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When your golf course sits about half way between the Monterey Peninsula (Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Cypress Point) and the San Francisco area (San Francisco Golf Club, Olympic Club, TPC Harding Park), it's understandably tough to get attention. There's obviously not a lot of oxygen left in the room after golfers start to rave about those two Northern California golf-rich regions. So how do you get exposure? Simple: By having a product that's too good to ignore. But how would a golf course meet that lofty criteria?
First, start off with great land. Make it near the coast with some distant, but still stunning, views of the Pacific, provide great contour of the land, and go ahead and line the fairways with majestic cypress trees. Put in some of the most exquisite and immaculate bunkering found anywhere. Make the routing interesting and intimate. Create challenging but fair greens. And if you can have one of the most respected and honored golf course architects create the vision - and over 80 years of accolades and history - well, then you have such a golf course.
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Learn more about this Northern California gem
Enter Pasatiempo. This Alister MacKenzie gem in Santa Cruz, Calif., takes a back seat to no course in America, despite its highly lauded neighbors.
Pasatiempo (Spanish for "passing of time"), has the rare combination of being one of the nation's most awarded and cited golf courses and yet, constantly referred to as a "hidden gem." And both are true. Golf Magazine's 2011, "Top 100 Courses in the U.S.," list had Pasatiempo at No. 66 and their 2010 list of, "Top 100 Courses You Can Play," had it at No. 11 (ahead of such notable tracks as Chambers Bay, Harbour Town and Torrey Pines.) GolfWeek, The Golf Channel and Sports Illustrated have also lauded the venue as a masterpiece. But among casual golfers, and many making the "once-in-a-lifetime-visit" to the Northern California area; it unfortunately slips past many their playing radars.
A recent visit to the course illuminated for this writer how unfortunate such a missed opportunity might be. From the majestic views atop the first tee to the iconic 16th green, from the grandeur of glistening white bunkers to the challenge of the large and sloping greens; there is nothing about Pasatiempo that isn't top tier. Conditioning, service, facilities, climate, scenery - you name it, the folks at Pasatiempo will put their offerings up against anyone. Course general manager Scott Hoyt, PGA and PGA Head Professional Ken Woods go above and beyond to make sure every guest feels like a member and then every member feels ultra-privileged; and course Superintendent Paul Chojnacky obviously knows some course conditioning magic that he's not going to share (or he might on his Pasatiempo Golf Club Maintenance blog).
Our round may have occurred on the busiest day they've had in 2011. The weather was "Chamber of Commerce" ideal - not a cloud in the sky. The barely-there breeze and virtually no humidity made it picturesque and ideal. The course was in tremendous shape and though there were groups on every hole, the occasional waits weren't too bad because you had so much to simply take in as you gazed around the course.
The story of Pasatiempo is obviously rich in history, but it is one that is still being told. Yes, the great Bobby Jones was so impressed with it that it served as the catalyst in having Alister MacKenzie design Augusta National. But just as interesting may be the innovative ways they continue to provide golfers that impressive experience. (My favorite story is the canyons that cross in front of the No. 10 tee and No. 18 green. The large overgrowth that would like to grow in there would be an eyesore, however, the terrain made most forms of maintenance near impossible. The course then hired a herd of goats to come in and take care of the area for a period of time. The results were so positive the goats will be making a return visit.)
Membership can be had (another clever innovation) by purchasing a share of stock in Pasatiempo, Inc. and then purchasing an annual playing privilege membership. So the owners (shareholders) are the only ones who can become members. And the amazing annual fee for playing privileges is only around $5000. (True, the current price for a share of stock is currently around $100,000 - but I digress.) Even more, the price for a round of golf for a non-member tops out at $250 - not exactly a bargain, but less than you'd pay at some lesser renowned designs.
To put it another way, try calling Augusta National or Cypress and offering $250 to get on this weekend and let me know how that works out for you.
The course remains as relevent and cherished today as it has ever been. Many top championships are hosted here, notably the famed Western Intercollegiate (now in its 66th year) hosted by the San Jose State Univ. Men's Golf Team and the 2004 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur.
But perhaps there is no more fitting tribute than the fact that course designer MacKenzie, the same architect who designed Augusta National, Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne; chose Pasatiempo to be his home course. Literally. Golfers often pay homage to the icon as they pass by the house off the sixth hole where he lived for the final years of his life.
Walking the halls of the clubhouse, standing on the first tee or watching a putt traverse over one of the signature slopes; the overwhelming feeling for golfers at Pasatiempo is that this is golf in its purest form. Study a hole from the tee box and realize the genius that is MacKenzie designs. Then look back at the tee box when you reach the green and you see all the bunkers have disappeared (a favorite MacKenzie trick). Walk off the 16th hole with a par and know that Dr. Mackenzie called this "the best two-shot hole I know." (I did not by the way, but made a valiant 5). And tap out on the 18th green (a challenging par 3 over the canyon) and you'll appreciate that you just enjoyed one of the most heralded and unique opportunities in the country.
Whether real or virtual, almost every golfer has a pegboard of courses played. The top ones are the first ones brought up at cocktail parties, barbecues, church socials, etc. But more than impressing others, the top ones are the ones you remember for your entire career as one of the reasons you love to play golf. And visiting Pasatiempo will do that for you in the most magnificent way.


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Scams on Plenty of Fish
- Dating site url: http://www.pof.com/
- Listed: May 19, 2012 5:06 pm
Dating site descriptionPlentyofFish (POF) is an online dating site, popular primarily in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. POF is free to use, but also offers a paid version.
If you had ever suffered from scammers' actions on pof.com, post your report here in order to prevent other people from being scammed.
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Scammed out of $40k
Looking for anyone else who was scammed on PoF by a guy with the profile name "NewB0rnOwner018". He goes by the name Fred Cazola with the personal email address:
fredcazolacableinstallment@gmail com. The number he uses for telephone conversations is
(587) 975-8175. Says he's current in Malaysia on business. I tracked down the real person of all the photos he has been using. I have attached one of those photos on here.
This guy is " Lt. Robert Taylor" he says that he is deployed in Baghdad. He used 2 different phone numbers, they we're both land lines in the USA. One was in Oregon the other Tennessee. The best way to figure them out, start asking personal questions, where did you go to High School, College or Basic yraining, ask about family, how he was raised etc…they will start backing up real quick, they will say "I feel like you don't trust me. And he calls you Angel.
Rhonda Williams Dodson(Quote)
Watch out for this lady! Her name is Kathryn Warner, age 74. She lives in Clearwater, Florida. Very bad person!
Watch out for a lady by this name Kathryn Warner! She lives in Clearwater, Florida. She met my father on Plenty of Fish dating site. They been dating for a month and half. My father was admitted to a hospital for his heart for three days. Upon discharge , Kathryn drove up to pick up my father without okay by the family. She took him to Clearwater home. She started to isolate him and blocked his family contacts. She has been is gas-lighting him with the idea of him going against his own children who took care of him for about three years. Now she got him to pay her bills and took him to gambling. She encouraged him to refuse the medical treatments. She thought he is a rich man but in reality he is far from it! His savings is badly depleted by her. Her name is Kathryn Warner. Her age is 74. She lives in Clearwater Florida. Her son is a drug addict and Kathryn is raising his son 's son.
Has anyone heardof a Eric Price. Bes suppose to be in the Army widowed a d station in Syria. I believe he has been scamming my mom
Tereka Jordan(Quote)
I was fed up with the amount of fake scammers ive come accross now before i even chat to them
I snapshot any pic google reverse image search them
Always check others as a slight change in pic it comes in others similar
If nothing i chat if there scammers they normally try getting u off POF to chat i got that P'd off i said yes just to play there game back the biggest screw up on hangout depending u get their number or email it takes 2 secs to reverse check it shows u everything
Has anyone heard of a Donna Aido? I think she and a man name Robert E. Lawrence are trying to scam me. She is not asking for money. They are claiming she sold a building that she inherited in Greece from her Father told Robert Lawrence that whatever inheritance she gets has to be given to a beneficiary (her partner) because she is too reckless with money. They have really set this up very elaborately. With documents, etc. She wants me to open an account so she can pay some tax bill on the building before she can collect the money. I am afraid of going to jail for aiding and abetting a criminal.
Has anyone heard of a Donna Aido? I think she and a man name Robert E. Lawrence are trying to scam me. She is not asking for money. They are claiming she sold a building that she inherited in Greece from her Father told Robert Lawrence that whatever inheritance she gets has to be given to a beneficiary (her partner) because she is too reckless with money. They have really set this up very elaborately. With documents, etc. She wantsme to open an account so she can pay some tax bill on the building before she can collect the money. I am afraid of going to jail for aiding and abetting a criminal.
Get an email address or even a snapshot of their pics google reverse it x
I met a man on plenty of fish who said he was in the Air Force in Syria..named Oliver. Asking for iTunes card and then eventually a care package..dummy I sent iTunes but not care package I knew he was up to no good. I told a friend and then she sent me this attatcment..I couldn't believe it..and the number was on the fish scamming numbers. We to talked everyday asked a lot of questions asking for pictures..sweet talking. Using a military members pictures….they should be ashame 806 area code…blocked his number and reporting him….Beware!
