Unlike early diving, which relied exclusively on air pumped from the surface, these days scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas (usually compressed air), which gives them a possibility to move freely compared to how it was previously when connected to and restricted by an air line. Both surface supplied and scuba diving allow divers to stay underwater significantly longer than with breath-holding techniques as used in snorkelling and free-diving. Diving equipment becomes more complicated and needs closer examination and monitoring before actually being used on dives. In 1995 Trident Diving Equipment, of Chatsworth, Calif., recalled approximately 500 screw-in DIN Tank Valve Caps. If tank pressure was 3000 psi or greater, the valve cap would not be properly inserted, and the air valve would be on, the valve caps could fracture and pop out of the air tank, causing injury.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Brides and Cancer
Brides Against Breast Cancer™ program has received more than 50,000 wedding gown donations, with an estimated resale value of over 4 million dollars. This generous endowment is due in part to Making Memories national media coverage, including magazine articles in Redbook, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart’s Winter Wedding, Time, Philanthropy World and Modern Bride, along with appearances on, Oprah Winfrey, CNN, MSNBC, Ananda Lewis and hundreds of television and newspaper interviews.
Learn how to donate your gown.
Brides Against Breast Cancer™ program mission is to provide an opportunity for metastatic breast cancer patients' dream or wish to be fulfilled by providing a special time of 'Making Memories' together with their families, a chance that might not have become a reality without the assistance of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation.
In the news:
A bride died from cancer hour and a half after her wedding. Elaine Stephenson, 48, a former nurse, married her partner of 11 years Chris Johnson, 50, in a bedside ceremony at Bury Hospice, Greater Manchester, UK. She died with Mr. Johnson and her 17 year old son Ashley at her side. The bride had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2002 and underwent anti-cancer therapy, but after the treatment the disease would return in 2004 and again last year. Read more
Learn how to donate your gown.
Brides Against Breast Cancer™ program mission is to provide an opportunity for metastatic breast cancer patients' dream or wish to be fulfilled by providing a special time of 'Making Memories' together with their families, a chance that might not have become a reality without the assistance of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation.
In the news:
A bride died from cancer hour and a half after her wedding. Elaine Stephenson, 48, a former nurse, married her partner of 11 years Chris Johnson, 50, in a bedside ceremony at Bury Hospice, Greater Manchester, UK. She died with Mr. Johnson and her 17 year old son Ashley at her side. The bride had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2002 and underwent anti-cancer therapy, but after the treatment the disease would return in 2004 and again last year. Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Having Wedding In Hawaii
Locating Bridal Shops in Honolulu, Hawaii
If you are having a Hawaiian wedding, chances are that you chose that venue because you wanted everything to be perfect. There is something about a Hawaiian wedding that is so romantic, so traditional that many people choose that venue as the perfect one for them to seal the deal for their nuptials. Honolulu is the single most popular Hawaiian wedding destination, but for those people who are not from Hawaii, locating a bridal shop in Honolulu, Hawaii can be half the battle.
Since it can take a lot of time to try on gowns, it's a good idea to set appointments before you go. This way they know you're coming and can make time just for you. If it's a really convenient location you may find that it's busier than other stores and some shops may be easier to get an appointment than others.
Locating the stores is half the battle especially if you're not from Hawaii. Then you have to decide on a dress style, color, and so on. There are so many styles of dresses and add to that all the colors that bride wear today, it's no longer a tradition to be traditional. But you should be able to find the right bridal gown and all your accessories by just taking the time to see everything.
There is so much information out there to help you determine for you preferred dress style. You can choose from a-line, shoulder-less, halter-top, and so on. Find ideas on the Internet or a wedding magazine to understand what you're getting in to. Cut costs and stress by knowing ahead what you're tastes are and what you absolutely don't like.
You're either going to end up with a traditional dress or one that you custom design. However, there are non-traditional dresses now in many colors too so you can be fashionable. Another option is a beach wedding dress, which is usually less expensive and relaxed. Don't get stuck on one design. Just keep looking and come back to it if you don't find what you're favorite one.
Don't forget to ask opinions of your loved ones but make sure you can truly trust their judgment. If you have to try on every bridal dress in the store to be sure you know what you look like in different styled dresses. Moreover, make sure you like who you're buying from. It will make the experience that much sweeter.
Accessories make the dress. The dress is not the only thing you have to worry about wearing. Undergarments, a veil, jewelry, the perfect shoes-all of these are things that you are going to have to pick out at a bridal salon, too so if you decide that you need these things as well, try to have some idea of what you are looking for before you get there.
