seaswells november 2011 issue
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W ith Thanksgiving fastapproaching, I havetime to reflect on all the
events and accomplishmentsthat I am grateful to have
been involved in throughoutthe course of 2010 associated
with The Scuba Sports Club.
From early spring up until lastmonth we were kept busy al-
most every weekend diving
somewhere between the Carib-bean and upstate New York,
some even had a trip to Can-ada. We are fortunate as di-
vers to have the ability andprivilege to explore, up close
and personal, an entire world
that most people only get tosee on film. I feel privileged to
be able to explore our worldunderwater with such good
friends and companions.
There may have been a slowdown with events the past
couple of weeks, but that does-
nt mean we are done for theyear. Before many of us get
ready to leave for the Baha-
mas in a couple of weeks, andfor a couple of weeks in De-
cember, there are a few more
opportunities to get together:
TSSC General Meeting
Wednesday, November
10th LIDA Film Festival Fri-
day, November 12th Explorers Sea Stories,
Saturday, November 20th
ANCHOR LINE 1
DIVE LOG:Pirate Cruise
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CONTEST:Toms First DiveBobs First Time
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DIVE IN:2010 Dive Schedule
Local Dive Shops
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CLUB NEWS:ActivitiesSocial Events & ProgramList of 2010 Directors
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BTS NEWS:BTS 2011 Scholarships
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ON-LINE:Vacs From The Sea
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PROGRAM NOTES:JenFu Cheng
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ENVIRONMENT:Anti Shark FinningCampaign Continues
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In This Issue: TSSC Holiday Party at Victors Wednesday, De-cember 8th
Marsh Scuba is running adive trip to Cape AnnDe-
cember 11th and 12th (thewater will be warmer than
in June, so no theres no
need for a dry suit)
Once again this Holiday sea-son, TSSC is planning on
sponsoring a couple of familiesin need for Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Donations, cash orgift cards, will be accepted at
both the November and De-
cember meetings. If you didnot know, TSSC works with
Toys for Tots Program whichprovides Beneath the Sea with
$3000 worth of toys. Thesetoys are given to children who
are hospitalized at the MariaFareri Childrens Hospital.
We also plan to make another
donation to Shark Savers for
their campaign against theconsumption of shark fin soup
in China. I believe they will be
putting up new billboards andcontinue their campaign in
Beijing soon.
If you arent planning on div-
ing over the winter months,
now is a good time to inspectall your scuba equipment.
Contact your local dive shopfor tips on maintaining and
storing your equipment whilenot in use. Be especially care-
November 2010
Welcome to theNovember 2010 issue of
the Sea Swells Log!At the September meeting many
of us came face-to-face with
rebreather technology for the
first time. Expert Joe Radomski
explained the various concepts
behind rebreathers, and the
application of this silent dive
technique.
While we have already experi-
enced chilly nights and the
leaves are falling in heaps, it
does not mean that our diving
season is over yet. Check out
this issue of the TSSC newslet-
ter for information on planned
dives and other activities to
keep you in the diving mood.
And dont forget, at the Novem-
ber meeting we will enjoy a
presentation by JenFu Cheng,
on his dive photography and his
involvement in Stay Focused, a
sports program for people with
disabilities.
We hope you will join us at
the November meeting!
Visit Our Website At: www.thescubasportsclub.org
TSSC NotSlowing Down
ful because there is somedata to suggest that wet-
suits magically shrink from
one dive season to another.
Jim Sacci
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Page 2 November 2010 Sea Swells Log
Last year's SCUBAPALOOZA hadmany pleasant features, not theleast of which was a door prize donated
by Blackbeards Cruises
(www.blackbeard-cruises.com). Afteran exciting series of twists and turns
the prize finally was awarded to yours
truly. And what a prize it was.
I flew down to Nassau two days in ad-vance and checked out the sights (and
stores). Noon Saturday I finally
boarded PIRATE'S LADY, one ofBlackbeard's small fleet. I was fortu-
nate to have a lower bunk in the salon.(don't know if I could have managed
the other quarters. This was very nice.)
