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Gunnar PPK Video Gaming and Computer Glasses
Choose precision with Gunnar PPK. Built with the patented lens technology, PPK helps you overpower those endurance sessions in front of the digital screen, giving longevity a new definition. Medium sized with medium lens coverage, PPK fits a wide range of faces.
- Eases muscular eyestrain, enhances eye focusing power, sharpens details and keeps eyes from drying out with Fractyl™ lens geometry technology
- Offers an optical pure viewing experience with ergonomic, ultra-light properties
- Ionik™ lens tings increases contrast perception and shifts color spectrum for visual efficiency
- I-Fi™ lens coatings filters glare and reflective light while capturing and amplifying good light
Specifications: lens width: 57 mm | nose: 20 mm | front width: 137 mm | temple: 130 mm
- Frame Type: Full Frame
- Frame Shape: Rectangle
- Frame Material: Plastic
- Frame Style: Modern
- Lens Type: Computer
- Brand: Gunnar
- Color: Black
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Everyday Edisons "An Idea, An Invention, An Opportunity" See what happens when we post our casting calls for new inventions and product ideas online! Thousands of "would-be inventors" submit their ideas and it's a challenge for our Everyday Edisons team to narrow it down to the top finalists. Things really get exciting when we fly them to Charlotte for the "red carpet" treatment complete with paparazzi, cocktail reception and a gourmet dinner. Facing the judges the next day nerves, tears and exultation overwhelm the hopeful contenders as they know they must dazzle the judges with their presentations. D
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Everyday Edisons "Finally! Finalists!" Drum roll please! 50 hopefuls become 11 chosen inventors for Everyday Edisons this season and their reactions are from stunned to exuberance. In this episode, we meet the inventors and learn what makes them tick. We go to their homes via Skype and HomeCam, see what inspires them and watch just how they came up with their unique inventions. D
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History of Science "What Is Out There?" Michael Mosley, science presenter for the BBC, begins the miniseries with the story of one of the great upheavals in human history - the understanding that the Earth is not the center of the cosmos, but one of billions of bodies in a vast and expanding universe. Part 1 of 6G

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Amazon's Choice for Electronics
Amazon's Choice is a curated selection of electronics chosen based on price, availability and popularity among our customers. The aim of this program is to offer guidance in shopping for electrnoics products. Our teams have hand-picked these products from Office and Computer products like Laptops, Desktops, Monitors, Routers and Printers; Home Entertainment products like TVs, Projectors, Headphones and Speakers; Cameras, including Action Cameras and Mirrorless; and Musical Instruments such as Guitars and Keyboards.
Amazon's Choice features products from trustworthy, well-known brands such as Asus, HP, Acer, Sony, Epson, Bose, Fujifilm, GoPro, Epiphone and Alesis. Whether you're looking for an gadget upgrade or a gift for a loved one, Amazon's Choice for Canada has done the legwork to give great options so you can get back to work (or play!).


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Bravo to add 5th night of programming
Darren Star ("Sex and the City") will have a hand in producing a scripted drama for Bravo, the centerpiece of a new night of programming for the cable network that has shown steady growth during a time of economic distress for most of the industry. Claiming its best year ever in terms of revenue and ratings, Bravo announced the new night will boost its original programming total by 20 percent. Shows in development include dance and food competition "reality" series, a docu-series following choreographer Mia Michaels ("So You Think You Can Dance") and the Star hour.
From NBC Universal's description:
Inspired by the novel of the same name, this one-hour scripted musical drama follows Josh, who by day is a straight, married, affluent power broker living in New York, but leads a double life as a drag queen at night. Darren Star Productions is developing this scripted series for Bravo, with Sri Rao and Emily Branden penning the script and Darren Star ("Sex and the City," and the original "Melrose Place" and "Beverly Hills 90210"), attached as executive producer.


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Last night I went to see 'Batman: The Dark Knight' at a small, local film-house. The queues trailed out of the cinema and down the street- surely a first for such a small-scale cinema. Bearing in mind that this cinema sits in the middle of a village that doesn't exactly boast of a youthful population, I knew there must be some reason they were flocking to watch a super-hero film. That reason is Heath Ledger.
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The new Batman film, Dark Knight, has been causing quite a stir throughout the film industry. Heath Ledger's stellar acting, the new and improved Batmobile, the expectations thrust upon Christian Bale- all these things are no doubt exciting but how did the creative edge of this film translate onto the red carpet?
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The microswitch is mounted on the mainboard of the camera. The black actuating assembly slides across the microswitch and turns the camera on. There seems to be very few problems with the switch but a myriad of problems with the actuating assembly. The vent/actuating assembly is attached to the front case with silicone cement which does not bond to the plastic on the vent. In service, the constant pressure from the plungers and spring pushes
the assembly through the silicone into the camera body.
This causes the foot of the arm to hang on the micro switch body and break off the nib.
I have four (4) Stylus 300 here, one of which has been sent to Olympus for repair. Repair consists of replacing the front case half. The replacement case half contains an upgraded vent/link assembly which has heavier flanges and
a spring which extends over the case body. This replacement assembly SHOULD cure the recurrent failures.
Olympus refuses to sell the replacement parts and insists the camera be sent in for repair. Apparently the Japanese
consider the Americans too stupid to affect this repair! It is getting to the point that I would consider Americans stupid to keep buying products from this company. Any good camera repair facility should be capable or repairing one of these cameras in a few minutes if parts were made
available. These cameras can NOT be repaired without replacement parts! If an aftermarket supplier could be found to supply parts it would be a solution.


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Xtreem Music Posts New Sampler For Free Download
To commemorate their 100th release on their 10th anniversary, XTREEM MUSIC is giving away a free "double CD" label sampler for download. The fourth label sampler, this free download showcases 24 bands from past, present and upcoming releases on the XTREEM CULT SERIES, spanning almost two hours. Cover artwork is courtesy of Finnish cult artist Turkka Rantanen (Demigod, Demilich, Paganizer, Adramelech, Depravity, Ribspreader...)
Here's the tracklisting:
1. Demigod - As I Behold I Despise
2. Rottrevore - Conspiracised
3. Funebre - Shiver
4. Revenant - The Burning Ground
5. Sacrilege - Insurrection
6. Dissect - Gals of the Eternal Solstice
7. Adramelech - Heroes in Godly Blaze
8. Morpheus Descends - The Way of All Flesh
9. Lethal Aggression - Outcast/Proud Johnny/I'll Fight
10. Unbounded Terror - Dreamlord
11. Cartilage - Why Do I Watch the Dawn?
12. Apparition - Curse of the Sunrise
1. Demilich - The Echo (Replacement)
2. Supuration - Hypertrophy - Sordid and Outrageous Emanation
3. Multiplex - Raise the Ecstatic
4. Purtenance - A Dark Cloud Arises
5. Necrophiliac - Gorefruit Trasure
6. Killing Addiction - Omega Factor
7. Abhorer - Abandonment of Chastity
8. Disgrace - Unity's Interlude Dyes Blind Tomorrow
9. Apostasy - Fraud in the Name of God
10. Phlegethon - Ornaments
11. Altar - Nothing Human
12. Absorbed - Off-World Endeavour
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BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army intensified its aerial bombardment Friday of southern Syria as opposition fighters were preparing to launch a wide offensive in a province bordering Jordan, activists said.
The Local Coordination Committees opposition network and an anti-government activist in the area said air raids and government shelling in the southern province of Daraa killed at least two people Friday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, another activist group, reported that airstrikes on several areas in Daraa killed a man and a child. It said warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked the towns of Enkhil and Ghabagheb, as well as the village of Naima and the capital of Daraa province that carries the same name.
Daraa is where Syria's uprising started nearly three years ago with anti-government protests that later spread throughout the country. It turned into a civil war that has killed more than 140,000 people, according to opposition activists.
The army in recent days also has stepped up its use of barrel bombs in deadly airstrikes on rebel-held areas of Daraa. The crude bombs — barrels filled with explosives, fuel and scraps of metal — had so far been used mostly against rebel held areas in the northern city of Aleppo and near Damascus, Syria's capital.
An amateur video released by activists showed smoke billowing from Naima after being struck by barrel bombs. Another video showed men running through dust created by a strike in the city of Daraa before reaching a two-story house bombed into a pile of rubble. A man could be heard shouting in the background: "My father!"
The videos appeared genuine and corresponded with Associated Press reporting of the attacks.
