Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man
A 37-year-old American businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking
justice after she was thrown in jail by Saudi Arabia's religious police for
sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks coffee shop in ...

Are there any Aussie divers here and have you thought about
subscribing to aus.sport.scuba? My name is Danny and I'm a PADI rescue
diver. I recently emigrated over to Australia from the UK. I'd like to
get some news from Australia without having to trawl through all of

SCUBA divers are probably not what you think they are.  If you are
like most people, SCUBA probably conjures up visions of Sea Hunt or
something.   But this is a carefully crafted PR image.  The real truth
is much darker.

Many members of this newsgroup, including members that have never dove
South Florida, have made generous contributions to Reef Rescue, for
which we are grateful and for which all the diving community should be
grateful: Reef Rescue has used these donations to stop the dumping of

www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s080202.html
Actor Donald Sutherland "nearly died" of a burst blood vessel in his
lung.  He had been diving on location for the movie Fools Gold.  His
doctor apparently told him that he shouldn't be diving past age 50.  

First off, I don't get a commission.  If your looking for underwater
DVD for off season, check out these guys.  http://hd2o.tv  Found it
online and just got it this stuff is like art with music. No lessons,
travel info, boat rides involved.  Entirely underwater.  They're cool,

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/02/05/qc-coroner-report-cottonswab0
205.html?ref=rss
If only he was armed, he'd be alive today...  could've nipped it in
the bud.
To send me an e-mail, drop the watercraft

Does anyone have any reccomendations on a boat ladder ? I am looking
to buying a boat this spring and it wouldn't hurt to put a ladder on
it since I doubt I'll be going on any dive trips for a while.

World's deadliest shotgun
http://www.wxpnews.com/KMMOXU/080205-Deadly-Shotgun

On several occasions, we've pointed out that almost everything that's been
said against guns comes directly from those most ignorant and fearful of
them. What we have not done very well, until now, is direct those that are
ignorant to information that can help them understand and ...

Huge update on my site ...
Trip reports and photos of my 2007 dive trips : Socorro archipelago
(Baja California), Galapagos islands, Bali, Thailand (Phi-Phi, Similan,
Richelieu).

66 years, never needed a gun.
2 teen girls sentenced for beating senior in park
Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2008 | 2:28 PM AT
CBC News

I have a question for all.
As I am getting ready to dive, I have before me a weight belt, a BC with
tank, fins, face mask/snorkel.
In what order do these go on?

This has been discussed from time to time on the ScubaBoard and I thought it
would be interesting to get the whole story and backstory from the author of
the Outside Magazine article, Tim Zimmerman.
I first read the article when it came out, then immediately went back and

"but the medical examiner's office had to confirm her identity through
fingerprint samples because her face was beaten so badly her family did not
recognize her."
Calgary police charge man in C-Train killing