query: when is amazon hq2 going to be announced

pos: Amazon HQ2 33 buildings, employing 40,000 white collar workers. Amazon's request for proposals outlined several core requirements, as well as optional preferences. Optional preferences include airports with direct flights to Seattle, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., urban locations, and proximity to major universities. The deadline for Phase I bids was set at October 19, 2017. A final site was planned to be selected and announced in November 2018, from a shortlist of 20 cities released in January. , 238 proposals had been submitted and received by Amazon, representing cities and regions from 54 states, provinces, districts, and territories. The

pos: Amazon HQ2 Amazon HQ2 Amazon HQ2 is a planned new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, New York and Crystal City, Virginia for online retailer and tech company Amazon in North America, to supplement the existing Seattle headquarters. Amazon announced the initiative, along with a request for proposals from governments and economic development organizations, in September 2017, attracting attention from more than 200 cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Amazon originally intended to have 50,000 workers at HQ2 and planned to invest $5 billion in new construction. A shortlist of 20 finalists was announced January 18, 2018. On November 13,

pos: Amazon HQ2 Journal" reports. The selections of New York City and Northern Virginia for the HQ2 sites were confirmed early on November 13, 2018. Amazon made the official announcement later that day. In Amazon's announcement, a joint press release was presented by the Northern Virginia bidders that Amazon’s HQ2 neighborhood location would officially be renamed "National Landing", which encompasses not only Crystal City but also the nearby areas of Pentagon City and Potomac Yard. Amazon also announced that downtown Nashville, Tennessee, would be the new "Center of Excellence" for its operations business, adding 5,000 new jobs. The subsidies given to Amazon in

pos: Amazon HQ2 2018, Amazon announced that HQ2 would be split into two locations, with 25,000 workers at each: National Landing, a future neighborhood including Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia; and Long Island City, in Queens, New York City. Amazon.com was founded in 1994 in Bellevue, Washington, and moved to leased space in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle. As the company grew, it went through a series of office moves around Downtown Seattle, until announcing a move to a purpose-built headquarters campus in the South Lake Union neighborhood, then a light industrial enclave undergoing urban renewal. , Amazon occupies of office space in

pos: Amazon HQ2 "breaking up" with Amazon, where they described their decision to not submit a bid, while also touting the city's positive attributes. A few days after the bid deadline, the campaign flew a banner plane over Seattle with the same message. On January 18, 2018, Amazon announced its shortlist of 20 finalists for the HQ2 bidding process. The list focuses mainly on the East Coast and Midwest, with Los Angeles the only selection from the West Coast and Toronto the only one outside of the United States. Amazon began tours of its finalist cities in late February. Bidding cities also signed

pos: Amazon HQ2 the best site based on Amazon's criteria, followed closely by Boston and Washington, D.C. Irish gambling site Paddy Power originally listed Atlanta as the odds on favorite to win HQ2, with 2-to-1 odds, but as of January 2018, lists Atlanta and Austin as sharing 3-to-1 odds of winning Amazon HQ2. Some of the finalists and rejected bids have used their Amazon proposals to attract investments from other multinational corporations. Steven Strauss, a visiting professor of public policy at Princeton University and an expert on economic development, in an editorial in "USA Today" suggested that metropolitan areas should be cautious about

pos: Amazon HQ2 in Northern Virginia. Amazon Director of Economic Development Mike Grella wrote on Twitter that the leaker responsible for informing the newspapers was violating a non-disclosure agreement. Grella also criticized media outlets for speculating on the winning bid for HQ2 based on the travel patterns of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who owns "The Post". On November 5, 2018, it was speculated that Amazon was finalizing plans to divide HQ2 evenly among two locations: Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, Long Island City in Queens, New York City or Dallas, Texas. Amazon declined to comment on the "New York Times" and "Wall Street

pos: National Landing National Landing National Landing is an area in Northern Virginia encompassing parts of the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods of Arlington County and the Potomac Yard neighborhood in the city of Alexandria that has been announced as one of two locations for Amazon.com, Inc.'s HQ2 headquarters project. While redevelopment efforts in the area had already begun as early as 2014, the cross-jurisdictional neighborhood was branded and announced as "National Landing" in 2018 as a part of local economic development plans to bring Amazon HQ2 to the area. The announcement also included plans to build a graduate-school satellite university campus

pos: Amazon HQ2 bidding too generously to win the Amazon bid. He points to examples where companies have gone bankrupt and/or not followed up on expansion plans and notes that it is possible cities could over pay (the so-called "winner's curse") by providing an overly generous incentive package that turns out to be a money-losing proposition for the municipality if all the promised jobs don't materialize. Conservative and liberal advocacy groups voiced their opposition to various tax breaks promised by cities in hopes of luring Amazon. In early 2018, New York University Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway predicted that HQ2 would

pos: National Landing of Virginia Tech in the area. The "National Landing" name derives, in part, from the area's proximity to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. When the name "National Landing" was announced on November 13, 2018 in concert with the Amazon HQ2 launch. It was met with significant confusion, and mockery since many locals had never heard this name before and did not feel that "National Landing" was a real place. Some noted that, prior to the Amazon announcement, "National Landing" was not used widely by locals. While initial comments suggested Amazon was changing the name of Crystal City unilaterally, local officials

pos: Andrew Cuomo vote in favor of the proposal and threatening to campaign against Assembly members who voted "no" – a charge he denied. Cuomo also received criticism from voices on the left who felt that the tax reform was insufficient. Cuomo has supported providing tax and other incentives to attract business to locate in New York State. He even joked in 2018 that he would be willing to change his name to "Amazon Cuomo" if Amazon located their "Amazon HQ2" in the state. His strong support for New York City's bid to become the home of Amazon's HQ2 faced criticism based on

pos: Queens West the Hunter's Point Community Library. In May 2009, were transferred to the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) for construction of the development renamed Hunter's Point South. It was completed in 2014 with 5,000 residential units, an 11-acre park, and 96,000 square feet of retail space and 46,000 square feet of public and community facilities. In November 2018, Amazon.com announced that it was going to construct one of two campuses for its proposed Amazon HQ2 on the Long Island City waterfront, near Queens West. The campus would have 25,000 workers.< The district lies west of the Long Island City

