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Nothing Better to Do Than the Telegraph Avenue Holiday Street Fair
I thought I had better things to do, but that was before I attended the opening day of the fair, and found that there is nothing in the world better to do than the Telegraph Avenue Holiday Street Fair.
Stage one of Berkeley's thirtieth holiday fair wrapped Sunday, under light rain.
Saturday, the rain fell hard, and some artists packed up early.
But more than one artist said that big profits (and perhaps some last minute discounts) await stage two, next weekend, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (Xmas Eve)—as last-minute shoppers panic.
As one vendor told me, not all concessions lose money in the rain. "There are winners and losers," said Paul Ogren, who is in his second year at the fair with his War to Piece nuclear jewelry. "The jewelry won't explode," Ogren assured; it's sculpted from wires once used to direct nuclear missiles.
Ogren is a gifted promotor, who has had his fair share of media attention, and sells his designs in major museums throughout the country.
Across the street from Ogren, I met Fred Rosefeather, who was so excited to be here, he almost broke into an Indian dance. "In San Luis Obispo, an art gallery owner told me, I was too good for San Louie, and said, go to Berkeley."
Ogren and Rosefeather, neighbors at the fair, didn't know each other in San Louie.
Long-time fair organizer, Janet Klein, told me that the fair fills yearly with gifted artists, who are steered here by other artists.
Klein, who has served the fair for a quarter-century—last nine years as the event-organizer—plies the artists with a continuous supply of chocolate cookies, each day.
She runs a tight ship, settling disputes, and enforcing regulations.
Saturday, she ejected a vendor, she said violated the regulation requiring that pieces for sale are made by and sold by the artist. This is an important rule, because it gets you close to the artists, who are all entertaining.
Their glamorous lives are spent going to crafts fairs all over the country, where they develop patter for people like us, and especially reporters. Tell them you are a reporter for the Berkeley Daily Planet.
Aren't you?
The event has become a major venue for some of the best artist-craftsmen in the state, and states throughout the West. They flock to Berkeley with their arts from San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles area, the South Bay, the Peninsula, and Marin.
Berkeley was represented last week by artist Eddie Monroe, a veteran of the holiday event, and founder of the Berkeley Street Vendor's Association, which assigns stalls to Berkeley artists by lottery—each weekend.
Monroe returned two years ago to selling on the street where he began his career in the 60s; he now exhibits large paintings at the 4th Street Studio, where he also teaches. He tells me his studio paintings are selling well. "I'm at the top of my career," he has told me.
Although Monroe, who has been painting bay-area scenes for more than forty years, is doing his best work these days, he still sells his iconic Telegraph Ave painting, showing Teley in its glory years, when Teley was mainly small local businesses selling necessities, like locks, clocks, and socks—and barrels of books, and magazines.
Award-winning scenic photographer, Louis Cuneo, founder of the Berkeley Poetry Festival, is offering his best work at easily affordable prices. If you liked his photos of Aquatic Park published last year in the Planet, you will be glad to know you can purchase the set for $20-25.
Weather report: Saturday, 50 percent chance of rain; Sunday, 45 percent chance of rain; Monday (Xmas Eve.) partly cloudy, ten per cent chance of rain.
Last week, an artist was on his phone following the fair (foul )weather by Doppler Radar.
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In February of 2011, eight Medicare auditors, charged with securing refunds, entered San Diego Hospice (SDH) in San Diego and asked for 149 records of patients served between 2009 and 2010. This visit, on that California winter day, sent a seismic jolt, through the hospice industry. The crime San Diego Hospice committed to precipitate this earthquake: These 149 patients did not die within six months.
Its tremors are still being felt two years later, as the results of this multimillion-dollar refund from the nation's premier hospice organization has crippled its survival. All admissions are being audited; the 24-bed inpatient hospice-only facility, for crisis care, second to none in the nation, closed; census dropped by 50 percent and still hemorrhaging; 260 employees lost their jobs last year; the program that serves HIV/AIDS patients, cut; the program that counsels families expecting to deliver newborns with life-threatening illnesses, cut. On Feb. 4, SDH filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This week, San Diego Hospice said it will close in a few months.
I remember working at SDH. I was a night nurse working 12-hour shifts. Unfamiliar with crisis care, I learned how to assemble and insert a subcutaneous morphine, or Dilaudid, patient-controlled analgesia pump, in 15 minutes to a new patient in a pain crisis. After a three-month orientation, I felt like I took a four credit college course in palliative care. I still retain, after six years, the orientation handouts as a reference. SDH was computerized when most hospices were in their infancy with paper documentation. It was an honor to be surrounded by so many physicians and nurse practitioners who were expert in palliative care. I learned by osmosis the art of hospice care.
What caused this earthquake in the industry? Since when did the government expect precision in deciding death? What happened to the extension of benefit periods given by Medicare if the terminal illness is still progressing? Kathleen Pacurar, president and chief executive officer, stated in her interviews: " … it is not the patient care Medicare is finding faulty, it's the eligibility." Was the documentation that suspect?
I notice on the blogs defending SDH, families are questioning the audit. They cherish the home health aides who give baths, the nurses who provide oversight for their medications, the chaplains who sing prayers and volunteers who spell the overburdened spouse, two hours away from her 24-hour vigil. Nurses are the eyes and ears of the physicians and they, more than the physicians, see the patients and document their decline. Both families and staff feel betrayed that suddenly the dying patients they loved and cared for are being abandoned due to government oversight.
If it's documentation that is remiss, that can be corrected with education. If the government is now enforcing the regulations with new arbitrary interpretations, that is for the lawyers to resolve. If patients are being carried over from one benefit period to another due to confusion between palliation and custodial care, then that, too, is faulty training. That scenario is for another article. You can be sure of one thing – the ripples of this audit have been and will continue to be felt across the nation as other hospices are being given new scrutiny.
The latest figures available on hospice are from a study published online Feb. 6 in JAMA. It revealed that 42 percent of Medicare beneficiaries died in hospice care in 2009 compared with only 22 percent in 2000. However over a quarter of those using hospice (28 percent) did so for fewer than three days, and 40 percent of them moved to hospice after an intensive-care-unit stay. The data used for this study included 848,303 beneficiaries. The egregious statistic is that 40,576 beneficiaries used hospice for less than three days!
SDH has a 36-year revolutionary history serving hundreds of thousands of patients and educating thousands of providers. Where is the help from the San Diego community? Where is a Warren Buffett-like benefactor ready to rescue this jewel from its suffering? Where are the hospice firemen? SDH's contributions to the industry must not be mired in dishonor. It is time for SDH to receive hospice care. This diamond cannot be allowed to turn into carbon.

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At least 13 people were killed after militants armed with a car bomb, grenades and automatic weapons attacked the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday, police said Thursday.
Most of staff and students fled but around 160 were forced to hole up in classrooms during Wednesday's brazen assault on Afghanistan's most prestigious college, according to the country's Interior Ministry. They were later rescued by special police units.
Six students, one professor, three police and two security officers were in the 10-hour assault at the university, according to the Interior Ministry.
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The professor, Naquib Ahmad, was a Stanford Law School graduate, according to a doctor and a spokesman at Human Right Watch.
A caretaker at a nearby school for the blind also died in the attack. Around 35 students and police were wounded.
One attacker died in the initial car bomb blast and two gunmen were killed by police, according to police. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.


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Twenty-four thousand training vouchers will be made available to state residents.
Photo: North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue
North Carolina and Microsoft are launching a public-private partnership to provide technology training to the state's residents at no cost, Gov. Bev Perdue announced Thursday, Nov. 19.
Microsoft will distribute 23,700 vouchers to any North Carolinians who wish to participate in a technology-training course. The vouchers will be distributed through the North Carolina Community College System, the Division of Workforce Development in the N.C. Department of Commerce, and the N.C. Employment Security Commission.
The courses, which range from introductory to intermediate in difficulty, will be focused on training students to use Microsoft technology. According to a joint press release, the state will receive 10,500 vouchers for Microsoft Windows and Office online training, 10,500 vouchers for Microsoft Business Certification exams and 2,700 vouchers for advanced technical professional level online training.
Gail Thomas-Flynn, Microsoft vice president of state and local government, joined Perdue for the announcement. Thomas-Flynn said the initiative is part of Microsoft's Elevate America campaign, an initiative the company launched earlier this year to retrain workers in technology.
"We launched Elevate America back in February in an effort to strengthen U.S. competitiveness in the global economy by improving access to the education and workforce skills required for twenty-first century jobs," Thomas-Flynn told Government Technology. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that in five years, more than three-fourths of all jobs in the U.S. will require at least a basic level of technology skills. But achieving this requires private-public collaboration, so we've partnered with governments, schools, community organizations and local companies to maximize our effectiveness and tailor the programs to local needs."
Perdue said retraining workers to be proficient in technology would better prepare North Carolina for the future, while helping meet the job demands of the present.
"This partnership will provide North Carolinians with another opportunity to retrain for today's new economy," Perdue said. "At a time when businesses are seeking a highly qualified, well trained workforce, Elevate America can provide potential employees with new skills to succeed."


