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What You Should Know About South African Sea Sharks
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Sharks are really fascinating creatures! Feared by mankind for their fierce eating habits and their vicious look, but still are we so intrigued by this majestic creature. Sharks have become a rather popular specie; constantly to be seen in news reports and in Hollywood movies, hunted by some, researched by the shark lovers and with shark cage diving increasing in popularity all around the world, especially in South Africa, people can’t seem to get enough about the king of the ocean. On that note, below are a couple of interesting things about sharks and Shark Cage Diving you didn’t know and would probably intrigued when reading it.
• There are more than 360 shark species, but only four of them present a threat to humankind and are known to attack humans: The Great White Shark, Bull Shark, Tiger Shark and the Oceanic Whitetip Shark. Most of the times these attacks are provoked and a lot of the times they are even mistaken. There are other shark species that have attacked, but has hardly ever been the cause of death.
• Sharks don’t always bite, just sometimes. Unlike humans sharks can not eat continuously in a row, so most often they bite to determine if the object is worth their digestive time. If they’ve bitten it and don’t think it is worth their while they will leave it and find something better. It is almost like us people inspecting a menu deciding what to eat. If we aren’t satisfy we’ll just look for something else or find another restaurant.
• According to experiments it has been concluded that sharks may be afraid of dolphins. To top that there have been stories that dolphins have protected humans from sharks before. Mythbusters tested this theory by putting a mechanical, made-up dolphin where a great white shark was feeding near a seal cutout and raw bait. But instead of the shark going for the bait or dolphin he avoided both of them.
• It is possible for female sharks to reproduce and give birth without having any physical contact with a male shark. Not always, but sometimes. One particular case has been documented of a female shark not having had contact with a male shark in three years, but has given birth to a baby shark without any parental DNA present; resulting in the newborn almost being an exact replica of his mother, yes its true try Shark Cage Diving
• In some cultures sharks are worshipped as gods. At some islands like Hawaii where there is a vast amount of sharks, it is no surprise that they model a shark as a god. The story has it that some of these models can transform from human to shark. Some stories even tell of the sharks first being of human nature. One particular story tells the fable that the shark in human form warned beach-goers about the sharks in the water. But the people on the beach ignored the human-shark, and was later eaten up by the same shark that originally warned them about the sharks.
• Sharks are said to have been living on earth for 400 million years. When a shark dies its cartilage dissolves and its teeth drop to the bottom of the ocean where it is covered with sandy sediment which prevents oxygen and destructive bacteria from reaching the tooth and that is why when you find a shark tooth fossil it is grey, black or brown and not white of colour.
Now whether you are fascinated by the shark specie, fear them or are just intrigued with them; above facts can certainly make us admire this incredible creature.
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Few Tips For A Safer Shark Cage Diving Experience
Thursday, September 11th, 2008Doest the thought of going into a cage down into the dark, unknown terrain of the ocean to watch sharks swimming around you, fright you till your knees are weak? This is perfectly understandable that the very thought frightens you, but there is no reason that the safety of actually going shark cage diving should concern you. The shark cage diving industry is strictly regulated and no shark cage diver is allowed to take divers out on to the ocean without the required license. The crew is professionally trained and they are only allowed to operate the boat with the required equipment and facilities. Shark Cage Diving
But it is important not to choose just any shark cage diver operator; first do your research and consider the following few things:
• Find out how long the shark diving operator has been in business. The longer they have been taking people out to shark cage diving, the more you can be assured that they are equipped to handle any type of emergency that might occur out on the ocean.
• Research what the company’s reputation is like. The best way to go around this is Google the company and find out what their Internet presence is like as well as the content they provide about shark cage diving. Do they have a habit of cancelling appointments or has there even been reported a mishap event?
• Where are they located and if something might happen, find out if they are close to help. Luckily, what makes shark cage diving in Cape Town so popular all round the world is because of its accessibility and close proximity to land. Most of the shark cage diving operators in Cape Town are situated close and amongst a lot of activity. Shark Cage Diving
• Enquire what kind of equipment they use. Most of the operators will have a boat and a cage, but you need to find how big the cages are, how old they are and what kind of amenities they offer on board of the boat. Are their wetsuits in good quality and do they offer enough wet suits for your size party?
