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There are a number of ways of describing, defining and classifying a city.+This review uses the term 'city' to refer to urban settlements, including cities, towns and peri-urban areas. They include population density and size,+In some countries, a place is 'urban' if it has a population of 2,000 or more and provides amenities and facilities which indicate modern living, i.e. a combination of commercial, industrial, residential and other urban land use functions, such as health and educational facilities, restaurants, banks and police stations. infrastructure, range of economic activity and physical characteristics, the proportion of inhabitants engaged in non-agricultural activities, or a specific density of people to a particular area of land. An urban area may also be defined in relation to a particular administrative set-up. One UN report found that, 'Of the 233 countries or areas for which estimates and projections of the urban and rural populations were produced, 125 use administrative criteria to distinguish between urban and rural areas', while 'Sixty-five of these countries use administrative designations as the sole criterion'. On population numbers, the report found that 'the lower limit above which a settlement is considered urban varies considerably, ranging between 200 and 50,000 inhabitants'.+UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 Revision (New York: UN) (https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/publications/files/wup2014-report.pdf). Recent research points out that the different ways in which 'urban' is understood lead to inaccurate generalisations (the world may be far more urbanised than is usually thought).+G. Scruggs, '"Everything We've Heard about Global Urbanization Turns Out to be Wrong" – Researchers', Thomson Reuters Foundation, 12 July 2018 (http://news.trust.org/item/20180712130016-lwnc2/%20and%20https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/degurba.php). There is also a view in critical urban studies going back nearly a century that the fundamental understanding that 'urban' and 'rural' are two different things is flawed, and that everything is urban (this is further discussed below).+See for example the extensive writings of Neil Brenner and Christian Schmid at the Harvard Urban Theory Lab: www.urbantheorylab.net/.
This section presents three interrelated and overlapping ways of describing the city: the physical city; the city as a series of systems; and the people-centred city. These are emphasised here because they form the basis of much of the subsequent content presented in this GPR.
The physical manifestation of the city is perhaps what people think of first when thinking about what a city is. Thinking about physicality introduces words into humanitarian action that may not be often used, such as density, space, buildings, infrastructure, squares and streets. The physical city also reveals stark differences between wealth and poverty (and therefore the underlying vulnerability of many poorer urban dwellers). The physical city can be described in terms of:
The physical city also relates to a city's location, whether coastal, landlocked or in mountainous terrain. Urban locations of course are significant in terms of susceptibility to naturally-triggered disasters (see Section 1.2.3) and climate change (Section 1.2.4). A physical understanding of the city is the basis for land planning laws, administrative boundaries and municipal expenditures. Several aspects of urban humanitarian programming have a strong link to a city's physical attributes, including area-based approaches, geospatial analysis (mapping) and infrastructure provision, such as debris management, shelter and WASH.
A physical description of a city, however, has its limitations. For example (if discounting administrative boundaries), deciding where a city stops, and where the countryside begins, is not straightforward. The traditional concept of the city as a physical space within rural surroundings is also eroding and being replaced by much more complex and inter-connected human settlements (mega-cities, metropolitan regions, a 'rural–urban continuum' or city 'clusters'). Suburbs can be 'outer cities' connected to multiple urban centres. Many informal settlements grow into self-organised areas, known variously around the world as favelas, shanty towns, urban villages and banlieues.
A systems-based approach describes how different elements, aspects or functions of a city work together. Systems can be defined as 'an interconnected collection of things (for example people, institutions, infrastructure, societal norms, economy or ecosystems), organised in a pattern or structure that changes frequently'.+E. Levine, E. Vaughan and D. Nicholson, Strategic Resilience Assessment Guidelines (Portland, OR: Mercy Corps, 2017) (https://reliefweb.int/report/world/stress-strategic-resilience-assessment-guidelines-document), p. 5. Systems here are used to describe how different elements, aspects or functions combine. An example would be financial markets or healthcare, which in a city might include hospitals, ambulances, health infrastructure, medical supply industries, pharmaceuticals, doctors, nurses and support staff. A systems approach also makes the links, and arguably helpfully blurs the lines, between 'urban' and 'rural' areas – for example a market system concerning the consumption of fish involves catching fish in the sea, processing them and transporting them from what may be coastal rural areas to the city.
Systems thinking cuts across disciplines and is increasingly being used to describe and understand the complex processes by which people live their lives in society. Systems-based thinking forces consideration of the links between and within different components of the city. This may challenge existing ways of working for humanitarian actors, where single-sector delivery may be the norm (see for example Section 3.6.1 on multi-sectoral assessments). A focus on systems also highlights the complexities of urban humanitarian action, and underpins the approaches and issues described in a number of sections of this review, including governance, corruption, violence and the role of cash programming and its relation to markets.
There are a number of different ways of describing urban systems. UN-Habitat describes urban systems in terms of five attributes: space, organisations (such as neighbourhood groups and other associations), physicality (including buildings and infrastructure), functions (described as commercial, governance and social processes) and time (noting that cities change over months, years and centuries).+For a further description, see UN-Habitat, City Resilience Profiling Tool (http://urbanresiliencehub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CRPT-Guide.pdf).
Figure 1.1, from ALNAP, presents five interlinked systems, from which the following might be noted. Infrastructure, services, space and settlements relate to the physical city, described above. Redundancy and flexibility of physical systems are extremely important. Systems should be built in such a way that they are safe to fail, i.e. will cause minimal harm in the event of a disaster.
Source: L. Campbell, Stepping Back: Understanding Cities and Their Systems, ALNAP Working Paper (London: ALNAP/ODI, 2016) (www.alnap.org/help-library/stepping-back-understanding-cities-and-their-systems).
Politics and governance relates to how power is exercised in cities. Governance concerns how goods, resources, people and power are organised, which can have positive and negative outcomes for how people live their lives in cities. Governance is sometimes confused with government, but constitutes a much wider set of structures, entities and relationships. Governance includes:
The quality of governance is directly linked to disasters and conflict. Governance failures (such as unresolved disputes) can lead to conflict, while weak governance does little to quell violence (further discussed in Section 1.2.2). High levels of corruption underpin vulnerability and exacerbate the effects of naturally-triggered disasters (Section 1.2.3).
Economy and livelihoods relates to:
Culture and society describes how people live, work, engage and interact with one another. It includes:
A people-centred approach emphasises the central belief and motivation of humanitarian action, which concerns providing help to the most vulnerable. The people-centred approach is used throughout this Good Practice Review as the basis for understanding what drives good practice, and is reflected in a number of sections relating to project management, such as assessments, profiling, response analysis and area-based approaches (each of which is discussed later).
Cities are homes to billions of people, with competing and similar interests, and with differences in wealth and poverty and in their ability to meet their needs and realise their ambitions. A focus on people is vital for all humanitarian operations, and is something that can become quickly lost.+A compelling study relating to this is M. Anderson, D. Brown and J. Isabella, Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid (Cambridge, MA: CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, 2012) (www.cdacollaborative.org/publication/time-to-listen-hearing-people-on-the-receiving-end-of-international-aid/). The researchers asked over 6,000 people from across the world of their experiences of humanitarian aid after disaster. Among other things, the study found that 'Very few people call for more aid; virtually everyone says they want "smarter" aid. Many feel that too much is given too fast' (p. 2). Good urban programming remembers that dignity is an essential element, and that humanitarian action is, as noted above, about assisting affected people in times of crisis. The International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)+IFRC, Road Map to Community Resilience (Geneva: IFRC, 2016) (https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/1310403-Road-Map-to-Community-Resilience-Final-Version_EN-08.pdf). describes the people-centred approach as 'listening to and understanding what people think at all times, rather than imposing ideas or projects on them'.
