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Utilities seek deferral accounts for Grid West attempt
Idaho's three major regulated utilities are asking state regulators to allow them to defer costs they incurred in attempting to form a regional transmission organization that ultimately was not created.
Idaho Power Company, Avista Corporation and PacifiCorp all seek deferral of costs incurred to form "Grid West." Establishment of the deferral accounts does not guarantee recovery from customers until after the Idaho Public Utilities Commission determines that the costs incurred were reasonable.
In response to orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), utilities in the Pacific Northwest were told to develop an independent transmission operator, or Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). RTOs are designed to enable open and competitive wholesale electric markets so that potential competitors have the same access to regional transmission grids as established utilities.
Grid West was proposed to serve as a non-profit, independent transmission operator to manage and control transmission in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and parts of Montana, Wyoming and California. The Bonneville Power Administration, which dominates ownership of high-voltage transmission lines in the Northwest, decided to withdraw from the Grid West effort. PacifiCorp, after being acquired by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, also withdrew due to concern over costs, transmission operations and other issues. Several utilities expressed concerns that Grid West would mirror the experience of some RTOs in other regions of the country, which have experienced higher than anticipated operational costs.
Idaho Power says it has loaned $1.27 million to Grid West and expended another $2.6 million in "incremental internal costs." The Idaho jurisdiction of the total amount loaned and spent is about $3.35 million. Idaho Power also has customers in Oregon.
Avista says it loaned $1.2 million to Grid West. Costs for the utility's northern Idaho jurisdiction are about $420,000. Most of Avista's customers are in Washington state.
PacifiCorp, which operates in six Western states and does business as Rocky Mountain Power in eastern Idaho, claims it expended $2.7 million and says Idaho's jurisdictional costs are $174,000.
The commission is accepting comments on the utilities' request to create deferral accounts. A deferral of these expenditures will preserve the ability to have the commission consider whether the costs may be recovered in utility rates at a future date.
Those wishing to submit comments must do so by no later than Aug. 14. Comments are accepted via e-mail by accessing the commission's homepage at www.puc.idaho.gov and clicking on "Comments & Questions." Fill in the case number and enter your comments. For Idaho Power customers, the case number is IPC-E-06-06. For Avista customers, the case number is AVU-E-06-03. For PacifiCorp customers, the case number is PAC-E-06-03. Comments can also be mailed to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0074 or faxed to (208) 334-3762.
A full text of the commission's order, along with other documents related to this case, are available on the commission's Web site. Click on "File Room" and then on "Electric Cases" and scroll down to any of the above case numbers.


