Oceans of Opportunity

Tag: #atlantis

the homogenization of humanity

I’ve been reluctant to blog on this subject given the great sensitivities that arise from several perspectives, but I just can’t shake a long slew of thoughts from my mind. A couple of weeks ago, a story broke about a Canadian couple who refused to disclose the sex of their child, suggesting that the child…

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destination: under the sea

My last post discussed the perspective that all of our forays to the deep blue were a ‘vacation’. With opportunities like going out to eat at an underwater restaurant, or a stay at an underwater hotel as read about in a recent CNN piece, that vacation idea might not be too far off. I can…

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it’s all just a big wet and wild vacation

‘No Vacation Nation’. Sounds about right. I haven’t taken a true vacation in a long, long time. I’ve found myself out and about, even traveling the world to some extent, but never without my laptop slung on my back and eagerly searching out the next wifi hot spot to at the very least stay on…

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on budget crises, and gettin’ $#!T done

I’m generally incredibly hesitant to talk politics here on ‘a New Life’, but we are in a time and space where not one single person in this country can take for granted that the US is a great place to live and everything will be just fine…unfortunately we are as prone to the realities of life, injustice,…

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plan your dive, dive your plan

From the seemingly simple, to utterly complex of underwater operations, the statement ‘plan your dive, dive your plan’ offers a critical piece of advice. In the early days, I was taught about the 7 P’s – Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance – and that has proved true time and time again. Most of…

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a bit more pressure

While the winter has been quite productive despite the convention of a seasonal low in contract diving, the recent break in the weather has ramped things up significantly. More work means more and more time underwater, and ‘under pressure‘. I’ve written about pressure numerous times before, and the topic is certain to continually surface as we continue on…

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so, they say Atlantis has been found

Now this is not an everyday headline by any means. MSNBC recently released a piece highlighting University of Hartford’s Richard Freund’s work in Spain, which claims to have uncovered the Lost City of Atlantis. According to Freund, his team has discovered remnants of an ancient city some 60 miles inland from the coast that would…

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Ezekiel’s Merkabah | Knowing, Part 3

For this last installment of our review of the film ‘Knowing‘, we will discuss the reference to Ezekiel’s Chariot, and the prophecy that it conveys. Some background – Ezekial is the author and central protagonist of the Book of Ezekial in the Hebrew Bible which goes on to discuss his prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem.…

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Codex of all Codices | Knowing, Part 2

In continuing this review and analysis of the film ‘Knowing‘, we must absolutely address the numeric sequence which was obsessively scribed by the character Lucinda Embry. The sheet of paper containing several hundred seemingly random digits was placed into an elementary school’s ‘time capsule’ to be opened some 50 years later. Upon opening and rediscovery of this…

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the historical value of the history on The History Channel

I hate to admit it, but this wintery massacre of 2011 is keeping even me inside (while not shovelling snow anyway). While I’m not much of a television person, background noise in various formats is welcomed when chipping away at the never-ending piles of stuff to do. I must say that I am particularly taken…

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