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Her cart overfloweth.
Lydia I. Henson trundled out of Table & Vine on Saturday, her shopping cart filled with fines wines, beer and liquor she plans to serve dozens of guests at a Labor Day party at her Windsor, Conn., home. Henson said she made the trek over the weekend to beat the looming 6.25 percent tax hike on booze.
"I spent hundreds of dollars on this, so the savings was significant," she said.
Henson was not alone in her rush to avert the tax increase, set to go into effect Aug. 1. A manager at the expansive, upscale liquor retailer in West Springfield said he has seen about a 10 percent increase in foot traffic recently.
"Fortunately for us, business is booming," store director Steven M. Thibault said early Saturday afternoon, as a throng of consumers perused aisle after aisle of the spot's 5,000 varieties of wine, 3,000 types of booze and 1,300 brands of beer. "The people who are aware of the tax increase are stocking up and filling their cellars."
But the store is about to announce a happy secret: they plan to absorb the tax increase, at least during August and September.
"We recognize this is going to be a burden on consumers," he said.
According to Thibault, executives at parent company Big Y Foods made the decision to eat the increase in order to offset a feared exodus of out-of-state customers - primarily from Connecticut, which he estimated accounts for 20 percent of their business.
Massachusetts previously had no sales tax on liquor, while Connecticut tagged a 6 percent tax on its spirits. As part of the state budget, Gov. Deval L. Patrick on June 29 signed into law a 1.5 percent increase to the existing 5 percent sales tax, across the board.
However, the beer, wine and liquor tax will go from zero to 6.5 percent.
Unlike Table & Vine, New England's largest liquor retailer, most stores cannot afford to soak up the new tax.
At Kappy's on Boston Road in Springfield, manager John Minie said customers there also have been stocking up on their spirits of choice.
"Since Tuesday we've seen a significant increase," Minie said. "We're doing what we would on a Wednesday and Thursday what we usually do on a Friday and Saturday."
Cases of Canadian Club and Franzia box wines have been flying off the shelves there, where managers attempted to avert the tax hike with a petition drive several weeks ago.
Nearby, at Pioneer Valley Discount Liquors on Verge Street in Springfield, owner Michael Harasik said several of his customers said they will drive to New Hampshire to stock up on booze. In that state, there are no taxes on beer, wine or liquor in addition to cigarettes.
"Five, six, seven cartons of cigarettes, a couple of cases of beer, a couple of bottles of wine and a couple of jugs, you're talking a couple of hundreds of dollars in savings," Harasik said. "The only thing I can say is thank God I'm not a border store."
Indeed, at Bottle Shop Discount Liquors in Longmeadow, employees can see the Enfield line from their parking lot.
"If you look in the parking lot, 90 percent of the license plates are Connecticut plates," said employee Kathryn A. Kowatczyk. "The customers have been talking about it, for them to come here now from Connecticut is not going to be as cost-effective."
But store manager Chris Thompson
"We're definitely going to see a change in business, but I don't think it's going to be extreme," Thompson said.


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University of Michigan business law professor Cindy Schipani and colleague Terry Dworkin of Indiana University and Seattle University say companies can improve gender representation and narrow the pay gap by changing salary and mentoring practices. They also suggest a legal tweak that would encourage companies to promote women.
"This gender paradox is continually puzzling to me because the evidence is overwhelming that companies with women in the C-suite perform better," Schipani said. "The business case is well established, but we're not seeing it happen."
The legal reform they suggest is for courts to consider the lack of women in leadership positions a presumption of discrimination.

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US ‘not going anywhere,’ will remain engaged partner in Middle East: Biden
US President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States would remain an active, engaged partner in the Middle East to leaders gathered at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit.
“The United States is invested in building a positive future of the region, in partnership with all of you - and the United States is not going anywhere,” Biden told the Arab leaders in a speech to kick off the summit.
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Biden is seeking to start a new chapter in US involvement in the Middle East, hoping to move past US military conflicts and instead push for a region that respects individual nations’ domestic affairs but seeks economic integration and shared defenses amid concerns over Iran.
Biden also told the summit US is committed to ensuring Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.
Biden, on his first Middle East trip as president, attended a planned summit with six Gulf states and Egypt, Jordan and Iraq after meeting with King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday.
Biden came to Saudi Arabia hoping to strike a deal on oil production to help drive down gasoline prices that are driving inflation to more than 40-year highs and pummeling his poll numbers.
However, he will leave the region empty handed and is hoping his diplomatic efforts here will push the OPEC+ group to boost production when they meet on August 3.
“I look forward to seeing what’s coming in the coming months,” Biden said.
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Cardiff Council's Cabinet Member for Environment says today's Usual Suspects campaign, launched today, has a stark message: you will be fined for dropping litter.
Cllr Ashley Govier told ITV Cymru Wales: "Cigarette ends and chewing gum are still something we consider 'nuisance litter' and quite problematic to the authority.
"We're trying to educate people - litter does cause an issue in the streets."
Cardiff Council said 14 people were issued with a £75 on-the-spot fine today - the first day of the crackdown.
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What a difference! Frost free overnight with much milder temperatures than we've seen over recent nights.
An orange lobster has been caught off Wales - a one-in-30-million chance. Usually lobsters only turn orange when cooked.
A man has been arrested in connection with alleged modern slavery offences during a major police operation on Deeside early this morning.

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10/08/18 - SHOW #439
MATTY T WALL – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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Matty returned to The Couch and we talked about all the things he has been up to since he last visited. We discussed the songs on the album, SideWinder and their social importance and Matty gave us a glimpse into what will come next.
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Ray’s visit was during IBC Previews, so technically, this was his first time on The Couch and we traced his history from Canada to Boston to the army and then the 5 stops he made before settling in Austin, TX 10 years ago. We spoke about a few songs on At King Electric.
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Jeremiah has just released Straitjacket on Ruf Records. He and I spoke about how he hooked up with Mike Zito to produce and then Ruf Records came calling. We discussed his documentary and the demons he battled and we explored the music on the new album.
DAMON FOWLER – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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Damon has a new album, The Whiskey Bayou Sessions, produced by Tab Benoit. It is always a pleasure to chat with Damon. We spoke about the recording of the album, working with Tab, his getting asked to play with Dickie Betts and more while we listened to the music.
10/15/18 - SHOW #440
FRANK BEY – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
Rescheduled from 10/01/18 – Had a great time learning about Frank’s past and his journey to where he is today. We talked about his singing gospel and then moving to Philly and all that has happened since, while listening to Back In Business.
KEITH STONE – Segment Begins At The 42:45 Mark
Fun time talking with Keith about his journey from playing the horn as a teen to being a Minister for a large church in South Carolina to returning home to NOLA after Katrina had hit his city. We discussed how he put the band Red Gravy together and finally we discussed the true meaning of Red Gravy.
JONATHON LONG – Segment Begins At The 1:32:40 Mark
With the release of his self-titled album on the new Samantha Fish label, Wild Heart records, Jonathon also dropped the ‘boogie’ from his name and takes his music to the next level. He and I talked about his road to meeting Samantha and the new music and where he is heading in the future.
GINA SICILIA – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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Gina returned with her new album, Heard The Lie. We talked about all that has gone on in her life since her last visit. We also discussed her music and the conversation about the genre she is producing…we settled on the genre: Gina!
10/22/18 - SHOW #441
ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
SEAN CHAMBERS – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
Sean made his 4th visit t The Couch. The last being in 2017 when Trouble & Whiskey was released. His new album, Welcome To My Blues, which dropped last Friday has already hit the RMR Blues Chart. Sean & I discussed the album, all that is going on in his world and what is coming in the near future.
