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Here’s What The New Royal Baby Will (And Won’t) Be Eating

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Here’s What The New Royal Baby Will (And Won’t) Be Eating

The blessed child is almost here! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their first baby this spring. And while many have speculated that the Duchess is going to pop in late April or early May, last week she was overheard saying  “We’re nearly there!” so, really, it could be any day.

So, what will this little bundle be eating? Certainly not French fries and mac and cheese, which are some of Markle’s favorite foods. Nope. This kid is going to be eating much better, actually. Like, farm-to-table cuisine.

PureWow did some royal research to find out what, exactly, royal babies are allowed to eat. And it’s kinda boring, unless you grew up eating baby food out of a jar and formula like a plebeian. If so, this list will make you wish your parents had watched “Baby Boom” a few times so they could at least make some homemade applesauce for special occasions. Here are 3 interesting food facts when it comes to the diets of babies born into royalty.

Breastfeeding is okay now

That’s right. New moms were always told they couldn’t breast feed until Princess Diana came along. Up until then, a wet nurse was in charge of the feeding schedule, so it wasn’t really an option. Kate Middleton also breastfed George, according to The Mirror.  It’s been reported that Markle will also breastfeed (in public!) in an attempt to “normalize” the natural behavior.

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Store-bought baby food is not okay

According to PureWow, the royal family’s longtime chef, Darren McGrady, who was responsible for both William and Harry’s baby food, told TODAY he’s never seen any of the royal babies with packaged food because there are enough personal chefs to cater to everyone in the palace. Include babies.

Homemade fruit purees are preferred

McGrady also told TODAY that William and Harry feasted on pureed steamed apples and pears from the queen’s own country house in Sandringham.

“As they got older, you’d have one chef in the kitchen doing the chicken, one doing the veg, and then it would all be blended together; it was a major operation cooking for them,” he said.

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The royal family prefers to eat the food produced from their estates, like dairy from their own cows, chickens from their own coops, and vegetables from their own gardens. Yeah, this impending royal baby is going to have it pretty good.

Some Of Claire’s Make-Up Products May Have Asbestos In Them

Maria Loreto
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Some Of Claire’s Make-Up Products May Have Asbestos In Them

Claire’s, the place of your childhood dreams, is also a place infected with a potentially cancerogenous toxin. Aside from the fact that the company is at the brink of bankruptcy, the Food and Drug Administration has recently accused Claire’s of selling asbestos-laced products, including eye shadow, contour palettes and compact powder.

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The FDA reports that it’s not uncommon for asbestos to end up in beauty products, “often found near talc, an ingredient in many cosmetic products.” Talc used for cosmetics can easily get contaminated with asbestos when mining sites are not selected carefully and when the necessary steps for purification are not followed closely.

For their part, Claire’s issued a statement through their Twitter and is removing the three make-up items from their stores. They argue that their products are safe and that the FDA mischaracterized their fibers as asbestos in their testing.

Since the 90S are long gone and you can find glittery makeup in plenty of other places, we’d advice you to take your children to other stores, at least until Claire’s is cleared from the FDA’s accusations.

Is California’s Marijuana Market Headed for Extinction?

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Is California’s Marijuana Market Headed for Extinction?

There were some high hopes that California’s cannabis market would provide the rest of the nation with a stellar blueprint for how to legalize marijuana on a grand scale. But so far, the state has only proven to be the biggest failure in the stoner sector. There is even a possibility, at this juncture of the game, that the Golden State’s pot commerce is at risk of an “extinction event” if growers are not given licensing extensions. The bottom line is: if something doesn’t happen soon to keep the state’s pot farmers in compliance with the law, all of them could end up either shut down or forced to operate illegally.

This is a situation that one state lawmaker is trying to prevent.

California Senator Mike McGuire recently introduced legislation intended to prevent the cannabis cultivators operating across the state with temporary licenses from being pushed in the black market once again. As it stands, thousands of pot growers are conducting businesses on permits that keep most of them legit until March or April. Some, however, have already expired.

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The proposal is designed to keep upstanding growers on the right side of the law through the rest of the year.

“This bill is going to protect thousands of cannabis farmers, in particular, who did the right thing and applied for a state license after the passage of Prop. 64 but their temporary license is about to expire,” McGuire said, according to a report from the Sacramento Bee.

