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Have you experienced The Dark Night of the Soul
updated by @rene: 01/24/17 09:07:59PM
Nocturne's Angel
2 years ago
927 posts
I believe that everyone goes through this period at least once in his/her life.
Mother Teresa's experience was a most touching story to me.
If you haven't read it here is an excerpt : http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/faith-and-character/mother-teresas-long-dark-night.html
I am just coming out of the dark night of the soul. I too thought that I had worked through what was in the way but this came out of nowhere. I knew enough to realize that this had to be more than depression. I accepted it and stopped fighting hoping that it would pass soon. As soon as I surrendered I began to feel better.
Cat Whisperer
2 years ago
760 posts
Nocturne's Angel
2 years ago
927 posts
No need to apologize I understand the shock.
I'm glad that you appreciated my sharing, I find her story/experience very humbling, beautiful & uplifting.
Huggs <3
2 years ago
35 posts
I am going through a dark night now, too. For the first time, I want to give some credence to Astrology: I was listening to an astrologer say there's a retrograde of Mars, forewarned way back in February that it would be going on March through end-August this year, when usually it only happens for a couple of days. I am learning Mars is all about division and separation, fight and resistance, getting you to want to move or quit work and be done with things you put up with, no compromises, nevermind the consequences. So, the good news is that according to astrology, relief is coming soon!
Personally, this is maybe my fifth dark night, usually lasting a few months to over a year each time. Each is different, but it holds true that sometimes getting out of it is *not* up to you alone - we people are centered on humanity and the power of ourselves, but all you can really control are your choices and response to a vast, constantly changing universe. And realizing a new way to see things takes the time it takes. When you're not in control, then it is the ability to remain centered and moving with grace that can become your focus.
And I was lucky enough to get a message from my guides a month ago that sounds so much like what you just said: none of our tools are working like we have come to expect. What I was told is that there is a shift happening, and everyone has changed so much, the tools we have learned to use do not work now (like trying to fix an iPad with a wrench), but the spiritual tools we need to take their place have not actually been invented yet - they are in research and development on the spiritual side. But prayer works, and getting together with spiritually-conncted friends and like minds may not help like it used to, but it is important to keep meeting because it is a good time to discover and try new tools - other ways to ground, to connect, to heal, etc. Like this site, I guess!
I have talked with other sensitives and we seem to be experincing it in similar ways: like a thick, impermeable cloud between us and the connection we are used to being able to make. I think appropriate sleep and going through the motions with good habits whenever possible, keeping that structure and keeping things going even when it feels like faking it, that keeps chaos away and put order to what I can, so I can stay open as much as possible, so when the cloud dissipates, I am ready to connect.
Thanks for posting, and I hope this helps.
Cat Whisperer
2 years ago
760 posts
Yes. I have experienced "The Dark Night of the Soul." It was difficult and like someone else said, kind of like a fog was around me that I couldn't penetrate. Wondering to myself. What IS this? It was different for me than a normal depression. It was awful.
I find it so interesting and comforting to find that so many of us on this site go through the same things and are willing to talk about it. For so many years I just thought I was walking this strange walk through life that no one else understood.
Thank you Rene' for the link and to everyone else who posted links. They were all really good
Of course, and it was one heck of a road... it's never been shadow 100% and yet, what i considered to be of so much value inside this "ego" held a lot of energy that might have been not interpreted in the right way when manifested. I had to "destroy" a lot of the things inside, in a way. And yet my opinion/memories remain the same when i recall it: they were not "bad", they however needed an outlet, a direction with an outcome. And more than everything, these energies were only bad in relation to certain people. Never in relation to animals, children, the natural environment and so on.
I held scars inside from people and they needed to be healed as well. Not like i still don't have, and fortunately never in an abusive sense of speaking. But because of my way of feeling my environment and what goes on inside people('s minds). Detaching from myself came on a daily basis as a necessity when i did not want to have any addictions either and i had to do it to make everything less intense. Cancelling out my own "powers" is something of an abomination to me, and yet finding a lifestyle to develop what you've been given, make people more tolerant, make yourself be accepted and accept yourself is not easy either, but fortunately I believe I have a taste for challenges and growing as a person ^^
I had some thoughts running through my mind at certain points such as people deserve what they chose to get, people should not cry about the people they are ruled by when these rulers grew up among them and in the very same society and were let to develop like this. How best of the Saints can become the worst of "Evils". That people need wake-up calls, that bad can be a necessary good. That at one point "Now I understand why women were not given the right to vote until the 19th century", how the war on "my religion is better" is total bull as every one of them has a good message to send. How even those who call themselves spiritualists gaze at the shooting stars while choosing to ignore the bad that lurks among them, shielding themselves not from bad influences but from truth and the place where thoughts materialize, not into what they want and dream as good but into what those who have the guts to try it want and this includes both good and bad (as many bads come from missing necessities and of course love or understanding that was not received at the right time)
That the concept of war for us as human species is just as idiotic as it could get, and we shouldn't be called homo sapiens sapiens. Homo sheep sapiens maybe, sure. And about my own rage that I might still have inside when it comes to people, but then life throws some very interesting things in your way from which you can learn and which can teach you how to re-direct these. It might be people who are like you, and by perceiving them you realize what is inside you as well, or through trying to help them or maybe through being helped. Someone told me life would better not be seen as a battle but, I am afraid from my point of view it's been one. Not physical, but psychical with only one way out that I am aware of: forward.
Absence of action or responsibility is something that I notice from others and pisses me off. I have moments and moments and yet i "remember" what i sense around, generally. I somehow tend to act like a mirror and act from what i see in my environment or express these problems.
I understand what you are saying Rene so this is why i want to ask you something, try and do not get alienated from yourself, please. Why, because I know the feeling and whenever this happens i grow mad at my own self and rapidly change my attitude and try to "find" my roots again or remind myself this will not lead to anything.
First it is about accepting it. Then it is about letting it be/go, then about letting time heal it. You cannot be perfect from the start and we never are, we come into this life not always in the best families or societies, that is, not always the most peaceful or values-protecting, and we can grow to be more or less judgemental or tolerant. But things are there for a reason, and you must use these reasons in your favor because this is what we are supposed to do. When you work with yourself and grow to accept that you tried your best at a certain point (what you thought it was the best) will help more than shutting everything away or blaming yourself again and again. You can always do something and more than you imagine because your own mind gives color and intensity to a problem. We often have enough tools to deal with ourselves but we have to discover the right way to use them. It should be noted however that mixing your present with good thoughts and desire to do something foryourself or the society or the environment and so on, that is, linking yourself to a purpose, can give some amazing things. It is a big change from the individualistic type of thinking and life might arrange itself a little bit differently without "much" but the power of thoughts. Why, because you are more in sync with the universe i like to think. And this is why I believe someone told me I should not see life as a battle... i think the "battle" in their viewpoint might have been the one against a "good tide". Can I ever know for sure ^^?
