Brownsville, Texas
When it comes to affordability you can’t mess with Texas. Major metropolitan areas in the Texas reign supreme on Kiplinger’s annual ranking of the least expensive places to live in the U.S. All of the picks are cities located either in Texas or the heartland of middle America.
Futurist Thomas Frey: It was roughly two years ago, October 15, 2009, when I got a call from a desperate lady, panicking, as she asked for my help.
Being a futurist, I don’t get many calls from people who urgently need my help. Futurists are rarely first responders.
Orange Festival in France
In the south of France they actually grow citrus and as you will see they are very creative. These images from the Orange Festival in France will lift your spirits and may just make you thirst for a glass of orange juice with a twist of lemon. (Pics)
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Toilet Bike Neo
Japan’s top commode manufacturer, TOTO, has just unveiled a crazy poop-powered motorcycle topped with a toilet. The motorcycle, dubbed the Toilet Bike Neo, will travel across Japan to promote the company’s “Green Challenge” of reducing emissions 50% over the next five years. The vehicle runs on biogas that is produced by an on-bike toilet, communicates in Japanese using LED lights, plays music, and talks. A poop and ride motorcycle!
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Being a VIP in the ER does come with certain perks.
In the U.S. the average emergency room wait now tops four hours. Most American patients wonder whether a hefty hospital donation or a family connection may be the secret to getting speedier care.
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New value found in psilocybin activities.
A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called “magic mushrooms,” was enough to bring about a measurable personality change lasting at least a year in nearly 60 percent of the 51 participants in a new study, according to the Johns Hopkins researchers who conducted it…
Safety Shorts
At first glance, it may seem kind of silly, but radiation proof underwear certainly has more to it than meets the eye.
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Delta will be the first airline to expand its Wi-Fi service to regional jets.
More airlines are beginning to offer Wi-Fi service and travelers are increasingly expected to take advantage of in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity in the coming years. A new report from In-Stat News found that in-flight Wi-Fi revenue is expected to grow from about $225 million in 2011 to over $1.5 billion in 2015.
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Rather than violent crime rates soaring when new violent video games are released, they actually drop as gamers are too busy at home playing the games.
Video games such as Manhunt and Grand Theft Auto – where gamers rack up points or cash for killing or savagely attacking victims – are routinely blamed for a rise in violent crime. But experts claim violent video games may actually reduce crime as aggressive players are “too busy” shooting virtual enemies to cause trouble in the real world.
Twitter tracks your emotions.
A large-scale study of posts on Twitter has found that no matter how grumpy people are when they wake up, and whether they stumble to their feet in Madrid, Mexico City or Minnetonka, Minn., they tend to brighten by breakfast time and feel their moods taper gradually to a low in the late afternoon, before rallying again near bedtime.
Planes being de-iced at LaGuardia.
Flights are being canceled by U.S. airlines at the fastest rate in ten years storms from blizzards to hurricanes wallop the busiest hubs. And full planes are making it harder for stranded travelers to rebook trips.
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Are ones and zeros gonna pay for doobies and lines now?
I’m not gonna name names, but someone just mentioned paying for weed with a Square account. It’d be equally easy to use Paypal, Venmo, Bitcoin (RIP) or any of the myriad mobile payment systems that allow you to send money from your phone…
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