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Western Force flanker Angus Cottrell suffered a sickening ankle injury in his side's 30-7 loss to the Crusaders in Friday night's clash in Christchurch.
Cottrell was taken off on a stretcher in the 78th minute after his left ankle twisted awkwardly under the weight of two Crusaders defenders. The injury capped a disappointing night for the Force, who started the round in fourth spot but could slip to as low as ninth by Sunday. The Crusaders rose to second on the back of their seventh win in their past eight games.
The Force trailed 16-0 at halftime, but a 49th-minute try to Dane Haylett-Petty gave them a sniff of victory. However, any chance of a boilover was snuffed out in the 71st minute when Force lock Sam Wykes was sin binned. The Crusaders were awarded two penalty tries in the next nine minutes as their rolling mauls proved too hard to stop.
The Crusaders made it seven wins from eight with victory in Christchurch (video available in Australia only)
The Force entered the match missing almost half of their preferred starting line-up. Their backline was particularly depleted, with Kyle Godwin (knee), Solomoni Rasolea (arm), Alby Mathewson (ankle), Marcel Brache (ankle) and Luke Morahan (hamstring) all set to return after the three-week Test window.
Ben McCalman's groin injury robbed the Force of much-need grunt, and they were made to defend grimly for much of the first half as the Crusaders launched wave after wave of attack. In the first 22 minutes, the Force had just 12 per cent territory, but their defence managed to hold firm.
Two penalties from Colin Slade gave the Crusaders a 6-0 lead, and their dominance eventually paid dividends in the 27th minute when Israel Dagg beat two defenders to gift winger Johnny McNicholl a try.
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McNicholl thought he had bagged his second five minutes later when he touched down in the corner. But the try was disallowed after a review found that prop Tim Perry had illegally taken out Sias Ebersohn in the lead-up.
The Crusaders' precise kicking game put the Force under immense pressure, with Slade's third penalty giving the home side a 16-0 lead at half-time.
The Force came out firing in the second half, and their dominance was rewarded when Haylett-Petty spun through the Crusaders defence to touch down. However, the Crusaders' dominant rolling mauls proved the difference when the game was on the line.
Although the Force are likely to tumble out of the top-six, they are still well placed to secure a maiden finals berth once the Super competition resumes after June's Test window.
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Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher's statement on market manipulation show cause orders
"Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is announcing two major enforcement actions against Amaranth and Energy Transfer Partners for manipulating natural gas markets. This morning we issued show cause orders that make preliminary findings these companies have manipulated natural gas markets.
These enforcement actions are very significant. They represent the first prosecution of market manipulation by the Commission with the new enforcement powers Congress gave us two years ago. These actions also represent the first time the Commission has proposed maximum civil penalties.
As detailed in our orders, the evidence against both companies is significant. In both instances, there are tapes or instant messages that reveal an intent to manipulate prices. Before further describing our actions today, however, I want to emphasize two things we are not doing. First, the Commission is not seeking to punish risk taking in energy markets. Well functioning markets are critical to serving the Nation's energy needs and investors are expected to take risks in these markets. These cases do not involve honest risk taking, but rather well designed plans to manipulate markets.
Second, the Commission is not making final conclusions in these show cause orders. Rather, they represent our belief, based on the existing record, that these companies may have manipulated markets and therefore violated the law. Both companies will have the opportunity to rebut the preliminary conclusions set forth in the show cause orders. We will give full and fair consideration to their response.
The Commission proposes to impose maximum penalties and penalties that approach the maximum for certain violations by Amaranth and Energy Transfer Partners. In the case of Amaranth we propose civil penalties and remedies in the amount of $291 million. We propose civil penalties and remedies in the amount of $167 million on Energy Transfer Partners.
The Commission has been exercising its new civil penalty authority since January. This is the first instance in which we propose maximum penalties for certain violations. We do so here for a number of reasons. First, the violations in question involve market manipulation. Manipulation is one of the most serious violations of Commission requirements.
Second, the harm to the market caused by Amaranth and Energy Transfer Partners was significant.
Third, in both cases, we find the violations were intentional. In both cases, we find there was involvement of senior management. Further, in both cases, we find the level of cooperation does not merit any reduction in civil penalties.
Market manipulation may tend to be subject to maximum civil penalties, because of the seriousness of the violation, especially when combined with clear intent, involvement of senior management, and a lack of cooperation with our investigation.
The manipulative schemes in question were designed to lower prices in one market in order to benefit positions held in a related market. Manipulation that lowers prices is as offensive as manipulation that raises prices. Market manipulation undermines the integrity of markets, regardless of whether prices are manipulated upward or downward. Manipulation that raises prices harms consumers immediately and in ways that are easy to understand. Manipulation that lowers prices also hurts consumers, over a longer period and more indirectly.
It is also important to recognize that a company that manipulates prices downward today may try to manipulate prices upward tomorrow.
We do not allege Amaranth and Energy Transfer Partners colluded in their manipulative schemes - they pursued different schemes designed to manipulative prices in different markets. These are separate investigations.
These investigations were extensive and span a period of months. I want to congratulate the Commission's Office of Enforcement staff for their fine work on these investigations. Manipulative schemes can be highly complicated, and market manipulation can be difficult to detect and difficult to prosecute. The Amaranth investigation began last year, when Commission oversight staff observed suspicious movements in natural gas prices. That proves the quality and effectiveness of the Commission's market oversight function.
I also want to praise the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for being a strong partner in coordinating investigations regarding market manipulation. In particular, I want to commend the leadership of Acting Chairman Lukken and former Chairman Jeffrey. FERC and the CFTC have collaborated closely in these and other investigations. It is fair to say that the coordination between FERC and CFTC enforcement has never been as strong as it is now. That close coordination has improved our respective ability to detect and sanction market manipulation.
To conclude, these show cause orders represent the conclusion of extensive investigations. We have made preliminary findings that the practices in question constitute market manipulation, and are taking the first step to initiate administrative litigation. Amaranth and Energy Transfer Partners now have the chance to dispute our findings on the record. We are not taking final action today and are not rendering final judgment. "
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Keystone RV is introducing its all-new Alpine fifth-wheel, designed to be more like a luxury home than a camper. One of the many innovations incorporated into the new Alpine is the Whisper Return air system. Whisper Air operates more like a modern residential ducted HVAC system than an RV air‐conditioner and delivers a more comfortable living environment while providing both heating and cooling, according to a news release. Another Alpine next level feature is the Gold Key security convenience package with keyless entry, outside motion detector exterior lighting, automatic door lighting and optional security alarm. Additional features include triple insulation in the floor and ceiling, heated basement and holding tanks, high gloss gel‐coat sidewalls, entry door and bus‐style baggage doors, as well as real cherry hardwood cabinetry and the Ultimate Kitchen with sealed‐burner range, Corian countertops and microwave‐convection oven. Alpine's distinctive full‐wrap graphics clearly set the coach apart. "This is the same graphic technology used on large commercial buses and by NASCAR. The look is distinctive yet tasteful and speaks to the innovation of the product line," said Ryan Juday, Alpine division general manager. Alpine will be offered in six floorplans, lengths from 33 to 39‐feet. MSRP is $63,000 to $69,000.
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An Auburn police officer has been granted a one-year restraining order against a Millbury patrolman she dated after the woman said he terrorized her after she broke up with him.
Auburn Police Officer Stephanie Lynn Segur filed for the restraining order against Millbury Patrolman Michael R. Healy Jr. on Feb. 10. After a hearing in Worcester Central District Court that both attended, Judge Michael L. Fabbri extended the order to Feb. 23, 2015.
"I am terrified as to what Michael may do next. He has access to firearms because of his employment and has made it clear to me that no one else shall have me but him. I won't even sleep in my own home because I am afraid of what he'll do," Officer Segur wrote in her affidavit for the restraining order.
Officer Segur said that after she ended a two-year-relationship with Officer Healy on Jan. 1, they remained respectful and continued to talk as friends, although she refused each time he asked to resume dating. She said that since Jan. 31, after she started dating another man, Officer Healy has been "unpredictable and has had unbelievable mood swings." She said he started by texting her a picture he took of her boyfriend's vehicle parked in her driveway.
"He continually asks about my new boyfriend and if I've (engaged in sex) with him. He has also stated that he is going to destroy anyone involved with me. Within the same hour he will tell me that he loves me and wants a future with me," she wrote in the affidavit .
She said that on Feb. 8, when she was preoccupied and not responding to his text messages, Officer Healy repeatedly called her phone. When she finally answered her phone, she said he threatened to show up at her house and to email Auburn Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis, Jr. in order to harm her in any way he could.
At that point, Officer Segur said, she left her home because she no longer felt safe, and she ignored all communication from him. But he allegedly continued to send her texts, including: "Make my life a living hell? Buckle up its only just begun." Another allegedly said: "Never kick me when I'm down, because when I get back up � You're (expletive)."
Officer Segur said she stayed away from her home the weekend of Feb. 8 and 9. The following Monday morning, at 8:30, Officer Healy showed up at her home and began knocking on the door and ringing the doorbell.
She said she texted him to please leave, but he would not. He responded that if he could speak to her for a couple of minutes, he would stop the texts and threats.
She said that after about 10 minutes of his continued knocking and ringing the doorbell, she opened the door, leaving a locked screen door between them. Officer Healy begged to come in, she said, but she refused and again told him that she had moved on with her life and he needed to leave.
He then allegedly told her, "Last night I prayed that the (expletive) cancer came back and ate your (expletive) brain," wrote Officer Segur, who was diagnosed last May with anaplastic large-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a particularly aggressive and rare form of cancer.
Officer Segur said before she shut the door Officer Healy told her that if she didn't transfer to a police department outside of the state, he would ruin her.
In granting the restraining order, Judge Fabbri ordered Officer Healy not to abuse Officer Segur and to stay at least 100 yards from her. The Millbury officer was also ordered to stay away from her home and her place of employment. The judge also ordered Officer Healy to immediately surrender all guns, ammunition, gun licenses and FID cards.
Officer Segur also said in the court documents that Officer Healy has a history of abusing alcohol and has psychiatric/emotional problems for which he is in therapy.
Reached at his home by phone, Officer Healy declined to comment.
Officer Healy, 45, a former Auburn police officer, was hired by the Millbury Police Department July 8. Millbury Police Chief Kenny A. Howell said Officer Healy is still employed. He declined to say if the officer has been suspended or if any other disciplinary action has been taken.
Asked how a police officer can do his job without his service weapon, a .40 caliber Glock, the chief said, "I can't comment on that right now."
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Asparagus Broth Recipes
Last time I put up two pints of asparagus broth in the pressure canner, and over the past week I've tested two dishes with it: aspragus risotto and steamed eggs.
I think a lot of people have issues with risotto. It is often served under cooked or over cooked, or too starchy and sticky and mushy. It's one of those things, like mayonnaise, where you just have to get to know when the dish has reached its sweet spot and it is time to stop cooking. Risotto is supposed to be a bit loose: it should undulate on the dish when you shake the plate.
Arborio rice will do, but Riso Carnaroli is better. The grains do not over cook as easily, and the individual grains retain their integrity. The rice has a lovely perfume that indicates its freshness: the shelf life of these grains is eighteen months, and the better products are dated. Old rice will not be able to stand and retain an al dente state: it quickly becomes mushy. Here's a source: www.agferrari.com/index.php/item/item/1409.html
You can pump up the flavor of any risotto by adding a few tablespoons of watery pesto or crema per person. For example, this time of the year I might make a simple runny pesto of ramps or mint and add it after the wine has been absorbed, but before adding the broth.
Asparagus Risotto
Serves 2
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup minced onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 cups Riso Carnaroli or Arborio rice
1/4 cup white wine
1 pint asparagus broth
10 or so poached asparagus, chopped into bite-sized pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over a medium heat. (A wide shallow pot will cook risotto faster and more evenly than a deep small one unless you stir all the time.) Add the onion and garlic and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Add the rice and stir until it is well coated with oil. The rice will become slightly translucent and the grains will individuate. This is good. Add the white wine (it will boil up rapidly for a moment) and cook over a medium low heat until the wine is absorbed, a few minutes.
Add ½ cup of asparagus broth and stir. Cook for about 5 minutes, until the rice absorbs almost all the stock. The rice may stick; so stir often, though you don't have to stir it constantly if you keep the rice wet. Add another ½ cup of asparagus broth, and so on, until you have used all the broth. Test the rice for doneness by sampling a grain. It should be yielding but firm to the bite, and the texture of the overall dish should be as soft as porridge.
Stir in the poached asparagus, salt and pepper to taste, and the parmesan cheese.
Serve the risotto in low bowls. You can also dribble a little extra virgin olive oil over the dish, if you like.
Steamed Eggs with Asparagus Broth
Serves 2
I love steamed eggs: they are elegant and light and very easy to flavor any number of ways. This is a super delicate dish that makes a great first course. You will need baking cups with tops for this dish, or you can use ramekins with tops made of tin foil.
4 eggs
1 pint asparagus broth
4 tablespoons parmesan cheese
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
In a medium bowl, mix the eggs without beating in air. To do this, lift the whites with a fork over and over until the whites and yolks are well blended.
Add the remaining ingredients and gently combine with the fork. The parmesan will get a bit clumpy. It's okay.
Strain the eggs through a strainer. If you haven't mixed the eggs very well, sometimes some egg white may resist being strained. It's okay—you don't have to push it all through the sieve.
Have ready a large pot with a rack and a fitted lid (I use my pasta pot). Add enough water to just touch the bottom of the rack. Place over a high heat and bring to a boil, covered.
Pour the egg mixture into lidded cups or ramekins fitted with tin foil tops and place on the rack in the pot. Cover and steam the eggs for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the eggs to rest for a few minutes, and then remove. You can add a bit more cheese or some chopped parsley as a garnish, if you like. Serve immediately.