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After NBC's lowest rated show still on the air, Harry's Law, was canceled as expected, TV by the Numbers' beloved cancellation bear wanted to wish his "friend" Kathy Bates all the best after devouring the show.
Update: For those who didn't want to click the link above, here's a bit of the history between HL and the bear:
A bit of hub bub while I was off last week, as Kathy Bates, the star of NBC's Harry's Law, vented publicly about not liking the fact that adults 18-49 ratings determine TV show success in broadcast primetime (and have since the 1970's), and took our very own cancellation bear to task in an EW.com article.
"Some of these people are just so stupid. I don't even get it…. All [they] talk about is the blessed [18-49] demo this, demo that, and how the cancellation bear is gonna eat us and all that stuff. So we'll see. We'll just see."
The only thing our cancellation bear likes more than devouring low rated shows is getting a public shout out from an Academy Award winner. It's better to be known, than loved!
Joining Ms. Bates in her anger over the way ad supported broadcast television works was the Executive Producer ofHarry's Law, Bill D'Elia, who gave us his own shout out:
@CassieStackSVU WTF is TV by the numbers? Who cares what they think? #harryslaw is most viewed scripted drama on NBC and will return.
— Bill D'Elia (@billdelia) March 10, 2012
Nobody cares what we think Mr. D'Elia.
Problem is, the folks selling the advertising at NBC think the same way we do…
Update: I hadn't realized that near the same time as the original tweet above, Bill D'Elia also followed up with this one:
@CassieStackSVU First, tv by the numbers doesn't know anything. They are misinformed at best, ignorant at worst. Second, Kathy is right.
— Bill D'Elia (@billdelia) March 11, 2012
Misinformed? Ignorant? Kathy is right?


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All CPU Meter is a very simple sidebar gadget available for Windows Vista and Windows 7. It allows developers and users to check the microprocessor's usage and it shows an independent graph for each available logical core (hardware thread).
No matter the resolution of your display, if you're developing software optimized for multicore microprocessors, your screen (or screens) won't have free space. One of the big problems related to multicore programming is that, as the number of available logical cores increases, you need more space to monitor their activity.
All CPU Meter is a very simple and useful sidebar gadget for multicore programmers using Windows Vista or Windows 7. You will still have to work with Process Explorer, Windows Task Manager and the Resource Monitor. However, this gadget offers very useful information using a small 128-by-130 pixels canvas to display the information for 4 logical cores (4 hardware threads), as shown in the following picture:
Windows Vista and Windows 7 offer the same default gadget. A CPU Meter that displays the overall CPU usage and the memory usage. The great disadvantage of this gadget is that it doesn't let us know what's happening with each logical core (hardware thread). All CPU Meter also shows the overall CPU usage, but it also displays the activity for each logical core (hardware thread) and this information can tell you whether the thread affinities are working as expected or not. Some programming languages, libraries, APIs and compilers offer the possibility to tell the operating system scheduler to run a certain software thread on a specific hardware thread.
However, many high-level programming languages, like C# or Java, don't offer this possibility. In these cases, we will be able to see how the operating system's scheduler changes the logical core (hardware thread) running each software thread. All CPU Meter is very useful to monitor these situations using just a few pixels of your screen.
Using this simple gadget, you'll be able to monitor your software without having to open and close many huge Windows many times. You'll still need more information. Nonetheless, you'll be able to check what's going on with each logical core (hardware thread) and you'll see a tiny graph, as shown in the following picture:
The following picture shows a comparison between this gadget and the default Windows CPU Meter.
If you develop and run software prepared to take advantage of multicore microprocessors, you'll find this gadget more useful than Windows default CPU Meter. All CPU Meter's latest version supports can display information of up to 8 logical cores (hardware threads).
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West Valley Watershed Assessment 2018: Baseline Ecological Condition Assessment of Southwest San Francisco Bay Creeks in Santa Clara County; Calabazas, San Tomas Aquino, Saratoga, Sunnyvale East and West. . SFEI Contribution No. 944. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond.2019. (5.02 MB)
This report describes baseline information about the amount and distribution of aquatic resources, and evaluates the overall ecological conditions of streams using the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM), for the West Valley watershed in Santa Clara County; consisting of Sunnyvale East and West Channels, Calabazas Creek, San Tomas Aquino and Saratoga creeks, and many smaller tributaries.
Bay Area Green Infrastructure Water Quality Synthesis. SFEI Contribution No. 922. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.2018. (2.31 MB) (1.95 MB)
Field Operations Manual for the Regional Monitoring Program. SFEI Contribution No. 902. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.2018. (1.43 MB)
Guadalupe River Mercury Concentrations and Loads During the Large Rare January 2017 Storm. SFEI Contribution No. 837. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.2018. (2.53 MB)
A Menu of Fire Response Water Quality Monitoring Options and Recommendations for Water Year 2019 and Beyond. SFEI Contribution No. 889. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.2018. (1.45 MB)
Sediment Supply to San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 842. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.2018. (1.74 MB)
Changing Channels: Regional Information for Developing Multi-benefit Flood Control Channels at the Bay Interface. Flood Control 2.0. SFEI Contribution No. 801. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.2017. (62.69 MB) (23.02 MB)
Over the past 200 years, many of the channels that drain to San Francisco Bay have been modified for land reclamation and flood management. The local agencies that oversee these channels are seeking new management approaches that provide multiple benefits and promote landscape resilience. This includes channel redesign to improve natural sediment transport to downstream bayland habitats and beneficial re-use of dredged sediment for building and sustaining baylands as sea level continues to rise under a changing climate. Flood Control 2.0 is a regional project that was created to help develop innovative approaches for integrating habitat improvement and resilience into flood risk management at the Bay interface. Through a series of technical, economic, and regulatory analyses, the project addresses some of the major elements associated with multi-benefit channel design and management at the Bay interface and provides critical information that can be used by the management and restoration communities to develop long-term solutions that benefit people and wildlife.
This Flood Control 2.0 report provides a regional analysis of morphologic change and sediment dynamics in flood control channels at the Bay interface, and multi-benefit management concepts aimed at bringing habitat restoration into flood risk management. The findings presented here are built on a synthesis of historical and contemporary data that included input from Flood Control 2.0 project scientists, project partners, and science advisors. The results and recommendations, summarized below, will help operationalize many of the recommendations put forth in the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Science Update (Goals Project 2015) and support better alignment of management and restoration communities on multi-benefit bayland management approaches.
Lower Peninsula Watershed Condition Assessment 2016: Southwest San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara County, San Francisquito to Stevens Creeks. Technical memorandum prepared for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. . SFEI Contribution No. 809. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond. p 53.2017. (5.17 MB)
RMP Field Sampling Report 2016. SFEI Contribution No. 826. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.2017. (1.08 MB)
The effects of aquatic area abundance, buffer, and hydrology on depressional wetland condition based on CRAM.2016. (498.88 KB)
Santa Rosa Plain Wetlands Profile: A Demonstration of the CaliforniaWetland and Riparian Area Monitoring Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 726. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA. p 46.2014. (3.03 MB)
Monitoring and Results for El Cerrito Rain Gardens. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.2012. (2.79 MB)
Napa River Watershed Profile: Past and Present Characteristics with Implications for Future Management of the Changing Napa River Valley. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p 172.2012. (26.7 MB)
Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas: Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience. UC Press: Berkeley. p 223.2012.
A BMP tool box for reducing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Mercury (Hg) in municipal stormwater.2010. (5.09 MB)
Petaluma River Impairment Assessment for Nutrients, Sediment/Siltation, and Pathogens Part 1: Existing Information and TMDL Comparison. Aquatic Science Center: Oakland.2010. (1.89 MB)
Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland,Ca.2009. (2.68 MB)
Dry Creek Watershed Sediment Source Reconnaissance Technical Memorandum. SFEI Contribution No. 595. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland,Ca.2009. (3.06 MB) (27.1 MB)
A Sediment Budget for Two Reaches of Alameda Creek. SFEI Contribution No. 550. San Francisco Estuary Institute.2008. (26.45 MB)
Stream Inventory Report for La Honda Creek: Prepared for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. SFEI Contribution No. 529. San Francisco Estuary Institute.2007. (29.72 MB)
Coyote Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study: Historical Conditions and Landscape Change in the Eastern Santa Clara Valley, California. SFEI Contribution No. 426. San Francisco Estuary Institute.2006. (188.33 MB) (27.61 MB) (27.49 MB)
Pinole Creek Sediment Source Assessment: Pavon Creeks Sub-basin. SFEI Contribution No. 515. San Francisco Estuary Institute. p 67.2006. (51.71 MB) (25.63 MB)
Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment: A sediment budget approach highlighting watershed-scale sediment-related processes and supply to the Bay.2005. (2.02 MB)
Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (appendix only). SFEI Contribution No. 316. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2005. (1.29 MB)
Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (report only -- no appendix). SFEI Contribution No. 316. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2005. (4.28 MB)
Analysis of Reference Tidal Channel Plan Form for the Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project. SFEI Contribution No. 80. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2004. (5.96 MB)
Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Riparian Habitat of La Honda Creek Along the Hwy 84 Transportation Corridor, San Mateo County, California. SFEI Contribution No. 78. San Francisco Estuary Institute /CA State Univ of Fresno.2004. (4.27 MB) (84.28 KB) (157.74 KB) (156.77 KB) (5.18 MB) (9.62 MB) (4.68 MB) (218.87 KB) (3.38 MB) (88.2 KB) (71.37 KB) (19.65 MB) (5.32 MB) (159.61 KB)
Relative effects of fluvial processes and historical land use on channel morphology in three sub-basins, Napa River basin, California, USA. IAHS, International Association of Hydrological Sciences 288.2004. (117.55 KB)
San Pedro Creek Watershed Sediment Source Analysis, Volume III: Tributary sediment source assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 87. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2004. (16.74 MB)
Channel Geomorphology Assessment: A component of the watershed management plan for the Carneros Creek watershed, Napa County, California. SFEI Contribution No. 67. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2003. (4.87 MB)
Channel Geomorphology Assessment: A component of the watershed management plan for the Sulphur Creek watershed, Napa County, California. SFEI Contribution No. 68. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2003. (4.64 MB)
Contrasting Fluvial Geometric Processes and Historic Change Through Time: Supporting Watershed Management in Tributaries of the Napa River Watershed (poster).2003. (233.43 KB)
Napa River Sediment TMDL Baseline Study: Geomorphic Processes and Habitat form and function in Soda Creek. SFEI Contribution No. 63. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.2002. (4.2 MB)