Source: D. Sanderson, Integrating Development and Disaster Management Concepts to Reduce Vulnerability in Low Income Urban Settlements, PhD Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford. Cited in ALNAP, Responding to Urban Disasters (London: ALNAP, 2009) (www.alnap.org/help-library/responding-to-urban-disasters).
The model in Figure 1.2 describes people's lives and livelihoods: how they access resources (and what gets in the way); how resources are controlled; and how they use resources to meet basic needs and build assets to withstand threats, including shocks (such as rapid-onset disasters) and stresses (such as escalating violence).
From this model the following might be noted.
Assets are key to reducing vulnerability to external threats. Assets, and how people access, manage, keep control of and trade them, is a central aspect of how people live. Asset types include:
Assets play a key role in people's vulnerability and capacity – broadly speaking, the stronger their assets, the less vulnerable people are likely to be to external threats. The use of assets by people in development and in vulnerability reduction is well documented.+C. Moser, Assets, Livelihoods and Social Policy, paper delivered at the Arusha Conference on 'New Frontiers of Social Policy', 12–15 December 2005 (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/438f/3192022273fc7d056e8e52bafe5974cc270a.pdf). This includes social assets, especially among low-income urban neighbourhoods, for borrowing and loaning money,+Strong social assets are the basis for savings and loans schemes popularised by the Grameen Bank and others. and more widely within post-disaster recovery – it's often your neighbours who pull you out of the rubble (see Section 1.5.1 on emergent groups). Belonging to a particular ethnic group can also make people more or less vulnerable, depending on the circumstances. Assets therefore act as the 'buffer' between people and sudden-onset disasters (shocks) or slow-burning stresses (for example an illness that, without access to proper treatment, can prove life-threatening). Assets are key to living in the city: having assets enables people to access resources, such as education, healthcare, food and markets. It therefore follows that those with fewer assets have less access to resources.
There are different types of community in the city. While traditionally 'community' was often synonymous with a fixed location, such as a village or neighbourhood, the term has wider application in the city. Communities can be linked by non-physical connections. Recent research+Adapted from L. Campbell, Working with People and Communities in Urban Humanitarian Crises, ALNAP Working Paper (London: ALNAP/ODI, 2017) (www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/alnap-urban-people-and-communities-2017.pdf). identifies six typologies of urban communities:
Discrimination hinders access, for example belonging to a marginalised group, a minority faith-based group or LGBTQ+ people (see Section 4.7 on protection). Refugees living in cities and those who may be internally displaced regularly face discrimination (see Section 1.3 on displacement). People who are most vulnerable are also routinely discriminated against (see Section 1.4 on vulnerability).
Threats are described as shocks (rapid-onset events, such as earthquakes, fires or floods) and stresses, which, while being less 'rapid', may be no less damaging. Stresses may include escalating violence or worsening climate change-induced heatwaves. Threats are discussed further in the sections that follow.
Resources within the city are controlled. This might be land controlled by the authorities, jobs controlled by private sector organisations or services such as water and electricity controlled by service providers. Control of neighbourhoods might be in the hands of gangs or organised crime (see Section 1.2.2 on urban violence).
In summary, therefore, for many the very notion and understanding of cities is complex, contested and confusing. As regards humanitarian action, this section has sought to introduce and emphasise a number of key points (which form the basis of the rest of this Good Practice Review). The first is that the humanitarian principle of helping the most vulnerable is equally essential for urban areas as elsewhere – a people-centred approach steers limited humanitarian efforts to those who need help the most. Within this, understandings of who is most vulnerable may be nuanced and not immediately obvious (see Section 3.6 on assessments for further discussion).
A second key point is complexity. Activities, services and livelihoods do not take place in isolation. Almost everything is linked to something else, and often has a knock-on effect. In this regard, a systems approach helps to identify, and increase understanding of, some of the links and overlaps that shape how people live.
A third point is that cities are home to complex levels and understandings of different forms of power held by different groups, ranging from formal governance structures (such as levels of government) to 'informal' groups, such as gangs (see Section 1.5 on urban actors). As with the other points, effective humanitarian action seeks to understand and work with power, while recognising how complicated that is.


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I was going to blog about to-day but nothing much has happened, but as things did happen yesterday I'll tell you about that instead.
For some months I've not been able to lock my back door in cold weather, so last winter I bought a couple of door chains and used them instead. Gradually the front door lock also started to seize up and I had to stop using it. It could get a bit embarrassing having to ask visitors to use the back door, like they were hawkers or something, it leads into my back porch, where I keep all the dog stuff , plus shoes and coats, you know the kind of place. I'd tried graphite, WD40 candle wax and oil, but the locks just completely jammed.
Eventually I asked Ross, my grand-daughter Sarah's boy friend if he would come and fit new locks as he's good at that sort of thing being a builder. I also asked Martin my son on law if he would also come and help out fitting some new fence panels,as they were getting a bit rickety, and my neighbour had backed into two of them [denied]. He not only did that but pruned a lot of rather overgrown holly and Jasmine. It was a freezing cold day so some warm food with hot soup helped keep them from freezing. that home baking comes in handy.
Not the most interesting of logs I agree, but it kept one old lady happy knowing that the doors were secure at night and I had a bit of pleasure going back and forth trying out the different ways I could go in and out, also in case I shut the front door while it's still on the latch and lock myself out. but I'll sort it.
Ruby's asleep right now but I'm going to have to wake her up to go for her walk, It's my dancing night tonight, and we'll have to kick our heels high to help keep warm,.
Thank you for visiting and please come back, Arlene, Tango and Ruby
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Oh Arlene glad you got sorted out in the end. Winter weathet plays funny tricks on the frames and locks. So it perhaps was a good idea getting locks sorted out.ReplyDelete
Good to be back computer man was here an hour , and happy with my new one. Got people coming over tonight so will sign off now. Enjoy your dancing sounds like fun.
Hugs Sheila x
By The way love your new backdrop looking really good.ReplyDelete
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This is a great post....there is nothing worse than not being able to lock doors properly specially if you live on your own, so glad you got it all sorted
Love the look of that Cherry cake Simon loves cherry anything so might make it
Lo xxx
Hi Sheila, nice to see you back here and helping swell my huge number of friends ;-) there's plenty of space. Glad you got your computer sorted and hope you too will be back blogging. hope you too had a good night with friends. Dancing was good fun as usual. hugs to you, and if I may ask how is madam Lucy? XReplyDelete
Yeah, nice background isn't it, I can't take credit for making it, just the display. :-)
Hello to you also Lo thanks for enjoying the post, and yes it is sensible if nothing else to get the locks sorted, but there are always more interesting things to do, isn't there. There are 3 pieces of cherry cake left, so be quick. XReplyDelete
have you sorted your blog out yet?


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Our sun is a source of energy that is so powerful. The energy it produces for an hour to the Earth will be able to meet the energy requirements of the whole world for 365 days or 1 year. By installing solar panels, humans are able to harness a fraction of the sun's solar energy. (Source)
Solar is indeed a remarkable energy solution. This is especially true for property owners of any type. However, deciding to go for solar means you know the solar power advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we gather the top five benefits and drawbacks of solar energy.
|High Initial Cost
|Highly Dependent on Weather
|Environment Friendly
|Energy Storage is Expensive
|Low Maintenance Costs
|Savings Depends on Electricity Costs
|Saves You from Increasing Electricity Bills
|Requires a Huge Space
Now that you have learned about the top 5 pros and cons of the energy coming from the sun, let us give you two more lists that are longer. The solar advantages list contains details about why solar power might be helpful to the property owners. On the other hand, the list of solar energy disadvantages includes the reasons why solar might not be suitable for some people and for some circumstances.
