Swimming Pool Safety This Summer
By Fay Freedell

Who doesn’t love to splash around in the pool on a bright sunny day? Who doesn’t love to cool down and relax by the swimming pool? Since the beginning of time, water has been everyone’s best friend, not only because it is undeniably an essential element for survival, but also because it is a source of happiness and recreation as well.

Drowning Accidents

However, this universal element, when taken advantage of irresponsibly, may be a grim enemy to many. In fact, a great percent of fatalities through time have been caused by accidents involving bodies of water - drowning accidents among them. Drowning accidents have taken an alarming number of lives and have caused countless injuries since the beginning of time. In statistical research, more that 1,000 children drown each year with 65 percent occurring in swimming pools - at home, apartment complexes, or a public facility. Children aged 1 to 4 years old may be the most vulnerable to the risks of drowning in residential or public swimming pools since they generally have not acquired the skill of swimming, are small in size, and are often times very physically active and curious. Among the leading causes of these incidents is unsupervised access to the water.

The Solution

You may, after all, breathe a sigh of relief as you get a relaxing massage, sip your fruit smoothie, or work on your tan by the swimming pool. The answer to your worries is right at your doorstep. With a Pool Protector installed, you can now minimize the risks of drowning accidents. It is not only designed to watch after your kids, but it keeps your valued pets safe from drowning accidents as well. It is basically an electronic monitoring system that works wonders. It is a state-of-the-art sensor that detects children and even pets falling into an unsupervised swimming pool. It automatically gives off alarm sounds when children or pets fall or get in the water. The best thing about this Pool Protector is that it is portable, self-contained, lightweight, and very easy to operate. Safety doesn’t have be complex.

How does the Pool Protector Work?

The Pool Protector has an electronic sensor. When an entry into your unsupervised pool is detected, the sensor triggers a loud pulsating sound, which will be heard from the unit and inside your house - since it comes with a remote receiver. The Pool Protector will be installed on the pool deck. To ensure its constant life watch, it cannot be inactivated after you get it installed. Unless you put it in a sleep mode, it stays in the alarm ready mode to continue keeping you worry-free and relaxed. You would know if the alarm mode has been triggered because it will sound an alarm. The remote receiver can be mounted in your home up to 200 feet from the main unit. When using the Pool Protector, you only have to make sure that your electrical system operates compatibly with a twelve-volt power supply. Another bonus it that its nine-volt battery has long lifespan, lasting for approximately one year. One of the best places I have found to buy this unit is http://www.freedomsecurityproducts.com.

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Are All Home Runs Equally Beautiful?
By Dr. Gary S. Goodman

Gary Sheffield just signed with the Mets. He is one home run shy of his 500th.

He’s playing in a new stadium, and he’s 40. There is a remote possibility that he could sock a caroming shot in the alley and bag an inside the park homer.

Would that be sweeter than launching a “no doubt about it” rocket into the stratosphere?

Does the type of home run inform how we feel about it as players and fans?

I’ve hit my share, and had my career in the sport been extended, I would have hit more.

Some are especially memorable and beautiful.

Like the time I “called my shot,” bragging to an opponent that I would park one in dead center the first time I faced his pitching in a game.

Sticking to the improbably self-glorifying script, I accomplished exactly that, taunting the hurler with an I-told-you-so grin as I rounded the bases.

When I screen “The Natural,” my favorite sports movie of all time (”Heaven Can Wait” is a runner-up), I never fail to get chills as the fictional Roy Hobbs smashes that walk-off, pennant winning shot in the bottom of the ninth, while bleeding through his bandaged ribs.

Speaking of walk-offs, who can forget Bobby Thompson’s “Shot Heard Round the World” or the hobbling Kirk Gibson’s World Series winner for the Dodgers, in 1988?

Home runs are dramatic, individual achievements.

But a first inning, nobody on base, one-run accomplishment, while portending a great game for the team that earns it, doesn’t necessarily leave you clutching your heart, at least as a fan.

It gives you hope, it makes you look forward with positive anticipation.

But I suppose that isn’t the same as watching a stunner, a game or season ending triumph that illuminates a ballplayer like a halo, never dimming.

Every kid should hit at least one dramatic homer, and every fan should be present when one instantly makes sports history.

Personally, I hope Sheffield hits 50 of them this year.

I’ve always liked his swing.

Dr. Gary S. Goodman is a top speaker, sales, customer service and negotiation trainer, a TV and radio commentator and the best-selling author of 12 books, including SIX-FIGURE CONSULTING: HOW TO HAVE A GREAT SECOND CAREER. He conducts seminars and convention presentations around the world and can be reached at: gary@customersatisfaction.com

His original class, “Best Practices in Negotiation,” is offered at UCLA & UC Berkeley Extension and at a number of other fine universities and organizations.

See: https://www.uclaextension.edu/r/Course.aspx?reg=U8637

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