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Lifestyle,nightlife Diana Nyad Hot Night SwimSuit Extreme swimmer and KCRW host Diana Nyad is trying again tonight to swim from Havana to the coast of Florida. She got in the sea and pushed off about 3:05 our time. In this video, Nyad talks about why she's going again so soon after having to quit 29 hours into her last attempt. Source American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad began her second attempt in as many months to traverse the 103 miles of sea between Cuba and Florida, waving goodbye to well-wishers before jumping feet first into the still water at a Havana marina, then stroking toward the horizon. The 62-year-old Los Angeles woman hoped to break her own world record for open-water swimming without a shark cage that she set in 1979 when she stroked from the Bahamas to Florida. Her last attempt at the Cuba-to-Florida crossing failed Aug. 9 due to a crippling asthma attack that forced her gasping from the water after 29 hours. Nyad to make 2nd Havana-Fla. swim attempt Video: Nyad ends swim from Cuba to Fla. after 29 hours Diana Nyad's marathon swim: Inspiration for aging athletes? Nyad insisted that this time around she was ready to brave the choppy seas, schools of jellyfish and limits of human exhaustion to accomplish her lifelong dream. As darkness fell, about an hour and a half into the swim, Nyad's team sent a Twitter message that she was "going strong." A later message relayed news of a first, stinging setback. "Diana has been stung by what we believe is a moon jelly. She is trying to clear herself of tentacles and continue the swim," it read. Just before she set off from Hemingway Marina on Friday evening, assistants smeared grease on her shoulders to prevent chafing during the planned 60-hour journey. She pumped her fists in the air as her support team blew horns and cheered from waiting boats. "I feel good. I feel very good," Nyad said. "But as you know, it really doesn't matter how I feel right now." She acknowledged being a little more subdued than the last time she departed from this same marina. "Not that I was ever cocky, but having been through this now and be Source

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CASA said the extension was needed as its investigations will not be completed by the end of the initial five-day suspension period.
Meanwhile, Tiger Airways announced that Crawford Rix, the chief executive of its Australia operations had resigned.
The carrier's aircraft were grounded in Australia on 2 July on safety concerns.
Tiger Airways said in a statement that it will not oppose the extension.
The budget carrier also announced that it had asked Tony Davis, the chief executive of its parent company, Tiger Airways Holdings, to take charge of the troubled Australian operations.
Mr Davis has been leading the carrier's talks with CASA since the grounding of its fleet.
The airline's Australian planes were grounded after an aircraft approached an airport too low as it came into land last week.
CASA said the carrier had been under a safety review by the regulator because of previous lapses.
Uncertain future? An extension of grounding will not only cause immense financial loss to the carrier, it has also raised concerns about the future of the company's Australian operations.
Analysts said the grounding may force the carrier to reconsider the way it operates.
"Tiger will now have to weigh its options of either continuing to base its fleet in Australia, and face the uncertainty over when it can resume operations but lose two million Singapore dollars ($1.6m; £1m) per week, or scale down its operations in Australia and exit the business," said Rigan Wong of Citigroup.
Singapore-based brokerage DMG & Partners estimated that the company may lose as much as S$32m as a result of the grounding.
DMG also warned that the loss of reputation may also have an impact on the earnings of the carrier.
"There could be further downside risks to earnings from higher operational costs in terms of staff costs and higher marketing costs in an attempt to repair its reputation," it said. read more
Jul 7, 2011 ... Tiger issued a statement last night saying its chief executive, Crawford Rix, will finish up at the airline on July 31 read more

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