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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Klickitat PUD Announces Manager’s Resignation
• Grant County PUD Discussing 5 Percent Rate Increase
• Skilling in the Dock - Supreme Court to Hear Ex-Enron CEO’s Appeal
• Hearings Set In Montana, Idaho over Power Plan
• Puget Sound Energy Files Two Draft ‘Request for Proposals’ with Washington UTC
• Fitch Affirms Energy Northwest Wind Project Bonds at ‘A-’; Outlook Stable
• Montana - Energy Ventures Keep Candidates Amped
• Seattle Utility Poles Targeted By Arsonists
• Heater Safety to Prevent Fires
• Florida Family Electrocuted Putting Up Ham Radio Antenna
• Kissimmee Utility Authority Adopts Policy to Help Local Vendors
• Clean Coal Dealt Second Blow As Danish Energy Giant Pulls Out Of Scottish Plans
• Record Numbers of Salmon, Steelhead Pour into Columbia River
• Surge of Puget Sound Pink Salmon Amazes, Mystifies
• Three Kennewick Men Accused of Stealing Fish from State Hatchery
• Meet the Maggie Walker Fish
• Olympia: New Policy Allows Collecting Rainwater without a Permit
• Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
• California Tries to Solve Water Woes
• Klickitat County Wind Project Gets $178M in Funding
• Wyoming Wind Developers Fear New Taxes
• California Heats Up Incentives for Solar Power
• New German Government May Cut Solar Subsidy
• Schools Go For Gold at Solar Decathlon
• California, Feds Sign MOU for Renewables
• Transforming Clean-Energy Industry into a Local One
• Is It A Sin To Leave Your Cell Phone Plugged In Overnight?
• Editorial - A Warming Earth Awaits Leadership on Climate
• US Energy Secretary Steven Chu Backs Carbon Capture Strategy
• Free Clark County Workshop Outlines Green Living Techniques
• Grant PUD Plans To Reduce Fiber Program
• Bandwidth Boost for Libraries Gaining Support
• Lack of Home Internet Service Puts Job Seekers at a Disadvantage
• Petroskey News Editorial - Broadband Group In Worthy Pursuit
• Connected Nation Misses Out On Early Mapping Money
• Sidekick Users See Their Data Vanish Into a Cloud
• Acer Sees Revenue Up As Tech Demand Returns
• The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing
• Bob Holter, Former Mason County Sheriff, Commissioner, & Shelton Police Chief, Dies
• Ceremonial First Step Launches Long-Awaited Belfair Sewer Project
• Pacific Storm Blows Into Western Washington
• Naches Slide One of Largest In State’s History
• Ship Built With World Trade Center Steel Sails For Namesake City
• Enter The Big Cheese - Is It Smart To Put Your CEO In Your Ad Campaign?
• “New” Michael Jackson Single a “Mistake”
• Magazine Votes Portland Building ‘Ugliest In the World’
WORD OF THE DAY
Preternatural • \preet-err-NATCH-er-ul\ • adjective – 1: existing outside of nature 2: exceeding what is natural or regular: extraordinary 3: inexplicable by ordinary means; especially: psychic
Barb’s shocking pink outfit was truly a preternatural creation. “I doubt you’ll find that color anywhere in nature,” exclaimed her new supervisor. The IS department was doubly concerned, because the light waves emanating from the unnaturally colored fabric created interference in the computer monitors throughout the cubicles in which she worked.
