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Today I have an empties post. These are products that I have used up. I like watching "empties" videos on Youtube. You get a feel of which products a person likes and would repurchase, and also which products that did not work for them. This may be a long post, but these are products that I have used up and kept aside especially for this post.
The picture above shows mainly makeup related items:-
Mac Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Light Plus
I absolutely love this product. I was so sad when it finished. It was the perfect shade and coverage. It just made any foundation I wore look even better. I repurchased the loose version of this as it is supposed to have more coverage. Not a clever idea on my part, as loose powder is not travel friendly and the loose powder in Light Plus is a little darker than the pressed version. it may look better on me in summer when my skin is closer to NC30. The loose powder will definitely last longer though.
Model Co. Lip Primer
I blogged about this product a while ago when I first purchased it. Lipstick does not last on my lips, until I go this baby. Unfortunately Edgars / Red Square no longer stock Model Co. products. I received a sample of the Gosh lip primer which is just okay, it still does not hold a candle to this. ..
Clarins Everlasting Foundation in 110 Honey
I am on my second bottle of the awesome foundation. It is my go-to foundation for flawless coverage. I get full coverage with a flat top buffer brush, or medium coverage with a damp beauty blender. I cant say enough good things about this foundation.
Essence I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base
I have purchased this a few times already. Other primers either didn't work or where too drying on my lids. This one is perfect, keeps my shadows vibrant with zero creasing, and it is relatively cheap. The only problem is, that the last time I purchased it, it was in the sale bin and there were none of the shelves on the regular Essence stand. So I hope that it is not being discontinued.
Essence 50 Creamy Nude Lipstick
This was my first nude pink lipstick. I loved it soo much, I wore it almost everyday until it got finished. It is a very soft lipstick, so it can melt if left in a warm place especially in summer. Other than that, it is perfect.
Model Co. Lipgloss in Berry Pink
Model Co. Products are really good in my opinion. I had purchased the lip primer and received a pack of three full sized lipgloss and a mascara as a Gift with purchase. I have two more lip glosses left in a pink and a peach shade.
Elizabeth Arden Flawless Finish Maximum Coverage Concealer in 03 Medium
This is my second pot of this concealer, so I really do like it. its really creamy and non drying. The only reason why I have not repurchased a third time and am trying out other concealers is because there is only 1.5g of product in the pot. So it gets finished really quickly and becomes costly to replenish. But is really is a star product for me.
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat
This stuff gave my nails an intense shine and my nail polish stayed on my toenails for at least three weeks. The only reason I have not repurchased is because it is like R80. So I am trying out other brands like Essence and Rimmel to see if I can fine a dupe for it.
As you can see from the picture above, there are a few Almay products. Next to Bionike products for my sensitive skin, I have come to love Almay products.
Almay Time Off Age Preventative Complex 2-in-1 Cleanser and Toner-
This is my second one. I mainly only use it in the mornings when I want a gentle cleanser. I still follow with toner though. I try to use it sparingly because I don't want it to get finished. It has a pump which is nice.
Almay Time Off Age Preventative Complex Wrinkle Defence Cream -
I have also purchased this cream twice. I use it as my night cream and also during the day in winter. It really agrees with my sensitive. I realy like it.
Almay Problem Solution Firming Hydrating Mask -
Plumps, Firms & Renews. For Normal to Dry Skin. I really enjoyed this in winter.
Almay Eyewise Value Pack (Eyewise Intense Hydration Eye Cream, Get Up & Grow Mascara - Intense Black, and 15 Alymay Oil Free Makeup Remover Pads) -
I liked all these products.
Sandalwood Blackhead Treatment -
I did a post previously on this product and I have repurchased a few times already.
Sandalwood Scrub -
I have not repurchased this, It was okay for me. I use the Sandalwood Blackhead Treatment instead.
Travel size products received as a GWP:-
Clarins Hydra Quench Intensive Serum Bi-Phase for Dehydrated Skin -
Water based, great for winter
Clarins Gentle Refiner Exfoliating Cream - This was an okay product
Clarins Toning Lotion Alcohol Free with Camomile - This was an okay product
Clarins Cleansing Milk with Alpine Herbs - It was nice but I prefer the L'oreal one
Elizabeth Arden Ceremide Intense Moisture and Renewal Activation Cream SPF30 -
Excellent for extra dry skin in winter.
Lennon Bergamotessense - I put half in my shampoo and half in my conditioner and my hair is growing like wildfire. I have purchased this twice.
Garnier Deodorant. Mineral Absolute Dry 48H with Mineralite. 0% Alcohol. Anti-perspirant - I have repurchased this over and over.
Innoxa Uplifting Hand Cream spf15 - I received this in a Glambox. It was okay. I have a few more hand creams that I received to use up, so I wont be repurchasing it
Justine Tissue Oil Treatment Hair Mask - I was given this by someone at work and I loved it. It is on sale in the Justine brochure at the moment, so I hope to get another one.
Dr Miracles Deep Conditioning Treatment - It has a strong menthol action to it. I was given this for my birthday. I didn't repurchase this , but I did purchase the conditioning shampoo in this brand which I really like.
Bionike Defence Hair Restructuring Nourishing Mask - 2 sample sachets
Dove Extra Sensitive Beauty Cream Bar - I use this as my body soap since I have sensitive skin. Also it is highly recommended as an intimate wash by doctors.
L'Oreal Tecni Art. Hair Mix Glam Definition Hold 3 - Great on my short hair. Didn't use it when I first got it. After I cut my hair, i used it everyday until it finished. A really good product. I don't think they make this anymore.
Avon Clearskin Blackhead Clearing Cleanser and Deep Treatment Mask
I bought these along with the cleansing wipes from the same range. I hated the wipes because it irritated my sensitive skin so I didn't finish them. These two however, I finished them completey. They really did keep my blackheads at bay.
Simple Soothing Facial Toner
I highly recommend this product. No harsh ingredients and it really agreed with my skin. I am currently trying out a DIY salicylic acid toner.
Clicks cleansing wipes
Cheap and effective. Another product I have bought countless times.
Oxy Cleansing Soap Bar with added tea tree oil
I have bought this countless times. I use it at night with my facial brush every night. It is the best salicylic acid cleanser I have tried. it keeps acne at bay.
Eskamel Cleansing Pads
I have bought this numerous times but i think that the Oxy ones are a little better. I buy these when the Oxy ones are sold out.
Bionike 50+ Defence Sun Very High Protection Sun Cream
I firmly believe that this product cleared up my old acne marks I had when I suffered from hormonal acne. It also prevents any new sun spots. It is the best physical sunscreen I have tried. My skin reacts to chemical sunscreen. I have purchased this in the spray lotion which has a thinner consistency.
Bionike Defence 100 Protective & Reinforcing Base Cream
I use this over my Bionike sunscreen every morning. There is also a Defence 200 Cream for dry skin. I love this product. Bionike is made for people with sensitive and intolerant skin, but any skin type can use it.
I also used up and repurchased the Essence I Love Crazy Volume Mascara (Pink tube). This has become an HG product for me.
Also a tube of E45 cream which I apply to my arms if they get exposed to the sun when I have forgotten to put sunscreen on them in the morning.
Sorry for the extremely long post, but I had to get rid of my empties, so I thought i would share what I had used up.
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Name: Belle Rose
Nickname/Alias: The Straight-Laced Dreamer Girl!
