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![]() One notable thing about the Fruit Stripe Gum brand, In 1996, Fruit Stripe donated five cents from every sale of the Variety Multipack and the Jumbo Pack of Fruit Stripe Gum to help fund the World Wildlife Fund, which existed to attempt to protect the habitats and lives of endangered animals. The donation amount to the World Wildlife Fund totaled over one hundred thousand dollars. This brought some noteworthy attention to the Fruit Stripe Gum brand’s company, and even more, people began to fall in love with their product.įruit Stripe Gum also had a candy mascot called the Fruit Stripe Gum Man. The mascot worked to promote the gum late as 1967. The Fruit Stripe Gum Man was basically just a pack of gum with arms, legs, and a face and many people found it to be quite funny. READ MORE: Yogos - Nostalgic, Discontinued Jewels From Kellog’s Along with the mascot, Gum Man came an entire family of animals known as The Stripes Family Animals. These animals included species such as a tiger, a zebra, an elephant, and a mouse and also worked to promote it. ![]() These animals were very creative in how they would bring attention and could be found in everything from children’s coloring books to children’s toys. After a while, most of the animals’ mascots were removed and only the Zebra, named “Yipes”, remained.įor a long while, “Yipes” was the only mascot and was a huge hit. ![]() Even to this day, there are collectors who will buy items containing the zebra for much higher prices than one might expect. Yipes is shown to be very sporty, and the package will generally show Yipes playing either soccer or basketball.įruit Stripe Gum even played a part in many movies and television shows such as Home Alone, King of Queens, That 70’s show, and Family Guy. This just goes to show how popular this gum was. To this day, many people claim that it’s the best gum they have ever had, loving this fruity gums flavor. ![]() This 60s candy really is a gum that everyone should try for themselves. Who Invented Fruit Stripe Gumįruit Stripe Gum was first invented by a man by the name of James Parker in the 1960’s as an extension to the then-popular Beech-Nut line of gum. The rights were eventually acquired by the Farley’s and Sathers Candy Company, who acquired it from the famous Hershey Company in the year 2003. In the year 2012, Farley’s and Sathers Candy Company merged together with the company Ferrara Pan. The Ferrara Candy Company then took their places and is now the producer. The Year Fruit Stripe Gum Made?įrom the information we could find, it appears it was first produced in the 1960s. It appeared to get very popular around the year 1970 when its advertising really took off. One of the most frequently asked questions we get for this page is do they still make Fruit Stripe Gum? Well, you are in luck my friends, it appears yes they do still make it. You can buy it from several stores or buy it online as well, check out the links above on our page if you want to buy online. Getting it online seems to be the most convenient way for most people as it seems they are getting harder to find. READ MORE: Bar None (History, Pictures & Commercials) What happened to Fruit Stripe Gum?įruit Stripe Gum has been getting harder to find for some reason. It has slowly started disappearing off many shelves. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2019, two men were accused of shooting at each other near police officers during the J’ouvert Parade, according to a statement from the Boston Police Department. In 2021, a 17-year-old was fatally stabbed in the neck while attending the Caribbean Festival, according to a news release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. “The economic impact from visitors coming from all around the world, we have one of the largest celebrations, one of the longest running celebrations and to associate any individual events with acts that might have happened that were nearby or unaffiliated with it, I think can reinforce harmful perceptions in our community.”Ī 33-year-old man was shot and killed in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in 2022, just a few blocks away from the site of the annual festival, CNN affiliate WCVB reported. “I want to reiterate loud and clear that the event itself, the incredible organizers, the Caribbean community that comes together, this is a huge benefit for the city of Boston to have this event,” Wu said. Reporting from CNN affiliates and official statements from local authorities reveal several shootings and other violent incidents have occurred during the Carnival weekend or at the event itself, with at least three deaths within the past decade. Saturday’s shooting is not the first case of violence reported at or near Boston’s Caribbean Carnival event in recent years, a CNN review shows. ![]() Several violent incidents have taken place at or near Boston’s Caribbean Carnival, CNN review shows The daylong event, which dates to 1973, usually draws thousands of people for a cultural celebration, which includes a steelpan competition and a masquerade ball, according to its website. “The rest of the day is going to be a really wonderful celebration,” Wu said. “Despite the horrible event that occurred this morning, Boston Carnival is still on!!!!” the carnival association said via Instagram and Facebook. The carnival’s second parade is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. “It was very, very difficult for me this morning to know that something occurred when we work … so incredibly hard to put on something that is more a family-oriented event and peaceful.” “We have no interest in having anything but peace,” said Shirley Shillingford, president of the Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston. Police asked anyone with video evidence or those who witnessed the shooting to contact them.