Undoubtedly, the benefits that solar energy brings can easily persuade people to go for it. Knowing these will help them weigh things for the important decision. So, we have compiled below the list of solar energy advantages.
Although solar power is a renewable type of energy source, it also has its own drawbacks. To be fair, we also need to write down the cons of solar energy here. People also need to see the other side of the coin. So, check out the list below for the solar energy disadvantages.
Indeed, it is a significant thing to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy. Through analyzing its pros and cons, people will know whether it suits their needs or not. Moreover, it is always good to know more about the factors involved regarding solar energy system installation. Ultimately, what people need is a system that will generate solar energy efficiently and effectively.
In conclusion, going solar is definitely a huge decision to make. For people who are planning to install a solar PV system on their own homes or properties, proper research will be necessary. This will not only help them decide, but also it will let them learn about things to do and not to do when it comes to solar energy.
So, let us know in the comments section below if you have anything to add on the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy. You might also want to check more articles about solar energy here:
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Baxter Initiates Recall of Micron Filters Due to Missing Membrane, Particulate Matter
an unsterile solution could pass through to the compounded prepared solution
Baxter International is voluntarily recalling all unexpired lots of 50mm 0.2 micron filters due to the potential for a missing filter support membrane and for potential presence of particulate matter.
These issues are associated with a component manufactured by an external supplier, and were identified prior to patient involvement as a result of complaints from customers at compounding facilities.
The recalled filters have a product code of H93835 and an expiration date of June 27, 2016 through June 27, 2019.
The 50mm 0.2 micron filter is a bacteria and particulate filter for aqueous solutions used during the compounding of solutions.
In the absence of the filter support membrane, bacteria and/or particulate matter present in an unsterile solution could pass through to the compounded prepared solution.
If not further filtered before patient administration, this could lead to adverse health consequences.
There have been no adverse events reported to Baxter to date associated with these issues.
Baxter is directing customers not to use the product from the recalled lots. Recalled product should be returned to Baxter for credit by contacting Baxter Healthcare Center for Service at (888) 229-0001.


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Raise a glass with us!May 26th, 2017
We've had quite a few reasons to raise our glasses this week! Having just stepped out of the judging booth, our Bordeaux king, the Nebukadnesar 2014, came out with a gold medal and a score of 95 out of 100 at the Decanter World Wine Awards, as well as a gold medal at the International Wine Challenge. It is a structured, modern-style Bordeaux blend that is destined to become a classic, and we couldn't be more proud of its success.
If you do have the pleasure of uncorking a bottle of this full-bodied wine, expect an intriguing fragrance of violets and thyme, and intense undertones of blackcurrant and tobacco. It is a compelling and multi-layered wine that can be relished now, or even more so after many more years in the bottle.
Without letting the Nebukadnesar 2014 steal the entire spotlight, we'd also like to highlight the flurry of awards our other wines have brought in:
- Babylonstoren Shiraz 2015 – Recently announced the Best South African Wine, the Best Red Wine and the Best Wine in general at the WINE100 Awards in China! Awarded Double Gold at the National Wine Challenge.
- Babylonstoren Shiraz 2014 – DWWA Bronze Medal (89/100), IWC Silver
- Babylonstoren Nebukadnesar 2015 – Awarded Double Platinum at the National Wine Challenge (NWC)
- Babylonstoren Sprankel 2011 – IWC Gold
- Babylonstoren Sprankel 2012 – NWC Double Gold Award
- Babylonstoren Viognier 2016 – DWWA Silver Medal (90/100), IWC Commended, NWC Double Gold Award
- Babylonstoren Mourvèdre Rosé 2016 – DWWA Silver Medal (90/100), IWC Bronze
- Babylonstoren Babel 2015 – DWWA Bronze Medal (88/100), IWC Silver
- Babylonstoren Chenin Blanc 2016 – DWWA Bronze Medal (88/100), IWC Commended
- Babylonstoren Chardonnay 2015 – DWWA Commended (84/100), IWC Silver
- Babylonstoren Chardonnay 2016 – NWC Double Gold Award
Since the farm's first bottled harvest in 2011, we have been taking pride in our reputation for elegant and balanced wines, brought to life by Cellar Master Charl Coetzee and Winemaker Klaas Stoffberg. As with all elements of the Babylonstoren farm, astute attention to detail and quality has always been paramount.
For this reason, we are appreciative of such a wonderful acknowledgement of the success of our natural and attentive approach to winemaking, which truly pays tribute to our extraordinary soil and climate on the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain.
Make sure you taste these delicious award winners, available from our online shop.


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The Scottish Inns Fort Worth hotel is near the downtown area, just a short drive from local attractions, including Fort Worth Zoo, Will Rogers Coliseum, Amon Carter Museum and Colonial Golf Club. We are also located near many shops, restaurants, night clubs, rodeos, stock shows and historical landmarks. While visiting Fort Worth check out a rodeo at the legendary Fort Worth Stockyards, or get in the fast lane at the Texas Motor Speedway, which hosts NASCAR and Indy Racing League events year round. Take in a day at Sundance Square, with 14 blocks of entertainment, restaurants, live music clubs, galleries, boutiques and performance venues. Tour the vast collection of post WWII art at the sprawling Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. We are sure you'll enjoy all the city has to offer during your stay at our Fort Worth, TX hotel.
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Concealer is used for a lot of things these days: to cover up, contour, highlight, perfect, etc. But let's rewind a bit and take things back to the basics. Its sole purpose is to conceal. So when you're in the midst of an annoying breakout, trust that concealer has got your back and will diminish the look of dark spots and circles, inflammation, uneven areas of your skin, and more. Of course, we're proponents of employing hardworking skincare products to get to the root of the issue, but in the interim, makeup will make you forget your breakout was ever even there—like magic.
Investing in a full-coverage concealer is a smart beauty decision because it'll last you. A small dollop will cover the toughest areas. Walking past your reflection and being reminded of a pesky pimple can be such a mood killer. Next time, dab one of these bad boys on top of your breakout to knock the look of them right out.
Ahead are the best concealers for acne we rely on the most.
Best Overall: It Cosmetics Bye Bye Breakout
It doesn't get any better than this two-in-one gem of a beauty product. This doubles as a spot treatment and a concealer because it heals breakouts while covering them up. Developed with plastic surgeons, it's ideal for oily and acne-prone skin, since it will stay put all day long, and its full-coverage pigments cover up even the peskiest of blemishes, including acne scars and cysts. Available in a wide shade range, there's a match for you that will blend right in.
Best Budget: Maybelline Fit Me Concealer
Big zit? Redness? Acne scars? No problem. This concealer will hide them all and look natural while doing it. The non-comedogenic, dermatologist tested formula is free of oils and waxes, meaning it won't irritate the skin. It delivers a flawless finish thanks to its lightweight pigments that allow your skin to show through while camouflaging whatever you need.
Best Drugstore: NYX Professional Makeup Concealer Jar
This little jar really packs a punch. The full-coverage concealer is super creamy, making it easy to blend in with either your fingers or a brush. The wide shade range ensures you'll find your fit, but to minimize redness, go with the green for color correcting magic.
