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So I was wondering, what is the purpose of these sex forums if no one really posts anything about sex? The name is a misnomer. You probably should just get rid of this forum altogether.
Should someone like Martha or me even decide to post anything sexually related, all we get are insults from the community. I guess things really haven't changed even in these modern times. I guess it's no different from throwing stones at whores, am I right?
I think some of the moderators here take their job a little too seriously. Which is kinda sad if you stop and think about it for a moment. But I can understand, I mean, these Keira Knightley wavefront forums (if we can even call it that anymore since nobody talks about Keira anyways) are their lives and sometimes they get sucked in too deep.
I vote that Duckula should get a week vacation off from moderating. You know, just to lighten up a bit and realize that this is just a discussion forum, not reality (hehe).
You know what the most ironic thing is? Duckula pretends to be a macho badass but I think he's far from it. You see, instead of intellectually arguing a point of view, he just locks it. I guess it's too much on his brain. I mean, Cliffy is insulting, but he's funny insulting. I like him. He reminds me of Hassel. And Liam just replies with all these one liners that doesn't make sense at first. But if I get drunk enough and read it really slow, sometimes I find what he has to say profound. lol.
ANyways, If you don't want me to talk about sex, don't have a sex forum. Please. I'm going to continue to post in here until you guys get rid of it or ban me. ANd the more you lock my threads, the more I'll post and the more explicit I'll be.
And if you think I cannot talk about sex for very long, believe me, you're wrong.
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ELIZABETHTOWN — A Keeseville woman was arraigned on welfare fraud and false-instrument charges.
Sara Hebert, 23, was arraigned Oct. 4 before Judge William Garrison following her arrest Sept. 21 for fifth-degree welfare fraud, a misdemeanor, and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, a felony, according to a statement from the Essex Count Department of Social Services.
She was able to make restitution of $243.10 and the case was subsequently adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.
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Haverhill — Roland A. Soucy, age 93 of Danville, NH and prior long-time resident of Haverhill, MA went to be with the Lord on December 3, 2012.
Born June 11, 1919, he served in the U.S. army during WWII, serving as squad leader in the 26th Yankee Division and was wounded in France - earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, serving until 1945 in the occupation of Germany. Upon his return to civilian life, he was employed by Western Electric, retiring from there in 1981 after 30 years.
He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Lorraine (Comeau) Soucy, brothers Leo, Joseph and Roger Soucy; sisters Annette (Soucy) Beaulieu and Ramona (Soucy) Fici. He is survived by one brother, Armand Soucy and wife Norma, four sons; Roland A. Soucy Jr., and fiancée Sandy Rizzotti, John R. Soucy and wife Cheryle A. Soucy, Paul M. Soucy and wife Mary Ellen Soucy, Mark J. Soucy and wife Andrea Soucy. He also leaves behind eleven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his graveside service on Friday morning, December 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Linwood Cemetery, 41 John Ward Avenue, Haverhill, MA. Arrangements are by the H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Haverhill & Bradford. To view his complete obituary or to send a condolence to his family please visit


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KENNEWICK Dalmatians might be known as firehouse dogs, but a Kennewick family will take their 3-year-old dachshund over the spotted black and white dog any day, especially after JoJo saved their home from a potentially damaging fire early Sunday.
The light brown "wiener dog" with short stubby legs is being credited for trying to shove 11-year-old Kalen Huntley out of her bed and alerting her parents to an electrical fire smoldering behind an outlet on her bedroom wall.
"Our dog saved our house," said Diane Urquhart, who lives in a trailer at the Chinook Mobile Home Park with her husband, Colt, and four of their five children.
The couple and three of the kids were home when the outlet in Kalen's room apparently started overheating around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Kalen was asleep in her room with JoJo, who usually sleeps with Kalen until her parents go to bed, Diane Urquhart said.
That night, however, JoJo kept coming out of Kalen's room to bug the adults, but they couldn't figure out what he wanted. He had been fed and had already gone outside, Urquhart said.
"He came out to see us four times, then kept going back into our daughter's room," she said.
Urquhart said JoJo's ears usually tell his story -- if he's happy, hungry or done something wrong. But this time was different.
"These ears we did not recognize," she said. "And his face, if a dog can look worried, he looked worried."
Urquhart heard Kalen stirring and decided to see what was going on, and when she walked in her room she could smell an extremely strong burning rubber smell and saw JoJo on Kalen's bed.
"He had his heinie against the wall and was shoving his nose against her side trying to wake her up and shove her out of the bed," Urquhart said.
They called 911, woke everybody up and quickly got out of the house, taking with them the family's two cats and JoJo.
There was no smoke in Kalen's room, but Urquhart said the wall at the head of her bed was hot. Firefighters told the family the outlet, which had a lamp and alarm clock plugged into it, was minutes away from catching fire, Urquhart said.
