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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - Raawwwrrr! - 07/04/2016 16:48
(07/04/2016 07:36)childwallblues Wrote: In Liverpool it could be to do with route 86 which has very high student loadings.
Arriva also don't operate the 86C (Due to the 75/78) but do operate the 699 and Stagecoach also run Hope Uni Shuttles which complicates things
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - mtl97 - 07/04/2016 17:47
The changes to the x8 are that its rerouted via chester zoo & their will be extra short journeys between chester zoo & chester station, info from Cheshire west council website
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - N271CKB - 07/04/2016 17:53
Surely that takes away its express appeal??
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - YN05 WKE - 07/04/2016 18:18
(07/04/2016 17:47)mtl97 Wrote: The changes to the x8 are that its rerouted via chester zoo & their will be extra short journeys between chester zoo & chester station, info from Cheshire west council website
I wonder if the 1 will be taken out of the zoo as with X8 there be too many buses in the zoo
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - wirralbus - 07/04/2016 18:23
(07/04/2016 17:53)N271CKB Wrote: Surely that takes away its express appeal??
It probably also probably removes the use of the M53 to get to the Zoo which has been the cause of some major delays in recent times between the Hoole Road motorway Junction and Cheshire Oaks / M56 Junction.
This either is a good move or a desperate move to get passengers to use it , which one is open to debate.
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - Turbostar - 07/04/2016 18:49
That's interesting about the X8. Running it via the zoo would allow Stagecoach to re-route the 1 & possibly save a diagram. Don't forget the long layover service 1 buses currently have in Chester.
I doubt it will take that much longer & a bonus will be that it shouldn't get as bogged down in traffic around Cheshire Oaks at peak times. At least one contributor on here has cited the issues getting off the M53 & round the Oaks which cause issues occasionally.
I'm also hoping it will stop by the shops at Long Lane, Upton as well as I could get on the darned thing there!!
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - PO59 MXJ - 07/04/2016 19:00
(07/04/2016 05:10)r411 xfl Wrote: It is an agreement between us and arrriva over the student tickets both of us dont accept each others student tickets.
Only accept day, weekly, monthly tickets
That changed last summer when Stagecoach started accepting Arrivas weekly M Tickets. The student cards work on Stagecoach machines. Well they do on the 14s and 10As anyway. The only thing Stagecoach dont accept now is Arrivas monthly M Ticket.
This is a minefield of what can and cant be used as all the different QBP seem to have differing ticket rules.
RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral - R879 HRF - 07/04/2016 20:07
On the 1/2 QBP the only arriva passes that are not accepted are any deeside, Chester, or Chester plus zone passes. This is an on going dispute with arriva and have been instructed not to accept under any circumstances. We accept all M-Tickets (zone permitting) as far as I'm aware.
Arriva student cards are accepted however do not work on our machines.
Out of interest what ticket machines do both Arriva and Stagecoach use ?


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IAM Models Founder, Ryan Alexander On Tackling Mental Health Within The Fashion Industry and Learning To Truly Be Yourself
Interviews, Life
27th March 2019 by Niamh Crawford-Walker
From living it up as a signed musician in LA and London to setting up his own modelling agency, Ryan Alexander is a man on a mission to transform the modelling industry in Northern Ireland. Upon first impressions, the creativity of the IAM Models team is certainly apparent but more importantly, is the mission behind their business, their commitment to the success of their models on a global scale as well as their in-house initiative IDENTITY which works towards combatting mental health issues within the fashion industry. We caught up with Ryan to chat about the nature of the modelling industry, how IAM Models got started and the reality of a day in the life of a top model agent.
On how IAM Models got started…
I used to work in the industry in London and one of the things that always struck me was that Northern Ireland wasn't represented in the fashion industry. Major agencies in the fashion capitals – London, Milan, Paris and New York – partner with lots of agencies around the world in smaller cities, in the UK, Europe and further afield. I remember wondering why Ireland was never represented in that way. I couldn't understand why because I knew there was talent here. I wanted to bridge that gap and be that agency that worked with the major industries in the fashion capitals and to send our models to those fashion capitals to work and to have successful careers as high fashion models there.
On what sets IAM Models apart…
We have a small pool of models and that's very intentional. We believe all of our models to be absolutely exceptional. The clients we have and the work that we get is outstanding. Some of the biggest clients in Ireland who have worked with us include the likes of Argento, Brown Thomas, Dunnes Stores, Remus Uomo, Envoy Belfast and so we really need to make sure that we are giving those clients what they want and to achieve a product which could rival agencies and competition anywhere around the world.
We have models that work in the major fashion capitals but also all over the world in places like Asia, South America, South Africa, Australia and all around the world. We represent models who wouldn't necessarily be able to be signed otherwise because they don't meet the industry height requirements or they don't meet the right measurements for this industry. We believe that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and actually someone with an incredible character and personality and also an incredible face, a really unique face and really unique look has just as much of an opportunity and should have just as much of an opportunity as any other model who is long-legged and 5'11". That's part of the Offbeat section of our books. We like to think that we are changing the industry from the inside out with regards to the standards within the industry and the unrealistic beauty standards that are set by the industry.
"We like to think that we are changing the industry from the inside out with regards to the standards within the industry and the unrealistic beauty standards that are set by the industry."
We also have IAM Identity which is an in-house initiative that works in two parts. The first part is that we fund mental health research within Northern Ireland. We fund PhDs and Masters in partnership with Queen's University and we have Queen's psychology students who come and work with us for a period of time. They conduct research into the industry and we learn together as to how we can best combat the issue of mental health within the fashion industry specifically. Their findings are prepared and presented to other agencies in the industry to show them what they can be doing to combat the issue. Ultimately, the end goal is to work together in order to eradicate mental health problem within the fashion industry.
The second part is that we go into schools and we educate young people with regards to the industry. We bring some of our models with us and we talk about the unrealistic standards of beauty that are set within the industry and we talk about how actually, to be attractive, to appear successful, to have done fashion week and to have worked for this client and that client means absolutely nothing. We tell these kids that their worth and their value is not in the way they look or how many followers they have on social media, it's in their character, it's their personality, it's how they love, it's who they are. We go into schools and we talk about that specifically.
"We tell these kids that their worth and their value is not in the way they look or how many followers they have on social media, it's in their character, it's their personality, it's how they love, it's who they are."
On being who you were created to be…
We spend so much time trying to be somebody else that we forget who we are. We bow down to the pressure of conforming to stereotypes and social norms and our own individuality gets lost. We want to reignite that individuality in everyone that we meet, especially within this industry. Be yourself, don't be ashamed to be yourself because you are fantastic. Regardless of what anyone thinks of you, to be yourself is the best thing to be and that's who you were created to be.
"Regardless of what anyone thinks of you, to be yourself is the best thing to be and that's who you were created to be."
On the most surreal moment of his career so far…
IAM Models has achieved so much in such a short space of time. We've worked with the likes of Moschino and Givenchy, Chanel. We've placed models all around the world and they've walked incredible fashion weeks and for incredible designers and fashion houses. We've met some absolutely amazing people within the industry. We partner with some of the biggest agencies in the world and have built fantastic flourishing friendships with those agencies.
However, I think the most surreal moment for me was when we first signed a model called Ben. Ben has been with us from the beginning. He was the first model that we signed that we placed internationally. I knew it was possible to bridge the gap and be an agency who partnered with these major agencies and could represent models abroad but that dream hadn't happened yet.
We signed Ben as an amateur boxer from East Belfast having had no modelling experience. We signed him and developed his portfolio and through our contacts with partner agencies in fashion capitals, Ben went on to do his first fashion week in London. At that point, my dream and all my hard work had become a reality. I remember thinking to myself that this is surreal, that we are an agency in Northern Ireland representing a model at a major fashion week internationally and what an incredible achievement and opportunity that is. Of all the success that we've found with IAM Models over the last few years, that moment has been the most surreal for me.
"We didn't want to be an agency that was part of that problem, we wanted to be part of the solution."
