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Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese 2010
Egon Muller - Mosel-Saar-Ruwer - Germany - Saar - Scharzhofberg
Professional Wine Reviews for Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese 2010
Rated 94 by Robert Parker
Muller's 2010 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese offers a similarly striking contrast with its counterpart from the Braune Kupp to that displayed between the corresponding Spatlesen, since in the present wine we have an elixir of remarkable levity, refinement, and polished textural allure. What's more, the flavors now shift toward honey, white raisin, salted caramel, and quince preserves, unabashedly exhibiting these grapes' noble botrytization. And even despite what I am sure are enormously high acids, these act only as hidden, energizing springs until the finish kicks in with overt...
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Professional Wine Reviews for Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese 2010
Rated 94 by Robert Parker
Muller's 2010 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese offers a similarly striking contrast with its counterpart from the Braune Kupp to that displayed between the corresponding Spatlesen, since in the present wine we have an elixir of remarkable levity, refinement, and polished textural allure. What's more, the flavors now shift toward honey, white raisin, salted caramel, and quince preserves, unabashedly exhibiting these grapes' noble botrytization. And even despite what I am sure are enormously high acids, these act only as hidden, energizing springs until the finish kicks in with overt citricity that help leaven and balance the wines liqueur-like texture and sweetness. I think we can safely presume a quarter-century's strong performance here. This wine was in effect a byproduct, says Muller, having been culled from the corresponding gold capsule Auslesen rather than the other way around.
Rated 93 by Wine Spectator
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Vintage: 2010
2010 saw extremely high quality viticulture in many parts of the world, with an exceptionally long and hot summer providing huge benefits for wineries across many countries, especially in the southern hemisphere. The northern hemisphere and Europe saw something of a cooler summer and flowering period, but this was by no means as disastrous as it could have been. France, especially, had a fantastic year in 2010, with the world renowned Burgundy region proclaiming that their white wines of this year are ones to look out for, and despite yields being relatively small across much of the country, the quality was exceptionally high. Spain, too, received some cooler weather, but Rioja and the rest of central Spain are hailing 2010 as a very good year indeed, again as a result of smaller, finer yields. California also received similar climatic conditions, but again, wineries are highly positive about the overall effect this had on their produce, as the slightly challenging conditions resulted in smaller yields of much elegance and distinction. 2010 was really Australia's year, and in South Australia and across the Mornington Peninsula, Chardonnay vines produced good yields with a lower sugar level than in previous years. As such, the majority of South Australian white wines from 2010 are superb, and packed full of character. Shiraz also had a great year, and most Australian wineries have been proclaiming 2010 one of the great vintages. Both the Argentinian and Chilean wine industries benefited from some ideal climatic conditions this year, and are reportedly ecstatically pleased with the fact that their 2010 wines ended up with lower alcohol levels, and were beautifully balanced wines packed full of flavor.
Varietal: Riesling
Riesling grapes are very rarely blended with others in the development of wines, and for good reason. These pale grapes which originated in the cool Rhine Valley of Germany are notable for their 'transparency' of flavor, which allows the characteristics of their terroir to shine through in wonderful ways. The result of this is a wine which carries a wide range of interesting flavors quite unlike those found in other white wines, finished off with the distinctively floral perfume Riesling supplies so well. Many wineries in Germany and elsewhere tend to harvest their Riesling grapes very late – often as late as January – in order to make the most of their natural sweetness. Other methods, such as encouraging the noble rot fungus, help the Riesling grape varietal present some truly unique and exciting flavors in the glass, and the variety of wines this varietal can produce mean it is one of the finest and most interesting available anywhere.
Country: Germany
If German wine has had something of a bad reputation in the past, it may well be the fault of the fact that for a long time now, the Germans have simply kept all the best produce to themselves. Visit any town or village in wine producing regions of Germany, and you'll be faced with a stunning array of extremely high quality wines, each matched with local dishes and full of distinct character and flavor. As white wine production makes up for about two-thirds of all Germany's wine industry, this is by far the most visible and widely enjoyed type of wine, but one should not overlook the quality and range of rosé and red wines on offer from this fascinating country. In particular, the Spatburgunder wines (the German name for Pinot Noir) are generally of an exceptionally high quality, being full of dark, intense hedgerow fruit flavors and exciting spicy notes with a silky smooth finish.
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ANAHEIM, CA - OCTOBER 24: Derek Dorsett #15 of the Columbus Blue Jackets lines up for a faceoff against the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center on October 24, 2009 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed right wing Derek Dorsett on injured reserve after he broke his collarbone in the first period of Thursday night's 2-1 overtime win over Vancouver. The club expects Dorsett to miss the rest of the season. Dorsett has 27 goals and 38 assists in 280 career NHL games, all with Columbus. The Blue Jackets' ninth pick, 189th overall, at the 2006 draft, he had three goals, six assists and 53 penalty minutes in 24 games this season. He leads the team with 55 hits and ranks fifth in points. Last season, Dorsett led the NHL in penalty minutes with 235 and set career highs in goals (12), points (20), shots (137) and games played (77).
