August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

November 26 2008 AustraliaDivers support breast cancer dayWhen one of the members of Pro Dive Nelson Bay’s Narki Gnome Dive Club was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, the group wanted to support her and raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA).   Diving was what brought them together, so they held an event with their own underwater twist. For the past eight years Mini-Fields of Women have been held in communities across Australia during October as part of Australia's breast cancer month, an initiative from The Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA). The Mini-Fields of Women campaign places hundreds of hot pink lady silhouettes in prominent positions throughout Australia to represent women affected by breast cancer.  Full story...

August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

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Bonaire Armand Zigahn receives Accolade Award

Image At a recent meeting of the Beneath the Sea Trustees, Don Reynolds (left), Beneath the Sea VP Human Resources, Trustee, and former President of The Scuba Sports Club presented Armand Zigahn with his Accolade Award and neck medallion which Don had brought home from Bonaire’s Captain Don Stewart, Beneath the Sea’s 2008 Pioneer Diver of the Year.

Captain Don first presented Zig with his Accolade Award at the Fish and Famous Gala on Friday during the March Beneath the Sea conclave.

Zig’s Accolade recognizes his outstanding efforts in creating and pursuing the goals set forth in Beneath the Sea’s Ocean Pals program. In part his Accolade reads: "Armand Zigahn is hereby awarded the Bonaire Accolade for Zig's undaunted perseverance and leadership of Beneath the Sea's Ocean Pals. This outstanding achievement expresses Zig's unselfish and generous vision and recognition of the importance of environmental education of the next generation.” 

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Don Reynolds (left), and Armand Zigahn

The Accolade Award is a very select award given only to those who are leaders and doers in promoting education and preservation of the world's oceans. Previous awardees are invited to nominate a candidate for the award; consequently the award has a very varied and dynamic group of Medalists. Among the dozen or so recipients are included John Fine - ocean author and marine educator; Gerald Comeau who has taught SCUBA for some 50 years while strongly encouraging marine conservation; Jack Chalk who has chaired both the Bonaire STINAPA environmental group and the EarthEcho Foundation along with Jan, Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau; and Harvard’s George Buckley for his work with Earthwatch, EarthEcho, Harvard's Environmental Management program and the Marine Ecology Project. In all, the Accolade recipient cadre spans the spectrum of ocean commitment from marine researchers, educators, writers and film makers, while also including fishermen and leaders of environmental groups all working together for the preservation and sustainability of the world’s oceans.

 
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