The city of Arlington, Texas plans on becoming one of the first cities that tests out self-driving cars, encouraging tourists and residents to take a trip aboard their brightly colored smart vehicles.
Starting October 26th, three Drive.ai self-driving vehicles will be available for rides around town. This trial period will last for a year, with the company planning on increasing the amount of cars from three to five and giving out rides to all sorts of passengers who are interested in the technology.
In order to test out these vehicles, people must download the Driver.ai app and order a car from one of the five different pick up points located around the city. Cars have three routes that visit important tourist spots such as the Dallas Cowboys stadium, the Texas Rangers ballpark, restaurant areas, and more.
While the cars are controlled by AI, there will be a back up driver in the pilot seat and a “chaperone” in the passenger seat who’ll keep an eye on things and make sure that everything looks safe. The AI car has several digital panels installed that explain to passengers, pedestrians, and other cars on the road what the vehicle’s next move is going to be.
Mashable reports that these cars are very easy to identify, painted in bright blue and orange colors, with CEO Bijit Halder claiming that “self-driving cars should stand out and proclaim themselves as self-driving cars.”
The purpose of these rides is safety and convenience; Halder believes that if passengers are bored and safe while on their ride, then he’s done his job.
“Well, as you could tell, I don’t want to be here. There’s a lot going on,” the “Saturday Night Live” comedian told the crowd during a comedy benefit show in West Hollywood over the weekend. “Does anybody have any open rooms? Looking for a roommate?”
“Um, I’ve been covering a bunch of tattoos, that’s fun,” Davidson joked. “I’m f–king zero for two in the tattoo [department]. Yeah, I’m afraid to get my mom tattooed on me, that’s how bad it is.”
The royal father-to-be just revealed during a cycling event at the Invictus Games in Sydney on Sunday that he wants his first child with wife Meghan Markle, 37, to be a girl.
A video of the sweet moment posted by the Instagram fan account, Harry_Meghn_Up, shows a fan calling out to Harry, 34, that she hopes the baby “is a girl,” and Harry immediately responds, “So do I!” as he continues to walk along.
In other news, Meghan’s estranged father has finally spoken out about the pregnancy. “It was a very proud moment,” Markle told The Mail . “I was filled with love, joy and happiness for both my beautiful daughter and my son-in-law. A new baby is a blessing and I look forward to seeing a little Meghan or a little Harry.”
Work spaces and companies from all over the world have been looking for ways of increasing our productivity, encouraging workers to get less distracted while on the clock. It’s a big issue in a world that demands more and more of its employees, while at the same time providing millions of distractions that come in all shapes and sizes.
What’s the answer? Panasonic thinks we should wear blinders, like the horses in Central Park.
Tastefully called “Wear Space”, these giant blinders prevent you from getting distracted because you won’t be allowed to see anything else other than what’s right in front of you. Designed to cover about 60 percent of your vision, you won’t have much to do except work. Or talk to your co-worker very attentively.
Panasonic developed this project with the help of designer Kunihiko Morinaga in hopes of making distractions invisible and increasing personal space for workers.
As open offices and digital nomads are on the rise, workers are finding it ever more important to have personal space where they can focus. Wear Space instantly creates this kind of personal space—it’s as simple as putting on an article of clothing.
The product is currently being crowd-funded. Hopefully, Wear Space is one of those weird inventions that never quite makes it to market so office spaces and creative people can go on investing in something that’s actually useful. Like private offices.
All forms of pasta from ancient Chinese noodles to iconic Italian iterations have been a huge part of human history, and they still feed many cultures. As long as pasta has been around, cannabis has been there, too, though until today’s big consumables boom, they weren’t always combined.
Today you can find weed pasta at swanky private events and consumption celebrations in legal states, but predominantly it’s a DIY affair. This is at least until Ronzoni’s board of directors encounters a blunt and decides to offer this brilliant bit of comfort food on the common products market.
Pasta is really just flour and water, and sometimes eggs and oil, with herbs and seasonings added on occasion, even squid ink in some regions. This product is often dried and hardened, but in it’s freshly made form, it cooks in a fraction of the time and tastes incredible. We developed dried pasta in the past to preserve wheat harvests for as long as possible, as breads don’t keep as long, and flour used to be hard to protect from pests.
Cannabis pasta doesn’t have to come from a $100-plus dinner plate with unknown amounts of THC when you can simply create an oil and egg dough with the exact dose you need.