GEOFF ACHISON – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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Geoff is touring the US at the moment and has just released Sovereign Town. He was kind enough to swap times with Stacy and then we held a great conversation regarding the concept behind Sovereign Town and how it all came to be.
STACY MITCHHART – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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We swapped Stacy’s time with Geoff so he could finish his set at BB Kings and then we spent our time together discussing the 2016 self-titled album, his current performance schedule and the upcoming album, which will be a 3-album Live collection of his music.
ANTHONY GOMES – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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Anthony returned with Peace, Love & Loud Guitars, the new album, just released on Friday. Anthony gave us background on the songs we played, talked about his desires for the future and more.
10/29/18 - SHOW #442
Scott spent almost a decade as musical director to Gregg Allman and has now released his 5th solo album, Saving Grace. Scott and I had a great talk about his career and his feelings on the music industry and more.
JW-JONES – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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JW first sat on The Couch back in December of 2012 when his album, Belmont Blvd was released. We’ll spoke about how this album, Live, came to be and the reactions he is receiving out on the road.
JJ APPLETON & JASON RICCI – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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This was JJ’s first time on The Couch, and he jumped right in. Fun time with these two talking about the music and more, while listening to Beautiful Slop.
RACHELLE COBA – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
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We missed Rachelle when she released her album 2014 album, Mother Blues, but she returned tonight and we spoke briefly about her new album, Blink. The connection was broken and could not be reestablished.


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Saudi refugee in Canada expects more women to flee homeland
Tuesday, 15 January 2019 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Saudi woman accepted as a refugee in Canada says in an Australian television interview that she expects her experience will inspire other women to flee her homeland. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun told Australian Broadcasting Corp. in an interview recorded in Toronto and broadcast in Australia on Tuesday that she hopes that […]
Dawne Hoeg created Stitch Buffalo five year ago. It's a special, non-profit workshop where refugee women can make and sell their hand-made creations. Dawne provides the ladies with materials as well as..
Canada will welcome one million more immigrants by 2021 to account for its aging population. Approximately one in five Canadians is an immigrant, and in 2017, 286,000 people became permanent residents...


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According to Reuters reported on May 28, the world's second largest shipping company, Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and the fourth largest container shipping company CMA-CGM have joined the world's largest logistics company Maersk (Maersk) ) TradeLens, a blockchain platform developed jointly by technology giant IBM.
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According to reports, more than 80% of the goods in the logistics industry are transported by sea. The cost of paperwork and related costs is 4 trillion US dollars, accounting for nearly 20% of the cost of transport containers. The blockchain transportation solution TradeLens aims to reduce the paperwork. The cost.
According to Reuters, by joining the platform, MSC and CMA CGM will use distributed ledger technology (DLT) to track nearly 50% of all seaborne cargo.
Vincent Clerc, executive vice president of Maersk, believes that the addition of MSC and CMA CGM to the TradeLens platform will change the rules of the game. He pointed out that shipping companies must do a lot of paperwork, but they can't clearly understand the real-time status of their shipments.
CMA CGM and MSC will run blockchain nodes based on the Hyperledger Fabric distributed ledger and participate in negotiations to verify transactions. Therefore, they will play a key role as a trust anchor or verifier for the network. IBM said that CMA CGM and MSC will become members of the TradeLens Advisory Board to improve the neutrality of the platform.
Rajesh Krishnamurthy, executive vice president of IT and transformation at CMA CGM Group, said in a statement:
We believe TradeLens is committed to open standards and open governance and is an important platform for driving digital transformation. Participants in the entire supply chain ecosystem can gain significant value through the TradeLens network.
Andrea Chief Digital Information Officer André Simha added:
The TradeLens platform has the potential to digitize the supply chain in the logistics industry and collaborate to establish common standards. We believe that standards bodies such as the TradeLens Advisory Board and the Digital Container Transport Association will speed up this process.
In August 2018, Maersk and IBM launched the blockchain transportation solution TradeLens. About 100 global organizations participated in the event, recording a total of 154 million transportation events. The platform integrates IoT and sensor data to track multiple variables such as container and temperature control and container weight.
Recently, the World Economic Forum has partnered with more than 100 global supply chain and logistics leaders to standardize blockchain applications in the industry. According to reports, the project includes more than 20 governments, as well as major shippers and supply chain suppliers including Maersk, Hitachi and Mercy Corps.


Nonresonant Raman spectroscopy of isolated human retina samples complying with laser safety regulations for in vivo measurements
Retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, are leading causes of vision impairment, increasing in incidence worldwide due to an aging society. If diagnosed early, most cases could be prevented. In contrast to standard ophthalmic diagnostic tools, Raman spectroscopy can provide a comprehensive overview of the biochemical composition of the retina in a label-free manner. A proof of concept study of the applicability of nonresonant Raman spectroscopy for retinal investigations is presented. Raman imaging provides valuable insights into the molecular composition of an isolated ex vivo human retina sample by probing the entire molecular fingerprint, i.e., the lipid, protein, carotenoid, and nucleic acid content. The results are compared to morphological information obtained by optical coherence tomography of the sample. The challenges of in vivo Raman studies due to laser safety limitations and predefined optical parameters given by the eye itself are explored. An in-house built setup simulating the optical pathway in the human eye was developed and used to demonstrate that even under laser safety regulations and the above-mentioned optical restrictions, Raman spectra of isolated ex vivo human retinas can be recorded. The results strongly support that in vivo studies using nonresonant Raman spectroscopy are feasible and that these studies provide comprehensive molecular information of the human retina. © The Authors. Published by SPIE.


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Educational Technology : A Definition with Commentary.
By: Januszewski, Al.
Contributor(s): Molenda, Michael.Material type: TextSeries: eBooks on Demand.Publisher: Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2013Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 1 online resource (384 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781136503276.Subject(s): Educational technologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Educational Technology : A Definition with CommentaryDDC classification: 371.33 LOC classification: LB1028.3 -- .E378 2008Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Definition Definition and Terminology Committee of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology -- 2 Facilitating Learning -- 3 Improving Performance -- 4 Creating -- 5 Using -- 6 Managing -- 7 Processes -- 8 Resources -- 9 Values -- 10 A History of the AECT's Definitions of Educational Technology -- 11 Professional Ethics and Educational Technology -- 12 Implications for Academic Programs -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), this book presents a definition of the field of study and practice known as educational technology or instructional technology. It reflects the collaborative efforts of all members of the AECT Definition and Terminology Committee. The volume begins with the statement of the definition itself (chapter 1), followed by commentary chapters on each of the key terms and concepts contained in the definition (chapters 2-9). Chapter 10 provides historical context for the current definition by reviewing salient elements of prior AECT definitions. Chapter 11 discusses ethical considerations and chapter 12 concludes by discussing ramifications of the current definition for academic programs in educational technology. This book is appropriate for anyone working in the field of educational technology: students, instructors, researchers and in-service providers.
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This chapter deals with multilayers at polar magnetization. It discusses the situation where the propagation vectors of the incident, transmitted, and reflected radiation are all parallel to the common axis of the layer magnetization vectors. The chapter aims to treat the case of an arbitrary orientation of the propagation vector in the plane of incidence. In multilayers with polar magnetization, the magnetization vectors are perpendicular to the plane parallel interfaces in all layers. At polar magnetization and normal incidence, the use of the 4 × 4 matrix formalism in modelling the magnetooptic effects linear in magnetization can be demonstrated with a minimum effort. The chapter considers the response of the multilayer at polar magnetization and normal incidence from a slightly different point of view. The simulations of the response at normal incidence and polar magnetization in magnetic multilayers with ultrathin films of ferromagnetic metals have been the subject of papers.


