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Can you pay for marijuana with plastic?
Although the sale of marijuana is legal in some states, it's still against federal law. And the DOJ is about to release rules allowing banks to accept money from marijuana sales. So, what's a buyer to do?
This post comes from Christine DiGangi at partner site Credit.com.
With recreational marijuana now legal in Colorado and Washington, and medical marijuana legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, pot is now a legitimate billion dollar business in America. But according to federal law, purchasing pot is illegal. So practically speaking, actually buying and selling marijuana is still a sticky situation.
Because of the nature of their product, many dispensaries must operate an all-cash business, having been excluded from using the traditional banking and credit card services that are the norm for other retailers. Dispensary owners argue that the system is inefficient — even dangerous — and now it appears that the federal government may agree with them. On Jan. 23, the Department of Justice announced it would soon release regulations allowing banks to accept money from legal marijuana sales.
While many credit card networks have shied away from processing legal marijuana sales, it's not because the profits aren't big enough. Networks get about 2 percent to 3 percent of each transaction made with their cards. An Arcview Market Research Report puts 2013 legal cannabis sales at $1.44 billion and projects 2014 to be $2.34 billion. With such a lucrative business opportunity, you'd imagine credit card issuers would be eager to have a piece of the profits, but the federal and local legal limbo in which they exist makes this difficult.
The question of whether you can pay for legal marijuana with a credit card is not a new one. In fact, the gray areas have been discussed ever since legal medical marijuana first made its way to the American public — a decades-long debate. If you're in a state where people can legally purchase marijuana, you can find a few dispensaries that take credit cards. Many stores have ATMs so debit card users can make purchases, but finding a shop that takes credit cards is rare.
"It's not the norm in the industry," said Brooke Gehring, a managing partner at Patients Choice of Colorado. The company has four dispensaries and is opening more. "People try to use credit cards every day."
Challenges of an all-cash business
In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana, and even as more states followed suit, it has remained a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law (heroin and LSD are also Schedule I, for context). In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize cannabis for recreational use, with sales already underway in Colorado and set to begin in Washington later this year.
When medical marijuana was first available, dispensaries took credit cards. It was a regular part of business for a long time, but a few years ago the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) started raiding dispensaries.
"That's when the financial institutions started to or decided to pull out of the cannabis industry," says Lance Ott of Guardian Data Systems, a provider of merchant processing to high-risk industries.
Despite local laws, selling cannabis was (and is) a federal crime, and credit card companies made it clear that their products were not to be used for illegal purchases.
"Before medical marijuana was really a big thing, say 2010, most dispensaries took credit cards, and it was a very popular option," says Justin Hartfield, CEO of Weedmaps, an online community where people can search for and review dispensaries. "We've heard that credit cards increased sales by up to 20 percent, so we know it was a huge blow when we were unable to take them anymore."
So how are some dispensaries accepting credit cards? They may be working with an agreeable financial institution. Or they may not have been completely honest. When a store applies for merchant services, they have to list their type of business on the application. Ott says some dispensaries operate under labels like flower shop or clothing store, in order to get bank accounts or merchant services.
Another not-so-transparent option is the cashless ATM. They're small machines that can be placed at checkout: A customer swipes a debit card, enters the PIN and selects the amount of money to withdraw, say $50 for a $45.99 transaction. That withdrawal doesn't yield cash on the spot, like a regular ATM; rather, it produces a receipt, which the merchant accepts as payment, and the cashier makes change from the register, if necessary. At the end of the day, the cashless ATM transactions are transferred electronically to a bank account. Whether or not that bank account has been properly labeled is what makes this an iffy practice, though it could be a convenient payment option once the pending DOJ regulations make bank accounts more accessible to dispensaries.
At the moment, it's a stopgap measure some companies use, if they can. The lack of a permanent solution to credit card processing (i.e. a green light from the federal government) has pushed many dispensaries to the all-cash model.
"As a business owner, and wanting to be a compliant operator, and wanting more than anything to have a transparent bank account, it's not worth that risk of being investigated further for not being honest," Gehring says. The only alternative payment options offered through Patients Choice are the in-store ATMs the company bought for every location, which they fill with their own cash.
Gehring has been in the legal cannabis industry since 2009 and says that while the loss of credit card processing didn't hurt sales, it was a huge change for the business. About 30 percent to 40 percent of the sales at Patients Choice of Colorado were made with credit cards, she says, and that money went straight to its bank accounts. Patients Choice has been all-cash since July, and that's a lot of dollar bills.