pos: Amazon (company) August 8, 2018 story in Bloomberg Businessweek, Amazon has about a 5 percent share of U.S. retail spending (excluding cars and car parts and visits to restaurants and bars), and a 43.5 share of American online spending in 2018. The forecast is for Amazon to own 49 percent of the total American online spending in 2018, with two-thirds of Amazon's revenue coming from the U.S. Amazon launched the last-mile delivery program and ordered 20,000 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans for the service in September 2018. In November 2018, Amazon announced it would open its highly sought-after new headquarters (HQ2) in Crystal City,

pos: Amazon HQ2 non-disclosure agreements with Amazon for the duration of the bid process. According to an Amazon spokesperson, the NDA does not cover financial incentives cities have offered. NBC News reported in May that visits to the 20 finalists had been finished by Amazon. In an interview in September 2018, with the Economic Club of Washington (D.C.), Bezos said, “We will have a decision by the end of the year.” In November 2018, "The Washington Post" and the "Wall Street Journal" reported that several finalists were in advanced talks with Amazon over the HQ2 decision, including the potential choosing of Crystal City

pos: Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia Public Power Association, 1776, Eastern Foundry, TechShop, PBS since 2006 and more. On November 5, 2018, it was claimed that Amazon.com was in final talks to construct one of two campuses for its proposed Amazon HQ2 in Crystal City. The other campus would be located in Long Island City in Queens, New York City. Both campuses would have 25,000 workers. The selections of Crystal City and Long Island City for the HQ2 sites were confirmed on November 13, 2018. In Amazon's announcement, a joint press release was presented by the Northern Virginia bidders that Amazon's HQ2 neighborhood location would officially

pos: Amazon (company) Virginia and New York City. Few of the public subsidies being offered to Amazon have been disclosed. Maryland has offered an incentive package worth an estimated $8.5 billion. The Newark, New Jersey subsidies are estimated at $7 billion. Despite mixed reception, HQ2 is expected to expand the job ecosystem on Long Island. To make data transfers from space cheaper and easier Amazon added 12 antennas for the satellite data in November 2018. On January 22, 2018, Amazon Go, a store that uses cameras and sensors to detect items that a shopper grabs off shelves and automatically charges a shopper's Amazon

pos: Potomac Yard a planned Washington Metro rail station. In 2018, Amazon.com, Inc. announced that it would be splitting its "HQ2" second headquarters project between Arlington County and Long Island City, New York. At the same time, local and state officials announced a re-branding campaign to create National Landing, a cross-jurisdictional neighborhood that includes Potomac Yard and nearby parts of southern Arlington, including the Crystal City neighborhood that will be the hub of the HQ2 development. As part of the announcement, Virginia Tech planned to establish an "Innovation Campus" in the Alexandria portion of Potomac Yard, in the section referred to as "Oakville

pos: Long Island City media claimed that Amazon.com was in final talks with the government of New York State to construct one of two campuses for its proposed Amazon HQ2 at Queens West in Long Island City. The other campus would be located at National Landing in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. Both campuses would have 25,000 workers. The selection was confirmed by Amazon on November 13, 2018. In 1870, the villages of Astoria, Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Middletown, Sunnyside, Blissville, and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City. Dutch Kills was a hamlet, named for its navigable tributary of Newtown Creek, that

pos: Blue Line (MBTA) expected to take six years, but a start date and funding scheme were never announced. The MBTA ultimately decided not to complete the design work necessary to build the Red/Blue Connector, as funding for constructing it was seen as an impossibility. The possibility of a public-private partnership (P3) to advance the project was studied in 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally released the state from its design obligation (as a Big Dig mitigation project) in 2015. The Blue-Red Connector was mentioned in Boston's bid for Amazon HQ2 as a "clear goal" for the state. In 2018, the state commissioned

pos: New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics Side Stadium, the site of the West Side Rail Yards still saw development. The Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project will see the construction of multiple buildings and mixed-use development. Renovations were made to the Javits Center (which would have hosted multiple Olympic events) and the 7 Train was extended to its current terminal at 34th Street. The High Line originates at the Hudson Yards and are an elevated urban park built on former train tracks. In November 2018, it was announced that Amazon.com would construct one of two campuses for its Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City, which was the proposed

pos: Arlington County, Virginia completed in 2009. At the time of completion, the Turnberry Tower was tallest residential building in the Washington metropolitan area. In 2017, Nestle USA chose 1812 N Moore in Rosslyn as their US headquarters. In 2018, Amazon.com, Inc. announced that it would be splitting its "HQ2" second headquarters project between Arlington and Long Island City, New York. The Arlington HQ2 site is planned for the Crystal City neighborhood, anchoring a broader area of Arlington and the City of Alexandria that was simultaneously rebranded as National Landing. Arlington County is located in northeast Virginia and is surrounded by Fairfax County and

pos: Toku (TV network) and independent Asian movies. It was subsequently announced, on 15 December 2015, that Funimation would end its partnership with Olympusat and relaunch Funimation Channel sometime in 2016. On 14 March 2016, Olympusat announced a localised version of Toku in Latin America, named Toku Español. However, until November 2018, the channel is yet to be launched in the region. On July 2016, it was announced that Toku was going to be launched in the FlixFling streaming service by early 2017, but to date, that never happened. On 8 June 2017, it was announced that Toku is available on Amazon Channels as

pos: Anable Basin Anable Basin for development. In 2018, the northern end of the Basin became part of the planned Amazon HQ2 Long Island City campus. In October 2007, artist Chico MacMurtrie introduced the sculpture "A Tree for Anable Basin" in the basin. The 24-foot-high aluminum tree was set atop a floating island planted with native grass species. MacMurtrie is the founder of the Brooklyn-based workshop Amorphic Robot Works. In August 2012, to showcase sustainable agriculture, Cooper Union architecture student Karim Ahmed designed a hydroponic garden atop a 20-foot raft that was launched in the Anable Basin. "Waterpod", as the project was called,

pos: Amazon.com controversies Orlando has publicly stated it will no longer use the technology. The announcement of Amazon's plan to build a second headquarters, dubbed HQ2, was met with 238 proposals, 20 of which became finalist cities on January 18, 2018. In November 2018, Amazon was criticized for narrowing this down to "the two richest cities", namely Long Island City and Arlington, Virginia which are in the New York metropolitan area and Washington metropolitan area respectively. Critics, including business professor Scott Galloway described the bidding war as "a con" and stated that it was a pretext for gaining tax breaks and insider information

