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Debates of Nov. 1st, 2001
House of Commons Hansard #107 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was finance.
- Government Response to Petitions
- Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2001
- Committees of the House
- Canada Health Act
- Points of Order
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Prebudget Consultation
- Landmines
- Toronto
- 4-H Clubs
- Transportation
- Victims of Violence
- Dmytro Pryhoda
- Chinese Cultural Centre
- Travel Agencies
- Performing Arts
- Down's Syndrome
- Remembrance Day
- Softwood Lumber
- Solange Chaput-Rolland
- Canadian Association of Broadcasters
- Lumber Industry
- Rail Industry
- Ground Zero
- National Security
- Softwood Lumber
- Anti-Terrorism Legislation
- National Security
- Terrorism
- Employment Insurance
- Terrorism
- Foreign Affairs
- Immigration
- Finance
- The Economy
- Canada Post
- National Security
- The Economy
- National Defence
- Anti-Terrorism Legislation
- The Economy
- Indian Affairs
- Religious Organizations
- St. Hubert Technobase
- National Defence
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Privilege
- Business of the House
- Prebudget Consultations
- Ways and Means
- Prebudget Consultations
- Climate Change
- Message from the Senate
- Climate Change
Chinese Cultural Centre
Statements By Members
November 1st, 2001 / 2:05 p.m.
Sophia Leung Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Mr. Speaker, last Friday the Minister of Canadian Heritage and I had the pleasure of attending the annual fundraising dinner of the Vancouver Chinese Cultural Center.
The dinner marked the 28th anniversary of the Chinese Cultural Centre. The centre has been a leader in the Chinese community in Vancouver by helping to promote racial equality, cultural understanding and the celebration of Chinese Canadian heritage.
It is particularly appropriate that I give the tribute during the International Year of Volunteers as the many hardworking individuals who give their time to the centre are volunteers.
The Chinese Cultural Centre is the kind of outstanding organization that makes Canada such a vibrant society.
Travel Agencies
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Pauline Picard Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, the travel and tourism industry has suffered and is still suffering from the September 11 events.
Travel agencies are among the hardest hit. Most of them are small businesses that lost their revenues when the airspace was closed.
Their work is intimately related to that of airlines, since they are often the ones that print tickets and deal with customers.
The U.S. government has already designed a program to help travel agencies that are suffering. However, no such measure has been taken in Canada.
The Association of Canadian Travel Agents is asking, justifiably so, to be compensated for losses estimated at $20 million.
I remind the Minister of Finance that if it was important to help airline carriers, it is just as important to support travel agencies. Otherwise, tens of these small and medium size businesses will disappear in each of our ridings.
Performing Arts
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Eugène Bellemare Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, I extend congratulations to the recipients of this year's Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. These awards celebrate the lifetime achievements of Canadian performing artists. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first awards ceremony.
The recipients of these awards reflect the tremendous talent that exists in Canada. I invite hon. members to join me in recognizing the exceptional achievements of the following artists: conductor Mario Bernardi; actor Christopher Plummer; singer Diane Dufresne; ballet dancer Evelyn Hart; author and radio personality Max Ferguson; and filmmaker Anne Claire Poirier.
I also want to congratulate the winner of the volunteer award, Thea Borlase, and of the National Arts Centre award, Edouard Lock, and his La la la Human Steps dance group.
Down's Syndrome
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Carol Skelton Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK
Mr. Speaker, November 1 to November 7 is National Down's Syndrome Awareness Week. Currently 1 in 900 children in Canada are born with this chromosomal disorder. It causes delays in the physical and intellectual development of these children.
While this disorder seems to be a limiting factor, many individuals with Down's syndrome are able to lead active and productive lives. They have many unique abilities and strengths. Down's syndrome adults are able to live independently, hold jobs and contribute to their communities.
During this awareness week I applaud the organizations and community groups that help those with Down's syndrome. I also congratulate those individuals with Dow's syndrome and their families as they face limitations with strength and determination.
Remembrance Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Diane St-Jacques Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, in November, poppies suddenly appear on the jackets, coats and hats of Canadians.
Wearing a poppy is a way of paying tribute to those who died in war, peacekeeping operations or conflicts.
During the Napoleonic wars, writers noted that poppies flourished on the graves of dead soldiers. This flower became the symbol of remembrance in Canada in 1921.
The poem by John McCrae expresses very well the significance of wearing a poppy. Here are a few lines from the poem:
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
In honour of our soldiers, I urge everyone to wear a poppy.
Softwood Lumber
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, things cannot get much worse. Up to 30,000 workers in B.C. alone will be forced into unemployment, devastating small communities and local businesses. This is the real and terrible impact on Canada's $10 billion softwood lumber industry, 60% of it in B.C., as a result of the new U.S. duties that are blasting our economy.
It is outrageous that the U.S. government will not play by its own rules and ignores that Canada has won three rulings from international tribunals which agree that Canada is not dumping into U.S. markets.
We call again for the federal government to negotiate fair and unrestricted access for softwood lumber entering the U.S. We urge the government again to commit to an income support program for workers hit by this crisis. We need a national solution, not one that allows individual cave-ins by B.C. or any other province.
The NDP urges the government in every possible way to make resolution of this crisis an immediate priority. People's livelihoods depend on it.
Solange Chaput-Rolland
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Monique Guay Laurentides, QC
Mr. Speaker, it was with sadness that we learned this morning of the death of Solange Chaput-Rolland at the age of 82.
Despite our differences of opinion with respect to the future of Quebec, Solange Chaput-Rolland always defended what she believed to be in the interests of Quebecers. She made a rich contribution to Quebec society as a politician, a journalist and an artist.
Solange Chaput-Rolland was a journalist and a television commentator. A prolific author, she relied on her extensive political experience to co-write the popular television series Monsieur le ministre .
Solange Chaput-Rolland was, successively, a member of the Pépin-Robarts Commission, an MLA in Robert Bourassa's second government, and a senator in the Parliament of Canada. Her contribution to Quebec society was recognized in 1985, when she was made an officer of the Ordre national du Québec.
On behalf of Bloc Quebecois members, I offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Solange Chaput-Rolland
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Carole-Marie Allard Laval East, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters has been holding its 75th annual convention in Ottawa for the past few days.