On what he wish he knew before setting up his business…
How much hard work would be involved. It's such a cliche but in order to be successful in anything in life, you have to put the work in. And I knew that but I think I underestimated just how much work it would be to develop the relationships with the clients that we have and with the major agencies we now have and to find the talent. A lot of work went in. There was a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of pressure, a lot of stress. For the first year of IAM, I was in the office for 9am and I wasn't leaving until 10-11pm every night. There was a lot of sacrifices. Although I wouldn't change that for the world but that was something I certainly never anticipated. I also wish I knew how to best manage models and creatives. Nothing can prepare you for managing people and personalities. Everyone is weird and wonderful in their own way and has their own characters and personalities. Dealing with those personalities in a respectful and positive way is sometimes really challenging. And the only way that you learn how to do that is the hard way and I certainly learned that the hard way. I wish someone had given me a little 101 guide on how to manage personalities.
On the most admirable traits of creatives…
In this millennial age, it's very easy to get ahead of ourselves as individuals. It's easy to think we are something because we have 10,000 followers on Instagram and because people online like our work as a photographer or as a stylist or as a makeup artist but actually, that doesn't wash in real life. You need the experience to back it up. You need that experience as a photographer, a stylist, as a makeup artist, as a creative, as a model in order to be able to do your job to the best of your ability. So often I meet with with young creatives and young models who think they are something, that have an arrogance about them but don't have the credentials to back it up and this makes their work ethic very poor. And so, the thing that I most admire about creatives and the thing that I look for instantly when a creative comes through my door is, what is your work ethic? What is your attitude?
If you come into my office with an attitude of wanting to learn, of an attitude that there is always something to learn, there is something that I can always improve on. If you have a willingness to listen, a willingness to be better, if you want to genuinely achieve something and push yourself and better yourself as a creative, then that's what's important to me.
Creatives can have natural talent and a lot of the time you can't learn that you either have that or you don't. Having talent is the easy bit, that's the gift but actually having the work ethic and the right attitude to go with that talent, that's the bit that's rare.
On the future of IAM Models…
I would love to have more of a platform to make a change within this industry. I would love to make a meaningful difference within this industry. I would love to educate as many children in this country as possible when it comes to social media and the value of being yourself and being who you were created to be. I would love to show people that appearance and the materialistic nature of this industry means nothing. I'd also love to continue to develop meaningful relationships with our partnered agencies and to be bigger and better and more established as an agency in order to give ourselves a bigger platform to make a difference.
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Niamh Crawford-Walker
Niamh is a full time fashion and features writer at The Style Edit. Her work has previously appeared in IMAGE magazine, image.ie and Emirates Woman.
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In the August 2007 blog, Pat wrote about the Davis and Hurd families, ancestors of Anne Copeland, Assistant Branch Manager at the Historical Center. In October 2007, she wrote about the Ross family. As we once again celebrate Family History Month in October, Pat has asked me to write about the search for the roots and branches of my family tree. Most of my ancestors lived in Pittsylvania County, but quite a few of their descendants now live in Henry County. Some of the names familiar to the area are: Hubbard, Walker, Fuller, Pigg, Aaron, Arnn, Wells, Shorter, Palmer, Martin, Marlow, Eanes, Shelton, Ramsey, Angle, Anthony, Ziegler and Woody. My husband is not local, but in researching his family I even found that they connected back to the area through the Fuller and Lawrence families.
For this blog, I have decided to share some information on the Aaron/Arnn family. I descend from Abraham Arnn, Sr. through two of his sons. Through the years, the descendants of Abraham Sr. have spelled the surname in an interesting variety of ways. One family researcher, Larry Aaron, found the name spelled no less than 16 different ways in court documents relating to the family. One of my branches from Abraham Sr. spells the surname Aaron today and the other spells it Arnn. There are also descendants who spell the name Aron.
As you conduct your own research, keep in mind that having a firm spelling of one�s surname is a fairly recent occurrence. As you can see from the Aaron/Arnn family, when it comes to old documents, spelling doesn't count, especially with names. In your research, you must be willing to look at all the different possible spellings of the surname of your ancestor and even some that don�t seem possible! Many people have lost out on a plethora of information simply because they were insistent they couldn�t be related to someone due to a spelling difference in the surname. Prior to the publishing of the first Dictionary of the English Language in 1755 by Samuel Johnson in England, there were no spelling rules. In the United States, there wasn�t a standard for spelling until Noah Webster published the first American dictionary in 1828. Since everyone spelled as they deemed fit prior to 1755, you should not worry about spelling in old documents and letters. There are at least three reasons for the spelling variations of our ancestors� names: 1) They may have been illiterate, 2) someone else, such as a clerk or clergyman might have created the record, and 3) they may have had an accent which was unclear or unfamiliar to the person taking the information.
Abraham Arnn, Sr. was born around 1734. He is speculated to have married Judith Diehl. However, there are no primary sources to support this speculation. It is, also, theorized that he may have married a Philpott. There have been no legal documents found to date which mention his wife. Abraham and several of his children moved from Lancaster, PA to Pittsylvania Co., VA around the year 1771. On 6 Sept 1777, Abraham subscribed to the oath of allegiance in Pittsylvania Co., VA. During the Revolutionary War, he served on the jury several times and provided supplies for the troops. He is the first name listed in the Patriot Index published by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The birth order and some of the birth dates of his children are unknown. In addition to the children listed below, Abraham might have had a son named Moses who married Abigail Payne on 18 Sep 1782 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. However, there is no documentation to prove that Moses was the son of Abraham Arnn, Sr. Abraham died in 1815 or 1816 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Children of Abraham Arnn, Sr.: Jacob Horatio married Judith Kearby, Catherine married (1) John Whitsell & (2) Harmon Cook Sr., Abraham Jr. married (1) Chloe Pearson (2) Nellie Purdue and (3) Seneth Regan, Mary married Tobias Kingery, George Washington married Sarah Walker, Isaac married (1) Polly Walker and (2) Elizabeth Fuller and Susannah married Joseph Fuller. My descent from George carries the surname Aaron. My descent from Isaac spells the surname Arnn.
Isaac Arnn was probably the youngest son of Abraham Arnn, Sr. He first married Polly Walker, daughter of Elisha and Judy Walker, on 7 Feb 1797. The only known child of this marriage was Susan Arnn who married Preston Edds on 12 Dec 1818 and moved to Saline, AR. Isaac�s second marriage was to Elizabeth Fuller, daughter of Zachariah and Letty Fuller, on 20 Dec 1802. Theirs was not a happy marriage. Records show that Isaac was brought into court and jailed a number of times. Most often, he was charged with failing to �keep the peace and maintain good behavior towards all citizens and especially his wife, Elizabeth�. Isaac served as a 2nd Lieutenant in a company of Artillery of the 1st Regiment in the state militia. The administrator for Isaac�s estate was qualified on 19 Aug 1844. He must have died shortly before this date in his late sixties. Children of Isaac Arnn Sr. and Elizabeth Fuller: Mary Ann �Polly� married Israel Fuller, Berryman married Joanna Amanda Blair, Asa married Sarah Mitchell, Frances married Philip Parrish, Letitia married William White, Isaac Jr. married Mary Clay Fuller, Sally married Henry P. Fuller and Zachariah married Martha A.E.M.J. Nuckols. I descend from Isaac Jr.
Isaac Arnn, Jr. was born around 1820 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He married Mary Clay Fuller, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Hundley) Fuller, on 17 Sep 1842. Isaac, Jr. lived less than 3 years after their marriage and died before his son, Isaac Clay, was born on 3 Dec 1844. Family history states that Isaac, Jr. made two requests of his wife, Mary, while on his death bed. One was that she never remarry and the other was that she make sure that their surname always be correctly spelled as Arnn. Most of their neighbors mispronounced their name as Aaron and spelled it that way. She kept both promises and lived as a widow for almost 64 years. Only child of Isaac Arnn Jr.: Isaac Clay married Mary Ann Hubbard.
