did not survive the journey. Any submerged evidence offering insights into untold horrors that the slaves had endured on board such ships will be lost for ever, warned Dr Sean Kingsley. Enslaved review – Samuel L Jackson presents a brutally poignant history of the slave trade.
This year has seen a proliferation of freshly commissioned shows examining racism in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Enslaved (BBC Two, Sunday), however, predates the death of George Floyd, and would surely have been prominently screened regardless of this year’s events. After all, it has a bona-fide superstar presenter in Samuel L Jackson, alongside Afua Hirsch of the Guardian and investigative journalist Simcha Jacobovici. Clearly aware that there have already been numerous slavery documentaries, this four-part series seeks to tell a different story by uncovering new evidence. Full of wide, breathtaking aerial shots of the rivers and coastline of west and central Africa, where the slave trade flourished, it tracks the slave ships’ journeys from Africa to Brazil, the US, the Caribbean or, says Jackson, “the bottom of the ocean”.
Up to 1,000 slave ships are thought to have ended up as wrecks. Perhaps it is all about expectation. Last word to Hirsch, though. The UK government is trying to draw museums into a fake culture war. At the bottom of Oxford’s Cowley Road you won’t find a bronze statue of a colonial-era British soldier, in campaign dress and pith helmet, rifle raised to the ready position, that commemorates the Boer war.
Nor will you find human skulls arranged by type for the purposes of so-called “race science” in Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History. That 1903 memorial to the Oxfordshire Light Infantryman was removed, with no nostalgic or jingoistic fuss, back in the 1950s. It now stands 10 miles away at Edward Brooks barracks, Abingdon. And those skulls were removed from anthropometric displays in 1946, as anthropology started the ongoing task of dismantling its racist infrastructure after the victory over fascism. The ongoing evolution of our historic built environment and museum displays, keeping in step with wider social change without heavy-handed governmental interference, is normal.
Until now. Let us be clear. Historic England: heritage sites at risk – in pictures. Time's Monster by Priya Satia review – living in the past. In his celebrated “Letter from Birmingham jail”, written in 1963 while in prison for having taken part in a banned march against segregation, Martin Luther King Jr describes receiving a letter from a “white brother in Texas” who had told him that “all Christians know that the coloured people will receive equal rights eventually, but it is possible that you are in too great a religious hurry”.
“Such an attitude”, King wrote, “stems from a tragic misconception of time”, from “the strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills”. I was reminded of that line as I read Priya Satia’s Time’s Monster. For it’s the same “irrational notion” about “the flow of time” against which Satia, professor of international history at Stanford University, argues. Time’s Monster is a book about history and empire. Liberal imperialism was inherently contradictory, both demanding and denying freedoms and liberties. Turner’s Modern World review – a roaring, wondrous whirlpool of a show. It’s not standard practice for curators to draw attention to a masterpiece they failed to borrow.
But right in the middle of Tate Britain’s roaring whirlpool of a Turner exhibition is a reproduction of his 1840 painting Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On). Apparently, it has become too frail to make the transatlantic journey from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts – another twist in the story of the most devastating work of art ever made about the British slave trade. What can we learn about 2020 from the Black Death? Dorsey Armstrong has all the answers. A pandemic rages across the globe, leaving a trail of death, confusion and economic ruin, and changing everything.
This is a new disease, about which little is understood. People and communities don’t know what to do, and they react in different ways – sensibly, understandably, honourably, idiotically, criminally. Cities go into lockdown, quarantine rules are introduced, new hospitals are built to try to cope with the numbers of sick. There are heroes and acts of kindness and selflessness.


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Identification of a Novel Prognosis-Associated ceRNA Network in Lung Adenocarcinoma via Bioinformatics analysis
Backgroud: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in the occurrence and development of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). The purpose of this study was to identify novel abnormally regulated lncRNA-microRNA (miRNA)-messenger RNA (mRNA) competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks related to LUAD prognosis.Methods: We programmed an Agilent Microarray Scanner to screen for differentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs and mRNAs in 4 paired LUAD samples. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of
... es and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses were performed to annotate the DE lncRNAs and mRNAs. R bioinformatics packages, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) LUAD database and a Kaplan-Meier (KM) survival analysis tools were used to validate the microarray data and construct the lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA ceRNA regulatory network. Then, quantitative real-time PCR was used to validate the DE lncRNAs in 7 LUAD cell lines.Results: A total of 2819 DE lncRNAs and 2396 DE mRNAs (P-value < 0.05 and fold change ≥2 or ≤0.5) were identified in 4 paired LUAD tissue samples. In total, 255 of these DE lncRNAs were also identified in TCGA. The GO and KEGG analysis results suggested that the DE genes were most enriched in angiogenesis and cell proliferation and closely related to human cancers. Moreover, the differential expression of ENST00000609697, ENST00000602992, and NR_024321 was consistent with the microarray data, as determined by quantitative real-time PCR validation in 7 LUAD cell lines, but only ENST00000609697 was associated with the overall survival of LUAD patients (log-rank P=0.029). Finally, through analysis of ENST00000609697 target genes, we identified the ENST00000609697–hsa-miR-6791-5p–RASL12 ceRNA network, which may play a tumor-suppressive role in LUAD.Conclusion: ENST00000609697 was abnormally expressed in LUAD. Furthermore, downregulation of ENST00000609697 and its target gene RASL12 were associated with poor prognosis in LUAD. The ENST00000609697–hsa-miR-6791-5p–RASL12 axis may play a tumor-suppressive role. These results may suggest new prognostic and therapeutic biomarkers for LUAD.

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