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Santalune City, Kalos
Trainer Classification: Coordinator/Trainer
Character Tracker:
Physical Attributes
Height: 4' 11"
Weight: 78 lbs
Defining Traits: N/A
Belle is a straight-laced, know-it-all girl who strives to be at the top her class in Trainer School. She is very shy and apprehensive, the kind of person that has a meltdown when they've written 1 word under the minimum word count in a homework assignment. As such, she hasn't been far from Santalune City, and even at that she doesn't like journeys to far away parts of the city. Belle is also very indecisive, struggling with choices ranging from whether to become a trainer or coordinator to what flavor of ice cream she should eat. Despite her love for Pokémon, she tends to be frightened of wild Pokémon, especially those that are more larger and powerful than others, and has a phobia of most Ghost-Type Pokémon, as well as some Bug-Types. In spite of this, she often obsesses about different Pokémon that she learns about in class, and as such has her eyes set on catching many diverse Pokémon. Building on this, it could be said that she holds an adictive personality, as she constantly fixates on new hobbies, food, TV shows, etc. As well as her intelligence, Belle also has quite a great deal of maturity for her age, and is able to deal with problems well, even though she panics about them. She has a keen sense of justice and morality, although enforces these moral guidelines a little too strictly upon herself. She could be described as a very friendly person, although her apprehension makes it very difficult for her to be confident around strangers or people she isn't friends with. She loves watching Pokémon Contests, which is the root of her coordinator dreams. Her favourite part of coordinating is that the power of Pokémon attacks can be choreographed into something of beauty. Conversely, her trainer dreams originate from the strategy, intellect and careful precision that go into battles. Despite her tendencies with regards to anxiety, she dreams big about finishing Trainer School and leaving Kalos, traveling to other regions to become either a coordinator or a trainer; as stated before she is still indecisive about which path to take.
- Intelligence
- Passion
- Motivation
- Grit
- Resolve
- Morality
- Sensibilty
- Responsibility
- Anxiety
- Low Confidence
- Reserve
- Emotional Sensitivity
- Hesitance
Battle Style:
Belle is more of a strategic, calculating battler than uses a blend of both attack and defense, as opposed to being an all-out-attacker. She chooses her Pokémon carefully and doesn't take risks that much, for example, she'd be more likely to switch a Grass-Type for a Fire-Type when battling a Bug-Type, rather than just staying and fighting with a disadvantage. Her carefulness also leads to hesitance, and she often hesitates when she's unsure to take a risk of some sort, which can cost her a moment of vulnerability. She likes to train her Pokémon to have special abilities that could be used to her advantage in certain battles, such as swimming or climbing. She likes to use moves to her advantage in order to block the opponent while still attacking, like locking the foe into a contact move with Encore, then using Dazzling Gleam so that everytime they tried to get close they would be hurt by the attack.
Belle grew up in Santalune City as an only child. She always had a facination with Pokémon, and wanted to go on a Pokémon journey of her own. Throughout her life she watched Coordinator Contests on television, and Gym Battles from the nearby Pokémon Gym run by Viola. As such, she has always struggled between chosing her trainer path - coordinator or trainer? In pursuit of knowledge of Pokémon, she decided to enrol at the Trainer School. She was always at the top of her class and achieved outstanding results on all of her tests. She even spent much of her free time studying Pokémon, memorising breeding groups, type weaknesses and resistances, attacks and Pokémon species. She didn't just do this for her classes, but for leisure purposes in general. Aside from learning, Belle loved to go to the local café with her friends and hang out. She was slightly quirky compared to the rest of the group, being as academically focused as she was. She also enjoyed visiting Viola's Gym to watch battles and watching Pokémon Contests on television. On her final visit to this café, she promised to meet up with everyone back at that café when she returned as a powerful trainer, or coordinator. A few years ago, on a class assignment, Belle was given a Pokémon egg from the school to look after. The assignment went well, however, partway through the assignment, the egg hatched into an Eevee! The two immediately bonded, and thus the school allowed Belle to keep Eevee as her own Pokémon. It was through this experience that Belle discovered her talent of being able to read the emotions of Pokémon. Belle continued through her classes, and eventually reached her finals. She had known for a long time that she would leave and embark on her journey after her finals, but she still hadn't decided whether to be a trainer or coordinator. She studied non-stop for a week, and entered the class, still unsure what to do with her journey. She confidently answered each and every question, while a battle of uncertainty raged within her. The next day she has handed her paper back, and she passed with 100%! And just then, it dawned on her. She didn't have to make a decision; she could do both! And thus she prepared for the journey on which she was about to embark, which leads up to the present.
Defining Moments:
- Influence and inspiration from watching Viola's battle
- Influence and inspiration from watching Contests from other regions on her television
- Promising to return to the café as a powerful triainer/coordinator
- Egg hatching into (insert Pokemon here)
- Discovering her talent of reading Pokémon emotions
- Achieving 100% on her finals
- Deciding to become both a trainer and a coordinator
Other Information
As mentioned, Belle has the ability to sense the emotions of Pokémon. Although this does apply to Pokémon she has just met, it isn't too strong with Pokémon she hasn't connected with. The more she connects with a Pokémon, the more accurately, deeply and vividly she can sense their emotions. Similarly, when she connects with Pokémon, they can sense her emotions, however they cannot sense her emotions as strongly as she can sense their's.
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- Coordinator
- Posts : 12
Join date : 2015-10-09
Age : 18
Re: Belle
Money: 3000
Awards and Recognition
Gym Badges and Battle Awards:
Contest Ribbons and Competition Awards:
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Pokémon: Sylveon
Gender: Female
Personality: Likes to do her best. Wants to live up to her trainer's expectations. Loves sweet food and enjoys taking naps. Strongly dislikes dirt.
Original Trainer:
Ability: Cute Charm
Level: 16
Moveset: Helping Hand, Growl, Tackle, Tail Whip, Sand Attack, Endure(EGG), Baby-Doll Eyes, Swift, Quick Attack.
Happiness: 122
Exp: 12
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- Striker wrote:I see you hail from Kalos, a region of style. You're a Coordinator to boot, so style seems to be exactly what you're looking for. Larger Pokemon, along with Bug and Ghost Types pose a problem from what I've seen. You also value strategy, meaning some of my suggested Pokemon may hold value based on how you decide to raise them. I don't see any particular type set that might suit you best. However the following Pokemon provide a solid choice.
Rei wrote:I'll pick Eevee, please!Striker wrote:Got'cha just let me know what EGG Move you want Eevee to know and I'll get everything added on. I'm going out here soon though, so feel free to start up a topic and I'll get everything straightened out when I get back on your application.Rei wrote:Can I have a Female Eevee with the Endure EM and Adaptability as its ability? I'll leave the rest up to you ^.^ Thank you so much! <3
Oh, and I was wondering, how would Eevee's evolution work if I wanted it to become a Sylveon, since it evolved via Pokémon Amie? Thank you!
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Here are some of the figures: a temperature of 16 degrees below zero at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, breaking a record first set back in 1894 (and tied in 1988). Astonishingly, that was two degrees colder than a temperature reading recorded about the same time at the South Pole. With the strong winds, the wind chill readings ranged between -40 and -50 degrees across much of the state.
These conditions can cause skin to freeze within minutes and lead to other health risks. But when the frigid temperatures are combined with the recent heavy snowfall in Illinois, it results in extremely hazardous conditions on the state's roads. Officials have closed sections of interstates because they are impassable due to the snow and ice accumulation. And where roads are still open, the high winds and blowing snow are reducing visibility to dangerously low levels.
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The next step if you want to do correlation between a VMware VVol VMDK pointer and its corresponding FlashArray volume using PowerCLI.
As a review, here are the previous posts in this series:
- PowerCLI and VVols Part I: Assigning a SPBM Policy
- PowerCLI and VVols Part II: Finding VVol UUIDs
- PowerCLI and VVols Part III: Getting VVol UUIDs from the FlashArray
- PowerCLI and VVols Part IV: Correlating a Windows NTFS to a VMDK
- PowerCLI and VVols Part V: Array Snapshots and VVols
- PowerCLI and VVols Part VI: Running a Test Failover
- PowerCLI and VVols Part VII: Synchronizing a Replication Group
- PowerCLI and VVols Part VIII: Running a Planned Migration
If you followed part 2, you now have your VVol UUID, so how do I correlate it to a volume? Well you could use the VM name and then look at the name of the volume and size, but this is not scientific, and certainly not exact.
Let me start with this: the FlashArray VVol implementation uses key/value tags for VVol information–we did not create a custom database for this stuff. Doing so is a step in the complexity direction–so we used something we already had: tags. The benefit of this, besides being flexible, is that they are stored with your volumes and their data, so there is no special database to backup/protect. Currently, tags are not really exposed to end users though. This is on purpose–we are still working on how to properly expose them in the GUI and how to handle some other parts around their use–so fully exposed tagging management is not quite ready.