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The Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer its 2014 Annual Report. It highlights our challenges and successes, and looks into what we want to do in 2015 to help the non-profit sector.
The Annual Report includes background on who we are and how we work, analysis of our impact, a message from the E.D. and Chair of the Board, plans for the future, and a financial summary.
Spoiler alert: in 2014, we hosted 150 workshops that reached over 2,000 members of Nova Scotia’s non-profit sector!
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Nancy Bailey was born in 1913 and started her working life at the age of 15. As a teenager she used her father’s camera to take photographs of West Country views, many of which were used to produce postcards, which sold throughout the country. This early talent demonstrated her knowledge and appreciation of light and composition that later enabled her to create the beautiful paintings for which she became internationally renowned. Her family moved frequently throughout the south west, before settling in Ireland where for thirteen years she produced high quality marquetry pictures, which sold all over the world.
Nancy only started painting seriously when she returned to Cornwall in her fifties. Her painting career, though started somewhat late, continued over forty years. Nancy worked with a palette knife and never used a brush. This gives her work its distinctive texture and captures the landscape and light. Nancy became acclaimed as one of the leading palette knife artists in the UK.
Although Nancy travelled widely, including a safari trip to South Africa with the acclaimed nature artist David Shepherd her best work is arguably of the coasts and rivers of the West Country, which she loved so much.
Nancy died in 2012, since when demand for her original works has increased.
Examples of Nancy’s work are in the National Collection.

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The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite index has lost a lot of ground since it peaked on Feb. 12. Its declines since then have been propelled by rising Treasury yields, inflation concerns, and worries that tech stocks may have risen into bubble territory.
The bad news for investors is that a major stock market correction or full-blown crash may be on the way in 2021. Certainly there are a few solid reasons to expect such a plunge. And if that occurs, top tech names such as Apple (AAPL 3.56%) and Twilio (TWLO -3.46%) -- both down substantially already in recent weeks -- could fall further.
Investors, however, should view such a selloff as an opportunity: Apple and Twilio are worth buying and holding for the long run, especially if you can pick them up during a dip.
Apple's sales momentum is getting stronger
Apple climbed to the top of the smartphone sales chart in the fourth quarter, based on IDC's estimates, as iPhone 12s turned out to be hot commodities. There are no signs of a slowdown in iPhone 12 demand among consumers. The devices have reportedly kicked off a smartphone upgrade supercycle, according to supply chain checks carried out by analysts from Wedbush.
AppleInsider reports that Wedbush analysts haven't seen Apple cutting build orders for the March quarter in recent weeks as iPhone 12 demand has remained strong. Apple has been known to reduce its iPhone manufacturing in the first and second quarters of the calendar year, but it doesn't seem to be doing so this time around.
The company is expected to build between 56 million and 62 million iPhones this quarter, which would be a big jump over the estimated 36.7 million units it sold in the first quarter of 2020. What's more, Apple's iPhone 12 builds for the June quarter could be in the mid-40 million range, indicating that management does not expect demand to ease significantly even as the launch of the smartphone's next iteration approaches.
Analysts believe that Apple could set a new sales record in 2021 with shipments of 250 million iPhones, and that sales momentum is expected to carry over into 2022 as the transition to 5G continues. Apple is expected to place a build order for 100 million units of this year's iPhone as compared to 80 million initial build orders of the iPhone 12 last year.
Apple's strong smartphone sales could continue beyond 2022 as the 5G market is still in its early phases of growth. Gartner estimates that 5G smartphones will account for 35% of overall smartphone sales in 2021, indicating that there will be more room for them to add market share in the coming years. IDC, for instance, predicts that 5G smartphones will account for 69% of total shipments in 2025.
All of this bodes well for Apple as the iPhone 12 quickly became the top-selling 5G smartphone, with Counterpoint Research estimating that the device grabbed a 16% share of the 5G smartphone market shortly after its debut. The iPhone 12 Pro reportedly accounted for 8% of 5G smartphones sold in October.
This dominance of the 5G market isn't surprising, and that momentum should persist, sending Apple's earnings higher.
Given these tailwinds, investors should buy any dips in Apple stock. The company is expected to clock more than 20% revenue growth this year, bettering fiscal 2020's growth of just 5%. This makes Apple a great buy right now as it is trading at 7.1 times sales, lower than the 2020 average multiple of nearly 8.5.
Twilio's secular catalysts make it an enticing buy right now
But Twilio's guidance for the current quarter indicates that it is on track to sustain a terrific pace of growth. The company expects top-line growth of 45.5% in the current quarter after finishing fiscal 2020 with a revenue increase of 55%. Also, it is worth noting that it had originally expected 30% to 31% revenue growth for 2020, and it ended up blasting past those expectations due to the tailwinds created by the pandemic.
It won't be surprising to see Twilio exceed its own expectations once again in 2021 as more companies make the switch to cloud-based contact centers. According to Twilio's 2021 state of consumer engagement report, 95% of the 2,500 enterprise decision-makers surveyed expect to either maintain or increase their investment in customer engagement, and 87% believe that digital engagement will play an important role in their business.
What's more, 92% of the businesses Twilio surveyed said that the COVID-19 pandemic had led them to accelerate their shift to the cloud. Twilio anticipates this digital transformation will continue. It points out that IDC has forecast that annual investments in digital transformation will double by 2023 to $2.3 trillion and account for over half of information technology spending. As such, it won't be surprising to see more call center seats move to the cloud.
Twilio has estimated that only 17% of the 15 million contact center seats were in the cloud before the pandemic. That proportion is expected to jump to 50% by 2025, setting the stage for the company to sustain its high rate of growth for years to come.
Additionally, it has been diversifying into higher-margin businesses with the help of acquisitions that should help support long-term margin expansion. The recent purchase of Segment, for instance, will support cross-selling opportunities at Twilio and expand the company's presence into the fast-growing customer data platform market.
Not surprisingly, analysts estimate that Twilio's revenues will grow by more than 30% annually over the next couple of years. That trend could continue over a longer period as contact centers move to the cloud. In all, Twilio's stock price declines in recent weeks offer investors a better opportunity to buy shares of a company that appears primed for long-term growth.


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Serena Williams rolls to US Open quarters
NEW YORK Serena Williams reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal of the year with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kaia Kenepi at the U.S. Open on Monday, keeping her hopes alive for a third straight Flushing Meadows crown.
Williams, who lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open, the second round of the French Open and third round of Wimbledon, said she felt the pressure of getting to the quarters in New York.
“I finally made a quarterfinal this year!” Williams said in her on-court interview, raising her hands to the cheers of the crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium. “I think I felt it in my service game. I’m like, ‘Can I please make it to a Grand Slam quarters this year?’”
The top-seeded man, Novak Djokovic also rolled into the quarters on another hot, muggy day at Flushing Meadows, playing mostly mistake-free tennis in a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 dismantling of 22-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.
For Djokovic, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, it marked his eighth straight quarterfinals at the tournament — 22nd consecutive Grand Slam tournament overall. The last time Djokovic was eliminated before the quarterfinals at a major was a third-round loss to Kohlschreiber at the 2009 French Open.
Asked to explain that consistency, Djokovic said, “I love the sport and I play it with a lot of passion.” He then did a dance for the crowd at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Next up for the Serb, who reached the U.S. Open final each of the past four years, will be a match against 2012 U.S. Open champion Andy Murray or ninth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Williams next plays 11th-seeded Flavia Pennetta, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over 29th-seeded Casey Dellacqua.
