Did you know that local traveling regulations at Svalbard state that you must always have fireams and protection devices as hand, such as a big-game rifle and tripwire with flares for camping, due to the risk of meeting polar bears? So no skiing and swimming on Svalbard for me, thank you very much. Still beautiful, though.
VegaExpeditions- Skiing and Swimming on Svalbard from Emma Simonsson on Vimeo.
“Supporting the Unified experience in Special Olympics Open Water”
SOI Unified Puerto Rico from Bruckner Chase on Vimeo.
My dear wife led a school trip to Germany last week, where they among other things visited the 1936 Olympic venue. So she thought I should have a couple of photos of the old Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin, to get that bit closer to completing my New Year’s resolution.
When you think of garage-based tech start-ups, hardware makers like Apple or data-manipulators like Google probably spring to mind before biotech, and way before farming. Lewis Weil, though, has for the last several years been perfecting the art of growing seaweed in central Texas, and his Austin Sea Veggies have garnered interest from gourmets and restaurants across the U.S. Read Slashdot
This YouTube video of a Labrador Retriever named Sasha kissing a fish while swimming and playing with it has gone viral. And the fish keeps coming back for more kisses. Via MyFox8
Featuring an in the end very happy Yannick Agnel :-)
The 13 lifeguards and one pool manager fired over making a “Gangnam Style” spoof at El Monte city Aquatic Center in August are pleading to get their job back. The YouTube video with nearly 1.5 million views was made on their free time, but The Weekly has learned that the lifeguards were already in hot water, and the video was just the last nail in their coffin.
And here comes the awesome bit …
Psy, the South Korean pop star behind the hit, “Gangnam Style,” has asked that the guards be given their jobs back, and they have started a petition drive on Change.org that has has added up to nearly 13,000 supporters so far.
Nice footage of open water swimming in this video (and a nice song too)