This is his profile on pof goes by philip shane smith.
I met a man on plenty of fish who said he was in the Air Force in Syria..named Oliver. Asking for iTunes card and then eventually a care package..dummy I sent iTunes but not care package I knew he was up to no good. I told a friend and then she sent me this attatcment..I couldn't believe it..and the number was on the fish scamming numbers. We to talked everyday asked a lot of questions asking for pictures..sweet talking.Using a military members pictures….they should be ashame 806 area code…blocked his number and reporting him….Beware!
I met a man on plenty of fish who said he was in the Air Force in Syria..named Oliver. Asking for iTunes card and then eventually a care package..dummy I sent iTunes but not care package I knew he was up to no good. I told a friend and then she sent me this attatcment..I couldn't believe it..and the number was on the fish scamming numbers. We to talked everyday asked a lot of questions asking for pictures..sweet talking.Using a military members pictures….they should be ashame 806 area code…blocked his number and reporting him….Beware!
Since some years, in pof.com are mostly scammers.
But if i warned pof.com, the dont react.
Each person can there make an acount, na d if he pays, they never would block him.
My english is not perfect, some words i dont know,
I have found a trick, how i can find, if he is a scammer or not.
I can give you a name:
Beebow2 naME IS Charles, or Fritzy; in an other mail; will only phone with whats app.
Bayard, West Virginia , he give me a phone numver and an adress,
but as i told him to meet me first in Germany, i have never heard from him.
His photos are very strange! He looks very bad.
65 year old , Details 65 year old Männlich, 178cm; Lutherisch; Hellhäutig, Zwilling Absicht : aktiv auf der suche nach einer beziehung. Bildung Bachelor Persönlichkeit Hoffnungloser Romantiker Beruf: Sawyer timberframer farmer carpenter retired
He is unpolite and very strange, and agressive, he will shot, the Mrs. Merkel from Germany.
I warn each person, to give any strange person your email adress, it give cyber scammers too.
And if you give them a mail adress, you cannt warn the datingline, about that person,
You can be shure, something is wrong, if the first or second mail is coming, with the text, please
give me your mail adress. They give not your email adress first, they will have first your email adress, or phone number, or chat, before you have any information from this person.
And an other person, i look if i will find him: but the problem is, if i have wrote no, the scammers delated me, and block me, so i dont find, again the latest scammers i have found.
Sometimes it needs a little bit time,
before i see, that he is a scammer.
But next time i can give you some scammers, i have copied for me.
It's hard to seek out knowledgeable people on this matter, however you sound like you realize what you're talking about! Thanks
Retta Valcho(Quote)
I was wondering if anyone ran into a Michael Smith. He lived in Miami Florida but was in Afghanistan doing service in the army. I was dumb and he talked me into sending money to his daughter in Guam luckily it was only 40$. But I'm still trying to figure out if he's real.
Hello I've been scammed by a guy going by the name Jeff E.Knox says he's military Army ,made mistake trying to talk to someone else gave my # His # is 724-990-0316 ! Also using different picture and profile ! Told me has two girls ,new one has a boy ! Usernames evman65 Tknox4440 ,New one Drama 233 on POF ..be ware of different pictures new one he's a carpenter Pic I'm attaching is military and sent the same one to the other lady !! Trying to report him to the military !! Any advice !!
This is his profile on pof goes by philip shane smith.
Met him on pof goes by the name philip shane smith says his in the military overseas in syria has anybody seen his profile? Please let me know.. firstname.lastname@example.com with any info on him.
Daniel Joe Begley. Says he is in military in Syria. Pic does not have beard but is certainly him. Lets expose him.
Janet Miller(Quote)
Did he say his parents died when he was 29 and he divorced his wife of 15 years because she was a cheater and couldn't have kids…he said he was from Austin Texas.
Hes also under firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com gave me same numbers
Hey guys I think he is still on the prowl. I met this Dennis Walter sound like the same person, I have been talking to him and he said he was.an.engineer and had a contract to Singapore, and he is a smooth talker, does anyone have a picture or email of him.
Hey ladies, it's the same person… He send me a message, but some inconsistent in his profile made me doub it, and I google his phone number. His profile said "I don't have kids", but in the picts with his daughter? I attach the picts
Dec 29 2:41 PM
I hope you had a wonderful holiday, You have a beautiful profile and i will love to be your friend. a dinner will be a great idea so that we can know each other well, please text me on my mobile so that i can tell you more about myself, here is my mobile, 904 800-8907
He was on Match.com, claims he lost his wife. I goggled his number and found all of you. I actually reported him to match.com and all of a sudden his profile was gone. He claims he lives in Seattle, but still has the same Florida #. He just tried to call me and I blocked his number. So glad you guys posted stuff on him! Nice to be warned ahead of time.
Oh dear, here's another scammer, and this time, he is on a paid online dating site, ourtime.com. Sadly these military scammers are now infiltrating the paid dating sites. His name is Robert Fischer, his email is email@example.com and he says he lives in Detroit, Michigan.
Got involved with 2 scammers very briefly…I figured it out pretty quickly. Same story as everyone else. They use other people's photos and make up profiles….all the rest of it…..
Be very careful ladies…(& gents) don't get sucked in and NEVER EVER send $$ or give any bank details.
I emailed my response, also tried to download photos of him, his daughter, his best friend, lying sack of S_ _ _ t!
Rose Overstreet(Quote)
Hi Chris:
Your name on this black name list. How do you feel ? How do you proof your honest ?
Too much scammed and Cheater,fake,fraud of online dating for every day.
How about your goals for the online dating website ?
What are your going to do for me ? Where is the Range Rover car ? Where is the
car purchased payment receipt ? Do you continue want to lie me ?
Are you bored for your life ?
Please don't waste my valuable time ……..
This Cheater E-mail Below and name is "Christian Roberto";
Honey I have found my self really good in expressing myself since I have been talking to you. I want to experience a new platform of love with you and I want to take you to places you have never been and I want to go everywhere with you and I also want to cook your favorite meal for you.
I want to make love to you in the kitchen while cooking your favorite meal for you. Honey please what is your preparation because I really do not have a date now as I am still working on the clearing of my equipment from the United Authority and once the equipment is cleared and delivered to the offshore platform I will be able to finish my work in few days then I will have all the time to spend with you so that i can give you all the love that I have for you.
Honey I am waiting to hear from you soon, yours forever ……..
Hi honey it's always wonderful to read your email because it makes me feel remembered and special. Yes honey I love you with all my heart and I promised that I will never lie to you and I will always give you my total sincerity and honesty because I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
I was born 13th July 1958 at 11.00 AM and I am working as a senior engineer and independent contractor to the British petroleum. As I have told you before that i am working in an oil and gas drilling platform located at the Gulf of Mexico offshore here in Tampa Florida.
My permanent home is located in London United Kingdom but I am trying to buy my retirement home here in the United States so that I might been able to relocate to live the rest of my life here in USA.
I hope I have answered your questions sincerely and my mobile number is +1 904 800 8907, just want you to know that I love you with all my heart and I am waiting for you to return to the states so that we can spend the rest of our lives together and I promised that I am going to take care of you.
Love you now and forever, yours forever Chris ……..
This Cheater E-mail Below and name is "Christian Roberto";
This person scam to the other women —
Christian Roberto
Attached his E-mail and Pictures. So pay attention for this Cheater ……..
From Christian Roberto
Hi angel, My name is Christian your friend from FACEBOOK and i hope you receive this short note in good condition. I just want to confirm your email address to ensure that i am not sharing my information with a wrong person. You are a beautiful woman and i hope to know you better and having a dinner with you will not be a bad idea so that we will be able to know each others better and see what future holds for us. Please find attached are my personal photo for your eyes only and please do not share them with third party.
Please reply to this email as soon as possible so that i can tell you more about myself. I am very happy to have you as a friend and not just a friend but a beautiful friend.
Sincerely Yours,
From: "Christian Roberto";;
Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2014 04:50 PM
Subject: MY LOVE IS NEVER COMPLETE WITHOUT THIS SPECIAL GIFT
My Adorable Angel,
Honey you are a wonderful gift from God to me and i believe that you deserve more than the best from me. I know i can't give you the whole world but i promised i will give you the most beautiful things of the world. you are true friend to me and a true friend is a special gift that one needs to treasure because to found a wonderful friend like you is a blessing and keeping you is a treasure. Honey i can't wait to finish my contract so that we can start our new life together and i want to be the right man who will fill all the space and gap in your heart so that you will be able to wake up in the morning and thank God for the perfect blessing of bringing me to you.
Love is a gift and anyone who is truly in love must learn to give, honey if loving you gives you joy i will love you all my life. honey do you love Range Rover? I have one for you as the very first gift i will give to you from my heart because flowers are not enough to express the love that i have for you. please check on you love the photos attached here, i just received them today from the Range Rover dealer because i told them to advise me on what is best as a gift to the woman i love with my heart. I promised to protect you with all my power so that you will always feel happy being with me because love is means to be protected and free from worries.
