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Texting drivers deserve ?to be harshly punished
How many senseless deaths are enough? It's no secret that driving while texting is significantly more dangerous than drunken driving.
Car and Driver posted one of many studies on the subject. Persons scored as follows when prompted to brake by a flashing red light mounted in their car. Unimpaired: .54 seconds to brake; legally drunk: add 4 feet; reading e-mail: add 36 feet; sending a text: add 70 feet.
That's right, the texters took 66 feet more to stop than the drunks � over 16 times the excess distance reaction posted by the drunks.
The recent killing of a cyclist on Transit Road resulted in only minor charges against the texting driver who had two children in her car. If she had a .09 blood alcohol level, she would have faced murder and child endangerment felonies. This woman could have hit a cement truck just as easily as the cyclist.
Thousands have been killed by texters. We need swift and severe punishment for those who consciously choose to endanger, maim and kill innocent people for no good reason. Anti-texting laws need to address the serious implications of texting while driving with punishments equivalent to or harsher than drunken driving laws.
Mike McCoy
Legalizing abortion sent ?us in a downward spiral
Another mass murder has taken place. It fits a pattern � someone kills those who were, to him, nameless. He didn't know them. There has always been murder in the United States, but this pattern, nameless killing, is a recent thing. It began a few decades ago, the same time as another pattern.
Abortion, first legalized in Colorado, is the killing of those who have no names. Americans used to feel the same horror for abortion that we, for the moment, still feel for the other kind of nameless killing with guns.
As abortion got more common, Americans gradually lost their former feelings of horror about it. Perhaps the same will happen to our feelings about nameless shootings. They are getting more common, too.
Paul T. Dlugosz
Why is Hamburg Board keeping contract secret?
It appears that the Republican members of the Hamburg Town Board are following the lead of presidential candidate Mitt Romney when it comes to providing information to the people whom they represent or wish to represent.
Hamburg Republican board members refuse to release the contract regarding a settlement that resulted in the retirement of an assistant police chief. This refusal appears to be illegal, as stated by the state authority based upon the Freedom of Information Act and case law.
The cost of this settlement should be provided to the taxpayers of the town, since they are paying the bill. The Republican board members should be required to obey the law just as those who pay their salary are required to do.
While the law does not require Romney to make public all of his tax returns, it makes you wonder why he wants them to remain a secret.
As an attorney and a concerned citizen, I recommend anyone thinking of voting for someone who keeps secrets or refuses to live to the letter of the law to think again. Public office is a public trust, and the actions of Romney and his fellow Republicans at the town level are unacceptable.
Daniel J. Gorman
Orchard Park
Helmet is essential ?for every bicyclist
The recent article about bike helmets really struck a nerve with me. I have noticed this summer that the vast majority of cyclists are not wearing helmets and the risk they are taking is enormous.
One man stated in the article that he didn't wear one because if he got hit by a car, he would "get messed up anyway." Maybe he should talk to the mom whose son has been lying in Erie County Medical Center in a coma since May 29, because she didn't make him wear a helmet. Or he could speak to Mike Billoni, who was "messed up," but is alive after a long recovery, because of his helmet.
There is a big difference between some broken bones and a head injury. I remember a group of swimmers I would see regularly at the Jewish Community Center, all victims of head injury, some in wheelchairs, some using walkers, some with symptoms similar to cerebral palsy. This is the risk you take when you ride without a helmet.
As parents, we need to enforce the rules that keep our kids safe. We taught them to look both ways before crossing the street. We taught them about stranger danger. Now we need to make them understand what traumatic brain injury is, and that the helmet is their only protection when riding their bikes.
As parents, we need to set the example of safe riding by obeying traffic laws and always wearing a helmet. If you are riding with your kids without a helmet, you are putting yourself at risk and you can be sure that when that 6-year-old is 14, he won't be wearing a helmet, either.
Melanie Kaczmarek
People still have power ?to vote incumbents out
Certainly the National Rifle Association is powerful � we have millions of members who vote. If we don't like what you are doing, we vote you out. Silly me, I thought that's the way the system was supposed to work.
Gary Chamberlain
Winning an Olympic medal ?is amazing accomplishment
I love watching the Olympics and keeping track of medals won. It's amazing what the youth of all participating countries are capable of. I admire each and every one of them.
However, I wish the media and some athletes would stop downplaying winning a silver or bronze medal. It's the Olympics. A medal is a medal is a medal, be it gold, silver or bronze. All winners are celebrated and honored as they should be.
In my humble opinion, one should not be diminished by another. All should be considered equally honorable to win. The defeatist attitude and sorry looks for "losing" a gold medal and "settling" for a silver or bronze really tick me off.
It doesn't matter how many medals an athlete wins. Winning any medal should be considered an honor.
If everyone wants a gold medal, maybe the Olympic Committee should make all the medal wins gold, then we wouldn't have to listen to the media's fake disappointment for an athlete "losing" a gold medal.
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April 16 -- At 7:53 a.m., John Burge reported that he left his Toyota truck parked at Harrison Square overnight and when he returned the next morning, the passenger's window had been knocked out.
April 16 -- At 12:45 p.m., Brandon Stephens and Connie Hibbard reported that the tires on their vehicles were damaged while parked on Plum Court.
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Quit Claim Deed: Dennis C. Robinson and Connie S. Ingle to DGS Development, LTD, Tracts 8, 11, 12 of Hendricks Road Land Division.
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"I thought this was settled in January," said Commissioner Gary Brunker regarding a resolution for implementing hazardous duty retirement for Cynthiana's police and firefighters.
In late January, the commission voted 3-2 in favor of reinstituting hazardous duty retirement after it was discovered that some newly hired officers believed they had that benefit and that the handbook still validated that belief.
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Jessica Blount Anness of Cynthiana, daughter of James and Jeanie Anness of Cynthiana, and Christopher Trent Harris of Cynthiana, son of Chris and Kathy Harris of Cynthiana, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
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Harris is a 1999 graduate of Harrison County High School and is employed as a sales representative for Red Bull.
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Yes, those two things are essential to have, especially the memory card.Originally Posted by JAKE196
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Recent investigations have implicated an autoimmunity type of reaction to be related to the etiology. Raitt and Doniach reported that sera from patients with Hashimoto's disease were high in gamma globulin and caused abnormalities in liver flocculation tests.4 These sera reacted with saline extracts of normal human thyroid tissue to produce a precipitate,
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The NIH will provide $4.8 million to establish and support a repository for its Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP). This award is the final component of a $50 million trans-NIH initiative to increase the availability of genetically altered mice and related materials. The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) will collaborate to preserve, protect, and make available about 8,500 types of knockout mice and related products available to the research community.