Isaac Clay Arnn was born in the home of his maternal grandfather, Timothy Fuller, on 3 Dec 1844 after the death of his father earlier that year. He grew up in this household, also. He attended private schools in the community and is listed as a store clerk in the 1860 census. He enlisted on 4 Jun 1861 in Pittsylvania Co., VA as a private in Co. B, 38th Regt., VA Infantry, CSA. He was discharged in Nov 1861 as a result of a shell shot under his arm. At this time, he was described as 16 years old, 5'3" tall, fair complexion, gray eyes, light hair and his occupation was listed as clerk. On 25 Dec 1862, he re-enlisted as a private in the 2nd Co.E. 6th Regt. VA Cavalry CSA at Camp Ashby.. At this time, he was described as 18 years old, light hair, gray eyes, light complexion and his occupation was listed as farmer. He served with J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and Robert E. Lee and was at Appomatox Court House when Gen. Lee surrendered. Isaac Clay married Mary Ann Hubbard, daughter of John Fuller and Stella Clement (Mitchell) Hubbard, on 10 Dec 1867 at the home of her parents. She was a faithful member of County Line Christian Church in Henry Co., VA. Isaac Clay died on 13 Apr 1924 and Mary on 2 Jan 1929. They are buried in the Arnn cemetery located on Rd.811 off Rt.57 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. In 1987, Arthur Gauldin owned the farm on which the cemetery is located. Children of Isaac Clay Arnn: Annie Pearla married Henry Clay Hundley, Ashby Lela married (1) Mildred Ann Hundley (2) Myrtle Ethel Aaron and (3) Minnie Gertrude (Rogers) Hubbard Pastel, John Isaac married Ida Mayfield Fuller, Rosa Lee never married, Alva Marion was the second wife of Joseph Pinkney Hubbard, Grace Lenore married William Otey Allen, Raleigh Clay died as an infant, Hugh White married (1) Geneva Joseph Aaron and (2) Janie Lee Burch, Mary Stella �Dollie� married Horace Benson Price and Elizabeth Hamilton married Abel Lawrence.
Alva Marion (Arnn) Hubbard was my great great grandmother. Her grandson, Cecil Randolph Hubbard, was my paternal grandfather. He married Mary Gladys Wells who was a descendant of George Aaron, brother of Isaac Arnn.
George Washington Arnn was born in 1772 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Some researchers list his middle initial as �M�. However, this is probably an incorrect transcription of �W�. He married Sarah Walker who was born to Elisha and Judith (Kirby) Walker around 1784. By 1830 they and most of their children had migrated to Henry Co., TN where she died in Jun 1849 followed by him on 11 Jul 1855. Most of the descendants of George and Sarah moved west and spell their surname Arnn. Children of George Arnn Sr.: Henry Clay married Mary Ann Robertson, George Jr. married (1) Frances Donaldson (2) Charlotte Lewry and (3) Louisa V. Lankford, Abihu married Margaret Blair, Anadab married Eleanor Alexander, Ann married John Walker, Judith married William M. Frazer, James Madison married Amanda Bond, Frances �Fannie� married John I. Crawford, John, Kitt and William. I descend from Henry Clay Arnn. Henry Clay Arnn was born around 1799 according to the 1850 census. On 26 Nov 1825, he married Mary Robertson who was born around 1800 according to the same census. Henry died after his father�s will was probated on 7 Jan 1857 and before the census was taken in 1860. Mary was living with her son Crispin in Henry Co., TN when the 1860 census was taken. She is listed as Mary D. aged 61 years born in NC. All of Henry�s family moved to TN except George Washington who lived in VA and NC. His descendants took the spelling Aron which later became Aaron. Children of Henry Clay Arnn: George Washington married (1) Julina Witcher and (2) Mary Frances �Fannie� Haley, David married Ann Babb, Edward H. married Letitia McFadden, Crispin married Mary Griffin and Anna/Frances �Ann� married James Parker. I descend from George Washington Aron.
George Washington Aron was born 2 Nov 1828 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He first married Julina Witcher who was also born in Pittsylvania Co., VA on 12 Dec 1834 to Caleb and Frances (James) Witcher. They had eight children. Julina/Julia died on 23 Apr 1875. In 1877, George then married Mary Frances �Fannie� Haley with whom he had 6 children. He died 25 Jan 1902 in Leaksville, NC. Children of George Washington Aron and Julina Witcher: John James married Hattie Hicks, George W. Jr. married L.D. Gardner, Martha A. �Pattie J.� married J.P. Finney, Daniel Witcher �Witch�, Letcher, Bruce James married Susie Clay Marlow, Thomas married Aura Lee Shorter and Charles C. married Ida Aron. Children of George W. Aron and Fannie Haley: Julia F., Mary H., Mae, William J. �Willie�, Fannie �Kate� and Ezra W. I descend from Bruce James Aron.
Bruce James Aron was born 5 Aug 1864. His daughter, Elsie, wrote that her father was born on 5 Aug 1860. However, according to the ages listed for him in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, he was born in 1864 or 1865. Some researchers have listed his day of birth as the 15th. Since Elsie listed it as the 5th, it is assumed to be the day on which the family celebrated his birth. On 26 May 1888, he married Susie Clay Marlow. She was born to David Andrew Marlow and Nancy Elizabeth �Betty� Hall on 25 Mar 1872. They had eight children. Bruce lived his entire life in the Grady/Callands area of Pittsylvania Co., VA. He died on 4 Nov 1926 and Susie died on 3 Jan 1930. Children of Bruce James Aron: Henry Clay married (1) Ressie Ann Hundley and (2) Charlotte Clauze, Edward James married Claudia Seay, Elsie Elizabeth married Leslie Stone Wells, Bessie Julia died young, George Lester married Ellen Crocker, Mae Frances married Luther Seay, Susie Wilma married Smith Payne Gilliam and Evylene Truman married Claude Inman.
Elsie Elizabeth (Aaron) Wells was my great grandmother. Her daughter, Mary Gladys, married Cecil Randolph Hubbard, a descendant of Isaac Arnn.
I hope you find this information on the Aaron/ Arnn family interesting. As you do your own research, keep in mind that things are not always as they appear�.especially the spelling of surnames.


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Protesters Attack Pro-Life Conference
Protesters stormed into the Austin Marriott South, where the Texas Right to Life's annual Boots on the Ground Conference was being held. Texas Right to Life is non-profit advocacy and educational organization that opposes abortion, and its annual conference educates pro-life Texans and college students about various aspects of the pro-life movement such as abortion, medical ethics, and how to build a diverse pro-life community..
Texas Right to Life held its Boots on the Ground Conference on the same weekend as the Rally for Life at the State Capitol. This year marked the 49th anniversary of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. The conference hosted numerous speakers who spoke about topics including abortion, human trafficing, and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Attendees were there to get trained in the Pro-Life movement and energized for the rally, but they would find that those on the other side of the abortion have been energized as well.
Protestors entered the hotel lobby just before noon, shouting, "Working women, give them hell; it is right to rebel. We will defend abortion rights; working women, rise and fight!"
The dozen protesters carried a sign reading: "Working women lead the fight; safe abortions are our right!"
One woman lit a smoke bomb and threw it down the hallway towards the rooms holding the conference. Outside, a portion of hotel property was vandalized by the protesters as well. Luckily no one was injured on either side. Austin Police Department responded quickly to the protest, but there were no additional problems after the attack on Saturday, and no arrests have been made yet.
This is not the first protest at a Texas Right to Life event. In 2017, communist protesters attempted to disrupt a Texas Right to Life event, but they did not physically attack attendees like they did on this occasion.
The attack happened as thousands of Texans were marching in support of life at the State Capitol and in celebration of the victory that the Texas Heartbeat Act has been for the pro-life cause. Texas Right to Life spearheaded the effort to pass the Texas Heartbeat Act.
The Texas Heartbeat Act has angered many abortion advocates. It bans abortions after a heartbeat is detected in the unborn child and thus prevents many abortions in Texas from legally occurring. Since it came into effect on Sept. 1, despite numerous failed attempts to have it struck down or enjoined, the Texas Heartbeat Act has saved an estimated 10,000-13,000 lives, according to Texas Right to Life. Already states like Alabama, Florida, Missouri, and Ohio are working to replicate the Texas Heartbeat Act.
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Author Ellis JacobyPosted on February 6, 2022 Categories NewsTags Abortion, abortion protestors, Austin, Austin March for Life, Boots on the Ground, BotG, March for Life, Pro-Life, pro-life news, Protest, Texas Heartbeat Act, Texas Right to Life, TRtLLeave a comment on Protesters Attack Pro-Life Conference
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Murcia and Navarre, Spain
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Murcia in Spain
The region Murcia belongs to the Autonomous Communities of Spain and is located in the south-eastern part of the country. The Murcia region is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea particularly an interesting area for fishing and holidaymakers.