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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is planning to release legislation next week that would provide legal status for six years to undocumented immigrants in the United States, he said in an interview Wednesday.
Issa, an influential Republican who leads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, described the legislation as a "come-from-the-shadows" effort that would allow the government to do a full accounting of those who are in the U.S. illegally. Immigrants in this new status would be able to travel to their native country while on this temporary visa, he said.
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"It's halfway – and it always has been – halfway between full amnesty and simply rejecting people," Issa told POLITICO on Wednesday. "I think if we're going to break this logjam that's occurred for my whole 13 years I've been in Congress, we have to find middle ground."
Issa's legislation would be the first bill this year released from House Republicans to provide legalization for the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants. Still, immigration reform faces an uphill battle in the GOP-led House, where conservatives are resisting the type of sweeping reforms that passed the Democratic-led Senate in June.
Issa's forthcoming legislation takes elements from similar legislation he introduced in December 2003, the Alien Accountability Act. The six-year period is intended to whittle down the undocumented immigrant population into several categories, such as immigrants with family ties to U.S. citizens or immigrants who want to participate in a guest-worker program.
Bringing undocumented immigrants out "of the shadows" would also help the government identify undocumented immigrants with a criminal background, who would be deported from the United States, Issa said.
"If somebody has a nexus that would reasonably allow them to become permanent residents and American citizen, we should allow them to do that," Issa said. He added: "Our view is that long before six years, people would be in those categories heading toward some other pathway, in a guest worker program, or of course, have left the country."
The lawmaker added that he was in talks with a "number" of other lawmakers to sign on to the legislation, but declined to provide names. Issa has also written a bill aimed at increasing the number of high-skilled immigrants to the country, which passed the House Judiciary Committee earlier this year.
A spokeswoman for the Judiciary Committee did not respond as to whether the panel's chairman, Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, will schedule the bill to be marked up.
At an immigration forum on Wednesday, other rank-and-file Republican lawmakers who could be vital to the reform effort in the House signaled some headway on other immigration measures that have been discussed but have yet to be introduced.


