Energy News Digest for May 31, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Advocates for Klamath Dams’ Removal Rally in Portland (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/advocates-klamath-dams-removal-rally-portland

Sierra Club Calls For Puget Sound Energy to Stop Using Coal Power (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sierra-Club-calls-for-PSE-to-stop-using-coal-power-209609311.html

Climate Change Study: 82 Percent of California Native Fish Species Risk Extinction (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/30/5459758/climate-change-study-82-percent.html

Oregon State House Approves Energy-Efficiency Standards for Most TVs, Battery Chargers (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/05/house_votes_to_require_energy-.html

Japan Stops Imports after Genetically Modified Wheat Found in Oregon (Associated Press)

http://www.katu.com/news/business/Japan-stops-imports-after-genetically-modified-wheat-found-in-Oregon-209572831.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Sierra Club Calls For Puget Sound Energy to Stop Using Coal Power
• Comment Sought on BPA Plan to Replace Montana Transmission Line
• Grant PUD Stretches Lines over Rocky Ford Creek
• Moody’s Assigns Aa1 Rating to BPA Backed Cowlitz Falls Hydro Debt - Outlook Stable
• Big Energy Conservation Project - Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for May 28, 2013
• Tennessee Valley Authority Suffers Blow, Loses Biggest Customer
• New York - Owner Makes All-Out Push for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
• Watt’s Up With Grow Houses?
• Advocates for Klamath Dams’ Removal Rally in Portland
• Shellfisher Involved in Hood Canal Poaching Ring Starts Jail Sentence
• Washington State Congresswoman Herrera Beutler Calls On EPA to Protect Salmon from Alaska Mine Proposal
• Bristol Mine - The Biggest Environmental Decision Facing Obama You’ve Never Heard Of
• Frankensalmon Could Breed with Trout, Produce Frankentrout
• Yakima Basin Board Recognizes Salmon Recovery Efforts
• Electric Power Politics: Net-Metering Gets Nasty
• Is Solar at Risk of Becoming as Trusted as a Used Car Salesman?
• Oregon State House Approves Energy-Efficiency Standards for Most TVs, Battery Chargers
• Climate Change Study: 82 Percent of California Native Fish Species Risk Extinction
• Scientists Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases by Breeding Fartless Cows
• Opponents Seek to Overturn Plastic Bag Ban in Shoreline
• Customers Steamed About ‘Toilet Water’ in Their Coffee
• Google Again Swears Google Fiber Not an Experiment
• Comcast: U-S the Global Leader on Broadband - Everything’s Great, And You Don’t Need 1 Gbps
• Q&A: Is It Safe to Use a Public Wi-Fi Network?
• NBA Player Uses Twitter to Score Date with Miss Tennessee
• Last Day Comes for Embattled Snohomish County Executive
• At Hastily Called Meeting, Pierce County Republicans Pick Muri to Replace Late Sen. Carrell
• Records: Washington State Lobbyists Often File Questionable Reports
• Japan Stops Imports after Genetically Modified Wheat Found in Oregon
• Not So Mellow About this Yellow: Olympic Peninsula Petition Urges Mandatory Control of Scotch Broom
• Silicon Valley, Help! — America’s Infrastructure Just Got a D+
• Measure of U-S Consumer Confidence at Six-Year High
• Ex-Microsoft Manager Plans to Create First U-S Marijuana Brand

WORD OF THE DAY

Onomatopoeia • \ah-nuh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh\ • Noun - 1: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense.

Buzz

Snap-Crackle-Pop

Pow

Hiccup

Hiss

Bang

Burp

Zing

Zap

Examples are a lot easier than using the tongue twisting word onomatopoeia!

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

Sierra Club Calls For Puget Sound Energy to Stop Using Coal Power (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sierra-Club-calls-for-PSE-to-stop-using-coal-power-209609311.html

Comment Sought on BPA Plan to Replace Montana Transmission Line (KPAX TV, Missoula, MT)

http://www.kpax.com/news/comment-sought-on-bpa-plan-to-replace-transmission-line/

Grant PUD Stretches Lines over Rocky Ford Creek (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

http://www.ifiberone.com/news/grantcounty/ephrata/grant-pud-stretches-lines-over-rocky-ford-creek/article_a5104770-c971-11e2-9533-001a4bcf6878.html

Moody’s Assigns Aa1 Rating to BPA Backed Cowlitz Falls Hydro Debt - Outlook Stable (Moody’s Investors Service)

http://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-assigns-Aa1-rating-to-BPA-backed-Cowlitz-Falls-Hydro--PR_274446

Big Energy Conservation Project - Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for May 28, 2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1224

Tennessee Valley Authority Suffers Blow, Loses Biggest Customer (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/may/31/tva-suffers-blow-loses-biggest-customer/