pos: Amazon Publishing and fight complacency: "This is still Day 1." In March, 2014, Amazon Publishing opened a German-language department based in Munich under the direction of publisher Sarah Tomashek. According to Amazon, the "European Amazon Publishing team will acquire German-language fiction for publication in Kindle and print editions available on Amazon websites." In November, 2017, Amazon Publishing announced a new imprint Amazon Original Stories for works of fiction and non-fiction that can be read in a single sitting ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 words. In February 2018, Amazon Publishing announced a new imprint TOPPLE Books focused on revolutionary feminist voices with Jill

pos: Amazon Video to stream their channels on their station. The ATP additionally announced that Amazon in the US would screen the tennis channel, Tennis TV from 2018. On January 5, 2018, Amazon announced that they will be terminating their Anime Strike and Heera services, merging their content with Prime Video. In June 2018, it was announced that Amazon had secured the rights to broadcast 20 live Premier League football matches from the 2019-20 season on a three-year deal. The deal signifies a major shift in the way UK football fans will watch the Premier League, as this will be the first time

pos: Amazon Alexa Alexa / Connected Home product head Ahmed Bouzid. At the Amazon Web Services Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon announced Alexa for Business and the ability for app developers to have paid add-ons to their skills. In May 2018, Amazon announced that Alexa will be included into all of the 35,000 new Lennar Corporation homes built this year. In November 2018, Amazon opened its first Alexa-themed pop-up shop inside of Toronto's Eaton Centre, showcasing the use of home automation products with Amazon's smart speakers. Amazon also sells Alexa devices at Amazon Books and Whole Foods Market locations, in addition to

pos: Patriot (TV series) "universal acclaim". Patriot (TV series) Patriot is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Steven Conrad which premiered on November 5, 2015, on Amazon Video, with the remaining episodes of the first season being released on February 23, 2017. The series stars Michael Dorman, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Aliette Opheim, Chris Conrad, Terry O'Quinn, and Debra Winger. In April 2017, it was announced that Amazon had renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on November 9, 2018. To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a

pos: Patriot (TV series) Patriot (TV series) Patriot is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Steven Conrad which premiered on November 5, 2015, on Amazon Video, with the remaining episodes of the first season being released on February 23, 2017. The series stars Michael Dorman, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Aliette Opheim, Chris Conrad, Terry O'Quinn, and Debra Winger. In April 2017, it was announced that Amazon had renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on November 9, 2018. To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous non-official

pos: Amazon Video tournaments. Amazon will be the third party pay TV provider for the ATP finals and starting in 2018 for Queens Club and Eastbourne tournaments. The ATP announced a two-year deal in September for Amazon to stream the Next Generation ATP Finals. In November it was announced that Amazon had acquired the British television rights to the US Open for five years from the 2018 edition, for a reported £30 million. Eurosport who owned the pan European rights extended their deal with the US Open but excluded the UK, which was ironic as Amazon had reached a deal with the broadcaster

pos: Kamen Rider Amazons season was announced on May 31, 2016, that it will be released in spring 2017 on Amazon Prime. The second season is titled and was exclusively released through Amazon Video in Japan starting April 7, 2017. Plans to release season one in international markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany were announced in 2016. An English subtitled version of the first season launched on Amazon Prime on April 19, 2018 with Season 2 launching on September 21, 2018. Haruka Mizusawa is a meek young man who became infected with , which are created by the .

pos: The Grand Tour explore the local culture around cars. According to Wilman, the idea to film audience segments in a tent came from Clarkson, who had seen an episode of "True Detective" that took place at a Baptist revival ceremony. On 13 December 2018 it was announced that the show had been renewed for a fourth series. However they would ditch the tent and mainly focus on big budget car specials. Alongside this Clarkson, Hammond and May were all going to start producing individual shows for Amazon based on their own interests. Wilman said that lawyers for Amazon were very mindful of any

pos: Amazon Music and Windows called the Amazon Music Downloader which is no longer available. The downloader was purely for downloading purchased tracks, it did not offer music playback capabilities. In November 2018 it was announced that Amazon Music will be available on Android TV. On February 1, 2008, Pepsi introduced a Pepsi Stuff promotion in partnership with Amazon MP3. Customers can exchange points offered on 4 billion Pepsi bottles for, among other prizes, MP3 downloads from Warner, EMI, and Sony BMG (though not Universal). Rockstar Games' 2008 title "Grand Theft Auto IV" connects to Amazon MP3. Players can register on the Rockstar

pos: Amazon Air announced its rebranding as Amazon Air to avoid confusion with Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery service. As of June 2018, Amazon has 20 of its 33 cargo planes based at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, with the rest operating point to point routes across the United States. Amazon Air will move into office space at the former Comair headquarters by March 2018. Phase one of the CVG sort facility, encompassing 440 acres is scheduled for completion in 2020, while the remaining 479 acres will be developed by 2025-2027 during phase two. Amazon eventually plans to have over 100 aircraft based

pos: Amazon Neptune Amazon Neptune Amazon Neptune is a fully managed graph database product by Amazon.com. It is used as a web service and is part of Amazon Web Services. It was announced on November 29, 2017. Amazon Neptune supports popular graph models property graph and W3C's RDF, and their respective query languages Apache TinkerPop Gremlin and SPARQL, allowing you to easily build queries that efficiently navigate highly connected datasets. Neptune powers graph use cases such as recommendation engines, fraud detection, knowledge graphs, drug discovery, and network security. Neptune general availability (GA) was announced on May 30, 2018. Neptune is now generally available

pos: Amazon Neptune in the US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), EU (Ireland), and EU (London) AWS regions. On September 12, 2018, it was announced that Neptune achieved HIPAA eligibility enabling it to process datasets containing protected health information (PHI). Amazon Neptune Amazon Neptune is a fully managed graph database product by Amazon.com. It is used as a web service and is part of Amazon Web Services. It was announced on November 29, 2017. Amazon Neptune supports popular graph models property graph and W3C's RDF, and their respective query languages Apache TinkerPop Gremlin and SPARQL, allowing you to easily

neg: Amazon HQ2 "The New York Times" in which they stated that the city should "not offer incentives and giveaways to an internet giant known for squashing small businesses". "Politico" reported that the Long Island City location will be built on land intended for 1,500 affordable homes, to which State Senator Michael Gianaris said, “the more we learn about this deal, the worse it gets.” Amazon HQ2 Amazon HQ2 is a planned new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, New York and Crystal City, Virginia for online retailer and tech company Amazon in North America, to supplement the existing Seattle headquarters. Amazon announced