The direct neighbors of the area are Valencia, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia. The province of Murcia corresponds to the autonomous community. The capital of the community is the city of the same name, Murcia.
Landscapes of the Murcia region
The Murcia region is particularly known for its salt water lagoon Mar Menor. This is located on the northern Cabo de Palos. The highest point in the region is the Revolcadores. Climatic seen the region of Murcia is one of the driest areas in Europe. Here the sun is in the sky for an average of 300 days. Due to the high summer temperatures, which easily exceed 40 degrees, there is often a water shortage during these months. In the winter months the weather is mostly mild and pleasant. The temperatures rarely drop into the minus range.
The greatest peculiarity in climatic terms are the many small Mediterranean bays in the south coast region. Here every single bay has its own microclimate. As a result of this phenomenon, the bays all have their own vegetation, which is sometimes more, sometimes less pronounced.
The history of the Murcia region
From 1224 to 1243, what is now the Murcia region was an independent kingdom. The present-day province of Albacete also belonged to the territory of the kingdom.
Today the Murcia region is an autonomous community of Spain. This has a directly elected parliament and an independent government. The status of autonomy goes back to the decision to form autonomous communities on June 9, 1982. With the formation of this autonomous community, it also took over the self-government of the province of Murcia.
Water in the Murcia region
As is well known, necessity makes inventive. Since there is always a shortage of water in the entire area of Murcia due to very hot and long summers, remedial measures had to be taken. The government of the Murcia region supports the idea of the Hidrologico National. The campaign slogan was Agua para todos. This whole plan caused quite a stir. The disputes turned into hostility. Eventually the Murcia region fell out with the northern Spanish regions. They were strictly against this ecologically questionable project. In the meantime, however, this undertaking has been canceled by the government of Spain, which is superordinate to the communities.
Living and working in the Murcia region
In the Murcia region, agriculture is still predominantly used. The largest quantities of fruit, vegetables and flowers in all of Europe are produced here. Agriculture is also particularly known for its excellent rice. The best conditions for this are given in the area around Calasparra. Also, wine is grown rich here and the best quality.
In addition to the agricultural orientation, the construction and tourism sectors are developing. Especially in the area of services for the tourism industry, more and more jobs are created every year by hotels and restaurants. The focus here is on a golf vacation. Numerous golf courses are to be built here in the next few years. The problem with this, however, is that due to the constant scarcity of water, a permanent irrigation system would have to be set up, which is not particularly sensible from an ecological or economic point of view.
Navarre in Spain
Navarre is one of the Spanish Autonomous Communities. Like the province of the same name, it is located in the north of the country. The area extends between the southern Pyrenees and the historic Kingdom of Navarre. Its capital today is Pamplona. Total live in the region Navarre around 605,876 people.
Location and landscape of Navarre
The area that is today Spanish Autonomous community stretches from the western Pyrenees to the upper Ebro Valley. This makes Navarra one of the smallest of the communities in Spain. Immediate neighbors are France, the Basque Country with the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Alava, La Rioja and Aragon.
The Petilla de Aragón enclave in Aragon is also part of Navarre. The landscape is particularly famous for its wine-growing region. The Bardenas Reales desert is also known beyond the country's borders.
The Rights of Navarre
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 explicitly gives Navarre the status of autonomy to. This also goes back to historical rights, with the exception of the former Kingdom of Navarre. Until the middle of the 19th century, this had its own internal institution.
This was the cornerstone of Navarre's complete financial autonomy. This means that Navarre can collect and administer the taxes on its own territory. A predetermined amount is assigned by the Autonomous Community to the Spanish central government.
In addition, the Policia Foral has its own police force in Navarre. In addition to this autonomous community, they also own the Basque Country and Catalonia. The police are not subordinate to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, but receive their orders from the regional government of the respective communities.
Economy and life in Navarre
The people in the Navarre region are doing relatively well. Not only the landscape offers many possibilities here, but also financially and economically Navarre has taken good care of its citizens. Navarre is the third most prosperous region in the country after Madrid and the Basque Country. There are also many large employers in the region. A Volkswagen factory is located here, in which the VW Polo is manufactured. The wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa Eolica has also set up shop here. Liebherr and Bosch are also large companies, some of which have set up several branches in the region.
In addition, the famous hotel chain NH Hotels was founded here in Navarre. These can now be found all over Europe and are the third largest hotel operator for business trips.
In the Spanish Autonomous Community of Navarre, the residents speak several languages at the same time. There are three linguistic zones. Therefore, the Basque language, the mixed language and the non-Basque language appear here. Basque is the co-official language in the first two zones, but both Basque and Spanish are spoken in the mixed zone. In the non-Basque zone, only Spanish has official status. Which of course doesn't mean that you don't speak both dialects in all three zones. Because, of course, the Navarians do not always stay in the same place, but also move from the pure to the other zone. Therefore, the children learn both languages in schools.
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above Cobb Estate has been repainted, hiding graffiti.
i. Construct La Vina Trails.
ii. Construct Rubio Canyon Gateway trails.
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LAWC Board meeting coming up. Suggestion to attend the board meeting.
iv. Replace dying Coulter Pines at the Loma Alta staging area.
9. Review of task list for the next meeting.
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Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering
2013 | 19 | 2 | 85-91
An infrared-based device for non-invasive monitoring of eyelid movement during sleep
Piotr Wojewnik ,	Jakub Żmigrodzki
The increased movement of eyes and eyelids is characteristic of the rapid eye movement (REM)
sleep stage, making it an important indicator in sleep monitoring. A device was designed
to detect this activity in a non-invasive way by means of measuring infrared light intensity
reflected off the eyelid. The system converts the light intensity into current through
a photodetector, performs analog signal processing and analog to digital conversion (ADC).
The data is transmitted wirelessly to a computer, where the results can be displayed, stored
and analyzed with a dedicated software, which also provides control over the device.
The hardware is embedded in a mask, which is put over the patient's eyes. User safety in terms
of mechanical, electrical and optical dangers has been ensured. The device was tested
on a napping subject.
sleep eye movement detection infrared rapid eye movement
Piotr Wojewnik
Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Św. A. Boboli 8, 02-525 Warsaw, Poland
Jakub Żmigrodzki
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Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 12 July 2021
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Newsticles July 2021
Shaping a trilateral as Rome looks to the Indo-Pacific
A Kerala model for an anti-discrimination law
Recently, Italy has begun to signal its intention to enter the Indo-Pacific geography by seeking to join India and Japan in a trilateral partnership.
GS-II: International Relations (India's Neighbours, Foreign Policies affecting India's Interests)
Mains Questions:
In the pushback against China a strategic cooperation between India, Italy and Japan can ensure a free Indo-Pacific. Discuss by throwing light on significance of the Indo-Pacific for India. (10 Marks)
What is the Indo-Pacific Region?
Significance of Indo-Pacific for India
About Italy's Recent Interest
Significance of Italy's Interest in Indo-Pacific for India
The "Indo-Pacific" idea was originally conceived in 2006- 07. The term 'IndoPacific' combines the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and the Western Pacific Region (WP) – inclusive of the contiguous seas off East Asia and Southeast Asia – into a singular regional construct.
The idea has gained eminence in recent times due to:
Increasing geopolitical connect between the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific in both the geo-economics
Eastward shift of the world's economic "centre of gravity" towards the Asian continent.
Growing Eminence of India
Politico-military aggressiveness of China.
Indo Pacific is an inclusive and representative term that reflects the contemporary interconnectedness of trade, technology and supply chains in a wider region.
Moreover, the Indo-Pacific is being redefined, ironically, by China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), debt-trap diplomacy, fictional territorial claims and a divide-and-rule strategy.
Indo Pacific is wider than the "Asia-Pacific" which represented the trans-Pacific strategic and economic impulses after World War II, and was confined to East and South-east Asia.
Greater Role in the Region- This concept is a shift from the Asia-Pacific (included North-east Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania), where India did not have a major role to play. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) launched in 1989 did not include India, as did the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) launched in 1996, though India was admitted into ASEM in 2006. India still remains outside APEC despite stated US support for its inclusion. However, India is a key player in the Indo-Pacific region.
