What Is Kylie Jenner's Cosmetic Band Doing Better Than the Traditional Makeup Brands (Estee Laude, C

I really liked this Forbes article's breakdown of her company's strategy. Kylie doesn't pay anything for marketing besides the cost of the photoshoots; all she has to do is post on social media and send out some PR samples. She has Spatz Laboratories/Seed Beauty manufacture the products, which she sells at a pretty high markup (compared to Colourpop, which is made at the same site by the same company). Shopify deals with sales and fulfillment, and Kris handles all the other "business stuff" in exchange for 10% of sales. The products are in Ulta now, but had only ever been sold online for years before. Not having to deal with brick and mortar retail also saved money. So her costs are miniscule compared to similar companies, making her profit margin huge. That's the big difference between Kylie Cosmetics and traditional beauty companies: she's structured the company in a brilliant way that was only possible because of her massive platform.I will say, though, that growth is a problem for Kylie Cosmetics. It's done between $300 million and $400 million in revenue each year. That's incredible, but it's very small growth after the initial launch of the brand, especially considering how many products have been launched in the years since. Although Kylie Cosmetics is currently doing very well, it's hard to see it sticking around for ten years. And of course, the goal of all the major companies you listed is to stick around as long as possible. So I'm not sure how much of Kylie Cosmetics' model they can really apply to their own businesses

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Is Siddaramaiah a good CM for Karnataka?

Siddaramaiah Ji is defenetly the strongest CM i havve seen so far in Karnataka.Below are few contribution that supports my views.ANNA BHAGYAThe Government of Karnatakas most ambitious programme Anna Bhagya announced immediately after the formation of Government, has been given a facelift ! Now, the scheme, provides rice to the poor free of cost ( as against Re 1/ kg of rice earlier) and also one Litre of palm oil at Rs 25 and 1 kg iodised salt at Rs. 2, One KG of sugar at a subsidised price of Rs 13.50 per K G is provided. This welfare initiative of the State Government benefits 1.07 Crore families and covers two thirds population of the State almost four Crore people.

The State Governments objective is to make the State hungerfree and eliminate malnutrition.Benefits extended to APL Card Holders from June 1The State Government has extended benefits of the supply of subsidised ration for Above Poverty Line ration card holders from June 1. The APL Card Holders would get 5 KG of riceat Rs 15 per Kg and 5 kg of wheat at Rs 10 a KG, besides palm oil and other commodities, at subsidized rates.

KSHEERA BHAGYAImplementation of Ksheera Bhagya Scheme has benefitted over 1 Crore children. The Government aims at tackling malnutrition. 150 ML milk is being provided to children free of charge thrice a week under this scheme.

Ksheera DhaareThe incentive given for milk producers has been increased from Rs 2 to Rs 4 per litre benefitting about 45 lakh milk producers in the State. The outcome of this increase in the incentive amount has resulted in collection of 55 lakh litres of milk per day.Raiiv Aroqya BhaqyaThe Rajiv Arogya Bhagya, a cash-less scheme for the people belonging to Above Poverty Line, where the beneficiary pays only 30 per cent of the medical expenditure on treatment and the rest 70 per cent is borne by the Government is yet another people-friendly initiative of our Government.

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What are the benefits of annexation in Hawaii?

Besides the fact that the language of the islands is not Japanese, which is horribly difficult to learn, Hawaiian residents receive all the benefits bestowed upon citizens of the United States of America. Is that a net benefit? I think so. But others may argue it.The manner whereby Queen Liliuokalani was relieved of her throne was and remains indefensible; however, Hawaii is too isolated, its location far too strategic for some great power to have not become interested.It is very interesting to me that despite assaults from all sides, Hawaiian culture has managed to not only bounce back, it has insinuated itself into other cultures.

Surfing is now a world sport. Aloha wear is recognized and accepted. The Hawaiian idea of a sacred stewardship over land has given strength to many environmental movements. The spirit of Aloha is known around the world.Visitors to Hawaii do experience Hawaiian culture in some degreeagain, this is a hotly debated topic and I wouldnt argue that Waikiki has anything to do with Hawaiian culture, but tourism these days is not limited to Waikiki.

Overall, I think that Hawaii would not be that different had the monarchy survived. Business interests would have been just as rapacious under the monarchy as they were under U.S. supervision. Perhaps development would have been slower and more sensitive to the locals, but eventually, people would have been attracted to Hawaii no matter who was in charge.