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Do you like your job? Not to be a smart-ass, but this sounds really bad to me. ESPECIALLY other people going along with it. Now the other stuff is up to your boss I guess, but I find the "over commented" part hard to swallow. I mean comments are what allow people to easily look at code without thinking "what was the guy who wrote this trying to do". To me this all sounds like a formula for disaster down the road. I'm not sure I'd be too particular on a boss ripping my code in front of everyone for being too clear either.
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The Bamboo Residence is a colorful energy-efficient apartment complex located in Geneva, Switzerland next to The Coral House. Designed by Group8, the residence is green in color and features a great array of sustainable building strategies. The airy apartments take advantage of passive building strategies and renewable energy generation to control climate and energy costs effectively and efficiently.
Along with Group 8's Coral House, the Bamboo residence was part of a plan to redesign the former industrial neighborhood of Chandieu into a residential area with public and private green spaces. A public square with a fountain and sculpture by Fabrice Gygi will complete the new neighborhood.
Inspired by grass, the Bamboo is clad with flecks of green "pixel" brise soleils made from tinted glass that give privacy to the apartments' balconies, while providing a punch of color and pattern to the façade. Each apartment is wrapped with floor to ceiling windows, allowing for natural ventilation and cross breezes within the apartments. The windows themselves are "breathable"- meaning they are double glazed with thermal breaks, with a third glass pane to allow airflow.
The six story building meets the Minergie standard – a Swiss sustainability brand. The combined insulation, ventilation, floor cooling system and geothermal heat pump help the building reach optimal energy efficiency.
Each apartment enjoys a private balcony, with sliding tinted glass panels to adjust privacy and sun. The ground floor apartments open to private grassy lawns and gardens.
Before the apartment complexes were built, the area was cleaned and purified of asbestos and hydrocarbons, left from the former industrial buildings that filled the area. When the fountain square is complete, Chandieu will have made its transformation into a comfortable residential area.
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Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole version) is featured in Journey, the twenty-second and final episode of Season One. It is sung by Will with Puck.
Will performs this song as a thank-you towards New Directions after their performance of To Sir, with Love, which was sung especially for him. It was announced that they get another year to perform as New Directions before Will starts singing with Puck, celebrating this joyful news. It is originally by Judy Garland for the movie The Wizard of Oz, though the Israel Kamakawiwoʻole version is covered. Over The Rainbow is included in Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals. In this scene, we see Shelby adopting Beth in the hospital. It is the final song performed in Season One.
Will with Puck:
Ooooo hoooooo hoooooo...
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I dreamed of
Once in a lullaby... (Puck: lullaby...)
Will with Puck:
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true... (Puck: come true)
Oh, Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are
Far behind me...
Will with Puck:
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me...
Oh, somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, then, oh, why can't I...? (Puck: I...?)
- Matthew Morrison also covered this song in a duet with Gwyneth Paltrow on his debut album, as well as in many of his solo performances (with backing singer Kiley Dean) and with Leona Lewis as a special one-off performance during one of her London concerts on her 2010 Labyrinth tour.
- The song was also performed long before the airing of the episode during the 2010 Easter Egg Roll at the White House and during the May 28, 2010 performance of the Glee Live tour at Radio City Music Hall in New York
- This was the song Matthew Morrison sang during his audition for Glee.