One of the activities of the congress was the awarding of scholarships by a number of private broadcasters, Astral Media, Canwest Global and CTV, to name but a few, along with BBM Bureau of Measurement, to outstanding students in journalism and communications. Nine students in all were selected.
I had the pleasure of presenting the scholarship from BBM Bureau of Measurement to a young woman from Laval, a resident of my riding, named Élise Breault.
Élise attends the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal. She is 24 years old, and proposes to enrich the Canadian broadcasting industry by examining experiments in other countries.
Well done, Élise and the rest of the winners.
Lumber Industry
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Gary Lunn Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, as of yesterday U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber now exceed 30%. As a result, the Canadian forest industry is now paying out $9 million to $10 million every single day. Further job losses are guaranteed.
In the face of these pressure tactics, we need to do the following. First, we must stand firm. We must not cave. We must fight to make sure we get free trade for the Canadian forest industry across this country.
Second, we need to work with our consumer allies in the United States. Americans who want free trade with Canada far outnumber those who want to destroy it.
Most important, the Liberal government has to have the will and the resolve to try to resolve this issue. Right now it has not. When the minister stood yesterday and said that some time next week he may get to Washington, that was not good enough.
Our Prime Minister has to become directly involved. It has been almost six months since the softwood lumber agreement expired. We knew for years that this was coming, yet the government has been content to do nothing.
Be assured that if the government insists on doing nothing, the Canadian forest industry will be left with nothing.
Rail Industry
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Roy Cullen Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, today, November 1, marks the rail industry's annual day on Parliament Hill.
How many times since September 11 have we said in this House and elsewhere that things have changed? What has not changed is the importance of our rail sector to our national economy.
If we speak directly to the implications for cross-border trade with our American partners, it is clear that border efficiencies will have a significant impact on both our economies.
The economic importance of improvements to allow for the free but secure movement of trains and trucks across the Canada-U.S. border cannot be overstated. The federal government will continue its role in initiatives that facilitate cross-border movements of freight and passengers in all modes.
In the words of Bill Rowat, president and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, the Canadian rail sector is on track for the future to make an important contribution to Canada's prosperity.
Ground Zero
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Cheryl Gallant Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, this week the foreign affairs department released the names of the 24 Canadian victims of the World Trade Center attacks. The names, the faces, the emerging stories about those people and their loved ones remind us once again of the tragedy of September 11.
I rise in the House to let the families of the men and women who died at ground zero know that we stand alongside them. I rise to let them know that parliamentarians on all sides of the House share their grief. We will remember them.
The Prime Minister has denied a request to hold a national memorial service. It is our hope that the Prime Minister will reconsider this request.
As we remember the grief and loss of September 11, we must also lift up the timeless truths and comforts found in religious faith. Canada is richly blessed with a diversity of spiritual traditions and we welcome this diversity. Let us not ignore it. As a nation we grieve. As a nation let us lay these Canadians to rest.
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell Day Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, at a time when Canadians are losing jobs, the dollar is at an all time low and the United States is worried about our security perimeter and border access, our government should be pursuing a priority of a North American security perimeter. Instead of that, it fights over what it should be called. Even some of its own ministers are saying that they should not be fighting over such silliness.
When will the government stop its silly game of "You say tomato; I say tomato" and get on with negotiating a security perimeter for North America to protect our citizens and Canadian business?
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Windsor West
Herb Gray Deputy Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I say that the premise of the hon. member's question is nonsense. In fact, his question is like a squashed tomato because we are having discussions with the United States on better ways of co-operating with respect to our common borders. The Minister of National Revenue is in Washington today to have discussions along these lines.
We take these matters very seriously. We are making progress on them, and this was confirmed by the U.S. ambassador in an interview on television yesterday.
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell Day Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, I would like to repeat what the U.S. ambassador, since the minister has raised it. He said that there has to be a sense of urgency about this, that we should not be just talking about these things and that it needs to move ahead and be done within a year.
Will the Prime Minister commit to negotiations and assure our American neighbours that we will implement joint immigration controls, joint screening of airline passengers and common visa policies to protect our perimeter, to protect Canadian trade and to protect our citizens? He should be specific.
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Windsor West
Herb Gray Deputy Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, we are looking at all these matters. Our officials are examining them in co-operation with American officials. We treat these matters with real urgency and we are making real progress.
American officials have said that there is excellent co-operation, and this should be underscored.


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Before all the leaves fall off the trees and are too crunchy to collect, make a nature identification book with young children. Collecting and exercising are good reasons for walks in the woods together.
For more science ideas see grandparentsteachtoo.org, wnmufm.org "Learning through the Seasons" pod casts and WNMU-FM Public Radio 90 live Tuesdays 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:35 a.m.
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Bag, leaves, white glue, thick paper, ruler, and string
What to do
A walk is a perfect time to combine science, reading and quiet discussion to build vocabulary. Very young children can collect and sort leaves by size and color. Older children can collect, measure and sort by type. Explain that leaves make food for plants by taking water from the ground through the roots and collecting the gas carbon dioxide from people and animals through tiny holes. With sunshine and a green chemical called chlorophyll, leaves make sugar to feed the tree. This is called photosynthesis. Show children leaf veins that spread the sugar around. Use a magnifying glass to look at leaves closely.
As children collect, explain red and other colors are in leaves all year around, but the green chlorophyll covers them up. In fall there is less daylight so the leaves cannot make as much food. The leaves start shutting down and dying. Cells grow and close off the leaf stems from the branches. Finally the leaves fall.
Teach children the names and characteristics of leaves. How does a maple leaf look different from an oak or pine? Point out that oak tree seeds are acorns and maple seeds twirl around like helicopters. White pine trees conveniently have five needles or leaves like letters in their name. Red pines have two needles. Look around for cones and examine seeds tucked inside. Most evergreen trees lose some of their needles and grow new ones. The tamaracks lose all needles in fall.
What else can we do?
Pull a leaf out of the collection bag. Can children find one that matches? Talk about the characteristics of the leaf. Put two different leaves together. Point out what characteristics make them maple or pine leaves. Children can take pictures of leaves with a camera or phone for a short family presentation about a walk in the woods.
At home place the leaves under heavy books or place leaves in a magazine with something heavy on top to press for a day.
The next day use a brush to paint the leaves with white glue on both sides and glue them on heavy paper. Glue the seeds, too. Cones can be glued on a cover.
