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Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
|Crown corporation
|Pension fund
|65, rue Sainte-Anne
Quebec City, Quebec
Key people
|Michael Sabia, CEO
|Total assets
|$225,9 billion CAD (2014) [1]
Number of employees
|838 (2013) [2]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) manages public pension plans in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was founded in 1965 by an act of the National Assembly. The name translates to Quebec Deposit and Investment Fund, but it is referred to by its full French name or as "the Caisse" in English, as no official name exist in that language.[3]
The Caisse is headquartered in Quebec City in the Price building and has its major business office in Montreal in the Quartier international de Montréal.
The Caisse's large holdings make it a formidable player in investment markets. It is the second largest pension fund in Canada, with the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in first place. As of February 2014, the Caisse's total assets under management amounted to CA$200 billion.
Jean-Claude Scraire spent 22 years with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. He stepped down in 2002 after eight years as CEO of Canada's biggest pension fund, which at the time managed more than $140 billion in assets.[4]
Henri-Paul Rousseau, who previously headed Laurentian Bank, served as the Caisse's President and CEO from 2002 to mid 2008, when he left to become a vice chairman at the Power Corporation of Canada. His successor was the fund's second-in-command and CIO (Chief Investment Officer), Richard Guay, who only served as CEO for four months before abruptly resigning on stress leave. The board chairman Pierre Brunet, a former head of National Bank of Canada securities prior to joining the Caisse, did not have his mandate renewed. [5]
Under Rousseau's tenure, there was a dramatic shift in the investment objectives. The fund became a major player in derivatives, invested heavily in non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP). It also adopted aggressive currency hedging as an investment strategy in itself, rather than as a strictly defensive measure to protect itself against swings in the exchange rate. In the financial crisis of 2007–2010, all of those strategies backfired against the Caisse, adding to the significant stock market losses that the Caisse and other pension funds suffered. Additional writedowns on the Caisse's remaining holding of $12.6-billion in ABCP and losses on dollar hedging and futures contracts led to the fund's assets to drop by $39.8 billion CAD.[5]
The $39.8 billion loss is a minus-26-per-cent return, making it the worst in the Caisse's 43-year history (In 2002, the Caisse had suffered a minus-9.4-per-cent return, its second worst year). The 2008 annual report of the Caisse show that zero bonuses were paid for 2008.[6] Other large pension funds in Canada were projected to report a minus-18.5-per-cent loss for 2008.[5] The Caisse therefore undertook what would be considered as the most important restructuring event in Canada[7] and Rousseau envisioned and negotiated a unique Canadian solution that consisted of converting the ABCP into long-term bonds.[8][9][10][11] Major players signed the Accord de Montréal which prevented a forced liquidation, which would have resulted in losses of CAD $20 billion.[7] This agreement was a success, and today, investors that had purchased ABCP can recuperate as much as 95 cents for every dollar initially invested.[12][13][14] In the end, the impact was minimal for institutions such as la Caisse de dépôt who recorded a negative impact of 0.1% on the return of depositors.[15] The Caisse is even scheduled to receive an additional settlement which could amount to $385 millions following a ruling from the Ontario Supreme Court.[16]
On September 11, 2009, the rating agency Moody's has affirmed the Aaa long-term and Prime-1 short-term credit ratings of CDP Financial and has maintained its "stable outlook". These ratings are the highest assigned by the agency.[17]
In August, after $5.7 billion in losses wiped out other gains during the first half of 2009,[18] the Caisse is set to post a return on investments of about 5 percent to 6 percent this year, compared with an average gain of 10 percent to 12 percent for Canadian pension funds.[19]
On June 3, 2013, Bloomberg reported that the Ivanhoe Cambridge real estate unit purchased the Wells Fargo Center in Seattle for $390 million. Ivanhoe owns about eight percent of Seattle financial district's commercial space.[20]
Political Influence[edit]
The Caisse was created in the 1960s on the advice of economist (and future Premier) Jacques Parizeau.
In the 1967 annual report, then Caisse chairman Claude Prieur wrote: "Between two investments of similar quality and price, the one that seems most susceptible of favouring the economic development of the province is preferred, even if, in doing so, it is necessary to sacrifice somewhat the diversification of the portfolio."[21]
When Rousseau took over from Jean-Claude Scraire as the CEO of the Caisse, he steered the fund away from its traditional role of favouring Quebec businesses, making returns the first priority. This surprised many observers, as Rousseau had been a strong Quebec nationalist, once leading a pro-sovereignty group called Les Économistes pour le OUI, and being a close friend of former Parti Québécois premier Lucien Bouchard. And during the time that he headed Laurentian Bank, he criticized then-Caisse CEO Jean-Claude Scraire for not investing more of Quebeckers' pension money in Laurentian Bank shares. However, when Jean Charest became premier in 2003, he passed legislation that explicitly spelled out the Caisse's mandate for the first time. The law stipulated the Caisse is to seek "optimal" returns "while at the same time contributing to Quebec's economic development." [21]
Quebec Premier Jean Charest came under heavy fire when the $39.8 billion loss was revealed, with some accusing him of calling the 2008 snap election prior to the Caisse's troubles becoming public.[22][23]
Some suggested that there was too much political influence on the Caisse, with the board of directors being appointed by the province. Chairman Pierre Brunet said that the CEO "has to understand the Quebec environment" and requires "a thorough knowledge of the socioeconomic and political issues of Quebec." The Caisse is still beholden to its legacy as a creation of the Quiet Revolution.[24]
See also[edit]
- Ivanhoé Cambridge, the Caisse's real estate subsidiary
- ^ https://www.lacaisse.com/en/results/highlights
- ^ http://www.lacaisse.com/en/careers
- ^ Tara Perkins (2009-08-11). "Caisse de dépôt takes $5.7-billion hit". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ News brief: Caisse departures. Investment Executive. Retrieved on 2013-08-16.
