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Community Connect: CBS MorningsOn this week's Community Connect – Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burlerson – we're going behind the desk with the CBS Mornings team to talk the state of journalism, trust in the media and the news coming to Detroit this fall.
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Flint Public Schools Staying Virtual Indefinitely Due To Large Amount Of Positive COVID-19 CasesFlint students will remain out of the classroom even longer due to a surge of new COVID-19 cases.
State Fears Confusion After Michigan Restaurant Wins In Dining Ban CaseA court decision in favor of a northern Michigan restaurant could have dangerous consequences for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, the state health department said in asking a judge to suspend the ruling or at least publicly clarify the impact.
MSU Police Find Body That Is Believed To Be Brendan Santo In Red Cedar RiverThe Michigan State Police have recovered a body that is believed to be 18-year-old Brendan Santo, who was last seen on Oct. 29, 2021.
Michigan Prisons Follows CDC, Allows COVID-Positive Staff To Work After 5 Days With Mild SymptomsAlthough infection rates are high among staff and inmates, Michigan prison officials allowing COVID positive staff to return to work following 5 days of testing positive with mild symptoms, per CDC recommendation.
Michigan Republicans Sue To Block State's New Congressional MapMichigan Republicans sued to block the state's new congressional map, saying it is constitutionally flawed because of population deviations, too much splitting of municipal lines and the carving up of "communities of interest."
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Karen Carter, and Other Metro Detroiters Chipped In To Help Salvation Army's Bed and Bread RadiothonThe Salvation Army of Metro Detroit's 34th annual Bed and Bread Radiothon ended earlier today.
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Best Mom And Son Date Ideas In Detroit
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By Karen Ulvestad
Detroit and the surrounding area offers many different opportunities to celebrate moms on Mother's Day. There are many events that would be perfect for sons and moms to attend, and spend the day together. The weekend is packed with fun events from comedy shows and brunch to walking in the park and baseball. There are many events to choose between to create the perfect mom-son day filled with memories to last a lifetime.
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Stony Creek Walk A Mom 2018
4300 Main Park Road
Shelby Township, MI
www.metroparks.com
Stony Creek Walk A Mom is a local tradition for over 20 years. It starts at the Stony Creek Nature Center, then visitors walk throughout the park. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's a great time out in nature with mom hiking through the park. It is suggested to wear comfortable footwear, comfortable clothing, and bring a camera. Moms and grandmas receive a free plant for their garden. Participants will receive a certificate for participation. The event is free. Parking requires a permit or daily fee.
8450 W. 10 Mile Road
www.detroitzoo.org
The Detroit Zoo is holding their annual Mother's Day Brunch. Brunch begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. The brunch is held at the main picnic grove, and there is a free gift for all mothers in attendance. It is family style seating for the event, and families are welcome to bring a buster seat or highchair for young children. There are 3 time slots for this event, and pre-purchase of tickets is advised. Pre-purchased tickets include zoo admission. Tickets will be available at the door, if the event does not sell out through online sales. At the door tickets do not include zoo admission. Prices vary between member and non-members.
Mother's Day Wildflower Walk & Mother's Day Brunch
8801 N. Territorial Road
Dexter, MI 48130
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The wildflower walk and brunch in the park afterwards is a wonderful way to celebrate Mother's Day. This event takes place at the Hudson Mills Metro Park Activities Center. The walk is led by an interpreter knowledgeable about the wildflowers and wildlife in the park. The talk includes information about how the animals and plants approach parenthood. Brunch follows the wildflower walk. It is recommended to preregister for this event. The walk is $5 for adults, $3 for children, and moms are free. Brunch is an additional $8 for adults, $5 for children. This event runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and parking requires a permit or pay per day.
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Mother's Day Brunch and Baseball
www.uspbl.com
Mother's Day brunch and baseball is the perfect day out for mom and son. This event takes place at Jimmy John's stadium. Gates open early at 11 a.m. for Grandstand ticket holders attending the brunch. It is scheduled to enjoy a nice brunch prior to the game's first pitch. Brunch for Grandstand ticket holders is served from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the party patio. The other option is to purchase tickets for the party patio and brunch. For these tickets, brunch is served from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The baseball game starts at 1:05 p.m. Prices vary per ticket choices.
Mother's Day Comedy Night With Mike Bliss
24800 Eureka Road
The Mother's Day Comedy Night with Mike Bliss is at the Bridge of Life Church (Taylor campus). This event happens on May 12th, the evening prior to Mother's Day. This is an evening of comedy and magic. Mike is known for his performances on America's Got Talent. This event is either the show or the show and dinner. Dinner is either steak or chicken prepared by Chef Barney and Associates. The show tickets are $25, and the show plus dinner tickets are $40. All profits are for the renovation of a school in Guatemala.
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re: SURELY if A&M slaughters us - EKG on 1/15/22 at 12:17 pm
Our poor kids are just trying to unfreeze their bollocks. Here's to a great game, Mizzou! :cheers: [img]https://i.imgur.com/pfLxSQX.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/C2NagGb.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/jPdkUR5.jpg[/img]...
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re: 98 threads started by LSU fans about Aggie in 24 hrs - EKG on 1/11/22 at 3:44 pm
Yeah, I'm just about done. Has nothing to do with Chicken—he's a good egg (SWIDT?). The hate vibe here just goes against my gut—I genuinely don't get it. . Blessings to all for an amazing 2022! Don't lose sight of what matters most. :cheers:...
re: Really is sad how this board has been destroyed by shitposting - EKG on 1/11/22 at 3:41 pm
Yeah, I'm just about done. Has nothing to do with Chicken—he's a good egg (SWIDT?). The hate vibe just goes against my energy—I genuinely don't get it. . Blessings to all for an amazing 2022! Don't lose sight of what matters most. :cheers:...
Think how much you could $core if you throw down a few on Vandy, & they win it all - EKG on 1/11/22 at 12:01 pm
[img]https://i.imgur.com/aA77y5s.gif[/img] :godores: [img]https://i.imgur.com/ZJLs1e5.jpg[/img]...
re: Reports out of Indianapolis of missing sheep - EKG on 1/10/22 at 4:09 pm
I don't believe for one second the OP is a Cincinnati fan....
Do people who make posts like this think they're funny? It's like the dorks who say things like "faggies" or "gay-tors" or "LSWho." I genuinely question their intelligence—like there's very likely something [i]special[/i] about them....
re: Who did the SEC make the biggest mistake adding? - EKG on 1/10/22 at 3:57 pm
[quote]This can also be said for A&Forfeit[/quote] Nothing about College Station can be accurately described as [i]cesspool[/i]-like. It's almost too pristine. If anything, its sterile aesthetic can come across as overly contemporary—in the vein of a suburb, rather than a historic college town....
For those players who need a new set of wheels whilst on campus - EKG on 1/7/22 at 5:34 pm
"Make a play. & Drive away." Vroom vroom. [img]http://i.imgur.com/ShoKe.gif[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/QYMo0g1.jpg[/img]...
re: A&M with more NIL Shenanigans - EKG on 1/7/22 at 4:02 pm
[quote]To be proud of ruining College sports is their speed.[/quote] This may come as a surprise to you, but Texas A&M University didn't make this rule. Hearing a horn raise any concerns about it, however, is good stuff. :bow:...
Couldn't agree more. It's why Las Vegas and I have a love/hate relationship. :drunkards: ...
No one will be forced to donate, Sao. :cheers:...
[quote]Looch grifting gullible Ags in the name of NIL.[/quote] TexAgs CEO, Brandon Jones, is grinning bigger....
[quote]Texags has a full staff and a brick and mortar building for their headquarters in College Station[/quote] For a website, they've got a nice little setup. [img]https://texags.blob.core.windows.net/photos/0060204-fyoq-1280x720.jpg[/img] [img]https://pactdesignstudio.com/wp-content/uplo...
re: How long before A@M goes on death penalty - EKG on 1/7/22 at 10:44 am
In all fairness the "Oklahoma fan base" on the whole hasn't been dorking out. It's really just been a few of 'em—the OP obviously being one of the [i]special[/i] posters. :crazy: ...
re: Time to rotate the SEC championship game from Atlanta? - EKG on 1/6/22 at 6:46 pm
[quote]I don't give a shite if it moves from Atlanta but where would be more central to those 5?[/quote] Who says it has to be "central?"...
re: A&M - Please Stop - EKG on 1/6/22 at 6:10 pm
[quote] players that no one outside of your fan base has ever heard of[/quote] What better way to learn? [img]http://i.imgur.com/AvmhC.gif[/img]...
re: How long before A@M goes on death penalty - EKG on 1/6/22 at 5:59 pm
What about your overlords' recruiting results after finishing 5-7 in the standings? Surprising silence with re: to thosechuckleheads. :lol:...
[quote]If you're an Alabama fan, you'd be making at least three trips a year, with wife, not counting occasional big OOC games. [/quote] I hear ya. Tho it's a [i]problem[/i] I'd love to have. :cheers:...
[quote]More people generally drive to the SECCG than fly.[/quote] That's actually my point. Ags fly to all of our games (I guess some drive to BR). I'm not exactly sure why it's too much to expect a fan base to fly to one conference [i]championship[/i] game. I'd hop a plane to just about anywher...
re: ESPN article on the decline of football under Woodward - EKG on 1/6/22 at 5:39 pm
[quote] :lol: these people are biting hard[/quote] In my defense, I avoid (at just about any cost) giving ESPN any clicks. But it was a solid fishing expedition, for sure. [img] http://i.imgur.com/84TAm.gif[/img] ...
Lane Kiffin Photo With Transfer QB Jaxson Dart Is Going Viral
Gotta impress the kids.
Troubling Details Have Emerged On Ex-Alabama QB Jay Barker's Arrest
Georgia DB Announces Transfer To SEC Rival Program
Got his ring and out.
Alabama TE Jahleel Billingsley Announces Major Transfer
Staying south.
QB J.T. Daniels Has Decided If He's Leaving Georgia Or Not
Yah or nah, Brah?
Here's Your Collection Of Fans Brawling After Cowboys vs. 49ers Game
Dallas fans were prrrrretty upset.
Living that non-playoff life.

