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Part of my daily routine here at Econsultancy is to log into the admin section of the site and run through the new blog comments.
The blog currently has an Akismet spam filter, which sweeps posts it deems dodgy under the digital carpet, but unfortunately it isn't perfect.
Recently there have been a few comments about this unreliability, so I thought it might be handy if I clarified how the system works and why you might occasionally see a comment you posted disappear...
First of all, I love comments. I love constructive feedback. Keep it coming please!
I do get vaguely annoyed at non-constructive feedback, I think that comment snark is pointless. It doesn't impress anyone or add to the discussion (and hey, it's so 2006), but despite this, I'll never remove your comment for being snarky.
In fact, it's pretty tough to find anything that will make me remove your comment, unless you are being gratuitously offensive or personally attacking someone, which thankfully happens very rarely around these parts, because our readers are generally very lovely people indeed.
Why comments are 'spam filtered'
You might sometimes post a comment and then see it vanish. Here's why this might be:
- Akismet makes periodic 'sweeps' of new comments. It then relegates any it deems as spammy to the spam folder.
- If you've posted a comment with a weird screen name, or attached to a dodgy email address, it might get picked up and spammed.
- If you've included a large block of text, or multiple links, it might also be marked as spam.
- If you've posted multiple comments on numerous posts in a short period of time, you might be marked as spam.
And that's it. If you've written a good comment, whether you agree or disagree with the article in question, I will absolutely not remove your comment. The blog exists as much to encourage conversation and help people as it does to drive traffic.
I want dissent, because that's where creativity and insight come from.
With that said, do try to use your real name if possible. As in "John Smith". NOT "John Smith, Head Director Of Headhunting at Headhunting sytems ltd", tied to the email 'email@example.com'.
Your name is not 'Web Services Gloucester'. If you use this name, then it's into the bin with you. If you are using a screen name then try to use something vaguely sensible-ish. Your Twitter handle is usually fine, whereas "Xgtykb345" probably isn't.
Here's a quick example of the kinds of problems this occasionally causes:
On March 12th we published this post: Five Pointless Discussion Posts.
Here are the comments:
The comment highlighted in red was picked up by Akismet.
The three underneath were not. However if we take a quick look in the back-end of the site we see that 149 other comments were also labelled as spam:
This is an exceptionally high amount, but it's not totally unknown, and we often post between 15 and 20 times a day.
If you've been picked up and I've unspammed you then Akismet should 'learn' that you are not a spammer, but occasionally it takes a dislike to certain email domains and picks on individuals.
In addition, if a lot of comments appear on a post at once, it regards this as suspicious, which does go against logic somewhat as we often get flurries of comments after a post is tweeted or appears on an external site.
I do try to keep on top of this and have a run through every day to check, but if your comment on a post does vanish, please do let us know via Twitter or email and we'll get it published live as soon as possible.
I'm sure I'm not the only moderator with this problem and we are looking into ways to make both posting and moderation more efficient and accurate, but I wanted to make it clear that there is never any political or commercial motivation behind comments being deleted, and if it does happen to you, while I realise it's frustrating and can disrupt conversation, I'll do my best to make sure your comment is published.
Thanks - and do feel free to comment!
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Thank you for writing this post explaining the rules, which I think very useful in encouraging meaningful exchange of opinions. In only one case I found one of my comments disappeared for no reason but returned later, so no complaints here.
I hate Akismet then not econsultancy staff, it has deleted all my comments I left long time ago.


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you guys have the kitchen and BBQ at your disposal if you can't prepare something ahead of time.There's plenty of street parking in my neighborhood, there's also an office parking lot that's not used at night at the north east corner of 18th and Washington. Please refrain from using the guest parking as there are only 4 spots and my neighbors will get suspicious if it's all filled with VWs. I'm at:1860 Washington Street (south east corner of 19th and Washington) Saint Lukes Lofts, Unit 604 I'll post a sign at the lobby.My cell if you get lost: 720.341.6507
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my friend was out on a 9 crosbow and he was supprised i had power enough
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We bought a miller trailblazer 325efi about 6 months ago really cool Machine welds at idle you can use hand tools at idle but had some sort of fuel problems. So we traded the first one for a new machine and it had fuel problems again so we got another one and it seems to idle sporadically sometimes and I get tons of arc blow almost Like I went to the machine and just cranked it up ,gouges a 1/2 deep hole in a second . At first I figured well its my setup or something I'm doing wrong tried everything I can possibly think of still getting random arc blow and I'm talking insanity. Is anyone else having similar problems with this machine?
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I really, well sorta liked these units at first, but now have pretty much turned against them, I mean heat problems in the summer and cold problems in the winter, as well as can't change the oil if the unit is mounted behind the cab as most are. Quiet yes, problem free, it isn't
However the new 27 hp, EFI in the Linc Ranger is pretty sweet, as it doesn't have that pesky encoder for the engine control, instead it runs basically the same way the carbed version had. Simple to adjust and maintain, Love it.