- ^ a b c The Globe and Mail (Toronto) http://umbrellapayrollcompany.co.uk/caisse-to-post-massive-loss-report-says/. Missing or empty
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- ^ a b Fortin, Pierre (28 March 2014). "Cinq ans après, le point sur l'annus horribilis de la Caisse de dépôt". L'actualité. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Bérubé, Gérard (28 February 2009). "Restructuration des PCAA - Crawford donne le crédit à Rousseau". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Bérubé, Gérard (29 November 2012). "Perspectives - L'influent gouverneur". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Desjardins, François (24 January 2009). "PCAA: un cauchemar logistique prend fin". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Greenwood, John (18 February 2013). "ABCP fiasco's silver lining for Canada". Financial Post. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Gauvin, Jean Louis (7 March 2014). "Des papiers commerciaux payants !". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Desjardins, François (12 December 2013). "Papier commercial - Des titres vendus presque à leur pleine valeur". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Childs, Mary (13 March 2014). "BlackRock Auctions C$1.5 Billion of Restructured Short-Term Debt". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Bérubé, Gérard (4 April 2014). "La débâcle de 2008 est de l'histoire ancienne pour la Caisse de dépôt". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Desjardins, Francois (26 July 2014). "Nouveau déblocage pour la Caisse de dépôt". Le Devoir. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "CDP financial's credit ratings affirmed by Moody's". the Caisse. September 11, 2009.
- ^ "Caisse to issue $8B in bonds". CBC News. November 13, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Fournier, Chris (November 13, 2009). "Caisse de Depot May Sell C$8 Billion of Bonds by 2010 (Update2)". Bloomberg.
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- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Official site
- Profile from Hoover's
- Caisse de depot posts $8.55 billion investment loss in 2002, from CBC News
- "The Caisse de dépôt declares an earning of 14.7% for 2005". Radio Canada (in French). 14 February 2006.
- "Quarante ans de présence - La Caisse de dépôt et placement ou le génie québécois". Le Devoir (in French). March 16, 2006.
- "États Financiers Cumulés 2013" (PDF). Le Presse (in French). February 26, 2014.


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It offers a look into the game's setting, a vast underground base where, of course, something has gone horribly wrong. It also hints at the nature of the OverStrike team, telling us that they're not government operatives… but governments may call them in to clean up problems.
Also of interest is that the other three characters we saw in the first trailer are still present and still have their designs. Whether that means selectable characters or four-player modes… the trailer doesn't tell us.
Our Take: Just to show how much has changed in terms of tone, here's the trailer from when the game was called OverStrike:
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Katy Perry Wears 'Forward' Dress At Obama Rally
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More than 20,000 people were estimated to have attended the rally. Perry initially came on stage wearing another patriotic outfit: a red, white and blue dress and a microphone shaped like the Statue of Liberty's torch. She then changed into the "Forward" dress after singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."
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They didn't actually choose the next president of the United States, but students at Lincoln Elementary School in Schenectady did take part in the political process by participating in mock elections.
The students, from kinder-garteners through fifth-graders, voted in a schoolwide mock election Thursday, Oct. 30.
According to Principal Ann Comley, the election was well received by all age groups.
Comley said that it was interesting to see how the students' reactions to the event differed among grade levels. She said the younger students tended to mimic what was being said by their parents or older siblings, while the older students, particularly fifth-graders, really seemed to have their own ideas about who they thought should be the next commander in chief. Comely said the Schenectady County Board of Elections let the school borrow actual voting machines, which allowed the pint-sized voters to experience the process first-hand.
It made it seem that much more important to the students. We had teachers to assist with those who needed it, but the students really loved it, said Comley. "It was quite an experience for them."
The week before the mock voting, the school held political rallies and conventions, where fifth-grade students gave speeches to the entire student body about the candidates.
Comley said that in addition to speeches, students made banners and signs to support their choice of candidate.
Fifth-graders Nick Masucci, Abby O'Connor and Mikaylee Norris spoke on behalf of John McCain.
"I really feel like he wants to change the environment and stop the war," said Masucci.
He said that the whole experience was fun, and he thinks he might just have a knack for public speaking.
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I am looking forward to be doing some acoustic shows in Europe this next month!
It's been a while since Ive tried new material as well as digging out old tunes I don't get to try out any more. I hope one of these dates happen to catch you nearby!
I start with a couple of shows in Barcelona, on 13th/14th November.
There's an event for the clandestine special show happening on thursday 14th November in central Barcelona. Though a limited list has been confirmed due to the reduced capacity of the venue, keep them private messages coming to our facebook page, as last minute changes and cancelations are coming through, so if you want to form part of this special night, please message us at : www.facebook.com/juanzelada
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If I did not include a swatch or comparison below, it is most likely because I do not own the color to compare.
- BARE AGAIN is a more opaque version of Hug Me. It is rosier than Cherish, lighter than Kinda Sexy. Woo Me is lighter and pinker.
- BEHAVE YOURSELF is similar to Viva Glam Gaga and Of Royalty. Snob is cooler-toned and more opaque.
- CAN'T GET ENOUGH is a little lighter than Sweet Ever After.
- CAN'T RESIST is slightly less red than Fresh Moroccan. Funbathing is plummier, Rose Maiden is lighter and pinker, Odyssey is much plummier.
- FULL SPEED is nearly identical to Red Full Stop. Rozz Revival is deeper and redder, while See Sheer is less pink and bright. Chatterbox and Lustering are really too pink to be anything like it. Vegas Volt is noticeably orange in comparison.
- GOOD TO BE BAD is a less opaque version of Darkside. Deepest Wish is browner, as is Kittenish. Media has stronger berry tones. Love Peck is also similar, though a touch darker, depending on how you apply it.
- GOTTA DASH! is lighter than So Vain, more orange and pigmented than Funshine and Blowdry. (I don't/couldn't find Ravishing or Shy Girl, unfortunately.)
- INSANELY IT! is a more fuchsia version of Fusion Pink, while Full Fuchsia is a little too magenta. NARS Funny Face is a little cooler and more purpled.