Our first dive was late that afternoon.
Close to shore after a day or two of
wind, the water was a bit cloudy and
cool for a skin. Viz improved after thatand so did the temp although I never
again made a dive without my 3 mil
wetsuit.
As for the only negative part of the
experience, it could probably have beenprevented by wearing a patch behind
my ear. The first full day onboard, get-
ting use to the movement of the boat, I
kept thinking that I was stuck there for afull week and would be doing something
similar again in two months on the Aqua-cat when the water would be colder and
rougher. I even thought of canceling my Aquacat adventure with the club. How-
ever, by the next day I'd acclimatized andthoroughly enjoyed the reminder of the
trip.
You don't want to read a rehash of all mydives. A few, however, were really memo-
rable.
WASHING MACHINE is a drift dive.
One enters the water and quickly iscaught up in the swirl inside a cave-like
space. You are dragged from 15 ft. to 40or 50, around in a circle, and back up
again in the space of only a few seconds.Needless to say, the computers were not
happy. Surprisingly, my ears had no
problem with the experience.Another memorable dive was into THUN-
DERBALL GROTTO. This is the caveJames Bond gets out of by helicopter at
the end of the movie "Thunderball". Actu-ally, everyone else snorkeled it but I had
a new camera to use and thought I might
need some time on the bottom. The caveceiling is high, about 20-30 ft. with an
opening in the center. It could be ac-
Pirate Cruisecessed from the outside which many
adventurous souls did, only to jumpinto the waters below.
The trip wasn't only about SCUBA.We snorkeled, sometimes collecting
conch and lobster. We visited 2 de-
serted islands, one of which had a
large and friendly iguana population.We fished. We ate well. We drank.
We relaxed. And most of all, WEHAD A GOOD TIME.
All in all, I made 18 dives. The only
one I didn't do was the third (last)night dive.
If you're looking for an inexpensiveliveaboard adventure and don't mind
a bit of roughing it, I strongly recom-mend this trip.
Judy Simek
By
Judy
Simek
For those of you who are joining uson the Aquacat trip from Novem-ber 27th to December 4th, and who
have not yet received their boarding
pass package and luggage tag, pleaseget in touch with Joann as soon as pos-
sible ([email protected]), or see her
at the November membership meeting.
Make sure you have filled out and re-turned the flight information sheet tothe trip operator, to ensure that trans-
portation between the airport andAquacat dock is arranged for you. The
cruise boards on November 27th in
Nassau at 6 pmno exceptions!
Please go to www.aquacatcruises.comfor more information about the trip and
diving off the Aquacat.
Several people who have been to the Ba-hamas at this time of the year have men-
tioned that the water can be a bit colder
than in the rest of the Caribbean, so packyour gear accordingly to ensure you have
everything you need. Remember, once weare out on the water, there is no opportu-
nity to get additional gear!
Aquacat Cruise Item Checklist:
Passport (!)
Plane tickets Itinerary Travel insurance
Dive insurance Wallet (bring cash for tips!)
C-card / Nitrox Certification Dive log
Aquacat luggage tag
Camera Prescriptions Non-oil sunscreen
Lip balm Decongestant
Antihistamine Seasickness meds
Mask, snorkel and fins BC and regulator Wetsuit, skin and/or vest
Underwater light
Cyalume sticks Glasses and sunglasses Shorts T-shirts Sun hat or visor Swimsuits
Lightweight jacket Toiletries
See you in
the Bahamas!
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Page 3 November 2010 Sea Swells Log
By
Ruth
Emblin
At our last Directors Meeting wediscussed the anti-shark finningbillboard campaign, which was launched
in 2009 by WildAid and Sharksavers.
Bus stop billboards, featuring Yao Mingand a message opposing shark fin soup,
were installed in Beijing and China dur-ing December 2009. These billboards are
part of the "Say 'no' to shark fin soup"campaign. Within the last twelve
months hundreds of people contributed
to the campaign to purchase billboardsand related media in China.
