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...portion of scallops was served with celery root, pancetta and pear, and showcased the restaurant’s commitment to serving fresh ingredients. The waiter made a point of explaining that although the menu advertised Nantucket Bay scallops, the recent cold snap had necessitated a switch to Maine diver scallops which were easier to fish in frigid waters. The scallops were perfectly cooked, treading the fine line between undercooked slipperiness and the off-putting elastic band texture that can result when they are left in the pan too long...
...screen showed snatches of Lee as a young, muscular diver, and later as a coach and mentor to greats like Greg Louganis...
Free diving was first made popular by The Big Blue, a 1988 French movie about the sport that was inspired by real events and featured rapturous cinematography. Today there are more than 20,000 free divers around the world, in a sport that was barely heard of 15 years ago, and the number is growing. Most practice the "constant ballast" technique, in which a diver uses fins but no extra weights to dive as far as possible before coming up for air. No-limits free divers take it further, using a weighted sled running down a vinyl-coated steel cable...
Many of us feel the call of the deep, but few of us are willing to face the cold, wet and occasionally shark-infested realities of scuba diving. That's why we need Spyfish, a gadget for divers who aren't quite ready to take the plunge. Spyfish is a battery-powered minisubmarine tricked out with cameras and floodlights and operated by wireless remote control. It trails a slender cable behind it that transmits whatever it sees back to a monitor topside, so you can rummage through Davy Jones' locker while sunning yourself on deck and sipping...
While the duo distanced itself from the opposition in the one-meter, the tandem blew the competition out of the water in the three-meter, with Paradise winning by 13.80 points over Osmun, who finished 40.35 points ahead of the third-best diver...