Several activists said the attacks come as opposition fighters were preparing to launch a push from the area toward Damascus in coming days. The rebels tried several times over the past two years to reach the capital but were crushed by Syrian troops.
The activists, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were speaking of military plans, claimed thousands of U.S.-trained rebels are getting ready to attack government positions throughout Daraa province.
Syria's Al-Thawra newspaper, a mouthpiece of President Bashar Assad's government, harshly criticized Jordan on Thursday, accusing it of taking part in a U.S.-backed conspiracy against Damascus.
There is an "official Jordanian role in coordination with intelligence services from the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, with some Gulf Arab mix," the paper said. It added that Jordan is taking part in an "American escalation" after the second round of peace talks between rival Syrian groups in Geneva ended without any progress.
The CIA has led U.S. outreach to the rebels outside Syria, meeting them at refugee camps and towns along the Turkish and Jordanian borders. CIA paramilitary officers, as well as special operations trainers, have trained select groups of rebels in Jordan on the use of encrypted communications equipment — the nonlethal aid provided by President Barack Obama's administration — and they have helped the rebels learn how to fire anti-aircraft weapons and small arms provided by Gulf states.
The Observatory and the Local Coordination Committees also reported heavy clashes Friday in the southern region of Quneitra. The Syrian army has been reinforcing its positions in Quneitra as part of an effort to dislodge rebels from the area that is near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
In Geneva, meanwhile, the United Nations' refugee agency called on countries to make commitments to provide resettlement for an additional 100,000 Syrian refugees in 2015 and 2016.
UNHCR earlier called on states to accommodate 30,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees through resettlement and other forms of admission by the end of this year.
In a statement Friday, the agency said 20 countries have offered more than 18,800 places. It added that UNHCR remains confident that the 30,000 goal will be met by the end of the year through a "significant number of submissions to the United States."
There are currently nearly 2.5 million Syrian refugees registered with the agency around the Middle East, mostly in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. Tens of thousands more have found shelter without registering with the agency.
Associated Press writer Barbara Surk contributed to this report.


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Exelon Corp. is one of the nation's largest electrical utilities, with over 5.4 million retail customers and over 33,000 Megawatts in energy capacity (1 MW can power approximately 500 homes; for example, a city the size of Seattle can consume 1,100 MW at any given moment in time.) In the first quarter of 2010 Exelon reported operating revenues of $4.46B and operating income of $1.4B and in 2009 operating revenues and operating income were $17.3B and $4.8B, respectively.[1][2] Exelon delivers energy to millions of retail customers in Pennsylvania and Illinois and generates energy for wholesale delivery to retail suppliers throughout the nation.[3]
PECO and ComEd comprise Exelon's retail utility segment. PECO delivers electricity and gas to almost 2 million customers in the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania, including the city of Philadelphia. ComEd delivers electricity to 3.7 million customers in northern Illinois. The future success of both subsidiaries depends largely on U.S. Energy Regulations and their respective regulatory environments. ComEd, in particular, faces some uncertainty as Illinois nears the end of a 10 year legislative rate freeze on energy prices. If Illinois moves from government regulated prices to market based pricing, ComEd could see a significant boost to earnings. On the other hand, continuation of rate freeze legislation could pose a serious threat to the company.
Exelon also operates a wide array of nuclear energy, fossil fuel, hydroelectric and renewable energy plants. Exelon's energy portfolio is concentrated in nuclear energy, with nuclear energy generation representing almost two thirds of total energy production. Exelon's nuclear fleet represents 3% of total US energy production. Exelon's nuclear focus will allow it to benefit from a variety of trends including rising worldwide demand for energy, resulting rising fossil fuel prices, global warming concerns and a favorable US legislative environment.
Exelon was formed through the merger of two energy utilities, Unicom and PECO, in 2000. The merger was part of an overall wave of consolidation that occurred in the wake of the deregulation of the utility industry. Exelon manages its broad interests through two business segments: Delivery and Power Generation. Generation processes raw fuel to generate energy in an array of fossil, hydroelectric and nuclear power plants. Exelon delivery focuses on maintaining the power lines and other infrastructure necessary for delivering energy to millions of customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Delivery operates through two subsidiaries: Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) which operates in Illinois and PECO which operates in the Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania. Power Generation is also subdivided into three business segments: Power, Nuclear and Powerteam.
Fiscal Year 2010 Summary
In 2010, Exelon earned net income of $2.6 billion, a 5% decrease from the previous year, with total revenues of $18.6 billion, an 8% increase from the previous year.[4] The increase in revenue was primarily due to favorable capacity pricing in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, favorable weather conditions amounting to an impact of $168 million on revenue, and a decrease of $84 million in legislation costs related to the Illinois Settlement Legislation.[5]
Commonwealth Edison, or ComEd, is responsible for servicing and maintaining the over 78,000 miles of powerlines that provide Chicago and northern Illinois with electric energy. ComEd does not engage in the production of energy. Instead, it purchases energy from third party providers and focuses on servicing and delivering this energy to customers. ComEd currently has a customer base of over 3.7 million and has approximately 6000 employees. In fiscal year 2009, ComEd earned $5.8 billion in revenues, with $843 million in operating income.[6][7]
PECO engages in the distribution and delivery of electricity and natural gas in the southeastern region of Pennsylvania. Like ComEd, PECO does not engage in the production of energy; it purchases energy from Exelon Power Generation and other third party providers. PECO focuses primarily on servicing and maintaining a web of substations, power lines and gas mains to deliver this electricity to 1.5 million customers and gas to another 460,000 in the Philadelphia region. In fiscal year 2009, PECO reported revenues of $5.3 billion and a net operating income of $697 million.[6][8]
The Pennsylvania Energy Independence Initiative, which is planned to help cut carbon emissions in the state by advancing conservation and raising fossil fuel taxes could benefit Exelon by pushing nuclear energy, but could hurt the company's fossil fuel power business. Currently, the company is working on lobbying the state legislature to make the Initiative more appealing for it.
On March 31, 2010 Peco requested a rate increase for the cost of delivery for electricity and natural gas. If approved it would mark the first increase since 1989 for electricity and 1987 for natural gas. The delivery charge is roughly one-third of the entire bill for each customer. This change could help Peco maintain margins and help pass on a greater share of the costs of delivery to the customer. Separately, in January 2011, the 14 year contract which fixed the rate at which Peco buys electricity will switch back to market pricing. This cost is passed directly on to customers. [9]
Generation, Exelon's largest business segment, earned $9.7 billion in revenues in 2009, with $3.3 billion in operating income, making it Exelon's most profitable segment.[6][10] Generation is divided into Nuclear, Power, and Powerteam.
Of these three segments, nuclear is by far the largest. Exelon's nuclear wing operates 10 nuclear plants with 17 reactors. Exelon's nuclear fleet is the largest in the nation and third largest in the world. In all, the plants represent 20% of US nuclear energy or 3% of total US energy production. Decades after nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island (Three Mile Island - 1 was acquired by PECO in December of 1999) and Chernobyl stigmatized nuclear energy, rising fossil fuel prices are making people reconsider. Higher oil prices increase costs for fossil fuel plants and make nuclear energy more attractive. Increasing awareness of global climate change also makes nuclear energy more appealing, as nuclear plants have negligible greenhouse gas emissions compared to plants that burn fossil fuels (though construction of nuclear plants does cause some emissions). Exelon demonstrated its long term commitment to expanding its nuclear energy program when it tried to merge with PSEG in 2006. The merger would have given Exelon interest in four additional nuclear plants and boosted it to the world's number two in nuclear energy. Although the deal was scrapped due to high regulation hurdles, nuclear energy remains Exelon's crown jewel. The nuclear segment was one of the most successful nuclear power teams in the industry during 2007, with an average capacity factor (that is, percent of capital used) of 94.5% (compared to the industry average of 90%), and energy production growth of 955,000 megawatt hours[11]. During the first quarter of 2008, however, the company started five refueling outages, completing four - over twice as many as occurred in the same period of 2007. Though these outages were necessary, they did reduce the company's production during the period. Exelon was able to complete these outages in an average of 25 days - compared to the industry average of 41 days.
Exelon Power manages Exelon's portfolio of fossil, hydroelectric and alternative energy plants. These plants have the capacity to produce over 8000 Megawatts of energy. This capacity complements Exelon's nuclear production; when demand spikes, some of the excess burden can be shifted onto the fossil plants. Unlike Nuclear, the Power division is exposed to the risks associated with fossil fuels such as global warming and oil prices. In addition to fossil and hydroelectric plants, Exelon Power also operates several solar power facilities and several wind farms as the largest producer of wind power east of the Mississippi.
