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CVS has named Helena Foulkes as president of CVS/pharmacy, effective Jan. 1. She succeeds Mark Cosby, who is stepping down on Dec. 31.
CVS, which posted a solid third quarter across its enterprise, is well-positioned to benefit from the rapidly changing healthcare environment. That was a key message that CVS president and CEO Larry Merlo had for analysts during the company's third-quarter conference call.
CVS unveiled the details of a company-wide information and outreach program to help customers navigate their insurance options under the new healthcare law during a store visit in Orlando with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
CVS Caremark president and CEO Larry Merlo has been named the 2013 March of Dimes Rhode Island 2013 Citizen of the Year for his and the company's ongoing support of the March of Dimes mission.
The year appears to be off to a good start and CVS executives were optimistic Wednesday morning as the company pulled in a "strong" first quarter and narrowed its 2013 guidance to reflect higher-than-expected performance.
CVS Caremark executives expressed optimism going into 2013 and outlined its strategic growth framework, which leverages the company's unique integrated model, during its annual Analyst Day held on Thursday in New York City.
Coming off a strong third quarter, CVS Caremark executives expressed confidence that the company's integrated retail/pharmacy benefit manager model and the unique programs and services it is able to deliver customers and clients are "making the difference," president and CEO Larry Merlo told analysts during a Tuesday morning earnings call.
CVS Caremark held its annual meeting of stockholders at its headquarters on Thursday, and the tone attendees heard was a positive one.
CVS Caremark's president and CEO Larry Merlo told analysts Wednesday morning that he was "very pleased" with its first quarter, as results across both the retail and pharmacy benefit management segments came in at the high end of expectations and its integrated assets continue to demonstrate success and improve patient lives.
CVS Caremark has appointed former Macy's executive Mark S. Cosby as president of CVS/pharmacy, effective Oct. 1.
CVS Caremark's annual meeting of stockholders held Wednesday morning was an emotional and momentous occasion for the company as it marked the official retirement of Tom Ryan, former chairman and CEO, and the beginning of a new chapter as Larry Merlo takes the reigns as CEO.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced a successor for Larry Merlo as its new board of directors chairman, along with several other elected officers, at its 2011 Annual Meeting. Robert Loeffler, who serves as H-E-B's chief administrative officer, will replace Merlo, who is CVS Caremark president and CEO, as NACDS board chairman. Additionally, Walgreens president and CEO Greg Wasson was elected vice chairman, while Thrifty White president and CEO Robert Narveson was named treasurer.
As previously announced and widely reported, March 1 marks the day that Larry Merlo officially assumes the role of CEO of CVS Caremark.
CVS Caremark announced on Thursday an increase in fourth-quarter same-store sales and a boost in retail pharmacy revenues as pharmacy comparable-store sales benefited from the Maintenance Choice program.
The next chapter for CVS Caremark officially is under way as the company announced on Monday the next stage of its previously announced transition plan and officially named Larry Merlo, president and COO, as CEO, effective March. 1.
CVS Caremark has pulled the plug on its plan to hire former Walmart exec Hank Mullany, and is handing the keys to its retail business on an interim basis to Mike Bloom, EVP merchandising and supply chain, and Scott Baker, EVP internal operations and real estate, who will assume management for the company's 7,100-plus stores.
CVS Caremark has appointed interim leadership for its retail business with Mike Bloom, EVP merchandising and supply chain, and Scott Baker, EVP internal operations and real estate, taking over the management of the retail business for its 7,100 stores nationwide.
CVS Caremark announced on Friday that former Walmart North executive Hank Mullany will succeed Larry...


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Canon's new PowerShot GX1 is the company's most powerful fixed-lens point-and-shoot digital camera yet, touting a gigantic and powerful 14.3-megapixel 1.5-inch CMOS sensor. It's the largest sensor that's been placed inside one of Canon's Powershot models and is the largest of its class (it's almost as big as an APS-C sized sensor found in Canon 60D and Nikon D7000 DSLRs). The ginormous sensor allows for nine times more light than the previous 1/1.7-inch chip and 1.5-inch CMOS chip increases depth-of-field dramatically and is supposed have a significant boost to lowlight sensitivity.
Complementing the new sensor is Digic 5 processing and HS system technology that increases sensitivity in dark conditions thanks to its backside illumination, as well as aids its full resolution High-Speed Burst HQ capabilities. Other specs include: a top ISO of 12,800; aperture range of f/2.8 – f/16; 4x optical zoom lens with 28mm wide-angle equivalent; 1080p Full HD capability; RAW shooting capability; and a advanced Smart Auto mode that now recognizes up to 58 scenes. It's pretty pricy for a point-and-shoot since it's said to have a $799.99 price tag, but the new G1 X will be setting a new standard for the segment.


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Jan 2012 Rescue
by Tim Ajax, Director
Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary
Some people monkey around a little, some people monkey around a lot, and then there's Tim. He's a prince among primates, presiding over hundreds of fellow bipeds in the often-brutal Texas outdoors. There's no ape escape for Tim and his crew, but no matter. They love to help macaques, baboons and vervets live out their lives with as much freedom as possible. And like peeling a banana, Tim's blogs take you to the good stuff inside — with a steady supplement of Texas weather updates, of course!
Mississippi Macaque Rescued!
The macaque before his rescue.
(Photo courtesy of HSUS)
A monkey in Mississippi, long subjected to absolute misery in a cage, on Jan. 25, 2012, began an incredible journey toward living in open spaces along with members of his own species at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary.
Our friends at The Humane Society of the United States came across this adult male rhesus macaque after conducting an undercover investigation of the Collins Zoo, where they documented deplorable conditions. The monkey — currently unnamed — was confined to a small cage (watch him frantically pace in the tiny enclosure). Lions, tigers and other exotic animals exhibited signs of malnourishment and neglect, and venomous snakes were held in unsecured enclosures. A black wolf, whom the investigator pointed out to zoo owners as needing veterinary care, was not treated and a few days later died.
New and safe homes are being provided for the survivors.
What was uncovered in Mississippi is heartbreaking and not uncommon across the country. These animals are lucky to have a second chance. Born Free USA is happy to be able to take in this macaque and offer him a better life where he can live as freely as possible, and with other macaques. He will likely be experiencing grass, trees and proper diet for the first time in his life.
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Is an Editor Scarier Than an Oil Spill?
By Mark Justice
What? I'm still here?
I guess that means Goddess of Horror World has decreed that I live to type again. And you get to experience a second visit inside the stuffy, cramped, chaotic brain of a radio announcer, podcaster and part-time writer. Shove aside that picture of Shirley Jackson and the pile of Marvel Comics, and pull up a seat.