Pennetta, who reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open last year, said she needed to do her best with the tools she has to have a chance against the No. 1-ranked Williams, who already holds 17 Grand Slam titles.
“You cannot invent something. I mean, you just have to play your tennis,” Pennetta said. “Of course, she’s better than me, but if I still believe I can beat her, maybe if she doesn’t have a good day, I can do that.”
Unlike the men’s side, which entered Monday with only one major upset, No. 4 David Ferrer, the women’s draw has been decimated. Only Williams, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard and No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki have survived among the top 10 seeds going into the tournament’s second week.
Victoria Azarenka, the No. 16 seed and U.S. Open finalist loser to Williams the last two years, sought a place in the quarterfinals with a night match against 145th-ranked qualifier Aleksandra Krunic. Bouchard was seeking her spot with a matchup against No. 17-seeded Ekatarina Makarova.
In other early action Monday, the No. 1 doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan rolled on in their quest for a 100th career title with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over U.S. countrymen Bradley Klahn and Tim Smyzek. The Bryans, who hold a record 15 Grand Slam tournament titles, have yet to drop a set on their road to the quarterfinals.
And the darling of the U.S. Open, 15-year-old CiCi Bellis, opened her pursuit of the junior girls’ crown with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Mexico’s Renata Zarazua.
Bellis, the top-seeded junior, played in the grandstand, the third-largest venue, to accommodate fans eager to watch the 15-year-old prodigy. Bellis upset of 12th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova, the Australian Open runner-up, in the first round of the main draw.


Nuclear Technology / Volume 179 / Number 3 / September 2012 / Pages 382-391
Technical Paper / Thermal Hydraulics / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A14170
To support the safety analysis of the conversion of the BR2 research reactor to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel and extend the validation basis of the RELAP code for the analysis of the conversion of research reactors from highly enriched (HEU) fuel to LEU, the simulation of BR2 tests A/400/1, C/600/3, and F/400/1 was undertaken. These tests are characterized by loss of flow initiated at different reactor power levels with or without loss of system pressure, reactor scram, flow reversal, and reactor cooling by natural circulation. This work presents the RELAP analysis of tests C/600/3 and F/400/1 and comparison of code predictions with experimental measurements for peak cladding temperatures during the transient at different axial locations in an instrumented fuel assembly. The simulations show that accurate representation of the power distribution, especially after reactor scram, between the fuel assemblies and the moderator/reflector regions is critical for the correct prediction of the peak cladding temperatures during the transient. Detailed MCNP and ORIGEN simulations were performed to compute the power distribution between the fuel assemblies and the moderator/reflector regions. With these distributions the predicted peak cladding temperatures are in good agreement with experimental measurements.


Secure 2.0 significantly changed the rules for correction of overpayments from a retirement plan. Recoupment of inadvertent overpayments to participants and beneficiaries is generally no longer required and if plan fiduciaries exercise discretion to forego recoupment, they generally will be protected from fiduciary liability for that decision and the plan’s qualification will not be impacted. If, on the other hand, plan fiduciaries do decide to recoup, they must heed new limitations designed to protect participants/ beneficiaries. These new rules became effective immediately upon Secure 2.0’s enactment in December 2022 so this new law is in effect now.
What should plan fiduciaries know?
Plan fiduciaries are no longer required to recoup an overpayment so long as:
1. The overpayment was inadvertent; and
2. Foregoing recoupment will not cause an impermissible forfeiture to fail to be restored or violate minimum funding rules and other Code requirements such as Code Section 401(a)(17) (relating to the annual compensation limit) and Code Section 415 (relating annual additions limits.)
But If plan fiduciaries do decide to recoup an overpayment:
1. No interest or other collection amounts may be charged.
2. No recoupment is available from beneficiary (including spouse) for overpayments made to participant.
3. No recoupment is available if the first overpayment occurred more than three years before notice of the overpayment is given to the participant or beneficiary (except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation).
4. Recoupment efforts cannot threaten litigation or use collection agencies except in limited circumstances.
5. The recipient of the overpayment must have the right to contest recoupment through ERISA compliant claims procedures.
6. Plan fiduciaries may take into account the hardship that recoupment might cause to the overpayment recipient.
7. There are additional rules that govern recoupment of overpayment of an annuity via future benefit payments reductions/installment payments.
8. Recoupment (other than in connection with an annuity) must comply with DOL rules to be issued in the future.
What should participants/beneficiaries know?
Participants and beneficiaries should know that the limitations outlined above generally do not apply (except for the right to use the claims procedures and the plan fiduciaries may still consider hardship) if they were “culpable,” in causing the overpayment. Specifically, a participant is defined as culpable under Secure 2.0 if they bear responsibility for the overpayments “such as through misrepresentation or omissions that led to the overpayment” or if the “knew that the benefit payment or payments were or might be materially in excess of the correct amount.” But, Secure 2.0 also provides that a participant is not “culpable” if:
1. they merely believed the benefit payment or payments were or might be materially in excess of the correct amount;
2. they raised the question with an authorized plan representative; and
3. they were told the payment or payments were not in excess of the correct amount.
Secure 2.0 also is a gamechanger as to rollovers -- providing the following relief:
1. If no recoupment of an inadvertent overpayment is sought, the overpayment will still be treated as eligible for rollover (if payment would have been eligible but for the overpayment) and thus, under existing law, would not result in an excess contribution or resulting excise tax.
2. If recoupment of overpayment is sought, the overpayment can be returned to the plan and treated as eligible rollover distribution back into the plan.
The bottom line:
The new overpayment rules are good news for sponsors, plan fiduciaries, and participants alike. But the rules are complicated, and not particularly easy to navigate. And, the DOL and IRS will likely issue guidance in the future that might change current understandings of how the rules work.
Join Sherrie Boutwell and Deborah Fabricant on Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 11am - 12pm PST for our next webinar: Secure 2.0 Corrections/Overpayments to learn more about this topic. You can register here, or by clicking the image below:
If you have any questions about Secure 2.0 overpayment rules, contact a Boutwell Fay attorney at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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So my plans for the screen have changed (big wow) – now the positioning of the screens has changed, with the panels being at each end, and the panels are being painted rather than printed on red chiffon. I’m also painting the meanings panels too, and i’m sandwiching a sheet of blue organzabetween each sheet of red to deepen the colour to more of a burgandy than the current pill box.
The design has also changed radically – as i was planning to use printing rather than painting as an homage to the woodcut Marsailles deck I’ve been considering something more of an Aubrey Beardsley style. My grandmother had a pair of Beardsley style mirrors in her front room, which i used to stare at as a child in the same way as i’d stare at the tarot card displays in waterstones. I found the Art Nouveau styling beautiful and fascinating in equal measure, and I want to try to capture some of that enchantment in this screen. So, preliminary designs:
the figures are based on ‘Peacock skirt’ and ‘Dancers Reward’ but they’ll probably evolve over time. I’m starting the panels this week, beginning with the written section to give me more time to work on the design for the diptych.
I’ve also been working on the frame of the screen, which has been given a couple of coats of antique gold enamel.
Next I’m going to be using a mix of red and gold enamel dripped down the pipework from the top, with a darker version dripping up from the bottom. Expect much swearing.
Also this week I’ve been experimenting with the video function on the camera, and it’s actually not bad – i haven’t used it with any editing software yet but i got this nice shot from the window;
I love the way the leaves ripple out in waves from the trees.
