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Month: January 2015

  • FINA World Aquatics 2014 episode 3

    FINA World Aquatics 2014 episode 3

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    In this month’s episode we’ll meet up with Brazilian swim star Cesar Cielo Filho. We bring you an update from the FINA Water Polo World League and we head to Austin for the US Grand Prix. http://youtu.be/kJF1yvYyTEE

  • FINA World Aquatics 2014 episode 2

    FINA World Aquatics 2014 episode 2

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    In this month’s episode we meet up with Water Polo superstar Jennifer Pareja, we zoom in on British Water Polo, plus we get all the action from the USA Winter National Championships! http://youtu.be/NbDwY-RFADM

  • FINA World Aquatics 2014 episode 1

    FINA World Aquatics 2014 episode 1

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    In this month’s episode we’ll zoom in on the FINA Synchronized Swimming World Trophy 2013 in Mexico. Being aware in the air; we get an insight into Cliff Diving but first let’s look back at the highlights from the FINA Swimming World Cup. http://youtu.be/OyGneJAKidE

  • Unexpected Shark Gives Explorer Shock of His Life

    Unexpected Shark Gives Explorer Shock of His Life

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    A National Geographic researcher is startled to see a Greenland shark where none has ever been seen before: off Russia’s Franz Josef Land. An underwater camera captured images of the shark, a species scientists know very little about. http://youtu.be/DYLRhDuX94M

  • Missy Franklin Visits Seacrest Studios at Children’s Hospital Colorado

    Missy Franklin Visits Seacrest Studios at Children’s Hospital Colorado

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    Olympian Missy Franklin took time out of her 2014 holiday break from Cal to visit with some inspirational children at Seacrest Studios at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Courtesy of USA Swimming on YouTube http://youtu.be/-EQuHeD6aXo

  • Bauerle back at helm for Georgia swimmers

    Bauerle back at helm for Georgia swimmers

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    Anticipation isn’t keeping Jack Bauerle up all night. Instead, a shoulder on the mend has the legendary Georgia swim coach in constant search of a comfortable place to rest his head. “Sleeping in a recliner doesn’t work real well,” said Bauerle, who had surgery in December to correct “about three things” in his right shoulder.…

  • Diego the cat goes for a swim

    Diego the cat goes for a swim

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    Diego the cat casually strides into the surf and goes for a swim. He’s calm and collected. His humans, though, are going crazy with delight over the sight of their swimming kitten. “He’s swimming! He’s swimming! He’s swimming in the water!” See Neatorama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDeE56UwFdQ

  • TED Talk: Why some people find exercise harder than others

    TED Talk: Why some people find exercise harder than others

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    Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows research that addresses one of the many factors: Vision. In an informative talk, she shows how when it comes to fitness, some people quite literally see the world differently from others — and offers a surprisingly simple…

  • Nature’s Time Capsules: A Guide to the World’s Pitch Lakes

    Nature’s Time Capsules: A Guide to the World’s Pitch Lakes

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    “Pitch lakes” represent surface deposits of oil bubbled up from subterranean reservoirs through faults or fissures, often formed when the layers of sedimentary rock that contain hydrocarbons are folded or squashed in tectonic upheaval. Evaporation removes the oil’s lighter elements to produce mucky ponds of asphalt, colloquially called pitch or tar, and technically referred to…