Play the Role of a Net Security Provider where India is expected to assume the responsibility for stability in the region by following capacity building, military diplomacy, military assistance and direct deployment.
Ensure Freedom of Navigation– as the region includes some vital trade routes and world's vital choke points for global commerce, including the Straits of Malacca. Around 95% of India's foreign trade comes by the Indian Ocean.
Develop a Security Architecture– as there are issues like territorial and water disputes between countries, piracy concerns, North Korean nuclear capability and greater militarization in the region.
Containment of China– In the backdrop of China's aggressive expansionists tendencies including Belt and Road Initiative, String Of Pearls Theory, Indo-Pacific presents an opportunity to capitalise on China's key strategic vulnerability, viz., its energy lifelines transiting the Indian Ocean and to showcase Indian Navy's capability to moderate China's behaviour, thereby dissuading its future aggressiveness.
Help achieve Strategic Objectives
Gives an extension to India's 'Act East Policy'
Entry in multilateral groupings– such as Nuclear Supplier's Group and permanent seat in UN Security Council.
Create alliances with smaller powers– as it would entail continued engagement with China while simultaneously developing strong economic and security alliances in East and South East Asia and across the Indian Ocean region
Increasing role of ports– where different countries are trying to setup their bases in different ports of the region. E.g., India has secured access to Duqm port in Oman for military use and develop the Agalega Island in Mauritius. The Indian Navy has secured a logistics facility in Singapore that will allow it to refuel and rearm and has similar facilities in Vietnam.
Help achieve Economic Potential- India is targeting a sustained 7.5-8% economic growth and aims to be a $5 trillion economy by 2025. The Indo-Pacific can aid this as there is
Presence of natural resources– like oil and hydrocarbons in South China sea, which can help India diversify its import basket.
Presence of high market potential for Indian exports such as engineering services, ICT services etc.
Development of North Eastern States- that can become a gateway for India to integrate with this region.
Integration of Blue Economy Aspirations– where, ocean ecosystems bring economic and social benefits that are efficient, equitable and sustainable for the entire region.
Why Western powers are looking towards Indo-Pacific?
China has been asserting itself in the Indo-Pacific region.
To counter the rise of Chinese, traditional alliances like NATO are not very effective, hence, there is a need for new multilateral alignments in the region. This is clearly visible in the new alignments – QUAD, Supply chain resilience Initiative, Malabar naval Exercise.
In all these alignments participating nations are able to address specific common challenges, from maritime security to a coordinated pandemic response, including consolidating and further developing strong reciprocal trade relationships, without compromising the political autonomy of each participant.
Italy off late has become more vocal on the risks emanating from China's strategic competitive initiatives. Recently, Italian PM described Chinese competitive practices as "unfair" and invited the European Union (EU) to be franker and more courageous in confronting Beijing on its violations of human rights, reiterating that with respect to China "the reciprocal visions of the world are very different".
Recently, Italy too, shedding its historic neglect of the region in its foreign policy realm has signalled its intention to enter the Indo-Pacific geography, by seeking to join India and Japan in a trilateral partnership.
Italy has also expressed its intention to strengthen its otherwise below potential bilateral relations with India.
This marked change in Italy's actions is based on the following factors:
Risks emanating from China's strategic competitive initiatives and the threat it poses to the EU in general and Italy in specific.
The potential benefits that could accrue from a robust India-Italy bilateral relation.
The India, Italy and Japan trilateral initiative could be used as a forum to foster and consolidate a strategic relationship between the three countries, and specifically, expand India-Italy bilateral relations. The strengthening of the India-Italy partnership can help consolidate the EU-India strategic relationship further.
A strategic trilateral between India, Italy and Japan has, in the medium to long term, a lot of potential. The compatible economic systems of the three countries could help create a virtuous and mutually beneficial contribution to the reorganisation of the global supply chains.
In the security realm, Italy, through its presence in the western Indian Ocean (anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia), could easily complement the India-Japan Indo-Pacific partnership.
That all three countries share the same values and the same rules-based world view could help them coordinate at multilateral organizations.
In the pushback against China, strategic cooperation between India, Italy and Japan can ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Though the efforts towards the trilateral are welcome, they should be backed by appropriate efforts to institutionalize it. The three countries need to define a common economic and strategic agenda.
The trilateral cooperation should also induce a strategic dialogue that should include the economic, security and political dimensions.
Shashi Tharoor, MP, has urged the Kerala State government to enact an anti-discrimination law. Mr. Tharoor has written to the Minister for Law in this regard with a draft Bill, saying that a State legislation will help plug gaps in the legal framework on discrimination.
GS-II: Polity and Governance (Constitutional Provisions, Fundamental Rights, Government Interventions and Policies, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of Government Policies)
Introduction to prevalence of discrimination in India
Article 15 Protection against discrimination
Lacunae in the existing Article 15
How is Discrimination practiced in the Society?
Way Forwards
Incidents of discrimination against individuals based on religion, caste, ethnicity, marital status, gender, sexual orientation and even eating preferences have become common in society.
This manifests itself in various forms including housing discrimination, discrimination in employment, etc.
The absence of proper legal recourse for those who suffer from discrimination only makes matters worse for the victim.
Despite some existing laws and judicial precedents, the existing social stigmas act as a hurdle in countering the existing discriminational attitude in Indian society.
According to Article 15, Discrimination is prohibited on the basis of: Religion, Race, Caste, Sex, Place of Birth or any of them (Mnemonic: RRCSP) ONLY and hence, the State can discriminate on the basis of other grounds.
Also, Discrimination on either of the above (RRCSP) grounds in combination with some other grounds is allowed. For example – No discrimination only on the grounds of caste but discrimination based on caste and backwardness is permitted.
Discrimination against a person is not allowed however positive discrimination or affirmative action is allowed.
While 15(1) is a direction only to the state, 15(2) is available against private individuals as well.
This right is available to INDIAN CITIZENS ONLY. Hence foreign nationals can be discriminated against vis-à-vis Indian citizens by the Indian state. Similarly, legal entities can also be discriminated against.
While Article 15(1) of the Constitution of India prohibits the state from discriminating against individuals on the basis of characteristics such as religion, race, caste, sex and place of birth, it does not bar private individuals or institutions from doing so.
Also, it does not expressly list ethnicity, linguistic identity, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance and other personal characteristics as prohibited grounds of discrimination.
Discrimination practiced in India operates on various levels and can be categorised as direct discrimination, indirect discrimination or intersectional discrimination.
Direct Discrimination – is characterised by the intent to treat less favourably a person or a group.
Examples: An employer refuses to interview a candidate because he belongs to a scheduled caste. This is direct discrimination in relation to caste. An employer fires a female employee after her marriage because he makes a stereotypical assumption that married women do not make efficient workers. This is prima facie direct discrimination in relation to gender.
Indirect Discrimination – Discriminatory practices may also be indirect in nature, whereby policies that seem neutral and not expressly targeted at a particular group, still cause a disproportional adverse impact on disadvantaged sections of society.
Example: An employer pays part-time workers at a lower hourly rate than full-time workers, for doing the same work. A majority of part-time workers in his establishment are women but a majority of full-time workers are men. This is prima facie indirect discrimination in relation to gender.
Intersectional Discrimination – was highlighted by Supreme Court in Patan Jamal Vali vs State of Andhra Pradesh. Intersectional Discrimination happens when two or multiple grounds operate simultaneously and interact in an inseparable manner, producing distinct and specific forms of discrimination.
Example: Discrimination on the basis of the intersection of personal characteristics, such as that faced by Dalit women as Dalits, as women and in the unique category of Dalit women.
Anti-discrimination law: A comprehensive anti-discrimination legal framework is required to fill the existing legal lacunae.
It should bring within its mandates both private and public entities. All forms of discrimination should be acknowledged and dealt with in the law.
Such a bill must balance the anti-discrimination mandate with other rights guaranteed by the Constitution and it could be restricted in pursuance of a legitimate objective.
The article suggests that the States should lead the way, by enacting anti-discrimination laws in their respective jurisdictions. The anti-discrimination law should prescribe civil penalties for those who engage in discriminatory practices.
Institutional set up: There should be appropriate institutions outside the judiciary to adjudicate complaints of discrimination and to provide policy recommendations to the State government.
