Coffee Sipping Big Board Stocks

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$KNDI SMART MONEY ACCUMULATING DOWN HERE!

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$insy MEDICAL MARIJUANA

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Hey Tim,

It's been a while. How is life treating you these days?

[**D*A**]

XON daily

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$KNDI HOLD @ SmartConsensus Report
Last Reported 05/08/2018

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$KNDI Buy @ Barcharts https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quote

[BigHStockmonkey]

WRFX Officially added Ron Pitcock to the sales team!!

Ron Pitcock> Turned $20 million loss into $12 million profit at international ICT company thru increasing customer volume, expanding sales of high-margin products and creating additional sales avenues

[BottomBounce]

Opinion: 3 reasons why Tesla isn’t plugged in to China car market
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/3-reasons-why-tesla-isnt-plugged-in-to-china-car-market-2015-01-14

[BottomBounce]

Gold looks to build on modest early-year advance trade picture hits dollar, stocks
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-looks-to-build-on-modest-early-year-advance-trade-picture-hits-dollar-stocks-2018-04-02

[HoosierHoagie]

All my EXAS live in Texas...

Exact Sciences Corp. (EXAS)

48.86 ? -0.35 (-0.71%)

Volume: 525,915 @ 10:59:14 AM EST ET

Bid Ask Day's Range
48.85 48.91 48.52 - 49.86

[BullNBear52]

Time to get this board back to what it used to be when Tim ran it.

Hopefully we can even get him back to posting. eom

[Potenzhal]

TSX.V:GOOD announces patent pending of block chain application and stock option grants

https://glninc.ca/

https://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=5894839608489653&qm_symbol=GOOD

Canada NewsWire

VANCOUVER, Feb. 27, 2018

VANCOUVER, Feb. 27, 2018 /CNW/ - Good Life Networks Inc. ("GLN", or the "Company"), (TSX-V: GOOD), a Vancouver-based programmatic advertising technology company is pleased to announce that the US Patent Office ("USPO") has granted patent pending for its accounts receivable ("AR") blockchain application.

GLN's blockchain application is designed to accelerate the account receivable pay cycle for publishers (websites). Whereas programmatic advertising transactions can be completed in seconds, accounts receivables are typically paid on 90-day and 180-day cycles, tying up billions of dollars of working capital across the digital publishing industry. GLN's AR blockchain solution helps to ensure prompt payments to publishers without requiring third-party intermediaries such as factoring agents. This blockchain application has the potential to transform the entire AR ecosystem within the digital advertising industry and may have many beneficial applications to other sectors with mismatched AR cycles.

"This is part of our aggressive patent strategy and we are pleased that we have been granted our second patent pending from the USPO." said CEO Jesse Dylan.

The Company also announces that a total of 5,525,000 incentive stock options have been granted to certain directors, officers and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable for a period of five years at a price of $0.25 per share.

The GLN Story

Good Life Networks technology allows advertisers to reach their target audience quicker and more cost effectively.

"With the two patents pending, GLN is looking to exploit the paradigm created through the commercialization of blockchain technology to securitize the revenue from AR available in the advertising industry."

This year, Magna, the research arm of media buying firm IPG Mediabrands expects digital ad spending to grow to $237 billion, outpacing the Television ad spend by 50 Billion dollars, thanks in part to one-off events such as the Olympics and the U.S. mid-term elections.

GLN recently closed a $9.2 million subscription financing prior to closing its qualifying transaction and trades on the TSX-V under the stock symbol GOOD.

Forward Looking Statements:

Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect the expectations or beliefs regarding future events of management of GLN. This information and these statements, referred to herein as "forward-looking statements", are not historical facts, are made as of the date of this news release and include without limitation, statements regarding discussions of future plans, estimates and forecasts and statements as to management's expectations and intentions with respect to the Company's blockchain patent application. These forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and actual results might differ materially from results suggested in any forward-looking statements. Important factors that may cause actual results to vary include without limitation, risks relating to the timing and receipt of approvals with respect to the blockchain patent application; delays in the receipt of requisite approvals and changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets. In making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including without limitation the receipt of necessary approvals. GLN does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward looking-statements, unless and until required by applicable securities laws. Additional information identifying risks and uncertainties is contained in GLN's filings with the Canadian securities regulators, which filings are available at www.sedar.com.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE Good Life Networks Inc.