I think the vent solinoid in yours has crapped out so the engine is having a bit of surge. Drill the side and inside of the fuel cap out with a 1/16 or less micro drill bit. Cut and cap the vent line from it.
Its too Bad They (miller, Lincoln) dont let you do the cold weather R&D
Hello Everybody. I was just reading this thread and another that Cruizer started regarding the TB 325. I think it would be interesting if the manufacturers were gonna release a new model , that they would send a few models out to guys who are gonna use them in real world conditions. I know for a fact that these units are tested in the high temperature operations in the southern USA, And they must do some could weather evaluation in the US as well, my point is that they should be testing them in Canada, or where they actually get very cold weather and for long durations. The temperatures up here are a test of real durability and quality of a design. In these units, The small engine gas ones having good fuel and the right oil and a Good battery are essential. I have a TB 302 that sits outside in the truck and it is an awesome machine. I run 0w40 synthetic all year round. When the machine isn't running i keep it covered to keep the snow out. I know guys that install oil pan heaters and block heaters on their diesel units and they seem to have little in the way of problems. Good fuel, Good batteries , and regular maintenance go a long way. I guess we have a very drastic temperature range, From 30 degrees Celsius in the summer to minus 40 degrees Celsius in the winter not even taking into account the wind chill factor.I have a welding addiction
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Ya that's true I live in northern British Columbia so we get lots of unpredictable weather condition. We also have display problems where we couldn't see heat settings Etc. also wouldn't idle up. Definitely not impressed and don't seem to be getting anywhere with it . It sucks when u buy a brand new machine and its not performing the way it should. This is are 3rd one if I could give it back I would
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Get over it by the eagles comes to mind. (if you met my ex you would know why)
Of course I'm also partial to irreplacable.
Any others?:)
Of course I'm also partial to irreplacable.
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Good Luck by the Basement Jaxx.
of course I will survive.
uhm.. what about November Rain?
of course I will survive.
uhm.. what about November Rain?
i remember belting this one out a few times...
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Quite a bit depends on what the apocalypse was...
If it was due to a meteor hitting the center of the Pacific, most of the land of Florida would be there, but the tidal wave that hit after the impact has been theorized at pretty much erasing everything else, including all of the vegetation from coast to coast. We don't have high enough land to stop it at any point as it travels across the state.
If it was due to some kind of nuclear war, I'm pretty sure portions of the state would survive because we don't have any active fault lines in the state, so we wouldn't have to worry about such things as volcanoes or massive land destroying earthquakes.
Oh yeah, and while we have the occasional military base and massive population center, theyre pretty isolated, so youd still have major parts of the state around.
If it was due to some kind of biological plague, well, those kinds of plagues only destroy animal life or plant life, so the land would still be here.
If it was due to some kind of major flood, well were kinda back to the meteor strike, except that you wouldnt have any land above sea if the seas rose too much! You might have the occasional high rise poking through the flood waters, which could make for some really interesting gaming scenarios. Once again, it depends on how much water is added to the seas.
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High Line followers gathered on Friday, January 25 at Hector's Cafe for lunch with the staff of Friends of the High Line. Located directly under the High Line on Washington Street, Hector's has been a Meatpacking District fixture since 1962 and caters primarily to the meatpackers and truck drivers that make up the early- to mid-morning neighborhood workforce. It's also a huge favorite around our office.
The lunch gave High Line supporters an opportunity to chat with our staff and ask questions about the project in an informal setting. We know it can be a little intimidating to pose questions to our design team in front of a packed house at a community input forum, so it's nice for our staff to talk to people in a relaxed atmosphere where we can get into deeper discussions on specific issues. At my table, we had lively conversations about dogs on the High Line, the security measures being taken to make the park safe, and the kind of concessions that will be available on the High Line when it opens.
Some of the supporters who attended the Hector's lunch work in the neighborhood and have been watching High Line construction progress over the past year and a half, and others were fairly new to the project and didn't know much at all. It was also fantastic to see so many new Friends of the High Line members in attendance.
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An old friend and her husband attended my Halloween dinner in costume.
She's 7 months pregnant and decided to use her belly to her best advantage. It made the perfect base for a certain famous beagle we all love.
Hubby was Charlie Brown.
On Tuesday, I spent close to nine hours putting away Halloween decorations because I decided to completely reorganize the bins (and make sure everything was off the floor since we had that incident with water in the basement after the torrential storm).
While doing so, I came across a box of all the decorations I had made for my first big Halloween party back in Grade 4.
Amidst the paper bats and pumpkins was a bound book entitled "Best Spells By Betty Croaker" (and my other name). I do enjoy that I put a copyright symbol on it.
I'd bound the book with thread and used wall paper for the cover. No, the wallpaper isn't very scary, but when you're little you have to work with what's in the house.