There was one small puff of smoke right before power was cut off to the home and the temperature on the wall went down as soon as the power was off, she said.
The next day, they took the outlet off and the whole back of it was burned, she said.
Thanks to JoJo, the overheated outlet didn't have time to spark flames or fill the home with smoke and only the outlet was damaged.
The Urquharts saved JoJo when he was a puppy and was found drifting in the water at Two Rivers Park, and now "he saved us," Urquhart said.
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A pilot program to begin implementation of an automated metering infrastructure for Weatherford utility residents was approved by the Municipal Utility Board Thursday afternoon.
The program, which will be phased in over the next three years, will begin with about 300 new homes near Weatherford High School, according to Director of Water Utilities James Hotopp. The pilot program will last about six months, which will give city staff a chance to integrate the program into the billing system, see how it works and to fix any glitches that may come along before full implementation.
The $100,000 for the pilot program was approved last year by the board, according to Assistant City Manager Sharon Hayes. City officials negotiated contracts with both product and software manager Sensus and the distributor Aqua Metrics, Hotopp stated in a staff report.
The new meters will allow for time savings as far as reading meters, which will be able to be done with the click of a button all across the city, giving a major increase in efficiency. Over time, other improvements would allow for letting customers know and be able to monitor high usage, detect leaks, electric outage notification, on demand readings electronically.
"We're not going to unveil everything the system can do during the pilot program," Hotopp said.
Clint Arnold with Aqua Metrics said the cities of Arlington and Bridgeport are using a similar system right now. Arnold said in the event of a major emergency, the new meters, which have no moving parts and are completely "green," could still be read manually.
Full implementation of the program is expected to cost about $5 million, which is scheduled to be funded through Utility fund reserves and the city's current rate structure, according to a staff report.
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Hotopp also gave an update on Lake Weatherford. Some residents had noticed a drop in lake levels in recent weeks. Hotopp said, as usual during the summer, the city in late July turned off the pumps in an attempt to cut costs. The pumps were expected to remain off until the start of the new fiscal year in October.
Hotopp told the board that because of recent winds and higher temperatures, the lake level has dropped at a faster rate than anticipated. Because of that, the pumps will be turned on in mid-September, about two weeks ahead of schedule.
"We had planned on turning the pumps back on when the lake level reached 888 (feet)," Hotopp said. "The present lake level is 888.79, so if we don't get some rain in the next few weeks, we're planning on turning the pumps on in the second or third week of September."
Hotopp said the last time the lake was completely full was in April 2012.


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Mercedes-Benz C230 Vs Acura RSX
1. Has to be a sports coupe
2. Comfortable ride
3. Rear Seat room aplenty
4. Good acceleration
5. Reliable
6. Under $30K
7. Has to be a sports coupe.
8. Has to be a stick shift?
This is pretty much on target.
Item #2 for ride comfort is an NVH requirement that came out of previous experience (including test rides in Acura's), where the car is needed for occasional short notice, long distance business trips in the 200-800 miles over 1-2 days. The typical Laser/Celica/CRX-class vehicle simply doesn't have enough NVH isolation, so the resulting driver fatigue after 3-4 hours continuous driving becomes a major safety issue.
For #5, I include the quality of the dealership as an essential and integral part of the equation. My local Honda dealership is pretty bad, so their cars are out of the running (hence the Accord V6). My wife has had 10 great years followed by 3 poor ones with the local Audi dealership's service department, so the A4 Avant was similarly taken off my list of contenders.
My personal philosophy here is that its useless to have the most reliable car in the world if you can't get good service for it.
For #1 & 7, this was a strong preference, but not an absolute stopper. I was willing to "fall back" to a wagon if required.
For #6, I was expecting to spend $25-30K, but was willing to go to $35K if the product really merited it. IMO, the BMW 3'er wagon fell a bit short. Another influencing factor here is an admittedly purely capricious preference to try keep my new car price under whatever my wife paid for her last car. Had I bought the 6CD changer on the MB, this probably would have put me over, I chose not to buy the CD changer *not* because of this factor, but instead because I consider $800 for a CD changer to be a rip-off. My bottom line is about total value.
Finally, for #8, I really like having a stick. My commute doesn't have much congestion along it for me to need to consider an automatic, and I appreciate the greater level of total dynamic control afforded a car by a manual transmission.
If you did not need it to be a sports coupe, but could live with an extra set of doors and a trunk, I could think of plenty of alternatives that might be a better choice for the money, mostly Japanese.
Sure. However, many of these choices follow common American design trends of numb steering (particularly the dead spot) and similarly isolative brakes, if not floaty suspensions. These design points each sacrifice a level of precision that is otherwise maintained in the designs of other products. This is a design dilemma: higher precision generally comes at the expense of higher NVH, so the "just right" amounts of each is often very subjective.
