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• Phone App Developed to Help Stranded Texas Motorists
  She said the app also will be of use to Texans who plan to drive to states that get more ice and snow during the winter and are unfamiliar with the roads they will be traveling. "The Winter Survival Kit app can be as critical as a physical winter …
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• With snow a no-show, ice rinks filling up
  The secret to Red Arrow's success – not to mention its survival in near-40 degree temperatures – lies in technology. The outdoor rink has an underground refrigerator system and "a very good base," said Baudry, so there's no danger of a slush attack …
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• Waiting for winter to turn from mild to wild
  Such a mild winter could increase the odds of survival for many garden perennials, trees and shrubs. If this keeps up (which is unlikely), even plants left in containers will get through winter with a lower than usual mortality rate. …
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• Health department offers winter survival strategies
  The Henry and Stark County Health Department offers area residents some important winter survival strategies. These safety tips can help us all to get through the new year happy, healthy, and safe. On the road. Use your low beam headlights when driving …
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• Campaign by Rotary funds a life-saving defibrillator at store
  An initiative by the Rotary Club of Somer Valley – which was supported by businesses in Radstock – means that anyone who has a cardiac arrest in the town will have a better chance of survival. For the group have provided a new easily accessible …
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• Learning safety before sledding
  At Negaunee High School, students spent half the time inside learning about rules and regulations, proper outdoor gear and survival tips in case of an emergency. They also got hands on experience outside of snowmobile maintenance. …
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• Slippery Season
  Inside a vehicle should be a "winter survival kit," he said, that includes blankets, food, chains to help pull a vehicle out of a ditch, clothing, flashlights, tool kits and jumper cables. "Anything you would need if you ever got stuck on the highway …
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• 'Fish became amphibians in wooded areas'

  Paleontologist Alfred Romer, who died in 1973 after serving on the faculties at the University of Chicago and Harvard University, saw this time as a period of struggle and escape, and important in fish-tetrapod transition, to ensure survival. … See all stories on this topic »

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• Winter reads: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

  In this wilderness the two aliens also find an unlikely love that they don't even try to gender, a moment of connection that transcends time to form the centre of a life: "the enduring moment, the hearth of warmth … Outside, as always, lies the great … See all stories on this topic »

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• Preparation is Key to Safe Winter Travel in Wisconsin
  Moen warns Wisconsinites not to be lax in preparing a winter survival kit for their vehicles. "Things like an ice scraper; some traction material, whether it's sand, salt, or cat litter; a snow shovel, a flashlight and some basic tools, and certainly, …
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