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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Utilities
Struggle to Control Appetites in Energy-Hungry Marijuana Industry (E&E
Publishing)
Millions of Fraser River Salmon Head for Waters
of British Columbia Mine Disaster (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Analyst:
Cap-And-Trade Will Push Gas Prices Up as Much as 20 Cents (Sacramento Business
Journal, CA)
Montana’s John Walsh Quits U-S Senate Race
(Politico)
What Are Memes & Virality? (Mashable Explains)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Utilities Struggle to Control Appetites in Energy-Hungry Marijuana Industry
- Late-Summer Flows Could Sideline Rock Island Dam
- Woman Dies When Vehicle Rolls, Crashes into Vancouver, Washington Substation
- Record Hot July Caused Power Usage to Peak around the Region
- Tennessee Valley Authority Reports Growth in Power Sales, Revenues
- For the Record: Obama on Tennessee Valley Authority
- FERC Commissioner Norris Resigns
- Nukes: Texas County of 95 Sees Opportunity in Toxic Waste
- Moody’s Seeks Comment on Proposed Methodology for Rating Municipal Utility Revenue Bonds
- Mission Impossible? DOE Aims to Develop National Energy Plan by January 2015
- Millions of Fraser River Salmon Head for Waters of British Columbia Mine Disaster
- Official Says Public Shouldn’t Pay for British Columbia Spill
- Coastal Salmon Fishing is Red Hot Right Now
- Corps of Engineers Extends Comment Period on Columbia River Cormorant Proposal
- Olympic National Park Issues Mountain Goat Warnings
- Thousands of Stranded Fish Rescued in Dry Nevada
- Next to Newborn Daughter
- Wyoming Board Gives Key OK for Carbon County Wind Farm
- SolarCity’s Loss Widens as Rooftop Power Installations Climb
- Michigan: Want to Generate Your Own Electricity? Qualifying Homeowners Are Even Reselling Excess Energy
- Analyst: Cap-And-Trade Will Push Gas Prices Up as Much as 20 Cents
- Mason General Receives “Most Wired” Hospital Award
- Missoulians Welcome Broadband Similar to Butte’s
- Study: Google-Powered Starbucks Wi-Fi Faster Than AT&T
- AOL Still Makes Most of Its Money Off Millions of Dial-Up Subscribers
- What Are Memes & Virality?
- Google to Prioritize Secure Websites
- Facebook to Acquire Internet Security Company PrivateCore
- Microsoft’s First Website from 1994 Looks Delightfully Ancient Today
- Monkeys Take ‘Selfies,’ Sparking Copyright Dispute
- Montana’s John Walsh Quits U-S Senate Race
- Senator Tim Sheldon Survives Primary as Couture Concedes in Costly 35th District Race
- How Amazon is Winning Influence in Washington, DC
- Watergate 40 Years Later: What is Watergate?
- Child’s Body Found: Jenise Wright Investigation Shifts Focus
- Governor Inslee Seeks Federal Disaster Aid for Washington State Wildfire Victims
- Lake Cushman Tax Payers Want Mason County Action, Now!
- Thieves Target Heavy Machinery Worth Thousands
- The Evergreen State? Indeed. Washington Residents Smoke a Lot of Pot
- Teens on the Phone While Driving? Most Are Talking to Parents
Ichthyomania
• \ick-thee-oh-MANE-ee-yah/ • Noun - An excessive fascination with fish.
Ichthyomancy
1. Divination by means of the heads or entrails of fishes. 2. Divination by examining
the heads and/or entrails of fish for prophetic signs or processing the next
fish caught.