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True story of a counterfeit watch
I'd bought a little gold dress watch from a girl at work, Marcy Gold: Go to Marcy Gold for gold, she liked to say. And, as she was a supervisor, it made sense to buy from her in more ways than one. The watch was pretty enough, it was battery-run, it kept time, and she'd charged me only $250. It was an unknown Italian brand that said it was 14 K gold. It really never crossed my mind to wonder at the cheapness of it, or how she'd come by it. Several years later, it was no longer keeping time. I figured it needed a new battery, and took it, just before Thanksgiving, to a local jeweler. The place I took it was quite swank, a handsome, spacious temple of jewelry, in the swankest local mall, a Reed's; and, as that regional chain was founded here in Wilmington, North Carolina, I imagine they considered it their home branch. At any rate, they checked it out, and told me the battery was fine: the watch just wasn't working. So I agreed to ship it to some watch repair place in Michigan, at my expense, of course. Knew I was running into the holiday season, was prepared to wait patiently. Word came soon enough: to fix the works, $185. To detail and clean the bracelet, $150. To replace the face and the crystal, heaven knows why, $300. Suffice it to say that all told, these people in Michigan intended to charge me three times what I'd paid for the watch to fix it. Well, at that point it did occur to me to wonder why Marcy Gold had charged me so little for it; was it perhaps stolen, and therefore worth much more? But I'd long since retired, left that job, and left the city, too, so the past was going to keep its own secrets in that regard. There was the question: what was that watch worth, and should I put so much money into it? I decided against it, and asked that the watch be shipped back, once again at my expense, of course. And meanwhile, I decided to think about getting a new dress watch. So I went to eBay, where I saw a ―Woman's Dress Watch, Piaget, 18k gold.‖ It was handsome, Piaget was certainly a famous, expensive, honored Swiss brand, and I fell in love, decided it would make a swell Christmas present from me to me. It was only $300; also seemed awful cheap. Here is what remains of the listing: Piaget Women's dress watch 18K gold Item number:110472314436 Price: $305.00 Sale date: Dec 25, 2009 The watch arrived shortly after Christmas, sent by the seller, who called herself ―XOTXAndalusians.‖ I sure was excited as I tore into the package. Soon I was dismayed, the thing wanted winding. I was sure the eBay ad had said nothing about winding; I didn't want a windup watch. In fact, I'd just barely given my niece another pretty little antique watch I'd had that was a windup; I didn't want a windup. And the one I'd given my niece stopped winding when it was wound enough; this Piaget didn't. And I'm afraid I must have promptly overwound it. It wasn't working. Well, there was some very ill-tempered correspondence between me and XOTXAndalusions. I wanted to return that watch; she pointed out, truthfully, unfortunately for me, that the ad mentioned the watch was a windup in the small print. I sent the watch back to her anyway: she sent it back again. Mucho angry, some absolutely crazy correspondence that I deleted, more's the pity, and we all regret that, I'm sure. But, I figured I was stuck with the Piaget. Just didn't know what to do with it. So I finally decided to get the first little gold watch back from Michigan, the holidays having long since passed, and try bringing both watches together in for repair to someplace that had a repair facility in town. First item on the agenda: to get the first watch back. It was easier said than done, just couldn't get it back, even after several phone calls. Lost my temper. As the local store is part of a regional chain, I went to the company's web site and complained. That didn't seem sufficient, so I found their Face Book site to complain. Then I joined Twitter in order to complain. Strangely enough, I heard from the store shortly after that busy, enraged morning: the first little gold watch was actually back from Michigan, had been back for who knows how long. Went and picked it up. When next in another part of town, took it into a jewelry store I'd been told fixed watches on premises. Nope. They told me there was a good watch repair guy in Sears; a trip to that store, when next in that part of town got added to the agenda. Before I could get to Sears, heard from Reed's again; they had opened an onsite watch repair facility, and, in view of our unhappy history on the first little gold watch, were offering me free repair for it. So, that trip got added to the agenda, when next in that part of town, and bring both watches in. I saw the manager, a dignified middle-aged man, obviously with a wealth of jewelry experience – it was he who had called me—presented both watches, explained the situation, went and had lunch with my husband, in any situation, no matter how life-threatening, he always wants lunch. Got home to find a voicemail: call the manager. He very diplomatically explained to me that the Piaget watch was a counterfeit, and was, furthermore, only 18K gold plated, therefore of course, not worth a red cent, not even for scrap, and certainly not worth repair. And, in retrospect, running our chat through my mind, I could see that he'd been very cautious and diplomatic in his discussion of the ―Piaget‖ watch in the