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  • Sewer to be swimming pool in Norway

    Apr 29, 2011

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Norway’s Forsvarsbygg will announce on 2 May, who gets to rent the old sewer facilities under Festningsplassen in Oslo, very intriguingly described as more or less not used since 1979. Two cinema companies want to build Norway’s biggest cinema there, while the Norwegian Swimming Federation want to turn them into a 4000 square metre big water recreational facility, including a 4-lane 50 meter pool for training, a 50 meter pool for education and fun, a zone for diving, and a zone for just relaxing in. Via aftenposten.no.

  • Heart plungers keep air flowing better during CPR

    Apr 28, 2011

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    rokur
    in Safety

    The ResQPump works like a toilet plunger, but while decompressing it can draw air back into the lungs. The ResQPOD, cleared by the FDA in 2003, regulates airflow by creating suction in the chest, which draws blood up into the brain. A study led by Tom Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, had EMTs and doctors using the tools in combination in seven U.S. locations. Together the pump and pod increased patient survival from 6 percent to 9. And yes, the ResQPump is definitely inspired by toilet plungers, as it was invented after a patient suffering a heart attack was saved when his family administered CPR using one. Read PopSci.com.

  • Videos from the 1st Open Water Safety Conference

    Apr 27, 2011

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    rokur
    in Safety

    U.S: Masters Swimming has posted videos here on Vimeo from the Protecting the Athletes: Open Water Swimming Safety Conference 19-20 March 2011 in San Francisco. This first video is Steve Munatones and Rob Butcher opening the conference.

    Protecting Athletes: Open Water Safety Conference – Introduction from usmastersswimming on Vimeo.

  • Swimmer delays brain surgery to help team

    Apr 27, 2011

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Ouch, Brea Olinda’s Alec Boliver has delayed his brain surgery until Friday, so he could swim in Wednesday’s meet against Villa Park. Read ocvarsity.com.

    Even the most in-shape swimmers feel pain during races, but Boliver encounters more than sore muscles.

    He has cysts in the central part of his brain.

    The cysts, and the pressure they create, have caused Boliver severe headaches for about three years.

    The pounding increases when Boliver holds his breath under water, something he does regularly and strategically as a swimmer.

    But Boliver hasn’t let the pain stop him from racing.

    Read more here on ocvarsity.com.

  • There is a race to reach the bottom of the ocean ?

    Apr 27, 2011

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    rokur
    in Nature, Technology

    It has been 50 years since anyone has been to the deepest point on the ocean floor, but now “Avatar” director James Cameron wants to go there, and British billionaire Richard Branson, and Triton Submarines CEO Bruce Jones, all in different projects. Cameron has commisioned a submarine made from high-tech composite materials, Branson will be ‘flying’ in his Virgin Oceanic craft, and Jones is patenting a special sphere made of glass, which they say has advantages over synthetics. Notice the obligatory evil squid reference.

    “Glass under compression gets stronger,” said Rayotek CEO Bill Raggio. “You can hire some giant squid to come over with a sledgehammer and just start bashing away on that glass sphere. And it won’t hurt it.”

  • Should you wait a half hour after eating to go swimming?

    Apr 27, 2011

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Nice one that he didn’t have time to put his stethoscope down, before going on air :-)


    Should You Wait A Half Hour After Eating To Go… by LocalNews-GrabNetworks

  • SwimNews gets an iPad/iPhone app

    Apr 27, 2011

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    rokur
    in Technology

    The new (free) SwimNews.com news reader App for iPhone, iPad, iPod is now available at the iTunes store. Via SwimNews.com.

  • FINA cancels Mexico OW race on health grounds

    Apr 27, 2011

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    rokur
    in Competition, Health, Safety

    The FINA Executives have decided to cancel the Sumidero Canyon Event part of the FINA Open Water Swimming GP Series scheduled to be held on the 7 May 2011. The decision has been reached following the recommendation of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee on the Water Quality in order to ensure the Health and Safety of the FINA Open Water Swimmers. See fina.org.

  • Can 10.000 hours make anyone a golf star ?

    Apr 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Training

    It is a well-known theory in sports and other fields, that it takes approximately 10.000 hours of practice to excel. But does this then also mean that anyone kan become excellent, if ‘only’ they put 10.000 hours of practice into it? American Dan McLaughlin is testing this, by practicing golf for 6 hours a day, 6 days a week for 6 years, in an attempt to go from being almost a novice in golf, to become a PGA golfer.

    The Dan Plan from Dan McLaughlin on Vimeo.

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