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'Dolly!' in D.C.: So nice to have her back where she belongs
By Peter Marks
Monday, April 1, 2013
If Mount Rushmore had been carved to enshrine Broadway musicals rather than presidents, the four faces gazing majestically out from the mountain might look something like this: Yul Brynner as the King of Siam; Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins; Ethel Merman as Mama Rose -- and Carol Channing as Dolly Gallagher Levi.
Yes, in playing the yenta who goes to Yonkers in "Hello, Dolly!," Channing earned a spot among the immortals, stars who did not put their stamp on roles as much as devour them whole, so that no matter what else happened, the parts would always and forever be tattooed with their visages and essences.
Along then comes another actor in one of these parts -- say, for instance, the impish Nancy Opel in Ford's and Signature theaters' well-made if slow-to-effervesce "Hello, Dolly!" -- and theatergoers who know the clockwork-like Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart show are compelled to reflect on the eternal Channing imprint. That association is particularly rich in this city, given that the 1964 musical had a pivotal pre-Broadway engagement at Washington's National Theatre and that Channing returned here in two subsequent tours. She is, to a special magnitude, D.C.'s Dolly.
In director Eric Schaeffer's revival, distinguished at Ford's by Karma Camp's combustibly accomplished choreography, Opel manages to hold her own, and even, by the swift-to-arrive ending, bring Dolly's assault on the mislaid heart of grumpy skinflint Horace Vandergelder (the solid Edward Gero) to a misty-eyed conclusion. Although she, like the production, only grows on you by degrees, you ultimately come to feel that the musical, and in particular Herman's engagingly melodic and scrupulously character- and plot-enhancing score, has been done justice.
While Channing possesses the instincts of a clown, Opel's are those of a sardonic comic; notably, she was Tony-nominated for her performance as the misanthropic Penelope Pennywise, singer of "It's a Privilege to Pee" in the musical satire "Urinetown." Her Dolly is more mischievous, more ladylike, than the outrageous Channing's, and so her portrayal is closer to the Dolly Levi of Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker," the play on which the show is based.
She's also -- and here's where this "Dolly" resists its natural buoyancy -- stingier about exposing her feelings to us. Schaeffer, whose own instincts are anti-nostalgic -- he likes to pare things down, put brakes on sentimentality -- here eschews the overture that had been added to revivals of the musical. The opening comic number, "I Put My Hand In," begins on this occasion with a single mournful voice reminding us of the title character's skills as a meddler. Framed by Adam Koch's drab industrial set (an imposing bricked archway), the effects come across as joy-killingly saggy, as if the musical is taking a far too literal cue from Dolly's grief over the death of husband Ephraim, rather than from Dolly's indomitable spirit.
And so Schaeffer makes the story's emotional arc a steeper climb, even though his production is lighter (a cast of 16, as opposed to the original 45). At just over two hours, it moves quickly; and with James Moore's fine conducting of the eight-member band, paints a complete aural picture. You can feel the actors struggling through much of Act 1 to achieve "Dolly's" pleasurable cruising altitude, which finally begins to occur in Irene Molloy's hat shop, with the romantically melodic "Dancing." Presided over by Opel, the number is imbued with a becoming tentativeness by couples falling in love in ¾ time: Irene (Tracy Lynn Olivera) and Cornelius (Gregory Maheu); and Minnie Fay (Lauren Williams) and Barnaby (Zack Colonna).
All four excel. Olivera applies her crystalline soprano to a lovely rendition of Irene's ballad, "Ribbons Down My Back," and Colonna proves to be as appealingly jejune as any Barnaby in "Dolly" history.
Opel, for her part, attacks the exhilaratingly schmaltzy solo that closes the first act, "Before the Parade Passes By," with the fierceness -- and vocal power -- it deserves. And from that point on, "Hello, Dolly!" rolls steadily down the tracks of securely fastened musical-comedy merriment.
The Ford's and Signature co-production, which had its official opening Saturday night, leans heavily on costume designer Wade Laboissonniere to flood the stage with exuberance: bold plaid suits for Cornelius and Barnaby, the clerks who desert Vandergelder's feed store for a night on the town, and big bows and elaborately draped bodices for the ladies' gowns. Special panache is reserved for Dolly, who in a gown of gorgeous red silk walks a carpet of the same color that's unfurled for her by the waiters at Harmonia Gardens who croon the title number that Louis Armstrong made a standard.
One can quibble with the disappointing visual details of the snazzy restaurant in which the scarlet huntress corners Horace, her quarry: a couple of wagons set for dinner? A few sad strings of Christmas lights? But you won't argue at all with Camp's dynamic interpretation of the famous waiter dance. Six dancers -- four men, two women -- embody with carbonated energy the burst of joy the establishment experiences in Dolly's presence. There's tap and leaping and a few virtuoso flips. It's a caliber of Broadway savvy that should be a regular feature of revivals of golden-age musicals in these parts.
The production is a testament, too, to the craftsmanship in Herman's score, boasting as many vivid flavors as a roll of rainbow Life Savers. "Hello, Dolly!," it seems, remains as unruffled by little bumps in the road as Dolly Levi herself. Rarely has a songwriter made so sure a musical would hum. Inevitably, you do, too.
PREVIEW: Remember the time when Washington saved 'Hello, Dolly!'?
By Nelson Pressley
Well, hello again, "Dolly!"
It has been nearly 50 years since Carol Channing and a dazzling cluster of high-stepping waiters found their footing in the pre-Broadway tryout of a shaky new musical called "Hello, Dolly!" at the National Theatre. The premiere had just fizzled in Detroit. Producer David Merrick threatened to close the show rather than watch it crash and burn in New York.
Luckily, "Dolly!" stopped at the National first.
"It was a makeover," says Marge Champion, who was then married to the show's director and choreographer, Gower Champion. (The two were an acclaimed dance team at the time.) "Really, I would say more than half the show was made over between opening in Detroit and in New York."
A new production will parade onto the Ford's Theatre stage Friday, and the co-producing team at Ford's and Signature Theatre knows what Champion and composer-lyricist Jerry Herman proved: The show works.
"It all happened at the National," says Herman, 81.
The tuneup was a triumph from the first night – Dec. 19, 1963, only a month after John F. Kennedy was assassinated -- even though major changes were still being rehearsed during the four-week stand. In Washington, Champion devised new staging. Herman and book writer Michael Stewart continued to sand their adaptation of Thornton Wilder's play "The Matchmaker," a charming comedy about a matchmaking widow who thaws the heart of the stingy widower Horace Vandergelder. "Before the Parade Passes By," a big new number for Channing, was put in to end the first act.
The historic result was 2,844 Broadway performances, a record when the show closed in 1970. Also a record was the 10 Tony Awards "Dolly!" collected -- a mark that stood for nearly 40 years. Winners included Herman, Channing, Champion, Stewart, costume designer Freddy Wittop, and set designer Oliver Smith, who would spearhead the redesign of the National's interior 20 years later. (It's the same design you see today.)
The prickly Merrick-Champion relationship continued through several more shows, ending when Champion died in 1980 (at age 59) the afternoon that his "42nd Street" opened on Broadway. Notoriously, Merrick announced Champion's death from the stage during the ebullient curtain call, stunning the cast and audience alike. Merrick, a publicity-wise theatrical titan known widely as "the abominable showman," died in 2000.
Nearly a dozen people involved on stage and behind the scenes recently took time to recall the turning point for "Dolly!"
Role: composer-lyricist
Where he is now: Miami Beach
"In Detroit, I took a deep breath and realized how much work there was to do to straighten out pieces that were individually very good. The opening number was always very right, and of course the title song was a smash from the first time we put it on stage. There was wonderful dialogue by Mike Stewart that needed no help at all. But they were pieces. And at the National we were able to put it all together.
"Detroit was terrible. It truly was. That's why the experience at the National was so extra wonderful, because we even softened David Merrick."
Role: Dolly Levi
Where she is now: Rancho Mirage, Calif., recovering from a fractured vertebrae. Channing, 92, replied to e-mailed questions.
"I was so crazy in love with the script. Now, I was nervous about my own performance . . . I wanted to give Jerry everything he wanted from me. I measured everything by his opinion.
" 'Before the Parade Passes By' was very important and became the spine of the show. Jerry called me late at night to his room to hear it and then we woke Gower and Marge up around 2 a.m. to come to Jerry's room to hear it. They were as thrilled with it as we were.
"Americans desperately needed a feel-good moment, an escape, and 'Dolly!' was it. In fact, Mrs. Kennedy would eventually bring Caroline to a 'Dolly!' matinee at the St. James Theatre in New York. I believe it was their first non-political public appearance. They came backstage, and Caroline was in awe of the train and Dolly's prop carpet bag. I made them give it to her. I received a thank-you note from Jackie saying that Caroline was going door to door with the bag, offering services like Dolly does in the show.
"You never know if 'this' audience is going to 'get it.' The performances at the National gave us all a secure feeling, and enough encouragement to face New York."
