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It Is Now 100 Percent Legal To Smoke Marijuana In Maine

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It Is Now 100 Percent Legal To Smoke Marijuana In Maine

Marijuana is now officially legal throughout the state of Maine.

As of Monday, it is absolutely copasetic in the Pine Tree State to cultivate, possess, use and give away marijuana without fear. No longer will adults 21 and over be forced to seek out a medical marijuana recommendation from a doctor just to get their hands on legal weed. The new law effectively snuffs out prohibition statewide, giving all of Maine’s grown-ups the same freedoms previously only enjoyed by those plagued with serious health conditions.

“The era of marijuana prohibition in Maine is finally coming to an end,” David Boyer, Maine political director for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement. “Responsible adult marijuana consumers will no longer be harassed and treated like criminals. Police will be able to spend more time addressing serious crimes rather than punishing adults for using a substance that is safer than alcohol.”

But there are still a few rules that will need to be adhered to when it comes to taking advantage of the state’s new marijuana law. For instance, while pot possession is legal, individuals are only permitted to carry up to 2.5 ounces on them at a time. Yet, individuals can now legally grow up to six plants at home. These folks are free to give up to 2.5 ounces of their homegrown to friends, family or total strangers, as long as no money changes hands. Selling marijuana remains illegal under the language of the law.

Of course, public consumption is still against the rules. Anyone caught smoking weed in public can be slapped with a $100 fine. However, eventually, cannabis lounges will start to appear throughout the state. The new law provides an opportunity for social marijuana use to happen at some point under the guidance of the state. This aspect of the law was created in an effort to provide the tourism community with places to hang out and get stoned.

But don’t smoke and drive.

Much like every other state that has made weed legal, Maine’s new law strictly prohibits driving under the influence of marijuana. Although there is no definitive testing method for determining whether a motorist is driving high, police are expected to conduct field sobriety tests, similar to those used with respect to alcohol impairment, in order to bust people for this offense. The good news is, however, in other legal states, reports shows that the majority of stoned driving cases are being dropped as long as the accused goes to trial. It seems that prosecutors are having a difficult time proving to juries that suspected high drivers were actually impaired at the time of their arrest.

These Spotify Playlists Will Put Your Workout Into High Gear

Natalie Stoclet
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These Spotify Playlists Will Put Your Workout Into High Gear

You’re at the gym feeling unmotivated and about to just give up and go home. You click the next button on your playlist a few more times hoping for a little inspiration and then, as if it was destiny, it happens. All of a sudden that one song that can always get you to push yourself further precedes to play.

The key to a successful workout, or movie, or actually most moments in life, can be as simple as the setting the right soundtrack. Gyms around the world emphasize the importance of a solid playlist, and many have transformed their programming to reflect the niche music tastes of their members. Even so, sometimes your gym’s playlist doesn’t reflect your mood. It can be hard to curate your own playlist every time you get sick of the songs you’ve had on replay for the past ten days, which is why we’re about to give you a few suggestions.


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According to Spotify’s data, which as of June, 2016 had over 100 million users, these are the top ten workout playlists of the moment:

  1. Dance Workout
  2. Power Workout
  3. Cardio
  4. Para Entrenar
  5. Workout Twerkout
  6. Workout Remix
  7. Latin Dance Cardio
  8. Electro Workout
  9. Workout
  10. The Rock Workout

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While these may be the most popular, trendy isn’t always terrific. If what’s hot right now isn’t enough to make you break a sweat, here are five of our favorite playlists of the moment:

For the hip-hop lovers:

For the rock n’ rollas:

For those who like to keep it old school, but not too old:

https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/38TuL8QqA2wv5IowLr4eY0

If it’s all about that bass:

To keep you current:

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Burger King Employees Accused Of Selling Weed To Customers Who Asked For “Extra Crispy Fries”

Taylor Berman
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Burger King Employees Accused Of Selling Weed To Customers Who Asked For “Extra Crispy Fries”

Two Burger King employees were arrested last weekend for allegedly selling marijuana through the fast food chain’s drive-thru to customers who used the proper code words.

Police in Epping, New Hampshire say Garrett Norris, 20, and Meagan Dearborn, 19, would sell the weed to anyone who asked for the “nasty boy.”

“Once it was verified he was working they had to ask for their fries extra crispy,” Epping Police Chief Mike Wallace told NH1.

