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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Malaysia 100% Success on PADI Instructor Exam
Image PADI Instructor Examiner, Young Hee Haniss reports that more than 13 nations gathered on Perhentian Island, Malaysia for the PADI Instructor Exam from 20-22 May, 2008. 

In total there were 25 candidates - the youngest being just 18 and 19 years old  - who travelled from Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Maldives, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, USA and Malaysia. All were successful and are now very happy  PADI Instructors.  Congratulations to everyone! 

PADI Course Directors were Azman Suleiman, Vincent Toh and Richard Mei with PADI Instructor Examiners, Young Hee Haniss (PADI Asia Pacific) and Rob Scammell from Thailand. 

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Smiles from around the world - 25 new PADI Instructors are:

Audrey Seow, Selena Wong, Zachary Mazlan, Julynn Mark, Suresh Mulchand, Jimie Wu, Daniel Allemann, Philippe Orth, Isabelle Peignot, Andera Heistermann, Petra Nuechterlein, Hugh Jones, Chris Wright, Sarah Bradbury, Lesley Stevens, Bernita Lewin, Natasha Marois, Vincent Calabresa, Randell Albertson, Ahmed Shaf, Tan Chong Paw, Mieke Vande Velde, Daniel Lim Xiao Yun, Chin Pheng Lai and Moh’d Noorhamdi Abdul Azid.

 
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