"What is good, what is bad" they say, but I know what deeply saddens and angers me, for example when we go to our house in the mountains and over the years I've noticed huge areas of forest being cut down even though we are close to a natural reservation and the faun and flora there are amazing. From deeply perceiving this aswrongbecause of the purpose these trees are cut for (that has nothing to do about necessity but greed)I act. Because one side works to make me (And us/more people) feel grounded and empowered (nature) and from the other side i never perceive such things and thus I can be quite ruthless from my standpoint: I wish them gone, or changed. These ideas, of course, are not there like this from the beginning, they are created over years of being ignored or not finding an outlet and yet being provoked. This is how the mechanism in criminals minds or other people doing things works. By acknowledging it I can help myself, but not everyone can go so deep inside their own layers and they will need guidance.
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Bill Walker
2 years ago
742 posts
I kind of like to look at this the same way I look at a computer. All animals including humans I believe are given just so much room for short term memories and experiences to be considered and then either incorporated into the core soul, which would be the hard drive, but on some occasions this just, for whatever reason, does not happen. The result is an over load of your short term Ram/memory which feels much like depression but what is more like a computer freeze up on a spiritual level. In time, and with patience, this backlog will clear itself as your core works through all of the issues. Patience and meditation seem to be the tools that we are blessed with to resolve these overloads on the spirit/soul!
Well, that's my take on it at least!
2 years ago
29 posts
The Dark Night Of The Soul....i just now have heard of this and i googled it. This is what i feel im going thru. I should mention here that i only joined this forum about 4 months ago or so as i only recently discovered (rediscovered..) i am an Empath. Something i dont get...a question i ask myself over and over again in my mind...WHY ME? ...i dont mean why am i an Empath...but Why are people ''unkind'' to me? From parents, brothers, cousins, friends, employers, retail clerks (the list is long ) i have been constantly ignored/put down/taken adavantage of/snubbed/dismissed...unloved...unliked...you name it. It is not paranoia, it isnt anything malicious i have said or dne in the first place to deserve it...it just is. I will tell you i saw a Medium (two different ones on different occasions) and i was extremely careful not to be fooled/conned by a fake medium so i gave no information at all about my life or why i was there to see them....but they ''saw''..they knew me, they knew my life, they knew personal details i never revealed to ANYONE ever, stuff that was impossible to know unless they were there or a video or book of my life was handed to them to research and know. The first Medium was shaking with fear of me...not ME, but what she saw surrounding me. A black Aura....but it wasnt my aura...she saw a huge negative energy constantly attacking me ....and i asked who/what this was (but as an Empath..i knew already the answer )..: ''YOUR FATHER AND 3 brothers...they are against you''. Later on, after the third visit i stopped going to her as she had told me everything about my life , from birth to the day i knocked on her door. About a year or later i saw another medium. She also was not told any info on who i was or why i came to see her..i was also testing her to see if she was a real medium...she was. She knew personal details about my life i never spoke of , she knew the mistreatment i went thru and was constantly going thru with father, brothers, ''friends'', coworkers, employers. Always the same thing ..''They are jealous of you, your spirit is too pure and they are trying to break you . They are working for the devil and their mission is to break you down, to turn away from God and join the DArk side .''. Now i realize to anybody reading this , you may say to yourself --'''this guy is nuts/ relegious whacko/paranoid delusional...''....But im not...i was never really relegious even tho i was born into a catholic family. I only recently confirmed to myself that i believe in a creator and that i am Spiritual, not following any man made relegions at all. I have never had schizzofrenia, or paranoia, or border line disorders..i have had mild to bad depresson and anxiety in my childhood and teens, but that was due to family upbringing and later on in teens/adult life problems with people as i mentioned earlier. I find myself extremely lonely, unwanted , low self esteem and always searchng for ways to self improve myself or to anylyze my life and ask myself ''what should i do to get people to like me or keep the ones i have ?''. but its never any better...people float in and out of my life. Doesnt matter how much good i do for them, how many favors or acts of kindness....they All either turn on me or snub me at some point. I get used a lot for favors and dont ask for anything, just friendship or a closer bond....but they all turn on me and leave me. I am in the dark night of the soul....i think i was born into it. I need to overcome it and be reborn....cuz this life i was given just does not work for me...it is a loveless, cold life of emptiness for me.
I feel such a sense of wanting to take you in and just hug the top of your head and shoulders for about an hour and half. Can you feel this warmth?
Where is your mother in all of this? Your real mother, your image of mother, etc.?
You are such a survivor for continuing on. Thanks for sharing your story. What a rich and vulnerable soul you have. Stick it out. Hang in there with us......
This is the song that's playing right now on whatever mix I'm listening to and I just feel like it would encourage you... ha ha....
2 years ago
29 posts
my mother? well...she is alive. Growing up i always saw her as sweet and loving....but i didnt really see what was going on. She sides with her husband and other 3 sons. She will always make up all sorts of excuses for their bad actions, always defend them when it is very obvious that they act hostile towards me . I use to (until just a few months ago..) have unconditional love for her, thinking she a Mom and that is the way it goes. But i ''caught '' her in too many excuses and i see that she too is part of the family problem . So my heart has turned to stone against her and her actions...if this sounds Cold, you have to know and experience all that i have gone thru from birth till today....and then you will understand why as both Mediums i saw earlier said to me '' You are unbreakable. Your Spirit is too strong. You cant be beaten. You have God's protection, he has a purpose for you . There are Many against you, always will be . That is your Life. '' . I am stuck in a darkness, waiting to be released from it. So far this is not a happy life, all i seem to be doing is enduring it.
I feel i am just coming out of one, never knew how to describe it but now i think this was it. I would think that on the way out you may go through the stages of grief. Like you are mourning the ego and what you were but can no longer be because of what you know now you can't go back. Curious isc you looked up the stages of grief if you would find some resemblance of what you are going through.
2 years ago
392 posts
I still get low points, sometimes they just last a few hours, sometimes days, or like last winter, which was a drag, but with occasional gasps for air.
