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The Cross Country Ski Headquarters team and friends plan on getting together on August 20th at 1:00pm for another rollerski training session. We are going to meet at "North Bradley Trail Head" which is the half way point between Midland and Claire, Mi. on the Pere Marquette Trail System.
After the session we will get together at Jim Bradley's home just a few miles from the starting point for a cookout, everyone is to BYO food, drink and utensils.
We always tell everyone all forms of non-motorized wheels are welcome. This is a great trail to get out and really cruise on a bike since it is real flat and smooth and if you go all the way you can get in close to 60 miles.
Exit off Hwy 10 at the M18/Beaverton - Gladwin exit and go South (do not go toward Beaverton - Gladwin, go the other way).
Go 1 mile to the Stop Sign at M18 & Saginaw Road. Turn right and travel approximately 50 yards and you will see the trail parking lot on your left next to the intersection of Saginaw Road & Barton Road.
If you have any questions just send Devan Thielfoldt an e-mail (DThielfoldt(at)omnisource.com) or give him a call at 248-740-8825.


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BSAC Expeditionary Grant Scheme Expedition Report "The Optimist Challenge" by Lisa Bedard
"The Optimist Challenge"
Bedford Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC 0089), Sea Palling – September 5th – 8th 2008
By Lisa Bedard
Most of the divers made their way to Sea Palling during the evening on Thursday, with Lisa and Kevin arriving last at about 10.30. We all piled into the caravan to hear the briefing from Paul C, who was designated as Dive Manager for the first dive on Friday.
Many of the divers had taken the opportunity to dive the Ethel during the summer and Kevin had produced an artist's impression of the wreck, which proved very useful in evaluating and modifying the planned tasks. Graham and Kevin's experience is that when the wreck is shotted, the shot is likely to end up in the area of the boiler (central) on the wreck. In the end it was agreed that all three pairs will descend that shot line: the first pair (Fiona and Rebekah) will head for the bow; the second pair (Paul C and Linda) will head for the stern and the third pair (Graham and Clive) will recover the grapple and send it up using a lifting bag. The bow and stern pairs will be armed with a length of line sufficient to use as a shot line and a DSMB. On arrival, they will attach the lines (very firmly) to the bow and stern respectively and send them up via the DSMB. Once pair 3 has recovered the grapple, they will head for the bow and, if there is time, lay the measuring tape from bow to stern and measure the length of the wreck. The bow and stern pairs should also record the depth of the sea bed at bow and stern and record the height of the wreck from the sea bed. With any remaining dive time they might photograph points of interest in these locations. Once the brief was completed, the team headed off to get some much needed sleep in preparation for the day ahead.
The alarms went off at 6 a.m. and everyone was up, dressed and breakfasted as soon as possible. Paul (our host) had the TV on to catch the weather forecast and Graham and Kevin went off to look at the sea. In spite of what the TV said, the sea looked almost flat calm and we were all set to go. Paul W arrived just as we were leaving to go down to launch the boat and that meant that the whole team was present for the start of the diving. The boat was prepared, all kit stowed aboard (except for Rebekah's weightbelt – Bekah, you definitely owe Paul C a pint after making him run all the way back to the truck!) and the two shot lines with DSMB attached were carefully fed into two net bags. The boat was hooked up to the tractor and the launch commenced. By 0700 the boat was heading out to the dive site, leaving Paul W, Helen and Lisa tasked with fuel shopping and administration.
The journey out to the dive site was uneventful and the wreck was shotted successfully on the second attempt. The first pair went in at 0805 and found the grapple located between the boiler and the bow. They turned and headed for the stern, stopping at the boiler to record the depth to the top. They looked at the engine block and swam along the prop shaft tunnel before taking measurements at the deck of the stern. They attached the shot line to a framework just below the stern railing and then went down to record the depth of the sea bed. They completed the dive by returning to inspect the area around the prop shaft tunnel and then sent up their DSMB. Pair 2 went to the bow, where they looked for something sturdy to attach the shot line to. They chose a suitable piece of wreckage and attached the shot line using a series of reef knots. They then sent the line up on the DSMB as planned. They looked around the area of the bow and found an Admiralty pattern anchor, sitting upright on one of its flukes on the port side of the wreck. Pair 2 returned to the grapple (pair 3 had not yet arrived) and shortly after decided to send up their DSMB and ascend. The stern shot was also sent up successfully. Both pairs reported that the line-in-a-bag system worked very well. Pair 3 entered the water at 0837, descended the shot line, put a lifting bag on the grapple and sent it up. They then went to the bow and attached one end of the tape by means of a Prussic knot, and then started to lay the tape, working towards the stern. By this time the current was starting to pick up and it became increasingly difficult to lay the tape, so they decided to secure the tape at about 21.5 metres to a post on the starboard side. From this point, they moved across to the port side, around the boiler and on to the stern. At the stern they measured the depth of the deck, before heading down into the scour under the prop where they again recorded the depth. From there they went back along the port side: however the current was beginning to get very strong, so they sent up a DSMB and ascended.
During the morning the wind blew up and it started to look unlikely that we would dive in the afternoon. Nevertheless we continued as if we were diving and got the kit and boat prepared for the second dive. The decision was made that we would launch and would go out to "suck it and see". We got three miles out and the swell was considerable. Paul was driving the RIB with Kevin supervising and coaching. Paul commented how mentally tiring it was to drive a RIB in such heavy swell and how he felt he had learned a lot about driving the RIB in more difficult sea conditions. The decision was made to return (very slowly) to Sea Palling. We considered a "reccy" dive on the Fulgens, which is one of our reserve wrecks: however the swell was no better closer to shore and the day's diving was abandoned.
Whilst waiting for the tractor to come to recover the boat, Clive gave an impromptu class on Cardinal Marks and how to measure cloud cover using the Okta system. Once the boat was recovered and everyone fed and showered as required, Graham took Kevin, both Pauls, Fiona and Bekah to learn partial pressure blending and to fill the cylinders used during the morning dive. Clive, Helen, Lisa and Linda stayed behind to start recording the morning's data and plan for the next day.
A brief planning session before dinner resulted in a group decision to leave the kit where it was on the boat and stay with the same buddy pairs and tasks as we had planned for the afternoon dive today.
The weather on Saturday morning was overcast and slightly breezy: however the decision was that the sea state was just about acceptable and the RIB left Sea Palling at 0700. On arrival at the dive site we were delighted to see that in spite of the rough seas overnight, our little red canister was still supporting the bow shot line (well-spotted by Fi!) First in were Kevin and Linda who were tasked with laying the rest of the centre tape and sending the stern shot line back up. They went in just before slack and had a bit of a fight to get down the line: however they carried out their task successfully right up to the point where, after they had taken the final length measurement, they discovered that the tape had subsequently broken at the stern shot line. They re-attached it just behind the aft castle and tied it off.