(Wait a minute, you say, I'm paying good money for this column. Shouldn't I get at least a full-time writer? Well, no. First of all, Horror World is free – not that the Goddess would be opposed to charging if she could get away with it – and, secondly, full-time writers are busy, you know, writing full time. So you get me. For free. If you're not happy with that, I'll give you a full refund.)
Hmmm. That sounded a little grumpy. Probably because I didn't hit my word goal today. Let me make it up to you with some comedy.
So this part-time writer comes home from his day job. There are fire trucks everywhere. His house has burned to the ground. But his wife and kids are safe on the sidewalk in front of the smoldering ruins of his home.
"Oh, honey," his wife cries as she throws herself into his arms, "this is terrible!"
"What happened?" he asked.
"I was cooking dinner when the phone rang. It was your agent. I didn't notice the stove was on fire and within minutes everything was gone! Our clothes, the computer, my wedding dress–"
"Whoa, back up," the writer says. "My agent called?"
Thank you. I'll be here all month. Try the Festering Heart of Darkness.
Along with writing this column, my other two priorities at this time are finishing a novella before the deadline strikes in about 48 hours and completing the edits on my collection Looking at the World with Broken Glass in My Eye.
I still have a lot of words to crank out on the novella, but the edits for the collection have been the more painful task, by far.
My editor on the collection is tough. She's like the English teacher you hated in high school. On steroids. Reading through her comments on my manuscript had been an exercise in pure, abject terror. I have nightmares about words underlined in red, and those frightening little Word comment boxes filled with stuff like Too passive. Be active! or How can he cry? 20 pages ago he learned he had no bodily fluids. I could not scroll down the page without my hand trembling from dread.
And you know what? My editor has made my manuscript a thousand times better. It's hard to face up to my mistakes, especially when I make so damn many. I'm glad she's there to catch them. I also like that, in emails which my publisher forwards to me, she calls me "Justice" and not "Mark". It makes her sound more like Lou Grant. I'll bet she hates spunk, too.
So what have we learned today, kids? I think it's this: no matter how many typos you make, at least you didn't destroy the Gulf of Mexico with your shoddy safety procedures.
Which brings me to a 100 % Absolutely True Anecdote That has Nothing To Do With Writing or Reading Horror Fiction about that nasty ecological disaster in the Gulf.
I have a friend who is frequently called upon to lend his expertise in matters relating to the ocean. He was asked to serve on a committee of people who are scary smart, to try to find an answer for the oil spill problem. A few days ago, my friend met with a high-ranking government official. He told me about their conversation, which went a little something like this:
My friend: Our committee needs to get to the Gulf and see this thing for ourselves.
Our Government: No can do.
My friend: Why not?
Our Government: We're treating that area as a crime scene.
My friend: If that's true, then you've left the perpetrators of the crime in charge of the scene.
Our Government: Uh...
My friend: And doesn't that then make you an accomplice?
Our Government: No!
Our Government: Because we say it doesn't.
Ladies and gentlemen, your tax dollars at work.
Brrrrr. Reading back over that 100 % Absolutely True Anecdote scared me worse than the latest Edward Lee novel. Let me try to mellow us out with another joke.
Q. What's the difference between publishers and terrorists?
A. You can negotiate with terrorists.
Ah, much better.
This has been great, but I have to get back to making up stories about rotting reanimated cowboys.
Next time, I'll answer some reader questions. Feel free to drop me a line at podofhorror at aol dot com.
Until then, in the words of my late grandmother, be good to each other and don't stick any beans up your nose.
Mark Justice is a writer, and radio announcer who lives in Kentucky with his wife and cats. He also hosts pod of Horror with the Goddess of Horror World.
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NHS Grampian
Director of Public Health Annual Report 2012
The Executive Summary and Appendices are also available.
The 2012 report gives a flavour of current work, in the NHS and with partners, and is not a comprehensive account of the considerable contribution of either partners or the NHS to the effort to improve our public health.
The report identifies areas of improving public health, including downward trends in premature deaths from heart disease and reductions in the numbers of smokers.
The report continues to stress that the public health of Grampian is everyone's business and that we need to work together; using our assets wisely - our people, our communities, our environment - as well as our facilities and other resources.
The report makes clear the importance of maintaining our health during our working years and the range of support for that.
The report focuses on the 'Big Issues' many of which are also of concern in other parts of Scotland. These include the health and care of an increasingly elderly population, giving the best start to our children and young people, controlling use of tobacco, ensuring we increase our physical activity levels across the population, a addressing health inequalities and reaching out to the most vulnerable, and tackling the continuing rise in obesity, and alcohol misuse.
The plans we make today and tomorrow must recognise the pressure to manage these challenges. This report will assist in incorporating public health needs and aspirations into future planning
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Well, it was another hot one, this time at Bobby Dodd.
Tech ran an extended 11-on-11 drill on Saturday, in front of a few hundred fans (unofficial count).
There were some interesting moments:
Josh Nesbitt had a crafty touchdown run: he took the snap, took a step back and stood up looking left for what seemed like a second. He then tucked the ball and weaved his way to the end zone.
Tech ran a reverse pitch, in which the QB runs right or left, and then pitches to a wide receiver heading the other way, with great success throughout most of the day. Finally, the defense figured it out and stuffed the play.
Speaking of the defense, it was putting some licks on some players. Jaybo Shaw seemed to take the brunt of it. Sedric Griffin and Jerrard Tarrant really stuck their facemasks into his chest. His helmet popped off four times (unofficial count).
It's still hard to tell how the depth chart is shaking out.
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Posted on Friday, 27 January 2012
My Must-Haves (January 2012)
It takes quite a process for me to look like this.
Sometimes I would get comments like, "You're a natural beauty!", and flattered I may be with these types of comments, I'd always reply so honestly with something along the lines of "Oh no! I owe it all to make-up! My eyeliner and circle lenses can be seen from a mile away." I never fail to admit I look absolutely different without make-up on, but even if it doesn't bother me much to go out without all this (i.e. if I'm exercising or going out for a late night snack), I still like playing with make-up purely out of love for dollying myself up, more than just looking presentable to other people. <3
Make-up is my favorite complement to my outfits. I love how it makes me feel complete, even if I'm not curling my hair, piling on any accessories or wearing sky-high heels. Changing the color of my eyeshadow, the direction of my eyeliner wing, my lip color etc. can already create so much difference on my face. This is why I look different when I do my own make-up and when other people do it for events and publications. Make-up does wonders, I tell you!