I would not say though that the tools (meditation, grounding, prayer, Reiki, etc.) do not work anymore. it is more that one cannot feel much of a relief from them, which is not necessarily the same as them not working. It is bit like a blizzard has dumnped a few tons of snow on your house and property, and we only have a snowshovel to clear it. Well that is what it feels like, but actually many will already have a motorized snow plough, plus a hord of angels on more snow ploughs. The trouble is not the equipment and amount of help, but that it is a very heavy blizzard, and it is still going on. What we clear, is replaced by a new load, almost immediately. So we are clearing, but something new takes it's place asap, and it feels the same, so it is easy to belief that nothing is working. And as there is so much dumped on one, and it lasts for a while, with little respite, it is easy to start feeling it is ones own stuff....(but where all that stuff was supposed to have been tugged away in my bodies, during all the weeks and months before, when I felt fine, is beyond me )
The upside of all this is that during those times we are clearing A LOT! And I trust that in the long run it will make our lives better and better. I know it is a platitude, but I then remind myself that it could all be much worse. Perhaps the collective crap we are sending into Light now, is stopping a war, another economic melt down, or ecological disaster? So the prize we are paying during a dark nite, to awoid an abyss, is actually not that high. Even though, of course it can be very uncomfortable....
What helps me during dark nites is that I keep giving healing to clients, and see how it helps them!
But one can look a it this way too - e.g. feelings of disconnection - they are energy! They are energies creating the illusion of disconnection! Many humans think that they are what is 'real'. Millions have fed them over centuries, there will be a fair amount of them accumulated. So if we are drafted in to help clear such feelings of disconnectedness - more and more humans will feel more connected. Feeling more connected, will makes them feel more aware. More responsible towards one another, the planet, etc....
I did some reading about meditation research the last few weeks. It is pretty exciting. Cannot find the article again now, but think it was IONS research, or one of their youtube clips. Something like it being 30million in the USA in 2015, up form 12million only a few years before that. Plus the number of peer reviewed research studies have gone from a handful per year in the 80's to over 300pa in 2015. If you look at yoga figures , they are ever increasing too. Over all in the 90s one would have been laughed at by most doctors, if mentioning CAM treatments. Nowadays they are so mainstream, there is hardly a cancer patient in the UK, who does not use some CAM treatment as well, and doctors have become much more accepting! So our 'quiet' revolution - bit for bit dismantling energetic structures of non-spirituality is working. But like any revolution we still get some cuts and scrapes along the way.
Love and Light!
I understand this to be the period of time when you seem cut off from Source and must rely on your own achievements to overcome adversity. I have to say that I have not experienced this. I did expect it though. I also understand that not all go through this initiation and those that do are way stronger than before. All things are suspect and even you may suspect Source and are angry about your lot. I accept my lot but are angry that others must suffer. That is all I can offer. There are some here that can give you a better perspective on it. Don't give up. i feel you are way stronger than you even believe.
it's only through the darkest night when you realize the power of your own light...... giovanni arcadu

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As we are slap bang in the middle of the Penny Arcade Expo or PAX. I thought it would be a good time to share some news, that has come from said expo.
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Michael Milken is wondering why companies aren't selling more stocks and junk bonds to investors right now.
After all, stocks and junk bonds have rallied hard since the financial crisis, and at these levels he sees them as a great deal... to sell:
Near-zero interest rates in the U.S. and Europe have fueled demand for high-risk securities, providing companies with an opportunity to cut debt incurred during the excesses of the credit boom, Milken told an audience at the Milken Global Institute conference yesterday in Beverly Hills, California.
"It's the individual's fault, the individual leadership of that organization, if they are not taking advantage of today's markets to sell equity and debt, de-leverage and push out maturities," he said during a panel moderated by Matt Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News.
He continued:
"Defaults were exaggerated, the risks were exaggerated," Milken said of the recovery in high-yield bonds. "Those risks existed in mortgage-backed securities, but they didn't exist in industrial companies, and that's what the market is saying."
When a company sells stock or bonds at a certain price, it's always going to be either a good deal for the investors buying or a good deal for the company selling.


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From Walden Pond to the Olympics, Swimmer Thrives in Open Water
~New York Times, Karen Crouse
CONCORD, Mass. -- Wading into Walden Pond, Alex Meyer did not exactly find an idyllic sanctuary, a spot where one's solitude is broken only by birdsong. Meyer was waist-deep in the 65-degree water and about to shove off on a two-hour training swim when a pot-bellied man in a pair of stretched-out trunks plodded in after him and challenged him to a sprint.
Read on at The New York Times
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Disabled swim star who wouldn't give up Olympic dream
Reflecting on the Loss of Fran Crippen
~By Gary Hall Sr., The Race Club
Last week, the world lost one of its finest distance and open water swimmers, Fran Crippen. His body was apparently discovered submerged just 400 meters or so from the finish line, hours after the completion of the FINA open water race near Dubai.
The water was allegedly very warm for competition, with temperatures reported at 84 degrees Fahrenheit or higher by others. The air temperature was allegedly near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Several athletes ended up in the hospital after the race from dehydration or heat exhaustion. I don't know too many other details about the race other than it was a circuit course of around 2 miles and that there were some race supervisors on jetskis, but exactly how many, I do not know.
When I first learned of Fran's death, my first thought was 'this should not have happened'. Open water swimming has its inherent risks. One of the mystiques and intrigues about this fast growing sport is that one has to deal with a wide range of conditions; warm water, cold water, wind, waves, current, poor visibility, jelly fish, sharks, seaweed...just to name a few. Somehow, I cannot bring myself to believe that when considering this particular race, involving young talented swimmers among the most physically fit on the planet, that death by drowning should be one of the risks.
2010 US Masters Swimming Championships
~By Sheryl Watkins
Almost 2000 athletes, ages 18 and over, competed over the course of the four day Championship at the 2010 US Masters Short Course Nationals at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center (GTAC) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. This year marked the 40th anniversary of the Masters Nationals with 1,977 swimmers ranging from 18 to 93 years swimming over the course of the four-day event that took place May 20-23, 2010. The GTAC facility was the site of all swimming, diving and synchronized swimming competition as well as the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon during the Centennial Olympic Games in the summer of 1996. For the masters competition, the 50-meter pool was divided into 2, 10-lane competition pools and the diving well served as the warm-up pool. Odd and even heats were run for each event simultaneously. This was a must, with almost 2,000 swimmers and a total of 46 events (individual and relay). The most popular event, the men's 100 yd freestyle, contained 59 heats. That's almost 600 swimmers' in one event!
