Comments for MetroFocus http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus News, culture and life in and around New York Sat, 04 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on A Museum All About Math by mary shea mena http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2013/05/a-museum-all-about-math/#comment-55885 mary shea mena Sat, 04 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=71579#comment-55885 Great!! ***** Great!! *****

]]> Comment on Housing Court Crisis Demands Action by Sarita Otero http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2013/03/housing-court-crisis-demands-action/#comment-55884 Sarita Otero Sat, 04 May 2013 10:21:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=71028#comment-55884 Judges are friends of the landlords. Landlord lawyers work at the courthouse and are well known by the judges. Tenants are not represented or are given representation that again are lawyers connected to the courthouse. That's what's going on in the courthouse. Judges are friends of the landlords. Landlord lawyers work at the courthouse and are well known by the judges. Tenants are not represented or are given representation that again are lawyers connected to the courthouse. That’s what’s going on in the courthouse.

]]> Comment on Environmental Leaders of the Future by Chickenoregg http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2013/05/environmental-leaders-of-the-future/#comment-55883 Chickenoregg Fri, 03 May 2013 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=71843#comment-55883 Are you sure this isn't mission creep? Are you sure this isn’t mission creep?

]]> Comment on Fresh Fish! Where and When to Get the Best Catch in NYC by sea bass tackle http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/03/fresh-fish-where-and-when-to-get-the-best-catch-in-nyc/#comment-55882 sea bass tackle Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:48:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?post_type=mf_tool_box&p=40179#comment-55882 With that said, it's better to decrease your offering slightly in size rather than increase it as too big of a fly and your catch rate falls off rapidly. I break out the really big flies once a trophy bass has been spotted! For these reasons I agree that a six weight or even a five will do for most of your Bass fishing and I've even fished for bass with my threes and fours. I do go to a bigger rod weight when using bigger flies as these are a pain with a light rod. With that said, it’s better to decrease your offering slightly in size
rather than increase it as too big of a fly and your catch rate falls
off rapidly. I break out the really big flies once a trophy bass has
been spotted! For these reasons I agree that a six weight or even a
five will do for most of your Bass fishing and I’ve even fished for bass
with my threes and fours. I do go to a bigger rod weight when using
bigger flies as these are a pain with a light rod.

]]> Comment on City & State: This Week’s Winners and Losers by Scandalous Kim http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/02/city-state-this-weeks-winners-and-losers-6/#comment-55881 Scandalous Kim Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:55:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=39258#comment-55881 Carlos Luquis is still at it. He's running a fuel company in Texas. He hires oil truck drivers with promises of high pay, insurance, bonuses, etc. He shorts his employees pay checks, he doesn't follow through with the pay structure he promised and he offers no insurance, bonuses or other benefits. They quit on him and he just goes through the cycle all over again and hires more. They gave him 12 years in prison and he only served 18 months. Apparently he didn't learn his lesson. He should be in prison. FYI...Carlos Luquis is no longer associated with Austin Re-Fuel. Carlos Luquis is still at it. He’s running a fuel company in Texas. He hires oil truck drivers with promises of high pay, insurance, bonuses, etc. He shorts his employees pay checks, he doesn’t follow through with the pay structure he promised and he offers no insurance, bonuses or other benefits. They quit on him and he just goes through the cycle all over again and hires more. They gave him 12 years in prison and he only served 18 months. Apparently he didn’t learn his lesson. He should be in prison.

FYI…Carlos Luquis is no longer associated with Austin Re-Fuel.

]]> Comment on Man and Machine in Lower Manhattan Recovery by Henry Scott http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/11/man-and-machine-in-lower-manhattan-recovery/#comment-55880 Henry Scott Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=65436#comment-55880 It is great to know that how fast they completing the recovery process by utilizing all the necessary tools they have. It is great to know that how fast they completing the recovery process by utilizing all the necessary tools they have.

]]> Comment on Sonia Manzano: From Actress to Author by way of Sesame Street by Sean Horace http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2013/04/sonia-manzano-from-actress-to-author-by-way-of-sesame-street/#comment-55879 Sean Horace Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=71502#comment-55879 Sonia is a real good actress. I just never know she was a writer. Sonia is a real good actress. I just never know she was a writer.

]]> Comment on What the DREAM Acts Mean for Undocumented Students: Share Your Thoughts by kristie http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/05/what-the-dream-acts-mean-for-undocumented-students/#comment-55878 kristie Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?p=47831#comment-55878 I am undocumented. And I want to be a productive human being in this society. May America just give me an opportunity to live in this country and live my dreams I am undocumented. And I want to be a productive human being in this society. May America just give me an opportunity to live in this country and live my dreams

]]> Comment on Q&A Liz Garbus: Why HBO’s ‘There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane’ Was Her Toughest Film Yet by bignosepete@msn.com http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2011/08/q-a-with-liz-garbus-theres-something-wrong-with-aunt-diane/#comment-55877 bignosepete@msn.com Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?post_type=mf_culture&p=11093#comment-55877 BULLCRAP !!! BULLCRAP !!!

]]> Comment on New York’s Treasure Trove of Tiny Islands by aidan http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2011/10/the-archipelago-of-new-york-city/#comment-55876 aidan Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:56:00 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/?post_type=mf_metro_life&p=22223#comment-55876 i'm not singing for the i’m not singing for the

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