Losing the ability to process credit cards was only part of the problem: Even when dispensaries can get merchant services, they need bank accounts to handle the money, and those can be hard to come by. It presents huge safety risks, making dispensaries targets for robberies, and those handling the money need to be careful.
"The biggest obstacle that all-cash business presents is first and foremost the public safety," Gehring says. Then there's making sure transactions are spot-on, issuing payroll in cash, paying taxes in cash and transporting all that cash. Gehring described using different cars at different times to move money to avoid becoming targets for theft. It's complex, and it's time consuming. Gehring says her company spends more than 30 hours a week on cash management.
Patients Choice has been through at least 12 banks during the past few years, Gehring says, and the relationships always end abruptly.
"Once our industry became targeted as high risk, we then received letters that we would be immediately terminated," she says. "Usually what happens is a federal agency might issue them a warning letter, and they cease (the relationship) so they're not in jeopardy."
Changing banks required a lot of paperwork, which was really the least of the company's problems. Gehring is still trying to get funds from an account that was closed in July, but they can't issue her the money personally, and she wouldn't be able to deposit a check made out to the company. Smaller banks have been willing to work with the industry, but Gehring says those relationships don't work out for businesses of Patients Choice's size, since those financial institutions often don't have the infrastructure to handle them. And things are only getting bigger — in a Patients Choice location that previously saw about 30 to 50 patients a day, 3,500 customers made purchases in the first 12 days of January, when recreational sales started.
Hartfield, of Weedmaps, says he is cautiously optimistic about the DOJ's statement about potential access to banking.
"It will be the most narrow interpretation of the law," he speculates. "Even just with that, I think it will be good enough to conservatively build a bigger industry and possibly attract institutional investment." Until then, the mountains of cash will continue to grow.
Should you pay with a credit card?
Many dispensary owners buy ATMs and fill them with their own cash, so consumers won't be inconvenienced. That's helpful in some ways to the customer, but it may also lead to ATM fees on many debit cards, which can add up quickly. Other than the budgetary implications of ATM fees, there are other things for consumers to think about when going to pay for pot with plastic. Theoretically, customers could use their credit cards for cash advances through ATMs, but Ott hasn't heard of that happening, and cash advances often have different terms than normal credit card transactions, making them a less appealing option for cardholders.
Dispensaries started to see the credit card networks back away in 2012, but even with the federal government saying it will be hands-off in states where cannabis sales are legal, the networks have kept their distance.
A few weeks prior to the Justice Department's announcement, Visa issued a statement on whether it would be processing payments at local legal dispensaries: "In offering our payment service, Visa adheres to the rule of law and seeks to prevent our network from being used for unlawful purposes. In this instance, the Federal government considers the sale of marijuana illegal, but has announced that it will not challenge state laws that legalize and regulate marijuana sales. Given the Federal government's position and recognizing this is an evolving legal matter with different standards applicable in different states, our local merchant acquirers are best suited to make any determination about potential illegality."
Translation: If a dispensary processes your credit card, Visa will take your money. But this still raises the question, should you charge marijuana to a credit card? After all, there's that pesky little federal law that may give consumers pause when it comes to charging their marijuana on credit.
"Technically, yes, it is illegal," says Nicolas Geman, a DUI and criminal defense lawyer in Denver. "'My bank let me pay for it' doesn't excuse the fact that you purchased it. ... I think the thing that provides the most comfort to anyone who's concerned about it is the idea that the federal government will go after one guy for buying a few grams. They don't have the resources, and frankly they just don't care enough."
In other words, Geman says it's unlikely that you would be prosecuted because the federal government found you purchased legal marijuana on a credit card. But there's one more thing to keep in mind here: Using a credit card creates a record of your pot purchase, so if you'd rather keep that part of your life private, consider sticking to cash.
According to federal law, purchasing pot is illegal. So practically speaking, actually buying and selling marijuana is still a sticky situation. It's not sticky because it's still illegal. If the DOJ is going to start allowing credit card transactions for weed, then they need to eliminate it as being illegal. You can't say it is illegal to purchase something and on the same hand promote / legalize a way to acquire said illegal product.