A total of 47 states and 8 countries were represented at the meet, so it was a true national and international event. Included were over 150 Florida swimmers making the pilgrimage, including 3 swimmers from Palm Coast's masters swim team, Dynoswim Masters and 7 swimmers from the Daytona Beach Masters Team. Dynoswimmers Glenn Partelow (62), Kate Sussman (52) and Sheryl Watkins (45) competed in a total of 12 events and brought home a total of 4 metals: Glenn took 7th place in the 200 yd Butterfly, 7th place in the 1,650 yd Freestyle (yes, that is 1 mile!), and 9th place in the 500 yd Freestyle. Sheryl brought home a 7th place in the 200 yd Backstroke. Metals were given out for the top 10 swimmers for each event and each age group. Age groups are, in general, defined by 5 year increments (i.e. 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, starting at 18 and ending at 90 and above). Glenn and Sheryl coach Dynoswim Masters, which practices at the Frieda Zamba Pool year round. Dynoswim member ages have ranged from 15 to 84, with ranging goals: fitness, triathlon training, and competitive swimming. Practices focus on technique and endurance building and are held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Frieda Zamba from 6-7:45 pm.
Among the entrants were a number of Olympians, including Rowdy Gaines, Cullen Jones, Mark Gangloff, Josh Davis, Roque Santos, David Sims, Sue Walsh, Chris Stevenson, Jeff Farrell, David Wharton, Ryan Papa and Bumpy Jones. In addition, Swimming World's 2009 World Masters Swimmers of the Year Rich Burns, Laura Val, Michael Mann, and Mike Ross also competed. There were an amazing 103 individual and 19 relay record-breaking performances at the meet.
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Breaststroke That Is Hard to Imitate and All but Impossible to Beat
~By Karen Crouse
Breaststrokers are fish of a different school, with styles straight out of Dr. Seuss: flat strokes, surge strokes, high strokes, low strokes.
At the moment, the quirkiest -- and quickest -- breaststroke among the women belongs to Rebecca Soni, the American-record holder for the 200-meter event and the fastest in the world this year in the 100 and the 200.
On the final night of the Pan Pacific Championships, Soni came within a half-second of her world record in the 200 breaststroke -- an event in which she owns the six fastest times this year -- with a clocking of 2 minutes 20.69 seconds. Earlier in the week, she defeated the deepest 100-meter breaststroke field of the summer at the event.
Read on at the New York Times
Swimmers Who Changed the Sport
~By Bob Schaller
The columns about the pending end of the career of the world's greatest all-time swimmer certainly draw attention. And they are legitimate news items, a discussion worth having because it is something not imagined or blown out of proportion: A scaled down 2012 and retirement before 2016. Regardless, at some point, the comet that is Michael Phelps has lit up the swimming universe for far longer than many might have expected, and it's brought with it an illumination of the sport that will be hard to replace.
Read on at Swimnetwork.com
The other side of Ryan Lochte
~By Mike Gustafson
Whenever anyone familiar with the world of swimming hears the name "Ryan Lochte" they grin, like they know him personally. Whatever image the name "Ryan Lochte" brings to mind--the point is, you have one. He is a character in the story of swimming, whether you know him personally or not. At first glimpse, Ryan Lochte is not a rehearsed enigma like Michael Phelps and he's not perfectly manicured like Natalie Coughlin. Instead, Ryan Lochte feels like an old friend to us, a Holden Caulfield man-child character walking amongst us on the pool deck. But there's another side to Lochte, the side not frequently reported on, since it's less glamorous and glitzy than his all-white tuxedo he once wore to a Golden Goggles ceremony. Ryan Lochte, philanthropist.
Read On at Swimnetwork.com
Rio de Janiero Wins 2016 Games
Last week in Copenhagen, the IOC awarded the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Rio defeated Madrid in the final round. Tokyo was eliminated in the second round. Chicago, expected to be a finalist with Rio, was eliminated in the first round.
Brendan Hansen Talks About Speedsuit Impact on Sport of Swimming
~By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey. August 17. The medal detector so successfully used by Brendan Hansen during his international swimming career has been in his garage for a year. And considering the state of the sport, with record-breaking that has been a sham at all levels, Hansen has no regrets about taking 2009 away from the pool.
Read on at Swimming World Magazine
Mark Spitz - Munich 1972
Team USA Breaks World Record in 400 Medley Relay
The United States capped the 2009 FINA World Championships Sunday with a gold medal and world record in the men's 400m medley relay, the team of Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps and David Walters turning in a time of 3:27.28.
Read on at SwimNetwork.com
For Swim Parents; The Big Deal About SwimSuits
A note from John Leonard, American Swimming Coaches Association
A number of people have told me that we need a simple primer on why we consider the swimsuit issue (at all levels of American and World Swimming) to be important, and that needs to be addressed to parents of swimmers, who may well not have the background in our sport to understand the issue and be confused. The attached link is direct to such an article. If it will be of help to you with your parents, I encourage each of you to reproduce this in any way you wish IN WHOLE, (please don't cut and clip and choose pieces of it.) and distribute it as you wish.
I hope you find it helpful. Be confident that our ASCA staff and Board leadership have worked diligently for the past 18 months to get the world of swimming into the solution that has now been found and voted for by 168 nations, as part of our advocacy for our beloved sport.
~By John Leonard, Executive Director, American Swimming Coaches Association
Over the past 18 months, the swimming world has been a frenzy of controversy over the emergence of technology in swimsuits. At the recent World Championships in Rome, the constant and overwhelming refrain about suits, echoed the volume and intensity of the last time we were in Rome for a World Championships, when the topic was doping....drugs distorting our sport...in 1994. Fifteen years later, the emotional topic was the new high tech suits that have swept through the sport from the World Championship level down to the local park district championships in the summer league. The parallels were impossible to miss.
The Science Behind The Swimsuit War
This month's crackdown on slick swimsuits marks a rare retreat in the technological arms race (and legs race) that has dominated international sports - but it doesn't mean the multimillion-dollar quest for a high-tech edge is over.
"We've already started to think about what kinds of things we'll be doing for 2012," said Rick Sharp, an exercise physiologist at Iowa State University who has played a key role in the swimsuit wars. Then he added with a chuckle, "I can't tell you what those are."
Read on at MSNBC
More World Records in Swimming, With No End in Sight
Michael Phelps was answering a question when the roar of the crowd at the Foro Italico drowned out his voice. Phelps turned to the television screen that was showing the second semifinal of the men's 200-meter freestyle at the world championships and a cloud scudded across his face. His expression darkened.