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In court today, GameFly triumphed once more in its seemingly never-ending fight against the U.S. Postal Service, which GameFly alleges has shown favoritism in how it sorts Netflix mail going all the way back a time when people actually rented movies by mail.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia told the Postal Regulatory Commission either to stop playing favorites or come up with a better reason why the differing treatment was justified. GameFly has maintained since 2009 that the Postal Service has hand-sorted Netflix discs at no extra charge. Machine sorting of GameFly discs created all sorts of problems, notably breakage. GameFly asked for the same hand-sorting consideration but was refused, and the resulting adjustments GameFly had to make in its mailing operation cost it millions annually.
In 2011, the Postal Regulatory Commission found that the Postal Service had given "an unreasonable preference" to Netflix, but the finding still didn't put the two on equal footing, which is why GameFly went to the Court of Appeals.
In the four years since it filed the complaint, GameFly has seen kiosk rentals emerge to challenge it for customers, and it acquired Direct2Drive in 2011 to gain a footing in digital distribution. It still serves a lot of console gamers with its rent-by-mail service. In early 2011, GameFly suggested its monthly profit would double if it got the Netflix rate and treatment.
Netflix gets unfair postal advantage, U.S. court finds [Reuters]


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pens_srq wrote:Luckybreak wrote:BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:-Crosby + Malkin love the half boards on PP. Why force one to be less effective rather than split the PP units?
Because it's way better to have the 5 best guys on your team take a 2 min shift and then have a them exhausted and 83% likely to have accomplished nothing. Than to have a good flow with everyone ready to respond to whatever develops after the power play. Even Bowman with Lemieux didn't have him taking 2 min shift. Most of our guys stay out there the full 2 minutes.
misquoted! I didnt write that! Board police.
But now that you brought it up, my contention for years is that the Pens should train Malkin to be right handed. Each of those guys on the half boards with Neal or Kunitz down low. Book it goal every time, Shero made a glaring error by drafting two left handed super stars after Patrick had already drafted Staal. Fire him.


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Damn, sad it's not even getting an arcade release. I used to be a big arcade nerd years back. It's sad how bad they've fallen off.
CvS2 is still the best fighting game ever
soon come...
anyone playing this? bought it with my ps4...
Got this on release only played it a handful of times bit shit
Injustice 2 and Tekken 7 will be next fighting games I buy.
Heard really bad reviews about this game so I will be avoiding it
miss my old street fighter mini-console thingy
gonna be wack
can't beat ss2
The Arcade isn't worth buying as you can update SFV to the Arcade Version for free...


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Rihanna has finally admitted that she has reunited with her controversial lover Chris Brown.
The "Diamonds" singer tells Rolling Stone that dating Brown makes her happy and "if it's a mistake, it's my mistake."
"I decided it was more important for me to be happy," she says in the new issue of the magazine out Friday. "I wasn't going to let anybody's opinion get in the way of that. Even if it's a mistake, it's my mistake. After being tormented for so many years, being angry and dark, I'd rather just live my truth and take the backlash. I can handle it."
The public reconciliation comes four years after the R&B singer attacked his then-girlfriend and sent her to the hospital the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards. Brown pleaded guilty to assault and performed community service, but he remains on probation.
Rumors about their relationship emerged after the singers collaborated on four songs and appeared in multiple photos together (including many shots on their Instagram accounts).
"When you add up the pieces from the outside, it's not the cutest puzzle in the world," Rihanna says. "You see us walking somewhere, driving somewhere, in the studio, in the club, and you think you know."
She says the two have matured and they "know exactly what we have now, and we don't want to lose that."
Rihanna says that that Brown is "disgusted" by what he did in the past. She adds that it would be a deal-breaker if he displayed any indication of his past behavior towards her.
"He doesn't have the luxury of f—ing up again," she says. "That's just not an option. I can't say that nothing else will ever go wrong. But I'm pretty solid in the knowing that he's disgusted by that. And I wouldn't have gone this far if I ever thought that was a possibility."
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Police: Unlicensed massage business ordered to close
Owner issued summons for violating city ordinances
South Portland police said they ordered a massage business to shut down because of accusations of suspicious or inappropriate activities.
Police said they issued letters to the owner and manager of the Red Stone Spa, at 585 Broadway, notifying them that they were in violation of the city's massage establishment/massage therapist regulatory ordinance and adult use establishment license ordinance.
Click here for photos of the business.
Police said the owner and manager were told of the regulations and application process and were ordered to close immediately. Police said they were providing massages without being licensed by the city.
The owner, Lucy Louie, 34, of Biddeford, was also issued a civil summons for operating a businesses that provides massage services without a city license; operating an adult establishment that offers other pseudo-massage services without being licensed; and operating an adult use establishment within 1,000 feet of a public park or public school, according to investigators.
Police said the business was 321 feet from Mahoney Middle School and 213 feet from Mill Creek Park.
Louie denied that anything illegal was going on at the spa. Police said they couldn't prove that business was offering sex acts for money, although they did find other problems and shut the spa down Friday.
The spa opened in December under the name Body Concept and Reflexology Center. The signs in the window promote an hour massage for $50 and at times there were $40 specials.
Acting on anonymous tips, authorities inspected the spa recently and found the business was operating an adult-use establishment because of a table shower they discovered, police said. Showering naked customers violates a city ordinance, said Lt. Frank Clark of the South Portland Police Department.
Louie said she's a licensed massage therapist in Maine and didn't realize she needed a city license as well. She said she had a building permit and spent $8,000 renovating the building before a city inspector issued a certificate of occupancy.
Louie said her low prices may have given the wrong impression and irritated her competitors. She said the people who complained about her business are liars and likely a competitor trying to put her out of business.
When askied if there was any prostitution or sexual acts for money going on at the spa, Louie said, "No, never. We do professional massages only."
The people who live and work near the spa said they don't know what to think.