I never want to pretend and say I'm not wearing any make-up in my photos and then fish for compliments about my "natural beauty"… unless I'm really not wearing any make-up. In this case, I must pat myself on the back for probably doing something good to my skin/body to fool people into thinking I've layers of make-up on. While I'll never resort to anything drastic like plastic surgery, I really do make an effort to enhance my features by using a lot of products. If I wake-up and my double eyelids have temporarily disappeared, I'll even use double eyelid tape.
Here are my favorite products as of this writing.
P.S. People react differently to products. While these might work perfectly on me, your skin might be more suited to something better!
Base: Lovefille Nude Face Veil, CANMAKE Milky Moist Base, Candy Doll Makeup Base
Nude Face Veil has the same kind of transparency and consistency as Smashbox's primer, which I used to really initially like until I broke out like crazy some time 2-3 years ago. I use this when I feel like I won't have time to touch up my make-up the whole day.
The Milky Moise Base is something I use on days when I just feel like going out with minimal amounts of make-up. I always pair this with my Ettusais BB Cream (picture below) because both of them are very light and perfect for that no make-up look.
Candy Doll's Makeup Base is my default base. My foundation glides on so well after.
Foundation: Candy Doll loose powder, Ettusais BB mineral cream, Revlon PhotoReady 005 Natural Beige liquid foundation and 020 Light/Medium powder
On light make-up days, I pair the BB cream and the Candy Doll loose powder. On heavy make-up days, I pair the Revlon PhotoReady liquid foundation and the powder.
On very confused days, I use 1 layer of Revlon PhotoReady under 1 layer of Ettusais BB cream, and 1 layer of Revlon PhotoReady powder with hints of Candy Doll loose powder.
I'm actually an in-between PhotoReady 004 and 005 but it would be such a waste to have to buy two all the time so I just settled for the 005 since I get darker March-June anyway. I'm on my 3rd bottle now and I super swear by this foundation! Of course, this is all because I have dry skin. A lot of make-up artists I know and some make-up gurus on YouTube prefer the coverage of Revlon's ColorStay line, which is more suitable for oily skin.
I used to be a faithful BB cream user until I realized how most of them made me look a little gray…? And then I discovered Ettusais BB Cream which does not have a white/gray cast at all. Plus points since it's also available in 3 different shades compared to the usual one-color-fits-all type of thing.
Eyelids: CANMAKE Perfect Brown Eyes Palette, Majolica Majorca GD886 Jeweling Eyes Palette, tokidoki x Sephora Sandy in the City palette, Urban Decay eyeshadow primer potion, Topshop gold eyeshadow, Dolly Wink gold cream eyeshadow
All very neutral colors since I fail at applying eyeshadow. Normally I would just use one color for my lids and one color to highlight my brow bone.
And yes, everything is glittery so it won't look too obvious if I make a mistake. :)
Eyes: Garnier Light BB Eye Roll-on, Heavy Rotation blonde eyebrow mascara, Dolly Wink (otona) blonde eyebrow pencil, Dolly Wink black liquid eyeliner, Palty Glitter pencil eyeliner in black and silver, Majolica Majorca Lash Enamel Glamour Neo mascara, Dolly Wink volume mascara
Most of these products I've already shown in my past make-up tutorials.
I AM ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH FALSIES! I was born with typical Asian lashes that are straight and long but very sparse. Sometimes mascara alone won't cut it so I always turn to false eyelashes to make my eyes bigger and look less sleepy.
Most of the falsies I use are Asian brands because they come in these very affordable 5-in-1 packs so I don't have to stock individually. I also prefer ones that fan out at the ends or those with small spaces in between, something that most Japanese brands like Dolly Wink, Diamond Lash and Luminous Change all carry.
Cheeks: Candy Doll Carrot Orange blush, NARS Orgasm, Revlon matte powder blush, Candy Doll Strawberry Pink blush
Orgasm was my default blush until I outgrew my peach blush phase. Now I'm more into deep, dolly pink shades.
The Candy Doll Carrot Orange blush is my go-to summer blush. Looks great with a tan!
Lips: Lime Crime Cosmo Pop and Coquette, Revlon Color Burst Soft Nude, Revlon Super Lustrous Primrose, MAC Angel, Pink Nouveau, Freckletone, Shy Girl, Lavushca lipstick, Candy Doll Ramune Pink and Apricot Beige
I forgot to include my red lippies here, but I figured I don't really use them often anyway! Most of my favorite lipsticks are nude, orange and pink. MAC Freckletone and Candy Doll Ramune Pink are usually my lip colors in my blog entries.
Since it would be impractical to bring all my make-up along when I go out, I normally just bring the essentials, which go into this Marc by Marc Jacobs x Sweet pouch that serves as my make-up bag.
Inside you can find: face powder + brush, liquid eyeliner, mascara, eyelash curler, 2 lipsticks, blush + brush, and eyelash glue if I know I'll be wearing falsies for a long time. You'll never what might happen to your lashes! I like using Candy Doll lash glue but a good alternative would be the one The Face Shop sells.
Cleansing/skincare: Shu Uemura cleansing oil, Aquamoist Collagen Moisture lotion (toner) and cream (moisturizer), Leyende Face Canvas Mango Butter moisturizer
I'm on my 3rd giant Shu Uemura cleansing oil bottle! This is the bottle I just use when I travel. I can never use anything else to remove my make-up. One giant bottle lasts me more than half a year so it's all worth it.
If I'm not too lazy, I'd tone and moisturize after cleansing. I know I should do it everyday though. Make-up can only do so much (I am not as poreless as I seem to be, but it helps to always have a large aperture and good lighting when having your photos taken), so I take care of my skin in more natural ways since I tend to skip toning and moisturizing when I'm tired. Getting lots of sleep and drinking lots of water will always save your skin from pimples and blemishes. I'm quite lucky to have non acne-prone skin, thanks to my parents' genes, but I still get a few little blemishes here and there whenever I forget to take care of myself.
Recently I've been exercising twice a week (for strength), and I've noticed how much better my no make-up face looks now compared to before. Sweat all the dirt out, wash your face properly, and be surprised that you actually have a natural glow.
Hair: Fuwarie hairstyling mist, Schwarzkopf Bonacure Color Save conditioner spray, Lucido-L designing whip, TRESemme hairspray, argan oil, Lucido-L designing lotion
Hair products for the hair vain. Most of these products I just use before or after I style my hair, for damage protection and for my curls to stay longer. I get OC when it comes to buying hairstyling products because I dislike the smell of most hairsprays. Good thing ProStyle and Lucido all have fruity scents!
After I went blonde, argan oil saved my hair. This bottle was just given to me by my hairstylist, but I plan to research more on where to get the best argan oil for cheap after I finish this.