The book is a collection of spells for monsters from A to Z. Some are classic Halloween characters while others are creatures I'd seen in my Dungeons & Dragons books (I didn't play at the time, I just liked having books about monsters).
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A is actually an introduction. Note how little Ghoul uses the traditional spelling of Hallowe'en.
I hope you enjoy the pictures below. I got a good chuckle out of them.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Though reports of ice and snow storms are top stories for haunters on the east coast, Toronto is all blue skies and sunshine.
I hope those shivering without power are safe and still finding ways to enjoy the day despite terrible conditions.
As for me, I finally had a moment to carve this year's pumpkin. Decided to do something different from my usual styles and I think this mouse house is pretty cute (real mice need not apply).
Not sure what the plan is for the day. It's lunchtime and I have yet to get out of my pajamas (which has made this whole day so far feel a bit like Christmas morning for me, and isn't that a nice thing?).
The book I ordered for October reading at the start of the month arrived today. So much for leisurely reading this last month, slowly getting into the spirit of the holiday. But I'm still pleased to have it. Now I can thumb my way through some Poe, Lovecraft, Straub, Sir Walter Scott, Bradbury and a load of other authors perfectly designed for Halloween reading.
Enjoy the holiday. Keep creepin'.
Last night's dinner party was a blast. Great company, good food, and lively chat. I think that's the perfect recipe to keep the spirits away on devil's night.
Speaking of recipes, all three of the above dishes - chili cups, tomato eyeballs, Halloween shaped puff pastry - are available on the Eerie Edibles page in the Party Planning section.
But what is it? How to attain it? The living held the secret. So he studied their literature and observed their courting behaviour. He understood he needed a fiancee to shower in gifts (including the key to his heart). And in order for her to love him, he started gathering all the human elements of love: lips for love's first kiss; an ear where sweet nothings are whispered; a tongue that professes love; a nose to breathe in pheromones; fingers that caress; eyes to stare longingly; a brain for daydreams and romantic thoughts; a heart to give to her, and an extra in case the first should "break".
He found a house in a quiet neighbourhood which conveniently had a wife living in it. In his limited understanding of human custom, he grasped she couldn't marry him if she already had a husband unless he was given something called "divorce papers". He created a crude version with a simple statement and added his own wax initial (a gesture to make it official) though by that time, the marriage was technically over since the man no longer lived (better to be safe than sorry, he thought, apparently divorce indicates an ending to love while death has strange lingering romantic thoughts surrounding it).
A creature of darkness tired of working for death.
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But what is it? How to attain it?
The living held the secret.
So he studied their literature and observed their courting behaviour, gathering all the human elements of love: a fiancee to shower in gifts (including the key to his heart) and the elusive workings of human passion.
I hope to take the last of the photographs this evening, and have them posted for you tomorrow.
A very quick peek at the last of the large prop makeovers this year.
After this, I hope to start snapping some official images of every character in its place and tell the story of this year's theme.
We have here a 6 ft hanging ghoul with a blue complexion. His detailing is pretty wonderful for a hanging prop which is what caught my eye. That and his almost gleeful expression which works well in my story (coming soon). But blue isn't what I'm looking for, so it was time to give him a quick paint job.
For the record, this prop could easily be taken out of the box, hung up, and with a good spotlight be ready to go. I just needed him to look a little different. Plus, I wanted those eyes and teeth to pop.
All I did was paint black around the eyes and mouth (image below, left). Then I used dark brown to paint the deep creases and shadows (below, middle). And finally, light grey/beige and white dry brushed highlights (with white for the eyes and teeth).
Martha Stewart has good ideas.
Sometimes they just need some tweaking.
Here's my take on a cool way to display those feathery fiends you've collected for Halloween.
Less than a week until Halloween and I'm scurrying around to get last minute items in place (as I'm sure all of you are too).
The weekend started with a late night screening of Fulci's ZOMBIE (or Zombi 2, if you like). Seeing a classic up on the big screen was great, and now it's being released on Blue Ray so everyone can have some 70's zombie goodness. Found this trailer with Guillermo del Toro talking about the film which is fun in itself.
Going to sleep at 3 am before a show is maybe not the best idea. On Sunday morning I actually forgot to bring copies of my book with me (I remembered the sign though. Does that count?). Still, it was a good day and many of my creations were adopted (especially the undead nutcrackers). I have some items leftover and will put that up on etsy closer to the end of November.
Today I finish the last large prop of the Halloween theme and the final little additions to the house. Hopefully by Friday I'll be able to share some photos of that with you.
In the meantime, head on over to The Happy Undertaker where Drazen has slowly been releasing a 10 part series of story illustrations called House of Bats. So far, 3 pages have been revealed and I am patiently waiting for the rest.
The best place to find current art and WIPs is Instagram
I'm also on Twitter but be prepared for political commentary
My self-published book is still available!
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Here are some sites to satisfy the hunger.