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S&S Catering, A Dallas Tradition Since 1929
For over 80 years, S & S Catering, a Dallas event and corporate catering company, has created delicious meals for our customers. Previously known as S & S Tea Room, S & S Catering has been dishing up delectable appetizers, entrées, casseroles and desserts. S & S Catering is well known for providing the best food and service possible.
S & S Catering offers a wide variety of items and services. Whether catering extravagant events, corporate luncheons, school and church functions or any other function requiring delicious dishes, S & S Catering is a Dallas catering company that will continuously exceed your expectations. With nearly a century of serving satisfied customers, our reputation for impeccable catering is one we take great pride in preserving … one delicious dish at a time.
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Please also enjoy our Take Away Chef line of freshly prepared frozen entrées made from the original S & S Tea Room recipes. Take Away Chef offers ready-to-bake casseroles the whole family is sure to love. Take Away Chef can be delivered or picked up. Our "pick up" customers enjoy the convenience of car door delivery. Simply call us when you arrive and our friendly Take Away Chef staff will bring your casserole out to your car.


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by Lou Mancinelli
In the first episode of season four in mockumentary series "The Office," Meredith Palmer, played by Mt. Airy native Kate Flannery, is hit by her boss' car as he drives through the company parking lot while looking at a passenger seat camera and commending his sales team's achievements.
Season four was where Meredith, the hard-drinking floozy, began to hit her stride, Flannery told the Local during a recent interview.
"The best trial by fire ever," said Flannery about the show, which followed a cubicle gang of 9-to-5ers at a paper company housed in Scranton, Pa. Throughout its nine seasons, Meredith's adventures included romps like her hair catching on fire and flashing her colleagues on casual Friday.
The NBC adaption of the show created by comedian Ricky Gervais that first aired on the BBC, concluded its final season on May 16 this year. During its run, the show won four Emmys and a Golden Globe.
"People's reaction to the end of the show was so much more than I ever expected," Flannery said.
Before starring as Meredith for nine seasons in "The Office," Flannery, 49, worked as a waitress in an upscale Beverly Hills restaurant, where she often saw movie stars and producers like Billy Wilder, who co-wrote and directed "Sunset Boulevard." Before that, she honed her chops as a member of The Second City's National Touring Company comedy troupe in Chicago. There she worked alongside future co-star Steve Carell, who played her boss, Michael Scott, the show's Madonna and leading star.
Flannery was one of seven children raised in a Catholic family in Mt. Airy and is three minutes younger than her twin sister, a social worker. When she was a young girl, her father, a church-going man, and before that her grandfather, owned Flannery's Bar in Germantown, which later relocated to Center City before it closed. She attended St. Therese's until second grade when the family moved to Ardmore.
Flannery always wanted to be an actress. When she was young, she wanted to be a child star, but her mother parented her away from such opportunities, something she's grateful for now. She went to Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor and in 1987 graduated from the University of the Arts.
After that she played in a comedy group in Philadelphia for a year before moving to Chicago in 1989, where she joined the Second City Touring Company and became an original member of the Annoyance Theater, which includes notable alums like Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" and Jeff Garlin, Larry David's best friend in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
In the mid-'90s, Flannery moved to Los Angeles and appeared in the stage production of "Valley of the Dolls." She played Neely O'Hara, and the show eventually moved to off-Broadway in Manhattan, where it ran from 1996 to '99. During that time, Flannery lived on the Lower East Side.
Before she was cast as divorced single-mother Meredith Palmer in 2000 at age 40, she appeared on the "Bernie Mac Show," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and performed a skit on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
She also performed in her comedy lounge act The Lampshades, which she created alongside Scott Robinson in the early '90s, and later was named New York Magazine's L.A. Pick for 2006. It continues to run today in Hollywood.
Before "The Office," Flannery led the actress waitress lifestyle, which she had made peace with. She continued waitressing through the first season of the show. At the time, no one knew whether there would be a second.
"Even though it was tough, I felt like I could live with doing my own thing," said Flannery, who first auditioned for the part of Jan.
But the show took off, becoming as popular as water cooler banter at work. Flannery credits the quality of the show to the writers. It was their words and jokes, insights and scenarios that birthed the opportunities, which enabled the actors and actresses to play characters that captured the mainstream American imagination for almost a decade.
"They're the ones shaping and molding this whole thing," she said. "We spent time on the set five days a week for nearly 12 hours a day." They shot one episode a week and enjoyed a few months off each year. There she was, seated at a desk in an office, a workplace environ she had only worked in before for short stints in high school and college.
"It's such a relatable setup," said Flannery about why she thinks the show found a home in the American psyche. "You're stuck with these people who don't necessarily care for you, but they have to put up with you."
Flannery has described her role as Meredith Palmer as being like the onions of the dish. She served a function and contributed to the whole.
"The whole is what's the most important thing … the show," said Flannery. "Not just what you thought was funny in the moment."
Flannery most recently returned to Philadelphia to star in "Love, Loss and What I Wore," written by sisters Delia and the recently-deceased Nora Ephron, based on a book by Ilene Beckerman. The show ran from June 25 through July 7 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Center City.
Her future plans point towards indie films. For now, she will deal with losing something like her family of nine years.


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Dry and windy conditions continue across the Bay Area and that has fire officials taking some unusual steps as we head toward Fourth of July.
Santa Clara County firefighters are busier than ever, which is why they are diligently listening to weather updates and checking the fuel moisture, humidity and winds regularly.
They say there is another risk they have more control over: Fireworks. Not the kind you see in a professional show, but the ones people light off in their backyard.
"We take this seriously. We work with police departments to get out there and stop people using fireworks. Add it to dry grass and it's a bad combination for us," Santa Clara County fire spokesman Kendall Pearson said.
A fire off Helyer Avenue in San Jose last week is proof. Investigators say the 3-acre fire was likely caused by fireworks.
That is the reason San Jose firefighters are already on high alert.
"San Jose is staffing up a number of additional rigs who are patrolling day and night to thwart the fireworks that may begin," said San Jose Battalion Chief Barry Stallard.
Stallard said people often buy fireworks in other cities and bring them back to San Jose. That is illegal.
Specifically, the city of San Jose has a ban on sparklers. Stallard said sparklers get to 1,200 degrees, almost 1,000 degrees hotter than boiling water.
Firefighters say, look around, that fire engine patrolling your street may be looking for fireworks, and if they catch you with them, you could face a $500 fine.