Don't procrastinate shopping for your gown. You need to get going now so you have plenty of time to see everything and not feel rushed.
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Find your wedding dress at local Hawaii bridal salons and then find more wedding merchants to help with your Hawaii wedding.
If you are having a Hawaiian wedding, chances are that you chose that venue because you wanted everything to be perfect. There is something about a Hawaiian wedding that is so romantic, so traditional that many people choose that venue as the perfect one for them to seal the deal for their nuptials. Honolulu is the single most popular Hawaiian wedding destination, but for those people who are not from Hawaii, locating a bridal shop in Honolulu, Hawaii can be half the battle.
Since it can take a lot of time to try on gowns, it's a good idea to set appointments before you go. This way they know you're coming and can make time just for you. If it's a really convenient location you may find that it's busier than other stores and some shops may be easier to get an appointment than others.
Locating the stores is half the battle especially if you're not from Hawaii. Then you have to decide on a dress style, color, and so on. There are so many styles of dresses and add to that all the colors that bride wear today, it's no longer a tradition to be traditional. But you should be able to find the right bridal gown and all your accessories by just taking the time to see everything.
There is so much information out there to help you determine for you preferred dress style. You can choose from a-line, shoulder-less, halter-top, and so on. Find ideas on the Internet or a wedding magazine to understand what you're getting in to. Cut costs and stress by knowing ahead what you're tastes are and what you absolutely don't like.
You're either going to end up with a traditional dress or one that you custom design. However, there are non-traditional dresses now in many colors too so you can be fashionable. Another option is a beach wedding dress, which is usually less expensive and relaxed. Don't get stuck on one design. Just keep looking and come back to it if you don't find what you're favorite one.
Don't forget to ask opinions of your loved ones but make sure you can truly trust their judgment. If you have to try on every bridal dress in the store to be sure you know what you look like in different styled dresses. Moreover, make sure you like who you're buying from. It will make the experience that much sweeter.
Accessories make the dress. The dress is not the only thing you have to worry about wearing. Undergarments, a veil, jewelry, the perfect shoes-all of these are things that you are going to have to pick out at a bridal salon, too so if you decide that you need these things as well, try to have some idea of what you are looking for before you get there.
Don't procrastinate shopping for your gown. You need to get going now so you have plenty of time to see everything and not feel rushed.
Find your wedding dress at local Hawaii bridal salons and then find more wedding merchants to help with your Hawaii wedding.
Planning Bridal Shower
Three Totally Not-Boring Themes For Your Next Bridal Shower
So you're planning a bridal shower -- and everyone says you need a theme. "Around the Clock." "Home and Garden." Yawn!
There aren't many times we get to be silly and girly in this world, so a bridal shower shouldn't be wasted. Make sure it's genuinely fun. It's simple --- just think about what makes your bride special, and let yourself loose with the theme. Here are a few ideas to charge up the noggin and organize something unique.
"Like High School — But Better."
Revive some great times by tipping your hat to the bride's high school days. Look up all those slightly embarrassing hits from the year she graduated -- let's say the 80s. (Create a gift CD of same for all your guests -- they'll secretly savor them when no one else is around.) Yes, they still make banana clips! Pass them out, along with big, dangly inexpensive hoop earrings and loads of jelly bracelets (remember? You wear about a hundred on each arm, a la vintage Madonna). Slather on the pink, blue and green eye shadow, metallic nail polish and bright blue mascara. Play the soundtracks from Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles.
Now for the games: segment a flashback classic, such as Madonna's "Holiday," into three or four CDs. Divide your guests into the same number of groups, and challenge them to come up with a dance routine to fit their part of the tune. Bring them back together in 10 or 15 minutes to perform their mini-masterpiece before a video camera you've set up for the occasion. Tape everyone's routine in order. Give a prize to the best choreographers (actually, give a prize to everyone for being a good sport). Together, you've created a music video that no one could forget. With any luck, it'll mysteriously show up at the reception.
Wine and Chocolate
Sometimes, when you tour a bunch of vineyards in wine country and you're really lucky, you hit upon "wine and chocolate" day. But you don't have to wait to hit the jackpot -- you can organize your own. Plan an easy afternoon of popular, easy-drinking wines like Merlot and champagne, and ask each guest to bring a creative form of chocolate. Some of our favorites: chocolate croissants, chocolate papaya crepes, chocolate-covered ginger, and yes, jalapeno brownies.