My desire is to protect you and never get you hurt, I hope you will not take advantage of me because if love is blind, it means that me and you should be blind in love, you mean everything to me because to found a precious woman like you has been the only thing i ever desired in my life and since i have found you i promised i will do everything to keep you. if love is sacrifice i will sacrifice myself for you as long as i know that you are me and i am you. Honey i am giving you this car as a surprising package from the inner most part of my heart and i am not trying to show off about my wealth because i believe that no amount of money can buy love.
Honey please confirm your full name and address as soon as possible for the ownership, Honey where is your favorite place to visit i will love to take you there and show you my love, I dedicate this song to you and i hope you will love it because it is from my heart, hope to sing for you at Dinner.
My promise is to make you live as the happiest wife so that i will be your desired husband because husband and wife are two people who have truly agreed to spend the rest of their lives together. honey the happiest moment of my life will be the moment I will be officially joined with you as husband and wife. I will love you forever and i want you to understand that your coming into my life has fulfilled my Daughter, Victoria's greatest desire because her desire is to have you replace her mother's place. I would love you to meet her after my contract and i know you will love her because she is a wonderful girl and i am proud of her. honey please do not forget to confirm the name and address you will love to be on Range Rover for you so that you can receive it before my coming because i would love you to drive me round the state with this car, Love you now and forever
Yours forever,
This is the Scam and Cheat profile. His name " Christian Roberto "
His E-mail address : firstname.lastname@example.com
His contact phone number:+1 904 800 8907, He has been called me used this mobile phone. The website display the phone call info : http://checkwhocalled.com/phone-number/1-904-800-8907
His Personal Pictures ( Maybe steal the other person info ) Picture screenshot: http://prntscr.com/4898kd
Exact same emails, photos, songs, etc, same identical everything, biggest liar on God's earth, I also have photos of he, his daughter Victoria and his best friend, so if anyone would be interested to stop this lying you know what from cheating women out of their money, I was fortunate, didn't fall for his crap, once burned, shame on you, twice, shame on me. The authorities need to stop these jerks. I have at least 5 IP Addresses this jerk uses, if the authorities are interested.
I have a lot of information too, to turn these guys in! I have a Chase Bank Account Number even, and the person's name and address who was supposed to receive $13,000 from me. I wish there was a way to really turn these guys in as I have more info to provide to anyone who can stop these scammers who are doing such an injustice to our service men.
Mary: I was contacted n POF by Christian Roberto supposedly born in Italy, lived in the UK and working on a drilling operation close to where I live. He used firstname.lastname@example.com. I am very careful. Used a gmail acct. without any id.
He fell in love by the second email and asked me to leave POF as he did.
Google search did not come up with his name in the UK or Venice. The is no drilling in
Fl. where he said he was working, His emails were long wordy and nothing like a supposedly educated man with a masters degree. He never answered specific questions,- his facebook acct. was opened 2 days before he contacted me he had no friends on facebook – it too has since been removed. Within 5 days he was proposing marriage.
I closed my gmail account. The end. I did download a picture as I am sure it too is phony.
This is the Scam,Cheat,Fraud,Lie From Facebook.com that send some E-mail to the members ………
Christian Roberto
Hi Angel, I called you an Angel because you are a beautiful looking woman, Thanks for your message and i am glad to be your friend because i believe that life is never complete without a friend, It does not matter where we live or what we do as long as we are persuaded for each others worth. I believe that friendship always create great opportunities for us because we never can say what will be the end of a just friendship like you as we can see it for now.
I want you to understand that I am not looking for a perfect woman because i am not a perfect man but i am looking for a wonderful partner who love to enjoy life and who knows how to make a man smile because i am that kind of man that love smiling and if you can make me smile i promised you can make me do anything for you. I believe there is no perfect human being but understanding and trust is the only guarantee for a true friendship.
You are a such a wonderful looking woman and i will love to keep daily communication with you so that we will be able to know each others better before planning a dinner together because i believe that being an everyday communication is going to help us achieve some familiarity and trust that will give us the confidence to meet each others face to face and spend time together to see how things will go but i promised that if i am giving an opportunity to take care of you i will always love you smile because i also believe in the opposite side that if you can make a woman happy that you can make her do anything.
Do you really love to be happy or smiling and if yes, I would love to learn the beautiful ways to make you happy because i believe that a beautiful looking woman like deserves every minutes smile. smiling face always signify a happy mind. friendship is all about caring for each other, sharing with each other, respecting and protecting each other. these are little about me, My name is Christian Roberto and I was born on 13th July 1958 though every one tells me that i am younger than my age and i am always happy when i hear that because it is a great compliment to be younger than your age than being older than your age. I have a Daughter who 23 YEARS OLD,and i hope you do not have problem with that because i am a man who love Children and i am very happy to have one who is adorable and dearest to me. My Daughter is on her final year in the University studying medicine. I am 180 cm tall and average body built as you have already seen on my photos.
I joined the Online dating site after my friend got married to his Wife via internet dating and he has actually be the person who introduced me here with a mission of finding a life time partner because i believe life is never complete without a love partner. My beautiful woman, I am sure that a dinner will not be a bad idea so that we will be able to have a face to face interaction but it is important that we have the basic introduction via internet.
I am an Engineer working in the oil and gas sector as a Drilling contractor. I am currently working at the Gulf Of Mexico Oil and Gas offshore platform here in Tampa Bay, Florida. Please i am willing to meet you at any venue for a dinner, I am a hard working man but I love to enjoy my self when ever i have a free time because i believe too much of work without enjoyment is not good for the health. I do so many beautiful things for fun at my free time like traveling and shopping, boat cruise and I love traveling on the road, like road trip because i am a crazy car lover fun of driving. I play Golf and do Cycling.
I am a fun loving man both sensual and sexually, I am also a God fearing man and I have a good sense of humor, I am family oriented, faithful in a relationship, open and honest, respectful of others, Humorous, loyal, honest, good looking, optimistic, realistic, jovial, tolerant, self-confident, active, friendly, intelligent, romantic and workaholic. I am also a good listener because I love to hear people opinion because i respect opinions. I love to listen to music and i love slow dancing. I drink socially and i do not smoke but i do not have problem with smokers and i love to walk by the beach because i love nature and everything that is natural.
I am fun of driving and my favorite automobile are Mercedes Benz, BMW and Range Rover but i am only driving Mercedes Benz and Range Rover at a moment because there is no need for so many cars as i am a single and no body to drive them with me. My best Colors are Black, Blue and Red. please i want to know more about you, Are you living alone and how do you spend your free time when you are not work, what do you do for a living and how many hours do you work in a day, do you love traveling and shopping?.
I attached here my photo with my adorable daughter Victoria strictly for your eyes only. I am sharing Picture of my daughter with you because of the trust that i have for you and i hope it is not going to be shared with third party because i have never done this before.
I am looking forward to hear from you and i hope you will give me the opportunity to meet you soon so that we can spend time together to know each other better and see what future holds for us.
Sincerely Yours
I think I'm the most recent victim of these romantic POF military scams. Started communicating with someone from POF the end of May, Greatfulheart921. He had the most attractive pix, the cutest face, a Doctor, PhD, 57 years old, I actually made the first move and never imagined I'd get a response. I was delighted when I did, his name, Michael James Scott. He gave me his cell and we started texting a bit, and then he removed his POF profile. His text messages were all stamped us.army.mil at the end and he confirmed he was in the Army. It developed into the most romantic email exchange, from firstname.lastname@example.com, he sent several more pictures, he wrote very romantic letters, he answered most of my questions thoroughly, he even sent e-cards from firstname.lastname@example.com, everything about this seemed completely genuine. After asking him several times, he finally revealed he was at a military base in Afghanistan, a Doctor in the Army and he's coming home in a few weeks for good, after serving our country for over 33 years. He seemed completely real in wanting to find true love in his new civilian life and was hoping he found that with me. There was no doubt in my mind about anything and we were both falling for each other. Then something of importance needed to be discussed, a large amount of money to help get his name off a deployment list. He said to send the money to a DA in Alabama who was helping these men get their names off the list. I was supposed to send a certified check for $13,250 to Randy Puckett in Russellville, Alabama, but I learned there is no DA in Alabama with that name, not even a licensed attorney there. And the address was going to a HUD housing project in the boonies with no one by that name at that address. I came so close to losing $13k as I was truly falling in love with this man, and then my wonderful son alerted me to these scams. What was so strange is that he first gave me his bank account information and SSN for me to check the balance in his account, and then he said he needed an extra $13k to send to the DA. He never once asked me for any personal information but he gave me his, to win my trust, which was all so confusing. I found out that bank account and SSN are not tied to his name at all, it is some business account. Once I was on to the scam and questioned him, he refused to send me any real time photo to prove his face was the one in the POF profile pix, but he still tried to convince me by sending me Army documents, awards, and Army enlistment papers with the name James Scott. After that, I still wanted to believe there was something real in all this after all these weeks of being romanced by him in a huge way. But I kept researching and finding so many lies. In the end it actually got quite creepy, because he changed his story and said he was actually Randy Puckett and he was helping his best friend, Michael, to find true love when he comes home. He said he had fallen in love with me, though, but I was in love with his friend, Michael. OMG, that was so sick, couldn't believe the game this guy played with my heart and how very close I came to being completely taken by this romantic scam. I am usually very wise to internet scams but this guy was really good, really thorough and everything lined up correctly for several weeks until money became the issue.