Role: Gower Champion's right hand; she helped coach Channing in movement. "I worked with her before we even went in to rehearsal," says Champion, 93. "She was able to stand up straight and come down those stairs."
Where she is now: New York, and still an active board member with Jacob's Pillow and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
"Ah, yes, I remember it well. The first act had ended on [character Horace] Vandergelder, and Gower just knew that that was wrong.
"Gower had several other people in mind [for Dolly]. When he got the idea for the Waiters' Gallop (dance scene in which the waiters perform cartwheels as they set tables) is when he decided that it really needed a larger-than-life person. It was such a change from Lorelei Lee [Channing's role in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'] and all those flapper things. And she came in and they worked until five in the morning. That's when he decided to have other people who could be larger than life, as well.
"David Merrick was always explosive. When he came to Detroit, Gower went to Ypsilanti and told the stage manager to tell Mr. Mustache that when he leaves he'll come and fix the show. Gower knew how to handle him by then.
"It was all very fortuitous, and it seemed like everybody wanted it to be a success. And it was. Thornton Wilder always said it was. He really made some money on it."
Role: Rudolph, the head waiter; it was his only Broadway appearance. "If you're going to do one Broadway musical, do one of the top 10 of all time," he says. In the 1970s, Hartman became the first host of ABC's "Good Morning, America" and star of NBC's drama "Lucas Tanner." Hartman, 77, also helped stage-manage the show for two years.
Where he is now: Durham, N.C. In recent years, he has narrated for the North Carolina Symphony and been host of the "Walk Through" neighborhood documentaries with New York's WNET.
"We came to Washington and rehearsed changes every day, besides doing the show at night. It was a real work in progress. 'Parade' didn't go into the show until that last week in the National Theatre, and there were no costumes for it until we got to New York.
"Gower was a perfectionist. He wanted people's attention to stay on something specific for a period of time, then dart to something else. He wanted your attention to keep dancing around the stage. You were constantly energized and in motion as you were watching it. He was brilliant."
Role: Ernestina, chorus
Where she is now: Los Angeles, playing the voice of Mrs. Puff on "SpongeBob SquarePants," with recent appearances on "Glee" and "2 Broke Girls." "I'm basically retired," says Catlett, 74. "But as Dolly said, I put my hand in.
"In Detroit, we all just were crestfallen because we really thought we had a show. 'Before the Parade' was a tremendous amount of money at that time to change the whole number and costumes. I loved being Brunhilde in the parade. It was beautiful, but a whole lot of work. I didn't get to sightsee much in Washington.
"Carol was just amazing. I remember the audience standing up after every show, clapping, and tears in their eyes, some of them. When Carol came out in white dress and white hat, they went crazy."
Role: Waiter, chorus
Where he is now: Oklahoma, where he grew up and whence he returned after more than 48 years living in the same Greenwich Village apartment.
"In 1995, I decided no more showbiz," Young says. "I was always very usable to play opposite star ladies. I looked good, I was competent and they could get me cheap." He has since worked as a marketer and archivist for Merrill Lynch, and as a professional organizer. He still sings concerts and national anthems locally: "Now my voice has a freedom it never had before because I don't need a job with it." See his book, "The Only Boy Who Danced."
"It was a biggie for me. My first show, my first audition. I didn't know we were in trouble in Detroit, and that they'd brought other composers to work with Jerry, or any of that.
"I wanted to see the Washington Monument. I climbed all the stairs, only to discover when we came in for rehearsal we were doing 'Parade.' By the end of the day, my thighs were just screaming."
Role: Minnie Fay. Lee also played Tiger Lily in the 1954 "Peter Pan" with Mary Martin.
Where she is now: New York, still directing, teaching acting and painting. She wrote the 2009 memoir "I've Slept With Everybody." "The title is just a catchy tune, that's all," says Lee, 75. "It's a loving book about the theater." Lee is working on the sequel, "As I Was Saying."
"I had a history with David Merrick. In every show I would go up to his office and say, 'Mr. Merrick, you have to let me go. I really can't do the part. And he'd say, 'Sondra's here again; the show's going to be a smash!' "
"At one point, they wanted Minnie Fae to play the accordion. I hated it. I tried once or twice to learn. I said, 'I can't do this. I won't do this. And my boob gets caught in it.' And that was that. It never got in.
"Gower wasn't a huggy guy. He was rather reserved. But as a choreographer, he worked very much like an abstract painter. He saw big movement. And he had a great sense of theater."
Role: Dancer. Her married name is Iacino, but during "Dolly!" she was known as "Buttons" Leonard, a nickname she picked up as one of the June Taylor dancers on "The Jackie Gleason Show." She signed her name "Buttons" on the audition sheet, hoping Champion would remember her.
Where she is now: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Iacino, 68, has run dance studios in that area for 44 years.
"In Detroit they said 'Hello, Dolly!' is 'Goodbye, Dolly!'
"Gower was probably the nicest person to work for, definitely very genuine and very caring. He liked new young talent. He liked freshness. Ron Young was just in from Oklahoma. I had worked for a year on the Gleason show.
"David Merrick was tough. I never really spoke to him, but everyone was scared when he was around."
Role: Dancer
Where she is now: Tucson, retired for two years. Mathis ran a ballet school in Minnesota for 23 years, and recently worked with the Boston Ballet and the Boston Lyric Opera; at one point, she was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Among her dance routines in "Dolly!" she also played a dancing horse.
"I was the back end of the horse," says Mathis, 70. "Jan LaPrade was the front end. We were on 'What's My Line?' together.
"It was my only Broadway show. Gower was very kind to me. They knew I wanted to be a ballet dancer, so I had a special clause in my contract that would release me if I got work with a ballet company. And that is what eventually happened. Gower was so supportive, and he came to see my performances.
"David Merrick wanted more women on stage. We weren't out there like showgirls. All the big numbers in second act were all men. He wasn't very confident in that idea."
Role: Dancer
Where he is now: Retired after performing into the mid-1990s, when he began working on music for "Sesame Street." Craig, 71, now splits time with his wife (also a performer) between Florida and upstate New York.
"At the end in Washington, we learned 'Parade.' What they neglected to do was put it in a key that the cast could sing in. We're singing in a key that only dogs could hear. You could see Michael and Jerry and Gower at the back of the house, howling with laughter.
"Gower and David Merrick gave a party at the Willard, and at that party they played the not-yet-released Louis Armstrong record of 'Hello, Dolly!' We all heard that and looked at each other and said, 'We're going to be a big hit.'
"In Washington, they made an announcement early in the run: No one in the company is to get their hair cut anymore, except for Joel, because my hair was long. Channing turns to me in the wings and says, 'My uncle was a barber. I know how to cut hair.' She did a terrific job. She cut my hair for the next two years, until she left the show."
Role: Dancer
Where she is now: In New York, still dancing occasionally, including in the 2007 movie "Enchanted."
"I still go to class," says Barth, 75. "I have to. Mentally, I need it, and physically it keeps you in great shape." She works with "Dancers Over 40," and a recent YouTube video shows Barth talking about Champion in a panel moderated by Hartman.
"Gower was great. In Detroit, he would count the walkouts, and the next morning he said, 'I know what I have to do to fix this.' The dance numbers always worked. He was so creative, but also he let you put in your own feelings. He didn't steal from you, but he took what you were giving and worked with it.
"He always had a plan. He never came in cold. He didn't believe in dancers standing around. I got close to him; he claimed I had his style down. During down time in rehearsals he would waltz me around. He said it was relaxing for him, and it sure was relaxing for me."
Barth, reached in Florida, passes the phone to:
Role: Carpenter with the stage crew. (Barth and Siccardi have been seeing each other for a couple of years.)
Where he is now? New York. Last year, the longtime production manager of more than 200 Broadway shows received a Tony Award Honor for Excellence in the Theater.
"It was very busy, especially with Gower changing things. But you never brought in the same show you went out of town with. For 'Dolly!' just the one scene changed, that's all. We used the whole set otherwise. Gower knew what he wanted, and Oliver Smith designed it for him. It was more about costume changes than the set.
"Nicole and I are looking at each other. Fifty years? My God."


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Cuomo Sues Ernst & Young Over 'Major' Lehman Fraud
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued Ernst & Young LLP, accusing the firm of facilitating a "major accounting fraud" by helping Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. deceive the public about its financial condition.
For more than seven years before Lehman declared bankruptcy in 2008, the investment bank engaged in transactions approved by Ernst & Young whose purpose was to move debt off its balance sheet and make it appear less leveraged, Cuomo said in a statement. This was done through what are known as "Repo 105" transactions.
"This practice was a house-of-cards business model designed to hide billions in liabilities in the years before Lehman collapsed," Cuomo said today in one of his last cases as attorney general. "Just as troubling, a global accounting firm, tasked with auditing Lehman's financial statements, helped hide this crucial information from the investing public."
