Tornado storm chasing could be tourism
By Hicbd
"Storm-chasing tours are part of that market. They're not your typical bus tour – no visiting tourist traps for quick photos. Most tour companies run between one to three small vans with perhaps six people in a van. They seldom have more than 20 guests per trip. The groups drive as far south as Texas and as far north as the Canadian border, chasing images on a radar screen and then patiently waiting for a storm to form."
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A tornado storm chaser truck could be developed
By Hicbd
"A research meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, Smith deployed in the field alongside an armada of more than 50 scientists for this highly coordinated study of natural chaos. Half a dozen trucks loaded with sensor equipment sliced through the storm releasing weather balloons while two drones and a turboprop plane buzzed overhead, all with the intent to create a 3D map of the storm."
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Tornadoes could be controlled / stopped
By Hicbd
"Severe storms researchers were still attempting to learn some of the most basic information about tornadoes—How do they form? How fast are their wind speeds? But some outspoken team members hypothesized to the press that, once they knew more, tornado control would be a logical future step. In 1965, for example, an Oklahoma newspaper wrote that 'Eventually, when weathermen know the exact causes of a tornado, they may be able to prevent its formation, possibly by a cloud-seeding technique.'"
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A Charles Dickens Victorian London Christmas fair could be visited for the holidays
By Hicbd
"The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is a one-of-a-kind immersive adventure into Victorian London ~ an elaborate holiday party with hundreds of costumed players performing and interacting with patrons in over 140,000 square feet of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance floors, and festive shops...The Fair transports you to the London of Charles Dickens – a city of winding lanes filled with colorful characters from both literature and history – all in a festive mood!"
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U.S. health insurers could sell off pharmacy-benefit managers
By Hicbd
"A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to break up pharmacy-benefit managers, the drug middlemen that have now faced yearslong scrutiny from Congress and the Federal Trade Commission...'PBMs have manipulated the market to enrich themselves—hiking up drug costs, cheating employers, and driving small pharmacies out of business'."
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Holiday images could projected on buildings / homes
By Hicbd
"Friday night kicks off the third year of the holiday projection mapping display Let Glow SF, bringing animated ice castles and freaky festive projections to the sides of San Francisco buildings. For the third year in a row, a holiday projection mapping attraction called Let’s Glow SF will holly-jolly the dickens out of the sides of San Francisco buildings."
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Negging could be a misguided dating strategy
By Hicbd
"Negging ("to neg", meaning "negative feedback") is an act of emotional manipulation whereby a person makes a deliberate backhanded compliment or otherwise flirtatious remark to another person to undermine their confidence and attempt to engender in them a need for the manipulator's approval."
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A first kiss could be accomplished with the triangular gaze
By Hicbd
"The triangle method, or triangular gazing, is a non-verbal flirting technique that involves moving your gaze from one eye of the person you're attracted to, to the other eye, then down to their mouth and back up again," Deon Black tells The Knot. 'It's like playing connect-the-dots with someone's face.'"
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By Hicbd
"Describing it as the 'smart, dumb, sweet, evil matrix', Amy said that she and Grace had discovered that 'every man in the world falls' into one of their four categories. These are based on how the men they have dated have behaved, and how they use this behaviour as the basis for their categories."
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People could have different friendship styles
By Hicbd
"The article and quiz, developed with the author Kasley Killam and based on her book "The Art and Science of Connection," explores how people can be one of four types of friends:
- Butterfly: A person who thrives with frequent social interaction and is an excellent party guest and host.
- Firefly: A person who limits social engagements and is highly focused when they're around friends.
- Evergreen: A person who feels most alive when they have many social interactions, but only with close friends.
- Wallflower: A person who is somewhat shy, has a light social calendar, but is also very attentive to others."
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