Looking for haircare products specifically for blonde hair. Hit me up if you know anything!
Scents: Harajuku Lovers Baby, Clean Sweet Layer, Clean, Clean Shower Fresh, Clean Outdoor Shower Fresh
I've been a huge fan of CLEAN fragrances for a long time and even if I try so hard to find alternatives, I can't. These are the only scents I can stand smelling on myself for long periods of time. Anything that's floral, musky or fruity on my skin just tends to annoy me. It's rather hard to find stocks of CLEAN but if you're lucky, you can find them locally in Rustan's. They're also usually available in department stores abroad.
Harajuku Lovers' Limited Edition (not the normal one) Baby perfume is the only other perfume variant I can stand. It comes with a super cute doll (which matches the rest of my pink room), serving another purpose as decoration.
I'm partial to very fresh soap-y scents that make me smell like a baby or like I just got out of the shower. What kind of perfume do you like?
So many beauty products, and I'm still not bankrupt yet? My BPI My ePrepaid MasterCard lets me budget properly since I can load whatever amount I like and I'd be forced to stop impulse buying when it runs out, especially when I'm abroad. This card works just fine in these other countries as well, just as long as they accept MasterCard.
You won't get billed for your purchases like a credit card and you won't have to link your card to an existing savings account like a debit card. So ideal for shopaholics who don't like carrying lots of cash with them since you can treat your My ePrepaid MasterCard as a wallet of sorts.
Not only are the products I use only found in stores abroad like Sasa and Sephora, but they're also sold in a lot of online stores that specialize in Asian beauty products. If online shopping was as easy as applying for a card, loading it, using it to pay, reloading it and using it over and over again, then I'm sure more people will be able to experience these products that aren't available locally. This card also supports PayPal so just imagine all the online shopping you can do.
Interested? Click on the banner on my sidebar for more information and for application. I've already used mine a number of times! My recent purchase was a pair of cat eye sunglasses in time for summer. :)
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Posted on Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Christmas Shopping
Christmas shopping is something I look forward to every year. I don't mind the insane traffic jams, and the massive amount of competitive people in shopping malls trying their very best to get the most affordable deals. I like shopping during this time of the year for a number of absolutely cheesy reasons. For one, holiday collections are usually full of super shiny shimmer and colors that never fail to remind me of warm and fuzzy Christmas feelings. Also, at the end of the year, after all the hard work you've done, it feels good to be able to purchase things both for yourself and for others. It really is the most wonderful time of the year!
A few days ago, I was able to find some time to visit Bayo's Eastwood branch to check some new stocks out and buy some gifts for friends and loved ones. Last Christmas, way before I started collaborating with Bayo, I remember getting my mom gift certificates and necklaces from this store. It's so near my house, and I love how all the Bayo branches I have been to somehow smells like baby powder, which is my preferred scent when it comes to pretty much everything like linen spray and perfume. Good, happy Bayo vibes never fail to make me want to enter their store every now and then.
They allowed me to take pictures in the store so feel free to do some online window shopping with what I'll be showing here if you haven't finished shopping for Christmas yet. Click on the Bayo picture on my sidebar if you're interested in something but don't have time to go to the nearest branch.
I bumped into my BFF Crissey and her officemates while she was taking a break from work! Her officemates were trying clothes out in the other dressing room so… in usual Trissey fashion, we giggled a lot and fooled around in the dressing room I was in and even took the dorkiest photos in the world. Will save your eyes from that, but in the meantime, I can't wait for the end of season sale in January so I could get all these jewel tones, monochromatic outerwear and soft colors and fabric. Definitely going to shop 'til I drop in January after receiving Christmas money from my relatives. Hee.
Since we're talking about shopping anyway, here's my most favorite shopping buddy at the moment. It doesn't need to eat or sleep and it doesn't get sick! This was launched just recently and I found the idea quite genius so I got myself a BPI My ePrepaid MasterCard. It's a reloadable prepaid MasterCard that you can use for *drum roll* online shopping, besides purchasing from your favorite shops and restaurants. It's a gift from God to those who aren't allowed by their parents to own credit cards yet but have already saved so much from their allowance to be able to already buy stuff like iPhone/iPad apps, Paypal-only things, and Ticketworld concert tickets online. You won't get billed for your purchases like a credit card and you won't have to link your card to an existing savings account like a debit card.
I asked around regarding what the minimum age for this card is. I was told that if you're older than 10, you can already apply for one. 10-years-old. If online shopping was as easy as applying for a card, loading it, using it to pay, reloading it and using it over and over again… then I wish I already had this card since highschool!
Plus points for color choices too! I chose the pink/indigo one (same color as the cardigan in the last picture!), naturally, but it's also available in blue/azure. Interested? Click on the banner on my sidebar for more information and for application. Don't be surprised if they give you free vouchers for Serenitea, Happy Lemon and Chatime after you apply.
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text: Completely unapropos to actual cooking, I saw a amusing little cookbook the other day for those who look at a can opener and say "how do you use this thing anyhow." (one of my ex boyfriends said that once and meant it--that changed really quickly:=)) It was called A Man, A Plan, A Can. It was on that laminated cardboard stuff, showed pictures of the cans and packages and had really simple instructions. The recipe for fruit parfait was a hoot (take one can fruit cocktail, one can squirty whipped cream. 1. Open can. 2. Put fruit in glass bowl. 3. Squirt some whipped cream on top), but not atypical. All of the recipes were edible (although some, just barely), and some sounded tasty in an "i'm hiding in a dark room so noone can see me eat this" sort of way. All this talk of cooking for thanksgiving and teaching smiths how to cook made me think of the book, and I figured it was a good time to share. toodles, margaret --On Monday, November 20, 2006 6:06 PM -0500 "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius1 at verizon.net> wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Saint Phlip wrote: > >> Well, I've been entertaining myself with convincing the guys on >> TheForge, a mundane (sorta) smithing List that cooking is just a >> variety of smithing. I mean, you heat up steel, and make something >> good, right? No big difference ;-) > > One of the great moments in my time in the SCA was when I was > patiently trying to teach four or five fighters how to make puff > pastry (height and upper body strength being useful things behind a > rolling pin), and they just weren't getting it at all, until I said > something about lamination, and one of them yelled out, "Holy sh**! > We're making Damascus steel!!! I _knew_ this was the coolest!" > > Hey, somewhere I have a copy of a book about cooking on your car > engine. I bet those recipes could be adapted pretty easily... > > Adamantius > > > > > "S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils mangent de la > brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them > eat cake!" > -- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, > "Confessions", 1782 > > "Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?" > -- Susan Sheybani, assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry > Holt, 07/29/04 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sca-cooks mailing list > Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org >


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The Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Network works to identify and cultivate the next generation of arts leaders in America. It is an ideal way for new leaders to share their interests with others as they continue to develop their skills and their commitment to the arts. The Emerging Leader Network targets professionals who are either new to the field, with up to five years of experience, or are 35 years of age or younger. Visit AmericansForTheArts.org for more information on the Emerging Leader Network.