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Pre-Gamin': Cubs v. Pirates (12:05 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, etc.
And away we go!
The first game of the 2014 season, and the first game of the Ricky Renteria era as manager. How does that first lineup look against lefty Francisco Liriano? Pretty fair, though you're likely to point out the inclusion of lefty Nate Schierholtz. I'm going to assume that's because Justin Ruggiano's ankle is still bothering him. It's a bummer, since the Cubs start against a lefty, but he'll presumably get today and tomorrow off before returning on Wednesday or Thursday (when the Cubs face another lefty in Wandy Rodriguez).
You'll also notice that, with Emilio Bonifacio in the outfield (probably going to be a regular thing against lefties), he plays center field and Junior Lake slides to left. I guess, even as a utility guy, Bonifacio is better in center than Lake when the games really count. A mark against Lake, or a compliment to Bonifacio's extreme defensive versatility?
There's a lot of speed at the top of the lineup, and Starlin Castro ends up slotting in the three-hole, with Anthony Rizzo behind him. It's not a bad group against Liriano, but it's really not overstating it to say that Ruggiano may have been the biggest threat in the lineup against Liriano (career .256/.328/.506 against lefties). The good news is that, based on the way Ruggiano described his ankle issue, he could theoretically be available to pinch hit (I'm just guessing, mind you).
Oh, and a head's up that you'll notice in Pre-Gamin' posts this year, as well as Series Previews: the W/L stat for pitchers no longer exists to me. It's stupid, misleading, and a terrible reflection of performance and ability. I'll breath no further life into it, thankyouverymuch.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (0-0) at Pittsburgh Pirates (0-0), 12:05 CT on WGN and ESPN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
The Game Thread lives here. You should participate in the madness. And, of course, for those who aren't into message board-style game threads, please feel free to use the comments on this post for your in-game commentary/outbursts.
The Series Preview lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Jeff Samardzija (4.34 ERA, 3.77 FIP, 3.45 xFIP in 2013, 2.74 K/BB)
Francisco Liriano (3.02 ERA, 2.92 FIP, 3.12 xFIP in 2013, 2.59 K/BB)
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
1. Starling Marte, LF
2. Travis Snider, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF
4. Pedro Alvarez, 3B
5. Russell Martin, C
6. Neil Walker, 2B
7. Travis Ishikawa, 1B
8. Jordy Mercer, SS
9. Francisco Liriano, P
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1. Emilio Bonifacio, CF
2. Junior Lake, LF
3. Starlin Castro, SS
4. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
5. Mike Olt, 3B
6. Welington Castillo, C
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Bag-men lobbyists paid off two allegedly corrupt mayors in an FBI sting. Another mayor was charged with working a clandestine consulting gig and misspending campaign money.
There were arrests for elections, tax and securities fraud. Crooked cops got busted. A city government acted like a crime racket.
And an elusive character in the investigation of a congressman who fled back and forth to Nicaragua.
From Homestead to Hialeah and beyond, 2013 was the year of Dirty Dade — an orgy of public-corruption news about indictments, informants, wiretaps and sleaze that confirmed some of the worst suspicions about some public servants who think the public should serve them.
Sleazy Sweetwater
Ground zero for Miami-Dade sleaze: Sweetwater.
A small city wedged in the northeast corner of Southwest Eighth Street and Florida's Turnpike, Sweetwater's claim to fame is that it was founded by Russian circus midgets 72 years ago.
But by the 1980s, Sweetwater gained a reputation as a corruption capital. Cops were investigated for beating up citizens. One officer went on a murder-robbery spree. And four city commissioners and the mayor were found guilty in a federal extortion scheme.
This year, Mayor Manny Maroño upheld the city's sad tradition when he was indicted in an FBI grant-fraud sting.
Federal agents and the press then set about untangling the web of corruption in Sweetwater.
There's a towing company, linked to Maroño, that financially preyed on some citizens and led to the questionable seizure of a Porsche Panamera.
Investigators are trying to track down missing police evidence — including cash — and have uncovered a secret evidence room that dirty cops might have used as a gift store for loved ones. Three officers are under investigation for police brutality and doctoring investigative records.
Even a police horse — a handsome black Percheron named Maverick bought by city taxpayers — made a corruption cameo. Maverick mysteriously ended up at the Homestead ranch of a former Sweetwater police lieutenant.
"It was a like a criminal enterprise," Deborah Centeno, a twice-failed candidate for city commission, said.
Maroño's mother, City Commissioner Isolina Maroño, showed off a mobster's mouth when she threatened an El Nuevo Herald reporter who helped expose her son's shenanigans.
"There's a saying in Cuba," Isolina Maroño said. "You either off the press or pay off the press."
FBI stings
Sweetwater's spate of bad press began in August when Maroño and Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi were both busted by the FBI, which had undercover agents pose as scummy Chicago businessmen with a phony company called Sunshine Universal.