I was contacted n POF by Christian Roberto supposedly born in Italy, lived in the UK and working on a drilling operation close to where I live. He used firstname.lastname@example.com. I am very careful. Used a gmail acct. without any id.
He fell in love by the second email and asked me to leave POF as he did.
Google search did not come up with his name in the UK or Venice. The is no drilling in
Fl. where he said he was working, His emails were long wordy and nothing like a supposedly educated man with a masters degree. He never answered specific questions,- his facebook acct. was opened 2 days before he contacted me he had no friends on facebook – it too has since been removed. Within 5 days he was proposing marriage.
I closed my gmail account. The end. I did download a picture as I am sure it too is phoney.
I was contacted by Benjamin Whitehead. Originally from Ontario, Canada. Said both parents died when he was young. Wife was an alcoholic and died in a car crash last July. Asked me to remove my profile from POF – fell madly in love with me by the second email. Every time I asked to meet him, he said I needed to be patient that he was working a bid (said he was a civil engineer) UNREAL. This bastard needs to be stopped. Anyone have a picture?
I was also contacted by Benjamin Whitehead on Match. He said his wife died of leukemia 4 years ago and that he has a 16 year old daughter. Same MO of "falling in love", removing profile, etc. Last thing was he wanted me to buy all this expensive electronic equipment that he said was stolen with his luggage when he arrived on a "big" construction job in South Africa. He calls from a cell that is identified as South Africa. Has a French accent. Sounds like some of these other guys above with different names. I just noticed he is back up with a different name – Bobby – and now he has a son. I just sent a notification to Match. He first contacted me May 8. I do have some photos that he sent, but the ones in the email don't match the ones in the profile so they are probably all fake.
This "Benjamin Whitehead" tried to scam me on Match.com. He said he was a widower with a teenage daughter McKenzie. Same story. Working on a contract in South Africa. Said all his electronics were stolen at the airport so wanted me to buy him a ton of stuff. I reported him to Match. then his profile changed, new pics, and he was Bobby (still is) and he has a daughter. I caught him actually using someone else's name in one email to me so he was clearly cutting and pasting. I reported him 5 times to Match and his profile is still there – Bigblueeye61. He is shameless. He has an accent; said he was french canadian. That may be true. email: firstname.lastname@example.com. You'll never find a pic because it appears he gets photos from other's profiles. This happened between May-June 2014. I checked before quitting match a few weeks ago and his profile is still there. Disgusting
This is the same guy who found me on POF his email is email@example.com. Same scenario he was widowed, wife died in car crash with boyfriend, has a daughter named McKenzie, stuck in South Africa because he doesn't have access to his "money" in Canada. Fell in love with me on second email, told me to text on messenger or email instead of POF. This guy never gives up. Anyone have any pics.
Is there any way you can send me a picture of Christian Roberto, I think this is the same guy that's scammed me. My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It says when you call 205 578 2183 that the google subscriber is not available so he is on google too. His phone is connected to Google. Sounds phony to me.
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This man Frank Merck keeps texting me but i think he is a fraud. He has an email of email@example.com and a phone number of 205 578 2183 and he refuses to let me visit him and he never talks ad when I call that number on numerous occasions, I only get an answering phone, and he claims to be an engineer that travels. He only write these texts in the mornings. I think he is a scammer. He claims to live in Miami but has an Atlanta phone number and he tells me in flowery language how much he loves me but refuses to see me in person.
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I noticed everyone getting scammed is a woman. I'm a man and I just encountered the same thing (no one is safe!). She said her name is Debra, and she is in the Dominican Republic visiting her mom and needs cash. I said its a strange thing to ask someone before meeting in person, so I asked if we could discuss this over the phone. Then she got really defensive and demanded cash or she wouldn't talk to me. I'd been talking to her for a few weeks, so I was definitely tempted, but I just want to warn the men of the world, this sort of thing happens to us too! Watch out for a pretty blonde woman named Debra living in Pennsylvania, she's a Nigerian prince in disguise!
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Has anyone been contacted by Michael Ashley who says he's originally from Australia and in the business of Cashew Nut Shell Oil? He was on POF as "Happy Homemaker". He had a local number from Greensboro, NC and then had to travel to England to obtain generators for his business. Now his cell number is in the UK and asking for money to secure land in South Africa to produce the oil from the cashew nut. He's even bold enough to post someone's picture on Facebook and LinkedIn and even scanned a passport of Michael Ashley. He says he's a widower of 14 years and has a daughter who lives in Washington, DC. Says he last lived in Riverside, CA. Watch out ladies THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!!!
Just wondering if either of you ladies have any pics of this Michael Burke. I was contacted by a Michael Burke through Matchmaker and he also said he deleted his profile. He did not give the same reason, but that he was new to online dating and didn't like what he saw. Which of course didn't make sense if he was contacting me. However, his story is similar in some areas he changed it up (if this is the same guy). I immediately knew what he was doing when I started reading his email. Long story about how wonderful he was, romantic, blah blah. But said he'd never been married, no children, but parents had been killed, and he was raised by his Uncle who died when he was 25. I had been contacted several years ago by another guy in another place and its so crazy how they used the same sob story of parents being killed, etc. Disgusting. I never get into relationships of any kind with these guys. No sense in getting involved with someone who isn't even in my state, much less country. I'll find one here or go solo. Scum bags. I have the email he sent and several pics. Just wondered if it might be the same guy.
Michael Burke, firstname.lastname@example.com, initiated contact with me on POF, but immediately said he removed his profile to "focus on me" and asked me to communicate through his hotmail. Said he was construction engineer, finishing job on monorail, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After declaring sincerity, hope for the future in Hamilton, Ont., and love, said his plane ticket was more than originally budgeted for and he needed me to send western union money transfer. Next, he requested more money, all the while planning our future, in order to pay tax duty to get his final pay released (this time to a Maxwell Johnson, Malaysia). Yes, I actually sent more. But then I googled some of his "love" letter emails, and he had copied and pasted other sources. He requested a third money order- I don't even remember for what hardship now – and after days of unrelenting refusals from me, he became very irrate and cut off communication. I'm so embarrassed to have fallen for this scam. I should have read about dating scammers before falling victim myself. Hope this helps someone else. P.S. Says he was raised by grandma, living in Texas, after his parents died in car accident when he was 5. Says he has daughter in university (in Greece, or Turkey). Says english is his first language but he has an accent (not Indian, not french, not irish, not british; couldn't place it)
Hello Kelly,the same Michael Burke firstname.lastname@example.com contacted me to.He did the same thing to me he did removed his POF and said he wants me to set up a Hotmail and we can chat to the web com to.Said he was a contraction engineer.He told me he is from Kentucky and moved to Hamilton Ontario.Same thing he told me he is in Malaysia working in Re silent Contraction company.He declare his love for me.It all happened between May 29th till today June 18th.He did send me 40 Red Roses and a card about his love for me.I spoke to him only wants he had a strange accent and the voice was wired.I told him that that his voice is strange.He said because of French accent.It was something weird in his voice.He must used some devise or something to make his voice sound like this weird.He called me three time,I didn't picked it up.Also he did send me a text message declaring his love to me.this is the same person who contacted you to Kelly.His phone number is60169279254.
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Had man try almost identical scam on me through OKCupid. Ran out of money on contractual job in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was originally from Utah and at same time another man form Pittsburgh was working on a contract in London England and before his second phase money could come in he ran out of money and was in danger of loosing everything. I think they were the same person using different names, etc. The contract job in foreign countries and running out of money seems to be the way to go. IT'S A SCAM. DON'T FALL FOR IT.
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Do you have still have a picture of this guy?
Been texting with a guy using same story. I know it is a scam just curious how long has been doing this?
does anyone know richard edwards email richyl177yahoo.com says he is from new york went to london for work then went to africa and put bid in then ran out of money could i send 1k or 2k so he doesnt loose contract says he has a house in canada…cant pick the accent as he rings…met on plentyofish.com im from australia
Do you still have a picture of this guy? I have been texting a guy on POF using same story on me. I know it is a scam. Just curious how long he has been doing this.
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On a related note, Andy Borowitz reports today's good news in a Jewish World Review column: "Tom Cruise bids farewell to earth." While over at JWR, you might also want to check out the speech by Italian journalist Fiamma Nirenstein: "How I became an unconscious fascist."
At Confederate Yankee, Bob Owens tells the story of his close encounter with Beth Quinn of the Middletown (NY) Times-Herald Record regarding her column on the Downing Street Memos: "You ain't seen huffin' like the flighty Quinn." Bob writes:
Due to your long-running battle with the mental giants of the Star Tribune editorial board, I thought you might find interesting a developing blogger vs. newspaper battle 60 miles north of Ground Zero. An ultra-liberal columnist of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record by the name of Beth Quinn wrote a hysterical anti-Bush screed called "Proof is in the Memo: Soldiers Died for a Lie." She tried to use the Downing Street Memos as evidence…but caught red-handed by yours truly, misrepresenting the context of the first DSM, and compounded it by refusing to mention that two of the other six documents flatly refuted her primary claim.