īoston’s Caribbean American Carnival is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “As a result of officers responding very quickly to the scene, they were able to run towards not only the gunfire but actually apply tourniquets and help to all the victims of the gunshots,” Cox said. regarding a shooting at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue in Dorchester.Ĭox said the shooting potentially involved “two groups having some type of altercation.” Police said emergency calls started about 7:45 a.m. “And there’s no – absolutely – no excuse for something that is open to the community and part of Boston’s culture and heritage to be talked about in this way because of the acts that were introduced.” “It’s always heart-wrenching to hear that a treasured community event has been disrupted by acts of violence from those who had nothing to do with the event,” Mayor Michelle Wu told reporters. The parade was halted because of the shooting, which was unrelated, Cox said. Police Commissioner Michael Cox later clarified the violence erupted on the outskirts of the event. John Boyle earlier said the shooting occurred during the J’ouvert Parade, which is part of the city’s Caribbean Carnival. Two arrests were made and multiple firearms recovered, police said.īoston Police Sgt. The victims were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said. ![]() Edwin Outwater, Director of Summer Concerts for the San Francisco Symphony (Photo: Larry Williamson/SF Symphony) July 4: The Center for Performing Arts Plaza in San Jose is presenting a "Big Bang Concert" featuring 80's rocker Bryan Adams (he released an album last fall) and fireworks. July 4: Or spend a free ( CHEAP THRILL) afternoon and evening at the Berkeley Marina, where Tito y Su Son de Cuba, The Rusty String Express, the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West and others entertain the adults, while the kids enjoy magicians, balloon twisters and free dragon boat rides. It's another CHEAP THRILL - tickets are free, details here. July 3: Get a jump on Independence Day with the Oakland Symphony's Sunday concert with Michael Morgan conducting at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond. Below are a few suggestions for celebrating America's birthday: The Oakland Symphony celebrates the 4th of July with music and fireworks at Richmond's Craneway Pavilion (Photo: Courtesy Oakland Symphony) The second rule is find a comfortable spot to lie back, and "ooh" and "aah" as you watch the fireworks. ![]() July 3 & 4: The first rule of the Fourth of July is don't blow off your fingers. Independence Day at the Craneway Pavilion with the Oakland Symphony (Photo: Courtesy of Craneway Pavilion) ![]() July 2: And the opera is free ( CHEAP THRILL) in the simulcast on the big screen at AT&T Park of the company's Eurotrashy (in a good way) and well sung Carmen on Saturday. (Photo: San Francisco Opera/Alastair Muir) This is one of the finest productions of this or any season. July 1: We can't resist a shoutout to the final performance of Janáček's Jenufa with the brilliant Karita Mattila (see the scene above). Merola’s new class of 23 singers (with help from their colleagues studying to be music coaches and stage directors) will be performing excerpts from Serse by Handel, The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky, Arabella, by Strauss, and Dialogues of the Carmelites by Poulenc and more next week in the Schwabacher Summer Concert. July 7 & 9: The Merola Opera Program is where great young singers go to polish their craft for an art form that somehow survives in this age of short attention span music. 2016 Merola participants (Photo: Kristen Loken/Merola Program) Expect a few scenes that need some polishing, and others that will have you laughing hysterically. In Latin History., he’s a dad trying to teach his young son the truth about Latino history, after seeing what a bad job the schools are doing. Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Tony Taccone directed both. He workshopped his 2011 Broadway hit Ghetto Klown at the Rep, and developed his new show, Latin History for Morons, (a co-production with the Public Theater) in the Rep's Ground Floor program. 14: John Leguizamo apparently likes Berkeley Rep as a place to work the kinks out of his one-man shows about growing up in Queens and becoming a movie actor ( Chef, Ice Age, American Ultra). They rock and then they slow down just as nicely for ballads like "Velvet Ring," featuring just Lenker and her acoustic guitar. Details on their Cheap Thrill of a show at the Rickshaw Stop here. I'm a sucker for this from their new album and song “Masterpiece,” with features lyrics like, “This place smells like piss and beer, can you get me out,” reminding me of a lot of sadly wasted evenings. July 5: The indie band Big Thief apparently tours with one of the band members' dogs (see the video above), which would be unbearably twee if they weren't also playing such smart songs about love and loss, all written by vocalist Adrianne Lenker. ![]() ![]() Organizations often struggle to bring in reforms due to resistance. It is one thing to bring about change and another to manage it successfully. The Azure Active Directory and related security groups ensure the highest cyber and data security standards. 