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Perimeter Institute's global outreach partner, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences-Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), and Communitech, an umbrella organization for Waterloo Region's high tech sector, are teaming up as part of an initiative announced February 4, 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa. During a visit to the AIMS-South Africa centre, Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa, His Excellency Gaston Barban, introduced the AIMS Industry Initiative, which will provide paid internships in industry to AIMS graduates. Communitech is one of seven organizations that have already indicated a strong interest in providing the program's first internships. "AIMS is expanding its offerings to some of Africa's top mathematics and science graduates with the Industry Initiative by providing talented and motivated young people from across the continent with the opportunities to contribute to African development through industry," said Thierry Zomahoun, Executive Director of AIMS-NEI. "We look forward to driving the development of the continent through the creation of new centres, new partnerships, and increased numbers of graduates." In 2010, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged $20 million to support the establishment of five AIMS centres across Africa by 2015. During the announcement, High Commissioner Barban commented on Canada's leadership role in support of AIMS-NEI, which seeks to build Africa's economic, educational, and technological self-sufficiency by providing world-class training to the continent's brightest minds. "I am delighted to see Canada's support for higher learning, research, technology development, and science through its investment in AIMS-NEI," said Barban. "Having established centres in Senegal and Ghana, AIMS-NEI is on its way to becoming a truly pan-African network of centres of excellence. I am pleased to see the private sector, including Canadian companies invested in Africa, supporting the AIMS work placement program. This is a win-win initiative for both the companies and the graduates."
- Listen to remarks from Thierry Zomahoun and His Excellency Gaston Barban about the launch of the AIMS Industry Initiative, via an AIMS-South Africa YouTube slideshow
- Read the 2010 article about the Government of Canada's $20 million investment in AIMS
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) was founded in South Africa in 2003 as a pan-African centre for post-graduate training and research. The AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative was launched in 2008 to build a critical mass of scientific and technical talent across Africa, capable of driving progress across the continent. Operating as a partnership between African and international universities, AIMS centres provide an innovative and relevant curriculum within an exceptional 24-hour learning environment. AIMS-NEI has opened centres in Senegal and Ghana, with each centre recruiting and graduating over 50 students each year, all of whom benefit from full scholarships. To date, the centres have collectively graduated 442 students – 31 percent of them women – from 35 African countries.


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A couple of Friday nights ago, it was hard to find a place to comfortably stand in World of Beer, McHenry Row's newest bar.
The beer emporium was celebrating its opening weekend, and the scene was what new owners dream of: wall-to-wall customers packed inside as an outdoor patio filled up simultaneously. A band played instantly recognizable songs on stage. There were at least 200 people on the premises.
It was obvious that World of Beer, a national chain founded in 2007, appeared to be off to a great start at its first Baltimore location. And that was part of the reason I wished I had come at another time.
According to its website, World of Beer began as a neighborhood tavern in Tampa, Fla., where hops enthusiasts could interact and discuss craft-beer culture. On my visit, such a conversation would have been impossible due to the foot traffic, constant conversations and general busyness by the never-ending bar. The band added to the cacophony with an eye-rolling song selection. (We do not need any more limp, bro-rock covers of Kanye West's "Heartless.")
As a few friends and I angled for position by the bar, we finally obtained a menu. Or was it a David Foster Wallace novel? The "hook" of World of Beer is its staggering selection, which includes more than 500 beers in cans and bottles, and 50 on tap. The beers are sorted by brewing location, and World of Beer rightfully takes pride in its range of products. (Smartly, beers brewed in Maryland were well represented on draft.)
But, at least on this busy trip, the vast selection felt overwhelming and impenetrable. I flipped through more than 12 pages of beers, and was still not sure where to begin. It would have been nice to talk the decision through with a bartender, but the unrelenting crowds would not allow it. How strong were the licorice notes on the Ommegang Abbey Ale ($5)? Did the Young's Double Chocolate Stout (also $5) taste too much like dessert? These are questions a menu can broach, but not answer as effectively as a human being.
Grabbing a bartender's attention long enough to place an order felt like a win on that Friday, and my gut tells me that was not how World of Beer's founders imagined a customer's experience. ("Every member of our staff attends 'Beer School' and we pride ourselves on how well we know our stuff," reads the website. That knowledge, paired with the selection, is World of Beer's strongest asset, and it was a shame we were not able to tap into it.)
While the customer service was fine overall, something seemed amiss when a friend ordered a Gavroche by France's Brasserie De Saint-Sylvestre from the menu. World of Beer did not have it, but that was not the issue, as bars sell out of products all the time. But when the bartender suggested we download the World of Beer app to see which beers were currently in stock ("It updates automatically," he pointed out), it seemed backwards.
Label me naïve or idealistic, but I simply do not want to use my phone at the bar more than I already do. Many of us stare at various glowing screens all day, and drinking a beer at the bar should remain a haven from that sort of technological dependency. Despite what our culture has us believing, not everything needs an app. It limits human interaction, and makes the exchange between bartender and patron seem cold and sterile.
Our trip to World of Beer was successful on one front: I had a delicious beer I had not tried before. The Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat Ale ($5) was refreshingly light and highly carbonated, which made it smooth and easy to drink. It's served with real blueberries, a garnish not used often enough in bars.
World of Beer likely will not be as busy as it was its opening weekend, or at least that is my hope. Like the perfect beer, the knowledge of a bar's staff is a sad thing to go to waste.
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Back story: Since 2007, the expanding World of Beer franchise has made its name for its vast selection of beers. It has a loyalty program that rewards frequent patrons with free beer and T-shirts. World of Beer opened in McHenry Row in mid-October.
Parking: McHenry Row has two free parking garages. There is also metered parking on the street.
Signature drink: With more than 500 options, beer is the way to go here. I enjoyed the Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat Ale ($5), but you can also order a flight paddle ($8-$14), which is four 5 oz. samples of World of Beer's 50 drafts.
Where: 1724 Whetstone Way at McHenry Row in Locust Point
Contact: 410-752-2337, wobusa.com/baltimore
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WOLFEBORO — Huggins Hospital on Wednesday announced that it was eliminating 23.5 full-time equivalent positions across 13 departments, freezing eight open positions and reducing the hours of eight other employees, according to a hospital news release.
"A restructuring or rightsizing operation in staffing is never a first choice," hospital President and CEO Michael Connelly is quoted in the release. "We deeply regret that we have had to undertake this restructuring that affects the livelihood of many of our colleagues.
"We have worked for many months to streamline processes to be more cost-effective and minimize the effects on our employees. This restructuring was a very difficult decision that the board of trustees and the administration did not take lightly."
Connelly said the cuts were made after much deliberation and would not eliminate any patient care programs or services. He said Huggins' recently announced collaboration with Dover's Wentworth-Douglass Hospital was taken into account while planning the cuts.
Connelly went on to explain that these were not simple across-the-board cuts to reduce expenses.
"These cuts were made strategically after much time and discussion among the hospital leaders and the board. As the economic reality of our health care landscape changes in this country, we have to be proactive in our efforts to provide cost-effective, patient-centered care while remaining fiscally sustainable in the long term."
The senior leadership team and hospital directors have been working together to reduce costs over the past year. This initiative included operational reviews to maximize efficiencies of work flow, a stricter enforcement of overtime policies, and a realignment of staff for optimal efficiency.
Huggins Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Wainwright is quoted as saying, "Mike and his team have worked hard throughout the hospital to make Huggins more cost-effective without sacrificing patient care. The board is focused on the future sustainability of Huggins Hospital so that we can continue to offer quality health care to the communities we serve."
The affected employees are being provided with a severance package and information on outplacement assistance.
"We will be looking at per diem possibilities and eligible staff will be considered for any open positions," said Laura Stauss, VP of Human Resources. "We are meeting with each person individually to help them through this process. We have researched available openings at other hospitals to provide our employees with a listing of open positions throughout the state."
The employees will have outplacement services available through the NH Department of Employment Security.