The state seeks to recover more than $150 million in fees collected by Ernst & Young for work performed for Lehman from 2001 to 2008, plus investor damages and equitable relief, Cuomo said. He will be sworn in as New York governor on Jan. 1. His successor will be New York Democratic state Senator Eric T. Schneiderman.
'Vigorously Defend'
Ernst & Young intends to "vigorously defend against" Cuomo's allegations, the firm said in a statement today. The accounting for Repo 105 trades conformed with U.S. rules, giving Cuomo "no factual or legal basis for a claim," it said.
"Lehman's audited financial statements clearly portrayed Lehman as a highly leveraged entity operating in a risky and volatile industry," it said, responding to Cuomo's allegation that investors were deceived by Lehman's financial reports.
Lehman, once the fourth-largest investment bank, failed in September 2008 because of risky real estate bets and too much debt, which it tried to hide from investors, partly by using so-called Repo 105 trades, according to bankruptcy examiner Anton Valukas's report.
Repo 105 transactions, or sale and repurchase agreements, are a form of short-term financing that Lehman used to move as much as $50 billion off its balance sheet temporarily to show investors it wasn't carrying too much debt, according to Valukas and Cuomo. Higher leverage undermines a firm's capacity to absorb financial shock, and scares off lenders.
Leverage Ratios
In 2007 and 2008 before Lehman collapsed, the company was reporting net leverage ratios of 12.5 to 16.1, Cuomo said, referring to the investment bank's measure of how much debt it had. The ratios were "materially misleading" because they ignored $39 billion to $50 billion of Repo 105 assets that were temporarily removed from Lehman's balance sheet, he said. The investment bank "hid" these assets in a large group of derivatives in footnotes to its financial statements, he said.
"This aggregation made it impossible for readers of the financial statements to know that Lehman had engaged in Repo 105 transactions, he said. "E&Y was fully aware of each of these materially misleading statements by Lehman with respect to net leverage but took no steps to require Lehman to correct them."
According to Cuomo, Lehman first accounted for Repo 105 trades as borrowing, then in 2001 used a new accounting rule with Ernst & Young's help to portray them as sales. By doing so, Lehman disguised that it was obligated to take the debt back, swelling its leverage ratios again, he said.
Repo 105 Impact
"Lehman and E&Y also affirmatively decided not to disclose the impact of Repo 105 transactions on Lehman's financial statements -- and in particular the obligation to repurchase -- to the investing public," Cuomo said.
Also in 2001, Lehman gained approval for the use of Repo 105 trades to manage debt from Ernst & Young partners William Schlich and Matthew Kurzweil, along with Kevin Reilly, who handled the accounting firm's relationship with Lehman, Cuomo said.
"E&Y understood that the Repo 105 transactions were, as Reilly described it, designed to "manage balance sheet metrics,'" he said.
"As the public auditor for Lehman, E&Y had the absolute obligation to ensure that Lehman's financial statements complied with GAAP and did not mislead the public," Cuomo said in his lawsuit, referring to generally accepted accounting principles. Instead, Ernst & Young delivered a clean opinion each year, Cuomo said. "By doing so, E&Y directly facilitated a major accounting fraud and helped Lehman mislead the public as to its true financial condition."
'Blatant Purpose'
Lehman checked with Ernst & Young again in 2002 as it rapidly expanded its use of repurchase agreements "for the blatant purpose of reducing the balance sheet," Cuomo said, citing a memorandum from Lehman to the accounting firm. Lehman's limit on Repo 105 trades was then about $30 billion, he said.
Lehman at times had to go abroad to find an accounting firm that would classify repurchase agreements as sales, using the U.K. firm of Linklaters LLP, according to Cuomo. While Linklaters' classification applied only to U.K. transactions, Lehman used its opinion also for billions of dollars in government bonds, Cuomo said.
While Schlich has said he was unaware of this use of the Linklaters opinion, Lehman told him about it, according to Cuomo, who cited testimony by ex-Lehman financial controller Martin Kelly.
As credit tightened in 2007 and 2008, Lehman's Repo 105 trades shot up to as much as $50 billion. The investment bank portrayed the trades in internal documents as "a low cost way to offset the balance sheet and leverage impact of current market conditions," according to Cuomo.
'Frantic' Use
The attorney general cites e-mails within Lehman near the close of quarterly financial reporting periods when the use of the debt-reducing devices became "frantic," he said.
"We have a desperate situation and I need another 2 billion from you, either through Repo 105 or outright sales," a Lehman financial executive wrote to the firm's fixed income group in the first quarter of 2008. "The cost is irrelevant, we need to do it."
In a July 2008 e-mail, Lehman's Michael McGarvey, a senior member of Lehman's finance group, said he considered the Repo 105 program to be "window dressing" based on "legal technicalities."
Ernst & Young audited Lehman's 2007 results and reviewed the investment bank's 2008 quarterly financial statements, Cuomo said. "At a time when disclosure was most warranted, when Lehman was facing severe liquidity problems in 2007 and 2008 and its leverage was too high in the view of the financial community on which Lehman depended for capital, the fraud grew even larger."
Lehman's 'Responsibility'
Responding to the Valukas report in March, Ernst & Young said leverage ratios reported in Lehman's management discussion and analysis "were the responsibility of management, not the auditor. They are not part of the audited financial statements."
Auditors are required to read such statements by management in case something conflicts with details in the financial statements they've audited, said Barry Epstein, an accountant who has done work for the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"They should have reviewed enough of the firm's transactions to see that it was engaging in window dressing," Epstein said.
Class Action
Ernst & Young has been named in at least one class-action lawsuit accusing former Lehman Chairman Richard Fuld and other executives of misleading investors by using devices such as Repo 105. Responding to one suit, filed in April on behalf of retirement funds including the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association in Oakland, California, Ernst & Young said in court papers that even Valukas "did not find that Lehman's accounting for the Repo 105 transactions was wrong."
In his report, Valukas faulted the accounting firm because it "did not evaluate the possibility that Repo 105 transactions were accounting-motivated transactions that lacked a business purpose," and didn't take a stand on whether Lehman's extensive use of the device was "material" and should be reported.
"Financial statements may be materially misleading even when they do not violate GAAP," he wrote in his report.
In December 2009, Ernst & Young and some of its partners paid $8.5 million to settle SEC allegations that they knew or should have known about fraudulent accounting by Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. In June 2009, the firm paid $109 million to settle investor claims the auditor didn't find a $2.7 billion fraud at HealthSouth Corp.
Arthur Andersen
Cuomo, who has powers to bring criminal charges, brought a civil suit against Ernst & Young. Arthur Andersen LLP, the accounting firm that was accused of destroying Enron Corp. documents, was convicted of obstructing justice in 2002 and is now largely defunct.
"Regulators are concerned there will be no competitors left" to audit U.S. companies, Epstein said.
The Cuomo lawsuit is People of the state of New York by Andrew Cuomo v. Ernst & Young, 451586/2010, New York state Supreme Court (Manhattan).
Lehman's bankruptcy case is In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 08-13555, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). The class action lawsuit is In re Lehman Brothers Equity/Debt Securities Litigation, 08-cv-05523, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).


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Couple's visits cause concerns
DANVILLE — Vermont State Police say they have received reports of a suspicious couple visiting residences in the Danville and Walden areas, but the couple could be simply conducting a survey.
State police say they received a complaint Saturday about a black man, approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall, 200 pounds, 30 to 50 years old, and a white woman with dark brown hair who arrived at a residence, asked questions and left in a silver-colored vehicle with out-of-state plates.
Another complaint Sunday described the same couple leaving pamphlets about the New England Homecare Union and United Healthcare Workers East-Vermont.
State police say several out-of-state companies have been conducting surveys in Vermont recently and it's believed that is what the couple was doing. State police are still trying to identify the couple, however, and verify their business.
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Fishing in troubled waters
TNC went fishing with a group of local fishermen at la Ciénaga El Llanito, where they still practice the "corral" technique, a more sustainable way of fishing.
Millo has arrived late, so he can only throw his net in the middle of the circle, after all the others, forming what's call the "crown." When the nets are pulled out, it's obvious that this will be a slow day.
The circle breaks up and the canoes move on to the next fishing spot. As the canoes row across the lake, the fishermen chat between the boats, cracking jokes.
Next attempt brings a little more luck; Millo catches a tilefish and then another.
This collective fishing, once typical in the Magdalena River basin, has been lost. Now, only a few river towns continue the tradition.
Fish stocks have fallen in the Magdalena River basin from 80,000 tons a year to 8,000 tons. Fishermen blame contamination, overfishing and cattle ranching for harming one of the country's largest sources of protein.
"It's not like it was before," says Millo. "There are good days of fishing and other days when nothing gets caught. What can we do? Return home with empty hands?"
For Millo, the Magdalena River and its lake is everything. He finds it hard to imagine a life without fishing, as like many in this region he's received little formal education. To save these livelihoods, a policy of sustainable fishing must be introduced before it's too late.