Don't Discount the Back-Up Singers
This week, hundreds of advocates are gathering in and around Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to communicate to our national elected officials the value and impact of the arts on local communities, on families, on individual lives.
This is an important day, not just for the arts community, not just for our Senators and Representatives, but for the people served by us, those who cannot be in Washington having these conversations.
I've worked within and outside of advocacy over the course of my career in the arts, so I understand why arts administrators are willing to make the commitment to travel to Washington, or even to their own state legislature, to promote the value of the arts. I know there is confusion about what roles arts nonprofit staff can take in the name of "advocacy" without jeopardizing their 501(c)(3) status with the IRS.
And I know our arts leadership, those most likely to speak with legislators, are also our busiest, most called-upon experts, and often feel that devoting several days to the work of advocacy is the best they can do under their current circumstances.
But, friends, it's not all. The work happening in Washington this week is the chorus of the song we sing all year long: the arts build communities. The arts turn around lives. The arts stimulate the economy. Read the rest of this entry »
10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2013
There is an old quote attributed to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich:
"If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure."
This was the charge given to me by a business leader who needed to make a compelling case for government and corporate arts funding:
"Keep it to one page, please," was his request. "I can get anyone to read one page."
With the 2014 arts advocacy season upon us, the following is my updated "Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts."
- Which of these would you rank as #1?
- Do you have a #11 to add?
- Tell us in the comments below!
You can download this handy 1-pager here.
1. Arts promote true prosperity. The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. The arts help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion, or age. When times are tough, art is salve for the ache.
2. Arts improve academic performance. Students with an education rich in the arts have higher GPAs and standardized test scores, and lower drop-out rates—benefits reaped by students regardless of socio-economic status. Students with 4 years of arts or music in high school average 100 points better on their SAT scores than students with just one-half year of arts or music. Read the rest of this entry »
Marketing…Not All About the Ticket (an EALS Post)
It used to be that the success of arts marketers was dependent on how well they could predict the future and then pray for success. But those days are over.
Today, arts marketers can rely on data analysis and market research to make well-thought-out strategic decisions.
I, for one, am glad that marketers no longer have to rely on future telling because marketing is an essential part of the arts experience. As a jazz trombonist, I had to learn how to market myself to land gigs and then market my gigs so that people would come to them. Arts organizations have to do the same. But they must market their organization as well as individual performances.
Several years ago Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ran an institutional marketing campaign with the theme "BAM and then it hits you." The message they conveyed was that the experience at BAM lingered long after you left. This campaign excited people about BAM as an entire organization, as opposed to a singular performance.
There are countless other examples of successful marketing campaigns in the arts. As emerging arts leaders I think it is essential we pay attention to trends in marketing. What are the latest trends in arts marketing? How do arts marketers use data analysis and market research to make strategic decisions? What type of programming is becoming most difficult to market? There is an endless amount of questions we can ask. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Ways You Benefit from Writing Poetry! (from The pARTnership Movement)
April is National Poetry Month, inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets to celebrate poetry and its vital role in American culture. The academy sponsors events such as the star-studded Poetry & the Creative Mind Gala (April 17 at Lincoln Center in New York City) and mass-appeal activities like Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 18), when everyone is encouraged to carry a poem.
I love April, and not just because of my birthday and all those Final Four games!
We would be wise to celebrate America's poetry because it's an art form that does as much—sometimes even more—for the writer as the reader. Poems inspire, educate, and cleanse. And now that writing has become more abbreviated with blogs, text messages, tweets and the like, the time is perfect for poetry to make a big comeback.
The process of exploring my thoughts and feelings and expressing them in symbolic word images exercises my creativity in a fun way. I think it makes me sharper and, the more I explore the well of my imagination, the faster it fills again.
Everyone can benefit from writing poetry, whether they want to share it or not, because it:
1. Improves cognitive function. Learning new words (I'm never without a Thesaurus), working out meter (math!), and finding new ways to articulate our thoughts and feelings (communication) are all good for the brain. Want to get smarter? Write poetry! Read the rest of this entry »
Getting to Know Our Staff: Ten Questions with…Nora Halpern
We recently launched a new series on ARTSblog that spotlights the staff at Americans for the Arts that I call "Ten Questions with…", in which I will ask everyone the same questions and see where it takes us.
So far, I've conducted a self-interview and one with Hannah Jacobson.
This time I have turned to Nora Halpern who currently serves as Vice President of Leadership Alliances for Americans for the Arts.
1. Describe your role at Americans for the Arts in 10 words or less.
Grasstops wrangler: find the person who can move issues forward.
2. What do the arts mean to you?
I find this a very difficult question to answer because the arts are infused in everything I do and everything I am. Therefore, trying to define or identify the arts as something "other," runs counter to the way I think.
I was lucky to have been raised in a home where the arts were central. Film, music, performance, and the visual arts were vital members of the family and often the glue that got all six of us talking about one topic at a time. Long before the days of remixing and mash-ups, dinner at our house was a cornucopia of art conversations: whether debating likes and dislikes or passions and poisons. Read the rest of this entry »
Ask Yo-Yo Ma About Arts Education
Have you ever chatted with someone about the importance of the arts in our schools? Would you like the chance to discuss it with Yo-Yo Ma?
Yo-Yo Ma will deliver the 26th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 8 at 6:30 p.m. EDT and, for the first time, Americans for the Arts will stream the event live from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (courtesy of Google), so you can watch regardless of whether or not you made it to National Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC.
Drawing on his training as a musician and what he has learned traveling the world for more than 30 years as a touring performer, Ma will discuss where in nature, society, and human interactions we can find the greatest creativity, and what we can all do to help students grow up to be contributing and committed citizens.
And, if you have a burning question that arises during the lecture, you can ask Yo-Yo the next day. On April 9, Yo-Yo will take a break from his Arts Advocacy Day visits with members of Congress to participate in a Google Hangout video chat about arts education with Matt Sorum (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer for Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, Co-Founder of Adopt the Arts in California); Damian Woetzel (Former Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet and the director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program); Lisa Phillips (Author of The Artistic Edge and CEO of Canada's Academy of Stage and Studio Arts); and, Bob Lynch (President & CEO of Americans for the Arts).
