How to Increase Your Odds of Surviving an Avalanche
There's a pristine beauty to backcountry snow that takes you away from the world's cares and uplifts the spirit. Anybody who loves to ski, ride a snow mobile or snow shoe in the back country in winter has got to be prepared for avalanches. These ... [... more]
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Science News for Kids: Feature: Snowflakes and Avalanches
To protect people from avalanches, researchers are taking a close look at snowflakes and the snowpack. High on a mountainside, ski patroller Karl Birkeland dug a pit into a drift to check the snow's stability. He declared the slope safe for ... [... more]
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How to Do a Wrestling Body Avalanche
A wresting Body Avalanche incorporates a wrestler's entire mass into the move. Many wrestlers enjoy this move because it allows them to showcase their strength and physical stature. Learn how to execute a Body Avalanche and start imitating ... [... more]
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How to Search With Your Avalanche Beacon in Heli-Skiing
If there's one thing you should learn how to do right on your helicopter trip, this is it. Pay attention during training and make sure others do the same. Establish that somebody is missing - presumably buried by an avalanche, trapped in a tree ... [... more]
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How to Live Through an Avalanche
Getting caught in an avalanche is, more often than not, deadly. Snowslides move at incredible speeds and when there's enough weight in snow, the force is utterly overwhelming. When an avalanche is over, the snow sets in place as tightly as ... [... more]
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Militia
Hell is about to break loose when ATF agents Ethan Carter (Dean Cain) and Julie Sanders (Jennifer Beals) infiltrate a radical militia group led by madman George Montgomery (Stacy Keach). His plan to murder the U.S. President and overthrow the government [... more]
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Taken
What happens when ethan, a successful clothing manufacturer, iskidnapped and his wife refuses to pay the ransom? He finds outsome things he didn't know, his wife is having an affair withhis partner, who's laundering money through his financialadvisor, [... more]
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Witness Files
After witnessing a brutal mob killing, a special effects artist (Yancy Butler) must use her skills to create different identities to stay alive. But with each disguise, she descends deeper into a world where reality is a lie and the truth is elusive. [... more]
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How to Treat an Avalanche Victim
Avalanche victims often suffer traumatic injuries from being hit by snow and ice, from striking large obstacles, or from being deprived of oxygen. Use the following guidelines to maximize your chances of helping avalanche victims survive. Check ... [... more]
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Echinacea purpurea 'Avalanche'
White with yellow-green center cone 'Avalanche' is an upright, compact cultivar featuring coneflowers with white rays and yellow green center cones. It is a patented plant that was originated from a cross pollination in Bovenkarspel, The ... [... more]
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