store. And, come to think of it, even the receipt he'd given me for the watches indicated he doubted the bona fides of the ―Piaget‖ watch. What to do? Last thing I wanted was any further contact with the watch's seller; our previous contacts had been exceedingly unpleasant -- why did I ever delete those e-mails? But she'd sold me a counterfeit watch. So finally, I screwed up my nerve, and e-mailed her back again, and she went bananas. Accused me of lying, trying to destroy her eBay business, being in league with the devil while she was a good Christian, wanted to know why I'd taken so long to bring the watch in for repair, accused that dignified manager of lying and cheating, suggested he'd misled me the better to get the watch for himself, and like that. Mucho crazy argument back and forth, why'd I ever delete it. I suggested she should refund me $150; she agreed, then changed her mind. So I opened an eBay complaint, the gist of which follows. The item doesn't match the seller's description. You have tried contacting the seller You paid on Dec 25, 2009 You contacted the seller through your personal email The seller has responded to you The seller isn't working with you to solve the problem You entered the phone number -------- We can share your phone number with the seller. The buyer said the item is fake Additional information: "Buyer got a negative response from the seller. Received a fake item." You wanted: A full refund Well, the seller finally came to her senses, and PayPal refunded me $150. So I closed the case on February 5, 2010, and me and the seller were friends again. I offered to return the watch to her again; she said no thanks. But she'd mentioned that she'd only just bought the watch on eBay in November, before Thanksgiving, and had actually reused the previous seller's listing. I offered to try to help her take a case against the previous seller, as the watch had undoubtedly been a falsely-advertised counterfeit all along. She said no thanks, now that we'd reached an agreement, she preferred to put the whole thing behind her, and get a chuckle out of it in times to come, when she'd cooled down. It was the chuckle that did it, I suddenly remembered another watch. Forty years ago, I'd been occasionally dating a fellow for whom I just didn't care. I recognized that he was ambitious, a hustler and hard worker. But he wasn't physically attractive, short, heavy and bandy-legged, and he wasn't my personality type, either, I prefer my men well-read, well-informed about the world, and witty – who wouldn't – and Joe Marcus was none of the above. I'd kept trying to end the non-relationship, as it happens, and had always refused to sleep with him. Why would I have? So he gave me a little gold dress watch, apparently thought that would change my mind about him. But I just didn't like the watch, and it just didn't change my mind. A month or two passed; I was in London, England, on business. That watch had stopped working. In company with two men friends, I went into a very swank Bond Street jewelers, presented the watch, and requested it be repaired. The jeweler put his loupe in his eye, looked at the watch, and said very regretfully and diplomatically, ―I'm sorry, Madame, but this watch is a counterfeit.‖ He evidently expected me to get mad or sad; instead I burst into laughter. My friends suggested I should ―wear a green coat,‖ evidently a cockney expression meaning pretend to know nothing, and we should immediately rush around to pawnbrokers, and I should try to ―flog‖ the watch as genuine. Well, I wouldn't do that, of course, as it had cost me nothing and I was out nothing, and had gained a great story. Years later, I was back in New York, and some woman called me, don't know exactly how she found me or why she did. She told me she had been an airline stewardess, and had married Joe Marcus, and had immediately had, I forget, two or three children right off the bat. And he'd dropped dead of a heart attack, not yet forty-five. Well, I'd known he was a hustler; he'd work all day at his job, soccer reporter for ―The New York Post,‖ and then stay up all night working on film treatments, or whatever. Evidently he hadn't carried enough insurance, and that woman was stuck with two or three kids, and no useful job experience. She had gone to work for the New York State Department of Labor, in one of its unemployment centers, for $11,000 a year; they paid that kind of salary then. And it was a terrible job, too, requiring standing, and using the machine they had then, to process the unemployed people's identity cards, it was guaranteed to make your arm feel like it was being torn out of its socket: all day long. Felt it necessary to share this story with XOTXAndalusians, of course, and she was mighty amused. Had a chuckle. And she added, for good measure, that the stewardess probably hadn't liked poor Joe much better than I did. So that makes two counterfeit watches in one lifetime. Hope I get no more.
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I try to buy from as many small businesses and farming coops as possible but I try to never to buy from anywhere that is unionized.
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I'm old.
Very old.
I remember when
40 hour a week job, no matter how menial, bought a single person their own decent, modest digs, providing money for food, running a vehicle, with money left over... without the need for roommates.
That was because the Union wages translated across the society to provide that.