Cannabis Infused Handmade Tagliatelle
Danielle Guercio, 2018
Estimated 10mg of THC per plate, serves 4
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 tbsp cannabis infused olive oil*
2 cups flour, semolina or all purpose for dough
½ cup all purpose flour for rolling and dusting
Pasta dough can be made with either a machine or your hands, in all of its steps, but it has a basic process of knead, rest, roll, dry, then cook. Whether you used a machine to form the dough, shape it, or even dry it, you can and will get your hands dirty in the process. Each step that can be done by a machine was traditionally done by hand, and is not so difficult to do if you practice. It can be helpful to make notes on your batches, such as how sticky the dough was, any shrinkage that’s occurred when cooked, the all-important development of sufficient gluten (to achieve al dente greatness), and ultimately the most important part: the taste.
Create a dough to bread machine or stand mixer machine specs depending on what you use, or make it by hand with the well technique. Heap your flour on a work surface, dig out a well (like with mashed potatoes), and pour in the eggs and oil that have been whisked together. Using a fork or your hands, gently stir more and more flour into the central well until a sticky dough begins to form. Fold and knead this dough in layers like an aggressive version of biscuit building, you want to pack down the gluten with little air to create the dense chewy noodles you crave. Add a pinch more flour if the dough feels too sticky. Let it rest for 15 minutes, making ahead of time if need be, rolling out just before cooking.
Using a rolling pin or pasta extruder, work ¼ of the dough at a time, sprinkling with flour generously, until it’s a thin, nearly translucent sheet. Keep it even by working out from the center in all directions. When the sheet is thin enough, roll vertically to create a tube, then use a sharp knife to cut ¾” segments, creating a long pasta strand. Sprinkle with more flour and use your open fingers to rake up and gently shake out the noodles. Drape over a floured surface and allow to dry for a few minutes before cooking.
Photos by Maria Penaloza
To prepare your pasta, bring a large heavy bottomed pot of water that’s generously seasoned with salt to a vigorous boil. Drop in a test noodle to determine your ideal cooking time and the salinity of the water but 1-2 minutes is usually sufficient. Do not oil the water as this will block the sauce from absorbing after the pasta is ready.
Serve with a creamy porcini sauce or a rich tomato sauce, you want something hearty to stand up to the pasta. Swirl the drained noodles around in your sauce in a pan for 30 seconds to help it absorb into your tagliatelle before sprinkling with cheese and serving up.
*Cannabis Infused Olive Oil
Decarboxylate 5 grams of finely ground cannabis or .5 gram of concentrate. Add cannabis and ½ cup olive oil to a mason jar (with lid) or vacuum sealed bag. Heat in water bath just under boiling for at least 1 hour. Strain and allow to cool down before using in recipes
As we wait with bated breath for the arrival of baby Sussex, there is one woman who has been overlooked when it comes to the growing royal brood. And that’s the royal nanny.
Did you know there’s an entire college dedicated to training royal nannies? A training which takes at least three years? Not only that, but these nannies are subject to strict background checks by the U.K. Disclosure and Barring Service, which are updated every three years. There are so many things these nannies must be savvy about, and knowing how to care for future kings and queens is just the beginning.
Nanny Maria takes care of Princess Charlotte and Princes George and Louis, but her duties are no different than any other royal nanny before her. Reader’s Digest has a laundry list of royal nanny secrets. Here are 5 particular noteworthy ones:
They have a sixth sense about paparazzi
It’s not that the royal nanny doesn’t realize she and her kiddos will be photographed by the media, it’s just that the royal nanny is a pro at pretending she doesn’t care. In addition, according to Reader’s Digest, “she’ll have to be constantly cognizant of photographers trying to snap photos of the royal children, particularly when the royal children might not be behaving as royal children ‘should be’ behaving.”
Norland college, which is basically the Wharton of nanny colleges, strongly advise their students to spend 15 hours a year continuing their education once they graduate to “ensure they are keeping up to date with the latest best practices of child care and early years research.”
Her opinions are important
Not long ago, royal nannies were able to share their views and opinions on raising children, but today, they have a much larger role in raising the kids besides offering up some professional advice. So much so that, according to Reader’s Digest, Norland’s training includes “how to advise parents and to navigate the politics of advising parents about how to properly care for their children.”