neg: Amazon HQ2 public areas. The dash buttons sent out pre-generated tweets to lure Amazon to the city. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that major landmarks in the city would be lit in orange to promote the city's campaign for HQ2. For one of Canada's many bids, messages hoping to persuade Amazon to move to Calgary were sprayed onto sidewalks in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. During an Ottawa Senators hockey game, fans were encouraged to "make noise" for the city of Ottawa's Amazon bid. Contrary to other cities, Little Rock, Arkansas, purchased a full-page ad in the "Washington Post"

neg: Amazon HQ2 government also promised to upgrade infrastructure in conjunction with HQ2's construction there. Nashville offered $102 million in performance-based incentives, plus a cash grant of up to $15 million based on each new job added. In addition, the Tennessee government offered a cash grant of up to $21.7 million based on each new job added. Amazon was said to have chosen New York City as one of the sites for HQ2 because of the city's highly-skilled pool of talent; existing tech, finance and media industries; and strong university system, including Columbia University and Cornell Tech. Former Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced

neg: Amazon HQ2 New York include performance-based direct incentives of $1.525 billion based on whether the company created 25,000 jobs. This included a refundable tax credit through the state’s Excelsior Program of up to $1.2 billion, calculated as a percentage of the salaries Amazon expects to pay employees over the following 10 years. Additionally, the Empire State Development Corporation would give Amazon a cash grant of $325 million based on the occupancy rates of HQ2 buildings over in the following 10 years. Under an agreement with New York City's government, half of the property taxes for the city's HQ2 campus would be waived,

neg: Amazon HQ2 be located in either the New York metropolitan area or the Washington metropolitan area; with the decision to create two locations, Galloway ended up predicting both correctly. He repeatedly called the competition a "ruse" and a "con". Galloway said that "the game was over before it started", claiming that the proximity to both Bezos' home and the capital made the DC area an obvious choice, and that soliciting bids from places that they never intended to move to was solely to gain tax breaks. After the HQ2 campus in New York City was announced, officials representing parts of Queens, such

neg: Amazon HQ2 as U.S. Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, State Senator Mike Gianaris, and Assemblyman Ron Kim, announced their disapproval. Ocasio-Cortez, Van Bramer, and Gianaris all expressed concern that Amazon would receive tax breaks while critical infrastructure, such as the New York City Subway, was deteriorating and the city's public-school and health-care systems were underfunded. In a Twitter post, Ocasio-Cortez raised further concerns about the affordability of housing in Queens, since housing prices around the HQ2 campus in Queens would rise as a result of the campus's construction. Kim and Fordham University professor Zephyr Teachout wrote an opinion piece in

neg: Amazon (company) In September 2017, Amazon announced plans to locate a second headquarters in a metropolitan area with at least a million people. Cities needed to submit their presentations by October 19, 2017 for the project called HQ2. The $5 billion second headquarters, starting with 500,000 square feet and eventually expanding to as much as 8 million square feet, may have as many as 50,000 employees. In 2017, Amazon announced it would build a new downtown Seattle building with space for Mary's Place, a local charity in 2020. At the end of 2017, Amazon had over 566,000 employees worldwide. According to an

neg: Atlanta Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal as a location for Amazon HQ2. Atlanta Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal The Atlanta Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) was a planned passenger terminal, designed by FXFOWLE Architects and Cooper Carry, to be built in a location to be determined near the Five Points MARTA rail station in The Gulch area of Downtown Atlanta. It would be the hub of existing and proposed transportation networks, including the existing MARTA rail and bus systems, the Xpress GA and other regional express buses, and the planned commuter rail system. In July 2012, redevelopment plans for The Gulch moved ahead when President Barack Obama announced the

neg: Mark Cohon Industry. Given his success at transforming the CFL, the Caras board wanted to bring in an experienced executive outside the music industry to transform the future of the Juno Awards. Mark is also Chair of Toronto Global, an organization funded by three levels of government charged with promoting the Toronto region around the world and attracting foreign direct investment. The Toronto Global team led the RFP process for Amazon HQ2, making it to the short list of 20 North American cities and the only Canadian city on that list. Their Amazon HQ2 bid book was widely praised as a document

neg: Amazon HQ2 and the exempt amount would go to the city's PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) fund to pay for infrastructure improvements in New York City. Meanwhile, Virginia offered performance-based incentives worth $573 million, which included a workforce cash grant of up to $550 million, based on whether Amazon created 25,000 jobs. Arlington County would also give an additional $23 million in cash grants, to be disbursed over 15 years, contingent on the gradual increased revenue from a tax collected from the county's hotel rooms. Both states proposed that Amazon be given access to a helipad, and the New York state

neg: Amazon HQ2 city of Stonecrest, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, voted to de-annex of land for Amazon to establish its own city named "Amazon" around its headquarters. Sly James, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, purchased 1,000 products from Amazon, which he donated to charity. James wrote 5-star reviews for each one of them, in which every review mentioned positive attributes of Kansas City. Primanti Brothers, a chain of sandwich shops based in Pittsburgh, offered free sandwiches to Amazon employees if they chose the city as their second headquarters. The city of Birmingham, Alabama erected several giant Amazon boxes and dash buttons around

neg: Dallas Midtown $36 million in tax incentives from the City of Dallas were rescinded when Beck Ventures failed to raze the original mall site in its entirety by the end of June 2016, as first planned. A later proposal in 2017 by Beck Ventures of $50 million in new incentives was rejected by the Dallas City Council. In September 2017, 100 acres of the original mall site was proposed in a joint venture to be the location for Amazon HQ2. In November 2007, the International Council of Shopping Centers presented a Maxi award in the Community Relations category to Valley View Center

neg: Amazon HQ2 that he would begin conversations with Amazon about their long-term plans for the city, while the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce characterized the announcement as a "wake-up call" to Seattle to improve the city's business climate. Comparisons were made to Boeing's decision to move their corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001, which came as a surprise to Seattle. Moody's Analytics published an analysis of bidding metropolitan areas and determined that Austin, Texas, ranks highest among Amazon's criteria, followed by Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Rochester, New York. The "New York Times" also completed an analysis which found Denver to be

neg: Central Manufacturing District commercial and industrial base of the area and adaptive reuse plans that would that would transition the area to a more residential character. In 2017, there was community discussion of changing the area from one of commercial and industrial use by converting some of the buildings into multi-family and senior housing. During Chicago's bid for Amazon HQ2, Alderman George Cardenas pitched the Central Manufacturing District as one of the sites that should be included in the city's package to Amazon. Ultimately, the Central Manufacturing District was not chosen by the State of Illinois which submitted City of Chicago sites in