But with that being said, we realized that the ability to pull this information was important. So this is available in our REST API.
Please note that the ability to pull tags from the FlashArray is still in tech preview, so the APIs or process to do so may change between now and when the tag feature is officially GA.
Eagle-eyed API document readers may notice this is not documented and they would be correct. I already make extensive use of tag retrieval in the VVol Workflow Package I wrote for vRO.
So how do you do it? Well in the body of certain REST calls to the array, you can query for tags. There are a few places to do this today. They are all GET calls (read-only data retrievals):
- Get all of the tags for all volumes
- Get tags for a specific volume
- Get tags for all snapshots
- Get tags for a specific snapshot
- Get tags for a specific volumes snapshots
All of the REST calls are similar just with an additional parameter tags=true.
The call to get a volume information is like below:
GET https://pure01.example.com/api/1.14/volume
The call to get a volumes tags would be like below:
GET https://pure01.example.com/api/1.14/volume?tags=true
The response is returned in JSON and you would see the tags returned.
A tag has three parts:
- Value: this is the actual data you want to pull out.
- Name: this is the name of the object the tag is assigned to, so either a snapshot or a volume
- Key: this is the name of the tag.
So how do I pull this with PowerCLI, or rather PowerShell?
Like I said, since tags are still in tech preview it is not yet built into our PowerShell SDK to do this. So you need to it the old fashioned way at this point.
Directly authenticate with PowerShell and use invoke-restmethod. I've walked through authenticating here:
So check that out if you want to know how. At this point, I will assume you have authenticated and are ready to move on.
Note you might need to use both of these posts to connect depending on your certificate situation. If you get an error at retrieving the API token, look at these:
So if I want to pull tags for all of the volumes now, I can use invoke-restmethod to get them. The command would look like this:
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "https://${purevip}/api/1.14/volume?tags=true" -WebSession $Session
When run, there will be a response with tags for all of the volumes (in this case). I will store it in a variable called $allTags:
$allTags = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "https://${purevip}/api/1.14/volume?tags=true" -WebSession $Session
$allTags is an array of the tags. So $allTags[0] would return to me the first listing.
$allTags[0].key would give me the tag name (remember the name listing is the volume name, key is the name of the tag itself, i.e. key/value)
Now you can either parse this with PowerShell, or you can use our REST filtering. So if I want to find the volume with rfc4122.e09df235-ce50-4b27-9e64-201d577af6eb as the VVol UUID, I would change it to look like so:
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "https://${purevip}/api/1.14/volume?tags=true&filter=value='rfc4122.e09df235-ce50-4b27-9e64-201d577af6eb'" -WebSession $Session
In the filtering case the "name" column will contain the volume name you are looking for! You can then do what you need to with that volume (snapshot, report on, etc.).
So combining what the previous post showed, I have written a script to do this.
I have decided to formalize my scripts a bit more though–I have made a PowerShell module this time around, that you can then import and include my scripts easily into your own. I will work on adding more cmdlets into my module (and adding my existing scripts into it).
So simply go to your module directory on your host you want to run the script and create a directory with the same name as my module:
Which is usually here:
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
Name the folder Cody.PureStorage.FlashArray.VVol
Then plop my .psm1 file in there, you can get it here:
Then run:
import-module Cody.PureStorage.FlashArray.VVol
You can now use whatever cmdlets are in there. Right now I have three:
- remove-pureflasharrayRestSession
You can run them interactively or as a cmdlet in a script.
The second line runs my cmdlet for creating a REST session to a FlashArray with invoke-restmethod. The cmdlet returns the REST session itself you can use elsewhere. You can either run it like I did, and it will prompt for credentials, or you can pass them in with a PSCredential object created by running get-credential.
Then you can run the VVol UUID script. It can be run interactively, meaning you choose a VM then a VMDK and it will return you the FlashArray volume name, or you can pass in a VVol UUID and it will just return the volume name.
You must pass in a REST session for the FlashArray and the FlashArray mgmt address either way. If you do the VM choice part, you need to connect to vCenter first with connect-viserver.
The cmdlet returns the volume name from the FlashArray.
Or you can pass everything in directly.
Enjoy! I will be adding a lot to this module moving forward, so there will be much more than 3 cmdlets.


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I was at the grocery store and while I was checking out, the cashier said that she liked my tattoo of Lila's footprints. I haven't had anyone mention that to me in a long time so I didn't realize what she said at first. I said thanks but nothing else. I always like it when people see the tattoo and say something to me but I don't always say that Lila died. I don't know why but I don't always want to talk about it with random strangers.
For some reason on the way home, it really started to bother me on the drive home that I didn't mention more of Lila's story. I was thinking about Lila a lot and was really missing her. I sort of felt like I let her down because I didn't talk enough about her. It was just one of those times that you get upset when you aren't expecting it. Later on that night, though, I was thinking about it again and realized that I don't have to tell everyone that Lila died but the fact remains that someone else knows about a baby named Lila with some of the cutest feet ever. This is why I got the tattoo, for people to ask about it and the fact that more and more people ask about it and say they like it is a form of remembrance. - Mike


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Baan Hin Sai Resort
Baan Hin Sai Resort is a project contributed by TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) which consist of 50 hotels from all over the country and only 2 hotels in Samui island.
Baan Hin Sai Resort is based between Chaweng and Lamai beach - two kilometers from either destination. The resort complements the island's beauty with comfort amid the natural surroundings. You can enjoy snorkeling and scuba diving in front of the resort. There's an open-air lobby and restaurant or enjoy the view poolside.
The resort faces the sea. This setting can inspire you to relax all day, just sit, contemplate and do absolutely, utterly, nothing. Sit. Relax. The island ring road helps you to move about freely. Ignore it. Now is the season of nothingness.
This island's climate is tropical warm through the year. The monsoon wind brings about the seasonal change from dry to wee. It's between March and June and between July and September when average temperature ranges from 32-28 degree Celsius. Only the occasional tropical thunderstorms bring relief from the heat. November to February is generally cool.
Baan Hin Sai Resort consists of 31 chalets, 7 Sea/font chalets, 34 villas, 4 luxurious Thai style seafront deluxe villas having a second bathtub on the open-air terrace and 2 seafront suite having one bedroom and one sitting room each with private balcony facing the sea.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Entry #8
Book Title: LOVESENSE
Genre: YA Magical RealismTAGLINE: For seventeen-year-old Rae and her unusual gift of "lovesense," love literally stinks, that is, until she smells her own match in an unidentified baby picture.
I often regret my part-time job as the ice cream/photo counter girl at Alfred's Drug Store. But in a town as small as Sparrow, a seventeen-year-old doesn't have a lot of options.
No more reading relationships at work, I remind myself as I tap my cross-trainers in time with the photo processor's whir, whir, flip. It spews three hundred prints of the same two smiling faces but I'm not looking. Never again, especially after last week's debacle with Mom's friend Barb. Trust me, being the first to know that your mom's best friend's husband is leaving her for their pool boy sucks the big one.
Craning my neck I see the "Alfred's has the Answer" digital clock: forty-seven minutes to bride time. The whir is louder than our cheesy elevator music, and my nose, even though I'm telling it no, is taking in bigger and bigger breaths. I pop another Altoid into my already crammed mouth. I don't want to know! Think about Barb. But I'm like a crack addict needing my next hit. And there isn't an addiction recovery program to save me.
I pull a photo off the top of the stack. Even with the wonderful aroma of fresh ink, it doesn't begin to cover the stench of this couple. It's more than that rotten-egg sulfur smell I made in chem lab yesterday. It's also rotting meat and moldy, squishy potatoes. A good dinner gone wrong.
As I squint at the picture, the formally clad couple separates, not mere millimeters like I usually see, but to opposite sides of the photo.
