Inside the den of Somali Pirates : Al Jazeera

Thailand Trip Google Maps

View Thailand in a larger map

This is an interactive map that I built with pictures of the things we saw in Thailand. You can click on the icons and open them up if you want to see more pictures. Great way of seeing different parts of the country through pictures. Visit Thailand if you ever get a chance.

Swimmers challenge whirlpools & tide rips at Deception Pass

Shrink the Gap! A future worth creating.

In what should be the rallying cry for generations of Americans and people around the world, one man has articulated a future worth creating. Read all three books and start with the Pentagons New Map. Watch the C-Span Powerpoint and let your outlook and worldview be changed forever. Samish Divers proudly supports Thomas P.M. Barnett and his work as well as the work of Enterra Solutions and other associated institutions and agencies.

Grand Strategy is finally ready for primetime.

Shrink the Gap!

http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/

http://www.enterrasolutions.com/

Ship location kept quiet to protect hijacked crew

MOSCOW – For more than two weeks, the freighter Arctic Sea seemed to have vanished in the Atlantic Ocean's vastness, but officials said Tuesday they knew where it was all along and were just staying mum in order to bring a dangerous hijacking drama to a bloodless end.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/missing_ship

Energy Determination

The Energy Determination sailed from Bonaire on 5 November 1979, in ballast and bound for the Das Islands in Arabian Gulf for a cargo of crude oil. At 0100hrs 13 December 1979 (local time), she was passing through the Straits of Hormuz when she was ripped by a large internal explosion in vicinity of No 9 starboard tank which contained about 354 tons of slops.

http://www.desertsportsdivingclub.net/articles/energy_determination.htm

Hawaii-based Navy SEAL dies in training accident

The commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command says a fatal training accident involving a Navy SEAL assigned to Pearl Harbor is “a heart-wrenching loss.”

http://cdiver.net/news/hawaii-based-navy-seal-dies-in-training-accident/