neg: National Landing explained that the region included more than just Crystal City, and that the name and branding campaign came from the local jurisdictions and their economic development committees (Arlington Economic Development and the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership), in partnership with Amazon and developer JBG Smith. The rebranding is not expected to change the names of the existing neighborhoods, like Crystal City, but instead to serve as an umbrella term. Even before the Amazon HQ2 announcement, development in the National Landing area had been in the works. In June 2013, The Blackstone Group acquired industrial properties from First Potomac Realty Trust. StonebridgeCarras,

neg: John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Ontario to act as a reliever for Toronto-Pearson. Supporters of the plan argued that Hamilton is too far from Toronto to be a reliever, while the opposition argued that the reliever airports for Logan International Airport in Boston (T.F. Green State Airport in Providence, Rhode Island and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire) are used effectively despite being farther from the Boston city centre than Hamilton is from Downtown Toronto. In October 2017, the Pickering City Council supported the development of an airport in Pickering during its joint-bid with the rest of Greater Toronto to host Amazon HQ2. However,

neg: Affiliate marketing CDNow home page and going directly to an artist's music page. Amazon.com (Amazon) launched its associate program in July 1996: Amazon associates could place banner or text links on their site for individual books, or link directly to the Amazon home page. When visitors clicked on the associate's website to go to Amazon and purchase a book, the associate received a commission. Amazon was not the first merchant to offer an affiliate program, but its program was the first to become widely known and serve as a model for subsequent programs. In February 2000, Amazon announced that it had been

neg: Amazon HQ2 only U.S. states that did not have a locality that submitted a formal proposal were Arkansas, Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Saskatchewan also had no regions submit a bid, along with the Yukon Territory. Little Rock, Arkansas and San Antonio, Texas later withdrew their submission. Sun Corridor, a Tucson, Arizona economic development firm, sent a 21-foot saguaro cactus to Amazon in an attempt to promote the city's bid. The gift was rejected due to the company's corporate gifts policy, instead donating it to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The

neg: Naval Air Station South Weymouth MBTA Commuter Rail. The development presented a bid for siting of Amazon HQ2, but did not make the finalist round of 20. The U.S. Coast Guard maintains a buoy maintenance facility near the old railroad spur to the station. An A-4 Skyhawk jet mounted on a pedestal in a small park called the "Shea Memorial Grove", named for Squantum reservist CDR John "Jack" Shea who was killed in action when the aircraft carrier USS "Wasp" was sunk during World War II, remains as a perpetual reminder of the site's naval heritage. The jet, the park, and a small Navy museum

neg: White Flint Mall multiple possible sites in the Washington metropolitan area where HQ2 could be built should Amazon decide to station it in Washington D.C. Ultimately, the site was nixed in favor of having the headquarters in both nearby Crystal City and New York City, allowing Lerner to continue its original redevelopment plans. White Flint Mall White Flint Mall was a shopping mall located along Rockville Pike in Montgomery County, Maryland that closed in early 2015 and demolished thereafter. To this day, only Lord & Taylor remains of what was left of the mall. The mall opened in 1977 and was initially anchored

neg: Amazon Locker when Amazon announced that its Hub program would be available to all property management companies throughout the United States. Packstation is a comparable service, launched already in 2001, offered by DHL Parcel Germany for self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters. Amazon Locker Amazon Locker is a self-service parcel delivery service offered by online retailer Amazon. Amazon customers can select any Locker location as their delivery address, and retrieve their orders at that location by entering a unique pick-up code on the Locker touch screen. However, certain third party sellers on Amazon may not be able to ship to an

neg: Old Chicago Main Post Office one of 6 sites in Chicago considered for the new Amazon "HQ2" location. The post office was used in the filming of "Batman Begins" in 2004 and for filming "The Dark Knight" in April 2007. It is also seen from above in the opening credits of Candyman. In the summer of 2010, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay filmed numerous scenes for "" in and around Chicago. The old Chicago Post Office's east facade was decorated as the "Department of Health and Human Services" where the Autobots were kept by the federal government in the movies. The same interior that was

neg: Wilmington Air Park 2016, Amazon announced leases for 20 767s with its Wilmington operations to supported by ATSG and its subsidiaries including Air Transport International, which served as Amazon's primary carrier. In this announcement, Amazon received options to purchase up to 19.9 percent of ATSG stock, exercisable over a five year period. In January 2017 Amazon announced it would shift flight operations to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) alongside a major expansion of service. The move was finalized on April 30, 2017, when the last Amazon flight departed. Despite the shift to CVG appearing to be the end of Amazon service at ILN,

neg: Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 Around 500 people gathered at a rally in Saltash organised by its mayor, Adam Killeya. Guest speakers included Conservative MP Sheryll Murray, Liberal Democrat MP Steve Gilbert, and Mebyon Kernow councillor and deputy leader Andrew Long. Speaking to the crowds, Steve Gilbert said that "This is Cornwall and over there, that's England. When David Cameron said this is not the Amazon he was right... it's much more important." On the same day the Cornish and Celtic campaigner Michael Chappell announced that he would be going on hunger strike over the boundary issue. During the bill's second reading in the House

neg: District of Columbia General Hospital encompassing the hospital site, was offered as part of Washington's bid to host Amazon HQ2. District of Columbia General Hospital The District of Columbia General Hospital was a hospital located in Washington, D.C. It was operational from 1806 to its controversial closing by mayor Anthony A. Williams in 2001, as the city was trying to cut costs while recovering from bankruptcy. At the time of its closure, it was the only public hospital located within the District. The hospital was founded as the Washington Infirmary in 1806, using a $2,000 grant from Congress, and was located at 6th and M

neg: Let's Move Nashville gentrification. The result was blamed on the choice of an off-election with low turnout, as well as inconsistent messages from the pro-transit campaign that was managed by a controversial local public relations firm with ties to past mayoral administrations. Mayor Briley stated that the city government would submit a revised plan after the IMPROVE Act's mandatory one-year waiting period, likely in 2020. Pro-transit campaigners called the result a "fatal blow" to the city's bid for Amazon HQ2, for which Nashville had made the 20-city shortlist. No Tax 4 Tracks, the opposition PAC, called the election an "exceptional moment in Nashville

neg: State Correctional Institution – Pittsburgh were good for the time, at least eight confederates died during the winter, one while attempting escape. The present facility opened on its current site in 1882, operating as one of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's first correctional facilities, which at the time, held some maximum-security inmates. In January 2005, after transferring the inmates to SCI-Fayette, the facility was mothballed. In 2007, the facility re-opened with its current name. It houses low and medium security inmates who require substance abuse treatment. In 2017, Amazon has considered it as a potential site to build their new HQ2 During the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh

neg: The Grand Tour BT Sport, believing this show would be a better fit on a network with a more global reach. In July 2015, Clarkson announced he had signed a deal with Amazon to develop a new car show that followed a similar format as "Top Gear", with both Hammond and May joining him as co-hosts, and Wilman producing. Amongst other personnel from Top Gear going to the new show included director Phil Churchward, the husband of "Fifth Gear"'s Vicki Butler-Henderson. The deal included 36 episodes across three series which would be available to Amazon Prime members starting in 2016. Wilman stated that

neg: Amazon (company) groups that other members could join, create discussions and talk about books, or other topics. Recommendations could be sent to friends on the site for what books to read. Amazon bought the company in August 2008. Shelfari continued to function as an independent book social network within the Amazon until January 2016, when Amazon announced that it would be merging Shelfari with Goodreads and closing down Shelfari. Twitch is a live streaming platform for video, primarily oriented towards video gaming content. The service was first established as a spin-off of a general-interest streaming service known as Justin.tv. Its prominence was

neg: Nebo (Nina Badrić song) reason why they chose Nina. Speaking about the selection, Nina said, "That's an honour and a challenge for me." Nina Badrić wrote and produced the song for her seventh album "NeBo". The song was shortened for Eurovision and it was announced on Dora 2012 to represent Croatia. An English version of the song is going to be recorded, but Nina confirmed that she will sing in Croatian for Eurovision. "Nebo" was released on iTunes and Amazon on 22 February 2012. Before all promotions, Nina is going to vocal cord surgery. She will embark on a regional promotional tour after Eurovision

neg: Imperial amazon species by humans was conducted in 2011. The captive-bred parrot developed fully in 12 weeks and resembled the wild imperial amazon parrots. No one really knew what the reproductive potential of these parrots was. The imperial amazon has the lowest reproductive potential of any of the "Amazona" species. The imperial amazon lucked out when it came to extinction because of their reproductive potential and the bird trade that was going on in Dominica. The captive breeding efforts proved to be extremely helpful in the conservation of the species. A major cause of population decline has been hurricanes. Hurricane David of

neg: Amazon Web Services and vice president in 2006, said at the time that Amazon S3 (one of the first and most scalable elements of AWS) "helps free developers from worrying about where they are going to store data, whether it will be safe and secure, if it will be available when they need it, the costs associated with server maintenance, or whether they have enough storage available. Amazon S3 enables developers to focus on innovating with data, rather than figuring out how to store it.". In 2016 Jassy was promoted to CEO of the division. Reflecting the success of AWS, his annual compensation

neg: Amazon insects Unfortunately the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest is driving many insect species to extinction before they can even be identified or seen by man. Each day dozens are going extinct because many species only live on a few acres range. Amazon insects The Amazon Rainforest and surrounding region is the most biodiverse on earth and no life form is more diverse than the insects of the Amazon. No one can put any accurate figure on how many species there are but it has been estimated to be around 2.5 million species of insect with 700 species of beetle discovered on

neg: Dreams of the Amazon of Rio) appearing to him in the form of a very beautiful woman who then proceeds to peel away her flesh to reveal the skull beneath, all the while imploring Jack to "take me home". When the skull turns up on his doorstep, he knows he's once again going to be travelling deep into the Amazon Rainforest to find that legendary Lost City – which even now seems more like a dream than a reality. Once again the sinister crook, Paulo Pompadora, seems to be at the heart of things and dodging him is just one of the problems Jack

neg: Amazon Alexa of Alexandria, which is also used by Amazon Alexa Internet for the same reason. In June 2015, Amazon announced Alexa Fund, a program that would invest in companies making voice control skills and technologies. The 100 million in funds has invested in companies including Ecobee, Orange Chef, Scout Alarm, Garageio, Toymail, MARA, and Mojio. In 2016, the Alexa Prize was announced to advance the technology. In January 2017, the first Alexa Conference took place in Nashville, Tennessee, an independent gathering of the worldwide community of Alexa developers and enthusiasts. The follow-up has been announced, to be keynoted by original Amazon

neg: Amazon Prime in order to deliver directly into the trunks of Audi cars, available in the Munich, Germany area to some Audi-connected car users. Amazon announced that July 15, 2015, its 20th birthday, would be "Amazon Prime Day", with deals for prime members similar to those on Black Friday. That month Amazon Prime announced signed up Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, formerly of BBC's "Top Gear", to begin working on "The Grand Tour", due to be released in 2016. On July 13, 2016, Amazon Prime said customers placed 60 percent more orders worldwide on "Prime Day". In December 2015, Amazon

neg: Amazon Underground only premium feature is being ad-free. Amazon pays app creators based on the total time spent by users in the app, at a rate of $0.002/minute. In order to monetize Amazon Underground, Amazon shows ads when a user first downloads an app, and occasionally on each subsequent opening of the app. Amazon Underground launched on August 26, 2015, and Amazon simultaneously retired its daily free app program. In March 2016, Amazon reported some statistics on the growth of Amazon Underground, leading to renewed media coverage of Amazon Underground. In April 2017, Amazon announced the program would close to new apps

neg: Zappos No. 23 on Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For. In the early 2000s Zappos made the decision to move away from its original business model wherein the company does not manage any inventory. Hsieh noted, "Even though it was hard to walk away from sales at a time when nobody is offering you money, we couldn't distinguish ourselves in the eyes of our customers if we weren't going to control the entire experience. We had to give up the easy money, manage the inventory, and take the risk." In 2009, Zappos announced an acquisition by Amazon. Within Zappos’ board

neg: Amazon Publishing was announced that Laurence Kirshbaum's position would expand to include "editorial leadership for the Seattle and New York adult imprints, as well as Amazon Children's Publishing." In addition it was announced that Amazon would be opening a new European publishing division, which will focus on "expanding the English-language audience through its English-language bookstores in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain." Vicky Griffith, formerly publisher of the Seattle imprints, will be the new EU publisher. In December 2012, Brilliance Audio, a division of Amazon, announced the creation of a publishing imprint called "Grand Harbor Press" which will focus on original