When dry, print the tree name or have children say a sentence about the leaf as you print. Punch a hole in each page and tie with yarn or gift ribbon. Place tape around the hole to reinforce it.
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|A whole chicken, cut up, seared and roasted in a cast iron skillet with tarragon, thyme and fresh rosemary and lemon slices.
Cast Iron Skillet Roasted Cut Up ChickenChicken is so economical, and we eat a lot of it in this house. I often buy the big family packs of chicken pieces and split them up, or whole chickens when they go on sale for 99 cents a pound and under, cut them up and freeze them. Leg quarters, drumsticks, wings, whatever is on sale, I know I'll find a use for it. Sometimes we'll make a meal out of wings!
My least favorite piece of chicken, and the one I don't buy very often, are the ever popular boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I do buy them when they are on sale or a BOGO, of course, but I'd much rather pick up bone-in breasts on sale and bone them myself after cooking, because there is a lot more flavor to them. I can remember a time when that's what you had to do if you wanted boneless and skinless chicken breasts!
To me, one of the most intoxicating kitchen fragrances comes from a chicken or turkey roasting in the oven, and that's my favorite way to cook a cut up chicken too. Folks often only think of a whole chicken when the subject of roasting comes up, and don't often do it because it can seem a little intimidating. A cut up chicken is much more manageable and is readily available already cut up for you.
Simple and classic, cooked in the same method as a whole chicken, but cut up into 8 to 10 pieces, skin-on and bone-in y'all, and simply sprinkled with salt, pepper, and a light sprinkle of Cajun seasoning, if you're so inclined, with some smashed garlic cloves, lemon slices, and a bit of tarragon, thyme and rosemary tossed in. Classic, simple and delicious.
Here's how to do it.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Heat 1-1/2 tablespoons of cooking oil in a large cast iron skillet. Season chicken on both sides with salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning. Brown chicken, in batches, over medium high heat on both sides. Remember you are not cooking the chicken, you are only starting the browning process.
Carefully remove the skillet from the heat and return all pieces of chicken to the skillet. Sprinkle with tarragon and thyme. Dot butter on top and scatter 4 medium sized smashed garlic cloves and lemon slices from one lemon all over the top. Add a couple of fresh rosemary sprigs or some dried rosemary.
Place into center rack of the oven and roast at 450 degrees F for approximately 35 to 45 minutes for a whole cut up, bone-in chicken, or until juices run clear when pierced with the tip of knife. Check temperature at 30 minutes. Chicken should register 165 degrees F for breast meat and 175 degrees F for thighs and legs on an instant read thermometer, when inserted into the thickest part, and not touching any bone.
For large, whole leg quarters you'll likely need roughly 50 to 55 minutes and, if you insist, about 15 to 20 minutes for boneless breasts. Whatever you do, remember all ovens vary and thermostats are often not accurate, so take care not to overcook.
Recipe: Cast Iron Skillet Roasted Cut Up Chicken©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 35 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole, bone-in, skin on, chicken, cut up
- 1-1/2 tablespoons of cooking oil
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- Cajun seasoning, to taste, optional
- 1/4 teaspoon of dried tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon of dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon of cold butter, sliced thin
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 4 medium garlic cloves, smashed
- 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet. Season chicken on both sides with salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning and brown both sides in the hot oil over medium high heat, cooking in batches to avoid overcrowding the skillet.
Carefully remove skillet from the heat and return all the chicken to the skillet, skin side up and larger pieces in the center; sprinkle with tarragon and thyme. Dot with butter and scatter the smashed garlic and lemon slices all over the top; add rosemary sprigs.
Place skillet on center rack of the oven and roast at 450 degrees F for approximately 35 to 45 minutes, or until juices run clear when pierced with the tip of knife and breast meat registers 165 degrees F; thigh and legs 175. Check first at 30 minutes and do not overcook.
Pan Sauce: Remove chicken to a serving platter and keep warm. Drain off most of the fat from the skillet and place over medium high heat. Stir in 1 cup of chicken broth or stock, and bring to a boil, while scraping up pan drippings from the bottom of the skillet. Reduce to medium and boil, stirring often, until mixture reduces. Stir in 1 tablespoon of butter to finish, then spoon over chicken.
Cook's Notes: If you don't have a large cast iron skillet, use any large skillet to brown and transfer to an oblong baking pan. Substitute fresh or dried herbs. Cooking times are estimate only and will depend on the type of chicken used and the size of the individual pieces. You will need roughly 35 to 45 minutes for a whole cut up, bone-in chicken, 50 to 55 minutes for large, whole leg quarters, 15 to 20 minutes for boneless breasts. Always check with an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part, and not touching any bone. Chicken should register 165 degrees F for breast meat and 175 degrees F for thighs and legs on an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part, and not touching any bone.
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Norma,I'm not quite sure what is happening to your dough. I went back through all of my notes on my experiments, and even when using the ADY dry I did not experience what you have gotten with the latest dough. There were a couple of instances where the dough seemed to ferment quite slowly, with little increase in the spacing of the poppy seeds, but eventually the spacing did increase. I even remember asking myself at the time if perhaps the poppy seed trick does not work as well or as consistently with the HRI type of clone dough, with all the oil, etc. November, who showed me the poppy seed trick, said that it didn't always work. But, like you, I saw from the sides and bottom of the glass storage container that there were the usual bubbles of fermentation. Also, to my eye the dough seemed to expand even without a lot of increase in the spacing of the poppy seeds. In Reply 734 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6112.msg249428.html#msg249428, you mentioned that you added the salt and the dry ADY after the oil. Did you add the salt and dry ADY in sequence (salt followed by the dry ADY) or simultaneously? I'm not sure it makes a difference but it may be useful to know for future reference. In cases like this, my practice is to repeat the experiment to see if the same results are achieved. As I mentioned before, the dry ADY trick is one that is used to prolong the fermentation period. I believe that Papa John's uses that method so that its dough will sustain a fermentation period (cold) of up to eight days. Maybe your latest dough is one such dough, but unlikely to go out to eight days because you are using considerably more ADY by several orders of magnitude.I agree that you should use the dough, for the reasons you mentioned. There is clearly fermentation no matter what the poppy seeds are telling you. I'm not sure that it makes a difference whether you roll the dough out or press it out. Both methods were used over the course of the history of HRI. If you were to be consistent with present practice, you might press out the skin if it lends itself to that method. Peter
Peter,I'm ready to try another HRI pizza. Would it be out of bounds on this thread to try to make it in a 12-inch cutter pan? I want to do a sausage and mushroom (and maybe pepperoni) pizza. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Head hurting. Trying to catch up. Must sift through much information. Want to experiment. No time. Loo
Jay,I did one a week ago in a 12"cutter pan. I used some technique that lamination expert member John "fazzari" is helping me with...I inadvertently used a cutter pan instead of his recommended "straight on the stone". I can tell you that mine did not work although it did produce some areas that had very promising crazy good layers/flakiness. I have not given up on this HRI deal and now that my bronchitis is gone I'm back in the saddle. Bob
Thanks Norma. Can you tell me how much chew there is to the crust? Is the crust a little chewy or not at all?