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That tagline is very unusual indeed. I'm Very curious. This is a quite an original idea for a story. I want to understand how she can smell photographs and why?? Yeah. Nice work.ReplyDelete
I like the premise, but does she only smell bad relationships? If not, I'd modify the tag to "sometimes love literally stinks." I liked the first sentence until I read the rest, then I felt like it was wasted. I'd start with the fourth paragraph.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Sorry, that above comment was me, Judy Mintz.ReplyDelete
Hmmm... Tagline is awesome. I was really hooked. Quite an interesting premise.ReplyDelete
But I didn't quite connect with the MC. The voice is there, but there is a lot of other "noise" that seems to be weighing down the amazing premise here. I might snip the first paragraph and get right to it. The second paragraph is where the action starts for me. Then the third paragraph slows down for me again (I didn't really understand the expression "bride time". Is this quitting time?). Bu then it picks up again with the altoid sentence. I loved this. I'd skip the first part of the paragraph and start with the altoids because it really shows the inner tension of your MC and her trying to show restraint.
Then paragraph 3 and 4 are great. You had me hooked on these. I'd read more after this. I'd just focus on cleaning up the preceding paragraphs. Well done!
I really enjoyed this!
This entry caught my attention when I read the tagline. I love the idea- so creative! I really liked the opening. The only question I had was about smelling the relationships- how does that work? I love character development (I'm not so needy about action in the first paragraph), so a few more descriptions of other relationships she might have smelled would have helped me understand. (Or maybe if I read more, I'd understand...so my comment may not even be necessary!)ReplyDelete
Good luck. Love this :)
Leslie (#2)
I'd work on the tagline a little:ReplyDelete
For seventeen-year-old Rae and her unusual gift of "lovesense," love stinks...literally. That is,until she smells her own match in an unidentified baby picture.
I'm interested in her power, though, and am interested to see where this goes.
Yay, an unusual premise! That caught my eye immediately. You've got a great teen voice.ReplyDelete
I agree with Judy's take on your tagline.
You write really well, so consider these stylistic nits. I thought the line about the pool boy funny, but had to read twice to work out all the relationships. Can you simplify this somehow? I'm feeling out of it, but I'm pretty sure I didn't get what the bride time line was all about. Why the specificity for the type of clock? And is "bride time" slang? What is whirring? The clock? Or is it the copy machine?
I think the crack references might be overdoing it. If it is really that dire, I can't believe she'd hold down this particular job even if finding another would be hard. It also saps the humor from the scene - something I'm sure you don't want to do. Also - if the mc's mouth is crammed with altoids, I have difficulty believing she'd put in another. Maybe just say she hadn't finished with the last one or how her tongue is getting sore from popping one after the other or some such.
I love how you show her perceptions of the photo. I want to read more!
Love love love the tagline. And the voice is magic my dear. :)ReplyDelete
The tagline is interesting and I like the voice a lot. It's a really interesting concept, too. I'd never think of someone being able to smell bad relationship. I would totally read on.ReplyDelete
But I do have to agree about the "crack" addict comment. I'm sure there's a better comparison that can be made. It broke me from the flow of the story.
Thank you everyone for all your input!!! I've quirked the 1st page already. But welcome any more advise:)ReplyDelete
Love the concept! What a great story idea. I wonder what is going to develop next (wink).ReplyDelete
I think your opening paragraph is great. Although I don't know the name of the mc based on this excerpt. The first sentence in the second paragraph confused me. Maybe something like this? I remind myself, as I tap my cross-trainers in time with the photo processor's whir, whir, flip, that I must not read relationships anymore.


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South Korean President Moon Jae-in's gambit to use the Olympics as a form of diplomacy has produced a dramatic gesture - an invitation from Kim Jong Un to hold talks between the two leaders in North Korea - but it is a long way from a major breakthrough. But the two sides rebuffed his efforts to organize a meeting between them during the games.
Now engaged in an on-going tiff with the U.S. over its repeated missile tests and nuclear tests, North Korea has been depicted by the United States and worldwide media as a nation that is overly repressed by its Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un.
Over the weekend, Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of leader Kim Jong Un visited Seoul and met with President Moon Jae-in, a historic first by any member of the ruling Kim family and the most significant diplomatic development in the Kim Jong Un era.
Such a meeting, if it came about, would mark the first inter-Korea summit since 2007.
The visit is part of an agreement between the International Olympic Committee and both North Korea and South Korea, according to a source.
Moon is expected to study the North's call for a bilateral summit, while monitoring whether Pyongyang will move to have dialogue with the United States as requested by his government.
Kim Jong-un's army of cheerleading bombshells arrive ahead of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games 2018.
Mr Moon and Kim Yo Jong will have another opportunity to talk when they attend the second and final performance by a visiting North Korean orchestra on Sunday evening in Seoul, a Blue House official said.
North Korea has sent a delegation of 22 athletes to compete in five disciplines, with their women's ice hockey players to compete in a unified Korean team.
With a pleasant and humble smile, Kim Yo-jong left a heart-warming message in Seoul's presidential guest book, which couldn't go unnoticed on media.
Pence did say, however, that Moon shared with him details of his meeting with North Korean leaders, without elaborating. "But if you want to talk, we'll talk".
"We've said for some time it's really up to the North Koreans to decide when they're ready to engage with us in a honest way, a meaningful way", Tillerson told reporters in Egypt.
A senior US official said Pence and Moon, while watching speed skating together on Saturday night, discussed intensifying sanctions.
That was the clearest sign yet of an expanding diplomatic opening opposed by the Trump administration. Prior to the 2007 summit, there was the February 13 Agreement, in which North Korea agreed to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for aid.
In the interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday, Pence said the United States agreed that diplomatic talks with North Korea would first be conducted by Seoul, after which direct talks with Washington may follow.
It was very rare for a South Korean president to hold formal talks with high-ranking North Korean officials, as the two countries remain technically at war after an armistice stopped the 1950-53 Korean War.
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Protests broke out Sunday as hundreds of vegetables took to campus to demonstrate against the Indian Human Students Association. The demonstrations followed reports that IHSA plans to use plant-based dyes in their Holi Celebration next weekend. Vegetables of color, notably the coalition of eggplants, gathered en masse to demand the IHSA switch to synthetic dyes.
"Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Plant-based dyes have got to go!" chanted the crowd as signs reading "खुनी" (Hindi for murderer) were held high on stakes.
Broccoli PD responded to reports of altercations by surrounding the area, giving protesters 10 minutes to leave the area. When they refused to disperse, BPD deployed ethylene and other ripening agents. This is the fourth instance of chemical agents being used against protesters this semester.


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Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo C November 19, 1943 – November 10, 1990), nicknamed "Monty", was a right-handed screwball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball.
He was the son of former big-leaguer René Monteagudo.
Monteagudo was born in Caibarién, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. He moved to Venezuela after Fidel Castro's rise to power in his homeland.
As a 19-year-old rookie, Monteagudo made his majors debut with the Kansas City Athletics on September 1, 1963.
After three-plus seasons with Kansas City, he was dealt to the Houston Astros on May 17, 1966.
At the end of the season, he received Venezuelan citizenship. Then, Monteagudo joined the Chicago White Sox on July 16, 1967 with a new nationality.
After a season in Chicago, he played with the Kansas City Royals (1970) and California Angels (1973).
In seven seasons, Monteagudo compiled a 3–7 record with 58 strikeouts, a 5.05 ERA, four saves, and 132 innings pitched in 72 games (65 as a reliever).
He played his final majors game on September 28, 1973.
Monteagudo also played 20 seasons in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League with five teams: Caracas (1963–68), Magallanes (1968), La Guaira (1968–74, 1976–82) and Portuguesa (1975), compiling a 79–81 record with 897 strikeouts and a 3.37 ERA. On December 20, 1973, Monteagudo kept the Cardenales de Lara hitless for 8 innings until Faustino Zabala ruined the no-hitter with a single to center field.
At the same time, Monteagudo played in the Mexican League with the Puebla, Coahuila, Aguascalientes and Veracruz clubs.