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Are you a tenant who is being threatened with eviction? If so, you should learn your rights by calling a Melbourne, Florida tenant eviction lawyer. Although the majority of problems can be resolved by common sense and through reviewing resources about landlord-tenant law, there are situations that may require the assistance of a Melbourne, FL tenant eviction lawyer. If you're unable to resolve an issue or believe your stay in a rental is at risk, getting a tenant eviction lawyer's help could be a wise choice.
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If your landlord has served you with an eviction notice, and you believe this is wrong, you may be able to fight it. By hiring a Melbourne, FL tenant eviction lawyer, you may stand a better chance at success. The right lawyer may be able to create an effective strategy that you might have not even known was possible. For instance, a lawyer could argue that your landlord's choice to evict you was not legal, but rather based on retaliation in regards to a separate matter.
By law, a landlord must follow the eviction procedures according to state and local law. If he or she is trying to do so without following these rules, for example, by locking you out, removing your possessions, removing the doors, or canceling the utilities, you should talk with a tenant eviction lawyer in Melbourne FL immediately. These types of activities are not legal. Regardless of how strong your landlord's case might be against you, they cannot take self-help actions.
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Mobile PoS (mPoS) is one of the recent tech innovations that has helped restaurants target tech-savvy consumers, reduce table turnover time, and boost efficiency. But this isn't all they can do. If you've been waiting to give servers a raise but couldn't figure out the financial logistics, there is another solution. It turns out these sleek little handheld devices can also increase the tips your servers get.
Pilot can be programmed to include suggested tips, so customers don't need to do the math themselves.
A survey by Gartner-owned research organisation Software Advice found that 41% of patrons said the presence of their server would increase the tip amount. Servers need to stay close to the table to wait for the sale to be processed and be ready to assist patrons if they need help, so the presence of the server alone will drive tipping.
When servers use tablets to place an order, they are prompted with upsell opportunities while tableside. This results in higher ticket amounts that yield larger tips. Your PoS tracks these upsells, and the data can be used to implement staff sales incentives and competitions.
Pilot Mobile PoS adds efficiency to the ordering process. Servers can quickly and easily input orders and don't need to return to a workstation. Checkout is also faster as payments can be processed at the table, using mobile payment like Zapper and SnapScan, or integrated payments like YOCO. This results in servers being able to tend to more tables and do so faster, ultimately making more sales.
Customers will also tip better because of the closer interaction between them and servers. Mobile PoS streamlines the entire dining out process for guests; there is increased order accuracy, servers spend more time tending to the tables, and the payment process is swift. As a result, patrons tip more because of the good customer experience they've received.
Pilot uses iPad mini devices and our mobile PoS solutions seamlessly integrate the same functionality as our PoS system. With a user-friendly interface, our mobile PoS devices give servers mobility while collecting valuable information about how servers move through the establishment. If you're using Pilot's point of sale, data is available to you in easy to understand PilotLive data analytics reports and you are empowered to make strategic decisions about your restaurant.


Opportunity Cost is the cost of the next best alternative that is given up when a different alternative is chosen. It is the most valued trade-off.
Economists assume that people weigh the opportunity costs of a decision and choose the decision that is "best" for them. The profit motive is the incentive for businesses to strive to maximize their profits. Higher profits generally result in higher income and greater wealth. Economists assume businesses will maximize their profits by producing goods and services efficiently. What was the opportunity cost of LeBron James' decision to play professional basketball rather than attend college? Was that opportunity greater than the cost for most high school students? In high school, LeBron was one of the most sought after basketball recruits. Professional teams crave players of his exceptional ability. He received the top choice in the National Basketball Association's draft in 2003 right out of high school.
There are opportunity costs that are not monetary. For example, assume Jane is a teenage babysitter. Several options could influence Jane's decision regarding how many hours she will babysit. Perhaps she has an opportunity to take a job that will look great on her college application. The benefit of increasing the probability of acceptance to the college of her choice may prompt Jane to take the new job even if her compensation is less and her hours are more restrictive. If Jane chooses to take the job, she would spend fewer hours babysitting, causing a shift to the left of the supply curve. Perhaps most of her friends are gone for the summer. In this case, Jane would rather not spend her nights at home by herself, so she decides to spend more nights babysitting. Her supply curve would shift to the right. The next best opportunity is Jane's opportunity cost. Her opportunity cost will rise significantly after she graduates from college and has many job offers at higher wages. These opportunities will probably sway her to discontinue her babysitting service.
Here is a brief video discussing the Opportunity Cost of going to college.
Click to open the Scarcity and Budgeting exercise used in the video.


Kyle Rybczyk, clinic coordinator for the Nashville unit of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, first encountered HIV as a nurse in the mid-1980s. The experience "affected me profoundly — personally and professionally," he said.
Kyle Rybczyk is the clinic coordinator for the Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Program, a unit of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, or HVTN. Headquartered at Fred Hutch, HVTN is the world's largest international collaboration focused on developing vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS. It takes a global village to run a clinical trial like the AMP HIV Prevention Study underway now. Here is one villager's story.
I became a nurse in 1984. Early on, I had taken care of some patients with HIV, before there was even a test for it. I was the one who volunteered to take care of the patients with HIV because no one else would go in the rooms. I know it sounds kind of hokey, but I really did go into nursing to help people.
Other people would say, "I have kids, I don't want to go into that room." I was young and single, and I honestly thought, "If this is the end of me, then I would have died doing something good for somebody." And that was OK by me. Somebody had to take care of these people. If not me, who?
[When I started at the Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Program in 1992], I thought I would really miss patient care. But it's a whole other side of care. I learned very quickly that people would come into a research study and after a visit or two, I would build trust with them and they would share things with me that they weren't sharing with their doctors. This was a niche for me to be helpful. It may not even have to do with the research. It was just a safe place for people.
There was a lot of [HIV] stigma in the early '90s. There still is now, but there was so much more back then. Effective treatments weren't available. People were dying. That all affected me profoundly — personally and professionally.
My job as clinic coordinator is to do the big picture stuff — I'm responsible for regulatory and financial processing — and to be the manager and the boss. I do a little of everything; I'm part social worker, part clinician and part researcher.
We're not just about getting the next person enrolled in a study. They're not numbers, they're people. They're people who have needs and who are nice enough to come in and volunteer for a research study. We help them find doctors and providers for PrEP [a daily drug that can protect against HIV infection] and look at their foot ulcers, diagnose their chronic illnesses and help them get into community health centers.
I hire people who care about other people. When we ask [our study participants], "What do you like most?" They say, "The staff, the staff, the staff." We give them birthday cards. We give them little treats at Christmas and Easter.
Is it for retention purposes? Sure. But it's mainly because we think they're really, really awesome for coming here and volunteering to be in studies. It's a relationship for us. Enrolling people in studies cannot be about just meeting our numbers. I need our mission to drive the metrics, not our metrics to drive the mission.
We hope all the time that we work ourselves out of a job. We've been close several times. But somewhere along the way, I decided that having a vaccine on the market can't be my carrot or I may be eternally frustrated. My reward has to be what I do every day. That perspective has been liberating and more fulfilling for me.
The AMP HIV Prevention Study [underway now] is the most exciting thing that I can remember in a really, really long time as far as scientifically, that it may make a difference. I will be elated when we have something. But that's not what keeps me coming to work every day. And if a vaccine never happens, I will never regret being involved in this work.