If you are looking more towards agility, speed, and a really nice interior over ride, rear seat room, and quietness, the RSX-S is a better solution than the C230.
Sure. And as I've effectively previously said to Silvers, neither one of us is the sole ultimate authority for what the definitive trade-offs are, so differences in opinion that lead to different conclusions are inevitable.
I believe you bought your car in either 2001 or early 2002? Also, with that type of commute NVH should be a major factor!
SilverRSX - I have a WRX and a good friend of mine has the RSX-S. We keep debating with each other on which car is better. His interior and stick-shift is nicer (Honda makes a GREAT stick-shift IMHO). I like the NVH better in my car. My friend mainly drives around town, and occasionally on the highway, while I drive the highway a great deal. The RSX-S is a great deal of fun to drive, and I really like the cockpit feel - like how it surrounds you.
Basically, these are two different cars, the C230 and the RSX-S for people with two different priorities.
I believe you bought your car in either 2001 or early 2002? Also, with that type of commute NVH should be a major factor!
A point of clarification: my "long drive NVH" issue is not my daily commute: that's only ~10 miles each way.
My "long drive NVH" bit is that I have the occasional business requirement to "pick up and go" on short notice, so I'm going to do it in my own car.
Typically, these trips are ~375 miles RT for the day, but the furthest single down-and-back in the same day that I've had to do is around 550 miles. I've also done as much as 800 miles within a 36 hour period.
Basically, these are two different cars, the C230 and the RSX-S for people with two different priorities.
Exactly. FWIW, I can recall years ago driving my old VW Scirocco with earplugs in, just to try to cut down on the road noise NVH.
I also have found that keeping the sunroof completely closed helps keep NVH down too, and between that an a personal heightened sensitivity to bright light, it means that I almost never use a car's sunroof. Which means that when they're listed as optional equipment, I skip that option (which drives the salesmen up the wall).
silverrsx1, I wholeheartedly agree w/ your post #81.
huntzinger, I also live in NJ and test drove that entry level M-B coupe. Unfortunately, my dealership only had AT version of it, which is what I had to test drive, and after making a couple extra trips there (after being told that they have a MT in stock), they lied to me. So I said screw the C230. Their loss.
This is the guideline I used when I decided to get my car. It came down to a final 5. I've posted the actual scoring elsewhere - I think in that "RSX vs. Celica vs. Eclipse" forum.
Ergonomics/Driver Comfort: 10%
Engine Performance: 20%
Handling/Braking/Steering: 15%
Exterior Styling: 15%
"TMV" Price: 15%
Reliability/Reputation/Resale: 15%
Utility/Features: 5%
Warranty Coverage: 5%
Total: 100%
Obviously, the RSX-S won out. Believe it or not, the new (2003) Tiburon GT V6 came in a distant 2nd. The C230 coupe came in last of the 5 cars I looked at. (2002 Celica GT-S #3, 2003 Eclipse GTS #4.)
I also live in NJ...Unfortunately...after making a couple extra trips there (after being told that they have a MT in stock), they lied to me. So I said screw the C230. Their loss.
True, and FWIW, I went with Intercar in Newton, NJ because MB of Morristown, NJ and Globe both fell short in the showroom's "salesman quality".
In any event, you've included - but not listed - a very important item on your checklist, namely the overall product support from the Dealership.
In hindsight, my checklist looks roughly like the following:
- Driver Ergonomics/Comfort & NVH: 20%
- Utility & Features (incl. Styling): 10%
- System Reliability: 10%
- Chassis Performance: 10%
- Engine Performance: 5%
- Resale: 0%
Manufacturer Support:
- Service (Quality/Reliability/Availability): 15%
- Overall Reputation: 10%
- Buying Experience: 10%
- Warranty/Included Maintenance: 5%
- Value ("TMV" Price): 5%
While I've made the above sum to 100%, I've nudged stuff to the nearest 5%, plus the truth is that a lot of these requirements are more "go/no-go gates" than percentages, and as gates, they narrow and eliminate products from contention: a good example is that Utility/Features includes the "no trunks" (=hatchback) criteria.
I've also aggregated "handing/braking/steering" into a category I like to call "chassis".
My personal philosophy is that I do not want a product whose performance is chasis-limited: I want it to be engine-limited (as you can see above, Chassis has a higher % than Engine).
The basis of this philosophy is that the engine is what gets you into trouble, whereas its the chassis that will get you out of trouble, but only if the chassis capability exceeds the horsepower. Because of this philosophy, I'm quite willing to sacrifice some power in deference to better handling.
And of course, the common trend in the USA is to be over-engined which thusly leads to chassis-limited products. Its only when the chips are down that people find out that the design can't deliver what its engine (& styling) promises.
I have to hand it to you that you know exactly what you want, and it seems like you got it!