The thing is, although the bill is expected to pass with flying colors, it might not happen until May. This means all of the growers affected, at least those who want to remain in good standings with the state of California, might have to cease operations for a few weeks while the issue gets sorted out. And this could lead to supply shortages in the largest pot market in the country.

What’s worse is some pot growers have already been run out of business due to the licensing snafu.

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“There will be dire consequences such as imminent market collapse of hundreds of businesses in the region and through the state,” is something isn’t done to correct the licensing problem soon, Terra Carver, executive director for the Humboldt County Growers Alliance, told the news source.

Unfortunately, there isn’t much being done by the cannabis industry itself to prepare for the lapse. It’s is mostly business as usual.

Some cannabis growers have said that regardless of whether they get an extension permit, they are going to continue growing weed. There is also some talk about filing a lawsuit against the state, but that doesn’t appear to be the way the majority wants to handle the issue. At least not for now.

McGuire’s bill would keep the pot sector on legal ground, as well as require state regulators to keep up with temporary licenses, because like he says, “without legal licenses, there isn’t a legal, regulated market in California.”

The cannabis industry is hopeful that a solution will be found to prevent any kind of a licensing lapse. If not, well, we will just have to wait and see.

Scientists Have Finally Figured Out The Best Way To Wake Up In The Morning

Amy Hansen
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Scientists Have Finally Figured Out The Best Way To Wake Up In The Morning

Most of us wake up to the not-so-soothing sounds of an alarm first thing in the morning. And regardless of how much coffee awaits you to help ease you into daytime mode, there is a far more effective and pleasant way to get people out of bed in the morning.

Like most things in life, it’s all about proper lighting.

A research team has found that a blue-enriched LED light can effectively help people overcome morning drowsiness.

In a recent study, professors Hyeon-Jeong Suk and Kyungah Choi and their team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) found that the effects of blue-enriched morning light on our physiological responses are time dependent, and that it has positive effects on melatonin levels (the hormone that make us sleepy) and the subjective perception of alertness, mood, and visual comfort compared with warm white light. This is the same type of blue monochromatic, fully saturated light that emanates from your smart phone and keeps you awake at night, which is why it’s good in the morning, and not so much in the evening.

The physiological effects light has on us have been examined since the discovery of a third type of  photoreceptor in the human retina in the early 2000s, according to KAIST, which further explains that “rods and cones regulate visual effects, while the third type, photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, regulate a large variety of biological and behavioral processes including melatonin and cortisol secretion, alertness, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).”

The KAIST team studied 15 university students and discovered that just an hour of morning exposure to this type of blue saturated light caused melatonin levels to significantly drop. That’s compared to warm white light, which most of us wake up to.

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Currently, light-enabled alarms are available on the market, but unfortunately, they use regular light, not the blue enriched bright light that causes the human body to wake up. Hopefully, this new study will shed some light on the issue, and that will change.

Nevada Has The Most Expensive Vape Pens, Washington the Cheapest Pre-roll

Debra Borchardt
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Nevada Has The Most Expensive Vape Pens, Washington the Cheapest Pre-roll

There’s an old saying that ‘all politics is local’ and it turns out the same goes for marijuana prices. A new report from cannabis data company Headset looked at pricing trends from four key states that have fully legalized cannabis including two states with mature sales data and two fairly new states.

The study examines average item prices throughout 2018 and for the first two months of 2019. The sales data comes from customers who participate in store loyalty programs, as well as the $4.5 billion in transactions that Headset tracks.

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The general rule of thumb is that California prices are high by all measurements and Washington has the lowest prices in the country.  However, that isn’t the end of the story. California’s adult use sales are fairly young and with the changes in regulations last summer, the market changed dramatically. The report notes, “You might think Colorado’s vertical integration would drive the price down…but it seems to actually keep prices higher.” Various taxes within each state and the age group of consumers also affects the data for prices paid.

Headset found that the average item price (AIP) across California, Washington, Nevada, and Colorado ranged from $15-$30. States with the most mature markets had the lowest prices. Washington state started out with high prices, but the prices dropped as competition and supply drove them down and at this point, there is really no room from more price reduction. Prices in Nevada also fell as the market matured except for certain products. California’s average prices jumped by $5, but it is expected that eventually, the state’s prices will fall.

