Rest in Peace Arnold

My mother's dear friend (and flirtation partner) Arnold died yesterday, suddenly and apparently painlessly  without much warning (a day or two of not feeling well, but not really sick either, then boom).  Arnold was in his early 90's. He was a bridge Gold Life Master (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpoints). He and my mother were bridge partners who very much enjoyed wicked games of bridge several times a week with the other few bridge-playing members of their community. He was active and vital, and loved movies, going to first-run matinees  2 or 3 times a week. He's probably being buried today by his daughter.  I know my mother will miss him very, very much.  Rest in Peace, Arnold.  

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http://www.livescience.com/animals/080226-ap-shark-attack.html
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An Austrian tourist died Monday after being bitten by a shark while diving near the Bahamas in waters that had been baited with bloody fish parts to attract the predators.

This is  not the dive operation that I was browsing about the other day. According to AP this trip was with a co. called Scuba Adventures.  "The company's Web site says it offers the opportunity to get "face to face" with sharks. The site explains that its hammerhead and tiger shark expeditions in the Bahamas are "unique shark trips ... run exclusively for shark enthusiasts and photographers." ... Please be aware that these are not 'cage' dives, they are open water experiences."

Iyiii!! Tiger and hammerheads are, like, the grizzlies of the shark community, along with great whites, bulls, and, uh, there may be others, but those are the ones I know for sure. I'm not sure about makos and threshers, they might be, too. The other places had open water dives with white tipped reef sharks. Anyway, man, that's really sad.  It must have felt safe to do in a group with a company that had been doing, so it wasn't just a hey, let's try this today  kind of thing. Poor guy.