You're right about the dealership experience, but I didn't want to include that for a specific car. After all, brand X's car could have 2 dealerships that give me opposite vibes, as would brand Y's car. So that could be a wash. In fact, the car I got (RSX-S), I got treated poorly by 1 dealership (in Turnersville Acura), but got a very professional treatment by the place where I bought my car (Sussman Acura).
While I see what you mean that you rather the engine limit your performance than the chassis, I think for my car, the 2 are on par with each other, as I would say would be the case for your C230 coupe.
While I see what you mean that you rather the engine limit your performance than the chassis, I think for my car, the 2 are on par with each other, as I would say would be the case for your C230 coupe.
Because of its inadequate back seat, the RSX was eliminated early from my list.
However, I did also recall a thorough test drive I had had in an Integra a few years earlier. I had found the Integra to be (noisy, harsh, etc) and most definitely chassis-limited. I found that it couldn't cut the mustard on "my personal test drive road" by the way that it was clearly outclassed by the underpowered 318ti that I had driven on that same road the same morning as the Integra test-drive.
Granted, the RSX isn't the Integra, but is there any particular rationale for why its handling performance should have substantially improved? Between a bumped engine and reports that it lost the previous double-wishbone front end suspension, I'd be inclined to say that they've made the disparity greater instead of eliminating it, but that's just my opinion.
I believe the RSX's chasis was stiffened something like 140% over the Integras, thus allowing for better handling, more road feel, and less creaking. It also comes with bigger tires (16-55-205s) and more precise steering than the integra. I remember reading (Consumers Reports) that the basic Integras were known for sloppy handling and feel. The RSX is not like this.
The RSX is definitely more noisy and bumpy on the freeway than the C230, but it handles great, as many magazines have indicated (C&D, Road and Track, Motor Trend).
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I tested a C32 AMG yesterday - - I'm seriously considering selling my 01 X5 now and ordering a C32 - my other option is keep the X and get a C230k sport sedan with a 6 speed. The C32 AMG is one of the most amazing cars I've ever driven. The only options I'd get are the C4 package and a 6 disk CD changer.
As far as installing the C4 package (Xenon lights) on a car that doesn't have them - I'm sure it's possible, but it would be really expensive- way more than the $750 that MB charges for the option. I bet you're looking at at least a couple thousand dollars to convert a C class to factory Xenon's. I get factory Xenons on every car I get - it was only $500 on my X5 - worth every penny IMO.
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On June 6, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade landed in Normandy along with other elements of the 2nd British Army. In the following days, additional units of the 2nd Canadian Corps were deployed in the Normandy bridgehead. These Canadian troops and their allies went on to liberate France. From October 1944 to May 1945, Canadian soldiers fought throughout northwestern Europe, liberating Belgium and the Netherlands. The last European campaign involved the invasion of Germany. The German forces caught between the advancing Allied and Russian forces crumbled and capitulated. The hostilities officially ceased on May 8, 1945. The Canadian Army had paid a very heavy price; it had sustained a total of 17,682 fatal battle casualities.
Lance-Corporal H.G. Roseborough of No. 8 Provost Company, Canadian Provost Corps, painting signs, Boxtel, Netherlands, March 15, 1945. Photograph by Captain Jack H. Smith.
Infantrymen of The South Saskatchewan Regiment during mopping-up operations along the Oranje Canal, Netherlands, April 12, 1945. Photograph by Lieutenant Dan Guravich.
Personnel of the Canadian Women's Army Corps at No. 3 CWAC (Basic) Training Centre, Kitchener, Ontario, April 6, 1944. Photographer unknown.
Dutch women and children sitting on a Sherman VC Firefly tank of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). Harderwijk, Netherlands, April 19, 1945. Photograph by Captain Jack H. Smith.
Gunners of the 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, pushing a 3.7-inch (9.84 cm) anti-aircraft gun through mud. Dunkerque, France, February 1, 1945. Photograph by Lieutenant Ken Bell.
The first nursing sisters of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps to land in France after D-Day. France, July 17, 1944. (L-R): Lieutenant M. Green, Captain H.M. Boutilier and Major Moya MacDonald. Photograph by Lieutenant Frank L. Dubervill.
Private H.E. Goddard of The Perth Regiment, carrying a Bren gun while advancing through a forest north of Arnhem, Netherlands, April 15, 1945. Photograph by Captain Jack H. Smith.
Infantrymen of The West Nova Scotia Regiment in a Universal Carrier en route to Rotterdam are surrounded by Dutch civilians celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands, May 9, 1945. Photograph by Lieutenant G. Barry Gilroy.
Corporal N.R.V. Chapman, a member of the first group of Canadian parachute candidates, trains with the shock harness at the U.S. Army Parachute Training School. Fort Benning, Georgia, United States, circa September 1-6, 1943. Photograph by Harry Rowed, National Film Board of Canada.