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There are no details as to how exactly this money was used, but sources claim that the party used the funds in an attempt to influence loyalties of parliamentarians in Punjab – an exercise that reached its peak in the lead-up to and during the eventual imposition of governor rule in Punjab in 2009. According to sources, though the party wanted to try to form its own government in the province, some hiccups – including steep demands of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), such as the Punjab chief minister's slot, – stalled this plan.
The classified documents made available to The Express Tribunestated that never before had such a huge amount been withdrawn from the secret fund of the IB in such a short span of time.
According to the rules and regulations, the purpose of the secret fund is only to obtain or uncover sensitive information necessary to protect 'national interest' – it cannot be used for any other purpose, even emergencies or incidental expenses. All withdrawals are supposed to come under specific heads and justifications. This was not the case with this large withdrawal.
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Rocky Mountain venture investments totaled $341.0M in Q2 of this year, down from $472.75M raised in 2011, mostly due to a drop in investments in Arizona, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. The report tallied $165.0M in investments in Colorado in the quarter, $166.4M in Utah, $8.23M in Arizona, $1.77M in Montana, with a single investment of $1.0M in Wyoming--the first in several years reported via the venture funding report. One bright spot: one of the biggest venture deals for the quarter was in Utah, for Qualtrics, which raised $70M from Accel and Sequoia for its online survey software. Nationally, there was $7.04 billion invested in the quarter, down 12 percent from the $8.01 billion invested for the same period last year. Image courtesy BigStock.
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The nerve. They could've saved a lot of effort by just attacking him for being a do-gooder tosser
I'm not making it up.
There he was as a front-page item on the Times of London. It seems that some busibodies had been to his restaurant and ordered food only in order to measure the level of salt in it and publicize it as a "health hazard". Now the Times is tut-tutting on it's cover about Jamie being caught out when he's pretended to be healthy.
The nerve of all these people -- the measurers and the Times journalists and editors -- as if Jamie hasn't done more to try to bring real food to people than any of them ever will.
Now I'm sure it's best not to really overdo the salt, and some people may need to be careful -- but they'd tell the waiter before ordering, wouldn't they? And it's not as if anyone goes to eat at Jamie's every day. And on top of this the "science" behind anti-salt hysteria is really poor, as Gary Taubes has shown.
The Times is behind a paywall, but I found the story at the BBC. Jamie is not the only "culprit" although the Times chose to pillory him:
BBC News - Hidden salt 'present in popular restaurant meals'
The impertinence of the thing! I had a good mind to send the story to the Caveman Doctor. He'd have told them where to get off. LOL
The nerve. They could've saved a lot of effort by just attacking him for being a do-gooder tosser
Four years Primal with influences from Jaminet & Shanahan and a focus on being anti-inflammatory. Using Primal to treat CVD and prevent stents from blocking free of drugs.
Eat creatures nose-to-tail (animal, fowl, fish, crustacea, molluscs), a large variety of vegetables (raw, cooked and fermented, including safe starches), dairy (cheese & yoghurt), occasional fruit, cocoa, turmeric & red wine
Oi... as if salt is going to kill you before the sugar... idiots. Fine dining isn't supposed to be good for you anyway!
Can't stand the guy anyway - always bleating on about "bad" saturated fat while promoting a high carb diet, while he gets fatter and fatter...
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Do what you love and do it often. If you don't like something, change it. if you don't like your job, quit. If you don't have enough time, stop watching tv. If you are looking for the love of your life, stop, they will be waiting for you when you start doing the things you love. Stop over analyzing, life is simple. When you eat, appreciate every last bite. Some opportunities only come once, seize them.


text: Valerie Strat Guide (rush job draft=feedback highly desired) Valerie is the ultimate in flexibility. She doesn't just go both ways, she goes all three, having a solid game in rushdown, economy and defense. Diagram: Smack dab in the middle. Strengths Moderate to Good Economy Moderate to Good Engine potential Decent attack chip synergy with her red arrow and the ability to play Chromatic Orb off of many attack chips Chromatic Orb pile control gives her a viable rushdown option and top notch defense against rushdown Weaknesses She does not excel at any single strategy, thus any opponent who can execute their ideal strategy will be doing whichever strategy that happens to be better than Val can Lack of thindecking options and need for cycling leave her vulnerable to wounding. Usefulness of the extra arrows on Three Colors is highly variable with the bank. Easy to lose a match playing Valerie without realizing you've lost it. Naive Valerie rushdown or cycling can give the opponent a game-shifting height bonus advantage before there's an actual threat of anyone losing the game Valerie's General Game Plan: Adapt to the bank and the opponent and play to the bank's strength's and the opponent's weakness. Chips Valerie Loves: Chips for Free, Now or Later These chips give added draws to speed up Val's cycling and also can be used for deck improvement, thereby mitigating one of Val's bigger vulnerabilities. Risky Move This chip gives Val added economy while building her height bonus, making it very useful for both Econ and Rushdown play. Training Day Another deck improvement chip, this one lets Val pig chips in order to line her fork up with the appropriate enders. Self Improvement Another chip that covers Val's susceptibility to wounding. Val can play this off of her blue arrow for deck-thinning, or she can usually play the extra chips she draws from the reaction. Bang Then Fizzle Val's combination of Chromatic Orb and fast cycling means she has better early game pile control than just about anybody, she is very likely to be able to keep her pile below 4 for the first few turns and profit greatly from this. On the downside, she doesn't have any innate way to trash or train it away after the early game, so she does need to be careful to be able to keep the advantage this can give her. Improvisation This chip can wash Val's blue arrow into any other playable chip. It also can give Val even faster cycling and serves as a psuedo-fork in conjunction with her character chips, Combines or other chips with arrows on them. Chip Damage: This is a decent attack, and more interestingly, Val can follow it with Chromatic Orb or Creative Thoughts to draw the chip she puts atop her bag. If her chips line up correctly she can use Three Colors before Chip Damage and either of her other character chips after in order to be able to immediately play whatever chip she returns to the top of her bag, Occasionally this chip even allows Val to use red centered engine building to cause her opponent(s) to discard most of the their hands every turn. Color Panic This is a strong attack, which can wash Val's red arrow into a black arrow and it gives a hand peek to determine if an opponent will be able to countercrash Val's Chromatic orb or not. Ouch!, Stolen Purples These two strong attack chips are great use or Val's red arrow and Val can almost always afford them with her opening buy. Axe Kick, One of Each, Roundhouse It's Combo Time These premium cantrips help to speed Val's cycling up further and provide virtual deck shrinkage for her. Many of them also wash the brown arrow from Three Colors into a black arrow she can use to crash. Knockdown, Dashing Strike These attacks can wash Val's red arrow from Three Colors into other colors, which can open up useful combos for Val. Pick Your Poison This is a red chip which has not just an arrow, but also a pig and a draw, making it a useful engine component for Val and it can pose a double threat if chained with Sneak Attack or Chip Damage.. However if played early on, it is very likely to just give Val's opponent a bigger height bonus advantage. Chips Val Fears: Really Annoying, Just a Scratch, Ouch! Wounds really mess with deck cycling and make it far less likely for Val to draw Three Colors along with chips that let her use multiple arrows from it. One True Style This chip gives Val's opponent access to the same tri-color fork that Val has, and also serves as a decent defense against rushdown. Since it's purple, Val can't play it off of Three Colors. Thus while it can be good for Val, it's almost always better for her opponent. Other Noteworthy Chips Blues are Good Chromatic Orb is all four colors, so Blues are Good can be used to fetch and play it. Signature Move Since Val's character chips are a washer, a fork and a mini-crash, Signature Move is a very versatile chip for her. However at the $5 cost, Val is often better off with a [3] Gem or cantrip if she's going Econ, with a Combine if she's going Rushdown or another Crash or expensive attack chip if she's going Defense. Sneak Attack, Repeated Jabs Val can sometimes use these non-countercrashable ante chips to aid her rush. She can play them off her red arrow and follow Sneak Attack up with Chromatic Orb. General Tips What to do as Val: Play a strategy that will beat the opponent's default strategy. If they are an Econ character, then Combine is likely your best starting buy; if they are a Rushdown character, then Stolen Purples or Ouch! is a strong opening, if they are Defense character, then you probably want a [3] gem. Carefully consider your options with Creative Thoughts. In general +$ +Chip is strongest early and +Black becomes more useful later --but that isn't always the case. Pay attention to what Chromatic Orb will draw and whether it will be useful. In the early cycles, [Gem]s and sometimes Creative Thoughts are the only playable chips Orb can draw and it can be problematic to draw an unplayable Crash or Combine from Orb. Remember that Orb always draws a chip, even if you have no [1]s in your pile. This can let Val cycle faster or gain an econ boost without giving her opponent a chance to countercrash. What not to do as Val: Don't Crash or Chromatic Orb in the early turns if you already have enough for your buy - Val can get into trouble by giving the opponent a pile height bonus advantage. Don't draw a chip when the odds are good that you can't use it. You do not have to play Chromatic Orb when it is in your hand, nor do you have to choose +Draw on Creative Thoughts. Don't try to play the same strategy as the opponent. Remember that Jaina out-rushes you, Setsuki out-engines you, and Grave out-econs you, so don't try to beat such an opponent at their own game Matchups Val Loves vs Jaina, vs Midori, vs Troq. Val's great pile control renders her highly resistant to rushdown, and she can usually endure even a full-on Jaina blitz until Jaina loses from self-wounding. Midori and Troq are a little tougher as they have deck-improvement abilities that Val lacks, but Val can easily play the attack chips that give either of them huge problems. Matchups Val Fears vs Setsuki: In most banks Setsuki has a much better lategame than Val does, so Val should try to rush her down. Even worse, Doubletake lets Sets play some of Val's favorite attack chips earlier and more often than Val can. vs Grave: Grave has better Economy and usually a better lategame than Val, and his Reversal means that Chromatic Orb is very likely to run into countercrashes and slow the game down. This is a hard match for Val. vs Quince: Flagstone Tax can make Chromatic Orb a liability, and Val should make sure to build her own pile height a bit in this matchup. vs Arg: Early wounds cause Val to fall apart. Even worse, counterpicking in blue reactions is questionable since Arg has two blue arrows to Val's one.


