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.
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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 Clara County authorities finally released not one, but two mugshots of Brock Turner, 20, who was convicted in March of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object.
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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 Cams have been doing this for a while, but this is the latest example of TomTom trying to use software in order to make the Bandit stand out from the crowd.
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https://youtu.be/bYppZmr6yjE
I pour Liquid Nitrogen, Diethyl Ether, and Dry Ice into my pool! Can liquid nitrogen put out a fire? what about dry ice?
Diethyl ether is one of the most flammable solvents around!
Via Hyper
A whale shark was spotted close to the shore of Copacabana early Tuesday (June 7) morning, where the Olympic marathon swimming event will take place when the Games kick off in just two months time.
https://youtu.be/y8k4eVQ0pf0
Photo of another whale shark by Christian Steen
Dr. Sarah Denny, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) spokesperson and an emergency room pediatrician, offers parents tips on how to keep children safe in and around pools. For more information, please visit AAP’s parenting website HealthyChildren.org: http://ow.ly/llDf300Ct9i.
Immerse yourself in a world that is truly harmonious with nature. Imagine six minutes without breath, slipping below the ocean’s surface to frolic with sperm whales, swim in tandem with a giant moray eel, and glide fearlessly with shark predators. World champion freedriver Pierre Frolla experiences that and more in this captivating underwater adventure…and you’re invited along for the journey.
Over 51 days, Frolla explores the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, offering a firsthand glimpse into a fascinating and vibrant world. He’ll visit sacred territories, meet tribes avowed to live in harmony with the sea and discover long-forgotten shipwrecks teeming with life.
Swimmers at a Florida Panhandle beach are dealing with painful rashes from stinging jellyfish larvae. More commonly known as “sea lice,” the News Herald reports the sea lice are almost invisible to the naked eye, but they leave an unmistakable sting. They’ve been reported along Walton County’s Santa Rosa Beach this week. Scott Jackson is a sea grant extension agent in nearby Bay County. Jackson says some scientists have compared the larvae to specks of pepper.
https://youtu.be/P4ZIUHhIcBA
Naomi Ruele will represent her home country of Botswana in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after qualifying with a time of 26.07 in the 50 Free during an official FINA approved time trial in March.
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