- LOOK AT HER! is less red and shimmery compared to Guerlain Ginger, but it is more copper than Bronze Shimmer. Bronzilla is a rosy, pale bronze but not like it.
- NEW TEMPTATION is pinker and sheerer than Russian Red. I expect it is closer to MAC Red, but I do not own it to compare.
- QUITE THE THING! is a less opaque, more shimmered version of Rebel. Show Orchid is brighter, more magenta.
- SUPREMELY CONFIDENT is most like Fleshpot, which is a little darker. Creme d'Nude, Blankety, Myth, and Viva Glam Gaga 2 are all noticeably darker.
- ULTRA DARLING is a touch darker than NARS Niagara, bit more muted than MAC Crosswires, and little redder than Korres #18. Fast Thrill has more shimmer and less coral.
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Woo Me, Hug Me, Bare Again, Cherish, Kinda Sexy
Viva Glam Gaga, Behave Yourself, Snob, Of Royalty
Can't Get Enough, Sweet Ever After
Funbathing, Rose Maiden, Can't Resist, Fresh Moroccan, Odyssey
Rozz Revival, Red Full Stop, Full Speed, See Sheer
Full Speed, See Sheer, Chatterbox, Lustering
See Sheer, Chatterbox, Lustering, Full Speed, Vegas Volt
Deepest Wish, Darkside, Good to Be Bad, Love Peck, Kittenish, Media
So Vain, Gotta Dash!, Funshine, Blow Dry
Fusion Pink, Insanely It, NARS Funny Face, Full Fuchsia
Guerlain Ginger, Look at Her!, Bronze Shimmer, Bronzilla
New Temptation, Russian Red
Show Orchid, Quite the Thing!, Rebel
Viva Glam Gaga 2, Myth, Creme d'Nude, Supremely Confident
Creme d'Nude, Supremely Confident, Blankety, Viva Glam Gaga 2
Fast Thrill, NARS Niagara, Ultra Darling, MAC Crosswires, Korres #18
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"Hooking up" — sexual contact without commitment — is losing appeal for some college students, claims CNN.
Various academic studies have cited at least 75 percent of women have engaged in hooking up on campus, and the number is usually higher for men. The activity is most likely precipitated by alcohol, studies show.
The secular Love and Fidelity Network is leading a campaign against casual sex on campus, reports CNN. And Lady Gaga has declared her celibacy in a Daily Mail interview:
"I remember the cool girls when I was growing up. Everyone started to have sex. But it's not really cool any more to have sex all the time. It's cooler to be strong and independent."
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The quarrel over re-opening the rail line to Tahawus is driven by a not-in-my-backyard protest from the environmental groups, contends the Saratoga-North Creek Railway (SNCRR) lawyer in filings to a rail regulation board.
The 6-million-acre Adirondack Park held in forever wild trust, but more than half the land inside the Blue Line is still private. It's a place where nature and people coexist. People don't dominate the landscape, and the landscape shouldn't dominate the people.
Though the tracks running out to the remote, high-peak wilderness in Newcomb have been quiet since 1989, that's not so distant in the memory of people who've spent their lives in the region. Newcomb Supervisor George Canon was featured in an article from the Adirondack Park Agency when the state purchased thousands of Tahawus acres in 2003, where he remembered a childhood in the company town at the mine. Canon, who also worked at the mine, has sent a letter of support for SNCRR, calling the redevelopment of the rail crucial to the economic future of his 500-citizen township.
The North Country Chamber of Commerce, which spearheaded the proposal for competitive granting in the New York Open For Business campaign, earning $103 million in grants for regional projects, tossed its hat in the ring early this month with a letter of support for the rail. President Garry Douglas said rail preservation and development is a necessary part of the region's future.
The easement for the rail line is active until 2062. The state DEC worried that the rail runs over 13 miles of the Vanderwhacker Wild Forest. So does 28N, a well-traveled road that connects the centers of all the local communities, and is driven by many passenger vehicles, large recreational vehicles, logging trucks and other heavy equipment. It's already a people-frequented area.
As asserted by SNCRR's lawyer, reopening the line would alleviate some of the heavy equipment traffic from the roadways. National Lead still hauls 30,000 tons of screened rock for construction and 3,000 tons of magnetite from the old mine site every year.
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There are still roughly 5 1/2 months left for viable Horse of the Year candidates to strut their stuff and show why they should be voted the most prestigious of the Eclipse Awards. Here's how we see the race as the field approaches the quarter pole, including probable odds:
1. Rachel Alexandra — A Haskell-Travers sweep could be the crowning blow, 7-5
2. Zenyatta — Brilliant mare's camp needs to step up, take a chance, 7-2
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Even if Rachel Alexandra doesn't sweep the Haskell and Travers and wins only one of the two, that will give her two victories over males this year. A sweep would give her three and make it highly unlikely Zenyatta could challenge her for Horse of the Year unless the two meet on the track and Zenyatta beats her and then goes on to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.
If Rachel Alexandra wins her next start — the Haskell on Aug. 2 — she'll score more points with the Eclipse voters in the Horse of the Year chase. If Zenyatta wins her next race — the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 9 — it won't do her a bit of good with the voters. Sure, she'll be in line to defend her title as top older female, but owner Jerry Moss already has gone on record as saying Horse of the Year is a goal — a goal that will be virtually impossible to reach unless the 5-year-old daughter of Street Cry ventures outside her comfort zone.
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WEST MEMPHIS, AR - The daughter of accused cop killer Jerry Kane contacted myEyewitnessNews.com on Monday, May 24, 2010, to offer her sympathy and condolences to the families of the fallen West Memphis Police officers.
The pain of losing her father and her brother, says Jessica Gutierrez, pales in comparison to the deaths of Officers Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans and the pain their families are feeling right now.
Gutierrez says she and Jerry were estranged and hadn't spoken in years. Choking back tears during a phone call from her home in Ohio, Gutierrez admitted that she always felt in her heart that something like this was going to happen.
"The entire situation," she tells myEyewitnessNews.com, "just makes me so angry and so sad."