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Normally I come to you with nutritionally strict recipes, guidelines and information that corresponds with my traditional, whole food and home-made eating paradigm. Today I want to confess to you that I LOVE to eat out and I LOVE to indulge in foods that aren't perfectly good for me. (After all, every traditional culture has a time of "festival" or indulgence if it is available.) My family will confer that what I remember most about any trip we go on is what and where we ate! My husband and I traveled to Europe and I literally planned the entire trip around where our meals would be. Local food is directly influenced by the local culture, so to experience a new culture is to experience their food- whether it be a city close by or across the world. I am directed by food and simply love to find those local restaurant gems in every city.
I do think there is a "right" way to eat out, though, so I thought I'd share my personal rules for how to eat out and indulge properly.
Rule #1– Save your money and go to a good, unique, local restaurant. (Do NOT go to a chain restaurant- even a "nice" one.)
In case you didn't know, most chain restaurants (even the "nice" ones) are pretty much a step up from fast food restaurants. In order to achieve consistency with all their restaurants, food is pre-made (aka- highly processed) and shipped to the restaurants, then assembled by the "chefs". Yes, there is often actual cooking happening in the kitchen, but the ingredients are probably deplorable. Save up your money for a quality outing to a local restaurant where the chef has put his or her love and passion into each ingredient of each and every dish. There should be depth and intelligence in the flavor and preparation of every dish- even the salads. You should go home thinking, "I have to learn how to make this!"
Also, if the quality of the food isn't mentioned on the menu, then it probably isn't great because restaurants want to make sure you know if they've gone out of their way to provide outstanding ingredients. For instance, my favorite restaurants will say when beef is grass-fed, fish is wild, or the veggies are organic. It makes me feel like I could be friends with the chef, or at least have a nice conversation about food, which means I'll probably be coming back. When in doubt, you should be able to ask where the food comes from. If they can't answer, or don't want to answer, then I think you have a problem.
Rule #2– Order foods that you can't make at home.
We don't eat out very often, not only because it's a perfect way to blow your budget, but because I don't like to pay a premium for food that I can easily cook at home (and usually with way better quality ingredients).
My rule of thumb at a restaurant is to find something on the menu that I wouldn't and/or couldn't make at home. My weakness is really good authentic Italian food. I almost never order a pasta meal, but my favorite restaurant makes a "Rotelli di Pasta" that is incredible. It's a baked sheet of homemade pasta rolled with cheese, ham, and peas, then drenched in creamy Vodka tomato sauce and topped with crispy Parmesan cheese. I've come close to recreating it at home (with a recipe that is actually in my cookbook, "The Reality Chef's Complete Guide to REAL FOOD, A Meal Planning Cookbook"), but I can't quite make it as gooey and delicious as the restaurant does. I also love myself a good French pastry. (Please imagine the swagga in my voice when I say that.) There is nothing like a fresh puff pastry made with 100% butter and flour, layered and rolled to flaky perfection. Well, actually, what would be better is that puff pastry filled with fresh, creamy custard. Okay dark chocolate swirled on top wouldn't be bad, either. You get the idea! It is a rare occasion that I'll spend the time creating a true French pastry, so I'll save up my dough and indulge in theirs instead.
Rule #3– Use Yelp! (Or research your restaurant and tell others about it if it's a good one.)
Yelp! is one of my favorite apps. Whenever we're away from home and need to eat out, I get my phone out and find the perfect restaurant. All you have to do is search for restaurants in your area and you get details about different places including the type of food served, cost level, coupons and special offers, and, most importantly, reviews.


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|Timon of Athens: Community Performance
- Program/Event:
- Around the Triangle
- Event status:
- Confirmed
- Event date:
- Saturday, March 16, 2019 7pm - 9pm
- Location:
- St. John's MCC, 622 Maywood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Event Contact:
- Bare Theatre
- Contact E-mail:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
Come see Bare Theatre's new site-specific, high-octane, action-packed, hilarious, genderqueer, 1980s-set interpretation of Shakespeare and Middleton's notoriously unfinished tragedy TIMON OF ATHENS, directed by Dustin Britt and starring 13 of the Triangle's finest actors, dancers, and stage combat experts.
The production will be presented at The Wicked Witch in Raleigh, but there will be three special performances at St. John's MCC in Raleigh. These performances are all pay-what-you-can at the door ($10 is suggested), sensory friendly, general admission, open to the public, and LGBT and women-focused organizations will be onsite to share information.
Cast, crew, and audience are encouraged to bring donations for The St. John's MCC Food Pantry and their Lunch Boxes of Love Ministry (LBOL), which provide food and other essential items to hundreds of people each month. Through LBOL, the pantry regularly feeds people at the South Wilmington Street Center Homeless Shelter for Men, the Love Wins Community Engagement Center, and at St. John's own City on a Hill Community Center on Maywood Avenue.
The production's content will be "toned down" to a PG-13 level so that younger folks can enjoy the performances.
Sponsored by the LGBT Center of Raleigh, The Wicked Witch, St. John's MCC, and Sonorous Road Theatre & Film Studio.


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Rafael Nadal beats Ryan Harrison at Indian Wells in hard-court return
Rafael Nadal looked tentative at times but still managed to defeat Ryan Harrison in straight sets. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- His forehand was spotty and his movement was, at times, tentative, but Rafael Nadal's return to hard courts for the first time in almost a year was a successful one, as he dismissed Ryan Harrison 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday.
Here are three thoughts on Nadal's victory:
Nadal's movement was tentative: It wasn't the scintillating form that he displayed in Acapulco, Mexico, but the win earns Nadal exactly what he needs: another match.
"I need to compete," Nadal told reporters. "If you win, you have more chances. If you have more chances, you will compete more and you will practice more and you will be ready to put yourself in 100 percent condition in a short period of time."
Nadal raced to a 4-1 lead in the first set before playing a horrible game at 4-2 to get broken and let Harrison back into the match.
"I feel that I was playing OK," he said. "Nothing special, but OK. I played [a] fantastic game [at 4-2] with one double fault, three forehands outside of the stadium," he joked. "After that, the set became very tricky."
Harrison tried to mix up the rhythm with some well-timed serve and volleying, but Nadal was simply too good, as he rolled through the tiebreaker and then played a more relaxed second set to run away with the match. Nadal's performance didn't give much confidence that he could win the title here, but as he's said all week, that's not necessarily his goal.
"I don't expect big result," he said, "but just be here, practice with the other players, compete like tonight I did, have another chance after tomorrow."
This is, of course, to be expected from Nadal in his first hard-court match since Miami last year, especially given his overall trepidation when it comes to playing on hard courts. Confidence will come with each step he takes on the surface and it was evident that there's still a mental hurdle he has to overcome to commit to his movement the way he needs to. We're used to seeing Nadal lunge and slide around the hard courts when he's at his best, but he was noticeably tentative when pulled wide and digging out of the corners. Nadal looked more relieved than happy about his level in the match.
"My physical performance needs to improve. My movements need to improve," he said.
Nadal may already be looking to clay: He's here, and he'll try his best as he always does, but is Nadal's heart really in this tournament? Reading the tea leaves, I'm not entirely sure. It's hard to shake the sense that Nadal already has his mind on the clay-court season as he competes this week. During his pre-tournament press conference, he reeled off the next tournaments he intends to play and noticeably absent was Miami, another hard-court ATP Masters 1000, which begins immediately after Indian Wells. Whether he simply misspoke or the omission was intentional is unclear, but if he's already planning to skip Miami, then there's less incentive to throw himself into this tournament like he has in the past.
American men going the wrong way: With the loss, the 73rd-ranked Harrison will fall to no better than No. 88 in the rankings. That's quite the tumble from last July, when he reached a career-high of No. 43. It's easy to forget that he's just 20 years old and the expectations have to be curbed, especially on a day that saw America's No. 1, John Isner, get dumped out by Lleyton Hewitt.
Patience is key with Harrison. Yes, he can play too defensively, and yes, it would be great to see him amp up his forehand and take more initiative in the rallies as opposed to relying on his defense. Ideally, his game will evolve over time and for now he's right to focus on the process and experience.
"I'm not 21 yet and I've played against a top player on center court of every single Slam," he said. "That's a lot of experience for someone that hasn't gotten past the second round of a major."
Still, these are dry times for American men's tennis. Andy Roddick's retirement last September has left a gaping hole that no current player seems able (or willing) to fill. Depending on Sam Querrey's and Mardy Fish's results this week, it's possible that there will be no American men in the top 20 for the first time since computer rankings were introduced. With Roddick gone, Isner slumping and Fish on the mend, it's hard to see when this trend will stop.