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Steroid medication suspected of causing meningitis sent to four Michigan facilities
LANSING (AP) -- State health officials say a steroid medication suspected of causing a meningitis outbreak was shipped to four facilities in Michigan.
While no cases of the rare kind of meningitis linked to the outbreak in six states have been reported in Michigan, state Department of Community Health spokeswoman Angela Minicuci said Friday MDCH is working with the four clinics to reach out to patients "out of an abundance of caution."
According to Minicuci, the four facilities that received a shipment of the medication involved in the investigation are Michigan Neurosurgical Institute in Grand Blanc, Michigan Pain Specialists in Brighton, Neuromuscular & Rehabilitation in Traverse City and Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital in Warren.
Nationwide, hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of people who got the shots between July and September could be at risk.


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"The threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our generation's response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it – boldly, swiftly, and together – we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe... the time we have to reverse this tide is running out." —President Obama's speech to the UN in 2009
"There are potential irreversible effects of melting the sea ice... We'll begin to release methane hydrates... There is enough there to cause as much warming as all the coal in the world... It's not clear that civilization could survive that extreme climate change." —Dr. James Hansen, renowned climate scientist. (interview for documentary "Arctic Methane Tipping Point?" )
Dear President Obama,
History has conspired to place you at the presidential helm during a turning point moment of unprecedented global significance. The climate crisis preceded your presidency and will still be with us when it ends. But time is quickly running out to prevent this crisis from escalating beyond human control. The staggering record loss of Arctic ice seen this year is a clear sign that the forces of climate change have been set in motion. A growing chorus of scientists and experts believe we are sitting on the knife's edge of humanity's ability to mitigate or stop the growing threat.
When you chose to open your presidential campaign in Springfield, Illinois in 2008, you made a bold statement about your aspirations to the greatness of an Abraham Lincoln. The mark of a great president is to recognize the moral issue that transcends all others and take the actions which push history in a positive direction. Lincoln did so on the issue of slavery. In a speech to Congress in 1862, he said: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."
The call that beckons you is to recognize the unique, all-encompassing urgency associated with the need to prevent a global climate catastrophe. There is no higher mission you could possibly perform than to "rise to the occasion" by using your oratorical gifts to inspire humanity to turn back from the brink of oblivion.
While world attention has focused on human-generated carbon dioxide, a sleeping giant has been stirring in the Arctic. Frozen methane is thawing and releasing a global warming gas at least 30 times more powerful than CO2. There is more carbon energy in this methane than all the world's reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas combined. As both open water and methane push Arctic temperatures higher, even more methane is subject to thawing and release—creating the frightening prospect of an unstoppable "runaway" chain reaction, or feedback loop. In a frightening worst case scenario, the planet could be pressed toward a mass extinction event comparable to earlier ones that some scientists attribute (video) to large scale methane release.
In your 2009 speech to the UN you shared these uplifting words: "It is work that will not be easy... But difficulty is no excuse for complacency. Unease is no excuse for inaction... It is a journey that will require each of us to persevere through setback, and fight for every inch of progress."
It is clear why every single "inch of progress" has become a "fight". Though the survival of life on earth surely transcends partisan politics, a fossil fuel industry blinded and rendered senseless by corporate bottomlines has invested mountains of money to attack climate science and confuse the public. Are you willing to "persevere through setback" and speak truthfully by exposing these actions as nothing less than crimes against current and future generations?
History shows that the American people have responded positively to presidents who courageously took the moral high ground in response to soul-testing adversity. Seize your greatness as a president and the people will honor you. Polls show that a majority of the independent voters that campaign strategists say you need are actually with you on climate.
The decision that will be—in your own words—"judged by history" is in your hands. Will you act on behalf of our children and future generations before the "time to reverse the tide runs out"? The moment has come to end the silence.
In your 2008 campaign, you featured these words from Rev. Martin Luther King: "We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now."
However, you did not mention the warning that immediately followed, when King said: "There is such a thing as being too late... We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: 'Too late.'"