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Cassidy Freeman Longs for Livingston
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Cassidy Freeman – Photo Credit: Audrey Hall
Cassidy Freeman first came to Livingston in 1982 and a part of her heart has been here ever since. Early memories are filled with working on the family ranch; moving cattle, training horses, irrigating and building what she calls the Freeman family fence. "It was the least straight fence ever made," she tells me. "An early family affair."
We met through friends and family a few years ago, and concretely bonded through a leadership summit of sorts called Hatch, an eclectic range of people together in collaboration, creatively striving to make the world a better place. Ever since, we've kept in close touch, supporting each other's inspired endeavors, laughing as much as possible, and excavating any golden nuggets in both the ups and downs of existence. "Life," we tell each other, "is the ultimate cliffhanger."
Although we often find each other in various cities across the country, Cassidy visits Livingston as much as she can. We catch up over lunch at Marks, drinks at the Murray, or gab sessions in the kitchen of her family's place. Sometimes we'll hike and solve "all the world's problems."
I'm curious as to what she misses most when she heads back to Los Angeles. "I miss the seasons and nature. It's easy to touch nature in Montana. I miss the river and moving water. I know the ocean moves but the river feels different. I miss knowing every time I go to town, I'll see a friendly face. I've had my place in Los Angeles for 11 years and although I have friends in the neighborhood, I don't even know the people that live to either side of me."
Playing Cady Longmire, the stoic sheriff's strong-willed, idealistic daughter on the popular Longmire series (originally on A&E, then picked up by Netflix) reminds Cassidy of Livingston through the story lines that closely parallel life in a small western town. A lot of the drama of the stories circle around the fact that in a small town everyone knows everyone's business. News travels fast when there's not a lot of news.
For those unfamiliar with the books or television series, she describes Longmire as a contemporary western about a sheriff who is a little stuck in the past and struggles to keep the peace in the modern world while grieving the death of his wife. The drama is set in fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming, but filmed in New Mexico.
"What I love most about the series is that the characters are human rather than good or bad, which is so much more relatable. In westerns, the 'white hat versus black hat' is the norm and Longmire shreds all those preconceptions. We all have this iconic cowboy image in our heads, the well intended man, doing right just because he should, or because everyone is watching. Walt Longmire is our cowboy, but it's not so simple."
The series is based on Wyoming author Craig Johnson's novels of the same name. However, the episodes don't necessarily follow the plots he's written. I asked Cassidy to describe that creative process and the timing of the writing. How much does she know about her character, Cady Longmire, before she's actually filming, where do the stories come from if they're not coming from the books?
Cassidy explains, "The two mediums are so different in their style of story telling, it's hard to cram an entire book into a single episode or stretch it out over ten. So we don't follow the books but are in close contact with Craig Johnson. The producers often run story lines by him before committing them to a script. The writers of the show like to keep it current by researching crimes that have actually happened. They watch the news and read local small town papers. They might get inspired by something that happened in the book, but don't directly follow how the plot plays out. Now there're just more stories to go around. However, Craig Johnson hasn't stopped his storylines either. He releases about one new Walt Longmire novel every year."
I asked her what makes Longmire's crime drama different than most of the ones on television.
"Many crime shows revolve around a city, but there're a lot of people in this world that don't relate to that. The writers and producers do a great job revolving some of our storylines around the quirks of a small modern western town. We had an episode revolve around a woman who collected road kill as a job, a carcass being part of the mystery. That's not a common profession in Los Angeles, not really a "city" profession. There's also quite a bit of hunting and poaching involved in our stories. I don't know anyone here (in L.A.) who actually owns a gun. I particularly love that we shed light on Native American concerns that the rest of the world doesn't hear about. There is so much revision of laws concerning Native Americans that we never even get the chance to know about. Some of these laws would shock you. Our producers search this information out and make it part of the plot. I find that courageous and important."
Curious, I question further, "How much do you know about what happens to your character when you start filming?"
"Not a lot," she tells me. "We have meetings before the season starts called 'arc meetings' where they tell us our character's emotional arc throughout the season, but specifics come to light during the filming and writing process, they're writing as the shoot is happening.…Typically I get the script about a week before we shoot it, but we all have to be really flexible. It keeps it exciting!"
Where do you place your energy when Longmire Season 5 has finished production?
"I took a few weeks to come home to Livingston and spend time with my Dad and nature. An actors life is always full of finding the next gig, meaning auditions and meetings. But I try to keep developing and producing things with my creative peers as well. It keeps the ideas flowing. I'm currently developing a television show with my brother Clark that we're real excited about. I can't tell you much more than that, but it's been so fun working with him as a creative partner.
I've also been working with a team of friends on our independent film Cortez. We shot Cortez in Taos, New Mexico, August of 2015, and have since edited and shaped it up for festival submissions. I think of this film as a child…watching it form and grow and now seeing where I can send it off to 'college.' The festival world has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, and strategy is very important. We are premiering at the Houston Film Festival in collaboration with AFI this November and are so excited by how much they loved the film. Our director Cheryl Nichols is nominated for a directors award and will be sitting on a panel of Female Directors at the Festival."
From what I remember through all our conversations before filming and periscope fundraising adventures, Cortez was a pretty female driven project, no?
"Every department besides our camera department was headed by a woman on Cortez. That is kind of unheard of. There's nothing wrong with male artists…some of the best filmmakers I've worked with happen to be men, but I think the scales are still so unfairly tipped and the number of incredible female directors and designers out there struggling just to be seen is incredible. What an untapped resource. We were so happy to find some amazing collaborators on Cortez, of both genders…but so many ended up being female. Myself included. Our director Cheryl gave me an incredible compliment recently. She said as a producer, that I was flexible and open to change, while at the same time being firmly in charge and that it gave her a safe environment to be creative. I think being a woman helps with those qualities."
What else helps you in the many hats you wear in this business?
"Remembering what's important. And only I know what that means for me. I think so many people, in every profession, live their lives by old standards or the standards of someone else…when the only person who knows what matters to me is me. When you don't get a job you really want, it's hard. But you have to be pissed for an hour, and then let it go. My mom used to say, why get your panties in a twist about shit you can't control? She's right."
Does booking a job like Longmire feel like it was meant to be?
"Longmire is an interesting ride. We have survived a long time in an unpredictable and quickly changing time in television. Our story is so linked with what technology and accessibility is doing to television today. A&E dropped our show claiming our viewership was too old of a demographic, only to then be picked up by Netflix, arguably the most successful new media network to date. I continue to learn that nothing is guaranteed, in this business and beyond. I'm grateful for this journey…but I know I was in part chosen to play Cady Longmire because this world felt just like home to me. I have to thank Montana for this opportunity."
Season 5 of Longmire premieres on Netflix Friday September 23, with all 10 episodes available at once. And for the record, Cassidy has not seen any of season 5. She'll be watching the first episode on September 23 along with the rest of us.
"Will you binge watch it?"
"No. I like to save it," she says.
"Are you nervous about it?"
Audrey Hall's career in the creative arts includes feature, commercial, documentary, book and editorial projects for a wide variety of national and international clients. Follow @audreyhall photo on Instagram. Contact her through audreyhall.com.
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Q: Executing script.py for Modeller software through java code Script file
# Homology modeling by the automodel class
from modeller import *              # Load standard Modeller classes
from modeller.automodel import *    # Load the automodel class

log.verbose()    # request ver`enter code here`bose output
env = environ()  # create a new MODELLER environment to build this model in