We'll be collecting questions before the Hangout via Twitter and email. You can either tweet using #AskYoYo or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with #AskYoYo in the subject line and your question in the body. We'll take questions anytime from now until the Hangout. Read the rest of this entry »
Assessing Cultural Infrastructure
Most of the world's great cultural capitals emerged organically through a virtuous cycle in which creative people flocked to prosperous cities, where they helped to create or expand prominent cultural institutions, which in turn attracted more creative people, and so on.
During the modern era, however, the historically strong correlation between economic vitality and cultural resources diminished somewhat. In some cases, new centers of economic activity developed with unprecedented speed, making it difficult for cultural institutions—which tend to have long gestation periods—to keep up. In the U.S. in particular, the migration of substantial wealth to the suburbs often left venerable urban institutions impoverished, while depriving nascent cultural organizations of the critical mass necessary for success.
The past couple of decades have been marked by a revival of interest in cultural infrastructure and a growing belief that museums, performing arts centers, libraries, programmed civic spaces and other cultural facilities can themselves foster social and economic progress.
The poster child of this trend is the Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, which has been credited with the revival of a small, rather run-down industrial city in Spain. Careful analysis of economic and other data suggests that the influence of this one project is often overstated, but there can be no doubt that it was a significant catalyst for urban revival, not only because of the museum's mission and content, but also because of its exhilarating architectural form. Read the rest of this entry »
Masters Degree? Depends…
"Are you thinking about getting your Masters?"
Every time I'm asked that question, my brain has a dilemma. On one hand, I love learning as much information as I can about my field and anything that relates to it. I take what Malcolm Gladwell told Charlie Rose about the key to great journalism to heart—"It's about teaching yourself that everything is interesting."
And I love the classroom setting—well I should say the right classroom setting, but that's another story. I would much rather write a 20-page paper on charitable tax policy or how to engage young people, than attend another City Council meeting or board meeting some days.
But on the other hand, why would I go back to school? I'm a young professional with the world at my fingertips; I've got a pretty great job and on top of all that, my undergraduate degree was in Arts Management—so unless I wanted to specialize in something very specific like Arts Policy or Arts Education, I don't need to sit in a classroom and learn about mission statements, 990s, grants, marketing, etc, from the beginning all over again.
Sure I'd love to learn more about those things—I haven't found the magic potion to make a perfect arts organization (yet…maybe a Chemistry class?)—but as it stands right now, I have a better chance of making an impact by staying out of the classroom than going back into it.
The other question I used to get when I was in college was, "Where are you looking to work?" No doubt, most folks hear "the arts" and think NYC, DC, Chicago, LA, Atlanta, Seattle and other locations. But for me, my answer was, "I'm staying here in South Carolina." Read the rest of this entry »
Don't Just Sit There, Get Involved (an EALS Post)
We all love to go to our favorite theatre and watch a production, sit and listen to our favorite orchestra, or visit our favorite museum.
Traditionally, a person interacted with arts organizations by sitting in the audience of a theater and viewing a performance; but is that enough? I say no way! Like me, many audience members want to get involved and interact with arts organizations in a new way.
Today we live in a world with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and other social media platforms. These platforms give us a space to share our views and interact with people from around the world.
As a person in my early twenties, interaction and participation is crucial. Arts organizations are beginning to realize the importance of audience engagement and are finding new and innovative ways to engage their audiences.
Audience engagement includes a range of activities from open rehearsals and online forums to interactive shows. Here in Washington, DC, Dog & Pony DC produced a production of The Killing Game that whole-heartedly embraced the idea of audience engagement. Read the rest of this entry »
Public Art Year in Review Spotlight – "Your Essential Magnificence" in Austin, TX
Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network Year in Review program is the only national program that specifically recognizes public art projects. Up to 50 projects are selected annually through an open-call application process and selected by two to three jurors. The projects are available on CD-Rom in our bookstore and include a PowerPoint, data and project list, and hundreds of project photos.
Our 2013 Public Art Year in Review nomination process is open through April 5, so be sure to nominate a project as we continue spotlight former honorees on ARTSblog.
Today's project is Your Essential Magnificence by James Edward Talbot which was honored in 2012.
Career Beginnings, Advancement, & Ramen Noodles (an EALS Post)
Washington, DC is full of young, ambitious, up and coming leaders—politicos, entrepreneurs, engineers, and of course, those of us in the arts. We live in an exciting time and as we prepare to dive into the working world, we are faced with some unique challenges. But we are young and energetic and up to the task.
One universal challenge emerging leaders face in every field is the evolution of the ever expanding "work day." Gone are the days of a typical 9 to 5. (Though, did they ever really exist in the arts?)
In this iPhone, iPad, Blackberry world, we are continually and constantly connected. Emails are sent and expected to be read at any and all hours. Tweets and Facebook comments don't take the night off. We are embarking on a career world that never stops and rarely sleeps.
And how does one break into this world?
Ah yes. The internship.
Internships have the potential to be great career launchers. They also have the potential to become traps. All work and no pay makes Jane a tired intern.
The New York Times recently published an article detailing the struggles of many 20-somethings—"a population historically exploitable as cheap labor"—as they learn that "long hours and low pay go hand in hand with the creative class." Read the rest of this entry »
Federal Budget Update: Never a Better Time for Arts Advocacy Day
The House and Senate finally passed the FY 2013 Continuing Resolution which incorporated most of the sequester cuts ordered on March 1.
Only a few programs were amended to restore some of their original funding with a large majority of the across-the-board reductions being maintained. As detailed in my previous post, funding decreases to the National Endowment for the Arts remain at $7 million shaved off the $146 million annual budget.
The funding measure officially closes the books on the last fiscal year as Congress advanced separate budget resolutions for FY 2014. These resolutions are non-binding and do not require the signature of the president to pass, but they do provide instructions that will guide the appropriations process and inform the upcoming tax debates. They are to be taken seriously as the bills represent each party's "vision" for fiscal policy.
The House version proposes deep cuts to discretionary spending, major changes to entitlements and tax reform that would dramatically lower marginal and corporate tax rates while balancing the budget in 10 years. Also, the House budget contains language for the third year in a row that takes aim at federal cultural funding: Read the rest of this entry »
Shiny Happy Kids: The End of Our Early Arts Ed Blog Salon
Thanks for joining us this week as we shared our ideas, thoughts, and resources for the arts in early childhood education. If you missed any, you can read all of the posts from the Blog Salon via http://bit.ly/earlyartsed.