A three-inch (7.62 cm) mortar crew of Support Company, The Regina Rifle Regiment. Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse, France, circa June 9, 1944. (Front, L-R): Riflemen Dan E. Corturient, A.V. "Swede" Renwick and Win R. Powell. (Rear, L-R): Rifleman George Cooper, Sergeant Tom Holt, Rifleman Ben Wilson. Photograph by Lieutenant Donald I. Grant.
Tactical Headquarters of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. Munderloh, Germany, April 29, 1945. (L-R): Captain J.S. Hamilton, Royal Canadian Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Dextraze, Commanding Officer of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal; Lieutenant A. Gautier and Sergeant P.P. Leduc, both of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal; Major D.W. Grant, The Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.). Photograph by Lieutenant Dan Guravich.
Personnel of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps checking the condition of a wounded Canadian soldier being evacuated to a Field Surgical Unit, Italy, January 15, 1944. (L-R): Major P.K. Tisdale, Staff-Sergeant W.H. Brigham and Private L.P. Lemieux. Photograph by Lieutenant Alex M. Stirton.
Infantrymen of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada cooking a meal and warming themselves around a fire in a barnyard near Veen, Germany, March 7, 1945. (L-R): Privates Bob Fessay, G.J. Burt, K.L. McKenney and L.R. Young. Photograph by Captain Jack H. Smith.
Gunners of "B" Troop, 5th Battery, 5th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, firing a 25-pounder (11.4 kg) gun. Malden, Netherlands, February 1, 1945. (L-R): Sergeant Jack Brown, Bombardier Joe Wilson, Gunners Lyle Ludwig, Bill Budd, George Spence and Bill "Scotty" Stewart. Photograph by Lieutenant Michael M. Dean.
Forward Observation Post of "B" Battery, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Near Potenza, Italy, September 24, 1943. (L-R): Gunner Chuck Drickerson (rangefinder), Gunner Jim Tulley (field telephone), Regimental Sergeant-Major G. Doug Gilpin (binoculars), Captain George E. Baxter (map board) and Gunner Hugh Graham (radio). Photograph by Lieutenant Alex M. Stirton.


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Coburn will almost certainly have been re-elected to a second term by the time you read this, and the Coburn-Inhofe team will be back in full force. That raises some timely questions: Who are these two Oklahoma lawmakers, and what kind of political environment has shaped their approach to the West?
Oklahoma is a Choctaw word that roughly translates as "land of the red man." Though the state is still home to 38 federally recognized tribes, most of whom were forced to move here from other places, these days the word "red" more aptly describes the body politic. A recent Gallup poll ranks Oklahoma as the fifth most conservative state, right behind Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Idaho, and just in front of Utah. In 2008, all 77 counties voted for Republican John McCain for president.
Yet less than a century ago, Oklahoma was a stronghold of the populist-progressive movement, embracing politics so anti-corporate, anti-establishment and pro-little-guy that it's hard to imagine today. Up to the 1930s, Oklahoma's governors fought for regulations on banks and other big corporations, better workplace safety and an end to child labor. They promoted women's suffrage, prison reform, abolition of the death penalty and assistance for poor people.
There is no single political or historical narrative that explains how Oklahoma ended up so deeply Republican. Local circumstances often trump statewide trends and conventional wisdom. But a few more facts flesh out the basic context.
Oklahoma is a young state (only four states are younger), still dominated in many ways by rural, agrarian political thought, even though 60 percent of its 3.7 million residents live in the metro areas around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The first day of hunting season is an official holiday in some areas. Oklahoma is also overwhelmingly white. The main minority groups -- blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans -- each constitute less than 8 percent of the population. Southeastern Oklahoma is even known as Little Dixie, because so many residents trace their roots to the Confederate states. And overall, Oklahoma is not well educated: About 23 percent of Oklahoma adults have a college degree, compared to a national average of 27.5 percent. (Colorado, the top Western state in this regard, hits 35 percent.)
The oil and gas industry has been a unifying factor for more than a century. "Oil made Oklahoma," Oklahoma Corporation Commission Chair Denise Bode told the Journal Record in 2001. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, it was "the largest oil-producing entity in the world," according to Oklahoma Geology Notes. Tulsa's renowned art galleries are a legacy of the early oil barons, who set out to create a cosmopolitan city with a St. Louis or Chicago feel. Oklahoma City, a former cow town, is now better known as the home of two of the nation's largest private oil and gas companies, Devon and Chesapeake. The Oklahoma Geological Survey says flatly that even today, "The exploration and production of oil and especially natural gas are the driving forces behind the economy of the State of Oklahoma."
The industry has been the top backer of Inhofe's campaigns and nearly the top backer of Coburn's campaigns, at the same time providing millions of dollars to candidates for state-level offices. Oil wells operated right on the grounds of the state Capitol in Oklahoma City for decades, drilling through flower beds and lawns to tap a vast underground pool of crude. It's the only capitol in the country with such steel-derrick scenery, a perfect symbol of the industry's power.
