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"Quicksand" was built around a similar gospel-inspired delivery of the Martha and the Vandellas' breakout hit "Heat Wave", but with a slightly slower tempo and a harder edge. Like "Heat Wave", it features an analogy to a natural phenomenon, with the narrator comparing falling in love to sinking in quicksand . [ 1 ]
It turns out that quicksand, known as supersaturated sand, is a real thing around the world, even in Maine, far from the jungle locations where Hollywood has used it to add drama by ensnaring ...
A group of hikers encountering quicksand on the banks of the Paria River, Utah Quicksand warning sign near Lower King Bridge, Western Australia. Quicksand is a shear thinning non-Newtonian fluid: when undisturbed, it often appears to be solid ("gel" form), but a less than 1% change in the stress on the quicksand will cause a sudden decrease in its viscosity ("sol" form).
PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman enjoying a walk on a popular beach learned that quicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood movies in jungles or rainforests. Jamie Acord was walking at the water's edge at Popham Beach State Park over the weekend when she sunk to her hips in a split second, letting out a stunned scream.
In February 2017, she gave a talk at Google titled "Becoming YouTube's Physics Girl". [14] In 2018, she gave a keynote at CAST 2018 and at STEMtastic. [15] [16] [17] In December 2017, she was featured in an interview in APS News. [18] Cowern has been featured in the Huffington Post, Slate, and Scientific American blogs. [19] [20]
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A girl watches as her sister gets kidnapped and has her dad call for help. "Falling Glass" December 23, 1991 Wilsonville, Oregon: Loads of glass fall on top of a glass worker and pin him underneath. "911 Insulin Shock Dad" June 10, 1992 Federal Way, Washington: A girl calls 911 when her diabetic father goes into insulin shock. "DUI Teen Driver"
A tow truck driver in scuba gear enters a canal north of 10th Avenue North at Florida Mango Road to hook it up a submerged car so it could be towed.