Reagan came in and gutted the unions. They crawled into bed with corporagov for survival and it has been a continually bad saga of destruction of the middle class and downsizing of quality of life ever since.
I'm amazed at how many have accepted their brainwashing, espousing philosophies that work against their own best interests.
Case in point.... Twinkies.
I posted this in a thread on Twinkies.
Read... and learn:
"There will be Twinkies.
It's a corporate shell game.
Bankruptcy, dissolve, "sell," and come up again under a different moniker.
Throw the thing up under one name with the left hand, it comes down in the right hand under a different name and Twinkies will still be produced.
It's been a common enough ploy since the early 80s in the U.S.
It's all about making sure that workers lose traction, monies, benefits, and have a continually shrinking quality of life.
If you haven't been paying much attention and seen this happen before, watch this one.
You'll learn a bit."
At this point I don't expect people who never lived the freedom of movement and choice that I had when there was a closed lock loop that prevented manufacturing being set up outside the country.
There was always the cheap labor to be had.
The change came when CorporaGov changed the rules.
You're all living the hell that has created.
The very, very sad thing is... so many of you have been so mind-fucked you espouse the thoughts of others that have been planted for your own destruction.
Sad bunch of Mofos.
There's a part of me that says.... you really do deserve what is coming to you in the U.S. for so loving the lie.
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If you REALLY, believe this, then it sucks to be you.
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That was a true history lesson.
The only people who publicly deny the veracity are:
1. Those too young to have lived it and have been programmed by those who destroyed it.
2. Business owners who are terrified of the prospect of actually paying employees a living wage.
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WASHINGTON - Sophomore Sophie Panarese (Milton, Mass./Milton Academy) was named the BIG EAST Women's Tennis Player of the Week as the Hoyas earned the programs first-ever national ranking earning the No. 70 position from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association this week.
Panarese went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles during the week as Georgetown went 2-0. The sophomore played a pivotal role in the Hoyas' win over No. 33 William & Mary. Panarese tied the match at 3-3 from the No. 4 position, claiming a 7-6 (1), 6-4 win and clinched the team win in doubles action with partner Taylor Perz 8-6. The sophomore also won 6-0, 6-1 from the No. 3 spot against Bryant and 8-3 in doubles action with Perz against James Madison.
Panarese's honor is the first for the program this season and the fourth under Head Coach Gordie Ernst.
Georgetown's national ranking is the first for the men's or women's program on the Hilltop. The Hoyas were catapulted into the rankings with the victory over No. 33 William & Mary and sitting at 9-4 in dual matches on the season.
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The man who sold the Dearly Departed ticket has the right to sell his ticket. He OWNS the ticket. Having Disney refund a ticket after that much disappointment can be seen as being wrong also. People dictate the market and this man started his bidding at $260, only ten bucks over face value. IMO, there is nothing wrong with selling it on ebay.
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Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to swim with wild dolphins in Panama City Beach. Spend the morning or afternoon with a professional team of instructors that will educate the proper way to interact with the dolphins. The tour is capped off with several live swim-ins at Shell Island for potential encounters. The success rate is about 99%.
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Booking Details:Please bring with you the provided confirmation number (located on the voucher e-mailed to you after online purchase) and a valid drivers license for verification. The dock is located at 5709 N. Lagoon Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408. Before arrival, please confirm departure date and time at least 48 hours prior to the trip. Reservations booked less than 48hrs prior to arrival are not guaranteed until confirmed by the vendor. Please arrive at least 5 minutes prior to scheduled time.
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● Each dolphin boat is Coast Guard approved for 6 passengers.
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● Water Planet will replace your dolphin swim excursion if the dolphins do not show. You get to do it again for free.
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● Deep ladders are available to make it easier to get back up on board from the water after each dolphin swim. All boats are equipped with double shades.
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Customers may cancel at least 48 hours prior to their arrival date and time to receive a full refund minus a $5 service fee. Customers that cancel after the 48 hour period will not be eligible for a refund. If weather is unfavorable, the tour may be rescheduled for a later time/date or a full refund will be issued. No-shows will not be refunded. Customer may make changes to the reservation without any fees as long as it's outside the 48 hour cancellation period.
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Jennifer Butts
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Oct 26 2014 06:35am
Had a wonderful experience on this excursion. Denis was a fountain of information and had the knowledge and experience to get us close to the dolphins. We will do this again.Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
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Oct 27 2014 02:02pm
Thanks Jennifer. It was great having you on board. Looking forward to seeing you again.
ashley ramirez
Navarre, Florida, USA
Oct 25 2014 07:05pm
This was the best experience my family and I have ever had and we do quite a few awesome things! The captain and his helper were amazing! It was so cool to be in a small environment and have a one on one experience with the ocean and my family. We got to actually swim with dolphins multiple times, hunt for hermit crabs, see a sunken ship, and swim in the clearest water ever. The captain showed us different wild life throughout the day and again, we actually swam with dolphins in their natural habitat! It was awesome!Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
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Oct 27 2014 02:10pm
Hey Ashley, Yes it was a great trip and we loved having you and your wonderful family on board.