She used words like "crazy" and "cultish" to describe her father's anti-government beliefs and behavior. Gutierrez says she wasn't shocked when the phone call came last Thursday telling her that her father had been involved in a terrible tragedy.
"I wasn't surprised at all," she says. "I always assumed that something tragic like that, that Jerry would be involved. I just never dreamed that my baby brother Joe would be involved in it. You know, I used to change his diapers. And now, he's famous for being a cop killer."
Gutierrez said it was hard to keep in contact with Joe over the years. She encouraged him to create a Facebook account so they could stay in touch. Gutierrez also tried to convince her father to enroll Joe in school because she didn't think it was a good idea that he was being home-schooled. Jerry, she says, refused to take her advice.
Now a mom, raising her own children, Gutierrez is heartbroken over her 16-year-old brother's death. But she says she's even more upset that Officers Paudert and Evans were killed and their children left to grow up without their fathers.
"That's a big deal," she says, "and that is where most of my grief comes from. It's senseless. There's no reason for any police officer doing his job to get caught up in this craziness and lose their lives over it."
She didn't realize the officers' funerals were taking place on the day of her phone call. Gutierrez wanted to make sure that the people of West Memphis and the families of the officers killed, and those injured, know how very sorry she is for their loss.
"I am so sorry that all of this happened," she says. "And words can't even express my grief for the loss that everyone in West Memphis, Arkansas suffered that day. I feel like their grief is much bigger than my own. I wish I had answers to give them. But I just don't. I can't make sense of it myself, so I can't imagine how much trouble they're having. My heart goes out to them."
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51% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.3
Price: $$$$
Package Quality: 4.3
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on 2/8/2014 6:44:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
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Chanel seems to just work for me when it comes to foundation and powder. My skin is combination, very dry in the winter and quite oily in summer. In winter I use this without powder and it settles into a beautiful satin (not dewy) finish. It is very long lasting. In summer I set with loose powder and it requires a small blot in the afternoon but thats it. The texture is almost gel-like but gives good medium coverage.
I use two pumps for mid coverage and it blends beautifully. I am chinese and B30 is great for me, I use Warm beige or Natural in Bobbi Brown.
The only thing I do notice is that the bottle always looks full, hard to tell when to get a replacement. In my experience 30ml liquids usually lasts 6-7 months so we shall see how far this stuff goes.
on 2/6/2014 7:26:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Red, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I would give a 5 based on color-match, a 4 on performance. The original Aqualumiere formula (smoothing, not the current ultra-moisturizing, nor the watery, lighter formulation) (sorry, forgot name) was my favorite. But the color choices are different here than on most (or all?) of the other formulas. I used to wear a 1.5, 2, 20, 30, clair etc. You might have noticed Chanel foundations don't match shades formulation to formulation. You HAVE to get color-matched for each one. The fabulous MUA found "32-Rose Beige", and Eureka! at 45 I finally got the right shade. One level down, the '22 Rose Beige" is also good. I am a very sallow, cool-toned olive, and never imagined a rosey, peachy, plastic doll-head freaky looking shade would look so great. It covers very nicely, and a bottle lasts a long time. I don't love the consistency, nor how it feels when I apply with an Adesign Pointed Kabuki, or my fingers, but the results speak for themselves- it looks great on and performs very well. If it had the same color choices in my old fave formulation, which was more dewy (my favorite look), I would like it better (this is more matte/satin). But I have yet to find anything better, have tried many, and realize I have been undervaluing this deserving foundation.
on 2/6/2014 2:21:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
One of my favorite foundations! I use it all the time. Lovely smell, buildable coverage, doesnt make me break out or dry up. a down side is that it does accenture my grin marks on my face sort of aging it but only if you look up close. i have combination skin and i do get oily. this doesnt do anything for oil so bring oil blotting papers. overall, great product, worth the money if youre looking for a new foundation with buildable coverage to try out!
on 1/29/2014 9:08:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
Hands down the best foundation I've tried in years. Wearing shade 10 Beige, a strongly yellow toned and pale shade that suits pale me perfectly when I have a slight tan. I've had similarly perfect foundations before but only from Shiseido (Ochre00 when untanned), not from western brands.
The silicone based formula leaves a finish is that's satinlike, not matte and not shiny, and very skin like on me.
It's a full coverage foundation that I blend out to medium coverage.
Comes in a heavy glass dispenser with an easy to use and exact pump that allows you to get the desired amount. I appreciate that.
Very easy application over my beloved Steamcream. Just smooth it out with my fingers, a little goes a long way and no need for sponge or brush! I use a single pump for my very big face.
Wears like iron on my normal skin.
Cons: This is very quick to set and you need to be very fast or work in sections. Not great for beginners, especially if not using a sponge or something, but a seasoned liquid-user can apply this to a flawless finish using fingers only.
The price may feel high if you're on a small budget but there's 30 ml in a bottle and a little goes a long way. Euro 52 for looking good everyday for around 10 months is a small price to me. In my experience there is no use being cheap when it comes to stuff you use every day.
Compliments already on the first wear! So it's not just me liking the pretty packaging... Good to know sometimes... ;)
on 1/28/2014 8:05:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
After dozens of foundations over the years, Chanel seems to give me the most flawless face. I have hypergimentation issues, large pores in some areas, and this foundation, which has a slight matte finish to it...works very very well for me. I don't understand the hype around Makeup Forevers foundations? they always make my skin super oily. I want to like them, but I gave up. Chanel it is, at least for now.
on 1/28/2014 7:27:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
After using the Vita lumier aqua (not a big fan) I decided to buy the Perfection lumiere. At first I thought it looked "ok" on my skin and after a few hours it started to show marks on my skin. I was so looking forward for this to work. After all and spending lots of money on both of them I am quite disappointed. Chanel just doesn't do it for me.