Don't buy from the dispensary for medical or recreational at $200 to $400 an ounce plus taxes of 10%-25%. Grow your own . Here is a website where they have links to 15 marijuana strains that all grow in 60 days, not 120 days. Plus the plants grow only 18 inches tall and produce an ounce of weed. So, if one planted a seed every 30 days, they would have their own fresh stash every month for about 20 dollars an ounce. The website also talks about a special cfl light at 42 watts to grow with. Wow, what an electrical savings. The plants grow in closets in 5 inch pots. check it out at
Don't buy from the dispensary for medical or recreational at $200 to $400 an ounce plus taxes of 10%-25%. Grow your own . Here is a website where they have links to 15 marijuana strains that all grow in 60 days, not 120 days. Plus the plants grow only 18 inches tall and produce an ounce of weed. So, if one planted a seed every 30 days, they would have their own fresh stash every month for about 20 dollars an ounce. The website also talks about a special cfl light at 42 watts to grow with. Wow, what an electrical savings. The plants grow in closets in 5 inch pots. check it out at
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At the second largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, $425 million are at stake in Friday's drawing. People in Charlottesville are taking a shot at the big jackpot - some already planning what they'll do with the money.
The sound of lottery tickets printing has been nonstop at Lucky 7 in Charlottesville.
"It's been busy. I got in here at 1:30 p.m. and that's all I've been doing is pretty much is selling Mega Million tickets," said George Vincent, who works at Lucky 7.
Stakes are so high that even those who don't usually take chances want to get in on the action.
"People that normally don't even play the lottery are playing the lottery because of the jackpot being $425 million," said Vincent.
The jackpot has been growing since October - rolling over 20 times without a winner. We asked some Lucky 7 customers what they would do with their winnings.
"With that money I would take care of my family first, invest and take care of the homeless," said Linda Emory who purchased a ticket at Lucky 7.
"We'll probably give out to our kids and friends and take lots of trips," said David Wilson, who purchased a ticket.
The odds are one in 259 million - but that's not stopping these people from thinking they are going to cash in big.
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Although no one in Massachusetts hit all six numbers to win the full $579 million Powerball prize, two people in Boston have each won $1 million.
The two winning tickets sold in Boston for $1 million were purchased at the 7-Eleven store at 1306 Washington St. in the South End and the City Convenience store at 23 Beacon St.
There were two grand prize winners Wednesday night, according to the Powerball website. Neither was sold in Massachusetts.
There were four $1 million winning tickets in the state. Besides the two tickets sold in Boston, two more were sold in Southbridge and Rockland.
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Glucagonoma is a very rare tumor of the islet cells of the pancreas, which release the hormones insulin and glucagon.
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Glucagonoma is usually cancerous (malignant). The cancer tends to spread and get worse.
This cancer affects the islet cells of the pancreas. As a result, they produce too much of the hormone glucagon.
The cause is unknown, but genetic factors play a role in some cases. A family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN I) is a risk factor.
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A Poplar Bluff man who pleaded guilty to federal child exploitation was sentenced to 120 years in prison.
Jeffrey D. Shelton, 46, of Poplar Bluff pleaded guilty to attempted production of child pornography, production of child pornography, and possession of child pornography on April 17, 2013.
Shelton received the maximum sentence of 120 years: 50 years each for the first two counts, and 20 years on the third count. The sentence is to be served consecutively.
Shelton admitted that on October 24, 2012, he left his home in Poplar Bluff with a 5-year-old child he had abducted several hours earlier and left his cell phone in the home.
Before he left, Shelton assaulted his girlfriend. A neighbor saw the assault and called police.
Shelton's cell phone was turned over to police. Shelton used the phone to produce several videos of the child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to the United State Attorney's Office Eastern District of Missouri. Police also found visual depictions of another child.
Shelton threatened both children with serious bodily harm.
Police found more than 200 graphic images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct on Shelton's laptop.
Shelton had previously been convicted of rape of a child under 16 years of age in 1990 in Texas.
During the sentencing, the judge told Shelton he is a "truly and evil person" and that if he could give him a harsher sentence he would.
In the three victim impact statements read, they all wanted Shelton to get life in prison. They talked about how that incident almost a year ago is still impacting their lives. The two children involved, their parents and Shelton's girlfriend at the time said they receive counseling and can't sleep at night.