Best Dewy Finish: Kevyn Aucoin The Sensual Skin Enhancer
Few concealers are as buttery as this one. This pot brings on the dew. The stretchy formula will seriously apply like a second skin, and a little goes a long way. It's infused with jojoba oil and honey to hydrate and smooth skin. It works to cover up dark circles, discoloration, redness, and hyperpigmentation, and it never cakes or settles into pores or fine lines. Plus, you only need the tiniest amount, so this concealer will last you, making it worth every cent.
Best Color Corrector: Physicians Formula Conceal Rx Concealer
If you haven't experienced the magic of color correcting yet, it's never too late. Here's a short lesson on color theory: Since green sits directly across from red on the color wheel, it cancels out redness. To see what we mean, just dab the soft green shade of this concealer on any redness spots and it will practically disappear. Add a regular skin-toned concealer on top of it and your skin will truly look flawless.
Best Waterproof: Make Up For Ever Full Cover Concealer
When you want a concealer that simply won't budge, rain or shine, reach for Make Up For Ever's Full Cover Concealer. Though it has impressive staying power, it won't feel heavy on your face, since it relies on its highly pigmented formula to get the job done. Light and creamy, just a few pats will make it disappear into your skin, leaving a matte finish. Aside from breakouts, it will also cover under eye circles, scars, hyperpigmentation, discoloration, burns, and even tattoos.
Best Vegan: Kat Von D Lock-It Concealer Crème
Like everything else in the famous vegan's beauty line, this concealer is vegan and cruelty-free, fitting with her strong stance against animal testing. The full-coverage creamy formula boasts 24-hour wear and is crease-proof. The tapered tip of the applicator was modeled after an artist's paintbrush, making it ideal for precise application.
The formula features complexion-brightening pigments and the line's Hydra-Boost Complex to moisturize and nourish the skin. Plus, it's not just for masking breakouts; it also works for brightening under-eye dark circles, corrects discoloration, contours, and bakes. Kat Von D uses it herself to cover up her tattoos, so you know it's got to be good.
Best Stick: Clé de Peau Beauté Concealer SPF 25
Concealer sticks are seriously some of the best things ever invented because they cut your application time in half. These may look little, but they offer up a hefty dose of coverage and make blending feel like a breeze. It's made with a special blend of illuminating ingredients that cover up the look of dark spots.
Best Blendable: Tarte Double Duty Beauty Shape Tape Contour Concealer
You're looking at everyone's favorite full-coverage concealer right here. Celeb makeup artists love this concealer, especially for hiding breakouts. It seeps into your skin like butter but doesn't move—ever.
Best Shade Range: Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Camouflage Concealer
This tiny tube is packed with pigment that has no mercy when it comes to blemishes. After blending just one drop of this stuff on your skin, you'll forget that your pimple was even there. It's not called a "camouflage" concealer for no reason. Plus, it's available in so many shades, you'll definitely find your fit.


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Four United States presidents were Unitarians: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore and William Taft. Also, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, while they did not specifically identify with any organized religion, had UU leanings. Other well-known UUs are listed below.
Adapted from "100 Questions That Non-Members Ask About Unitarian Universalism," Copyright © 1994-2000 by the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Nashua, New Hampshire. All rights reserved.
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Bollywood's first lady, Gauri Khan recently launched her new store in Bandra and all her friends from the industry showed up to congratulate the pretty lady. Several Bollywood stars had also turned up when she had designed another resto-bar few months ago. She also designed the houses of Ranbir Kapoor and Varun Dhawan recently.
Also Read: 4 Bollywood Actresses Who Shut Their Trollers Up With Complete Sass
Ace designer Manish Malhotra also showed up and was posting all the updates from the launch. Sridevi was one of the star attractions who was present at the launch.
Also Read: A Surprise Guest Visited Kareena And Karishma On Set
The trio Karisma Kapoor and the Arora sisters, Malaika and Amrita, also made a stylish appearance at the event.
Lately, many Bollywood celebrities, such as Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan, Rani Mukherji had visited Gauri Khan at her new store and have come out with happy faces. And these pictures of Gauri's dear friends are no different.
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House improvement repair tasks typically contain reworking jobs. Improvements referring to the inside of the house resembling alterations to fix the roof and sidings in occasions where there may be main cause for concern relating to your loved ones unit's health and security. Alternatively, transforming a kitchen, adding a couple of rooms, constructing a storage or installing a swimming pool can be classed as improvements.
These enhancements add to the dwelling amenity of the home's homeowners and often add worth to the home. If a transfer is sooner or later, you need residence improvement tasks that will give you the most important bang in your buck when it's time to promote. One other thing to not neglect is to ask a contractor to present a quote of the price of the additions earlier than signing the mortgage papers or deposit check.
No John Doe goes to pay any amount of cash to promote and obtain work from individuals who expect one of the best, until they'll back it up. It is strongly advisable that before you hire a contractor or start any improvement works that you simply obtain advice from you tax marketing consultant or from the local office of the IRS.
Altering a colour scheme, changing a bed room into a house workplace, or upgrading the kitchen and toilet are sensible improvements that add esthetic attraction and financial worth. So, in case you are planning on reworking your kitchen don't forget to take care of the leaking pipes at the same time and declare your complete mission as a deduction.
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Home Improvement!
Cleaning your private home and yard is a good enchancment venture, and if you are reworking, will probably be the final step after the dust has settled.
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Methods To Increase The Worth Of Your Dwelling
Every dwelling might use a number of improvements and upgrades. Upkeep tasks involve repainting the house, plumbing repairs, re-doing the electrical techniques of the house, replacement of the roof and sharpening picket flooring. three. Plan forward to make sure that your private home improvement mission completes successfully.
If you'll require skilled assist, now's the time to speak to contractors, plumbers, and other tradesmen, and to ask for estimates. It's all the time a good suggestion to get proposals from a number of reputable contractors, based mostly on the particular details of your venture.
Claiming A House Enchancment Tax Deduction
On the subject of home building, there are millions of general contractors to choose from. Your own home's worth shouldn't be more than 20{44a540b9174d3e6704acb0ddf8edb247e5f04f1d442daa15329bdaa9d766cc5a} above the typical, which signifies that a $10,000 kitchen improvement challenge effectively may very well be a better investment than a $10,000 sizzling tub, especially if yours will be the only dwelling in the area with a sizzling tub.
Since architects might cost an hourly or a flat fee, be sure you get an estimate of the whole value: drawing up the plans for a serious reworking undertaking can take eighty hours or more. Some dwelling enchancment projects grow out of an instantaneous want to interchange damaged or inefficient fixtures.
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You have acquired your eye on the out-dated kitchen otherwise you suppose you would possibly want to just tear up your carpeting and install hardwood flooring, however earlier than you begin to rip out the cabinets or the carpet make sure to establish some guidelines on your dwelling enchancment plan. Understanding this can be a great asset to the true estate investor who is getting ready to buy their funding property and wish to keep the home enchancment prices to a minimal while maximizing the upside of the capital positive factors.


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Paris-based mk2 films has unveiled a raft of sales on French director Mikhaël Hers' timely drama Amanda following its well-received premiere at the Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti selection.
The film has captured the attention of Asian buyers, selling to Japan (Bitters End), China (Hualu), Taiwan (Andrews).
The first European distributors on board include Benelux (Cinéart), Switzerland (JMH), Italy (Officine UBU), Scandinavia (Angel), Poland (Best Film). The film has also sold to Israël (Lev) and Brazil (Imovision).
Amanda is Hers' third feature after Memory Lane and This Summer Feeling. It stars rising French actors Vincent Lacoste, Stacy Martin and young newcomer Isaure Multrier.