Read on at the New York Times
Coach threatens to pull Phelps out of meets
Bowman says swimmer might not race until FINA bans high-tech bodysuits
ROME - Michael Phelps' coach has threatened to withhold the swimmer from international meets until FINA bans high-tech bodysuits.
Read on at NBC Sports
Record-setting swimming bodysuits banned
Hi-tech suits led to 108 world records being set last year, 30 so far this year
ROME - Record-setting bodysuits were banned by FINA on Friday, with swimming's governing body taking a major step to limit technology in the pool.
FINA has come under criticism for its failure to regulate the rapid advances in swimsuit technology that have led to 108 world records last year and nearly 30 so far this year.
Read on at NBC Sports
Disabled Swimmer, 16, Has Sights Set on 2012 Paralympics
~By Charles Davis
Jonathan Heider needs a rival. The 16-year-old is expected to win all six races he enters at the National Junior Disability Championships in St. Louis. It would be an incredible accomplishment for anyone, but especially for Jonathan because he was born without any arms or legs. Many athletes boast that they are so good, they don't have any competition, but that's actually the case for Jonathan.
Read on at the Greenbay Pressgazette
Phelps cruises through nationals, shapes up for worlds
~By Vicki Michaelis
At the world swimming championships, which begin July 26 in Rome, Michael Phelps won't tackle as ambitious a competition program as the one that gave him worldwide celebrity and a place in Olympic history in last year's Beijing Games. Phelps' results still could be spectacular, based on his performance in the U.S. championships, which ended Saturday in Indianapolis.
That would be in stark contrast with the last time Phelps competed in worlds the year after winning a passel of Olympic medals. He won six gold and two bronze in the 2004 Athens Games, then, in the 2005 worlds, failed to qualify for the 400-meter freestyle final and finished seventh in the 100 freestyle.
Read on at USA Today
Dara Torres breaks own U.S. record in 50-meter butterfly
~By Sharon Robb
Dara Torres was inspired by the crowd sticking around for time trials after the USA Swimming National Championships had officially ended late Saturday in Indianapolis. After nearly two days of rest, the five-time Olympian from Parkland broke the U.S. record in the 50-meter butterfly for the second time in four weeks.
Torres, 42, wanted to do a time trial to see if she could make her second event for the world championships later this month. She swam the world's third all-time fastest in 25.50 seconds and may add that to her 50 freestyle schedule in Rome. She was just .13 off the world record.
Read on at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
North Dakota Swimmer Rises Far From Public Eye
~By Karen Crouse
There is no road map for Dagny Knutson's journey. There are no footprints to trace, no MapQuest or G.P.S. to direct her from swimming's hinterlands to its heights.
Knutson, a 17-year-old from Minot, N.D., sweeps into this week's USA Swimming World Championship Trials as if on the tail of a chinook wind. In the winter and spring, she posted times in the 200-meter freestyle, the 200 individual medley and the 400 individual medley that would have placed her among the top eight at the Beijing Olympics last year.
Read on at The New York Times
Coach and Friend Jimi Flowers
Jimi Flowers, passed away on July 10 from a tragic climbing accident. Jimi was a former competitive swimmer, who went on to coach at Auburn University, work at USA Swimming, and most recently, serve as the Paralympic Coach. Jimi was someone the swimming community looked to for smiles, positive statements, and a caring heart.
Read more about Jimi Flowers at GoSwim.tv
USA Nationals Wrap-up
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana. Get all of the stories, results and video interviews from the recently completed USA Nationals.
Check it out at SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
Future Olympians
From Sports Illustrated: Watch over the next few years to see how far their dreams will carry them--to college stardom, professional titles or Olympic gold.
Lia Neal, 14 (Photo)
Lukas Verzbicas, 16 (Photo)
Up-and-Comers Will Test Stars at the USA Swimming National Championships
The nation's best swimmers will cut through the chlorine in Indianapolis the next five days at the National Championships and World Championship Trials. Those who make the team -- the top finisher in each event and likely the runner-up, too -- will compete in the World Championships in Rome from July 17 to Aug. 2.
Read on at the Courier-Journal
Teri McKeever and Kate Ziegler Interview
Coach Teri McKeever talks about the qualities of a good coach -- male or female -- and how Natalie Coughlin has been keeping fit during her break. Olympian Kate Ziegler talks about the pressures she faced leading up to the Olympics after breaking the world record in the 1500 free in 2007.
Phelps clocks personal best in 100m butterfly victory
US swimming star Michael Phelps won the 100m butterfly in a sizzling 50.48sec, flirting with the world record as he continued his 2009 World Championship build-up at the Canada Cup.
Phelps, who won an unprecedented eight Olympic gold medals at the Beijing Games last August, was just eight-hundredths outside the world record of 50.40 held by compatriot Ian Crocker, in Saturday's competition.
He also improved on his personal best time of 50.58sec, set in winning gold at Beijing.
Read on at AFP
Brent Hayden Beats Michael Phelps...
...to Win Men's 100 Freestyle Gold at Santa Clara Grand Prix
June 15, 2009
SANTA CLARA, California, June 15. WORLD champion Brent Hayden of Vancouver beat American superstar Michael Phelps to win the men's 100-metre freestyle on Sunday at the Santa Clara Grand Prix swimming competition.
Read on at Swimming World Magazine
Legendary college swim coach Richard Quick dies
~By Brian Davis
Richard Quick, an icon in the swimming world who grew up in Dallas and became the most successful coach in collegiate swimming, died late Wednesday in Austin after a six-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor. He was 66.
A Highland Park graduate, Quick helped start the SMU women's swimming program and captured 12 NCAA titles as the head coach at Texas and Stanford. He also led the Auburn men's program to an NCAA title last year.
Doctors discovered the tumor last December. Soon after, the Richard Quick Endowment was established by Swim Across America to help raise money and awareness for cancer research.
IOC Rule 45 Amendment Needs Amending
~By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 3. LAST summer, the International Olympic Committee amended Rule 45 of its rules regulating participation in each of the Olympic Games. The new addition states that anyone being suspended for more than six months for a doping-related offense would also be banned from the Olympic Games following the conclusion of the suspension.
read on at Swimming World Magazine
Dara Torres Lowers American Record Again
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 22. IT didn't take long for Dara Torres to progress her American record in the women's 50 fly at the Texas Senior Circuit meet. Torres blasted a 25.72 during finals of the sprint event over long course meters at the College Station-based event.
Read on at Swimming World Magazine
What's really inside those swimsuits?
