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...

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...

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Philippines Freediving Lots of Myths, but What is the Truth?
Image There are a lot of myths about the sport of freediving, especially among scuba divers. It’s insanely dangerous. Only super fit people can do it. You have to be a Yogi to do it. If you hold your breath for more than five minutes your brain cells will start dying. And by the way: isn’t it actually just the same as snorkeling?
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USA Lee, Snyderman to be awarded

Clement Lee and Marty Snyderman are to receive DEMA Reaching Out Awards (ROA) in recognition of significant contributions to scuba diving at the DEMA Awards Party in Las Vegas, October 24, 2008. 

 

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Australia PADI Asia Pacific Instructor Exam In Cairns, Queensland
Image Nine candidates completed their weekend Instructor Examinations in Queensland recently including Open Water evaluations that took place in the Mulgrave River, chosen on this occasion for its vicinity to Cairns.
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Malaysia Eating pufferfish kills two
Health officials in Malaysia say that two women, aged 54 and 83, died after eating pufferfish. Thought to be the first pufferfish fatalities in Malaysia, they were among 36 people who suffered food poisoning after eating the fish between May 6 and June 10 but the other 34 have fully recovered.
 
US Superior Individual and Group Insurance Coverage from NAUI

Insurance renewal time is here! We have strived to make the renewal process as quick and easy for you as possible. Now you can rest assured with superior coverage from NAUI - including individual, group, business, property and charter vessels.

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