He pitched a no-hitter game against Nuevo Laredo (March 19, 1979) and led the league in strikeouts once (222, in 1978).
After retiring in 1981, he started a successfully managerial career in the league.
Aurelio Monteagudo was killed in a car accident in Saltillo, Mexico nine days before his 47th birthday.


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Twelve identical 70-foot stripped down ocean racers are preparing to battle it out over an eleven month global series which starts from London this Sunday (30 August 2015). It's the world's largest matched fleet and it will be taking on the longest ocean race around the planet at more than 40,000 nautical miles.
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We have a new baby in our family! Weighing in at 900 pounds, he is a happy baby boy! Harold the steer. Maddi is taking a market 4-H project this year to the fair and on Friday night Harold was delievered.
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The Long Ryders
|Los Angeles, California, United States
|Paisley Underground, alternative country, cowpunk
|1983-1987, 2004, 2009
|Frontier Records, Zippo Records, Demon, Island, Polygram, Prima Records
|The Coal Porters
|Sid Griffin
Stephen McCarthy
Tom Stevens
Greg Sowders
|Barry Shank
Des Brewer
The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band, principally active between 1983 and 1987,[1] who have periodically regrouped for brief reunions (2004, 2009, 2016) in response to fan demands.
The Long Ryders were originally formed by several American musicians who were each multi-instrumentalists and influenced by Gram Parsons, The Byrds and various country and punk rock groups. They were named after the Walter Hill film, The Long Riders.[1] The band featured Sid Griffin on guitar, autoharp and bugle; Stephen McCarthy guitar, steel guitar, mandolin and banjo; Des Brewer as bassist (later replaced by Tom Stevens); and Greg Sowders playing drums and percussion.
Although two members were transplants from the American South, they became a popular Los Angeles rock band, forming in the early 1980s and originally associated with a movement called the Paisley Underground.[2] With a sound reminiscent of Rubber Soul-era Beatles, electric Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield and The Flying Burrito Brothers, but with a harder edge, they anticipated the alternative country music of the 1990s by a decade. Their early work contained influences of both punk (largely attributable to devoted record collector Griffin) and old school country (championed by McCarthy). Former Byrd Gene Clark joined them on their first full-length album, adding vocals to the song "Ivory Tower" on the 1984 Native Sons.[1]
The Long Ryders formed from the ashes of the Los Angeles band The Unclaimed.[1] Their initial studio release the "10-5-60" EP consisted of Griffin, Brewer, McCarthy, and Sowders. Brewer left after the release of "10-5-60". He was replaced by Tom Stevens and that line-up remained in place as a recording unit until their eventual demise.[1]
The group disbanded in 1987, but reunited to perform at the 2004 Glastonbury Festival and several other major events. The Long Ryders played their first live dates in the U.S. in more than 20 years when they headlined in 2009 at The Earl in Atlanta, Georgia, and in 2014 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. A live album resulted from the 2004 reunion tour. In January 2016, Cherry Red Records released a Long Ryders box set, Final Wild Songs, composed of all the material from their three full-length albums, their one EP, various demos and rarities, and a previously unavailable 15-song performance from a Benelux radio appearance in March 1985. Mojo magazine, in its February 2016 issue, gave the collection a lead review, saying, "They unwittingly invented Americana, but seldom receive credit for it. This 4-CD box set puts the record straight." The band subsequently played 12 dates on the Continent and in the United Kingdom in early 2016.
Apart from occasional Long Ryders activity, Griffin, who relocated to London, has kept busy as a solo artist and bandleader (The Coal Porters,[1] Western Electric), and as a music journalist and author. His latest book is Shelter from the Storm: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Years (Jawbone Press, UK/U.S., 2010), which was preceded by Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band & the Basement Tapes (Jawbone Press, UK/U.S., 2007). The latter volume was reissued in 2014 to coincide with the release of Bob Dylan and The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete six-CD collection, to which Griffin contributed liner notes. McCarthy, after a stint leading his own band, Walker Stories, and appearing on the 1990 multi-artist album True Voices in a duet with Carla Olson on the Tom Jans song "Loving Arms," returned home to Richmond, Virginia; he played in the indie supergroup Gutterball with Steve Wynn and fellow Richmondites Bryan Harvey and Johnny Hott of House of Freaks, and in 2003 began playing with The Jayhawks. Stevens returned to his native Indiana, earned a degree in computer science and continues to release solo albums. Additionally Sowders, who was married for a time to singer Lucinda Williams, went to work in music publishing. Brewer continued to play the Los Angeles circuit, first accompanying various female singer-songwriters, and then moving on to the old school country band, the Misbegotten Cowboys.
Griffin, McCarthy, Sowders and Stevens have recently recorded enough material for a new Long Ryders studio album. The first single from these recordings , "Bear in the Woods," was released on April 17th, 2017[3]. In November 2018 Cherry Red Records Released new 3 CD Box Set editions of the bands albums State Of Our Union and Two Fisted Tales also anouncing that a new album from the band would be released in 2019 on Cherry Red Records in the UK and Omnivore Recordings in North America[4].
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Beach Volleyball
Available Practice Sessions
Eastside Athletics in Lithopolis
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5–6:30P & 6:30–8P
Wednesdays: 5–6:30P
The Homestead in Pleasantville
Monday–Thursday: 6–7:30P
Fridays: 5–6:30P & 6:30–8P
About Beach
Beach volleyball is one of the best ways of improving a player's overall volleyball skills. It is played with 2 players per team in the sand so it forces you to be a more aggressive and balanced player. Each player obviously gets many more touches than indoor. There is a better player to coach ratio and the ability to work on all skills. An added benefit is that OVR isn't charging an additional membership fee to play for current club players, so the costs of playing are lower than indoor. An additional OVR registration fee does apply to those who are not currently on a club team in our region. A player from an indoor club other than Eastside is eligible to play beach for Eastside since beach volleyball is considered a different sport by OVR. Last year, we had several teams made up of two players from the same high school team who played indoor for different clubs.
here are a limited number of teams we can take due to court time available for practice so please contact Shawn right away if you think you might be interested or if you have any questions about the beach session. More information will be shared as it becomes available.
There are usually around ten tournaments scheduled throughout the summer. You can register for as many or as few as you would like based on your summer schedules. We will gladly help you register, but we cannot register for you.
Eastside Athletics • 11435 Lithopolis Rd., Lithopolis
Please contact Kellina for session days and times. — EMAIL • PHONE
The Homestead • 2568 Carroll Eastern Rd NE, Pleasantville
Please contact Shawn & Ethan for session days and times. — EMAIL
Beach begins May 14th and goes through August.
We have two 6-week sessions: May 14th–June 21st & June 25th–August 2nd
Each player registers for their own tournaments based on their personal schedule.
We have two 6-week sessions: May 14–June 21 & June 25–August 2.
Sessions are 1.5 hours; $170 per session
Includes the instructor and two practices each week.
Each player registers for their own tournaments based on their personal schedule.
Pricing does not include:
Tournament Registration & Fees
Reason: Different teams will want to play in different tournaments and be able to schedule around summer vacations, etc. This gives the team the flexibility to play as many tournaments as they want or as their schedule will allow.
Coaching at Tournaments
Reason: While a coach is allowed to attend the tournament as a spectator OVR doesn't allow the coach to coach while a game is being played. Coaches will be at many of the events, but no guarantees as to which ones the coaches will attend. Also, getting a coach to every event became very difficult to manage last year because many of the tournaments put the teams at different locations based on age.
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The management of a shopping mall is a complex business. The challenge is to get all the different disciplines to work together. The property owners, retailers association, the communication department and also the architect. Take the architectural team, for example. Often we see that the most amazing buildings are being constructed. Beautifully designed, they are truly an asset to the city. But the architect has limited retail experience, and a building used as a shopping centre has to meet unique requirements in order to facilitate the retail dynamics.
We help shopping centres to streamline their entire concept; from the use of the architecture to the formulation of a content calendar. Together with Migros, we have created successful shopping malls with this approach. The Westside shopping mall in Bern was named 'best urban shopping mall in 2014'. This new customer journey approach led to a growth in sales, and the number of visitors increased by more than ten percent. But what does this approach mean?
