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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Intalco Smelter Gets Some Breathing Room, Support on Power Deal
• BPA deal will keep Intalco smelter running
• Power Contract Gives Lifeline to Big Smelter
• Awkward Juxtaposition - BPA Power Caps Force Utilities to Look Elsewhere
• BPA Eliminates Four Segments from Transmission Line Proposal
• Mason County PUD 1 & PUD 3 Weatherization Grant - Contact the Correct Utility
• Grays Harbor PUD Completes Electrical System Improvements
• Bolz to Lead Chelan PUD Board
• Did We Just Wave Goodbye to Last New Florida Coal Plant?
• New Report Charts Columbia Salmon Progress
• Avista to Draw Down Lake Spokane
• Editorial - Water Storage Can Provide Many Benefits
• Gregoire Approves Final Clean Water Projects
• California - Desert Vistas vs. Solar Power
• California - New Group Seeks to Bring Greener Power to Marin County
• Editorial - Pacific Northwest: Going Green, Yielding Gold
• US Renewable Energy Generation to Double by 2012
• British Columbia Homes for Sale to Have Energy Ratings
• LED Holiday Light Sales Boom
• Inadequate Oversight Cited in Illinois Weatherization Program
• Video Games Can Be Energy Hogs. Three Tips to Cut Your Power Bill
• China Blasts Claim It ‘Hijacked’ Climate Talks
• Carbon Falls on Weak Copenhagen Deal
• Time for a Climate Change Plan B
• Cash cows boost carbon trading
• Study Shows ‘Green’ Shoppers More Likely to Cheat
• Report: FBI Probes Multi-Million Dollar Hacker Attack on Citigroup
• White House Picks New Cyber Coordinator
• Firefox 3.5 Now World’s Most Popular Browser
• Comcast Settles Throttling Class Action - $16 million
• Forecast Calls for More Clouds in Computing
• Two Sheriff’s Officers Badly Hurt in Washington State Shooting
• Court: Microsoft Violated Patent; Can’t Sell Word
• Shelton Sending Urban Growth Area Agreement to Mason County
• Thurston County Commissioners Recall Bid Tossed
• Maine to Consider Cell Phone Cancer Warning
• Jones Soda Considering Bid to Sell to Big Red for $7.9 Million
WORD OF THE DAY
Shamanism • \SHAW-mun-iz-um\ • noun – A religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans; also: any similar religion
Norbert viewed his IS department as nearly a shamanistic cult. He would pound on his keyboard in frustration when his computer began to act up; especially since his rudimentary problem solving skills could not pierce the mysterious veil of technical trickery. It was almost as if his help desk consulted with dark spirits before instantly solving any situation with a simple keystroke.
WEATHER
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
Intalco Smelter Gets Some Breathing Room, Support on Power Deal (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/1213324.html?storylink=omni_popular
BPA deal will keep Intalco smelter running – Gregoire says she’ll join BPA in challenging federal court over improper sales (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/79840682.html
Power Contract Gives Lifeline to Big Smelter (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6569
Awkward Juxtaposition - BPA Power Caps Force Utilities to Look Elsewhere (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/12/21/story7.html?ana=from_rss
BPA Eliminates Four Segments from Transmission Line Proposal (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/news/article_42355238-ee84-11de-99e0-001cc4c002e0.html
Mason County PUD 1 & PUD 3 Weatherization Grant - Contact the Correct Utility (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=648
Grays Harbor PUD Completes Electrical System Improvements (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1259
Bolz to Lead Chelan PUD Board (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/22/bolz-to-lead-chelan-pud-board/
Did We Just Wave Goodbye to Last New Florida Coal Plant? (St Petersburg Times, FL)
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/did-we-just-wave-goodbye-to-last-new-florida-coal-plant/1060413
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Report Charts Columbia Salmon Progress - Dam improvements on course to meet fish protection targets (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/432975/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Avista to Draw Down Lake Spokane (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/22/avista-draw-down-lake-spokane/
Salem Statesman-Journal - Water Storage Can Provide Many Benefits (Oregon)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091222/OPINION/912220303/1046
Gregoire Approves Final Clean Water Projects (Tacoma Daily Index)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1684330&more=0
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California - Desert Vistas vs. Solar Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/business/energy-environment/22solar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California - New Group Seeks to Bring Greener Power to Marin County (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/business/energy-environment/20sfpower.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Everett Herald Editorial - Pacific Northwest: Going Green, Yielding Gold
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091222/OPINION01/712229967
US Renewable Energy Generation to Double by 2012 (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/12/21/story8.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
British Columbia Homes for Sale to Have Energy Ratings (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/Homes+sale+have+energy+ratings/2365394/story.html
LED Holiday Light Sales Boom (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/led-holiday-light-sales-boom/
Inadequate Oversight Cited in Illinois Weatherization Program (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/us/22illinois.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Video Games Can Be Energy Hogs. Three Tips to Cut Your Power Bill (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2009/1221/Video-games-can-be-energy-hogs.-Three-tips-to-cut-your-power-bill.
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
China Blasts Claim It ‘Hijacked’ Climate Talks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010567472_apaschinabritainclimate.html?syndication=rss
Carbon Falls on Weak Copenhagen Deal (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/6859752/Carbon-falls-on-weak-Copenhagen-deal.html
Time for a Climate Change Plan B (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704107604574607793378860698.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Cash cows boost carbon trading (Canada.com)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=0f804796-c633-417f-8ea5-9fe3e311ea1d&k=39839
Study Shows ‘Green’ Shoppers More Likely to Cheat (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Study+shows+Green+shoppers+more+likely+cheat/2362923/story.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Report: FBI Probes Multi-Million Dollar Hacker Attack on Citigroup (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14048614
White House Picks New Cyber Coordinator (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010563887_apususcyberczar.html?syndication=rss
Firefox 3.5 Now World’s Most Popular Browser (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/12/21/firefox-3-5-now-worlds-most-popular-browser/
Comcast Settles Throttling Class Action - $16 million for packet forgery shenanigans (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Settles-Throttling-Class-Action-106097
Forecast Calls for More Clouds in Computing (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/21/BUOH1B6B6L.DTL&feed=rss.news
GENERAL NEWS
Two Sheriff’s Officers Badly Hurt in Washington State Shooting (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010567516_apusofficershooting11thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Court: Microsoft Violated Patent; Can’t Sell Word (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010568355_apusmicrosoftpatent.html?syndication=rss
Shelton Sending Urban Growth Area Agreement to Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=915:shelton-sending-u-g-a-agreement-to-mason-county-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Thurston County Commissioners Recall Bid Tossed (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1078964.html
Maine to Consider Cell Phone Cancer Warning (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/20/national/a090209S54.DTL&feed=rss.news
Jones Soda Considering Bid to Sell to Big Red for $7.9 Million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010563675_jonessoda22.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Boston Mom Calls 911 over Son’s Video Game Habit
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010567661_apusoddvideogame911call.html?syndication=rss
Rent to Own? Police Say Couple Rented to Steal
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2010565515_rent_to_own_police_say_couple.html?syndication=rss
Las Vegas Woman Victim of Foreclosure Mistake
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11710384
Eau Contraire - English Priest Says Shoplifting OK at Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010567775_apeubritainshopliftingok.html?syndication=rss
Man Commandeers NYC Garage, Charges Parkers - Police Arrest Suspect for Burglary, Criminal Impersonation
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/22028275/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Gold Standard: Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOszvL9lgSs
The Author: Mel Torme - The Christmas Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNM--Qyxp4&feature=related
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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