Month: June 2016
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5 For Good: Athol swim captain becomes honorary police officer
Brian Tomlinson lost his leg to cancer but always had dreams of joining the military or becoming a military police officer, and last night that dream came true thanks to the Athol Police Department.
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Adidas runs with first batch of ocean plastic footwear
The first batch of Adidas footwear to be produced using ocean plastic has been made available. The sportswear brand partnered with Parley for the Oceans to create the Adidas x Parley, which is made with plastics collected in coastal areas of the Maldives, as well as illegal deep-sea gill nets. The material produced is called…
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Stanford rapist Brock Turner: “I’ve been shattered by the party cultureâ€
In a pre-sentencing letter to the judge released today by the New York Times,convicted rapist Brock Turner fails to own any responsibility for raping an unconscious woman behind a trash dumpster on Jan. 17, 2015. Turner’s plea letter reads like a laundry list of white male privilege lost. It touched the white male judge in…
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Speedo launches star-studded Airswim campaign
Can’t stop swimming even when you’re not in the pool? Upload your Airswim for a chance to feature in our final edit of the best swims on dry land! How to enter: Upload your Airswim to Instagram or Twitter, @speedo and use the hashtag #NeverStopSwimming Featuring Mack Horton (AUS), Ryan Lochte (USA), Ye Shiwen (CHN),…
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Light sentence for Stanford rapist sparks national outrage
Last week, 20-year-old Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Turner was facing up to 20 years, and the lenient sentence has drawn criticism from observers — including the victim, who had pushed in court for a harsh punishment. Judy Woodruff talks to Michelle Anderson…
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Valletta 18 official swim in untested sea-water ‘sends wrong message’
The swim across Grand Harbour held by Valletta 18 on Tuesday as part of celebrations for Valletta’s 450th anniversary has sent the wrong message to bathers as the activity was held in an industrial port where sea-water is not tested by health authorities, sources told The Malta Independent. Read The Malta Independent Photo by el_jambere
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After Months of Requests, Mugshots of Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Finally Emerge
It was the epitome of white privilege, the narrative went — a student and star swimmer at prestigious Stanford University is arrested on rape-related charges, and after more than 16 months, he’s sentenced to only six months. And the authorities refuse to let the public see his arrest photo. Until Monday, when Stanford and Santa…
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TomTom’s action camera now automatically color-corrects your underwater footage
Thanks to a software update being issued today, TomTom’s action camera — the Bandit — is going to start correcting for this automatically, removing the need for extra equipment. That’s great, especially because we really like the Bandit here at The Verge. It doesn’t shoot the same great footage you’d get from a GoPro, and Sony’s Action…