Leisa White
Dallas, Texas, USA
Aug 12 2014 01:24pm
I have to admit, I had never been to Panama City Beach nor had I ever booked through Trip Shock or done a Dolphin swim...but the one thing I knew is we wanted to swim with the Dolphins and I researched the heck out of that and all our options. Any questions I had from a comparison of offers in PCB Tripshock had answers, they were courteous and quick. We chose Waterplanet USA and I was absolutely blown away. Hands DOWN they are the best and I highly recommend Dennis (Owner) and Rosanne (Our Captain) the knowledge, the respect for their guests and the wildlife can not be beat. I highly recommend their dolphin swim and booking through Tripshock. And for the record, do NOT book the Screamer...we saw how their swim was...they throw out buoys, put you in a life vest and you hang on and drift... read moreVerified TripShock! Traveler Review
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Oct 27 2014 02:17pm
Well thank you so much for your great review and enthusiasm for our company. We try hard to make this experience unique and to be make it as personable as we can. There is no such reward as reviews like yours. Thank you
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Aug 12 2014 10:07am
Thanks so much, this was a wonderful afternoon. It was a birthday treat for my daughter and Ms. Roseanne really made it a memorable day!Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
Management Response,
Oct 27 2014 02:19pm
Yes Captain Rosanne knows what she is doing and I am really glad that she could make this happen for your daughter's birthday. Thank you for choosing us.
Tyler Mereness
Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA
Aug 4 2014 07:24pm
We had a wonderful time with this dolphin excursion. We took waterproof cameras and were fortunate enough to get several pictures. One dolphins bumped the bottom of my wife's foot in passing. It almost scared her as she didn't know it was below her. We also were able to experience other sea life with snorkeling too. The captain was great. Would do it again in a heartbeat.Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
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Aug 7 2014 07:15am
It is always so good to be able to make our customers happy and appreciative. But let us give most of the credit to the dolphins, who make this experience possible.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Jul 11 2014 09:38am
Although we had fun on this trip, it wasn't the dolphin experience I was expecting. I would call this more of a "find some wild dolphins, jump in and maybe get to see them somewhat up close" experience. I would say it is probably a very rare occasion that you actually get to interact with one this way. I would have gotten just as much out of a boat tour to view the dolphins & it would have been much cheaper & just as enjoyable. Between the 4 or so boats and 5-6 jet skis that were following these poor couple of dolphins, I felt at some point as if we were harassing them. Besides, I got completely beat up getting on & off the boat so many times.Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
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Jul 11 2014 11:08am
We try our best to please everyone and to offer an experience up to every one's expectations. Most of the time, the experience goes over and beyond our guests expectations and they do get plenty of opportunities to be within feet, sometimes inches away from the dolphins. Please remember that we cannot fabricate this experience for you. It is up to the dolphins to come close to you. Also, July 4th is probably the busiest day of the year out on the water and you are right, on such a busy day, the coastal area is congested with watercrafts and regrettably, "chasing" does occur. Please try again on a quiet day.
Kimberly Laten
white lake, Michigan, USA
Jun 29 2014 10:00am
My family and I really enjoyed this outing. We had an awesome guide named Nick who was great with the whole group he was good with kids and let us go at our own pace. I would definitely recommend this dolphin encounter we got to see and get close to a lot of dolphins. My kids loved it something we will never forget.Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
Management Response,
Jul 11 2014 10:54am
Thanks Kimberly, Yes we love kids on our trips. They will remember this wild dolphin swim for the rest of their lives. It makes me wish I was a kid again to feel that awe!
Tina Ames
Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Jun 25 2014 07:35am
Last Wednesday, my 2 daughter's and I had a FANTASTIC excursion with Sea Planet! Our Captain was Roseanne, she was AWESOME We exploded and snorkels to view a shipwreck! It gets better, girls and other customers on board swim with dolphins on several different areas around Shell Island Roseanne knows the area well and I am very thankful we haas her as our Captain! It was a great 4 hour adventure Thank you for incredible, once in a lifetime memories Sincerely, Tina Ames and familyVerified TripShock! Traveler Review
Management Response,
Jun 25 2014 10:53am
Hi Tina, Yes Rosanne is amazing. She will be very pleased to read your review. Thank you so much. Reviews like yours are priceless for us and they boost our efforts to always improve our services.