While I loved hearing about programs modeled after Reggio Emilia, theatre for the very young, and ways parents can encourage creativity, I have to say that my favorite part of this week was seeing so many cute preschool faces! For someone who works in arts education, it doesn't get much better than seeing the joy of a young child discovering something through the arts.
Many of the images I loved seeing were part of the Pintrest board we created in addition to our posts here. Hop on over there to see more resources from our amazing bloggers and others, including research, quotes, and art activities to explore with children. This was my first experience with Pinterest, and I must admit that I'm hooked!
But many of our bloggers included wonderful images in their posts too, so without further ado, here is our week in images (please visit Flickr if the player is not working in your browser):
Thanks for helping us celebrate Youth Arts Month on ARTSblog and remember to check back for arts education posts nearly every week and join our next Arts Education Blog Salon in September!
Degree of Entry?
During the last Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Antonio, I had the privilege of facilitating a roundtable on how to navigate a mid-career shift to the arts. The remarkable individuals I met during that discussion reinforced one of the things I love about arts administration and the arts in general, their entry points were varied and all are vital to the field.
Since entering arts administration a few years ago, I have had numerous conversations with arts leaders of all ages regarding the question of getting a Masters Degree. Part of the reason for this is that I did get a Masters Degree in Arts Administration in 2010 and I am often called on to tout the benefits of my alma mater to prospective students, which I do enthusiastically.
When I graduated three years ago, I would have told you that a Masters Degree is absolutely necessary, which was completely true in my case. I would never have the opportunities I now have without my graduate program. In the past three years, however, I have discovered an additional inescapable path to leadership, the road.
The road is paved with obstacles and pitfalls that every leader must face and that no Masters Degree program could possibly teach. They only thing the very best ones can do, is prepare you for the journey. Read the rest of this entry »
Art…and the Stagnant Business of Art (an EALS Post)
What happens when an arts organization's business model no longer works?
Well, as with the metaphor of the shark, it must continue to move forward or it will die.
For decades, the arts organization model has remained largely unchallenged, because there was no reason to challenge it. It almost served as a microcosm of "The American Dream."
Everyone wanted to start their own organization, and the great entrepreneurial spirit in the United States created a thriving environment for this mindset. Margo Jones, one of the regional theatre pioneers in the 1950s, supported the idea, saying "What our country needs today, theatrically speaking, is a resident professional theatre in every city with a population over one hundred thousand."
However, as Rocco Landesman so famously said, audiences have begun to dwindle while the number of organizations continues to rise, and there should be fewer arts organizations. I am in no way saying that some organizations should just close up shop so that another can benefit. But this is definitely something to think about.
There are only so many contributed dollars out there for the arts. This trend of continued marketplace crowding will eventually lead to organizations relying quite heavily on earned income to meet budget. And as I mentioned a few weeks ago, many organizations must keep prices low (affordable) in order to fulfill their missions. Put those two factors together, and it doesn't add up to success. Read the rest of this entry »


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Every year in January and July, our family plays a real life game of Chopped. I shop the pantry first before I head to the store. After years of hosting it on both Life as Mom and my food blog, Good Cheap Eats, all the chatter is mostly housed on GCE, though I do share updates in both spots.
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- Authorities on Monday credited an undercover officer's watchfulness with bagging more than $300,000 worth of marijuana at a Lawrenceville apartment complex last week.
The Gwinnett police investigator, working a burglary detail in several apartment clusters along Sweetwater Road, witnessed a white Ford Explorer "piggyback" another car to gain entry to a gated complex about 1 a.m. Thursday, police said.
The investigator called in a uniformed officer to question the driver, Sergio Benitez, who presented a Mexican ID card and appeared "very nervous and visibly shaken," said Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter.
"(Benitez) indicated that he was visiting a friend but couldn't provide their name or apartment they lived in," Ritter said.
Ritter said the suspect consented to a vehicle search, and the officer soon uncovered three large boxes containing shrink-wrapped bales of marijuana, totaling about 71 pounds. The drugs could fetch about $320,000 on the streets, Ritter said.
Benitez was arrested without incident. He faces charges of trafficking marijuana and is being held without bond for immigration authorities, according to jail records.
He was also ticketed for driving without a license, records show.
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Summer Newsletter 2012: Admission
This year, the Office of Admission will merge with Student Financial Services. More details on this development will follow.
We are very pleased to announce a few staff updates. After a national search, Leigh A. Weisenburger has been appointed dean of admission and financial aid. Scott E. Steinberg '86 has been promoted to director of admission. Both Leigh and Scott officially stepped into their new roles on July 1, 2012.
In addition, we have four new staff members in Lindholm House: Mai L. Hinton, assistant dean of admission; and Jeffrey D. Beaton '12, Frederique Dupre and Zachery Hewitt, all admission counselors.
This fall, we'll post several positions for students interested in working in Admission. Please be on the lookout for these. In addition, if you're a Bates student interested in hosting prospective students, volunteering at Admission events or calling prospective students, please email us or stop by Lindholm House and talk to us.
Admission Events this fall
- Oct. 7-9: The first Prologue to Bates, an open house program for first-generation-to-college or multicultural students.
- Oct. 8: Fall Open House, a day of panels, presentations and tours for prospective students and families.
- Nov. 11-13: The second Prologue to Bates, an open house program for first-generation-to-college or multicultural students.
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The Adventures of Alien & Bunny are back! Continued from where we last left off they both need to find a safe place to stay. Beware... trouble is lurking in the bushes. Enjoy!
Rated 5 / 5 stars April 12, 2009
This flash remembered good old cartoons.
Rated 4 / 5 stars April 12, 2009
Clear improvements
You got the animation and voicing down now. Just need a little better script.
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars April 12, 2009
way lame
props on the animation. you have talent. the writing, however, was fucking awful. the jokes wouldn't keep the attention of a 3 year old. Try getting someone to write for you next time.
Rated 5 / 5 stars April 11, 2009
Nice work
Actually the guy below me is the actual idiot. This is an original and cute flash movie you've made Lavalle, and I'm really glad that you've put alot of effort into this movie. Keep it up!
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars April 11, 2009
the guy bellow me is an idiot
the jokes in this flash were the gayest i have ever heard
i give you a three because the animation was well done


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- Fat: 8.5g
- Saturated fat: 1.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.4g
- Protein: 15.9g
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- Fiber: 3.4g
- Cholesterol: 38mg
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After Summer 2012 Iggy will own the Music World and Fans alike. Bigger than Eminem guaranteed. No offense Eminem cause you know we love you. It's just that Hip-Hop is enter its 4th decade and Iggy Azalea, Rocky A$AP and Kendrick Lamar are just a few off the top of the dome I can think of, which are spearheading the new generation of Artist.