Lisa and Fi went in second, tasked with measuring the port side of the wreck. Unfortunately, on arriving at the bottom, Lisa realised she had forgotten the tape measure and, furthermore, forgot that she could have used her line reel which she had marked off in metre intervals for the first 20 metres. After a quick "discussion" they decided to hang around the bow section in case Clive and Paul brought the second reel with them when they came down the line. Lisa sketched and photographed while Fi sought out creatures to photograph and record. After about 20 minutes it was obvious that Clive and Paul weren't coming, so they headed aft. Lisa found a very large Lobster in the boiler and Fi found a couple of tiny white Nudibranchs. Arriving at the stern shot line, it was clear that Kevin and Linda had been successful in sending it back up, so Lisa and Fi started to ascend it. When they were part way up it started to feel like the knots had come undone and seemed to go very slack for a while, so they started to prepare a DSMB to send up. Then the line went taut again and they completed their ascent successfully using it. It turned out that Paul C had frantically been trying to re-attach the canister to the top whilst they were ascending the line!
The journey back to Sea Palling was, once again, exhausting for skipper and divers alike, due to the heavy swell. However the forecast was that it would get no worse, so the decision was made to go back out, but to go to one of our reserve wrecks, the Fulgens, which is only 2 miles out. During the three-hour break, Lisa went through the Dive management 1 module for Dive Leader with Paul and Rebekah, who are both working towards Dive Leader and have nearly completed the course. Rebekah was appointed as (supervised) Dive Manager for the afternoon dive, and Clive covered all aspects of the safety briefing with her so she would be ready to give the briefing to the troops before launch.
We launched at 2 pm and Clive took the role of skipper for the short journey out to the wreck. The wreck was shotted quickly: however the current was still running. Kevin and Linda dropped in first, but missed the line and were carried away by the wind and the tide, so Clive gave them a very gentle tow back to it. Graham and Rebekah went in shortly afterwards. Although we had planned for them to take in the metre-squares Paul C had made to practice a marine life survey, we failed to pass these to them successfully and they went down without them. Their secondary task was to carry out a "reccy" of the site and gain an impression of its layout so we can consider how to survey it. Lisa and Fi had developed a more ambitious plan involving Lisa's marked-up line reel and a circular search. She had prepared a slate with concentric circles on it, planning to use the reel at 5, 10, 15 and 20 metre distances to search the area around the grapple. After dropping in without the slate, it looked like they might have to descend without it, but Lisa wasn't having any of that and managed to hold on at the top of the shot line until Clive was able to manoeuvre the boat close enough for Helen to throw the slate to her. She caught it as it started to sink, passed it to Fi and they headed down.
The grapple was located in an area where there were large plates, and it was obvious that it would be easy to recover it, so Lisa attached the line to it and reeled out to 5 metres. The first circle was quite easy to perform and Fi marked items of interest onto the circle as Lisa controlled the reel and photographed marine life and points of interest. The second circle was slightly harder, with the 10 metre line, which snagged a little. Because of the height of the plates and other wreckage, the 15 metre circle proved very difficult, and it became very confusing for poor Fi who was trying to work out how far around the circle they had got, only to discover that the line had snagged and doubled back. At the limit of the 15m circle, when they were almost three quarters of the way around, they spotted a large area of wreckage that was high off the bottom, so they gave up on the circle and went out past the 20m mark where they found an engine and a large boiler, all covered in Plumose anemones and other life, and teeming with Bib and Poor Cod. After a brief examination of this area it was time to go back to the grapple, to ensure there was time to move it clear, attach the lifting bag and send it up. This was done successfully and, after comparing dive time and air remaining, they realised that there was time to go back for a better look at the engine and boiler, which they duly did. Their ascent was carried out from the top of the boiler at 15.5 metres, having deployed the DSMB.
While the afternoon dive was being carried out the two Pauls worked on a new plan for placing a centre line on the Ethel. The measuring tape had proved too weak for the task and had snapped due to the current across the wreck being too strong. In addition, it was easy to misread or misunderstand the measurements on it. Paul C came up with the idea of using a rope with knots tied at 3 metre intervals. Paul W came up with the idea of marking it with insulation tape instead of knots.
The post-diving activities in the evening included a detailed survey of what gas supplies remained and what the plan for filling would be. Due to the large number of cylinders we had managed to beg and borrow between us, the gas filling has not been as frequent as we had expected. Paul W, who is to be tomorrow's (supervised) Dive Manager, was tasked with working out what full cylinders were available and what filling would need to be done to ensure we only had to go and fill one more time. Having done that, we then looked at how this would be accomplished and by who, and who would dive and who would cox the boat for the first dive tomorrow. It was finally decided that the filling would be done by Kevin and Paul W, both of whom have to return home after the first dive tomorrow, so they were keen to be divers for that dive. Graham would cox the boat and the divers would be Kevin, Paul C, Clive, Paul W, Rebekah and Fi; leaving Lisa and Helen to work on logs, lunch and finances! Linda was then able to take up an invitation she had received from another club to go out for a day's diving with them.
Rebekah carried out a debrief on the afternoon dive during dinner, and afterwards the team returned to the caravan to log the rest of the data from the day's dives.
The weather on Sunday morning was much better than it had been so far, with fairly calm seas and a bit of sunshine. The clouds rolled in just as the boat left Sea Palling at about 8 a.m. There was some concern regarding being to locate the Ethel in the event that the canisters had become detached from the shot lines, as the Fishfinder had developed a fault after the last dive and was now unusable. The back-up plan was, therefore, to redirect to the Fulgens if this happened, as the Fulgens is much easier to shot, being scattered over a large area. The journey out to the wreck site was accomplished quickly as it was a flat calm. On arrival the team found that the bow shot canisters had gone, but the stern shot was still in place. On arrival at the site, Rebekah and the Pauls used the water quality sampler that Rebekah had brought with her.
Clive and Paul W were the first pair in on the stern shot. They laid out the marked rope, keeping it as low to the deck as possible, passing it under the stern winch and across the top of the engine and boiler, and tying it off where needed to prevent it from floating in the water and causing a hazard. Kevin and Rebekah were the second pair in (measuring the port side of the wreck), followed quickly by Paul C and Fi (starboard side). The measurement proceeded with both teams working quickly, efficiently and in tandem! The visibility was excellent, and the teams could see each other at work during the process. Rope signals were mostly not necessary and the pairs used torch flashing and visual/hand signals instead. The measurements were completed successfully, including a measurement of the height of the boiler and the depth of the sea bed inside the wreck. The teams finished at the bow with plenty of time and air to spare, so they went on a "bimble" to see what else they could see. All ascended using DSMBs at the end of their dives and the bow shot was re-established.
The weather had worsened during the dive, and the journey back from the wreck site was a little "lumpier" than on the way out. There was some question as to whether it would be possible to get back out on the Ethel in the afternoon. As it turned out, the wind blew up, and only the hardiest of divers were launching and heading out from Sea Palling for the afternoon's diving. Lisa, Graham and Paul C stood at the sea wall and watched the sea and decided on the prudent course of action. The waves were crashing onto the beach and the launch and recovery would have been potentially quite hazardous, therefore even the idea of a dive on the Fulgens was abandoned.