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Jun 24 2014 08:13pm
My son Elvonte (16) had a blast. This was his first experience swimming in the ocean and especially with so many dolphin encounters on our trip. Nick was very professional and helpful. We would highly recommend this tour.Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
Management Response,
Jun 24 2014 09:42pm
Thank you Dannette, Yes, Nick has a record of being awesome. I will relay your review to him. Denis Richard - Water Planet CEO
karen stilley
cobden, Illinois, USA
Jun 23 2014 05:57pm
Nicest guys & I'm really hard to plz. I am not kidding our skipper was the BEST My grandkids & I give them an A+.Verified TripShock! Traveler Review
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Jun 24 2014 09:44pm
Thank you Karen, Your words are so rewarding. We really appreciate your review.
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TAYLOR Walker and Mitch Clisby share much more than their age.
They grew up together in Broken Hill, where they fought over the wicketkeeper's gloves in their representative cricket team.
These days they share a meal three or four times a week.
Now Clisby, 22, hopes he is about to join his close mate on an AFL list.
The North Adelaide draft prospect says Walker's rise from country football - where he played for North Broken Hill against his West Broken Hill team - to the Adelaide Crows taught him what it takes to make it at the elite level.
"I've learnt from him that it comes down to attitude," Clisby says.
"His attitude has changed dramatically from 16, 17 to today and for me watching him develop, I've just jumped on board and matured as he has."
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Playing poker on Linux
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Linux is always gaining popularity on the desktop. Playing poker on Linux isn't that hard and you've got a few options:
1. Find something web or flash based. Poker Room, Euro Poker and Hollywood Poker are a few examples of sites that offer that.
2. Java is a cross platform SDK. Absolute Poker, Party Poker, Poker Room, and quite a few others offer Java play.
3. Wine. I managed to get my favorite poker site Titan Poker working perfectly in Wine. Here are instructions for debian based systems:
apt-get install wine
wget /setup.exe
wine ./setup.exe
It's that easy! If you get a regsvr32 error during setup, it is safe to ignore it.
Double click 'Titan Poker' which will now have appeared on in ~/Desktop/Titan Poker
It works well, graphic and game quality is the same as Windows, sound also works with the right Wine configuration.
If any online players are reading, I'd personally recommend signing up at Stoxpoker http://www.stoxpoker.com as a fantastic training site.
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Dude Skips Rocks on Frozen Lake and Hears 'Coolest Sound Ever'
YouTube star DudeLikeHELLA was cruising around Alaska with his girlfriend when he decided to stop and skip rocks on a frozen lake. The sound that created was epic.
YouTube star DudeLikeHELLA was cruising around Alaska with his girlfriend when he decided to stop and skip rocks on a frozen lake. The sound that created was epic.
Leading up to the premiere of Sonic Highways on HBO, the Foo Fighters kicked off their week-long residency on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday night. In what will be an epic week in late-night TV, Dave Grohl and company were joined by country star Zac Brown for the Black Sabbath classic 'War Pigs'.
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GMC Jimmy Driveability Problems Due to Internal Distributor Fault
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The distributor may develop internal faults. This can cause a rough running engine or stalling condition, the Check Engine Light may or may not illuminate. Our technicians tell us that the distributor should be overhauled or replaced to correct this concern.
I have this problem and it happens randomly, today it was in middle of intersection which was scary Beyond words! Thank God it did after about 5 tries then waiting several minutes started again. I've it had it fixed yet, is it paid by GMC for this problem to be fixed? Please someone let me know as I've no idea how expensive this is and I'm disabled and I funds for this!! Bought it from original owner 2012 and this has happened probably a dozen times. Today was first time while at stop sign, usual when starting car. - Visitor
My distributor jumped but did not brake any parts of the distributor. The only thing I could see bad on the dist. was the gear had a lot of wear. I had thought the timing chain had jumped but this was not the case but I did install a new timing set, cover and new aftermarket distributor. - Visitor
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Marisa Tomei to Star as Gloria Steinem in HBO Miniseries From George Clooney
It seems Marisa Tomei is ready to return to her small-screen roots. Would you like us to explain?
The Oscar-winning My Cousin Vinny actress has been tapped to star as Gloria Steinem in Ms., HBO's upcoming miniseries about the social activist and feminist icon. READ MORE


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s. J. TERRY.
UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 55,413, dated March 22, 1904.
Application filed April 28, 1903.
To all w/tom it may concern:
' is a specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in poles for telegraph, telephone, electric-light, and trolley wires; and the object is to provide a durable and inexpensive post for the above purposes in which a minimum amount of Wood is required and in which the Wooden portion can be removed and replaced at any time without disturbing the position of the pole in the ground, which change always requires time, the employment of a gang of men, and is correspondingly expensive in its practice.
