I know. I just feel it would be a much cleaner forum if links were provided rather than whole articles. If I don;t want to read the article I don't have to keep scrolling. I'd venture a guess that the majority would appreciate links over complete articles pasted and taking up enormous amount of space.
Although I don't always agree with the character known as @MARIS61 and his views, you are pulling a Trump here, bud. Sure, disagree with Fox News. He can post whatever he wants though. The internet IS an enormous amount of space. Let the dude speak his mind and take up this "space". Call him out on his stance and make a good argument, not just that "his posts are too long". "Cleaner forum" LOL feel free to venture more guesses based on my response above. Can't wait.
I am not even remotely suggesting censoring or preventing anyone from posting what they want. I'm suggesting using a link rather than the whole article so that posters don't have to scroll through all the drivel. Maybe you like scrolling through page after page of stuff you aren't interested in. I don't and I bet 90% of his posts go unread or maybe only the first couple of paragraphs. Anyway, it was just a suggestion.
Awesome suggestion. I do scroll through a lot of it. It just isn't something difficult that would make me complain about it though. Live and let live. It comes across as you not liking the long paragraphs that he posts. I would bet 90% of your complaints get scrolled through. Another thing niether of us could prove.
If you really just want to argue, can you find a better subject that we can argue about. Like I said, it was just a SUGGESTION. Making it into some sort of serious offense seems a bit petty unless that was your intentions. Enjoy Labor Day.
His posts would be more easy to read and consequently more effective if they were shorter and had all the wording replaced with links, in my opinion. Therefor, I'm going to conclude that cup was basically right other than the presentation of his point could have been made better. Feedback needs to be acceptable for it to have any desired effect. This is a good reminder for me.
In the small world department... I just sold a cabin upriver from my place (sight unseen by email and phone) to an American minister who has been living in San Jose, CR the last 2 years. His Costa Rican wife ( a school principal) whom he met on the internet sees my listing online, he calls me and asks if his friend Greg P. can check it out for him. Greg P. is a flipper client of mine. Turns out Greg P. goes to CR quite often. Met the buyer yesterday at the cabin. Now I have 2 more good sources for info.
While I don't think it's a big deal, I too find it mildly irritating to wind up scrolling through a virtual book. If it weren't for this sub thread I'd never bring it up.
Violence towards women especially and violence in general have escalated enormously due to the collapsing socialist countries which surround Costa Rica, the massive influx of drug cartels and "refugees", and the lack of an army or major police force to deal with it all. Rapes and murders of women tourists have become commonplace. Costa Ricans arrest resort guard in death of Florida woman By TAMARA LUSH | Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A security guard at a Costa Rica Airbnb rental villa was arrested in the death of a Florida woman who was remembered by friends as an avid world traveler and "happy soul," authorities said Wednesday. Carla Stefaniak of Hallandale Beach, Florida, went to the Central American country to celebrate her 36th birthday but never boarded her Nov. 28 return flight after messaging friends that it was "pretty sketchy" at her resort. That prompted her family to raise the alarm with Costa Rican authorities. Officials later found a partially buried body in woods near the Villa le Mas complex and identified it using fingerprints, the country's Judicial Investigation Department said. Stefaniak's family members also traveled to there to help with identification. Security guard Bismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, was arrested in the slaying after he contradicted himself in statements to police, the department said Wednesday. Investigators said blood was found in his nearby apartment. "What happened to Carla is just unimaginable," friend Bugra Demirel of Tallahassee said in a telephone interview. He said Carla was a "happy soul" who made everyone laugh and had a large social media presence. Espinosa Martinez, a Nicaraguan immigrant, was working as a security guard at the complex despite lacking the proper documents to be in Costa Rica, department officials said at a news conference in San Jose. He is believed to have lived in Costa Rica since June. Airbnb removed Villa le Mas — a compound with seven vacation apartments — from its site and said Wednesday that it had reached out to family members to offer condolences. Villa Le Mas's attorney, Federico Jenkins, said the owners are cooperating with the authorities in the investigation. Stefaniak, who was an insurance agent, loved to travel and post photos on Instagram. Her trips included visits to Iceland, Switzerland and Mexico, all documented on social media. For her birthday, she and her sister-in-law decided to visit Costa Rica for