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DMCA stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It is a U.S. copyright law. It addresses the rights and obligations of owners of copyrighted material who believe their rights under U.S. copyright law have been infringed, particularly but not limited to, on the Internet. DMCA also addresses the rights and obligations of OSP / ISP (Internet Service Providers) on whose servers or networks the infringing material may be found. For more information you can visit: www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
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Yes you can still get it removed. In the United States and most countries you do not need to file copyright papers to prove you own the content or copyright. Though we recommend getting your material copyrighted as it makes suing for damages easier, but a Government Registered Copyright is NOT necessary in order to get your content removed.
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The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) is a voluntary conservation initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to implement agricultural water enhancement activities on agricultural land for the purposes of conserving surface and ground water and improving water quality. As part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), AWEP operates through program contracts with producers to plan and implement conservation practices in project areas established through partnership agreements. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the authority for AWEP to the Chief of NRCS.
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Roy Buysse
Aug. 15, 1953-Feb. 11, 2013
MINNEOTA – Mass of Christian Burial for Roy Buysse, 59, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Rehkamp-Horvath Funeral Home in Minneota. Visitation will continue from 10-10:45 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the St. Edward Catholic Cemetery in Minneota.
He died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
A much-loved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Roy Buysse, 59, of Sioux Falls, S.D., lost the fight to liver cancer at Sanford Hospital Feb. 11, 2013, with his family present. The liver cancer, with other complications was a direct result of Hemochromatosis.
Roy was born Aug. 15, 1953, in Ghent, a son of the late Bernard and Loretta (DeCock) Buysse. He attended St. Eloi and Minneota schools.
On Sept. 11, 1976, he married Ina Jeremiason. They lived together in the Ghent area before relocating to Sioux Falls, S.D., in 1986, with their three daughters.
Roy worked on the farm, and then later worked with a trucking company in Sioux Falls, S.D. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends.
His hobbies included fixing up damaged vehicles, camping, and later spending time at Lake Cochrane. He stopped working in 2001 due to complications from Hemochromatosis and moved to the lake. Most recently, he has enjoyed his grandchildren wintering in Texas and woodcarving.
He is survived by his dedicated wife of 36 years, Ina Jeremiason Buysse; along with three daughters, Jessica and Carl Risty of Sioux Falls, Amanda and Craig Fields of Sioux Falls and Laura and Justin Weig of Omaha, Neb.; five grandchildren, Hayden and Alexander Risty and Clara, Allen and Bria Fields; and two siblings, Ardyce Louwagie of Cottonwood and Noreen Blanchette of Porter.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard and Loretta and his brother Earl Buysse.
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CANANDAIGUA, NY – Thompson Health is pleased to announce the acquisition of a da Vinci ® Surgical System, a minimally invasive option to open and standard laparoscopic surgical procedures. Thompson's surgical teams recently began using this advanced technology in the fields of urology and gynecology.
This technology offers new options for patients in our area seeking surgical treatment for prostate, kidney and bladder cancers, as well as gynecological procedures such as hysterectomies and fibroid removal. It offers such benefits as:
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Thompson's urology surgical team is headed by Guan Wu, M.D., Ph.D., who has performed more than 700 da Vinci procedures at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Highland Hospital, and who has begun cases at Thompson Health. He will soon be joined at Thompson by other da Vinci-trained surgeons.
For gynecology surgical offerings, Thompson's Chief of OB/GYN, Robert Scott, M.D., has added da Vinci procedures as the natural progression of his extensive laparoscopic experience and will be joined this summer by another da Vinci-trained surgeon.
"We are so pleased to be able to offer the da Vinci system to our community and patients," says President/CEO Michael F. Stapleton, Jr. "We look forward to bringing even more surgical options in the near future in the areas of gynecologic oncology, colorectal cancer and otolaryngology, as well as welcoming more da Vinci-trained surgeons to Thompson."
For more information about the da Vinci surgical procedures that are available at Thompson Health, visit www.ThompsonHealth.com or call 585-919-3888.


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Jennifer Lopez performed a televised concert in Morocco, and is receiving backlash following her show because of her outfits, which some feel were just too revealing for some viewers. While many people never complain when JLo is shaking her thang, her suggestive dance moves and her barely-there outfits caused outrage among several politicians. They have taken action after being completely shocked by Lopez's sex appeal. Calling the performance a "a breach of public decency," a lawsuit has been filed against JLo. Lopez has performed in Morocco before, but this particular concert was televised, and that is why it was such an issue.
A new album? A new video? Pregnancy? Those were some of the things fans might have guessed Beyonce had in store for her appearance on ABC's Good Morning America Monday morning after she posted a teaser on Sunday evening about an big announcement she was set to make. But it turns out she just wanted to promote her new vegan delivery program. Beyonce changed her diet back in 2013 after taking the "22-Day Vegan Challenge" from nutritionist Marco Borges, and the two teamed up earlier this year to start a new service that offers non-GMO, organic, gluten and dairy free meals.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt boarded an Air France flight with their six children, but did not fly first class. They ended up sitting with the non-famous folk. The family seemed to fit right in, doing all the normal things that people do when they board airplanes — like get their kids in their respective seats, and putting their carry-on items in the overhead compartments. People Magazine says, "The family affair kicked off back in Los Angeles, when the clan of eight was seen waiting for a flight out of LAX, headed to the French capital. Once they arrived in Paris, the kids held onto each other as they followed their parents' lead through the airport to their connecting flight."