Shelton responded to the victim impact statements by saying it would cost $120,000 to keep him in prison and he wished they could multiply that by 120 and give that money to those victims, then spend $4 a bullet for him. Shelton said those people who wrote the letters implied he had no remorse, but he does.
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The U.S. Caribbean Territories have had relatively low incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injury and illness in recent years. In 2006, the incidence rate was 4.0 per 100 full-time workers in Puerto Rico and 2.1 in the U.S. Virgin Islands—in comparison, the rate was 4.4 in the United States.
The incidence rate for all private sector cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands has declined steadily in recent years (similar to the downward trend in the United States), from 2.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003 to 2.1 in 2006; the latter is about half the level experienced on the mainland.
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Joining the W&J faculty in 1990, Susan Woodard teaches courses in applied piano, chamber music and music history/literature. Combined pursuits in music performance and liberal studies have hallmarked her teaching career, and include presentations for National Public Radio, Phi Beta Kappa, Lawrence University, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania and The College Music Society. At W&J, numerous students have participated in her lecture-recitals. Keen interests in writing and interdisciplinary topics led Dr. Woodard to develop popular courses on Beethoven (MUS 231), Mozart (MUS 255), Writing About Music (MUS 310), and her recent Intersession courses, Composing Your Life and Music Inspired by the Sea at W&J, the latter an approved Environmental Studies elective to be offered again during January Intersession, 2012.
As chair of the music department from 1990 to 2010, Dr. Woodard designed, proposed and implemented a comprehensive music curriculum that would enable students to major or minor in music, and for non-majors to gain meaningful enrichment. In 2002, she secured grant support for a week-long Summer Keyboard Festival that brought to campus three internationally-renowned musicians, Mikhail Yanovitsky, Melvin Chen and Grammy-award winner, Paul Jacobs. A piano student of Dr. Woodard's and current chair of the organ department at the Juilliard School, Mr. Jacobs is a frequent visitor and performer for her classes.
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Eleven dollars and six cents. That was the total of first-day sales when Macy's opened its doors in 1858. Of course, at that time, it wasn't a retail superpower—it was a small dry-goods store on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in New York City. Before founding that little shop, Rowland Hussey Macy had suffered several failed retail ventures. This time, things would turn out differently.
By 1877, R.H. Macy & Co. had become a full-fledged department store, spreading its way into the ground spaces of 11 adjacent buildings. Just about 25 years later, the store had outgrown even those expanded confines, so the company moved to its iconic Herald Square location on Broadway and 34th Street. There, Macy's began to attract shoppers from the rest of the country and the world. This location also saw the store become a major part of American holidays, especially in 1924, when immigrant employees wrangled the city's packs of stray floats and organized the first annual Macy's Parade.
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Davenport officials said Monday that spending up to $99,000 to end its agreement with a casino development company, early, is necessary in order for the city to move forward in its quest for a new casino.
On Friday the city announced it was cutting ties to Chicago-based developer MSEG Inc., with which it entered a casino development agreement in November 2010. No casino has resulted.
The city said in a news release issued on Friday afternoon the termination allows the city to pursue other land-based casino opportunities without further delay. Terminating the MSEG agreement was a necessary step to entering into an agreement for a land-based casino with any company other than MSEG, the city said.
"Based on the recommendation and advice of our city administrator (Craig Malin), we terminated the agreement," Mayor Bill Gluba said. "There's just a lot of things going on. We want to get this done. Time is money.
"The longer things drag, quite frankly, the less everybody benefits."
Davenport's Rhythm City Casino, owned by Isle of Capri, has been for sale. MSEG had an exclusive agreement with the city through November to put together a casino deal, preferably one that would move the Davenport gambling operation off the river and into a downtown location.
Mayor Gluba said although a casino developer was not found, MSEG did fulfill its obligation of trying to bring a land-based casino to the downtown. He said the city received a lot of good data from MSEG.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ItsOn Inc., the leader in Mobile Smart Service technology, today announced that Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) will use the ItsOn cloud-based virtual network platform to power the newest innovations in mobile services. The technology will allow Sprint to offer personalized service experiences for no-contract1 customers with a key differentiation in the marketplace beyond price.
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"With ItsOn's technology, Sprint sees an opportunity to give no-contract consumers greater choice and real-time control of their mobile service," said Dow Draper, president, Sprint Prepaid Group (SPG). "ItsOn's cloud-based solution enables a unique user experience and could help reduce our timelines for designing and launching distinctly new service offers. These new capabilities provide a very personalized on-device customer experience- both for individuals and families."