I will stick to BareMinerals or Mac.
on 1/24/2014 1:40:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This is my favorite foundation. Yes. My other favorite brand is Guerlain, but they discontinued the Aqua Parure so I'm still in search of a subsitute in the line. (I would not know which to pick if Aqua Parure and Perfection Lumiere were both put in front of me.) :) This chanel foundation wears beautifully on my skin. I have oily skin that gets dry when not moisturized (sound wierd right?). When I use the right products, my oily skin is much less oily. But if I use for an example a certain sun screen that my skin hates, it will impact my skin and the foundation immediately so using the right products underneath does matter. This is how I use this foundation: wash, tone, and moisturize lightly. Then I apply perfection lumiere with my hands. I have 2 colors (03 and 04) for different seasons. The texture is liquid but not runny. It smells like roses (love!). I apply it to my skin, letting my finger's warm to emulsify the foundation. I have good skin right now so it wears very nicely. The finish is matte but natural - meaning it's not that hard foundation look that you get with perhaps Estee Lauder DW (which will never work on me no matter how much I try). The coverage is medium. After applying the foundation, I set it with a powder. My mom compliments me on my skin when I wear this saying that my skin texture looks silky, smooth, and natural. My mom has never complimented me on another foundation. Throughout the day, the coverage stays, and complemented with my light moisturizer underneath, my oily skin stays pretty matte. When I say matte, I mean it's natural matte. I only need to blot once and no additional powdering required. It does not oxidize on me. I look very natural. I have 2 bottles of this foundation and have used it over a period of 1 year (throughout the seasons) so I believe my review is accurate reflection of my opinion of it. $55.00 dollars. Ever since I tried high end foundation, I can't return to drug store.
on 1/12/2014 9:36:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is an incredibly 'OK' product to say how expensive it is and the fact its Chanel (I feel like you should expect and be guaranteed quality and perfection).
I don't really know what to say except for the price this is 100% NOT worth it. If this was packaged in drug store/high street packaging I'd except it no question. Its not terrible but this is the first Chanel foundation I have tried and I expected soooo much more. It applies nice and dries a flat satin matte. Just meh. I expect more coverage and a nicer finish.
Disappointed Chanel. Next…..
on 1/6/2014 3:11:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is an okay product. It's a basic foundation. Nothing poor to say about it, but nothing great either. I feel like it does give very good coverage, but it is not a long lasting foundation. It is quite expensive as well, but this is to be expected with Chanel products. I have finished my bottle, but do not see myself repurchasing. I do this this foundation is better for the Summer than the Winter.
on 1/5/2014 7:48:00 AM
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Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
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Bought this because of the good reviews. But kinda disappointed because it turned out to be not as good as what I heard.. Doesn't give good coverage, oily for my skin, didn't last longer than 2hrs and the worst it gives me breakouts.. Such a waste of money.. But again it's only my personal opinion.. Maybe it depends on your skin condition..
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Chief UK Government Medical Officers for the first time have outlined exercise advice for children under the age of five.
The new guidelines suggest parents should limit the amount of time children spend in buggies, car seats and sitting and encourage physical activities and movement for at least three hours each day.
The new report goes into greater depth, recommending parents encourage babies to move and be active though play mats, swimming, rolling and crawling.
Recent research conducted by the Department of Health shows, only one in three children in England aged between two and fifteen are getting the recommended amount of exercise each day.
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James takes the 12C Spider for a sprint through four seasons from Europe's highest road to the beach…
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I enjoyed one of those once-in-a-motoring-lifetime experiences driving up the mountains. The road was cut deftly into the rock face as if with one wandering stroke from the divine carpenter's rebating tool. The cloud that we'd been promised was rolling up the steep slope to my right, driven by the Sierra Nevada's notorious winds. Then the cloud crossed the road, but didn't drop into it. I found myself driving along the internal, horizontal side of a tunnel formed like the right-angled triangle of a geometry exercise, framed on the other two sides by the vertical rock face and the slanting canopy of solid white not 10 feet above my head. It was the driving equivalent of what I think is known as 'piping' in surfing circles. I've never been more pleased to find myself in a car without a roof.
It was truly magical, lasting for maybe two minutes. Long enough for me to wonder if the experience could have been improved by a different car. It couldn't, to be honest. The McLaren 12C, in all its forms, is tremendous.
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Strength and Conditioning
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Strength and Conditioning offers a concise but comprehensive overview of training for athletic performance. Introducing essential theory and practical techniques in all of the core areas of athletic training, the book clearly demonstrates how to apply fundamental principles in putting together effective real-world training programs.
While some established textbooks rely on established but untested conventional wisdom, this book encourages students and professionals to think critically about their work and to adopt an evidence-based approach. It is the only introductory strength and conditioning textbook to properly explain the inter-dependence of aspects of training such as needs analysis, assessment, injury, competition level, athlete age and program design, and the only book to fully explain how those aspects should be integrated.
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Introduction 1. Adaptations from Training 2. Techniques 3. Assessments 4. Components of a Training Session 5. Principles of Training 6. Needs Analysis 7. Program Design 8. Periodization of Training 9. Injuries 10. Age and Training 11. Level of Competition and Training 12. Putting it all Together
John Cissik is the Director of Fitness and Recreation at Texas Woman's University and a human performance consultant to track and field programs. He has authored six books, produced four videos, and written more than 70 publications on strength and speed training. He also serves as an associate editor for the Strength and Conditioning Journal.
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Carriers in the region have turned their attention to machine-to-machine (M2M) as a new revenue source with great potential.
Traditional mobile operators as well as niche M2M providers are implementing strategies aimed at both capturing emerging deals and positioning them for future growth, which have yet to reach full potential.
In particular, mobile operators use different go-to-market strategies, depending on the size of the opportunity and the level of their own maturity regarding M2M.
The huge potential of M2M lies in its manifold uses, from providing connectivity to popular consumer devices (e.g., tablets), to enabling retailers the expansion of sales capacity across the floor with mobile point of sale (POS) solutions, to providing households and businesses the tools to consume energy more efficiently.
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Step 2: Pattern
Remember, one SIZE fits all!