Lacoste won praise in Venice for his performance in the central role of David, as a young man forging his way in Paris whose life is brutally interrupted by the sudden death of his sister, leaving him in sole charge of his young niece.
Screen critic Jonathan Romney described the film as "immensely touching in the way it bridges minor-key sketchiness and full-on contemplation of the human condition".
"We're thrilled that buyers have been as profoundly moved by the grace and emotions of this film as we were," says mk2 films managing director Juliette Schrameck. "The audience in Venice was equally bowled over to a point that didn't go unnoticed by the Italian distributors in attendance. Proving that the feelings captured here really translate elsewhere."


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FLJS Research Fellow speaks to Global Times about upcoming 'Silk Road' Summit
Earlier this month, FLJS Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Oxford University One Belt One Road Programme Dr Ying Yu spoke to the The Global Times UK Bureau about the upcoming First Belt Road Initiative Summit, an international conference to be held in Oxford on 13-14 September to examine China's plans for a new Silk Road.
The event, hosted by the Oxford Law Faculty, provides an international forum where world leading scholars, industry professionals, and policymakers can come together to discuss the most pressing issues concerning OBOR's present development and its future. In the interview, Dr Yu identified three aspects of OBOR development the summit aims to address: physical infrastructure, legal framework, and its soft dynamic.
"The transmission and exchange of the arts and cultural heritage are much more effective as a method of promoting cross-cultural communication and in overcoming our differences than a mere focus on developing physical infrastructures; this is what we mean by our characterisation of OBOR soft dynamic," says Dr Yu. For example, as the cultural relics and historical remnants of the Old Silk Road make way for curations from the New Silk Road, how do we preserve the ancient artefacts to ensure that they do not disappear with passing time, she asks.
On the legal risks that have been greatly underestimated by some businesses in China that are seeking to expand their operations beyond domestic borders and to export their products and services internationally, Dr Yu comments: "As OBOR involves more than 70 countries and jurisdictions, the success of the initiative depends not only on bilateral agreements but also on multilateral agreements between countries, so as to form a comprehensive legal framework within which these countries can operate."
One such example is the 2015 United Nations Guidelines on Consumer Protection, for which she represented the International Law Association as an Observer of the Guidelines' revisions since 2012.
Dr Yu explains that interest in OBOR is finally gaining momentum among governments, corporates, think tanks and NGOs, and academia across Europe, the UK, and India.
Online registration for the First Belt Road Initiative Summit is now open and all are welcome to attend. For enquiries, contact firstname.lastname@example.com


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CIDESCO – Post Graduation in Diploma in Beauty Therapy
To provide applicants the necessary learning to make them capable of working efficiently and productively in the world's best Spas and resorts all over the world. The main goal of this course is to provide candidates the best possible Spa training in the market.
PG Diploma in Beauty Therapy at ISAS beauty school, Students, goes through a program where we enhance their knowledge of beauty therapy what they have gained so far during their graduation and make them familiar with most advanced and trending techniques available in the industry today.
There are no restrictions on the number of students allowed to commence the course. Nevertheless, it should be noted that due to the complicated nature of specific Spa procedures, it will not be possible for us to have students more than the capacity of our classrooms and to participate in practical demonstrations at our salon centers. In this kind of cases, we segregate the learners into several groups to ensure every student gains the best out of our programs.
Spa Facilities at our Spa Training Centers - Dubai & UAE
At ISAS Beauty School we have state-of-the-art infrastructure which is recognized as one of the best in India. Facilities that we provide at our salons make the learning experience of the students pleasant & cozy. ISAS Beauty School facilities boost spa students for perfection in the respective field and encourage professionalism & positive vision toward this field.
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All the above-listed facilities help students to understand the treatments thoroughly along with practical knowledge. The resources that we provide to our students contain materials that offer profound experience in spa treatments, our programs of body and beauty treatments promotes professionalism & overall improvements of our students.
Computerized workrooms and highly equipped spa centers to help students in their research and project activities as well.
At the end of the course The Assessment for the Post graduate Program Spa Therapy Diploma our experts review all the work done by students and asses based on their skills.
Duration: 1 Year
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- Hygiene and First Aid
- Public and Personal Hygiene, Microbiology / Bacteriology
- Methods of Sanitization and Sterilization Infection / Cross Infection
- Immunity, Health and Safety at Work
- Aesthetic Treatments – Practical and Theory As Shown In Syllabus
- Skin Care Consultation Treatment Procedures, Deep Cleansing
- Facial Massage Mask Therapy
- Facial Electro therapy including Galvanic Current, High Frequency
- Electrical Muscle Stimulation (faradic Type) Micro Current
- Body Analysis Body Massage, Body Therapy Manual Techniques
- Body Electrical Treatments, Heat Treatments
- Ultra Violet And Infrared, Light Therapy
- Hair Removal
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- Bleaching Of Face And Body
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Background Funky Monkey Editing Pictures
95 million photographs are uploaded to Instagram each day and this amount is Much larger when we take in an account the entire net. The aforementioned piece of advice demonstrates how photography has become a part of daily lives of an enormous number of individuals. In such a world photo editing plays a very important role, since most photos require some kind of intervention before they can be introduced to the general public. Funky Monkey Editing Pictures
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PicMonkey is one of the most popular editing and movies making websites Today, which makes it a perfect choice for inexperienced photographers and aspiring photograph editors. So let's take a look at exactly what this online tool for image editing has to offer.
A quick look in PicMonkey
If you find yourself in need of a powerful and easy to use tool that Will permit you to generate social media posts quickly then you need to look at using PicMonkey. Here are the things you should take into account prior to making this online photo editor, your go-to alternative.
Pros: You really Do not have to become a photo-editing wizard so as to have the ability to produce magical images using this online tool. The PicMonkey's list of qualities you can use to edit your photographs is very long, which essentially means you can do virtually whatever you want with photos you'd like to edit. Besides impressive photo editing choices, PicMonkey also provides a good number of graphic design programs that can help you during the process of making a banner for your site or creating a Facebook cover photograph your buddies will love.
Cons: Those of you Who have been hoping you can edit pictures of all sizes are going to receive a bit disappointed since PicMonkey has a picture size limit. You can choose from three different alternatives, but no option will enable you to upload pictures larger than 16MP and if you upload a photograph that's bigger than this the platform will automatically resize it into 4000X4000 pixels.
Although you can use this photo editor to edit photos or make collages For free, PicMonkey will not permit you to save, export or discuss the pictures you've edited unless you install an account, for which you must pay an annual or monthly fee.
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This online photo editor provides thousands of overlays, which range from Zig-zag traces to butterflies, birds, and flowers. Each of these overlays can help you in creating photographs that'll attract a good deal of attention on social media.
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Besides options commonly featured in all offline and online picture Editors, PicMonkey also offers some near professional photo editing tools. Photography fans will love using the Bokeh effect, regardless of the fact that Bokeh effects provided by a photo editing software such Fotophire are much more powerful. Each effect you apply to your photograph in PicMonkey may be partially taken out of the photo together with the Paint quality which allows you to choose the size of the brush you are going to use to take out the impact you applied on a photograph. This option can be utilized if you would like to use the photograph effect to a certain area, whereas the remaining portion of the picture remains unaffected. Funky Monkey Editing Pictures
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PicMonkey is well-equipped with programs that enable you to edit your Selfies and all other portrait photos to perfection. Features like Blemish Repair, Wrinkle Remover, Lip Tint, Mascara or Weight Loss allow you to have complete creative control over how the skin, mouth, eyes or amounts of individuals depicted on your photos will look like.