# directories for input atom files
env.io.atom_files_directory = './:../atom_files'

a = automodel(env,
alnfile  = 'align.ali',     # alignment filename
knowns   = '1GJZ',              # codes of the templates
sequence = 'target')              # code of the target

a.starting_model= 1
a.ending_model= 10           # index of the first model
# (determines how many models to calculate)
a.make()                            # do the actual homology modeling

Code
import java.io.*;

public class Demo
{

        public static void main(String args[])
        {

        try
        {
Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = r.exec("cmd /c \"C:/model2/script.py\"");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
String line = "";
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
    System.out.println(line);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
        }
    }

Output
                     MODELLER 9.10, 2011/09/28, r8346

 PROTEIN STRUCTURE MODELLING BY SATISFACTION OF SPATIAL RESTRAINTS

                 Copyright(c) 1989-2011 Andrej Sali
                        All Rights Reserved

                         Written by A. Sali
                           with help from
       B. Webb, M.S. Madhusudhan, M-Y. Shen, M.A. Marti-Renom,
            N. Eswar, F. Alber, M. Topf, B. Oliva, A. Fiser,
                R. Sanchez, B. Yerkovich, A. Badretdinov,
                  F. Melo, J.P. Overington, E. Feyfant
             University of California, San Francisco, USA
                Rockefeller University, New York, USA
                  Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
               Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
          Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK

Error
iodataW> Setting io.atomfilesdirectory to a colon-delimited string is deprecated, as it is not robust on Windows systems. Set it to a list of directories instead. For example: env.io.atomfilesdirectory = ['./', '../atomfiles'] openf__E> Cannot open file align.ali: No such file or directory;

This code is accessing the modeller program as we can see in the output part, once it starts getting executed it gives an error align.ali not found as we can see in the error part. It runs as a stand alone script.py file.

A: It looks like a path issue. Did you try to use the absolute path to align.ali in your python script ?


Soon, most likely, there will be new brutal sanctions imposed against North Korea. And there will be massive provocative military exercises held, involving the US and South Korean (ROK). In brief, it is all 'business as usual': the West continues to torture DPRK; it is provoking it, isolating, demonizing and dehumanizing it, making sure that it wouldn't function normally, let alone thrive.
The submissive Western public keeps obediently swallowing all the shameless lies it is being served by its mainstream media. It is not really surprising; people of Europe and North America already stopped questioning official dogmas long time ago.
North Korea (DPRK) is depicted as some insane, starving, subnormal and underdeveloped hermit state, whose leaders are constantly boozing and whoring, murdering each other, and building some primitive but lethal nukes, in order to destroy the world.
Those of us who are familiar with DPRK know that all this is one bundle of fat, shameless lies. Pyongyang is an elegant, well functioning city with great public housing, excellent public transportation, public places and recreational facilities, theatres, sport facilities and green areas. And despite those monstrous sanctions, the countryside is much more prosperous than what one sees in the desperate Western 'client' states like Indonesia and Philippines.
DPRK free public housing – is it what the West hates about DPRK?
At least there is something; there have at least been a few decent reports that have been written about those grotesque lies and the Western propaganda.
And the answer is simple: Like Cuba, North Korea dared to step on the toes of Western colonialism and imperialism. Sacrificing its sons and daughters, it helped to liberate many African countries, and it provided assistance to the most progressive forces on the most plundered and devastated continent.
This is one thing that the West never forgives. It lives off the unbridled plunder of all continents; it essentially thrives by looting its colonies. Those countries that assisted the liberation struggles, those nations that fought for freedom of the colonized world – Soviet Union/Russia, China, Cuba and the DPRK – were designated by Western ideologues as the most 'dangerous' and 'evil' places on Earth.
In Europe and North America, conditioned masses (they have been actually profiting from the colonialism and neo-colonialism for decades and centuries), are stubbornly refusing to comprehend this main reason why the Empire has made the people of North Korea suffer so terribly for years and decades.
"The Social Democratic Party of Kenya (SDP) condemns the unjustified sanctions against North Korea (DPRK) instigated by imperialism led by the United States of America. We are aware that imperialism has never stopped its cold and hot war against DPRK that through one of the greatest patriotic, heroic and revolutionary anti-colonial and anti-imperialist national liberation armed struggles succeeded in winning true independence in the northern half of Korea. When it invaded North Korea, US imperialism like Japanese colonialism earlier, suffered one of the most humiliating military defeats it will never forget in its reactionary history. We also know that the US and the West hates DPRK with venom for refusing to be a puppet of imperialism like South Korea. A dirty false propaganda war is waged against DPRK for refusing the capitalist and neo-colonial path of slavery, under-development and exploitation of person by person and instead choosing the path of development for freedom and humanity, socialism.
North Korean internationalism is legendary, just as Cuban internationalism is. And this is the least that we can do right now, when the country is facing new tremendous and brutal challenges – to recall how much it gave to the world; how much it had already sacrificed for the sake of humanity!
I spoke to people in Windhoek, who with tears in their eyes recalled North Korea's struggle against (South African) apartheid-supported regimes in both Namibia and Angola. Naturally, South African apartheid used to enjoy the full support of the West. To repay that favor, South African troops joined the fight against North Korea and China during the Korean War.
As mentioned by Mwandawiro Mghanga, North Korea fought against Israel, its pilots flew Egyptian fighter planes in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. DPRK took part in the liberation struggle in Angola and it fought in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Lesotho, and Namibia and in the Seychelles. It provided assistance to the African National Congress and its epic struggle to liberate South Africa from apartheid. In the past, it had aided the then progressive African nations, including Guinea, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mali and Tanzania.
Has North Korea been fully abandoned, left to its fate? Has it been 'betrayed'?
The situation is bleak, but most likely not fatal; not fatal yet.
Of course both China and Russia have their long land borders with North Korea -roads and railroads inter-connecting all three countries. According to my sources in Moscow and Beijing, it is highly unlikely that the two closest allies of the DPRK would ever go along with the new sanctions, whether they are officially 'supporting them', or not.
But the logic used by Christopher Black is absolutely correct: it is the West that should be suffering from the toughest sanctions imaginable, not DPRK.
It is the West, not North Korea, which has murdered one billion human beings, throughout history. It is the West that colonized, plundered, raped and enslaved people in all corners of the planet. What moral mandate does it have to propose and impose sanctions against anyone?
We are living in a twisted, truly perverse world, where mass murderers act as judges, and actually get away with it.
North Korea spilled blood for the liberation of Africa. It showed true solidarity with robbed, tortured people, with those whom Franz Fanon used to call the "Wretched of the Earth". That is why, according to perverse logic (which has roots in the Western religious and cultural fundamentalism), it has to be punished, humiliated, and even possibly wipe off the face of the earth.
Not because it did something objectively 'bad', but because the objectivity lost its meaning. Terms 'good' and 'bad' are now determined by only one criterion: 'good' is all that serves the interests of the Western Empire, 'bad' is what challenges its global dictatorship.
If you save the village that had been designated by the Empire as a place to be raped and pillaged, you will be punished in the most sadistic and brutal manner. North Korea did exactly that. Except that it did not save just one village, but it helped to liberate an entire continent!