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Previously funded portions of the KOMP include two awards totaling $47.2 million for the creation of mouse embryonic stem cell lines. Recipients were Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and a collaborative team from UC Davis, CHORI, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The NIH also supported the establishment of a data coordination center by the Jackson Laboratory to track the scheduling and progress of knockout production. In addition, the NIH issued smaller awards to the University of Pennsylvania and the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital to improve the efficiency of methods for creating knockout lines.
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OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE:OGE)
Q2 2011 Earnings Call
August 4, 2011 9:00 AM ET
Todd Tidwell – IR Manager
Peter Delaney – Chairman and CEO
Sean Trauschke – VP and CFO
Keith Mitchell – COO, Enogex
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Second Quarter 2011 OGE Energy Earnings Conference Call. My name is Keesha will be your conference operator today. At this time all participants are in listen-only mode. We will conduct a question-and-answer towards the end of this conference. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder this conference is being recorded for replay purposes.
I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Todd Tidwell, Director of Investor Relation. Please proceed sir.
Todd Tidwell
Thank you, Keesha. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to OGE Energy Corp.'s second quarter 2011 earnings call. I'm Todd Tidwell, Director of Investor Relations. And with me today I have Pete Delaney, Chairman and CEO of OGE Energy Corp.; Sean Trauschke, Vice President and CFO of OGE; and several other members of the management team to address any questions that you may have.
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I would like to remind you that this conference is being Webcast and you may follow along on our website at www.oge.com. In addition, the conference call and accompanying slides will be archived following the call on that same website.
Before we begin the presentation, I would like to direct your attention to the Safe Harbor statement regarding forward-looking statements. This is an SEC requirement for financial statements and simply states that we cannot guarantee forward-looking financial results, but this is our best estimate to-date.
I will now turn the call over to Pete Delaney for his opening comments. Pete?
Peter Delaney
Thank you, Todd. Good morning, everyone and welcome to call. This quarter's finance performance was driven extraordinary hot summer weather and to a lesser extent increased NGL pricing. As of this call we have experienced 40 days of day time highs in Oklahoma City since June 14 over 100 degrees.
Normally we would have about 10 days per year over 100 degrees, so this summer is really shaping up to be one of the hottest on record in Oklahoma. Enogex is on plan to meet the financial target again by NGL prices over the prior year. Operationally we are making good progress on key initiatives in both businesses as you may recall this is the major build year for us with a record 1.4 billion capital budget.
In the second quarter we reported earnings $1.04 per share compared to $0.78 in the second quarter of 2010. And so the gross margins were higher primarily for the quarter due to the hot weather I mentioned, regulatory riders associated with pre-approved utility investments and new customer growth. This higher gross margin was partially offset by higher operating expenses.
We established a new all-time peak demand, last couple of days that peak demand has been about 7000 megawatts. This is an unprecedented 400 megawatt increase in our peak demand over last year's record peak. We believe obviously, this huge increase in the peak driven by the weather as opposed to growth, that our plants will be analyzing that data.
As an extreme weather condition our infrastructure systems and members are seriously challenged by report that operations have been able to meet the demand of our service with minimum disruption. You may recall from our prior quarter call, we've increased our spent last year as part of a mechanical integrity plan. Those investments have really paid off so far and the performance of our power plants in meeting record demand.
The recovery of infrastructure investments is a key component of our regulatory filing made with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Rate case we have invested approximately 500 million in our utility to maintain a high level viable electric service which resolved and a $285 million increase rate base from which we are not currently earnings a return. We have a requested a base rate increase of 73 million. Sean will get into the details later.
And then in the past Howard Motley, our Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, who unexpectedly passed away several weeks ago, we would be reviewing our plans. I would like to recognize his contribution particularly to the regulatory success of this company. I did want to update you on some of our initiatives at the utility associated with the largest investment program in our company's history is now $1.4 billion. That amount approximately $1 billion is related to the utility. So far major projects on track to be completed on operating in either 2011 or 12 as planned.
Transmission investment for this year is over $250 million and these projects are progressing at various stages of planning and design. The 228 megawatt Crossroads wind farm is moving forward. A majority of the turbines are expected to be in service by the end of this year. This market rollout on schedule is over 350,000 smart meters now in place.
On the regulatory front, there Arkansas Rate Case was solved in June with new base rate increase of $8.8 million implemented that same month. We received I think yesterday an order approving the settlement reached in our Smart Grid filing in Arkansas which will allow us to complete our deployment system wide.
On the regional haze front, aside from final comments with EPA in May stating our recommendation for the approval of our state plan as opposed to the federal plan not much has changed with the final rule not expect until November. We are evaluating the impact of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which now proposes that six additional states, including Oklahoma, is subject to ozone season NOx regulation. We continue to work through the best possible solutions to comply not only of regional haze with Mac and any other expected environmental regulation.
On the economic front Oklahoma City and the State continues to perform better than the nation. Our unemployment rate in the metro area is about 5.7%, the lowest and one of the lowest in the nation for large metro areas and the state unemployment rate is about 5.3%. We continue to add customers 7,000 to the system compared to the second quarter of '10 and industrial and oilfield sales continued to do well driven primarily by the robust energy sector.
Turning to Enogex, the midstream business performed well in the second quarter. Gross margins were up in all segments. Our gathering volume increase of 2% over the prior year does not yet fully reflect our growth potential. But we are still in the early stages of some recently contracted growth areas.
We still are holding to our projections of year-over-year gathering volumes increases of 5% to 7%. Processing volumes were down 8% compared to last year due to the Cox City plant outage while gross margin was about $11 million higher due to NGL pricing that was 44% higher.
Natural gas liquid prices averaged $1.24 per gallon compared to $0.86 last year. The same prices were a main driver has become a place with feedstock for North American cracker operators who are due to higher price of Naphtha. We expect the Cox City plant back online in the third quarter this year. And through volume growth for the quarter was below guidance for the year, we still expect to meet our volume growth targets.