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This book is not like any other book I have read because it is a great adventure story and it had many twists and turns. Detectives in Togas is not part of a series, yet I wish it were because I liked the mystery of it. What I felt when I read the book was a surge of, "keep reading, keep it up!" The end of each chapter was a cliffhanger like when Mucius fell into the baths of Diana and had no way out. I have never known any one who was put in jail and had his friends get him out but I could relate to friends supporting each other and believing in each other and not allowing put-downs.
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Hi, So here is my introduction, My name is Laura.I am currently living in Huntsville, Al (originally from Dallas, Tx)Irish-Catholic heritage, but second generation non-theist.I am out-going, and…Continue
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Yeah, I love pets, as a general principle ... just not so much in my house. It's an OCD thing. Dogs are fun to play with, but they don't fit well into my personal space. I'd rather play with other people's dogs.
It's true that I've seen entertaining improv. I got dragged out to a late-night show this past New Years Eve. It was funny, just not intellectually engaging like I expect from standup.
I definitely go in for political humor, myself. For my favorites, I'd have to list ... hmm. George Carlin (duh), Robin Williams, Chris Rock (good social commentary), Ron White (but not the rest of the Blue Collar Comedy guys (although Foxworthy isn't complete crap)), Dennis Miller, Jeff Dunham ...
Hmm, those are the big ones coming to mind right now.
Wow, sorry about the long delay there. The end of the week was a little squirrelly. It's easy to lose track of what I've responded to already, when it's a stream of comments. With private messages, at least you've got the little replied indicator to keep it straight.
So, what sort of work with animals do you mean? Have you worked in a vet office or something? One of my sisters is a vet tech.
And yeah, there's also a difference between not being prepared ... and going up on stage and thinking you're going to spin it as you go. I've seen a couple do the latter. It's never been pretty, that I've seen.
Even improv comedy isn't really random and completely made up on the spot. They always have an idea of where they're going to steer it. Personally, I'm not a big fan of improv comedy, anyway. I prefer more thought out, intelligent comedy. Improv generally deteriorates to bathroom humor and random, silly things.
That's pretty much what I'm planning on, with YouTube. I'm still working on getting my material and delivery clean enough to have someone record it, and then I'll post bits of it.
Heh, I've seen people do exactly what your friends are suggesting you do. It's generally not a pretty thing to see. "Well, I'm pretty funny, and I've had some funny things happen in my life, so I'll just go up on stage and talk about my life." *shudder* No, no, no, no, no, no. You have to have your thoughts all in order, because as soon as you're standing in front of dozens of people, you'll start forgetting which parts you've already mentioned. You need to have your punchlines planned out and phrased properly. There's a hell of a lot of writing, memorizing, and other prep work which goes into even a 5 minute standup segment.I'll let you know when I have something presentable, though.
Ohhhhhh. I see now. I thought you had meant that you work in an Apple Store ... in the back room or something, dealing with the technical problems people have. Whole bunch of stuff in the back. Gotcha, I think.
Do the latest Mac OSes even have a Remote Desktop feature? I can't imagine they haven't implemented it for at least some versions, since XP Pro has had it for 7 or 8 years now. But, I guess they wouldn't implement that in the retail versions, huh?
Hmm, what sort of physical work is there nowadays? The only thing really coming to mind is construction. If you can get something in I.T. that's more mobile, it's fun.
I'm attached to the Work-from-Home support section, myself. I occasionally get tied down to the helpdesk, taking care of tickets, but I'm usually off driving all the hell around North Carolina, either installing new Work-from-Home users or swapping out PCs of existing ones. With about 500 or 600 people working from home, you'd be amazed how many machines need to be swapped out, in any given week. Some of those users live 2 hours away from the office, so one swap-out (about 30 or 45 minutes of work) can take up half of my day. I haven't even bothered taking a lunch for the past two weeks. I just munch on peanuts or protein bars, while on the road, and then I have a large travel mug full of water.
Actually, I only started seriously thinking about the comedy last year. I just kept coming up with good comedy bits, while I was trying to work on other writing. After a few months, I just gave in and started writing the stuff down. I'm working on my delivery and stage presence, right now.
Comedy is one of those things that you can use as a vehicle to spin off into any number of other areas. If I can get to the point of getting any TV exposure, that will make for sufficient name recognition to let me make a living off of it from then on. Heck, nowadays, even getting any kind of YouTube presence can potentially accomplish that.
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Feinstein chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.
She has fretted that the public was losing confidence in the intelligence community because of a string of disclosures that she said often lacked important context. In particular, she has defended the National Security Agency's collection of massive amounts of phone records, revealed in detail by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
Now, the California Democrat has turned critical, claiming Congress was the target of the intelligence-gathering.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which often has been a critic of Feinstein, praised her defense of "the constitutional principle of separation of powers."


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This weekend my baby turned 5 years old… and by my baby, I mean Product Girl. Five years ago I thought it would be a good idea to start blogging about the products I was picking up at Nordstrom and Sephora. I didn't know that this would take me to Paris, New York and Los Angeles but I'm so thankful that it did and for the amazing people I've met along the way. I can't imagine life without it now.
I thought it would be fun to show you how things have changed for me in terms of my collection. Five years ago I had a 3' storage cart holding my products and everyone I knew thought it was crazy for having so much makeup. This started before Product Girl was "born" and when I posted FOTD in the LiveJournal MAC community… back when words like "limited edition" didn't mean as much.
As you can see, now things are completely different. Beauty products occupy space in almost every corner of my apartment and the name of the game now is downsizing! I'm even keeping the products in mind as I furnish my new apartment. Yes, it's a tad out of control. I'm starting to go through everything and toss out what I don't use and what's old but sometimes that's hard to do. I keep thinking "Oh I'll use it one day…"
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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Eyes heavy? Can't tell a poker from a pencil?
Q. When might touching your forearm with a harmless pencil cause blistering like a red-hot poker? –F. Mesmer
A. When you've been hypnotized and told the pencil is a poker. Cornell neurologist Harold Wolff did this experiment, and many subjects developed skin redness and swelling at the site, some even manifested burn blisters.
"Only a minority of people show such dramatic hypnotic suggestibility," says North Dakota State psychologist Joshua Smyth. "Others are not hypnotizable at all."
The eminent Dr. Lewis Thomas once marveled at this sort of mind-control over the body, akin to the ability of certain patients under the power of suggestion to cause longstanding warts to dry up and fall off. "I want to know how this can happen," he said. "I would rather have a clear understanding of this phenomenon than anything else I can think of."
Q. Are you Web-wise enough to know about "typosquatters"? Doubtless you've had occasion to visit their handiwork, however inadvertent. –R. Soulia
A. Typosquatting means registering web addresses that differ from popular sites by just single-letter errors or transpositions– "typos" in editors' jargon, says New Scientist magazine. One example is goole.com, obviously designed to snare surfers misspelling google.com. The popular search engine even anticipated this blunder and tried to buy up the address but was too late, though they did get gooogle.com, gooooogle.com, and goooooooooooogle.com. "But in a veritable domain-name bunfight, typosquatters somehow got the four, nine, and 20-'o' versions. Where does it all end?"
Certainly not at the White House, because if you type in whitehouse.org, you won't get the official site– it's at www.whitehouse.gov– but rather a political spoofing instead. So, why bother? Dough-re-mi naturally, since many sites pay a small fee to sites that send surfers their way. "Click on one of those ads and you're putting money in the typosquatter's pocket."
Q. The biggest example anywhere stands at about 65 feet, though the average is comfortably household-sized, with some 20 billion made annually, over half in China. Use one of these hand-held "tools," and it'll still be doing its thing 35 miles or 45,000 words later. It can perform in zero gravity and has been called upon to do so. Many Civil War soldiers made its acquaintance, as do millions of schoolkids today who often as not use one for poking, prodding, even pricking instead of for its preferred pontifical purpose. Can you pinpoint this p-word object? –N.-J. Conte
A. It's a pencil, as detailed by Dean Christopher in Discover magazine. The 65-footer is on display near Kuala Lampur, made of Malaysian wood and polymer. Pencil lead actually contains no lead but rather a mixture of clay and graphite, so a prick won't cause lead poisoning though the person could become infected. On the other end, erasers are a fixture in the U.S. but usually not in Europe.
Q. Why don't woodpeckers get headaches? Their large brain case and shock-absorbing bone structure at the base of the skull to prevent concussions are certainly a start. –P.Y. Leated
A. The bird's muscle and bone structure beneath a chisel-like bill also helps cushion blows, as its stiff- strong tail enables it to lean back for a powerful rat-a-tat-a-tat, says Mike O'Connor in his book, Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches? Even its feet are different: two toes in the front and two in the back (not three and one), for a better grip on the tree trunk. Special nostrils help keep out flying woodchips. Yet just maybe its most unusual feature is its tongue, extra-long and wrapped around inside at the base of the head. So to reach an insect deep inside the tree, the bird just shoots out this barbed and sticky-tipped food-fetcher, cutting down on the need for further chiseling.