In return for kickbacks, the mayors allegedly lied about Sunshine performing economic development work (it produced none) in a brief telephone survey. The mayors thought they were talking to a federal-grant administrator at AmeriCorps, but it was actually an undercover FBI agent.
"You answered questions knowing that you're f---ing lying, but you gotta be able to have that charisma, to be able to pull it off, to bulls--t," Maroño, boasting of his intellectual prowess, told the undercover agents.
The mayors were identified by an informant, lobbyist Michael Kesti, who led the FBI to two lobbyists tied to the elected officials: Richard Candia and Jorge Forte.
The indictments portray Pizzi as the cagier of the two mayors. Insisting the deal was legitimate, Pizzi has pleaded not guilty to fraud charges tied to $6,750 of illicit payments.
Maroño took more cash with Forte, $60,000, and tried to recruit other mayors into the scam. Before pleading guilty in October, he unsuccessfully tried to convert his $300,000 city pension into a private retirement account.
"[Maroño]'s not gonna be shy, shy to ask for s--t," Candia told an FBI agent in September 2011 during the scheme. "I mean, there will be no end."
Securities fraud
A month before his indictment, Pizzi made an appearance in an unrelated fraud case — but as the lawyer for a defendant, Michael Boudreaux, the former budget director for the City of Miami.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Boudreaux and the city with civil securities fraud for allegedly misrepresenting city finances to bond investors.
Boudreaux was accused of orchestrating financial transfers "to mask" mounting deficits and "falsely inflate" reserves reported in the city's 2007 and 2008 financial statements, the SEC said.
"Miami cannot continue to play shell games with its finances," Eric I. Bustillo, director of the SEC's Miami regional office, said in a statement.
The SEC also charged the city with violating an existing 2003 cease-and-desist order based on "similar misconduct." It marked the first time the SEC charged a municipality that was already under an existing cease-and-desist order.
The SEC is also investigating the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County for the financing of the new Miami Marlins baseball park.
Separately, the SEC charged the city of South Miami for fraudulently failing to disclose problems with the tax-exempt status of bond deals. South Miami agreed to settle the charges and hire an independent consultant to oversee some future bond deals.
But in the City of Miami, officials are still fighting the SEC, as is Boudreaux.
"He was an employee who did his job and did absolutely nothing wrong," Pizzi said of his client, Boudreaux, at the time.
Miami cops get stung
Miami's police were also under federal scrutiny.
As many as 10 officers lost their jobs or were charged in the wake of an illegal protection racket for a Liberty City gambling joint called the Player's Choice Barber Shop. The illegal police protection was organized by Officer Nathaniel Dauphin, who agreed to flip and inform on fellow officers.
With the FBI listening in, Dauphin enticed Officer Harold James into taking $800 in payoffs to provide protection for a fraudulent Liberty City check-cashing store that was actually an FBI front. James was sentenced in April to 15 months in prison.
Another crooked cop, Malinsky Bazile, stole the identities of Floridians he looked up in a law enforcement database. Bazile, who filed $140,000 worth of false tax returns, was convicted in October.
It marked the first time a South Florida law enforcement officer was found guilty of identity theft and tax-refund fraud.
Before his trial, Bazile and Dauphin set up yet another police officer, Vital Frederick, who participated in ID-theft grift involving 52 people and also accepted $1,400 in cash for protecting the phony check-cashing store.
Frederick's defense: he's gay and Bazile and Dauphin basically threatened to out him if he didn't commit the crimes. Frederick was convicted just days after Bazile. The two await sentencing. Dauphin's sentence was reduced to three years probation and 90 days home confinement.
Separately, in July, the U.S. Justice Department issued a report finding that the 1,100-officer Miami Police Department engaged in an unconstitutional "pattern or practice'' of excessive use of force after Justice examined 33 police shootings from 2008 to 2011.
More cop controversies
In February, former Opa-locka Capt. Arthur Balom was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for tipping off and protecting the Back Blues Gang, and for distributing cocaine, Ecstasy and oxycodone.
Then, in July, former Opa-locka Sgt. German Bosque — nicknamed "Florida's dirtiest cop" — was arrested for falsely imprisoning a man who complained that the officer punched him in the face after the man refused to hand over his 14-month-old child to the child's mother in 2011.
It was Bosque's third arrest. He had been fired six times before but somehow stayed in law enforcement, and has survived at least 40 internal-affairs investigations — 16 of which concerned excessive use of force, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.
Bosque said he's innocent and has been unfairly targeted in a "witch hunt."
In nearby Miami Gardens, the owner of a quick-mart sued the police in a November federal civil-rights complaint that alleges the officers unnecessarily shoved, intimidated and arrested patrons and a worker.
Miami Gardens denies the charges. But the questionable police activity was all captured on surveillance video. Weeks later, Miami Gardens Police Chief Matthew Boyd resigned.
In Homestead, Mayor Steve Bateman was charged by the Miami-Dade state attorney's office with engineering a secret, $125-an-hour consulting job with Community Health of South Florida.