Our two new processing plants are on plan to be operational in 2012 to handle our increasing market share, new gathering and processing volumes in the midcontinent. We continue on our path of moving the processing portfolios composition towards fix fee arrangements to reduce volatility in our cash flows. Of course at these record NGL price levels, there would be a short term trade off of margin to establish longer term sustainable growth positions.
We talked about before we continue to negotiate the extension of a major contract as part of a fixed fee conversion. Our focus remains on building long term value for our shareholders. We continue to work multiple new gathering of processing opportunity for Enogex in our footprint. The Board recently proved more than $300 million of capital expenditures associated with acreage dedications.
For the first time in many years as I can remember we have a full fleet of projects already identified for 2012 by the summer of the prior year reflecting the type of growth we have in our areas. The result of recent wins we have now about $800 million of growth capital projects at Enogex through 2013.
Part of our plan, $1.4 billion total capital investment program we're focusing on executing our capital project, the processing plants, the transmission lines, wind farms, our smart grid deployment as well as managing our costs, meeting customer expectations and processing our rate case.
We are very pleased to be awarded the J.D. Power Award for highest residential customer satisfaction reigning in the South East region. This reflects improvement of our liability, our customer response, interaction with field members, et cetera point being it takes many feet to our organizations to create that experience and my thanks to many of our members who are working hard to execute on many projects as well as our day to day operations.
Closing the rate case file last month, the Crossroad wind farm, the transmission lines and new acreage dedications and processing plant expansions sets the stage for 2012. Although the weather cannot be expected to be as favorable next year, we are more importantly focused on continuing to get our milestone on key business initiatives that position us to meet our long term 5% to 10% earnings growth target.
Now I'd like to turn the call over to Sean to review our financial performance in more detail. Sean?
Sean Trauschke
Thank you, Pete and good morning. For the second quarter, our net income was $103 million or $1.04 per average diluted share as compared to net income of $77.3 million or $0.78 per share for the second quarter of 2010. The contribution by business unit on a comparative basis is listed on the slide.
Turning to OG&E, net income for the quarter was $78.6 million or $0.79 per share as compared to net income of $60 million or $0.61 per share in 2002.
Gross margin increased $32.4 million or nearly 12% and I'll touch on gross margin on the next slide. Some of the other drivers are as follows: Operation & Maintenance expense increased by $9 million of which $2.5 million was associated with riders that have revenue offsets and the remaining drivers include higher employee costs including overtime costs related to the April storms.
This higher O&M costs were partially offset by lower postretirement benefit expenses due to the Retiree Medical Plan modification we discussed earlier this year.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $1.5 million, primarily due to additional assets being placed in the service. Taxes other than income increased $1.6 million, primarily as a result of higher add long taxes. Net other income increased by $3.6 million, primarily due to an increase in equity AFUDC attributed to construction costs associated with the Crossroads Wind Farm. Finally, interest expense increased $2.1 million, primarily due to an increase in interest on long term debt that was issued last summer and in May of this year.
Turning to gross margin, the increase of $32.4 million compared to the same period in 2010. The main driver for the higher gross margin was the weather. It is been extremely hot so far for this summer and cooling degree days with 20% higher than last year and 62% above normal. The average daily temperature in June was 84.2 degrees which was 8.3 degrees higher than average.
Our weather increased gross margins $18.1 million compared to last year and $24.1 million compared to normal for the second quarter. Various drivers increased the gross margin by $5.6 million in addition to higher transmission revenues of $4 million as we begin to include CWRT in transmission rates instead of booking AFUDC.
Finally, new customer growth and other items increased gross margin by $4.7 million. Customer growth continued at just below 1% compared to 2010 as nearly 7,000 new customers were added to this system. Kilowatt hours sales growth increased 5.9% primarily due to the weather and on a weather normalized basis, sales increased 1%.
Now turning to Enogex. OGE's share net income for the quarter was $25 million or $0.25 per share as compared to net income of $18.6 million or $0.19 per share in 2010. Gross margin increased by $15 million, and I'll discuss those drivers in a moment. Some of the other drivers are as follows: Operational & Maintenance expense increased by $3.3 million in 2011, primarily due to higher employee and contractor costs.
Net other income increased $3.7 million due to sale of the Harrah Processing Plant and associated gathering assets in the second quarter of 2011. Interest expense was $1.7 million lower compared to 2010 and part due to lower debt levels. And finally, ArcLight's 13% ownership reduced pre-tax earnings by approximately $5.8 million.
Looking at gross margin, they increased $15 million in the second quarter of 2011 compared to 2010. Higher natural gas liquids price was the main driver as processing gross margins increased by $10.6 million. Average natural gas liquids prices increased 44% quarter-over-quarter or maybe $0.06 cents per gallon to $1.24 per gallon.
Also adding to the higher processing margins for higher commentate volumes and prices, which increased gross margins by $3.9 million. Partially offsetting the higher processing gross margins were lower processing volumes due to the outage of the Cox City plant, which is expected to be back online in the third quarter.
Gathered volumes continued to increase as the quarter-over-quarter growth was 2% and June set a record for all time gathered volumes. For a more detailed explanation of the earnings drivers for OGE, I would refer you to the company's second quarter 10-Q filed with the SEC this morning. In addition, I would refer you to the appendix to this presentation where we have provided a updated CapEx table. As Keith mentioned in his remarks, we have increased our CapEx outlook for Enogex and we're excited about the many opportunities we have there.
Before moving on to the Oklahoma Lake filing, I would like to update you on where we are regarding regulatory initiatives at the utility with the exception of the Oklahoma Rate Case, all of our 2011 regulatory initiatives are complete or are awaiting commission approval.
Just yesterday, we received the order on Arkansas proving the Smart Grid rule up and we work very hard to execute our plan of building the necessary infrastructure and make key investments in the renewables and transmission to serve our customers and shareholders a lot. We are looking forward to our opportunities in the future for the utility. We are pleased with our progress as we reflect on a Multi-Year Utility Growth Plan.
Now turning to the Oklahoma Rate filing, as you know we filed our rate case last week and are requesting $73.3 million increase in base rates. The key components are 11% ROE on 53% equity. Since our last filing, rate basis increased approximately $565 million, but nearly $280 million of the increase in rate bases covered in the form of routers. The routers have helped to mitigate rate changes for customers. The remaining $285 million is the rate base addition we are requesting in the case. The other half of the rate request is for operating expenses.
