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New York Clubs, Boats, and Stores
1997 Prospect Park Lake Cleanup
Midland Beach Cleanup April 25, 1998
Kudos & Brickbats
- techdiver mailing list, part of the Aquanaut site. Mailing list formed as a revolt against the uninformed debates of advanced diving in rec.scuba. Dedicated to technical diving, although it includes a lot of cavers.
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Unfortunately in 1995 it was discovered by George M. Irvine III, who managed to be obnoxious, insulting, and egotistical in his first three posts.
George Irvine was even kicked out of TDI for his comments on techdiver about Rob Palmer's death.
This list certainly does not abide by RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines
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Despite the high noise to signal ratio, it is a fantastic source of information, such as the recent Harness Rigging thread.
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Randall C. Allen wrote some very useful
notes on using techdiver, and on using scuba-l.
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rec.scuba, the largest discussion group for scuba.
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rec.scuba FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) from rec.scuba
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The New-&-Improved Official NED FAQ
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NED FUC (Frequently Uttered Complaints)
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Nick Simicich's Lame home page.
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Scubasearch Search rec.scuba
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Subscribing to news:rec.scuba
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This is a Usenet newsgroup. If you are using an appropriate browser, and your site or ISP carries it, then you should be able to get to it by accessing news:rec.scuba.
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If not, then you could get in via http://www.dejanews.com. This is a web site that carries almost all the Usenet newsgroups.
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Or there is a mailing list that carries a "digest" of rec.scuba - approximately, all the messages for yesterday, bundled together. See instructions for this in the rec.scuba FAQ.
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Top 10 Ways to Help the Oceans, National Marine Manufacturers Association
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Water Words Dictionary
A Compilation of Technical Water, Water Quality, Environmental, and Water-Related Terms, by the Nevada Division of Water Planning.
- Divers Environmental Survey
- DES Frequently Asked Questions
- PADI Project AWARE
- Cleanups...
- How to organize your own cleanup
- Mooring buoys
- EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
- Kerry's Webpage
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USACE New York District Web Site
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THE NEARBY CAFE: Island Living -- Tales of the Forgotten Borough
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NYC Sierra Club Ecological Restoration Committee Events
- Prospect Park Alliance
- Books on Marine Environment
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divecomp - C Source code for 'divecomp', a dive computer simulator and planning aid, by Dave Waller (dave@hpdstma.hp.com). It handles air and nitrox, but not trimix. It also handles a variety of neo-Haldanean models, including Buhlmann, Huggins, U.S. Navy, Orca, and PADI Recreational Dive Planner.
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ZPlan - PC dive planner that handles trimix. All text based - input is by editing a text file "profile.dat", running the program, and by default the output is in a text file "plan.out". But it cuts good tables, the author is actively maintaining it, and the price is right.
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XS for Windows - PC dive planner that handles trimix. Windows GUI. When I have tried to use it I have run it to errors, but the next version will presumably be better. Again, the author is actively maintaining it, and the price is right.
- TAUSIM - PC dive planner that handles trimix. All singing all dancing GUI - in German. It also cuts good tables, the author is actively maintaining it, and the price is right. If your German is a little rusty, the actual download is at:
TAUSIM
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Decom Software Inc. Free gas calculators, and DECOM, a decompression program.
- Nitrox FAQ by Alan Wright (awright@gssec.bt.co.uk), from Michael Parker's Diving the Northwest site.
- www.NitroxDiver.com New website for divers and instructors interested in diving with oxygen enriched air. By Joel Silverstein
- Andy Schmidt's Nitrox Planner
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Oxygen Enriched Air: A New Breathing Mix?, Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
- THE OXYGEN/Nitrox HACKER'S COMPANION
- Abyss-Explorer
Preliminary specifications for a mixed gas dive computer (Air, Nitrox, Heliox and Trimix). Includes the formulae used (though not the constants for each compartment).
Release date: January 1999 at the DEMA show.
- Jim Cobb's Trimix page.Good source on the "black art" of mixed-gas diving.
- Mix Primer, Michael Menduno with John Crea
- Why Argon?, Eric Maiken. Why argon is the ideal suit inflation gas, complete with equations.
- Michael Parker's Diving the Northwest site.
- Eric's SCUBA page No longer being updated, but still has plenty of great stuff.
- Rigging a Stage Bottle
- Books on Deep Diving
- Harness Rigging thread from techdiver.
GUE
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Global Underwater Explorers, a very new (announced July 1st, 1998)
technical/cave
certification agency, formed by Jarrod Jablonski. In distinction to TDI and IANTD, GUE:
- Promotes a maximum END of 130 fsw (with max ppO
2 of 1.4 ATA, or 1.6 ATA
for deco). Therefore no deep air course will be offered.
- Does not offer $10 academic style crossovers for instructors. Jarrod
intends to know a lot more about a new instructor, than that someone
else gave them a certificate.
- Is strictly Hogarthian.
While several WKPP divers and instructors are involved, GUE is not
simply an extension of the WKPP. No matter what some people think. Nor
what some people seem to want.