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We call it programme management: a holistic approach that not only connects all the different disciplines, but also makes them reinforce each other. So the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The proposition stands at the heart of the different quadrants. We start with concept development, and this forms the basis for all the next steps.
What we offer
A good tenant mix is an essential precondition for a successful shopping centre. The key to a surprising and dynamic range is the mix of different categories, such as fashion, leisure and lifestyle as well as food and pop-up. Be distinctive by finding the balance between the latest and coolest concepts and everyday shopping, and create space for local concepts.
How we talk
The right branding and communication are essential to create a connection with the target group. The shopping centre has to be a strong brand with a matching look and feel, tone of voice and identity. This ensures recognition and, above all, loyalty.
How we act
A content calendar will be formulated based on branding and communication. The shopping centre of the future is a meeting place, and goes further than just shopping. Through activities and events, the shopping centre will be the third place: the stopover between home and work or school.
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Based on the concept proposition, we bring the brand to life. The right layout, making the best use of the architecture and design combined with brand communication turn the shopping visit into an experience.
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I couldn't be happier with how it came out. The leather is so soft and buttery and it fits me PERFECTLY. The pattern I re-used is Vogue Elements 7266 - it's out of print now which is a shame because that whole Elements line was the best thing Vogue ever did, in my opinion. I used thrifted polyester satin for the lining and a reclaimed zipper that I shortened and dyed black. The only new things I used were the needles, thread, snaps, and interfacing.
And for completeness - here are pictures of two of the jackets that went into making it:
Leather is definitely not the easiest material to work with.
- Use leather needles in your machine and change them frequently (I used three just on this jacket)
- Don't pin anything! I have rubber coated metal clips that I use to hold the pieces together while sewing. I've read that paper clips work well, too, but haven't tried those.
- Keep your seam allowances in mind when assembling. You don't want to have to sew through eight layers of thick leather if you can help it.
- Use a slighly longer stitch length than you normally would, particularly if the leather is very soft. Leather needles are shaped like a triangular blade, and so are literally cutting through the leather with each pass of the needle. This can result in perforated pieces that easily tear apart if you're not careful.
- Surprisingly (to me at least) you can successfully use fusible interfacing on leather. I used the wool setting with steam and it worked great.
- I wasn't able to find rubber cement for use with leather, so I tried the "regular" kind. This did not work. At all. The suede side of the leather completely absorbed any cement I tried to apply.
- ...but it doesn't seem to have mattered! I didn't do anything to the seam allowances (with the exception of #3 above) and it still looks great.
- As time intensive as it is, hand sew as much as you can. This ties to #4 above. I used leather needles made for hand sewing (and a really good thimble) to sew all of my linings closed and it really made a difference.


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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Bonding for Tax Certiorari??
Alderman Turco-Levin summed it up well by saying it was the equivalent of putting a mortgage payment on a credit card. Alderman Polacco was also correct when he described the bond as "excessive".
It seems clear to me that we need more prudent fiscal policies in our budget and bonding. Obviously, essential costs were deducted from the budget and bonded to hide the extent of the spending and tax increase.
39 comments:
Come on Rich. The Council is just getting ready for when Nic Woerner is Mayor. This is old news in the Town of Ulster. He not only borrowed to pay the settlement in 2009 but also borrowed all the legal costs involved!
- January 6, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Woerner for mayor??? God help us !!!
- January 7, 2011 at 9:15 AM
And Ron Polacco's suggested cuts from the bonding list were ....?
And Ron Polacco's alternative for bonding certiorari was ....?
And Andi Turco-Levin's alternative for funding certiorari expenses, since they clearly weren't included in the 2011 operating budget she voted to approve, is ....?
It's the same old same old, folks: Empty posturing by GOP Council members hellbent on scoring easy political points but not so hellbent on doing any work that might actually further their professed goals and objectives.
It's a tired, transparent game plan and one that Sinagra & Co need to rethink.
- January 7, 2011 at 9:46 AM
number of things like police equipment..... Not good
- January 7, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Yet, your minority leader voted for the budget so which is it? You can't have it both ways.
- January 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM
How else do you expect these so called leaders to repair the issues facing our city?
IF they arent ready to battle the unions, and demand more from our paid employees, and attract some companies here, there is no way the local economy is going to sustain current spending.
We are pouring money into housing and benefits for people who dont pay taxes, all the while taxing the few businesses that are left right out of thier homes, but no one else can see these?
Come on Rich, fight for the working man, and get screaming about these issues or you and I will have a sign in our yard real soon as well
KFD, and Ahsdown, if you are reading this, now that your time is coming and the free ride needs to be over for the next few years, or soon you and your teams will be the only people left here with jobs!!!
- January 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM
I just witnessed the blazer, pump # 1 and the hook and ladder #1 all arrive at the apartments on Lucas and Millers lane, with at least 5- fireman, and there in no fire, I assume its a medical call.
Any chance you could find out what the call is and tell us why the need for a hook and ladder, when they are 4 blocks away and there doesnt seem to be an immediate need?
Can any of the firemen that read this blog advise if there is a more efficient way to respond to a call where the largest unit in the fleet doesnt need to be driven out in a snow storm when its not needed ot utilized?
- January 7, 2011 at 2:57 PM
- Richard T. Cahill Jr. said...
I must take umbrage with your comments. I submitted a detailed list of budget cuts totaling approximately one million ($1,000,000.00) dollars.
Alderman Turco-Levin submitted some cuts as well. They were not as numerous as mine, but she did make submission to reduce the budget.
As for Alderman Polacco, he may very well have supported my cuts or Alderman Turco-Levin's cuts.
- January 7, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Richard T. Cahill Jr. said...
I agree that Alderman Turco-Levin should not have voted for the budget.
I also think that she properly voted against the bond.
I consider my positions to be consistent.
- January 7, 2011 at 7:18 PM
"As for Alderman Polacco, he may very well have supported my cuts or Alderman Turco-Levin's cuts."
Ah, but right there's the rub: "may very well have." He won't actually say (ever), so you don't actually know. Tax payers don't know. His constituents don't know. With Rich Cahill, at least you know. And your dissent is usually coupled with a thought-out alternative. Even if I disagree, I understand where you're coming from and respect your point of view.
Polacco's disengagement, silly game playing and ducking of all hard choices and responsibility -- not so much.
- January 7, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- Richard T. Cahill Jr. said...
Thank you for the compliments.
As for Alderman Polacco's position on the budget, you could ask him. His contact number is on the city website.
- January 7, 2011 at 8:57 PM
- Lou said...
Mr. Cahill,
Just like the post from annon 7Jan11 2019hrs. Although I do not always agree with your opinion. Atleast I know where you are going or coming from. And it is good to agree to disagree at times and respect your thoughtful and well researched opinion on the subject at hand.
But I still think that this bond should have been presented to the council BEFORE the budget vote. To me the information/items in the bond are/were known before the budget was before the council. And was just a way of keeping the tax levy increase lower to the City of Kingston residents.
I still can not see the council not see this bond coming before the budget vote. If the council did not see it, then there is a HUGE communication gap between the Mayor and the Common Council and department heads not bringing things up that are in the bond. It just goes on and on. And I do not blame Mayor Sottile for that.
Before I forget, I do not agree that the City of Kingston should be bonding for Tax Certiorari proceedings.
