Clear-air turbulence could be detected to prevent injuries
By Hicbd
"The technology, under development at NASA's Langley Research Center and involving government, university and private sector experts, anticipates using ground-mounted infrasonic microphones that can pick up ultralow frequencies produced by turbulence — possibly as far as 300 miles away. If deployed at scale, such microphones could provide an early warning for what’s known as “clear-air turbulence,” the top cause of inflight injuries and fatalities."
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"Fair Play" cards could be used to help divvy up domestic responsibilities
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"The Fair Play book delivers a time and anxiety saving system that offers couples a completely new way to divvy up their domestic responsibilities. It started with the “Sh*t I Do” spreadsheet – a list of all the invisible tasks it takes to run a home, but developed into a gamified system with four easy-to-follow rules, 100 household tasks, and a figurative card game you play with your partner."
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U.S. state government could create more affordable housing
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"One big reason for the chronic housing shortage in America’s most prosperous regions is that state governments have ceded control to local governments that behave like private clubs...Every year for the last half-dozen years, the California Legislature has passed a set of bills that shift the balance of power toward building. Among the latest batch, signed into law over the last few weeks by Gov. Gavin Newsom, are bills easing the conversion of commercial buildings into homes and banning parking requirements for housing and retail developments near public transit."
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"Board decks are a scattered mess, take endless hours to prepare, and are generally terrible to read.
It’s often difficult for the Board to get a holistic picture of your company's progress, its critical challenges and pressing strategic questions. And this is after your team spent way too many hours creating way too many materials...While other functional areas of the business have seen tremendous innovation and new technology, the board meeting process is still performed in presentation software that was never designed to run effective meetings."
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Parties could involve PowerPoint
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"But even as we've gotten back to normal hangouts, people are still connecting their laptops to TVs and sharing slides in social settings. Take a spin around TikTok, and you can find loads of PowerPoint-party content. There are presentations on which Beyoncé songs best represent each friend, what to do if you're trapped in an elevator, or whether pigeons are a pest or a pet."
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Festival could have crying babies
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"The Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival is an annual Japanese festival in which babies are held in the arms of sumo wrestlers in an open-air sumo ring. Two babies compete in a short match in which the first child to cry is proclaimed the winner. According to Japanese folklore, a crying baby has the power to ward off evil spirits, while a strong, loud cry indicates the child will grow up strong and healthy."
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Lady Bird Lake in Austin could be safer with signs / guardrails
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"East Austin residents say drownings in Lady Bird Lake have been ongoing for decades, but the city has done very little to improve safety conditions in their neighborhood. Advocates say something as simple as signs and guardrails could help prevent future deaths."
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People could live in country clubs / communities
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"Nick believes millennials—born between 1981 and 1996—are tired of paying more for less in the city. In Austin, $3 million might buy a roughly 3,000-square-foot house on a small parcel, she says, whereas that same price in Barton Creek might buy a 5,000-square-foot to 6,000-square-foot house on a half to one acre in a community with easy access to four 18-hole golf courses, tennis, workout facilities, swimming and more."
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Mindfulness could be through starfish breathing
By Hicbd
"Step 1: You and your child will put one hand up and make a starfish.
Step 2: Use your child’s other hand to track the perimeter of each finger and follow with their eyes.
Step 3: When their finger is going up, they will take a deep breath in,
Step 4: When their finger is going down, they will let out their breath."
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Bread bags could use ties instead of potentially dangerous clips
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"The two studies were published in this week's Medical Journal of Australia. The author emphasises the dangers associated with hard plastic bread bag clips, and recommends replacing them with tape. Typically, people who swallow clips are elderly. The clips tend to snag on the small bowel lining, which causes obstruction or perforation."
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