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Sep 13
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Women Divers Hall of Fame 2015 Scholarships and Grants

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DEADLINE FOR 2015 WOMEN DIVERS HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRAINING GRANTS IS NOVEMBER 28, 2014   The Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring and raising awareness of the contributions of outstanding women divers. WDHOF provides educational, mentorship, financial, and career opportunities to the diving community throughout the world. Each year, WDHOF awards scholarships and training grants that provide financial and educational support to individuals of all ages, particularly those who are preparing for professional careers that involve diving.    Scholarships are offered in conservation, marine biology, underwater archaeology, and journalism, graphic arts,…

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Sep 12
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Dive Safety – An Interview of Jill Heinerth

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ALERT DIVER, the prestigious and excellent publication of Divers Alert Network recently reached out to me with some questions about how I view dive safety. Establishing a culture of dive safety is of great importance to dive leaders and is central to Divers Alert Network’s mission. They’ll be sharing these thoughts and those of other experts in coming issues of their magazine. ALERT DIVER: Recreational diving culture; what does it mean to you? JILL HEINERTH: Sport diving is a community made up of many different subcultures. These small groups of divers are knitted together by their shop, club, charter operator…

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Aug 24
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California Drought Leaves Homes Without Water

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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of rural San Joaquin Valley residents no longer can get drinking water from their home faucets because California’s extreme drought has dried up their individual wells, government officials and community groups said. The situation has become so dire that the Tulare County Office of Emergency Services had 12-gallon-per person rations of bottled water delivered on Friday in East Porterville, where at least 182 of the 1,400 households have reported having no or not enough water, according to the Porterville Recorder (http://bit.ly/1rsgwsZ ).

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Aug 08
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Green Monster

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Algae has been dominating the news. Residents in Toledo, Ohio woke up to a new reality that they could not trust their drinking water. A rush on grocery stores ensued and even boiling water was deemed unsafe due to toxic bacteria growing in the algae soup that is now Lake Erie. This excellent photo essay describes how the algae is getting out of hand and how we might mitigate future impacts. In short, we have to embrace a future where ewe use less fertilizer and pesticides. Agricultural runoff is killing the lake. It is within our power to change the way we farm…

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