Month: March 2015
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Portland Police: Suspect jumps in river, can’t swim
On Sunday afternoon Portland Police responded to SE Water Ave., near the Tillikum Crossing bridge where a suspicious man was possibly stealing wire from an electrical box. The man has been identified as 39-year-old Randall Hartwell. Officers arrived in the area and tried to talk to Hartwell, but he gave a fake name to police…
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YMCA offers free swimming classes during spring break
During this swimming safety week, the YMCA offers free swim classes.
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British Para-Swimming announce team for 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow
Four-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds and 12-time Paralympic medallist Sascha Kindred are among the star names in the British Para-Swimming named for the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow.
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Drought puts screws on California’s swimming pools
Swimming pools have been part of California’s lifestyle for decades, but as the state struggles through its fourth year of a worsening drought, communities are putting bans on filling pools or restricting new pool construction. A handful of cities and water districts statewide have implemented restrictions on swimming pools, ranging from moratoriums on swimming pool…
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Action Movie Kid finds Water Puddle Portal to Disney World
Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series that shows his three-year-old son James jumping into a hazardous water puddle at a store that teleports him to the magical Disney World theme park. This is continuation of his special effects-filled video “Danger of…
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Good but drunk Samaritan picked up by police after trying to revive a rubber dinghy
Ever had such a big Saturday night that you ended up confusing a lifeboat with a lifeless body? Well that was the reality for one drunken 22-year-old, who was found by police in a shipyard just after 4am on Sunday in the western town of Vannes. Officers noticed the man kneeling by an inflatable boat…
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Network Ten to Live Stream the Australian Swimming Championships
For the first time, fans will be able to follow their swimming heroes live on their digital devices with Network Ten’s industry-leading digital platform, tenplay, set to live-stream all the finals action each night of the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships. Ten Sport’s Mel McLaughlin and Lachy Reid, along with expert commentator Nicole Livingstone,…
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Nageuse(s) – French web series about a young female swimmer
Anna is 16 and preparing for the baccalaurate. Her biggest dream is to go to the Olympic Games to represent her country, in the discipline that has been her body and soul since childhood, swimming. Every day Anna swims in the Club des Nageurs de Paris she chose to join. As part of the Elite…
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Behold Tom Brady jumping off a cliff
Tom Brady is known for taking a risk or two and sacrificing his body on the football field. Fans love that. But when he goes on vacation and decides to jump off a crazy-high cliff just for the thrill of it? That’s a little different. Such was the case this weekend as Brady posted a…