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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TEC REC Program Major Highlight in Korea

Image PADI Asia Pacific organised a very successful DSAT Tec Rec Seminar at Suwon World Cup Swimming Pool, on November 11, 2007. Suwon is located approximately 30km south SE of Seoul, Korea.

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The seminar was conducted by local PADI Course Director, Chul Hyun Kim, the only DSAT TEC Trimix trainer in Korea. He was assisted by Course Directors, Sung Soo Park, Soo Yeol Kim and Young Won Wi who were united in a common goal to promote the Tec Rec program. 45 PADI members (OWSI & above) attended. 

The seminar introduced the DSAT Tec Rec Program course overview, philosophy, standards etc., (Tec Basic, Tec Deep, Tec Trimix, Gas Blender) and Tec equipment in the morning session. Following this, 34 members took to the pool for a Tec discover dive organised by Chul Hyun Kim, supported by other DSAT Tec Deep Instructors. 

Almost certainly the biggest Tec seminar and the very first DSAT Tec Rec seminar for the Korean members, the event created a strong platform to expand DSAT Tec Rec programs in the market.  All participants commented that the seminar was very professionally organised and conducted, agreeing it was a valuable exercise in understanding DAST Tec Rec programs.

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