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The Underground at the Fillmore Charlotte, 820 Hamilton Street, Charlotte NC
Join Killakoi at The Underground for the debut release of their EP 'Pangea'.
Filling out the lineup are regional veterans Something Clever, Ish and Faithful Annie.
The Underground Is A General Admission Standing Room Only Venue! Doors Open At 7pm & Show Begins At 8pm!


Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist who launched a school strike in 2018 that culminated into an international movement, has been sailing for the past three weeks again.
This latest voyage across the Atlantic comes months after Thunberg's emotional speech at the United Nation's Climate Action Summit in September, where she lashed out at world leaders' for letting the younger generation down in their climate inaction.
It's not just talk, of course.
Thunberg arrived at the Summit in New York back in September via a high-tech, zero-emissions sailboat as she refused to take a plane due to the high carbon emission caused by traditional aviation methods.
She was supposed to continue sailing from New York to Chile to attend the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25), but the venue subsequently changed to Madrid, Spain, due to the Chilean social unrest.
This unanticipated change affected the voyage of Thunberg causing her to take to social media to appeal for help.
As #COP25 has officially been moved from Santiago to Madrid I’ll need some help.— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 1, 2019
It turns out I’ve traveled half around the world, the wrong way:)
Now I need to find a way to cross the Atlantic in November... If anyone could help me find transport I would be so grateful.
Fortunately, she managed to hitch a ride to Madrid with two Australian YouTubers, who had been sailing around the world for the past five years.
After three weeks at sea, Thunberg arrived at Lisbon, Portugal on Dec. 3, 2019, where she had a press conference at the port sharing her thoughts from ruminating for the past few weeks at sea.
Sustainable lifestyle should be made easier today
Thunberg said that the voyage is meant to send a message that "it is impossible to live sustainably today", but not to ask everyone to travel in the same way.
This is why the sustainable lifestyle should be made easier today as relying on people to sail across the ocean like this is "absurd".
She added that "people are underestimating the force of angry kids", which drew a round of cheers and applause from youth activists and crew members at the scene.
To not make the young people angry, Thunberg said that the people in power should listen to scientists.
The children, however, are incapable of presenting plans so they are banding together in support of the science.
Thunberg urged everyone to work together to secure the future living conditions for future generations in light of the climate emergency.
Around 25,000 people from 200 countries are expected to attend the COP25 climate change conference in Madrid this week.
In attendance will be heads of state and government, business leaders, scientists and activists.
The Madrid meeting is the last gathering of the COP group before 2020.
The year 2020 is when the Paris agreement comes into effect.
In 2015, nations signed a deal where they agreed that global emissions of greenhouse gases must peak in 2020 at the latest, and then start coming down -- or the world will face disastrous and irreversible damage.
Here's a snippet of the press conference at Lisbon:
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La Onda (The Wave) was a multidisciplinary artistic movement created in Mexico by artists and intellectuals as part of the world-wide waves of the counterculture of the 1960s and the avant-garde. Its followers were called "onderos", "macizos" or "jipitecas".
La Onda encompassed artistic productions of the world of cinema, literature, visual arts and music and strongly addressed social issues of the time such as women's rights, ecology, spirituality, artistic freedom, open drug use and democracy for a country tightly ruled by the PRI.
According to Mexican intellectual Carlos Monsiváis, La Onda was "a new spirit, the repudiation of convention and prejudice, the creation of a new morality, the challenging of proper morals, the expansion of consciousness, the systematic revision and critique of the values offered by the West as sacred and perfect".
- 1 La Onda in music
- 2 La Onda in literature
- 3 La Onda in cinema and theater
- 4 La Onda in drug use and spirituality
- 5 Society from the Mexican Revolution to the 1970s
- 6 Politics: Single-party government
- 7 Economics: A widening gap between the middle and lower classes
- 8 Social protests
- 9 1968 Student Movement and the Tlatelolco Massacre
- 10 Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro
- 11 See also
- 12 References
La Onda in music
La Onda began with the importation of American and British rock and roll into the Mexican music culture. Throughout the world, rock and roll was spreading and taking root as "a wedge and a mirror for societies caught in the throes of rapid modernization". According to Eric Zolov, author of Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture, "rock was a wedge in the sense that it challenged traditional boundaries of propriety, gender relations, social hierarchies, and the very meaning of national identity" which the Mexican PRI (or the Institutional Revolutionary Party) was struggling to define.
By the late 1950s, "youth from the middle classes began to form their own bands…practicing as best they could versions of hit songs in English by their favorite foreign rock'n'rollers". The youth of Mexico was beginning to identify with the youth of the United States and the United Kingdom, and it was only a matter of time before they were also inspired by the social activism of other modernizing countries.
After the 1968 Mexican student movements ended in the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City, a native hippie movement known as the "jipitecas" grew in its wake and expanded to the whole country and parts of the USA and Central America. By 1969, a new wave of Mexican rock music began to emerge, fusing Mexican and foreign music with images of political protest. This movement was called La Onda Chicana, culminating in a two-day "Mexican Woodstock" known as "Avándaro" (Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro) which attracted ca. 300,000 people in September 1971.
La Onda in literature
Starting in 1965, La Onda made its mark on the "new Central-American novel" and other genres. The wave of popular Mexican novels in the 1960s, "emphasized the sentiments of the new urban middle-class adolescent and the influence of United States culture, rock music, the generation gap, and the hippie movement." La Onda influenced many Mexican authors and intellectuals, like José Agustin, liberal priest Enrique Marroquin, ecologist Carlos Baca, Parménides Garcia Saldaña, the most important, original and intelligent Writer.
Alberto Blanco and Gustavo Sainz, and they became icons of the movement; Some writers who were not part of the movement but sympathized with it were Elena Poniatowska, Gabriela Brimmer, Jose Emilio Pacheco and Octavio Paz.
La Onda in cinema and theater
La Onda had its icons with Alejandro Jodorowski, the Gurrola bros. and Sergio Garcia, making Super 8 filming a synonymous of counterculture. Iconic films which gained world-wide attention varied from the women's liberation-oriented ones like Jose Agustin's "5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa" to the Jodorowski's psychedelic avant-garde masterpiece "El Topo".
La Onda in drug use and spirituality
Society from the Mexican Revolution to the 1970s
Mexican Society had undergone a tremendous change after the Mexican Revolution; a period of modernization pushed forward by the PRI. Mexican Society had a great deal to do with the growth and popularity of the Mexican counterculture. "The country’s transformation from predominantly rural to urban, the expansion of national industries, the emergence of a mixed economy with a high profile, and the expansion of educational institutions all fostered the impression that Mexico had finally emerged from the blight of underdevelopment and was on the road to peace and prosperity". The PRI was pushing for modernization, longing to become an evolved and prosperous country, much like the United States.
As Mexican society grew more and more inspired and connected to other foreign countries, the cultural dos and don’ts became more in tune with those of other countries - especially those of the United States. As rock and roll music was imported into Mexico, along with American television and movies, the youth of Mexico changed ‒ slowly evolving into a rebellious stage inspired by the youth rebellion of the United States. One of the major ways in which the youth of Mexico began its counterculture, was by listening and performing rock and roll. At first, the youth would perform famous songs from famous rock and rollers in English, such as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, among many others. The Mexican government saw this as a chance to reach the youth of Mexico. By supporting rock and roll music and helping Mexican musicians in their efforts to play rock and roll music ‒ the Mexican government was hoping to change the meaning of the music. Instead of rebellion, the music would be morally good and inspire Mexico’s youth to support the Mexican government and be upstanding citizens. Unfortunately for the Mexican government, "government efforts to blockade the arrival of foreign music indirectly contributed to the emergence of a native rock’n’roll product" as more and more rock and roll bands began to emerge.