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
Klickitat PUD Announces Manager’s Resignation (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
http://www.goldendalesentinel.com/news/2009news/10-01-09_news.htm
Grant County PUD Discussing 5 Percent Rate Increase (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/12/news/doc4ad39add2c00a825583826.txt
Skilling in the Dock - Supreme Court to Hear Ex-Enron CEO’s Appeal (Courthouse News Service)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/13/Supreme_Court_to_Hear_Ex-Enron_CEO_s_Appeal.htm
Hearings Set In Montana, Idaho over Power Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=11303156
Puget Sound Energy Files Two Draft ‘Request for Proposals’ with Washington UTC (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091012006220&newsLang=en
Fitch Affirms Energy Northwest Wind Project Bonds at ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (PR Inside)
http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-affirms-energy-northwest-wa-wind-r1524055.htm
Montana - Energy Ventures Keep Candidates Amped (Great Falls Tribune)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091013/NEWS01/910130304
Seattle Utility Poles Targeted By Arsonists (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2010055072_utility_poles_targeted_by_arso.html?syndication=rss
Heater Safety to Prevent Fires (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11302408
Florida Family Electrocuted Putting Up Ham Radio Antenna (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010052522_apusfloridafamilyelectrocuted.html?syndication=rss
Kissimmee Utility Authority Adopts Policy to Help Local Vendors (Orlando Business Journal)
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2009/10/12/daily10.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - Clean Coal Dealt Second Blow As Danish Energy Giant Pulls Out Of Scottish Plans (Guardian, United Kingdom)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/12/dong-energy-coal-plant
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record Numbers of Salmon, Steelhead Pour into Columbia River (Heartland Institute)
http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/26144/Record_Numbers_of_Salmon_Steelhead_Pour_into_Columbia_River.html
Surge of Puget Sound Pink Salmon Amazes, Mystifies (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/914091.html
Three Kennewick Men Accused of Stealing Fish from State Hatchery (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/751738.html
Meet The Maggie Walker Fish - An ugly little critter that can’t swim but still impresses (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/410961_fish12.html?source=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympia: New Policy Allows Collecting Rainwater without a Permit (Olympian, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/914277.html
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13water.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California Tries to Solve Water Woes (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13calif.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Klickitat County Wind Project Gets $178M in Funding (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/12/daily5.html?ana=from_rss
Wyoming Wind Developers Fear New Taxes (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_5ff9f584-b7b7-11de-b5e5-001cc4c03286.html
California Heats Up Incentives for Solar Power (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1213618120091012
New German Government May Cut Solar Subsidy (Sustainable Business)
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/19040
Schools Go For Gold at Solar Decathlon (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113735450&ft=1&f=2
California, Feds Sign MOU for Renewables (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370028&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Transforming Clean-Energy Industry into a Local One - Minnesota Turbines At Forefront of A New Movement: Community Power (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101203097.html?wprss=rss_business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Is It A Sin To Leave Your Cell Phone Plugged In Overnight? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2232195/?from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregonian Editorial - A Warming Earth Awaits Leadership on Climate
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/a_warming_earth_awaits_leaders.html
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu Backs Carbon Capture Strategy (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6872464.ece
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Free Clark County Workshop Outlines Green Living Techniques (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091013/NEWS02/910129988/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant PUD Plans To Reduce Fiber Program (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/12/news/doc4ad39aab17661902523138.txt
Bandwidth Boost for Libraries Gaining Support - A plan to put fiber optic technology in public libraries may be a candidate for federal stimulus funding (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220600556&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Lack of Home Internet Service Puts Job Seekers at a Disadvantage (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/oct/Lack-of-Home-Internet-Service-Puts-Job-Seekers-at-a-Disadvantage.html
Petroskey News Editorial - Broadband Group In Worthy Pursuit (Michigan)
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2009/10/12/editorials/doc4ad33bff9b098424833682.txt
Connected Nation Misses Out On Early Mapping Money - A sign of things to come, or just early coincidence? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Misses-Out-On-Early-Mapping-Money-104940
Sidekick Users See Their Data Vanish Into a Cloud (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/10/sidekick_users_see_their_data.html
Acer Sees Revenue Up As Tech Demand Returns (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59B2J220091012?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Bob Holter, Former Mason County Sheriff, Commissioner, & Shelton Police Chief, Dies (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:bob-holter-former-mason-county-sheriff-commissioner-a-shelton-police-chief-has-died&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Ceremonial First Step Launches Long-Awaited Belfair Sewer Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/12/work-on-belfair-sewer-takes-ceremonial-first/?partner=RSS
Pacific Storm Blows Into Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101309WXB-storm-tues-SW.211600235.html?rss
Naches Slide One of Largest In State’s History (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21281732/detail.html
Ship Built With World Trade Center Steel Sails For Namesake City (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010054858_apusussnewyork.html?syndication=rss
Enter The Big Cheese - Is It Smart To Put Your CEO In Your Ad Campaign? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2232188/?from=rss
“New” Michael Jackson Single a “Mistake” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1215390020091013
Magazine Votes Portland Building ‘Ugliest In the World’ (NW Cable News Network)
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_101309ORN-portland-ugly-building-SW.211885651.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Officials Take Baseball Away From Little Girl Who Sues and Gets It Back
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/09/florida.baseball.lawsuit/index.html
Pennsylvania Man Sleeps through House Fire, Survives
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/12/national/a122554D15.DTL&feed=rss.business
Newlyweds Burglarized Chapel, Police Say
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21274209/detail.html
Despite Threats, California Governor Says Cows Can Keep Tails
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/12/financial/f160650D39.DTL&feed=rss.business
SONG OF THE DAY
Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylr2D4Pwn58&feature=related
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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