This is the ultimate temple of Hogarthian diving. Great site, collects
together much of the material below. The site index is probably the best entry point to the site.
Hogarthian Links
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WKPP - Woodville Karst Plain Project
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Hogarthian Philosophy, Billy Williams
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Evolution of DIR Principles, Jarrod Jablonski
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Hogarthian Gear Configuration, Jarrod Jablonski
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Assembling a Hogarthian Doubles Rig, Todd Leonard
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Hogarthian Gear Configuration
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How to make a V/P-weight
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Hogarthian Style --a better way to rig your scuba gear...
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Beyond Hogarthian. Doing It Right, Part 1, Bill Mee
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Beyond Hogarthian. Doing It Right, Part 2, by Dan Volker
- The "Doing It Right" video Monologue from the "Doing It Right" video.
- Gas Diving UK
- Doing It Right Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, compiled by Jeff Bentley
- DIR for Open Water F.A.Q.
- Mark's Nuggets
Mark Melendez's compendium of important information gleaned from Cavers and Techdiver archives.
- WKPP DIR F.A.Q.
- How To Dive from Jim Cobb's Trimix Site.
- Humour
- The Cave Diving Website by Harry Averill
- Affordable Yucatan Adventures for Certified Cave Divers Personally guided by Connie LoRe.
- The
Conquest of Bushmansgat/Boesmansgat Cave - South Africa
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Diving Medicine Online, Ernest S Campbell, MD, FACS
- Decompression Sickness References
- Doc's Diving Medicine, Edmond Kay, M.D.
- Scuba Diving
Explained: Questions and Answers on Physiology and Medical Aspects of Scuba Diving
by Lawrence Martin, M.D.
- Fitness for Diving
- DAN If you are reading this, then you should be a DAN member!
- The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. The major scientific society of hyperbaric medicine in the United States.
- Hyperbaric Calendar. Conferences and meetings related to Diving Medicine and / or Hyperbaric Medicine in the United States.
- Diving Diseases Research Centre, Plymouth, England. The leading hyperbaric treatment and research centre in Britain.
- Books on Diving Medicine
- Diving Physics and "Fizzyology", Richard Pyle
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The Importance of Deep Safety Stops: Rethinking Ascent Patterns From Decompression Dives, Richard Pyle
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At-Altitude Arithmetic, Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
- Abyss "Technical Diving" Library
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- Bubble Decompression Strategies, Eric Maiken
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Bubble Model Decompression Program written in BASIC, not intended for real use.
- Wrolf's Bubble Theory
- Narcotic Properties of O2, a Techdiver thread
- Nitrogen Narcosis, Ernest S. Campbell, MD, FACS. Really good web and literature references.
- Nitrogen Narcosis, John Francis.
- OSHA Commercial Diving
- Definition of Equivalent Narcotic Depth in Scuba Slang and Technical Term.
- Closed Circuit Rebreathers, Richard Pyle
- A Learner's Guide To Closed-Circuit Rebreather Operations, Richard Pyle
- The Rebreather Web Site
- Eric's Rebreather Page
- Joseph Dituri/Gallant Aquatic Ventures Inc. Good rebreather and IANTD info.
- Australian Amateur Rebreather Group
- Rod and Suzie's U.S.A. trip
Australian Homebuilt CCR's on the 'RMS' Republic and the 'Andrea Doria'.
- A.A.R.G. rebreather diving training standards
- Halcyon-rebreather-PVR-BASC
- Eric's Rebreather Page
- Russki Schnuffski Diving Association of Switzerland
- Atle Aamodt's Homebuilt Rebreather
- Karlīs Rebreather Page
- Russian military diving equipment - New site with much promise.
- Draeger Dive
IANTD Rebreather Training Standards
- Rebreather Experience
- Introductory Rebreather Diver
- Rebreather Diver
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Manufacturer of DIR equipment, and sponsor of this site.
- The Scuba Depot Online Catalog
- Trader John's Scuba Equipment New and Used Gear from your Favorite Manufacturers
- Lloyd Bailey's Scuba Equipment Catalog
- Mar-Vel Underwater Equipment America's Oldest Diving Supply Company - since 1946.
- McMaster-Carr Internet Catalog Great source for all the miscellaneous hardware.
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Yahoo! Business and Economy:Companies:Outdoors:Scuba:Gear and Equipment
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Yahoo! Business and Economy:Companies:Outdoors:Scuba:Gear and Equipment:Accessories
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Manufacturer of DIR equipment, and sponsor of this site.
- In-Depth: Tank Specifications I refer to this every time for tank buoyancy when full vs. when empty debates.
- IDCR - Internet Dive Computer Review
- Dive Rite
- Halcyon
- AUL
- Diving Unlimited International Dry suits
- Mares
- Force Fin
- Aqua Explorers
- Ikelite
- Sherwood
- Custom Divers - UK manufacturers of technical diving equipment.
- Absolute Diving
- a new UK manufacturer of umbilical torches, including the first
commercially available Lithium torch, DIR style wings and other products.
- Immersed Great technical diving magazine, very international focus.