On November 6, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to vote on three ballot initiatives (on the second page of your ballot!). These initiatives are proposed changes to New York City's Charter, a document that outlines core powers and responsibilities for the city's elected and appointed officials, departments, and agencies. They were developed through a Charter Revision Commission appointed by Mayor de Blasio to improve civic engagement in the city.
New York City's charter can be amended at any time through the regular legislative process and is amended frequently. Certain changes, however, require a public referendum (e.g., changes to create or eliminate an elected position) under New York State's Municipal Home Rule Law. A Charter Revision Commission is one method to generate these ballot initiatives. None of the proposed amendments on the November 6 ballot require a public referendum – meaning they could be achieved (or undone) through local legislation.
We've outlined the pros and cons of each proposal.
Tweak the Public Campaign Finance Program: This initiative would lower the amount of money that a candidate can accept from an individual contributor, but increases the public matching ratio – meaning more bang for smaller bucks. The proposal also increases the total amount of public funding a candidate can use for her or his campaign from 55% to 75% of the expenditure limit.
PRO: Reduce the influence of deep pockets on the political process, reduce the barriers to entry to running, further reduce pay-to-play corruption in city government.
CON: The lowered financing limits might mean candidates have to spend more time fundraising. Constraining publicly funded campaigns to a capped amount could potentially reduce the competitiveness of a publicly funded candidate against a self-funded one. A greater matching amount increases the cost of the program; even the reimagined "small dollar contribution" is a lot of money to most New Yorkers.
Create a Civic Engagement Commission: The second initiative proposes to establish a Civic Engagement Commission of 15 members (8 appointed by the Mayor, 2 by the City Council speaker, and 1 each by the five Borough Presidents). The Commision would implement a citywide participatory budgeting program, ensure appropriate translating services are available at polling places, and work with city agencies to increase public's awareness of and access to city services.
PRO: Civic engagement is not what it could be in New York City, and this could be away to address this problem; the Commission would address the sense that there is a lack of citywide coordination for civic engagement initiatives. Participatory budgeting is a great way to distribute power to communities, and this would bring it citywide.
CON: The Mayor would dominate the Commission as he/she would appoint the majority of its members; many of the Commission's goals are already the responsibility of the Board of Election, the Campaign Finance Board, NYC Service and the outreach departments of each of city agency; adding a new bureaucratic layer is not necessarily the best way to address the fact that these entities are not doing the best job.
New requirements for community boards: The third initiative would impose term limits on community board members (four consecutive two-year terms); require Borough Presidents to appoint people of diverse backgrounds to the boards and report this data; and have the Civic Engagement Commission (if created, pursuant to the second initiative) provide technical assistance and resources to the community boards, particularly for land use reviews and initiatives.
PRO: Term limits would allow for membership turnover and prevent stagnation. It could increase diversity of perspectives on boards. Membership turnover on the community board doesn't always diminish local expertise as some fear; active involvement on the community board doesn't require full membership and term-limited members could still participate at the committee level.
CON: Terms limits would reduce the institutional knowledge that each community board has built up, which is particularly problematic in land use decisions as property developers already have the upper hand.
NKD's Policy Committee reviewed the three proposals. We support the first and second proposals and abstained from considering the third.
Public Campaign Finance is not a panacea, but it has been a successful program; the proposed changes will likely expand its benefits. We agree that civic engagement is lacking in New York City and welcome a unified entity to try to improve it.
We lack sufficient familiarity with community boards to make an informed decision on the third proposal. Arguments for and against are both compelling.
Want more information? Follow this link for a more thorough explanation of each proposal.


Trenton, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy's Future of Work Task Force, in partnership with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, and the state's Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), is seeking expert research to inform the Task Force's work. The Task Force, which was announced in early October under the Governor's Executive Order 41, is charged with guiding innovation and technological advancement in the Garden State's workforce.
Which technologies will impact work in New Jersey? In particular, which industries and to what extent? What is the likely timing of these changes?
Which groups of residents in New Jersey will be most affected by these changes? How will these impacts differ by gender, race, income, location, and education?
What will be the impact of these changes on our communities in New Jersey, namely how people live and how they get to work?
In what way might these same technologies improve workplace conditions, create better jobs, and grow the State's economy?
Proposals and qualifications will be evaluated by Chief Innovation Officer Beth Noveck and researchers from the Heldrich Center. Each longer research report (approximately 25 pages) will receive a payment of $5,000 payable upon completion and acceptance. Each shorter research report (approximately 10 pages) will receive a payment of up to $2,500 payable upon completion and acceptance. The closing date for the RFP is Nov. 26.
"The fast-paced, ever-changing nature of technology will certainly add new demands to New Jersey's workforce, and this important research will drive the strategic planning and smart policies that will support and protect our workers in the innovation economy," said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo.
The Future of Work Task Force is to be comprised of up to 25 leading global thinkers, innovators, researchers, and economists to assess the State's labor market and working conditions. The goal of this partnership is to identify and prepare for technologies, such as automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence, in a way that best enhances New Jersey's workforce.


I recently unearthed this brilliant performance by the guy who played Q in Skyfall. This is acting that is well out of each of Daniel Craig IMO. It's about King Richard. It's in it's entirety on YouTube but my absolute favourite, best moment is 1:38:22 because it illustrates the very difference between commoners and royals. Beware, it's sad.
"Part of your cares you give me with your crown"
(ends with)... still with me they stay" BRAVO!!!!! Vive Shakespeare!
It's a recent list. My favourite is Jessica Chastain. She married hers.


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Pope Benedict XVI gives his last Sunday blessing
Pope Benedict XVI has given his final Sunday blessing at the Vatican before he steps down on February 28.
In his last Angelus in St Peter's Square, the Pope told thousands of cheering pilgrims his decision did not mean he was abandoning the Church.
Pope Benedict, 85, announced his resignation last week, saying ill-health meant he could not continue.
Cardinals are gathering to choose the next pope amid fears Church sex abuse scandals may overshadow the process.
Speaking from his balcony overlooking St Peter's Square, Pope Benedict used several different languages to salute the Catholics who had come to bid him farewell at the end of his eight-year reign.
He said he was following God's wishes in deciding to abdicate.
"The Lord is calling me to climb the mountain – prayer is not an isolation from the world," he said.
"I am not abandoning the Church and shall continue to serve it in a manner more adapted to my age and strength," through prayer and meditation, he added.
Pope Benedict will hold his last public appearance as pope in the square on Wednesday before he retires to a life of seclusion and prayer.
Pope Benedict XVI has given his final Sunday blessing at the Vatican before he steps down on February 28
In total 117 Cardinals under the age of 80 from around the world have been called to the conclave to choose his successor.
Some Catholics are calling on Cardinal Keith O'Brien from Scotland and Cardinal Mahony from Los Angeles to refrain from voting in next month's election.
Cardinal Mahony was stripped of his duties as Archbishop of Los Angeles last month over allegations he protected priests accused of sexual abuse.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien has denied allegations of "inappropriate behavior" going back 30 years.
The Vatican has denounced attempts to condition the freedom of all cardinal electors to choose who they want to lead the Church in future.
On Saturday a statement criticized the media for reporting "misinformation" about alleged intrigue and corruption in the church.
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Lagos State Police Command arrests police team over killing of Kolade Johnson
A police team under the Lagos State Police Command has been arrested over the alleged killing of a youth, Kolade Johnson on Sunday.
A team of the Nigerian Police force in patrol van (TheTrentOnline)
The commands spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had reported on Sunday that some residents of Mangoro/Onipetesi community in Lagos went on a rampage blocking the Oshodi/Abeokuta expressway in protest against the killing of a youth in the area.
The angry residents blocked the major roads with tyres and woods after a youth was allegedly shot dead by policemen from Anti-Cultism Unit of Lagos State Command.
NAN learnt that an unmarked commercial bus occupied by the policemen had visited the community on Sunday afternoon in search of youths dressed wildly and wore dreadlocks.
It further gathered that one of the police operatives allegedly shot dead the youth from behind in an attempt to disperse a crowd which had gathered during the raid.
According to Elkana, on March 31, at about 5.05 p.m., the Command received a distress call that Lagos- Abeokuta Express Way has been blocked by some angry youths who were protesting the shooting of one Kolade Johnson of No.1 Beco street, Onipetesi, Mangoro Bus Stop.
He said the shooting was done by a team of policemen from Anti Cultism unit, stressing that a team of policemen from the Rapid Response Squads and Metro Patrol were promptly drafted to the scene.
Elkana said the account of eye witnesses helped in identifying the team which fled the scene immediately after the incident.
Members of the team suspected to be involved in the shooting have since been arrested and are currently in police custody undergoing interrogation.
They will be subjected to internal disciplinary procedures, and may be prosecuted in conventional court if implicated by ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu calls for calm, assuring that justice will prevail in this case.
The CP also condoles with the family, friends and well wishers of Kolade Johnson, he said.
ALSO READ: Lagos Police vows to investigate death of Kolade Johnson who was killed by SACS
The spokesman said that the CP has promised to initiate far reaching reforms to help in re-positioning the Anti Cultism Squad for effective service delivery, particularly in areas of respect for Human Rights and proficiency in the use of firearms.
Members of the public who have complaints on the activities of Anti Cultism Squad or any of our Police teams should call the following numbers 08063299264, 08065154338 and 08060357795, he added.
Author: News Agency Of Nigeria Source: NAN
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I have initiated, developed and acting as director MSc International Management (IM). IM is the most successful MSc programme run by the University of Sussex. Through the staff in the Teaching Office, I oversee the day-to-day administration of the programme, in particular, the organisation of the teaching content of the programme, appointing examiners for assessed work and supervisors for dissertations, monitoring student progress and advising those students in academic difficulties. Also Director of Studies Research Students (PhD) and Admission Tutor for Business Studies.


Tenders are invited for Providing laying jointing drainage line in place of damaged drainage in zone no 11 ward no 55 at petrol pump to indside mission hospital to in front of modi dharmashala.
His lackeys made futile attempts at defending him but the Dharmashala, the Dalai residence in India, chose not to prolong the debate that proved embarrassing to its presiding deity as well as his hosts and patrons.
The four-day Dharmashala International Film Festival 2017 ends on Sunday.
The locations are: Trauma Center, Janana Hospital, Dharmashala, Dhareshwar Vav, CMHO Building, Tankria school building, Idgah School, New Building school, Goverment College, Government old school building, Sushila Devi Prakashraj Modi Balika Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Bus Stand, Adarsh Vidya Mandir Pavilion and Baghikhana.
The government on Tuesday announced the names of 13 more cities that will be developed under the Centre's ' Smart City Mission' with Lucknow in poll- bound Uttar Pradesh topping the list followed by Warangal in Telangana and Dharmashala in Himachal Pradesh.
Stadium), Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium) , Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Mohali (Punjab Cricket Association Stadium), New Delhi (Feroz Shah Kotla) and Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium).
Among the new resorts that came up this year are ones in Goa, Karwar, Thekkady and Dharmashala.
Hundreds of Tibetans flee Tibet every year and enter Nepal hoping to make travel on to Dharmashala, India, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
He declared the formation of Tibetan Government in Exile or the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharmashala (India) in April 1959.
The India- Pakistan match in Dharmashala has already faced some issues with the Himachal Pradesh government saying that it cannot provide security for the match.
Hundreds of Tibetans flee Tibet every year and enter Nepal hoping to go on to Dharmashala, India, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.


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Do you think I forgot about you?...Never...You are my baby...I will always be your mami, baby. I will always continue to sing you lullabies from my heart into the wind.
Tears stream down my faceIt's just me and you in this lonely placeYou are so stiff and so coldMy baby, its the last time you'll be in my holdMy darling, I dread to say, "I'm sorry you cannot stay.
sometimes, I like to walk out side and let my mind become heavy with pictures of this never ending setting. things get a little foggy, when I can't seem to absorb that one day this won't exsit any more.
Though the journey is rough, I can. The intensity is unbearable, but I can. I will help others. I strive to be the best. Failure is only a trial. I will be the best neonatal nurse. I think I can.
A baby is a baby no matter the color of its hands and feet. Raised sometimes by a loving mother giving words of love so sweet. It doesn't matter white or brown we grow the same. So young we don't know what we're in for.
What ever happened to the innocent hellos? And the guys mesmerized by a girls eyes.. The days where you had to ask a dad for a date..and he decides yes or no.. And a first kiss meant everything..
Baby Just one little word Replays through my mind It engulfs me Baby baby baby I hear it all around They point and stare Their mouths agape Baby baby baby How did this happen?