But there's another longtime Oklahoma trait that's arguably even more important: social conservatism. Even back in the populist-progressive era, Oklahomans didn't cotton to notions of modernism, intellectualism and popular culture. The string of early governors blatantly treated black people as an inferior race, determined to deny them voting and other rights. Evidence suggests that, during the 1920s, two-thirds of the state's mostly rural lawmakers were members of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan burned crosses in yards, barged into homes, and inflicted beatings and other vigilante acts on blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants. It took a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1950 to force Oklahoma to allow blacks equal access to colleges.
From the Depression and Dust Bowl through the Korean War, Oklahoma remained solidly in the conservative faction of the Democratic Party, aligning itself with the Southern states. Oilman Robert S. Kerr, a Democrat who served one term as governor and three as senator, saw what was coming. In the late 1960s, en route home from D.C. on a private plane, Kerr confided to the Tulsa Tribune D.C. bureau chief, Frosty Troy, that Oklahoma eventually would be a Republican state. Troy, now 76, recalls that he was incredulous. How could Kerr be so certain? Troy wondered.
"The Daily Oklahoman (newspaper) and the Southern Baptist church," Kerr explained.
Kerr was prescient: The arch-conservative Oklahoman -- first under Edward K. Gaylord, one of the founders of the John Birch Society, and later under his son Edward L. Gaylord -- wielded enormous political power, rewarding friends (mostly Republicans) and punishing enemies (typically Democrats and unions), often with venomous front-page editorials. The newspaper operated much like today's relentless national right-wing media, led by Fox News demagogues Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly and radio flamethrower Rush Limbaugh.


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Justin Timberlake has had a jampacked couple of months, with the release of his first solo album, Justified, the constant scrutiny about who he is or isn't shtupping, rehearsals for co-hosting the MTV Movie Awards and furious prepping for the U.S. leg of his summer tour with Christina Aguilera. Before that kicks off, though, he has taken a quick spin through Europe. It is the first time he has hit the stage without four guys next to him, which was daunting, he admits, but he appears to be over it. "It's been pretty damn fun," he says during a stop in England. "The outcome has been way more than I could have ever hoped for. And they sing every song." And now, a chat with the man whom Pharrell Williams calls a dope individual.
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How's it going in England?
Honestly? It's crazy over here. This is my first [solo] tour. I don't know, maybe I should have done clubs instead of this. It's madness – the schedule, the touring, the demand. The dynamic is completely different than what I'm used to, you know what I mean? You're in a different territory–just being out of America, it gives you kind of this weird, anxious feeling. Before my feet hit the stage, I was like, "Uh, I wonder how this is going to go?" And then, of course, as soon as the lights were up and the crowd was into it, I was OK.
Do you do any 'N Sync songs?
I do some bits, some stuff that I wrote for the group. A lot of the stuff I kept in medley form because I wanted the show to feel continuous. I hate going to a show and feeling like it's a recital. I'd rather it feel continuous, like a club. You go to a club and the DJ doesn't stop, he just spins from one song to the next.
What's been the best rumor you've heard about yourself lately?
Well, the playboy rumors are funny. They call me "trouser snake" here now. At first I was like, "What does that mean?" Trouser snake! Honestly, I don't read the stuff anymore.
But most of it is positive.
Most of it, yeah. I'm not on heroin or cocaine yet in the press, so . . .
Well, you're young.
Yeah. There's room to grow.
What song do you think Christina should cover?
You know, the cool thing about Christina is she can basically do so many things with her voice. You hear "Beautiful" and you hear "Fighter," and you're like, "Wow, these are two different people." You know what would be really cool to hear Christina do? Something by Billie Holiday.
What's the biggest misconception about her?
People think she's a lot more ghetto than she is. Because she's got the diva voice, you automatically think that she's a diva because that's supposed to come with it. For the most part, she's more reserved than most people would think.
What do you get asked the most about Christina?
We've been rumored to have had a romance, which is so far off. We're two people who are just very platonic. You know, I can't say that we're the best of friends, we don't hang out all the time, but that's more or less because of what we do, and the schedule is so crazy.
There hasn't been a ton of dialogue between you two about the tour.
The trickiest part right now is figuring out how to make both of our [stage] sets work, timewise. You have, like, twenty minutes to break them down and put the next one back up. So it's literally going to be a disaster, I think. I know that at least for the first month, I'll just go in my dressing room and do what I'm supposed to do. Honestly, I enjoy being on tour because I enjoy being alone. I crave alone time. I think sometimes you get these people who become obsessed with the four-letter word fame. To me, it doesn't exist. There's nothing that says that any of us entertainers are a pinky nail in length more important than the guy who builds the streets in New York City. I mean, he's doing a lot more than I am for society.