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Fort Dorchester and Ashley Ridge split their games Tuesday in Beaufort County.
The Lady Patriots opened region play with a 58-46 win over the Lady Eagles of Beaufort. Fort Dorchester had a strong start in the game and opened up a 17-point lead in the third period before Beaufort rallied to make a game of it.
Erika Cobb led the Fort scorers with 16 points while Jailah Melvin and Victoria English also reached double digits, finishing with 11 and 10 respectively. Jordan Spruill and Alexis Frost both chipped in 8 points for the Pats.
Mattie Hibbs led all scorers with 17 points and Aaliyah Smalls added 10 for Beaufort.
Fort Dorchester improved to 5-6 on the season while Beaufort fell to 3-10.
The Fort Dorchester boys fell 47-44 to Beaufort, their second loss to the Eagles this season. The rematch was a back-and-forth affair.
Eric Hayward led the Patriot scorers with 14 points and William Munoz added 9. Kendrick Colvin led Beaufort with 15 points while Adonis Grant added 11 for the Eagles and Jawan Mack 9.
Beaufort improved to 12-1 on the season while Fort Dorchester dropped to 8-3.
The Ashley Ridge girls opened region play with a 48-30 win at Bluffton. Ashley Ridge fell behind by 5 points in the first period but then outscored Bluffton 15-7 in the second and 16-0 in the third to put the game away.
Katie Burnette led the way with 12 points while Shelby Daly added 9 for the Lady Swamp Foxes and Ashley Tierney 8.
Dynasty Mervin led Bluffton with 13 points.
Ashley Ridge improved to 9-4 on the season with the win.
The Ashley Ridge boys (5-9) followed a loss in overtime to Stratford last Friday with a 57-51 loss in overtime to Bluffton Tuesday. Bluffton took a small lead in the first period, but Ashley Ridge outscored the Bobcats 23-17 in the fourth to tie the game.
In overtime, Bluffton outscored Ashley Ridge 10-4.
Tray Jenkins led the Swamp Fox scorers with 16 points and Corbin Landers added 9 for Ashley Ridge. Bluffton had two players post double-digit scoring.
The Ashley Ridge teams host the Fort Dorchester teams Friday. The girls are scheduled to tipoff at 7 p.m.
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My question of the week - Do women read war novels? I don't mean to ask this in a polarizing and dramatic way, but out of genuine interest.
I recently finished the excellent Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, a novelization about the Vietnam War. Marlantes is a highly decorated Marine who served in Vietnam and this 600 page book was 30 years in the making. The book is technical and almost solely set in Vietnam. There isn't room for families, girlfriends, or real life. This book is intense - filled with racial tensions, horrifying wounds, tigers, leeches, jungle rot, thirst, hunger, diarrhea, boredom, bad language and inept military structure. I probably lost some of the technicalities of the military maneuvers, but in the end you really care about the characters. At times, reading this was stressful but the pain and longing seems universal and touching.
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PITMAN -- Calling the New Jersey governor's race a "bellwether" for national politics, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele campaigned in south Jersey this afternoon with GOP candidate Chris Christie.
The two spoke to a cheering crowd of about 100 Republican party faithful outside a business in Pitman, Gloucester County. Steele and Christie used the joint appearance to slam Gov. Jon Corzine's record and to shore up Christie in advance of a visit by President Barack Obama on Corzine's behalf on Thursday.
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"We're going to get a lot of help from around the country," Christie said. "They understand what a bellwether New Jersey is."
New Jersey is just one of the two statewide elections this year, along with the governor's race in Virginia. Both states are drawing attention from the national parties, which are dedicating national dollars to the races and sending luminaries to stump for candidates.
Steele, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland who in January became party chairman, said Christie is a remarkable Republican in a state that has trended Democratic in recent years.
No Republican has won statewide since former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman was reelected in 1997.
"I thought to myself 'Wow,'" Steele said of Christie.
"He plays across the state unlike any Republican" in recent years, Steele said.
Turning to Christie, Steele said "You must be the next governor from this state. ... It is a bellwether in so many ways for the future of our party and the future of our nation."
Steele and Christie characterized Corzine as a weak leader who refused to take responsibility of New Jersey's struggling economy and the role his own polices play into it.
Corzine has blamed the policies of former President George W. Bush for starting the national recession.
A small cluster of five protesters, who said they were Democrats from nearby Rowan University, stood by carrying anti-Christie signs throughout the appearance.
Steele afterwards said he looked forward to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigning for Republicans across the country, including New Jersey and Virginia, to what best fits her schedule.
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Johnson C. Smith University Students Travel to China
Charlotte, N.C. (June 20, 2013) – Four students from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) will travel to China on June 28 as part of the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad: An Advanced and Intensive Training Program in Modern Chinese Language and Culture.
The students will study at Capital Normal University in Beijing until July 20, then fly to Guangzhou where they will be part of a program at Guangdong Baiyun University.
Also participating in the study abroad experience are seven students from Queens University, four from UNC-Charlotte and one from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. They will be accompanied by JCSU's Xia Cao, with the Government Sponsored Programs and Research Department and Xiaosong He, professor of Chinese.
The program is available for the next two summers to students from Johnson C. Smith University, Queens University and the surrounding universities and colleges in the Charlotte area.
The collaborative effort is administered by the College of Arts and Letters at JCSU and managed by the Smith Institute Center for Excellence in Global Education at Johnson C. Smith University. "We look forward to this unique global opportunity to collaborate with our university partners and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools," said Eubanks, Adelheid Eubanks, director of liberal education and international studies. "This language emersion experience falls in line with our mission to offer a global education experience to every student."
Johnson C. Smith University provides students with a free passport and an opportunity to study abroad at 11 countries around the world.
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The Labatt beverage company wants you to keep one thing in mind this holiday season: Santa's driving, so make sure his beer's non-alcoholic.
The strange warning is cropping up in Canadian convenience stores courtesy of Labatt adds meant to warn against drinking and driving.
It reads: "Leave one out for Santa. He's driving. Non-alcohol Blue available at . . . " Several of the posters even direct people to a website devoted to making wise decisions about alcohol.
But parents who always thought a cold one referred to a glass of milk when it came to leaving things out for Santa are in two camps. Some are pissed. They don't want their kids – or grandkids – thinking about any sort of beer at Christmas.
The rest? Just think it's silly.
After all, it's hard to get that riled up that they're promoting non-alcoholic beer in association with a kid-friendly image. Horsies are extremely kid-friendly, and I don't see anyone pissed that Budweiser uses them to promote something that will actually get you drunk.
Santa's selling Diet Dr. Pepper this year – although most of us would prefer to keep our kids off soda. He's also doing things wrong for Boost Mobile – although getting kids young enough to believe in Santa their own cell phone is hardly advisable.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving told the Toronto Sun it's OK with them. Is it OK with you?
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The Daily Startup: Summit Partners Leads Round for JAMF Software
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JAMF Software LLC, which was started in 2002 in Minneapolis by two Macintosh systems administrators who wanted better tools, raised $30 million in funding at a valuation of more than $200 million so it can keep up with Apple growth. Summit Partners led the financing, which includes GSV Capital, taking JAMF's total funding to about $33 million. It's a milestone for a company whose growth took off in 2007 when Apple launched the iPhone and which was bootstrapped until around 2010.