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John Fogerty Embraces His Past
The Long Road Home Collects Solo Work and CCR Catalog
by Calvin Gilbert 12/13/2005
If music industry veterans were to count the miracles of 2005, somewhere near the top of the list had to be John Fogerty's renewed involvement with Fantasy Records and the release of The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty — Creedence Collection.
Fogerty's return to the label follows a lengthy, well-publicized and downright nasty legal dispute with Fantasy's former Saul Zaentz, who acquired the company during CCR's heyday. And what a heyday it was: A string of American music classics including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Green River" and "Lodi," just to name a few. In 1969, the band sold more records than the Beatles.
After creating some of rock 'n' roll's most enduring music, however, Fogerty's bitterness over royalties and Zaentz's ownership of his songs caused him to go more than two decades without performing any of the material he had written, sung and recorded as CCR's leader. After an epiphany at Robert Johnson's gravesite, Fogerty finally started playing the old songs again in the '90s — much to the delight of his longtime fans.
In 2004, Fantasy was purchased by the Concord Music Group, whose owners include legendary television producer Norman Lear. Comfortable with the company's leadership and pleased by an improved business arrangement, Fogerty is clearly happy with the release of the 25-song The Long Road Home, the first CD to feature CCR hits alongside his solo material, including the 1985 hit, "Centerfield."
Fogerty may never totally get over his feelings toward Fantasy's old regime. However, in a recent phone interview with CMT.com, the cheerful, upbeat tone of his voice seems to indicate that he's more comfortable than ever with the past.
CMT: Through the years, you were involved in several contracts with Fantasy Records, but weren't you still a teenager when you signed your first deal with them?
Fogerty: When I walked in the door there for the first time, I was 18 years old, and I believe we probably signed a contract then or maybe at 19. Then again, there was a later signing, and that's what basically did me in.
Most musicians can't see any farther than getting their first record released. Was that pretty much your attitude to begin with?
Oh, yeah. The first one [contract], especially, in that weird way, that sort of sense of denial that children go through. When you're young, you think you're immortal, right? They're gonna live forever, and you can't tell them anything. I'm sure I had big doses of that. As you say, it's all important to just have that guy's attention right now. (laughs) If some big guy at a record company is going to put your record out, boy, you don't want them to forget about it before he goes on to something else. So you're just thinking that everything will be solved if you can just get this record out. And then, hopefully, it will be a hit, and everyone will smile and take you more seriously.
The music industry wasn't nearly as sophisticated back in the '60s and early '70s. It seems like a lot of artists really had no one trustworthy to turn to when it came to handling their business affairs.
Oh, that was certainly the boat we were in. We didn't have access. We didn't really have a lawyer, like a plumber in the family that you just call up every time the pipes break. We didn't have that at all. [CCR bassist] Stu Cook's father was a lawyer, nothing to do with the music industry at all. … Stu was supposed to show the contract to his dad. But like all young people, I think he really didn't. I think he just came back and told us, "My dad says it's OK to sign." … The first contracts were signed in that spirit of, "Well, gosh, we'll sign this so we can get our record released."
For the later ones, just to give you an insight, the earlier contract was under the first ownership of Fantasy Records. And then Saul Zaentz and some partners purchased Fantasy Records somewhere around October of 1967. Saul was the sales representative during the early days when we were walking in there as teenagers. He was the only one who didn't speak in beatnik talk. Everybody else there were kind of old beatniks from the early '50s.
Fantasy was a jazz label.
They were jazzbos. That was kind of their world, where Saul seemed more from the business world, at least. So we regarded him as our friend.
[Editor's note: When the phone call is temporarily disrupted by static on the line, Fogerty laughs and jokes, "The heavens just came unglued when I said, 'We regarded Saul as our friend.'"]
Anyway, that was the truth at that time. So when Saul purchased the company, we trusted him. Which is the unfortunate truth. We thought we were all in there on the ground floor. … Again, not having access to a lawyer, because a lawyer probably would have said, "Whoa, let's make sure we've got all these things we're talking about in writing." Of course, none of them were.
All told, can you estimate how much the legal dispute with Fantasy has cost you?
I can only just say, "In millions." Literally, probably tens of millions of dollars. It's so big. And for a guy who came up as a lower middle class kid … so much of that money just went to Fantasy instead of going to me. … And also, as artists, we were at the bottom of the barrel as far as what we were paid. All of that money went to Fantasy. … The most crushing part, the part that was very hard — that was worse for my career and for my personal life — was that I still owed them so many records after Creedence broke up. All the other members were set free immediately, but I was retained. And so this thing stretched out into my future, basically for the rest of my life. That was the part that just crushed me. … Immediately after Creedence broke up in '72, they informed me, "We have the rights to your recordings in the future." It was basically 36 masters — plus 10 — if I remember this correct — every year.
Good Lord!
That means tracks. That means songs. Thirty-six, plus 10. I still owed them five more years of that. So if you add that up, 46 tracks is probably more than four albums, at least at the way Creedence was making them. We usually had about seven or eight tracks on our records. To come up suddenly with 46 of them, that's something huge. They had a provision that for any year that I didn't provide those, the unprovided tracks slid over into the obligation for the next year. And if I didn't provide it in that year, then it all slid over into the next year. So I basically saw myself going on for 28 or 30 years, something like that. It was undoable. At some point, I just caved in. I melted down. At about 1973, I went in [and said], "I can't do this. It's so oppressive. My brain can't … I'm not writing songs anymore. I'm thinking about this."
This was an extremely public battle. Do you think the publicity has changed things for the better in the music business?
I suppose. I just hope that young guys think, specifically. Unfortunately, you never think that those people in the room with you are the guys that might turn out to be your worst enemy. You're standing there going, "Oh, yeah, we all understand. We're gonna do these things." But if it is not written down in the way that you're just talking about it — that means you have to go get your lawyer that represents you, not his lawyer that represents him. You've got to treat it much more like divorced couples go through things. Suddenly, even though they were lovers and best friends, now they're enemies.
The liner notes of the new CD talk about you coming to terms with performing the old songs while you were visiting the Mississippi Delta. Was that like a bolt of lightning, or did it take some time for the idea to sink in?
It was exactly like a bolt of lightning. This happened in 1990. I ended up taking several trips into Mississippi, just wandering around the way a guy would who was writing a book. I was acting much more like that. When I first went, I didn't even know why. I kept getting this sort of urge. I always say it's sort of like the guy in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when he's building the mashed potatoes on his dining room table, and he doesn't know why he keeps humming these notes to himself. (laughs) So I finally started going to Mississippi, and I basically landed with no plan. But I eventually started buying a lot of music and doing a lot of reading, mostly about the old blues guys. That seemed to be my focus.
And one day, I'm at the purported gravesite of Robert Johnson. I'm just mulling over Robert's great career and the mythical, legendary 29 recordings that he had made. Basically, I'm looking right at a big tree that seems to be where Robert was long ago buried. And I'm thinking about how these songs are very vital now. Remember that 1990 was within probably a year of the big [Robert Johnson] boxed set that got released and went platinum. I thought, "I wonder who owns the rights to those songs." And then I got this very negative image. I thought, "It's probably some lawyer" — some unsavory type in a tall building in New York City with a big cigar. I thought, "God, we always get screwed. That really stinks."
And then I just shook my head. Very emphatically, I said to myself, "It doesn't matter. Those are Robert's songs. I'm standing here with Robert Johnson, basically, at his gravesite. He's the spiritual owner of those songs." That's literally the phrase I born to myself. And at that moment, that's when the lightning bolt hit. My eyes got real wide, and I thought, "That's just like you. Do you see it? You're the spiritual owner. No matter what you've gone through, you wrote those songs. You created them. You lived those songs, and you're the one who really can sing those songs with the true understanding of how they came into being." It doesn't matter about the mythical tall building and the crooked guy with the big cigar. Robert's story was just like mine, and that was when I made up my mind.
Can you remember the first few nights when you started performing those Creedence songs live?
It would have been after the Blue Moon Swamp album came out. Understand, I basically went for 25 years without performing those songs. Even I didn't realize it had been that long, but it was from 1972 until 1997. There was only one exception. I played on the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C., in 1987. I gave a special concert for veterans, and I started the show with the riff from "The Old Man Down the Road" … and then I went into "Born on the Bayou." It was kind of mind blowing. Everyone knew I wasn't playing my old songs. But this was kind of a gift to the veterans and kind of symbolic to me. Even still, I went another 10 years without publicly performing those songs. So I had made up my mind in 1990, but I actually was not out performing in front of people until 1997.
Once you did the Blue Moon Swamp tour, did you feel a sense of relief to be able to perform those songs onstage?
Yeah. I was happy. I was totally into it, but everything was new. I was touring again and playing my old songs and supporting a new record, which was kind of a rare occurrence because there had been so much time between records. My audiences, in the beginning, were full of boomers. You'd see a lot of 45 or 50-year-old males, particularly at that time. But, I must say, a lot of those men were crying, too, so it was a very emotional thing. I can't be sure, but I heard that quite a few of them were Vietnam veterans, so that was one of the reasons why they were there. As time has gone on, the audience has gotten more like a normal slice of the American culture — and beyond — very mixed ethnically, also certainly male and female and going all the way from past 60 to below 10.
Was Norman Lear's involvement with the new Fantasy company a major factor in returning to the label?
I would say yes, certainly initially. I have a very positive image, I think, of Norman. As most people who have ever seen a sound bite or a little bit of an interview, he just seems very at peace with the world. It just looks that way. It's certainly a way I would love to feel about the universe. It's almost like he knows something that the rest of us don't know. But he's not really in the day-to-day running of my involvement at Fantasy. He owns Concord Records, and Concord acquired Fantasy in a really neat irony of the old days. Back in the Bay Area in the early '70s, Fantasy was the big independent guy, and Concord was an even smaller jazz label. Of course, Fantasy was a big label because they had Creedence Clearwater. But in a neat turn of events, Concord acquired Fantasy. The folks at Concord/Fantasy have turned out to be very delightful people. And that's really the reason why I'm there.
How difficult was it to condense your song catalog to just 25 songs for the new CD?
Their scenario for this record was that they wanted to limit it to 25 — the idea being that it could be one CD and a simpler package. If you start getting many, many more songs or two CDs, you're getting very close to the idea of a boxed set. Which I would love to do eventually. Most other major artists have long, long, long ago had a boxed set. But that would have meant delaying the whole thing for a much longer time. You've just got to get a lot more people involved and take more time. … Certainly from the Creedence era, most of those songs just kind of jumped right out. And then from my solo career, many — if not most of them — also jumped right out.
What are you working on at the moment?