Slowly, but surely there has been a
growing indication that people are be-ginning to question the need for shark
fin soup at their traditional events. Edu-cation, and campaigns such as the bill-
boards have helped open peoples eyes to
the inhumane slaughter of sharks justto satisfy the popularity of shark fin
soup, a food which does not even havean especially attractive look or taste.
This is a picture of one of the very large
billboards that have gone up in Beijing.
All of these billboards are in theChaoyang district of Beijing. Accord-
ing to Wikipedia, the Chaoyang dis-trict is one of the fastest growing
parts of Beijing, and is home to manyforeign embassies, the well-known
Sanlitun bar street, as well as Bei-
jing's growing CBD. The OlympicPark, built for the 2008 Summer
Olympics, is also in Chaoyang, as isthe Beijing Capital International
Airport.
Exposure to the public is very high in
these areas, and we hope to drive
home the important message onthese immense displays.
On July 16th, 2010, SharkSaverslaunched its "Say 'no' to shark fin
soup" campaign in Hong Kong at theDiving Resort & Travel Expo. Shark-
Savers, a key participant in theExpo's theme of marine conservation,
encouraged people to stop eating
shark fin soup as a means to protectsharks and improve ocean health.
According to Michael Skoletsky,
Shark Savers' Executive Di-rector, "Shark populations are
being destroyed at a devastat-
ing pace throughout the world,primarily due to high con-
sumption levels of shark finsoup. We are bringing the
message of the protecting
sharks by not eating the soup
to Hong Kong, one of the epi-centers for shark fin trade and
consumption."
Sharks are the apex predators of the
seas and have been shown to play an
Environment
important role in maintaining the healthybalance of other species throughout the
ocean food chain.
Hong Kong has long been the center of theshark fin trade. However, there has been agrowing movement of people rejecting
shark fin soup in this dynamic city. TheShark Savers campaign provides grass-
roots support to this emerging trend byempowering people to take a Pledge to not
eat shark fin soup and to carry the mes-sage to their friends, family, local restau-
rants and businesses and their places of
employment.
Shark Savers encouraged Expo visitors tosign the Pledge at a table at the Expo en-
trance, their booth and continues to do soat its web site. More about shark fin soup,
and the Pledge, may be found atwww.sharksavers.org/sharkfinsoup
Going forward, funds collected for theshark fin soup campaign will be utilized
for other media in addition to bus stopbillboards: television, electronic monitors
showing the Yao Ming message in public
places, online efforts, grassroots cam-paigning, billboards, and other media as
they become available. It is important thatwe sustain the campaign and expand it
over time.
TSSC had decided to continue supportingthis very important conservation effort. To
donate directly to this program, please go
to https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=42094
To see a gallery of billboards please go to:
www.sharksavers.org/blogs/636-anti-
shark-fin-soup-billboards-installed-on-
china-streets-see-the-photos.html
Anti-Shark Finning Billboard Campaignin China Continues
As we have done in prior years, TSSC will once again sponsora Thanksgiving Feast and a Holiday Dinner for a couple ofneedy families.
Joann Bohannon is coordinating the efforts, and will distributethe donations to the people who need it most. Why not sharesome holiday cheer with people who are less fortunate than weare? Please bring your donations to the November or Decembermeetings.
Please donate the following: Cash, or Gift cards to local stores (chains like Walmart, Kmart,
Kohls, ShopRite, A&P, C-Town, etc.please avoid high-end department stores)
If you are unsure about what to donate, or would like tooffer something different, please contact Joann [email protected] to discuss your donation item(s).
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By Tom Cascione
I completed my open water training inthe dark and chilly waters of LI Soundback in the dirty old 1970s when 2-foot
viz was a good day. Emerging from the
soup of floating debris under the watchfuleye of the famed Buster Crabbe I received
his congratulatory handshake (should
have asked for an autograph too) andpromised myself that there had to be bet-
ter diving out there someplace.
Fortunately the Durland Boy ScoutScuba volunteer cadre had planned a trip
to the Florida Keys for later that Spring.