Community Health hired the city mayor to cut through red tape at Miami-Dade County Hall. But higher-ups in Miami-Dade said they had no idea Bateman worked for the company.
"He comes to me as the mayor of Homestead. He doesn't come to me as a lobbyist from Homestead," Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez told prosecutors.
Records showed Bateman overbilled Community Health for that meeting, charging eight hours for the meeting with Gimenez that lasted only an hour.
Bateman pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of receiving unlawful compensation and three misdemeanors for violating the county's ethics code. Bateman's late August arrest came three weeks after the federal busts of Pizzi and Maroño.
After Bateman got out of jail, he promptly hit the campaign trail to seek reelection. He lost.
Weeks later in November, the state attorney's office filed seven new misdemeanor counts against Bateman for allegedly misspending campaign contributions in late 2011.
"Whoop-de-doo!" Bateman, again professing his innocence, said. "I am allowed to spend campaign money to buy my campaign workers lunch. It's all very innocent. "
Hialeah's 'shadow banking'
In Hialeah, Julio Robaina, the former mayor and a former candidate for county mayor, was indicted in May in federal court on charges of tax evasion and lying to federal agents. His wife was charged, too.
The Robainas deny wrongdoing. Trial is scheduled for May.
The U.S. attorney's office hopped on Robaina's trail amid an investigation into Hialeah's "shadow banking" industry. While mayor, Robaina allegedly made $1 million worth of usurious and clandestine loans to friends and constituents, including a Ponzi schemer.
Months later, in August, Robaina's uncle — Sergio "El Tío" Robaina — was convicted in an election-fraud scandal that marred the 2012 mayoral race and primaries.
El Tío pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of possessing multiple absentee ballots and illegally filling out the ballots of two others. El Tío was known as a Hialeah boletero ("balloteer" or "ballot broker") who helped round up absentee ballots on behalf of candidates or causes.
In October, another Hialeah ballot broker, Deisy Cabrera, struck a plea deal with prosecutors. She accepted probation for, in her words, merely helping elderly voters cast their ballots in the 2012 mayoral race and area primaries.
"Ms. Cabrera truly was the lamb led to the slaughter by the political wolves that wished to distract the media from the true corruption that continues to exist," said her lawyer, Robin Pimentel.
Scandal hits congressman's pal
As old-school block-walking boleteros disappear, a new breed of fraudsters began using computers to handle absentee ballots — requesting them on behalf of unsuspecting voters.
In late October, Jeffrey Garcia received a 90-day jail sentence for masterminding a plot to electronically request the absentee ballots of unwitting voters in the 2012 Democratic primary on behalf of his client, current U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia. No votes appear to have been stolen or unlawfully cast.
Rep. Garcia said he had no knowledge of the crime and promptly fired Jeffrey Garcia, who is of no relation and was his chief of staff.
State investigators got onto the case after a Miami Herald story detailed the suspicious ballot-request patterns. They raided three locations tied to the congressman's spokesman, Giancarlo Sopo, and his 2012 campaign manager, John Estes.
The Miami Herald also learned that a consultant told the FBI that Jeffrey Garcia played a secret role propping up a phony Tea Party candidate named Rolando "Roly" Arrojo, who ran in 2010 against Democrat Joe Garcia and Republican David Rivera.
Arrojo spent mystery money he never disclosed — as much as $30,000 — to attack Rivera in mailers, essentially on behalf of Joe Garcia, who said he was unaware of Arrojo's ties to Jeffrey Garcia. Rivera won the race anyway and became a congressman.
The Rivera-Alliegro imbroglio
The scheme — a ringer who spends mystery money and acts like a proxy for another candidate — repeated itself two years later. It also involved the same candidates: David Rivera, who was then a congressman, and challenger Joe Garcia.
The candidate taking the illegal money in late 2012: political nobody Justin Lamar Sternad. He spent at least $81,486 in unreported cash and checks to attack Garcia in the Democratic primary.
Sternad pleaded guilty March 15 and apologized in a written statement read outside the court house by his lawyer, Enrique "Rick" Yabor.
"I was taken advantage of and used by others," Sternad's statement said.
Sternad, who's to be sentenced March 28, has told the feds that he suspected Rivera was behind the illegal money, much of which was handled by Sternad's de facto campaign manager, Ana Alliegro, a pal of Rivera's.
Though a self-described Republican "bad girl," Alliegro hitched herself to the Democratic Sternad's campaign to help undermine her friend's rival in at least one illegally paid-for mailer.
The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald first drew attention to the apparently illegal activity. The feds jumped on the case. And Alliegro skipped town before an FBI interview.
Alliegro moved to Granada, Nicaragua, and opened up a hair salon. She was frequently visited by Rivera, who tried to cover his tracks by entering the country from Costa Rica, The Herald learned.
Both have denied wrongdoing. Neither has been charged.