Ch 2
Round 1: 6 sc into 2nd ch from hook (6)
Round 2: 2 sc into each st around (12)
Rounds 3-7: sc in each stitch (12)
Round 8: Ch 1, dc in each stich around, sl st to finish (12)
Sew in the ends
For the bow, I took pick yarn and just chained 35 with the G hook. Then I alternated putting it in front of and behind the dc.
Multiply times four, unless your cat is one-legged.
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Super easy and they look adorable if you can get them onto your cat without being clawed to death :]
sc - single crochet
ch - chain
dc - double crochet
sl - slip stitch
I think these videos cover all of those stitches:
Let me know if you still need more resources!
*Note: It is important to note that in my pattern you won't sl ch and turn after each row. You'll just continue in the same direction, kind of like a spiral. :)


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- Dates: June 30, 2006 through September 3, 2006
- Collections: Contemporary Art
- Location: This exhibition is no longer on view in Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 5th Floor
- Description: Graffiti. [06/30/2006 - 09/03/2006]. Installation view.
- Citation: Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Digital Collections and Services. (DIG_E_2006_Graffiti)
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Graffiti is as old as civilization. Archaeologists have discovered it among the ruins of ancient Egyptian, Roman, and Mayan architecture. In antiquity, as now, it was a form of public communication particularly favored by the poor and disaffected. Its frequent questioning of the establishment and its attack on property led to a view of it as an undesirable activity verging on vandalism, a view still shared by many.
Modern graffiti began in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s and spread to New York by the early 1970s. Urban youth used it as a form of activist expression and as a way to mark their territory, reclaiming segments of their neighborhoods by "tagging" them with elaborate, stylized renditions of their names or the names of the groups to which they belonged. At first they used pens and markers, but spray paint, which is easy to use and works well on almost any surface, quickly became the medium of choice.
Soon a full-fledged graffiti style called "pieces" (from "masterpieces") evolved from simple designs into intricate interlocking letters in multiple colors. Graffiti artists, many of whom preferred to be called writers, turned the walls of buildings into giant panoramas and the sides of subway cars into moving murals. Graffiti became a way of making a cultural mark and receiving recognition from peers. It was an act of defiance, a way to be heard despite limited opportunities.
In the late l970s, graffiti artists also began to paint on canvas or large sheets of paper, attracting the attention of the art world. First they showed their work in alternative art spaces such as Fashion Moda in the Bronx or small private galleries such as Fun Gallery in the East Village. But in the early l980s, as the penalties imposed for graffiti increased and graffiti removal in the subway and elsewhere improved, many of the artists started to look for more traditional venues. The sprawling Times Square Show in l980 brought together such future big names as Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Jean Michel Basquiat, and Kiki Smith. The graffiti subculture began to move into the mainstream art world, and important dealers and collectors took notice.
One of the first established art dealers to collect graffiti was Sidney Janis, whose gallery on Fifty-seventh Street was known for displaying the works of such giants of modern art as Giacometti, Mondrian, and Pollock. In l982, Janis and his son Carroll organized an exhibition called An Expressionist Image that included works by Basquiat and Haring. The success of this project led them to put together a full-fledged graffiti show called Post Graffiti the following year, and Janis subsequently took graffiti to the important European art fairs, helping to gain recognition for it internationally. In 1999, after Janis's death, his sons Carroll and Conrad donated part of his graffiti collection to the Brooklyn Museum.
This exhibition is drawn primarily from that gift. Rather than survey graffiti art, it highlights some of the trends of the movement, such as the development of imagery inspired by comic books, the urban environment, technology, and portraiture. The place of graffiti in the art world is still debated. This presentation offers a sampling of the work at the center of that debate.
Graffiti and the Subways
In Japanese Subways, Chris Ellis employs a collage technique to create a Tokyo subway map upon which other artists layer their own "tags." This work highlights both the collaborative aspect of graffiti art and the important place of the subway in the movement's history. As the writer John Maizels has noted:
By the 1970s the culture moved from the streets of upper Manhattan to the subway. The New York underground trains and stations became the most favored canvasses of the youthful writers, who would often spend six or eight hours on their pieces, working in the silent darkness and secrecy of railway tunnels and sidings. Once morning broke they could stand back and admire their night's work as it sped around the city; a combination of the secretive and anonymous with the most public and audacious display of their talents.
As graffiti artists moved from the subways to more conventional venues to show their work, they established a visual link between the "underground" and "above ground." The mural scale used on the sides of subway cars inspired large-scale compositions that became part of museum and gallery collections.
"Graffiti" was the term the New York Times used when it first reported on the phenomenon. But many of the artists never liked that label, preferring from the start to call their art "writing." As gallery owner Patti Astor notes:
It was a sadly sweet comment on society that the artists chose to call themselves "writers." One artist meeting another would ask, "What do you write?" i.e. what is your graffiti name? It was logical, as much of the subject matter consisted of words, i.e. their "tags," or graffiti names, but also a reaction from the kids the New York City educational system had given up on long ago.… Graffiti began to decorate the neighborhood. Jean Michel Basquiat and his partner Al Diaz had begun the trend with their political SAMO© sayings, i.e. "Build a fort, burn it down." All of the downtowners developed tags (even me), and the crumbling walls of the East Village became a gigantic outdoor bulletin board.
Faces in Graffiti
The five examples of graffiti-style portraiture on view show these artists' skill not only at depicting a likeness but also at exploring social or psychological issues. In Poverty, Kwame Monroe, a.k.a. Bear, creates an expressive image that bespeaks the anguish of life under the strain of economic hardship. Japanese anime was an inspiration to Daze (Chris Ellis), who integrates this interest and his general attraction to Japanese culture into the works Geisha and Japanese Subways. The close cropping of faces is characteristic of both these works, as it is also of Daze's Flesh and Intrigue. In that work, the title is not only inscribed on the painting but is also evident in the subject's color and expression, both of which convey a sense of deceit. The fifth example of portraiture, The Black Dude by Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), features a close-up of a young African American male. The artist explains its origin:
In the 1970s, New York City was in a state of lawlessness and chaos and I always felt I needed a posse of young men with me to feel safe at night. The Black Dude was my response to the stereotypical villain of the night. The vilification of African American males has a long history and has been unjustly perpetuated until today.