Controversial subject and article. Please chime in and share your opinion by using the below comments section.
Competitive swimming's dirty little secret
~By Mark Starr - GlobalPost Columnist
What was always sexy about the sport -- in a healthy rather than a salacious way -- was the great bodies that reflected the extraordinary dedication of these athletes. There were long and lean ones, short and stocky ones and pretty much everything in between.
Now all the bodies are hidden behind the same space-age fabrics. So when you've seen one swimmer, you've seen them all. They actually resemble boats more than human beings. However, if we want to watch boat races, there's far more beauty and pageantry in the America's Cup.
The good news is that I'm hardly the only one who has noticed that technology in the pool is a turnoff. FINA, the international swimming federation, commissioned a study of the new body suits earlier this year and is considering new regulations on swim gear at its meeting this week in Switzerland. For starters, it rejected 10 swimsuit models outright and is requiring modification of another 136 models (out of 348 swimsuits from 21 manufacturers studied by its committee).
Phelps trying out new freestyle technique
~By Rachel Cohen
NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Phelps is following up his record performance at the Beijing Olympics by changing some of the swimming technique that carried him to eight gold medals.
Hasn't he ever heard of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? But Phelps isn't chasing the same old goals. As he shifts to focusing on shorter races, he hopes the new freestyle technique will increase his sprinting speed.
"You'll all have to see. I'm not saying anything until we unveil it," Phelps said with a grin when asked how he's tweaked the stroke. "It's a significant change. You'll be able to tell exactly what I did as soon as I take my first stroke."
Read on at The Associated Press
World Record 50 Free
French Long Course Championships
Fred Bousquet Becomes First Human Under 21 Seconds in 50 Free
MONTPELLIER, France, April 26. FRED Bousquet threw down an insane time in the men's 50 free, becoming the first human under 21 seconds.
He obliterated Eamon Sullivan's world record of 21.28 from the Australian Olympic Trials with an eye-popping, jaw-dropping, stupidly fast time of 20.94. Alain Bernard was also under the previous record with a 21.23. Amaury Leveaux took third in 21.59, and Fabien Gilot was fourth in 21.65.
Read on at Swimming World Magazine
Olympic Swimmer Rowdy Gaines to Swim in 2009 YMCA Masters Nationals
Stepping up to the blocks again 25 years after winning Olympic swimming gold three times, Rowdy Gaines will arrive in Ft. Lauderdale on April 17 to compete in his signature events at the 2009 YMCA Masters National Swim Meet being held in the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex. Gaines, who turned 50 in February, will join a strong age group field that includes several swimming world record holders, for three events: the 50-yard freestyle, the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle.
Read on at Mat's Swimming Blog (About.com)
Olympic swimmer wouldn't let cancer stop him
U.S. Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau cuts through the water like a hot knife through butter. There's not much that can slow him down, not even cancer. Shanteau was diagnosed with testicular cancer one week before the Olympic trials in 2008. He decided to defer treatment for testicular cancer until after his Olympic competition back in Beijing. Although no one can put themselves in another person's position, the consequence of this decision could not be greater. But fortunately for Shanteau, his cancer was detected early on.
Read on at News 8 Austin
Did you know...?
Tom Dolan was 11 when he broke his arm and his mother told him he had to avoid swimming. He was a teenager when doctors diagnosed him with asthma, then a narrow windpipe, and explained that these things gave him a poor capacity for oxygen intake, and an even poorer chance at swimming success. Dolan only swam harder, vanquishing the exhaustion, and the dizziness, and the occasional blackouts.
Tom Dolan was also America's first 1996 Olympic gold medalist, when he edged training partner and fellow American Eric Namesnik to win the 400-meter individual medley in a time of 4 minutes 14.90 seconds.
Historical Olympic Swimming
Vintage swimming footage from the Japan 1933, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Munich 1972 Olympics.
Did you know...?
Australian swimmers 18 years and under will be banned from wearing full bodysuits in competition under new bylaws passed by the board of Swimming Australia. The board also agreed with other leading swimming nations, including the United States, to ask the governing body FINA not to approve any further swimsuits and ban the use of "multilayer" suits after some competitors at the Beijing Olympics wore several suits to help with buoyancy. The rules will come into effect in April, just before the Australian age-group championships in Sydney.
Amaury Leveaux Blasts 50 Free World Record
Amaury Leveaux's 50 Free video! He also cleared the 45 mark (44.94 to be exact) in the 100 Free (SCM), marking the 100th World Record set in 2008!
RIJEKA, Croatia, December 11. THE first night of finals at the European Short Course Championships held in Rijeka, Croatia started off with a bang as Amaury Leveaux of France clocked a world record during the men's 50 free semifinal round.
Read about it at SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
Unsuited For Swimming
A meeting will take place in Lausanne in February that will contribute significantly to the future direction of swimming. Sound minds will be present, so too will be people who show us why the current chaos in the sport must be sunk without a trace.
Read on at SwimNews.com
Smit breaks short course 400m IM record
TORONTO (AFP) -- Julia Smit of the United States broke the short course world record in the women's 400m individual medley on Friday with a time of 4min 25.87sec at the Canada Cup swimming meeting.
Smit, winner of two relay medals - silver and bronze - at the Beijing Games, eclipsed the previous record of 4:26.52 set by Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe on April 9 of this year.
World's Worst Olympic Swimming Trial
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Ode To Gary Hall, Jr.
Thanks Swimnetwork.com!
Make sure you watch to the very end...
Scott Goldblatt Has More Fans Than Mel Stewart
Mel: (In a funny voice) "Who wants to see a gold medal?"
Kids: "Oooooh! Aaaaaaaah!"
Olympic swimmer wouldn't let cancer dash his dream
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau, the last two months have been a whirlwind. "Full of the best moments and the scariest moments of my life," says the 24-year-old Olympic swimmer.
Read on at CNN.com
Olympic Swimming & Wall St.
Dean, You may remember my friend Chris Jacobs -- the Olympian -- check out this article... Jean
Yeah, But Can Michael Phelps Handle LIBOR?
Chris Jacobs swam with Dara Torres and Matt Biondi as a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1988. Now he swims with the sharks as a buyer of distressed debt.
Read on at the Wall St. Journal
Fifth Place
Note: Find related entries here.