Bradford
was in heaven. As a rabid ichtyomnaniac, working in the fish processing plant
let him play with his semi-frozen charges as if they were ventriloquist
dummies. Hi Folks! He would exclaim while working the little fish mouths at
lunch. It was when he started using ichthyomancy in an attempt to predict the
annual salmon runs in the Columbia River that his co-workers started to avoid
him like week-old chum.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Utilities
Struggle to Control Appetites in Energy-Hungry Marijuana Industry (E&E
Publishing)
Late-Summer
Flows Could Sideline Rock Island Dam (Renewables Biz)
Woman Dies When Vehicle Rolls, Crashes into
Vancouver, Washington Substation (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Record
Hot July Caused Power Usage to Peak around the Region (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Reports Growth in Power Sales, Revenues (Electric Co-op Today)
For
the Record: Obama on Tennessee Valley Authority (American Public Power
Association)
FERC
Commissioner Norris Resigns (American Public Power Association)
Nukes:
Texas County of 95 Sees Opportunity in Toxic Waste (NY Times)
Moody’s Seeks Comment on Proposed Methodology for
Rating Municipal Utility Revenue Bonds (American Public Power Association)
Mission
Impossible? DOE Aims to Develop National Energy Plan by January 2015 (American
Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Millions of Fraser River Salmon Head for Waters
of British Columbia Mine Disaster (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Official Says Public Shouldn’t Pay for British
Columbia Spill (Associated Press)
Coastal Salmon Fishing is Red Hot Right Now (Everett
Herald, WA)
Corps of Engineers Extends Comment Period on Columbia
River Cormorant Proposal (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)
Olympic National Park Issues Mountain Goat
Warnings (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Thousands of Stranded Fish Rescued in Dry Nevada (Associated
Press)
Seattle Father Catches Big King in San Juans,
Poses It Next to Newborn Daughter (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wyoming
Board Gives Key OK for Carbon County Wind Farm (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
SolarCity’s
Loss Widens as Rooftop Power Installations Climb (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Michigan:
Want to Generate Your Own Electricity? Qualifying Homeowners Are Even Reselling
Excess Energy (Ann Arbor News, MI)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Analyst:
Cap-And-Trade Will Push Gas Prices Up as Much as 20 Cents (Sacramento Business
Journal, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mason General Receives “Most Wired” Hospital Award
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Missoulians Welcome Broadband Similar to Butte’s
(Montana Standard, Butte)
Study: Google-Powered Starbucks Wi-Fi Faster Than
AT&T (Broadband Reports)
AOL Still Makes Most of Its Money Off Millions of
Dial-Up Subscribers (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
What Are Memes & Virality? (Mashable Explains)
Google to Prioritize Secure Websites (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Facebook to Acquire Internet Security Company
PrivateCore (Reuters)
Microsoft’s First Website from 1994 Looks
Delightfully Ancient Today (Gizmodo)
Monkeys Take ‘Selfies,’ Sparking Copyright Dispute (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Montana’s John Walsh Quits U-S Senate Race
(Politico)
Senator Tim Sheldon Survives Primary as Couture Concedes
in Costly 35th District Race (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
How Amazon is Winning Influence in Washington, DC (Christian
Science Monitor)
Watergate 40 Years Later: What is Watergate? (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Child’s Body Found: Jenise Wright Investigation
Shifts Focus (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Governor Inslee Seeks Federal Disaster Aid for Washington
State Wildfire Victims (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Lake Cushman Tax Payers Want Mason County Action,
Now! (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Thieves Target Heavy Machinery Worth Thousands (Everett
Herald, WA)
The Evergreen State? Indeed. Washington Residents
Smoke a Lot of Pot (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2014/08/the-evergreen-state-indeed-washington-residents.html
Teens on the Phone While Driving? Most Are Talking
to Parents (Northwest Cable News)
DIVERSIONS
Peter
Frampton Throws Fan’s Cell Phone During Concert
George
Harrison Explains Why Everyone Should Play the Ukulele
Here’s
How to Explore the Moon & Mars in Google Maps
High-Priced
Fish Heist: Thieves Steal More Than 40 Koi from Wenatchee Café
SONG OF THE DAY
Peter
Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do (Full Version)
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