Comics and Cartoons
Comic books and cartoons have inspired many graffiti artists. Their works often appear to be single panels taken from comics, and, like comics, they often simplify stories and people into sounds, actions, even caricatures.
The artist Crash (John Matos) is illustrative in this regard. "From colorful faux wallpaper to Marvel Comics," he writes, "this was my youth." The composition of Crash's Aeroplane 1 testifies to his close observation of the comic book structure. Like cartoonists, he often visually expresses sound in a narrative image, and in this case, as in many others, the action-sound he chooses is his alter ego, "Crash."
As with comic book heroes, the alter ego of graffiti artists is often a simplification of the person's identity. In NOC 167's work Untitled, the subject (presumably also the artist's alter ego) is Everyman, of a deliberately vague age and race. In both comic books and graffiti art, simplified characters allow the viewer to identify with the people in the story.
Graffiti Abroad
The first exhibition outside the United States to include graffiti art was documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany, in 1982. That show brought the movement a wave of international acclaim that led to the exhibition Graffiti at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands in 1983. In 1984, Sidney Janis, who had organized the exhibition Post Graffiti at his New York gallery the previous year, took a group of New York graffiti artists to the Basel Art Fair in Switzerland. There the artists collaborated on a large outdoor mural that attracted enormous attention.
These events established graffiti as an international phenomenon. Today graffiti is widely collected in Europe and seen in museums as diverse and important as the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in France, the Ludwig Museum in Aachen, Germany, and the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, Italy.


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Make commissioner pay raises subject to voter OK on ballot
Jun 30, 2013 - Jerry Humphreys, Riverton
I have an idea about what the Fremont County Commissioners are paid.
Each election year there would be a line on the ballot asking if the current salary for the commissioners should be kept at the current level or allowed to increase as planned.
A super majority of 60 percent of the voters would have to vote against the increase, but if they did then the salary would have to remain the same until the next election and approval by voters.
This way the voters could have some say-so in these automatic pay raises that the commissioners passed for themselves.
I do believe that they deserve to get paid, but they should not just get to give themselves an automatic raise by law when the rest of us have to work for it.


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The big news for iOS 8.4 is Apple Music, but there's a long list of tweaks and fixes to iBooks and more in the latest iOS update.
Plenty of people tweet gripes about potholes going unrepaired. Now the potholes themselves are tweeting their frustration.
Finally, people born in 1980 have something amazing over those young'ins who came into the world in the year 2000 or on a Leap Day.
Officials in Guangzhou and Chengdu have investigated two Uber offices in China, as part of the government crackdown on the taxi-hailing app's operations.
His book about a colony on Mars is about to become a Hollywood blockbuster, but Andy Weir isn't quite as bullish as NASA about his fiction becoming fact within 25 years.
An armchair detective and a biochemist claim to have solved the mystery of the Ripper's identity through DNA testing a shawl. But some experts aren't convinced.
Find out why this electric racing series has a shot at becoming huge -- and how its technology could change the cars we drive for the better.
R.L. Stine, the "Stephen King of children's literature," composes an impromptu horror story online to the delight of his fans. And it was all about a sandwich.
Researchers at the European Space Agency harness the natural lensing properties of cosmic gravity to get a closer look at a black hole.
For the first time, scientists have confirmed that climate change affects the sex determination process of Australian bearded dragons in the wild.


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The Daily Mirror 'football' by DLKW
Delaney Lund Knox Warren has launched a TV to promote The Daily Mirror's new football site, mirrorfootball.co.uk.
The TV ad features iconic images relating to ten famous British football clubs, including Arsenal, Newcastle and West Ham, emerging from a set of filing cabinets.
A print campaign supports the TV spot, driving people to visit the new online football archive.


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People with autism seem to have normal "mirror" neurons after all. A popular theory has it that these neurons – brain cells that fire both when you perform an action and when you watch someone else doing the same thing –
The idea was that malfunctioning mirror neurons underlie the difficulties that people with autism have in interpreting the intentions of others. It seemed to be backed up by studies in which the brain activity of normal and autistic people was measured while they watched and performed simple actions, such as hand movements. In many, but not all of these studies, brain areas rich with mirror neurons proved less active in the people with autism.
But Ilan Dinstein, a neuroscientist at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, says other differences besides faulty mirror neurons could explain these results. For instance, if it turns out that people with autism imitate or detect hand movements more slowly than others, brain scans could mistake this delay for dysfunction in mirror neurons, he says.
No mirror dysfunction
So Dinstein and his colleagues at New York University turned to a more sensitive test for mirror neuron activity that he and others discovered recently in healthy people. Like brain cells that respond to sounds and smells, mirror neurons fire a little more weakly in response to repeated activation by an exactly repeated movement.
Dinstein's team asked 13 autistic adults and 10 controls to watch or perform a series of hand signals – thumbs up and miming holding a gun, for instance – while in a functional MRI scanner. In some trials they performed or watched the same hand movement over and over again, while in others they performed or watched successions of different signals.
Brain areas linked to the mirror neuron system – parts of the premotor and the parietal cortices – lit up in both groups, whether they watched or performed a hand-movement. What's more, the mirror neuron activity quieted when both groups observed or performed the same signal over and over, but not when they performed a succession of different movements, suggesting that the system was working normally in people with autism. "That argues against a mirror system dysfunction in autism," says Dinstein.
However, Marco Iacoboni, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of the first scientists to suggest that mirror neurons were dysfunctional in autism, says that 13 autistic and 10 normal subjects are too few to draw any conclusion about brain differences between these groups.
