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| President's Message | Meeting Location |
| Calendar for October and Beyond | October Meeting Program |
| A Safety Minute | Happy October Birthday |
| Get Smart With Joe | 2012 OverseasTrips |
| Millie and David Pressler's car was broken into
during the Seafood Fest party at Lauderdale Isles Yacht Club. The
Drivers side window was smashed and Millie's purse was stolen.
Don't leave items in plain site in your vehicle when parking at the
Yacht Club. They "found out from the credit card companies
that already, by about 6:45 PM, the cards were being used at gas
stations on Sunrise Blvd, east of the Swap Shop."
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MEETING LOCATION !!!
Location for General Meeting
Lauderdale Isles Yacht Club, 2637 Whale Harbor Lane, Ft. Lauderdale
The Same Place We Have The Pig Roast and Seafood Fest !!
Directions:
1. Take I 95 to Davie Blvd. Head West.
2. Turn Left on 27th Ave, (Riverland Road ).
3. Follow around and Stay on Riverland Road
4. Turn left at Whale Harbor Lane.
5. Lauderdale Isles Yacht Club is on the Right
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PLEASE SEE NOTE ABOVE !!
SFDI meetings are the first Wednesday of each month at Lauderdale Isles Yacht Club. The meeting starts at 7:30 If you are not a member, and you are reading this on the Internet, please join us because visitors are ALWAYS WELCOME! In an attempt to condense the length of the meetings, we are going to start the meeting PROMPTLY at 7:30. Please come earlier to socialize before the meeting starts. |
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WELCOME YOUR NEWEST DIVE BUDDIES!
We are delighted to welcome new member: George Kastanes Teresa Kastanes Gary Mallow Renee Mallow Todd Haley As a Reminder to Everyone, We are a NO-DECOMPRESSION Dive Club. Always adhere to Safe Recreational Dive Depths and Limits.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS October… and beyond !
Once again we would like to thank all those members who have stepped up and organized our many various events. No matter how much we have going on we still need more members to come forward with new ideas and to act as Coordinators. Any E-Board member will be more than happy to give you any needed assistance to get you started. The more people we have planning events the better our Club will be.
To ensure privacy please note that we never post the phone numbers of our event coordinators. If you are a Club member please consult your Buddy List for the number you need. If you do not have one there will be a copy available at the next General Meeting, or contact Melissa Ames.
The Calendar is here for your convenience. If you see an event that interests you please contact the Coordinator directly. You can sign-up for an event at any time. Simply contact the Coordinator and he/she will be more than happy to add your name to the list and tell you where to mail payment. Remember, you are not on an event until payment has been received. For those events with a maximum number of openings the date payment was received will be the determining factor for who goes on the event. No exceptions, no whining.
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Sept. 24: Twilight
Private Boat Dive (Saturday – Time TBA) A
new twist on our traditional favorite.
Oct. 1 - 2: Vandenberg Weekend. Pete is planning the third annual trip to Key West to dive the Vandenberg. We will be diving Saturday and Sunday doing a double dip on the wreck each day. It will be interesting to see how much life has taken up residence since our first trip. For more information on this impressive wreck, see www.keywest.com/vandenberg. The cost for the trip is $110 tax and tips included. Tanks are extra
Oct. 9: Schnebly Winery Tour & Tasting (Sunday – time tba) Yet another great idea for a fun day! Jeff & Ginny want everyone to join them at this famous location in Homestead. Different prices for various types of tastings and tours. Call Jeff or Ginny for more details or Google the winery for a better look.
Oct. 12: Rosenstiel Marine Lab Tour (Wednesday – 3:00 PM) Sandra Camper has arranged a unique opportunity for us to tour this world renowned marine lab. Highlights will be the aquaculture facility, sea slug hatchery and coral research center. Please call Sandra for more details and sign-up soon as there will probably be a cap on the number of people who can attend.
Oct 13: Dinner
at Large (Thursday 7:30 pm)
If seafood is your thing
join Bill and Gina Wieger for a great dinner at GG's Waterfront Bar & Grill
Oct. 29: Starfish Enterprise (Saturday 7:30 AM Show 8J ) AM Go) It may be a wee bit early in the morning, but the reefs off Palm Beach County come alive at daybreak. Larry Mullins will be hosting this one and hopes for a nice turnout. Call him for more details or go to www.idivestarfish.com.
Keep an eye out for November events…. They will be posting soon. |
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And lastly, a few other things that are in the works…
Dry Tortugas - Dave Wills is planning to repeat his successful trip from a couple years ago. Dates and details to follow.
Keys Bike Trip - Dave Wills again! No dates, no details, but this should be a fun event.
Coast Guard Boating Safety Course - Safety minded Donna Eades had this idea and will do the coordinating.
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"POLICIES AND PROCEDURES" NOW PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE. The rules and regulations that we must all abide by are now printed in their entirety on the website. I cannot stress enough how important it is that all members, new and old, read and be thoroughly aware of how these rules apply to them. I have summarized below some of the more important points.