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[Seminole Red]

NASCAR fans! WIN IHUB SUBSCRIPTIONS

ENTER NOW, FIRST RACE IS THIS SUNDAY!

Feel free to join us on the Monster Energy Board for our NASCAR contests.

https://investorshub.advfn.com/A-Monster-Energy-Nascar-Challenge-3206/

We run a main season long contest for the 36 regular season races--simple format of picking 3 cars/race each week...prizes awarded at the end of the season!

we also run 2 side contests:
1. The Playoffs--consists of the 10 playoff races

2. our non-points contest--consists of the 5 NASCAR non-point events.

Non-points contest starts Sun Feb 11th and the main contest starts with the Daytona 500 Sun Feb 18th!

Boogity Boogity Boogity!!

[HoosierHoagie]

***CHEERS***

[EZ2]

Hope the new year is the BEST ever for you and the board !

Be safe / Stay warm ----- and, have a very...............

[EZ2]

Cannabis Market Begins to Mature in Legal StatesFinancialBuzz.com News Commentary
PR NEWSWIRE 9:00 AM ET 12/27/2017
Symbol Last Price Change
GOHE 0.0755up +0.00439 (+6.17%)
OWCP 0.46up +0.025 (+5.75%)
CVSI 0.45up +0.01 (+2.27%)
CBIS 0.087up +0.0045 (+5.45%)
QUOTES AS OF 09:32:30 AM ET 12/27/2017
NEW YORK , December 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

According to a report by Ameri Research Inc., the global legal cannabis market was valued at $14.3 billion in 2016 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 21.1% between 2017 to 2024 and culminating to $63.5 billion by 2024. The market is going through a period of strong growth thanks to increasing legalization and decriminalization of cannabis products across North America and Europe. The report indicates that legalization wave is moving beyond the U.S. region. In 2017, the Canadian prime minister has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. The proposed bill mandates the legal age for consumption of cannabis at 18 years, and provides clarity on the federal and state laws in regulating the cultivation, storage and distribution of cannabis across the country. Global Payout, Inc.(GOHE) , OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp.(OWCP) , CV Sciences, Inc.(CVSI) , Cannabis Science, Inc.(CBIS) , United Cannabis Corporation (OTC: CNAB)

Strong sales in the cannabis market resulted in economic growth in states where sales of cannabis products are legal. The Ameri Research Inc. explains that, "Growing user base for recreational marijuana in states such as Colorado, California, Alaska, Massachusetts, Washington DC and other states is a key factor boosting the tax revenues. For instance, in 2016 Colorado reported revenues exceeding 1.1 billion from the sale of marijuana products and the tax collected from the sale of these products is diverted into specific community development projects such as the construction of schools and infrastructure development, which is anticipated to improve the overall economy of the region."

Global Payout, Inc. (GOHE) on November 28th the company announced that, "its majority owned subsidiary, MoneyTrac Technology, Inc. ("MTRAC", the "Company") has established a key strategic partnership with T&T Financial to shore-up and bolster the sales and marketing related services that MTRAC is delivering to many of the underserved businesses in the emerging cannabis industry.

Over the past several weeks, MTRAC has been working in collaboration with additional partners in the financial services sector to lay the groundwork for the banking solutions they intend to offer retailers and suppliers who are operating fully compliant businesses in cannabis. This newly executed partnership with T&T Financial will provide MTRAC with critical sales and marketing support for the banking services and solutions they will be offering to an industry that is currently in dire need of an effective and practical solution to support the massive amount of commerce that currently exists within it.

It is MTRAC's intent to position itself to launch their banking services as soon as possible as it recognizes the need for it amongst businesses will be stronger than ever in 2018 as cannabis becomes recreational in one of the nation's largest economic states, California. And as the Company moves forward with this objective, they will look to establish additional partnerships with companies, such as T&T Financial, whose existing services and solutions can be leveraged by MTRAC to develop and offer the most powerful and effective banking solution available in the industry.

T&T Financial is a full service financial services company located in Anaheim, CA, servicing the needs of business and institutional clients. The principals have a combined 40 years of experience and the firm approaches all solutions with a dynamic approach that the world constantly changes just as its tools and products should adapt to the needs."

OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. (OWCP) , through its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, One Word Cannabis Ltd., conducts medical research and clinical trials to develop cannabis-based pharmaceuticals and treatments for conditions including multiple myeloma, psoriasis, fibromyalgia, PTSD, and migraines. Recently, the company announced it received a new permit from the Israel Medical Cannabis Agency [MCA] to proceed with the safety study of their oral disintegrating tablet. The study protocol will be submitted to the Institutional Review Board [IRB] at a leading Israeli academic hospital in the coming weeks. The study is scheduled to start in Q2 2018. In October of 2016 OWC announced that it had completed the development of a proprietary cannabinoid-enriched sublingual tablet (the "Tablet") for the administration of medical cannabis. The Tablet constitutes a smoke-free alternative for patients using medical cannabis.

CV Sciences, Inc. (CVSI) operates two distinct business segments: a drug development division focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics utilizing synthetic CBD; and, a consumer product division focused on manufacturing, marketing and selling plant-based CBD products to a range of market sectors. On November 14, 2017, the company announced it has been named on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, an annual ranking of the fastest growing companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech sectors in North America. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is based on percentage of revenue growth from fiscal year 2013 to 2016, with CV Sciences(CVSI) growing by 403% during this period. 2017 marksCV Sciences'(CVSI) first year named on the Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™ list.

Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS) takes advantage of its unique understanding of metabolic processes to provide novel treatment approaches to a number of illnesses for which current treatments and understanding remain unsatisfactory. On December 22, 2017, the company announced it has negotiated an ICO with a major asset backed Blockchain participant. This January 2018Cannabis Science(CBIS) plans pre-launch sales of our own proprietary blockchain and will commence ICO trading with a unique three symbol trading symbol on a number of blockchain currency exchange markets after pre-launch sales have completed. The Company will officially open the first two Cannabis Science PRE ICO Medical Marijuana dispensaries in the city of Los Angeles and the greater San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Both dispensaries are scheduled to open at the end of this year to meet the expected increased demand in the Los Angeles market from the much-anticipated January 2018 new California recreational market influx.

United Cannabis Corp. is a biotechnology company dedicated to the development of phyto-therapeutic based products supported by patented technologies for the pharmaceutical, medical, and industrial markets. The Company has long advocated the application of cannabinoids for medical applications and is building a platform for designing targeted therapies to increase the quality of life for patients around the world. On December 14, 2017, the company announced that Jamaica'sMinistry of Health has approved its patent-protected Prana Medicinal Sublinguals and Prana Medicinal Transdermals for use by registered medicinal cannabis patients. The Prana Collection is the foundation of the Company's cannabis-centric formulations, which patients have found effective in providing relief from the symptoms of arthritis, neuropathy, acute pain, joint aches, muscle tension, muscle spasms, muscle recovery, migraines, and various skin conditions.

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FYI ~~~~~

http://abc7news.com/finance/bitcoin-expert-explains-the-cryptocurrency/2801193/

[HoosierHoagie]

Use your best Howard Cosell voice....

They...could...go...all...the...way...hopefully to 1.00...wouldn't THAT be a Merry Christmas...

[EZ2]

OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. Announces Update on its Proprietary Medical Cannabis Sublingual Tablet
PR NEWSWIRE 8:00 AM ET 12/21/17
Symbol Last Price Change
OWCP 0.37down 0 (0%)
QUOTES AS OF 03:59:59 PM ET 12/20/2017
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2017, OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp(OWCP) received a new permit from the Israel Medical Cannabis Agency [MCA] to proceed with the safety study of their oral disintegrating tablet. The study protocol will be submitted to the Institutional Review Board [IRB] at a leading Israeli academic hospital in the coming weeks. The study is scheduled to start in Q2 2018.

OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. logo
In October of 2016 OWC announced that it had completed the development of a proprietary cannabinoid-enriched sublingual tablet (the "Tablet") for the administration of medical cannabis. The Tablet constitutes a smoke-free alternative for patients using medical cannabis.

The technology behind the Tablet is protected and provides for the ingestion of virtually any dosage of medical cannabis with a sublingual delivery mechanism, whereby the compounds are absorbed directly into the patient's blood through the oral epithelial tissue. The Tablet also enables physicians to safely and accurately gauge and monitor the dosage and treatment of each individual patient, something that is essentially impossible to do for patients who administer cannabis by smoking.

The Cannabis Tablet provides several benefits:

It provides a delivery modality which avoids all the disadvantages of smoking regular tobacco products, including the danger of lung cancer and general damage to the respiratory system
No significant smell
Fixed dosage
Ease of use
The sublingual Tablet will be indicated mainly for chronic pain patients suffering from diseases such as Fibromyalgia or neuropathic pain and PTSD patients. The Tablet dissolves within the mouth allowing it to absorb through the oral mucosa and thus skips the first pass through the liver and has a faster response time than regular tablets or pills.

Commenting on this milestone, Dr. Yehuda Baruch Director of Research and Regulatory Affairs at OWC stated: "We greatly look forward to introducing this breakthrough tablet to the marketplace after completing our testing. The preliminary results with the Tablet have been promising and we are eager to provide patients suffering from debilitating chronic conditions with effective non-opioid solutions."

OWC plans to issue additional updates on our continued research and further developments in early 2018.

About OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp.(OWCP)

OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. (OWCP), through its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, One Word Cannabis Ltd., (collectively "OWC" or the "Company") conducts medical research and clinical trials to develop cannabis-based pharmaceuticals and treatments for conditions including multiple myeloma, psoriasis, fibromyalgia, PTSD, and migraines. OWC is also developing unique delivery systems for the effective delivery and dosage of medical cannabis. All OWC research is conducted at leading Israeli hospitals and scientific institutions, and led by internationally renowned investigators.

The Company's Research Division is focused on pursuing clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of cannabinoids for the treatment of various medical conditions, while its Consulting Division is dedicated to helping governments and companies navigate complex international cannabis regulatory frameworks. For more information, visit: http://www.owcpharma.com/

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Except for the historical information presented herein, matters discussed in this release contain forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Emerging Growth LLC, which owns CFN Media and CannabisFN.com, is not registered with any financial or securities regulatory authority, and does not provide nor claims to provide investment advice or recommendations to readers of this release. Emerging Growth LLC may from time to time have a position in the securities mentioned herein and may increase or decrease such positions without notice. For making specific investment decisions, readers should seek their own advice. Emerging Growth LLC may be compensated for its services in the form of cash-based compensation or equity securities in the companies it writes about, or a combination of the two. For full disclosure please visit: http://www.cannabisfn.com/legal-disclaimer/.

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SOURCE OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp.(OWCP)

[**D*A**]

LNG

[**D*A**]

TRK 19.78

[timhyma]

Yes

[Seminole Red]

LOLOL

[HoosierHoagie]

WOW going whole hog...I was just a simple boy...LOL

[Seminole Red]

we used to mix half corn meal and half flour for them

[HoosierHoagie]

Oh man as a kid dough balls was about all I used....when I couldn't get worms...

[Seminole Red]

yes, corn kernals, good for bream too....and small dough balls to

[HoosierHoagie]

In Tenn it is against the law to use corn...or it used to be...they consider it cheating...unless you are fishing on a Trout farm...LOL

Trust me...it hits the water and not long before a bite

[**D*A**]

Corn Kernels???? Real fish eat meat. Where are you from, anyhow?

[HoosierHoagie]

Are you allowed to use corn kennels??

[timhyma]

floating bait on a fly rod

[HoosierHoagie]

OWCP is getting closer...

[**D*A**]

IF STNG can close above the 50 dma today? I like your chances. Goooooood Luck!

[**D*A**]

Not me, I get nervous, excited, and twitch like a bunny in heat.

I don't fish to relax. I use it as an excuse to work out, without going to the gym.

[**D*A**]

Sounds good. Is there a favorite way to fix them?

Now that I'm thinking about it, how do you catch them?

[HoosierHoagie]

Awesome Tim....Congrats

[timhyma]

My next volunteer program- Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). Started the training this week.

[MiamiGent]

..and there is still a month and a half remaining in hurricane season.