While the price of coal has been rising for some time, Exelon continues to expand its Power segment, albeit in creative ways. In 3Q07, the company purchased the output of State Line, a 515 MW coal power plant in Indiana, until 2012. Despite the rising cost of coal power production, Exelon expects after-tax income from the plant to be around $130 million in 4Q07, and then expects to lose $35 million per year until the end of the contract, when State Line will pay the company $233 million, creating immediate cash flow. It should be noted that the coal plant was not purchased as a strategic asset, but rather as an assured investment with dependable future income and no long-term financial repercussions.
Power's fossil fuel capital availability rate in 4Q07 was 83%, compared to 95.7% in 4Q06, because two plants went down in 4Q07. The company's hydro-facility availability rose for the same periods from 97.9% to 98.6%, though lower river flow resulted in lower power generation[12].
PowerTeam is responsible for marketing Exelon Nuclear and Power's products. PowerTeam delivers wholesale energy products to retail suppliers. They also design and package energy products and negotiate contracts with municipalities, utilities and institutional traders. Additionally, PowerTeam actively hedges Exelon Nuclear and Power's portfolio of energy assets. PowerTeam's hedging reduces Exelon's overall exposure to the risks of fluctuating energy prices.
Exelon made an unsolicited acquisition bid to NRG Energy in October 2008, worth $6.2 billion. If Exelon was successful in acquiring NRG it would have created the largest power company in the country (by asset value).[13]
The initial offer of $6.2 billion was rejected by NRG management, so Exelon made an unsolicited bid directly to shareholders.[14] By the end of June only about 12% of NRG's shares had been tendered under the offer, so Exelon moved to what was deemed by the company's chairman, John Rowe, to be "the best and final offer." That offer was roughly $7.5 billion an increase of 17% from its initial offer in 2008. Exelon increased the offer after it identified another $1.5 billion in cost savings through the combination of the two businesses and the added benefits of NRG's purchase of a retail business from Reliant Energy (RRI).[15]
The hostile bid was met resistant from the NRG management board and Delaware's Public Service Commission and its Department of Natural Resources submitted concerns over the bid to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.[16] On July 21, 2009 Exelon officially terminated its offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of NRG Energy. Exelon was unwilling to raise its price to what it considered would undermine its own value proposition and in light of a preliminary proxy vote of shareholders against the proposal.[17]
On August 29, 2010, Exelon announced its plans to acquire John Deere Renewables, the wind energy subsidiary of John Deere & Co., at a price of $860 million, with an additional $40 million once construction plans for new projects finalize. With the acquisition, Exelon is epected to gain 735MW of wind energy capacity from a total of 36 wind farms, as well as a further 1,486 MW from projects in development. This move is part of the company's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to diversify its generation fleet with renewable energy.[18]
In the first quarter of 2009, oil prices have hovered around $40-$60 a barrel, too low to stimulate interest in nuclear energy. Since then prices have rebounded to hover in the $70-$80 range which makes nuclear energy a little more competitive. However with growing energy demands from emerging markets, the price of oil is expected to stay high.
The key difference between nuclear and fossil plants is the cost structure. Nuclear plants require very large capital investments (to construct the plant) but little expenditure for fuel because it takes relatively little uranium to power a plant. On the other hand, fossil fuel plants require relatively little capital investment but have high fuel costs because they require large amounts of coal, oil or gas. In the past, low fossil fuel prices gave given fossil fuel plants a cost advantage over nuclear plants. The cost advantage, compounded by the stigmas of nuclear energy (the Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) phenomenon) has prevented new nuclear construction for almost 30 years. Record fossil fuel prices after 2007 reversed this trend. Nuclear utilities such as Exelon and Entergy began filing for permits for construction of new nuclear plants, with some heralding the arrival of a "nuclear renaissance." While nuclear power still carries a stigma, some of that could be crumbling, as proponents of greener energy sometimes point to nuclear power as one way to reduce carbon emissions, and there is a favorable legislative environment, and a president, Obama, right now that wishes to push forward in nuclear energy. [19]
Over the past few years, global warming has moved from the fringes to become one of the single greatest challenges facing the world today. A growing body of scientific evidence ties carbon dioxide emissions to rising temperatures. As a result of growing popular awareness of the risks of global warming, many large corporations have stepped up their efforts to project greener images. Additionally, many expect the U.S. government to enact more stringent legislation limiting carbon emissions. Environmental awareness is another key trend driving the renaissance of nuclear energy. Compared to their fossil fuel peers, nuclear energy plants have negligible emissions. Again, although Exelon also operates fossil fuel plants, the majority of its energy comes from nuclear plants. Additionally, Exelon operates many hydroelectric, alternative and renewable energy plants. In all, Exelon stands to benefit from a shift to nuclear energy due to global warming concerns, a fact that has not been lost on the company. The company recently began to push for higher efficiency standards and other environmentally friendly state policies in the areas it operates, probably hoping that a paradigm shift will facilitate a shift towards renewable energy, ultimately benefiting the company.
In its second quarter 2008 conference call, Exelon detailed a program, Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Road Map, with a goal of offsetting 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The company plans on spending 10 billion over the next 12 years, 80-85% of which will go to upgrading nuclear plants, implementing renewable energy generation, and building efficient natural gas plants. The rest will go to carbon offsets and customer education programs.[20]
Nuclear power plants are run to precise, extremely high standards in order to ensure that the power-generating processes do not go awry. The design of boiling water and pressurized water reactors employed in the United States and most of the world make it impossible for a Chernobyl type disaster to occur. The fact that Exelon can generate a kilowatt-hour of energy for only 1.8 cents versus an average of 4 cents for wind energy could have average consumers leaning toward nuclear as an easy climate change solution. Ultimately, the question of the success of nuclear energy will come down to what people fear more: the threat of climate change with its unknown effects or the unfounded and uninformed media driven fear that a Chernobyl accident could occur in the United States.
On August 16, 2010, two Exelon nuclear reactors at Braidwood Generating Station, 60 miles south of Chicago, were shut down for a week due to electrical bus issues. The shut down emitted loud noise, as well as steam that contained levels of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is testing condensate and water in the system for levels, and state they are likely to fall below regulatory limits. Should the levels not fall below limits, Exelon will be responsible for cleanup and monitoring, as it did with the 2006 Braidwood contamination.[21][22]
Exelon announced in August its plans for a $4.6 billion expenditure program in IIIinois, effectively creating 4,200 new jobs over the next five years. It plans to take responsibility by decommissioning the Zion nuclear power station, a task that will take ten years, and upgrading equipment at its six Illinois power plants.[23]
Weather can have a material impact on Exelon's business. Warmer than expected winters can lead to lower demand for heating energy, whereas a cooler than expected summer can lead to lower energy demand for cooling. The 4th quarter of 2006 for instance was cooler than the 4th quarter of 2005 resulting in a 1% decrease in Kilowatt deliveries when compared to 2005. Storms can also cost the company millions of dollars, as in June 2008 when a storm knocked out power for 152,000 PECO customers, forcing the company to put crews to work around the clock to restore power.[24]
The U.S. government plays a critical role in the financial performance of the highly regulated energy sector. Each of Exelon's utility businesses face a variety of challenges and potential benefits that may arise from changes in legislation and regulatory schemes:
ComEd in particular is at a crucial juncture in terms of U.S. Energy Regulations . In 1997, the state of Illinois enacted legislation that split the generation and delivery segments of energy companies, lowered rates by 20% and, most importantly, froze rates at that level for 10 years. Unless new legislation is enacted, 2007 will see the transition from artificial, regulated pricing to market rate pricing. Unless rate freeze legislation is reenacted, ComEd predicts an average 22% increase in rates in Illinois. In this way, the transition to market based rates should provide a significant boost to earnings in the coming years. On the other hand, the CEO of ComEd has been quoted saying that another rate freeze may push ComEd toward insolvency. This outcome is unlikely, however, as 75% of the company's 1Q08 rate hike requests were granted, indicating a close relationship between the company and its regulators.
