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34 Wisconsin law enforcement groups and his constituents. He also raised concern over the current legislation’s definition The Jewish Home | AUGUST 4, 2022 of assault weapons, fearing too broad a definition might lead to a “crackdown” on other guns. Can’t Believe It

You know all those canned cocktails lining the shelves? It seems like every alcohol brand is jumping on the can-bandwagon.

Tit’s Handmade Vodka is now entering the fray – but with a twist.

The vodka brand is now selling a $20 can – that is completely empty. The “Tito’s in a Can” is 16 ounces and is meant for you, to customer, the fill with their vodka.

“Despite the flood of different flavors and variations, we’ve always believed the idea of customizations is always the way to go,” Taylor Berry, vice president of brand marketing for Tito’s, told CNN Business. “You can make a cocktail the way you want it and if you want the portability of a can, here’s a can we made for you — it just happens to be empty.”

The can is now on sale for a limited time at Tito’s online store with net proceeds benefiting charity.

Tito’s has been around for a while and is not keen on jumping on every trend that hits the market. That’s why they’ve shying away from the can craze, Berry says.

“We’ve been around for a quarter-century at this point, and there’s been a lot of trends that have happened throughout the alcohol industry,” he said. “We’ve stayed true to our roots — which is doing one thing and doing one thing right.”

Tito’s is one of the country’s top-selling vodka brands.

Sales of premixed cocktails grew more than 40% last year, soaring past $1.6 billion in sales and becoming second only to vodka in terms of volume consumption.

But Tito’s has no fear of missing out on canned cocktails, Berry said.

“Ultimately, from a brand standpoint, [we’re] holding true to what we know and the strategy we’ve had from the beginning — making vodka,” he said. “There’s an element of this brand not being sellouts.”

And you can say that again.

Beach Job

Love the sand but need to earn some pocket money? Consider this offering.

Hotels.com is looking to hire a Retro Beach Motelier, who will visit several retro beach motels across the United States and enjoy oceanside views in 1950’s style.

The itinerary is comprised of Hotels. com’s 10 best “retro beach motels” across America, including The Pearl Hotel in San Diego, California, and Vagabond Hotel in Miami, Florida.

Going to these hotels will encourage you to dig into the past. The motelier will be equipped with old school accessories, including SPF zinc, striped umbrellas, vintage sunnies, a cooler, and even a solar-powered AM/FM radio to enjoy some tunes. The job will include offline activities, such as documenting the trip “for future generations” using a classic polaroid camera.

The professional vacationer will be given a $10,000 stipend to cover travel expenses, and a $5,000 salary to spend on classic beachside snacks, like saltwater taffy, frozen custard, and snow cones.

“Travelers these days tend to search for all-inclusive hotels and resorts when planning their summer getaways, but our Retro Beach Motelier is out to prove that beach motels can be just as luxurious,” said Melissa Dohmen of Hotels. com. “These timeless motels are not only

An Expensive Sandwich

A passenger flying from Indonesia to Australia is now regretting not eating the food he brought along on the plane.

Detector dogs sniffed two egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant that the passenger had in his backpack. Those sandwiches proved to be expensive. The passenger was then slapped with a 12-unit infringement, amounting to $2,664, or $1,874 in American dollars, for failure to declare potential high biosecurity risk items and issuing a false and misleading travel declaration form.

“This will be the most expensive Maccas meal this passenger ever has – this fine is twice the cost of an airfare to Bali – but I have no sympathy for people who choose to disobey Australia’s strict biosecurity measures, and recent detections show you will be caught,” Murray Watt, Australia’s minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, said.

Australia has been sniffing out foods like the sausage sandwich at its airport to help combat foot and mouth disease.

This is not the first time a sandwich landed someone in hot water in Australia.

In July, a woman traveling from Singapore was fined $2,664 Australian dollars for forgetting to declare half of a Subway Footlong once she landed in Australia. The 19-year-old Australian, Jessica Lee, went viral on TikTok after revealing in a story how jet lag caused her to forget she’d brought a Chicken Footlong topped with lettuce on board and then failed to declare it.

“I just paid $2,600 for my subway just from Singapore,” she explained in her video post at the time. “I bought a footlong Subway at Singapore Airport because I was a hungry girl after my 11hour flight. I ate six inches before my second flight and then saved the other six

The Jewish Home | AUGUST 4, 2022 Glasses for the Deaf

These are no ordinary glasses. When worn, people who are deaf or suffer from hearing loss may be able to “hear” conversations.

The glasses, called XRAI Glass, use technology to transform audio into captions that are immediately broadcast in front of the wearer’s eyes.

“We are so proud of the ability of this innovative technology to enrich the lives of people who are deaf and have hearing loss, so that they can maximize potential,” said Dan Scarfe, XRAI Glass CEO.

“Whether that means being able to have a conversation while continuing to make dinner or keeping a conversation going while walking with a friend.”

Thanks to voice recognition capabilities, the glasses can even identify who is speaking and will soon be able to translate languages, voice tones, accents and pitch, according to XRAI Glass.

Aside from allowing deaf people to “see” conversations with other people, the glasses can also open the door to other technologies, such as Amazon’s Alexa. Users can ask Alexa a question and then “hear” the response through the glasses.

The glasses are being sold in the UK for around $400.

That’s great to hear!

Sweet Salary

Love candy, want to work from home, and are looking for a job? Consider this sweet gig.

Candy Funhouse, an online retailer of confectionery treats from chocolate bars to gummies and licorice, is hiring a Chief Candy Officer for a $78,000 a year ($100,000 Canadian), work-fromhome position.

Duties include: “leading candy board meetings, being the head taste tester … and all things fun.”

Lest you think you’re a shoo-in for the position, several thousand candidates have already applied for the position, which was posted on LinkedIn in July, said Chief Executive Officer Jamal Hejazi. He noted that he’s been surprised by the number of “golden ticket” themed applications and the elaborate videos of entire families offering to share the tasting duties and salary.

Hejazi admits that the job sounds pretty alluring. “Imagine your best memories around candy and having that every day at work,” he said.

Candy Funhouse, based outside of Toronto, Canada, is headed by four siblings who grew up in the area and whose parents owned doughnut shops and a local restaurant.

“My brother Mo, a candyhead, founded it in 2018, and my mother was employee no. 2,” said Hejazi, adding that he and a younger sister and brother later joined the firm.

The family hoped to differentiate their company from other highly successful online and brick-and-mortar competitors such as Mars, Hershey and Amazon with a “weird” mix of products, no minimum orders — “we’ll sell one lollipop” — and a strong push on social media.

Sales in 2021, boosted substantially by the pandemic, were “just under $15 million. I’m not kidding,” Hejazi said.

The company said the Chief Candy Officer position is open to applicants as young as five years old — although parental permission would likely be required. Many parents have filmed their child filling out the application and posted it online.

Hejazi also noted that reports on social media claiming that the Chief Candy Officer will be required to eat 3,500 pieces of candy per month are incorrect. (That number represents the different varieties the company stocks.)

“That would be 117 a day,” Hejazi said. “That’s too many.”

Sounds like a piece of cake.

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