- DeepTech Online the Internet extension of DeepTech Journal
- ASIAN DIVER ONLINE - Minke Magic
- American Underwater Lighting: VIDEO TAPE LIBRARY
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Gary's Recommended Reading List
- Wrolf's Bookwreck - Useful Books about Diving
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Queen Angel Computer Consulting Group: Clip Art
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Roger's Scuba Clip-Art Collection
- ScubaMom (Lynn McKamey) Icons and Bars
- IANTD
- TDI
- NAUI
- ANDI
- PADI
- GUE. See review above.
- Dive Rescue International specializes in public safety diving.
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The Deep Sea Diving Cards, A collection of cards recalling the history of diving.
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Lost on Lake Huron, The Artwork of Ken Lalko
- NOAA Manual May 1990 edition. Only six out of twenty chapters, but still well worth a read.
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The Crappy Divesite Homepage
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The Wall: Chronicle of a Scuba Trial, an on-line novel by Lawrence Martin, M.D.
- Marine Biology, Articles from DIVER Magazine
- DIVERNET Wreck Diving Page
- Jim Cobb's Trimix links
- Harris Diving Links
- Andy Schmidt's Links
- Captain Nemo's Diving links
- Rick's Links & More
- Tekniskdykking - Scandinavian Techdiver Web-site and Mailing-list
- Baltic Sea Tech Divers
- UK Diving, Scuba Diving Resource for the UK with Dive International
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Scuba - do it yourself, by REINHARD KOPKA
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Of Hula Hoops and Buoyancy Control, Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
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A Few Things Your Sport Diving Instructor May Not Have Told You About Deeper Diving, Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
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On Bashing, Flames & Training, Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
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Estimating Gas Consumption, Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
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Scapa Flow Technical & John's Charters
Dive boat specializing in Scapa Flow. Also offers Nitrox and Trimix courses.
Don't miss the Project Britannic.
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Richard Pyle's Page at the
Bishop Museum in Hawaii.
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On Your Own: The Buddy System Rebutted, Bob Halstead
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Nautilus Productions: Tape Sales Really great tape about Sand Tiger Sharks.
- Scuba Diving...
by Hugh Huntziger.
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Mark Hulber's - SCUBA Diving Information
- Terry Ridgway PADI IDC Staff Instructor
- Ata Bilgili's Homepage
- Gary Gentile Productions
- The Vertical Wreck
- Anthony DeBoer Ontario Scuba Diving, and a Link Forest.
A bunch of us did an underwater cleanup in Prospect Park Lake, as part of the International Beach Cleanup Day effort.
The flyer (HTML version)
The flyer (MS Word version)
If you are organizing an environmental event, feel free to use these as
templates.
We also did some underwater clean up work at Midland Beach in Staten Island, as
part of a big "Trashbuster" day. About a thousand people were there, mostly Scouts,
plus the Army, Red Cross, the Police Athletic League, the Staten Island Advance (the local newspaper), WXIA, Parks, Sanitation, and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. We had a lot of fun, and wound up with a lot of coverage in the Advance.
- Taking Cyberspace Seriously: Dealing with Obnoxious Messages on the Net
- EFF "Censorship & Free Expression" Archive
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DECLARATION OF KENNETH R. CASTLEMAN
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DECLARATION OF DR. ALFONSO P. CARDENAS
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World-wide Internet community appalled over the Scientology seizure. Was the child porn scandal just a cover?
- content_regulation_johnson.article
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- Taking a Byte Out of the First Amendment
How Free Is Speech in Cyberspace?
By Shari Steele
- protection_and_net.article
- Hate-speech_discrimination
Mixed Bag - New stuff that I am in the middle of checking for duplicates and adding.
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HMHS Britannic 98 - technical diving expedition
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GUE's Britannic 99 Expedition
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Scuba Diving
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The Wall: Chronicle of a Scuba Trial by Lawrence Martin, M.D. - an online work of fiction.
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Diving Links
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Marine Biology
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DIVERNET Wreck Diving Page
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Harris Diving Links
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UK Diving, Scuba Diving Resource for the UK with Dive International
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Links
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Nitrox Planner
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NOAA Diving Manual: Table of Contents
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DeepTech Article: Tony Maffatone
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Buddy Inspiration
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frmsetinsp
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Home Page
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Aqualog December 1998
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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Massachusetts)
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Stellwagen Bank Information System
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Stellwagen Bank Information Page
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New Jersey SCUBA Diving
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DES Frequently Asked Questions
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Project A.W.A.R.E Mission Statement
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TheScuba Depot Online Catalog
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AtaBilgili's Homepage
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MarkHulber's
- SCUBA Diving Information
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DivingMedicine (The Ten Foot Stop)
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Rune Mathisen
and Atle Aamodt's homebuilt rebreathers
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TECHDIVER MEMBERS AREA PAGE (pwd: nswelcome)
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Deep Thoughts from South Africa
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PROJECT GUTENBERG - Catalog By Title - Index - A -
net.friends
- Jan
- Leonard Yakir Photography
- Earth Community Network, Allergy Expo
- HSCOMMS Network Engineering and Consulting
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