In all, the legislative environment is favorable for Exelon Generation. Increasing concern over global warming makes US carbon emission legislation likely in the short to midterm. Because Exelon's portfolio is concentrated in nuclear energy any legislation based on carbon trading markets will allow Exelon to offset emissions at its carbon based plants with carbon credits from its renewable and nuclear plants. Additionally, the 2005 federal energy bill provided many government incentives for the continued expansion of the US nuclear fleet. Exelon Generation should benefit from this favorable environment moving forward.
The Waxman-Markey bill is currently in the House awaiting a vote, and according to rough calculations, the passage of the bill as it stands could lead to Exelon netting an additional 1 billion dollars in revenue. The cap-and-trade bill would have a huge positive effect on Exelon since Exelon would be able to use its 132 megawatts of nuclear power generation to sell carbon credits to traditional coal-fired plants, and while the bill estimates the cost of a permit to emit a ton of CO2 to be $7.50, Exelon stands to gain a very large amount of revenue.[25]
|Revenue (USD Billions)
|Generation Capacity (Megawatts)
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|Gross Profit (USD Billion)
Although wide variation in their operations makes direct comparison difficult, it is clear that Exelon has been a top performer among utility companies. Exelon is considerably larger than its closest competitors. Its scale provides more leverage when negotiating energy contracts with retail energy suppliers. Another key attraction of Exelon is the high concentration of its energy portfolio in Nuclear Energy. In all, nuclear energy represents almost two thirds of Exelon's energy generation. This high concentration in nuclear energy is a key advantage. While nuclear plants require large initial investments, low fuel costs allow for lower marginal costs. These lower marginal costs have helped Exelon maintain a much higher profit margin than its peers. It is important to note that, while these metrics are useful in highlighting various advantages of each utility, none of these company's utility operations are in direct competition. Each utility operates in a geographical monopoly.


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DENVER (AP) — Two brothers accused of killing five people at a Denver bar during a robbery and then setting the building on fire to destroy evidence have pleaded guilty in deals with prosecutors.
Joseph Hill, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of first-degree murder and will be sentenced to life in prison at a hearing Oct. 3.
Lynell Hill, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder naming all five victims, aggravated robbery and first-degree arson. His plea agreement stipulates a 70-year prison term.
A third man, Dexter Lewis, 23, is also charged in the fatal stabbings and cover-up fire at Fero's Bar and Grill in October. He could face the death penalty, the Denver Post reported (http://bit.ly/13766Nh ). The district attorney has until Friday to decide.
Investigators say the robbery was motivated by Lynell Hill's need for money to pay for an unrelated court case. The group allegedly left the bar with about $170.
Killed were bar owner Young Suk Fero, 63, of Aurora; Daria M. Pohl, 21, of Denver; Kellene Fallon, 44, of Denver; Ross Richter, 29, of Overland Park, Kan.; and Tereasa Beesley, 45, of Denver.
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This line between statement of purpose and personal statement is very burry. Ideally, youd probably want an essay that does both. If thats not possible, it may be better to lean towards statement of purpose. It seems to me that despite law schools insistence that they dont want another Why I want to be a lawyer? personal statement, many actually want that exact question answered.According to Montauk (2004):Its always good to see an applicant who knows what he or she intends to do in the future, based upon solid evidence. Georgetown AdmissionsThe question were always asking ourselves when we read their files is, Why law school? If we dont have a clear understanding of why, it is difficult to make a strong case for admission
If we dont understand why law school, and why now, that admissions offer may not come since we are looking for clarity and focus at this point. This is true even for someone with a very strong undergraduate record and ninety-ninth percentile LSAT scores. Stanford AdmissionsWhen I read an essay I ask myself, What does the applicant know about himself and about law that leads him to think that this is the direction he wants to go in? I want to be sure that choosing law has been thoughtful decision, not a reflexive one. Columbia Admissions Should you write statement of purpose essays for these schools?


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Pearl River Properties LLC, the owner of the 33,500-square-foot warehouse at 1265 Riverside Blvd. near the entrance to Presidents Island, has filed a $1.3 million loan on the property.
The company, which bought the industrial facility in December 2007 from Sims Properties LLC for $1.8 million, filed the loan Oct. 2 through First Capital Bank.
Built in 2004, the Class B warehouse sits on four acres at the northwest corner of Riverside Boulevard and West Trigg Avenue. The property contains two adjoined buildings.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal is $1.2 million.
Eileen Liu and Feiyu Chen signed the trust deed on behalf of Pearl River Properties.
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Plans are moving forward for a third location of Café Eclectic, this time inside The Stratum on Highland, 510 S. Highland St.
A $90,750 building permit application for tenant improvements has been filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.
The restaurant, coffee bar and pastry shop will occupy 2,500 square feet of The Stratum's ground floor retail space, said Brian Gamble, facility manager with McKinney Properties Inc. The Stratum is Pittsburgh-based McKinney Properties' only student housing property in Memphis.
The five-story, 85-unit apartment building at the southeast corner of Mynders Avenue opened in 2008. Though it is independent of the University of Memphis, it is a few blocks away and is marketed as student housing.
Café Eclectic, owned by Cathy Boulden, opened its first store in 2008 at 603 N. McLean Blvd. A year later, Little Café Eclectic opened in Harbor Town. Boulden declined comment for this announcement.
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Nike has a plan on the drawing board to expand its presence in Memphis in a big way, spending millions to grow its local operation – and add 250 new jobs.
The world's largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel is seeking a 15-year tax freeze to help it expand its facility at 3100 New Frayser Blvd. and upgrade its facility at 5151 Shelby Drive.
The Beaverton, Ore.-based company turned down opportunities in North Mississippi and even in its corporate home of Beaverton in favor of Memphis. The moves include Nike ending its lease at 8400 Winchester Road and shifting employees to the Shelby Drive location.
Nike will create 250 new jobs with an average wage of $35,000, increasing Nike's local employment to 1,912.
The project will create more than $105 million in new tax revenue for Memphis and Shelby County and will result in an average annual tax abatement of almost $58 million for Nike.
The city-county Economic Development Growth Engine board will discuss Nike's application at the board's Wednesday, Oct. 17, meeting.
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Anna Holtzclaw has joined Urban Land Institute Memphis as district council coordinator, a part-time role where she will focus on programming, membership and sponsorship development.
Holtzclaw brings a blend of real estate and nonprofit experience, with past working experience with Henry Turley Co., LRK Inc., Loeb Properties Inc., Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA), the Salvation Army KROC Center and the New Ballet Ensemble.
Fred's Super Dollar will celebrate 65 years of serving the Memphis area with the grand opening of two new stores at 8:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19.
Special offers and activities will be at both locations, one at 7965 E. Shelby Drive and another at 6500 Quince Road.
The new, 16,000-square-foot stores feature an expanded food selection that doubles traditional fred's food offerings with a larger choice of breakfast foods, quick meals and beverages. Both locations also include pharmacies featuring a drive-thru window providing easy pick-up and drop-off of prescriptions.
During the ceremony, fred's will present donations to Southwind Elementary and High schools, Ridgeway Middle School and Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary School.
Memphis-based fred's Super Dollar operates more than 700 discount general merchandise stores, including 21 franchised fred's stores in 15 states.
EdR, a Memphis-based developer, owner and manager of collegiate housing, purchased The District on 5th – a collegiate housing community serving the University of Arizona in Tucson – for $67 million.
The District on 5th is a 764-bed, 208-unit community located within walking distance of the University of Arizona. This Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver community opened last month and features two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a pool with beach entry, clubroom, spa, computer lab/business center and an outdoor theater.
The community is 99 percent leased with an average monthly lease rate of $633 per bed. The purchase price represents an approximate 6.3 percent economic cap rate on expected next 12 months' net operating income.
The University of Arizona's Tucson campus has an enrollment of 38,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Current on-campus housing consists of slightly less than 6,800 beds. The Arizona Board of Regents expects enrollment to increase 13,000 by 2020.
With this purchase, EdR owns or manages 63 communities in 24 states with more than 36,000 beds within nearly 12,000 units.
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Using his subconscious as material, Matt Mullican often creates his artworks before an audience while under hypnosis, resulting in a unique hybrid of performance art and drawing. Part schematic, part cosmological chart, Mullican's ordered, symmetrical works belie an enormously ambitious artistic aim, to contain and make sense of the universe. Characterized by rough geometric patterns and the artist's elongated, looping script, Mullican's spontaneous diagrams and writings on walls and canvas offer free access to the artist's psyche.
