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☆ Woman rescued after getting trapped in crevice for 7 hours while retrieving phone
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NSW Ambulance responded with a team to remove heavy boulders to create a "safe access point," the release said. “With care, a hardwood frame was built to ensure stability while rescuers worked,” the service said. “The team faced the challenge of navigating the patient out through a tight 'S' bend over the course of an hour. NSW Ambulance via FacebookIn total crews had to remove seven boulders weighing between 80 to 500 kilograms (176 lbs to 1,100 lbs), the outlet reported. The woman was finally safely freed after she had been stuck for seven hours — and she came away with just minor scratches and bruises.

Persons: Triple, “, Peter Watts, Matilda Campbell, ” Watts, ” Organizations: NSW Ambulance, ” NSW Ambulance, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Facebook Locations: Australia

☆ Australia woman rescued after being wedged upside down between rocks for 7 hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —A woman who tried to retrieve her lost phone from between boulders in Australia’s Hunter Valley became stuck upside down for seven hours before she was rescued earlier this month. Just the bare soles of the woman’s feet can be seen in photos of the incident posted on social media Monday by the New South Wales (NSW) Ambulance service. NSW AmbulanceHer friends tried for an hour to free her, according to the NSW Ambulance service, but eventually gave up and called for help. For the next seven hours, police, ambulance, fire and volunteer rescue crews tried to free her, police said in a statement. Peter Watts, NSW Ambulance specialist rescue paramedic, said he’d never seen anything like it.

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☆ A 104-year-old has been a professional lobster woman since she was 8. She says the secret to her longevity is keeping busy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"It's a family tradition," Oliver, of mid-coast Maine, told Business Insider. Related storiesShe told BI that she had never experienced sexism in the job and the lobstermen she'd met were "friendly." Virginia Oliver working on her lobster boat with her son. Oliver still enjoys the taste of lobsterShe told BI that she has not become tired of eating lobster. Do you have a powerful story about longevity to share with Business Insider?

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☆ How to stop obsessing about work all the time—rest is 'only one piece of the puzzle', psychologist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

You might find that you stress about your job more when you're laying in bed or watching Netflix than you do when you're actually working. There's a simple explanation for this, according to Guy Winch, a psychologist and host of the TED Talk "How to turn off work thoughts during your free time." "We are really busy when we are working and we don't have a lot of time to reflect on what's upsetting us," Winch says. The key to stifling these intrusive thoughts and fully recovering from a stressful work day isn't resting, he says, but keeping your mind actively focused on something else. While resting is useful and important, it's only one piece of the puzzle.

Persons: Guy Winch, Winch, " Winch Organizations: Netflix, TED

☆ This unmanned lifeboat could rescue drowning people on its own
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | Hazel Pfeifer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Accidents are all too common, and often deadly, says Sam Mayall, a lifelong sailor and former maritime transport deck officer. “A lot of the technologies employed offshore now are the same technologies that have been there for the last 40 or 50 years,” says Mayall. Spotting people is just one part of search and rescue — getting them out of the water rapidly is also critical. Zelim’s “Swift” conveyor belt is adapted to the maritime environment to get people out of the water quickly. The maritime industry is slow to innovate, says Phillips, and the industry-standard rescue winches have been the same for decades.

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A general view shows the interiors of what the Israeli military say is a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border near Kissufim January 18, 2018. After the last round of hostilities in 2021, Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yehya Al-Sinwar, said: "They started saying they destroyed 100kms of Hamas tunnels. Tunneling became easier in 2005 when Israel pulled its soldiers and settlers out of Gaza, and when Hamas won power in a 2006 election. Although the military tunnels remained off-limits to outside eyes, during that era Gaza smugglers would show off their scarcely concealed commercial tunnels under the Rafah border. Israeli sources said what awaits them is formidable and they faced an enemy that has regrouped and learned from previous Israeli operations in 2014 and 2021.

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“In this situation, we’re afraid that she goes into labor, and we wouldn’t know where to go,” he told CNN. Shelling in Nuseirat is intense, but not as bad as it was in Gaza City, where neighborhoods were “entirely wiped out,” he said. Some of those bodies are on a flatbed trailer that appears to have been used to carry people away from Gaza City. Refaat Alareer, 44, a literature professor in Gaza City, said Thursday – before Israel told Gazans to evacuate – the shelves in his local supermarket are emptying every day. “The gates are closed, and no one is being let through,” he told CNN.

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☆ How to Stop Thinking About Work All the Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jancee Dunn | More About Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I wake up during the night, I try every mental trick to avoid thinking about my job. Because if my thoughts wander to anything work-related, I will ruminate — about deadlines, unfinished tasks, the laugh-free joke I made during a meeting — and I’ll be awake for hours. This is a familiar scenario for Guy Winch, the author of “Emotional First Aid” and a co-host of the “Dear Therapists” podcast. We’re often so focused at work that we don’t realize we’re feeling stressed, said Dr. Winch, who has a popular TED Talk on how to limit work-related overthinking. People who do it often believe that they’re gaining insight into a problem.

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☆ 5 key vessels playing a big role in Titan submersible search efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

• Motor Vessel Horizon Arctic: The Canadian 307-foot anchor handling vessel has a hangar for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with a launch and recovery system. The remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, Victor 6000. (The Titanic wreck is at almost 13,000 feet.) One other key piece of equipment in any rescue could be the US Navy’s Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System (FADOSS). A US official said Wednesday the Navy was trying to find and contract a ship that could carry the FADOSS.

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☆ Submersible touring Titanic wreckage running out of oxygen, search approaching a critical juncture
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The search area for the missing submersible stretches about two times the size of Connecticut on the surface and goes down as deep as two-and-a-half miles, according to Frederick. We need a miracle – but miracles do happen,” oceanographer and water search expert David Gallo told CNN. However, it remains unclear whether the noises are from the missing submersible, Frederick said. David Marquet, a former submarine captain, described Wednesday what he imagines the five passengers are experiencing in the Titan submersible. OceanGate Expeditions strayed from industry norms by declining a voluntary, rigorous safety review of the vessel, according to an industry leader.

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☆ Jeep unveils 2024 Wrangler SUV in next stage of off-road sales battle with Ford Bronco
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 2024 Jeep Wrangler features an evolutionary exterior design, which is typical for the quintessential SUV, and a redesigned interior that includes additional safety, convenience and tech features such as a 12.3-inch center control screen. In addition to the interior upgrades, the 2024 Wrangler will offer additional off-road features such as larger tires and an 8,000-pound-capacity warn winch. 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 (left) and Wrangler Rubicon X 4xe JeepJeep, specifically with the Wrangler, has long dominated the off-road SUV segment. 2024 Jeep Wrangler interior JeepThe Wrangler 4xe has been the bestselling PHEV in the U.S. for the past two years, according to the company. The 2024 Jeep Wrangler will be available in Sport, Willys, Sahara, High Altitude, Rubicon and Rubicon 392 models.

☆ Ukraine is getting a new heavy-duty armored vehicle to haul its damaged tanks off the battlefield, US officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Christopher Woody | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

US officials announced on Wednesday that US-made Abrams tanks would be sent to Ukraine. Ukraine will receive other armored vehicles, including a US-made vehicle designed to haul others off the battlefield. Along with the Abrams, the US will send another armored vehicle designed to haul tanks and other vehicles off the battlefield. The US announcement that it would send Abrams tanks to Ukraine comes after the US and other European partners announced that they would be sending other armored vehicles to Ukraine in the near future. This opened the door for other countries to send armored combat vehicles to Kyiv.

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