Energy News Digest for November 26, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Chance of Snow for Monday Night Seahawks Game (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2402100

Op/Ed: Future Generations Deserve Our Thoughtful Consideration of Columbia River Treaty (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2022333019_brucechandleropedcolrivertreaty26xml.html

Renewable-Energy Subsidy Twists in Political Winds (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131125/UPDATE/131125027/

Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/business/energy-environment/vestas-hopes-to-bring-wind-power-to-world.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Government Underestimates Methane Emissions by 50 Percent (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/26/government-underestimates-methane-emissions-by-50-percent?s_cid=rss:government-underestimates-methane-emissions-by-50-percent

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Op/Ed: Future Generations Deserve Our Thoughtful Consideration of Columbia River Treaty
• Tennessee Valley Authority’s Business Strategy Evolving
• Nuclear Waste Burial Debate Produces Odd Alliances
• Seattle Seeks Proposals for Summer-Winter Power Exchange
• Scientists Unraveling Mystery of Orcas in Race to Save Them
• Renewable-Energy Subsidy Twists in Political Winds
• Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World
• Pumped Storage in the Spotlight
• Maine: First Wind Grows by Aiming Low
• Bill Preserves Ohio Renewable Energy Targets
• Government Underestimates Methane Emissions by 50 Percent
• Recycled Glass Actually Taken to Oregon Landfills
• NSA May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links
• Intel Looks to Unload Its Nascent Web TV Division for $500 Million
• Bayers: Time to Retire Term ‘Cloud Computing’
• Government Accountability Office: More Oversight Needed at National Labs
• Chance of Snow for Monday Night Seahawks Game
• Kelso Couple (One a Cowlitz PUD Employee) Helps Rescue Men After Boat Sinks in Columbia River
• DuPont Issues Temporary Occupancy Permit for Amazon Distribution Center
• Four-Inch Mistake Forces Taxpayers to Pick Up Expensive Tab
• Christmas Tree Arrives in Washington, D-C From Washington State

WORD OF THE DAY

Brachiate • \BRAY-kee-ayt\ • Verb - To progress by swinging from hold to hold by the arms.

Kids on the playground

Brachiate from bar to bar

Don’t fall! Lawyers watch

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Op/Ed: Future Generations Deserve Our Thoughtful Consideration of Columbia River Treaty (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2022333019_brucechandleropedcolrivertreaty26xml.html

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Business Strategy Evolving (Energy Biz)

http://www.energybiz.com/article/13/11/tva-s-business-strategy-evolving

Nuclear Waste Burial Debate Produces Odd Alliances (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/energy/article/Nuclear-waste-burial-debate-produces-odd-alliances-5011921.php

Seattle Seeks Proposals for Summer-Winter Power Exchange (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=243645&issueID=27155

FISH & WILDLIFE

Scientists Unraveling Mystery of Orcas in Race to Save Them (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/NOAA-scientists-unraveling-mystery-of-Orcas-in-race-to-save-them-233344861.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Renewable-Energy Subsidy Twists in Political Winds (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131125/UPDATE/131125027/

Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/business/energy-environment/vestas-hopes-to-bring-wind-power-to-world.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Pumped Storage in the Spotlight (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/11/pumped-storage-in-the-spotlight?cmpid=rss

Maine: First Wind Grows by Aiming Low (Boston Globe, MA)

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/11/24/first-wind-grows-aiming-low/VxCA0xilA28i9JuQ38COoN/story.html

Bill Preserves Ohio Renewable Energy Targets (Associated Press)

http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/414930/APNewsBreak--Bill-preserves-Ohio-renewable-targets.html?isap=1&nav=5019

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Government Underestimates Methane Emissions by 50 Percent (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/26/government-underestimates-methane-emissions-by-50-percent?s_cid=rss:government-underestimates-methane-emissions-by-50-percent

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Recycled Glass Actually Taken to Oregon Landfills (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/26/recycled-glass-actually-taken-to-oregon-landfills/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NSA May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/technology/a-peephole-for-the-nsa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Intel Looks to Unload Its Nascent Web TV Division for $500 Million (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/11/26/intel-looks-to-unload-its-nascent-tv.html

Bayers: Time to Retire Term ‘Cloud Computing’ (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/25/bayers-cloud-computing/3696937/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Government Accountability Office: More Oversight Needed at National Labs (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/11/25/2698197/government-accountability-office.html

GENERAL NEWS

Chance of Snow for Monday Night Seahawks Game (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2402100

Kelso Couple (One a Cowlitz PUD Employee) Helps Rescue Men After Boat Sinks in Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/990ba0d0-564a-11e3-8c5a-001a4bcf887a.html

DuPont Issues Temporary Occupancy Permit for Amazon Distribution Center (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/25/2914117/dupont-issues-temporary-occupancy.html

Four-Inch Mistake Forces Taxpayers to Pick Up Expensive Tab (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/Four-inch-mistake-costs-taxpayers-big-233403291.html

Christmas Tree Arrives in Washington, D-C From Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Christmas-tree-arrives-in-Washington-DC-from-Wash-state-233318801.html

DIVERSIONS

‘Maltese Falcon’ Figure Sells for More than $4 Million

http://globegazette.com/entertainment/maltese-falcon-figure-sells-for-more-than-m/article_b370d670-0645-5839-bb00-a4e85e8fcc6f.html

Thieves Walk Away with More than $30,000 of Ice Wine from Okanagan Winery

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Thieves+walk+away+with+more+than+wine+from+Okanagan+winery/9211759/story.html

Australian Family Set Christmas Lights Record

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25084029

Stoned Ghost Hunters Torch Historic Mansion

http://www.newser.com/story/178164/stoned-ghost-hunters-torch-mansion-cops.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Manfred Mann's Earth Band- Blinded by the Light

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJh47LybCkU

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Energy News Digest for November 25, 2013

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Energy News Digest Word Cloud for November 25, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty to Wyoming Eagle Deaths (Associated Press)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/11/22/2692090/wind-energy-company-pleads-guilty.html

Former Energy Secretary Calls for More Canada/U-S Co-Operation on Renewables - Like Hydroelectricity (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)

http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/business/former-energy-secretary-calls-for-more-canada-u-s-co-operation-on-renewables-1.707104

Idaho’s Governor Finds Major Ally on Grouse, Power Line (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/11/23/2887412/otter-finds-major-ally-on-grouse.html

Orcas Power & Light Speeds Up Broadband Project (The Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

http://www.islandssounder.com/news/233091391.html

Franklin Pierce School District Gets Tacoma Power Rebate for $2 Million Power Project (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/25/2912996/district-gets-rebate-for-2m-power.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Idaho’s Governor Finds Major Ally on Grouse, Power Line
• IDACORP CEO LaMont Keen to Retire, Leadership Succession Actions Announced
• Bonneville Power Administration Increases Challenge Cheney Light
• Snohomish PUD Taking Donations to Help Families in Need Pay Bills
• Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association to Retire in March
• Canada: Pipeline Company Enbridge Plans Hydro Project; Environmental Group Argues Dam Would Endanger Salmon
• LaFleur Named Acting FERC Chairman
• FERC Approves New Small Generator Interconnection Procedures
• What Does an All-of-the-Above National Energy Policy Mean?
• United Kingdom: Why Is Everyone So Angry About Generating Energy?
• GoldieBlox Ad Encourages Girls to Try Engineering - The building toy aims to inspire girls to think beyond pink & princesses
• Hood River Chinook Rebound
• ODFW Seeks Comments on Proposals to Waive Fish Passage at Two Eastern Oregon Dams
• Chester Dam Project Expected to Benefit Fish on Henry’s Fork
• Idaho: Project Aim - Restore Native Fish
• Bureau of Land Management Gets Tough on Oregon Sage Grouse Protection to Avoid Harsher Listing
• Everett Denying Some Claims from Overflowing Sewage
• Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty to Wyoming Eagle Deaths
• Former Energy Secretary Calls for More Canada/U-S Co-Operation on Renewables - Like Hydroelectricity
• With ISO Vote, Energy Imbalance Market Begins to Take Shape
• Your Solar Panels Aren’t Facing the Wrong Way
• Franklin Pierce School District Gets Tacoma Power Rebate for $2 Million Power Project
• Energy-Conserving Homes May Soon Get Rewards from a Major Mortgage Insurer
• Good Attic Ventilation - It’s More Important & More Attainable than You May Think
• State Of California’s Carbon Permits Raise $297 Million
• Stevens Pass on List of Ten Greenest Ski Resorts
• Medford Receives Federal ‘Green’ Designation
• Electric Vehicles Approach Tipping Point
• Orcas Power & Light Speeds Up Broadband Project
• Mobile Broadband, Free Wi-Fi, Tablets Killing TV, Statistics Show
• Cable Consolidation Isn’t About TV: It’s About Broadband
• What an Anonymous British Sheep Farmer Can Teach Us about the Power of Twitter
• On the Job: Use the Right Words to Get Results
• Top Five Reasons People Love Their Jobs & How You Can Love Yours, Too
• Jack Graham: Scorching Email Exchange with Portland’s Top Accountant the Tipping Point in Downfall
• Small Earthquake on Tahuya Peninsula
• The Rock Doc: Cascadia Earthquake Could Bring Severe Damage to West Coast
• Mostly Dry Thanksgiving Week in Washington State
• Air Stagnation Advisory for Mason County
• Washington Judge Tosses Out Ethics Board Fine for Corrections Manager
• FCC Chairman Says He Even Opposes In-Flight Calls
• Thanksgiving-Hanukkah Overlap Spurs Thanks, Angst

WORD OF THE DAY

Discomfiture • \diss-KUMP-fitch-err\ • Noun - The act of being upset or confused.

Woolen underwear

Exquisite discomfiture

Can’t sit still in this

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather forecast for Mason County area as of November 25, 2013

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Idaho’s Governor Finds Major Ally on Grouse, Power Line (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/11/23/2887412/otter-finds-major-ally-on-grouse.html

IDACORP CEO LaMont Keen to Retire, Leadership Succession Actions Announced (PR Newswire)

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/idacorp-ceo-lamont-keen-to-retire-leadership-succession-actions-announced-232900601.html

Bonneville Power Administration Increases Challenge Cheney Light (Cheney Free Press, WA – Paywall Advisory: ironic isn’t it?)

http://www.cheneyfreepress.com/story/2013/11/21/front-page/bpa-increases-challenge-cheney-light/12932.html

Snohomish PUD Taking Donations to Help Families in Need Pay Bills (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131125/NEWS01/711259973/PUD-taking-donations-to-help-families-in-need-pay-bills-

Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association to Retire in March (American Public Power Association)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/11/executive-director-of-northwest-public.html

Canada: Pipeline Company Enbridge Plans Hydro Project; Environmental Group Argues Dam Would Endanger Salmon (Victoria Time Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/pipeline-company-enbridge-plans-hydro-project-environmental-group-argues-dam-would-endanger-salmon-1.708495

LaFleur Named Acting FERC Chairman (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/media/news-releases/2013/2013-4/11-25-13.asp#.UpOCNBDOTng

FERC Approves New Small Generator Interconnection Procedures (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=243518&issueID=27154

What Does an All-of-the-Above National Energy Policy Mean? (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/stephenlacey/305866/what-does-all-above-national-energy-policy-mean

United Kingdom: Why Is Everyone So Angry About Generating Energy? (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24985531

GoldieBlox Ad Encourages Girls to Try Engineering - The building toy aims to inspire girls to think beyond pink & princesses (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2013/11/22/goldieblox-ad-encourages-girls-to-try-engineering

FISH & WILDLIFE

Hood River Chinook Rebound (Corvallis Gazette-Times, OR)

http://www.gazettetimes.com/oregon-outdoors/hood-river-chinook-rebound/article_7063317a-c91b-5958-bdcd-4ca5b297514f.html

ODFW Seeks Comments on Proposals to Waive Fish Passage at Two Eastern Oregon Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/429101.aspx

Chester Dam Project Expected to Benefit Fish on Henry’s Fork (KPVI-TV, Pocatello, ID)

http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Chester-Dam-Project-Expect-to-Benefit-Fish/PuvN0w7QU0CXuEv9kEKitA.cspx

Idaho: Project Aim - Restore Native Fish (Bonners Ferry Herald, ID)

http://www.bonnersferryherald.com/news/article_4250bcbc-5235-11e3-8c4e-001a4bcf887a.html

Bureau of Land Management Gets Tough on Oregon Sage Grouse Protection to Avoid Harsher Listing (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/11/blm_gets_tough_on_oregon_sage.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Everett Denying Some Claims from Overflowing Sewage (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131125/NEWS01/711259971

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty to Wyoming Eagle Deaths (Associated Press)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/11/22/2692090/wind-energy-company-pleads-guilty.html

Former Energy Secretary Calls for More Canada/U-S Co-Operation on Renewables - Like Hydroelectricity (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)

http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/business/former-energy-secretary-calls-for-more-canada-u-s-co-operation-on-renewables-1.707104

With ISO Vote, Energy Imbalance Market Begins to Take Shape (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/11/with-iso-vote-energy-imbalance-market-begins-to-take-shape.html

Your Solar Panels Aren’t Facing the Wrong Way (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomkonrad/2013/11/22/your-solar-panels-arent-facing-the-wrong-way/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Franklin Pierce School District Gets Tacoma Power Rebate for $2 Million Power Project (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/25/2912996/district-gets-rebate-for-2m-power.html

Energy-Conserving Homes May Soon Get Rewards from a Major Mortgage Insurer (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/energy-conserving-homes-may-soon-get-rewards-from-a-major-mortgage-insurer/2013/11/21/5ea0d17a-508e-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html

Good Attic Ventilation - It’s More Important & More Attainable than You May Think (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/11/22/good-attic-ventilation-important-attainable-may-think/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

State Of California’s Carbon Permits Raise $297 Million (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/22/5937873/states-carbon-permits-raise-297.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Stevens Pass on List of Ten Greenest Ski Resorts (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Stevens-Pass-135801083.html

Medford Receives Federal ‘Green’ Designation (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)

http://t.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131123/NEWS/311230315&template=tabletart

Electric Vehicles Approach Tipping Point (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/peterlehner/305811/electric-vehicles-approach-tipping-point

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Orcas Power & Light Speeds Up Broadband Project (The Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

http://www.islandssounder.com/news/233091391.html

Mobile Broadband, Free Wi-Fi, Tablets Killing TV, Statistics Show (Slashgear)

http://www.slashgear.com/mobile-broadband-free-wi-fi-tablets-killing-tv-statistics-show-24306647/

Cable Consolidation Isn’t About TV: It’s About Broadband (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/11/22/cable-consolidation-isnt-about-tv-its-about-broadband/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

What an Anonymous British Sheep Farmer Can Teach Us about the Power of Twitter (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/11/24/what-an-anonymous-british-sheep-farmer-can-teach-us-about-the-power-of-twitter/

On the Job: Use the Right Words to Get Results (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/bruzzese/2013/11/21/on-the-job-right-words-results/3660963/

Top Five Reasons People Love Their Jobs & How You Can Love Yours, Too (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/11/24/job-satisfaction/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Jack Graham: Scorching Email Exchange with Portland’s Top Accountant the Tipping Point in Downfall (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/11/jack_graham_scorching_email_ex.html

GENERAL NEWS

Small Earthquake on Tahuya Peninsula (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/11669

The Rock Doc: Cascadia Earthquake Could Bring Severe Damage to West Coast (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/25/the-rock-doc-cascadia-earthquake-could-bring/

Mostly Dry Thanksgiving Week in Washington State (Associated Press)

http://tdn.com/news/state-and-regional/washington/mostly-dry-thanksgiving-week-in-washington/article_4c49f513-e76c-5bfd-888b-eb593ba257ad.html

Air Stagnation Advisory for Mason County (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=sew&wwa=air%20stagnation%20advisory

Washington Judge Tosses Out Ethics Board Fine for Corrections Manager (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/11/washington_judge_tosses_ethics.html

FCC Chairman Says He Even Opposes In-Flight Calls (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_24582468

Thanksgiving-Hanukkah Overlap Spurs Thanks, Angst (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/thanksgiving-hanukkah-overlap-spurs-thanks-angst-063126021.html

DIVERSIONS

‘Name-Dropping’ Burglary Suspect Leaves Clues for Cops

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131125/NEWS01/711259959

Butterball Investigates Underweight Gobblers (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/24/butterball-investigates-underweight-gobblers/

Pilot Protests $3,000 Bill for Landing on Pennsylvania Turnpike

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/18/oukoe-uk-usa-odd-pilot-idUKBRE9AH15120131118

For Whom the Bell Cracks; Harvard Sues Over Defective Clapper

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/oukoe-uk-usa-harvard-bell-idUKBRE9AK1BN20131121

SONG OF THE DAY

Anita Ward - Ring my Bell (syndrums & rototoms, oh my!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zuqsqdCAQ

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Energy News Digest for November 22, 2013

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Energy News Digest word cloud for November 22, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-jfk-idUSBRE9AL06720131122

Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-weather-sanfrancisco-idUSBRE9AL0BI20131122

Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_b3066c7e-52d8-11e3-982e-001a4bcf887a.html

Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Wild-winter-this-year-Not-likely-NOAA-forecasts-4998630.php

How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/how-rain-strengthens-cascades-snowpack

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area
• Alaska: Power Restored to Most Homes; Frigid Temperatures, More Wind Forecast for Fairbanks
• Mason PUD 3 Customers Warned of Possible Telephone Scam
• Power Bill Scam Targets Grant PUD Customers
• Controversy over Enloe Dam Power Generation Continues - Group demands dam be breached
• Helicopter to Trim Trees for Mason County PUD 1
• Canada: Smart Meter Critics Seek to Expand Class Action Suit against BC Hydro
• Emergency Outage Has Lasting Effect on Wood Pole Management
• Energy Industry Is on Alert against Increasing Cyber Attacks
• In Search of Woody Guthrie’s America
• Puget Sound Restoration Fund Restores Olympia Oysters, One Shell at a Time
• How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack
• Skagit PUD Passes Budget; Water Rate to Increase
• Can Mushrooms Help Fight Stormwater Pollution? - Using Wood Chips from Mason PUD 3 Tree Trimming, Donated for Study Purposes
• Salton Sea Failures Hurt California, Audit Shows
• Minnesota: Wind Energy Advocates Urge Renewal of Tax Credit
• Listen Up: The Economics of Solar Hot Water Systems
• Ask Umbra: Are My Newfangled Light Bulbs Making My House Cold?
• Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle Times
• The Earth’s Winds, Visualized in Glorious Detail
• Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley
• How Plain, Old Wi-Fi Will Revolutionize the Cellular Industry
• Time Warner Cable Jumps on Comcast Takeover Report
• Fire, Police Officials Get Retire-Rehire Deals
• Best & Worst-Run States: Survey of All 50
• On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial
• Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts
• Deadly ‘Knockout Game’ Reported on the West Coast
• I Can Hear You Now - FCC Considers Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Use
• That Stinks! Roadside ‘Potty Bombs’ Creating Quite a Mess
• Pacific Lutheran, Evergreen, Saint Martin’s - Three South Sound Schools Recognized by U-S News in Rankings of Best Colleges for Veterans

WORD OF THE DAY

Hemidemisemiquaver • \hem-mee-dem-mee-SEM-mee-kway-verr\ • Noun - Sixty-fourth note.

Some say music, as love, is an international language. However, a strict British musicologist may confuse his U-S counterparts by using the term “hemisemidemiquaver” instead of “sixty-fourth note” when describing the hurry-up nature of the song “Flight of the Bumblebee.”

Harry James - Flight of the Bumblebee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxS7llr8x_4

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-weather-sanfrancisco-idUSBRE9AL0BI20131122

Alaska: Power Restored to Most Homes; Frigid Temperatures, More Wind Forecast for Fairbanks (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/power-restored-to-most-homes-frigid-temperatures-more-wind-forecast/article_d2931224-5222-11e3-8e19-0019bb30f31a.html

Mason PUD 3 Customers Warned of Possible Telephone Scam (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1301

Power Bill Scam Targets Grant PUD Customers (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/crescent_bar_chronicle/news/crime/article_94b9026e-4e54-11e3-a04d-001a4bcf887a.html

Controversy over Enloe Dam Power Generation Continues - Group demands dam be breached (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)

http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/controversy-over-enloe-dam-power-generation-continues/66231/

Helicopter to Trim Trees for Mason County PUD 1 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/11649

Canada: Smart Meter Critics Seek to Expand Class Action Suit against BC Hydro (CTV, BC, Canada)

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/smart-meter-critics-seek-to-expand-class-action-suit-against-bc-hydro-1.1554040

Emergency Outage Has Lasting Effect on Wood Pole Management (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Emergency-outage-has-lasting-effect-on-wood-pole-management.aspx

Energy Industry Is on Alert against Increasing Cyber Attacks (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/21/5935157/energy-industry-is-on-alert-against.html

In Search of Woody Guthrie’s America (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/travel/in-search-of-woody-guthries-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Puget Sound Restoration Fund Restores Olympia Oysters, One Shell at a Time (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/11/22/puget-sound-restoration-fund-restores-olympia-oysters-one-shell-time/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/how-rain-strengthens-cascades-snowpack

Skagit PUD Passes Budget; Water Rate to Increase (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/pud-passes-budget-water-rate-to-increase/article_2965debb-2687-532f-b388-adac76dfb180.html

Can Mushrooms Help Fight Stormwater Pollution? - Using Wood Chips from Mason PUD 3 Tree Trimming, Donated for Study Purposes (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/could-mushrooms-be-the-answer-to-stormwater-pollut/

Salton Sea Failures Hurt California, Audit Shows (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/11/22/63166.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Minnesota: Wind Energy Advocates Urge Renewal of Tax Credit (Minnesota Public Radio)

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/11/20/environment/wind-energy-tax-credit

Listen Up: The Economics of Solar Hot Water Systems (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/11/listen-up-the-economics-of-solar-thermal-systems?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Ask Umbra: Are My Newfangled Light Bulbs Making My House Cold? (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/living/ask-umbra-are-my-newfangled-lightbulbs-making-my-house-cold/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle Times (Cliff Mass Weather Blog, Seattle, WA)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2013/11/coastal-ocean-acidification-answering.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Earth’s Winds, Visualized in Glorious Detail (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/the-earths-winds-visualized-in-glorious-detail-1469535522

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_b3066c7e-52d8-11e3-982e-001a4bcf887a.html

How Plain, Old Wi-Fi Will Revolutionize the Cellular Industry (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/21/how-plain-old-wifi-will-revolutionize-the-cellular-industry/?wprss=rss_business

Time Warner Cable Jumps on Comcast Takeover Report (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/22/time-warner-comcast-takeover-report/3674753/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Fire, Police Officials Get Retire-Rehire Deals (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Fire-police-officials-get-retire-rehire-deals-232849261.html

Best & Worst-Run States: Survey of All 50 (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/22/best-worst-run-states/3671359/

GENERAL NEWS

On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-jfk-idUSBRE9AL06720131122

Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Wild-winter-this-year-Not-likely-NOAA-forecasts-4998630.php

Deadly ‘Knockout Game’ Reported on the West Coast (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/11/22/deadly-knockout-game-reported-on-the-west-coast/#axzz2lOODMJIZ

I Can Hear You Now - FCC Considers Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Use (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/11/22/fcc-considers-allowing-in-flight-cell-phone-use/#axzz2lOODMJIZ

That Stinks! Roadside ‘Potty Bombs’ Creating Quite a Mess (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/eco/That-stinks-Roadside-potty-bombs-creating-quite-a-mess-232923171.html

Pacific Lutheran, Evergreen, Saint Martin’s - Three South Sound Schools Recognized by U-S News in Rankings of Best Colleges for Veterans (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/20/2903502/three-south-sound-schools-recognized.html

DIVERSIONS

Inspiring Unilever Ad Gives You Hope for Future Children

http://mashable.com/2013/11/20/unilever-ad-future-children/

People Already Camped Out for Black Friday Admit: “We Are Crazy”

http://consumerist.com/2013/11/21/people-already-camped-out-for-black-friday-admit-we-are-crazy/

Schedule of CBS News Livestream of JFK Assassination Coverage

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/schedule-of-cbsnewscoms-live-stream-of-jfk-assassination-broadcast-coverage/

In Ruins of Palace, a Wine with Hints of Cinnamon & Top Notes of Antiquity

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/science/in-ruins-of-palace-a-wine-with-hints-of-cinnamon-and-top-notes-of-antiquity.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

SONG OF THE DAY

Loggins & Messina - Danny’s Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDcTyyXQb8

Paul Anka & Odia Coates - Your Having My Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZ8NSY2X_g

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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