A swimmer from Bear Creek Village is still healing after being bit by a river otter last month.
It’s now been more than two weeks since the attack. The 57-year-old says she’s been swimming in the lake almost every day for five years, and she’s never seen an otter, much less had one bite her.
“The first bite went straight through my foot from one side to the other,” says the swimmer.
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It was a great summer, and your family made the most of it. Between vacation time, pools, or just hanging out in the backyard for a barbecue, youโre almost ready for school to start and the weather to turn cold.
But is your home ready? As a homeowner, you need to prepare your home for fall and winter months to protect the biggest investment in your life. Thankfully, this is not that hard. You start by examining the outside of your home.
Fall and winter can be hard on your house, especially what you have outside. Thatโs why preparing for colder months starts with your homeโs exterior. Century Home Improvements has an excellent list of home maintenance tasks for the end of summer, including:
You can also ready your landscaping so it will look better through winter and when spring begins. Add a fresh layer of mulch so it looks great and traps moisture underground where your plants need it. You can also pull any dead plants and deadhead any annuals or perennials.
Once you are done preparing the outside of your home, you need to do some work on the inside. After all, this is where your family will be spending most of their time in the colder months.
As Redfin explains, frozen pipes can be a huge problem. Even if you live in the South, you know how the weather has been weird these past few years โ freezes are still possible. Thatโs why you should follow these tips to avoid frozen pipes:
In addition to pipes, you need to worry about drafts. Having a leaky home makes everyone colder and drives up your energy bill. Thatโs why you need to install weatherstripping on exterior doors. Use a candle to find drafts, then cover them with weatherstripping. You can also use door sweeps and add some insulation to your attic.
Now that your home is protected from the bitter cold, you have one last task to prepare for fall and winter: Check the safety of your home.
Start by checking the batteries on smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. These will be vital to protecting your family when youโre running the furnace and space heaters, so make sure they are working properly. You also want to check your fire extinguisher, as these do expire after a number of years. Lastly, this is a great time to make sure any stairs are safe. Check the strength of the railings and consider installing slip guards, especially where your family comes in out of the snow.
The end of summer is often a bittersweet time. Itโs sad to see summer leave, but youโre also ready for fall and winter. By tackling a few maintenance tasks, you can help your home be ready as well. Check the outside first and put away any outdoor furniture. Protect your pipes and eliminate any drafts. Then make sure your home is safe on the inside. Your family deserves a safe, warm home this winter.
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After Swimming for 8 hours and 26 minutes the lads have completed there epic challenge! Three great causes 2 great blokes!!!
The Budapest Urban Games is back for only the second time in its history and this year the event includes a swim across the Danube.
Among the 263 participants were a few celebrities, including former lightweight boxing champion Istvรกn Kovรกcs.
Just before the swim he told Euronews:
โWhen l heard about swimming in the Danube in Budapest, which is like a bucket list event, it was obvious I just had to take part in the event.โ
The swim starts from the Pest side and finishes on the Buda side100 metres away from the starting point.
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Samsung is diving headfirst into wearable computers, announcing a partnership with the iconic Australian swimwear maker Speedo to produce a range of swimming-related wearables that will automatically track your every move in the water.
Ahead of the mammoth IFA electronics tradeshow here in Berlin, Samsung announced two new, water-resistant devices, the Gear Fit2 Pro sports band and the Gear Sport smart watch, both of which will work with Speedo’s “On” app to track lap count, lap time and stroke type when they’re worn in the pool.
Samsung had been expected to announce the Gear S4, an update to its popular Gear S3 smartwatch, but instead it announced the Gear Sport, amounting to a slightly smaller, more sports-oriented version of the Gear S3, as well as the Gear Fit2 Pro, both of which will be water-resitant to five atmospheres, Samsung said.
Five atmospheres of water pressure is roughly equivalent to being 50 metres below the surface.
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Learn about the surprising multi-million dollar bingo businesses that keep the two synchronised swimming clubs afloat.
We believe that swimming is a sport for all, a sport for life.
Scottish Swimming is fully committed to the principles of Equality and equal opportunities and is responsible for ensuring that no job applicant, employee or member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics.
In addition Scottish Swimming will endeavour to provide open open access to all those who wish to participate in swimming
within the competitive environment through its organisation of affiliated clubs and it will work closely with key partners and local authorities to help influence other organisations do the same within different aspects of the sport.
We have talked about the importance of rotation of the body in freestyle. I promised to post a video about drills to help you rotate properly. Here it is! We will go over three exercises.
Angela Beale grew up in North Philadelphia and gives back through a program at Temple that addresses staggering disparities in childhood drowning rates by teaching kids from Philadelphia communities to swim. Read more: https://news.temple.edu/news/2017-09-…