The afternoon was spent arranging for kit that was no longer required (mostly empty cylinders) to go home with Kevin and Paul; working out trip costs and reviewing the diving that had been done and the data that had been collected. Lisa used the measurements that had been taken on the morning's dive and plotted them on graph paper to produce a plan view of the Ethel. The result was definitely ship-shaped. She then started work on a side elevation and managed to draw the two ends and the engine and boiler in the middle, but not much else. Potentially more measurements to be gathered tomorrow! Then Clive provided a lesson on chartwork which took us to 6 p.m. and almost time for dinner.
We awoke to an almost flat calm and the best weather forecast we'd had all weekend. The diving plan was finalised and we launched shortly after 9 a.m. On arrival at the wreck site, we were pleased to see that both markers were still firmly attached to our shot lines, so when slack arrived, we kitted up and went in. Paul C and Linda were the first pair in, tasked with measuring the dimensions of and distances between the key points of interest on the wreck, and also with recovering the lines and tapes we had put on it. They went down the bow shot line and started work at that end, leaving the stern shot line for last and thus allowing the other two pairs to use it for descent. Rebekah and Graham went in next, armed with one of the metre squares Paul C had made. They were to carry out a marine life survey on the Port side of the wreck. Lisa and Fi were carrying out a marine life survey on the starboard side, but first Lisa went down to the bottom to check out the underside of the stern and the propeller, as she had not yet seen these. She noted that the two top blades of the propeller were snapped off; one half way across the blade and one completely. She then ascended to the deck where Fi had assembled the metre square and was ready to start the count. The vis was superb, but even so, counting marine life on a wreck which is so completely covered in it is certainly not an easy task. Lisa and Fi's count become less quantity and more variety as the dive progressed, as both of them were keen on marine life identification and had a fair idea of what they were looking at. They managed to get about three quarters of the way along the wreck before time and air were getting short and it was time to ascend. Whilst working on top of the boiler, they looked up and saw Graham and Rebekah preparing to ascend from their dive. Graham gave the double "OK" signal – what a fantastic dive!
Graham and Rebekah's marine life survey also went well. Paul and Linda were successful in recovering the lines, and developed a system that worked quickly and well. This left them with enough time to take most of the measurements that were required as well. All pairs ascended safely and the diving was complete. The trip back was uneventful and it was then time to wash down the boat and equipment, eat lunch, pack up and head home.
We all felt that the expedition had been a great success, even at this point: however we were also keen to come back and finish the work we had begin on the Fulgens. The Fulgens will be a challenge to measure and map out, because it is spread out over quite a large area and you have no idea exactly where on the wreck your initial shot will land. We have decided to use our reserve weekend, for those of us who are able to make it, to do three more dives on the Fulgens in order to collect more data and hopefully produce some kind of a wreck tour for this wreck as well. Between now and then we will all be racking our brains to come up with the best techniques for surveying the Fulgens!
20-21 September 2008
Most of the re-formed BEGS expedition team assembled at Sea Palling from 7 p.m. on Friday night. Lisa and Paul were first to arrive and Paul immediately started work on fitting the new Fishfinder (we had discovered that the old one was broken after the last dive of the 5-8 weekend and it had not been possible to repair it). It was not an easy task because it was already almost dark and Paul was working by torchlight. In addition, the bolts on the old mounting were very difficult to undo and one proved impossible. Paul ended up slotting the new Fishfinder into the old mounting and fixing it temporarily with tie wraps. A proper job would be done in the daylight. When Ian, Rebekah and Graham had arrived, Paul went through his plan for the next day's diving.
The idea would be to try to shot the wreck as close to the boiler as possible and then pair one would go down the shot line, clip a reel onto the shot and head off in search of the boiler. If the vis was as good as the last time we dived the Fulgens this ought to be relatively easy. Pairs two and three would follow pair one's line from the reel to the boiler. Pair one would lay one of the new marked-up 30-metre lines from the boiler past the engine in as straight a line as possible (ie hopefully in the direction of what would be the bow of the wreck). This line has marks (tie wraps) every 3 metres and karabiners at 0, 15 and 30 metres. Pairs two and three would clip the tape measures onto the karabiners at 0 and 15 metres initially, and survey the port and starboard sides respectively, using triangulation. If the initial survey did not take too long they would then survey between 15 and 30 metres. Once the "bow" line was laid, pair one would go to the back of the boiler and lay a shorter line in the direction of the stern (shorter because this wreck was an aft-engine collier, therefore the boiler and engine should be closer to the stern than the bow). They would then return to the boiler and send up a fixed shot line from the top of the boiler, to be used for subsequent dives. The last part of the plan was that pair three would, assuming the bow line had been laid, unclip the initial line from the grapple, clip it to the nearest suitable piece of wreckage and then send up the grapple using a lifting bag. Pair one would need to reel back and unclip before ascending on their DSMB. A fairly ambitious plan for a 40-minute slack: however the stern line could always be done on a subsequent dive if time was running short.
We had calculated that slack water on the Fulgens would be at approximately 8.30 a.m. so we launched at 7.45 and arrived at the wreck site at 8. The sea was almost a flat calm and the sky was blue. Cloud cover, using the Okta scale of course, was probably a zero! On arrival we quickly realised that slack water had fooled us again and come half an hour early. We shotted the wreck in double-quick time, threw our kit on, buddy checked and hit the water. Pairs one and two (the Pauls, and Lisa and Daniela) went in within minutes of each other. Pair three would kit up afterwards and go in last.
Heading down the line the water was dark and full of sediment. Things were not looking promising. Arriving at the bottom of the shot line the Pauls discovered that the grapple had landed right beside the boiler (impressive shotting from Graham R) and that the visibility was about six inches! Paul C assessed the situation: the tide was already beginning to run, the visibility was awful and there was no way it would be safe to start laying lines in those conditions. He made the decision to abort. Lisa and Daniela were hanging on the line just above the Pauls. They received the signal to abort the dive and headed back up the line. Once both pairs had arrived back on the surface, they explained the situation and Ian and Rebekah agreed to go down and recover the grapple. It was obvious at this time that there would be no point trying to dive the Fulgens again this weekend. We later discovered that during the past week, work had started on the sea defences being constructed at Wroxham, involving a large quantity of sand being dumped in the sea there. We believe that this could explain the poor visibility at this time.
After speaking to some local experts and consulting another group who had gone diving to the South of Sea Palling that morning, we decided that our best chance of good visibility was further out to the North. We settled on a wreck called the Camilla Weston which was reported to be approximately 25 metres deep and as such, is another wreck that might be suitable for new Sports divers to progress depth and experience. It took us a few attempts to get the shot on the wreck and then we had a fairly long wait before slack water arrived (we had learned our lesson from this morning and gone early!) In the end, only one pair (Ian and Rebekah) carried out a dive on the wreck. Paul and Lisa got as far as 26m and had not actually reached the bottom of the shot. They were put off by the darkness and apparent poor visibility and decided to abort. Ian and Rebekah reported that the shot had actually landed in the shadow of the wreck, on the sea bed close to the stern. They also reported that this wreck was upright and apparently intact, with an intact superstructure that rises up to about 15 metres proud of the sea bed. In good visibility and assuming we could shot it actually on the wreck, this would definitely be suitable to depth progress Sports Divers. Unfortunately, we failed to retrieve our grapple, so the plan for tomorrow will be to return to the wreck (weather permitting) and recover it.