a short trip. As with her other journeys, Stefaniak posted photos on her Instagram. On Nov. 23, she posted a photo of her looking at the ocean that said, "Future resident of Costa Rica." Two days later, her last Instagram picture featured her in a turquoise bathing suit, lying near a pool with tropical plants in the background. "I'm going to miss the place," she wrote. On Nov. 27 — her birthday — Stefaniak's sister-in-law returned home; the two women had booked different return flights on different days. Stefaniak reserved an Airbnb about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the airport in San Jose for her final night in the country. Language wasn't an issue; Stefaniak was born in Venezuela, then moved to Tampa in 2000 with her family and finally settled in South Florida. After her sister-in-law left, an Uber driver took her on a tour of San Jose, then dropped her off at the Airbnb around 5 p.m. on Nov. 27. Demirel said she texted a friend that it was "raining crazy" and the power was out. She added that it was "pretty sketchy here" and included a picture of the Airbnb. "Everything she did she always shared with friends and that's when we knew definitely something was up as soon as we lost contact with her," Demirel said. After Stefaniak failed to board her Nov. 28 flight to Florida, the family discovered a troubling detail: she had checked in for her flight on the 26th. The family alerted Costa Rican authorities and launched a social media campaign to find her. Then came a break: the hotel guard said he'd last seen Stefaniak at 5 a.m. on Nov. 28 and helped her put her bags into a taxi. But then he changed his story, according to Costa Rican media, and authorities scrutinized the details more. The family wondered why she would have taken a car to the airport at 5 a.m. when her flight was in the afternoon. On Tuesday, a body was found half-buried and covered in plastic in a wooded area about 1,000 feet (305 meters) from the hotel. It was Stefaniak. An autopsy revealed that Stefaniak suffered a blunt force wound to the head and cuts on the neck and arms. On Wednesday, her family worked to bring her body home so they could make funeral arrangements. "It's too much for us," her father, Carlos Stefaniak, told ABC Action News in Tampa from Costa Rica. He showed a photo of his four children — Carla and her sister, and their two brothers. "That's my team. They are incomplete." Demirel wondered if the culprit planned to harm Stefaniak from the moment she booked the reservation because her profile photo shows she's "beautiful" and she noted in her reservation that she was traveling alone. Airbnb encourages users to post their photos as an "important way for hosts and guests to learn about each other." "I want people to know these things happen," he said. "Girls traveling alone make decisions to stay at places. We want them to be aware of their surroundings. But it is hard to have fun and have your guard up at the same time." ___ Reporter Javier Cordoba in San Jose, Costa Rica, contributed to this report. https://www.foxnews.com/us/costa-ricans-arrest-resort-guard-in-death-of-florida-woman
The only exception is when you have to pay to read the article from the source, in that case I think quoting the article if perfectly acceptable.
Airbnb sued in killing of Florida woman in Costa Rica rental villa By Robert Gearty | Fox News Airbnb is being sued by the family of a Florida woman who was sexually attacked and killed in a rental villa in Costa Rica she booked through the house-sharing service. Police said Carla Stefaniak was murdered on her 36th birthday Nov. 28 by a Nicaraguan immigrant working as a security guard at the resort where she was staying. The lawsuit filed in Tampa Dec. 20 seeks damages for negligence, Fox 13 Tampa reported. The resort is also named as a defendant. Stefaniak’s two brothers brought the lawsuit. "The security guard was not even legally authorized to be in Costa Rica; he was in the county illegally,” their attorney Jack Gordon told the station. “He certainly wasn't properly licensed as a security guard. He wasn't even llegally authorized to be employed. Yet he was provided with his own apartment directly next to where Carla was staying." "Our hearts are broken for Carla’s family, friends, and loved ones," Airbnb said in a statement, according to Fox 13. “We reached out to provide support to them during this unimaginably difficult time. We have also been in contact with Costa Rican and American law enforcement authorities, and we are standing by to support their investigation, as justice must be served quickly.” Airbnb also said that the resort has been removed from its platform. The resort did not respond to a request for comment. Earlier this month, investigators said Stefaniak died of blunt force trauma to the head and had also been stabbed several times in the neck. https://www.foxnews.com/us/airbnb-sued-in-killing-of-florida-woman-in-costa-rica-rental-villa
I agree lanny as SPD pointed out that is when he posts long articles so that those that don't have access can read it. Makes perfect sense in that case and appreciated.
Wow, Maris announces that he's going to Costa Rica and immediately the country goes to shit. @MARIS61, how about a nice vacation to Russia?
