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Watch the Wild Workout One Guy Does for a Rare Gym T-Shirt

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Watch the Wild Workout One Guy Does for a Rare Gym T-Shirt

At Salt Lake City’s Gym Jones, only clients who have completed a grueling and arbitrary workout designed by one of the gym’s trainers earn the right to a t-shirt bearing the facility’s name. That’s right: Only people willing to intensely workout for months are able to wear a Gym Jones t-shirt.

The excellently-named Bobby Maximus, who works as Gym Jones general manager and training director, detailed the process recently in an essay at Men’s Health. A Gym Jones T-shirt—the one many of us are wearing in the video above—is never bought,” he wrote. “It’s always earned.”

“The T-shirt has become a symbol of what our community means: Only though continuous, dedicated hard work do you ever reach a worthwhile goal—not just in fitness, but also in every other aspect of life,” he added.

Some people earn the shirt after just three or six months of high intensity workouts, while others spend years training without ever getting one, according to Maximus. “But eventually, when I see that the person has truly excelled, overcome, and built radical fitness, he gets his shirt,” he said.

So what does a test for “radical fitness” look like? Check out the video below and learn.

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Massachusetts Court To Decide If Worker Can Be Fired For Using Medical Marijuana

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Massachusetts Court To Decide If Worker Can Be Fired For Using Medical Marijuana

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has been challenged to determine whether a company has the right to terminate an employee for using medical marijuana off the clock.

Cristina Barbuto, who uses cannabis to treat Crohn’s disease, told Advantage Sales and Marketing when she was hired about her participation in the state’s medical marijuana, but she was fired back in 2014 after testing positive for THC during a random drug screen. Her attorneys argue that the company crossed a line because she was simply following doctor’s orders and the laws of the state.

“If the patient has a condition, and the patient and the doctor have arrived at a course of treatment, recommended by the physician, legally prescribed by the physician, the employer should not be inserting themselves into that relationship,” attorney Matthew Fogelman told the state’s highest court.

But legal counsel for Advantage Sales and Marketing retaliated against this claim, saying their client adheres to the drug laws outlined by the federal government, which still considers marijuana an illegal substance. Furthermore, Attorney Michael Clarkson argued that there are no laws on the books in Massachusetts intended to protect employees from being disciplined for using medical marijuana.

“If you look, for instance, at New York, the statute finds that anyone who is entitled to a medical marijuana card shall be deemed ‘disabled’ under the New York civil rights law,” Clarkson said. “Nevada law requires that employers specifically accommodate medical marijuana. That’s not true here.”

The Supreme Judicial Court is considering a variety of scenarios pertaining to the lawsuit, including how an employee’s use of opioid medications was any different from medical marijuana. So far, the court has not yet revealed a verdict.

A similar case was heard a few years ago by the Colorado Supreme Court, which resulted in a victory for a company that fired an employee for off-duty medical marijuana use. Ultimately, the justices decided that since marijuana remains illegal under federal law, medical marijuana patients were using the substance at their own risk.

“Therefore, employees who engage in an activity, such as medical marijuana use, that is permitted by state law but unlawful under federal law are not protected by the statute,” Justice Allison H. Eid wrote in the opinion.

Lawmakers in some legal states are now pushing for legislation aimed at protecting employees from being fired for using marijuana. Until the federal government changes its policy on the herb, state-level laws may be the only hope medical marijuana patients have in avoiding the unemployment line.

The Canadian ‘Prince and Princess Of Marijuana’ Are In Trouble

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The Canadian ‘Prince and Princess Of Marijuana’ Are In Trouble

Canadian marijuana advocates are reporting that Marc and Jodie Emery, Canada’s “Prince and Princess of Pot,” were arrested at Pearson International Airport.

What makes these two marijuana royalty — and what’s going on with their arrest?

They’ve earned the title: The pair own Cannabis Culture, a chain of marijuana shops, as well as Cannabis Culture magazine and Pot TV. Jodie ran for provincial office as a B.C. Marijuana Party candidate in 2005 and 2008, as a candidate for the BC Green Party in 2009 and 2013. She’s an outspoken marijuana legalization activist, appearing on television and in print to defend legal weed.