On the way back we decided to check out the lagoon next to the Sea Palling launch area where we had been advised you can find suitable conditions for training, for example navigation etc. We dropped in on the seaward side of the rocky groins (check spelling) that protect the beach around Sea Palling. We found a silty, sandy bottom covered in worms, crabs and sand gobies. Once we reached the rocks we found them covered in mussels, all open and frilly; and feeding on the mussels were large numbers of common starfish. Paul and Rebekah saw a couple of Lobsters and there were also a number of Dahlia Anemones, although less colourful than those on the Ethel and Fulgens. It was only a short dive, as the last tractor collection is at 5 p.m. however it was a very pleasant dive and resulted in quite a few good photographs. We often find that our new Ocean Divers come to the end of their training without having dived in the sea. We are now confident that we can consider taking them to Sea Paling, walking out across the sand bar at low tide and introducing them to sea diving and currents in comparatively safe and controlled conditions.
Sunday's weather was blue sky and almost flat calm. A successful dive on the Camilla Weston in better visibility than the previous day resulted in the grapple being recovered and all divers reporting it as an excellent wreck. We are definitely keen to return next year to gather more information about this wreck and its inhabitants.


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Friday, 2 December 2011
A lesson in how not to sell courtesy of a lady who said she was from BT
Had a really curious call this afternoon from a lady who said she was from BT. We use BT as our broadband provider and she said that she was calling to offer us a deal on the new BT Infinity service which it appears is now available in our area. Problem 1 was that the place where she was calling from was so noisy that it was difficult to hear what she was saying over the background hubbub. Then she started to ask me questions about which calling plan I was on, whether I made many calls during the day or whether I mainly used the phone in the evening. In other words she was asking me to describe in BT's product language what my service was. Stuck me that this is asking quite a lot of your customers - much better I would think to talk to them in their language rather than yours. I expressed surprise that having phoned me she didn't have such details to hand. At this point she cited the data protection act as the reason why she couldn't know which service I had, my calling profile etc! Most odd. Companies clearly can know about their customers and have discussions with them about their service/ account etc so I'm left a bit bemused as to why she would have been told the root problem was the data protection act. At this point part of me even began to question whether she was indeed from BT but in any event it seemed like a good time to say goodbye and return to playing a game of Rameses' Pyramid with my daughters.
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Just like the people from a credit card company calling to ask me about my views on their service, but first insisting on taking me through security, but without being able to prove who they actually are (since they called me, how do I really know where they are calling from). Again, I politely declined.ReplyDelete
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Amazon's momentum might be halted. I don't think this will cause a correction in the overall market, but if Apple joins Alphabet and Amazon in the doghouse, it could, asserts Don Kaufman.
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The FANG week on Wall Street ended with a bust as Amazon reported a big earnings disappointment. That means 2 out of the 3 big tech stocks fell after earnings.
I'm not including Facebook (FB) because the stock only fell initially after hours because there was a faulty Bloomberg article saying it missed estimates, when it didn't.
Amazon stock fell a few percentage points like Alphabet (GOOGL) stock after its report, but the Amazon (AMZN) miss could have real staying power as there isn't much to like about the quarter.
The chart below shows the deceleration of the AWS revenue growth. The 42% growth is less than half Microsoft's 97% growth rate in its Azure (cloud) business.
It's even worse on a sequential basis as Amazon Web Services sales only grew 4% which is below the 2-year average of 12%. This business is the profit engine for Amazon, so if the growth is gone, the Amazon story is over.
Getting into the specifics of the report, AWS had a big operating income miss, reporting $916 million which was below the $1.01 billion expected.
The total business earned 40 cents per share which missed estimates for $1.42. The expectation for Q3 earnings was between a $400 million loss and a $300 million profit.
Q2 operating income was $628 million and stock based compensation was $1.16 billion.
This highlights that costs are out of control as the company is running as a startup even though the market cap is about $500 billion. Amazon is disrupting the entire retail business model and in the process, is losing money outside of the AWS division.
That plan won't work if the AWS business continues to slow. If Amazon stock has a rough quarter until the next report, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 (SPX) will underperform.
The only way the weakness could be salvaged is if the businesses Amazon competes with have their stocks rebound. That's an unlikely proposition because one bad quarter won't stop the company from pressing forward with its plans.
Washington update
The GOP has now agreed that the border adjusted tax won't be in the tax reform plan which is expected by the Republicans to get done this fall, but will probably be delayed until early next year.
This is great news for retailers, but it begs the question as to how the tax cuts will be paid for. Now the options are either cuts to healthcare spending, not cutting taxes by much, or cutting taxes without worrying about deficits. The interesting dynamic is that the faction which is the most in favor of tax cuts, the fiscal conservative group, is also against deficit spending. Given the conservatives' push back on healthcare, I don't see how the GOP will pass a tax cut without paying for it.
This means the tax cuts will end up being lower than initially expected. That's not a huge loss for stocks because some investors don't think anything will get done and because the repatriation tax holiday, which won't be affected by this, is the most important aspect that will affect stocks.
The "skinny repeal" made a big step forward today when Sen. Rob Portman said he would vote in favor of it. He's a key moderate Republican which means the chances are increasing that the skinny plan will be passed.
The problem is that Portman said he wanted a Senate-House conference.
That's detrimental to the chances of it passing for two reasons. Firstly, the House wants to stop federal funding for Medicaid expansion by 2020, which the Senate doesn't want. Secondly, after the conference, both chambers must vote on the agreement again.
I don't see why Portman would want a conference if he's against Medicaid cuts. It's possible he isn't understanding the game theory behind his decision.
Later on Thursday, four more senators added that they would vote for the "skinny plan" only if it goes to conference. Senators Graham, Johnson, McCain, and Cassidy said they would support the plan only if it went to a conference. It was a bizarre statement because they said how much they hated it and would only support it if it didn't become law.
In the weird world of Washington, lawmakers now vote in favor of things they hate. Paul Ryan said he's open to a conference. The House decides if it wants a conference or just wants to support the bill as is.
The House might just vote for the bill without a conference if it thinks nothing more fiscally conservative will come out of a conference. The conference might take us to the August break which means Congress will work overtime or push it off into September.
Pushing it off until September delays the debt ceiling increase which is not what the stock market wants.
Hypothetically it's possible that the House could go against its promise for a conference. The moderate senators could go home to constituents and claim they were duped. That might let them wipe their hands clean of the bill while still getting something done.
The stock market lost one of its leaders in Amazon after the company missed estimates dramatically.
