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☆ Cultural differences between the US and Europe: Americans bond over similarities while Europeans connect on differences
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Allie Hutchison | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But in my conversations in Europe, I've noticed people connect because of our differences. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . When I moved to Europe, I noticed that conversations felt differentI moved to Europe seven years ago and spent time in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, and the UK. I'm currently living in Portugal, and during my time abroad, I've noticed that conversational glue tends to be of a different nature. Though I'm not sure there's a correct answer, I've found beauty in seeing others through the lenses of both our similarities and our differences.

Persons: It's, I've, —, Barbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Britney Spears, Alfred Hitchcock, Rodgers, Hammerstein, I'd, I'm, Astrud Gilberto, Heidegger Organizations: Service, Super Locations: Europe, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Brazilian

Scientists say such extreme weather is becoming increasingly common globally because of climate change, which also intensifies the effects of El Nino. Never before has Lake Titicaca dried up like it is now. Experts say many of the factors contributing to the shrinking of Lake Titicaca could be linked to climate change. In global terms we have climate change, and phenomena such as El Nino and La Nina, which cause floods and droughts." Back at Lake Titicaca, Fredy Aruquipa, the person in charge of monitoring the lake's water level, watches it decline daily.

Persons: Alex Flores, Claudia Morales, Manuel Flores, El, Flores, Xavier Lazzaro, Rodney Camargo, La Nina, Fredy Aruquipa, Monica Machicao, Sergio Limachi, Isabel Woodford, Adam Jourdan, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, El, Friends, Nature Foundation, El Nino, La, Thomson Locations: Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South, El Alto, El Nino, Titicaca, United States, Asia

☆ María José Llergo’s Songs Have Flamenco Roots. They Raise a Ruckus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Carolina Abbott Galvão | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Llergo said she knows she isn’t the first person to traverse genres — and she’s not just talking about the Catalan pop star Rosalía, whose debut album, “El Mal Querer,” is often credited with catapulting flamenco onto the global stage. (Incidentally, she and Llergo both studied at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona under the same mentor, José Miguel Vizcay.) “Flamenco has always lent itself to other styles. All you have to do to find proof of that is look back at people like Lola Flores and Camarón,” Llergo said, referring to Camarón de la Isla, the singer often credited as the 20th century’s “god” of flamenco. “I run through your body like water runs through a river,” she sings in the synth-heavy “Juramento,” in a nod to her predecessor.

Persons: Llergo, she’s, “ El Mal Querer, José Miguel Vizcay, Flamenco, Lola Flores, ” Llergo, “ It’s, ” Organizations: Escola Superior, sierra Locations: Barcelona, Camarón, Água, Spain, ”

Used copper wires are seen in a recycling company in Thoerishaus near Bern July 3, 2011. Copper producers increasingly want to share the risk and costs of projects, and the sector has already seen a jump in M&A activity, which more than doubled year-on-year to $14.24 billion in 2022. Miner and trader Glencore (GLEN.L) has been approached by potential investors in its Argentine copper projects Minera Agua Rica Alumbrera (Mara) and El Pachon, two sources said. According to Argentine government data, the projects could produce a combined 435,000 tonnes of copper a year. Both sources declined to be named because the information is not public.

Persons: Ruben Sprich, Glencore, Mara, El, Canada's Lundin, Jack Lundin, Lundin, Hudbay, EY, Paul Mitchell, Farid Dadashev, Clara Denina, Divya Rajagopal, Julian Luk, Veronica Brown, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Sumitomo, Reuters, BHP Group, BHP, Santo Domingo, Hudbay, Capstone, Taca Taca, Global Mining, Metals, RBC Capital Markets, Thomson Locations: Thoerishaus, Bern, Miner, Agua Rica, Argentine, Josemaria, Chile, Santo, Arizona, Rio Tinto's, Peru, Argentina

Goodwin is the CEO and formulator of Olipop, a "healthier" prebiotic soda on track to surpass $200 million in sales by the end of the year. Here's how Goodwin and Lester turned a $100,000 investment into a multimillion-dollar business capable of selling $20 million worth of soda a month. They agreed to meet at a coffee shop in Palo Alto in early 2013 to discuss a potential partnership in Ben's probiotic soda company – Obi. However, Obi didn't see the success and traction they'd hoped for, and in 2016, Goodwin and Lester sold Obi. Ben Goodwin and David Lester became partners in Goodwin's probiotic soda company, Obi, in 2013.