neg: Breakaway (cancelled video game) types—such as tanks, swordsmen, and mages—and archetypal themes (e.g., a knight and Spartacus). The game would be fought on battlefields with themes such as El Dorado and Atlantis. The game included several features aimed to promote video game live streaming on Twitch, the service purchased by Amazon. Broadcast Match Builder invites streamer followers to games. Broadcaster Spotlight lets players know when their match is being streamed. Metastream overlays game stats atop streamer video. Stream+ lets streamers run polls and place bets with in-game currency. Amazon acquired Double Helix in early 2014. Two years later, Amazon announced its first computer games,

neg: BioSLAX machines over to Amazon, cutting costs on hardware. Discussions, however, fell through when it was clear that Amazon was not going to support full hardware virtualization which was required in order to run BioSLAX images on the cloud. Supporting only para-virtualizaion, in fact, is the stand of most commercial cloud providers using Citrix Xen hypervisors. Until the mind-set of these entities change, only private clouds running Citrix Xen hypervisors configured for full hardware virtualization or VMWare vSphere clouds will be the only clouds capable of running BioSLAX. BioSLAX BioSLAX is a Live CD/Live DVD/Live USB comprising a suite of more

neg: Amazon Dash member of the family can add items to its grocery list. The second-generation Amazon Dash Barcode Scanner was announced in October 2016; it replaces the two buttons on the previous model with a single button used for both scanning barcodes and activating the microphone. The new model is also about an inch shorter and magnetic so it can be stuck to a metallic surface, like a refrigerator. On June 15, 2017, a new version of the scanner was announced by Amazon. The new version has Alexa built in, allowing users to ask for recipes and order from Amazon Prime Now.

neg: Self-checkout in certain markets by 10%. In December 2016, Amazon announced a bricks and mortar store in Seattle under the name Amazon Go, which uses a variety of cameras and sensors in order to see what customers are putting into their shopping bags. The customers scan a QR code when they enter the store through a companion app, which is linked to their Amazon.com account. When the customer exits the store, the items in their bag are automatically charged to the account. Suppliers like ITAB, NCR, Wincor-Nixdorf and others have manufactured hybrid checkout systems that allows the checkout counter to be

neg: Amazon Prime Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Several reports in January 2016 said that nearly half of all U.S. households are members of Amazon Prime. In April 2016, Amazon announced same-day delivery would be expanded to include the areas of Charlotte, Cincinnati, Fresno, Louisville, Milwaukee, Nashville, Central New Jersey, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Stockton, and Tucson, bringing total coverage to 27 metro areas. In September 2016, Amazon launched a restaurant delivery service for Prime members in London, England, with free delivery on all orders over £15. In September 2016, Amazon subsidiary Twitch announced features available to users with an Amazon Prime subscription ("Twitch Prime"),

neg: Zombieland 2013, it was announced that Amazon Studios had ordered a pilot episode. Reese, Wernick and Pollone were joined by Eli Craig, who directed the pilot. Tyler Ross plays Columbus, Kirk Ward plays Tallahassee, Maiara Walsh plays Wichita and Izabela Vidovic plays Little Rock. The pilot was released in April 2013 on Lovefilm and at Amazon Video. On May 17, 2013, Rhett Reese, creator of the TV adaptation, announced that "Zombieland: The Series" would not be picked up to be a series by Amazon. Zombieland Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by

neg: Red Oaks Red Oaks Red Oaks is a comedy web television series by Amazon Studios. The pilot was directed by David Gordon Green, who also executive produces with writer and creators Joe Gangemi and Gregory Jacobs. The full first season was released on Amazon Video on October 9, 2015. On December 18, 2015, Amazon officially announced the show would be returning for a second season in 2016. The second season was released on November 11, 2016. On January 30, 2017, Amazon announced that the series was renewed for a third and final season, which was released on October 20, 2017. David, a

neg: Shelfari until January 2016, when Amazon announced on Shelfari.com that it would be merging Shelfari with Goodreads and closing down Shelfari. To prepare Shelfari members for the move, Amazon posted on Shelfari.com a prominent announcement stating, "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Shelfari is merging with Goodreads. Learn More", as well as links to a page titled "Read the FAQ", instructions to "Download your data in a CSV file" (whose linked page is titled "Export Everything",), and instructions to "Move to Goodreads" (whose linked page is titled "Export Invitation"), along with two months to migrate their Shelfari content to Goodreads. Although Shelfari discussion threads will

neg: Andy Hunter (DJ) July. It was made available on more sites (including Amazon, Napster and iTunes) in January 2010. On 6 December 2010 Hunter released a new EP titled "Collide", which was released as an iTunes exclusive. An artwork contest was held to choose a cover for the new EP. At the beginning of 2012, Hunter released a series of video blogs detailing the progress of his new EP, which was originally slated to be released in May. However, the new EP, "Glow" was released on 23 July 2012. Hunter announced that he is going to release a remix album soon. The tracks

neg: Amazon Publishing is a self-publishing platform that allows the publication of a series of books under any imprint name. For example, in May 2011, Seth Godin launched The Domino Project, an imprint created to publish a series of manifestos. It was the inaugural Powered by Amazon imprint project. Godin decided to end the imprint in November 2011, the 12 previously published titles would still be sold at Amazon, but no new books would be published. Also in May, it was announced Amazon had hired Larry Kirshbaum, former CEO of Time Warner Book Group, to head a new general-interest imprint. In October, Amazon

neg: LoveFilm rental service to customers. In July 2013, it issued a statement letting both new and existing customers know that this service would no longer be offered beginning 8 August 2013. On 21 February 2014, it was announced that the Lovefilm video-on-demand service would be discontinued on 26 February 2014 and folded into Amazon Instant Video. The Lovefilm name will be maintained for the DVD rental business, although this service has been embedded into Amazon as well. On 14 August 2017, Amazon announced it would be terminating the Lovefilm by Post service on 31 October 2017. Besides its own DVD rental

neg: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award "Fresh Kills" by Bill Loehfelm was announced as the first winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Loehfelm won a larger prize package from HP and a $25,000 advance on a publishing contract with Penguin. In late 2008, Amazon started taking in entries for the 2009 ABNA awards. The judges for the year were announced to be Sue Grafton, Sue Monk Kidd, Barney Karpfinger, and Eamon Dolan. Finalists were announced May 15, 2009. On May 27, 2009, "Bill Warrington's Last Chance" by James King was announced as the winner of that year's contest. King received a publishing contract that included

neg: Amazon Video thereafter for Prime members. In February 2014, Amazon announced that the streaming service of its UK subsidiary LoveFilm would be folded into the Instant Video service on February 26, 2014. In January 2015, "Transparent" became the first show produced by Amazon Studios to win a major award and the first series from a streaming video service to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. In 2015, Amazon launched the Streaming Partners Program (now known as Amazon Channels), a platform allowing subscription-based third-party channels and streaming services to be offered to Amazon Prime subscribers through