- January 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM
9:46. Perhaps the democratic administration, that was in place back when the foolhardy property assessments were in process, had listened to the concerns of people experienced in real estate and had seen the huge dark cloud on the horizon they might have stopped or delayed that assessment debacle until the dust settled in the real estate market and the true picture of the economy emerged. In my opinion that is why we are having a lot of grievances filed and why the city is on the hook for their loss in court against property owners. So don't blame the republicans that sit on the council for anything that originated during the strangle hold the democratics had on the city real estate market/politics. End result...businesses left and homeowners desperate to get out from under taxes put homes up for sale or walked away from their financial obligations.(tax and mortgage foreclosures) Realistically, there is precious few things in the budget you can cut in order to keep the city running& keep everybody happy and few remedies in this decline in the economy. Perhaps Polacco realized that we cannot keep digging ourselves into a bigger hole and we have to start someplace in filling it backup again. Same with Turco-Levine. As to suggestions, I do not see where the democratic aldermen stepped up with a plan unless you count the attack on the unions; which as we know contracts cannot be broken as they were negotiated by a democratic mayor who had NO foresight. His lack of experience in financial predictions was nil. But hey, in the real estate end he brought us low income housing which contributes "NADA" to the bottom line. In fact it drains away any gains we might have made or could make in the future.Don't even get me started on the 2million grant that literally went up in smoke last month (school building)Why was this only geared to low income or no income? Who do you think pays for these programs? It is the dwindling middle class who never gets a break in childcare or anything concerning family issues.
We need a strong city manager to run our city and get it cleaned up. Take politics out of the picture. I want someone who can see the big picture without being heavily influenced by special interest groups and family and friends. After we get our city finances and spending under control,go back to a qualified Mayor to run the city.
It would mean that democrats,republicans, working family party, independents and etc. would have to put their differences aside to get that job done. One can always hope.....
- January 8, 2011 at 12:48 PM
It is imperative that elected officials have original ideas and solutions. If they simply agree or disagree with the ideas of others than we may assume they are incapable of original thought,incapable of valid critique,incapable of problem solving and therefore incapable of fulfilling leadership obligations.Each should step aside for those they simply agree or disagree with.It is far better to have an empty council chair than an empty head.
- January 8, 2011 at 2:42 PM
The city of Kingston voters made a choice to restructure/ and reform the old innept form of goverment, it was on the ballot and passed by a large majority of the voters. It was the city manager form of goverment. Then the old guard politico went nuts and had it murdered in the womb before it was even born. When Mayor Gallo was newly elected he made a full court press, from conrtact promisses to Police, Fire,CSEA and others to have it killed. I was at a League of Womens Voters where the Mayor attempted to intimadate the pannel into changing there positon for a City manager, and their oppositon to Gallo's ballot initiative to repeal the City manager, and have a 4year Mayor. I voted for the City Manager as Alderman, and when we had to form a Commission for charter revision, I as a commisioner, I voted to move the City manager onto the ballot.It is a form of goverment that works to the advantage of the citizens, and not political asperations.
So boys and girls, you now reap what you have sown.
Robert M Porter
- January 9, 2011 at 8:46 PM
If the current Mayor and Common Council sign contracts beyong 2011 (the current expiration), it won't matter who is Mayor or Common Council.
- January 10, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Richard T. Cahill Jr. said...
Mr. Porter,
Take a look at Newburgh. They have a City Manager form of government. They are dropping right into the Hudson River. Other communities with City Managers are failing as well.
Also, shortly after Gallo was elected and did the things you note, you left the Republican Party and joined Gallo and the Democrats. I guess you were not so angry with them after all.
- January 10, 2011 at 8:20 AM
The new Mayor should be smart, charismatic , able to motivate, (not alienate)have a firm grasp on financial issues either by education or long term experience. He also must be personable and able to move among his citizens with ease and affability. He would need to surround himself with well qualified people to help and advise how to run a local government. Not appoint people as a way of payback of their support of his campaign or appoint inept friends with no experience whatsoever in their job descriptions. Let's stop" dumming down" the mayor's position. Voters need to educate themselves about the issues and who is the most capable individual to lead the city out of this crisis.
It would be most beneficial if the future mayor actually worked in the private sector and not in the public realm for most of his career.
If a person of that calibar stepped forth I would be one to actively work for his/her election.Looking at the roster of mayor wanabees, the list is short for the above named qualifications.
- January 10, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Dear Mr Cahill. Anger does not motivate my thinking, it my cause a change in my direction.The argument about Newburgh was used in the 1990's as well as Troy.
If you remeber, the opposition to the city manager goverment was bi-partisan from the elected officials. The people of Kingston voted twice on this issue, their voice was heard. Changing a HAT wont stop spending habits, that has to come from a place self discipline.
Robert M Porter
- January 10, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Richard T. Cahill Jr. said...
Should I decide to run for Mayor, you would be most welcome on my campaign team.
- January 10, 2011 at 7:24 PM
Mr. Porter please get your facts right. CSEA received nothing from Mayor Gallo and did not support either plan. The Police and Fire made the deals that are bankupting our City. No lay off clauses, 17 extra days off, unlimited sick leave, just to name a few perks. CSEA has nothing to hide in its contract with the City.
- January 11, 2011 at 5:43 AM
The shame of the over assessments is that City property owners are paying a dsiproportinate share of County and School district taxes since other jurisdictions don't use the make believe 100% equalization rate like Kingston gets stuck with due to the make believe on-going reassessment program. The rich and or politically connected get their properties reduced and the rank and file pay more.
- January 11, 2011 at 6:53 AM
Are you kidding me a BANDSTAND!
- January 11, 2011 at 8:39 AM
csea recieved raises every year when gallo was mayor and also before he was mayor he went to bat for csea members when they were facing lay offs and a reduction in thiers pay checks hoe soon we forget
- January 11, 2011 at 1:51 PM
5:43 I said "promisses", I did not say contractual agreements. I have my facts right.To try and disscredit some one who has, and still does supprot the CSEA, only shows that you do not have a grip on what happened in the past. And further more, I defended the DPW on the council floor angist the unfouned accusations that some Alderman grandstanded on.Why would Porter do that? I come from a blue collar upbringing,My Dad was a Teamster shop Stewart and to this day,My wife, and baby girl are UNION. I still brown bag my lunch.And what does that mean? To many times the little guy is the target of the larger sharks that have no respect for what the blue collar work force does.So in ther words of my genertation,' UP YOURS'. Let me set the reccord straight.As a commisioner to the charter revison, I made a motion that on the November ballot, the 4 year Mayor would be placed on the ballot as well as the city manager. It had a second by Gordon Web. Only three votes were cast in favor of the amendment, my self, Gordon Web, and Kate Fiore. At that point we voted to move the City manager to the ballot. Rich, thank you for publishing my comments. There are some realy good people who want to step up to the the plate of public service, but are turned off by the toxic enviorment of polotics.They are Republicans,they are Democrates,Conservatives, and yes( hold your nose) Liberals.
I have no ambition for political office, but I do enjoy a good civil argument/debate.
Robert (bob)Porter
- January 11, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Bob Porter is correct in his interpretation on the facts of the Gallo and sottile administration. I am a CSEA member from DPW. Gallo was a politician in every sense of the word and was, quite frankly, not a friend of the unions per say. yeah, sure we negotiated contracts that included raises, but never any items in our contract even closely resembled what the Fire and Police had in their contracts,respectively. Gallo practiced attrition EVERY YEAR during his tenureship thereby cutting and gouging manpower from DPW by not replacing workers after employees retired. Now we are feeling the ill effects of his practice after his partner Jim Sottile pushed for 14 employees to be layed off last year. The Gallo-Sottile administration and now the Sottile-Noble admin. has almost destroyed the DPW and now we have a willing participant in ex alderman, and now DPW boss, Mike Schupp adding to the incompetence. Why do you think Sottile hired Schupp from as far a way as Highland (which is exploiting the city charter)? Because Schupp is willing to perpetrate cuts BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and then come from behind after plotting and lie to his workforce, as though he is FOR them. Most of us are not falling for his B.S. Remember, little Schuppy is a politician from way back! Gallo hated Schuppy boy and vice versa, but Sottile and the little guy have been friends for years.
- January 12, 2011 at 7:15 AM
Here is the issue facing the city regarding the CSEA and FD unions
Pay increases based on longevity..
After time, 3% becomes 25% and when based on a $30-50,000 salary, the compensation paid to employees is too high for some positions.
A truck driver making $30,000 a year this year, will be making over $50,000 in 20 years, and is still doing the same job, even if he is not good at it. Where does the $20,000k come from? The tax payers.