But don't stop with the food
-- make an outright bordello of it. Pile lots of velveteen pillows around the room, drape the walls with heavy fabric, burn a bit of incense. Put on some soothing Moroccan music, and arrange a few flowers in plum colored pails or vases you've dressed up with groovy gold fringe. Now pass out those beverages in pretty glass flutes, dropping a rose petal in each one. Then dig in! (Have doggie bags at the ready for blissed-out guests who want to enjoy the spoils later at home).
Occupational Hazard
Few things are more flattering than having your friends develop a party around your job. After all, you spend day in and day out there, and what you do is probably pretty important to you. Is the bride a teacher? Hand out apple-shaped candles as favors ... and place them in brown paper lunchbags. Give her a chalkboard eraser "to erase any grudges" after she's married: spray paint the top gold or silver, and have everyone sign it with a Sharpie. Sew or glue together a quick clip-on or bandana for her dog's collar that reads, "Teacher's Pet."
Is your bride an attorney? Hire a Judge Judy impersonator (yes, they exist!) to make a showing. Ask each guest to "submit a brief" -- a gift of lacey underwear for the honeymoon, accompanied by a personal note to wish the bride well.
More Ideas for Exciting Showers
Christmas in July: Place the bride's gifts under a big, frou frou artificial tree you've hung the guest favors on. Serve iced eggnog and mocha-cinnamon smoothies. Everyone loves Christmas ... especially when you've had a break from it, and don't have to agonize over what to buy the boss.
Dancing Queens: Dress up in big, pouffy prom dresses from the past (you'll find them at every thrift store), super-glam makeup, even tiaras. Lay on loads of body glitter. Head out en masse to your neighborhood restaurant or karaoke bar and toast the bride as she opens her gifts.
Cheesecake Party: Ask your guests who their favorite hunk is. Serve mini-cheesecakes in lots of different flavors (Baileys and orange, amaretto, chocolate fudge), and place a framed photo of their favorite "cheesecakes" next to each serving platter, with a special label: "Brad Pitt Blueberry," "Creme de Menthe Mel." Get inventive with the descriptions. Borrow or rent the biggest espresso machine you can find, and serve up steaming coffee drinks.
Whatever you end up going with, don't be afraid to be creative. The less you go by the book and the more you think about what makes the bride special, the more fun your shower will be for everyone.
About the author: Blake Kritzberg edits FavorIdeas. Stop by for adorable bridal shower favors and free downloadable CD designs for your next bridal shower.
Advice to bridesmaid
How to deal with being a bridesmaid
Being a bridesmaid is honoring yet there are commitments that come with this. You're the bride's best pal, so you're "the chosen one" - your friend's tying the knot and it's a very unique occasion certainly, but there are so many things to arrange, that you don't know where to start. The main idea is that you're supposed to glow, not for yourself - but for your friend - concentrate everything you do around that and you should be ok!
The dress - this is basically the toughest decision. You'd like it to be not too fancy, but still classy; think about the wedding theme when you decide on this, and discuss with friends - and especially with the bride (after all, it's her party - she should enjoy it the most). If you want dress examples, just Google them - you'll find hundreds; you can even have the pleasant surprise to find nice dresses under $100.
The shoes - should definitely go along with the dress - from every point of view (color,style and so on). Here I'd like to point out it's very important that you feel very comfortable wearing them - you don't want anything ruining your mood - so think about that when you make the choice.
Choosing the hairstyle can be a real challenge, but that's when the Internet comes in again - it saves you a ton of time, since you can always search for hairstyles, print them out and take them to your stylist. Depending on your hair's length, there are numerous variations that you can choose - but then again, you have to make sure it fits the dress, shoes and so on.
Last but not least, since you're the bridesmaid - you're best suited to organize the bridal shower party. It's strongly suggested to organize it secretly to surprise the bride 100% - so the effect will be guaranteed. Things to have on your mind: theme, the supplies, invitations, games, and so on - it's not such an easy task at all.
Whatever your choices will be, everything will work out just great if you do things with all your heart and driven by the idea to make your friend happy. When you'll realize that it's all about giving and not receiving, everything will start to blossom for you and for your friend. Here's to your success!
About the author: Roberto Garabell writes for a printable bridal shower games helpful website. It contains many resources related mostly to bridal shower parties, like wedding shower favors, themes, ideas, decorations and many more.
Being a bridesmaid is honoring yet there are commitments that come with this. You're the bride's best pal, so you're "the chosen one" - your friend's tying the knot and it's a very unique occasion certainly, but there are so many things to arrange, that you don't know where to start. The main idea is that you're supposed to glow, not for yourself - but for your friend - concentrate everything you do around that and you should be ok!