Under the software-as-a-service contract with ItsOn, Sprint Prepaid Group will repurpose the Zact Mobile cloud-based virtual network platform to power a new no-contract service - to launch later this summer-- that will supersede Zact. Prior to the launch of this new service, ItsOn will be giving existing Zact subscribers the choice to retain their Zact device and establish service under Sprint's new offer, or simply discontinue their Zact service.
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The Jazz applied a tourniquet more than cured the disease, but their 103-90 victory over the slumping Detroit Pistons on Monday night was still a welcome relief.
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For a moment, coach Tyrone Corbin and his team could forget last week's nightmarish road trip, during which Utah lost three games in the final seconds before a blowout defeat in New York.
For a moment, the Jazz could look ahead to the final 18 games of the regular season with a hint of optimism instead of head-shaking frustration.
Yes, Utah handed lottery-bound Detroit its eighth loss in the last nine games.
Yes, the Pistons aren't the caliber of the teams Utah will have to beat over the next month to reach the Western Conference playoffs.
But the Jazz won and, for the first time in 10 days, no team in the playoff race with them gained ground. Not the Lakers. Not Golden State. Not Houston.
"When you're on a slide, absolutely it's a relief," Williams said. "You come back from a long trip and history shows you can give one away. ... We don't want to get into a lot [more] learn-your-lesson type deals."
Corbin agreed.
"It was great," he said. "... I thought our guys were really focused. They understood the sense of urgency. Regardless of who we are playing, we have to get better and have to perform and I thought, for the most part, we were pretty good."
Pretty good?
More like good enough.
Led by Marvin Williams, Enes Kanter, Gordon Hayward and Jeremy Evans, Utah's nonstarters dominated the second quarter and helped the Jazz build a 51-37 lead at halftime.
"They gave great energy — a boost right there," Corbin said. "They pushed the ball down the floor and got some early opportunities."
When he went back to his starters in the second half, however, Corbin watched the Pistons make the game uncomfortably close.
Detroit made 14 of its 23 shots in the third quarter, when it scored 33 points.
Utah's stand-and-watch defense failed to force turnovers and, in the final four minutes, the Pistons converted eight straight possessions.
A 15-point lead suddenly turned into a tenuous 76-70 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
"I thought they made some shots and picked the pace up," Corbin said. "We talked about making sure we close teams out. We said, 'Hey guys, we have to get some stops.' But they did a good job making shots."
The Jazz never trailed in the fourth quarter, but it was still only 84-79 with 7:01 left before Utah finally pulled away.
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Introduction to modern symbolic logic emphasizing sentence logic with translation and proofs and quantificational logic with translation and proofs. Prerequisite: Placement by assessment into MATH 099, or completion of MATH 098 with a C or better.
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- Recognize and use basic philosophic vocabualry relevant to critical thinking (e.g., "valid," "invalid," "sound," etc) in in-class and take-home essays, short answer test, or matching quizzes.
- Use basic Venn Diagrams or Aristotelian Squares of Opposition to determine whether a deductive argument is valid or invalid.
- Translate statements from English to the language of sentential logic using the operators of sentential logic.
- Use truth tables to show that single statements are tautologies, self-contradictions, or contingencies: that pairs of statements are consistent or inconsistent, and logically equivalent, contradictory, or neither; and that deductive arguments are valid or invalid.
- Use natural deduction in sentential logic with rules of inference and replacement to derive the conclusions of valid arguments (i.e., do natural deduction proofs in sentential logic).
- Select appropriate proof strategies when completing natural deduction proofs (e.g., the stategies of Direct Proof, Conditional Proof, and Indirect Proof).
- Translate statements from English to the language of sentential logic using the operators of predicate logic.
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The most brilliant celestial objects of nighttime – the waning crescent moon and planet Venus – grace the predawn and dawn hours on February 25, 2014. These worlds are so wondrously bright and beautiful that you can easily see them in the glare of morning twilight – or possibly, even after sunrise.
The moon will occult – cover over – Venus on Wednesday, February 26, during the predawn and dawn hours for much of tropical Africa, and during the daylight hours in India and China. Click here to find out more about the occultation of Venus on February 26.