Let's talk summer memories. Have you ever been to camp?
No. I don't think I would be good at summer camp. Because I grew up as an only child, I don't think I would be good with sharing my room.
What's the best album to listen to when you're driving around on a summer night?
Coldplay. In the daytime I prefer Parachutes, and at nighttime I prefer A Rush of Blood to the Head, which has a little more angst. I used to love to listen to hip-hop when I drive, but it makes me speed, and I'd get tickets. I had to bring out the Coldplay because it actually makes me drive the speed limit.
What's the ultimate pop song?
"I Want to Hold Your Hand," by the Beatles – that's a perfect little pop song. There's all different types of pop songs that are perfect in their own little way. "Tiny Dancer," from Elton John, is one of those songs that you don't really know all the words to, and you're singing at the top of your lungs, and you're only catching the last word of every line.
Why do you think your hormones rage in the summer?
You know what's funny about the summer? The art of making out. It's just like, it becomes acceptable. There's already twice as much skin exposed, and people have been training for three months just to get in these bathing suits, and you look around and you're like, "Who can I make out with?" Everybody in the summer turns into that person. I don't even think it's more or less about taking it further than that. It's just the art of the make-out. Summer is the art of the make-out.
How can an audience member get your attention?
For the first fifteen minutes, it's a blur. It's like, you just see heads. Then you see the signs people make. Then sometimes you get flashed. I don't encourage that, because some girls have gotten kicked out of venues before. Wink, wink, nod, nod.
One last question. Did you ever have a crappy summer job when you were young?
Uh, yeah, it was called the Mickey Mouse Club? I don't know if you've heard of it? I'm just kidding. I'm kidding.
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It's a familiar sentiment: for to move forward, residents and local officials need more information.
It's also a dictum Rockland County Chairwoman Harriet Cornell exhorted to Governor Andrew Cuomo in a public letter she sent his way Monday.
"Governor Cuomo has made it clear that the replacement of the bridge is a top priority and that the differences of opinion concerning mass transit options should not paralyze those plans," Cornell said of the letter, addressing around whether to include bus and rail in the $5.2 billion project.
"I believe the Governor can change the tone of the current debate by promising that he will urge involved agencies to plan open and objective studies of mass transit improvements for the future, as well committing his administration to seek funding for mass transit, in accordance with the study results," Cornell added.
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The Legislature of Rockland County
Chairwoman of the Legislature
July 16, 2012
Hon. Andrew Cuomo
Governor of the State of New York
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
Dear Governor Cuomo:
For good reason, you have made it crystal clear that an accelerated
replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge is your major infrastructure
priority. It is of importance to the entire Northeast and years have
gone into its planning. The faster the bridge is replaced, the more the
constant costly rehabilitation can be avoided, the sooner motorists will
have a safer bridge to drive over and the sooner badly needed
construction jobs will be generated. You rightly note that much
precious time would be consumed in working out the details of any
not-yet-matured mass transit solution and, most significantly, barely
enough resources can be mustered to build the replacement bridge.
As reported in the Journal News, you responded to calls for mass
transit inclusion in the project by acknowledging legitimate differences
of opinion warranting discussion, but making it clear that no amount of
gridlock, including the dissent of mass transit advocates, should
paralyze plans to replace the river crossing.
The concern of advocates, however, is understandable. Years of planning
pointed out the unmistakably heavy reliance of I-287 corridor travelers
on the auto and the need to build more modal choice into the work trip,
particularly between Rockland and Westchester. Before the advent of the
Cuomo administration, the state planning process had created
expectations of a blended highway/transit solution. This was
predictable since residents had been following the mass transit debate
literally for years.
Many Rockland and Westchester residents and officials have been
intimately involved with the proposal for a new Hudson River crossing
since Governor Pataki announced in 1998 that there would be a new
bridge. All told there have been four governors involved. State agencies
led by the Department of Transportation sought to keep residents
informed and prevent the kind of surprises that have caused lengthy
lawsuits imperiling infrastructure projects in the past. Regular
meetings were held with the 18-member Rockland-Westchester TZ Task Force
appointed by the County Executives, of which I was a member.
Dialogue with the public was made an integral part of the process.
State agencies and consultants worked with all-volunteer Stakeholder
Working Groups (SAWGs) and utilized some of the best brain power on both
sides of the river. Residents came to understand the challenges and
appreciated the way the professional staff sought to overcome them with
the least adverse impact on communities. One SAWG focused on Transit and
Traffic, originally considering commuter rail, light rail and bus rapid
transit. When the draft EIS for the "new project" was released in
January, residents, commuters, elected officials and transportation
professionals were mystified and no doubt felt betrayed that mass
transit had been omitted. Adding to their consternation have been
statements by your administration that any future mass transit planning
for the I-287 corridor should be left to Rockland and Westchester
counties. In the context of past strong NYSDOT leadership of the transit
element in corridor studies, this apparent abdication of State
responsibility to advance a mass transit solution for the region is
especially disheartening.