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In much the same way that friends of mine were telling me I should start watching the show The League (and to those of you, I thank you), some of those same people were telling me I should give the Fox show Terra Nova a try. With Steven Spielberg serving as one of the show's Executive Producers, it can't be a completely bad idea, can it? The show does possess an interesting premise to say the least.
The show is set in 2149 in a world where fresh air is hard to come by and family creation is monitored by the government. Jim Shannon (Jason O'Mara, One For The Money) is a detective who is married and has three children, one outside the maximum according to the government. His wife Elizabeth (Shelley Conn, How Do You Know) is a doctor and has informed Jim (in jail for population control violations) that she and the kids have been selected to participate in Terra Nova, which is a new colony. Terra Nova is somewhat different in that one travels back in time to 85 million B.C. to enjoy what it's like to breathe fresh air, rather than cut it with a knife and fork in the polluted 22nd century. While Elizabeth's background was already prized, Jim's comes to the attention of Nathaniel Taylor (Stephen Lang, Avatar), Commander of the colony, and the first to arrive to it. Taylor uses Jim to help maintain security of the colony against rebel forces called "The Sixers." The Sixers' main goals are to mine the resources of the planet at the time, specifically the various dinosaur types, for the purpose of corporate gain.
The first few episodes to set the exposition for the story and get some backstory behind the characters is intriguing, in a Swiss Family Robinson meets Lost kind of way, but with dinosaurs! Jim does a remarkable job of not missing a stride with his family, considering he was in jail for two years and the kids don't immediately blubber when they see Dad free and out in the wild. There is some initial friction between Jim and his oldest son Josh, though it tends to resolve itself. He acclimates to the colony just as miraculously for an escaped prisoner as well, come to think of it. He is part of the framework for most of the episodes and serves as a window into the colony for the outsider.
Oddly enough, is part of the problem with the show. O'Mara is somewhat limited in range with the character in a show full of limitations. The show largely confines itself to the colony, which would seemingly go against the nature of exploration that human nature would tend to have. Sure, sturdy weaponry and gates prevent the dinosaurs from invading the compound, but once you keep all the characters inside the gates, things get a little bland to be honest. There are various supporting characters, some of them antagonists, who get thrown into the mix from time to time, but they are hardly a threat. If they were, they'd be in charge of the colony. The other issue is that of the conflict with the Sixers. With limited personnel and weaponry, they tend to have a little more muscle than disbelief can carry. Like if Shawn Bradley was their center and low post presence, for instance. But their battle, while limited in scope, is also limited to small pockets in and possibly near the colony. Come on people! Dinos or not, you've got legs, cars, even guns! Give them a spin.
Perhaps in retrospect, I should have taken the Terra Nova title more literally than I should have. Maybe by involving the dinosaurs in scenes as threats, the natural progression of keeping non-Sixers in or near the compound was a logical one, but that leaves the story to try and move things along, which it does little more than coast on. While it seems like something that would appeal to some of my geek DNA strands, my internal mechanism that judges entertainment was a lot more effected when I watched the show, which for the show's sake was a bad thing.The Blu-ray Disc:
The Video:
Fox shows Terra Nova off in all of its 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen glory, with the results being quite nice. The show balances the practically shot footage with the computer-generated explosions and dinosaurs quite nicely. Set against the Australian locations the greens look nice and natural and possess no noticeable saturation issues. Flesh tones also look natural and the source material is clean as can be, with little image noise, crushing or edge enhancement to speak of. Looks about as good as I was expecting.The Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround for all episodes, which is good because the show makes ample use of all six channels. Channel panning and directional effects are evident and abundant, and subwoofer activity is frequent during the episodes, rounding out the low end nicely. Dialogue is consistent in the center channel and requires little adjustment, and the listening experience seems to reflect a fairly high production value during it. It was much better listening material than I expected.Extras:
To the credit of those at Fox, the decision to keep extras even on a half season of a cancelled show was a nice surprise. Disc One has eight deleted scenes (9:51) which did not do all that much for me, but "Director's Diaries" (34:30) was the better piece, showing off the work put into the pilot. It shows the pre-production involved, including the set and costume designs put into the show, along with the prop dressing and creature robotics. The actors are slowly introduced into it and talk about their opinions on the shoot and the locations. The impacts of the weather on the production are given some attention, and some inherent on-set mucking about is also highlighted. All in all it is a nice inclusion.
There are no extras on Disc Two, and Disc Three has two deleted scenes (1:10) which are forgettable. Disc Four includes a commentary on the finale with Lang and executive producers Brannon Braga and Rene Echevarria which is an interesting if uneventful track. "Mysteries Explored" (8:59) talks about some potential clues in the show and the larger themes in it, along with some character backstories. It is sprinkled with a spoiler here and there but is interesting. "Cretacious Life" (10:10) shows the dinosaurs of the show and their part in it, and the cast talk about the creatures. A gag reel (3:09) wraps things up in a nice tidy bow. For online users, you can access a website where you can create your own ending for the show, but you can make your own joke there.Final Thoughts:
Terra Nova is interesting conceptually, but from an execution standpoint confines itself and relies on performances and character choices that are unconvincing more often than not. Technically it is quality both from a sound and picture perspective, and on the extra material side of the house has a good deal of material for a cancelled show. If you are curious to see what the fuss was about or are a fan of science fiction or action in your television content, it is worth a spin.


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The attorney who represented Michael Skakel during his Connecticut murder trial in 2002 took the stand Friday and defended the work he did for the Kennedy cousin, while also saying he still believes Skakel is innocent.
Skakel is challenging his conviction in Rockville Superior Court on the ground that he was deprived of his constitutional right to effective legal representation.
The 52-year-old nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, is serving 20 years to life for the 1975 golf club bludgeoning of Martha Moxley when they were 15-year-old neighbors in Greenwich.
Hearst Connecticut Newspapers ( https://bit.ly/Y3apei ) reported Friday that Michael Sherman defended his work for Skakel 11 years ago and also testified that he believes his former client is innocent.
"Mr. Skakel never admitted to me that he committed this crime and I still have that belief as well," the newspaper said Sherman testified.
On the stand Thursday, Skakel launched a barrage of criticism against Sherman, portraying an overly confident lawyer having fun and basking in the limelight while making fundamental mistakes from poor jury picks to failing to track down key witnesses. Skakel also said Sherman took photos of the trial judge and jury with a pen camera and had him sign an autograph.
But Sherman on Friday denied he photographed the judge and jurors, and he responded to criticism that he failed to thoroughly investigate another possible suspect, saying that it would have been a waste of time because police had already "gone down that road."
When Skalel's lawyer asked Sherman if he had ever joked that "I'm not a lawyer. I just play one on TV," Sherman responded: "Sounds like something I could have done."
But he also insisted: "My allegiance was to Michael Skakel, only, and the rest of the family knew that."
Testimony ended Friday; a ruling is not expected for months.
Information from: Connecticut Post, https://www.connpost.com


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The Battle for control of Wadi Deif, a military base just east of Maarat al-Numan, began in mid-October and continues more than two months later. For some rebels, the length of the battle and the accompanying destruction of Maarat al-Numan, represents a failure. A fact finding commission published a report on the battle in early December which placed responsibility for the failures on a number of people, including a sheikh, a businessman, and a rebel leader.
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The sheikh is Ahmad Alwan, a religious leader who spent the most of 2012 in the United Arab Emirates. He appeared to Maarat al-Numan in the fall and began agitating for an attack on Wadi Deif. According to the report, while some battalion leaders wanted to conduct a study on the relative capabilities of the rebel and regime forces in the area, Sheikh Alwan insisted that the rebels "have the ability to burn Wadi Deif in five hours." Alwan was also accused of forming the Ibad al-Rahman Brigade during the course of the battle from battalions that were already associated with other brigades, creating new divisions within rebel ranks.
Marwan Nahas, described as a businessman, is criticized in the report for not supporting the Military Council, instead focusing on creating a political party as the city was bombed. The report claims that he only appeared on the front lines for photo opportunities. Marwan Nahas and Ahmed Alwan were also accused by some residents of Maarat al-Numan of kidnapping and torture.
Abdul Baset Maamar, a Muslim Brotherhood intermediary, was also accused of precipitating the ill-advised operation. He arrived in Maarat al-Numan in September with money from the Brotherhood, which the report alleges he used to coerce the rebels into attacking Wadi Deif, proclaiming that he would only give funds to groups that participated in the operation.
Idlib Military Council leader Afif Suleiman was also criticized for not including the Shuhada Suriya and Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades in the battle plans in an alleged effort to control the distribution of captured material. This echoes accusations made earlier by Shuhada Suriya's leader Jamal Maaruf.
The struggles at Wadi Deif boil down to continuing division among rebel ranks. Although the rebels are able to launch and maintain large joint operations, their campaigns lack coherence due to competition for loot, uneven funding and, according to this report, firebrand clerics who lack an understanding of battle field realities.
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Video game therapy helps students manage real-world stress
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To the patient, it's a video game. To the therapist, it's a tool for helping and learning. To the health-care researcher, it's a consistent protocol for community-based clinical trials.
A team of students and faculty from RIT and St. John Fisher College is revolutionizing the experience of therapy by designing and building a groundbreaking computer game that helps therapy-seeking young people improve their everyday skills in self-control.
"The game will help patients learn and hone self-care skills that they need in real life," says Laurence Sugarman, director of the Center for Applied Psychophysiology and Self-Regulation in RIT's College of Health Sciences and Technology.
RIT game design and development students Ivy Ngo, Kenneth Stewart and John McDonald work under the supervision of Sugarman; Stephen Jacobs, associate professor of RIT's School of Interactive Games and Media; and Robert Rice, assistant professor at St. John Fisher College's Mental Health Counseling Program.
"The project is great because it gives us a chance to work with people and equipment someone in our field rarely has the chance to work with," adds McDonald.
The game starts with assessments that help the players learn about their problems. The players must move through several levels in a "school setting" and learn how to monitor their physiological manifestations of anxiety and stress, or what is commonly called their "fight or flight" response. Players go through the game completing tasks while monitoring and controlling stressors that they identify as problems. They even cope with bullies.
"The game design students have completed the avatar design in the game," says Sugarman. "Not only can the patient individually create themselves, they also literally characterize their problem and a solution, as two other characters that float over the avatar's shoulders."
Sugarman says games involving psychophysiological health are newly emerging, yet none combine aspects of assessment, cognitive behavioral therapy and biofeedback in a creative and customizable setting. This game allows a unique extension of the therapist's role in a fun, engaging platform for therapeutic change, while collecting psychophysiological data. Even more, it brings the young person's virtual school world to the office as a place to learn change.
The development team is completing the prototype for clinical trials this fall, prior to developing it for a broader use. Patients will test the game to see how playable it really is.
Initial funding for the project comes from an Accelerated Research Program grant from RIT's Office of the Vice President for Research.
"Mind Media B.V. has also generously loaned, at no cost, the NeXus-10 Biofeedback hardware and Biotrace software used in this project," says Sugarman.
Mind Media B.V., located in Roermond-Herten, Netherlands, specializes in physiological monitoring and feedback products and solutions for researchers, clinicians and health-care professionals.


