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Unemployment rate down?
Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It
States where Weed is legal!
How many people do you know that are currently unemployed? Does this graph accurately reflect what is going on in your community?
States where Weed is legal!
Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It
States where Weed is legal!
Ten states and Washington, DC, have now legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over 21. And 33 states have legalized medical marijuana.
Marijuana prohibition began 80 years ago when the federal government banned the sale, cultivation, and use of the cannabis plant. It remains illegal at the federal level.
Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It
Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It
Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It
One area where Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is undoubtedly leading is in the world of wearable computing. The company's Apple Watch lineup dominates the smartwatch market in terms of both unit shipments and total revenue, while its AirPods line of wireless earbuds have simply been crushing it.
According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the company's wearables business saw "growth near 50%" on a year-over-year basis last quarter.
"The business is now about the size of a Fortune 200 company, an amazing statistic when you consider it's only been four years since we delivered the very first Apple Watch," Cook explained.
Entrepreneurs and Retirement!
Entrepreneurs and Retirement!
Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is not planning adequately for their retirement. This isn’t all that surprising. If you’re self-employed, it’s a squeeze to set the money aside, even if it is tax-deferred. There’s a fear that you may need those funds to keep things rolling if the business doesn’t grow the way you expect, or clients are lax on paying your invoices.
The solo (or self-employed) 401k, which Manta’s survey found, was the most popular option for business owners who did have a retirement plan. Solo 401(k)s are designed for entrepreneurs with no other employees.
Child Literacy
Entrepreneurs and Retirement!
Child Literacy
The more you read to your children, the more knowledge they absorb, and knowledge is important in all aspects of life. There have been many studies that show reading to babies and toddlers gives them a head start and helps to prepare them for school later down the line. After all, reading with your children gives them the skills needed for when they start to read themselves.
It is important that children learn to follow words across the page from left to right, and turn pages which are pre-reading skills that benefit children and help them to become better readers later on. Children who enjoy reading not only do better in language and literacy subjects, but in all of the different subjects as well.
Do you have a Gun License?
Do you know your State Gun Laws?
Florida does not require a permit or license to buy a gun. Nor does the state require registration of guns. However you do need a license to carry a concealed weapon. There is no limit to the number of firearms in a single transaction.
Waiting period
You must pass a background check. There are no exemptions. There's a three-day waiting period between purchase and delivery. Individual counties and cities may have laws that extend waiting periods up to five days.
Age, residency requirements
You must be 21. Rifles and shotguns can be purchased by a law enforcement or correctional officer or service members at 18. You must be a Florida resident to purchase a handgun. You can't be an illegal immigrant.
If you want to carry a concealed weapon
You must be 21 and demonstrate competency with a gun. You also must live in the United States unless you're serving overseas in the military and be a lawful permanent resident or a citizen. Eligibility requirements can be found at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Personally identifying details about concealed weapons holders are exempt from public records.
Other people who can't buy guns
Someone who is: convicted of a felony, a fugitive, an unlawful user or addict of a controlled substance, adjudicated mentally defective or involuntarily committed to treatment, an illegal immigrant, dishonorably discharged from armed forces, has renounced U.S. citizenship, under an active protection order, convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor, under indictment or information for a felony.
Florida law also prohibits people who are: adjudicated delinquent of a crime that would have been a felony if committed by an adult until the age of 24 or until record is expunged, receive “Adjudication Withheld” on any felony or on a misdemeanor domestic violence and three years has not passed since completing sentencing provisions, and were recently arrested for a potentially disqualifying crime which has not been dismissed or disposed of in court.