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"Nancy came home one day and her son was gone. To her surprise, she found a note from her husband saying that they were moving to Japan and never coming back. Nancy remembered an international abduction case she had seen on the news and immediately called the Department of State's Office of Children's Issues. Nancy spoke with one of our Prevention Officers, and when we learned that her son did not have a passport, we enrolled him in the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (CPIAP). When the father arrived at the San Francisco Passport Agency to apply for his son's passport, he found that a hold had been placed in the system. Meanwhile, Nancy and her lawyer obtained a court order barring her son's removal from the state without her consent. Nancy then filed for custody for her son and the case proceeded through the legal system. A child abduction was stopped, thanks in part to the CPIAP." *
International parental child abduction is an all too common occurrence. Thousands of children are abducted every year by a parent or relative and taken to a foreign country. While abductions share a common theme, each case is different. Some parents abduct their children after threatening the other parent or otherwise indicating their intent to do so. In other cases, the abduction occurs completely out of the blue. Many parents never think that their spouse would take such drastic measures.
The Prevention Branch in the Office of Children's Issues manages cases before abduction occurs. We work with parents, attorneys, and law enforcement across the country to assist parents with safeguarding their children against abduction. Our Prevention Officers are skilled in understanding the complex issues that are present in these types of cases. We partner with law enforcement around the globe to ensure children are not removed from their countries of habitual residence. While many parents contact us when their child is at imminent risk of abduction, others just want information and to know the steps they can take to prevent an abduction.
CPIAP alerts a parent or legal guardian when the Department receives a passport application for his or her child. This program is available to any parent, legal guardian, or court that is concerned that issuance of a U.S. passport might lead to a child's abduction. Federal regulation requires that any child under the age of 16 must have both parents' consent to apply for a passport. In some cases, one parent may try to circumvent this requirement and obtain a passport for the child without the other's knowledge or consent. CPIAP is designed to minimize this risk. Once a child is enrolled in CPIAP, a lookout is entered into the Department's passport system. When an application is received by a domestic passport agency or overseas embassy or consulate, the application is placed on hold. A Prevention Officer will review the application and contact the parent that requested the lookout. We will work with both parents to determine whether or not that passport can be issued properly under U.S. law and regulations.
While this program is not a guarantee that a passport will not be issued, it is used to help prevent a passport from being issued improperly. In addition to offering CPIAP as a way to protect your child, we also have a number of other resources available.
Be aware that if one parent is a citizen of another country, your child may be able to obtain a passport from that country without your consent. Contact the embassy of the country in question to learn more about their laws and regulations overseeing passport issuance to minors.
If you would like to discuss preventing international parental child abduction with our office, we urge you to contact us toll free at 1-888-407-4747 or via e-mail at {encode="firstname.lastname@example.com" title="email@example.com"}.
The Prevention Branch is located within the Office of Children's Issues, Overseas Citizens Services at the U.S. Department of State. The Prevention Branch overseas the management of the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program.
*The example and story provided is fictional and is not based on an existing CPIAP case or past events.
Patrick in the U.S. writes:
The Office of Children's Issues is essentially worthless. They create a file, shove it in a drawer, and nothing happens.
The Department of State is *more* concerned about not making waves with foreign countries, than they are with protecting US children and US citizens.
In over 2 decades, the Department of State has never managed to get a single abducted child returned from the country of Japan. In addition, they have only managed to moved Japan to agree to sign a treaty that Japan is openly stating it has no intention of honoring (through domestic Japanese legislation which will make the Hague toothless). In fact, Japan is apparently *legislating* that
Japan is violating the UN CERD and the UNCRC, and DoS is afraid to push the issue, publicly condemn Japan, and file complaints with the appropriate international organizations.
Until DoS is willing to do these things, to take a hard stand and publicly condemn Japan - not *just* for the abductions, but also the overall discrimination - for the violation of human-rights and international law, DoS is not fixing anything and just acting in bad faith towards the US citizens that they are sworn to serve.
NOTE: I expect that you folks will not also this comment to stand. If not, I will start mailing it to every news outlet and blog I can find.
Katy in Arizona writes:
This story is one that is all too common in the United States. Unfortunately, when an abductor takes a child into another country it becomes much more difficult to ever get that child back. The reality is that we are at the mercy of the country's laws. The best step we can take is limiting the opportunity for a parent to take a child out of the country to begin with.


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Anyone willing to help take water samples for the park fisheries dept?
Annual Breakfast Meeting on the Acid Deposition Sampling Program
When and Where?
Saturday February 22, 9:00 AM at the Park Service Twin Creeks Science Center in Gatlinburg
A map showing access to the location of the facility can be found on the link below.
What is the Meeting about?
Each year we have a meeting with volunteers for the Acid Deposition Sampling Program.
With 20 years of data and the retirement of Steve Moore, the creator of the program, we will
be reviewing the history and reflecting on the results of the data and changes in air emissions.
Who should attend?
Anyone wanting to help gather samples this coming 12 months.
Anyone interested in learning about the program or the results of the past 20 years of
sampling is invited to attend.
Meeting Agenda
Breakfast is free.
A short history of the program.
Data trends over the 20 years of sampling.
For those who will volunteer to sample we will continue with the following:
A short training overview of the process .
A draft sampling schedule of volunteers will be prepared.
The meeting is expected to finish by noon or earlier.
Please contact Charlie Chmielewski at
865-661-7325 or by e-mail
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You will attend the meeting (head count needed for food)
You want more information about the meeting or the program
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On the positive side: The application numbers are being called "popularity," as they should be.
On the less positive side: It appears the Seth has still failed to distinguish "selectivity" from "acceptance rate." As a Yale University administrator, whom I quoted last year, pointed out, the quality of the applicant pool makes a huge difference. In other words, a program that has a 25 percent acceptance rate might be more selective that some schools with, say, 10 percent acceptance rates. (And I have no bone to pick here: According to Mr. Seth's own measures, the program I finished has a 4-5% acceptance rate.)
I'm of course, in the above references, talking about Columbia (and some of the other NYC schools). For whatever reasons, Columbia's MFA program has been associated with an exceptionally large number of fine writers. Tom Keeley, and Seth Abramson, were correct in alerting MFA applicants to the reality that funding is more available at some schools than at others, and that some of those latter schools are incredibly expensive if you don't get funding. But it seems that Mr. Seth categorizes such schools as moral transgressions, even though some students get funding from them. (And anyway, if you're living in NYC and you've got the money...)
