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An aquarium director kisses an octopus goodbye before setting it free in the ocean to mate before dying. Larger version of photo here, along with the beautiful story behind it. (Image: Kitsap Sun / Thanks, Steve Silberman!) (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Boing Boing Octokiss: .) Photographer Jane Fulton Alt’s latest series is called Crude Awakening. She writes on her web site: Living on the shores of Lake Michigan, I am acutely aware of the disastrous toll the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has taken on all forms of life, especially as our beaches opened to the 2010 swimming season. This environmental, social and economic catastrophe highlights a much larger problem that has inflicted untold suffering as we exploit the earth’s resources worldwide. We are all responsible for leading lives that create demand for unsustainable energy. We [ continue reading Photographer portrays swimmers in the oil spill region ] 10 July 2010
 |  | category: blue wobbly stuff, energy, one world, photography, swimming  | comments are closed  YouTube – Lebron James Nike Commercial – Swimming Pool. 24 June 2010
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from Hackney Swimmer’s wavemachine Water Polo to be wound-up at Clissold (until someone else takes the time?) What the republished note below doesn’t cover is the lack of support from LBH and London Swimming. The ASA has been top-dog in swimming for so long by making sure that no uppity upstarts get too ‘above their station’ with innovative projects and initiatives that are not directly attributable to the ASA, even if they are initiatives that they eventually advocate. People are not allowed to see the contract for the management of Hackney’s leisure assets and [ continue reading RIP Clissold Water Polo – (tumbleweed rolls across pool-deck) ] The Lion of Runcorn! ………be careful of what you wear: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8484116.stm I must admit I’m at a bit of a loss as to why the good burghers of Cardiff prefer to shop in their pyjamas, but why not? They don’t look much different to a tracksuit. As far as bare feet are concerned, what’s the problem? Shoppers aren’t going to handle the produce with their toes, and if some find the sight of feet offensive then what about those who, like myself, wear sandals? The only difference is that sandal wearers have a sole ‘twixt foot and floor. [ continue reading If you go down to Tesco’s today…… – by Wildswimmer-Pete ]
“PHOENIX, Arizona, January 12. SPAIN’S Rosa Sallares celebrated her 100th birthday in grand fashion last week, setting a new FINA Masters world record in the 50 backstroke. Sallares, who turned 100 …” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> Swimming World Magazine Rosa Sallares, 100 Years Old, Breaks FINA Masters World Record: .) Should baby swimmers or infant swimmers be dunked as part of a swim lesson? This is a common question parents ask about swimming lessons for their swimmers. “Dunk” is even a term used by some swimming instructors as part of a learn-to-swim lesson. Before I answer the question, “should babies be dunked during a swim lesson,” let’s clarify the meaning of the term ‘dunk’. My definition of dunk is to abruptly push a person underwater. Fair enough? Do you care to be dunked? I can’t say I do. So why would a swim teacher or even a parent dunk [ continue reading swim lessons and dunking infants and dunking baby swimmers ] 11 December 2009
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“Children are being banned from paddling in water during school trips under new health and safety guidelines.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> Telegraph News | UK News No paddling on school trips children told: .) pearls of something
water: the great democratiser I posted this image this morning and have spent all day wondering at my motives. It’s a challenging picture and not at all cheap or exploitative, I think. In swimming we are all almost or actually naked and unable to hide ourselves so we are all rendered ‘the same’ if not ‘equal’ … and yet by donning expensive costumes, branded hats, tans, and other ‘stealth wealth’ accessories many people separate themselves from the herd, in appearance. You can either swim beautifully or you cannot. If you can’t, and you are over eight, [ continue reading conjoined swimmers ] If you are a swimmer, or just plain vain, and you are shaving your chest keep the tip of one index finger over your nipple as you shave around it. You have to leave “Cheeseless Station C” and get into ‘Maze Time’. “ William Gurstelle, author of Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously writes, ‘Among our primitive ancestors, those who ventured farthest from their caves in search of better food or who overcame their fear of fire accrued significant advantages over their meeker kin. That’s why a lot of us like the idea of living on the edge: It’s in our DNA to take risks.’ A 2005 German study concluded that people who take above-average risks have a higher-than-average index of [ continue reading The Art Of Living Dangerously In The Open Water ] 13 October 2009
| tagged as: swimming | | category: Sport? what sport?, gravity life, swimming | comments are closed Isaac Cordal, ‘Cement Eclipses’, London – unurth – street art. Tonight is a really big night for Clissold Swimming Club competing the National Arena Swimming league at Clissold Leisure Centre. A big leap for a small club on the up!! Seems strange to be so far away (for ‘strange’ substitute any of many words). A seventh place from the Clissold – well done. 10 October 2009
| tagged as: Clissold Leisure Centre, CSC forever, words | | category: blue wobbly stuff, heroes, swimming, tank life | comments are closed Architectural and Design Team leadership services are required for the restoration of the Haggerston Baths, a public bath house in the London Borough of Hackney via Haggerston Baths restoration | News | Architects Journal. 8 October 2009
| tagged as: architecture, institutional incompetence, LBH, swimming | | category: Hackney, Sport? what sport?, blue wobbly stuff, swimming, tank life | comments are closed So according to this we, (the mouthy community described by LBH councillors and officers alike as misguided, fanciful and alarmist), were pretty damn accurate in our calculations for the costs of Clissold Leisure Centre. We said almost £50,000,000 they said, “nowhere near that”. This figure in the Freedom of Information disclosure won’t include officer-time, precautionary redundancy costs*, auditors’ fees, consultants’ fees, lawyers’ fees, recruitment costs, either! Mr Pipe is not expected to apologise to anyone anytime soon. Can anyone explain why the out-of-court, ‘no-blame’ settlement remains confidential? (This calculation also makes no mention of the additional £10,000,000 windfall [ continue reading well you could push our ignorant arses over with a soft stick – we were correct! ] 19 September 2009
| tagged as: architecture, Clissold Leisure Centre, Fraud, institutional incompetence, LBH, swimming | | category: scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, swimming, tank life, the new 'priest class' | comments are closed Because it would be so popular with people who live and work in Hackney, if made more affordable, the Council has ring-fenced London Fields Lido as an upper middle-class, swim-snob’s playground. The Council, dutifully, works hard to support the GLL business model and their ‘seemingly’ low staffing levels. At last people are beginning to wonder about this only to be told, “oh if we did that the Lido would be used too much”. As the Council has made a mess of swimming pools for so many years and now does whatever its contractor requires to help them [ continue reading London Fields ‘Swim for Some’ scheme questioned ] “Swimmers never die they only tread water” – “Only when the tide goes out can you see who was swimming naked” – “It’s a good idea to begin at the bottom in everything except in learning to swim.” – “If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?” – “Seven days of no swimming makes one weak. ” – “In water: the only place an Englishman can dance happily” – “Swimming: From the outside looking in, you can’t understand it. From the inside looking out, you can’t explain it.” – “He who burns his bridges [ continue reading swimming ] 17 September 2009
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