As we've mentioned several times in the past, one of the main drivers is the maintenance of our power plant. We feel that this provides good value for our customers and they are certainly benefiting from that during this record fee. Even with the proposed rate increase, our rates will still remain below the national average and we are working hard as the management team to keep them that way.
And finally as always ROE will be a major component in the case and the sensitivity with ROEs for every 10 basis point change revenues will change approximately $3 million and net income approximately $2 million. We expect the new rates to be in place after the first of the year.
Before we answer your questions, I would like to address our 2011 outlook. It has been a very hot summer and earnings year-to-date have been positively impacted $0.22 per share from the weather. We saw a record heat in July and a record heat has continued thus far in August. So it is difficult for us to tell you just how much the weather would drive earnings especially in the third quarter which is our largest from an earnings perspective.
At the end of the third quarter, we will provide you with an updated earnings guidance range. We do know that given where we are at the end of June we expect to exceed the top end of our previously issued earnings guidance of $3.00 to $3.20 per share, assuming no other changes to our previous assumptions.
This concludes our prepared remarks. Now we'll open it up to your questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator Instructions). Your first question comes from the line of Brian Russo with Ladenburg Thalmann. Please proceed.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Hi, good morning.
Sean Trauschke
Hi, good morning Brian.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
It's nice to see the Enogex CapEx starting to trend significantly higher and I'm just curious if maybe you could talk in more detail on any specific projects and I don't know maybe the types of returns you expect? And then how does ArcLight's current 30% ownership play into the incremental CapEx spend?
Peter Delaney
Hey Brian, it's Pete. I'm going to turn the first part of the call over to Keith Mitchell, Enogex's Chief Operating Officer and I think Sean will then address the ArcLight ownership percentage.
Keith Mitchell
Yeah. We've been working hard and we have been able to expand our system. We've done a lot of activity in our area with the Cana Woodford primarily as well as the Granite Wash and so we've been continuing to get additional acreage dedications as well as keep line of sight to a lot of extra growth even where we have acreage dedications. So we do anticipate our CapEx to be continuing to grow.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Are these gathering in processing projects and what type of projects and type of contracts are we looking at?
Peter Delaney
Yes, it's gathering projects with compression. Lot of compression gathering lines and then that feeds into our processing headers and as, you know, we are expanding our processing capacity. So the processing plant expansions that we are doing will also support that.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
The process agreements that were not key poles, those are fixed fee PLP I believe?
Peter Delaney
That's correct, its fixed fee or PLL PLP.
Keith Mitchell
And Brian this is Shawn. Regarding, the contributions from ArcLight and OGE to fund this CapEx, we haven't specified the exact funding percentage or contributions, and the way it's work through is we're going to analyze the timing of those cash flows and we will certainly exhaust the cash on hand that interjects.
First, and then to the extent that additional capital is required from ORE and ArcLight OGE decide between and 10 and 50% of the new contribution how much will fund and then ArcLight will fund the rest will certainly provide you all of that clarity and when we release 2012 guidance, but right now what we want to do is we have committed to these projects we are going to be begun building those projects and we'll certainly layout these funding plan and the contribution schedule once we finalize that at the end of the year.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Is it safe to assume that you don't need any OGE external equity to fund this?
Peter Delaney
Well, I think at the present time I think I would argue that the using ArcLight as the funding source for equity is cheaper from OGE common stock. And so we are looking at in terms of what the cheapest source of equity for us. But, at the same time we are also focused on making sure that we continue to create shareholder value in grow our earnings. So right now, we planned to use that funding vehicle to ArcLight.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Okay, great. And you mentioned 5% I think gathering volume growth, year-over-year I would imagine that's likely to accelerate next year and beyond with the committed projects?
Sean Trauschke
Brian, this is Sean. Yeah, we haven't provided any future guidance around assumption around gathering or processing volumes. Needless to say, gathering volumes were up 2% year-to-date over what was considered a pretty big year last year. And we are still expecting 5 to 7. So we are anticipating a big increase for the back half of this year and so we will certainly provide our '12 update around volumes and all of our other assumptions.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Okay. And books of NGL pricing are you seeing for the remainder of the year?
Sean Trauschke
For the remainder of the year we are seeing close to $1 and that assumes that – is in recovery.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Okay. And then switching gears to the utility, can you just give us more detail as to where we are with the EPA and FIP as the Attorney General filed the lawsuit and is there any timing on when the judge might issue a state that kind of stop the clock?
Sean Trauschke
We aren't having – really have been we are not – there is no timeline on the suit filed by the Attorney General and again that rule push back November and everything else gone on to EPA, what we – really that's happened. We filed our comments in mid July, we are continuing to do the work, we need to do to figure out how our path is going to move forward to address all this regulations and as you know I mentioned my comments that the new transport rule, cost state rule, we are meeting with the state today I think it is for the time of the impact of that if Oklahoma is included and so there is a lot of uncertainly yet and all implications were clear for the State of Oklahoma should that proposed rule move forward but that's really nothing really new report.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Sean Trauschke
Of our standpoint.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
And just to clarify on the guidance, on the utility side, the guidance are exceeding the high end of the utility guidance is based on year-to-date as of June 30th weather so anything in July and in the third quarter would be incremental to you guys already exceeding the high end?
Sean Trauschke
Yes, Brian this is Sean. Yes that's correct. And we've picked that $0.22 of additional earnings from the weather year-to-date. And we are on plan. All of our assumptions are still valid for the utility. We've just picked up this – picked up this whether benefit this Pete and I remarked July was a continuation of what we saw on the second quarter and even this week in August, the first week in August it's been incredibly hard as well. So your assessment there is that this will be incremental is correct.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Okay. Do you guys have some rates so that hot weather in 3Q has kind of a bigger margin benefit then hot weather in 2Q?
Sean Trauschke
Yes I think the way I'd say that is we have summer rates that impacts the summer more than does weather.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Okay. And lastly on Enogex, remind us what the original NGO assumption in your original guidance was?
Sean Trauschke
$0.90 a gallon.
Brian Russo – Ladenburg Thalmann
Okay. Thanks a lot guys.
Sean Trauschke
All right thanks Brian.
(Operator Instructions) The next question comes from the line of Anthony Crowdell with Jefferies. Please proceed.
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
Good morning just I guess a quick follow up on Brian with EPA rules are you sure of those you guys have two – I think – and Muskogee both of them scrubbed I guess what sort of environment controls do you have on them?
Sean Trauschke
Muskogee are uncurbed.