Because Venus lies inside of Earth's orbit, this planet displays the entire range of phases, much like our moon does. If you could peer through a telescope at Venus now, you'd find the moon and Venus both exhibit a crescent phase.
Yes, Venus and Mercury – which orbit inside Earth's orbit around the sun – can both appear in crescent phases in our sky. Meanwhile, those planets lying outside Earth's orbit – Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – are always full, or close to full, as seen from Earth.
The moon is now waning toward new moon now, but Venus is waxing toward full Venus. The moon will turn new on March 1, to transition back into the evening sky. Some Northern Hemisphere residents will probably first see the young moon in the evening sky on March 2.
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As for Venus, it'll reach full phase as seen from Earth on October 25, 2014, when it's far across the solar system from our planet, lost in the sun's glare. At the same time, Venus will transition back into the evening sky. Because the moon revolves around the Earth, the moon's return to the evening sky starts at new moon. Venus revolves around the sun, though, not the Earth. And thus this world's return to the Earth's evening sky begins at full phase instead.
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Chris Paul's answer was brief, just like his time on the free agent market.
"I'M IN!!!" he wrote Monday on Twitter.
He will be staying with the Clippers, the longtime losers he helped turned into a division champion in just two seasons.
Dwight Howard will need more time to think.
Free agency opened Monday in the NBA with the focus on the pair of Los Angeles All-Stars, though Paul took himself off the market only hours after shopping season started.
Agent Leon Rose confirmed Paul's return, which had been expected after the Clippers signed Doc Rivers as their new coach. The Clippers can pay the two-time Olympic gold medalist around $108 million for five years.
Howard can make even more by staying with the Lakers, but that won't stop him from looking elsewhere.
He met with the Houston Rockets early Monday, the Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks also are interested, and the Lakers have said repeatedly they want to keep him.
The Rockets got the first crack at persuading him to leave. With Hall of Famers Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler joining its contingent, Houston pitched Howard on joining All-Star James Harden.
Rockets general manager Daryl Morey wrote on Twitter that it was a great meeting with Howard and that having Olajuwon and Drexler there "made it obvious how [Howard and Harden] could be the next [great] big/wing combo."
Hawks general manager Danny Ferry and new coach Mike Budenholzer were visiting Howard later Monday, trying to persuade him to join his hometown team.
And he'll meet Tuesday with the Lakers' delegation. His first — perhaps only — season in Los Angeles was a disappointment and he acknowledged being unhappy at times. But the Lakers want to keep the former Defensive Player of the Year, believing the extra year and about $30 million more they can give him will provide a huge advantage.
Steve Nash, who like Howard had a difficult first season in Los Angeles, tweeted Monday that he was flying from New York to Los Angeles to help the Lakers make their pitch.
"[Dwight Howard] we're coming for you," he wrote. "You're going to love the statue we build for you outside Staples in 20yrs!"
Contracts can't be signed until July 10, after the next season's salary cap has been set.
The Hawks also were expected to meet with their unrestricted free agents, Josh Smith and Kyle Korver, on their trip to Los Angeles, a person with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press.
There is plenty of interest in Smith, a versatile forward, and Deron Williams announced the Nets' interest in Korver by posting a picture of the sharpshooter in a Brooklyn uniform on social media.
The New Orleans Pelicans made an offer to Sacramento Kings restricted free agent guard Tyreke Evans. Several media outlets reported the deal was for four years and ranging between $40 million and $48 million. Because he's a restricted free agent, the Kings will have the opportunity to match any offers Evans signs.
The Knicks are hoping Andrea Bargnani relocates his outside shot after agreeing to a deal with Toronto to acquire the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 draft. The Raptors will receive Knicks reserves Steve Novak, Marcus Camby and Quentin Richardson. The Knicks are also sending the Raptors a 2016 first-round pick and two second-round picks, according to a person with knowledge of the details.
Other top players who are available include Denver's Andre Iguodala and Philadelphia's Andrew Bynum — both part of the four-way trade that sent Howard from Orlando to Los Angeles last summer — and Indiana's David West. Sixth Man of the Year J.R. Smith of the Knicks is a free agent, as is former winner Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs, who also could lose forward Tiago Splitter.
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I'll have something in the fridge I've overlooked about and prior to you know it, the food has spoiled. Obama's most salient statements, and lay them towards a plumb line of reality. What they lack in intelligence, tact and sanity they certainly make up for in pace and efficiency. With the improve in demand for seafood, many businesses have come forward as seafood supplier.