Noisy brains
Iacoboni's UCLA colleague Mirella Dapretto adds that even if the findings do hold in larger groups of people, they still don't rule out the idea that mirror neurons could be behaving abnormally in autism. She has previously argued that the more extreme a person's autism symptoms, the more problems they have in their mirror neuron system.
Dinstein stands by his team's conclusions. The number of participants he examined is typical for brain imaging studies, he says, and their autistic participants, though high-functioning, possessed the most extreme form of autism spectrum disorder, not milder forms such as Asperger's syndrome.
He supports a different theory for autism: that it is the product of "noisy brain networks" that don't communicate as predictably as those in normal people. He says his latest study offers support for this, as his team noticed more variability in the brain activity of people with autism, compared with controls.
He plans to probe this theory by searching for noise in other brain areas in people with autism.
Journal reference: Neuron, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.03.034
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Katelan Redmon Tabbed WCC Player of the Week
SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Katelan Redmon was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday. This is Redmon's second WCC weekly honor of the year and the Bulldogs fourth.
Redmon scored a game-high 28 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help guide the Bulldogs to a 77-60 win over BYU this past Saturday. The Spokane native shot 60 percent (12-of-20) from the field and scored 16 points in GU's big second half. The victory clinched the WCC title outright for the Zags. Gonzaga has now won eight consecutive WCC regular season titles dating back to the 2004-05 season.
Also nominated this week was Kristen Riley, BYU; Jazmine Jackson, PEP; Natalie Day, POR; Dominique Conners, USD; Alyssa Shoji, SCU.


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(TeleManagement) A study of diet, lifestyle, and the incidence of pre-cancerous colon polyps finds smoking is a risk factor.
It's already known that smoking is linked to many diseases and now colon polyps can be added to this list. Colon polyps, which are detected through colonoscopy screening, may precede colon cancer.
A team at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center now reveals that smoking increases the risk of colon cancer. They asked a group undergoing colonoscopy about their smoking and dietary habits. Those who smoked were more likely to have polyps – with each year of smoking history increasing the risk by four per cent.
For smokers over 50, the risk of polyps was three times increased compared to that of non-smokers of the same age. However, the researchers learned that use of vitamin C supplements of more than one gram a day was linked to an absence of polyps – a finding deserving of further investigation.


text: Entrepreneur Guest How raising too much capital can cost you a lucrative exit Above: What else can you do with all that money but bathe in it?Image Credit: Mattysflicks February 22, 2014 9:47 AM Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf, YL Ventures 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. In a startup culture that glorifies funding, it's not often that entrepreneurs hear that too much funding can actually harm their company. For the rare bootstrapped tech startup, there are dozens of seed-stage companies that dream of getting showered in venture capital. I would argue, however, that raising too much capital too early can set unrealistic expectations, sabotage sustainable growth and create an inevitable conflict of interest between the entrepreneurs and investors. To prevent this scenario, early-stage startups and investors need to focus on capital efficiency and raise the right amount of money. Too much money can hurt your exit options When a startup raises too much capital too early, the entrepreneurs lock themselves into a set of expectations and a specific exit strategy — and often they are unaware of having done so. For example, $10 million in Series A funding raised at a $20 million pre-money valuation will lead to a post-money valuation of $30 million. Early stage VCs would want to see at least a 10-fold increase in value. So, they're expecting an exit valuation of $300 million, and that does not take into account additional investors who join in later rounds. In this case, an exit under $100 million would be completely out of the question. Most professional VCs will have strong veto rights to legally prevent an acquisition, and they'll exercise that right if the offer price is too low. Overfunding can also send a tech startup into expansion mode too early, before it achieves product-market fit. When an early-stage startup with proprietary technology raises lots of money, the team will often spend the money even if it's against their better judgment. Under heavy pressure to accelerate the business units of the company, they will hire expensive marketing and sales personnel. However, they have not reached the stage where they know what they're selling, to whom, and at what price point. Their marketers and salespeople begin scaling, even though it usually takes multiple product iterations to reach the stage where expansion makes sense. The new hires cost millions, and they struggle to sell the product. The premature expansion causes the company value to flatten or depreciate. In short time, the startup has gorged itself on unwarranted capital and it can't raise more. Now, the tech startup might fail, given what I've described. Or, let's say it beats the odds and becomes a $100 million valuation company. By most standards, this looks like success, but given the $10 million raised in Series A, the investors want to sell for $300 million. When strategic acquirers come along to buy the startup, they offer $60 or $70 million. The founders would love to sell — at that price, it would put $10 million in the founders' pockets, which would be life-changing. Their investors, on other hand, won't go for it. Their $20 million return is chump change in a half-billion-dollar fund. The investors and entrepreneurs are now locked in a conflict of interest. They have a product that is valuable, but a company that can't gain value without heavy injections of capital. How much funding is the right amount At some stage, a startup may need to raise a lot of money and stop being capital efficient in order to scale. The trick is to recognize the right timing, which is often later than entrepreneurs or investors expect. The antidote to overfunding is to raise the right amount of money from the beginning. In our opinion, a seed-stage startup should raise no more than $1 million to $3 million. A double-digit B round is only appropriate when the company is selling the right product to the right customer at the right price point through the right distribution channel. If buyers make an offer before Series B, a startup that has raised only a few million can sell for $60 to $70 million and satisfy both the entrepreneurs and investors. Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf has been a successful tech entrepreneur and investor for the past two decades. YL Ventures, which he founded, invests early in cyber security, cloud computing, big data and Software-as-a-Service software companies, and accelerates their evolution via strategic advice and Silicon Valley-based operational execution. YL Ventures is currently investing out of its $27.5 million second fund. 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Interviews Tuesday for County Board Seat
Interviews for four people vying to fill a vacant La Crosse county board seat are set for Tuesday. The county board will interview the four for the seat left by Andrew Londre just days after winning re-election this month. Jerome Gundersen Jr., Audrey Kader, Nancy Caucutt and Chris Rochester are seeking to represent district 9 on the county board, likely for the next two years. The board plans to make a decision on the seat next week largely on the basis tomorrow's 20 minute interviews.