A Great-Full Day!

TODAY is World Gratitude Day! Started in 1977 by the United Nations Meditation Group, World Gratitude Day is an opportunity to celebrate the things you are grateful for and to show appreciation for your blessings.  Everyone can take part by … Continue reading

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Found: Andrea Doria Lifeboat Owner!

Good Afternoon Pierette, Nice to meet you. I have been in the commercial diving business for the past 33 years, currently working for Oceaneering Int. the company that worked with Peter Gimble to recover one of the ships safe back … Continue reading

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Quote: what is courage?

Courage “It’s been proven that the only effective way to deal with fear is to walk through it, through the pain that accompanies doing something you’re afraid to do. It takes courage to fulfill your commitments, courage to stay on … Continue reading

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Found on Land: Two Andrea Doria Lifeboats!

What great fines from the Andrea Doria this summer! First the bridge bell founded the wreck site and now to Andrea Doria lifeboats found in Lafitte, Louisiana dividui who suffer from this disease, only a smallpractitioners or Diabeto-Lancet 2006; 368(9548):1673-1679• … Continue reading

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15 Famous Authors With Surprising College Majors

You’re undoubtedly wondering what this title has to do with serving our seas. Actually, I’m trying to make a point: you don’t have to be a naval architect, shipwreck diver, shipbuilder, or anything related to the sea in order to … Continue reading

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Helen Keller inspires us to cure apathy with inner science

Helen Keller’s words below really struck a chord that I want to share: “Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.” … Continue reading

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Expedition Titanic

It’s difficult to fathom (no pun intended) that we have the technology to raise the Titanic virtually by revealing images from a wreck more than 12,000 feet beneath the sea. The images of the Titanic are as clear as can … Continue reading

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Grateful for Being Shipwrecked

Would you like to be the hero or heroine of your life story? During this radio interview, my fellow author Katana Abbott and I discuss the value of gratitude for any situation. Please click on the Smart Women Talk Radio … Continue reading

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A Night of Horror on the Andrea Doria

It was July 25, 1956. Elizabeth Hanson, six months pregnant, was returning to the U.S. with her  three young children after her husband’s Fulbright professorship in Italy. He had flown ahead to retrieve the family car while they came across … Continue reading

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Coming soon: A 3-D Titanic map!

Scientists will launch an expedition to Titanic next month to assess the “deteriorating” condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a three-dimensional map for the public. The 20-day expedition to the site, which is two-and-a-half miles beneath the … Continue reading

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