Vapes Are Pricey

Vape pens are the most popular cannabis category and the most expensive. The AIP is approximately $43. Apparently, vape pens are not as easy to buy in the illicit market which removes that level of competition keeping prices high. Nevada is the highest priced state with an AIP that comes in at $48. Headset suggests that the state knows it is mostly dealing in tourist trade and able to keep prices high.

The report did a deeper dive into the vape pen price per gram and again Nevada’s is the highest with a whopping $96 price per gram for vape pens. The lowest is Washington’s, whose AIP for vape pens is $25, but the price per gram for the pen is $36, almost three times lower than Nevada.

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The price per gram measurement works well for other smokable forms like flower, pre-rolls or concentrates. Nevada is, once again, the most expensive at a price per gram for flower of $13.70 and $14 for pre-rolls. Colorado has the cheapest flower at $4.60 and Washington has the cheapest pre-roll at $5.50 per gram.

When it comes to other form factors that aren’t smoked like edibles, beverages, tinctures or capsules, the measurement is milligrams per THC. In this category, the states are very close in price with only cents separating the expensive from the cheap.

Millennials Are Bargain Shoppers

Older people with more disposable income are willing to pay higher prices for cannabis products versus millennials and post-millennials. The younger group spends on average 20% less on single grams, while baby boomers will pay 10% above the average. The younger group is willing to buy in bulk if they think they can get a good price. They are bargain shoppers. Headset thinks bulk packaging could become an important market as more millennials push for value shopping.

The report suggests that AIP isn’t the only metric to watch to see where prices are headed. They say watch the price per gram and the package size.

This article originally appeared on Green Market Report. 

Is Alex Rodriguez Cheating On J-Lo?; Gwyneth Paltrow Spoofs Herself On ‘SNL’

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Is Alex Rodriguez Cheating On J-Lo?; Gwyneth Paltrow Spoofs Herself On ‘SNL’

Alex Rodriguez cheating on Jennifer Lopez

STARTING DRAMA ….. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s engagement captured the hearts of celebrities and fans alike this weekend.

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But now one former baseball star could be brewing up trouble in paradise. Jose Canseco raised eyebrows on Sunday after he claimed that Rodriguez cheated on Lopez with his ex-wife Jessica Canseco.

Canseco began tweeting about the alleged affair while ‘watching World of Dance’, an NBC reality show in which Lopez is a judge.

‘Watching J.Lo text Alex Rodriguez, little does she know that he is cheating on her with my ex-wife Jessica,’ Canesco tweeted. ‘Poor girl, she has no idea who he really is.’

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Canseco then said he was ‘there a few months back with her when he called her on her phone’, seemingly referring to Rodriguez and Jessica.

‘Alex Rodriguez stop being a piece of s**t stop cheating on Jennifer Lopez,’ he added. Canseco later said he was willing to take a polygraph test to prove that what he was saying about Rodriguez was ‘100 percent accurate’.

Roseanne Barr says Michelle Obama got her fired for racist tweet

Roseanne Barr believes former first lady Michelle Obama is responsible for getting her fired from her eponymous ABC reboot.

The hit reboot of “Roseanne” was famously canceled in May 2018 after Barr, 66, posted a series of allegedly racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic tweets, including one saying that former President Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to someone from “Planet of the Apes” and the Islamic Brotherhood.

Barr initially took responsibility for the remark, which she has alternately blamed on using Ambien and supporting President Donald Trump, but now she believes the former first lady is behind her getting the reboot boot.

“She said, ‘This tweet is unforgivable.’ That’s what I was told and I tend to believe it because the woman who fired me is now working with the Obamas at Netflix,” Barr fumed to The Sunday Times (via The Sun). Barr appeared to be referring to Channing Dungey, the former ABC Entertainment president responsible for canceling “Roseanne.” Netflix hired her late last year to work on original programming, including content from the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions.

In late May 2018, Barr retweeted a fan who claimed that the Obamas were behind her firing, though she never said so herself until this week. She replied to the tweet at the time, “Is this true?”

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The claim has never actually been substantiated.

The comedian also expressed outrage at ABC still using her characters in “Roseanne” spinoff “The Conners,” in which her character was killed off in an opioid overdose.

