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5 Spring Cleaning Hacks That Will Ready You For Warm Weather

Maria Loreto
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5 Spring Cleaning Hacks That Will Ready You For Warm Weather

April signals the beginning of spring, which also means that you can finally leave your house without wearing 26 layers of clothing.

Spring is the best, striking the perfect balance between hot and cold weather, and allowing you reboot the year. Even though it’s kind of just starting, but whatever, winter is hard okay? This time of the year is great for you to do an in depth cleaning of your house and to get reacquainted with your priorities, and it can be overwhelming if you’re not organized.

The Chicago Tribune compiled a list of hacks that’ll help you make the most out of Spring cleaning. Check out 5 of our favorites:

Make A Checklist

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Making checklists is a good way to go through life and remember your duties, you know? They make things easier for everyone and they can also make you feel less overwhelmed, like things are under your control. This list will help you make sure that you have all the cleaning tools you need, and that you don’t forget about the little details.

Prioritize

Set the most important places of your house at the top of the list, including your kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms, but don’t forget about the laundry room or your closets. These areas will take up less of your time but you’ll still have to clean them at some point.

When cleaning, be sure to throw away and recycle all items that you’re not using. It’s hard not to be a hoarder, but your house will thank you for it later.

Buy The Right Tools

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You can’t clean your house if you don’t have the proper tools. Items like magic erasers and micro fiber cloths may not be laying around your house, but they’ll make the whole cleaning process a lot less painful and simple. Pumice stones are also a good option if you’re cleaning rust and hard-water stains.

Be Aware Of Which Surface You’re Cleaning

Be sure to use the right product for the surface you’re cleaning to avoid damaging your floors or counter tops. Be careful of using steam mops on wooden floors and avoid using magic erasers on walls, because it could take the paint off. Read the product bottle!

Don’t Stress

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Cleaning can be stressful, but if you’re organized and have all the right tools then there’s nothing to worry about. If you’re working out your body too much by cleaning, then that means you are using the wrong product. Try using multi-cleaners, and let them sit for a while so they can do their thing.

Too Many ‘Star Wars’ Movies? Mark Hamill Thinks So

Brendan Bures
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Too Many ‘Star Wars’ Movies? Mark Hamill Thinks So

It’s a classic question: How much is too much of a good thing until it becomes a bad thing? When it comes to Disney mass-producing Star Wars sequels, the answer to that question will arrive sooner rather than later. In recent comments to Cinemablend, Star Wars godfather Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) stated his worry about running the well dry.

“I will say they should pace themselves, because you don’t want to over-saturate it. I said to Disney, ‘Really? Five months after we come out comes [Solo: A Star Wars Story]? Can’t you at least wait until Christmas?’” Hamill said. “But they’ve got things booked—they’re doing Marvel and their own movies, so that’s beyond my [purview.]”

Just a quick recap for the uninitiated: a Han Solo prequel titled Solo comes out this May, just five months after Rian Johnson’s moody and somewhat-polarizing The Last Jedi. Disney has also hired Johnson to develop his own Star Wars trilogy of movies outside the main narrative. They’ve also given Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff a trilogy, too. And Jon Favreau is currently writing and executive producing a live-action Star Wars TV show that’s in development.

So yeah, that’s a lot!

When Lucasfilm and Disney returned with The Force Awakens to launch the new trilogy, you could feel the vibration of excitement throughout the culture. We missed Star Wars because we had a chance to actually miss it—and it represented another opportunity to dismiss the prequels. Those were good times.

As Hamill said to Cinemablend:

Well, there shouldn’t be [a limit to the storytelling], as it’s a canvas that’s so infinite. With the standalone films they can all have their own identity. Rogue One can be gritty, and like a war film… I’m assuming, I don’t know, but I would assume that Solo will be more comedic-ly oriented because he’s a rogue, a scoundrel, and a gambler, and a womanizer and all those things. So I think the advantage of the standalone films is that they don’t have to follow the formula of a trilogy, so they can establish their premise, get it on, get it done and get out leaving the audience wanting more. So there’s infinite possibilities.

Only time will tell, though Solo will likely represent a distinct tentpole for exactly what we should expect from these “infinite possibilities” moving forward.

What Happens When You’re Allergic To Marijuana

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What Happens When You’re Allergic To Marijuana

What happens when you’re allergic to marijuana? As more parts of the world move to legalize marijuana, medical experts want to make people aware that those piercing red eyes that they get when coming into contact with weed could be an allergic reaction.

Although cannabis allergies were once a rarity, they are becoming more prevalent. It estimated that somewhere around 10 percent of cannabis users have some sort of sensitivity to the plant. Most of the symptoms are mild. But for some, the end result can be deadly.