Give them easy tasks which do not need any sharp knives and doesn't include cooking on a burner. Begin at an early age by offering a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. I have been a little worried about some of the rumblings I have study on the Web that individuals may not be permitted to develop gardens because of food safety audit problems. Higher possible of struggling from well being issues: If you are habituated to eat junk foods nearly everyday or very frequently you are certain to be an overweight or obese individual unless of course you do a good amount of bodily function daily.
We need to make certain that their meals handlers are following the various guidelines in food safety. Coping with OCD signs and symptoms in a loved one can be irritating. Keeping your kitchen and the whole locations clean as nicely as free from ill is tough but you aren't blinded. I especially like iced tea when I'm at the beach. Imodium (Loperamide) is also good but not so powerful and might take a little longer.
Use packaged, frozen seafood before the expiration date. Then go via the checklist creating copies of the paperwork that will fulfill the checklist query. These aren't the type of cuts you make when you're trying to get rid of some waste or find additional savings in the spending budget.


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Book your room at Ambienthotel Primaluna
Basic Room,groundfloor,rock face view at rear part of hotelMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 infant)
Classic Double RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 infant)
Deluxe Double RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 infant)
Family Room (2 Adults + 1 Child)Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 2 infants)
Family Room (2 Adults + 2 Children)Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Delightful beach hotel with a spa tub
This Malcesine hotel is located on a lake, nestled on the beach a short distance from Malcesine - San Michele Cableway, Castello Scaligeri, and San Michele - Mount Baldo Cableway. Local attractions also include Mount Baldo.
Hotel Features
Guests of this beach hotel will appreciate convenient onsite amenities such as a spa tub and a fitness center.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, air conditioning, and climate control.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Ambienthotel Primaluna
At your hotel
In addition to an outdoor pool and a children's pool, Ambienthotel Primaluna provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A beach bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This beach hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and express check-in. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wedding services
- Pool sun loungers
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Spa tub
- Children's pool
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach bar
- Total number of rooms - 38
- Number of floors - 3
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Outdoor pool
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking
In your room
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Minibar
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
Eat and drink
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Primaluna - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Onsite dining venue #2 - This bar serves lunch and light fare.
An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
The fine print for Ambienthotel Primaluna
When you arrive
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
When you leave
Check-out time is 10 AM
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.80 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 14 years of age.
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 10 per night
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Are you ready for some basketball? More than 100,000 people are pouring into Atlanta for this weekend's Final Four tournament at the Georgia Dome.Going to the Final Four games can cost a lot of money. But if you didn't score tickets, there are plenty of other things going on downtown this weekend.
Music lovers will treated to a free three-day concert series featuring big-name national acts such as the Zac Brown Band, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Flo Rida, Ludacris, Muse, Sting and the Dave Matthews Band.
"It's a three day festival with top names like the Zac Brown band, a local favorite, Muse is our headliner Saturday and Sting and DMB. How can you not want to see all of them for no money," said Sharon Goldmacher with the Atlanta Local Organizing Committee.
FOX 5's Chris Shaw reports that 150,000 people are expected to attend the free music events. This is in addition to the 100,000 expected for the basketball games.
Those looking for fun for all ages, the Bracket Town Fan Fest at the Georgia World Congress Center will offer more than 300,000 square feet of family-friendly activities.
The biggest obstacle may be parking. Streets in the downtown area will be closed, placing parking spots at a premium.Parking at most places will $20 if you can find it. Some spots were seen as high at $50. Organizers expect parking to be sold out every day by noon.MARTA will have extra trains going. They say the usual train ride will be trimmed down to 10 minutes.
Several area restaurants are adopting teams and serving as fan headquarters. Here's the full list of the fan headquarters locations:
BuckheadMichigan: Buffalo Wild Wings, 3535 Peachtree Rd NE #105, Atlanta (404) 856-5543Syracuse: East Andrews Downstairs, 56 E Andrews Dr NW, Suite 12, Atlanta (404) 389-0856Wichita State: Taco Mac Lindbergh, 573 Main St NE Atlanta, (404) 574-5813Louisville: The Bucket Shot, 3475 Lenox Rd NE Atlanta, (404) 261-9244DowntownMichigan: Gibney's Pub, 231 Peachtree Center Ave NE Atlanta, (404) 688-0928Syracuse: Azio, 229 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, (404) 222-0808Wichita State: Max Lagers, 320 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, (404) 525-4400Louisville: Meehan's, 200 Peachtree Street Atlanta, (404) 214-9821
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I'm just gonna let you see the infographic yourself.