Rock and Roll represented a connection; a connection between the youth of Mexico, as well as a connection between the youth of Mexico, and the youth of the ever trend-setting youth of America. Both countries had seen rapid modernization after World War II, and the effects of this modernization were that the youths of these and other leading countries craved a unifying identity that was separate from past generations under the Revolutionary identity. The youth of Mexico especially craved their own identity separate from that of their parents and grandparents who had fought for and brought about the Mexican Revolution. As the PRI tried harder and harder to control the identity of Mexico’s citizens, the youth of Mexico felt it necessary to fight against this stifling oppression.
As time wore on, Mexican rock and roll bands needed a place to perform their music that was accessible to everyone. With this need, they began performing in places like Cafe Cantante, which was a rock club that allowed everyone to access the counter culture. The youth of Mexico identified with the youth of the United States, unfortunately they were only able to witness a small part of the American counterculture, and that of other countries, so they had to interpret and express what they saw through their music. Besides television, film, and literature, the youth of Mexico only had one true way to experience the counterculture in a unified way, and that was through music. The Cafes Cantantes "thus served as a kind of transcultural performance space where the styles, gestures, and sounds of the youth culture from abroad were transposed for a Mexican audience". Naturally, the Mexican government had to shut down the clubs because they "foment 'rebellion without a cause' that leads to a heightened level of juvenile delinquency". As the cafes were being raided and shut down, the counterculture of the 1960s was growing and being inspired to question and challenge authority.
The counterculture was becoming more detailed and focused on the youth. It was no longer just about rock and roll music. Now, in the early 1960s, the youth were also adopting foreign fashion and attitudes towards authority and rock music "was again becoming a wedge against traditional social values and a vehicle for free expression". At a time when the Mexican government was so focused on outwardly projecting a unified culture, it was important for the youth of Mexico to express themselves and their negative feelings towards this rigid modernization and unification through their music and clothing.
As the decade went by, the emergence of hippies, or jipitecas, was seen in the youth of Mexico. These politically conscious students began to openly defy societal norms ‒ much like the hippies of the United States. The youth of the counterculture needed to break the bonds of society and find new ways to express themselves. Young men faced the problem of breaking out of the mold set forth by their fathers. To do this they had to look disheveled and wrinkled as opposed to the older generation of men who looked very manicured and put together, and dressed much more conservatively. Girls faced a similar problem, but instead of just looking disheveled, women had to fight for a new freedom. Women sought a new freedom where they had the same rights and opportunities as men. But both genders were beginning to fight for their rights to express themselves, be original, and be individual.
Politics: Single-party government
After the Mexican Revolution, the Mexican government worked for a time to legitimize the acts of the new Constitution and to help settle the country into a stabilized government. For a time, Mexico boasted "high levels of popular participation, featured a wide array of opposing political parties, and observed peaceful transfers of power from one administration to the next". In spite of this political stability and program to further the industrialization of Mexico, an authoritarian government eventually emerged. "The combination of favorable international circumstances and internal conditions enabled the governing party to become a monopoly party of government during the three decades after 1940". The presidents, such as Álvaro Obregón, Plutarco Elías Calles, and Lázaro Cárdenas wanted to perpetuate the teachings of the Revolution ‒ solidifying revolutionary ideals into Mexican society. But, the government following the Mexican Revolution did not only want to solidify the ideals of the Revolution, it also wanted to improve the government elevate the status of Mexico to a modern, First World power. The Mexican government began, in the 1940s, "to industrialize the country, by means of an import-substitution policy…displacing the traditional center of gravity, which had been the countryside, to the cities". This expansion and focus on the middle-class family would eventually lead to the first phase of La Onda, in which the children and grandchildren of the Revolutionaries began to challenge authority and individualizing and expressing themselves through rock and roll music and foreign fashion trends.
By the 1960s, the import-substitution model was no longer working. The enthusiasm with which the Mexican government had fostering towards economic growth and political stability was slowly stifling the Mexican people. In the 1950s, Northern Mexico witnessed "a vigorous mobilization of peasant groups that invaded lands under the direction of organizations with relatively radical ideologies, outside the official structures". By the late 1960s, "the monopoly party had deepened its control over the political processes and took credit for the economic expansion as a result of the structures it had set in place". Now, it was not just Mexico's middle-class youth that were rebelling against the authoritarian government. Now, the working-class was rebelling against the old industrial institutions and fighting for better pay and protection from the companies and the government.
Economics: A widening gap between the middle and lower classes
Mexico’s economy had expanded substantially since World War II. As it expanded, the economy became prosperous and focused on the middle class. More and more factories were being built to help bolster the economy ‒ unfortunately resulting in lower pay for the workers ‒ the people who kept the economy afloat. Mexican politics and economy went hand in hand when "political stability [under Ávila Camacho] encouraged enough foreign capital back into the country to bolster high rates of growth". Mexico’s "emphasis on economic development…has focused on those activities, industry and commerce, that are most efficiently undertaken in urban areas, where there is an adequate supply of labor, credit, transportation, and communication". This emphasis on urbanization would eventually lead to the workers and student movement of the 1960s.
As 1968 approached, the position of President of Mexico became more and more absolute and monopolizing. Under the presidency of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, one can truly see the terrible effects of an absolute government on the people of Mexico when "the issue of accountability, along with other constitutional questions such as the relationship of the powers and the effective participation of civil society in the political processes, fell by the wayside". The monopoly of the PRI ‒ especially under Díaz Ordaz had gone unchallenged before the 1968 Student Movement, and the growth of presidential power was seen as a blatant abuse under Díaz, inspiring students, peasants, and industrial workers to challenge this absolute authority.
Finally, the year was 1968, and Mexico City had been nominated to host the 1968 Summer Olympics. Already the Mexican government had been dealing with the effects of La Onda through minor social rebellions inspired by the American counterculture movement. As passive and active resistance grew, the Mexican government saw a need to put down opposition. Ordaz knew that the Olympics were Mexico’s initiation into the First World community, and knew that a student movement just weeks before the Games would be disastrous for Mexico’s image.
Mexico’s economic situation improved in the 1950s with the Bracero Program and with the "Export-Import Bank approved $150 million loan to finance transportation, agriculture, and power facilities". With the Between 1954 and 1971, the Mexican economy experienced a stabilized development under the President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and Adolfo López Mateos. This stability lasted until 1971 when the Mexican economy began to decline. One of the major reasons for such a prosperous economy during this time was Mexico’s decision to nationalize its oil. This nationalization of resources along with Mexico’s modernization program helped to stabilize the economy. Another factor to the stability and prosperity of the Mexican economy was the Korean War which "had increased world prices, provided opportunities for Mexican exports, and led to the inflow of foreign capital". But, by the late 1960s, the Mexican economy was unable to finance itself ‒ resulting in lowered wages and workers’ discontent.
Before the Student Movement of 1968, there were other political movements. One such movement took place between 1964 and 1965. At this time, "Díaz Ordaz’s political miscalculations allowed a dispute over better pay and working conditions with hospital doctors working in the public sector to escalate into a strike movement". Although this strike did not have to do with La Onda, it did serve as an example for Mexico’s youth in their fight against the authoritarian government.