In June 2018, Barr said in a statement that she accepted a settlement and to be removed to make way for “The Conners,” telling press, “I regret the circumstances that have caused me to be removed from ‘Roseanne.’ I agreed to the settlement in order that 200 jobs of beloved cast and crew could be saved, and I wish the best for everyone involved.”

“They think because they killed me it’s OK to use me, use the memory of me,” she fumed to The Times. “Still mention me. It’s still my show, but they stole it. They are going to do it to other comics. I’m just the first.”

Gwyneth Paltrow makes ‘SNL’ cameo, spoofs herself and Goop

Gwyneth Paltrow made a surprise cameo on this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” – and the jokes were all on her.

During an appearance in the Weekend Update sketch, the actress and wellness guru played a manager of her lifestyle company Goop, who reassures a fellow employee (played by Heidi Gardner) that she wouldn’t get fired after messing up while talking about the brand’s products.

“I need your help, because I’m really afraid Gwyneth’s going to fire me,” Gardner says to Paltrow.

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“No, she doesn’t believe in firing, remember? It’s called conscious un-employing,” Paltrow reassures her, referencing her 2014 split from Chris Martin, which was described as a “conscious uncoupling.”

Paltrow tries to help out by taking over Gardner’s job of describing the products.

“OK, we have a new Himalayan salt scrub and it is the number one salt scrub … rated number one in overall salt,” she says, slowing down as she struggles for what else to say about the product. “I’d actually like to tell you what salt is instead.”

“I know what salt is,” Michael Che retorts.

“So you know it’s angry sugar?” Paltrow replies.

How To Fall Asleep Listening To Your iPhone Without Draining The Battery

Maria Loreto
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How To Fall Asleep Listening To Your iPhone Without Draining The Battery

If you’re the type of person who loves to fall asleep while listening to a perfect sleepytime playlist, you’re not alone. According to studies, music enhances activities like sleep and workouts, especially if the beat matches the mood you’re looking for.

The problem with sleeping while listening to music is that leaving a playlist running for more than three hours is not good for your phone’s battery and general well-being. Luckily, there’s a hack that allows your phone to stop playing music without needing your intervention, saving you some battery life and giving you and your iPhone a much needed rest.

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To get started, select the music or playlist you want to listen to, whether it’s from Apple Music, Beats 1 radio or Spotify. Once you’ve done this, tap on the clock app on your home screen. Here, you’ll see several functions at the bottom of the screen. Select the Timer function and set it to the approximate amount of time it’ll take you to sleep, be that 20 minutes or 40. Select the When Timer Ends function, which will take you to another screen that contains your phone’s ringtones. Scroll to the bottom of it and select Stop Playing.

This method ensures that the music you chose will play until your timer expires, hopefully saving you the trouble of an overheated phone, or the stress of waking up to a random rock song because you managed to sleep through your entire sleep playlist.

This Is How Much Time The Average Millionaire Spends On Social Media

Amy Hansen
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This Is How Much Time The Average Millionaire Spends On Social Media

Besides making more money than the average person, millionaires incorporate daily habits into their lives that make them more productive.  While some of us prefer sleep over morning gym sessions, those who prioritize mental and physical well-being tend to be in a higher income bracket. Coincidence?

Sarah Stanley Fallaw,  author of the book “The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth,”  surveyed more than 600 millionaires in America, and found that their daily activities can influence their wealth.

Business Insider dug through Fallaw’s book and discovered a few choice statistics that can benefit all of us.

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While the average American spends 14 hours a week on social media, millionaires spends an average of only 2.5 hours a week, which gives them more time to exercise both their minds and bodies.

Fallaw says that millionaires spend roughly 5.5  hours a week reading for pleasure, compared to just 2 for the average American.  The same stats are nearly identical when it comes to exercise, with millionaires working up a sweat for nearly 6 hours a week compared to 2.5 for that average Joe.

Apple CEO Tim Cook gets out of bed at 4:30 a.m. to go to the gym.  Think about that next time you want to hit the snooze button (on your iPhone).

And because they spend more time reading and exercising, they have very little time left over to “like” Instagram posts or stalk their ex’s Facebook.

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Lots of millionaires don’t even engage in social media. Jennifer Lawrence has said that she “will never get Twitter.” And George Clooney says he’d “rather have a rectal examination on live TV by a fellow with cold hands than have a Facebook page.”

Warren Buffett still uses a flip phone, which makes it nearly impossible to mindlessly scroll through feeds.