With the foregoing objects in view this invention consists in a pole made partly of wood and partly of metal, the metal portion adapted to be securely anchored in the ground and the upper portion composed of wood capable of being adjusted or removed at pleasure from its position with relation to the lower metal portion.
My present invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which Will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved pole, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section.
A represents the lower section of the pole, and B the upper section, the latter being of wood and the former of T-rolled metal by preference, so that it is flat on one side and ribbed on the other, as at 1. A base-plate 2 is secured on the bottom, upon which the pole is supported, and from it the side braces 3 3 extend upwardly, being secured at their upper ends to the opposite sides of the metal section Aof the pole. The upper section may be of any preferred form in crosssection namely, round, semicircular, or flat-it being clamped to the metal section A by the clipsl 4 or otherwise. In fact, it is perfectly feasible and contemplated by my invention to replace old poles decayed or rotted at the base Serial No. 154,676. (No model) by sawing them off and clamping the upper portion to the metal section A, thus saving the process now in vogue of disconnecting all of the wires whenever a pole is taken down or replaced. When thus used, this metal section is first anchored in the ground by means of cement or otherwise and then clamping the upper portion of the old pole thereto. Also in this connection mention may be made of the facility with which a pole of this character may be placed. As it is my purpose in replacing an old pole with my new one to first set the lower section A and then run up the wooden section through the wires to the required height, clamping it to the lower section A, when that height is attained. Then fastening the cross-bars before loosening the wires from the original pole,thus saving much trouble of tangled wires for the lineman.
Thus it will be seen that all of the advantages of a metal pole are attained without any of the disadvantages, among which may be mentioned the tendency of metal to short-circuit the current or weaken its intensity and at the same time the amount of wood used is greatly reduced, while getting the benefit of its superior qualities for the use to which it is placed.
It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exactconstruetion herein set forth; but,
Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
Apole for telegraph and similar wires comprisinga T-rolled lower portion, an upper section, clips embracing the sections, a plate through which the ends of the clips extend and means for securing the clips to the plate.
In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
STEPHEN J TERRY. Witnesses:
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Swipe Fee Cap Would Come at a Cost to Data Security
A recent op-ed by Lyle Beckwith of the National Association of Convenience Stores argued that debit card interchange is unfairly high. But this argument ignores several key points. First, it's important to remember that debit card interchange is regulated by the Durbin amendment, a law for which NACS and its allies lobbied heavily. The law charges the Federal Reserve with capping the debit card interchange rate at a level that is "reasonable and proportional" with the costs of processing these transactions.
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The evidence for such a pattern is well established: In 2010, Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, introduced the Durbin Amendment as part of the Dodd-Frank overhaul of the financial system. The amendment was meant to lower merchant fees for processing debit cards; retailers like Walmart and Home Depot argued that the banks were gouging them, pushing prices up for consumers. So what happened after the legislation was put into effect? "Most large retailers have seen significant cost reductions as a result of the Durbin Amendment, yet to date there is no evidence that those cost savings have been passed through to consumers," a study by the George Mason University School of Law said. Other academic research has come to the same conclusion.
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Congress should repeal the cap on the fees banks can charge on debit cards, under the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law; this has increased banking fees and added around a million people to the ranks of the "unbanked" since 2010.
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WASHINGTON, DC – October 1, 2014, marks the third anniversary of the implementation of the Durbin amendment, a piece of legislation that was masked as reform, but was nothing more than an $8 billion annual windfall for retailers. While retailers promised they would pass along savings to consumers – savings that now amount to over $24 billion for retailers – a new survey shows that 94% of consumers have seen prices that have increased or remained the same over the past three years. This survey, conducted in September 2014 by Phoenix Marketing International and sponsored by the Electronic Payments Coalition, asked 3,400 consumers about price changes they have observed at a variety of retailers. The research shows that 94% of consumers have seen prices increase or remain the same in the 16 individual point-of-sale categories measured in the survey, and a majority of consumers have seen prices increase at pharmacies, … Continue reading
At Walgreen, Renouncing Corporate Citizenship
In 2010, he introduced as part of the Dodd-Frank Act the so-called Durbin Amendment — which some people called the Walgreen's Amendment — limiting the fees that banks are allowed to charge merchants for debit card transactions. In seeking support on the floor of the Senate, Mr. Durbin told his colleagues that the Walgreen chief had contacted him. "And he told me that when they look at the expenses of Walgreen's," Mr. Durbin said, "it turns out the fees that Walgreen's pays to credit card companies is the fourth-largest item of cost for their business." Given all of the benefits Walgreen has received over the years as a United States corporate citizen, it remains curious why Mr. Wasson would seek a new passport.