Q. Here's a tricky one: Which is bigger, the whole number 1.0 or the repeating decimal fraction 0.9999...? The 1 in the first number is certainly bigger than the 0 in the second number, but what about all those 9's, indeed an endless number of them as signified by the ...? –B. Pascal
A. The magic of this infinite series is that as you add 9's to .99, then .999, then .9999 etc, the value obviously gets closer and closer to the number 1.0 until finally it equals 1.0! To prove this to yourself, suggest Edward Burger and Michael Starbird in The Heart of Mathematics, note that 1/3 = 0.3333... and that 2/3 = 0.6666..., which when added together yield 0.9999... And since 1/3 + 2/3 = 1, then 0.9999... must also equal 1.
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There's this:
The Big East requires a 27-month window of notification before teams may leave the league.
In other words, no earlier than the 2014-15 school year.
And then there's that:
The Mountaineers will begin competing in the Big 12 beginning with the 2012-13 athletic season.
Maybe the SEC already has a press release ready to sort it all out.
Big East officials say West Virginia gets invite to join Big 12 [New York Daily News]
West Virginia University To Join Big 12 Conference [Big 12 Sports]
EARLIER: Mizzou Will Join The SEC On Monday, According To SEC's Premature, Accidental Announcement


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Rumbo al Sur in Oakland from A Coté team
The owners behind Rockridge's small-plates restaurant A Coté turn their focus from the Mediterranean to Latin America with Rumbo al Sur.
The convivial Glenview spot is popular with neighbors, who stop by for dinner in the expansive dining room or a drink in the low-lit bar.
The vibe: Warm and lively.
The crowd: The early evening's families with kids and happy-hour-goers give way to couples, girlfriends and small groups after the sun sets.
Best seat: Pull up a stool at the curved bar or get one of the high tables along the window. Larger parties should try to snag the cozy recessed table in the main bar area.
Killer app: The Latin American/Mexican-focused dishes are great for sharing. Get plates of the birria tacos dorados ($16), ceviche ($14) or chicharron de pollo ($12) - and an extra order of chips - and you're set.
Signature drink: Rumbo's cocktail list is focused on Tequila, mezcal and rum; explore the first two with tastings flights ($15-$18). The slightly smoky Heart Throb is a mix of mezcal, gin, Mexican sherry and Meyer lemon ($12), while the Donkey Show blends Tequila, bourbon, passion fruit and bitters ($8). Margaritas and caipirinhas are also popular.
Also on tap: Seven beers are available, including Brazil's Xingu ($5-$8), and a dozen wines are offered by the glass or bottle ($9-$12/$36-$48).
Bonus: Happy hour runs until 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday-Friday, with $5 drink specials and $8 nachos. Tuesdays are taco night, with four types of tacos, including lamb birria and a veggie option ($11 for three), and $6 margaritas. On Wednesdays, sliders get the special treatment ($12 for three).
If you go
Rumbo al Sur: 4239 Park Blvd., Oakland. (510) 479-1208. www.rumboalsurrestaurant.com. 5:30-10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 4:30-9 p.m. Sunday.
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Crews this weekend will hoist a massive steel support into place on the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, marking a major milestone in the center's three-year construction.
The 186,000-pound truss, the first of a dozen to be installed on the building, will eventually support a sprawling outdoor canopy that is perhaps the center's most architecturally striking feature.
The placement of the first truss is something managers have been looking forward to since construction began in June 2011.
"This has been in the works for about 16 months. It's a big deal, absolutely," said Clint Jackson of PCL Construction Services, the company leading development of the center.
It took three months for welders to assemble the first few trusses on the Orange Avenue construction site, across the street from City Hall. A special crane has been brought in to lift and hold each one while it is welded in place several stories above the ground.
The first one is going on the south side of the building, where it will overhang Anderson Street. The street will be closed between Orange and Rosalind avenues from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and the westbound lane will remain closed until 6 p.m. Sunday.
The trusses are so heavy — just one weighs as much as three garbage trucks — that their installation must be carefully choreographed. Rather than work their way across one by one, the second truss will go on the opposite side of the building to balance out the weight.
Ultimately, the web of steel will hold up a cantilevered awning as wide as a city block. It is meant to partially cover an outdoor-festival plaza facing Orange Avenue.
The arts center was approved in 2007 as part of a package that included the Amway Center arena and the renovation of the Florida Citrus Bowl stadium. The arena was completed, but the arts center was delayed when the recession caused a steep drop in the tourist-tax collections needed to finance its construction.
The project was split into two phases, and construction began last year. The first includes two of three planned performance halls: a 2,700-seat theater for large-scale productions, and a 300-seat hall that would accommodate small theater, music and dance companies.
The first phase totals $201.6 million, not including an additional $72 million from private donations for the land and design of both phases. Arts boosters still are raising an additional $75 million for the final phase, a 1,700-seat multiform theater for symphony, ballet and opera.
In the meantime, project leaders say construction has gone smoothly and is on target to be completed on time in April 2014. The construction period is longer than the two years it took to build the Amway Center because of its more complex design.
"There was an awful lot of work to get it out of the ground to start with, and to see it really taking shape is just amazing and gratifying," said former pest-control magnate Chuck Steinmetz, a major donor and member of the center's executive board. "This is going to be such a spectacular building."
About 235 laborers and tradesmen are on the job site now. Since construction started, 113 people have been hired through the city's Blueprint employment office, which was established to find jobs for locals and minorities.
Mayor Buddy Dyer praised the project's economic impact and help for the local work force. One subcontractor — LPR Construction Co., which is erecting the project's structural steel — hired local workers and flew them to its headquarters in Loveland, Colo., for training.
"They'll work on this job, but now they'll have the skills to work somewhere else," Dyer said.
The canopy trusses should give downtown workers and visitors an idea of the arts center's design.
"It's certainly going to change the appearance," Dyer said. "You're going to get a better feel for what the building is actually going to look like."
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When faced with an impending head on collision with a huge runaway truck, there are only a few options. One of the more ineffective options would be soiling one's pants.
An effective option is to immediately put the car into reverse and get the hell out of there. That's what this driver did.
The driver in the video is seen pulling up a hill where a road crew is working. As he gets to the middle, the road crew's truck suddenly starts to roll down the hill. Instead of crying, or shitting, the driver takes action, quickly shifting into reverse and backing down the hill to avoid the truck.
It's an Indiana-Jones-boulder-rolling-towards-you kind of moment. Except this time Indy isn't running and it looks like he's probably driving an economy hatchback.
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While we're in the midst of the current course of conversation (you know what I mean), let's not forget religion's long list of crimes in the sex wars either. And speaking of Islam…
Here's the latest stupid shit from Indonesia: They're making miniskirts illegal because they "make men do things."
What religion does under the guise of "morality" is rarely more than flat-out misanthropy. The thinking here is both idiotically misogynist (the old victim-blaming) and misandrist (because mehnz are such weak-willed animals that the mere sight of female thigh-flesh transforms us into rampaging sex-Hulks). And you know, I really get tired of people who are so determined to avoid a little thing called personal responsibility that they'll trade in both victim-blaming/slut-shaming and the myth of male weakness in the same breath, when what they should be doing is looking in the goddamn mirror and saying, "You know, maybe I'm the asshole."
Here's a little PSA.
Miniskirts do not cause rape. Bikinis do not cause rape. Cleavage does not cause rape.
Rapists cause rape.
This has been a public service announcement from a human being with more than single-digit functioning brain cells.
Have a nice day, Indonesians.


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We have spent the summer of 2008 on a roadshow and have met with 20+ or so firms and this was the worst of them all.
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How to Use the Images Photos 1 & 2
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Unless otherwise indicated, assume year-round employment.
(Information compiled by Brucemore Historian Jennifer Pustz, 2000)
Questions for Chart 1
1. Study Chart 1. Servants from what nationality made up the largest portion of the Douglas family staff? How many American-born servants did they have on staff?
2. Which servants stayed with the Douglases for more than ten years?
3. What does their length of their employment tell us about the Douglases?


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Habakkuk's Oracle
When we see the wicked prospering and God's people suffering, we may think the Lord is too slow in responding to the evil we are enduring. Yet God always works in His time, and He sometimes works in ways we ...Read More
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All of us understand that there is something fundamentally wrong with us. Even the best of our deeds often result from the worst of intentions. Wickedness is indeed presently all-pervasive. Yet it will not always be this way. Those who ...Read More
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic cruised to a win but Roger Federer had to overcome a series of breaks Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Djokovic, seeded first and the defending champion, dispatched Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-3 in 57 minutes in the tournament's final second-round match. Djokovic lost his serve once but that was when he was serving for the match at 5-2 of the second set. He then used his fifth break of the day to finish off the win.