Besides student movements, the government also responded severely to labor unions ‒ usually with harsh repression. In the 1930s and 1940s, the PRI used police and military force to suppress labor protests. Later, in 1958-1959, the government responded to the railway workers’ dispute by arresting numerous workers and union supporters. In 1961, in Mexico City, students had gathered to celebrate the newly instated Fidel Castro administration in Cuba, when the gathering was broken up by police use of tear gas and rifle butts. This severe, one-track way of dealing with social movements did not work to the Mexican government’s advantage. After the 1968 Student Movement and resulting massacre, "an alliance of students, peasants, and urban workers in Oaxaca succeeded in forming a political movement independent of the PRI by 1972". Throughout the time of Mexico’s economic stability under the PRI, there were many minor protests to question the moral credibility of the Mexican government.
1968 Student Movement and the Tlatelolco Massacre
For a long time, the Mexican government had been forcing the Mexican people into a unified structure ‒ one where the youth of Mexico did not rebel and the entire population worked together to recreate Mexico as a First World power. This forced and false unification was what inspired the Mexican counterculture. The youth of Mexico saw other countries protesting a false unification, and craved the individuality that those protestors had found. As mentioned before, this challenged of authority culminated in the adoption of rock and roll music and dress into the everyday lives of Mexico’s adolescent population. Then, just as the students of other countries began peacefully protesting their conservative governments, so to did the students of Mexico begin to challenge authority in Mexico. According to Gilberto Guevara Niebla, a student leader stated in an interview: "The Student Movement had many dimensions. On one hand, it was a student movement; on the other, it was not. The Student movement was the bearer of demands that were not only strictly student concerns but those of the society. Before 1968, the authoritarian state had brutally beaten workers also campesinos, and it had destroyed the leftist opposition parties. It was in this vacuum, that students injected their demands, aspirations, and desires that were not exclusively of student interest, but also of interest to campesinos, workers, intellectuals, political parts, etc.".
The 1968 Student Movement was the "articulated restlessness and rage for much of the youth of a middle class which had come of age during Mexico’s acclaimed modernizing 'miracle' and which afterward opened the floodgates of cynicism and everyday resistance to a political system bent on maintaining control". According to Zolov, the Student Movement made only six demands which included, "freedom of political prisoners, abolition of the riot police, the dismissal of the Mexico City chief of police, and justice against those responsible for repression". The 1968 Student Movement didn't consist only of students; peasants and businessman ‒ Mexico’s working class also partook in the fight for democracy in Mexico’s government. In 1968, the Student Movement "challenged the legitimacy of the system and proved, by the bloody repression it suffered, that it (the Mexican Government) had and authoritarian core". Those protesting during the 1968 social movement wanted a mass movement to force the government to reform the official party and provide greater opportunity for political participation.
The economic growth after World War II and the following stabilized development led to overall declines in levels of poverty and inequality, but the "opportunities created for the middle sectors did not match their expectations and instead created a large population of upwardly mobile young people whose dreams and aspirations" grew faster than the Mexican economy. The younger generation was still being inspired by foreign acts of protest against rigid government regimes. Through literature, music, and art, Mexico’s youth was able to connect and amass into a larger group including students, peasants, and industrial workers. This adolescent generation was beginning to challenge the status quo and question authority, seeking self-expression and equality for all. Now, with world events like the Vietnam War and the Cuban Revolution, the student movement was taking form and participating in a radical protest of authoritarian government. Across Mexico, as more and more universities got involved, students began to meet and address issues and held rallies protesting world events as well as events of injustice in Mexico. As more and more campuses joined in and began to hold meetings to decide how best to fight for democracy, the Mexican government became uncomfortable and paranoid about the effect these student movements would have on Mexico’s reputation.
As more and more students joined the cause and began protesting in marches, the Mexican government became paranoid and began to monitor the politically active students. The more the government monitored the students, the more students joined the cause. By late 1968, even some high schools and middle schools had joined the student movement. No longer was the younger generation fighting against conservative family values with rock and roll music, beatnik literature, and daring fashion. Now, the students were unifying and banding together behind a resentment of the authoritarian government.
As mentioned before, Mexico had been selected to host the 1968 Olympic Games, and so the PRI were on high alert for student protests ‒ which they were not tolerant of. Students played a key role in the democratization of the Mexican government. As police abuse became more and more prevalent, students across Mexico felt that an political upheaval was necessary. On one occasion on July 29, 1968, "students barricaded themselves inside their high school to protest police abuse" to which "infantry troops used a bazooka to blast" into the school and "proceeded to beat and ultimately arrest one thousand students". From this and many other cases of police abuse stemmed the ultimate student protest on October 2, 1968. Internally, the 1968 student movement was linked to "the growing criticism of the Mexican Revolution that was particularly evident in the labor struggles of the 1950s and 1960s". The political movements of other countries and their success in changing legislation inspired the revolutionary youth. The Mexican youth thought that if they peacefully banded together and showed the amount of support they gave to their cause that the PRI might just listen to their demands.
The massive student movement began on July 26, 1968, when demonstrators were attempting to gather at the Zócalo ‒ which was technically reserved for organized demonstrations of support for the president. As more and more people gathered, Díaz Ordaz "regarded the movement as an affront to the dignity of Mexico".). At this point, the PRI had no control over the student demands for respect and constitutional rights. By August 13, 1968, "100,000 people were protesting against the regime’s disrespect for public liberties and the presence of tanks in the city streets". The growing political unrest was viewed by the government as "a revolutionary conspiracy…designed to bring down the existing political order". As people gathered on the evening of October 2, 1968, at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas (Plaza of Three Cultures) the administration made no attempt to establish dialogue with the student leaders. Instead, troops and police opened fire on the Tlatelolco demonstration and massacred rioters of the Student Movement.
After the massacre at Tlatelolco "which effectively terminated the protest movement", there was a call for a new counter-movement and new forms of opposition to bring an end to support for the authoritarian government. No longer was the youth of Mexico solely focused on rebelling against authority in the home; no longer were the students only expressing themselves through their fashion and the music they listened to, now they had a new movement. Now, the student movement had turned into La Onda, focused solely on expressing the deep need for democracy in Mexico’s rigid one-party government, as well as the need for self-expression for the youth of Mexico.
The massacre at Tlatelolco "created a legitimacy" for democratization ‒ no longer could the Mexican government refuse and refute the fact that Mexico was now ruled under an authoritarian government. Not only did the massacre "reorganize civil society and catalyze electoral reforms", it also "spotlighted Mexican authoritarianism". After the Massacre at Tlatelolco, La Onda evolved again. First it had been a protestation of conservative traditions legitimized during the Mexican Revolution. This youth movement questioned authority through the use of rock and roll music, beatnik literature, and daring fashion. Next came the Student Movements that challenged the authoritarian government and fought for the democratization of Mexico. After the Tlatelolco Massacre, a new wave of La Onda emerged ‒ that of the jipitecas, or hippies, who rebelled against the status quo and preached peace and democracy above a strict authoritarianism government.
Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro
The Festival Rock y Ruedas in Avándaro, Mexico, took place September 11–12, 1971 in the hamlet of Tenantongo, near the Avandaro lake and golf club in Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico. The Rock y Ruedas (Rock and Wheels) festival had originally begun as "nothing more than a series of auto races". The organizers suggested that rock music should be included to have a Noche Mexicana the night before the event. As many bands were hired to participate a rock festival was organized to promote the auto race ‒ but instead turned into the "Mexican Woodstock" with a huge amount of Mexican rock bands such as Dug Dug’s, El Epilogo, La Division Del Norte, Tequila, Peace and Love, El Ritual and so many more playing to a crowd of over 300,000 people for 2 days. This huge music spectacle was the culmination of all the effort of La Onda, describing "a modern sense of movement and communication, as in radio or television 'wavelength'". The festival, which greatly resembled the Woodstock of the United States, was a culmination of the efforts of La Onda along with the efforts of the government to control political unrest and make the audience feel as though their protests were heard. La Onda, which had started as a teenage rebellion against conservative parenting, had turned into a political movement fighting for democracy in an authoritarian government, and lastly had returned to a musical demonstration, but instead of violently rebelling against authority, it taught passive resistance, peace, and unification.