I get the feeling that Maris is trying hard to talk his wife out of the trip. "Maybe we can visit Nebraska instead, honey" barfo
As with most of your posts, nothing could be further from the truth. I'm stoked to observe this historic political moment in Costa Rica and learn what I can firsthand of the effects it is having on this 3rd world country. Meanwhile, they emulate Obama's approach to funding education. Costa Rica finances 73% of its public education with indebtedness Enrollment in the last 10 years has fallen, yet the education budget almost quadrupled and the number of teachers increased, says the report by the Comptroller's Office. By Rico 28 December 2018 The payment of teacher salaries, the operation of the school lunch program, scholarships, improvements in educational infrastructure and the transfers to the public universities in their majority were financed through indebtedness during 2018. Enrollment in the last 10 years has fallen, yet the education budget almost quadrupled and the number of teachers increased, says the report by the Comptroller’s Office. A recent report from the Contraloría General de la República (CGR) – Comptroller General – reveals that the Government allocated the equivalent to 7.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the Ministerio de Educacion Publica (MEP) – Ministry of Public Education. Of that amount, 26.3% was financed with current income, that is, through tax collection. The remaining 73.7% was with debt, mainly through government bonds. The details were contained in one of the three reports issued by the CGR on problems that, in its opinion, should be addressed to provide a true solution to the country’s fiscal crisis. Carlos Morales, technical assistant of the Financial Administration Department of the Comptroller General’s Office, explained that getting into debt is not a problem in itself. The problem, according to Morales, is when indebtedness corresponds to expenditure items that grow inertially, for example, education associated with a macroeconomic variable (such as GDP) and not the fulfillment of objectives. “(The indebtedness) can put us in a situation of little financial sustainability,” the official explained. “The Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance) has difficulties in the placement of bonds, and it is to be hoped that with the tax reform, consumer confidence in this type of bonds will return,” he said. When the Treasury has problems placing bonds in the market, another problem arises: it must increasingly offer higher interest rates and shorter terms to attract investors. Such difficulties to sell bonds have already caused the Treasury to delay the transfer of resources to the MEP for the school canteens and for scholarships, for example. Another problem pointed out in the CGR report is the quality of education. The Comptroller’s Office criticized the MEP that, beyond complying with the percentage of 8% of GDP established in the Constitution for public education, the State should also consider variables such as “demographic change and the quality and efficiency with which such public funds are executed.” The report points out the drop in school enrollment, falling from 513,805 to 443,2091 between 2007 and 2017. However, in the same period, the MEP budget almost quadrupled, and the number of teachers increased. The decline, the report concludes, is expect to continue as a result of the decline in the fertility rate, supported by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) estimate that people from 0 to 14 years will go from representing 22.2% of the total population of the country in 2018 to 20.5% in 2025. Although there are fewer and fewer children, the Comptroller’s Office estimates that if the current trend in the allocation of money continues, the MEP budget would double by 2030. “These data show the urgent need for a thorough and detailed review of public education spending, and it is necessary to assess the relevance of each of the expenses in terms of efficiency and quality, and considering both the demographic dynamics and the situation and perspectives of public finances,” says the report. http://qcostarica.com/costa-rica-finances-73-of-its-public-education-with-indebtedness/
Hotel where Stefaniak was killed hired another illegal Nica By Rico 14 December 2018 The hotel Le Mas, the hotel where the American/Venezuelan tourist Carla Stefaniak was killed, has been again been found hiring another Nicaraguan migrant, illegal in the country, as a security guard. Steven Madden, deputy director of the immigration police, confirmed that during an operation carried out at the hotel’s facilities to identify more people, they found the illegal guarding the entrance to the hotel that was shut down by the municipality of Escazu for operating without a license. “In this place, the person who is the case of the front gate is a citizen of Nicaraguan nationality with the surname Molina. Once the immigration systems is consulted, it is found he does not register any regular entry to the country. Also, the passport does not have any stamp that proves his legal entry,” said Madden. The attorneys for Stefaniak’s family, Josep Rivera and David Hernández, were surprised to learn of the recidivism of Le Mas by hiring illegals. “Arriving here we found out and managed to observe a vehicle of the immigration police and we are informed that the guard who was here at the hotel was arrested. They tell us that he is detained because he is a person who has problems of immigration status in the country, this draws our attention because he is not the other foreigner who was arrested and who worked here, but he is a different person who is also illegal, it seems that they (illegals) are still used for the care of this property,” said Hernández. The half-buried body of Carla Stefaniak was found on Monday, December 3, some 200 meters from the Le Mas after reported missing on November 28. The hotel security guard, Bismark Espinoza Martínez, was arrested the arrested the same Monday night and is currently in preventive detention (remand) while the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) continues to investigate the case. Authorities say Martinez, the only suspect in the murder of tourist, arrived in Costa Rica in June and was illegal at the time of the arrest. http://qcostarica.com/hotel-where-stefaniak-was-killed-hired-another-illegal-nica/
Are you saying that we shouldn't fund public education and that somehow we would coast along with Americans still filling highly technical jobs?
Just for once, please read the article first so you can make an informed comment on the subject it is about. It's not FOX News so you don't have to be afraid of the words.