Governor Cuomo, you are a man of action and a strategic thinker. You
can change the tone of the current debate while sticking with your
accelerated bridge replacement plan. I offer some suggestions similar
to those I expressed in my Comments on the DEIS. You can endorse the
idea of a serious examination of mass transit improvements, even if they
are further down the line, by promising that immediately upon issuance
of the FHWA's Record of Decision on the bridge replacement plan, you
will urge the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), in
consultation with the two counties, NYSDOT and the Thruway Authority, to
resume a next stage of open, objective planning of mass transit
solutions for all or portions of the I-287 corridor. This should include
a public commitment by your administration to seek funding for
construction of mass transit in the future, in accordance with the study
And, because there are competing and confusing claims on possible BRT
ridership and costs that have been previously compiled, as evidenced by
a recent troubling report by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, you
should also call upon NYMTC, while it seeks to organize a transit
corridor study, to review the most recent NYSDOT work on I-287 corridor
BRT and issue a report that clears the air. This stage-setting report
should acknowledge, as mass transit experts have asserted, that BRT in
this corridor can take many forms and can be introduced in stages with
many discrete elements.
I stand ready to assist you in moving this project forward. Since 2005
I organized and held regular high-level Summits on various aspects of TZ
Bridge planning, giving state agencies the opportunity to present their
findings and respond to thoughtful questions. I would be pleased to
continue these Summits, as mass transit solutions are sought.
Your leadership by taking these decisive steps could settle the roiled
waters. It would affirm to New Yorkers that--as soon as the
environmental process on the replacement bridge is completed-- their
Governor will lead the effort to give mass transit a chance in the I-287
Very truly yours,
Harriet Cornell
Chairwoman, Rockland County Legislature


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The NHL Players Association made its most complete collective bargaining pitch Wednesday, as requested by the NHL.
The NHL then rejected it, leaving the talks stalled, everyone disappointed and the 2012-2013 season in peril.
The day began with promise, with the NHLPA offering a comprehensive, six-page proposal on collective bargaining issues. But it ended with the negotiations still stalemated and with no end in sight to the lockout.
NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said he was not sure what the next move would be or when the next meetings would be held.
"On the big things there was, as of (Wednesday), no reciprocity in any meaningful sense," Fehr told reporters.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman conceded "there was some movement in our direction" with the proposal but it was cautionary.
"We're still far apart," he said. "But hopefully there's some momentum so we can bring this to a conclusion."
Bettman said the league was losing $18 million a day in revenue, but refused to set a deadline on when the season would have to be canceled.
Talking to the media at a noon break, Fehr confirmed the union no longer was insistent on a fixed financial guarantee, or "fixed target" – the players received more than $1.8 billion last season – but would agree to accept a percentage of hockey-related revenue.
Fehr said the two sides were $182 million apart over the course of a proposed five-year provision for honoring existing contracts.
The league is seeking to reduce the players' share of hockey-related revenue from 57 percent under the old agreement to 50 percent – in line with the percentage players in the NBA and NFL agreed to in their new agreements. The union had proposed gradually reducing the players' share to 50 percent.
The league had proposed to "make whole" the contracts through deferred compensation, offering to move $211 million from its hockey-related revenue share to fund it. The union wanted that total raised to $393 million over four years.
Details of the proposal show that the breakdown on "make whole" was $182 million in 2012-2013, then $128 million the next season, $72 million in the third year and $11 million in the fourth. That would put the split at 50-50 in the fourth year.
Under the NHLPA proposal, in years two through five the players' share of the revenue would not be lower than the previous year.
Fehr said the proposal "was about as good as we can do."
The union proposed $200 million in revenue sharing based on $3.3 billion in hockey-related revenue. The figure would vary from year to year.
On contracting issues, the union did not make a proposal on contract lengths or free agency.
The union offered to do away with front-loaded, back-diving contracts. That would apply to existing contracts nine years or longer and any signed under the new agreement.
It also proposed that players making more than $1 million who are in the American Hockey League be counted against their NHL team's cap, ending the practice of teams circumventing the cap by "hiding" high-salary players in the minors.
The NHL players have been locked out since Sept. 15 and the league has canceled 327 games, including the 2013 Winter Classic on New Year's Day.
After a players' skate Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Penguins star Sidney Crosby told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "We're making a move in their direction, so I don't see why they wouldn't consider it. …
"We wanted progress, but it takes both sides.
The Canadian Press reported Wednesday that the NHLPA sent a letter Monday to the Canadian parliament outlining its position on the lockout and offering an update on negotiations.
The letter said, in part, "The players understand the selfishness of the owners' position all too well. Countless people – from league and team employees, to hockey fans, to small business owners and their workers – are suffering unnecessarily as a result."
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