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Zero Punctuation: Left 4 Dead 2 & New Super Mario Bros Wii
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Bowser vs tank: Bowser--Tanks susceptible to repeated firing from normal bullets, while Bowser more or less requires Lava, bombs, and turtle shells flying up and knocking his flying bucket thing to fall into lava. And even then he doesn't die, just comes back after a few tries and does it all over again. (Unless a horde of Mr Game and Watch come around, then Bowser is screwed. Cookies for reference.)
The L4D2 bit was way off base honestly. That's how the game would seem if you were never really into the first one. And if you weren't, why do you care about the second? L4D2 is about appealing to the fans of the first game. If you liked the first game, you'll buy 2 and never go back to 1, because the changes are too far reaching as to make the first game feel unplayable again. Environment design is better, the SI add a whole new array of mechanics to deal with and play as in versus, the two new modes (Realism and Scavenge) are a blast, and the melee weapons change a lot of the game that you don't initially realize.
The only downer to L4D2 is that Rochelle is the worst character Valve has ever created. Ellis is adorable, Nick is awesome, Coach is kinda funny, and Rochelle has the character depth of a thimble.
Ehhh, that's not really a lot better. They could at least give the option. I've got a Virtual Console game (something from the Master System) that can be controlled by turning the waggle stick horizontally like that, but it's a bit too narrow to hold comfortably so I just use the control pad.
I don't mind the TF2 extra, yes where is Episode 3!!
I have yet to play L4D2 as I played L4D and didn't like it.............. and this review didn't convince me to change my mind.
On the other hand, as much as I dislike me Wii, I loved Super Mario Bros on my Gameboy and actually want New Super Mario Bros.
I'd say it is worth buying. But you should probably read the reveiw of it here on the Escapist. Or look up some reviews from other websites.
i think one of my major problems with L4D2 is that it came out only a year after the original. normally a sequel comes out 2-3 years after the first game. It has better graphics, new maps, new gameplay etc and revives that games community. But i also thought L4D was overpriced considering what you got.
It sounded like he played the 360 version playing with a kid from Alaska and the lag issue and yes it's definitely worth buying on PC.
Hahaha, a cheeseburger spider! \o/
It's been three years since the Wii was released, and I think the number of actually good games for it can still be counted on fingers.
Maybe it's made Nintendo accountants happy, but it's going to come off as a damp fart in the history of video games.
response to the bowser vs tank thing I think bowser would win, how many times has mario shoved bowser to his doom in magma? HE KEEPS COMING BACK!
Boswer vs Tank?
Change the titles to:
1) Much more detailed review than I was expecting for a video on two games in the same time budget, and I welcome back Yahtzee's voice. Good insight, especially on the overworked numbers deal.
2) L4D2 does not rely on online multiplayer to be any more or less worth playing. You get the same stuff as in co-op with the extra benefit of being able to be an asshole to some prepubescent hobo in Alaska, and then get him killed by feeding him to zombies. It's like a watered-down hybrid of Saw and 30 Days of Night.
3) Bowser would win because he has way cooler toys and can make basically anything explode.
4)I'd be as mad as Yahtzee, too, for the same dual reasons of having to review Nintendo's 20 years of wasted potential and for having to review a game that's been censored exclusively in his part of the world just because the government decides to treat zombies like sentient, self-aware people and not just extremely lively punching bags with gangrene (which is a major driving part of their marketability in today's post-Shaun-of-the-Dead social context). Besides, Yahtzee's vitriol is the main thing fueling his comedy, which in turn fuels his analysis of video games.
Yeah. my whole post here doesn't really say anything new and interesting. Just my 2c on an excellent review.
I'm assuming you have actually played L4D2, correct? Because over 20 maps, melee weapons that are anything but useless, a completely new setting, 2 new game modes and an improved AI director would tell me that you probably played for 5 minutes before realising that either A: You aren't very good at it, B: You don't have any friends to play with, or C: You aren't very good and don't have any friends to play with.
Also, how can a Mario game possibly rip off another Mario game? It makes no sense. It's called a sequel, they sometimes do them to extend a series. It's a very complex idea that I'm not sure you completely understand.
I was actually a little worried that that was going to be the case with L4D2v3 - that is would simply be more like an expansion than an actual game. After playing the demo months ago I felt pretty much the same way; new campaigns, new weapons and characters with new(but ultimately unimportant)back stories. It was new and shiny and made my processor work hard but there wasn't really any distinguishable upgrade from the original (except, I guess, the new melee weapons, which could have easily fit into an expansion), and by that merit I don't feel that it's worth the price of a full game. I felt the same way about Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Assassin's Creed 2, and (this one especially)Modern Warfare 2. The graphics are updated a lot but gameplay remains relatively untouched. Nothing particularly new is added that warrants an entirely new game besides the graphical enhancement that couldn't just be stapled on as an addon.
GTAIV, as much as I ignore it in favor of it's much better little brother, Saints Row 2, actually does expansions correctly. Rockstar made two expansions to their game that, combined, are close to the size of the original campaign, but instead of releasing them as an entire new game, they remained expansions - They don't add enough new content to call for a whole separate game. And when I think about, I believe Rockstar did slightly touch up the graphics for The Ballad of Gay Tony.
So thanks for confirming my suspicions, Yahtzee.
My buddy owns a Wii and bought Mario. I must say, it is the most fun I've had with a Wii since, um, Wii Sports. 4 player is hard at first (as Yahzee points out), but, as you get better, you can start playing as a team and bounce off of each others heads to reach high places (to collect big coins).
And as for the pit complaints well, this is the easiest Mario game for that as far as I'm concerned. If in multiplayer and you're about to fall into a pit, press the 1(?) button to turn into a bubble and float gently to safety.
And I'd say it's a cross between Mario 3 (best Mario ever) and Mario World (which was okay).
To answer your question at the end of the credts: "Bowser vs. Tank: Who Would win"
It's a tough choice. Bowser has fire which would kill the Tank at some point without question. But the Tank is probably faster and stronger and would probably infect Bowser turning him into an infected as well. Tough call... but I'm going with Bowser if he's using the magic he has in some games and I'm going with Tank if Bowser is not using any magic from whatever games he does have magic.
I loved the new names for L4D; nearly wet myself when I heard "Left 4 Dead Springfield 30 ought 6." Great episode, reviewing two games in a single go is a nice change. Can't always happen, obviously, but it's a nice way to tack off two games that weren't large enough for their own review. Bravo, Yahtzee.
Great review. Got a chuckle out of the end credits as well.
Interesting...Yahzee hates multiplayer (Modern Warefare 2) but will happily sit down and play Left 4 Dead 2. Ah well, I liked it but then I never played the first game.
L4D2 look like an add-on?
Where is HL3?
SMB Wii is the same old game?
Whats this? The audio version of Reddit? Bravo Yatzee, not only do you not review games anymore, but you do it in pairs now.
I don't get all the New SMB bitching. Galaxy 2's on the way, as is a second Zelda and a second Metroid. That's quite a bit more than a nintendo system's seen in the last 2 generations. The 2 Toads corner-cutting was of course cheap, but I've spent about a half an hour with the game and I've walked away with 2 things: it's awesome and it's bitch-ass hard.
As for the Left 4 Dead sequel, I couldn't tell ya. It's been a while since I was interested in a 4-level video game. Like 24 years.
good to know that 5=20, each section of a map is not a map. 20 weapons, a few new enemies and some minor AI and graphics improvements and one new game mode. I dont see how this justifies a $50 game.
Dude, Google is ALWAYS on the ball!
As unfocussed as his rants often turn out to become as of late, I have to agree with his opinion on the Mario game. "This shit will not fly!" is about as perfect as it gets regarding a summary of a game from a company that's deleted the words 'innovation' and 'creativity' from its vocabulary.
"The 2 Toads corner-cutting was of course cheap,"? Why? The princess has been kidnapped, who did you expect Nintendo to use? Create new characters? Use Luigi's elusive girlfriend?
He didn't really complain about L4D2, so doesn't that mean he liked it?
If you want a different game than Mario, well then... play a different game than Mario.
I like the new Mario Bros Wii better than the old Nintendo games for a few reasons, the biggest of which being better control. I have no trouble getting Mario to do what I want him to (other than throw stuff upwards *sniff*), and the ability to recover via wall jumps is excellent. I don't like that I have to waggle the Wiimote to do certain things, but beyond that, I have no complaints regarding control.