Related: The Effects Of Smoking Low-THC, High-CBD Cannabis

“The more people that are exposed to marijuana, the more likely we are to see allergies,” Dr. Gordon Sussman, an allergist and immunologist, told CTV News. “Marijuana allergy can potentially be very severe — potentially, it can cause life-threatening reactions just like a peanut allergy.”

Those afflicted with a cannabis allergy can experience symptoms long before the time of consumption.

Dr. Sussman says sometimes simply touching the plant or the various products derived from it can be enough to spawn an allergic reaction. Some of the most common symptoms are red and watery eyes, runny nose and sneezing. But there have been reports of people experiencing nausea and vomiting. On the more severe side, full-blown anaphylactic shock has been known to erupt. The entire situation can be quite a buzz kill.

“Skin symptoms are generally from touching it,” Sussman said. “You can sometimes see itchy skin and hives and you can sometimes see swelling of the eye if you touch your eye after touching the marijuana plant.

“Respiratory symptoms can be nasal running and sneezing with associated itchy, watery eyes,” he added. Occasionally you’ll see wheezing, shortness of breath and asthmatic reactions. Anaphylactic symptoms generally occur with hempseed (or eating marijuana products)… Potentially, any anaphylactic event can be serious and life-threatening.”

The good news is it is easy to determine whether a person has an allergy to marijuana. A basic skin prick test at a doctor’s office should reveal whether weed poses any kind of health threat. According to Healthline, cannabis allergies can be more problematic for those people allergic to foods that contain similar attributes. So it is possible for someone with an allergy to various fruits and vegetables to be at a greater risk an allergy to weed.

Unfortunately, there is no magic cure for those suffering from this ultra- sensitivity to the cannabis plant. Dr. Sussman says the only way to truly prevent a bad reaction is to avoid all things marijuana.

Related: How Medical Marijuana Industry Will Revive This Dying Town

For those working in the cannabis industry, experts recommend, “Wearing gloves, face masks, and using allergy medication to help reduce or prevent symptoms.”

Canadian Banks Warming To Idea Of Financing Legal Cannabis

Amy Hansen
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Canadian Banks Warming To Idea Of Financing Legal Cannabis

Another Canadian financial institution is considering financing cannabis, should marijuana become legal in the country later this year. The chief executive of TD Bank says it would consider participating in cannabis sector financings after recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada later this year.

According to CTV News, Bharat Masrani, the CEO of TD Bank, said after the company’s annual shareholders meeting that the Toronto-based bank views the federal legalization of pot for adult use as an “important data point.”

He told reporters:

We are studying the whole industry to see what are the key risks that we have to mitigate. That’s an ongoing process, and we will look at each individual request, or any customer of ours that may be wanting to get into that business, we will look at it on its own merits.

Back in January, the first of the Big Five banks, the Bank of Montreal, entered the cannabis space with a $175 million financing deal with licensed Canadian producer Canopy Growth.

As The Fresh Toast reported:

The Big Five were previously hesitant to enter the cannabis space, leaving the financial opportunity to smaller and regional banks. Part of their reluctance stems from the Big Five’s major dealings in the United States, where cannabis remains federally illegal as a Schedule I drug. That status likely won’t change anytime soon, as the Trump administration has made significant moves to roll back former federal protections offered in the cannabis space.

The move signaled a significant shift in thinking regarding cannabis among the banks.

Marijuana Business Daily reports that in late March, licensed producer Cronos Group said it was looking to raise up to $100 million Canadian dollars ($78 million) in the second equity financing between one of Canada’s biggest banks and a medical marijuana company.

Both financings involve BMO Capital Markets, a subsidiary of the Bank of Montreal.

How Medical Cannabis Can Help With Severe Dysmenorrhea

Evan Eitzel
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How Medical Cannabis Can Help With Severe Dysmenorrhea

There are several methods to use cannabis for Dysmenorrhea and smoking is the most common.

Severe dysmenorrhea, the medical term for menstrual cramps affects 20 percent of women each month. Some pain is so extreme it prevents going to work or other normal activities. Activities such as cigarette smoking have been shown to worsen symptoms.

Modern medicine usually prescribes Acetaminophen (Tylenol is the most common OTC label). Some sufferers have reported cannabis to be an effective treatment for cramps. But cannabis’ status as a federal Schedule I drug and male-dominated state houses have hurt making it widely available in states where medical marijuana is in wide use.

Anecdotal evidence points to three major benefits of using cannabis for dysmenorrhea:

  • Pain relief. There are two major compounds in marijuana that affect the human body. One is THC. It largely contributes to the euphoria and appetite commonly associated with use. The other is CBD. It provides relaxation and pain relief, but not euphoria. Some CBD treatments such as gelcaps and balms have no THC at all.

  • Muscle relaxant. Both CBD and THC have proven to be natural relaxants that can ease both muscle pain and the spasms associated with cramps.