Persons: Ben Goodwin, Goodwin, David Lester, Olipop, Lester, Gen Z, gravitate, I'd, Gary Erickson, Jes Gallegos, Jim Ilehder, São Paulo, Ben, – Obi, David, Van Leeuwen, Obi, Obi didn't, hadn't, would've, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mindy Kaling, Jonas, Joe, Nick, Kevin, they've Organizations: CNBC, University of California, Clif, Hardware, Diageo, U.S . Midwest, Target, Walmart Locations: Northern California, Santa Cruz, TikTok, University of California Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Ben's, Santa, probiotics, Jerusalem, U.S, Washington

Until last week, Corona Plaza in Queens was bustling: taqueros flipping fresh tortillas and vendors hawking Central American crafts over a soundtrack of cumbia and train traffic. There were produce stands, live bands and surging crowds, all in a public square that was named one of the 100 best places to eat in the city. But last Thursday and Friday, sanitation workers swept through the plaza, removing several stalls and threatening to penalize vendors who did not have a city permit to operate — nearly all of the more than 80 who regularly work there. In the days since, the grilled-meat stands and jugs of agua fresca have been replaced with protest signs. A spokesman for the Sanitation Department said removing the unpermitted vendors was necessary because the plaza had become so crowded that it was impassable, “with dirty conditions, with semi-permanent structures bolted into the ground, illegal vending right in front of storefronts.”

Organizations: Corona, hawking, Sanitation Department Locations: Corona Plaza, Queens, American, New York

☆ In Border Towns, a ‘Dangerous Combination’ of Heat and Water Cutoffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Edgar Sandoval | More About Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Water pressure has always been spotty, she said, but the problems became more acute with the arrival of summer this year. The water went out in mid-June and did not return until mid-July, she said. She quickly rallied her neighbors to pack meetings with the water district, Agua Special Utility District, to complain about the lack of water, to no avail. She pulled the containers out of her trunk and filled them with water from a garden hose. She hauled the heavy water containers back out of the trunk.

Persons: ”, Quilatan, ’, “, it’ll Locations: Agua

Defossey and Luna opened the first Pinche Gringo restaurant in an airstream in 2013. The pair decided to name the restaurant Pinche Gringo, which means "Darn American," and pokes fun at the idea of them opening a BBQ restaurant in Mexico City. The Pinche Gringo BBQ warehouse is the biggest location and can hold up to 3,000 people. Being a Texas-style BBQ restaurant in Mexico City isn't the only thing that sets the Pinche Gringo brand apart. The group owns and operates seven restaurants, including sandwich shops, a bar, and the Pinche Gringo BBQ warehouse.

Persons: Dan Defossey, Defossey, Roberto Luna, Luna, Tasia Jensen, Beatriz Bajuelos Castillo Organizations: America Corps, Apple, Marketing, Latin America, Mexico City, CNBC, Defossey, Mexico City isn't, Grupo, Grupo Chilangogringo Locations: Long Island , New York, Texas, New York, Mexico City, Mexico, United States, Jamaica, agua horchata

☆ Gen Xer left a job at Apple to open a BBQ restaurant in Mexico City—it made $9 million in sales last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Celia Fernandez Beatriz Bajuelos Castillo Tasia Jensen | Celia Fernandez | Beatriz Bajuelos Castillo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Persons: Dan Defossey, Defossey, Roberto Luna, Luna, Tasia Jensen, Beatriz Bajuelos Castillo, DeFoseey, Groupo Organizations: America, Apple, Marketing, Latin America, Mexico City, CNBC, Defossey, Mexico City isn't Locations: Long Island , New York, Texas, New York, Mexico City, Mexico, United States, Jamaica, agua horchata