The stock's momentum might be halted. I don't think this will cause a correction in the overall market, but if Apple (AAPL) joins Alphabet and Amazon in the doghouse, it could.
On the healthcare reform, we are getting close to vacation. Obviously, Congress doesn't want to miss valuable vacation plans which means members might gather the momentum to push something to the president's desk. He will happily sign whatever he can get because the delay has been a few months.
The news leaks out and changes happen fast, so it's tough to gauge where the market is leaning on this. Some traders probably are waiting to see the exact language of the bill because it's impossible to know what is in the bill until it passes as changes are made at the last second to push it over the top.
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Rumors out of Italy and South America have floated about recently regarding the Fire's interest in midfielder Arévalo Rios. A report today went so far as to claim a deal was imminent and suggested that Rios' agent was in Italy working out the details to complete a move to MLS.
While the Fire have expressed some past interest in Rios it seems that a move is not in the making. At 31 years old and recently with Palermo in Serie A, Rios is still a capable player but he's not a fit in Chicago for several reasons. Salary and cap/budget restrictions, available international roster spots, and the Fire's abundance of holding midfielders make this an unlikely acquisition. With Jeff Larentowicz, Logan Pause, and Daniel Paladini the club appears to be set at the central holding spot and would be more in the market for an attack minded central player before adding another piece at a spot of strength.
In order to justify spending the amount of resources required to add a player like Rios, he would need to be a player capable of making a significant impact and provide a marked improvement over the Fire's other options at the position. While he still has some quality, playing for 10 teams in 13 years would suggest that he's a short term gamble at best. There's a reason why clubs don't spend DP dollars on holding midfielders.
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It seems things are taking a long time to get on my blog lately, but here it is...
I got this lovely quilt about two weeks ago, and I adore it! Love the snowflakes and the fabrics in it and the colors. And it is just the right size for a small tabletopper!
Thank you to you, Jennifer!
Now I'm waiting to hear from the reciever of the quilt I made for the swap. I'm a bit nervous something went wrong... The quilt was sent about a month ago, and I have not heard anything yet. Crossing my fingers that it's just caught up in customs or something.


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Editor's Note: This story has been updated with new information about the ownership of Champion Medical Center, which is owned by former executives of Texas-based Next Health.
Champion Medical Center, the north Baton Rouge specialty surgical hospital, is shuttering its Howell Place operation after less than four years in business.
Officials with the for-profit company, during a phone conversation today, notified the Louisiana Department of Health it would be closing the Howell Place facility in the "very near future," confirms Bob Johannessen, spokesman for the state agency. The hospital must provide written notice to LDH 30 days before closing, and Johannessen says company officials are currently drafting the paperwork.
An exact timeline for the closure is unclear. Champion officials referred all requests for comment to the owners, Forge Health System, which declined comment on the closure.
Forge Health System quietly broke away from Next Health, LLC, in March and gained control of Champion, says Mike Austin, a former Next Health executive and current executive at Forge.
Next Health has been at the center of multiple allegations of illegal bribery and kickback schemes for its subsidiaries over the past year. Austin says Champion will issue more information next week.


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is taking a united stand against the challenge of the tremendous damage caused by the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake followed by the massive tsunami on 11 March 2011, and by the nuclear power plant accident triggered by the tsunami. The World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC) fully supports Japan in this recovery process, and as a mark of the commitment to this expressed by its Members, has decided to open its 2012 Global Summit with a Sendai Recovery and Asia Outlook Summit (in association with PATA) to be held in Sendai, followed by a plenary Global Summit session in Tokyo. Japan
The Global Summit is the most influential Travel Tourism event of the year, bringing together almost 1000 industry leaders, to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing Travel & Tourism today.
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has developed a distinct travel culture that is permeated with the spirit of hospitality. I want to make next year's WTTC Global Japan a fusion of this unique culture and Japan's cutting edge technology. The Global Summit will take place in April - a wonderful time of year in which spring can be enjoyed to the full, and the cherry blossoms - the symbol of Japan - are in full bloom. I look forward to hosting you all during the time of year in which the heart dances its most. You are all very welcome to Summit ." Japan
The 12th annual WTTC Global Summit will be held in two locations:
Sendai City (16-17 April 2012) A year after the Tohoku region was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, the Global Summit commences with the Sendai Recovery and Asia Outlook Forum (in association with PATA) to be held in Sendai City, the provincial capital of the Miyagi Prefecture and a focal point of last year's disaster recovery efforts.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Snow ©
But not to worry, you're gonna get that one on Friday, unless something else come up.
Fuck, it's a vicious circle.
Last night I went to bed, oh did I say last night?
I meant at 4am I went to bed and when I looked outside the window it was all nice and green.
This morning, not a speck of green was in sight, just white.
I should have known it was going to snow when I found Frick curled up under the blanket in the spare room today.
He knew it was going to snow and there was lots of it.
I remember as a kid we all used to get up in the morning and go outside and we, all the kids in the neighbourhood would start rolling out the snow balls until the were to big to move and that would be the bottom part of a snowman and the from there we would finish off with the rest of it.
Then we would go around and check out everyone else's snowmen and some got creative and made sculptures.
This reminds me of the time I was stoned, drunk happy as a pig in shit looking out the window around 3 am in the morning at a foot of fresh new snow.
The Ex was passed out in bed and I was all-alone, with nothing to do.
You know, that's when most of us get into trouble, when we have the juice built up to do something and there is nothing to do.
So you go out there and create it, like a snowman.
Actually more like a snow woman.
The phone woke me up, it was on my side of the bed and that was my fault to.
When I was installing the phone in the bedroom I was thinking with my dick and figured if I put it on my side and didn't answer it when it rang, she would have to crawl over my body for the phone and I could grab some tit first thing in the morning.
It was perfectly good reasoning on my part, except for the fact that the woman slept like a stone and wouldn't flinch if there was a gun battle in the bedroom after she passed out.
Probably all the rye she drank.
So I answer the phone and it's my mother freaking out about some naked woman outside or something like that.
I was hung over and still half asleep.
I got out of bed and walked over to the window to look at the naked lady and there was no naked lady out there but there were three people looking at my snowwoman.
Oh yeah, that thing.
I woke up quickly right then.
My mother was telling me to go out there and to take it down right that second.
I got dressed and went outside to have a look at it in the daylight.
Now it was a little different but I didn't see anything wrong with it, it's not like she was naked or anything like that.
I did put one of the Ex's bras on her; I had no choice, the left boob kept falling off because it was so heavy.
It managed to stay out there for a couple of days before someone knock it down and stole the bras.
I figured it was a hooker who was loosing too much business and in need of a new bra.
So I sit here now wondering what to do with this fresh clean snow.
Have a nice day
27 comments:
- Gypsy said...
SNOW???? It seems like only yesterday that you were sweating buckets in the heat. Where does the time go? Wish I was there. Now I'm the one sweltering in the heat :)
- November 21, 2007 at 5:24:00 p.m. EST
- Weary Hag said...