• Find out what are the terms and conditions concerning photography on board. Some shark diving operators will handle the photography, on behalf of the passengers, whereas other operators provide a spot where you can take photos. Enquire if you are allowed to take your own underwater camera with you when going into the cage.
• Research the rates of shark cage diving operators, that way you can determine if they are affordable and competitive in relation to the rest of the industry. Most shark cage diving trips averagely cost R1300 per person.
Once you have taken the above into account, done your research and selected a shark cage diving operator, you are ready to read the below. Shark Cage Diving
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008In today’s day and age, more people than ever before are shopping for cheap dental health insurance. If you are one of them, you need to know where to look. The fact of the matter is that you have many options in this area. And if you know where the best cheap dental health insurance policies are located, you should not have any problems finding one that you are comfortable buying.
Look Online to Start
If you are like most consumers, you will want to start your search for cheap dental health insurance online. The main benefit of this is that you will be able to get a good hold on the industry, as well as what is available. With the help of the internet, you can secure several quotes right away. Upon doing this, you can compare all of them to find out which policy is the cheapest. Remember, the more quotes that you receive the better chance you have of saving money.
Hire a Broker
For many, finding cheap dental health insurance is a difficult task. If you cannot do this on your own for one reason or the next, you may want to hire a broker. You can find a dental insurance broker in your area by searching the yellow pages. The nice thing about working with a broker is that he or she can obtain quotes and then pass them along to you for comparison purposes. You will find that some policies are right up your alley, and others are not what you were looking for.
When it comes to finding cheap dental health insurance, there are many places that you can look. Start your search online, and if that does not work consider hiring a broker. If you exhaust all of your options, you will find a policy that fits your budget.
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Friday, July 11th, 2008Playing the lottery is a lot of fun. But prepare yourself with some top lottery tips and you might just walk away a lottery winner too. (And don’t forget you can always go here to find latest lottery tips )
The best lottery tip you can learn, is that nobody can “beat the system”. Every single ball has exactly the same chance of coming up as any other. So any crazy lottery systems claiming to pick numbers with a better chance of winning, or get rid of numbers with less chance of winning is utter rubbish.
Here’s 5 quick lottery tips based on avoiding the way a lot of other people pick their numbers - check here for more in-depth lottery help
If you pick lottery numbers the same way as everyone else, then when you hit the jackpot, you share that prize with everybody else who picked the same numbers.
[1] Don’t pick numbers that have already won, especially not from recent draws. Many players believe that winnings numbers are somehow lucky and therefore more likely to come up. Of course that isn’t true, but a lot of people do it.
[2] Don’t pick numbers based on an arithmetic sequence, such as 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, or 01, 11, 21, 31, 41, 49. People like number patterns - you would be stunned at how many people pick this way every single week.
[3] Don’t pick numbers according to a ‘tip’ service. Just imagine how many other people will use the same numbers!
[4] Don’t pick numbers purely according to family birthdays. Enormous numbers of lottery players choose the day of the birthday of family members when selecting lottery numbers. But there are only 31 days at most in a month - which means an awful lot of people pick all their numbers in that range.
[5] Don’t make a pattern on your playslip. Diagonal or straight lines in any direction, star shapes, boxes, zig-zags etc. You might think who else would do that? The answer is anywhere from tens of people to tens of THOUSANDS of people!
The fastest way to pick better lottery numbers, is to pick them totally at random. So pull scraps of paper out of a bag. It won’t guarantee NOT picking a ‘bad’ set of numbers, but at least there’s a good chance you won’t be sharing your lottery millions with a hundred other ‘lucky’ winners.
One final pointer. Find out how your chances of winning the lottery can be better if you play LESS often.
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
photo credit: David Boyle in DC
You were probably sent here by a friend or loved one. Also, chances are you recently included said friend in a mass email sent to many people. This friend would like you to learn the proper technique for sending these types of messages.
