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Scuba Instructor Charged with Sex Abuse. A Sandy (UT) man, David L. Butt, 40, was charged on September 17 with sexually abusing a young female scuba student. The 10-year-old says Butt would repeatedly place his hand inside her bathing suit, and she would try to swim away, according to court documents. This is said to have happened each week that she had scuba lessons. There have been similar charges against Butt, prosecutors say.

Don't Give Yourself a Lung Infection. The old chestnut of breathing down your BC before making a negative entry, say in a strong current to avoid missing the dive site, has arisen again on social media such as Facebook and other diving forums. Don't do it. A BC can be loaded with pathogens (especially in a tropical climate), and inhaling it can cause a lung infection. The best way to make a negative entry is to duck dive down, kicking hard, while dumping any air in your BC, pulling open the lower dump valve. It works....

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