The dress - this is basically the toughest decision. You'd like it to be not too fancy, but still classy; think about the wedding theme when you decide on this, and discuss with friends - and especially with the bride (after all, it's her party - she should enjoy it the most). If you want dress examples, just Google them - you'll find hundreds; you can even have the pleasant surprise to find nice dresses under $100.
The shoes - should definitely go along with the dress - from every point of view (color,style and so on). Here I'd like to point out it's very important that you feel very comfortable wearing them - you don't want anything ruining your mood - so think about that when you make the choice.
Choosing the hairstyle can be a real challenge, but that's when the Internet comes in again - it saves you a ton of time, since you can always search for hairstyles, print them out and take them to your stylist. Depending on your hair's length, there are numerous variations that you can choose - but then again, you have to make sure it fits the dress, shoes and so on.
Last but not least, since you're the bridesmaid - you're best suited to organize the bridal shower party. It's strongly suggested to organize it secretly to surprise the bride 100% - so the effect will be guaranteed. Things to have on your mind: theme, the supplies, invitations, games, and so on - it's not such an easy task at all.
Whatever your choices will be, everything will work out just great if you do things with all your heart and driven by the idea to make your friend happy. When you'll realize that it's all about giving and not receiving, everything will start to blossom for you and for your friend. Here's to your success!
About the author: Roberto Garabell writes for a printable bridal shower games helpful website. It contains many resources related mostly to bridal shower parties, like wedding shower favors, themes, ideas, decorations and many more.
Lingerie Themed Bridal Shower Invitations
Bridal showers are a traditional way in which friends of the bride can come together to help her celebrate her upcoming marriage. It is also a time when she is showered with gifts to help her start her new life. A popular theme for bridal showers is the lingerie theme, and for this theme you need bridal shower invitations that match.
The bridal shower invitations say a lot about the theme of the bridal shower. This is the best way to let your guests know that you are having a theme bridal shower, and what types of gifts would be keeping with that theme.
For this theme you will need specialized bridal shower invitations; fortunately if you are not anxious to make them yourself, you will likely find several cute bridal shower invitations from online retailers who specialize in announcements and invitations.
There are a lot of fun things you can do with bridal shower invitations for a lingerie theme. You can go very simple, with pictures of lingerie, or you can actually use invitations that are in the shape of different styles of lingerie.
As you are preparing to choose your bridal shower invitations, keep in mind that the wording on the invitations is also important. Not only should the wording stay within the theme, it should also be fun. The wording on the bridal shower invitations is how you will let guests know exactly what type of party it will be, as well as which gifts would be best to bring.
Along with the bridal shower invitations you will need thank you cards. Bridal showers are meant to celebrate an upcoming marriage, and to shower the bride with gifts; in return the bride should send out thank you cards about two to three weeks after the bridal shower. The thank you cards should also stay within theme, but this is easy if you purchase them at the same time that you buy your bridal shower invitations.
While you are shopping for bridal shower invitations you will want to keep a few things in mind. First, the best bridal shower invitations will be on high quality cardstock, but along with quality, you will want invitations that are affordable. To find both, quality and affordable bridal shower invitations may require some shopping around, and price comparison.
No matter what type of theme you choose for your shower, choose some great bridal shower invitations to reflect that theme.
About the author: Roberto Garabell is the owner of www.The-Bridal-Shower-Invitations.com. Have loads of bridal shower invitations information and loads of bridal bouquet ideas information. Check it out.
The bridal shower invitations say a lot about the theme of the bridal shower. This is the best way to let your guests know that you are having a theme bridal shower, and what types of gifts would be keeping with that theme.
For this theme you will need specialized bridal shower invitations; fortunately if you are not anxious to make them yourself, you will likely find several cute bridal shower invitations from online retailers who specialize in announcements and invitations.
There are a lot of fun things you can do with bridal shower invitations for a lingerie theme. You can go very simple, with pictures of lingerie, or you can actually use invitations that are in the shape of different styles of lingerie.
As you are preparing to choose your bridal shower invitations, keep in mind that the wording on the invitations is also important. Not only should the wording stay within the theme, it should also be fun. The wording on the bridal shower invitations is how you will let guests know exactly what type of party it will be, as well as which gifts would be best to bring.