My Dad was going and so (temporaryNAUI cert in hand) was I. We had an
interesting assortment of volunteers back
then including Father Jim, a Salesian
priest who learned to dive with Cousteaubefore being transferred by his order to
the U.S.A., and Stan Perdue, a tough oldex-Navy guy with two smoking hot teen-
age daughters he was bringing along (out
of my league but you always need a goal).It was bound to be a good trip.
We rented one of those classic pontoon
boats they used to have at Pennekampthat were fantastic dive platforms until
you hit 1-foot seas or somebodys wake.
Our group headed out to our first desti-
nation, Christ of the Deep. Back then thestatue was only just starting to pick up a
encrustation but it was still a cool dive,
30 feet deep with 40-50 foot visibility andsurrounded by a pretty patch reef. I was
really excited and threw my gear to-gether quickly. Weight belt and Mae
West on, J-Valve up, test breath from the
Calypso, tighten the straps on the steel
72 and ready to go. I was the first one inthe water.
I was hanging off the line and trying to
get a look below. Back in those pre-BC
days you went in negative and eitherhung onto something or sunk. Experi-encing my first real visibility was an
immediate thrill. I could see the big
bronze Christ figure raising his handsup below me. Then I saw IT. Its hard to
imagine the level of general ignoranceregarding marine life in those days. This
was before Jaws, before Blue Water
White Death, way before the DiscoveryChannel. To my knowledge there were
three kinds of sharks. Sand sharksthe
ones folks said you didnt have to worry
about, which were sometimes hooked bysurf casters and beaten senseless on the
jetty, Whale Sharksthe gentle giants I
read about once in National Geographic,and then the rest were just Sharks.
Gray toothy monsters that fed on deadthings, surfers and downed airmen. My
NAUI handbook had briefly cautioned
that sharks would generally approach
and attack only if there were spearedfish in the water or if the diver made
erratic movements. It failed to advisewhat happened if the shark ap-
proached anyway, however it did in-
struct something about giving the
shark a strong blow to the snout.
Only a few feet beneath me, an 8-foot
leviathan was cruising by, no doubtpleased that his lunch had just been
laid out. It was a deep tan rather thanthe Nazi helmet gray I would have
expected but it was clearly a shark. Idoubted my ability to land the pre-
scribed snout blow so I performed a
feat that I have never since dupli-cated. I propelled myself up out of the
water to my knees and yelled SHARK!
This had an effect upon the seasoneddivers still on the boat; however to my
surprise they just jumped in all thefaster. A couple of them swam over to
calm me down. This was the first time
in my life I had ever heard the wordsNurse and Shark used in the same
sentence. Unfortunately my acrobaticshad so shocked the creature that it
fled the reef precluding a closer ex-amination. For a new diver though it
was all exciting and there was plenty
of other fish and coral to see. The rest
of the dive was pleasant if uneventfulhowever that day gave me a lifelong
fascination with sharks.
Tom Cascione
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By Bob Bak
Though it was many years ago I
will never forget my FIRSTTIME and the woman who I sharedthis experience with. It was a cool sum-
m e r m o r n i n g u p i n t h e
Gunks Mountains where my partner
Regina and I planned to do it the firsttime. It was early morning. We rendez-
voused at Minnewaska State Parkwhere we planned to consummate
months of early Sunday morning meet-
ings. I will say that I was a little nerv-
ous unlike most men I was going to be
judged on my performance by anotherwoman! We sat in the parking lot sipping
hot coffee when SHE arrived. She had alook as only could be described as 'Don't
talk to me until I have had a second cup
of black coffee and you best not make any
mistakes. Talk about performance anxi-
ety. It was bad enough that I had to passa written test on the subject - now I was
going to have someone there critiquingme. My mind was racing, did I bring eve-
rything? A tarp so we would not get allmuddy? Belts with good buckles that
would not come loose during our
main descent? Did I size my bodyprotection correctly? After all I only
tried it on briefly in the store. I hadput it on behind the rack fearing
that someone may walk in at anytime and see me. I hope she ap-
proved. The only color they had it inwas black. Did I bring the, well you
know, that cylindrical thing and thatrestraint device you put it in?