Affirmative action: The anti-discrimination efforts should be complemented via affirmative action to empower the historically marginalised sections of society.


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The best way to understand the Nordic region's food culture is more than a trip to Ikea- it's understanding our traditions, our nature and our people. Nordic cuisine has never been extravagant, nor has it been fancy- it can best be described with the words of my favorite cafe in Oslo; "By serving a simple slice of waffle with strawberry jam and brown cheese with a cup of coffee on the side". Nordic cuisine is known to be simple and with few ingredients- ingredients from the areas where we live and the lands surrounding us- like the woods, the sea, the mountains and the fjords. A blend between fresh, seasonal and preserved flavors- often put in jars and stored away in a dark pantry somewhere on a farm- only to be enjoyed and devoured throughout the seasons.
The New Nordic Food manifesto was developed in 2004 in Denmark. In this manifesto the chefs made it clear that Nordic cuisine can be compared with the best cuisines in the world by virtue of its taste and individuality, but also in its quest for the quality and attractiveness that are to be found in regional cuisines. New Nordic Food is all about going back to the roots where food is produced with care and with a focus on taste and diversity, forgotten varieties and breeds, old processing methods and new ideas in the kitchen. The New Nordic Cuisine will be what we make it together, and with Nordic resources and cultural capital, we will do our part to contribute to a better world. A vision which now resonates from exclusive gourmet restaurants down to school canteens and private kitchens. Local dishes, regional varieties of fruit and vegetables and national food traditions are gaining ground again, but with a new and stronger profile. In an increasingly globalised world people are searching for their roots, to be better able to face the world.
I would like to inspire you to live up to this manifesto, but to think about which country you are from and what you have in season. Reduce food waste, eat local products and be creative in the kitchen. I want to share the nordic food traditions with you, but I would like you to consider the ingredients and adapt them to your country and what you have available. Together we can make the world a better place- by cooking!
This is the manifesto from nordic chefs around scandinavia and who founded New Nordic Cuisine; "As Nordic chefs we find that the time has now come for us to create a New Nordic Kitchen, which in virtue of its good taste and special character compares favourable with the standard of the greatest kitchens of the world.


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Cheap Trick, N.W.A., and no Peter Cetera: Jimmy Pardo recaps the 2016 Rock Hall inductions
Never Not Funny
Jimmy Pardo
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Tom Petersson
Pat Francis
Pardo with Chicago's Jason Scheff
The 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductions took place this past Friday in New York, with acts like N.W.A., Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Chicago, and the Steve Miller Band finally (?) landing their spots in the Cleveland institution's darkened halls. And while it would have been easy enough to report the news of the actual ceremony—who wore what, what songs were played, what Steve Miller said, whatever—The A.V. Club figured it might be a little more fun to send comedian and Never Not Funny host Jimmy Pardo to cover the whole thing for us. An avowed Chicago superfan, Pardo grabbed his buddy, Rock Solid host and Cheap Trick diehard Pat Francis, and headed to New York for the event. What follows is his morning-after report, which he relayed via phone.
The A.V. Club: How was your night at the Rock Hall induction? Give us a blow-by-blow. You had purchased tickets to begin with, right? Before we got you press passes?
Jimmy Pardo: Let me tell you something. Let me tell you how dumb Jimmy Pardo is.
My buddy Pat Francis is Cheap Trick's biggest fan and hosts the Rock Solid podcast, and I'm Chicago's biggest fan. So it's bananas that these two bands are getting in at the exact same time. So we say, "Let's do this, let's do a dumb cross-country trip, we'll fly to New York just for The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame." I happen to be on a plane at the time tickets are going on sale, so I tell him, "I don't think I'm going to have access, you're going to have to buy the tickets." Turns out I have access, so at the exact same time, he and I both bought tickets. So he drops $600, I drop $600. Then I get an email, because I'm a member of the Rock And Roll Half Of Fame—which by the way I only joined because they said I'd get presale so I was dumb and believed that—but I got an email from them telling me, "Hey, we've just released new tickets closer to the stage." So I go online and I see the seats that they released, and it's like, "Well holy shit, I've got to sit here!" So I drop another $600 on tickets. We're now $1,800 into this effin' thing, in addition to airfare and hotel and cabs and all that bullshit. Then you are gracious enough to hook us up with these press passes. I end up selling two pairs of the tickets on StubHub for… I took a loss of about $1,000 in tickets. I took a bath on tickets. It was awful how nobody wanted these effin' tickets. But we get there, and we kept our seats, just in case something with the press room didn't happen or whatever, like, "We'll always have the seats if we need them."
Pat Francis and Jimmy Pardo backstage (Photo: Jimmy Pardo)
We never needed them. We walked around like we owned the effin' joint. I don't know if we were supposed to, or if we were supposed to stay in this little pressroom corral. When I got there, I said, "So what kind of access does this give us?" And they said, "You're in the pressroom, but if you need to go into the venue, just let one of us know and we'll escort you." So we go into the pressroom, and it's a bunch of journalists, [and] everybody in there's just self-important, you know what I mean? They were just these joyless faces. Maybe because to them it's their job; they're just going and they're covering this, and it's just another day at the office to them.
So Pat and I are like, "I like the free soft drinks and the snacks, and all of this is great, but let's go check out the venue!" So [someone] escorts us, and I said, "Hey, if anytime during the show we want to come out here, should we come and get you?" And she goes, "Just remember the path, and you can go on your own." Of course, that's all Pat and I needed to hear.
(Photo: Jimmy Pardo)
Before the show, we walked around and we saw them setting up. Like awards shows all do, they all have pictures of who's going to sit where on the chairs, and all that stuff. We saw Steve Miller rehearsing accepting his award, basically just saying "Okay, this is me rehearsing, accepting my award."
The guy who did the Chicago documentary, my friend Peter Pardini, was also there, because he was covering it with the band. So Peter came and met us and we went back to Chicago's dressing rooms and hung out with Chicago before the show.
AVC: That's pretty cool. That's a big night for them, and you got to be part of it.
JP: It was great. I'm in their documentary for like 30 seconds, and I mentioned the movie on Conan, and so the band couldn't have been nicer to me. They were all like, "Thank you so much for the shout-out on Conan." These are guys that are getting inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. They've got a 50-year career, and they acted like I was part of this thing. It was the craziest. They're all coming over. Jason Scheff is like "Thank you so much for what you said." Lee Loughnane comes over and says, "Oh my God, you've done so much for us." I'm like, "I've done nothing for you! I'm in your fucking movie for 30 seconds!"
So we're hanging out with Chicago, near the dressing rooms, and we're seeing everything. The dressing rooms are all right there, and here comes Deep Purple and Cheap Trick. The only ones we didn't see backstage were N.W.A. But everybody's just walking around and being pleasant.
David Byrne, Kimbra, and The Roots (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Then David Byrne opens up the show with The Roots, and does David Bowie's song "Fame," which just gave me chills. It was everything that Lady Gaga at the Grammy's wasn't. It was phenomenal.
We're mingling with Chicago, and they have to go to their seats. The show's starting, and it's like, "Well, what are we going to do? Are we going to go to our seats?" My buddy Peter and his girlfriend are like, "we don't even have seats, we just have these talent backstage passes, we can just walk around wherever we go." And I said, "Let's just all go into the venue, and we'll find a place to sit or stand." So we went in the venue, and we basically stood right behind the $10,000 seats.
Basically, we covered the show live, and then we'd go back from time to time to the pressroom. The show went off so smoothly that there was no time… You had to make a choice of, "Are you going to cover the live thing, or are you going to be one of the people back there asking the questions?" We tried to do both at first, and it wasn't working, so then we ended up just staying and watching the live show.
Jimmy's view from the crowd (Photo: Jimmy Pardo)
AVC: Definitely stay in the room.
JP: I'm glad we did. We did get lost at some point backstage, which was very funny. It was literally the cliché of Spinal Tap. We literally just kept making the same left turn. We were like, "Weren't we just here?" "No, I don't think we were just here." "Well, let's go this way then." Two minutes later, "I swear to God we were just here." It was one of those stupid things.