~By Jen Kaido, Wednesday - August 20, 2008
Family and Friends,
As most of you probably already know, we came in fifth in the final. Honestly, it wasn't a great race and it wasn't our best race. I'm not sure what happened or went wrong. We knew we had to go out and be aggressive the whole way down the course, and I feel we were doing that, but it still wasn't enough. A couple times I could feel us getting closer to Germany, but then they would walk away. It's weird....I'm glad the racing is over with, but I'm not really happy. I know it's an accomplishment to just be in the Olympics and representing my country, but when I see girls that I have been training with and working just as hard as, win Olympic Gold, it hurts. Each event is different and certain countries usually dominate certain events. Although, our women's single sculler Michelle Guerette won silver which is amazing and fantastic for American sculling!
Olympics and Walls
~By Nate McBride
Well the first week of the Olympics is now over and if you didn't know better, you may have thought that the only two sports at the Olympics were swimming and volleyball, oh, and the occasional boxing match. You may also have realized that the two largest sponsors of the Olympics, Budweiser and McDonalds, provoke a sense of only the deepest irony. While I, like most athletes, enjoy a few Big Macs and Budweisers between sets, I have to go out on a limb and speculate that NO athletes at the games, except maybe the Hammer throwers, eat McDonalds or chase their McNuggets with a Budweiser tall boy. But that is only speculation and maybe, as a coach, I am behind the times on training diets. I will immediately begin a thorough investigation.
While I am glad that Michael Phelps won all of his events, I find it unfortunate that the great coverage team at NBC decided to neglect everyone else that kicked butt or in some way had a compelling swim.
One-legged swimmer takes to Olympic waters
Note: I'm a huge fan of Natalie du Toit.
BEIJING, China (AP) -- Natalie du Toit looked like any other athlete when she walked into the Bird's Nest, carrying the South African flag at the opening ceremonies.
Read on at CNN.com
Phelps Frame-By-Frame
Check it out at Sports Illustrated
6 Reasons Today's Olympic Swimmers are Breaking so many World Records
~By Diana Wolf
For some reason every swim event in this Olympics is a record smasher. And it isn't just Michael Phelps who's seconds ahead of that daunting green world record line. Curious what's making this year's athletes so much faster? Here are 6 possible answers.
Read on at Mental Floss
Head Games Before the First Splash
~By Karen Crouse
Published: August 5, 2008, New York Times
The rectangular space where many swimming medals will be won or lost at the Beijing Olympics has no lane lines or starting blocks. It has no water, unless the competitors bring their own.
Olympics 2008
Immediately before they race in the 50-meter pool at the Olympic aquatics arena, the Water Cube, the swimmers will be required to spend up to 30 minutes at rest in the ready room. It is like a television studio green room, except instead of hospitality, there is usually a strong whiff of hostility.
Phelps versus Spitz
In thirty years, we may still be talking about Phelps (and Spitz).
Racing Begins... **UPDATE**
Read previous entries regarding this series and see some photos:
Entry: I'm here! and Entry: Racing begins in one week...
~By Jen Kaido - Saturday, August 9, 2008
Family and Friends,
It is the eve before racing. We (the quad) just had a boat meeting with our coach, Matt Madigan. We went over some logistics, such as what bus to catch to the race course, how much time we need for warm up, what time we meet with Matt before launching and when we launch. And once we launch, there's another 45 minutes of warm up on the water. All this for a six and a half minute race! We usually get to the race course 2 hours before a race. It allows time to warm up (about 20 minutes), stretch, chill, pee (multiple times), and nervously fidget for awhile. I like to just lay down for 5-10 minutes listening to music that will pump me up for the race.
Phelps Breaks Gold-Medal Mark as China Wins 17th Gold
By Erik Matuszewski and Dan Baynes
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Phelps broke the career gold-medal record at the Olympics today as China improved to a Games-leading 17 titles and Georgia got its first two.
Read on at Bloomberg
Watching the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Here are some great sites to help you stay on top of all the news coming out of the Summer Olympics, and figure out what time the various sports will be televised.
Olympic Minute: Let the Games Begin
Racing Begins in One Week...
Note: More thoughts from olympic rower Jennifer Kaido. Jen is a current U.S.Olympic team member and friend and former teammate of Sharon Kriz. (Sharon will be a member of Dynoswim's 24 Hour Liechtenstein Relay in November.) (Photo: Lia Pernell, Lindsay Meyer, Margot Shumway, and Jen Kaido)
~By Jen Kaido, August 3, 2008
Family and Friends,
Racing begins in one week and the final is in two weeks. It seems so far away. That's okay, it just leaves more time to work on technique and adjust to the time difference. My boatmates and I feel pretty good right now, but the first week we were stiff and cranky from the traveling. There were a couple tense moments during practice and exchange of words but we have talked about it and everyone is getting along and putting up with each other. It's a hard time right now, because we have spent all summer together, in the same boat, traveling and rooming together, and tensions are running high (among everyone) now that we're at the Olympics. You can feel it at the course, in the boatbays, on the bus....people are stressed, anticipating racing and some get irritated easily. It's hard not to get caught up in everything but I think after the first week, we have found how to deal with it and not let it affect our practice and relationship with one another.
USA Swimming: Summary of the Tara Kirk Arbitration Hearing
Note: Let's hear it! I know you all have plenty of opinions on this one:
TO: USA Swimming Board of Directors / All Staff
Attached please find a brief summary of the Tara Kirk arbitration hearing that just recently was completed.
As you know, since Jessica Hardy's positive drug test became public, Tara Kirk has been demanding that she be placed on the Olympic Team and be given the opportunity to swim the 100m breaststroke in Beijing.. This came to a head when she filed a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association on Monday morning August 4, claiming that USA Swimming's refusal to put her on the team was a violation of the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. She also filed claims seeking monetary damages, costs and attorneys fees from USA Swimming, as well as an order that USA Swimming's Selection Procedures be changed in the future.
I'm here!
Note: I wanted to share some thoughts from olympic rower Jennifer Kaido. Jen is a current U.S.Olympic team member and friend and former teammate of Sharon Kriz. (Sharon will be a member of Dynoswim's 24 Hour Liechtenstein Relay in November.)
