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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Timing of Seattle City Light Official's $40K Bonus Questioned
• State’s PUD Privilege Tax Error Costs Chelan County $300,000
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Sees Rate Increases In Future
• Natural Gas Bills Forecast To Drop Sharply
• California - Massive Renewable Power Project Is In Doubt
• Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Energy Corridors
• NRG Energy Rejects Latest Bid from Exelon
• Georgia - Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Power Plant Project On Hold
• Stocks Modestly Higher Ahead Of Alcoa Report
• What Does Alcoa's Expected Loss Mean For The Economy?
• Are You Ready For $20 Per Gallon Gas?
• Sections of the Columbia River Open For Sockeye or Chinook
• Stillaguamish Salmon Run's Future Rests on 45 Fish
• Fishing the Town Run for Summer Steelhead
• Salmon Begin Long Journey Back To Yakima Basin
• Yakama Tribe Celebrates Return of Sockeye Salmon
• Washington DNR Calls for Halt to Maury Island Gravel Mine
• Port of Tacoma Says Its Air Pollution Is Not So Bad
• Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water
• Lack of Transmission - Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm
• Company Pulls the Plug on Conn. Garbage-To-Energy Power Plant
• Maryhill Museum of Art Finds Extra Money in Leasing Land to Wind Farm
• The Many Uses Of Manure
• Leading by Example: Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative
• New York - Plug Receives $1.4M to Operate Residential Power Units
• British Columbia - Vancouver Condos in Electric Car Charging Flap
• USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs
• Combative Start to Senate Climate Hearings
• Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate
• Studies Foresee Dilemma Over Forest Carbon Storage
• Green Jobs - Oregon Is 1 Of 5 States Chosen For Education Program
• Massive Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites
• Seattle Data Center Fire Gets Redundant
• Google Plans a PC Operating System
• One Last Warning before America Screws up Broadband Mapping
• Broadband Stimulus to Boost Jobs, Not Just Access
• Editorial - Life without Fiber Optics: Disruption a Good Reminder
• Missouri to Create Statewide Broadband Network by 2014
• AT&T: Keep Your Landline or You’ll Die Alone of Peanut Allergy
• King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic
• YouTube Wins Key Ruling In Class Action Case
• Online Radio Stations Reach Royalty Accord
• Facebook Gets Gray Hair and Wrinkles
• Including Mason – Five County Burn Ban Begins Wednesda
• Two Survive Helicopter Crash off Ocean Shores
• Boeing to Pay $580 Million for 787 Parts Plant in South Carolina
• Seattle - Controversial Manager's Promotion an Error
• In California, Even the IOU’s are Owed
WORD OF THE DAY
Cryptomnesia • \CRIP-tohm-neez-ee-yah\ • noun – "hidden memory" The ability of a person to remember things they have seen, heard, read, or experienced without consciously realizing it.
Future plagiarists rejoice. You aren’t copying someone’s copyrighted works intentionally; it’s all the fault of your cryptomnesia! Time to get that diagnosis from your psychiatrist, just in case.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Timing Of Seattle City Light Official's $40K Bonus Questioned (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070709WAB-city-light-bonus-questioned-TP.1ad2c424.html
State’s PUD Privilege Tax Error Costs Chelan County $300,000 (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079963/-1/SPORTS?State%E2%80%99-s-errorcosts-county$300-000
Eugene Water & Electric Board sees rate increases in future - The utility expects some major expenses in coming years, in addition to facing an unpredictable market (The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/16748237-55/story.csp
Natural Gas Bills Forecast To Drop Sharply (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5370-natural-gas-bills-forecast-drop-sharply/
California - Massive Renewable Power Project Is In Doubt (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12772184
Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Energy Corridors (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10659341
NRG Energy Rejects Latest Bid from Exelon (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/09exelon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Georgia - Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Power Plant Project On Hold (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/06/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Stocks Modestly Higher Ahead Of Alcoa Report - analysts expect a quarterly loss of 38 cents per share (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12775939?nclick_check=1
What Does Alcoa's Expected Loss Mean For The Economy? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5671RA20090708?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Are You Ready For $20 Per Gallon Gas? Pump prices are off from last year's highs, but don't expect that to last (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205629?from=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sections of the Columbia River and Tributaries Open For Sockeye or Chinook Fishing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009428193_sections_of_the_columbia_river.html
Stillaguamish Salmon Run's Future Rests on 45 Fish (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/707089761/-1/RSS02
Fishing the Town Run for Summer Steelhead (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
http://www.kval.com/sports/local/50165947.html
Salmon Begin Long Journey Back To Yakima Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/07/07/salmon-begin-long-journey-back-to-yakima-basin
Yakama Tribe Celebrates Return of Sockeye Salmon (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50174482.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington DNR Calls for Halt to Maury Island Gravel Mine (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186742