I also wrote earlier about Seth's distinction between "studio" and "academic" MFA programs in creative writing, a distinction that caught my attention because I'd never it anywhere when I applied to programs in the '90s—which is why I came to call such terms "Sethisms."
Again: I have a friend who, during his MFA program at Iowa, took a seminar under James Alan McPherson--who also has a Harvard Law degree--on early classical Western thought. How is that not "academic"?? And why should we conclude that artistry and intellect are mutually exclusive? Since when? The idea that they're deeply different is a fairly recent distinction in the West.
And one more time: In my own four-year program, we didn't study Derrida or Foucault, etc., etc... So is that "academic" or not?
Oh, and I'll add for good measure: I think Jorie Graham is, at least in her later work, a fantastically bad poet. Iowa (IWW) is lucky to be rid of her. And if we're talkin' intellectual stuff: Graham's stupidly irrelevant references to obscure Latin botanical terms and to quantum theory say one thing she seems to want others to believe about her above all other possibilities: "I'm really really really really smarter than you!!
(And I'll later post a small bit about Columbia.)
Forgot the end-parentheses in the second sentence above ("Sethisms").
I agree with you, TimO'M.
A few additional claims made by the polll's creator that I'd wanted to respond to, including statments made by him that I think of as "Sethisms--a term I don't mean as denigrating but use because Seth has made a number of claims I'd never heard elsewhere but that he presents as if they should be believed merely because he made them (unless he thinks they carry some other obvious force: e.g., that they're self-evident or were handed down by the MFA Goddess and transcribed by Seth):
1) That MFA programs provide a "nonprofessional, largely unmarketable degree..." The problem with this claim is that this used to not be the case, before the number of MFA programs mushroomed (I think there are too many MFA programs now, and I suspect that some of them were created as cash cows--little equipment required but good salaries for the faculty and cheap labor by those who do manage to get funding from them). Although most Harvard law grads probably do manage to find good-paying jobs in the profession, the same phenomenon, more or less, has happened with law schools--a professional and marketable degree, traditionally: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html?pagewanted=all.
In fact, numerous law professors and members of the American Bar Association have questioned the ethics of this phenomenon.
2) That teaching is a relatively unimportant component in the MFA experience. While Seth is welcome to his opinion on this matter, that's all it is: his opinion. I earned my MFA from a program that, according to Seth, is associated with high post-grad employment. Why did I choose to apply there, though? A) the quality of the alumni; and B) the quality of the writers on the faculty. Most others I knew who had applied to harder-to-get-into programs considered the same two factors.
Although being a good writer doesn't guarantee that one will be a good teacher, I've had only one writing teacher who excelled the former but not the latter. Most good writers are good readers. How can that help (enormously, I'll add) and MFA student? By being read by a nuanced reader who understands the art form--someone who isn't also in competition with you, by the way--you can learn what you're doing well and what you're not doing so well. (Many of us have witnessed or even experienced this phenomenon: where one student will make in workshop a humane and fair-minded criticism of another student's piece and then the latter will later say, as payback, something nasty about the former's work. it's childish but also human, and it's more likely to occur among peers.)
No precise scientific measure will be created for MFA rankings, and I suspect that's why Abramson treats, for example, the quality of the faculty as rather trivial. How would he be able to measuer the quality of the writers on the faculty? By awards won? Which awards? As imperfect as it was, I find the old US News & World Reports helpful in that a) a faculty respondent was unable to rank her own school and b) faculty, who often guest-teach at other programs, have an idea of where the better students tend to be studying. Any more "scientific" a ranking seems highly unlikely to me.
3) That it's really one's classmates--peers--that determine the quality of one's experience in an MFA program. Again, Mr. Abramson is entitled to his opinion, but that's all it is. A talented poet, and perhaps the gentlest person in my class, left after the first year (of a four-year program) for what he said would just be a "leave." He never returned. One thing he told me before he left was that he'd found no "writing community" there. Others did. But let's face it, an MFA program can include a lot of back-biting among students. (A friend of mine who attended Iowa in the '80s said that a running joke there was that the Iowa Writer's Workshop kept the student counseling services plied with clients. Perhaps the environment there is more humane now. It's refreshing to see the current director publicly state that applicants she's stongly supported--based on their writing sample--have sometimes been, to her surprise, rejected by the rest of the faculty votes.)
4) This distinction between "studio" and "academic" MFA programs, terminology I hadn't encountered pre-Seth Abramson (though I'd done an enormous amount of research on programs before I applied). He's said that Iowa is one of the "least academic" programs. By what measure? That they don't give grades? I know someone who took, during his MFA program there, a seminar that included classical Greek thought and was taught by James Alan McPherson: Pulitzer winner, Guggneheim and MacArthur Prize winner, and graduate of Harvard Law School before he attended the IWW. (Ever read any of his essays, often known for their intellectual, as well as emotional, nuance?) Not an "academic" program? (In contrast, my more "academic" program focused on reading literature as an art form; no postmodernist/post-structuralist/cultural studies-based lit-crit was involved. Otherwise, I wouldn't have attended.)
5) That the level of the writing of MFA students at Iowa (or similar programs) is exceptional (I wish I could find the reference to that--if I do, I'll include it)--another justification for the claim that teaching isn't all that important?
While, as an undergraduate, I was taking other kinds of courses at Iowa, I used to sneak to the bin of fiction submissions for workshop (but only after the workshop had met) and steal the one or two leftovers (I wasnted to write fiction but was also scared by the prospect). Some of the writing was exceptional. Some of it, though, was rough-hewn (it was a workshop, after all)--and occasionally it was relatively bad, even if the prose was pretty good. My friend once described to me Frank Conroy's response to such stories: "Beautiful prose in the service of what?" (I.E., where was the plot, the characterization, the conflict, the sensory detail...?) Yes, this is hearsay, but I've heard the same depiction from several other grads of the IWW.
Given all of these obvious questions in response to this "ranking" system, what is it that has convinced P&W to attach it's name to it and give it such exposure.
I want to raise one more matter (one I consider at least as important as the above concerns I expressed), but it's getting rather late, so I'll sign off for now.
My feline pal, Caterina (one of three cats I live with), thanks you on my behalf for your indulgence--assuming you've made it this far into my comments.