Her husband Marc is also a strident political and social activist. He ran for the Libertarian Party of Canada in the 1980 federal election, ran as a candidate of the Freedom Party in Middlesex, and has been heavily politically involved in campaigning for marijuana legalization as well. He sponsored the Vancouver Tokers Bowl for several years, and launched “the Summer of Legalization” tour in 2003, traveling to 18 cities in Canada to openly smoke in front of police stations in protest.

 

So yeah, they’re kind of a legal weed power couple. And they’re no strangers to run-ins with the law, either. Marc’s gone to jail a few times, once for “trafficking,” or passing a joint to someone in public. He was sentenced to five years in prison after a raid of the BC Marijuana Party Bookstore and Headquarters in 2005.

And now, the trouble’s back — or it never left. According to the Vancouver Post, around 8 a.m. on Thursday, a dozen police officers raided Marc’s Cannabis Culture. Global News reports multiple raids of dispensaries happening simultaneously.

There isn’t yet a clear reason why the Emerys were arrested this time, but it’s putting them, as well as legalization efforts in Canada, back on top of the public’s consciousness.

 

Watch: Pro Skater Alex Olson Cooks Vegan Curry, Talks Smack About Rachael Ray

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Watch: Pro Skater Alex Olson Cooks Vegan Curry, Talks Smack About Rachael Ray

Alex Olson, professional skater and fashion designer (he owns the label Bianca Chandon), recently made a vegan curry for Munchies. The 31-year old gave up eating animals years ago when he was playing hooky from school and shot a lizard in the eye , subsequently watching it die a slow painful death. That would do it.

He was also asked whether or not he watches cooking shows. He said he’s watched Rachael Ray, even though he’s annoyed by her “crazy expressions” when she tastes something.

Hmm. Never noticed.

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The ingredients of Olson’s coconut-based vegan curry are basic: onion, garlic, curry powder, potatoes, etc. Seems you can easily whip it up in about five minutes, sans prep. Olson is shy about eating on camera, so we’ll never know if the dish actually turned out okay.

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Watch the New Adventure-Packed Trailer For ‘The Lost City of Z’

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Watch the New Adventure-Packed Trailer For ‘The Lost City of Z’

Here’s some great news for fans of David Grann’s fantastic book, The Lost City of Z: A new trailer for the film based dropped this week. Based on this clip, the film seems to have everything in it that made the book such a great read.

You have Percy Fawcett (Charlie Putnam) explaining his insane vision of discovering a lost city in the Amazon to his wife (Sienna Miller), and later you see flash floods and dozens of blow darts in South America, plus beautiful shots of the jungle and flashbacks to World War I—all complimented with a sweeping score. The film is out in the U.S. on April 14.


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Orange Showers: What Are People Doing With This Fruit?

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Orange Showers: What Are People Doing With This Fruit?

Ever heard of an orange shower? It’s quite simple. Take a hot shower, and when it’s nice and steamy, peel and eat a cold orange. In fact, rub it all over yourself without a care in the world. The result is supposedly intoxicating and transcendental.

The origins of this theory are fuzzy. Some believe it started with a 2016 Reddit post in which someone asked the question: What’s something unconventional everyone should try out? A user by the name of PHOTON_BANDIT answered with this whole orange shower thing, which he says he learned from a counselor at an Italian youth camp back in 2005.

Tearing apart a cold fresh orange with your bare hands, just letting the juices run over your body. Not worrying if your going to get sticky, or anything. Just ripping it in half, and tearing into it with your teeth like a savage cannibal who hasnt eaten in a week!

It’s believed PHOTON_BANDIT (account since deleted) is 25-year-old Willis Young, who runs the sub-reddit r/ShowerOrange. He tells Tampa Bay Times why the orange shower is so amazing.

It’s the cacophony of sensory stimuli. You have a cold orange from the freezer, plus the hot water and team. It brings out the essential oil smell you get from oranges. It’s a nice carnal thing. You can tear into it and let the juices run all over.


The orange “movement” picked up steam this past February when John Krewson of Men’s Health wrote about its magical effects, saying “it’s the most completely healthy mind-body-soul activity a person can indulge.” He says not only is the aromatherapy an essential start to your morning, but destroying an orange in the shower taps into your natural wild side:

It’s the most primal part of your day, the best opportunity for letting the ancient preverbal part of you out to run around, before it’s time to knot it up behind a tie and send it out in public again. You will, inevitably and willingly, force your evolution to social animal.

People are still talking — and posting photos — about their experience.