Lars Ulrich (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
After The Roots and David Byrne, Lars Ulrich came out to induct Deep Purple. And he's one of the most unlikable musicians in the world. He's just kind of a dick. He's never pleasant. That said, it was the most human I've ever seen him. He gave a terrific speech. It was obvious that he wrote most of it. It didn't seem written for him. It seemed very genuine. It was just him talking about growing up and idolizing Deep Purple and how it's ridiculous that it's taken this long for Deep Purple to be in [the Rock Hall] when other bands that are not as influential as them have been in for decades.
When he said, "I'd like to induct Deep Purple into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame"—Now I like Deep Purple, but I'm not a huge Deep Purple fan. But I got chills! I turned to Pat as Deep Purple was walking to the stage and I said, "I'm so glad we made this trip." There was just excitement in the air, and it just felt special. So then Deep Purple did their thing, and they did their speeches, and they sounded great, and that was Deep Purple.
Deep Purple (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
AVC: How long is the break between when they speak and when they play? Do they finish their speeches and then walk over to their instruments?
JP: They do! There was no down time for anything. I thought, "When the second band is going from doing their speeches to setting up to play, that's when I'll go and interview the people backstage." But they just said, "Okay, thanks. We're going to go over there and play." Then they'd would walk over in semi-darkness, and you'd hear "one, two!" And then they'd start playing. I thought it was crazy, because seconds earlier, they're tearing up, talking about their careers and how moved they are, and now they're saying "Let's rock this fucking place!"
Then they did a lifetime achievement award for a songwriter named Bert Berns. That was fine. As much as I'm into music and everything, that's when I went to the restroom.
The Black Keys (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
After that, Steve Miller was inducted by The Black Keys; I didn't understand why they were there to begin with. It really looked to me like The Rock Hall was trying to get the "younger demographic." "We'll get The Black Keys. That'll make the young kids to watch!" Then I thought, "Well, maybe I'm being cynical. Maybe The Black Keys are going to come out and talk about how Steve Miller is the most influential artist of all time. Who knows?"
Turns out I'm right. The Black Keys opened up their speech by saying, "Hi, I'm so-and-so, and I'm so-and-so of The Black Keys. When we started researching on Wikipedia for this speech…" So you're even admitting you don't give a fuck? You felt the whole audience stop listening. Especially after Lars gave this heartfelt speech about Deep Purple, here are these two guys who are literally reading a teleprompter. They have no emotional investment at all.
The Black Keys and Steve Miller (Photo: Jimmy Pardo)
Everybody feels like the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame should either use artists that are already inducted that are now bringing their friends into it, or a young artist who was influenced by the band in some way, like Rob Thomas with Chicago. When it was neither of those, you felt an entire arena stop listening to these two guys talking. So much so that when Steve Miller got up there, he grabbed the microphone and said, "Let me tell you how it really happened." And then he gave an amazing speech.
I'm sure you read about how backstage he was shitting all over The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but he did that a little bit onstage, too. He said, "There have got to be more women, and you've got to be more open, and you have to be more accessible, and be more transparent, and you've got to be more welcoming to the artists." He said all that onstage, and then he got deeper into it backstage. Everything he said is accurate.
Steve Miller (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Either way, I think Steve Miller was right in shitting on what was going on. All the nonsense that you heard with Chicago and N.W.A., and how the Hall was controlling what songs they performed. It's like, either invite these people in and make it a special night for them or don't. Why are you producing them? This whole rock thing happens because of these artists. And then to act like they're doing them a favor seems insane to me.
So Steve Miller's speech was phenomenal. And then he played. The funny is that Pat and I were trying to guess what every band was going to play. And we actually nailed every band. We got all three songs in the order we thought they'd do them in. It was really funny.
Steve Miller sounded fine. He did his thing. I used to make a joke about how somewhere in the world Steve Miller is somebody's favorite band. I don't know why it was funny to me, because he just seems like nobody dislikes Steve Miller, but nobody loves Steve Miller, in my opinion.
AVC: He still tours big amphitheaters, but who goes every single year? Who makes that an annual trip?
JP: "Every year I go to see Steve Miller." "Hey, my man's coming back. Steve Miller!" My wife maintains that her friend Eileen growing up was the biggest Steve Miller fan, but then when I met Eileen, she went, "Yeah, I think I liked him." So even the one example wasn't a fully perfect example.
Kendrick Lamar (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Then came N.W.A., and they didn't perform. Kendrick Lamar introduced them. I'm not the biggest N.W.A. fan, but I thought the induction speech was terrific.
I pretend to throw it around like, "I know Cube, and Dre," but these guys were great. They gave great speeches. When Ice Cube dissed Gene Simmons, I thought that was funny. You've got to love that Gene Simmons just unnecessarily runs his mouth. Whenever I hear anybody complain that some rap band is in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame before their favorite classic rock band, it's always coming out of the mouth of some white trash hillbilly. So when Gene Simmons says whatever, it's like, "Gene, you're smarter than that. You're in the Hall Of Fame now, you don't have to be bitter, you don't have to be mad that rap is getting in." Who cares? It's music.
N.W.A. (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Anyway, it was very nice. I was disappointed they didn't perform. The rumors backstage were—by the way, from no qualified sources, it could have been an usher—that the Hall was restricting them from what they wanted to do, and at the same time, there were rumors that they just didn't think they could pull it off, because they really haven't done any of that in decades.
Grace Potter and Sheryl Crow (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Then they did the memoriam, where Sheryl Crow and Grace Potter came out and sang "New Kid In Town," the Eagles song. Shrug. I like Grace Potter, but I think Sheryl Crow's a chameleon. I'm not her biggest fan. It felt forced and very produced to me, like we have to have two "current" artists paying tribute to Glenn Frey for just passing away. It wasn't moving. It wasn't anything.
AVC: Sheryl Crow seems like one of those people that you call just do do anything. "Oh, we need someone to sing the national anthem." "Call Sheryl Crow." "We need someone to pay tribute to David Bowie." "Call Sheryl Crow."
JP: Exactly. That's what I meant by she's a chameleon. It's like, of course it's Sheryl Crow. "We've got to get somebody that everybody will recognize and they'll go 'Oh, look who it is!' And we can't get Lady Gaga, so let's get Sheryl Crow." And I like Grace Potter. I think she's fun, and she's got a lot of energy.
When they did the videos for the memoriam, that was interesting to see. It's just crazy to think how many rock legends have died in the past year. And of course, it's just going to continue as time goes on. All these people that we grew up loving the '70s and '80s and '60s, they're all going to start dying. It's evident when you see the "In Memoriam." There had to be 15 bona fide, "Oh Jesus Christ, they were a big star!"
Rob Thomas (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Then it was time for Chicago. Rob Thomas came out and gave a great speech, yet sounded like he had a little help from a speechwriter. He did a thing about the balls on Chicago that their first three albums were all double albums, and then they had the balls to call them Chicago I, Chicago II, Chicago III. And of course, as the biggest Chicago fan in the world, I turned to my friend Peter, and we looked at each other like, "the first album's not called Chicago I. It's called Chicago Transit Authority." So it's like, really? You screwed that up in the frickin' speech? But who cares?
And then Chicago came up and they gave their speeches. Walt Parazaider was very teary-eyed and genuine, and Lee Loughnane was the same, and Jimmy Pankow, who's known for talking quite a bit, didn't say very much. And then Robert Lamm was at a loss for words and I've never seen him that way. I don't know if his emotions got away from him—obviously I'm not in his head—but it was interesting to see him kind of fumble with his words because he's usually a really articulate guy. I don't know if it was emotions or what, but it was interesting to see him be a little scatter-brained.
Then came Danny Seraphine, who's the drummer that—basically he and Terry Kath and Walter Parazaider started the band back in '67, he got fired in 1990, and this was the first time that they're playing together since. He gave his speech, which was the speech that you want to hear a guy say, like, "Hey, this was my fucking band! And I haven't played with these guys in 25 years." At one point they told him to wrap it up, and he goes, "Oh, they're telling me to wrap it up. Screw you! I'm not wrapping up. I've been waiting 25 years to say this fucking speech." So he gave a great speech, and he thanked all of the former members of Chicago, and the guys in the band were behind him. I obviously wasn't close enough to see, but reports online were that the band didn't look amused by Danny's speech. I thought it was great. Then Terry Kath's daughter—Terry Kath died in 1978, but his daughter was there to accept on his behalf, and she gave a nice speech.