Separately, Rivera's finances were also the subject of a now-stalled IRS investigation launched amid revelations of a secret $500,000 dog-track payment. Rivera also faces state ethics charges into his campaign activity as a state representative.
This fall, Alliegro briefly returned to Miami, spoke with the feds, but then left again for Nicaragua, according to her Facebook account, where she wrote: "I guess it took a bit for me to realize my world was full of horrible people."
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What are the Pieces of the Puzzle? Collecting Story Elements
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Objective: SWBAT determine important characters, setting, and/or plot in their historical fiction book.
Big Idea: Students make note of the important parts of the story to help them make connections between the parts later.
We all know how important it is to be able to recount the important parts of the story. Students usually do that work at the end of the story. However, when they do it at the beginning of the story, they can make connections between the important elements and some minor elements of the story.
After, I remind them of this activity, I model how to do it early on and then elicit their help from the class read aloud.
I start by recounting what are obvious facts, such as the main characters, and adding a few details for each.
After writing down a few ideas, I ask the students what else I can add. I call on a few students to share their ideas while I write them down in a way that I expect them to later.
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After helping me recall and record story elements from our class read aloud, students spend some time writing down story elements from their own books.
They record character, setting, and plot ideas using a box and bullet organization style.
To conclude the activity, students meet with their book club group. With their group, they share what information they collected and add to their notes and possibly make connections between characters or setting that they were confused about or didn't already know. Group work helps them develop their perspective and requires them to use details from the book to defend their position.


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GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Should the Padres trade a prospect for Rays pitcher Jeff Niemann or others of his ilk?
The club debated that question even before learning yesterday that Cha Seung Baek's upper forearm strain will shut down the No. 3 starter for at least a week and likely cancel his season debut for April 8.
"CSB is a little sore," manager Bud Black said. "We'll quiet it down for at least a week."
It's an especially strong seller's market for pitching, and the Padres have little money or surplus talent to offer. Hence the scavenging this month that has brought four right-handers – starters Walter Silva and Shawn Hill, reliever Duaner Sanchez, and reliever/starter Eugolio De La Cruz – for some $500,000 in fees and possibly a fringe minor leaguer to complete the Cruz deal.
Expect more pitchers to arrive later in camp. "I'm trying," Towers said when asked if he'll get more pitchers.
Arguing against a trade for Niemann is Tampa Bay's asking price. The American League champions seek lower-level prospects the Padres are unwilling to trade, such as pitcher Simon Castro, who is ranked seventh on The San Diego Union-Tribune's list of Padres prospects.
Later in camp, the price could fall for pitchers out of minor league options. Niemann is among them.
The Padres, who open the season with eight games in eight days, also are mulling whether to skip their No. 5 starter after the two open dates in April. Both ace Jake Peavy and No. 2 starter Chris Young volunteered yesterday to start every fifth day.
"Given the injury situation right now, with Cha Seung going down, I think we should be open to anything and see what works best and what's going to give us the best chance to win games," Young said. "I certainly, from a physical standpoint, would have no issue going every fifth day. Personally, I would prefer it that way. It gives me less time to get out of sync."
Peavy, too, said he prefers to start on normal rest. Statistics and his potential return to the trade market, though, may support giving him a fifth day of rest if an open date provides it. His career ERA on normal rest is 3.64, compared with a 2.71 ERA on five days' rest.
"There's a lot of a factors that go into this," Black said, "but generally speaking, you like to keep your guys throwing on a fifth day."
Correia likely starter
Towers and Black said Kevin Correia, barring an injury, likely will be in the rotation. In yesterday's 5-2 loss to the Indians, Correia gave up three runs in five innings.
"I like that Correia got up to 93 pitches, held his stuff," Black said.
Henry Blanco's throwing, catching and power hitting drew praise from Black, who said the veteran catcher is far from a once-a-week backup. Black said Blanco could play up to four games a week in a platoon with Nick Hundley.
De La Cruz threw fastballs clocked from 90-98 mph over a two-inning, one-run outing. Impressive were his two consecutive change-ups to strike out slugger Travis Hafner with two runners on base.
Rancho Bernardo High alum Allan Dykstra, drafted 23rd overall by the Padres last June, hit a 450-foot home run as part of a three-hit, three-walk minor league game.
Indians President Paul Dolan said the club is thrilled with Goodyear Ballpark and the team's nearby training complex, a project managed by JMI Sports. Created by Padres owner John Moores and run by UCSD and SDSU alum Erik Judson, JMI Sports is the development manager for more than $400 million in projects. "They have done a phenomenal job of quarterbacking a complex project," Dolan said. "We moved to Goodyear because the opportunity the community presented to us through JMI Sports was far superior to all proposals or concepts offered by Florida communities."
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Originally Posted by Cicily21
What happened to you? ->not correct (because you need an
auxiliary verb)
What's happened to you? -> correct
Kind regards,
Dear Teacher,
I wonder that which one is correct and why?