And while they do shun social media in favor of other wealth-building habits, many millionaires sacrifice sleep in favor of the hustle. Elon Musk gets about 6 hours of sleep a night, Tom Ford says he only gets about 3 hours, and Martha Stewart manages on less than 4 hours a night.

 Maybe what these millionaires need is not so much social media on their phones, but rather some helpful mediation apps.

This Week’s Music: Kindness, Marina, And Tindersticks Release New Songs

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This Week’s Music: Kindness, Marina, And Tindersticks Release New Songs

This Week’s Music is a weekly column that discusses the weeks’ best, worst, and most interesting songs. We try to select songs of different artists and genres to keep things interesting and to please a variety of music fans.

This week we highlight Kindness’ new collaboration with Robyn, Marina’s new single from her awaited fourth studio album, and Tinderstick’s song for the movie “High Life”. Check them out:

Electronic

Kindness – Cry Everything

Kindness and Robyn fit perfectly together. Adam Bainbridge, the guy behind Kindness, is a DJ and musician who’s produced a lot of music, including some songs in Solange’s last record and two songs from Robyn’s last album. “Cry Everything” is his first song since 2014, and it’s a sort of meeting point between his own voice and Robyn’s. Out of all the great things that “Cry Everything” is doing, the most striking aspect is the union of both performers’ voices, which linger more than all of those amazing and intricate layers of sound.

Pop

MARINA – Superstar

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Marina, also known as Marina And the Diamonds, is back with a new record after a four year break. Love + Fear will be released on April 26 and two singles have already been published. “Handmade Heaven” and “Superstar” are vastly different, with the former promising an interesting and thoughtful record while the latter is kind of forgettable. Marina is a tough artist to categorize, someone who uses her bubblegum pop sound and aesthetic to discuss darker and more interesting topics. “Superstar” feels a little bit been there, done that, especially after listening to some of her best work.

Tindersticks – Willow (Featuring Robert Pattinson)

If you weren’t a devoted fan of the Twilight Saga and its iconic soundtracks, you might not know the fact that Robert Pattinson is also a singer. His voice isn’t the most versatile but it works when it comes to evoking a mood or a vibe, which is just what he does on “Willow.” The song is part of the soundtrack from “High Life”,  one of the most anticipated films of the year and, according to many critics, one of the best sci-fi films ever made. Pattinson stars as an astronaut and Juliette Binoche co-stars as a witchy looking crazy scientist. Things get weird in space and there are some babies involved. “Willow” may be a little bit of a snooze, but you have to appreciate it once you know all of this background information.

3 Tips For Effectively Washing Your Workout Clothes

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3 Tips For Effectively Washing Your Workout Clothes

Athletic apparel can be super expensive, which is ironic, because they also need to be replaced every so often (depending on how much you work out).  Aside from the fact that you sweat a lot in them, performance workout wear is often made out of moisture-wicking material. These fabrics allow you to be comfortable and dry while working out because they remove the sweat from your skin and keep you cool. The trade-off is that the fabric latches on to your body oils, which are the reason behind the bad smell.

If you leave your clothes for long periods of time in dark places, like lockers and gym bags, then that’s just a recipe for disaster. This type of lazy storage allows your germs to proliferate and go crazy. Here are four tips that can help you clean your clothes and extend their shelf life.

Wash in cold water

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Hot water traps smells and bacteria, so it’s best if you wash these types of clothes with cool water. “Body soils can become trapped in these grooves, making them even more difficult to remove. That is why odors are a common problem with performance fabrics,” says Mary Johnson, scientist from Procter and Gamble.

Use the right detergent

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Did you know that there are detergents for workout clothes? Yup, products like WIN and Soak are specially designed to treat body oils and sweat, unlike traditional detergents that focus on simpler tasks. Aside from using the right detergent, it’s also important to do your laundry regularly, since this will prevent the smells from latching on to the clothes.

Alternate gym clothes

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It’s important to let your clothes rest and to alternate them. Using different sports bras and shirts will also increase their shelf life and prevent stretching.

Don’t leave sweaty clothes piled up overnight

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Keeping sweaty clothes balled up in a bag, inside a locker or even in your laundry basket for long periods of time will trap odors. It’s important to hang them to dry once you’re done working out, and to rinse them as soon as you get the chance.

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