Oceans of Opportunity

Month: February 2010

Oceans of Opportunity | at your fingertips!

As we at Ocean Opportunity keep abreast of the latest in interactive technology integration to expand our reach, we are pleased to announce the adoption of a new Mobile platform. Vist www.oceanopportunity.com from any mobile device, such as your iPhone or iTouch, and you’ll have an Ocean of Opportunity right at your fingertips. Be sure…

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So, What do you do?

Just a few short pages into Timothy Ferriss’ ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’, that ever so familiar question was right there in front of me…in black and white… “So, what do you do?” It’s a daunting question these days, and the answers that you find today are so very different than what one would have found ten,…

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What should have been | Sealab III

Forty-one years ago today (February 15, 1969), perhaps the most ambitious life in the sea programs in history was deployed off San Clemente Island in California. At a depth of 610 feet/185 meters, the Sealab III project built upon the successes great success of Sealabs I and II. The project was spearhead by the US…

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Video Archive | 2010 Northeast Rebreather & Advanced Diving Technology Workshop

The Video Proceedings of the 2010 Northeast Rebreather & Advanced Diving Technology Workshop are now available on Youtube: This collection archives the five workshop presentations made by Eliot Danner, Mark Munro, Jeff Godfrey, Dave Sutton, and Chris Cooper. A DVD ‘Video Proceedings’ is also being compiled and will be made available soon. Your ongoing support…

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deep, out of necessity

Today it often seems that the push for range extension for manned diving excursions comes from the recreational community. The motivation is often a personal one, though benefits naturally extend to other areas or disciplines. Peter Maas’ ‘The Terrible Hours’ is an account of the rescue and salvage of the Squalus, a US submarine designed…

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building a nation | John Adams

To say I am completely taken by the HBO mini-series about John Adams is an understatement. Generally not being a history buff, I had some reservations about sitting through nearly 10 hours of US Political History, but I was pleasantly surprised. Showing the viewer a perspective of the formation of the United States from a…

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Support Ocean Opportunity | 2010 Annual Appeal

2010 will be OO’s most exciting year yet, with several field programs being scheduled, educational and outreach programs in development, and major progress being made in our campaign efforts to help people ‘Get Connected’ with Earth. Like all small, grassroots, not for profit organizations, we depend on the support of our community, friends, and collaborators…

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Branson goes 20,000 leagues under the sea…

Or more like just on a fancy, overpriced scuba dive… Branson goes 20,000 leagues under the sea On one hand, this is indeed progress for ocean exploration – that is creating the ability for humans to perceive a more familiar mode of undersea transportation. On the other hand, a $25,000 ride to 100 feet using…

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