"What happened to you?" or "What's happened to you?"
Thanks a lot for your kind assistance.
Best Regards,
Originally Posted by Cicily21
What happened to you? ->not correct (because you need an
auxiliary verb)
What's happened to you? -> correct
Kind regards,
Both are quite correct.
"What happened to you?" is common and accepted.
"What has happened to you?" is cool, too.
The first one is an informal wh-question.
Something happened to you.
What happened to you? :D
Someone said it.
Who said it? :D
The only difference is the axiliary 'has' in the second one. It adds emphasis. :)
Josh: Something happened to my face?
Nomi: What happened?
Josh: Well...erm...
Nomi: What HAS happened? Do tell!
Josh: I accidently walked into a tree. :?
Does that help?
For further infomation:
It depends on the time of the happening and its relevance to now.
Oh, then I learned something wrong. I was sure, that I need an auxiliary :(
I'm sorry for my false statement.
Kind regards,
Why do YOU need an auxiliary? Are YOU a verb? :DOriginally Posted by Dany
Not at all. We learn together. :DI'm sorry for my false statement.
Have you got the time to take a look at the link I gave you?
Originally Posted by blacknomi
Yeah, that's right, we learn together and I'm glad that I get the answer. By the way, could anyone tell me that why we use "it's an act of bravery" instead of "it's an action of bravery"? I still feel confused about this two sentences. Thanks a lot!!
Best Regards,
An 'act' is like a unit of activity, while 'action' is the process. We say 'act of bravery' because we are referring to something that began and ended in clear terms, rather than talking in general terms.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- What goes through a woman's mind when she first hears the words, "You have breast cancer"? One in eight women will hear those words at some point in their lives and yet very little research has been conducted about women's thoughts at this early stage before treatment or surgery.
The ways women move from becoming a "breast cancer patient" immediately after diagnosis to integrating cancer into their understanding of themselves is revealed in a new study published in one of the nation's top nursing journals, Cancer Nursing, by University at Buffalo researcher, Robin Lally, PhD, RN, an assistant professor in the UB School of Nursing.
"The effect of a cancer diagnosis on a woman's self concept is not something that health care providers often consider when they are focused on the physical aspects of the disease and treatment early after diagnosis," Lally explains.
Her study reveals how women acclimate to their diagnosis as they adapt to a new world, a foreign environment, in which there are new roles and new people with a new culture and strange words.
The study found that "threatened self-integrity" -- the threat to how we know ourselves -- is the main concern for women as they acclimated to being "breast cancer patients" or "survivors." The women's self-integrity also was threatened by how they perceived others' impressions of them and by whether they attributed developing cancer to their own actions or inaction.
From the findings, Lally has developed a theory of acclimating to breast cancer that focuses on three stages to the initial adjustment process: surveying the situation, taking action and the emerging self.
Her findings may help health providers better understand the thought process of women as they come to grips with the meaning of breast cancer in their lives as early as a week or two after discovering they have the disease.
"These women should know they are not alone in their thinking, that their initial thoughts are not abnormal; they are shared by others in the early days after being diagnosed," Lally says.
For the study, Lally interviewed 18 women aged 37 to 87 diagnosed with stage 0 to stage II breast cancer. The women were interviewed within six to 21 days after the diagnosis and were asked to think back to the day they were diagnosed with breast cancer and share their experiences.
Essentially, according to Lally, women will work through a period of internal reflection about how breast cancer will affect them and those around them ("I have something that others dread"), to taking control of their immediate environments (reducing negative thoughts and using distraction) to incorporating cancer into their lives and contemplating the future.
In fact, many women in Lally's study embraced personal change and saw the diagnosis as "a wake-up call" to appreciate life and the people in it. For the most part, women felt optimistic and hopeful that they would survive their cancer, Lally says.
At the end of the study, Lally was surprised to discover the "amount of mental energy that women expend when thinking about their diagnosis and strategies to control their environment" as a way to protect themselves from uncomfortable moments that arise when they are the "cancer patient" in social and work situations.
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Cnet rating: 3 stars out of 5.
The good: The phone has good call quality and a dedicated camera button, and costs an affordable $150 off-contract.
The bad: Poor screen quality, lacks 4G, takes dull photos, and has a very slow processor.
The cost: $150 to $180.
The bottom line: Pass on the slow, disappointing Samsung Galaxy Ring in favor of LG's superior Optimus F3.
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Cnet rating: 2.5 stars out of 5.
The good: The One Touch Evolve has impressive call quality and it's one of the lowest priced phones on T-Mobile.
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The cost: $80 to $90.
The bottom line: The Alcatel One Touch Evolve is an affordable Android phone, but its dismal performance makes it not even worth the low price.
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Cnet rating: 2.5 stars out of 5.
The good: The Open is an attractive smartphone that represents the Firefox OS' budget aspirations.
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