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With businesses going fully digital, the amount of data and online information is only increasing. Centralize business processes on one platformĪll your business processes carry large amounts of data and business information. Here are seven ways Microsoft Power Platform can benefit your organization. ![]() Here’s a quick guide to – How to get started with Microsoft Power Platform This service offers a range of apps, data connectors, and platforms where you can turn ideas into custom apps with little to no coding.Īnother way in which Microsoft uses artificial intelligence – creating and managing intelligent chatbots that can engage with customers as well as employees. It can help you automate workflows so you can achieve higher productivity. This Microsoft service leverages artificial intelligence to streamline organizational processes. It connects multiple data sources, visualize data in interactive ways, and come up with data-driven insights that help form business decisions. Its main job is to help you analyze data. Power BI is Microsoft’s service for business analytics. It offers the following four core services: The suite makes it easier for you to align your business operations with your strategic goals. The Power Platform aims to centralize all your business processes so you can achieve higher control and optimization. It serves as Microsoft’s hub for app development, connectivity, business intelligence, and more. Microsoft Power Platform is a suite for business applications or apps that offer a range of capabilities. ![]() What to Do If You Get Caught By a Speed Camera In fact, no points will be added to your license for a violation issued by a speed camera. However, if you have already turned a corner or are behind a building, a speed camera will not be able to track you.Ī speed camera ticket will not affect your insurance premiums or rates. Unfortunately, NYC doesn’t share a lot of information about their speed cameras. The NYC speed cameras take a picture of vehicles traveling more than 10 mph above the speed limit. However, that may change as the Mayor is asking the state government to allow the cameras to be active 24 hours a day.Īt what speed does a NYC speed camera flash? The cameras must be located in 750 designated school zones. Under the current law speed cameras are only active from 6 a.m. This camera can be found on Conduit Blvd and Lincoln Avenue ( camera number 1754000 in our map). In 2020, one speed camera raked in over 2 million in fines for the city! This is more than any other camera that NYC has deployed. Where is the Most Active Speed Camera in NYC? That intersection has cameras facing in both directions, carefully monitoring the speed and flow of traffic.īelow is a list of some of the most common questions that people have about NYC speed cameras. One of the most notorious intersections for speed cameras is right on the intersection of 18th Avenue / Ditmas Avenue and Ocean Parkway between Kensington and Mid Westwood. Just like in Queens, most of the most widely used roadways in Brooklyn either already have a fixture for a speed camera or soon will. If you’re traveling down Ocean Parkway or King’s Highway, you’re going to want to stick as close to the speed limit as possible. In order to commute without passing through the vision area of a speed camera, you’re going to have to exclusively use back roads, which could add hours to your commute. There are other speed cameras located on Grand Central Parkway running through Jamaica Hills, on the Union Turnpike running past Saint John’s campus in Queens, and on just about every major road in the borough. On Queens Boulevard alone, there are speed cameras just about every thousand feet. Queens is by far the largest of all five of New York’s boroughs and home to more than two million people, many of whom drive cars.īetween the nearby highways, roadways, and side streets, there are quite a few speed cameras However, some boroughs have a lot of speed cameras on their streets. There are hundreds of red-light and live traffic cameras all over the city. Generally speaking, cameras are more common in some places than in others.įor example, there are very few speed cameras located in Manhattan, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any cameras of other kinds on the island. However, we have put together this map of all the current speed camera locations in NYC. There are thousands of speed cameras in New York City, making it impossible to list each and every location in one article. So if you’ve found a speed trap, you should assume that there is either a police officer lying in wait or a camera set up. You have to look carefully.Ĭameras are often located at popular speed traps to enable the government to issue more tickets. It’s not enough to make a quick scan, as many speed cameras are hidden or otherwise obscured. If nobody has reported a speed camera in the App, it’s still possible to find them the old fashioned way: with your eyes.Īs you’re driving, conduct a visual search of the environment. Now, Google Maps will actively allow users to report speed traps, speed cameras, mobile speed trackers, and so on. If you’re looking for a simple solution to finding speed cameras, Google added a great program to their Google Maps software. We also listed some common questions regarding NYC’s speed cameras. In order to help save your money, we’ve created this guide with the locations of the speed cameras in NYC. At $50 a pop these speed camera tickets can be a costly nuisance. ![]() If you drive in NYC it is only a matter of time until you get hit with a ticket from a speed camera. ![]() ![]()