One Redditor describes it as embarking on a journey comparable to climbing Mt. Everest with Gandhi.

I couldn’t stop myself. I tried one and kept going until I hit 6 and realized what I had done. Truly life changing. from ShowerOrange

I have been cleansed of my sins from ShowerOrange

Watch the guys from Good Mythical Morning test the theory at the 6:40 mark. (SFW)

Time for Kramer to patent that garbage disposal shower.

Watch Two Cute Kids Ruin Their Dad’s Live BBC Interview About South Korea

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Watch Two Cute Kids Ruin Their Dad’s Live BBC Interview About South Korea

Robert Kelly, a political science professor at Pusan National University, was in the middle of a very serious interview on the BBC about the on-going political turmoil in South Korea when some unexpected visitors wandered into the live shot from his office.

First, a young girl, maybe three years old, opens his office door and confidently struts into view in a bright yellow shirt, her arms swaying back and forth. She walks right next to her dad.

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“I think one of your children has just walked in,” the BBC anchor chimes in. Kelly tries to push his daughter back, only for another of his children—a baby in a little walker thing—bounces into the room to be with his big sister.

Kelly does his best to stay focused with the commotion, but unfortunately for him things only get worse. Next, someone who appears to be the child’s mother comes flying—sliding, really—into the room in a clear panic. She grabs the kids and tries to leave, but the door has shut behind her, so she has to reopen it as she literally drags her children out. Then the baby’s walker gets stuck, forcing her to turn him around.

Finally, she’s out of the room with the kids, with the door shut. But then from the hallway, BBC viewers can hear the children crying and screaming.

Watch the best TV moment of the year below.

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Chicago Church Teams Up With Brewery To Make Communion More Fun

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Chicago Church Teams Up With Brewery To Make Communion More Fun

A church in the Chicago suburb of Rogers Park has figured out a way to make churchgoing a little more fun. Gilead Church has partnered with a brewery to make their own beer.

Rev. Rebecca Anderson tells DNAinfo that the presence of beer makes sense, since the mission of the church is to use food and storytelling to bond parishioners.

“For so many churches and so many parts of the Christian tradition,” says Anderson, “Communion is this very somber, weighty, serious thing,” adding that “there’s not so much conviviality of Communion anymore.”

Enter “Balm of Gilead” Session IPA, made by a professional brewer named Eric Plata, specifically for the church.

“I was super interested. I was on board, like, almost immediately,” he says. “This is the chance to be a part of something a little bit unique.”

The beer is less than 5-percent alcohol, making it the perfect antidote for stuffy Communions. Plus, it creates an extra layer of bonding, since members of the church are the ones who hand-label the beer.

Says Anderson, “Christianity is so damn serious. And there are ways where the stakes are high, when you’re in a hopeless place and you have a faith that gives you energy … but there’s also a way where Christianity is supposed to be a joyful way of life, and there are so many ways of doing it that aren’t joyful.”

The church plans to throw a beer release party on St. Paddy’s Day, March 17.

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The Fresh Toast Investor Series: Matt Hawkins Of Cresco Capital Partners, LLC

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The Fresh Toast Investor Series: Matt Hawkins Of Cresco Capital Partners, LLC

Matt Hawkins is the founder and managing principle of Cresco Capital Partners, LLC. The private equity fund focuses specifically on direct investments in the legalized cannabis industry. Thanks to existing relationships within the cannabis space, CCP has been uniquely positioned to invest in several areas of the supply chain.

Hawkins is also the managing principle at Adjacent Capital Advisors, LLC, a Dallas-based special situation investor, private lender, and financial advisory services firm with a team that boasts over 75 combined years of transactional experience. Previously, he was a partner and President of a private real estate investment company. With a focus in multifamily residential and self-storage assets, the company acquired REO and NPL from banks and financial institution and completed more than 55 bank-direct acquisitions, deploying over $500MM of capital since Q4 2008. Hawkins and his partners then sold their interest at the end of 2013.

The Fresh Toast called Hawkins to learn more about the investors in the cannabis space, his company, and the common misconceptions people have when it comes to viewing the cannabis industry.

How would you describe yourself and your business associates who are investors in cannabis?
One of the first questions I get asked, especially people in Texas that are just business folks that I run in circles with is, “What type of people are you investing in cannabis? Are they all stoners, potheads, whatever you want call it?”