The teacher woman then spoke. "Getyour toys together and we are going
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down the trail to the water." As I walkeddown the path I could hear voices. When
we reached the shore I could see many
other people there. My g__, where am I?What have I gotten myself into? Were
we going to have a crowd watchingus? Well the look on my face must have
said it all. Miss C came over and said,"Relax and set up over there. Most of
these people have done it hundreds oftimes before and are not Interested In
the newbie. They already have multiplepartners that they are interested in doing
it with. I can tell this from personal ex-
perience. I quit counting after a thousandtimes. A thousand times! I hoped
to make it through this one time.
I glanced around. No one was looking.
They were all to busy stripping down and
putting on their protection. After all, they
were going to do it in the water wherethere were little water bugs. I have heard
about the little Amazonian fish and won-dered if these bugs were similar. So I
quickly put on my black protection, too.No way was I going in there with out it. I
then grabbed the cylinder but must havetwisted it wrong because at that very
moment it started chattering EVERY-
ONE JUST LOOKED AT ME. I could seeit in their eyes, just shouting at me,
Newbie! Talk about embarrassing. I
tried to just hurry and get into the water
and melt away but things only got worse.
I stumbled over my two big feet. My g__,I never noticed how big they were before,and yellow, too.
Regina and I made it into the water. MissC gave the signal and Regina put the
watchamacallit in her mouth. I recipro-cated and put the watchamacallit she
had her hand on and put it in my
mouth. We had been instructed previ-ously that when you are in the water
sometimes you may need help and thatit was perfectly normal for your part-
ner to help and guide you. After all youshould not do it alone. Especially in a
cave, where, if you were to stir it up ina frenzy, you might go, so to speak
blind and possibly die. I did not want todie doing it. You should always have a
buddy when doing it. I went down with
Regina. I started to get a little lightheaded. Things started to close in. A
little voice in the back of my head said,don't task overload and concentrate on
just one thing... I tried to wet my lips,calm my breathing and continued
down. It was all coming back to me.
There I was. I had hit bottom. I know
this because Miss C said it would have
a soft and jello-like consistency. Thenin a panic I said to myself "Bob get out
of this or you may never come up." So Iwiggled out of the "MUD" and rose up.
My vision started to clear only to seeMiss C with her hands out and up as if
to say "what are you doing?" She in-
structed me to kneel down before herwhile she held onto that harness sys-
tem on me and made me take it off. Iclosed my eyes. Then she a hand on my
head and I put it back on. Then shemade Regina and I kneel facing each
other. While holding each othershands Miss C gave the signal and Re-
gina put my watchamacallit in hermouth. I reciprocated and put her
thingamajig in my mouth. We kept
doing this rhythmically until we weretold to stop. Miss C then shook our
hands. We then proceeded to get out ofthe water. We stripped off our protec-
tion and sat on the tarp. I asked Re-
gina "Was it what you expected?" She
replied "I didn't feel a thing I was
numb". I knew what she meant. It wa day of a lot of firsts for me. I wa
grateful that she did not say I a
never doing that again with you."
This was not the end. We repeated th
same procedure three more times ov
the two days. Each time there was
slight variation. On the last two timwe drove to Rhode Island because thpark in the Gunks was getting a litt
crowded and Miss C thought we needea change of scenery. The difference w
that I found it to be a little more inte
esting and everything seemed cleareAt times it seemed as if I were floati
on air. Things got easier and becammore natural. Regina thought th
same. The one comment she made wthat it tasted a little saltier today.
guess that made sense since we were the ocean. At the end of the day w
stood in front of Miss C where she prsented us with a blue card, a type
license so we could do it again and wi
different people. No longer was shgoing to stand over us and grade us.
was more than a learners permit. Wethat day changed my life and the
days I try to do it as many times a
possible. I dont have people standin
over me now knocking off points fpoor performance. Unfortunately I ca
not do it every day but I guess that
what keeps it fresh and exciting. I wnever forget that FIRST TIME. Aft
all, even a bad time doing that is bettthan my best day at work. I hope that
will be able to do it with some of you the near future. But it will never b
like that FIRST TIME!
