Charlottesville, VA  ·  November 2006

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"Diving the USS St. Augustine"
By Gordon Songer

As many of you know, I’ve been very passionate about diving for quite some time. Over the past couple of years that passion as started to become more narrowly focused on wreck diving.  Luckily, those closest to me have been very supportive and I have also been fortunate enough to meet a few people who are truly wreck explorers.
           This past Sunday, Nov 5th, I had an opportunity to dive with a couple those people to the wreck of the USS St. Augustine.  This dive was the icing on top of a very productive diving year for me in which I’ve had the opportunity to dive a number of deeper and thus seldom visited wrecks.

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"Welcome to the Life of a Scuba Instructor"
By Chris Straka

As I watched module four of the PADI Go-Dive Video, I tried my best to suppress a sigh.  It was my 4th time watching the video in the past 12 days, and as soon as module four was over I would have to teach the tables to 4 students who would much rather be sunning on the beautiful beach only steps away.  Since it was also my 4th time teaching the tables in 12 days, I couldn’t help but sympathize with them.       <more>

Essential Life Props for Success –
By Pie Dumas, Author & Life Coach

       AIR – WATER – BREATHING – these are essential to life, also required for Scuba Diving!  Some essentials for delivering a successful Toastmasters speech: Willingness, courage, preparedness, confidence, sincerity.
       I’m going to share my first scuba-diving experience and draw a parallel between my fear of WATER and breathing underwater to my fear of giving speeches at Toastmasters.          <more>

[Editor: This is a transcript of a speech  given by Pie Dumas before the Toastmaster Club of Albemarle.  Pie is a new diver and her insights on the experience of a new diver is not only entertaining but also calls to our own early experiences and feelings about scuba. For more information about Pie, please check out www.pieceofpie.com ]
 
SeaDevil Drawing Only 5 Away! Now 250 Submitted!!
           Gettin' There!  The Blue Ridge Area leads the way.  Only 5 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>


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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! 
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      -National Geographic Kids

Show Scuba to Your Classmates!

In Other News ...

Philippe Cousteau returns to Blue Spring
      -EarthEcho International

Divers in Fishersville Quarry
      -Staunton Newsleader

Coral Reef Ecosystem May Fight Illnesses
      -ENN Magazine

Scientists Seek to Spy on World's Fish
      -ENN Magazine

Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean
      -ENN Magazine

Sunken Ships Eyed for Storm Barriers
      -ENN Magazine

Navy to Use Sonar That May Affect Whales
      -ENN Magazine

New WHOI Deep-Sea Hybrid Vehicle Gets a Mythical Name
      -ENN Magazine

Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean
      -ENN Magazine

New Rule Protects Alaska's Coral Gardens
       -ENN Magazine

Jellyfish-Like Creatures May Play Major Role in Fate of Carbon Dioxide in the Ocean
      -ENN Magazine

 

 
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