500 Startups, a seed investment and accelerator firm, has some investors on board for its ambitious new fund, but its success could depend on rounding up some big players. The Mountain View, Calif.-based firm has closed on some commitments for its third fund, which is aimed at $100 million, and is using the pool to back the current batch of startups in the firm's accelerator, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Also in today's VentureWire, Swiss drug-developer Covagen AG has raised 42 million Swiss francs ($47.2 million) to launch clinical studies of a drug that could improve upon some of today's top-selling anti-inflammatory medicines…Mobile ad and rewards network PaeDae Inc. got a pay day of its own, scoring $11.6 million in combined equity and debt funding to better compete against Session M Inc., Kiip Inc. and others aiming to re-invent mobile advertising…and InsuranceZebra Inc., doing business as TheZebra.com, raised another $3 million in seed funds for an online service that lets consumers compare car insurance rates and in some cases buy insurance.
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France is promoting its startup culture to compete with London, which some see as more business-friendly, The Wall Street Journal says.
AllThingsD, which cuts its News Corp ties as of January, completed a deal with NBCUniversal that will bring its news and conference business to a new website, Bloomberg reports. Still no name for the new venue. News Corp, which owns Venture Capital Dispatch publisher Dow Jones & Co., controls the AllThingsD name.


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Resources for Kidney Donors
The Georgia Transplant Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and resources to help both kidney recipients and living donors.
Living Donor Assistance Program
The goal of the Living Donor Assistance Program is to help living donors deal with financial hardships created as a result of their donation.
Requirements to participate in the program:
• Either the living donor or the transplant recipient must be a resident of Georgia.
• Assistance is available for hardship expenses directly created by donation.
• Applications must be submitted prior to treatment.
• The donor is expected to use all available sick days but may retain up to two weeks of vacation time.
• Living donor applications should show evidence of the patient/family's support and financial planning for the surgery and recovery time.
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Learning that you or a family member needs a transplant, going through the evaluation process, waiting for the call, having the surgery, recovering, and then adjusting to life after a transplant can be a wonderful but emotional and stressful time. Recipients may feel happiness, fear and even confusion. Living donors worry about having elective surgery. Support from friends, family and the transplant center team can help, but talking to someone who has been in the same situation is often the best cure for calming nerves and realizing positive outcomes. That's where the Mentor Project, a patient service program of Georgia Transplant Foundation, can help.
The Mentor Project matches people living successfully with a transplant and people who are new or adjusting to the world of transplantation. The Mentor Project has trained mentors (recipients, living donors, spouses, parents of pediatric recipients, and other family members) who have a desire to help support others through the transplant process.
If you live in Georgia or are a client at a Georgia transplant center, you can be referred to the Mentor Project by your social worker, transplant coordinator, transplant clinic professional or physician, or you can simply request a mentor by contacting GTF directly. Mentors and mentees are matched by common experiences and situations. All information you share or discuss with a mentor is confidential.
Mention to a member of your transplant team that you'd like to talk with a mentor. Or contact GTF directly by calling 770-457-3796 or toll free at 1-866-428-9411.


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How Can I Get Out of Hosting Another Birthday Party Ever Again?Jennifer Doyle
If I'm being completely honest, and I am, one of my least favorite aspects of parenting is the whole birthday party thing.
My daughter turns five in May and has been planning her 5th birthday party since moments after 4th birthday party ended last May. For the past year she has planned elaborate and randomly themed soirees-a butterfly party! An Amy from Sonic the Hedgehog party! A pink SpongeBob party! A horse party! A pink horse with butterfly and SpongeBob tattoos party!
I'm in the initial planning stages of Ella's birthday party and feeling incredibly overwhelmed. Birthday parties, with all the etiquette rules, time consuming preparations, and the prospect of having too many children in my home, hopped up on sugar, stresses me out.
In a perfect world, the type of party I'd like to host is one where we invite a few friends-all of whom RSVP-over for twenty minutes, serve some store-bought cake and ice cream, open presents, party done! Ella has different ideas, though. She wants pizza and party games. I have even tried to convince her to have a party at an over-priced venue that is equipped to entertain and feed multitudes of screaming children.
"Nope, Momma. I want to have my party at our house," she adamantly told me.
Although she is still undecided on her theme, she already knows that she doesn't want a store-bought cake. Nothing but the best for Ella, her expectations includes homemade buttercream icing. On one hand, I'm proud that my daughter knows the difference between delicious and store-bought, but homemade means time-lots of time that I don't really have.
Birthday parties are supposed to be for the kid, but it's other parents that have also made me dread hosting parties. We all know what they say about opinions, everybody has one about birthday parties. I just recently learned that some people feel that opening birthday presents at the party is a no-no. WHAT?! I always opened presents at my birthday parties and every party my children have every attended have included birthday present opening, so this apparent new trend is unsettling.
Other birthday party issues:
1. Treat bags filled with plastic junk and candy, yes or no?
2. The guest list. Who can we invite without hurting anyone's feelings, but also avoid inviting 243 children just to make everyone happy.
3. The lack of RSVPs that will be received. This should be a non-issue, but alas, people seem to lack common courtesy to RSVP anymore.
4. Teaching my daughter to be gracious and at least act like she loves every present.
Do you have any suggestions for easy, stress-free birthday parties? Or I am asking the impossible?
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Cast: Jimmy Sheirgill, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Leander Paes, Sudhanshu Pandey, Gulshan Grover
Director: Ashok Kohli
Indian Express Rating:*
Someone has convinced Leander Paes that he can act, and that someone has clearly done a great job, because if he/she hadn't, this film wouldn't have been made. And we would have been spared sitting through something that bids fair to be amongst the worst film list of this new year. On the Rajdhani Express, heading from Delhi to Mumbai, is a motley bunch of people. A scruffy fellow (Paes) who is constantly scowling and growling, and clutching a bag in what is meant to be a suspicious manner. A designer (Pandey), who may or may not be gay. A bosomy female who is, self-confessedly, a hooker, a Bengali script-writer who steals ideas and turns them into Bollywood scripts (Chatterjee ). A wife and child of a cabinet minister. The old parents of a corrupt Maharashtrian neta. And a TTE (Grover) who trawls up and down just this VIP carriage, because clearly, there are no others we can see in the entire train.
Someone on the train feels that the scruffy fellow (Paes) with a sad back story has a bomb in his satchel. That information is ferried across to a crack anti-terrorist squad (ATS) man (Sheirgill). What happens next is a hoot: all the characters are given lots of time to say their lines, and act away madly. The girl who charges money for a bit of productive time spent with her shows promise, but the poor thing is made to do stuff no self-respecting hooker would: have long, intelligible conversations. Old hand Gulshan Grover shows up as an Allahabadi ticket collector (of course he has to chew paan and speak in an accent that's meant to be east UP every single time he opens his mouth). Paes adds a manic laugh to his repertory by the end of the film, apart from scowls and growls. And Sheirgill is the funniest: showing off his pristine white vest under what is supposed to be a uniform that crack ATS officers wear, while barking orders at underlings: udaa do usko. Impressive. The only one I felt a twinge for is Priyanshu Chatterjee, the Bengali idea-stealer of a script-writer, who puts in serious effort in order to pull off his exaggerated part. This is a good actor in a terrible film. Why can't he get better roles?
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Tapioca flour pancakes with bananas and honey.
Alright guys, I'm really struggling here. I'm trying to figure out the best carbohydrate to incorporate into my high intensity workout day breakfast hash (3 times a week). So far I've been experimenting with turnip and rutabaga, and am also considering just saying screw it and throw in a small amount of some variety of potato. I'm an engineer so I am going to present the problem within a scientific methodical structure
Objective: finding a carbohydrate root/tuber vegetable to cook into my breakfast hash that strikes the right balance between carb content, fiber content, and micro-nutritional value.
Application: breakfast, with egg and bacon or sausage or some sort of steak (beef shoulder, deer, etc.). When I have the time I add fresh peppers, onion, mushroom and what ever else is left over in the fridge.
Experimental Data:
Turnip: high in water content and simply doesn't cook very well in bacon fat, butter or oil. I just purchased a food dehydrator which I plan on experimenting with this weekend, but my concern is the amount of food prep time this will amount to (I'm an extremely busy working professional), and the loss of nutritional content by dehydrating, which is one of the main things I am looking for in a regular breakfast hash carb ingredient.
Rutabaga: They cook well in bacon fat, butter, and oil, but from what I've read I'm not really getting much more nutritional content, any less carbs, and no more fiber compared to potatoes.
Beets: haven't really experimented with them yet, and would like some of yall's experiences with cooking beets for breakfast hash.
There are plenty of other options and variables that I'm hoping some of yall can bring to the table and help me solve my problem. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
Tapioca flour pancakes with bananas and honey.
sweeeeeeeeeet potato!
one sweet potato, shredded in food processor, 1/4 tps of salt / Cayenne pepper / cinnamon. Top with eggs and sausage.
How about parsnips? Same carb, but more fiber than the potato, and (I'm assuming) less sugar than beets.
Best reason: they're DELICIOUS when fried.
Sweet potatos!
I usually cook the bacon on top of the stove (or bake in oven and save the grease), saute veggies and sweet potato in bacon grease until just starting to get tender. crack a few eggs on top and cover until eggs are the way you like them.