department of agriculture) breaks down the cost of food at home into three categories: I will be curiously watching for those numbers as they come in. Now, this number will be increasing due to the rising cost of food this year. Let’s dig in and find out what the average family of four spends on groceries.Īccording to the U.S. Department of Agriculture which publishes a monthly food plan that suggests how much money Americans should be spending on food, the average cost of food for a family of four is roughly $309.30 spending weekly moderately. We factor it into the entertainment category of our budget.Īverage Household Cost of Food In The United States We consider it a treat and not a basic necessity.Įach month, we go out twice and we mark it on the calendar to make sure we don’t go over. Keep in mind that our grocery budget does not include eating out at restaurants.Įating out is considered a treat for us. Using strategic shopping methods, I was bound and determined to make that happen. My thought is to learn more about how much is considered average spending for a family of four.Īnd of course, I became challenged with spending less than the average family of four. “What is the average grocery bill for a family of four?” Staying within our family’s set grocery budget is essential. Getting carried away at the grocery store can happen fast if you are not careful. You see, food can be expensive and if you are not careful, you can easily splurge on a few items and blow your budget.Īn extra carton of ice cream and a few extra bags of chips can weigh in on your budget. However, I have found some statistics and averages that may intrigue you. ![]() ![]() I know that must be important to you as well, otherwise, you would have not landed on this article.įood is such a personal, individualized thing that it’s hard to give advice about how to save money on it that applies to everyone. 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![]() You are all wrong :) I have updated the article, so I hope now it will be clear what is Volapuk and how it differs from Translit. Cbdorsett 05:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Reply No, no, no, no. I'd also like to hear from speakers of Slavic languages that use the Latin alphabet. Before I cast my vote one way or the other, however, I'd like to hear from speakers of other languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet. Two Russian programmers say that everyone uses the term "translit" and neither had heard of Volapuk being used for anything other than the constructed language. Cbdorsett 05:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Reply Well, that was easy enough. I'll ask a few people here at work - several of the programmers are Russian. What is it in the Russian, Bulgarian, etc., versions of Wikipedia? - Cbdorsett 05:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Reply Okay, I found the answer to that myself (the second part, anyway): Slovenian uses Volapuk, and Russian uses Translit. We should go with whichever one is most popular among people who actually use it. i think that these two articles need to be merged, with translit being the main name. - lensovet– talk – 01:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC) Reply I agree, it should be merged. I have never heard anyone refer to this method of writing as "volapuk encoding." everyone says translit. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. The contents of the Volapuk encoding page were merged into Informal romanizations of Cyrillic on 5 August 2018 and it now redirects there. This article was nominated for deletion on March 11, 2007. This redirect has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Writing systems Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing systems Template:WikiProject Writing systems Writing system articles If you would like to help out, you are welcome to drop by the project page and/or leave a query at the project’s talk page. This redirect falls within the scope of WikiProject Writing systems, a WikiProject interested in improving the encyclopaedic coverage and content of articles relating to writing systems on Wikipedia. This redirect is supported by the mass media in Russia task force. This redirect is supported by the language and literature of Russia task force. This redirect is supported by the technology and engineering in Russia task force. This redirect has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This redirect does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. ![]() Russia Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia Template:WikiProject Russia Russia articles To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion. ![]() This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. Russia : Technology & engineering / Language & literature / Mass media Start‑class Low‑importance |
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