New York - Owner Makes All-Out Push for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/nyregion/going-all-out-in-support-of-indian-point.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Watt’s Up With Grow Houses? (Leesburg Daily Commercial, FL)

http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/article_5cc81412-77e0-54e8-8688-d1c9de7cd8af.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Advocates for Klamath Dams’ Removal Rally in Portland (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/advocates-klamath-dams-removal-rally-portland

Shellfisher Involved in Hood Canal Poaching Ring Starts Jail Sentence (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/shellfisher-involved-poaching-ring-starts-jail-sen/nX6gN/

Washington State Congresswoman Herrera Beutler Calls On EPA to Protect Salmon from Alaska Mine Proposal (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/herrera-beutler-calls-on-epa-to-protect-salmon-from-alaska/article_0d39eb5e-c98a-11e2-b7de-0019bb2963f4.html

Bristol Mine - The Biggest Environmental Decision Facing Obama You’ve Never Heard Of (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/31/the-biggest-environmental-decision-facing-obama-youve-never-heard-of/?wprss=rss_national

Frankensalmon Could Breed with Trout, Produce Frankentrout (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/news/frankensalmon-could-breed-with-trout-produce-frankentrout/

Yakima Basin Board Recognizes Salmon Recovery Efforts (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1187980-8/board-recognizes-salmon-recovery-efforts

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Electric Power Politics: Net-Metering Gets Nasty (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/05/30/electric-power-politics-net-metering-gets-nasty/

Is Solar at Risk of Becoming as Trusted as a Used Car Salesman? (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/05/is-solar-at-risk-of-becoming-as-trusted-as-used-car-salesman?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Oregon State House Approves Energy-Efficiency Standards for Most TVs, Battery Chargers (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/05/house_votes_to_require_energy-.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Change Study: 82 Percent of California Native Fish Species Risk Extinction (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/30/5459758/climate-change-study-82-percent.html

Scientists Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases by Breeding Fartless Cows (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/list/scientists-plan-to-reduce-greenhouse-gases-by-breeding-fartless-cows/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Opponents Seek to Overturn Plastic Bag Ban in Shoreline (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/05/30/new-initiative-to-overturn-shorelines-plastic-bag-ban/

Customers Steamed About ‘Toilet Water’ in Their Coffee (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/05/31/hong-kong-starbucks--toilet-water/2375465/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Again Swears Google Fiber Not an Experiment (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Again-Swears-Google-Fiber-Not-An-Experiment-124438

Comcast: U-S the Global Leader on Broadband - Everything’s Great, And You Don’t Need 1 Gbps (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-US-The-Global-Leader-on-Broadband-124441

Q&A: Is It Safe to Use a Public Wi-Fi Network? (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2013/05/31/wifi-network-public-free-text-apps-tech-addiction/2366631/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

NBA Player Uses Twitter to Score Date with Miss Tennessee (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/05/30/nba-pondexter-twitter-miss-tennessee/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Last Day Comes for Embattled Snohomish County Executive (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/05/31/last-day-comes-for-embattled-county-executive/

At Hastily Called Meeting, Pierce County Republicans Pick Muri to Replace Late Sen. Carrell (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/at-hastily-called-meeting-pierce-county-republicans-pick-muri-to-replace-late-sen-carrell-houses-oban-runs-strong-second/

Records: Washington State Lobbyists Often File Questionable Reports (Associated Press)

http://www.katu.com/politics/local/Records-Washington-state-lobbyists-often-file-questionable-reports-209564541.html

GENERAL NEWS

Japan Stops Imports after Genetically Modified Wheat Found in Oregon (Associated Press)

http://www.katu.com/news/business/Japan-stops-imports-after-genetically-modified-wheat-found-in-Oregon-209572831.html

Not So Mellow About this Yellow: Olympic Peninsula Petition Urges Mandatory Control of Scotch Broom (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130531/news/305319983/not-so-mellow-about-this-yellow-peninsula-petition-urges-mandatory

Silicon Valley, Help! — America’s Infrastructure Just Got a D+ (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/05/30/silicon-valley-help-americas-infrastructure-just-got-a-d/?wprss=rss_technology

Measure of U-S Consumer Confidence at Six-Year High (Associated Press)

http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2013/05/31/measure-of-us-consumer-confidence-at-six-year-high

Ex-Microsoft Manager Plans to Create First U-S Marijuana Brand (Reuters)

http://news.yahoo.com/ex-microsoft-manager-plans-create-first-u-marijuana-191949078.html

DIVERSIONS

Boy, 10, Finds $10,000 in Kansas City Hotel Room

http://news.yahoo.com/boy-10-finds-10-000-kansas-city-hotel-180859949.html

Man Builds Working Car Out of Wood

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/wood-car-build-diy-project-190822009.html