Your Buddy,
Rum BobThe two stories you just read are the last submissions to our FIRST DIVE
STORY TELLING CONTEST 2010! Thank you to all of you who virtually(and literally) put pen to paper!
Now it is up to you to decide who will receive the 2010 SeaSwells Award. Please review the following entries and select your
favorite. Prizes will be awarded for the story with the most votes, followed by second and third place!
May/June 2010: Nick Lappano www.thescubasportsclub.org/seaswells/SeaSwells_2010-05-06.pdf
July 2010: Jack & Denise Kurz, Bernie Schmidt www.thescubasportsclub.org/seaswells/SeaSwells_2010-07.pdf August 2010: Fred Gambino, Dennis Orlowski www.thescubasportsclub.org/seaswells/SeaSwells_2010-08.pdf
September 2010: Corey Joyner, Judy Simek www.thescubasportsclub.org/seaswells/SeaSwells_2010-09.pdfOctober 2010: Vreni Roduner www.thescubasportsclub.org/seaswells/SeaSwells_2010-10.pdf
November: Tom Cascione, Bob Bak www.thescubasportsclub.org/seaswells/SeaSwells_2010-11.pdf
Please look for an email with a link to a voting site, where you can make your selectionor if you are computer-less,please snail-mail your choice to me by November 24th to Ruth Emblin, 20 Tinker Hl, Putnam Valley NY 10579.
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Club Dive Schedule
Date/Time: Location Description Contact/Organization
Nov. 27 to Dec 4 Exumas, Bahamas Aquacat Liveaboard Jim & Joann Sacci
All dates and programs are subject to change without prior notice. For more details and updates, either contact
Jack Kurz or the dive coordinator shown, or refer to our website at www.thescubasportsclub.org .
LOCAL DIVE SHOPS - AT YOUR SERVICE
The listing of local dive shops is provided to you as a reference and public service.For each shops specialty, dive training and trip programs, please call or visit their website.
Captain Saams Scuba
School863 E Main St., Ste B
Stamford, CT 06902Tel. 203-32 SCUBA
www.capt-saam.com
The Dive Shop439 Federal Rd.
Brookfield, CT 06804Tel. 203-740-9166
www.TheDiveShoponline.com
Pan Aqua Diving (2 locations):
460 W 43rd St., New York, NY 10036Tel. 212-736-3483
and461 Federal Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804
Tel. 203-775-3573www.panaqua.com
Rex Dive Center
144 Water StreetNorwalk, CT 06854
Tel. 203-853-4148www.rexdive.com
Cougar Sports
917 Saw Mill River Rd.Ardsley, NY 10502
Tel. 914-693-8877
Durland Scuba Committee
& SchoolVenture Crew #53
35 East Grassy Sprain Rd. Ste 204Yonkers NY 10710
Tel 914-961-1263
http://www.durlandscuba.org
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Aqua Visions Scuba118 West Boston Post Road
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Tel. 914-381-1884
www.aquavisions.biz
Ski and Scuba Connection26 Saint Roch Ave
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel. 203-629-4766
www.skiandscubaconnection.com
2037 Central Park Ave
Yonkers, NY 10710
Tel. 914-779-2966
and
2672 Gerritsen Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Tel. 718-769-0099www.scubany.com
Captain MikesDiving School530 City Island Ave
City Island, NY 10464
Tel. 718-885-1588
www.captainmikesdiving.com
Abyss Scuba222 E Main Street
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
914-244-3483
www.abyss-scuba.net
Marsh Scuba Supply93 Lauer Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Tel. 845-452-8994
www.marshscuba.com
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Whos Who at TSSCin 2010
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Executive Director: Bill NoelDive Planning: Jack KurzEducation/Safety: Bob BakEnviro/Legislative: Peter Peale
President: Jim Sacci
Vice President: Nick Lappano
Treasurer: Cindy Fisher
Secretary: Joann Bohannon
Director At Large: Michael Noel
Membership: Denise Kurz
Newsletter: Ruth Emblin
Webmaster: Jim Sacci
Program: Allan Rios
Social: Judy Simek
Legal Advisor: Robert Schrager
Founder: Armand Zigahn
Co-Founder: Soliman Shenouda
List Maintenance: Anne Judge
Note:
Programs may change without prior notice. Seewww.thescubasportsclub.orgfor updates.