Along with the bridal shower invitations you will need thank you cards. Bridal showers are meant to celebrate an upcoming marriage, and to shower the bride with gifts; in return the bride should send out thank you cards about two to three weeks after the bridal shower. The thank you cards should also stay within theme, but this is easy if you purchase them at the same time that you buy your bridal shower invitations.
While you are shopping for bridal shower invitations you will want to keep a few things in mind. First, the best bridal shower invitations will be on high quality cardstock, but along with quality, you will want invitations that are affordable. To find both, quality and affordable bridal shower invitations may require some shopping around, and price comparison.
No matter what type of theme you choose for your shower, choose some great bridal shower invitations to reflect that theme.
About the author: Roberto Garabell is the owner of www.The-Bridal-Shower-Invitations.com. Have loads of bridal shower invitations information and loads of bridal bouquet ideas information. Check it out.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Solar Industry for iPhone or iPod Touch
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 03, 2009 – Each day we bring you the best solar energy news headlines from around the web and deliver them to you in a quick and easy-to-read format that is 100% free for you to use on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Solar energy is the radiant light and heat from the Sun that has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to get the latest news, inside info and much more from this exciting industry, all in an easy-to-ready format for your mobile device.
Check out the webapp on your iPod Touch or iPhone at http://solar.webappgalaxy.com. You can also now follow Webappuniverse on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/webappuniverse to stay up to date on our ever-growing universe of free iPhone webapps.
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Webappuniverse is an online directory of hundreds of different iPhone and iPod Touch webapps, 100% free and updated daily for anyone owning one of these devices. Find us at http://www.webappuniverse.com.
Solar energy is the radiant light and heat from the Sun that has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to get the latest news, inside info and much more from this exciting industry, all in an easy-to-ready format for your mobile device.
Check out the webapp on your iPod Touch or iPhone at http://solar.webappgalaxy.com. You can also now follow Webappuniverse on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/webappuniverse to stay up to date on our ever-growing universe of free iPhone webapps.
Webappuniverse is an online directory of hundreds of different iPhone and iPod Touch webapps, 100% free and updated daily for anyone owning one of these devices. Find us at http://www.webappuniverse.com.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
World's most powerful nuclear explosion
The world's largest nuclear explosion too place in Russia in 1961, watch video:
Explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures. A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed nuclear reaction. The largest nuclear weapon ever tested was the "Tsar Bomba" of the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961, with an estimated yield of around 50 megatons. The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns for people 100 km (62 miles) away. People in Norway and Sweden told windshields were shattered or cracked. The most recent nuclear test was announced by North Korea on May 25, 2009. The nuclear countries have conducted over 2,000 nuclear test explosions up to date
Associated with: * Russia * India * Pakistan * France * USA * UK, Great Britain, United Kingdom * Israel * Iraq * China * Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 1996 * Hydrogen bomb * shock wave * wmd * Weapons of Mass Destruction
Explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures. A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed nuclear reaction. The largest nuclear weapon ever tested was the "Tsar Bomba" of the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961, with an estimated yield of around 50 megatons. The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns for people 100 km (62 miles) away. People in Norway and Sweden told windshields were shattered or cracked. The most recent nuclear test was announced by North Korea on May 25, 2009. The nuclear countries have conducted over 2,000 nuclear test explosions up to date
Associated with: * Russia * India * Pakistan * France * USA * UK, Great Britain, United Kingdom * Israel * Iraq * China * Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 1996 * Hydrogen bomb * shock wave * wmd * Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Russian Submarine Wreck Found On The Seabed
Russian scuba divers dived for the first time ever to explore the wreck soviet submarine that was drowned off Bulgaria shore at the Black Sea at the time of the world war 2. This is supposed to be the submarine of the soviet Black Sea Navy L-24, that drowned in 1942. All 57 crew members then died. The most probable cause of drowning seems to have been the explosion of sea mine, believe the scuba divers, who discovered a big hole in the submarine's left board. The joint Russian-Bulgarian expedition "Bow to the Great Victory's Warships" has been taking place before the forthcoming celebration of the 65-th anniversary of the victory over the fascist Germany in the World War II. A memorial plate to honor the submarine crew is being planned to be mounted on the submarine's framework.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sea mines
Sea mines were the world’s first autonomous, unmanned weapon – the first military robots. Defending against the sea mine has always been giving impact for new research in effort to develop some effective sea mine countermeasures. Extremely dangerous, effective and lethal, whilst being easy to use even by a country with very limited or undeveloped naval warfare capability – sea mines are extremely difficult to detect and counter, even with the high tech contemporary mine countermeasures systems available up to date.
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