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At the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, this winter, the next generation of high-speed wireless networks, known as 5G (for fifth generation), was on display for the first time, with 5G-equipped devices used to ward off wild boars, record 360-degree videos from the perspective of bobsled pilots, and stream live video of events to attendees riding on shuttle buses. Despite the test run at the Olympics, the 5G wireless network is not scheduled to be rolled out to the public until 2020, but companies around the world are already racing to develop the necessary technology, leading to new technological tensions between the U.S. and China.
Chinese company Huawei has been at the forefront of the ongoing race to dominate 5G technologies. Since 2009, Huawei has invested $600 million in 5G research and development, and it plans to spend another $800 million this year. Moreover, Huawei is pushing to make sure that its 5G technologies reach other countries besides China—something that Huawei, and other Chinese companies, struggled with during the rollout of the previous 4G network. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, Huawei announced its first 5G chipset, saying it was the first commercial chipset to meet 5G standards in the world and that it could reach download speeds of 2.3 gigabits per second, a considerable improvement over current 4G speeds. Huawei also announced plans to launch a 5G smartphone later this year.
Already, Huawei has deployed a pilot 5G network with Canadian mobile company Telus in Vancouver. In November 2017, Huawei conducted a demo of its 5G technologies in London, and it has more trials planned with UK carriers BT and EE. Just last month, Huawei and Spanish carrier Vodafone announced they had completed the first ever 5G call in Spain. Meanwhile, Huawei and other Chinese companies have been ramping up their involvement in the Third-Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP, the organization that sets the technical standards for 5G.
These partnerships and pilot projects don’t necessarily mean that these carriers will all adopt Huawei’s 5G technology when the network ultimately deploys. But they do suggest that Huawei will, at the very least, play a major role in dictating the design of the 5G network not just within China but worldwide. And that’s a big deal for Huawei, and China’s tech sector more generally, since it was largely excluded from the global development of standards and technologies underpinning previous generations of wireless networks.
Given the continued demand for high-speed wireless connectivity and mobile devices, there’s a lot at stake for the companies that get 5G technology right and ultimately end up driving its deployment. And as Huawei has continued to move forward with 5G tests and patents, the United States government has been visibly rattled by their progress, even as companies in many other countries actively pursue partnerships with the Chinese tech giant.
For instance, Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Aimen Mir wrote in a letter earlier this month that “a shift to Chinese dominance in 5G would have substantial negative national security consequences for the United States.” In the meantime, the United States has been taking active steps to stem Huawei’s international growth, intervening earlier this year to halt a planned partnership between Huawei and U.S. mobile carrier AT&T. Earlier this month, the Australian government also signaled it may share some of these concerns, announcing that it would conduct a national security assessment of Huawei before allowing the company to get more involved in the rollout of 5G in Australia. But most other nations have been largely silent on the question of whether they view Huawei’s 5G efforts as a national security threat, and companies across Europe have readily engaged in partnerships with Huawei.
Underlying these disputes over 5G is a complicated tangle of political, national security, and economic issues. The U.S. and Australia appear to be primarily concerned with the question of whether Huawei’s dominance in 5G could lead to the deployment of networks and devices that the Chinese government would then be able to leverage for its own surveillance or espionage purposes. Huawei is not a state-run company, and its leadership has denied repeatedly that it provides the Chinese government with any technological backdoors or access to its customers’ data and devices. Still, it makes sense that a major Chinese firm would be susceptible to certain types of pressure from the Chinese government—just as AT&T was susceptible to pressure from the U.S. government when it came to deciding whether or not to offer its customers Huawei phones.
The same could be said of any country’s technologies—that the companies manufacturing them might be roped into cooperating with their governments. So the fact that the United States government is this concerned about a Chinese company, but not any of the other firms around the world developing 5G technologies, suggests that the U.S. has particularly strong evidence of Huawei being willing to provide information or access to the Chinese government. But if that evidence existed, it would make sense that more countries than just the United States and Australia would know about it and be wary of Huawei’s technology. Canada and the UK, for instance, have both watched as companies within their borders have partnered with Huawei to test 5G technologies—and both also belong to the Five Eyes group of countries that the United States regularly shares intelligence with.
It’s striking that the concerns of the U.S. government about Huawei’s 5G efforts appear to be shared by so few of its allies and hints at the possibility that national security issues may not be the only factor in the United States’ resistance to Huawei’s 5G push. If Huawei beats its competitors in developing 5G technologies, there would also be significant economic consequences for many firms in other countries—including the U.S. and South Korea—that have dominated the global market for wireless networking technologies in the past. And just as regulators appear to fear that spreading technology manufactured by Chinese firms across the world could strengthen the Chinese government’s ability to conduct surveillance and espionage, it’s possible they also fear that the resulting decrease in U.S. technology could also diminish the reach of the U.S. government’s surveillance and espionage powers.


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Zelda II: Link's Adventure for NES
-tedious and difficult (games can be hard but fun, or even have some tedium and still be fun, but this game has a whole lot of both)
-too much like an rpg
-dislike the sound (good songs, shitty instrumentation... it's just all wobbly and bleh)
-too little direction, figuring stuff out is no fun in such a frustrating environment
-possible to complete a dungeon and miss essential things from it which just adds to the confusion
-the sprites just look weird/ugly to me
-Probably was mind-blowing for its time, but has now become overrated. Seems like just your average fps.
-You shoot things, and you have a gravity gun which is cool i guess, and you drive around on a baot thing and get seasick for real. AMAZING
-Makes me really motionsick/gives me headaches (the only game to have done so)
Punch-Out!! on NES
-Actually pretty great at first
-Once you finally get to the last boss it's like impossible
-It's not really impossible but it takes an insane amount of work to do, i'm sure and it sure isn't fun, unless you love starting over every two seconds
-final boss RUINS the game, it is too difficult to be fun (perhaps the most difficult challenge on the nes?) just not worthing doing in this day and age when there are so manymore fun things to do.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
-Most generic and uninteresting Zelda right now. FAR better than its predecessors, but still hella bland
-OoT completely outshines it, not to mention every Zelda game after that...
-He has pink hair
-Overrated as hell... anyone who tries to argue that it's the best Zelda game ever made is either retarded or hasn't played many Zelda games
Any Fire Emblem pre-3DS
-Each chapter can take over an hour, meaning you can play for an hour, have an ally die, then have to start all over
-If you continue without allies you may end up lacking people you'll NEED later, breaking the game
-one of the most disappointing experiences in gaming, for me, was playing for an hour and doing so well only to have the boss murder someone i needed, making everythign i'd done obsolete -_-
-in case you hadn't noticed, being forced to start all over is something i hate in video games
Metroid on NES
-primitive exploration game on nes, cool, whatever. YOU HAVE TO ENTER A REALLY LONG PASSWORD IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. EVERY TIME.
-NOT worth revisitng today for morethan half an hour stop listing it in your top 10 nes games. you are WRONG.
Like it's fine but stop saying it's the best game ever and also the cake is a lie is SO STUPID AND THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT PLEASE DO NOT WEAR SHIRTS THAT SAY THAT I WILL WINCE AT YOU
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