These rankings continue to be an absurd blemish on PW's otherwise superb support for the CW community. The whole debate seems very simple to me - the information is useful, so make it available. But ranking requires criteria, and no-one has yet come up with sensible and generally-applicabe criteria for ranking MFA programs. Seth Abramson's criteria might work for him, and that's great. But putting PW's name on Abramson's ranking is silly (almost as silly as prorating the number of MFA programs founded in the 2010s on the basis of the number founded in 'the first thirty months' of the decade).
He argues that surverying MFA graduates would be a create a biased sampling because graduates would tend to rank their own programs highly. Fair enough--at least in theory.
But his method of examining prospective applicants doesn't get rid of the problem of bias; it merely replaces one kind of bias with a set of other biases beyond funding: location, picking "easy" programs regarding admission, having a "connection" to a particular faculty member, etc., etc., etc.
Noticing such details isn't rocket science.
(Oh, by the way: I'm trying to figure out how to separate paragraphs with white space. It seemed easier last year!)
Bit by bit, I want to respond to several assumptions made by Mr. Abramson. What I'll say tonight:
He describes his respondennts as "well researched," yet he provides no empirical evidence whatesover to support this claim. Also, he states in his "methodology" that his enterprise isn't "scientific" because, he argues, not all programs have responded. The problem, however, is that even if every program WERE to provide all the data he's searching for, his "rankings" (or "index," or whatever P&W wants to call it this year) would STILL be unscientific, and here's part of the reaon that that's the case:
One cannot make assumptions about one's sample without supporting evidence; also, human subjects, when it comes to their OPINIONS or FEELINGS (as opposed to, say, tissue samples), are fraught with well known interpretive difficulties that go beyond those found in the typical study in the natural or physical sciences.
Anyone who fully understands the scientific method understands at least this much: Making unsupported assumptions about your sample is NOT THE WAY SERIOUS SCIENCE IS DONE.
Anyway, more later...
P.S. Sorry for the typos in my first post! I find spell checks useful (though I never rely on grammar checks)--and for that reason, I miss the squiggly red line! (Those can catch clerical errors as well!)
I've so far put off commenting on this cosmetically altered version of the "rankings." So, apparently, have others. The people I've discussed this topic with have not based their decision not to respond on the judgment that they consider the problems with this barely-different "methodology" solved; they've based it on the question of whether or not we should ignore this enterprise altogether.
I decided I shouldn't. The rankings are based on so many logical and empircal flaws that it's important, I think, for someone to address them (and I'm hardly alone in this opinion). So I'm gonna add my many 2 cents in the next few weeks, when I have spare moments.
As I mentioned last year, my brother is a mathematical (as opposed to applied) statisticain--which means he also understands the applications of stats. Having already read half of the "methodology" (it's still so long), my brother raises the obvious question about sample size. Before I receved a response from him, I'd raised to him the quesiont of the Central Limit Theorem, and the question of when it does not apply. (I first encounted the theorem in stat 101.) It does not apply well to this kind of sampling.
As I did early on last year, I won't read any of Seth's responses unless a friend tells me that I ought to because of some innacuracy he's made about my claims or other good detail I should consider. I've seen smart and fair questions raised in response to Mr. Abranson's claims: e.g., on (I believe) HTMLGiant, a woman raised the quite reasonable question that myabe it was "misleading" for Abramson to say that Iowa's program was the "best" MFA program long before any other program existed; after all, "better" and "best" imply that there's something to which the item in question can be compared. His response to her was, in my view, rude and unfair.
Besides, I'm not really writing to him anyway.


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The Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an insect in the Order Psocodea (parasitic lice, formerly Order Phthiraptera, plus bark lice, formerly Order Psocoptera). Head Lice are ectoparasites with humans as the only host. A Head Louse must feed on blood several times daily and resides close to the scalp to maintain its body temperature.
Infestation with Head Lice is common and occurs worldwide. Preschool and elementary-age children 3 to 11 years of age are infested most often. Females are infested more often than males, probably due to more frequent head to head contact. In the United States, African-Americans are rarely infested with head lice. This is believed to be due to the American louse's preference for the shape and width of the hair shaft of other ethnic groups.
The life cycle of the Head Louse has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.
Eggs: Nits are Head Lice eggs. They are hard to see and are often mistaken for dandruff or hair spray droplets. Nits are laid by the adult female and are cemented at the base of the hair shaft nearest the scalp. They are 0.8 mm by 0.3 mm, oval and usually yellow to white. Nits take about 1 week to hatch (range 6 to 9 days). Viable eggs are usually located within 6 mm of the scalp.
Nymphs: The egg hatches to release a nymph. The nit shell then becomes a more visible dull yellow and remains attached to the hair shaft. The nymph looks like an adult head louse, but is about the size of a pinhead. Nymphs mature after three molts and become adults about 7 days after hatching.
Adults: The adult louse is about the size of a sesame seed, has 6 legs (each with claws), and is tan to grayish-white. In persons with dark hair, the adult louse will appear darker. Females are usually larger than males and can lay up to 8 nits per day. Adult lice can live up to 30 days on a person's head. To survive , adult lice need to feed on blood several times daily. Without blood meals, the louse will die within 1 to 2 days off the host.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
My 3 Minute Daily Skin & Foundation Routine
I tend to not do much for daily makeup. Surprising right? Usually, I'm the kind of girl that gets up and gives myself 20 minutes to get out the door. Recently though, I've started putting on a little something something for work.
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My going out foundation routine is more complicated. I already featured that in my updated Foundation Routine Video here. This is a simplified routine that takes all of 3 minutes to do. It's perfect for just evening out your skin for class or work.
First off, I'll apply my moisturizer. I make a custom shea butter mix that has worked great for my dry skin this winter. It has also virtually cured the eczema issues I had on my neck. Without using this, I find that I get dry patches and flakes- not cute. I plan on making another batch soon, and I'll do a post on it.
After that, I'll sometimes apply my Jan Marini Age Intervention eye cream if my eyes are particularly dry that day. Sometimes I just stick with my shea butter cream.
Next, I'll apply my Tarte Tinted Moisturizer in Incognito. It has more coverage than an average tinted moisturizer and it also has SPF 15. I find that it completely evens out my skin tone and it seals in the moisture from my Shea Mixture. This may too much for some, but it's just right for my skin in the winter. Sometimes, I'll blot with a tissue if it's too thick.