Unlike America, the work of the royal nanny tends to be highly valued and respected in England. The job of a nanny — royal or English trained in general — is considered prestigious.
Spanking is not allowed
Of course, no royal nanny is allowed to inflict corporal punishment — Norland straight up prohibits it. So when George is being a little jerk, a stern-talking to is recommended.
The big news this week, of course, was Canada. The country began its legal adult use cannabis sales on the 17th. While there weren’t necessarily a huge amount of dispensaries open, there were definitely some that began sales at midnight. Delta 9 (VRNDF) cannabis store reported that within the first minute of online sales, there were 100 orders and that sales for the day totaled $50,000. Products sold out within the first few hours.
In other Canada news, Acreage Holdings invited former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to its board of directors.
iAnthus Capital (ITHUF) is acquiring MPX Bioceutical Corporation (MPXEF) in an all-stock transaction valued at $835 million. At a price of approximately $1.28 per MPX common share, its a premium of 30% based on the closing price of iAnthus and MPX common shares on October 17.
Canopy Growth Corporation (NYSE: CGC) entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of hemp research company ebbu, Inc. It is a cash and stock deal that is expected to close in November. Canopy Growth will pay C$25 million in cash and issue 6,221,210 company common shares to ebbu in exchange for the assets being acquired.
MedMen is selling three of its property assets to Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust. This initial investment in the three properties will represent approximately $12.5 million in proceeds, after debt repayment. The properties sold will be leased back to MedMen so the medical cannabis giant and its subsidiaries can continue to operate in its original properties.
CannAmerica Brands began trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol “CANA”.
Elev8 Brands, Inc. (OTCQB: VATE), was approved for trading on the OTCQB Venture Market.
In earnings:
India Globalization Capital Inc. (IGC) is – a cannabis company that doesn’t sell cannabis and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company only books revenue from its legacy business of trading commodities and heavy equipment rental. For the three months ending September 30, this was $811,000. The net loss for the quarter was $858,000. There is no revenue from cannabis products at this time.
Sometimes there are photos that, despite having different components, colors, and subject matter, look remarkably similar. It’s not about the composition or the photographer — nothing that deep. It’s more like the internet is so developed in meme-speak now that users are able to pick up on all of these subtleties.
That’s what the same energy meme is all about. It’s a little stupid and niche, but once you see it you understand why it makes so much sense.
The meme started on Twitter, where users took to uploading two different images and comparing them to each other, calling out that same vibe or energy that they share. This could be due to the context of the photo, the positions of the subjects, or their moods.
Even though we can’t be sure which one of these memes was the first one to materialize or what prompted the idea in the first place, a recurring trend we keep noticing is the appearance of K-Pop starts. They’re everywhere.
Check out some of the most retweeted additions to the same energy meme:
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.
On this week’s column we highlight three music genres: Pop, Rap and a Thom Yorke song, which is always impossible to box in, even though we tried. Two of the songs featured on this list show up in upcoming movies. Check them out:
Pop
Maggie Rogers – Light On
Maggie Rogers last single is a pleasant song, a mix of Haim and Rita Ora only much more restrained. Light On discusses the singer’s fast rise to fame, prompted by Pharrell’s sudden discovery of her while mentoring an NYU class. Rogers was brought into the spotlight with her first single, Alaska, which went viral and got her on the Tonight Show. While Light On is not as catchy or as fun as Alaska, it’s still a dreamy and breezy couple of minutes; a great song to listen to while in a coffee shop or driving around in your car, closing your eyes and breathing in.
Volk belongs to the Suspiria movie soundtrack, and it’s just as unnerving and claustrophobic as it should be. By using those loopy and freaky sounds that remind you of nails running down a chalkboard, Thom Yorke traps you in six thoroughly unpleasant minutes. It’s not until the fourth minute when things start to kick up, introducing other scary instruments and making you sigh with relief once you hear drums, because you can finally recognize a familiar sound. Volk is not an easy listen, but it makes up for this by being moody, hypnotizing and thoughtful.
Yorke has worked on short films and commercials before, but this is the first time where his contribution leaves such a big imprint on the end result.
Rap
Post Malone ft. Swae Lee – Sunflower
Post Malone has become an expert at blending rap with catchy and popular sounds, and his latest single is no different. Featuring Swae Lee, Sunflower is the official song of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and you can tell. With its boppy and bright sounds that grow old after the first chorus, Sunflower is a good song for a movie, where you’ll only have to listen to it for a couple of seconds. You might forget it five minutes later, but at least you had fun.