  • Mood. For many cannabis users, the euphoria associated with THC makes them feel more upbeat.

New York state currently allows marijuana use for certain medical conditions. A bill before the legislature would add dysmenorrhea to it.

“This is a woman’s health issue and for years women have suffered in silence. There’s Midol. You can take Advil, but really nothing more,” Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat, who introduced A528, told Newsweek.

The measure passed in committee 12-2. It now moves to the state Senate and Assembly. Rosenthal is optimistic about eventual passage. The two no votes were Republican men.

“Men have really been (the ones) who’ve run state houses, governorships, presidencies, and some issues that are just about women have gotten shortchanged and that’s because it’s not in men’s everyday consciousness,” she told Newsweek.

There are several methods to use cannabis for Dysmenorrhea and smoking is the most common. Some advocates suggest vaping as a less harmful method, though there is some science to show it still is hard on the body. The company Foria sells cannabis suppositories in California and Colorado. And Whoopi Goldberg is on the case. 

This Cup Allows You To Have Period Sex Without Making A Mess

Maria Loreto
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This Cup Allows You To Have Period Sex Without Making A Mess

As a way of leading less messy lives, Swedish women’s health brand Intimina designed a menstrual cup that’s reusable and, wait for it, wearable during sex.

The Ziggy Cup is very thin and resistant and is also the only menstrual cup on the market (at least in Sweden) that can be reused and that can hold on during all sorts of activities. According to the Intimina’s website, the Ziggy Cup is designed to lay flat against the cervix so that it can’t be felt by you or the person you’re having sex with.

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The cup can be worn for up to 12 hours, much longer than a tampon or a pad, and it has a “leak proof double rim” which means that it works overtime to stop all sorts of leaks.

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The Ziggy Cup can be used for up to two years, as long as you wash it and take care of it by placing it in its protective case. This is very cool because it can reduce tons of waste. Just imagine how much money and paper you’ll save by using one instrument that’s equipped to handle all of your periods for two years. That’s like, 20 menstrual cycles if your periods are regular and if our math is correct.

You can read more about the Ziggy Cup here, and purchase it from Amazon here.

Cannabis Craft Beer Is Coming To Colorado

Mary Schumacher
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Cannabis Craft Beer Is Coming To Colorado

Coming this Fall! Keith Villa is the man behind the now infamous Blue Moon Belgian Wheat Beer. With its tantalizing hint of orange peel, further enhanced by the slice of orange from the bartender or refrigerator, Blue Moon really set itself apart in the beer market. These new beers are set to do the same, but in a whole new field. Cannabis craft beer is coming to Colorado and we have Villa to thank.

The new beers will come in three distinct styles from a light wheat to a proposed stout and will be actual brewed beer, but with the alcohol removed and replaced with THC. Villa teamed up with the Colorado based company Ebbu to make the infusions a reality. Whereas most edibles take an hour or so to kick in, Ebbu insists that through science and double blind tests they have come up with a product that kicks in as you imbibe, making it even more like a beer or alcohol experience, just without the headache.

Villa isn’t in this for the gimmick, either. He loves beer, having spent 32 years with MillerCoors. He doesn’t want to create cannabis flavored drinks, he wants to create a beer experience that beer lovers will appreciate on the afternoons or evenings that they don’t feel like having any alcohol, but do feel like cracking open a cold one.

Villa was quoted in USA Today as saying, “This is really about brewing great beers that beer drinkers love. You’d just swap out an alcoholic beer for one of our beers.” And let the sensations wash over you. As Ebbu has tweaked their additive to be active in real time, the plan is that, just like it’s unpleasant to be too drunk, you’ll be able to control just how high you get off the beverages.

The beers will come in ice cold six packs and will launch in Colorado, though Villa hopes to expand to other legal states after the initial push. According to USA Today, Villa became more interested in cannabis and its benefits during his retirement. And he is likely onto something big. This is an innovative product that just skirts federal regulations by removing the alcohol from the beer before infusing it. Smart. Clearly the work of a master brewer and soon to be the latest way to be a mile high in Colorado.

This Little Girl Is So Obsessed With ‘My Little Pony’ She Drops F-Word

Maria Loreto
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This Little Girl Is So Obsessed With ‘My Little Pony’ She Drops F-Word

Julianna is a big fan of My Little Pony. She can’t contain herself; it’s like the ponies are the boys from One Direction, and she’s a more composed version of a screaming tween, which suggests a lot of self control because she’s in kindergarten. Or first grade. Anyways, she’s very young.

This video quickly went viral after it was uploaded, and it’s been seen over 500,000 times. In it, this little girl expresses her excitement over her My Little Pony rental, explaining that it’s no just any My Little Pony movie… It’s the version where the ponies become mermaids. Which sounds amazing and trippy, even for an adult.