Sausage works just as well!
super nom nom!
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You might consider celery root. It adds a nice flavor and is quick to cook.
Female, 5'3", 50, Max squat: 202.5lbs. Max deadlift: 225 x 3.
dont fear some organic potatoes either!
Rutabaga, by weight, is definitely less carby than potatos. By about half.
I'm somewhat confused though. You say you want the carbs for your high-intensity workout, but you seem to be gravitating toward the less carby vegetables. If you just like how they taste better, that's fine, but you shouldn't be scared to use sweet potatoes (or white potatoes) because they are "too carby".
I support the others who have voted for sweet potato. Carrots are also quite good. I also like to pre-cook my root veggies in the microwave for a few minutes before I put them in the pan to make hash.
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If you can't tell the truth about yourself, you can't tell it about other people --- Virginia Woolf
My journal
I guess I should have ranked what I'm looking for in a breakfast hash root/tuber:
1) micro-nutritional content
2) a balance between carb and fiber content (really don't have the knowledge to quantify that)
4) ease of preparation
5) taste (most roots I've tasted are pretty agreeable to me)
Thanks for all the input so far!


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Changing the World is EasyAlli Worthington
Did you know how easy it was to change the world? You don't have to move to Calcutta or give up your comfy life here in the West. We always think that we can't "really" make a difference, and that is a lie. I'll prove it's a lie today. Ready?
A dollar can provide clean water to an African for a year.
A dollar.
100 pennies.
Crazy, right?
Starting today I am giving up my quad-ventis, sodas and candy bars for 40 days. The money I usually spend on my bad habits will be sent to Blood:Water Mission (What's with the name? Blood- Combating AIDS, Water- Providing clean water). That money for all my bad habits will change the lives of hundreds of people forever.
Forever. You with me?
That's crazy awesome!
Just my quad ventis alone are (yikes) almost $80 a month. Add that to my love of Reeses Cups and Diet Dr. Pepper and it all adds up. I'll change the world, help provide clean water, and drop a few pounds this month. I will still drink some coffee- otherwise I may be a public safety hazard. 🙂
It is the beauty of digital world: we can bind us together in love, we can give some of our excess and really change the world.
That is awesome.
Join me here for the 40 Day Challenge.
Even if you only do 1 day, 1 week or all 40 Days, you will help change the world. Share what you can. Even $1 will provide clean water for a year for someone.


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This car is painted in tribute to Kansas City, which ran PCC streetcars from 1941 to 1957. Kansas City's PCCs – 184 in all – were painted to emphasize their modern lines, with a black 'swoosh' on the sides to highlight the logo of Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS), which featured Frederic Remington's famed sculpture "The Scout" on a red heart.
KCPS initially planned for a PCC fleet of 371 cars, but only 24 had been delivered by America's entry into World War II. As in other cities, war production priorities deferred dreams of all-PCC service in Kansas City.
After the war, KCPS took delivery of 160 more PCCs, though they almost cancelled some of those because of shaky finances.
Kansas City is actually two municipalities split by the Missouri-Kansas border. KCPS streetcars served both, but rapidly lost ridership as people moved to the suburbs, beyond the ends of the lines. Kansas City's 25 streetcar lines dwindled to three, which finally ceased service in 1957. One of the three was the famous 56-Country Club–known as the 'Club Line'–which wound south from downtown on an old steam railroad right-of-way, sharing its tracks with electric freight trains.
Many of Kansas City's PCCs were scrapped after unsuccessful attempts to find buyers. (Muni was approached to buy the last 41 PCCs in 1957, but declined, lacking the funding.) But some Kansas City PCCs were sold to other cities, including Toronto. Eleven of these ended up at Muni after all, coming third-hand in 1970 to help carry streetcar passengers on the J, K, L, M, and N lines on detours that were required to build the Market Street subway. These ex-Kansas City PCCs ran in San Francisco between 1973 and 1979, as Nos. 1180 to 1190, before being retired. Most were subsequently scrapped.
One ex-Kansas City streetcar that ran in San Francisco was sold to the Western Railway Museum in Solano County. It was later returned to Kansas City and is now on display at Union Station, signed for the 56-Country Club line, of course.
Of the 14 streetcars acquired by Muni from Philadelphia for initial F-line service, No. 1056 probably has the lowest mileage. That's because it was out of service for six years, from 2001 to 2007, following a major accident. It went down again in 2011 when cracks were discovered in a key part under the car.
Philadelphia Transportation Company, Philadelphia PA, 1948 (as car No. 2113)
Acquired by Muni from
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia PA, 1992
St. Louis Car Co.
Restored by
Morrison-Knudsen, 1993
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In celebration of Nintendo's birthday, NIWA is holding a Cross-Wiki Weekend! You can participate for a chance to win a $20 Nintendo eShop Gift Card!
Pokémon GO has been released for Android and iOS in most countries! Need help learning Pokémon GO? Take a look at our Pokémon GO Player's Guides!
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| Sina
ジーナ Sina
|X and Y, Sun and Moon
Sina (Japanese: ジーナ Sina) is one of Professor Sycamore's assistants who often appears with another assistant, Dexio.
In the games
In X and Y
Sina and Dexio are first met by the player in Route 4 and they talk about Flabébé and the Fairy type. Sina talks about testing Fairy-type Pokémon against other types of Pokémon at Professor Sycamore's request and promptly introduces herself. Sina later guides the player across Lumiose City to Professor Sycamore's lab. Further on, she and Dexio give the player the Coastal Kalos Pokédex at Route 8 and the Mountain Kalos Pokédex at Route 13.
The duo are soon met again at the Kalos Power Plant, disguised as the defenders of Kalos. They arrive to stop Team Flare, but by the time they get there, the player has already driven the villains away. They thank the player for their help and offers their assistance before taking off. Sina is met alone at Anistar City to tell the player about a person there who knows about XerneasX/YveltalY. The player meets them again in their disguises in Lysandre Labs, where they ask if the player has seen a man as tall as a stretched-out Seviper that Team Flare has been searching for. There, they pretend that they have never met the player and warns them to be safe when fighting against Team Flare.
After Lysandre is defeated in the Team Flare Secret HQ, the masked Sina and Dexio thanks the player for their victory. Tierno reveals that he and Trevor teamed up with Sina and Dexio to free the Pokémon Team Flare tied to the stones on Route 10 to power their ultimate weapon. When Tierno states their names, Sina denies their true identities. Dexio also reveals that he and Sina destroyed the machine Lysandre used to spy on peoples' Holo Casters.
After the player has become Champion, Sina is seen with Dexio in the parade Professor Sycamore made for the player and their friends.
- Route 4
- "Flabébé is--now brace yourself--a Fairy-type Pokémon!"
- "This turned the entire type-matchup system on its head!"
- "And we've been battling Fairy-type Pokémon against other types of Pokémon at Professor Sycamore's request. My name's Sina! It's a beautiful name for a beautiful lady!"
- "If you'd like, I'll show you the way to the lab. So, come along now!"
- No: "Oh? Well, don't be shy, OK? Come talk to us when you want to go to the lab."
- Yes: "OK! Let's get this show on the road!"
- Lumiose City - Route 4 Gate
- "Right through this gate, and you'll be in Lumiose City! Go on already!"
- Lumiose City
- "I'll go ahead and wait in front of the lab for you!"
- "This building is the Sycamore Pokémon Lab! Let's go inside!"
- Inside the lab
- "You've traveled a long way from Vaniville Town, but you're finally here! The professor can't wait to meet you. You can find him on the third floor, so hop in the elevator!"
- Speaking to Lysandre, after the player meets Sycamore
- "Yes."
- "And here's one of them now...That's <player>. <Player>, come here a sec!"
- "Still...I wonder what kind of beautiful world Lysandre desires...In this great big Kalos region, there are many different Pokémon. I hope getting a Pokédex gives you a chance to learn about them."
- Route 8
- "Haven't you wondered how a single Pokédex could possibly cover a region as big as Kalos?"
- "New encounters help people and Pokémon grow and mature! We'll be taking our leave now! Bon voyage!"
- Route 13 - Coumarine City Gate
- "How dare you keep us waiting!"
- "Hey! So there's Central Kalos and Coastal Kalos, right? Can you tell me what comes next?"
- "You know...You look different somehow. Your face seems more...mature? Ha ha! Just joshing with you! I'll be taking my leave now! Bon voyage!"
- Power Plant
- "Oh my! You chased off that mysterious bunch before we could even get here? Well, I guess there's always room for more defenders of Kalos! Let me heal your Pokémon as thanks!"
- "Well, I think us mysterious people will be off now! I leave before being left. I decide. Au revoir!"
- Anistar City
- "You there!"
- "I came in place of Dexio to tell you something. There's a person here in Anistar City who knows about the Legendary Pokémon."
- "Oh, I almost forgot! I brought you some gifts! Put them to good use!"