“We obtained enough evidence that pointed to the employee, Norris, was selling marijuana though the drive-through,” he added. “It was substantiated with the with sting operation. We went in later that evening and arrested him and the shift manager.”

The operation was apparently a bit of an open among locals. “We always heard rumors that employees were selling illicit drugs through some fast food restaurants,” Wallace said. “It was never substantiated until Saturday night.”

Norris is facing charges of possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute. Dearborn was nabbed on conspiracy to distribute charges and an unlawful possession of alcohol charge.

Va. Lawmakers Don’t Think a Marijuana Conviction Should Cost You Your Driver’s License

Taylor Berman
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Va. Lawmakers Don’t Think a Marijuana Conviction Should Cost You Your Driver’s License

Under new legislation moving through the Virginia General Assembly, Virginians convicted of marijuana possession for the first time would no longer automatically lose their driver’s license for any period of time. As the law stands now, people convicted of any drug offenses in the state have their license suspended for six months.

Capital News Service reports that under the new legislation, the provision wouldn’t apply to adults convicted of simple possession of marijuana on a first offense. Juveniles would still lose their licenses, and judges would be able to suspend the licenses of adults on a case-by-case basis.

The bill, SB 1091, passed through the state Senate easily by a vote of 38-2. It was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Adam Ebbin of Alexandria and Republican Sen. Bill Stanley of Franklin County. It’s also expected to clear the House.

From Capital News Service:

Many people consider Virginia’s penalties for marijuana possession severe. A first offense for possession of less than a half ounce is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine, plus a six-month suspension of the individual’s license to drive a motor vehicle.

A first offender may receive a deferred disposition and dismissal of the charge upon completion of probation and community service. But such defendants still lose their driver’s licenses for six months.

About 39,000 Virginians lose their licenses each year because of drug convictions, according to Ebbin, who added that surrounding states have much more lenient policies.

“What we’re trying to do with this very good statute is give someone the opportunity of a second chance for making a dumb mistake,” Stanley told Capital News.

Corpse of Infamous Electrocuted Weasel Now on Display

Taylor Berman
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Corpse of Infamous Electrocuted Weasel Now on Display

There are all sorts of cruel ways that animals die in nature. Some are ripped apart and eaten, some starve to death, and some—or at least one unfortunate weasel—get electrocuted by an 18,000 volt transformer at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland.

The incident took place last April, when the stone marten hopped a fence by the vast particle accelerator—the most powerful machine on the planet—and was killed instantly after coming in contact with the transformer. But he wasn’t the only victim: The fury little critter’s mistaken leap knocked out power to the LHC, which, as The Guardian put it, “recreates in microcosm the primordial fire that prevailed at the birth of the universe.”

To commemorate the weasel’s unusual end, the Rotterdam Natural History Museum is displaying its taxidermied body as part of its Dead Animal Tales exhibition.

“It’s a fine example of what the exhibition is all about,” Kees Moeliker, the director of the museum, told The Guardian. “It shows that animal and human life collide more and more, with dramatic results for both.”

Photo via Rotterdam Natural History Museum

Other animals on display at the museum include a hedgehog that died while stuck inside a McDonald’s McFlurry cup and a sparrow that was shot after ruining a 23,000 domino display.

In a bizarre twist, Moeliker started the exhibit after watching a duck rape the corpse of another duck who had just crashed into the museum’s glass windows for 75 minutes.

“I was the one and only witness,” he said. “I’m a trained biologist but what I saw was completely new to me.”

Watch Justin Bieber Get Slammed Into the Glass By A Pro Hockey Player

Taylor Berman
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Watch Justin Bieber Get Slammed Into the Glass By A Pro Hockey Player

Justin Bieber’s basketball skills, or lack there or, are well known. What’s less known is his apparent love for hockey, which he demonstrated in last night’s NHL All-Star Celebrity Shootout.
In the contest, Biebz competed against pro hockey players from the NHL and seemed to be doing okay until he was smashed into the glass by 6′ 6″ veteran player Chris Pronger.

https://twitter.com/BForanNHL/status/825484312237703170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Here’s a close up in case that video isn’t satisfying enough.

https://twitter.com/FromTheFaceoff/status/825532355838369792

And an even closer shot of the pop star’s pained face:

It wasn’t all bad news for Bieber, who scored a goal and had an assist. And he earned the respect from another celebrity who participated in the game.

