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• Computer simulation is a multi billion dollar industry in Central Florida. Tomorrow, thousands of experts head to Orlando for the start of the Florida Simulation Summit. Ahead on Intersection- we’ll discuss what’s driving simulation and how it’s being used in everything from the defense industry to Disney.
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• A new anthem produced for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is being attacked online as too similar to “Let It Go” from the film “Frozen.” We asked a 5-year-old girl to assess the merits of the case.
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• Thousands of H1B visas are issued each year.
They allow US companies to hire foreign workers for specialized positions that they can’t fill with American workers.
Some companies say the quota for these visas is too low, and the tech industry especially needs more freedom to hire talent from overseas. But others say there are loopholes in the system that are being exploited.
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• On Saturday airplanes pulling homophobic signs careen through the skies as thousands of gay people and their allies converge at the Magic Kingdom for Gay Days, an annual event held in June as a vacation celebration for the LGBT community. An estimated 50,000 red-shirted Gay Days attendees pack Walt Disney World’s original park and this is their 25th year so expect more red shirts and more airplanes! It’s a party! Smashington 2015 at Fashion Square Mall will showcase the Bloody Jug Band, the Groove Orient, funkUs, Madd Illz, American Party Machine at an all-day festival of music, live graffiti, b-boys and b-girls, rap battles, water gun fight tournament. Admission is not free but go anyway Saturday 2 to 8 at …
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• Disney’s Magic Kingdom leads the way in visitor numbers to Orlando area theme parks.
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• A federal arbitrator has ruled in favor of three Disney World performers who were fired last summer from the Festival of the Lion King show at Animal Kingdom.
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• Orlando is the number one tourist destination in the nation by a long shot. More than 62 million tourists visited the City Beautiful last year.
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• Orlando’s official tourism association says a record-breaking number of tourists visited Orlando last year.
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• No, Disney World is not banning selfie sticks at its parks. But it is cracking down on selfie sticks on park rides. The company says it’s instructing greeters at the theme park’s attractions to tell people to stow their selfie sticks before getting on the rides.
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• Magic Curtain Productions is a community theater in East Orlando. This weekend children and teens are performing “Into the Woods” at the non-profit’s theater on South Alafaya Trail. A group of 52 drama students from Magic Curtain recently won a national theater festival at Disney World.
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