Now, Idacorp has given up on that expensive proposition and has decided to focus on its core regions.

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He notes apache has been on an acquisiton binge, which should add significant future opportunities in its core regions of operations.

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For example, scientists can tell by the way ice crystallizes what the weather and temperature was like thousands of years ago in ice core samples from polar regions.

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While Netflix may be able to launch more quickly in these regions by leveraging its core technology and experience generated in the U.S., it lacks brand awareness, and in the U.K. in particular, faces much more substantial competition from Amazon, BSkyB and BBCUPlayer.

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The more traditionally based regions focused, largely uninhibited, on their core businesses, and often used the income to diversify their economies into higher-value added fields.

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In the polar regions, even the smallest of holes in your warm clothing can have major implications on your core temperature and survival.

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