In 2017, almost 660,000 people were arrested for cannabis-related charges in the U.S., theFBI reported recently. This means that, according to a recent open letter about equity and justice released byEquity First Alliance, even as legalization sweeps the nation, over half a million people are still losing their liberty, voting rights, and access to education, housing and future employment every year. National expungement week goal is to undo the damage of the War on Drugs.
To make things worse, while many jurisdictions that have already legalized marijuana have promised to clean up the records of those convicted for non-violent cannabis offenses, most of them are still on the hook.
In Los Angeles, California, the largest recreational cannabis market in the world, hundreds of thousands of cannabis-related convictions have yet to be expunged. In Colorado, unfairness has also persisted and prevailed. “Young people of color have been arrested at higher rates for cannabis possession since legalization happened, while arrest rates for young white people have declined,” said Adam Vine of the Equity First Alliance. “Given the racial bias in the criminal justice system, all of these provisions continue to disproportionately harm people of color.”
“In Pennsylvania, prior cannabis convictions prevent people from joining the medical cannabis workforce,” he added. “And, in Illinois, those same convictions have been preventing people from becoming cannabis patients.”
Finally, the 2018 Senate Farm Bill contains language that would legalize hemp at the federal level. However, the new law would still bar people with felony drug convictions from participating in the hemp industry.
A Noble (H)Emprize
According to Sonia Erika of Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council and a spokesperson for Equity First Alliance, who helped to organize N.E.W and its events, “Automatic expungement, post-conviction relief, and other aspects of criminal justice and policing reform must be a part of all cannabis legalization.” The problem, in her view, is raising awareness.
In an attempt to capture the attention of the American public, a coalition of more than 20 organizations working at the intersection of the cannabis industry, racial equity, and reparative justice, have joined local and community groups across the country for the inauguralNational Expungement Week (N.E.W.) October 20-27, 2018.
Poster via www.offtherecord.us
N.E.W. will offer free clinics to help to remove, seal, or reclassify eligible convictions from criminal records. N.E.W. events will be held in:
Many of the N.E.W. events will also provide attendees with supportive services including employment resources, voter engagement, and health screenings. The N.E.W. website provides a link toan online toolkit for communities who want to host their own record change events now and in the future. Best of luck to National Expungement Week goals.
Canada legalized cannabis for adult use nationwide this week, and despite the fact that this huge industrialized nation took the leap, ‘Shark Tank’ host and Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a. Mr. Wonderful, is beyond weary of investing in pot stocks.
“Never would I touch this. Never,” O’Leary said to Yahoo Finance when asked if he would not invest in cannabis unless it were fully legalized in the U.S. “When you invest in a Schedule I narcotic, you are at risk to breach the RICO statutes of aiding and abetting the transfer of a Schedule I narcotic across state lines.”
But is his paranoia warranted? He went on, “That is an extremely punitive place to get to. I am not going to look good after 26 years in prison, so the chance that I am going to invest in cannabis is zero.”
What O’Leary fears most is the scheduling of cannabis. Schedule I means that a substance is considered to have a high potential for abuse and contains no known medical value. The fact of the matter is that there have been too many studies on cannabis that prove its medicinal worth for the definition to hold water any longer. Prohibition is crumbling one state at a time with rumors of federal de or rescheduling around the corner.
Mere hours after O’Leary made his comments, Chris Walsh, founding editor and vice president of Marijuana Business Daily, said on Yahoo Finance’s Midday Movers: Retail investors have largely shrugged off legal concerns.
Investments in Canadian cannabis companies have grown at a rapid clip, and though some investors fear a balloon, it doesn’t seem like any of them, save Wonderful, are concerned about incarceration. That would be one helluva vast sweep of the investor class were the government to take action on stock purchasers.
O’Leary did say that he thought that if medical CBD were to be split into a different category that it would be “the big opportunity.” He went on to explain, “There’s a lot of interest around the world in using the molecule as a medicinal product away from the recreational product, which is always going to be controversial.”
It’s a limited vision and one that’s not likely to catch on, however, this article is not intended to advise anyone on how to invest in the stock market or otherwise, but to report on the interests of one investor and to touch briefly on his many counterparts.