SOCIAL &
EVENTS
2010
Date Description
Dec. 8th TSSC Holiday Party& General Meeting
Victors Restaurant
6.00 pm
Directors Meeting:Wed, Dec. 1st, 2010 on the Aquacat
General Meeting:
Wed. Dec. 8th, 2010, at 6.00 pm
Victors Restaurant, Hawthorne
Program Notes:
TSSC Holiday Party &Dennis ChamberlandAtlantica Expedi-
tions Leader, www.UnderseaColony.com
December Program
Directors Meeting:Tue. Nov. 2nd, 2010 at 7.00 pm
General Meeting:Wed. Nov. 10th, 2010 at 7:00pm
Victors Restaurant, Hawthorne
Program Notes:
Dr. JenFu Cheng
on diving with disabilitieswww.stayfocused.org,jenfucheng.com
November Program
Sea of Tomorrow Scholarship$1,000
To be awarded to an individual six-teen years or older to participate ina recognized or accredited programin the fields of marine environmentalconservation, biology, ecology, re-search, or training in a diving relatedprogram necessary for participation
in these field of endeavor. Applica-tion deadline: February 13, 2011
New in 2011!Marine Careers Scholarship
$1000To be awarded to an individual six-teen to twenty two years old to par-ticipate in a recognized scuba divingtraining program. The $1000 awardmay be used for learn to dive oradvanced diving training. Up to $500of the award may be used for dive
equipment purchase. Applicationdeadline: February 13, 2011
New in 2011!Parsons The New School For Design
Photography Scholarship$1500
To be awarded to a Parsons studentto demonstrate photography as a me-dium for expressing an understandingof science, art and the ocean and the
environment. The award may beused for education, project re-search and equipment (up to $750of the award for equipment.)
New for 2011!Discovery Scholarship
$1,500The Board of Trustees of Beneath
the Sea has endowed this Discov-ery Scholarship to encourageyoung adults, searching for a lifefocus, to consider a marine ca-reer. This scholarship may be ap-plied to any recognized programin the field of marine study orits many support services
For details on the various scholar-ships and application forms,please go to the Beneath The Sea2011 website at
www.beneaththesea.org
Beneath The Sea will be held fromMarch 25th to 27th, 2011, at theMeadowlands Expo Center in Se-caucus, New Jersey.
See you in March2011!
35th Anniversary
ScholarshipsBeneath The Sea 2011
We will have our annual holiday party on
December 8th at Victors Restaurant.
We will have a few contests to makethings a bit more interesting!
Come dressed up to win a prize for
The Wildest Holiday Costume
The Best Dive-Related Holiday
Costume
The Best Santa Outfit!
A prize will also be awarded for the
Most Creative Holiday Dessert (thatsactual food to be EATEN, not WORN!!!).
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EDITORS NOTE:
This newsletter is a publication of The Scuba Sports Club of Westchester, NYIssue 11/2010 Material may not be reprinted without explicit permission by TSSC.