Before you all start screaming about how the driver is entitled to this increase because he worked for 20 years, please note that this is a public sector, tax payer funded job, and therefore the worker has no liability, and has a less demanding job than the private sector, and hasnt risked anything to demand this type of increase, no matter how long they work.
We should be able to locate drivers for much less than $50k per year.
I know that turnaround would become an issue, however, whats worse, going into debt by over paying employees, or having to turn over staff?
This should be the risk for public sector workers, and once the boss (the city) cannot afford them any longer, its time to freeze salaries, or move on.
The CSEA members have a secure position with benefits, raises, more time off than any private sector job, no risk, no liability, and for the most part some of the easiest jobs there are, and still they demand more each year, even if they are just sitting around most of the time.
We need a mayor who has some business knowledge and isnt afraid to take on the workers in the CSEA, FD and KPD to ger realistic about what is feesible these days.
Sorry guys, I know most of the union people do thier jobs, and they are appreciated, however if you desire to get ahead and want a salary to reflect these desires its time to get off the govt tit.
The govt shouldnt be the best paying jobs in a community, or you will end up with the issues we are facing now.
Too many friends making too much money off city hall.
- January 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM
It doesnt matter what Gallo or Sottle did, it matters what the next guy is going to do...
If we dont elect a business man with no ties to the CSEA or FD, the city will tank in the next few years.
- January 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM
It's ashame that after DPW had done a pretty good job with this storm. That some drivers continue to push back on wet streets and place it on RESIDENTS sidewalks after they had been cleared for the final time. This happened approximately 3:30 PM this afternoon. This has to stop.,
- January 12, 2011 at 4:04 PM
OK Mr. Porter. What promises were made? Do you really have yor facts right or are you just "grandstanding".
I really want to know what promises were made and if they were filled.
- January 13, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Should we be concerned? The lame duck Mayor looking for a private sector job may be tempted to use taxpayer dollars to curry employment opportunities. Putting Canopy maintenance on all taxpayers including competitors of Canopy covered businesses. Bandstand, what's next? Raises and job security via new contracts for campaign worker Firemen? 30M in bonds is enough? Kicking the severance payments to the future?
- January 13, 2011 at 8:08 AM
10:40, I dont know exactly what the firemen make, but drivers salaries at DPW are 41,000.00 per year, not 50,ooo.oo!! That is misinformation you are posting and should be corrected. Please do not lump DPW employees in with the firemen, our salaries are considerably less than the average firemen. An average laborer makes aprox. 36,000.00 base salary with very little overtime. They no longer come in to help with the plowing. CSEA employees are the lowest paid employees on the payroll. THAT IS A FACT, not misinformation that you are stating. You arte free to look it up, we are all public employees .
- January 14, 2011 at 6:42 AM
6:42 it was an example and I used round figures to make the math simple.
It doesnt matter what the salaries are, what matters is the formula.
If every year you get another 3% for just showing up, it increases your salaries and overall costs for the taxpayers until you die and are off the govt retirement system.
There is the problem, longevity based raises for less work is a bad business model
I am 100% certain that not one private sector company could survive with this business plan, yet the city, CSEA and all its members dont see this?
As much as the public appreciates the jobs you do, we still cannot justify some of the salaries and yearly increases just because you are still on the job.
If you want to get rich or even further your station in life, you should not be dependent on the CSEA or city of Kingston. We are still talking about blue collar jobs for a municipality, not doctors, scientist, or engineers
- January 14, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Hey 10:40 I worked for the private sector and got raises almost every year. Xmas bonuses, time off, profit sharing was great in hte private sector a few years ago.
Lets look at Wall Street, there are no union jobs there but million dollar bonuses are the norm.
Stop blasting the public employees just because they had the sense to get it in writing.
- January 14, 2011 at 3:41 PM
3:41 As long as a company isnt asking me for more tax money thier employees, I dont care what they all get!
As long as you need me to pay your salary and benefits, expect some backlash.
My point remains, there needs to be some sort of pay structure in place for govt employees, that the govt can afford.
Just because you claim to be entitled to more each year because you have it in writing, doesnt mean its the right way to do business.
- January 15, 2011 at 9:20 AM
9:20am. What are you blind. When private sector companies hand out huge bonuses and raises it cost all of us, just like raising taxes. If banks and credit card companies dont have enough money they raise interest rates and decrease interest rates on our savings. Why aren't you going after the oil companies for raising gas prices and raking in record profits. These are the true villans not the poor laborer who picks up your trash in the freezing cold and blazing heat.
How does that not effect you?
Stop bashing the little and start holding your elected officials accountable. Sottile, Noble, Reynolds, Senor, and Landi all voted for these contracts. Why blame the union? All they did was negotiate in good faith.
Its easy to pick on the little guy isn't it.
- January 16, 2011 at 5:38 AM
Hey 9:20, listen up...I DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK OF ME OR MY SALARY, I AM A CSEA MEMBER AND A TAXPAYER TOO, EINSTEIN! We will negotiate our contract once again this year and because we earned the right to do so by way of the Taylor Law it doesnt really matter what you think dude or dudess. You will not be at the bargaining table and if we dont like the terms and conditions that are being presented to us, we will NOT AGREE TO SIGN! End of story. If you dont like it, go join a union. Working for the private sector leaves you wide open,UNLIKE US. Meanwhile, please pass the grey pupon...
- January 16, 2011 at 6:57 AM
9:20 The taxes you pay don't even cover the senior plant operators overtime. So stop your crying and get out and vote the idiots out of office. They are the real culprits not the average CSEA worker.
- January 17, 2011 at 6:12 AM
Its evident after years of telling yourselves how hard you have it, that now believe the BS the CSEA promotes.
I do blame the politicians for all the issues the city faces, but the largest issues we need to address right now is salaries and benefits for those feeding off the govt (as well as social services, I knew you two would go there so I went first).
Back to the basis:
I was a CSEA member for years and watched the abuse by its members because there is no incentive to do a better job or earn more, you already are expecting it because you made it through antoher year.
I am sure that you have had to work in a gang where one or more of the people with you are useless and make more than you, because they have been there longer. Doesnt this bother you?
I am sure that you have had to stretch a 4 hour job into a 2 day affair so you can get your meal ticket and OT, doesnt this bother you?
I am sure that you have seen more than one person sleeping on the job, or waiting for someone else to do it becuases "its not in my title"...doesnt this bother you?
Of course I understand about the big comapnies of the world causing us grief with thier failures, but again, my city of Kingston taxes are not paying them, I am paying YOU, so again expect some criticism when times are bad.
I do appreciate the people that pick my trash, patrol my streets, and assist when we are in need, I simply feel that it should be a salary based position within reasons, each employee should have to contibute to his or her benefits, and there should be accountability, not a free ride.
Dont you feel useless some days when you get home and realize that you were paid for a days work, and only did an hour or two worth of work?
How long could you perform you daily duties in the private sector and remain employed?
Just because you have a tit job, doesnt mean you have to act like a boob!!!
Have some job pride and tell your union that you are more concerned with the well being of your city that you pay taxes in, and get rid of some of the dead weight, and start earning your money on a daily basis.
You will feel better about yourself, and the city and its people with all stand behind you at the next contract!
- January 17, 2011 at 10:10 AM


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August/September 2005
The Elvis Smoothie
We wanted creamy yogurt and fruit smoothies that deliver a healthy blast of fruit flavor.
Why This Recipe Works
Fruit smoothies can provide a nutritious and refreshing start to the morning, especially in the sultry summer months. The Elvis Smoothie recipe is no exception, with the added benefit of protein from the peanut butter. We skipped the ice, which just diluted the smoothie, and used flavorful frozen fruit instead. Bananas were a must for a creamy, thick texture, and honey complemented the fruit and added extra body. Whole milk and low-fat yogurt both worked well to round out the smoothie, but nonfat yogurt produced a "gritty" texture. To make your own variations on the Elvis smoothie recipe, use any kind of frozen fruit from the supermarket. And feel free to freeze fresh fruit for a few hours if you happen to have it.