First, the golden rule of sending an email to more than, say, 15 people at one time.
Don’t Do It. Seriously. Don’t.
Now, if you must, here’s how you can do it and still maintain the friendship and respect of the one who sent you here:
After you have selected the throngs of names to which you’ll be forwarding the video of the cat playing Chopsticks, you’ll probably have a very long list of names in the ‘To’ field of your email program. Complete the following steps:
- Using your mouse, hightlight all of the names and email addresses appearing in the ‘To’ field.
- Right-click (or Ctrl+click, if you’re using a Mac) on the list of names and email addresses, choose ‘Cut’ from the menu that appears.
- Right-click (or Ctrl+click) on the empty field next to the letters ‘BCC’ (case may vary), choose ‘Paste’.
- Commence sending your message
When you send an email to somebody using the BCC field, none of the other recipients know who else received it. The idea is that everybody on the list isn’t privy to the email address of everybody else on the list. For people who enjoy sending emails like the ones we’re talking about, they also love to receive them. And whenever they get a fresh new crop of email addresses (whether they actually know the owner or not), they’re all too happy to add them to the list of recipients for their next Dog in a Cute Sweater message.
For more information on the BCC field, read this
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So, do your friend a solid - use BCC from now on.
Change My Baby Boy Name
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Some would say that I was just a usual baby boy always willing to test the limits of patience, or having fun that would make big people shrink. Could this be? Maybe all these little boy things is why my Mom complained that I was the cause of her rapid ageing and grey hair. But, really, honestly, what did I do?
Could my Mom have meant my little accident on our sloping sidewalk in front of the house, the sidewalk that had a big piece of cement missing right in the middle? There was so much fun to be had zooming down the sloping sidewalk. Well, it was a great day as I zoomed ever faster down the slope with the wind gently caressing my face, with arms held out straight, no hands, and paddling like an evil demon. It was great flying through the air as I hit that hole. But, while flying was exhilarating, the landing was awful especially since I landed ungracefully upon my tiny chin hurtling in continuing circles before coming to an abrupt stop. Those recollections are still vividly clear to this day. While stretched unceremoniously upon the kitchen table being stitched up by the local doctor, and without the benefit of modern day local freezing. I wonder if this was the kind of graying and ageing moment mom meant. She use to have a book with a collection of what she called her babies quotes. This particular day she quoted to the book, “Children are a handful sometimes, a heart full all the time.”
Or, was it that time that I was cycling down the town hill merrily on my way to the school picnic riding with no hands, peddling like mad? I know I could zoom through the only intersection at the bottom of the hill in spite of the stop sign. After all, this was my day; this was my moment of glee without a care in the world with little regards for traffic that was almost always nonexistent in this my little town. What a piece of work that guy was for sticking his passenger door right in front of my bike in order to abruptly stop my momentum. I didn’t ask him to pick me up from the pavement, nor did I ask him to follow me home as I gently guided my bent bicycle. Nor did I ask him to relate to my Mom all the vivid details and his concern that he could have really hurt me. So what’s the big deal mom; I’m still in one piece although slightly bruised and scraped. I wonder if that is why she used to say that she picked the wrong baby boy name for me?
On the other hand, maybe it was when I rocketed up the centre hall stairs maneuvering my thrashing legs around the landing on my way to my upstairs bedroom to play. So, who was the culprit that left the stepladder there so it could come falling down on my head. Really Mom; it only hurt a bit despite the extra hole in my head and a gush of blood. Mom, you do realize, of course, that it is natural to take a few bangs and bruises as they develop their avoidance skills, don’t you?
I really think my Mom made it all up just to justify the graying hair and the many wrinkles. I didn’t do anything; I was just a ordinary, playful, funny, good little boy. And, besides, I also had brothers and sisters who probably did a lot more to cause parental stress than me, right mom?
Years later, when I had my first child, my Mom gave me what she called a baby message, which at the time I really didn’t understand. Her message was “what goes around, comes around”. Thanks Mum, I now understand!
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