Walker ... thank you So much for stopping in to wish me a nice Thanksgiving hon. You also! I hope you're enjoying it with family and friends. I can't even stay to read right now - I have people coming here in about 20 minutes and I smell like garlic so I need to re-shower. LOL I'll be back. Thanks again, my friend.
- November 22, 2007 at 12:25:00 p.m. EST
- Michael Manning said...
Thanks for stopping over, Walker. That story is hilarious with the bra and the snowman! :D
- November 22, 2007 at 1:27:00 p.m. EST
- muse said...
You should have taken a picture! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well, Walker.
I have much to be thankful for this year. I can actually count a number of prayers that have been answered and some that weren't (which are probably more reasons to be thankful).
Both of my sons will be joining me for Turkey this evening and then board games or should I say bored games.
- November 22, 2007 at 1:58:00 p.m. EST
- Anonymous Boxer said...
Stopping by to say Happy Thursday!
- November 22, 2007 at 3:49:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Gypsy : Yup that's Canada sweat bullets on days shooting them the next :lol:
- November 22, 2007 at 3:55:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Weary Hag: You are welcome Carol :)
It's not Thanksgiving here but I do love the football :)
- November 22, 2007 at 3:56:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Michael Manning: You are welcome.
I am happy you got a laugh from my post, ity's what I strive to do most of the time, squeeze a laugh out of people
- November 22, 2007 at 3:57:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
muse: Back then it was imposible without the digital cameras we have today but whgo knows what I will do one day.
Have a great time with your boys :)
- November 22, 2007 at 3:58:00 p.m. EST
- nachtwache said...
Snow, eh? I guess my daughter is building snowmen right now. We've still got it green, but freeeeezing cold. It should warm up a bit tomorrow, when the rain comes, it's always warmer then.
You're crazy funny. Sounds like something my hubby would do. :)
- November 22, 2007 at 3:58:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Anonymous Boxer: Thank you and I hope you have a Happy Thanks giving
- November 22, 2007 at 3:58:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
nachtwache: Its still snowing here. IU just got back from taking my mother grocery shopping and there are cars skidding all over the place. People forget how to drive in the winter for the first couple of weeks
- November 22, 2007 at 4:00:00 p.m. EST
- Josie Two Shoes said...
It's snowing here too, much to my delight! LOL at your sexy snow woman, I can just envision you under the influence and outside creating her in the middle of the night!
- November 22, 2007 at 4:22:00 p.m. EST
- Nan said...
We have a skiff of snow (is that a word) and it's only 2C. Goes down to -14 at night though. Love the snow woman idea. Too bad you didn't take a picture. I wish more people had a sense of humour like you do.
- November 22, 2007 at 4:38:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Josie Two Shoes: I admit i have done some stuff while drunk I wouldn't do while sober but it does make for some fun especially if it tame fun, something I think many opf us have forgotten to have.
- November 22, 2007 at 4:39:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Nan: I think we get to be to serious as we get older and many people think you have to be nuts to go out and have a little fun, but if its done with a smile others will smile with you and years later my mother still laughs whan she talks about it
- November 22, 2007 at 4:41:00 p.m. EST
- Lindy said...
Hey Walker, thanks for stopping by with the turkey wishes. Happy Birthday to your Dad & Happy Thanksgiving to all. Keep warm, dude. Theres lots more snow coming. Maybe you can build a harem of snowwomen for a pic?
- November 22, 2007 at 9:03:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
Lindy: You're welcome.
I harem of naked snow queens sounds ok on paper but thats alot of fridged women.
Maybe one real hot one ;)
- November 22, 2007 at 9:36:00 p.m. EST
- Gypsy said...
I'll be the one real hot one Walker. Its hotter than Hades here so I will fit the bill....lol.
- November 23, 2007 at 6:38:00 a.m. EST
- Blazngfyre said...
Ahhhh .... I do so miss the days of 'creating' a snowperson when you're all kinds of fucked up!
Besides, it was always a good time watching the shocked looks on the neighbors faces when they saw the 'creations'! lol
Thanks for the "Mammories" Walker!
- November 23, 2007 at 10:07:00 a.m. EST
- Walker said...
Blazngfyre: Harmless fun is just that and being a little bold never hurt :)
- November 23, 2007 at 11:50:00 a.m. EST
- Walker said...
Gypsy: I know how hot it can get there.
I was is Sydney in December 2005 and it was hot as hell and I was dressed for -45 when I got on the plane
- November 23, 2007 at 11:53:00 a.m. EST
- Peter said...
Hi Walker, your snow-woman story gives me just a glimpse of how much people enjoy snow.... then I remember how bloody cold I've been the couple of times I've been in it and I start cheering for the Australian climate.. then I remember how bloody hot I've..
- November 23, 2007 at 8:22:00 p.m. EST
- gab said...
We only got a dusting of snow. And then that didnt stay long....but dang the cold did!
- November 24, 2007 at 12:26:00 a.m. EST
- Walker said...
Peter : Its never perfect is it. Now a snow woman in you climate sounds refreshing
- November 24, 2007 at 11:16:00 p.m. EST
- Walker said...
gab: The snow is not visiting.
Its here to stay until spring i am afraid
- November 24, 2007 at 11:17:00 p.m. EST
- patti_cake said...
Ah I am hoping we see some snow this year but it's not likely. they are forecasting a mild winter and it was almost 80 degrees on Thanskgiving day. I love snow!
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Detectives are investigating following the discovery of a body in a property in Cavendish Road, Rotherham, at midday yesterday.
They want to trace a man who made an anonymous call to the police from a phone box in College Road, Masbrough.
A South Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "Police were called at around 12.05pm yesterday to a property in Cavendish Road, Rotherham, where the body of a man was discovered.
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Three weeks ago today, the football-following world was waking up to the reality that the Browns had used the No. 1 overall pick on quarterback Baker Mayfield. On Thursday, Mayfield said he didn't know it was happening until it did.
"I never knew until I got the call," Mayfield said on SiriusXM NFL Radio, via the Buffalo News. "I never knew for sure."
The quotes landed in the Buffalo News because Mayfield had a theory about who would be the first player taken. And the other possible choice ended up in Buffalo. And Mayfield had a somewhat unusual way of coming to that conclusion.
"I had a good feeling it was between Josh Allen and I," Mayfield said. "I'm not really sure why. I had a dream about it and it was all just sort of coming into focus. I didn't try to stress about it too much because it would have just driven me crazy, having anxiety about where I could have ended up."
It worked out in the end for Mayfield, it landing in a place with one win in two seasons and a veteran quarterback who the team has insisted is the starter constitutes "working out in the end" for Mayfield.


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This is my classroom at the Jinny Beyer Seminar at Hilton Head Island. We're at the Marriott Resort and my space is part of the bigger ballroom. The partition walls are floor to ceiling which is nice. This is yesterday's Lorna's Vine class hard at work.
This afternoon I went with Karen Stone and Alex Anderson to the Needlepoint Junction - a local yarn and needlework shop. I love yarn shops - it's like being bombarded with color. The textures are so luxurious!