It's mostly more of the same, but it's a sameness that is welcome and has been improved upon. Level design is excellent and the boss battles are some of the most fun I've had in a game in years. They easily put previous Mario boss fights to shame.
I have not tried the multiplayer yet, and don't really feel compelled to do so. It's a nifty feature that might be interesting, but Mario seems like it should be single player given its format. It feels like they'd just get in each others way, and reviews of the game seem to support this.
In any other game, each map would count as a map. Just because they run into each other, doesn't make them one map.
Why was it cheap to use 2 pallet-swap characters for players 3 and 4? The same reason it was cheap to use pallet-swap characters in the Mortal Kombat games and give all the characters the exact same fighting moves except for specials and finishers.
Relax, take a deep breath, and realize that I was actually defending the game.
As for lag; I'm sure the Yahtzee's computer, being a big black monolith built by dwarfs from middle earth, has enough mushroom and star power to actually be a dedicated server while gaming on it. I'm also sure that there are options to filter people out by ping and location.
The problem is that it's been seen already. Your post is suicidal.
Imagine Valve or someone working like this. Now imagine 20 Left 4 Dead titles that have minor improvements like L4D2. Maybe even less so.
How long could it go on before someone finally bitchslaps them? And someone should slap Nintendo, while I'm at it. Maybe even find a hobo who has the balls to be creative and insert a cheeseburger-spider into a game.
Good review, Yahtzee. I really like New Super Mario Bros Wii, but you made some excellent points. The character selection could have been much better. Then again, since I'm almost always player 1, I'm usually stuck playing as Mario instead of Luigi. Also, the game does take most of its content from previous Mario titles. Also, the co-op makes the game a lot harder. Players can sabotage each other without even trying. As a matter of fact, I think the single player mode was too easy. Super Mario World was much harder. However, the game is not bad. I guess some people like things that are familiar, though.
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The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) continues work on environmental documents and necessary technical studies for the $1.7 billion Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project, a proposed 11-mile extension of the Blue Line trolley from the Old Town Transit Center to University City.
City officials boast a number of economic, environmental and commuter benefits for the extension, such as linking San Diego universities, creating a one-ride route from the international border to University City, and increasing access to jobs along the corridor, which includes several stops just east of Mission Bay.
"The mid-coast trolley line creates a real opportunity to give San Diegans greater access to the beaches and bays," said District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer. "The new trolley line will better connect the beach areas to the rest of the region and bring more San Diegans to the beach communities to visit local businesses, shops and restaurants."
Project expenses — which jumped $460 million over the past two years due to mounting costs for additional trolley cars, construction, infrastructure and parking — will be funded from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program as well as local TransNet funds. To date, a total of $39.2 million has been invested in the project for planning, preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition.
"We must protect our tax dollars," said Faulconer. "I'll be monitoring the project and urging the decision makers at SANDAG to make sure every dollar spent is in the best interest of San Diegans."
The new extension largely traces Interstate 5 north from the Old Town Transit Center to UCSD before veering east to its final destination at Westfield UTC. Eight new stations are proposed in the plan including stops at Tecolote Road, Clairemont Drive, Balboa Ave-nue, Nobel Drive, UCSD West, UCSD East, Executive Drive and Westfield UTC. SANDAG is also studying the feasibility of an additional station at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Details about the costs and benefits of the proposed station will be included in the environmental documents and technical studies prepared by SANDAG and FTA, which will be available for public review in the near future.
Following a 60-day public review period, the trolley extension is expected to receive its final environmental approvals late this year. Construction on the line is expected to begin in 2015, and the line is slated to open to the public in 2018.
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WORCESTER � The Holy Name High girls had one stated goal at the start of the season � to end it with a state championship after falling in the title game a year ago. But the top-seeded Naps saw an otherwise-superb season come to a teary conclusion as they were unable to erase a 10-point, second-half deficit and lost to second-seeded Westford Academy, 72-68, Saturday night in the Central Mass. Division 1 championship game at WPI's Harrington Auditorium.
"We really worked hard and worked together as a team," said Gabby Ferraro, one of the Naps' seven seniors. "We had big goals, and this was one of them. I think we played well, but we just came up a little short. We're really proud of each other."
The Naps finished 21-2, concluding a run in which they went 67-6 and played in three straight CMass title games, winning the program's sixth crown in 2013. Those six losses were by 2, 3, 5, 5, 7 and 4 points.
Westford, which lost in the Division 1 North final last year before being shifted to Central Mass. this year as part of the MIAA's realignment, is 21-4.
The Grey Ghosts will meet Western Mass. champion Springfield Central (21-2) at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday in a state semifinal at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.
Holy Name got a game-high 20 points from sophomore center Monica Viapiano while seniors Ama Biney and Brianna Frias added 15 and 13, respectively.
But the Naps struggled offensively most of the night, committing 21 turnovers, and shooting 17 for 27 at the line and 3 for 13 from behind the arc.
"I just feel like sometimes these things happen," Frias said. "We're so excited about the playoffs, you can get caught up in it and not play your best."
Westford also has a senior-laden club and got big contributions from the veterans.
Guard Cathryn Sennott scored 19 points thanks to 4-for-5 shooting on 3s, center Samantha Hyslip dropped in 17 with a sweet low post game, and forward Hannah Hackley netted 11 while displaying a versatile skill set.
The 72 points allowed was a season high for the Naps, who came in yielding an average of 37.3 points a game.
Sennott surprised the Naps with her outside marksmanship, which kept the Grey Ghosts in the game in the first half. And while Hyslip and Hackley lived up to their advance billing, they were even better than advertised.
"They were two absolutely terrific players, and all the credit goes to them," Frias said. "They really played hard, and their team was able to depend on them, and because of that, I feel like they elevated their team to the next level. I have all the respect for them for that."
The first half featured eight lead changes and five ties, with the biggest lead being five points by the Naps. But the Grey Ghosts closed with an 8-2 run to take a 30-26 lead into intermission, with five of those points coming off press-created turnovers.
"I thought the turning point was when we didn't handle their press a couple of times," coach Barry Finneron said. "We were up five and threw it away twice, which is not typical of what we do."
The Grey Ghosts didn't trail in the second half, seeing the lead twice balloon to 10 points.
The Naps made the requisite late charge and got it down to 61-57 on a 3 by Ferraro (seven points, two 3s).
But Westford came right back with a three-point play by Hyslip off an offensive rebound to go back up by seven with 2:15 to play.
That was the last field goal by the Grey Ghosts, whose final eight points came on free throws as they held on despite losing Hyslip to fouls and Hackley to injury. They ended up 25 for 40 from the line.
In addition to Biney, Ferraro and Frias, Holy Name is graduating Emily Kriedler, Aryauna Perez, Carolyn Trottier and Colleen Walsh.
"Seven seniors who have been together all this time," Finneron said after he and his staff applauded their red-eyed players as they emerged one by one from the locker room. "They're devastated right now, but they're classy kids, and they understand that this is just the beginning of their life.
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MV Kearsarge sinks at Sunapee dockDAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
January 11. 2013 3:16PM
SUNAPEE- For unknown reasons, the MV Kearsarge dinner boat sunk at the town docks Thursday night.
The back end of the boat lay on the Sunapee Harbor floor, its nose still afloat.
"It's pretty much sunk, most of it is on the bottom," said owner Peter Fenton.
The 30-year-old, 34-ton boat, which Fenton said is valued at more than half a million dollars, was seen above water at 4 p.m. Thursday, and then found with its back end sunk to the bottom at about 7 p.m. Thursday night.
"It was checked on as it is every day at 4 p.m., and then a little after 7, we came down and found it this way," he said. "We don't know what happened yet at all. That boat has a steel hull."
The state's Marine Patrol was called to the scene, as were workers from the Department of Environmental Services, who fitted the boat with a hazardous materials containment boom in case the boat leaked oil.
Marine Patrol Sgt. Joshua Dirth said there did not appear to be any leakage, or any environmental or safety issues surrounding the boat's sinking.
"The boom is in place," he said.
The MV Kearsarge carries 80 people when its owners – Fenton and his father Peter Fenton Sr., known as "Pete and Re-Pete" in their radio commercials – conduct their almost-nightly cruises from May to October.
The ship offers dinner on two decks of enclosed dining, on cruises which take the boat around Lake Sunapee and last for about two hours.
Fenton said his family, which purchased the boat about 10 years ago and started their business, has insurance on it.
"It's definitely salvageable," he said.