Payment: A member is confirmed on an event only after their payment has been received. Payments for dives must be made when signing-up. Payments for trips must be made according to the schedule provided by the Coordinator. In the event that a dive, trip, etc. is overbooked than those confirmed to go will be determined by the date order of payment.
Cancellation: Once a member signs on for a dive or other event he/she is obligated to pay unless they contact the Coordinator by the specified cancellation deadline. Cancellation deadlines are outlined in Policies and Procedures.
Certification Requirements: Some dives will be restricted to divers with certain minimum qualifications, generally as specified by the dive operator. In some cases these minimums will be set by the Coordinator in conjunction with the E-Board based on the profile and/or characteristics of the planned dive. No exceptions will be allowed.
Special Needs: Some of our members have "special needs" when participating on a dive, trip or other event. These can be cases where someone needs extra help off or back on a dive boat, special requirements regarding accommodations, etc. Coordinators are not psychic. It is the responsibility of the member to make sure that the Coordinator knows of these needs well in advance of the event.
If any of the above are not abundantly clear be sure to get clarification from an E-Board member.
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Ginny DeMattei's
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Photos by Jeff and Ginny Raffa
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October Meeting Program
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IN SEARCH OF THE LARGEST FISH
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On October 5th, join SFDI as we learn about whale sharks from scientist John Tyminski of the Mote Marine Laboratory Center for Shark Research (CSR). The CSR studies elasmobranchs - sharks, skates and rays. Its research ranges from molecular biology and biomedical studies of sharks in the laboratory to ecological, fisheries and conservation studies of shark populations in the sea. Just what do those gentle, plankton-eating creatures of the Yucatan Peninsula do all day? Come and find out on October 5th! |
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ABOUT JOHN TYMINSKI
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John
Tyminski joined the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine
Laboratory, headquartered in Sarasota FL, as a Staff Biologist in 1995
and was promoted to Senior Biologist in 2002. John has worked on a
diverse range of projects involving a broad array of shark and ray
species, including field and analytical work, that has focused on
shark nursery areas, relative abundance, sexual dimorphism, movement
and migration and the characterization of the artisanal elasmobranch
fishery in the Gulf of California. Most recently, John has been active
in studying the behavioral ecology of whale sharks off Mexico's
Yucatan Peninsula. In the lab, John continues to extend the work from
his graduate studies that examined the role of steroid receptors in
the reproductive tissues of male bonnethead sharks.
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Get Smart with Joe G. October 2011 Ear Pressure Equalization
Many people experience severe ear pain, even when diving in a swimming pool, and automatically assume that they will have to deal with the same situation while scuba diving. This can easily be avoided if the techniques of ear pressure equalizing are correctly applied.
As one dives deeper, the water pressure increases and it is therefore extremely important for divers to equalize their ears to prevent serious damage, such as rupturing of the eardrum, while diving.
The ear consists of 4 basic structures. The outer ear, which is open and filled with air, experiences the same pressure as the outside environment. The middle ear is air-tight and air moves in and out through the Eustachian tube. The Eustachian tube links the ears to the nose and throat. If the Eustachian is open, the air flows from the nose and throat into the ears. Usually the air in the middle ear is trapped, as the Eustachian tubes are generally closed. The eardrum divides the outer and middle ear and consists of a thin tissue.
The pressure on the outer ear increases as a diver descends due to the fact that the outer ear is affected by the pressure of the surrounding environment. The pressure in the middle ear stays unchanged and this pressure difference between the outer and middle ear creates pressure on the eardrum. This is commonly referred to as “ear squeeze" and causes the eardrum to bulge away from the higher pressure, leading to the bursting of the eardrum with extreme pain, a ringing sound in the ears and sometimes even blood in the ear canal.
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Joe G’s Safety minute for October 2011 Benefits of Staying Calm Through Breath Control Your ability to focus on breathing calmly as a diver is the key to ensuring you react to stress in a responsible way. Injuries during dives occur moreover as a result of are more panic than the actual events' cause.
Prevention is much better than cure when you are aware of what to concentrate on. Adopting certain techniques will allow for preventing unnecessary exertion and assist in remaining calm during the dive.
Maintaining peak performance buoyancy at all times is often a preventative mechanism. Lack of attending to this technique is one of the reasons many divers end up in a panic, resulting in disorientation and runaway ascents. It's important to keep equilibrium within the fundamentals of the diving process, thereby limiting and ruling out unnecessary factors such as hypoxia, the bends, altitude sickness etc.
Breathing continually full and deeply and exhaling in the same manner will overcome the air pressure expansion and compression within body cavities.
Never hold your breath and remember that you need to keep exhaling when that regulator is out of your mouth. Holding breath affects the equilibrium of the pressure exerted at that specific depth. The aforementioned should be conducted bearing in mind that your lungs are as much of a buoyancy control tool as your BC.
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