Federer, the No. 4 seed, dropped serve the first time he served in each set of a 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 decision over Radek Stepanek. Federer won four straight games in the middle of the third set to erase the final deficit and improve to 13-2 lifetime versus Stepanek.
No. 3-seeded Tomas Berdych was also on the court 57 minutes in ousting Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-1. Berdych was good on just 37 percent of his first serves but still took 72 percent of the points on serve.
Fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga didn't have to play Wednesday but advanced when Nikolay Davydenko was unable to take the court due to a rib injury.
No. 6-seeded Mikhail Youzhny stopped James Ward 6-1, 7- (7-3) while seventh-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3 but Lukas Rosol eliminated eighth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 7-6(7-4). Also, Malek Jaziri beat Somdev Devvarman 6-3, 7-5.
Thursday's quarterfinals have Djokovic going against Youzhny while Federer meets Rosol in the top half of the draw. Tsonga plays Berdych and Kohlschreiber goes against Jaziri in the other.


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By Jason Alderman
Nervous investors have faced many challenges over the last few years searching for safe havens. That's one reason many turn to annuities to ensure a steady stream of retirement income.
But with so many types of annuities offered – and complex rules, fees and restrictions – it's not uncommon for investors to products not ideally suited to their needs.
Here's a brief primer on how annuities work:
Annuities are insurance products that pay out income. Typically, you make a lump-sum or series of payments to the seller. In return, they agree to pay you periodically for a definite period (say 20 years) or an indefinite period (until death) in one of two ways:
• Immediate annuities begin paying benefits the year you deposit your money.
• With deferred annuities, your account grows on a tax-deferred basis until you begin receiving payments at a later date.
There are three basic types of annuities:
• Fixed annuity. You're paid an agreed-to rate of interest while your account is growing and receive periodic payments of a specified amount.
• Indexed annuity. The seller provides an investment return based on changes in a particular index (such as the S&P 500).
• Variable annuity. You invest your account among a variety of options (typically mutual funds) and your rate of return and payment amounts will depend on their performance.
Many people purchase annuities because they grow tax deferred – that is, your contributions are not taxed, but any earnings they generate are taxed at your regular income tax rate. Annuities have no annual contribution limit, but you'll pay a 10 percent federal tax penalty withdrawals before age 59 ½.
One big tax disadvantage is that, whereas earnings from money invested in stocks, bonds or mutual funds is taxed as capital gains, annuities are taxed at regular income tax rates, which can be significantly higher.
Annuities can be very expensive compared to other types of investments. Before signing any agreement investigate:
• Sales commissions, which initially can run as high as 10 percent, plus ongoing commissions in subsequent years.
• Depending on what type you , you could be charged an additional 2 percent or more per year in various account management fees.
• Most deferred annuities charge an early withdrawal penalty called a surrender charge, which usually starts at 7 or 8 percent and gradually declines to zero. However, they can also be much higher, so read your contract carefully.
A few additional precautions:
• Consider consulting a fee-only financial advisor versus one who earns commissions recommended products.
• Because 401(k) plans and IRAs are already tax-deferred and have lower fees, it may not make sense to roll over those balances into an annuity.
• Before moving an existing annuity into a new account, analyze surrender charges, sales commissions and other fees you'll be charged.
• Many annuities end upon your death, so if you want your heirs to continue receiving your benefit, investigate joint and survivor or term-certain annuities.
• Check the insurer's credit rating with credit bureaus like A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
To learn more about annuities, visit investor websites for the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.investor.gov) and the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (www.finra.org/Investors/index.htm).
Bottom line: Annuities are sometimes a good investment option, but make sure you fully understand the terms, cost-structure and possible penalties before signing on the dotted line.
Jason Alderman directs Visa's financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney


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As wrestlers still get settled into their appropriate weight classes, Marion High School wrestling team placed eighth out of 17 teams in the Mission Valley tournament Saturday.
Luke Steele wrestled in the 160-pound division, but the plan is to move him into the 145-pound division, head coach Chad Adkins said Monday.
"He wasn't near big enough to wrestle at 160," Adkins said.
Derrick Dvorak placed fifth in the 170-pound division with a 2-2 record, and he will likely move into the 160-pound division in the future. Zac Lewman was 1-2 in the 182-pound division, and he also will move down a weight class, Adkins said.
Brodie Carroll was a perfect 3-0 in the 152-pound division, placing first.
Evan Slater placed second in the 220-pound weight class with a record of 2-1. His lone loss was to a wrestler who made the state finals in 4A last year, and Slater easily defeated his other opponents, Adkins said.
Beretta Janzen placed second in the 113-pound division, and Remington Putter went 1-2 in the 120-pound division.
In the 138-pound division, Braden Putter went 2-2 and would have been in the third-place match, but he had been choked unconscious, and Adkins held him out of competition after that.
"There are some moves that can become potentially dangerous very quickly if someone moves the wrong way," Adkins said.
John Nordquist was 2-2 in the 195-pound division.
Eric Regnier struggled in the 126-pound division, going 0-2.
"That was unexplained," Adkins said. "It was uncharacteristic of him. We've got to get it figured out."
Freshman Adam Kjellin was 0-2 in the heavyweight division, wrestling against stronger, experienced upper-classmen. Adkins said he is optimistic Kjellin will fare well in the future when he has more experience and strength.
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Kendall Tennis club is one of Australia's most awarded tennis clubs.
With close to 300 members for just three tennis courts, this small country town is big on tennis.
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The club won Tennis Australia Most Outstanding Tennis Community in 2010 and Tennis Australia's AOBlitz Tennis power town in 2014 in which Rafa was playing for the township of Kendall during Australian Open.
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From today's news page.
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35,000-year-old axe head places Aboriginal ancestors at the cutting edge of technology
What makes this one different, besides its age, is that the edge was done by grinding, not flaking.
I have never heard of that with stone tools.
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If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
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Suffering from writer's block and need a change of scene? Here are three magnificent houses where bestsellers were written – and you can even rent some by the day:
Goldeneye, Jamaica
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Rudyard Kipling didn't actually write the legendary Jungle Book in India, but in the U.S. He nicked the name of his villa there from a marble pavilion in Lahore, the still part of India. The villa sleeps eight people. landmarktrustusa.org
Royal Albion Hotel, England
Charles Dickens adored Broadstairs, a seaside resort in Kent, and spent many summers at the Royal Albion Hotel. A Dickens Festival is being held here in his honor from 21 through 23 June. albionbroadstairs.co.uk
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Hi SqueezePad Early Adopters
I'm very enthusiastic that you seem to like the App and didn't find any severe issues yet.
Thanks a lot for all your valueable input that I'll comment on in this posting.
In the meantime I set up a bug-tracking system (www.stagessound.de/squeezepad) where you can see progress on different parts and have a preview on fixed issues of the next version.
The following issues are fixed in version v1.2.0 already submitted to Apple for review. This typically takes about 10 days currently.
I added a playlist menu item in the 'my music' menu. Its the menu you know from the Squeezebox Touch.- There seems to be some issues with the Custom Browse menus regarding album art that isn't perfect yet, have to investigate a bit more what differs compared to SqueezePlay and iPeng. I really happy they are working as good as they are though. The problem I saw was that I got album cover icons on track level but it showed the default album cover and not the real one. The standard browse menu track menus doesn't contain any album cover.
- Is there some way to show current playlist ?
- I cant find the current playlist
- In long alphabetized lists it would be handy to be able to jump to a given letter, as you can in the iPhone's iPod app.
- an Index as scrolling bar, for fast jumping to letters (like iPhone adressbook, a..b..c..d..)
Also in album and artists menu (and all other that provide index information) you'll get section headers and a ribbon for fast navigation to any place you like. Along with this there will be support for context menu (i.e. for basic playlist management). The context menus also give access to many of the features from erlands plugins.
I'll try to address the following issues in a v1.2.1 release.
I plan to finish this v1.2.1 release first week of august (so in two weeks). Add again 10 days for apples review and if everything works out it will come out around 19th of august. You can watch the progress of this release here: http://www.stagessound.de/squeezepad...p?version_id=1- Ah, and could you add support for authentication?
- Would be great to have a "back" button on the navigation menu, will make it more similar to other apps. I realized pretty fast that I have to be able to slide back but making the title as a back button can't hurt. I also think it would be a bit user friendly as sliding back sometimes misses, especially in lists which can be scrolled vertically.
- I agree about providing an arrow for moving back on menus, as suggested before. The backwards swipe is not so obvious because the menu window doesn't move horizontally as you're starting to swipe. I like the behavior of the article window in Reeder, for example, where the window starts to move as you swipe back, but there's also a back arrow if you don't want to swipe at all.
- Prevent display sleep when playing.
- The volume slider can be adjusted on a player where the digital output is fixed at 100% (but the slider of course has no effect).
- If you hit search but don't enter anything and then press the button to hide the keyboard, I think the menu should go back instead of forward.
- Spotify plugin browsing is OK, but will not play on any of them.
- Did I mention you can't change the alarm volume?