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
Do you have, have you used – or anything on those plants or there is no really Michigan trials – like cross five border controls?
Sean Trauschke
No I think we would continue to look at what we can do to comply, but scrubbed and uncurbed and we bought further sell for coal, we have been well within the – we are able to build our admissions target one thing we have done is continued to track that and reduce our efforts from those units to make sure we comply. As you know we besides regional aids that were EPAs look at the – resource review we've got – so do you know Anthony there is no doubt that the actions we are going to take with regard to those coal play in terms of having two invested in we will take that – well with the pending rules.
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
Is there any illusion to think that any of that without enclosure would not put on, would not be included in rate base, if it did seem that the right place we have to be – so what if there is any – there is some – that would not be the case?
Sean Trauschke
Well, that's not right we aren't have the 1910. What you have asked 2007 is that correct. That's been longer that talks about, I believe to dollar associated to federal state regulator – regulations and gives a lot of support for recovery from the regulators for that instance. So we – this issue is well understood.
The commission is very much engaged and we have a statement implementation plan that – give the flexibility in regards to our coal plants. Commission is on board, I believe with that plan is stated meditation plan and favors that as well, settlement implication plans, again that something that we would be force to do and the comply with federal law. And generally the regulatory process should cover those costs.
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
So any I just want to make sure, I guess your utility forecasted CapEx does not include any type of emission controls on these two plans, that would be incremental to what you already announced?
Sean Trauschke
That's correct.
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
Great and the last question I know Jack, I am not sure how much is impacting on one of calls yesterday, there is a pipeline being both right now between I guess Conway and now Bellevue and I guess the intend there is maybe to lessen that differential that certainly going on there. I mean how will impact Enogex or do you not even think that the differential changes with adjusted the stand hills pipeline, with Southern hills pipeline?
Sean Trauschke
Yeah, this is Keith. There is certainly is been additional reduction come on in the Bakken up in Dakota as well Rockies and then the Mid-Continent. So that's created the need for additional capacity from Conway Kansas down to Bellevue. So we view this is a good thing those pipes people on those businesses continue to expand their capacity so that they can get down to the petrochemical markets on the Gulf Coast.
Anthony Crowdell – Jefferies
Great. Thanks for your time guys.
Sean Trauschke
Thank you.
And there are no further questions in queue at this time. I would now like to hand the conference back over to Pete for any closing remarks.
Peter Delaney
Thank you, operator. I want to thank everybody again for joining our call. Thank you for your continued interest in OGE Energy. And have a great day.
Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This concludes the presentation. You may now disconnect your lines. Good day.
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Okay, went home to Michigan for the weekend amongst the travel madness, and here is the report....enjoy! As far as I know as well, this will be the first logged TR for a connection through the NW IND mini-hub
Thursday, December 23
New York/La-Guardia (LGA) to Indianapolis (IND)
Northwest Airlink Flt #4778
(op'd by Pinnacle Aviation)
Scheduled departure time: 940am
Departure gate: Gate 9 (LGA)
Actual departure time: 1154am (wheels up at 1225pm)
Scheduled arrival time: 1220pm
Actual arrival time: 211pm
Arrival Gate: A4 (IND)
This flight was delayed due to late arriving inbound aircraft. As the f/a would later tell us, all but two of the Pinnacle CRJ's were stuck in snowdrifts as tall as the fuselage and couldn't be plowed out to make the morning flights. Furthermore the crew van coming from the hotel got stuck and someone had to procure a Ford F350 4x4 to truck in the flight crews to IND 2 people at a time. The trucks couldn't get to the aircraft to give it water, catering etc so the rampies carried in cans of sodas and pretzels to the a/c and the lavatories were inoperapble. Furthermore, many passengers were late as well getting to IND for the morning flights and as a result, only 10 people or so were on the inbound flight, but it was a full load (44/44) back from LGA. Many people, like me, were connecting to the DTW flight at 1:30 so the f/a had the captain radio down for the latest information on it, which was nice of them to do. We got served spinzels and the full can of pop, which is all u can ask for these days. Flight was a little bumpy on ascent but smoothed out nicely for the 1 hour, 49 minutes enroute to IND. On approach we saw just how much snow they had gotten (over a foot i'd estimate)... and a ATA 738 and a NW CRJ were still stuck in the snow- all but one lone runway was snow-covered at the airport....and inside was a mess indeed. Flight crew deplanes here and the aircraft was Boston-bound....
Indianapolis (IND) to Detroit-Metro (DTW)
Northwest Airlines Flt #1010
Scheduled departure time: 130pm
Departure gate: A5 (IND)
Actual departure time: 402pm(wheels up at 425pm)
Scheduled arrival time: 238pm
Actual arrival time: 542pm
Arrival Gate: A72 (DTW)
Not much to report on this flight- the aircraft was here when i arrived at IND, but the flight crew was coming in on another DC-9 from MEM and was late. They finally arrived and this flight ended up leaving almost wingtip-to-wingtip with another delayed DTW-bound flight. There were no fewer than 9 NW aircraft on the ground at the time for NW's 5 gates-- they need to see if they can't secure more gates at the new terminal they are building for IND....they need them evidently. Before we boarded they de-iced the aircraft as a precaution (it was sunny at IND by this time). The f/a's do the safety demo and we cue up with a ATA 753, DH CRJ and another NW DC-9 for the runway (it is interesting to note that by watching the landings that ATA and NW dominate at IND and its obvious)....saw a ATA L1011 in the old old colors (American Trans Air) ... we lifted off for 21,000 feet for the 42 minute flight to DTW....two packs of spinzels and the full can during the short flight-- good job!! Sadly, we landed and we were boxed in of sorts by an army 6 dozen strong of trucks out to get rid of the rest of the snow covering the taxiways and runways, so we waited 20 minutes or so after landing at DTW.... most people were understanding though cause it'd already been a really long day for most. Flight continues (at different gate) to GRR and plane goes to IAD...
