Jeez, those stats are scary: “Don’t we realize that this is a full-blown epidemic in our country. They say that 1 in 4 girls, 1 in 6 boys do not reach the birthday age of 18 in our country without being sexually molested by somebody they know”. Read also diananyad.com.
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Support Ocean City hospital by taking an icy New Year’s Day plunge
Shiver, “Looking for a quick fix for that New Year’s Eve hangover? In Ocean City, hundreds will ring in the new year with a plunge into the Atlantic Ocean for the 18th annual Atlantic General Hospital Penguin Swim. The event takes place at 1 p.m. on the beach in front of the Princess Royale. “It’s a great way to wash out the old year”. Read more here on delmarvanow.com
(Image courtesy of Nikita Parusnik, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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Swimming fish rug illusion
This is the ‘Magic Carp-pet’ rug, winner of 2011 Red Dot Design Awards. The animation is achieved through an optical illusion effect induced by a so-called moiré pattern, read more on Daily Picks and Flicks.
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Surfer Stephen King escapes shark attack with huge bite taken out of his surfboard
Australian surfer Stephen King was taking an early morning surf off the coast in New South Wales, when a shark swam up and lunged at him, scraping him and taking a huge chunk out of his surfboard.
“There was just a bang from the side and I went cartwheeling through the air, then there was this thrashing beside me.”
Sky News video via NY Daily News, like something out of a horror story ! :-P
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Fly underwater on the towable Abyss Board
The Abyss Board is the first towable board that can be ridden both above and below the wake, while doing tricks and maneuvers by steering its wings.
“It combines fighter jet maneuvers with underwater exploration, there’s really nothing like it,†said Eric Healy, aeronautical engineer and Abyss Board inventor. “Cruising on the Abyss Board allows you to explore underwater landscapes and see marine life in a new wayâ€.
Via Digital Journal
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Santa freediving
Because he need to get the gifts out to all of us, even the freedivers at ApneaCanarias.
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Ian Crocker coming out of retirement ?
Breaking news on the Swimmer’s Circle, Ian Crocker is back in the USADA drug-testing pool, which could be indication of an athlete coming out of retirement. It could be nothing though, as later in the article it is revealed that Aaron Peirsol never left the drug-testing pool after officially retiring in 2011, despite insisting that he has no intention of a comeback. I for one welcome our new rock n’ roll butterflying overlord!
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Shock, European coaches busted for spying on Magnussen
Australian media is alive with the news that James Magnussen’s coach Brant Best recently caught two men secretly timing and recording details of their training session, taking split times and everything (!).
“There have been people sitting in the grandstands. A couple came in the other week and were looking and timing.”
Oh the horror, for as we have learned in October, Magnussen skipped the World Cup circuit and everything, choosing rather to train in secret and race in some small time, local events, to keep his rivals guessing.
Read for instance The Telegraph and Herald Sun.
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A fifth for Pál in the 1500 freestyle
I’ll give it to Sawrymovitcz that it is extremely impressive to come back like that, World Champion in 2007 and European Short Course Champion with a 14:24.54 the same year, and then pretty much nothing until he swam a 14:29.81 during prelims here in Szczecin yesterday morning. Pál chose to race for gold in the final, and when that pace turned out to be too much, then he lost the silver and bronze again. Ah well, everything or nothing. See result list here.