The next thing will be a DVD, which we've already recorded. A live concert. But I haven't even seen the footage yet. I've listened a little bit to the music, which sounds great, but it's all in its raw form.
You and Keith Urban taped an episode of CMT Crossroads in Los Angeles. What kind of response have you gotten from that?
It's been a very, very good and positive response. … Keith is a wonderful guy. I consider him a friend. That started out as a project, and I didn't know a lot about Keith. But I went and met him and saw one of his shows here in the L.A. area. I immediately became a big fan. Since then, of course, I've listened to all of his records. He's an absolute great guitar player, and I'm a huge fan of anyone who can play the guitar. He turned out to be just a nice guy. We had a lot of fun putting that show together and delving into each other's music and figuring out how we were going to present ourselves onstage, singing and playing with each other. That's one of the highlights of my career. It really is. I hope, at some point, to get to do some more work with Keith.
Do you listen to mainstream country music these days?
A little bit. I get to hear the country channel here in Los Angeles. When I hear somebody's having a hot career, I'll go buy their CD. I'm a huge fan, all the time, of Alan Jackson. I mean, I don't have to hear the record in advance. I just buy it. In fact, the last song I play every night on tour just before I come out is "Mercury Blues." Alan is carrying, to me, the eternal torch of what country music is. You can take that in all the ways it means. Country music is in good hands with Alan Jackson, and I never have to worry about how it's being handled. I've long been a Merle Haggard fan. I love the golden era of country music. I think anybody would know that just by hearing me talk or hearing me play.
Calvin Gilbert
Calvin Gilbert has served as CMT.com's managing editor since 2002. His background includes stints at the Nashville Banner, Radio & Records and Westwood One.
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Telecommute Taxes On The Table
by Nicole Belson Goluboff 04/16/2010
The Obama Administration has recently been shining a spotlight on the need to eliminate barriers to telework and its growth. Now Congress has legislation before it that would abolish one of telework's greatest obstacles, the risk of double taxation Americans face if they telecommute across state lines. The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 2600)would remove the double tax risk.
H.R. 2600 can and should be enacted as a stand-alone measure. However, Washington is also currently developing or considering a variety of other legislative packages, any one of which would be significantly strengthened if the provisions of H.R. 2600 were added to it. These packages include energy/climate legislation (expected to be unveiled later this month), transportation legislation and small business legislation. Each of these packages, we have been told, would double as a jobs bill.
Telework is a critical component of any plan to create jobs, as well as any plan to improve our energy security, slow climate change, ease traffic congestion, reduce transportation infrastructure costs and boost small businesses. Congress must not miss the important opportunity that H.R. 2600 and these emerging packages provide to get rid of the tax barrier to telework.
The Obama Administration's Focus on Removing Obstacles
On March 31, the White House hosted a first-of-its kind forum on workplace flexibility, bringing together businesses, employees, advocates, labor leaders and experts to talk about the importance of expanding the use of telework and other practices that enable workers to meet the competing demands of job and family. Obama identified workplace flexibility as an issue that affects "the success of our businesses [and] the strength of our economy - whether we'll create the workplaces and jobs of the future we need to compete in today's global economy." Discussing a new effort within the federal government to increase the number of federal teleworkers, the President said,
"…this isn't just about providing a better work experience for our employees, it's about providing better, more efficient service for the American people - even in the face of snowstorms and other crises that keep folks from getting to the office…. It's about attracting and retaining top talent in the federal workforce and empowering them to do their jobs, and judging their success by the results that they get - not by how many meetings they attend, or how much face-time they log, or how many hours are spent on airplanes. It's about creating a culture where, as [the Administrator of the General Services Administration] puts it, "Work is what you do, not where you are."
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is also urging greater reliance on telework. In the National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress on March 16, the FCC reported that "[m]aking telework a more widespread option would potentially open up opportunities for 17.5 million individuals." For example, the FCC said, telework can spur job growth among Americans living in rural areas, disabled Americans and retirees. To make the telework option more available, the FCC recommended that Congress "consider eliminating tax and regulatory barriers to telework."
What regulatory barrier did the FCC target? The "convenience of the employer" rule - the state tax doctrine that subjects interstate telecommuters to the risk of double taxation. Specifically, a state with a "convenience of the employer" rule can tax nonresidents who telecommute part-time to an employer within that state on the wages they earn at home, even though their home states can tax the same income.
For many people, the threat of owing taxes to two states can put a long-distance job out of reach. By making telework unaffordable for workers, the tax penalty also thwarts businesses and government agencies trying to tap the cost-saving and other economic benefits telework offers.
The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act would bar states from taxing the income nonresidents earn in their home states, and it would prohibit them from applying a "convenience of the employer" rule. Congress should follow the FCC's counsel to "consider addressing this double taxation issue that is preventing telework from becoming more widespread."
Congressional Opportunities to Remove the Tax Barrier
As noted above, H.R. 2600 can and should be passed as a stand-alone bill. However, Congress could also seize the opportunity to include the provisions of H.R. 2600 in the energy/climate package, the transportation package, or the small business package that lawmakers are working on, and, in the process, make that package more effective.
How would telecommuter tax fairness strengthen energy and climate legislation? By substituting the use of broadband for the use of cars and mass transit, telecommuters conserve fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The National Broadband Plan reported that "[e]very additional teleworker reduces annual CO2 emissions by an estimated 2.6-3.6 metric tons per year. [Further, replacing] 10% of business air travel with videoconferencing would reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 36.3 million tons annually." How can Congress enact an energy bill that does not include such savings?
The same kind of fairness is a necessary addition to any transportation bill, because broader use of telework can slash transportation costs. By decreasing the demand for roads and rails, telework minimizes wear and tear on existing infrastructure and reduces the need to build more. As a result, telework limits the expense of repairs, maintenance and expansion. The new transportation funding bill should focus more on creating jobs laying broadband conduits and less on jobs laying asphalt. The transportation bill would also benefit from the addition of telecommuter tax fairness, because, by decreasing traffic congestion, telework decreases the hobbling cost of lost productivity.
Small business legislation? Telework can help small firms hire new people at lower cost: Employers can increase staff without increasing real estate, energy and other overhead expenses. They can also select the most qualified applicants from the broadest geographic area while spending less on recruitment. Telework can increase company efficiency and, as President Obama noted at the workplace flexibility forum, help employers assure continuity of operations when emergencies arise. These are bottom line benefits Washington can offer small businesses without adding to the federal deficit.
Finally, the success of any legislation designed to jumpstart hiring should include telecommuter tax fairness. It would enable the unemployed — especially those who cannot relocate because their homes are unsalable — to widen the area where they can look for work.
The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act was introduced by Representatives Jim Himes (D-CT) and Frank Wolf (R-VA). It has bi-partisan support from lawmakers all around the country. Stakeholders endorsing it include the Telework Coalition, the National Taxpayers Union, the American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, along with the Association for Commuter Transportation and Take Back Your Time. Workplace Flexibility 2010, a public policy initiative at Georgetown University Law Center, has also recommended the elimination of the telecommuter tax penalty.
Telework is an important part of the solution to the nation's most urgent problems, including unemployment, foreign oil dependence, climate change, clogged and crumbling travel arteries and the struggle workers face to meet their responsibilities as employees, family members and members of their communities. As federal lawmakers tackle these challenges, they should consider the Administration's focus on getting rid of regulatory roadblocks to telework. They should heed the FCC's call to take up the issue of the telework tax penalty, and they should finally enact the Himes-Wolf bill.
Photo: Representative Jim Himes (D-CT)
Nicole Belson Goluboff is a lawyer in New York who writes extensively on the legal consequences of telework. She is the author of The Law of Telecommuting (ALI-ABA 2001 with 2004 Supplement), Telecommuting for Lawyers (ABA 1998) and numerous articles on telework. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Telework Coalition.
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How could the AHCA Impact Pharma?
With the recent passing of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) through the U.S. House of Representatives, many industry leaders are anticipating the possible changes the AHCA may bring. Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could both hurt and strengthen the healthcare industry as a whole.
Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act may have a larger impact on the pharmaceutical industry than previously thought. The mandate for Americans to buy health insurance has continually decreased the uninsured population by half over six years. This has increased the industry's consumer base as more Americans have been able to seek medical and pharmaceutical care.
Following the release of the American Health Care Act's CBO score, the pharmaceutical industry may see a drop in patients by about 23 million. This heavily decreases the industry's consumer base while potentially decreasing the amount of spending allocated towards new disease research and development.
A lack of insured consumers means that many medical products would likely be unable to reach their intended patients and the industry could suffer financially. Drug pricing will continue to be a focal challenge for the industry as consumers pay may pay for treatment out-of-pocket.
A major facet of the AHCA for the pharmaceutical industry is the proposed repeal on many Obama-era industry taxes. Consumers may see the benefits of this repeal in lower pharmaceutical costs when coupled with other proposed industry incentives. The GOP has not confirmed whether the Senate will replace these taxes with new ones.
Uncertainty surrounding the industry's financial responsibility towards the new healthcare bill has caused pharmaceutical stocks and other investments to in recent months. Though unlikely, the possibility that the AHCA imposes more severe financial burdens to the industry is causing a major investment shake-up.
A continual challenge in the industry has been increasing pressure from lawmakers to reduce the cost of pharmaceutical products. In the early days of his administration, President Trump met with leading drug-makers to discuss pricing struggles and strategies, vowing to reduce the cost in his presidential term.
The ACA may have increased the amount of Americans receiving health insurance throughout its seven years, but it failed remarkably in terms of drug prices. The AHCA has the possibility to reverse this, and many pharma . Though a drug pricing mandate has not yet been introduced to the American Health Care Act, past proposals from President Trump have included tax cuts and American-manufacturing incentives.
Though the bill has not been reintroduced to the public, or passed through the U.S. Senate, the AHCA could have a large impact on the pharmaceutical industry. Though forecasts indicate both positive and negative facets of the bill coming toward the industry, many industry leaders have expressed an interest in working with the government to provide the best possible products for patients.
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