Some comments though to the Back Button: I don't want to spoil the interface with too many buttons here and there (yet). I'll implement that tapping the menu-title will go one level up. Along with the swiping (which can be done on the title as well if one gets in trouble with the table scrolling) this should give enough options for easy navigation.
The following issues I put in the backlog for later evaluation so that I won't forget these things.
All backlog items are tracked here: http://www.stagessound.de/squeezepad...p?version_id=2
Just one further comment: Shuffle + Repeat options are available in the settings-menu already. But having extra icons of course would be a nice to add.- Not too fond of using different font sizes in lists - kind of disturbs the clean user interface.
- I'd love to have a portrait mode that showed big album cover and a bit larger text so it's visible from the couch 2-3 meters away.
- Darker background (perhaps with a texture).
- Oh - and please lose that gradient background for something solid or greyish (or make it user configurable)...
- can i Change the Background in the Future? I would like black (like iPhoto)
- I think it would be nice if the control buttons mirrored those of SqueezePlay. Whether or not you do this, it could behave like SqueezePlay and provide buttons for Shuffle and Repeat, except when using Pandora where these buttons are Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down, or when using Slacker where these buttons are Add Favorite and Remove Favorite. SqueezePlay also dims the Next and Shuffle buttons when there's only a single song in the playlist. The little "i" could go in the bar across the top to make room.
Does SqueezePlay show the album art ? If yes and SqueezePad lacks the album art, can you get my the cometd-log of the respective menu ?For some reasons most Albums on Napster have no content. Some do.
This is with SBS 7.5
Tracked with this issue: http://www.stagessound.de/squeezepad/view.php?id=4
Currently (unfortunately) that's not possible. The images are copyrighted by logitech (and cannot be downloaded 'on the fly' from the server). Licensing of SqueezePlay currently demands to ask for written permission by logitech I might try that some time.And speaking of SqueezePlay again, it has icons for the top-level menu items that perhaps you could use.
Finally: I started a poll for the next bigger features - don't forget to vote ! http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80575
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2010-07-20, 14:10 #21
Last edited by bluegaspode; 2010-07-20 at 15:37.Did you know: SqueezePlayer will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere!
Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad
Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? => why not try my Weather Forecast Applet
Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? => why not try my Headphone Switcher Applet
2010-07-20, 14:57 #22
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I can't seem to get it to connect to the server. I'm using 7.5.1 on Windows 7 64 bit. The IP is 192.168.1.108:9000. I enter the IP in click on done and get a "SqueezeboxServer disconnected" flashing message.
Never working now. I guess it needed to be restarted
Last edited by rocketdmc; 2010-07-20 at 14:59. Reason: Cockpit errorDave
Boom ~ Radio ~ Classic ~ Controller ~ Receiver
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learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and
Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App,
at penguinlovesmusic.com
New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
2010-07-20, 15:43 #24
For debugging purposes I'd need the
- cometd-menu response for the album list
- the cometd-request when you click an album
- and as a reference the cometd request when you try the same album with squeezeplay.
Just attach the whole server log (with network.cometd-debugging enabled) and give me the album name as reference - i can figure out the rest myself I guess.Did you know: SqueezePlayer will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere!
Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad
Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? => why not try my Weather Forecast Applet
Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? => why not try my Headphone Switcher Applet
2010-07-20, 16:24 #25---
learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and
Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App,
at penguinlovesmusic.com
New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
2010-07-20, 18:20 #26
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I'm pleased an alphabetic tab bar is on it's way. Could you implement a search control at the top of the lists like the one in the iPad Address Book?
Regards, Steve.
2010-07-20, 19:14 #27
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I bought the app today and cannot connect to my squeezebox server.
My IP is a local address (10.0.1.11) instead of the typical 192.xxx.xxx.xx and wonder if that's the problem.
I'm running Win XPx32 and Squeezeserver 7.5.1
Would really appreciate some help. I can use iPeng just fine (it doesn't even ask for IP addresses, it just finds the players on the network).
2010-07-20, 22:38 #28
your ip shouldn't be the problem.
Please try to contact your server with safari (from the iPad). Does it show the home page if you surf to 10.0.1.11:9000 ?
If not check the following:
- is your iPad connected via Wifi right now (mine is dropping the WiFi connection every two hours, that's the main reason when I cannot connect). Guess this should improve with the new iPad firmware, which I didn't install yet
- if your iPad is connected via 3G I guess it also can't connect to your local server - but you would find it with the safari trick mentioned above.
- don't forget to configure the ip together with the portDid you know: SqueezePlayer will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere!
Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad
Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? => why not try my Weather Forecast Applet
Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? => why not try my Headphone Switcher Applet
2010-07-20, 23:59 #29
Some additional enhancement requests. I know this list contains stuff that won't be implemented for a while and maybe never, I'm just posting it to give you some ideas how the application could be improved.
When viewing tracks for a compilation album, I would like to see the artist and not just the track name and number.
Is there any chance you can implement support for artist images ? I've used LastFM artist images in my Song Info plugin for a while and they seems to work pretty good. The LastFM API is XML based, so you can either call this directly from your application or you can use the JSON command provided by the Song Info plugin. Let me know if you want more information about the Song Info plugin interface and I'll provide you with the details. The Song Info images is available in the context menu of an artist if you like to test how good they are. On my Touch I'm currently using a Custom Clock screen saver that rotates around the LastFM artist images provided by LastFM for the current artist, makes the display a lot more interesting than just showing the the same album cover all the time.
When implementing the context menu, it would be great if it was possible to launch it for both artist, album and track on the currently playing track. You might already have implemented this in the 1.2.0 version, I'm just mention it in case you haven't.
It would be great to have some quick way to get to the top level menu or as an alternative have toolbar buttons to access the most important menus but that might clutter the interface a bit.
Viewing large images through Michael's Picture Gallery plugin doesn't seem to work, it's just sitting there and trying to load the image for ever. The thumbnails in the parent menu did work.
I wonder if would be nicer if the disconnected server disclaimer was some kind of screen saver screen instead of that big disclaimer, maybe just a big clock ? The case I'm thinking of is a server that likes to hibernate/suspend when it isn't used. I'm not even sure if this will work, maybe it won't even suspend if SqueezePad is connected to it ?
I'm not sure if you want to support this but I'm mention it just in case. The TrackStat menus provides three rows of data, only the two upper rows are shown, the play count row is never shown. Of course, this menu really only looks nice on iPeng today, it looks pretty bad on SqueezePlay which tries to display all three rows but uses too large font.
Ideally, I would like a global search feature accessible from a magnifying glass icon somewhere on the screen, but I'm not sure how much implementation something like that requires. One search string should find both artists, albums and tracks that matches the specified search criteria.
Cover flow. Besides the obvious use case to browse your albums this could probably also be used for point 2 (artist images) and point 5 (Picture Gallery plugin) and point 12 (Flickr) mentioned elsewhere in this list.
A album wall that displays all albums as small icons, similar as the the "Large Artwork" display option in the Albums menu in the SBS web interface.
Fast access to favorites/presets or whatever they are called these days. This might be less important if point 4 described above is implemented since the "Favorites" menu is available in the top level menu.
The "My Apps/Flickr" isn't able to display large images, nothing happens when you click on a thumbnail image.
It feels like I would like to be able to hide the menu and use that screen space for something else when using SqueezePad in "screen saver mode" when it's sitting in the docking station and isn't used for selecting new music. Maybe displaying song lyrics, album reviews or artist biography or just use it to display the artist, album and track title with a bit larger font. Song lyrics, album reviews and biography are available through third party plugins (Song Lyrics, Album Review, Biography) so I'm not sure if you like to avoid integrating to tight with third party stuff. I'm basically just mention this since the menu part of the screen often feels pretty useless when the iPad isn't used for selecting new music.
When long text is displayed it shortens them with a "..." in the middle, would be great if there was some way to display the complete text.
Server auto detection similar to what I believe iPeng supports would be nice, will probably avoid some questions from non technical users who just have plugged in their computer and Squeezebox on their network and have no idea what an IP address is. Showing a list of available servers with the possibility to specify one manually should make it a lot easier for these users.
A screen saver mode where you can configure what information to show would be really great, maybe implementing something that supports the Custom Clock configuration or something similar. I've actually though about doing something like this myself but I'm not sure how useful it would be as a standalone application without the possibility to also browse your library.
I think the other stuff I've been thinking of already has been mentioned.
Once again, I really love SqueezePad and I'm really impressed by your work, as soon as a release with the context menus and Spotify play command is available it's going to be my preferred way of controlling my Squeezeboxes. The only problem now is that I've realized that some of my album covers doesn't have enough resolution to look as good as they could.
I'm sorry about this pippin, but viewing my Squeezebox library on the large iPad screen in high resolution beats the current low resolution iPeng app even if iPeng has a bit more features. However, my hope is that we will soon see some competition ;-)
bluegaspode, if you need help to support something by adding some third party stuff on the server side, just let me know.Erland Isaksson (My homepage)
Lead platform developer of ickStream Music Platform - A world of music at your fingertips
(Also developer of many plugins/applets)
2010-07-21, 01:13 #30---
learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and
Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App,
at penguinlovesmusic.com
New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch