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News Digest Word Cloud for April 17, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland
Will Flush 38 Million Gallons of Water After Man Urinates in Mt. Tabor
Reservoir (Oregonian, Portland)
Despite the Drawdown, Fish Are Headed Past
Wanapum Dam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Jefferson County PUD: A Year of Power - The big
switch: What went right, wrong, what needs changing (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Spokane
to Take Over Waste-To-Energy Plant Operations (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Google Fiber Reaches Preliminary Franchise
Agreement with Portland (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson County PUD: A Year of Power - The big switch: What went right, wrong, what needs changing (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
- Jefferson County PUD: The Switch to Public Power - A Matter of Perspective: Commissioners, customers weigh in on what went right, wrong, & what needs to change (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
- Port Angeles: Report Due Next Month on Future of Morse Creek Hydro Project (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
- Lewis County PUD Safety Coordinator Wins Award (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
- Bonneville Power Administration Honors Lostine Native Connie Howard (Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, OR)
- Tiny Power Plants Hold Promise for Industry under Scrutiny, New Global Nuclear Chief Says (Associated Press)
- New Program Prepares Northwest College Students for Careers in Energy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
- Despite the Drawdown, Fish Are Headed Past Wanapum Dam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
- Dead Whale Gets Burial near the Sea in Seaside (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
- Portland Will Flush 38 Million Gallons of Water After Man Urinates in Mt. Tabor Reservoir (Oregonian, Portland)
- California Drought to Cause Fruit & Veggie Sticker Shock (USA Today)
- Spokane to Take Over Waste-To-Energy Plant Operations (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
- How a California County Produces More Power than It Uses (Christian Science Monitor)
- U-S Department of Energy Plans $4 Billion in Loan Aid for Renewable Energy (Reuters)
- Clean Energy: Is a Boom Coming in 2014? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Western Area Power Administration Seeks Proposals for Transmission Projects That Promote Renewables (American Public Power Association)
- Border Battle: North Dakota Refuses to Pay Millions in Minnesota Renewable Energy Bills (Watchdog.Org)
- Obama to Challenge Private Companies to Boost Solar Power Use (Washington Post)
- Homeowners Try New LED Lights with Incentives (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
- Here Comes an App to Tie Your Carbon Footprint with What You Buy (GigaOM)
- Another Week, Another Report - Options for Limiting Climate Change Are Narrowing (The Economist Magazine)
- Scientists Might Have Figured Out How to Make Solar Power Work at Night (Christian Science Monitor)
- Are Electric Cars Money Savers? Depends Where You Live (Christian Science Monitor)
- Researchers Harvest Renewable Energy from Flushing Toilets (Ecopreneurist)
- Google Fiber Reaches Preliminary Franchise Agreement with Portland (Oregonian, Portland)
- Supreme Court Case Could Test Future of Broadcast TV (USA Today)
- Three Ways Microsoft Is Rethinking Its Energy Supply (Forbes Magazine)
- Ousted Yahoo Executive de Castro Earned $58 Million for 15 Months of Work (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
- Yahoo Has Grand Ambitions to Woo Apple Off Google as Default Search (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
- When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue (NY Times)
- Web TV Business Booms in Silicon Valley - Content is cheaper than ever, so companies such as Yahoo & Microsoft plan new Web shows. (U-S News & World Report)
- Facebook Profiles Can Predict Work Performance (Mashable)
- How to Turn Off Facebook’s Auto-Playing Video Ads (LifeHacker)
- How to Lie with Data Visualization (Gizmodo)
- Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Hires Coal Lobbyist to Direct His Policy Office (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
- Surprised Gig Harbor City Administrator Gets Pink Slip from Mayor (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- California: Ex-Bell City Manager Leader Gets 12 Years in Prison for Corruption (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
- Unemployment Rate Steady, Washington State Adds 6,700 Jobs (Associated Press)
- Proposed Pot Farm near Tenino Draws Neighbors’ Ire - Skookumchuck Valley residents fear pollution, smell, loss of property value (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
- On the Cannabis Cash Trail: The Story of One Real Estate Prospector (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
- Southside & North Mason Schools Win State’s Highest Honor (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
- Lumberjack Climbs to Top of ‘Worst Careers’ List – Newspaper Reporter is Second Worst (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
- Watch the Recession Sweep over the U-S in One GIF (Washington Post)
- Watch: Why There’s a Cool Breeze Just Before a Rain Storm (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
WORD OF THE DAY
Oneiric
• \oh-NYE-rick\ • adjective - Of or relating to dreams: dreamy.
Bernice
saw the tree looming directly in her lane of travel down the steep, winding
off-road bicycle trail. She knew that at the speed she was traveling that there
was no way to avoid a bone-jarring (and perhaps bone-breaking) collision with
the impressive cedar giant. What she found most interesting was how everything slowed
down and took an the qualities of a hazy, oneiric, out of body experience. She
knew that two seconds was all it took to slam into the rough, beautifully
textured bark of the colossal tree trunk. In those two seconds, time stood
still for her. She had time to think about where her cell phone was located (to
call 911); whether or not she was wearing clean underwear; review her to-do
list at work; and recall whether or not she had left the iron on at home before
she left for her bike trip.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson County PUD: A Year of Power - The big
switch: What went right, wrong, what needs changing (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Jefferson County PUD: The Switch to Public Power
- A Matter of Perspective: Commissioners, customers weigh in on what went
right, wrong, & what needs to change (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Port Angeles: Report Due Next Month on Future of Morse
Creek Hydro Project (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Lewis County PUD Safety Coordinator Wins Award
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Honors Lostine
Native Connie Howard (Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, OR)
Tiny Power Plants Hold Promise for Industry under
Scrutiny, New Global Nuclear Chief Says (Associated Press)
New Program Prepares Northwest College Students
for Careers in Energy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Despite the Drawdown, Fish Are Headed Past Wanapum
Dam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Dead Whale Gets Burial near the Sea in Seaside (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Portland
Will Flush 38 Million Gallons of Water After Man Urinates in Mt. Tabor
Reservoir (Oregonian, Portland)
California
Drought to Cause Fruit & Veggie Sticker Shock (USA Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Spokane
to Take Over Waste-To-Energy Plant Operations (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
How
a California County Produces More Power than It Uses (Christian Science Monitor)
U-S
Department of Energy Plans $4 Billion in Loan Aid for Renewable Energy (Reuters)
Clean
Energy: Is a Boom Coming in 2014? (Christian Science Monitor)
Western
Area Power Administration Seeks Proposals for Transmission Projects That
Promote Renewables (American Public Power Association)
Border
Battle: North Dakota Refuses to Pay Millions in Minnesota Renewable Energy
Bills (Watchdog.Org)
Obama
to Challenge Private Companies to Boost Solar Power Use (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Homeowners
Try New LED Lights with Incentives (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Here
Comes an App to Tie Your Carbon Footprint with What You Buy (GigaOM)
Another
Week, Another Report - Options for Limiting Climate Change Are Narrowing (The
Economist Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Scientists
Might Have Figured Out How to Make Solar Power Work at Night (Christian Science
Monitor)
Are
Electric Cars Money Savers? Depends Where You Live (Christian Science Monitor)
Researchers
Harvest Renewable Energy from Flushing Toilets (Ecopreneurist)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Reaches Preliminary Franchise
Agreement with Portland (Oregonian, Portland)
Supreme Court Case Could Test Future of Broadcast
TV (USA Today)
Three Ways Microsoft Is Rethinking Its Energy Supply
(Forbes Magazine)
Ousted Yahoo Executive de Castro Earned $58 Million
for 15 Months of Work (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Yahoo Has Grand Ambitions to Woo Apple Off Google as
Default Search (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue
(NY Times)
Web TV Business Booms in Silicon Valley - Content
is cheaper than ever, so companies such as Yahoo & Microsoft plan new Web
shows. (U-S News & World Report)
Facebook Profiles Can Predict Work Performance
(Mashable)
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Auto-Playing Video Ads
(LifeHacker)
How to Lie with Data Visualization (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Hires Coal
Lobbyist to Direct His Policy Office (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Surprised Gig Harbor City Administrator Gets Pink
Slip from Mayor (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
California: Ex-Bell City Manager Leader Gets 12
Years in Prison for Corruption (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Unemployment Rate Steady, Washington State Adds
6,700 Jobs (Associated Press)
Proposed Pot Farm near Tenino Draws Neighbors’
Ire - Skookumchuck Valley residents fear pollution, smell, loss of property
value (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
On the Cannabis Cash Trail: The Story of One Real
Estate Prospector (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Southside & North Mason Schools Win State’s
Highest Honor (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Lumberjack Climbs to Top of ‘Worst Careers’ List –
Newspaper Reporter is Second Worst (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Watch the Recession Sweep over the U-S in One GIF
(Washington Post)
Watch: Why There’s a Cool Breeze Just Before a
Rain Storm (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Watch-Why-is-there-a-cool-breeze-just-before-a-rain-storm-254595691.html
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Watch-Why-is-there-a-cool-breeze-just-before-a-rain-storm-254595691.html
DIVERSIONS
The
Science Behind Making the Fastest Possible Pinewood Derby Car
The
Best Parts Weren’t Scripted: 15 Of The Best Improvised Bits In Movie History
Golf
Balls Raining Down on an Airport And It’s a Big Problem
Teenager’s
Alleged Cashing of Judge’s Paycheck a Terrible Move
SONG OF THE DAY
Tracy
Chapman - Fast Car
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