Basic facts
There Are Numerous pricing options available to those who opt to use PicMonkey on a continuous basis. The Premium option can prices $7,99 per month or $5,99 per month, billed yearly at $71,88. The fee for Superpremium pricing plan prices $107, 88 per year, however the amount of options you will unlock will probably leave you wondering if you're better off purchasing a desktop software such as Fotophire for a substantially lower amount of money.
The PicMonkey's interface is well-organized, therefore even if you never used a Photo editing software before you shouldn't have too much trouble learning how around this online photo editor. Basic photo editing features such as Cropping or Rotating images may be available from the editor's toolbar that provides alternatives like Basic Edits, Effects or Frames, amongst others. PicMonkey lets you upload images from your computer, Facebook, OneDrive, Flickr or even Dropbox. In addition, Premium account owners are able to store around fifty images at the editor's Hub, while the Superpremium account owners have boundless Hub storage.
An impressive assortment of image templates is accessible to users that Want to design images and this online editor also allows you to pick the perfect dimensions for your Instagram story photos or Facebook cover photo.
The Benefits of Utilizing PicMonkey Image Editing Software
Edit your pictures anytime anywhere with the PicMonkey mobile software
On the AppStore and Google Play, the PicMonkey mobile program comes With helpful features that lets users edit photos and do a couple of touch ups on their selfies before posting on social networking. It's essentially a photograph editor you can use on the go.
Some of the features included in the mobile applications are sticker Overlays, a draw feature, text and layerable consequences. Additionally, the app connects to the Hub storage so transferring and saving your work from your mobile device to your desktop and vice versa is possible.
An extensive collection of design templates and pixel layouts
Amazing photo effects and overlays
PicMonkey also recently published a Wide Variety of flashy photo Consequences Users can apply on their own graphics, including the Super Black & White picture result, Silverscreen, Miniature, Tri-X, Edge Sketch and Mirror effects.
The overlays come in Many Different original motifs and designs, from Baby-themed overlays to sporting events and outdoor graphics.
PicMonkey has been around For quite some time. And over the years, its programmers have produced a broad selection of layout templates that enable users to easily design and make their own societal articles, holiday greeting cards, invitations, special announcements, business cards and so forth. Funky Monkey Editing Pictures
More than 20 photo collage layouts are also available for free. And, if You do not like the designs they have in their group, you can make your own customized collage layout as well. In addition, you do not need to register an account to create your collage.
The Hub storage attribute
The Hub is a fairly recent addition to the PicMonkey image editing software. Unfortunately, it's only available to premium users.
The Hub Is Basically a feature Which Allows you to save your Creations in a handy site. It is ideal for those hard, time-consuming editing tasks you can't possibly finish in 1 session. At this time, you can break down your project into many sessions and you won't need to worry about losing your progress.
So what is the pricing plan for PicMonkey?
PicMonkey has two Premium bundles available; both are billed either Monthly or yearly. The Premium bundle, worth $7.99 per month or $47.88 when charged yearly, is a substantial upgrade to the free version of the program in regards to functionality and features.
One of its notable features Comprise:
· A 7-day free trial period
· Hub storage for up to 50 pictures
· Sort Hub images function
· Advanced editing and touch-up tools
· Extra impacts, overlays and fonts
· Re-edit picture function via Hub
· Additional top-shelf templates
· No advertisements
The second pricing program is that the Supremium package, which can be worth $8.33 A month or $99.99 when billed annually.
Its added features include:
· Each of the features in the Premium package
· Infinite Hub storage (rather than the 50 images limit)
· Organize Hub with Collections feature (rather than the restricted Sort Hub images work )
Picking the best strategy is ultimately your decision. It depends on how Often you edit your photographs, how broad your editing projects are and whether you actually have a demand for all those innovative capabilities.
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Wellness Your Way!
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Handmade Crystal Compassion Diffuser Bracelet - Heart Chakra - Nephrite Jade - $35 each
(Darker stone in pic is Bloodstone)
Diffuse with Rose Oil for a long lasting loving disposition.
Unisex - Purchase with Pendant for a free gift box (charms +$5)
#Nephrite-Jade is a stone of fidelity, and it will work wonderfully with the heart chakra. This stone is also very powerful when it comes to healing broken relationships.
It will give you emotional healing and help you deal with grief and loss, with the pain of heartbreak. This stone will enhance your nurturing nature. Nephrite-Jade is the stone of dreams. It is believed that whatever this stone touches becomes blessed. It's also a restorative stone that will cleanse your physical body and clear the toxins that linger in your vibrational fields. This stone will bring wisdom to new situations that you find yourself in. Nephrite-Jade will help you connect to the source of all the great things that you have in your life!


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Great news! The UFC Camaro auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson this weekend brought $350,000!
Here is the press release:
One of the hottest cars ever made, the custom UFC Camaro, just sold for $350,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Las Vegas, Nev., with all funds benefitting the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
UFC President Dana White, who is in Indianapolis this weekend for the UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop Pay-Per-View event, tweeted, "Thank you to all the bidders on the UFC Camaro!! It went for $350k!!! That money goes to the troops. So amazing!!! I LOVE UFC fans."
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® teamed up with Findlay Customs and Modern Muscle Las Vegas to build the limited-edition UFC Camaro complete with 650 super-charged horsepower and one-of-a-kind features including custom exhaust, lowering suspension kit, 2000-watt sound system, custom paint and UFC fight glove seats with suede headliner.
The UFC Camaro crossed the Barrett-Jackson block during prime time at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center today, and was driven by none other than UFC Hall of Famer Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell.
The family of the winning bid, who ultimately paid $350,000 for the custom sports car, admitted to auction officials that they are huge UFC fans, and are thrilled with their collectible UFC Camaro.
SPEED television carried the UFC Camaro Auction live.
The $350,000 for the UFC Camaro will benefit the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing support for the families of United States military personnel injured or lost in performance of their duty. Likewise, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund works to assist our wounded warriors by providing facilities and services that ensure that injured military personnel receive the best possible treatment our nation has to offer.
UFC Camaro Brings in $350,000 for Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
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The Weekend Guide
What to Do This Weekend
get tied up!
Laugh in.
Tied in Knots
What: Part of the South Beach Comedy Festival, the play (by a writer of the always funny How I Met Your Mother) follows a happy couple and their hapless single pals.
Why: Your momma.
When: Thurs., 9 p.m.
Where: Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Rd., South Beach (305-674-1040). Tickets online at ticketmaster.com. Map It
Chocolate Sundays
What: Embrace your inner collegiate at Purdy Lounge with a drunken spelling bee that punishes mistakes with Jäger shots.
Why: It's fun. F-U-N. Fun.
When: Sun., 9 p.m.-midnight.
Where: 1811 Purdy Ave., South Beach (305-531-4622). Map It
Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert
What: Artists and activists get together for spoken word, dance, and loads of music — from folk to hip-hop — in support of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Why: It's a melting pot.
When: Sat., 4 p.m.-3 a.m.
Where: Tobacco Road, 626 S. Miami Ave., Brickell (305-374-1198). Map It
DVF Grand Opening
What: The wrap dress creator unveils her new shop and her spring collection; a portion of the proceeds benefit Women of Tomorrow.
Why: What goes around comes around — and ties prettily.
When: Thurs., 7-9 p.m.
Where: 9700 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour (305-865-1850). R.S.V.P. to firstname.lastname@example.com or 305-534-0081 ext. 14. Map It
International Chocolate Festival
What: The weekend-long cocoa carnival offers lectures, cooking demos, a tour of the rain forest, and, most importantly, tastings.