☆ Getting to the Heart of Mexico, One Chile at a Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Belkis Wille | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Finally, we found the right cluster of buildings amid the agricultural fields, the largest one a sea of agave plants, their blue-gray rosettes extending into the distance. The chile de agua was vibrant, and just as delicious as its scent — sweet, sour and earthy — had suggested when one of them had served as my mezcal tumbler the day before. I had come to Mexico to learn about chiles and try to put their essence in a bottle I could open up back in my kitchen in Kyiv. I could buy bags of dried chiles, bring them to Kyiv and cook the salsas, moles and stuffed chiles exactly the way I had been taught by everyone on my journey. Belkis Wille, an associate director in the Crisis & Conflict division at Human Rights Watch, is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

☆ ‘Água’ Review: Pina Bausch’s Brazilian Dance Spectacle
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Robert Greskovic | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Chipotle is launching Farmesa, a spinoff selling 'California-inspired' bowls of salmon, whipped potatoes, quinoa, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Chipotle is launching a virtual restaurant brand featuring "California-inspired" bowls. The virtual restaurant makes its debut later this month in a ghost kitchen in Santa Monica, California. Farmesa will operate at the Kitchen United Mix food hall at Third Street Promenade, a tourist-heavy outdoor retail center in Santa Monica. Kitchen United is a Pasadena, California-based ghost kitchen operator with locations all over the US. Chipotle's new concept, Farmesa, is opening later this month at ghost kitchen/food hall Kitchen United Mix.

