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Scuba News ..because we can’t be underwater all the time Archive for August, 2006 « Previous Entries Bomb injures 21 in Turkish resort Monday, August 28th, 2006 A bomb which went off on a bus in a Turkish holiday resort used by divers has injured 21 people. The blast on a busy street in Marmaris was one of three to rock the resort on Sunday night but the other devices, placed in bins, caused no injury. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Update: Diving Indonesia Thursday, August 24th, 2006 Lombok, Alor, Manado, Gili Islands, Sulawesi, Komodo and West Papua/Irian Jaya have joined Bali in the SCUBA Travel Indonesia directory of diving centres and dive sites. Posted in Diving | Comments Off BSAC Updates Extended Range Diver Standards Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 The British Sub-Aqua Club have updated their Extended Range Diver (ERD) course standards. This is their 3 day course promoting safe deep diving techniques. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Diving in Panama: New Article Monday, August 21st, 2006 Coiba Island is the place in Panama to dive to see Pelagics. Coiba was the site of a prison for many years. Now all that exists is a rustic resort. Bocas Del Toro, on the other hand, is a typical Caribbean backpackers island. Diving is shallow in calm water. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Diving Travel Insurance: Save 50% Sunday, August 20th, 2006 Save up to 50% on travel insurance which doesn't limit the depth to which you can dive. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Maximum Ascent Rate should be 9 m per min, suggests new research Sunday, August 20th, 2006 A new study has investigated the presence of cerebral lesions in SCUBA divers with no symptions. Experienced scuba divers, over 40 years of age, without any decompression sickness history were included. Researchers found a significant relationship between the lesions of the central nervous system and ascent rate faster than 10 meters per minute, but none down to age, number of dives or depth of dives. Posted in Diving | Comments Off « Previous Entries

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