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Rick Rule & Amir Adnani - "Selling Snake Oil to Idiots" Part 1
The first part of a conversation between Rick Rule and somebody who wants to be Rick Rule. They call it "Leverage to Gold: Acquiring 'Ounces in the Ground'" but my title is more accurate.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Dalradian Resources (DNA.to): Sprott selling" which basically was the piece in IKN374 last Sunday, but came as trading in DNA remained very high volume all week. There's a clear change of hands going on in this stock and I'd guess it isn't just Sprott doing the large selling, but it also means there are large buyers on the other end. One of those two groups are right, one is wrong. Faites vos jeux, mesdames et messieurs.
Second Place: "The near-term future of Dynasty Metals and Mining (DMM.to) (DMMIF)". There was a small little buried lede in this one, I'd suspect it's the reason it got hit a lot.
First Place: "Orla Mining (OLA.v) is looking at Pershimco Resources (PRO.v)", our mini scoopette of the week (those type of posts tend to be popular) and a reminder to mining companies large and small that loose lips sink ships. Seriously guys, if a pissant blogger like me can find out your secrets imagine how many other people knew even before this post existed? All we're doing round here is levelling the playing field a little.
What? An attempted military coup in Turkey might heighten geopolitical risk, you say?
Surely not!
Read about the fun in Ankara tonight here (updated regularly and in English).
Less importantly, watch the pretty capitalism chart doing things here.
PS: Turkeys don't go coup. Pigeons go coup. Try the veal.
Brexit and spoons
Boy: Do not try and Brexit. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Boy: There is no Brexit.
Neo: There is no Brexit?
Boy: Then you'll see that it is not the country that exits, it is only yourself.
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has suddenly become a very powerful and influential figure in world politics and that's not a bad thing at all, what with her being a smart and intelligent person. This excerpt from here:
Theresa May has assured Nicola Sturgeon that she will not trigger article 50 until "a UK-wide approach" has been agreed for negotiations to leave the European Union.
If you can't see how Theresa May has stitched up this whole Brexit thing and killed it dead yet, maybe you just need to wait a couple of years. However IKN can safely make two predictions based on this week in UK politics:
- Article 50 won't be triggered in this decade
- The British Pound (GBP) is going back above $1.40, but that will happen much sooner than 2020. Probably more like September 2016.
The Friday OT: Jacques Brel; Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient?
This week's Friday OT is presented without further comment.
INV Metals (INV.to) now tearing higher
Now 60% up since its updated pre-feas was released, on heavy volume too. Is it due to people getting in before yet another Monday morning newsletter pump job?
Only time will tell.
Tony Makuch's first job at Kirkand Lake (KGI.to)...
..as of next Monday July 18th when he takes over as CEO. To buy Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO.to). Eric's orders. And remember where you heard it first.
Getting your basic facts wrong while pumping an overpriced gold stock, Byron King edition
Byron King of Agora has already been flagged as not the sharpest knife in the box by IKN recently, but the pump he decided to run on Victoria Gold (VIT.v) yesterday that did this to the stock (mouthbreathers, form an orderly queue with your money for Porter Stansberry's bank account)...
...gives an idea of how dumb he is. It included this photo and this caption...
...which says (and I quote), "Your senior geologist holding the first gold bar poured from Victoria's Gold Eagle. It weighs over 100 ounces!". Exclamation marked, of course.
In fact, the gold bar in the picture being held by Byron King is from the completely different Golden Predator (GPY.v) mine, not the Eagle mine and nothing at all to do with VIT. In fact, getting a gold bar out of the Eagle project or any other VIT.v project would be darned impressive, what with VIT.v being an exploration and development stage company with zero production and zero income.
The blind leading the blind. And if Byron King is Agora's "senior geologist", just imagine how bad the juniors are there.
PS: As to why Agora has chosen VIT.v as its pump you only need to look at the large sized NY money that got into the stock before it all began. The rich get richer and the stupid get poorer, it's the American way.
Just so you know
I'm really not in the mood to be entertaining and snarky and jovial and suchlike this morning after monitoring the news out of the South of France last night and this morning and learning that yet another fucked up fucktard has killed another large group of innocent men women and children in the name of religion because of God and love.
The interesting thing about today's Red Eagle (RD.v) placement announcement...
...is that all the money, every last bean of the $9.22m raised, was placed in Lima via the local brokerage, Kallpa.
So watch your back Vancouver/Toronto, cos they don't need no stinkin' half warrants either.
The social protests against the Macri government in Argentina begin
It took ten months, which is slightly earlier than I'd expected (kind of figures 18 months to two years, but a lot depends on the weather and time of year) and the trigger to tonight's "cacerolazo" protests (the banging on kitchen pots thing they like there, of the type that started in 2001) is the massive rise in utility prices in the country. Because neoliberalism.
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, Thursday afternoon 1:30pm local time. Comments on four stocks we cover and I'm looking to add a few shares to one I own at the current price.
Since The IKN Weekly published on Orla Mining (OLA.v-H) last Sunday...
...in IKN374, the price of this famous-name shell has popped from 52c to 75c. That 44.2% and that's not a bad little move for this stock. We also found out (thanks to sources who read The IKN Weekly) that OLA is in discussion with Pershimco (PRO.v) about its Cerro Quema property in Panama. That development was covered in this post earlier in the week.
Here's the note from last Sunday evening:
Orla Mining (OLA.v-H): Something is brewingUp until recently Orla Mining (OLA.v-H) was a ten cent shell stock sitting on the NEX end of the TSXV and doing nothing. That's now changed, as this 2016 price chart shows.
So far in price moves we've seen:
- Spotty purchases between mid-February and end May around the 15c level
- New activity in June that got it to 20c
- Then a sudden rush up to the approx 50c level on new levels of volumeAt face value that's quite impressive for what's nothing more than a shell at this time, but once we check out a few of the details of the company it becomes more obvious why this shell is creating noise. To do so, let's zero in on the company's latest NR dated July 8th in which it announced the closure of a $7m round of financing (28). This was the funding round of a soon-to-be unleashed new junior on the block. Its backers have already got in on various rounds of early financing at cheap prices (6c, 8c, 10c) from mid-2015 up to February 2016, but it's when you see the names of the main players that things start to get interesting. After this latest 50c financing round in which they all participated, Marc Prefontaine, Hans Smit, Troy Fierro, Richard Hall, John Graham and Pierre Lassonde between them own a total 66.3% of Orla's fully diluted share count and if you don't recognize those names as the top table A-Team of the Canada mining scene, then I suggest you change your sector of interest immediately. Just seeing one or two of those names connected to a start-up junior would be enough for my blood, all five and the bells should be ringing already.As for what it owns and plans to do, its flagship property at this point is the Blue Quartz project which is described in these terms in its most recent MD&A:The Blue Quartz Property is located approximately 12 kilometres north-northeast of Matheson, 73 kilometres east-northeast of Timmins and 56 kilometres northwest of Kirkland Lake, all located in the Province of Ontario.It then goes on to describe Blue Quartz in more detail, including the results of limited drilling programs back in 2010 and 2011 which returned hits such as 2.0m of 13.95 g/t gold at a depth of 340m. It finishes the description with "To date the mineralized zone is open to depth and down plunge with indications that the hydrothermal alteration system is increasing in intensity along with both the grade and width of the mineralization", which is probably going to be connected with the promo on this stock if Blue Quartz turns out to be the main thrust of OLA this year. However, OLA may have other plans and a new project to fold into the company, I have no special information to offer you on that.All in all, just the calibre of the mining men on board this play makes it very interesting and with the $7m placement now signalling that the company is about to come alive, this is your heads up on a potential exploreco trade for the second half of 2016. At present I do not own any shares and I don't plan to change that in the near future. If I decide to buy I'll tell you first.
Disclosure: I neither own or recommend OLA or PRO.
CEO.ca stealing IKN content once again
Right here: And just in case it disappears, here's a screenshot:
Which is a direct copy, word for word, of this post from yesterday with no link or attribution offered. My thanks to reader T for the heads-up on this. Frank Guistra's puppet Tommy Humphreys owes IKN another apology. But being the two-faced scam-runner that he is, I doubt this one will appear either.
There are few things that would give me more pleasure...
...than seeing this initiative become successful. Therefore here's the full NR, with all the links and everything.
TORONTO , July 14, 2016 /CNW/ - The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today launched the Office of the Whistleblower, the first paid whistleblower program by a securities regulator in Canada . The OSC also published OSC Policy 15-601 Whistleblower Program, which outlines the program's eligibility criteria and reflects input received from stakeholders on the program.The OSC's whistleblower program offers compensation of up to $5 million to individuals who come forward with tips that lead to enforcement action. The program accepts tips on possible violations of Ontario securities law, including illegal insider trading, market manipulation, and accounting and disclosure violations."Our whistleblower program is a powerful addition to our enforcement arsenal and a game-changer for securities enforcement in Canada ," said Maureen Jensen , Chair and CEO of the OSC. "The program will enhance our ability to protect investors and achieve better outcomes for our markets by helping us identify and pursue violations of securities law that may only come to light through a whistleblower."The program has in place and offers important whistleblower protections. Whistleblowers can report anonymously, and the OSC will make all reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of whistleblowers. Anti-reprisal provisions have been added to the Securities Act ( Ontario ), allowing the OSC to take enforcement action against employers who retaliate against whistleblowers and rendering as unenforceable contractual provisions designed to silence a whistleblower."Our program provides significant incentives for whistleblowers to come forward and offers robust protections," said Kelly Gorman , Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower. "These protections apply even if the information provided to the OSC does not result in enforcement action or does not meet the criteria for an award."The Office of the Whistleblower is now open to accept tips through its dedicated website at www.officeofthewhistleblower.ca. Individuals are encouraged to come forward and report possible violations of Ontario securities law. Whistleblowers can report anonymously if they are represented by a lawyer. To be eligible for an award, whistleblowers, and the information they submit, must meet specific criteria outlined in the OSC's whistleblower policy.The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices and to foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets. Investors are urged to check the registration of any persons or company offering an investment opportunity and to review the OSC investor materials available at www.osc.gov.on.caSOURCE Ontario Securities Commission