Hip-Hop, which started in the Bronx and capitalized by Black Folks is now a Worldwide Phenom and is truly becoming colour blind. Talent is talent and ones skin colour as in the case of the constant reminders Iggy can rap for a WHITE GIRL is silly and unnecessary. What's up with these journalist and, which World do they live in? Here in America our President is Black and White for that matter.
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One of the world's more unusual takeover bids, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery's purchase of the Hummer division from bankrupt General Motors, is looking decidedly sick.
Both companies were busy over the weekend denying a state radio report that Beijing might block the deal because it doesn't want to encourage the production of five-tonne gas guzzling pseudo-military automobiles, and because Tengzhong has zero management capability for making cars.
The company is due to thrash it out with the powerful National Development and Reform Commission today. Whatever comes of it, Tengzhong and Hummer are yet another lively episode in the saga of Chinese companies trying to invest their mountains of cash overseas.
For all the international fanfare, China accounts for just 0.6 per cent of the global stock of outward foreign direct investment, according to a new report, China's Changing Outbound Foreign Direct Investment Profile, by Daniel Rosen and Thilo Hanemann for the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Its rate of overseas investment has risen exponentially since 2002 but still lags well behind other big economies. In 2007 it was the source of just 1.1 per cent of global foreign direct investment (FDI), marginally ahead of India and Brazil but streets behind Japan (3.7 per cent), Germany (8.4 per cent), Britain (13.3 per cent) and the United States (15.7 per cent).
Alternatively, each Chinese person accounted for just $US70 ($86) of FDI in 2007 compared with $US6100 in the United Arab Emirates, $US9300 in the US and $US15,000 in Germany.
Whichever way you look at it, the country is under-invested in direct overseas investments and over-invested in international debt markets (through its $US2 trillion in foreign reserves).
Its mountains of excess savings are lent to foreign governments, investment banks and hedge funds to make their own direct investments. But this system has reached its used-by date.
Many of the investment banks that made it work no longer exist. Chinese officials and executives are growing impatient with miserly interest rate returns and being cut out of the business profits, technology and management know-how that comes from being a player in multinational businesses.
Rosen and Hanemann say it is inevitable that China will hugely increase its overseas foreign direct investments. They say those overseas investments will be diversified into all manner of goods and services firms, particularly in developed countries that have the know-how, brands and international management capacity that China lacks.
"For a typical product manufactured in China, less than 20 per cent of the final profit margin is captured by the Chinese manufacturer. The rest is enjoyed downstream in distribution, marketing, retail, and customer relations or upstream in product design, quality control, sourcing, branding, and research and development," they say in the report.
"China's firms are increasingly being forced to fight for the vast profit margins they have traditionally conceded to foreign partners able to operate abroad."
The authors also point out that, so far, China's overseas FDI diversification strategy looks more compelling on paper than in practice.
Most of its major recent direct investment deals have run into foreign political obstacles, proved difficult to manage or lost buckets of money. Behind the scenes, China's leaders worry that Chinese companies don't have the know-how to run offshore operations.
Last October this newspaper revealed that Wang Qishan, a rising star in the politburo who once headed the China Construction Bank, had told the sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation, not to invest in Wall Street financial institutions until it had employed people who knew how to read the relevant financial accounts.
Wang has since publicly confirmed his concerns about Chinese management capacity. In March he shot down a request from the chief executive of Sany, a Chinese machinery manufacturer in Wuhan, Hunan province, for more government support for overseas direct investment. "Do you have a handle on your own management capabilities? Have you analysed the cultural differences of the two sides? Do you understand the relationship between unionised labour and management in that place? If the other side's engineers resign, are you really going to send people from Changsha overseas, and make the whole company speak Hunanese? If you don't know yourself and know your opponent, then this kind of confidence scares me," he said.
The collapse of the Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal has only heightened such concerns. Insiders say the deal's collapse was much more of a shock in China than in Australia or Britain, in part because the Chinese players were constantly talking up their prospects.
Reports filtering down through the Chinese bureaucracy suggest the top leadership is mightily unimpressed with how badly the Ministry of Commerce and Chinalco read the international and shareholder politics.
Chinalco has an unusually capable president and deal-making team but is, nevertheless, an inexperienced company that relied on its international advisers to an extraordinary extent. (The commerce ministry, on the other hand, is riddled with corruption and incompetence.)
On June 8, the first working day after the Chinalco-Rio deal fell over and a week after Tengzhong announced its bid for Hummer, the National Development and Reform Commission released a new rule requiring Chinese companies to seek "preliminary review" for overseas deals, in addition to the five or six post-signing approvals already required.
It was a warning to the army of cashed-up Chinese executives who are itching to vault onto the multinational stage. The biggest risks to their overseas investment plans might no longer be
in Canberra or Washington, but in Beijing.


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Return of the Sisterhood?
The official Doctor Who Twitter feed has released a sneak peak from The Night of the Doctor – and it seems to indicate a return of The Sisterhood of Karn!!!
Expected on Saturday evening on the BBC Red Button digital channel, The Night of the Doctor is a minisode prologue to The Day of the Doctor the show's 50th anniversary episode.
Here's how the photo was shared.
The Bringer of Darkness, the Oncoming Storm, the Doctor, the Warrior – A Time Lord! http://t.co/Pk1OHkldZy pic.twitter.com/A12ju5CfZ3
— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) November 13, 2013
Now, if that isn't the Sisterhood – last seen in The Brain of Morbius (although some say the old lady seer in The End of Time was one of their number) back in 1976 – then they're certainly keen on the same fashions…
If you don't have the Red Button, you can catch the minisode online when it is released.
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Lends more evidence to the possibility that this minisode will focus on a point in the Time War and probably feature John Hurt.
This could e interesting, maybe a dying Doctor, or one who has run out of regenerations needs the elixir of life….
The doctor may use the elixir to exstend his regeneration's to a full twelve live's,many timelords may have done this in the timewar to carry on the fight against the daleks.Or he may be collecting the elixir and return to the high council of timelords.
Wow… bringing back the elixir would be a massive fan move based on some serious classic knowledge. Excellent idea but I'd be surprised if moffat would go that route. I suppose a little exposition going in and all would be fine though.
Just an idea to get around the end of the doctor's life cycle,the elixir could exsplain why hurt is a doctor to,he could really be the 9th but a future dr could have taken away the title of the dr from him for the bad things he did in the time war which would make only 11 dr's in total and a cast out one.
They look more like the "Sisterhood" featured in The Fires Of Pompeii with the hoods. Both comparisons, however lack the face makeup worn by both.