Why: You've got the golden ticket.
When: Sat. & Sun., 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Where: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables (305-667-1651). Map It
Friday, January 23, 2009
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What is a Curriculum Vitae
When you have just managed to get a good job at a place, you would firstly thank your God, parents and also your good luck and fortune. Wait a minute, you would also thank the interviewed for selecting you out of your worthy opponents as well. But there is something else which faithfully accompanied you on your pursuits for livelihood. This is your resume. It is also known as a curriculum vitae. The curriculum vitae will be an ultimate evidence of your achievements in both studies as well as in extra curricular activities as well. You can notify your achievements and your other special talents and skills in your resume as well. If you manage to get the CV right, it would make you a more favorable candidate in the eyes of the interviewers as well.
So, what should you do to equip your curriculum vitae fully? There are some basic methods which can be followed to make your job resume stand out among the CV of other aspiring candidates waiting for the interview. The most common method of making the job resume is known as the chronological method. This is done by listing your academic and professional achievements (if any) on the chronological basis. So, in such a method, your university degrees and diplomas will be mentioned right at the top of the list. You can then back it up with your achievements made in your further studies. If you have some work experience prior to your new job, you can mention it as well in your CV and you should also specify the duration for which you had worked in the previous places.
Another way of formulating your CV is the functional style. This style demands that you include and mention only your specific talents and abilities. These have to be mentioned carefully and in a lot of detail. The resume, in such an approach, would have to be full with the skills and the specific talents, which are required in the profession that you are seeking. The advantage of a functional curriculum vitae is that it completely averts bringing up any queries on the professional expertise of the candidate. The person's mentioned skills and abilities will only be seen and noticed by those, who will be evaluating the aspirants to the particular job. So, the candidate with not-so-bright professional experience would stand a good chance if his resume is like this.
Finally, there is also a way to format and write the curriculum vitae when you are going for a job interview. This is the way of writing and mentioning both academic accomplishments and your personal talents and skills as well. This combined approach will give a good coverage to both your achievements as well as your personal skills and talents. There are some tips to make a combined curriculum vitae work in the interviews. You should remember that you should not make the CV unbearably long and tiresome. If it becomes a long resume, the interviewers would not have the time or to see the entire CV in detail. So, all the academic achievements and specific skills and talents should be mentioned clearly without being incoherent or even incomprehensible.
The curriculum vitae is an important factor for making your job interview work successfully. If the CV is too long or unbearably tedious and difficult to follow, it will not materialize into anything profitable. So, you should also write your CV coherently and clearly. In this way, you can make your job interview really click. So, it will be quite a good thing.


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Yes! Finally! A blog post from me after eons!
Finally, I got my own laptop!
Finally, I got my own Wi-Fi! (Neighbour triggered).
The last two days where the most exciting ones in my life.
After surviving 20 years on this planet, trying to code badly on my Android device, writing my stories and blog posts on them, now, finally, I got my own laptop. And this is my first blog post which is entirely typed on my laptop at home, instead on my phone while travelling in crowded trains where it is even difficult to breathe.
I would like to sincerely thank the overload of projects, assignments, experiments, presentations and reports to be submitted at college after this short break of 10 days, that accelerated the process of me getting a laptop! I didn't want to decelerate my project group's pace. Hence the perfect timing.
Getting a laptop at this juncture does mean a lot.
Now, I can code all my experiments here, learn new applications, and… most importantly it just means that I can now upload my stories more often.
So now, you (in case you're my reader) can expect more often updates of Deceptive Truths, which has been lagging behind a lot lately.
I had planned 4 posts in July.
Posted just 1.
Didn't plan the number of posts in August.
Managed to post just 1 mediocre update.
The very reason being that all of a sudden, life has become too hectic. From 8am to 8pm, I'm out of my home, thanks to college and travelling. That just leaves me with a few hours
before sleep, which is mostly used for the assignments stuff. (which have become too much a load on this meagre soul)
My submissions are getting late very often. (Since I've stopped burning the midnight oil like before.)
The chances of this happening is equivalent to Salman Khan not releasing his movies on Eid and not giving a 200cr. Blockbuster. Sigh!
Slowly, my interest in Pokémon Go! has also waned. My legs can't take it anymore. Plus, I've no time left to go out and walk like a maniac. So, the only time I play it is when I'm travelling in auto/bus. (Can't play in train. Speed limit. Superb network.)
Train travel usually meant typing down chapters and blogs. But now, I just sleep. If I don't, conversing with friends and listening music are the other alternatives. I just don't prefer to write when I'm surrounded by friends. Can't focus.
Meanwhile, the Wi-Fi connection was set up yesterday.
I asked my neighbour politely to share his password (if and only if he wants to; no pressure as such.)
He didn't even reply properly.
A no would have been better.
A few days later, I realised a few other (dumb) neighbourhood guys pay him 200 bucks a month to access his Wi-Fi which he only activates a few hours a day.
Hence, it is only logical that he didn't give me his password.
I'm skipping that part where I painstakingly tried some 500 odd most probable passwords, but to no avail.
Finally, by using some cheap simbil tricks, I retrieved the password.
(Note: No hacking.)
My neighbour changed his password after his suspicion of me using his net free of cost hit the top. All thanks to my stupid friend to whom I had shared the password. He just used to sit in front of his home and use YouTube.
He realised that the only way I can retrieve the password is from the guys who pay him.
A few minutes on their phone sets is all I require.
"I know that the number of devices connected is 5, which I've approved. If I notice one more device connected to my Wi-Fi, I'll smash your head."
These were the exact high pitched anger filled wordings that neighbour told to the paying guy. (HIGH PITCHED SO THAT I CAN HEAR IT AS WELL.)
I get access to another Wi-Fi, albeit a bit far from house.
(Takes approximately 10 seconds to reach there!)
The Internet Service Provider came to set up all the wiring.
That's when this neighbour comes back from his work. (He's just a year older to me.)
That gem of a timing!
He just kicked the wire that was in front of my house, as he walked. The moment he realised it was an internet connection to mine, his face fell. (literally)
The fact that I opted for the same Internet plan, that too from the same provider as his, added to his injury.
He realises that I bought a laptop and that infuriates him even further. He had been planning to buy one since a few months. But I bought it first.
In short, the main problem of my locality is that people buy things for show off and claim that they're quite wealthier than others.
Take the case of another bunch of neighbours near me.
One bought an A.C
The next week, the other guy too bought one.
The first guy bought a P.C.
Two weeks later, the other guy brings a second hand almost dead P.C.
The only thing differs is the first guy bought his P.C. to maintain and manage his Dad's company and his own online venture. The second guy just uses it to play Dave and watch YouTube.
The same applies to education.
I went to a particular tutorial, scored good marks as usual.
They joined too, only to fall from their heavy mountain of expectations that they had.
Anyways, it would be better if I stop roasting my neighbours.
I'm already low on time.
"A book may be compared to your neighbour: if it be good it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early."
-Henry Brooke
So that's it for now.
I have to go back to coding my website.
Stay tuned for a update on Deceptive Truths, today evening.
Have a nice day ahead guys!


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PODCAST: How the Cancer of Child Porn Hides in Plain Sight by JP Duffy
It's a crime wave that's overwhelming the internet and is at a "breaking point" according to a new report released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The New York Times's coverage of the report details how the porn industry has metastasized into all kinds of social media and now will be better able to hide its deadly presence because of changes that mega-vendors like Facebook are proposing. And it's getting worse every day.
