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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New NAUI Approved Rebreathers
The Inspiration and Evolution added to the list of NAUI approved Rebreathers. 

NAUI is happy to announce the addition of the Inspiration and Evolution Rebreathers manufactured by Ambient Pressure Diving Ltd.

and distributed by Silent Diving Systems LLC to our list of approved  rebreathers for NAUI training courses that can be found in the Technical Diving Section of NAUI’s web-site at www.naui.org. In order for a rebreather to be added to the list it must be independently tested and pass within the testing criteria as set forth by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

All around the world, countless police, fire and rescue personnel, government officials, public and private security teams are NAUI trained and certified divers. In the United States, US Navy SEALs, Coast Guard rescue divers and other special military forces are trained to NAUI’s high standards as part of their overall training with SCUBA and closed circuit rebreathers; the US National Parks Service and NOAA divers receive NAUI training and certifications. 

NAUI Technical Diver Training Division was started over a decade ago to create a higher standard of training worldwide by codifying technical diving community training practices. NAUI was the first major training organization to offer certifications at all levels of diving from traditional recreational training through technical training For expert help, NAUI asked the people who created the technology, protocols and training methods that produced a fledgling technical diving community to participate.  

NAUI advisory councils are comprised of professional divers, engineers, physicians and researchers and help us develop all aspects of our training. These are volunteers who serve on NAUI’s Technical Diving Advisory Council and Rebreather Diving Advisory Council and assist in the development of technical diving training standards. Our Technical Diver Training Division continues cutting edge research that keeps NAUI at the forefront of technical diving. You can find information in the Technical Diving Division Section of NAUI’s web-site at www.naui.org.

 
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