Had a nice holiday weekend....hope everyone else did....and the return
Sunday, December 26th
Detroit-Metro (DTW) to New York/La-Guardia (LGA)
Northwest Airlines Flt #538
Airbus A319
Scheduled departure time: 707pm
Departure gate: A20 (DTW)
Actual departure time: 724pm (wheels up at 739pm)
Scheduled arrival time: 859pm
Actual arrival time: 928pm
Arrival Gate: 10 (LGA)
For some reason we were asked to hold-off boarding the flight until about 7:00, so we got a late start. Once we boarded the nice new-looking 319 we made pretty good time out to the runway where we were 2nd in line for takeoff on one of the further out runways... we took off- flight seemed to go quick and wasn't too bumpy. We got to about 125 miles away from LGA when we had to enter a rather choppy holding pattern while they cleared accumulating snow from the runway at LGA- they don't have but an inch of snow but they held us for 20 minutes or something close to it.... anyhow, we weren't that bad off schedule- the baggage took forever (!) to come out though which was frustrating as I wanted to get home (another trip tomorrow...gotta rest up)....When we deplaned I noticed that the 7:45 departure to IND still hadn't left yet- some tired people in the boarding area....
Hope you enjoyed the recap...i'm leaving BDL for LAX tomorrow w/ 2 connections (EWR, IAH) each way....but i get a ride on a 777!!!!! (CO, EWR-IAH)....thats why i booked it this way. Will write a recap of my first trip on a 777 and first experience w/ a PTV after the new year.


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- Police called at 4:23 a.m. Monday to the 400 block of Fair Avenue for a suspicious person found an elderly man who said he was locked out of his residence. Officers made contact with a family member who let him inside.
- An officer on patrol at 12:05 a.m. Monday initiated a stop for a traffic violation on Columbia Street. Once the stop was complete, the driver volunteered a consent to search, with nothing found in the vehicle.
- Police were called at 6:44 p.m. Sunday to Rose Avenue and East Third Street to check for a dark blue vehicle which left without paying for $15.05 worth of gas at Smith Oil on East State Street. The driver was described as a man with glasses.
- A suspicious person/vehicle was reported at 6:33 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of East Ninth Street. The vehicle was found, but not the driver.
- A domestic was reported at 6:14 p.m. Sunday in the 800 block of West Pershing Street where an argument allegedly began to turn physical. Both parties admitted pushing each other, but there was no apparent injury to either. The man was leaving for the evening. Both were told they have a right to the residence, but if they can't get along, they need to go to separate rooms.
- A caller at 6:10 p.m. Sunday reported a parking complaint in the 200 block of Park Avenue involving a pickup with North Carolina registration parked with the back end protruding into the road. The operator was contacted and moved the vehicle.
- A domestic was reported at 5:41 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Buckeye Avenue. A female juvenile alleged her father put his hands on her chin area and the father said she was speaking poorly to him. He said he grabbed her by the chin to correct her behavior. No marks were observed. She said she did not talk back, but was told by the officer she has to listen to her father. Both were told to go to separate areas for the night.
- An anonymous person at 5:31 p.m. Sunday responded to the police station to provide information related to narcotics. The information will be forwarded to Columbiana County Drug Task Force agents.
- An open door was reported in the 800 block of South Broadway Avenue at 5:10 p.m. Sunday. The interior was found secure and police secured the door.
- A resident in the 400 block of Franklin Avenue reported at 4:58 p.m. Sunday that juveniles were throwing trash on his property. He said he has a problem with a neighbor's children and today one of them threw a bag with rice in it on his property. An officer made contact with the mother and told her about the complaint. She was told if the action continues, a citation will be issued.
- Police arrested three juveniles for curfew violation following a traffic stop on East Park Avenue at 2:31 a.m. Sunday.
- A man reported at 1:39 p.m. Sunday there were key boxes unlocked for some of the vehicles at Columbiana Ford.
- The highway patrol reported at 9:31 p.m. Sunday there was a possible drunk driver westbound on state Route 14. Police checked the area but did not see the vehicle.
- Police responded to an Apple Blossom Trail home at 10 p.m. March 4 where a resident reported his juvenile son was refusing to do his homework and gave his mother the middle finger.
- Police responded to a reported sexual offense to a juvenile female at a French Street home at 4:50 p.m. March 6.
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- Trash found dumped under the Canton Bridge on Sunday contained addresses of the Cox family on West Washington Street. Mr. Cox was contacted and said he had no idea how their trash ended up there but would make arrangements to have it cleaned up.
- Police responded as backup for sheriff's deputies called to the Traveler's Inn and Frola Motel at 1 a.m. Sunday in regard to a man tearing up the establishments.
- The security alarm went off at Albco Foundry at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, 2:18 a.m. Thursday and at 3 a.m. Friday. Each time the building was found secure, the officer waited until someone with a key arrived and nothing was found amiss inside.


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Hi everyone, my name is sandra, I'm 20 years old. My first mating experience with my dog was about a year ago, and I'd like to share the story!
I've always been a very dedicated animal lover from a very young age. I was the kind of kid who would try to beat up guys twice my size if I saw them hurting a puppy or a kitten. I grew up around animals all my life, and have always been very active in crusading for animal rights. Needless to say, this would give me some initial conflicting feelings, but more on that later.
I started college two years ago as an 18 year old virgin with virtually no sex drive. I was always very focused on academics and had no time for dating, nor had I ever met a boy I had really clicked with. I tried dorm life for the first few months, but it was NOT for me. Luckily, I was able to get off campus housing fairly easily, and had moved into my own place by my second semester of freshman year. Once I moved in the desire to get a dog was almost instantaneous. Home just wasn't home to me unless you had a dog run to greet you at the door. I was at the local pound less than a week later and immediately fell in love with Buster. He jumped up on his cage door and cocked his head at me, and I was in love. It took me three weeks to go through the adoption procedure because he's part pit and the pound had some of those ridiculous, discriminatory rules about adopting out pits and pit mixes, but if I get started on that I'll be here for days. ANYWAY, suffice to say I eventually brought Buster home and we settled into a nice routine.
To talk about my entire sexual awakening would take a while, so let's just say that a few weeks passed and I met a guy. After a disastrous first attempt at a sexual encounter, I was left hurt, upset, and frustrated in more way than one. After much internal debate and paranoia, I found a discreet online website and ordered my first vibrator. The first night I settled in to play with it, I was in for another nasty shock: It just wouldn't fit. I'd always been a small girl but I was working under the assumption that with a little practice and a lot of will, it wouldn't be a problem. I was wrong. It took me almost a month of finger play to manage to get the vibrator inside of myself. When I did, it was a bit uncomfortable and unpleasant, but I figured it was nothing more practice wouldn't fix.