☆ Petrobras, TotalEnergies, Petronas and QatarEnergy acquire Brazil's Agua Marinha pre-salt block
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Oil companies Petrobras, TotalEnergies, Petronas and QatarEnergy won the offshore pre-salt Agua Marinha block in the Campos Basin in an auction on Friday, data published by Brazilian oil regulator ANP showed. TotalEnergies, Petronas and QatarEnergy had made the best bid, with an oil profit offer of 42.40%, against a minimum percentage of 13.23%, it isad. Brazil's state-run Petrobras exercised its preferred right to join the winners. Reporting by Marta Nogueira; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Below is a complete list of all-inclusive resorts you can book with Hyatt points in Latin America and Europe — and the number of points you'll need to do it. Caribbean/Latin AmericaHotel Category Zoëtry Agua Punta Cana C (25,000 points) Zoëtry Casa del Mar Los Cabos C (25,000 points) Zoëtry Curaçao Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Zoëtry Montego Bay Jamaica C (25,000 points) Zoëtry Marigot Bay St. Lucia F (50,000 points) Zoëtry Paraiso de la Bonita Riviera Maya C (25,000 points) Zoëtry Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres Cancun C (25,000 points) Sunscape Akumal Beach Resort & Spa A (15,000 points) Sunscape Curaçao Resort, Spa & Casino B (20,000 points) Sunscape Dorado Pacifico Ixtapa A (15,000 points) Sunscape Puerto Plata Dominican Republic A (15,000 points) Sunscape Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa A (15,000 points) Sunscape Sabor Cozumel A (15,000 points) Breathless Cabo San Lucas Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Breathless Cancun Soul Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Breathless Montego Bay Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Breathless Punta Cana Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Breathless Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Secrets Akumal Riviera Maya C (25,000 points) Secrets Aura Cozumel C (25,000 points) Secrets Bahia Mita Surf & Spa Resort B (20,000 points) Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Secrets Huatulco Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Secrets Maroma Beach Riviera Cancun C (25,000 points) Secrets Moxché Playa del Carmen C (25,000 points) Secrets Papagayo Costa Rica C (25,000 points) Secrets Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort C (25,000 points) Secrets Puerto Los Cabos Golf & Spa Resort C (25,000 points) Secrets Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana B (20,000 points) Secrets St. James Montego Bay C (25,000 points) Secrets St. Martin Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Secrets The Vine Cancun C (25,000 points) Secrets Vallarta Bay Puerto Vallarta B (20,000 points) Secrets Wild Orchid Montego Bay C (25,000 points) Dreams Acapulco Resort & Spa A (15,000 points) Dreams Aventuras Riviera Maya B (20,000 points) Dreams Bahia Mita Surf & Spa Resort B (20,000 points) Dreams Curaçao Resort, Spa & Casino B (20,000 points) Dreams Dominicus La Romana B (20,000 points) Dreams Huatulco Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Jade Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Karibana Cartagena Golf Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica C (25,000 points) Dreams Los Cabos Suites Golf Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Macao Beach Punta Cana B (20,000 points) Dreams Natura Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Onyx Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana A (15,000 points) Dreams Playa Bonita Panama A (15,000 points) Dreams Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort C (20,000 points) Dreams Punta Cana Resort & Spa A (15,000 points) Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa B (15,000 points) Dreams Royal Beach Punta Cana B (20,000 points) Dreams Sands Cancun Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Sapphire Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Vallarta Bay Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Villamagna Nuevo Vallarta B (20,000 points) Dreams Vista Cancun Golf & Spa Resort B (20,000 points) Hyatt Ziva Cancun C (25,000 points) Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos B (20,000 points) Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta B (20,000 points) Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun C (25,000 points) Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana C (25,000 points) Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall C (25,000 points) Hyatt Zilara Cancun C (25,000 points) Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya C (25,000 points) Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana C (25,000 points) Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall C (25,000 points)EuropeHotel Category Alua Atlántico Golf Resort A (15,000 points) Alua Boccaccio A (15,000 points) Alua Calas de Mallorca Resort B (20,000 points) Alua Golf Trinidad A (15,000 points) Alua Gran Camp de Mar A (15,000 points) Alua Helios Bay (opening expected May 1, 2023) A (15,000 points) Alua Illa de Menorca A (15,000 points) Alua Leo (participation effective October 17, 2022) A (15,000 points) Alua Suites Las Rocas A (15,000 points) Alua Tenerife A (15,000 points) AluaSoul Carolina A (15,000 points) AluaSoul Costa Málaga A (15,000 points) AluaSoul Menorca A (15,000 points) AluaSoul Orotava Valley A (15,000 points) AluaSun Cala Antena A (15,000 points) AluaSun Continental Park Hotel & Apartments A (15,000 points) AluaSun Costa Park A (15,000 points) AluaSun Doblemar A (15,000 points) AluaSun Far Menorca A (15,000 points) AluaSun Helios Beach (opening expected May 1, 2023) A (15,000 points) AluaSun Lago Park A (15,000 points) AluaSun Lago Rojo A (15,000 points) AluaSun Marbella Park A (15,000 points) AluaSun Mediterráneo A (15,000 points) Dreams Lanzarote Playa Dorada Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Dreams Sunny Beach Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Secrets Lanzarote Resort & Spa B (20,000 points) Secrets Mallorca Villamil Resort & Spa C (25,000 points) Secrets Sunny Beach Resort & Spa (opening expected May 1, 2023) B (20,000 p

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Brandul de apă în sine aparţine Coca-Cola, însă impactul negativ al gestului lui Ronaldo, un star al lumii sporturilor cu 550 de milioane de urmăritori în social media, nu a mai putut fi evitat. Gestul lui Ronaldo a fost copiat şi de alţi jucători, potrivit Financial Times. Iar Ronaldo nu a fost sancţionat în niciun fel, pentru că acesta „este atât de puternic, nimeni nu-i poate spune ce să facă“, potrivit unui oficial din fotbalul european. În ultima vreme, jucătorii au căpătat un control sporit asupra brandurilor cu care sunt asociaţi, graţie în mare parte legăturii lor directe cu fanii prin intermediul social media. Jucătorii de genul lui Ronaldo forţează o regândire a strategiilor tradiţionale de marketing adoptate de organizatorii competiţiilor şi sponsorii acestora.

Persons: Ronaldo, Tim Crow, Coca - Cola, Coke Organizations: fotbal, Coca, Cola, UEFA, Financial Times Locations: Portugaliei

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