Port of Tacoma Says Its Air Pollution Is Not So Bad (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/803962.html
Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/financial/f070733D31.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Lack of Transmission - Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/pickens-drops-plan-for-largest-wind-farm/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Company Pulls the Plug on Conn. Garbage-To-Energy Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/financial/f042614D39.DTL&feed=rss.business
Maryhill Museum of Art Finds Extra Money in Leasing Land to Wind Farm (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/maryhill_useum_of_art_finds_ex.html
The many uses of manure - Dairy farms are putting in digesters, creating methane to power electrical generators…hydropower in the Northwest is so cheap that farmers can't make money selling their kilowatts (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/08/animals-wildlife/19100/
Leading by Example: Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/leading-by-example-hawaiis-clean-energy-initiative?cmpid=rss
New York - Plug Receives $1.4M to Operate Residential Power Units (The Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/07/06/daily14.html?ana=from_rss
British Columbia - Vancouver Condos in Electric Car Charging Flap (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/06/bc-electric-car-condo-parking-spaces-vancouver.html?ref=rss
USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs (PR NewsWire)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/agriculture/20090707/DE4178707072009-1.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Combative Start to Senate Climate Hearings (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/combative-start-to-senate-climate-hearings/
Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/06/06greenwire-coal-industry-sees-life-or-death-in-senate-cli-49519.html
Studies Foresee Dilemma Over Forest Carbon Storage (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009429685_aporforestscarbon1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
“GREEN” CATCH-ALL BIN
Green Jobs Get Boost - Oregon Is 1 Of 5 States Chosen For Education Program (Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090707/NEWS/907070324/1001
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Massive Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/09cyber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Seattle Data Center Fire Gets Redundant - AllRecipes.com was just six weeks away from redundant systems (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Seattle-Data-Center-Fire-Again-Highlights-Redundancy-103321
Google Plans a PC Operating System (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
One Last Warning before America Screws up Broadband Mapping - Connected Nation poised to nab $350 million in taxpayer dollars (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/One-Last-Warning-Before-America-Screws-Up-Broadband-Mapping-103305
Broadband Stimulus to Boost Jobs, Not Just Access (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/broadband-stimulus-to-boost-jobs-not-just-access/
Ventura County Star Editorial - Life without Fiber Optics: Disruption a Good Reminder (California)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/08/life-without-fiber-optics/
Missouri to Create Statewide Broadband Network by 2014 (The Columbia Missourian, MO)
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/07/08/program-create-statewide-broadband-network-2014/
AT&T: Keep Your Landline or You’ll Die Alone of Peanut Allergy - AT&T's latest effort to keep the landline relevant (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Keep-Your-Landline-Or-Youll-Die-Alone-Of-Peanut-Allergy-103319
King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic - MJ’s Online Memorial Pushes Internet’s Limits (GogaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/michael-jacksons-memorial-online-traffic-pushes-internets-limits/
YouTube Wins Key Ruling In Class Action Case (Bloomberg News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12771544
Online Radio Stations Reach Royalty Accord (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009430435_webradio08.html
Facebook Gets Gray Hair and Wrinkles (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Including Mason – Five County Burn Ban Begins Wednesday (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186597
Two Survive Helicopter Crash off Ocean Shores (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070809WAB-AP-helicopter-crash-LJ.1dfbf59a.html?rss?npc
Boeing to Pay $580 Million for 787 Parts Plant in South Carolina (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090707/BIZ/707079858/0/NEWS01
Seattle - Controversial Manager's Promotion an Error, Transportation Chief Says (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009430454_cityaudit08m.html?syndication=rss
In California, Even the IOU’s are Owed (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08california.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
DIVERSIONS
Fisherman Reels In Alligator at Las Vegas Lake
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12769294?nclick_check=1
Dimwitted Thieves Steal Fake Cell Phones in Mexico
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/07/international/i151651D02.DTL&feed=rss.business
Connecticut Cops: Man Went Naked To Dental Appointment
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12776477
Drunken tractor driver leads police on slow chase
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5665EH20090707?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY, THE CRYPTOMNESIA EDITION
Rosemary Clooney & Benny Goodman - Memories of you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EVJzc0m8g
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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