Chicago (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
And then they played. Here's all I'll say: Deep Purple was great, and Steve Miller was great, but when Chicago went into those first chords in "Saturday In The Park," the place came alive. Everybody was on their feet. It seemed like a real heavy Chicago/Cheap Trick crowd. I did see a lot of Deep Purple shirts in the audience as well. But when Chicago started playing… it could have been because "Saturday In The Park" has one of the most recognizable opening bits and it's a really fun number that makes you want to get on your feet. But it also was on the heels of the memoriam, which is a bit of a downer. The venue became electric. You just felt more of a buzz in the room when Chicago started playing. They did three songs. Rob Thomas joined them on "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
AVC: You said you were a little upset when Peter Cetera bailed. Do you think that their performance would have been more interesting if Peter Cetera had been there? Not that it wasn't interesting to begin with.
JP: It would have been, because he hasn't been with the band since 1985. So it would have been 31 years since he played with them. And I do think it's what all the fans wanted. But I don't know if it's his fault, the band's fault, the Hall's fault, a combination of all three, as to why it didn't happen.
Jimmy with Jason Scheff
By the way, they sounded great. As a guy that had seen them hundreds of times since 1981, they sounded great, like they had something to prove. "We're not this fucking ballad band, we're a rock band with horns, and we're going to prove it to you guys." And they did that. They did "25 Or 6 To 4." The guitar solo, Keith Howland, who's been in the band for 20 years, he sounded great. But would it have been more exciting had Peter been there? Yes. I don't want to act like I live in a bubble, but the news would be talking about it. If they would have sounded as great as they did that night, and had Peter there as well, I think it would have been something that the rock world would be discussing.
It was neat to see Danny up there again. I think after his speech, it will never happen again. I don't think there's any love between the two parties. And there certainly isn't any more with Peter over the fact that he didn't show up.
AVC: It's nice that they could make it work with Danny for one night.
JP: It really was. And again, it was a moment where I'm glad that I didn't walk away from coming to this event, because it was neat to experience this thing, this band that I've been following since I was a kid. To follow along with them their whole career and actually be there when they're getting their induction, and being in the position to be able to do that, too, is pretty cool.
Kid Rock (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Cheap Trick, I'll just tell you very quickly. Kid Rock, who I don't care for at all gave a great speech. Except he admitted that he had help writing it, because he had one joke that laid flat, and he said, "I didn't write that one!" But otherwise, he seemed very in the moment, very charming, very grateful, and pleasant. And then Cheap Trick, Tom Petersson, the bass player, gave I think the speech of the night. He talked about the music industry, talked about Cheap Trick, and about fans. His speech was terrific. And then Rick [Nielsen] and Robin [Zander], and Bun E., you know Bun E. Carlos isn't in Cheap Trick anymore, but he regrouped with them. They were able to reconcile, as opposed to the Peter Cetera situation.
So Bun E. came, and Cheap Trick played, and I've got to tell you something: It was amazing. Chicago brought it to a nine. Cheap Trick brought it to the 10. I'll admit this selfishly because I'm a Chicago fan, but I thought,"Why isn't Chicago headlining this thing? They should be the last band." After watching Cheap Trick do "I Want You To Want Me," "Dream Police," and then close with "Surrender," the place was crazy. The one thing I'll say the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame got right was that that was the right way to end the show. Robin Zander sounded better than I've ever seen him, and I've seen him 50 times in my life. He was great. They were really, really great. And I was glad that my buddy Pat Francis was there to witness it, because he's been loving this band for 40 years as well.
Cheap Trick (Photo: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Then they did The All-Star Jam, which was a mess. They did "Ain't That A Shame," Cheap Trick's cover of the classic. And then Little Steven jumped up and he played guitar, and a couple of the guys, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, who had not played with Deep Purple earlier, they came out and they sang. Chicago sang. It was a clusterfuck. It sounded muddy. It was a mess. You didn't know who was singing. I don't think they knew. Grace Potter's getting involved. It was crazy.
AVC: It's a lot of personalities at one time. A lot of guitar players.
JP: And all kind of wanting to be the star, you know? It was funny to me because at one point it looked like Grace Potter was trying to get in front of David Coverdale, and it's like, "Honey, this guy just won a trophy. Get out of his way." And by the way, I say "honey" in the Bernie Sanders sexist way. I'm putting women down. And then denying it. Wow, I got political for no reason.
Jimmys Pardo and Pankow
After all that, we went back by Chicago's dressing rooms, and hung out with them again. Once again, it was their night, then they would all come over, "Hey, what'd you think? Was it good? Did we do okay?" And I was like, "Yeah, you guys were great!"
That's when Pat ended up talking with Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, and talking with Steve Miller. Kid Rock blew past us and had no interest in talking to us. And Pat tried to say hello to Ms. Sheryl Crow, and she was… dismissive would probably be the nicest way to put it. Grace Potter could not have been friendlier or more polite or appreciative.
Pat Francis and Robin Zander
We just hung out there, in that area, and talked a little bit with the guys from Deep Purple. Any question that we had sounded so clichéd, though, you know what I mean? We both had recorders to interview and ask questions and then we quickly realized how lame that would have been. These guys are coming down from the high of being on stage, and then all of a sudden someone has a tape recorder in their face, asking the same effin' questions. "How'd you feel out there?" "I felt great, how the fuck do you think I felt?" It was better to capture it where that wasn't the case, where they didn't have to put it in sound bites. Then it was one in the morning, and when they're pushing wardrobe racks past you, you know it's time to go.
AVC: There's no big after-party?
Jimmy Pardo and Donnie Dacus
JP: There was some sort of after-party. And there was a pre-party that we were not privy to. But I don't think the 72-year-old guys in Chicago were going to the after-party.
We went back to the pressroom, because we wanted to get you a picture of Pat and I by the big poster. Stupid Jimmy and Pat, waiting 'til 1 in the morning to take that picture instead of 5 o'clock when we got there. But of course, the poster's down, so we're just like, "Well, let's get up on the press stage, and we'll do it in front of the press stage. There's one other guy in the pressroom. It's 1 in the morning, everybody's gone. There's one guy left in the pressroom. So Pat goes, "excuse me sir, can you take a picture?" And he goes, "I have a deadline! I'm very busy!" And we went, "Oookay," and then he looked up, and he said that he was sorry that he reacted that way. So we took an awful selfie instead.
Jimmy and Lee Loughnane
AVC: I'm really glad you had a good time.
JP: It was phenomenal. I don't care that I lost that money, all of it was worth it to me. There are so many times you do things in life, and you'll go, "Oh, I wish I would have done this!" This was none of that. This was like, "Jesus Christ, this is the one thing that went right in my fucking life!" This was a 10 out of 10. This was just phenomenal.


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Lake Forest, Illinois, May 23, 2011 – Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) announced that the company's board of directors has approved a share repurchase program, authorizing the repurchase of up to 400,000 shares of the company's outstanding common stock over the next 12 months. The repurchase program is intended to offset dilution from shares of restricted stock and stock options that were issued in 2011 to employees under Tenneco's long-term compensation plan.
Tenneco has focused on reducing its borrowing levels and improving the company's financial flexibility since becoming a stand-alone company. At the end of 2010, Tenneco had reduced its debt net of cash balances by $502 million over the course of the previous 10 years. While debt reduction remains a priority, the company is now in a position to expand its options for using cash.


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Q: Force TeamCity To Only Checkout The Code I Need (Checkout From Multiple Places) Using svn --depth I have an old svn repository with 4+GB of source for trunk.  I'd only like to pull my lib directory, my main project directory, and maybe one or two dependent directories.  I know if I were checking out the things I need, I could be selective in what I want to pull down.  However, I'm using TeamCity to talk to my SVN server.  I want it to just pull down what it needs to build while maintaining the right directory structure, build, and that's it.  Does anyone know if TeamCity can make use of svn checkout --depth?
Thanks in advance.

A: You can make use of VCS Checkout Rules. For example, if you were to check out only lib directory you could use.
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The first line will exclude root dir and the second line will check out lib. You may need to modify the path of lib depending upon its location in SVN and your VCS checkout url. Check Configuring VCS Roots for more information.

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