"Maria" looks threatening now!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

[MiamiGent]

Yes TH, I think UIHC next 10Q is going to be a disaster- a huge EPS miss.
However, it's a low volume stock that was strangely trending up after Irma hit so I bailed on my second short, resulting in an ouch. It's now made the turn down so I jumped back on it with a heavy short this afternoon after taking a small, second win at MRTX- that of big volume but also acting strange. When they don't behave right, I leave 'em.
I may just park on* UIHC through Earnings on Nov 1st so not to miss the down ramp.
Note: it also has exposure in Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. It claims to have some super sophisticated policy writing software that spreads the risk geographically but I think it basically collected high premiums in high risk areas and is about to get drilled.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=uihc

*This is my adaptation of what the southern food waitress said, as she stood over me, pointing, "are you still eat'n on that?"
Love those regional colloquialisms! lol

(replying on stuffie/Larry's board)

[HoosierHoagie]

without doubt...

[capgain]

I liked the 60s and 70s better :)

[HoosierHoagie]

When you try to comprehend all the advancements in our lifetime...it is absolutely incredible...we are truly blessed...mainly because we got to see life in the 60's-70's...just before it really took off...

At one time I believed the transporters used in Star Trek would be impossible....but....after seeing what the 3D printer can do...I believe it will happen.

[EZ2]

Fitbit Ionic Review: A Smartwatch That's Better at Fitness Than Time -- Barrons.com
DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC. 9:00 AM ET 9/19/2017
Symbol Last Price Change
FIT 6.3908 -0.1692 (-2.58%)
QUOTES AS OF 09:42:51 AM ET 09/19/2017
Fitbit (FIT) became a household name by creating fitness trackers for a wide variety of users, but CEO James Park says that the company's new Ionic watch takes a more targeted approach.

After testing the watch over the last week, I can say he's right. If you're someone who just wants a wrist-worn device to help you stay on top of your day, you're better off looking elsewhere for a cheaper and more versatile alternative. But if you're a health nut in search of a tool that could help promote your fitness goals, it's worth taking a look at the Fitbit Ionic.

One of the best features of the $300 Ionic is that the watch has built-in video workouts. I enjoyed the 10-minute ab workout, which featured some standard ab exercises as well as ones that I hadn't done before. I'm used to getting guided workouts on a phone app, but it turns out a watch is a much better way of tracking the "instructor." The videos are helpful for learning new stretches, and later this year Fitbit(FIT) plans to add dynamic workouts that adjust to a user's feedback and progress. Audio coaching is due out next year, Fitbit(FIT) says. For now, three free workouts come with the watch; the additional features will cost $8 a month, or $40 per year, when they arrive later on.

Starting a run on the Ionic is easy, and the watch easily lets you toggle between metrics like pace, heart rate, and miles traveled while you're in the middle of running. After the run, the watch provides a breakdown of the metrics, similar to the summary you get on a treadmill.

The Ionic can operate without a phone thanks to a built-in GPS, 2.5 GB of storage, and a bluetooth chip for wireless headphones. I synced one of my Pandora stations and was able to listen to music on the go without being connected to my phone. If you don't have one of the paid versions of Pandora, though, syncing music becomes more cumbersome.

Unlike on the Apple Watch, the Ionic's fitness goals are clear and logical. The Fitbit(FIT) watch clearly displays a breakdown of your step count, heart rate, miles travelled, stairs climbed, calories burned, minutes engaged in real exercise, and hours of the day spent mildly active. The straightforward approach makes far more sense than the confusing activity rings Apple uses on its watch.

Beyond the health applications, though, the Ionic can be downright frustrating. You can receive texts on the Ionic, but there's no way to respond to them. Replying to messages on an Apple Watch is awkward, but it's nice to be able to dash off a quick message with pre-set choices or even Apple's finger-scribbling options.

The Ionic's treatment of texts quickly becomes annoying since a phone is still required to do respond to the messages. Luckily, you can disable notifications.

Another issue is that, strangely, Fitbit(FIT) has delivered alarms and timers on the Ionic without any kind of audible option; the alerts are limited to vibrations. That means you can't leave the watch on a nightstand overnight as a backup alarm, which I do with an Apple Watch, on days when I'm most worried about the consequences of oversleeping

Fitbit's (FIT) hope seems to be that you'll rarely take the watch off, which is possible given that the Ionic has a four- day battery life. I tried wearing the Ionic to bed but found it uncomfortable to sleep on my side with something on my wrist. For those less finicky, the vibrating alarm could be a handy tool and it's a good way to wake up without disturbing a partner or roommate.

