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☆ For 60 years, the US Navy has been training dolphins and sea lions to keep rivals away from its most sensitive hardware
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Gidget Fuentes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

The US Navy has been training dolphins and sea lions to detect undersea threats since the 1960s. A US Navy trainer with a Mark 5 Marine Mammal sea lion in Key West in October 1990. The program worked with sharks, rays, and sea turtles but settled on dolphins and sea lions. US NavyThe Navy Marine Mammal Program's budget for 2023 provides $40 million for "food, medicine, veterinary care, husbandry, and facilities," Wilson said. A US Navy sea lion jumps into a riverine command boat during a mine-countermeasures exercise in Bahrain in November 2014.

☆ The Dramatic World of Artistic Swimming Will be Open to Men at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Louise Radnofsky | Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bill May and Natalia Vega Figueroa perform during the Mixed Duet Technical Artistic Swimming Preliminary at the FINA Swimming World Championships 2019. An Olympic competition long associated with dramatically made-up women swimming and swirling will have a new addition for the 2024 Paris Games: men. World Aquatics announced Thursday that countries would be allowed to include up to two men in their entries for the 2024 Olympic team event—in which eight swimmers perform a routine as a group. Nations could also choose not to field men in their lineups. The duet event will remain limited to pairs of women.

☆ Intrepid septuagenarians have cold water poured on cross-channel record
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The brave septuagenarians arrived on Sangatte beach near Calais in September having entered the water 21 miles away on England's Kent coast 18 hours earlier in pitch darkness. But their incredible achievement has not been ratified by The Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation (CSPF), because of what was described as an 'illegal changeover'. Group leader Bob Holman, 78, said he was 'totally gutted' that 'nit-picking and a pedantic attitude' by the overseeing organisation had denied them the record. Legal action is now being considered by the group whose effort raised thousands of pounds for an Alzheimer's charity. The Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation has been approached by Reuters for comment.

☆ Making the case for anchovies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Casey Barber | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Bagna cauda, the Italian dipping sauce made from anchovies, garlic, butter and olive oil, is traditionally served with crudités as an appetizer. Bagna cauda is an Italian dipping sauce for vegetables made from anchovies, garlic, butter and olive oil. Anchovies in pastaFinally, the same strategy of dissolving the umami flavors of anchovies in a sauce comes into play when making a rich and comforting pasta. When buying anchoviesWhen choosing a tin or jar of anchovies, Roman said to make sure the anchovies are oil-packed, salt-cured anchovy fillets, not brined, pickled or whole anchovies. Though the ingredients in each container should be the same — anchovies, salt and olive oil — the fillets will vary in saltiness, taste and texture.

☆ Bitcoin jumps to a 2-week high of $17,000, but crypto experts say don't cheer the rally as FTX contagion is far from contained
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bitcoin hit $17,000 on Wednesday, trading at a two-week high. FTX, the once-$32 billion digital asset empire started by Sam Bankman-Fried, swiftly collapsed earlier this month and is raising contagion fears. And industry giant Genesis is organizing restructuring lawyers to prevent the crypto brokerage from going bankrupt, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. After losing two-thirds of its value since November 2021, the crypto industry continues to take hits — and despite the current bump in prices, the blows aren't done yet. Franzen see headwinds across the board for asset prices, with crypto looking particularly weak given the contagion events that have occurred.

☆ How often you should wash your hair
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But experts say there isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer to how often you should wash your hair — or what you can do to maintain it on off days. When to washRossi generally tells his patients they should wash their hair once or twice per week. But if you’ve had chemical treatments that can make your hair drier — such as bleach, perms or relaxers — you might want to wash it less than once weekly to avoid breaking or brittle hair or split ends, he said. But you should wash it at least every two to three weeks to keep your scalp and hair clean and healthy. If you’re experiencing perpetual issues with your scalp or hair — such as dandruff, hair loss or brittle hair — you should see a board-certified dermatologist who treats conditions in these areas, Rossi said.

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☆ Katie Ledecky obliterates short-course 1500m freestyle world record
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

And on Saturday the American obliterated yet another world record – this time in the 1500m short-course freestyle as she completed the race in 15:08.24, 10 seconds faster than anyone has done so before. “I felt good and very pleased with the outcome in both that and the 200m.”Ledecky distanced all her competitors to win and set a new world record. Steve Russell/Toronto Star/Getty ImagesLedecky’s time was so fast that she almost broke the 800m world record in the same event, with a split time of 8:00.58, a second off world-record pace. Capturing the 1500m short-course record marked the American’s first world record in a 25m pool as all her others have come in the long-course or in a 50m pool. “I didn’t have it as a set goal (to break the world record),” Ledecky said, according to FINA.