The heavy volume in Dalradian (DNA.to) continues
Another 6.3m in the first couple of hours this morning, following on from yesterday's block trade.
Though also must say that I only have one eye on the market right now, the debacle that is the Tour de France organization committee is far more interesting. Less rubbernecking a car crash, more like a motorbike/bike crash.
INV Metals (INV.to)
Good new pre-feas. Which is good, I'm long this one.
Oh yeah, nearly forgot, here's the NR.
UPDATE: INV rallying nicely this morning and up 24% so far this morning on the news, which is even stronger considering it's a gold down day.
A 6m share block of Dalradian (DNA.to) was traded this afternoon...
...at CAD$1.03. Any relationship between this and the weekend news that Sprott Toronto are sellers of large chunks of DNA is, of course, purely coincidental.
Taseko (TKO.to) (TGB) pays its part from petty cash
Taseko (TGB), (TKO.to), 75% owner of Gibraltar, must be laughing hard at the toothless nature of Canadian environmental penalties:
WILLIAMS LAKE, BC, July 13, 2016 /CNW/ - Gibraltar Mines Ltd. was ordered to pay $70,000 on June 29, 2016, in British Columbia Provincial Court after pleading guilty to five offences under the Fisheries Act related to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER). Between August 15, 2014, and May 31, 2015, the company failed to complete environmental monitoring as required under the regulations, failed to submit environmental reports and failed to notify and report on a limit exceedance (sic) in the effluent discharge. full NR here
Then again, we can also bet the opponents of Florence Copper in Arizona project are laughing, too.
Forex people: IKN suggests that you buy the British Pound Sterling (GBP)
Before the market realizes what new Prime Minister Theresa May just said, because right here as part of her first speech as PM...
"...the full title of my party is the Conservative and Unionist party. And that word unionist is very important to me. It means we believe in the union, the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But it means something else that is just as important. It means we believe in a union not just between the nations of the United Kingdom but between all of our citizens - every one of us - whoever we are and wherever we're from."
...she said that he government will put the continued existence of The UK before Brexit. In other words, Scotland just got very important. Here's the GBP/USD pair chart...
...so mark that at 1.32 and come back in a week's time.
The near-term future of Dynasty Metals and Mining (DMM.to) (DMMIF)
It's going to be kind of difficult to get this exactly right as there are plenty of possible variations possible to this them, but we can sketch out a rough roadmap:
- End July: DMM goes into technical default on its Vertex loan
- August: Vertex gives them a few days' worth of leeway, no money forthcoming, Vertex calls in the loan, DMM goes into default, shares halted, receivers called in.
- September: Receivers sell Jerusalem to Ian Telfer, pay debts owed to employees and suppliers.
- Also September: Eric Sprott reaches a deal with Vertex, takes some of the debt. Company recapitalized via debt-for-shares deal that dilutes current shareholders to kingdom come. Vertex and Eric become main shareholders.
- 2017: Dynasty name change to Studmuffin Mining Inc, Zaruma re-started.
But many variables possible, of course. Not least the timing or the name of the new company. Maybe they just go for Elipe Gold or something. But however it pans out, you don't want to be holding DMM equities when the process starts next month.
Yeah you're right, that IKN zinc call has been pretty good so far, thanks for reminding me
Here's the IKN364 piece, published May 1st. And here's how it kicked off:
Zinc: Demand to outstrip supply in 2016Yes, shameful but it's true, your author is going all zinc-pumpy on you after sneering at the "it's gonna happen anytime now folks!" perma-pumping of the sellside in zinc for years. This "Get On Zinc Before It Flies!!!" is a narrative (with obligatory three exclamation marks) that's been sold to us for years, but this time it really seems to have some fundamentals to back up the wishful thinking..." continues here
And here's a price chart of spot zinc:
B2Gold 2q16 production: Masbate saves the day
The 57k+ production at Masbate digs B2 out of a hole.
NR here
I can't spot any similarity between these Great Panther (GPR.to) (GPL) headlines
Can you?
Great Panther Silver Reports Fatality at Guanajuato, June 22, 2016
Great Panther Reports Fatality At Guanajuato Mine Complex, February 15, 2016
No....nope...the connection just escapes me.
And no, IKN isn't calling Robert Archer a hypocritical piece of shit by signing off on a NR that ends, "Great Panther is fully committed to providing a safe working environment by striving to eliminate safety and health hazards to the fullest extent possible", whatever made you even suspect such a nefarious thought?
To celebrate the fact that...
...I noticed just a day or two ago that the blog has just gone through ten million visits since inception, I've stuck the Google Blogger statcounter up there in the top right-hand corner of the blog.
Hoorah, champagne etc.
Dalradian Resources (DNA.to): Sprott selling
From IKN374, out last Sunday
Dalradian Resources (DNA.to): Sprott sellingThere were several interesting SEDAR filings on Friday and we've already mentioned a couple of them above. Here we note that according to its July 8th filing (24) Sprott as at June 30th has disposed of 4,423,240 shares and 518,478 warrants of DNA. This moves the total Sprott holding in DNA to 15,587,171 shares and 5,763,750 warrants, which is 9.6% of fully diluted shares. That's 2.3% less than its last filing and the reason for the threshold trigger filings. We hear it's the Toronto end of Sprott that's doing the selling and we hear it's because they don't trust the mining widths in the plan.Although I closed my personal position in DNA.to a while back for a pleasant sized win, these pages called Sell on DNA.to in IKN372, the weekend after Brexit, due to the heightened political risk of operating in Northern Ireland. As this chart shows, since then the stock has basically flatlined (and held stubbornly to the CAD$1 level), which is a clear underperformance compared to the market for PM stocks.
Bought deals
When it's an exploreco doing its thing with no production then yeah, I get it, that's the model, they sell shares to bring in necessary working capital. Normal.
But can anyone explain to me why companies such as Copper Mountain (CUM.to now raising $5m) and Great Panther Silver (just closed on nearly $30m) that have been in production for years are now going to market and selling shares in bought deals?
And explain without using the phrase "piss poor companies managed by idiots and funded by people even more stupid than they are" please.
Orla Mining (OLA.v) is looking at Pershimco Resources (PRO.v)
Word reaches your humble scribe this morning that Orla Mining (OLA.v-H), the NEX listed TSXV shell that's just financed to the tune of $7m and is aggregate 66% owned by Marc Prefontaine, Hans Smit, Troy Fierro, Richard Hall, John Graham and Pierre Lassonde, is doing deep DD on Pershimco Resources (PRO.v) with a view to a possible deal.
I don't own either stock and that's not going to change. As for an opinion, PRO has some interesting rocks at Cerro Quema in Panama but there's a lot of hair on the corporate and country risk sides of the equation, so getting to a final deal isn't a given in my opinion. But the all-star cast at OLA will be an advantage (including with the Panama authorities) and at least Pierre can talk to les Bureau (x?) in a language they understand.
CUM shot high
Copper Mountain (CUM.to) saw its production shoot up, managing to deliver a large load in 2q16.
Production of 21.2m lbs at the mine is the best for a while. Breaking down the quarter, CUM produced 6.4m lbs in April, 7.5m lbs in May and 7.3m lbs in June. Reach for a cigarette, guys...
Fortuna Silver (FVI.to) (FSM) 2q16 production
FVI produced less than 33,000 ounces of gold equivalent...
...and there are still people telling me this isn't bull market for precious metals stocks.
One of the key ingredients of the 2008 debt crisis was the way in which subprime mortgage debt was re-packaged by financial geniuses in new and innovative ways. For sure it's a complicated story, but at the bottom of it all...
- The world offered large home loans to people with bad credit ratings.
- Those were considered subprime loans at the moment of creation.
- But the clever financial people in the stock market bought up big packages of these cheap assets, mixed them with a few assets with better credit ratings and, with the compliance of the oversight bodies, turned the whole new package into AAA rated investment vehicles.
- The market didn't look at what was inside these new and wonderful packages, didn't check out the quality of the assets that backed up the paper, didn't think to ask whether they were viable or whether their apparent fixed asset value was a mirage and simply created out of somebody's fertile imagination. No, the market in all its wisdom fell for the story and just bought the wrapping paper.
- The people behind this imaginative and innovative idea to re-package near-worthless fixed assets to make it look like a gilt-edged investment opportunity made a lot of money for themselves and their bosses and were hailed as financial heroes, for a while at least.
- And the rest is history.
Here's a 12 month chart of First Mining Finance (FF.v):
We love innovation.
The wonderful thing that is the Baja Mining (BAJ.v) news release of today
Nobody in their right investment mind has paid attention to Baja Mining (BAJ.v) and its disastrous Boleo mine thing for many years, but all the same you should all read the NR out of BAJ this morning. Only for the laughs.
It's so impressive and a catalogue of so many bad things that I don't really know where to start, but perhaps my favourite bit is the use of the phrase "unscheduled maintenance". Or maybe it's the underground conditions remain more severe than ever anticipated bit. Or maybe the cobalt circuit snafu bit. Or maybe the cash call and dilution bit. Or maybe the workers resigning bit. Or maybe the strike bit. Or maybe the director resignation bit. My stars, so much FUBAR, so little time.
Question: When did Louis Lobito Little Wolf James call sell on Continental Gold (CNL.to)?
Answer: January 17th 2016 as confirmed by this Casey Research (i.e. Stansberry Research) bulletin sent the day after:
And let's see how that one was timed:
Yup, right at the bottom. This call came just before Lobito's Top Pick trade for 2016, made on January 21st: Buy SDS.
Impressive consistency, Lobito
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN374 has just been sent to subscribers. Another 16,300 words over 34 pages, full of fun and frolics. I enjoyed writing this one.
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The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "The IKN Weekly on April 10th 2016: "It's time to be long gold stocks...to buy and hold... to position for the big wins, not the small fliptrades"" which explains why you're better off going fishing than wasting your neurons on the market.
Second Place: "Regulus Resources Raises". The epitome of the well-timed, shareholder-friendly placement.
First Place: "Daryl Hodges' marijuana empire", which is all good, the more light shone upon this excuse of a person the better. And anyone reading that one needs to read the follow-up post too.
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Employers get expert help on human rights in the workplace
Toronto – The new edition of a human rights handbook will help employers put human rights into action. The Ontario Human Rights Commission today released the newly-updated third edition of Human Rights at Work. This plain-language guide includes examples, best practices, sample forms and other resources to help people develop and maintain inclusive, respectful workplaces that meet the standards of the Ontario Human Rights Code.