- "Repeat Balls make it easier to catch kinds of Pokémon that you've caught before! Even though they're the same species, the strengths and Natures of individual Pokémon can be really different."
- Lysandre Labs
- "No sign of him here either...You! Have you seen anything?"
- "His relationship to Team Flare is a mystery, but...Oh, by the way, I've got something for you. Take these with you, <player>."
- "Oh, wait! We met some time ago, but I didn't get your name then! I've never heard your name before! Not once!"
- If talked to afterwards
- "What is that Lysandre guy thinking?! I thought he wanted a beautiful world..."
- Geosenge Town
- "Phew...I'm so glad you're all safe! I really respect the courage and kindness all of you showed."
- "Who are these Sina and Dexio you speak of? We're the masked heroes!"
In Sun and Moon
Sina appears alongside Dexio in the Alola region, tasking Trainers with collecting Zygarde Cells in a Zygarde Cube.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Sina debuts in the X & Y chapter. She, along with Dexio, is first seen when Professor Sycamore asked them to make a copy of the footage of Vaniville Town's destruction so that Lysandre may study it.
Later, they are tasked with finding Professor Sycamore's missing Charmander, which had escaped from his lab. They find Charmander in the custody of X's friends, who they mistake for having stolen it. Wearing disguises, Sina and Dexio reveal themselves and immediately take Charmander away from X's group. Angered, Tierno uses his Roller Skates in conjunction with his dancing skills to quickly take Charmander back. After Tierno explains that they were returning Charmander to its owner, Sina and Dexio excuse themselves and leave.
After Sycamore learns that Lysandre is the leader of Team Flare, he has Sina and Dexio spy on Lysandre Café. Later, Sina and Dexio manage to defeat a disguised Team Flare Grunt and interrogate him for information. They report to Professor Sycamore that Team Flare went into hiding at the Pokémon Village.
|ジーナ Sina
|From sinister, Latin for left
| English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish
|Same as Japanese name
|지나 Jina
|Transliteration of Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|吉娜 Jínà
|Transliteration of Japanese name
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|吉娜 Gātnàh
|Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name
|Сина Sina
|Transcription of English name
|This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.


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In light of the NFL lockout, the Eagles announced to their season-ticket holders on Wednesday a deferment option on the second payment on ticket plans for the coming season.
The Eagles are one of a handful of teams to give their fans this choice. Many teams have already collected full payment for next season, including Dallas, Pittsburgh, and New England.
The New York Giants announced last month that they won't require their season- ticket holders to pay anything until there is a resolution between the owners and players. The Giants gave their fans the option to defer payment or pay in full by May 1.


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Northwest NEWS
eptember 14, 1998
Don't feed the monster
We are urging voters to vote no on Fire District 10 Proposition 1 and Referendum 49. Too much of the funds for legitimate public purposes is being financed by indebtedness; this robs the citizens/taxpayers of valuable resources that should be directed to the actual need, but goes to feeding the financial community instead. Under these schemes, taxpayers often pay double for the expenditures. That the items listed may need to be acquired is not in doubt here; neither is the fact that with growth in the population, needs will continue to expand. We need to direct the resources we have to the actual items, funded best by pay-as-you-go. If current revenues are insufficient, we should then initiate or increase (Fire District for fire issues)(and state-wide for transportation issues) impact fees on new residents so present residents aren't penalized by other people's decisions to move here more than we already are. Don't feed the monster that's devouring us; Vote no!
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quote: The point of my post was to point out that the particular statistic that gets copied and pasted everywhere is a falsehood. It simply isn't true as it is written, and that minor omission was done to intentionally make the statistic sound much worse than it really is.
quote: The discussion was about federal taxes, however his "fact" did not specify federal taxes, and his post did not mention them specifically.
quote: @chµck: Tax rate isn't the problem. 47% of people not paying taxes is the problem.
quote: @name99: Congress has shown zero interest in ever raising US taxes. Until that changes, stop wasting our time complaining about what Obama is or is not doing.
quote: Personally, I don't think that that particular hole in the federal budget is insignificant, but at the same time I can't believe that it accounts for even 10% of overall individual income in the US.


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Why would Josh Brolin and Tim Burton attempt 'Hunchback' again?
One of the highlights for me at this year's Butt-Numb-A-Thon was seeing the Charles Laughton version of "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" on a theatrical screen. I've seen that one many times, but always at home, and it's the sort of experience that benefits from being seen on as big a screen as possible. Part of that is the impressive production design, but much of what I feel benefits from being blown up that big is Laughton's performance.
Quasimodo is one of those roles that actors are drawn to because of the various opportunities that it represents. And with Josh Brolin, I can tell you that he is absolutely fascinated by the world of make-up heavy performances. When I visited the set of "Jonah Hex" and talked to him about the appliances he had to wear in that film, he was loving the restrictions it placed on him as an actor. And while that film didn't really work out for Brolin, it sounds like it didn't dampen his enthusiasm at all.
After yesterday's wins at the Academy Awards and the billion-or-so dollars it earned at the box-office worldwide, "Alice In Wonderland" is going to serve as a template for a whole lot of movies that are going to be greenlit in the next few weeks and months. And in particular, it's going to make it very, very easy for a studio to say yes to any classic story with Burton's name attached.
So it seems like serendipity that Josh Brolin and Tim Burton are developing a new take on "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" for Warner Bros. with Kieran and Michele Mulroney writing the film. They were the writers on the "Justice League" film that Warner almost made a few years ago, and they recently wrote the new "Sherlock Holmes" sequel as well.
Right now, there's no guarantee Tim Burton will actually direct the film, but it certainly fits in with his thematic concerns, and I would imagine that if the script works, he'll sign on. It'll be too tempting for him to resist. After all, you've got a deformed outside, you've got a tragic love story, you've got the world of early ninteenth-century Paris… it's like a buffet for Burton.
And for Brolin? It's a chance to play against type, and I sense that he's not comfortable in the leading man skin he occupies, and that he'd be much happier as a less-attractive but more-interesting character type. Make-up seems like a great way for him to make that happen.
We'll see if they can get this one to the finish line, but if they do, I'm sure we'll have more on it as it comes together.


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Newsmaker Interview: Susan Turley
Susan Turley is CFO of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, McAllen, Texas.
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) is a 503-bed general acute care hospital and one of the largest physician-owned facilities in the United States. DHR was ranked among the top 20 large hospitals in the U.S., the category for general acute care hospitals with over 250 beds.
DHR was recently named one of the Thomson Reuters Top 100 U.S. hospitals. What are some factors that contribute to excellence?
I believe that a three-pronged approach has made us successful. The first is putting the patient at the forefront in terms of how you manage the organization. Quality and patient satisfaction are of utmost importance. The 2nd approach is to remain community-focused. We tailor our community service efforts to the specific needs of our community. We want to assist in the economic development in our community, so we invest in projects like community gardens to improve local eating habits and partner with schools to offer culinary education. And thirdly, we strongly believe that healthcare is very local, and should be accessed locally. We need to make sure that access to care is maintained, and we do things like bring in sub-specialists from other facilities (like UT-Galveston) to treat our patients.
Doctors is a physician-owned hospital. Does that make any difference in the way you run the business office?
Absolutely it does. Being a physician-owned hospital is very beneficial in a few ways. Physicians are, of course, very focused on the patient. Because physicians own the hospital, they are very aware of the cost structure of the hospital and very interested and attentive to our concerns. We are able to go into negotiations with vendors shoulder to shoulder with our physicians. Our ownership model is very conducive to what we call a "bedside to boardroom" perspective. We have very strong lines of communication, which leads to improved efficiencies on both ends. We can streamline our processes and act very rapidly when necessary.
You have a very challenging payer mix in McAllen. How does that impact finance?
Yes, it is challenging. We don't have a lot of commercial insurance in our region. We're about 80 percent Medicare/Medicaid and we have about 15 percent commercial payers. But even in the recession, our volumes have remained steady. We have high poverty levels in our community, so we did not see an increase in bad debt that other facilities might have. In addition, not only did we not have to shelve any capital spending projects. In 2009, we opened an additional 100 beds devoted to our pediatric practice and expanded our emergency room. We also committed to an 18-month information technology project.
Did the recession affect your labor costs?
Not so much. We already run a very lean operation. We have about 3,000 employees, and we were one of the few MSAs that actually added jobs during the recession. Our philosophy is that we are committed to the community and keeping people employed. We always try to hire locally, and to purchase from local vendors.


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Authorities say reports of a suspicious item on a Southwest Airlines flight triggered precautionary searches before the Detroit-bound jetliner could take off from Chicago's Midway Airport.
But Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Brandi King says the item turned to be nothing hazardous or threatening. She says it was something that's permitted to pass through normal security, but she declined to identify it.
King says Southwest Airlines flight 2534 returned to the gate for the searches early Monday afternoon. Searches included bomb-sniffing dogs going through the plane and passengers receiving pat downs.
She says the plane was allowed to depart for Detroit after about a two-hour delay.