A crane will be brought in on Saturday to remove the boat from the water, he said.
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I was delighted to be able finally to fly from the Stockton airport. I flew to Las Vegas for a conference last month. The outward flight was fine. My return flight was scheduled to depart at noon on a Sunday.
I was delighted to be able finally to fly from the Stockton airport. I flew to Las Vegas for a conference last month. The outward flight was fine. My return flight was scheduled to depart at noon on a Sunday.
It was delayed four hours, then another four hours. We were given an $8 meal voucher, which bought tea and a muffin at Starbucks with $1 left over.
The flight then was delayed another four hours to midnight. Then it was canceled. They said they would give us hotel vouchers. They didn't know when our flight would be rescheduled and gave us a phone number to call in the morning.
The agents tried their best, but they simply were not trained for this sort of situation.
It became obvious quickly that hotel vouchers would not be available until well after midnight.
I was exhausted and went back to my conference hotel.
The next morning, I flew by Southwest to Oakland where my daughter picked me up and drove me to her home in Santa Rosa. I drove to Stockton in a rented car.
Every Allegiant flight from the gates around mine at Las Vegas was delayed.
Some said the problem was due to the heat. The problem probably had more to do with the age of Allegiant's fleet.
They typically fly planes that other airlines have retired. According to Wikipedia, the average age of the Allegiant fleet is 21.8 years.
This was my first and last flight with Allegiant.
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Police and fire are the top priorities for any municipality, a fact that governments seem to forget when assigning priorities between public safety and having yet another faceless bureaucrat perform some function that benefits mainly other bureaucrats.
If Stockton wanted to raise its sales tax rate from its current 0.25 to 0.50 percent, which is the most common tax rate among California cities, I might have said OK.
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By the way, Fresno, with a similar population demographic and even larger population, has a sales tax rate one-eighth (0.125 percent) what Stockton will have.
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Hi. I am rather a novice, having never read detailed grammars like Smyth yet.
to gar me^ epaineisthai to^n agatho^n ousan me^nuein o^ieto(think, suppose) hoti kreitton esti to^n epaineto^n
The meaning would be
"he thought that , though it (= he^done^) is one of the good, (for he^done^) not to be praised shows that it (= he^done^) is better than what are praied."
In this translation, I consider "to^n agatho^n ousan" to be something like absolute genitive, using accusative (ousan). Is this guess right?
But an answerer at another Q&A site, said that this sentence does not have such an absolute participle construction. And that this sentence should be read like
"he thought that (for he^done^) not to be praised shows that it (= he^done^) is one of the good, because it (he^done^) is better than what are praied."
He told me that "me^nuein" takes present participle "ousan", like those perceptive verbs like "hear", "see", "know".
I haven't know that grammar (of verbs taking participles) very much. (Please explain a bit about it for me.) But I feel his translation somehow doesn't make sense.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Tuesday Update
AP AWARDS: The list is far too long to mention here, but a number of Northeast Ohio stations have picked up yearly broadcast awards from the Ohio Associated Press.
TV-wise, Cleveland's WKYC-TV nabbed top prize for outstanding large market news operation...it was Clear Channel talk WLW/700 Cincinnati on the radio side.
Akron's WAKR/1590 (along with Rubber City Radio sisters WQMX/94.9 and WONE/97.5) took medium market radio top news honors, and also picked up a host of other group and individual awards for anchor Pat Kennard, sportscaster Joe Jaztremski and a second place nods to Larry States and Marcy Pappafava. WKBN/570 Youngstown's Jim Michaels was named best reporter in that grouping.
And without its now-former FM sister station around, Dover/New Philadephia's WJER/1450 did similarly well in the small market radio category. Reporter Amanda Robbins was named best small market reporter and Robbins and WJER staffer Jamie Hambach picked up other individual awards. Crosstown country WTUZ/99.9 Uhrichsville picked up one second place finish.
Cleveland Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 morning host Bob Frantz was crowing about its awards this Monday morning, including large market "best reporter" first and second place awards for Greg Saber and Ted Klopp, and best regularly scheduled sports (to sports director Mike Snyder).
Frantz took the opportunity to take a shot across the bow at the station's unnamed "all they do is sports, and we beat them" competitor, Good Karma's WKNR/850 "ESPN 850" Cleveland.
That's all well and good, but we have no idea if the folks on Broadview Road even entered the competition, and if they are even an AP member station.
Also showing up in the large market radio category are awards for staffers at both ideastream's WCPN/90.3 Cleveland and Kent State University's WKSU/89.7 Kent.
Despite technically being an Akron market station, 'KSU opted for the larger market competition...which we suppose is reasonable considering their Northeast Ohio-wide coverage via various repeater and translator stations.
TV-wise, in "large market best reporter" honors, it's an interesting one-two punch - investigators Tom Meyer and Carl Monday, in that order, listed under their then-current employers - WOIO/19 and WKYC/3.
And yes, "19 Action News" gets its only nod, as "best regularly scheduled news" in the large market category. We're beginning to wonder if that's a long-running prank or something, but we're sure we'll see the Cleveland CBS affiliate trot out the award pretty much every other break.
If we missed anyone, too bad...we tried. We can't please everyone. Feel free to spotlight a local winner we didn't mention in the comments section...
AS EXPECTED...: We've mentioned on and off in the past that NextMedia news/talk WHBC/1480 Canton was expected to start throwing in more local programming on weekends, supplanting more and more of the full-time feed of FOX Sports Radio.
Here they grow again.
The station has debuted "Stark Sports Live" Saturday mornings from 10 AM to noon, following the relatively recent addition of station and local radio vet Jim Albright in the Saturday 6-10 AM slot.
"SSL" features new top WHBC sports guy Sam Bourquin, who moved to morning drive and became sports director after the retirement of Jim Johnson recently. Also on the Saturday show is Chris Schieman, who appears to have taken Bourquin's spot on the station's afternoon drive show hosted by Brady Russell.
Dave Sheetz and Ben DiCola round out the new program, which debuted this past Saturday...
BUSY PLACE: And local radio historian Jim Davison checks in and tells us just how busy the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Alan Freed Studio is these days.
We noted that Cleveland radio legend Larry Morrow's new Sirius Satellite Radio show will originate from there sometime later this month.
We also knew that another big radio name connected to Cleveland, Norm N. Nite, does his own show on Sirius' Gold Channel (5), Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 3-6 PM. That's the same Sirius channel which Morrow will be heard on.
But there's also an album rock-oriented show with Dusty Street somewhere in the mix in the studio as well.
We're told visitors to the Rock Hall's fifth floor can look in and watch the shows being broadcast, and maybe even be invited in to talk with the personality...
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That's great so many NE Ohio broadcasters won AP news awards. Shame on Channel 19 Craption news though. UGGG.
Thank goodness WHBC is doing more than that AWFUL Fox Sports on weekends. I love sports and of course am a Cleveland (and Ohio State) sports fan. BUt why would I listen to Fox? The only syndicated sports show really worth listening is Jim Rome because he is entertaining.
HBC I think will be in for a rude awakening when the spring ratings come out. They have made some serious improvements but I think too late for the spring book. Harv Allen basically screwed the pooch with WAKR years ago and is doing the same thing to WHBC. I think keeping Brady Russell on the air for more than two weeks says enough of Harv's talent. That guy is downright hideous. Why anyone would listen to him repaet the same news stories over and over and over again is beyond me.
- Bob said...
That's one of the problems with the AP awards. In Cincinnati, there is no real local newsgathering for radio outside of WLW. WGUC/WVXU do some, but there is no real competition to WLW for radio news, since Clear Channel long ago bought its former competitors, WCKY and WKRC.
It's nice to trumpet that you're an award winning news operation, but when you have no real competition, was it really so hard to do?
Don't get me wrong. I am not necessarily anti-Clear Channel. They did what they did with all those station grabs because they could.
Pappafava won a broadcasting award?! Cripes, the girl can't talk! I am so glad I stopped listening to the radio.
You are very correct Bob. How hard is it to win in radio news in Cleveland when you have the only real news/talk station (does WHK count?)
I also agree with the post person on top about Brady Russel. I think WHBC going talk was a good idea because that elevator music was getting ancient. But why they have Brady Russel on the air is beyond me. I don't diskike Brady (he's was very nice the on time I met him) but his on air delivery is terrible. He made a much better music DJ than talk show host. There's got to be other talent out there who could do a good afternoon show for them.