Some of the best excerpts from Julianna’s meltdown include the following:

“I even said the F-word, this is so awesome.”

“Oh my god, I get a donut and this Xbox movie!”

“This is the best day of my life, even though it’s a school day!”

I’m not sure what she means by an Xbox movie, but we could all learn a thing or two from Julianna and about how passionate she is. Maybe we could channel it towards something that’s not My Little Pony, because that would be weird.

How Legal Marijuana Is Taking A Toll On Oakland’s City Officials

Terry Hacienda
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How Legal Marijuana Is Taking A Toll On Oakland’s City Officials

California has been at the forefront of marijuana for decades. In 1996, it became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. And throughout the years, Oakland has been one of the most cannabis-friendly cities in the Golden State.

Oakland’s pro-marijuana culture is so strong that the city is now suffering from the growing pains of legal recreational cannabis. According to a story from Darwin BondGraham in the East Bay Express:

The number of entrepreneurs trying to start a cannabis business in Oakland has overwhelmed the city staffers who are in charge of evaluating and doling out permits, according to a recent city report. To accommodate the industry’s dramatic growth, Oakland is now planning to spend an additional $307,000 to hire more staff members in order to process the flood of business applications.

The growing pains are good news for Oakland, which is hoping to remain a hub in California’s multibillion-dollar cannabis industry. One report prepared last year for the city by the Marijuana Policy Group found that statewide cannabis cultivation and manufacturing could turn into a $4.2 billion economic engine employing as many as 36,000 workers, not including retail workers selling pot. The same report estimated that Oakland’s share of the overall market could generate as much as $16 million in tax revenue annually and employ about 12,400 people in the city’s legalized dispensaries, grow warehouses, bakeries, delivery services, and testing labs.

According to the story, more than 800 companies have applied for permits to grow, manufacture, distribute, deliver, and test cannabis products in the city. And 116 businesses applied for eight marijuana dispensary permits the city granted earlier this year.

“Staff has been inundated with daily phone, email, and drop-in inquiries regarding the cannabis permit process and the equity permit program,” wrote Oakland Assistant City Administrator Gregory Minor in a report presented to the city council last week. Minor oversees Oakland’s cannabis permitting program.

There are only two city employees in charge of processing cannabis business applications for all of Oakland. They’ve been working overtime, and the city has been forced to hire a temporary clerical worker to keep up.

Approving cannabis permits is a complicated task, depending on the type of business. Some kinds of activities require not only city approval, but coordination with county officials. “For example, edible manufacturers need to be approved by county health, and cultivators need to be approved by county agriculture,” explained Minor in an email to the Express. “Similarly, it’s typically easier for the building department to approve a delivery service, which may consist of a simple open office space, than a cultivator that’s done numerous improvements to a building.”

Bros Love Vaping And Icing Each Other In Trump White House

Brendan Bures
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Bros Love Vaping And Icing Each Other In Trump White House

You’ve probably heard of the drinking game called “icing,” but in case you don’t, here’s a quick recap. Often played at house parties or similar events, someone will usually hide a bottle of Smirnoff Ice. Whomever finds that Smirnoff Ice must immediately drop to one knee and chug the drink’s contents. Usually someone nearby, a friend of some sort, records the proceeding to post on social media and everyone has a good laugh.

According to the Washington Post, members of an obscure White House office are big fans of the game. The Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) is responsible for recruiting and vetting appointed officials in key positions across government. It isn’t well-known outside political circles, though the Post write it has “far-reaching influence as a gateway for the appointed officials who carry out the president’s policies and run federal agencies.”

To celebrate the 30th birthday of the PPO’s deputy directory, the staff decided to play the only reasonable game they knew—icing.

Via Washington Post:

PPO leaders hosted happy hours last year in their offices that included beer, wine and snacks for dozens of PPO employees and White House liaisons who work in federal agencies, White House officials confirmed. In January, they played a drinking game in the office called “Icing” to celebrate the deputy director’s 30th birthday. Icing involves hiding a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, a flavored malt liquor, and demanding that the person who discovers it, in this case the deputy director, guzzle it.

The White House confirmed that PPO officials played the Icing game but said it and the happy hours are not unique to the PPO and are a way to network and let off steam.

Don’t worry, things only get more bro-y from there. Since icing co-workers wasn’t enough, PPO officials also love vaping to deal with stress.

Even as the demands to fill government mounted, the PPO offices on the first floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building became something of a social hub, where young staffers from throughout the administration stopped by to hang out on couches and smoke electronic cigarettes, known as vaping, current and former White House officials said.

Reading this may lead you to ask: So the PPO office is basically Animal House? To which we say, not entirely. They’re still missing the togas.

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