A four-day battery is also liberating and a major plus for the Ionic versus the daily charging required for an Apple Watch. It also allows the Ionic to track sleep patterns, a feature that Apple seems to have given up on with its watch.

Still, the Ionic's interface is less sophisticated, and it took a lot of time to configure the settings to my liking. The Ionic's menu only shows four apps at a time, and its touch screen seems to require a somewhat more forceful push than the Apple Watch does.

But I'm grateful for the fact that, unless I have the Ionic set up to make payments, I don't need to enter a passcode every time I put the device on my wrist. It's a pain to hit number keys on a tiny screen, and the Apple Watch requires this.

Fitbit (FIT) is banking on the Ionic to get the company back on a path to growth; the company's stock has tumbled 60% in the last 12 months. So far, investors like what they've seen of the Ionic. Fitbit(FIT) shares are up more than 14% since the company previewed the watch in August. The Ionic hits stores in October.


(END) Dow Jones Newswires
09-19-170900ET
Copyright (c) 2017 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

[EZ2]

This came in an email attachment --- so, may want to check out the base (source).....if you can find. But ---- some interesting bullet pts. !

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Subject: Some thoughts by the CEO of Mercedes Benz

Some interesting stuff in here .....

In a recent interview, the MD of Daimler Benz (Mercedes Benz) said their competitors are no longer other car companies but Tesla (obvious), Google, Apple, Amazon.

–– Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.
–– Uber is just a software tool, they don’’t own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world
–– Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don’’t own any properties.
–– Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.
–– In the US, young lawyers already don’t get jobs. Because of IBM Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans.
–– So if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90% less lawyers in the future, only specialists will remain.
–– Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, 4 times more accurate than human nurses. Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans.
–– Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self driving cars will appear for the public. Around 2020, the complete industry will start to be disrupted. You don’’t want to own a car anymore. You will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and can be productive while driving. Our kids will never get a driver’’s licence and will never own a car.
–– It will change the cities, because we will need 90-95% less cars for that. We can transform former parking spaces into parks. 1.2 million people die each year in car accidents worldwide. We now have one accident every 60,000 miles (100,000 km), with autonomous driving that will drop to one accident in 6 million miles (10 million km). That will save a million lives each year.
–– Most car companies will probably become bankrupt. Traditional car companies try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple, Google) will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels.
–– Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi; are completely terrified of Tesla.
–– Insurance companies will have massive trouble because without accidents, the insurance will become 100x cheaper. Their car insurance business model will disappear.
–– Real estate will change. Because if you can work while you commute, people will move further away to live in a more beautiful neighbourhood.
–– Electric cars will become mainstream about 2020. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on electricity. Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean: Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact.
–– Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil. Energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that can’’t last. Technology will take care of that strategy.
–– With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water. Desalination of salt water now only needs 2kWh per cubic meter (@ 0.25 cents). We don’’t have scarce water in most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.
–– Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the ““Tricorder”” from Star Trek) that works with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample and you breath into it.
–– It then analyses 54 biomarkers that will identify nearly any disease. It will be cheap, so in a few years everyone on this planet will have access to world class medical analysis, nearly for free. Goodbye, medical establishment.
–– 3D printing: The price of the cheapest 3D printer came down from $18,000 to $400 within 10 years. In the same time, it became 100 times faster. All major shoe companies have already started 3D printing shoes.
–– Some spare airplane parts are already 3D printed in remote airports. The space station now has a printer that eliminates the need for the large amount of spare parts they used to have in the past.
–– At the end of this year, new smart phones will have 3D scanning possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print your perfect shoe at home.
–– In China, they already 3D printed and built a complete 6-storey office building. By 2027, 10% of everything that’’s being produced will be 3D printed.
–– Business opportunities: If you think of a niche you want to go in, ask yourself: ““in the future, do you think we will have that?”” and if the answer is yes, how can you make that happen sooner?
–– If it doesn’’t work with your phone, forget the idea. And any idea designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st century.
–– Work: 70-80% of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new jobs in such a small time.
–– Agriculture: There will be a $100 agricultural robot in the future. Farmers in 3rd world countries can then become managers of their field instead of working all day on their fields.
–– Aeroponics will need much less water. The first Petri dish produced veal, is now available and will be cheaper than cow produced veal in 2018. Right now, 30% of all agricultural surfaces is used for cows. Imagine if we don’’t need that space anymore. There are several startups who will bring insect protein to the market shortly. It contains more protein than meat. It will be labelled as ““alternative protein source”” (because most people still reject the idea of eating insects).
–– There is an app called ““moodies”” which can already tell in which mood you’’re in. By 2020 there will be apps that can tell by your facial expressions, if you are lying. Imagine a political debate where it’’s being displayed when they’’re telling the truth and when they’’re not.
–– Bitcoin may even become the default reserve currency …… Of the world!
–– Longevity: Right now, the average life span increases by 3 months per year. Four years ago, the life span used to be 79 years, now it’’s 80 years. The increase itself is increasing and by 2036, there will be more than one year increase per year. So we all might live for a long long time, probably way more than 100.
–– Education: The cheapest smart phones are already at $10 in Africa and Asia. By 2020, 70% of all humans will own a smart phone. That means, everyone has the same access to world class education.
–– Every child can use Khan academy for everything a child needs to learn at school in First World countries. There have already been releases of software in Indonesia and soon there will be releases in Arabic, Suaheli and Chinese this summer. I can see enormous potential if we give the English app for free, so that children in Africa and everywhere else can become fluent in English and that could happen within half a year.