Lastly, I'll set my makeup with Eve Pearl Dual Finish Pressed Powder in Tan. I use a flat buffer brush and blend the lighter side all over my face and the darker side on the edges for a more natural look. This powder is a great match for my skin tone. It's light-weight, sets my tinted moisturizer, and prevents it from greasing up.
If I feel like it, I'll follow up with my Josie Maran Argan Oil Blush stick. I love these chubby sticks. They apply so smoothly and their jumbo size makes it easy to do a quick circular application and your done. Then i'll either take my blush brush or fingers and blend it out on the apples of my cheeks.
To set the blush and make it last longer, I've been using NYX Grinding Blush in Menage a Trois or MAC Pearl Matte Face powder. The combination of the cream blush with powder on top makes for a long lasting finish. The peachy bronzey color is also very flattering and helps to warm up my winter complexion.
Oh and lastly, I can't forget to apply my aquaphor on my lips. Can't live without it!
And that's it! The process literally takes about 3 minutes - apply face moisturizers, setting powder, cream blush and powder blush. You don't have to be too precise because all of the products are very light and everyday friendly. I find that just a little tinted moisturizer and blush makes a world of difference from taking me from super exhausted looking to fresh and ready to take on the world.
What are your everyday face routines? Let me know in the comments below.
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8 comments:
- Brandi said...
This seems quick and easy! It takes me forever mostly because I have the worst brows and I try to hard to make them perfect! Thanks for sharing! :)
- February 11, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- JJ said...
After washing my face I use Spectro moisturizer, then use a BB cream, then highlight and contour with powder , then nivea lip balm. :)
Is it a bad idea to use regular face moisturizer around the eye area? I wonder what's the difference between normal moisturizer and those specifically for eyes.
- February 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- kmunye said...
i dont wear makeup on a daily bases, but when i do its it takes me a good 45 to do my makeup.lol.and thats pretty long
- February 12, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- Jani said...
I'd love to hear about your shea butter mix. Currently I'm just mixing cocoa, shea, mango butter with some rose hip and a little bit of organic beeswax for my arms and legs etc.
- February 12, 2011 at 3:37 AM
- kulchicbeauty said...
Hey Ren Thanks for sharing your routine i love your tutorials. for some reason i cant seem to get it right when it comes to foundation applications i still end up looking ashy. i always have chapped lips all through the year...i will try the auaphor and see if its going to work for me
- February 12, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- Jenny said...
and your foundation looks flawless!
- February 13, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Certified Makeup Addict said...
I love this post. I have acne-prone skin so for daily makeup I have to keep it light. I recently discovered Boots light moisturizer for sensitive skin at Target that works really well and fairly cheap. I also use the Boots light eye cream. Then I use a tinted moisturizer by Smashbox and set with my Clinique pressed powder. If I want to contour/bronze it up I'll use a pressed powder by Clinique in a darker shade. Bronzers look really good on me so sometimes I'll just double them up as blush. Add a gloss, mascara, and liner and done. For everyday liquid eye liner I have fallen in love with Loreal Earthen Rock Brown. Thanks for the post!!
- February 25, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Soniyeee said...
There's usually not much difference... Eye creams, a lot of them usually have the same ingredients as a normal face moisturizer. So u can definitely use ur moisturizer around your eyes.
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I really dislike all the "daily deals" websites. I feel they are a terrible way to market your flight school. They train your customers to devalue your product. In the flight training business, your margin is razor thin already. Daily deals websites would like you to discount your product 50 percent or more and then split the revenue with you. Taking half of the money but leaving you with 100 percent of the fulfillment costs. In the typical "discovery flight" this could leave the flight school holding the bag for up to a loss of $90 per redemption. Any way you slice it, that is a high cost to acquire a customer.
Admittedly, our school tried it once with our simulator. I felt I could leverage the low operating cost of the simulator against the high discount and revenue sharing. The result was mixed. The simulator has about $10 per hour in operating costs plus the significant cost of the simulator. So if we ignore the cost of money to buy and keep the sim, we add the labor expense of the instructor, plus an overhead charge to pay for the operation of the flight school. (we still have to pay to have the lights on, pay someone to answer the phone and schedule the simulator ride, the expenses go on and on). There is a cost of $53 per hour to operate the sim. That is $10 for the sim, $25 for the CFI, and a $18 overhead charge. So we retail this experience for $155.00. The deal site wants to discount it to $50. We will get $25 per deal. So you can see we will be in the hole $23 per redemption. Even if I subtract the overhead charge we are in the hole $5 per redemption.
The promotion ran and 91 were purchased. About 50 are actually redeemed. So you might think if you do the quick math that we broke even on the deal, maybe even made a couple of bucks. You would be correct. However, the problem is revealed in the statistics of the redemptions. Of the 50 redemptions the average age was 15.4 years old. Six redemptions attempted to stack. Which is to say they showed up with two coupons and wanted twice the service. (which we prohibited on the coupon but people try anyway). Two redemptions were current customers who expected to use the coupon for flight training. (Which we also prohibited on the coupon). Finally there were zero conversions to a student pilot, zero enrollments in our Private Pilot Ground School and one conversion to a discovery flight. Also a loss leader.
On the surface, I feel like I am emphasizing the negatives. There is a diamond in the rough. The average age was young, a mere 15 years old. This means kids are still interested in airplanes. A response like this, while not producing immediate sales, makes an investment in the future whose returns are long term and not measurable on the balance sheet.
Here is the thing that bothered me the most. The purpose of any marketing promotion is to generate traffic in hopes that profitability will follow. When the coupon deal salesperson was making her presentation, she emphasized the fact that not all coupon sales would result in redemptions. That slack could be depended on to make the deal more profitable. Without redemptions I never get the chance to create a student from that redemption. Ultimately that is what a flight school wants: students.
This is an article from inbound marketing with a similar story. If you chose to do a coupon deal please do so with great caution. Know that a airplane ride as a part of the deal could be financially worse. Know that many of the redeemers will be chasing the coupon and not necessarily the opportunity to enroll in your school.
–Louie Hilliard, president and chief flight instructor at Hub City Aviation, a 61/141 flight school in Lubbock, Texas
This post originally appeared on Hilliard's blog, Flight School Business Success