Do we know if Lorna Barett has been permanantly hired for Good Morning Cleveland or is there someone else in the works?
- Tim Lones said...
I've also been hearing promos on WHBC-1480 for a new version of "Tradio" Sunday mornings at 10AM..I say "mew" because WHBC also had weeknight "Tradio" for a number of years in the 1960's and 70's...Hosted by Skip Hornyak
What is Skip Hornyak doing now? He was one of the nicest people I have ever met.
At least Brady Russell is a professional. He is not meant for talk radio, but Ron Ponder also needs to go. It is just painful or should I say a snooze fest when he is on and he butchers the English language and keeps saying Akron Mayor Janet Creighton. Please tell Ron he is in Canton and will never be on Akron radio. Next Media, wake up! Dennis Miller is doing well but Ponder and Russell need replaced ASAP or at least after this book.
Frantz and The Fat Man can try to poke fun at the competition all they want (because that's what haughty lame-brains do, isn't it?), but the fact is: when I want to listen to intelligent sports talk, I turn to WKNR. Whether they're winning awards or ratings or ribbons...they just know sports, and do it right.
Thank heavens we're not stuck with only the "big one" with "little talent." Alternatives are great!!
20 years ago AP awards meant something. Today very few stations spend the $$ to submit the awards and very few stations these days even contribute to the AP. Most of the newsrooms including Oak Tree and Rubber City have their staffs on very strict guidelines of not submitting stories to the AP until after the news cycle for their local use have died. We can't have the competition getting out stories! The AP has even cut the $10 they used to pay for stories from local reporters. Want to win an AP award? Submit the application and the $100 fee and you'll win one.
I'm pretty sure Oak Tree doesn't wait and I know Rubber City doesn't; those little things called websites mean the rush is on to post first as well as get on the air first, and the AP does a pretty decent job of monitoring websites as well as newsletters from not only local radio but also local TV (as well as monitor TV in Columbus in all of the Ohio TV markets thanks to satellite), local newspapers and independent sites such as OMW. It is a much smaller world and believe me, we ALL watch, listen to and read each other.
WHBC-AM had a 10.7 share 12+ in the most recent (Fall) ratings. My question is, what will they receive in the Spring ratings book taking place right now? Up? Down? How much and where?
WHBC- FM has changed as well moving closer to KDD and My 101.7 should take a portion of the 45-54 W numbers. This will be a very interesting ratings period down in Canton, to say the least. What does everyone else think?
PBRTV capped its recap of your AP item with the following ...
The coveted "Silver Sow Award" was once again given to Les Nessman of WKRP, Cincinnati.
Worked for me.
I know there are many unhappy WHBC listeners on both the AM and the FM side. Should be a very interesting book to say the least
Attention all frustrated ex-programmers and employees! Nobody makes decisions based on 12+ ratings. NextMedia obviously saw what the average age was on both of thier stations, and made the appropriate changes. If you were all so smart, you would be working.
As for the AM, everyone complains how syndication is killing the business and satellite can't compete with being local. I admire a company and a station that is being LOCAL. You do not have to like Ponder or Russell, but you can't have it both ways.
As for the FM, check out what is happening in NYC. The "Fresh" version of AC is cutting into WLTW, the perennial ratings winner. If you want to blame anyone, then why not try Madison Avenue? As long as A25-54 remains the core buying demo, you will continue to see this trend.
Work on your resumes. Your comments make it obvious why you are all destined to spend this summer on the beach.
- Tim Lones said...
Here's my idea:
If WHBC wasnt going to go with an all oldies format, they had to go news-talk eventually. I think where they might have made the mistake is waiting too long and making too many changes at once..Any change is going to upset long time listeners, but if you make changes gradually, it isn't as much of a shock..
Wow! A bit defensive eh? Thanks for the radio update from New York, Jeff.
And, good luck with your 25-54 Spring ratings. Speaking of updating your resume....
The question still remains as to why NextMedia waited six years to do what everyone in the market knew needed to be done..
NextMedia may have saved their Canton combo just in the nick of time..if anything, the AM may pick up some 25-54 men..but you'll still see it lead in 35+..I seriously doubt if all the complaining elderly go anywhere else..the Indians and Cavaliers will also help keep the numbers up..the AM probably finishes with a 11.4 in 12+..but the key numbers are going to be P25-54 and M-25-54..will there be any pickup of a younger demo, which is what NextMedia wanted in the first place..
As far as the FM, dumping all the music it shared with the AM should have been done years ago..their morning show may actually be viable for a change..dumping John Tesh would be a plus as well..'KDDs impact on Mix has always been in the suburbs..let's see if My 101-7 adds to the sense of impending ratings collapse..
Mix has suffered from weak books in Fall 2001 and in Spring 2005..and has been able to rebound to a degree, but its never been the dominant station it could have been..
- KevinGillman said...
John Tesh just does not fit well with WHBC-FM anymore with the change in music they want, but that contract is hard to get out of so.....
The Tesh contract likely has a 90 day out clause..getting out of it takes a phone call..if you're not going to take it live, use a satellite service..this is not rocket science by any means..
How about this from yesterday at 5:15P on WHBC-F:
G&R Sweet Child 'O Mine into
Hoobastank The Reason into
Madonna Music
WTF? Is this a special drive time program or something? Holy Crap! This is geared towards WOMEN?
Re WHBC AM: Doing local talk in a market as small and conservative as Canton can't be easy — it's the kind of place where not much of anything ever happens, and when things get dull, you can't just go back to playing records — but at least the NextMedia suits have some awareness that without a local focus, the station is dead. Will what they're doing bring the demos DOWN, which is what they needed most to do? We'll see.
Skip Hornyak has been retired for some years now, but is still around. A great air personality in his day, as were so many others at WHBC.
Nothing much happens in Canton?
What does that mean? Nothing really happens in Akron either but WNIR seems to do fine. People who live in a community are obviously interested in what happens there. You obvioulsy do not live though so you don't care what happens in Canton.
Of course crappy local hosts like Brady Russell don't help because he pretty much rips and reads Fox News stories of the computer. But maybe they'll get someone else in there in afternoons who knows what they are doing.
What WHBC-AM needs is a PD with a talk background..until that happens, nothing will change..Brady Russell isnt going anywhere..the whining from ''Kayleigh Kriss'' and ''Madison Woods'' would be enough to make ears bleed if it were to happen a second time.
those that know radio, media and marketing know that whbc had no choice but to go to all talk in that market. its the one format that will work for them in that market. naysayers (especailly those that are wannabe radio types) will always take pot shots at what they admire, don't understand or are jealous of. however, whether or not whbc can successfully pull it off remains to be seen.
Or, more accurately, radio professionals, those employed and have a track record of success, will question a poorly executed and lackluster product.
And it isn't limited to the AM side on Market Ave. S. Enough with AC/DC You Shook Me... and G&R Welcome to the Jungle on Mix. There is still a week left in the book. Pull your act together!!


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Health Promotion Program hosts the Great American Smokeout at UH MānoaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The Great American Smokeout is an annual nationwide event created by the American Cancer Society to encourage smokers to use November 15 as the day to quit smoking or to make a plan to quit smoking. By doing so, smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life.
The Great American Smokeout provides information about alternatives to smoking and the importance of reducing second-hand smoke exposure. Several organizations will showcase the services and resources available on the Mānoa campus and within the community. There will be interactive games and displays, as well as free giveaways and other prizes.
This year's theme is Clean Air, Clean `Aina and participants include: the Hawaii Tobacco Quitline, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi, UH Mānoa School of Dental Hygiene, UH Mānoa Student Recreation Services, UH Mānoa Public Health Hui Ola Pono, the American Cancer Society, REAL, Healthways, Aloha Medical Mission Dental, and Waikīkī Health Center. In addition, the Hawaiʻi Bone Marrow Donor Registry and the Blood Bank of Hawaiʻi will be participating and music will be provided by KTUH.
The Great American Smokeout is just one of the many activities sponsored by the University Health Services Health Promotion Program to promote a tobacco-free campus community. This year, the Health Promotion Program has also developed a campus-wide tobacco social norms campaign. Colorful posters and shuttle bus advertisements can be seen around campus highlighting the fact that 9 out of 10 UH Mānoa students choose to be tobacco-free. The goal of this campaign is to heighten awareness and make UH Mānoa a healthier place to learn, work, and live.
For more information, please contact Lisa Kehl or Kristen Scholly at 956-3574.


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