Snorkel and mask tipsWritten by Jakob Jelling
Before you start your diving activities and using a snorkel for first time, there are some important tips and notions which you must learn and take into account. When done properly and following some main guidelines, diving and wearing a snorkel can be a great and very enjoyable activity, but if it is done without following basics problems might arouse and it might end up being a headache rather than gratifying.Your snorkel and rest of your diving equipment might be most important factor which you must pay attention to when you wish to dive. First of all, you should choose a good diving mask, which adapts to your face and fits it properly. With your diving mask, you should also buy a defogging solution which will allow you to avoid having fogging problems while you dive. The most important aspect to which you must pay attention to when you buy a new diving mask and snorkel is way it fits your face. The mask you buy must fit you perfectly or otherwise water might enter into it and become a big problem. You should also make sure that your snorkel can be attached to mask without any problems. If your mask's strap is too wide or too narrow for your snorkel to be properly attached to it, you might have to look for another mask.
| | The Penalty BoxWritten by Gary Whittaker
Nowhere can an example of corrupt capitalistic society be found more perfectly than in this NHL labour dispute. This is essentially a battle between Haves and Have Mores, who are scratching and clawing each other over their share average man's money. As regular man, we pay our money gladly for tickets, concessions and merchandise for our favourite sport teams as a diversion from everyday life. For Canadians, are national pastime has been held hostage by 2 groups. The owners are no saints. They have continuously held cities holding bag trying to meet their demands under blackmail of moving their franchises elsewhere. They ask for public to fund 500 million dollar stadiums that depreciate worse than used cars, only to ask for better stadiums 5 years into a 20-year term. They constantly look for markets based on volume of people over love of game, as Quebec City and Winnipeg have lost franchises despite strong local support, while Phoenix and Nashville continue to languish in relative isolation. Owners don't care, as they get to split hefty expansion fees between themselves. For a fan to choose owners side is like picking Stalin over Lenin; both systems have been corrupted and neither truly benefited people. That being said, owners do have a right to choose structure that best benefits league. Despite fact that there statements of losing money is an obvious lie for most of teams out there, no one can truly argue that rocketing NHL team salaries are actually keeping pace with league revenue. It is owner's fault. They are responsible. They must be allowed to set up a system that allows for a levelling of a playing field. Take a look at baseball. Only 5 teams can seriously compete for quality free agents, leaving a pool of mediocrity for rest of league. The players know that sports are a competition, on and off rink. Owners will try and bid for players over other teams, thereby raising value of rest of league. Their arbitration is such that not only can players not lose money for an off-season, but also other players can benefit from higher salaries if they can post slightly better numbers.
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