Charlottesville, VA  ·  August 2006

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Meet at STARR HILL !!!  Tonight !!!

DEW Scuba at "STARR HILL"
TONIGHT - Tuesday, August 8th !!!
6:30pm
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Full Cave Diving Certification in Grand Bahama
by Kevin Jones
            I just returned from my latest adventure and as usual, I can’t stop talking about it.  Last August, I wrote about Susan Finlen and I taking the NSS (National Speleological Society) Cavern Diving Class in the Bahamas.  On the 2005 Dive Connections Thanksgiving trip to the Bahamas, I took the NACD (National Association of Cave Diving) Intro to Cave Diving Class with Ben Cook of Xanadu Undersea Adventures (www.xanadudive.com).          <more>

 
SeaDevil Focuses on Wreck Diving
 
            Gordon Songer hopes one day to own his own boat and take SeaDevils with his own special style.  Gordon is a born and raised SeaDevil and often marvels people with his near perfect buoyancy has been making a mark on Virginia Beach Diving.  he is now crewing twice a month and most every week is on some east coast dive sit encourage all to come and try this fantastic form of diving.  Check out his blog which is to become a regular feature on SeaDevil.net.  <more>
 
Now 233 Submitted!!
           Gettin' There!  The Blue Ridge Area leads the way.  Only 13 more apps needed from the Blue Ridge and SeaDevil will draw from those application and award a FREE boat ticket for a Virginia Beach dive boat of choice.  We need your application to come in now.   Lot's of prizes available once we get to 350.  Get a friend to join us and "put the plate on you car".  Have you and your dive buddy signed up? Check the list?           <read details>


...and others...
Coral Reef Creatures - Play the New Game from National Geographic Kids
     The NG Explorer submarine has a new mission—to explore coral reefs. Want to join the crew? Then come meet the captain! 
<click here>
      -National Geographic Kids

Show Scuba to Your Classmates!

In Other News ...

“Missing link” fossils of walking fish awe scientists
      -World Science.net

Philadelphia OKs No-Flush Urinals at Skyscraper after Cutting Deal with Plumbers
      -The Environmental News Network

Civil War Sub May Have Been Downed by Unsealed Hatch
      -National Geographic.com

NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef
      -The Environmental News Network

Falsifying medical forms for dive certification lessons
      -The Ten Foot Stop

Alaska Gets Its First Artificial Reef
      -The Environmental News Network

UConn Scientists Probe Sea Squirt Invasion
      -The Environmental News Network

Feds Propose Habitat for Puget Sound Orcas
      -The ENN Magazine

Japan Tries to Cut Down on Plastic Bags
      -The ENN Magazine

 

 
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