[EZ2]

In closing ~~~~

[Seminole Red]

gotta read this one ez...

My Friends,
Wonder Why Our Premier Universities lack the pride and sense of purpose to take a stand such as this? Does Political Correctness come to mind?
Read and share this remarkable rebuke to a student protest group by the Oriel College, Oxford University.
Bob.
This message came from a Family in South Africa. It appears that some
black students from South Africa are studying at Oriel College, Oxford,
on Rhodes Scholarships. They have taken exception to the presence of a
bronze bust of Cecil John Rhodes, the great imperialist and the one who
established the trust from which the scholarships that bear his name are
funded to this day. They are demanding that it be removed. This is the
wonderful response by the Dean of the College. Students at that College
are known as "Scrotties" for some reason.

Dear Scrotty Students,
Cecil Rhodes’s generous bequest has contributed greatly to the comfort
and well being of many generations of Oxford students – a good many of
them, dare we say it, better, brighter and more deserving than you.
This does not necessarily mean we approve of everything Rhodes did in
his lifetime – but then we don’t have to. Cecil Rhodes died over a
century ago. Autres temps, autres moeurs 2. If you don’t understand what
this means – and it would not remotely surprise us if that were the case
– then we really think you should ask yourself the question: “Why am I
at Oxford?”
Oxford, let us remind you, is the world’s second oldest extant
university. Scholars have been studying here since at least the 11th
century. We’ve played a major part in the invention of Western
civilisation, from the 12th century intellectual renaissance through the
Enlightenment and beyond. Our alumni include William of Ockham, Roger
Bacon, William Tyndale, John Donne, Sir Walter Raleigh, Erasmus, Sir
Christopher Wren, William Penn, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Samuel Johnson,
Robert Hooke, William Morris, Oscar Wilde, Emily Davison, Cardinal
Newman. We’re a big deal. And most of the people privileged to come and
study here are conscious of what a big deal we are. Oxford is their alma
mater – their dear mother – and they respect and revere her accordingly.
And what were your ancestors doing in that period? Living in mud huts,
mainly. Sure we’ll concede you the short lived Southern African
civilisation of Great Zimbabwe. But let’s be brutally honest here. The
contribution of the Bantu tribes to modern civilisation has been as near
as damn it to zilch.
You’ll probably say that’s “racist”. But it’s what we here at Oxford
prefer to call “true.” Perhaps the rules are different at other
universities. In fact, we know things are different at other
universities. We’ve watched with horror at what has been happening
across the pond from the University of Missouri to the University of
Virginia and even to revered institutions like Harvard and Yale: the
“safe spaces”; the ??blacklivesmatter; the creeping cultural relativism;
the stifling political correctness; what Allan Bloom rightly called “the
closing of the American mind”. At Oxford however, we will always prefer
facts and free, open debate to petty grievance-mongering, identity
politics and empty sloganeering. The day we cease to do so is the day we
lose the right to call ourselves the world’s greatest university.
Of course, you are perfectly within your rights to squander your time at
Oxford on silly, vexatious, single-issue political campaigns. (Though it
does make us wonder how stringent the vetting procedure is these days
for Rhodes scholarships and even more so, for Mandela Rhodes
scholarships) We are well used to seeing undergraduates – or, in your
case – postgraduates, making idiots of themselves. Just don’t expect us
to indulge your idiocy, let alone genuflect before it. You may be black
– “BME” as the grisly modern terminology has it – but we are colour
blind. We have been educating gifted undergraduates from our former