(Source: daringfireball.net)
Engadget reports:
The company's co-CEO,Mike Lazaridis, reports that, due to a critical chipset that's not expected to be available in production quantity until mid-next year, we're unlikely to see a BlackBerry 10 device emerge until late in 2012.
Todd Wood, SVP Industrial Design, Research in Motion:
Giving us a glimpse at what is to come, Wood tells us where the latest design workshop for 2012s models was held. This time, rather than the classic scenery of Italy, the design workshop session was in Malmo, Sweden. The latest words for the experience? "Charming, whimsical, and fun" according to Wood suggesting a very different direction from the company.
In a piece about RIM's upcoming BBX phones, something tells me Sascha Segan and RIM hadn't really done their homework regarding Qt development roadmap.
Qt was Nokia's preferred developer framework before the company switched to Windows Phone, and there's a population of disgruntled Symbian developers with Qt skills watching their potential market decline as Nokia switches over to Windows. RIM isn't targeting Symbian developers specifically, but the company is reaching into Nokia's traditional home turf.
Speaking of the basket breaking,
Apple and Google are the dominant smartphone platforms and there is really only room for one more, said Veritas's Monga. When Nokia was reorganizing, RIM had its chance to establish itself as the third. It may have lost the opportunity, he said.
Eighteen months ago, RIM was fighting but had a fighting chance," he said. "Now, the problems RIM has on its software platform seem to be insurmountable.
A few weeks ago I gave this interview with Media Indonesia, a local newspaper who wanted to put up a profile of me for some reason and in it was a question about Microsoft. This is a small part of what I had to say about the company:
The Surface table and the Microsoft Courier tablet were breakthrough devices between 2009-2010 which also could not get off the ground thanks to the company prioritizing the team on Windows and Office.
By coincidence, C|net produced this article yesterday about how Bill Gates practically killed the Courier tablet even when he was no longer running Microsoft. This part here explained what happened to the Courier:
Courier users wouldn't want or need a feature-rich e-mail application such as Microsoft's Outlook that lets them switch to conversation views in their inbox or support offline e-mail reading and writing. The key to Courier, Allard's team argued, was its focus on content creation. Courier was for the creative set, a gadget on which architects might begin to sketch building plans, or writers might begin to draft documents.
"This is where Bill had an allergic reaction," said one Courier worker who talked with an attendee of the meeting. As is his style in product reviews, Gates pressed Allard, challenging the logic of the approach.
It's not hard to understand Gates' response. Microsoft makes billions of dollars every year on its Exchange e-mail server software and its Outlook e-mail application. While heated debates are common in Microsoft's development process, Gates' concerns didn't bode well for Courier. He conveyed his opinions to Ballmer, who was gathering data from others at the company as well.
Within a few weeks, Courier was cancelled because the product didn't clearly align with the company's Windows and Office franchises, according to sources.
Instead of seeking and taking a risk on a possible new revenue stream, Gates and Microsoft held on to its existing and proven source or revenue. This is similar to the approach that RIM took by requiring the PlayBook to be not much more than a BlackBerry accessory.
Both companies are holding on to a core component which heavily relies on the success of a single product, essentially putting everything into a single basket. This is why they keep failing to innovate. RIMs basket is breaking as we speak although it's probably going to be a long while before Microsoft's Windows/Office basket breaks.
"While Quanta last week acknowledged that it had laid off a significant number of production workers from a factory focused on producing the PlayBook, our research indicates that the ODM has essentially halted production of the tablet.Additionally, our due diligence indicates that RIMM has canceled development of additional tablet projects."
Colin Stewart analyst John Vinh
Research In Motion Says Talk That Its Playbook Tablet Is Being Discontinued Is "Pure Fiction: $RIMM @BlackBerry - DJ
That was fast
The second time today TechCrunch broke the news. This time it's the beleaguered Research In Motion whose smartphone business is under serious threat from Apple and Google. The Canadian company is letting 2000 of its employees go, that's just over 10 percent of its workforce. It also pushes out one COO, and shuffles the others. Balsillie and Lazaridis remain.


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