I almost bought some of this wool sock yarn - until I remembered that I have a lot of sock yarn at home that I really should knit up first - someday, when I'm not appliqueing.
But then Karen spotted some very fine lace wool. I don't have any of that! I bought a skein of muted greens and golds that will be fun to knit into a shawl.
It's still gray outside and as I've been typing a light rain started to fall. The color of the yarn in these pictures is a lovely contrast to the scene outside my window.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Fun at the Jinny Beyer Seminar...
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I'm jealous of the folks in the Lorna's vine class! Beautiful fiber - oh to have the time to do it all!
- January 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Kay Koeper Sorensen said...
I'm glad to see your post from the seminarsince I had to miss the final one. I'm blogging about the previous ones this week.
- January 29, 2009 at 7:33 PM
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Police armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades have deployed around Baghdad in their first major drill of wartime defence.
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered every Iraqi to dig a trench for protection during war.
Meanwhile, in a TV interview with CBS News reporter Dan Rather, Saddam said the country was hoping the US did not attack, but was braced for war, saying: "We are not going to succumb."
Two French Mirage reconnaissance planes flew over Iraq yesterday in support of UN weapons inspections for the first time.
Civilian cars and trucks packed with police cruised the streets and a Jeep was parked, mounted with an anti-aircraft gun.
A pile of sandbags was erected on one of Baghdad's shopping streets and two policemen stood on top of a mosque.
But people went about their business normally. Traffic was heavy, stores did bustling business and buses arrived from and departed for Iraqi provinces.


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Kicking off with GiveAways...
Learning about Social Media w/ Gina of #SetUpShop...
Making Ruffled Ribbon Flower Clips with Abbie of Five Days... 5 Ways...
Being Inspired to discover your inner Artist with Casey Wiegand...
Picking up great tips for Balancing Your Handmade Biz & Family from Andrea of Bubblewrapp'd.
To all of my guest posters: Thank you for helping me celebrate my SoChick! Shop's 1 Year Anniversary!! This has been a wonderful year and I am so happy with the growth I have seen so far, I am completely enjoying what I do everyday and so happy that each of you, my contributors as well as you, my readers, have shared in the Celebration with me!
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A man discovered on the Riverwalk trail last week has been identified, according to a news release.
Dale Thorup, 64, of Cañon City was discovered early morning July 26 near the parking lot on Sell Avenue.
According to a news release, officers discovered the body of the male on a park bench.
The Cañon City Police Department indicated last week that it appeared Thorup had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"After an autopsy was performed, the Fremont County Coroner did declare this incident a suicide," a news release from CCPD said.
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The bulk of the concert commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the release of the seminal 1977 Science Fiction-themed concept album I Robot from the British progressive rock band the Alan Parsons Project.
The Mission Chorus will present choral and instrumental arrangements of "Some Other Time," "Breakdown," "Don't Let It Show," "Nucleus," "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)," "Total Eclipse," and "Genesis Ch.1 V.32."
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May 22, 2015
Taste of Sunnyside 2015 is Better Than Ever
Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District presented its 2015 Taste of Sunnyside, a one of a kind culinary event that highlights the best of the neighborhood's restaurants on May 19, 2015 (5:30pm - 8:30pm). For the second year in a row, the event was held in the unique location in a block-long tent, under the elevated 7 train at... read more
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Sunnyside Shines Holds 2015 Annual Meeting
On Monday, March 2, 2015, more than 60 people gathered at Sunnyside Community Services for the Sunnyside Shines BID 2015 Annual Meeting. Rachel Thieme, executive director of Sunnyside Shines, presented highlights from 2014, including the creation of two new public plazas under the elevated 7 train, an improved Taste of Sunnyside... read more
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The Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID) is requesting qualifications from designers, design firms or advertising agencies with the purpose of creating a new visual identity for our organization. We are seeking graphic designers with expertise in identity work, both offline and digital, preferably with experience in... read more
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Updated Neighborhood Map to Draw Visitors to Sunnyside
Sunnyside's 2015 neighborhood map is updated and ready for distribution. The Sunnyside map, produced by the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce and LaGuardia Community College, features a full-color illustrated map of the neighborhood and an updated business... read more
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Sunnyside Shines Announces Winners in Holiday Window Contest
Today, the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District announced the results of its 2014 holiday window photo contest. Three stores received winning prizes of $300, $200 and $100: Sunnyside Thrift Shop (first place), Sunnyside Florist (second place) and Pure Spa and Salon (third place). A photographer, Mehdi Smita of Woodside,... read more
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Sunnyside Restaurant Week took place this year during the week of October 20, 2014. The 33 participating restaurants drew guests from all over Queens as well as from the rest of the city. Sunnyside Shines conducted two surveys to gauge the success of the event.
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By 6pm, I went down curious to know who was going to be arrested, and so I moved downstairs, leaving tech behind in the bedroom. April was watching some drama on a different channel, I took the remote and changed it to the news channel.
"Na wa o, Must you oppress? , I was watching something before you came in, what kind of Shii is this now?."
I ignored her rants, because obviously she didn't matter at the moment, I was waiting to be surprised, the news program had started and the newscaster was just introducing hers when April went to the TV and switched it off. I was so angry, I didn't even know if I had to go in a fight with her at the moment or tell her she was living in my house, so i decided to do the two.
I moved to her and slapped her in the face, knowing she wouldn't dare to retaliate, she screamed and then I told her to behave herself while she stay in my house, and when I was almost done making my point, My phone rang,and so I moved away from April who was still in shock that I slapped her for the first time in a long time. The call was from Jumoke, I knew she had news, I just didn't know if it was about Jola situation or if she knew the person who was responsible through the news.
"Hello, Whitney, Hello, Whitney can you hear me" She said, in quite a haste.
"Jumie,calm down, it's me, Ki lon shele?"
"Padi mi, they said that Rauf Rahman is the one behind the accident oh, Jola's accident, I swear go online and read about everything, people sha,so Rauf Rahman was…"
I ended the call at that point, and ran upstairs to use my laptop, I got to the room and met Tech already awake,I just stared at him and kept staring, Tech is a genius, he knows of my encounters with Rauf Rahman, and he doesn't want him to come back to haunt me, that why he implicated him, this is the real meaning of killing two birds with a stone.
"You heard the news abi?" Tech asked
"How did you achieve all this?". I asked.
"I can hack him, his email, everything about him, I just placed a message there, and the rest they say is history, and Jola was having an affair with his wife, I found out from his mail, he was requesting for a divorce, and his wife has disagreed, she's pleading, she said Jola was a mistake in one of the messages,i fixed everything for you, just for you, now you can do your business without being afraid"
"I love you Tech, but this ,isnt this too much?, you are risking everything for me" I said, surprised that he could go that far for me.
"I love you, Whitney "
And he didn't say more that that.
After thanking my supporters and addressing the press, sympathising with the Edward's family, i set about who to employ on my team, first, I needed someone like Tech to be my Head of Technology and Internet Affairs, Tech said he got me covered there, and then the Head Of Security, I shortlisted Moses Ajayi, one of the leading security experts around, and then Press Secretary and Personal Assistant, Jumoke Olaniran herself.