And, as I suggest in the beginning of this answer, had the monarchy remained, they would either have struck a deal with the United States in the face of Japanese Imperialism, or they would have become a primary battleground in World War II

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What were the political causes of the American Revolution? What were its effects?

I think this question - although familiar - merits a serious answer. The political causes of the American revolution were twofold. First, taxes: they played a significant part in the escalation in what was essentially a matter of Parliament not reforming itself. Then, the American settlers, although British citizens were not represented in Parliament, since they were a part of colonies. The combination of these factors and misjudgement by Parliament as regards the American colonies led to a demand for increased self-control - and eventually escalated into the Declaration of Independence. In short, things got out of hand - something which might easily have been prevented by appropriate parliamentary action.

Besides the obvious effect of a now independent United States (even the name shows the disparate nature of the original colonies), effects were fairly minimal. Britain lost some taxes, but increased trade easily compensated this. But this was, strictly speaking, both a short and a long term effect. Far more important politically was the effect of political ideas established through the early United States on a situation which escalated even faster: Frances financial problems and the calling of the Estates General there to help solve these problems. Some prominent Americans were even in Paris at the time of the French revolution - or shortly thereafter.It has often been mentioned that the American revolution inspired the various Latin American revolutions. That, however, is only true to a fairly small extent. While the US constitution definitely inspired various Latin American variants, the events themselves were largely a direct result of the French revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic wars, which cut off Spain from its American colonies. (No such direct effect can be evidenced after 17761783, when quite literally nothing much occurred politically in Latin America.

)Im sure this can be expanded on, but Im not about to write an essay, so Ill leave it at this

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What is the significance of a blue LED? How is it different from a blue-glass covered white LED?

I think you are gravely mistaken by the concept of LED. nYou cannot have a blue-glass covered white LED. Infact the challenge was to create a white LED and the invention of blue LED made it possible. How does a normal bulb work? It has a filament (Tungsten) which is heated, and then the hot filament starts giving out light (which has all the colors). And then you could cover this bulb with whatever filter you want say a blue filter paper, the filter paper would filter all the colors and allow only blue,and you get blue light which you can use for your party. LEDs are very different, they are truly quantum devices. The details are a little subtle, but LEDs can create only one and only one color (not as precise as lasers, but mostly one color)nSo if you say take a red led and put a blue filter paper, you wouldn't get blue, you would get darkness. Cause there is not blue in that led. We already had red and green LEDs. But creating blue one was a challenge because ermm, you know its blue. (to put it simply red requires the least energy, blue the max) Now why was it worth the NOBLE PRIZE? Well, think about white leds. how do you create white? White is not a light. But white is combination of the three colors red, blue and green. nAHhh now you get it. Since we already had red and green, creating blue allows us to now make white LEDS (just by putting all three together).

And I don't think I have to tell you where we use White LEDS, nFrom torches and bend lamps, to TV backlits and decorative, these use very low power simply because they give the light of the desired color (unlike normal bulbs which give light in the invisible region too which is a waste and causes unwanted heating)

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of representative democracy compared to direct democracy?

It would be hard to make a comparison.Representative democracy requires high levels of trust in the ability of representatives to make decisions that represent the wishes and interests of the constituency. Direct Democracy requires high levels of political engagement, and a relatively high degree of understanding of the subject matter being decided on. Which means relatively high levels of education, and low levels of economic inequality, are quite important (though not deal-breakers).

We would have to establish what constitutes "better" in order to make a comparison.If by "better" we mean lower levels of corruption, higher levels of service delivery by government, and a higher degree of regulatory innovation, then Direct Democracy is almost certainly a better system.If by "better" we mean government more responsive to industry interests, an electoral process that is easier to install and maintain, and a legislative process that promotes conservative values by rejecting the majority of legal changes, then a Democratic Republic is the better system.

Personally, I feel like a Representative Democracy incentivizes disengaging from the political sphere, making Direct Democracy virtually impossible to implement. And, Ironically, I think that Direct Democracy is more representative of the interests of the public than a Representative Democracy could ever be.Finally, we've entered the digital age, and as such should be seeing the democratic process reflect the technical and technological advance we're making as a species. Unfortunately, Representative Democracy is deeply entrenched in global geo-politics, and is going to take a monumental effort and level of engagement by the public to be ousted by Direct Democracy. This doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be done... merely that it won't be a simple matter of saying "let's try this new idea"For those interested in the technological means to run a direct democracy, there are several projects aimed at finding an optimal decision making platform. Here's one popular system under development: liqd/adhocracy