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A young and talented knitwear designer, who we are excited to see more designs from
Hanne has a knitwear designers eye for the classic nordic designs. The fit and finish of her designs is excellent, and she has a special affection for childrens' design in Arwetta Classic - the result of which is a number of very popular and often used Filcolana patterns.
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I took over ownership of Filcolana in 2009, and one of the things I enjoy most about my job is working with all of Filcolanas talented designers. I love seeing what they create with the new colors I make - or with completely new yarns.
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The White Sox will name Mark Parent and Joe McEwing to the coaching staff of new manager Robin Ventura, a source indicated Monday.
Parent will be Ventura's bench coach and right-hand man, said the major league source with knowledge of the White Sox's thinking, while McEwing will be the third-base coach.
Still to be decided is the hitting coach to replace Greg Walker. The source indicated the White Sox are still deciding between minor league hitting coordinator Jeff Manto and Triple-A Charlotte hitting coach Tim Laker, with Manto believed to be the lead candidate. …
Parent was the manager of AA-Reading (Phillies). McEwing was the manager of AAA-Charlotte.
Harold was offered the hitting coach job but he doesn't want to talk more than he does now.
I'm kidding about Harold. I'm kidding!


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Sad to see such a talented guy not make it in the pros. He's been hampered by issues since graduating from UT (this guy was Leo Manzano's roommate), and seems he finally decided to throw in the towel and move on.
He will probably best be remembered for his incredible win over Andrew Wheating and Duane Solomon (now both olympians, you know the rest) in the 2008 NCAA outdoor final: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om5s1pq6xyI
He also came back that next spring and took the indoor title, again beating out Wheating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD8RZy60mwc
Here's the full message:
"Today, I announce my retirement from track and field. Ray Lewis and I decided, its time to go.
I'd like to say something cool, more than "its been a great ride", but all things considered it has taken me places that I never thought I would go. Mentally and physically.
Id like to start off by thanking the people closest to me, my parents. No way could I have made this journey without them.
Next, The University of Texas and all the coaches that believed in me when the times were not what "WE" wanted them to be and celebrating the good times as a team.
Thank you to my life friend Ryan Ponsonby for keeping me in the sport and again believing in who I am daily. Also, to my teammates Leo Manzano, Kyle Miller, Jake Morse, Erik Stanley for tearing it up for as long as we did. You guys shaped me into what I am today.
Thank you to all that took the time to examine, adjust, crack my neck, scrap my body with medieval tools ---- The indian burners-- to get me to the starting line.
For everybody I missed—thank you for putting up with the maniac that I am and telling me to keeping swinging at this thing! John Morgan 's and Luke Hancock's
I am going to play golf now."


text: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 CMS Changes July 1 Functional Limitation Reporting Instructions for Current Patients In response to concerns raised by APTA, providers, and other stakeholders, CMS has changed its functional limitation reporting instructions for claims submitted for each patient's first visit on or after July 1, 2013. As a result of the change, therapy providers who have submitted functional limitation data (G-codes) on Medicare Part B patients prior to July 1 will not need to restart functional limitation reporting on the first date of service on or after July 1. Instead, for these patients only, therapists can wait to submit functional limitation data until the next required reporting interval (eg, at the patient's 10th visit or at discharge). However, for beneficiaries whose treatment began prior to July 1, but for whom functional limitation reporting information has not been submitted prior to July 1, therapists must submit data on the first claim with a date of service on or after July 1. Functional limitation data will be required for all new patients as of July 1. CMS notified APTA of this change via e-mail yesterday. For more information on functional limitation reporting, including updated FAQs and a list of measures identified for high-volume conditions, visit APTA's functional limitation reporting resource page.


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Theatre of the Escapists - Tour 2012
From the beginning, JANE'S ADDICTION has thrown the most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage. 2012 sees the band--who've always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger--return in support of their acclaimed album THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST (Capitol Records), which features the now-buzzing-at-radio track "Underground."Starting February 22, this special run of North American shows—called "Theatre of the Escapists"--will bring the band to intimate venues, most of which are classic theatres. The alternative rock pioneers--frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins, along with Chris Chaney on bass—are poised to deliver an immersive theatrical experience as only they can. Tickets go on sale January 14, with a pre-sale set for 10:00 EST this Wednesday, January 11. There will be a special package on JanesAddiction.com where fans can pair up their presale ticket with a high-quality lithograph. The lithograph will be signed by the band and sold only at the JanesAddiction.com presale.
"We chose to play as many of the great theatres that we could find because we wanted to immerse the audience in a unique experience unlike any they have ever seen at a rock show," says FARRELL. "Expect an orgy of musical and visual delights. We like orgies, and hope you do too."
Presale ticket orders purchased through JanesAddiction.com will include a limited signed Theatre of the Escapists Tour lithograph.
The cities for JANE'S ADDICTION's "Theatre of the Escapists" tour, with support act Black Box Revelation, are as follows:
Saint Louis, MO
Detroit, MI
Columbus, OH
Toronto, ON
Rochester, NY
Albany, NY
Portland, ME
Long Island, NY
Wellmont, NJ
Waterbury, CT
Richmond, VA
Myrtle Beach, SC
Atlanta, GA
Tulsa, OK
Kansas City, MO
Minneapolis, MN
Grand Rapids, MI
Milwaukee, WI