Moses Ajayi stalled on the request, before accepting my proposal, and once he came in, I briefed him about myself and ensured i was 100% assured of his loyalty. He promised to be loyal and then, that was all I needed to hear. I had put together a strong team that will conquer all other defense in time to come.
I visited Jola sometimes later, he had gotten better but he was still bedridden, he was a shadow of his athletic self,not as good looking as he looked when I first knew him, or even the ladies man he was. He played with a game with me, and I didn't even lift a finger to retaliate, and still his life was down the drain.
He asked his wife to leave us in the room, and as soon as she left, he said he knew Tech was behind this,and that he never knew I was a monster, I sighed, and told him
"I know you still have copies of the sextape, now I don't know if you will ever walk again, but if you do walk,and come to threaten me,i will make sure your wife and the child she is carrying lose their legs,and I am not threatening you, am just saying, good bye sweetheart"
Jola never walked again.
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Season 3 Episode 7: "All Work & No Play"
All work and no play is not only dull but counterproductive. The ladies are half-way through their Mission Makeover journey so they cut loose with Julie Moran and have a female empowerment workout (x 3) at Iron Flower Fitness the ladies also meet with fitness trainer Adriana Martin and discuss weight loss plateau issues, particularly with contestant Hillary Newton. Also, the ladies return to Atlantic City, climb the historic Absecon Lighthouse, enjoy a spa treatment, shop at Tropicana's The Quarter and learn about healthy food options while dining out at Fin restaurant with trainer Adriana Martin.
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Maryland state fire investigators said a fire that destroyed a two-story home early Tuesday appeared to have been intentionally set.
Fire broke out at 2234 Kaetzel Road in Rohrersville around midnight, Deputy Maryland State Fire Marshal Steven M. Wendling said.
The home, owned by Crena Anderson, was unoccupied at the time. Tenants had moved out a day earlier, Wendling said.
Witnesses saw a slim, white woman driving away in a white van, he said. The woman had long hair and was wearing blue jeans and a jacket, he said.
Wendling said investigators hope the unidentified woman may have information about the fire.
Wendling said he and Deputy State Fire Marshal Ryan Chapman toured the home looking for clues to the source of the blaze Tuesday afternoon. Chapman's accelerant-detecting dog Canyon alerted to areas in the kitchen and dining room in the front of the home, he said.


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Stories That Have Tweaked The Attention Of #BusinessBreakfast's Malcolm Taylor
US travel ban and laptop restrictions bad for US tourism
The US faces the possibility of another "lost decade" due to President Donald Trump's restrictive travel policies, says Jonathan Tisch, Chief Executive of the Loews Hotel group.
Mr. Tisch warned that policies perceived to be hostile to foreign visitors may lead to billions of dollars of lost potential revenue, much in the way that the post-9/11 crackdown did.
"It's important to balance security measures designed to keep bad people out, with words and actions assuring legitimate travellers that we welcome them and their business".
Tisch added that President Trump's travel ban is already having an effect on their business, with one of Loews Hotels in Miami seeing groups cancel because they had members from a travel ban country.
Hilton boss Christopher Nassetta echoed the sentiment, calling for a balanced approach to acknowledge that the vast majority of visitors to the US want to come for the right reasons.
Apple has upgraded 'Siri', and added posh speakers
For those Apple users disappointed with personal voice assistant Siri's limitations, relief may be at hand.
If you're bored asking Siri about its romantic life or the weather in Copenhagen, the new improved product has been packaged with a smart speaker that doubles as a music player.
What's not to like! Well, perhaps the cost, which will set you back twice as much as Amazon Echo.
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Privatisation of US air traffic control
President Donald Trump has announced plans to privatize the air traffic control system.
Calling for an "air travel revolution" he said he would deliver 'cheaper, faster and safer travel' that could be worth $25bn to the US economy.
Many people would think that for the issue of paramount safety in the air, the body charged with keeping planes apart in the skies would be best off retaining government control. Add in the profit motive, many would say, and that's where corners start to be cut.
That's why it's reassuring to read that the new plan would create a private but not-for-profit organization – a model used successfully in countries like Canada.
Who trod on the 3-pin plug at BA?
British Airways mega-embarrassing self-caused debacle recently where they lost power, computer systems and the ability to fly planes in and out of Heathrow and Gatwick, is closer to being solved.
Although the culprit hasn't been named yet, the sequence of events has been identified. An engineer disconnected a power supply without realizing the catastrophic consequences.
When the error was pointed out, reattaching the plug to the power source caused a massive surge that brought BA's house come crashing down.
Parent company IAG boss Willie Walsh said at the IATA meeting in Mexico "It's very clear to me that you can make a mistake in disconnecting the power. It's difficult for me to understand how to make a mistake in reconnecting the power".
Jet Airways and Boeing
Jet Airways India, in which Etihad owns a 24% stake, is in talks with Boeing to snap up 50 new 737 Max planes.
India's largest full-cost carrier could sign on the dotted line within two months, for an order potentially worth $5.6bn.
The 737 Max is the fastest selling aircraft in Boeing's history, with 3,700 orders from 87 customers around the world.
But what about Airbus?
2017 will be a "very very slow year" for orders at Boeing's main rival, Airbus.
Those are the thoughts of John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer for Customer Relations at the European manufacturer, adding that the situation could last a year or two.
He described the slowdown as an understandable part of the normal business cycle, as airlines slow down orders and take stock of how to use the planes they've already ordered.
…And the view from aviation body IATA?
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), currently meeting in Mexico, is more upbeat in its forecast.
Total profits at the group's 275 members are expected to hit $31bn this year, up more than 5% on last year.
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA director General, said "For a third year in a row we expect returns that are above the cost of capital. Airlines are defining a new epoch in industry profitability"


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The Mystery of the Ghostly Tie
After getting home late the other night, I began changing my clothes into something more comfortable, taking off the green tie I had worn in honor of Solstice. I put the tie in its place on the rack, and then turned around to continue to unbutton my shirt, only to discover there was now a blue tie wrapped around my neck, as if someone had been standing behind me, taken it off the rack and put it on me, ready for me to tie. This all happened in less than 10 seconds. I haven't been able to figure out if I could have somehow accidentally done this myself. Is Spirit trying to tell me I need to get out more?
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hi there, this is my first post and i hope to contribute to this community in any way that i can.
I have a database table with columns-> name, address, zipcode. each row contains the address of a person.
desired result:
i need to generate letters in crystal reports, windows forms in vb.net
the letter starts with
Helo Mr/Ms [name from database table row]
<blah blah generic content for all people>
<address from database table row>
so I want crystal reports to pick up names and address from each row of the table and generate letters for each person
i made a dataset of the table and passed it as source to the crystal reports. But a letter is being generated for only the first record. if I use this dataset as source for a datagrid -> the grid displays all rows.
I want that letters be generated for all rows in the dataset.
Help needed,