“I was shocked at how good the kid can play,” actor Cuba Gooding Jr. told the Associated Press. “He really has nice skills, and he’s a real sweet kid, too.”

Is Apple Going to Make an iVape?

Taylor Berman
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Is Apple Going to Make an iVape?

It sure looks like mega tech company is considering getting into the vape game. Is Apple going to make an iVape? The Verge reports that the company recently filed a patent for a “peculiar vaporizer technology.”

The device would be able to regulate temperatures from a canister and prevent air from reaching the chamber where the vaping was taking place. That said, The Verge notes it’s not 100 percent that the device will eventually become an iVape. The patent doesn’t include any information on what sort of substance would be heated up; it could be for tobacco or it could be for some sort of air freshener for the car product Apple is rumored to be working on. In fact, human use isn’t even mentioned at all.

So who knows for sure! But it’s fun to imagine if they do if it did make an iVape. Would it have built-in bluetooth for music? Could you just attach it to the end of your iPhone? Is Apple going to make an iVape? It seems likely it would change the vaping industry and you would have to get an updated model every 18-24 months!

Celebrities Pay Tribute to John Hurt on Social Media

Taylor Berman
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Celebrities Pay Tribute to John Hurt on Social Media

John Hurt, the British actor known his Oscar-nominated roles in Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, died yesterday at the age of 77. Hurt worked in the film industry for nearly 60 years, starring in dozens of films and television shows. Friends, colleagues, and admirers in the film and entertainment industry quickly took to Twitter and Facebook to pay tribute to the Alien and Harry Potter co-star.

Kiefer Sutherland

Kumail Nanjiani

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/825154788262244352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Mel Brooks

Mia Farrow

https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/825179017452085248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Elijah Wood

https://twitter.com/elijahwood/status/825159941241528321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Alfred Molina

https://twitter.com/OfficialMolina/status/825172455744380929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Sharon Stone

https://twitter.com/sharonstone/status/825166141651771392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Vincent D’Onoforio

Jaime Bell

https://twitter.com/1jamiebell/status/825170385566003200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

So Did Stanley Kubrick Design Boeing’s New NASA Space Suits?

Brendan Bures
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So Did Stanley Kubrick Design Boeing’s New NASA Space Suits?

When Stanley Kubrick created 2001: A Space Odyssey, he did so with an eye firmly to the future. Kubrick consulted more than 50 technology companies during his research, who shared with Kubrick their plans and ideas for what would be possible in the year 2001. This also explains why the film is littered with logos and brand names.

2001 is often praised as one of the most accurate and realistic portrayals of aeronautical engineering and technologies—so much so it led others to believe Kubrick helped fake the moon landing. But who knew all these years later one of Kubrick’s biggest impact on space flight would be…fashion?

Boeing has designed a spacecraft called Starliner, which will primarily serve as an aeronautical taxi between Earth and the International Space Station. To match function with form, Boeing has also rebooted the space suit, crafting a significantly lighter and more technological advanced suit. It also happens to look eerily similar to the space suits worn in 2001.

“The most important part is that the suit will keep you alive,” astronaut Eric Boe said in a press release. “It is a lot lighter, more form-fitting and it’s simpler, which is always a good thing. Complicated systems have more ways they can break, so simple is better on something like this.”

Though 2001’s Discovery 1 spacecraft featured four colors of the suit—red, yellow, green, and blue—the only suits never seen worn were the green and blue pairs. Could this be the lost suit sent back through the Monolith?

Of course not. That would be ridiculous.

Watch: The Coen Brothers Directed Their First Commercial in 15 Years for the Super Bowl

Taylor Berman
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Watch: The Coen Brothers Directed Their First Commercial in 15 Years for the Super Bowl

Joel and Ethan Coen are arguably the most talented American filmmakers. They’ve written and directed classics like Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, and about a dozen others. On the heels of 2016’s excellent Hail Caeser!, the duo have helmed a new commercial for Mercedes Benz that will air during next week’s Super Bowl.

The commercial, the brother’s first since a 2002 clip for H&R Block, shows a bunch of Easy Rider-loving bikers brawling in a roadside bar as Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” blares from a jukebox. Soon word spreads that the gangs’ bikes have been blocked in by a car. When the group emerges from the bar to find out who committed such a heinous act, they’re shocked to discover who the offender is and what he’s driving.

Watch it below.

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