☆ Mexico braces for Hurricane Roslyn surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Hurricane Roslyn was expected to deliver a treacherous storm surge to parts of Mexico Sunday after plowing over the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm just offshore from the resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Sunday that Roslyn had become “extremely dangerous” with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. The storm was forecast “to bring damaging winds, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains to portions of west-central Mexico today,” the hurricane center said at 12 a.m. Sunday. Everything is calm, it’s all normal,” said Jaime Cantón, a receptionist at the Casa Maria hotel in Puerto Vallarta. and the U.S. hurricane center warned of dangerous storm surge along the coast, as well as 4 to 6 inches of rain.

☆ Tourists in Italy are behaving badly this year: Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

With Europe seeing an explosion of visitors a year after Covid travel restrictions dropped, incidents of visitors behaving badly in Italy show no sign of abating. Think that’s bad? Meanwhile in Venice, tourists routinely swim in the UNESCO-protected canals, which double as the city’s sewer system. “Tourists don’t know how to relate to the artistic heritage because they have no relation with our history – so they refer to their cultural imagination, and therefore to our cinema. “So many tourists have said to me over the years, ‘In Italy there are no rules.’ But they are mistaken.

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☆ Brrrr! Wetsuits required as French outdoor pool cuts heating
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Lucien Libert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Many bathers had already taken to using wetsuits, but from Oct. 1 the pool has made them compulsory, to prevent medical emergencies among people not used to swimming in cold water. On the contrary, it's nice and fresh, we feel much better after training in a wetsuit in cold water than when it's heated," she said. Nogent Nautique pool manager Adrien Nougot said the centre had decided to stop heating the 50-metre outdoor pool on May 15 for financial reasons. A poolside sign showed the outdoor pool temperature was 19 C, compared to 28 C in the indoor 25-metre pool. Better a cold pool than a closed pool, said Nicolas Lioret, 48.

☆ 58-year-old whose side hustle renting out his pool made $195,000 in 2 years: Here's what you need to succeed
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jim Battan, 58, has made nearly $200,000 renting out his backyard pool. But he says his lucrative side hustle requires a lot of time, money and the right mindset to succeed. Here are the three reasons why Battan's six-figure side hustle isn't for casual pool owners. He spent $110,000 on its construction, which includes a pool house and attached spa pool that he keeps at 130 degrees year-round. The pool is also near the family's rescue farm, where Battan's wife cares for animals like pigs, raccoons and llamas.

☆ This 57-year-old's lucrative side hustle: Earning $177,000 renting out his backyard pool to strangers
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-21 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"I built a man cave last year, and also credit that to my Swimply pool." Plus, Battan's pool is the gold standard: He is Swimply's top earner out of 25,000 pools in the U.S., Canada and Australia. The pool is also right next to the family's barn, where Battan's wife looks after rescued animals like horses, llamas, opossums and pigs. The pool is also near the family's rescue farm, where Battan's wife cares for animals like pigs, raccoons and llamas. Swimply takes a 15% cut from every booking, though Battan says the platform's ease of use is worth it.

☆ How to Keep Children Safe Around Water and Prevent Drowning
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-04 | by ( Perri Klass | More About Perri Klass | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And the most important messages for older children involve swimming lessons with water safety competence as an essential life skill to be taught to all children; there are notable disparities in access to swimming lessons, and drowning rates are higher in minority populations. Anyone involved in activities on water where there is a current (tubing on a river, for example) should be wearing one of those life vests. In fact, she said, parents need to understand the importance of continuing to model safe behavior as their children get older. Ms. Gage said that the only laws that regulate life vests are connected to boating — so people tend to assume that there’s no need for life vests in other open water activities. Since I spoke with her two years ago, she has become a strong believer in the value of swimming lessons for young children.

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☆ Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte went from earning millions to living paycheck-to-paycheck—here's what he learned
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-13 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ryan Lochte knows what it feels like to be on top: The American swimmer won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Games in Athens when he was 20. Between 2004 and 2016, he collected a total of 12 Olympic medals, making him one of the world's most decorated swimmers, and earned millions along the way. Two years later, Lochte was suspended again by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for receiving an intravenous vitamin B-12 infusion. Lochte says he went from making "well over $1 million" a year to earning $75,000 from a single sponsor. The humbling experience has taught him that "money doesn't grow on trees," Lochte tells CNBC Make It.

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found just 69 confirmed, unprovoked shark attacks on people and 36 confirmed bites worldwide in 2023. Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesYou should avoid estuaries, said Richard Peirce, an author, shark expert and former chair of the UK-based Shark Trust and Shark Conservation Society. Avoid dusk and dawnSwimming early in the morning or late at night can be lovely, but it’s also the time when a shark attack is most likely. If a shark is nearbyA great white shark swims off Guadalupe Island in Baja California, Mexico. Cut off the anglesA white shark swims across a sand bar off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in August 2021.

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