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      <title><![CDATA[Diving in Papua New Guinea: a life-changing experience]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328414681" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/4/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Scuba diving is one adventure I've always been denied. Between a dozen surgeries, failed reconstructions and inner-ear prosthetics, my chronic ear problems simply ruled it out. Travelling to places such as Malaysia, the Philippines and the Maldives, I'd listen enviously to divers talk about their experience at the world's best reefs. On a recent trip to Papua New Guinea, all that finally changed.My breakthrough came in the form of two ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="17878">
      <title><![CDATA[Whiz Kid: Deep-Sea Diving Teen]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327822977" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/29/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Name: Christian MareskesSchool: Newton South High SchoolAge: 17Accomplishment: Back in January, Mareskes was one of 10 Boston-area high school students chosen to take part in the New England Aquarium's Teen Underwater Research Training and Learning Expedition (TURTLE) program. For the last couple months, Mareskes has been taking weekly courses held at the aquarium and training for scuba diving at MIT. Mareskes is set to depart today for a 10-day trip ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17674">
      <title><![CDATA[Bellingham scuba diver in his 80s has treasure chest full of memories]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327205371" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[It's not surprising that great-grandfather Bob Brown remains a scuba diver in his 80s.Three years ago, he celebrated his 80th birthday with his first sky-dive. When he was 13, he tried to join the U.S. Navy after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.Brown, who spent much of his career in the lumber industry, was married for 56 years to the late Jewel Brown. They raised four girls ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17481">
      <title><![CDATA[Mystery scuba deaths shake divers]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326882939" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/18/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[SHE had dived to World War II shipwrecks off Vanuatu and with whitetip sharks in the Red Sea. By December last year, scuba-enthusiast Carol Martin had clocked up 1000 dives and 15 years as a member of the St George Scuba Club in Sydney's south, but a night dive at Bare Island, off Botany Bay, on February 3 was her last.Then four weeks after Ms Martin, 52, stopped breathing during ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16814">
      <title><![CDATA[Underwater with Disneyland scuba divers]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1321210651" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/13/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Prospective machinists and electricians often get an unusual question when applying for jobs at Disneyland: Do you scuba dive?Scuba diving plays a major role for 54 employees at the Disneyland Resort, one of the more odd jobs at the two parks. Divers are responsible for maintaining and fixing rides and equipment in the waterways in the two theme parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.After the parks close, divers suit up, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16650">
      <title><![CDATA[Try this: Scuba-dive though wartime wrecks]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320609009" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/6/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Scuba-dive in Second World War wrecks, where tragic events of the past have become beautiful, vibrant reefs. WHERE'S IT AT? On Oct. 6, 1942, the American troop carrier SS President Coolidge was en route to Vanuatu when it was sunk accidentally by American mines entering the harbour at Espirito Santo. (All but two of the crew escaped.) Today, the 199-metre ship rests 20 to 70 metres deep and is regarded ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16490">
      <title><![CDATA[Dusty, Rusty Scuba Divers: Ways to Stay Active]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320336542" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/3/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Life takes its toll. We are all busy. Scuba diving typically gets put on a shelf after a while and starts collecting dust. In today's tight economy, people are just not spending the money on extra things. We are creatures of habit and eventually scuba diving gets put to rest, at least until now.As time goes on, with anything, we get rusty. This could be as simple as swinging a ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16167">
      <title><![CDATA[Area named top for diving]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319737934" delta="14 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/27/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The latest readers' poll by Scuba Diving magazine ranks North Carolina as a top underwater destination along with North American hotspots like the Florida Keys.Or, as diver David Osborne sees it: They rank high with us.The magazine recently released its 18th annual Top 100 Readers' Choice awards, which lists the world's best destinations for SCUBA diving according to ratings by its readers.North Carolina received top rankings as the best destination ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16004">
      <title><![CDATA[Project to develop scuba diving trails modeled after Lake George state park]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319313133" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/22/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[LAKE GEORGE  Plans are under way to develop a statewide network of scuba diving trails modeled after the underwater state park that already exists in Lake George.The village of Lake George, representing six communities across New York  from Lake Ontario to Long Island  has contracted with S&R Underwater to coordinate the New York State Underwater Blueway Trail Pilot Project.The project's goal is to boost heritage tourism by ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15844">
      <title><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Festival, Divestock to Celebrate its Second Year in October 2011]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318950427" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/18/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Scuba diving, the water sport has created its own fan following in India and has a number of enthusiast trying and repeating this wonderful experience of exploring the underwater world again and again.India's first scuba diving festival, Divestock was held at Havelock Island in Andamana and Nicobar island in 2009. The island will soon host the second edition of the festival in October 2011.With a tremendous response received from Indians ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15680">
      <title><![CDATA[Bahama: Scuba Diving with Caribbean reef sharks]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318603692" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/14/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[&#65279;Earning my scuba diving certificate and embarking on the process of learning how to dive, one thing I said I would never do was to dive with sharks. I do not fear sharks, I just thought it was something I would never intentionally do. I have encountered them in the wild, which were incredible experiences that gave me no cause for alarm.But I never thought I would jump into the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15521">
      <title><![CDATA[Diving Locker teaching Scuba diving skills in Vancouver]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318179884" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/9/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ Dec 21, 2010  c scuba dive course, a novice diver learns to go into the water. Moreover, he learns a number of important techniques including diving safely, backward roll, neutral buoyancy, mask clearing and many other skills which are necessary to begin the sport. Primary Underwater Skills It is extremely important for a scuba diver to develop adaptation to the underwater world. Otherwise, diving becomes very difficult. Skilled ...]]></text>
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