neg: Amazon Relational Database Service scaling. MySQL and MariaDB read replicas can be made writeable again since October 2012; PostgreSQL read replicas do not support it. Replicas are done at database server level and do not support replication at database instance or table level. Performance metrics for Amazon RDS are available from the AWS Management Console or the Amazon CloudWatch API. In December 2015, Amazon announced an optional enhanced monitoring feature that provides an expanded set of metrics for the MySQL, MariaDB, and Aurora database engines. Amazon RDS instances are priced very similarly to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). RDS is charged per hour and

neg: K. T. Rama Rao In June that year, Amazon announced that it would set up its second fulfilment Centre in the state that is expected to be larger than the existing one, K.T.R. declared during the inauguration of the latter at Kothur, Mahbubnagar district. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was reached between the Government of Telangana and Amazon Seller Services Private Limited (ASSPL). In partnership, Amazon India would offer training to sellers and Small and Micro Enterprises through seminars, workshops, and ready reckoners on e-commerce business. In July 2015, Uber had announced plans to set up its first Center of Excellence in Asia and

neg: Amazon tax the state in question. Amazon severed its relationships with affiliates in Colorado due to efforts by the state government to collect sales tax on internet purchases. Amazon has threatened similar action against affiliates in Illinois over the same issue. In February 2011, Amazon announced that it would be closing its Dallas, Texas distribution center over the sales-tax dispute Amazon has created subsidiaries that are treated separately for tax matters, a legal technique called "entity isolation". The subsidiary that developed the Kindle is in California, but because it doesn't sell the Kindle directly to customers, Amazon's legal position was that it

neg: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) was a contest sponsored by Amazon.com, Penguin Group, Hewlett Packard, CreateSpace and BookSurge to publish and promote a manuscript by an unknown or unpublished author. The first award was given in 2008 and in 2015 Amazon announced that they would not be continuing the award and would instead focus on the Kindle Scout program. After the initial submission period is over, the contest is made up of five rounds: Amazon introduced the Breakthrough Novel Award in 2007. The first competition began in late 2007 and ended in early 2008. A

neg: Amazon Publishing self-help and inspirational hardcover, paperback and e-books. In January 2013, Amazon announced two children's and young adult imprints. The first imprint is called "Two Lions", featuring picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade fiction. The second imprint is called "Skyscape", publishing fiction for young adults. In March, Amazon announced a New York-based literary fiction imprint that will publish novels, short stories and memoir. Called "Little A", it was initially overseen by senior editor Ed Park. Amazing Publishing launched its comic book and graphic novel imprint, Jet City Comics, on July 9. Jet City Comics will be adapting existing books into comics

neg: BMC Software achieve maximum return on server and storage investments." In July 2009, BMC and Amazon Web Services announced IT organizations will be able to extend their internal data centers to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon ec2) through BMC's BSM platform. In November 2009, BMC announced Service Desk Express (BMC Remedyforce) will be sold, marketed and available via Salesforce.com. "By delivering service desk technology via the cloud, you can abstract all the complexity of the infrastructure that rely on IT services delivery and follow best practices," said BMC chairman and CEO, Bob Beauchamp. In 2002, it was reported in an SEC

neg: Amazon Light cart where they could then be purchased. Amazon Light originally used a layout which resembled the main page of the Google search engine. In July 2002, Google's lawyers told it to cease and desist. Amazon Light 4.0 won the "Technical Achievement award" at the South by Southwest Web Awards in 2005. In July 2009, Alan Taylor announced on his blog that "Amazon Light (all four versions) will shut down." Amazon Light Amazon Light was an alternate user interface to Amazon.com built on the Amazon Web Services API. The site was developed by Alan Taylor, a former Amazon programmer, while he

neg: Amazon Echo voice, instead of the Alexa voice. In November 2017, a Product Red version of the second-generation Echo was announced as a limited edition item. Another special version of Echo is the Alexa Super Skills Collectible edition, which was given to select Amazon Alexa developers who published five skills between July 22 and October 30, 2017. This special variant comes with a white mask, a blue cape, and a blue belt. , the Echo is available in 39 countries. In March 2016, Amazon unveiled the original Amazon Echo Dot, which is a hockey puck-sized version of the Echo designed to be

neg: Amazon Prime domain such as .edu or .ac.uk, typically students, are eligible for Prime Student privileges, including discounts on Prime membership. In March 2014, Amazon increased the annual US membership fee for Amazon Prime from $79 to $99. Shortly after this change, Amazon announced Prime Music, providing unlimited, ad-free music streaming. In November 2014, Amazon added Prime Photos, adding unlimited storage of files deemed to be photographs in the users' Amazon Drive. Amazon began offering free same-day delivery to Prime members in 14 United States metropolitan areas in May 2015. In April 2015, Amazon started a trial partnership with Audi and DHL

neg: Amazon Coin One Amazon Coin is worth one cent. However, like many coupons, they cannot be redeemed for cash. However, they can be transferred to another Amazon account. Purchased Coins do not expire, but some promotional Coins expire just over one year from the date they are acquired. When a customer buys software with Amazon Coins, the developer is paid in conventional currency. Amazon Coin Amazon Coin is a digital payment method created by Amazon.com. Currently, the coins can only be used to purchase software for Kindle, Kindle Fire, and Android devices from within an app or from the Amazon Appstore. The

neg: Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals of "Ultimo mondo cannibale" (1977). In a New York City psychiatric ward, photojournalist Emanuelle learns about a girl there who was found in the Amazon rainforest. Emanuelle discovers that she appears to have been raised by the Apiaca, a tribe of cannibals thought to be lost. She contacts Professor Mark Lester, the curator at the National History Museum and persuades him to come with her to the Amazon. On arriving in the Amazon, they are accompanied by Isabel Wilks, the daughter of the organizer of the expedition, and Sister Angela, who is going upriver to join a mission. Emanuele is

neg: Amazon tax tax is a step in trying to even the playing field because right now we have a lot of people who are going in and using the stores as a showroom and then going home and buying on the Internet ...," McNeil said. On February 1, 2017, Amazon began collecting the state portion of the sales tax rate in Missouri that is 4.225 percent, but does not collect city and county portions of the sales tax rate that is charged on local purchases. Amazon began collecting sales tax in Nebraska on January 1, 2017. Nebraska does not currently have a