colonies, our Empire, our Commonwealth and beyond for many generations.
We do not discriminate over sex, race, colour or creed. We do, however,
discriminate according to intellect.
That means, inter alia, that when our undergrads or postgrads come up
with fatuous ideas, we don’t pat them on the back, give them a red
rosette and say: “Ooh, you’re black and you come from South Africa. What
a clever chap you are!” No. We prefer to see the quality of those ideas
tested in the crucible of public debate. That’s another key part of the
Oxford intellectual tradition you see: you can argue any damn thing you
like but you need to be able to justify it with facts and logic –
otherwise your idea is worthless.
This ludicrous notion you have that a bronze statue of Cecil Rhodes
should be removed from Oriel College, because it’s symbolic of
“institutional racism” and “white slavery”. Well even if it is – which
we dispute – so bloody what? Any undergraduate so feeble-minded that
they can’t pass a bronze statue without having their “safe space”
violated really does not deserve to be here. And besides, if we were to
remove Rhodes’s statue on the premise that his life wasn’t blemish-free,
where would we stop? As one of our alumni Dan Hannan has pointed out,
Oriel’s other benefactors include two kings so awful – Edward II and
Charles I – that their subjects had them killed. The college opposite –
Christ Church – was built by a murderous, thieving bully who bumped off
two of his wives. Thomas Jefferson kept slaves: does that invalidate the
US Constitution? Winston Churchill had unenlightened views about Muslims
and India: was he then the wrong man to lead Britain in the war?”
Actually, we’ll go further than that. Your Rhodes Must Fall campaign is
not merely fatuous but ugly, vandalistic and dangerous. We agree with
Oxford historian RW Johnson that what you are trying to do here is no
different from what ISIS and the Al-Qaeda have been doing to artefacts
in places like Mali and Syria. You are murdering history.
And who are you, anyway, to be lecturing Oxford University on how it
should order its affairs? Your ??Rhodes Must Fall campaign, we
understand, originates in South Africa and was initiated by a black
activist who told one of his lecturers “whites have to be killed”. One
of you – Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh – is the privileged son of a rich politician
and a member of a party whose slogan is “Kill the Boer; Kill the
Farmer”; another of you, Ntokozo Qwabe, who is only in Oxford as a
beneficiary of a Rhodes scholarship, has boasted about the need for
“socially conscious black students” to “dominate white universities, and
do so ruthlessly and decisively!”
Great. That’s just what Oxford University needs. Some cultural
enrichment from the land of Winnie Mandela, burning tyre necklaces, an
AIDS epidemic almost entirely the result of government indifference and
ignorance, one of the world’s highest per capita murder rates,
institutionalised corruption, tribal politics, anti-white racism and a
collapsing economy. Please name which of the above items you think will
enhance the lives of the 22,000 students studying here at Oxford.
And then please explain what it is that makes your attention grabbing
campaign to remove a listed statue from an Oxford college more urgent,
more deserving than the desire of probably at least 20,000 of those
22,000 students to enjoy their time here unencumbered by the irritation
of spoilt, ungrateful little tossers on scholarships they clearly don’t
merit using racial politics and cheap guilt-tripping to ruin the life
and fabric of our beloved university.
Understand us and understand this clearly: You have everything to learn
from us; we have nothing to learn from you.
Yours, Oriel College, Oxford

[**D*A**]

When I see the pattern, the solution is easy. Stay in the country, where men are men, and sheep are scared.

[capgain]

LOL

[**D*A**]

No, but I did save a bunch of money by switching my car insurance.

[capgain]

Yea and everyone is sick of them!