Although Jen is a rower, the perspective she's been so gracious to share is applicable to swimmers and all athletes of all levels.(Photo: Bronze medal winners Sharon Kriz and Jennifer Kaido - from the 2005 Munich World Cup)
~By Jennifer Kaido - July 29, 2008
Family and Friends,
I finally made it to China! I can't believe my feet are on top of Chinese soil...and I'm rowing on Olympic waters. We landed around 2pm Beijing time (which is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard time) on Sunday. The flight was a little over 11 hours long. I made a new friend during that time...Sydney, a little, restless, friendly 18 month old (maybe?) girl who enjoyed hanging out with us in the back of the plane. Most of our Team was up, walking/standing around and congregating through out the plane. When we landed, I had no idea we were even close to the ground due to all the fog in the air. It looked like we were still up in the clouds. All the reports of pollution and humidity are true. It just looked like a really foggy, rainy day, but it was actually smog. I have never seen anything like it. People have compared it to the pollution of LA. It was hard to see a quarter of a mile in front of me. The first step outside was a blanket of thick, warm air. It was weird, the air was warm and thick, but I wasn't sweating like I usually do back home. Since the sun doesn't shine through the smog so much, it didn't seem as warm. After a few hours of customs, baggage claim, waiting around, taking the bus to the hotel, more security, waiting around and a team meeting, we finally made it to our rooms at 7:45pm. I went to bed at 8pm and woke up the next morning at 7am....just in time for breakfast.
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US swimmer Hardy fails doping test: reports
Jessica Hardy, an American who qualified to swim the 50-metres freestyle and 100 breaststroke at the Beijing Olympics, has tested positive for a banned substance, Swimming World magazine reported.
read on at ABC News (Australia)
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I don't WANT to be an Olympian!
~By Glenn Mills
The other day, a coaching friend was telling me about a comment a swimmer had made. In trying to get a point across to an athlete, the coach related a story she had read about one of our current Olympic swimmers. The swimmer's response was, "But I don't WANT to be an Olympian."
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U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials
The U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials are June 29-July 6 in Omaha, Neb. You could view the competition on NBC, NBCOlympics.com and Universal Sports TV. Check your local listings for the show times in your area. You can also check on the progress of your favorite swimmers via Omega Timing's meet results and live timing features.
Saturday Morning at MAC : Speakers & Interviews
We love watching other teams train; at all levels there's always something new to pick-up and learn, maybe even apply to your own workouts. Check out David Marsh, now at Mecklenburg (formerly Head Coach at Auburn), among the best coaches of our sport.
June 4, 2008 - After warmup, the MAC Elite group went through a pretty interesting circuit. As David explained it, it simulates a full race.
Dara Torres, Beijing 2008
The following was provided by Jean Magnier, Masters swimmer and former Hoboken Crab. Jean says:
Hello fellow swimmers!
I thought you may enjoy this video on Dara Torres, the 41-year old who is going to Olympic trials. I was at this pool (Coral Springs) 2 years ago for Nationals and saw Dara there swimming with her then 3-week-old! Enjoy!
Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games
Talk about perseverance and determination, Natalie's an inspiration on a variety of levels, not only for overcoming the obstacles in her life, but also by overcoming the prejudices and insensitivities typically shown Paralympic athletes. I absolutely love the fact that she'll be swimming in the able-bodied field.
For those of you that don't already know, some paralympians have been denied the opportunity to compete in the traditional venues (able-bodied) despite being among the best in the world.
Go Natalie!
Read about Natalie Du Toit's latest success
Dara Torres on ESPN Tonight
Today's (May 6th) edition of ESPN's prime-time newsmagazine E:60 at 7 p.m., will feature a profile of Dara Torres as she trains for a U.S. record fifth Olympics at 41 and the mother of a two-year-old.
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In a conference with Hubert Reeves, "From the stars to climate and biodiversity", Ségolène Royal announced that the bill for biodiversity, nature and landscape restoration would be examined by the Senate in mid-January for a final adoption by the summer.
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Support to a research and coral preservation awareness-raising expedition (Veolia) ;
Generating biodiversity risk analysis methods (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) ;
Developing and coordinating a regional network of actors working for the preservation of biodiversity (France Nature Environnement Midi-Pyrénées) ;
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Support to some fifteen companies to share their actions for local biodiversity (Association syndicale libre des usagers du parc du Chevalement – Nord-Pas-de-Calais) ;
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Developing participatory science for a better understanding of the biodiversity of airport sites (HOP ! Biodiversity Air France) ;
Creating a directory to identify all the local actors working for the preservation of biodiversity (Permanent Centre of Initiatives for the Environment Serres Country - Lot Valley) ;
"65 million Observers", a project to raise public awareness of biodiversity through participatory science (National Natural History Museum) ;
Making biodiversity a crucial factor in the choice of cement quarrying projects (Vicat) ;
Reflection on a zoo upgrading in order to develop more actions towards species conservation and visitors' awareness-raising (African Safari Zoo) ;
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Long Time-No See
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Welcome back....it was good to see that you were blogging again. I'm so happy Dennet's meds are working so well!ReplyDelete
Glad you're back - looking forward to seeing pix of all you did while back east.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 1, 2011 at 8:39 AM
It has been awhile! Your away time sounds excellent - looking forward to the pics.ReplyDelete
Glad you're back and glad you had a good trip.ReplyDelete
Way to go Dennett (and Gene)! I'll have what Dennett is having...
Welcome Home!! We missed you!ReplyDelete
I've missed you, too! SO glad to hear Dennett was waiting for you. I haven't been having any problems with Blogger and photos; I wonder what's up with that?ReplyDelete
Hey... there you are! Thought we had lost you to the wiles of the east (seafood and yarn stores)ReplyDelete
Looking forward to hearing all the stories.
You are right about one thing though... skate is fantastic and its been awhile since I've had it. Seems its on the endangered list on this coast at any rate.
You are mistaken about hockey though (sorry) It's GO CANUCKS!
As evidenced by the win tonight 1-0 in game one.
Its been 40 years and its our time.
I'm sure you understand.... :)
Welcome home.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a wonderful time.
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Welcome back!! I've missed reading your posts and hearing about what's going on in your neck of the woods. It sounds like you had a wonderful time. I'm looking forward to reading all about it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM
Happy Dance, I am so happy you are back! I am was having Stella withdrawal! And I was worried about Denneit, very glad everyone is doing well! Sounds like your vacation was fun - something you really deserved.ReplyDelete
Welcome Back! hugs, Martha
So happy to hear the trip was successful and that you and all of yours are well. "There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home." Are you clicking your heels?ReplyDelete
Welcome back! I've been looking for your post to show up on the blog roll thingie on my blog. I'm glad you had plenty of lobster and i've heard skate (and rays) are good eating. I've not dared to try a ray yet. Though we had our first Pompano at Easter w/e and liked it so well we kept and ate one Memorial w/e too! Now i'll release you to catching up and then I'll expect you back-at-it so I can be entertained again teeheeReplyDelete
denise/deBRAT in too dang hot Tampa Bay
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