JenFu Cheng is an East Coast-based pho-tographer who travels the World with
the goal of capturing in photographs theessence of his passions. He learned the
technical aspects of photography through avoracious appetite for books
and magazines on the sub-
ject. However, being an
avid climber, hiker andSCUBA diver, his inspira-
tion has come from a close
connection with his subjectmatter and those individu-
als who share in these pas-sions. Over the past decade, JenFu has
created a collection of photographs from hisvarious pilgrimages under the sur-
face. They are the products of the synergis-
tic combination of JenFus passion for
Sea Swells Log, 20 Tinker Hl, Putnam Valley NY 10579 OfficialDive Club
T
he year is almost over, and the
Board of Directors is looking for
new blood. Many of the current directorshave served for a long time and are hop-
ing to take a little break. Of course, they
will always be at hand to offer advice
when needed. It would be great if a few
members stepped up to the plate and took
over some of the open positions. Our cur-
rent president, Jim Sacci, will be discuss-
ing the open positions at the November
membership meeting. Not only is becom-
ing a board member an exciting chal-
lenge, it is also very gratifying, as new
friendships are formed or existing rela-
tionships deepened, while we work to-
gether on moving TSSC another notch forward. Contrary to popular opinion
serving on the board is not some type of
forced servitude; all of us work to the best
of our abilities and available time. It can
also be a lot of fun to be involved in the
creative process driving an association
like ours. Come join us and see what you
can do for our club as a new member of
the board!
RuthEditor
Vacuums Made From Ocean Debris
Here is a cool concept: collect plasticdebris from the Pacific, Atlantic andIndian Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea,and the Baltic and North Seas, and turn
them into vacuums. That is what Elec-
trolux Group, a Swedish manufacturer of
cleaning and cooking appliances,
recently decided to do. The project
called "Vac from the Sea" was
initiated in spring of 2010 to raise
awareness about plastic garbage
floating in the oceans and help to
clean up the environment.
Each of the five unique vacuum
cleaners presents the ocean or sea
from which the plastic originates.
All models are fully functional and havebeen built using the same core structure
as a current production model, Electrolux
says. However, the quality and the logis-
tics needed for cleaning and sorting ocean
plastic makes it difficult to use in mass
production.
"Our oceans are filled with plastic waste,"
says Hans Strberg, President and CEO
of Electrolux. "Yet on land, there is a
shortage of recycled plastic for making
sustainable appliances."
Drifting plastic grain that has been
bleached by the sun and corroded by salt
water makes up the Pacific Edition vac-
uum cleaner. Plastic for the North Sea
addition was collected on beaches in westernSweden. The garbage consists largely of
rinse aid and detergent bottles, cans, plastic
buckets, and all kinds of plastic packaging.
Since it has not been bleached by the sun or
touched by saltwater, the material is still
very colorful. Most plastic collected for theMediterranean Edition comes from an area
west of the French town of St Cyr-sur-Mer
and contains PET-bottles, food containers,
beverage cans and beach toys. Garbage col-
lected from coral reefs and beaches in Thai-
land makes up the Indian Ocean Edition.
Divers had to cut the nets and plastic bags
from coral reefs in the area. The vacuum
also contains chunks of Styrofoam and
household garbage that drifted in the water.
To read the article in its entirety, go to
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a d v e n t u r e s . u s / 2 0 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 7 /
electrolux-vacuum-ocean-debris/
disabilities through these activi-
ties. He founded Peak Potential,
Inc., an entirely volunteer-run, non-profit organization that provides
free, adaptive rock climbing pro-grams for children with disabili-
ties. JenFu also volunteers as Medi-
cal Advisor, Divemaster, and photog-
rapher forStay-Focused,
Inc., a non-
profit organi-zation that
p r o v i d e sa d a p t i v e
SCUBA div-ing programs
for teenagers
with mobility challenges. Being in-
volved with Stay-Focused, Inc. hascultivated a strong interest in hyper-
baric medicine and a com-
mitment to improving thesafety of diving for indi-
viduals with disabilities.
SCUBA diving and photography. These
include images of creaturesboth tiny and grand, captured
in diverse locations such as theMaldives, Galapagos Islands,
Cocos Island, Raja Ampat,
Cayman Islands, Turks & Cai-
cos, Bonaire, Curacao, SocorroIsland, Saba and Cozumel.
JenFu Cheng is also a physi-
cian practicing in New Jersey
and an assistant professor at the Uni-versity of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey-New Jersey Medical Schoolwho specializes in Pediatric Rehabilita-
tion Medicine. He has a passion for out-door adventure sports and is dedicated
to improving the lives of children with
October Program Notes:JenFu Cheng
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