Porn is so prevalent in our virtual world that "12 million of 18.4 million, or two out of every three reports of child pornography online, come from the Facebook Messenger app." In fact, the report found "(l)ast year, tech companies reported over 45 million online photos and videos of children being sexually abused — more than double what they found the previous year."Even knowing this, law enforcement officials are forced to focus on the worst of the worst, because of the numbing volume, said Patrick Trueman, President and CEO of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, on Wednesday's Washington Watch."We have an overwhelming problem so that the Justice Department of the United States and other law enforcement agencies don't even try to prosecute those who have child pornography images of older children. They're just now trying to work on the prepubescent children.
It's unlicensed. It's out of control … Many of these law enforcement agencies won't even prosecute unless you actually have an image of someone sexually abusing a child," Trueman said.The tragedy is that a focus on child porn, though understandable, doesn't address how those addicted to porn end up fantasizing about children.
Trueman noted:
"What we know about the brain science is that people get addicted to pornography and then they look for harder and more deviant material because you get bored with the kind of material you're looking at … and eventually people move from one genre to another and then they aren't excited about it, and they go to child pornography."
And sexual offenders may find that they have a friend in Facebook to cover up their crimes.
"Google and its allies, Mozilla and Clouds, they're going to encrypt all search activity on the browsers so that all of the material that people search for will be hidden. Just imagine what that is going to do to law enforcement," said Trueman.
As Breitbart reported: "Facebook has long known about abusive images on its platforms, including a video of a man sexually assaulting a 6-year-old that went viral last year on Messenger. When Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, announced in March that Messenger would move to encryption, he acknowledged the risk it presented for 'truly terrible things like child exploitation.'"
And yet, the encryption program moves forward.
"We are getting further and further away from child protection on the Internet because of this encryption issue," said Trueman.
The former justice department leader said that he and others will be working with Congress to address this crisis. "We do need much more funding. But we do need to have law enforcement agencies, particularly the Justice Department, to recognize that any illegal images of pornography … have to be prosecuted."
The cancerous path of porn has many victims, though there are resources to help make a change. To learn more, I encourage you to watch Josh McDowell's powerful presentation last year at Watchmen on the Wall entitled, "While it is still Day Be Pure!"
EDITORS NOTE: This FRC column with podcast and video is republished with permission. © All rights reserved.


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Swarming is the process by which a new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees. Swarming is a honey bee colony's natural means of reproduction. The swarm of bees will then congregate in an area and create a large ball of bees around their queen as scout bees search for a new place to take up residence. Once they find a suitable tree cavity or more likely a hollow space in the side of a house or other structure they start building a new hive in that space.
If you encounter a swarm please do not call an exterminator or spray them with pesticide. Honeybee swarms are a gift of nature and are simply looking for a new place to live. Please contact one of the beekeepers on our Swarm Patrol List and they will relocate the swarm for you.
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AEMO grid-plan fails to recognise the solar with batteries disruption
AEMO's plan for the future of the power grid fails to recognise the disruption that will come from solar with batteries. While it sees batteries of 5kWh in size becoming common, it still sees new gas capacity as well. Yet once batteries become attractive, fossil fuel is doomed.
AEMO has just released the NTNDP (National Transmission Network Development Plan) and it's not as delusional as the National Gas Forecasting Report, released yesterday (which I commented on in my article 'Gas demand plummets in NSW and SA, flat in VIC – the death spiral is on'). The two are strongly linked because a wholesale dumping of the gas networks by residential customers may see a bit of an upswing of demand in electricity consumption. However, AEMO fails to even see this as a possibility over the next 20 years.
What AEMO does rightly identify is the likelihood of battery storage affecting future maximum network demand; this demand reduction cascades up from the distribution networks to the higher voltage transmission networks (which is the main spine of the electricity supply business that the NTNDP is focused on). However, after identifying battery storage as a possibility to affect network owners, they downplay the likely penetration of batteries onto the grid on a per customer basis, and on the number of customers taking the technology up.
Firstly, AEMO takes 4 kilowatt as the size of solar system customers will install – but that's just the size they are installing on average today, in 2014. A few years ago the average solar system size was 1.5kW. Even if distributors try to use their power to block customers from connecting larger inverters to the grid, oversizing will allow customers to easily double their production with the same size inverter. Meaning, the production down the track will be for systems that are the equivalent of 8kW, 10kW or 15kW.
Secondly, AEMO fails to do proper research into the "low" cost of solar systems by using Solar Choice's assessment of average system prices. Their claims on what a system costs in Melbourne are significantly off the mark. Their data from July puts solar after subsidies at $1.40 a watt, however two weeks ago my colleague from TrueDemand arranged and installed a 5kW system in Melbourne's inner-west for $5000. That system is installed 50-50 on the customer's north and east facing sections of their roof. That customer is so pleased they are now considering a further 5kW on their east and south roof.
Figure 1: Payback periods for 4kW rooftop PV, 5kW RES (residential energy storage) when investing in next decade
Figure 1: Payback periods for 4kW rooftop PV, 5kW RES (residential energy storage) when investing in next decade
Source: AEMO
Solar Choice's data misses the point on the true cost of solar PV in the market, meaning that the cost today is already where AEMO is predicting it will be in 2017-2018.
Thirdly, with battery storage on the way down to $100/kWh, a price point that will definitely be achieved in the 20-year planning horizon of the NTNDP, AEMO assumes households will only go for 5kWh or $500 worth of batteries. But if batteries are cheaper than power from the grid to make 5kWh attractive to customers, then why wouldn't you buy enough capacity to completely eliminate your network peak – about 15kWh. This would, of course, be helped by a properly priced network where each kilowatt of capacity starting at 1kW or below 1kW is charged in a cost reflective manner.
Figure 2: Potential impact of RES (residential energy storage) on maximum demand at transmission connection point. Note: In this chart you can see the modest reduction in maximum evening demand from 5kWh batteries installed as per AEMO's modeling. We can expect much more significant reductions than this as batteries are rapidly reducing in cost.
Source: AEMO
On renewables
AEMO assumes that the Renewable Energy Target drives investment until 2020 and then nothing more is required due to the effective flat-lining of demand out to 2030. They're wrong here, with cost reductions in PV likely to result in large reductions in the need for conventional plant.
And the most bizarre prediction of all from AEMO? That there will be demand for gas again for power generation after 2030 when, magically, growth in centralised energy demand picks up.
Here, like in yesterday's gas forecast, AEMO is deluding itself. After 2030 there will not be any new fossil fuel plants built. There will be a lot of storage and a lot of solar PV that is so cheap that they will make gas look extremely expensive. Based on net present value financial analysis solar PV and batteries are already competitive with conventional peaking plant, and such systems are rolling out as we speak in the US and elsewhere on commercial merits.
In all, this document has some good discussion points, but wherever AEMO incorporates a glimpse of future new technologies, they grossly underestimate them, retreating to the status quo.
Policymakers need to be wary of using this advice, as we're going through an energy revolution. AEMO planners need to take stock and recall when only the nerds had access to the internet. No one would have imagined at that time that you'd now be walking around with a supercomputer in your pocket, that can talk to you and allow you to access almost all the world's knowledge wirelessly in rapid time.
Well, that's kind of transformation we are facing in energy today. And we've got a clearer preview of what's to come than we ever had with information technology and communications. We know batteries are reducing in cost, we know solar is reducing in cost, we know energy efficiency options are reducing in cost.
Matthew Wright is executive director of Zero Emissions Australia, technical director at Efficiency Matrix and resident columnist at Climate Spectator.