As it turns out I was right, and after about three months of work, I was able to comfortably take about five inches of the vibrator, and had become quite an old hand at masturbation. It should be noted that when I masturbated, I would make Buster stay outside in the living area. He objected at first, but had soon settled in to the routine. I'm pretty sure he began to be able to smell my arousal, and would look at me with his sad eyes, whine, and go settle into his dog bed, almost as if he were my own personal orgasm timer. "Alright mom, you have thirty minutes before I start getting impatient!" As cliched as this sounds, and it does, I know, this was the routine up until the night I didn't close the door all the way. I was getting down to business, shall we say, when I felt Buster jump on the bed. I immediately went to put him out of the room, but he had other plans, sticking his nose in my crotch and starting to lick. My visceral reaction went from arousal to shock and horror at myself, and I forced him out the room, with him sniffing at me and trying to lick as I walked the entire time. Once I had the door shut, he started crying, and I felt so guilty that I quickly threw on my robe and abandoned play for that night.
Once again, this was a mistake. I had neglected to wear clothes under the robe, but once I settled in on the sofa with Buster laying on my feet, I got so engrossed in a tv show that I just kind of forgot about it. That is until I went to feed Buster. I was still a bit frustrated from my earlier self coitus interruptus, when I reached into the cabinet for a can, my robe came a bit undone and I rubbed up against one of the lower cabinet handles. At that point, I was horny enough that I couldn't even bother to feel guilty, I just wanted it to hit that same spot at that same angle as many times as possible. Let's not mince words, I basically ended up humping a cabinet knob. This is what I had come to. I don't remember how long this went on, but I was interrupted by a cold nose right between my spread legs, licking. I knew it was Buster, I knew I had to stop him, but I was so close to an orgasm that just a few licks pushed me over the edge. I came harder than I ever had before, and barely put up a fight when Buster kept licking me, even sliding down against the cabinet to give him better access. I was in a bit of a haze, but soon got my bearings about me and realized I was letting my dog preform oral sex on me in the middle of my kitchen. Once again, the familiar feelings of shame took over, and I quickly got to my knees to get up.
I'm sure you know what's coming, but that was another mistake. Before I knew it, Buster was on my back. The weight made me fall down to all fours, and I could feel his penis pushing against my bottom. I tried to stand up, but he was too heavy, and when I moved it only gave him better access. Against my better judgment, I stayed still on the floor and let him up against my thigh until he came. When I felt him spurt on me, I was so ashamed I ran to my room and shut the door, leaving poor Buster alone and confused in the kitchen.
I'm not proud of my actions, but until then the thought of Buster as anything other than a companion had never crossed my mind. I felt dirty, and sick, and like I had hurt and taken advantage of Buster. After that, I was very careful to lock the door while masturbating, and shower after each time, so the scent didn't lead to a repeat performance. Things went back to normal immediately with Buster, of course, but I couldn't stop feeling bad about what I'd done and even worse at the fact that I had liked it. I became obsessed with the memory, until it was nearly the only fantasy that could bring me to orgasm, but I pushed it down for Buster's sake, as I perceived this as something I was doing to hurt him, as something he didn't want. I couldn't be farther from the truth on THAT matter, but at the time I felt just terrible. It wasn't until three months later that I gave into my desires enough to research things online, which was, incidentally, the first time I ever found this forum. With my mind a bit more at ease and finals over, I decided to spend my summer indulging my new found curiosity, if Buster would have me. It turns out that was a very, very silly concern.
God does not approve!
I don't approve.
Seriously, this is fucked. You're fucked.
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As I mentioned before, I had decided to experiment with Buster. I spent quite a while reading FAQs and Guides and Tips, and quite a while soul searching to make sure this was what I wanted. As I said, I had always been an animal activist, and was afraid that I was going to compromise all of my ideals. I couldn't deny my growing arousal at the thought of having sex with Buster, though, and I soon made the promise to myself that if I ever felt that Buster was reluctant, or not enjoying it, I would stop cold turkey. Adopt him out and never own a dog again if I couldn't contain myself. Looking back it seems rash, but like I said I was a total novice.
I decided to start off small, and try to get him to lick me. I had read all the tips and decided on the night I would try. I had a card table that would be the perfect height for the task, as Buster is a tall dog, and I'm vertically challenged. What? That's we call it nowadays! I covered it with blankets and pillows for padding, and laid out what I had dubbed my 'lick kit:' peanut butter, honey, powdered sugar, even chicken broth and a turkey baster, as I knew it was Buster's favorite in case he needed the extra motivation. What can I say, I'm a planner. The entire time I was setting up, Buster was on the couch looking at me like I was a crazy person. I turned around, undressed, climbed on the table, and had a crotch full of Buster snout almost immediately.
I have to admit, I was taken off guard, and almost disappointed for a second because I had planned so thoroughly! That was soon out of my head though, and Buster's tongue got to working on me. Aside from the first, rushed experience with Buster, I had never received oral sex before. I felt like I was going to explode out of my skin. I've mentioned before that I'm small and Buster is a pretty big dog, and his tongue positively covered my slit, licking in long, rough stroke after long rough stroke. Each time he would hit my clit I would shudder almost violently. It was so different from pleasuring myself, so much more intense. I came, hard, and in short order, but Buster just started licking harder and harder, worming his tongue inside of me a bit, trying to get to the moisture. As he refocused his attentions on my hole, his cold nose kept bumping against my clit, driving me totally crazy. I had come again shortly after, and Buster was still at it. I was so sensitive that I had to push him off of me, eventually opening the container of chicken broth as a distraction and reward for a job that had been quite well done.
As I recovered my breathing and thought processes, I looked over to see that Buster was erect, and out of his sheath. I was momentarily terrified, as it was much thicker and a bit longer than the vibrator I had just managed to accommodate. I knew there was no way it was fitting in that night. As he finished up the broth, I hobbled over to him (still sensitive and a bit sore from stretching my legs so far apart) and took his penis into my hand. I took a moment to let the novelty sink in. I had seen male penises before and even given a few clumsy blowjobs, and even seen pictures of a dog penis online, but it was nothing compared to holding one in my hand. It was a bit slimy and red and pointed, and I instinctively started to stroke it. After a few second Buster whined, and I realized that things had gotten a bit dry. I moved my hand between my legs and moistened it, before moving it back to Buster's penis. I took a moment to marvel at the fact that I had just used my own cum to lubricate my dog's penis, and got a bit of a thrill at how naughty I was being, before really getting into things. Buster started humping my hand, and I positioned my other hand behind it, making a bit of a makeshift p*ssy for him, feeling bad that I couldn't offer him the real thing at that point. He came, jerking in my hands, and I couldn't resist tasting a bit. Buster retreated to the corner to lick himself, and I leaned down on the way to the bathroom to rub his ears and give him a kiss on the head. All in all, my first attempt was a resounding success.