And the reality is that’s not the case at all. Every single one of my investors are savvy high net-worth individuals who has made money in a variety of different ways and same with the people that I’ve invested with. They’re all successful business people in a different industry and saw this as an opportunity for another dynamic, emerging market to make their footprint in.

That’s part of my prerequisites when I’m underwriting deals that I make sure the management team has been successful in other industrys other than this. I don’t make it a habit of investing in folks that have been doing this illegally. I’m looking for the people who are coming in and doing this the right way.

Why is cannabis good business and why do you want to invest in it?
Let’s face it. The returns, from a risk-adjustment standpoint, they are very attractive. It is an emerging market that isn’t going anywhere. Everybody likes to say, “The genie is out of the bottle.” And the reality is that’s the case. The tax revenue for municipal, state, and federal coffers has become too big to fail almost. The fact that over 50 percent of the population has some form of legalized cannabis in their state of residence just shows you that it’s only going to get bigger.

What don’t people know about cannabis investors and the industry at large?
I would say they probably don’t realize guys like me and the handful of other investment funds that are out there are all folks that have been investing professionally for their whole careers. We wouldn’t be doing this if we didn’t see a positive economic opportunity that can generate attractive returns for our investors.

What would you say is the most common misconceptions throughout your business dealings regarding cannabis and cannabis users?
First and foremost, the thing I get asked the most is how does this work with all this cash being thrown around. The reality is I’ve made 12 investments out of my fund already and every single one of them has a banking relationship. And I wouldn’t invest in a deal that wouldn’t have a banking relationship.

There’s one big misconception is that the banks aren’t involved in this. We all know the state and regional and credit unions are getting involved and doing it the right way.

If we can start getting folks to focus on the medicinal aspects and take advantage of the pain relief the product can potentially give its users as opposed to using opiates that’s a big plus. From a recreational side, now that it’s becoming more mainstream, you’ve got white-collar people that are enjoying psychoactive effects just like people in the past who were doing it underground.

How moving forward do you expect the culture’s attitude to change toward cannabis and how will that impact the industry?
Well I only see public opinion getting bigger and bigger. With what happened November with California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada coming online recreationally, and obviously with sweeping changes that occurred medicinally in Florida, you’re talking about these huge, huge parts to the population across the national that are embracing the change. I think this administration and this attorney general is going to have a hard time stopping that.

Do you think you’ve had any backlash because of investing in cannabis?
Me personally? No, I would say there’s been some people—let’s face it. Texas is a very conservative state and being a cannabis investor in the middle of Dallas, Texas isn’t the easiest place in the world to a) do it and b) raise money. We’ve raised over 10 million dollars and continue to raise more.

The reality is there’s still people who look at me with squinty eyes, like what on earth are you doing? But that’s going to be there. There were also people that were skeptical of the very beginnings of the technology boom at the end of the last century. There’s was a lot of money that was made and lost then, and I think this is a lot more sustainable because the revenues are real. And I don’t think it’s going away.

Matt Hawkins is a featured speaker at Kahner Global’s Cannabis Private Investment Summit West taking place in May in Beverly Hills. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.     

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Drag Queen Explains Marijuana Edibles

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Drag Queen Explains Marijuana Edibles

Edibles have become VERY Popular – here is a quick primary on how to consume them!

Edibles have become very popular since over 50% of the country has access to legal marijuana. And they have been recognized as having a variety of medical benefits including help with chronic pain, nausea, cancer, and sleep issues. Edibles are cannabis-infused food,  either homemade or produced commercially, containing decarboxylated cannabinoids. Popular thought the ages, they have become very popular as states legalize cannabis.

RELATED: The Most Popular Marijuana Flavors

Why not have fun while learning? Watch as this drag queen. explains marijuana edibles. While consuming an edible isn’t hard, there are a few things to know so you can have the best experience – especially for medical patients.

Mama, AKA Brain Peters got his start in Seattle in the drag community.  She was featured in the comic book Mama Tits Saves the World, which according to Jennifer Campbell of The Stranger “immortalizes the moment at Seattle Pride 2014 when she faced down a group of hate-spewing antigay protesters with her steely spine and wicked humor”. A video of the incident was viewed 1.8 million times, as of November 2015. Covering the confrontation, Bustle‘s Elizabeth Ballou called Mama Tits “our new gay pride hero”.

Follow Mama her on Twitter and Facebook
Video by Thor Radford/Radford Creative.

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