The consequences of the Durbin Amendment for American consumers
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Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Big Retail lobby created a dubious driving distraction. The Merchants Payments Coalition, whose members include retail giants like Walmart and 7-Eleven, took out a Business Wire press release warning motorists to "Get Ready to Be Side-Swiped by Your Bank's Exorbitant Credit-Card Fees." In reality, it's rent-seeking retailers and allied politicians who are rear-ending American consumers on Memorial Day and every day through the price controls they pushed for in Dodd-Frank's Durbin Amendment. Now, they are lobbying Washington to ram ordinary folks even more with policies that will make security breaches like that of Target more likely to happen. At issue are "interchange fees," fees charged to merchants by credit and debit-card issuing banks and credit unions to process consumer transactions. Together with consumer payments, these fees finance the electronic payment infrastructure and technologies to fend of security threats. But ever since the Dodd-Frank financial … Continue reading
Appeals court upholds Fed's debit card fee limits
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Retailers have themselves to thank for lower Christmas sales
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We Didn't Regulate Credit Cards, We Regulated People
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Rise in Certain Types of Claims Benefits Citizens, According to Law Offices of Burg & Brock
According to Cameron Brock, attorney at law, the rise in claims suggests a coming decline in negligence
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Law Offices of Burg & Brock, Inc. your personal injury case is treated with respect, and their legal team will fight long and hard to make the courts work for you.
For the past few years, depending on which survey you read, statistics have pointed to either a very slight, or sometimes a noticeable rise in certain kinds of claims in The United States. The modest shift might point to a larger trend in personal injury law.
Cameron Brock, leading personal injury attorney in Los Angeles, provides a history lesson that puts this in context. He says in the 1990s, media pundits popularized the term "frivolous lawsuit" to describe almost any lawsuit by an injured plaintiff against a large, possibly wealthy defendant. An example, in which a woman reportedly sued a popular fast food chain for spilling coffee on her lap, was particularly egregious. While the reality of the case (as medical records and other purely factual accounts bear out) is that the woman was severely injured and hospitalized after the drive-thru spill incident.
According to Brock, perhaps the most reputable personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, the six o'clock news version of events, seemed to portray a greedy woman who, after being coaxed by her personal injury lawyer, was suing for a fortune after the coffee caused a moment's discomfort.
This case and others like it popularized a component of many political platforms known as "tort reform" in the 1990s. Many politicians of the age pointed to the ways in which lawsuits halted economic progress by forcing corporations to pay out in response to so-called "frivolous" claims.
And so it came to pass in the popular consciousness that suing a large corporation over a personal injury was regarded as an act of desperation and greed. According to Brock, it's something else entirely: "a private citizen exercising their constitutional right to fight back against the negligence of the monolithic insurance companies and other corporations that, while economically essential in this country, require the occasional course correction that can sometimes only be brought about by litigation."
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Just like the Belding boys basketball team, the Redskins girls team will begin the season with a new coach. Stepping into the coach's position is Brad Wilson. Wilson was the junior varsity coach last year and replaces longtime Belding coach Mike Nelson.
Belding police are looking for the owner of a 1957 class ring set with a blue stone that was found Nov. 11 following a ceremony at Belding's World War II Freedom Wall.
Big Ten regular season football ended Saturday for both Michigan and Michigan State. MSU squeaked into bowl eligibility by beating the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Alas, Michigan, whose offense failed to appear for the second half of their game, lost to their archrival Ohio State Buckeyes. At the season's start, both schools were expected to contend for the conference championship. They both fell short of that goal.
The holidays typically evoke memories of large family gatherings around the table. Sometimes these gatherings involved traveling to different parts of the state or even having to work through congested airports to see grandparents and enjoy grandmother's world famous pumpkin pie. For some, health issues and the cost of travel means holidays spent at home.
The past few months have been hard for local families who have been trying to pick up the pieces and continue life the way it was before devastating fires took almost everything they owned.
He's got the beard, he's got the build. Most importantly for volunteer "Santa," a.k.a., Roger Ferris, he's got the desire to bring a little holiday cheer into the lives of area seniors.
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I'm trying to create an APP with phonegap but I having an issue with FileWriter. I'm creating a file were the user will be including data. When the user complete for the first time a form, is created a ".txt" document with the data. The problem, is when complete again the form with different data, instead to write after the first text, overwrite the document.
I read in the phonegap document:
By default, the FileWriter writes to the beginning of the file, overwriting existing data. Set the optional append boolean to true in the FileWriter's constructor to write to the end of the file.
And I don't have any idea in how to do that.... I leave part of my code in case it helps:
function writeXML(name, data){
.createWriter(function gotFileWriter(writer) {
fileWriter = writer;
console.log("Getting writer...");
}, fail);
}, fail);
//console.log("Waiting for file writer...");
fileWriter.onwriteend = function(evt) {
console.log("File saved");
Thanks a lot!