A new underwater memorial reef set to open off the coast of Florida is part of an emerging trend for offbeat burials. The man-made reef—the world’s largest—will offer room for the remains of up to 125,000 individuals, said Jerry Norman, CEO of The Neptune Society, the group responsible for creating the revolutionary resting place.
“The Neptune […]

A contingent of 78 naval frogmen will surveil open water areas for Beijing Olympics 2008.
The divers from a search and rescue troop of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy are believed to take the responsibility of clearing underwater security threatsfor Olympic water sports venues, the PLA Daily reported Wednesday.
The divers of the Navy’s East Sea […]

Adik, the moderator of the videography forum in MUW, recently shot this amazing 5-and-a-half minute video of a group of mantas (in Maldives?). And it was featured on the Scuba Diver Australasia website too! Congratulations, Adik!

Foto Shangri-La is having its Year End Sale at all its 7 outlets in KL and PJ.
Special deals offers include the Sony Cyber Shot DSC T200 for RM1688 and the Canon Ixus S70 for RM999.
Other products include:

Sony HandyCam
Canon EOS
Canon Powershot Cameras
Olympus Cameras
Fujifilm Cameras
Nikon Cameras

Several 1st stages made by ROMI Enterprises have been recalled.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that an internal component that seals air between the high pressure first-stage and the intermediate pressure second-stage can fail. This can result in uncontrolled flow of air to the diver and pose a risk of serious injury or death.
ROMI […]

The Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs intends to commit $750,000 for the recently announced Coral Triangle Initiative in the East Asian/Pacific region.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Development Daniel A. Reifsnyder announced this contribution today in Bali. USAID is also providing $3,600,000 - for a total of […]

For just RM9.99, is now offering flights from Subang to:

Penang
Langkawi
Kota Bharu
Kuala Terengganu
Johor Bahru

Just book any time from now to 31 Dec 2007. The travel period is 10 Dec 2007 - 25 Oct 2008. Great for getting to Perhentian, Redang and Lang Tengah for a holiday.

Indonesia and five other countries within the Asia and Pacific regions have announced that they would propose their marine and coral reefs should be taken into account as a carbon sink within the climate change protocol.
On the sidelines of the U.N. climate change conference here Thursday, officials from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, […]

A SUSPENDED RailCorp boss has been accused of using thousands of dollars in kickbacks to fund his international scuba trips.
Project supervisor Ivan Stanic has denied receiving bribes worth tens of thousands of dollars for directing work to four different businesses.
But a corruption inqiory at the Independent Commission Against Corruption was today told that Ivan Stanic […]

They’re looking for pledges from companies not to serve sharks fins at their functions.
Of the many companies who support our little campaign, special thanks go out to Maersk Line & Maersk Logistics (Maersk Malaysia Sdn Bhd) who got everything off to a rolling start by being the very first company to sign on. Kudos also […]