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It looks like a great time to buy a home. Prices are falling. Mortgage rates are at 50-year lows. But a funny thing happened on the way to the mortgage banker.
Home buyers are in retreat. Homeowners, who could refinance at a lower rate, are mostly sitting on the sidelines.
What's going on?
The fear of risk is on the rise. As home sales and values start dropping again, home buyers and homeowners are reluctant to borrow and bankers are warier of lending.
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.58 percent this week, the lowest rate on record, mortgage-purchaser Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
Fifteen-year fixed and five-year adjustable rates also fell to levels not seen since the organization began tracking them in 1971.
The rates are probably the lowest since 1956, mortgage-watchers say, although the terms of the loan were a little different back then.
Despite these Eisenhower-era rates, would-be home buyers are hanging back. The number of purchasers last week fell a seasonally adjusted 3.3 percent from the previous week – the seventh decline in eight weeks, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported Wednesday. The group's puchase index is hovering near 13-year lows.
The number of refinancings did rise last week – some 12.6 percent from the previous week "but remain at about half the level seen in the spring of 2009," said Michael Fratantoni, MBA's vice president of research and economics, in a release.


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Hot tea and alcohol? Absolutely!
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Even though most alcoholic drinks served warm are made with coffee or cider, hot tea drinks are gaining popularity. At first, tea and booze might seem like an unusual mix, but with the right ingredients and a little creativity, it's possible.


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I used the Japanese Kuri squash which is a fiery red colour. It roasts well. You can use any drier variety of squash for this curry.
The best Scottish shortbread handed down through my family. Crumbly, sweet and buttery.
This dish has a salty, savoury sauce with a little bit of a kick. If you don't want the spice of the jalapenos, leave it out, and finely diced onion can be used instead of the shallots.
This is the one hors d'oeuvre that I keep being asked for time and time again. It's crunchy, creamy, spicy and hits all the high spots.
Mushrooms and squash have a real affinity and this soup proves it. I like to use oyster mushrooms, but chanterelles, which I found at the supermarket this week, provide the best flavour.
The fifth taste, umami, has much to do with glutamate, an amino acid found in such foods as prosciutto, soy sauce and a number of cheeses. Umami can show up in your glass, too (fermentation is glutamate's old friend).
When this recipe originally ran in The Globe and Mail, I received a lovely note from reader Barbara Zuchowicz. This dish reminded her of a wonderful meal she had in Italy: "It brought back joyful memories of a trip to Italy my late husband, an exceptional cook, and I took a number of years ago.
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BOSTON — The man who confessed to but was never convicted of the "Boston Strangler" murders that terrified this city 50 years ago did commit at least one of the attacks, Massachusetts prosecutors said on Friday, citing new DNA evidence.
A week after the body of Albert DeSalvo was exhumed for further DNA testing, the tests confirmed that he killed 19-year-old Mary Sullivan, in January 1964, the last of 11 victims attributed to the Boston Strangler.
"This leaves no doubt that Albert DeSalvo was responsible for the brutal murder of Mary Sullivan, and most likely that he was responsible for the horrific murders of the other women he confessed to killing," Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement.
DeSalvo had confessed to the string of killings of single women around Boston in the early 1960s but later recanted. He was stabbed to death in prison by another inmate in 1973, while serving a sentence for armed robbery and sexual assault.
Authorities last week said the DNA from one of DeSalvo's nephews had a strong link to DNA taken from the scene of Sullivan's murder. Based on that link, authorities exhumed DeSalvo's body and found a match with DNA recovered from the scene where Sullivan was raped and murdered.
Advances in DNA testing allowed officials to confirm the match.
Officials have warned that they do not have similar DNA recovered from the scenes of other victims attributed to the Boston Strangler, which will make it impossible to confirm whether DeSalvo was responsible for all the killings.
Law enforcement experts have long disagreed over the Boston Strangler case, with some contending that all 11 murders may not have been committed by the same person.


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CVS Health Corp. said Thursday it is acquiring Omnicare Inc. for $98 per share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately $12.7 billion.
CNBC's 'Fast Money Halftime' panelists on Thursday weighed the merits of investing in the streaming-video company Netflix and sized up CVS's announced merger with Omnicare.
CVS's takeover of Omnicare is the latest this year involving companies that provide pharmacy services outside of a traditional drugstore. Two of the deals involved so-called pharmacy benefit managers.
The S&P 500 is on track to close at record highs by the final hour of trading Thursday as a rally in the energy sector boosted the benchmark index.
CVS plans to acquire the nursing home pharmacy operator, a move we like as it adds up to $0.20 to 2016 earnings.
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong are investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Omnicare Inc.
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