Over the next month or so, I worked myself up to blowjobs for Buster, which were a bit awkward at first, but Buster soon grew to love. I kept putting off penetration, until one night when Buster got too excited and mounted me from the front. I let him go with it, but after only an inch or two it became too painful for me. I knew I was going to have to do some additional training if I ever wanted to fully make love to Buster, which I definitely did. That very night, I went online and ordered another vibrator, a bit bigger than the old one and a bit smaller than Buster's penis, and got to work.
I'll post the next part (and end, I promise!) at some point tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who's read!
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American Airlines Hosts Passionately Pink for the Cure Day
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines Admirals Club® lounges are thinking pink throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, by hosting rosy celebrations at the 44 club locations worldwide with specialty menu items in support of breast cancer awareness.
In addition, as part of the airline's Passionately Pink for the Cure® Day on Friday, Oct. 16, all American Airlines employees are being encouraged to wear pink and donate $5 or more to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, to further the shared mission of ending breast cancer forever.
"We are tickled pink to be a part of the Passionately Pink for the Cure Day and raise funds for such a worthy cause," said Nancy Knipp, President - Admirals Club. "As we continue to celebrate the birthday of the Admirals Club, we believe it is important to give back to the communities we have been privileged to serve over the past 70 years."
When traveling on Oct. 16 - or any day in October, for that matter - Admirals Club visitors can indulge in a number of treats from Sodexo, the Admirals Club food and beverage provider. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month specialty items include a freshly baked pink cookie and a number of pink specialty beverages. For each featured item purchased from the pink-themed menu, 10 percent of sales will be donated to support breast cancer awareness.
The Admirals Club continues to celebrate its 70 years of service, which began in 1939 when American Airlines opened the airline industry's first VIP lounge at LaGuardia Airport in New York. As part of the celebration, through Oct. 19 customers can register to win one of seven prizes in the Admirals Club birthday sweepstakes. Prizes include a Lifetime Admirals Club Membership, a weeklong luxury vacation in Maui, one night at a Hollywood movie premiere, and more. Just for registering, customers will receive a $70 savings offer on an annual Admiral Club membership, whether it's new or a renewal. No purchase is necessary to enter the sweepstakes. Complete sweepstakes rules, Offer Terms and Conditions, and other details can be found at www.aa.com/AC70years.
Annual Admirals Club memberships for new members range from just $350 to $500. One-day passes are available for $50 and may be purchased online, at self-service check-in machines, or at any Admirals Club location.
Amenities vary by location and may include complimentary domestic Wi-Fi access, showers, personal computers with complimentary Internet access, children's areas with appropriate TV programming, music areas, and much more. For further details, visit American's Admirals Club Web site at www.aa.com/admiralsclub.
In addition to hosting Passionately Pink Day for the Cure, American supports Komen through its participation in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® series; eight Komen-branded pink-ribbon planes flying the skies; an American Airlines Gift Card offer allowing customers to specify Komen as the beneficiary and resulting in a $5 donation for every $50 of travel purchased via the gift card; the Miles for the Cure™ fundraising campaign, which rewards donors with five AAdvantage® miles for every dollar they contribute to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® with a minimum $25 donation, and through the American Airlines Celebrity Golf Weekend. For more information, visit www.AA.com/komen.
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American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection® serve 250 cities in 40 countries with, on average, more than 3,400 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 900 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com®, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in more than 130 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com, We know why you fly and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: AMR)
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A group of 50 conservative foreign policy elites and veteran national security officials of prior Republican administrations recently wrote an open letter denouncing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
They cited especially his lack of character and moral authority — and his "little understanding of America's national interests." Particularly bothersome, they wrote, is Trump's inability "to separate truth from falsehood."
The letter stated that Trump's one-year campaign of blustery rhetoric suggests he could be as reckless in deed in the White House as he has been in word on the campaign trail.
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Under general supervision of the Deputy Director, manages all aspects of branch operations, and represents the Library in community activity, events, etc. Branch Manager II branches include Bellville, Lexington, Ontario.
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Grand Blanc graduate Galen Stone, who recently completed his career with the Saginaw Valley State University football, was named an NCAA Division 2 honorable mention All-American by d2football.com.
The tight end has also been named to Midwest All-Region teams by Don Hansen's Football Gazette and Daktronics as well as the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first team.
Stone finished with 49 catches for 635 yards and six touchdowns this season in helping the Cardinals to the playoffs.
He completed his career with 122 receptions for 1,668 yards and 16 touchdowns. Stone finished tied for seventh all-time in receiving touchdowns, eighth in career receptions and ninth in receiving yards.
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This postgraduate conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for those working on the reception of classical Greek thought,specifically vis-ą-vis the conceptual life of the polis in modern theory and practice.
Why does Greek political thought continue to fascinate western political theorists from wildly divergent ideological traditions?
Why have the ideas behind the Athenian paideia and Spartan agoge had so strong an influence across so many different societies?
How significantly have our own perceptions of the ancient world been coloured by the interpretations of 19th century Classicists?
Why are classical foundations so important in the work of post-modern critics such as Derrida and Kristeva?
We welcome contributions in any of these areas, both from Classicists, and from those working in other relevant humanities disciplines.
Interested students are invited to submit titles and abstracts (c. 300 words) for 20 minute papers to Helen Roche (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Carol Atack (email@example.com) by Friday March 25th 2011.
We envisage there being two panels - one more focused on theory and theorists, the other on political actors and cultural history. In addition, there will be a keynote address given by Professor Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University.
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Milwaukee artist and "Project Runway" contestant Miranda Levy posted an open letter to her fellow service members in the military this evening, explaining the circumstances around a breach of uniform standards on the first episode of the fashion-driven reality TV show. She is the first veteran to compete on the series.
Levy, who posted the letter to Facebook and within minutes had a string of supportive comments and "likes," creates designs that are often inspired by the trim and precise tailoring of military uniforms. "Project Runway" airs on Lifetime on Thursdays. Here is Levy's letter in full: »Read Full Blog Post
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