Sonar Image May Show Amelia Earhart’s Plane

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/sonar-image-may-show-amelia-earhart-plane-153437423.html

Arvind Mahankali Wins National Spelling Bee

http://news.yahoo.com/arvind-mahankali-wins-national-spelling-bee-023140535.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Twilight Soundtrack - Bella’s Lullaby

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

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Energy News Digest for May 30, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

FERC Chairman, a Champion of Green Power, to Step Down (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/05/30/ferc-chairman-jon-wellinghoff-a-champion-of-green-power-to-step-down/

Berkshire Unit in $5.6 Billion Deal for Nevada’s Largest Electric Utility (NY Times)

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/berkshire-unit-in-5-6-billion-deal-for-nevadas-largest-electric-utility/?partner=rss&emc=rss

California - Two Injured When Boiler Blows at Ione Biomass Plant (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/30/5457507/two-injured-when-boiler-blows.html

Utilities Want a Piece of the FCC’s $4.5 Billion Rural Broadband Push (GreenTech Media - Tacoma PUD?)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Utilities-Want-a-Piece-of-the-FCCs-4.5B-Rural-Broadband-Push

Energy Management Keeps Washington Plant Kilowatts Ahead of Competition (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Energy-management-keeps-Washington-plant-kilowatts-ahead-of-competition.aspx

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• FERC Chairman, a Champion of Green Power, to Step Down
• Berkshire Unit in $5.6 Billion Deal for Nevada’s Largest Electric Utility
• Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Announce 15-Member Rate Advisory Panel
• Mason County PUD 3 - Planned Power Outage Thursday for Twanoh Falls Area
• No Tall Tale: Power Poles Are Growing, Thanks To Our Appetite for Cable, Bandwidth, Electricity
• Op/Ed - Orcas Power & Light: The Next Chapter
• Montana - Judge Approves City of Great Falls' Settlement with Southern Montana Electric
• Specialist Lowers the Boom on Pacific Gas & Electric
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation Releases Reports to Identify Reliability Performance, Trends
• Feds Want Power Grid Plans for Solar Flares
• Survey: Many Americans Don't Know What Fracking Is
• Here’s Why 1.2 Billion People Still Don’t Have Access to Electricity
• Columbia Steelhead "Strongholds''
• Idaho Power Shutters Portions of C-J Strike Dam to Fishing
• Saving the Teanaway River: Hit your iPhones
• Skokomish Tribe’s Potlatch Waste Water Treatment Plant Update
• Cooling Water from Northeast U-S Power Plants Keeps Rivers Warmer
• California - Two Injured When Boiler Blows at Ione Biomass Plant
• Wyoming Company Plans 300-Turbine Wind Farm near Wheatland, Chugwater
• Solar-Rental Options Open Doors for Homeowners
• Parker Hannifin Joins Snohomish PUD Energy Storage Project
• Pennsylvania - In Peco Dispute, Solar Homeowners Wouldn't Give Up
• Ontario to Change Green Energy Law after World Trade Organization Ruling
• Energy Management Keeps Washington Plant Kilowatts Ahead of Competition
• This Innovative Web Site is a Good Place to be for Energy-Minded Homeowners
• Mason County PUD 3’s Landing Site on “A Good Place to Be.”
• Did the UK Sign Up to 20 Percent Renewable Energy By Mistake?
• Anti-LEED Bill Pulled from North Carolina Senate Committee Review
• Utilities Want a Piece of the FCC’s $4.5 Billion Rural Broadband Push
• Science, Politics & the Optics of Broadband
• Dropbox Goes Down for Many Users Worldwide
• Texas to Offer Tax Breaks to Data Center Operators
• Dish Tops Sprint's Bid for Clearwire Ahead of Vote
• With Windows 8.1, Microsoft Goes Retro - And Says “Uncle”
• Americans Talk, Surf More than Europeans on Cells
• Nasdaq is Fined $10 Million Over Mishandled Facebook Public Offering
• Washington State Senator Mike Carrell Of Lakewood Dies At Age 69
• Inmate Assaults Washington State Corrections Center Staff
• Construction Crews Installing Stormwater Pipes in Downtown Shelton
• Tree-Trimming Scam Leaves Mess in Yard, Empty Pockets

WORD OF THE DAY

Efflorescence • \eff-luh-RESS-suns\ • Noun - 1a: the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower b: an instance of such development c: fullness of manifestation: culmination 2: the period or state of flowering 3: the process or product of efflorescing chemically

“Blink and its gone,” bellowed the intergalactic Master Gardener to his well-behaved minions, trailing behind him like so many ducklings as they trekked across the plans of Minubious-Two on their way to observe the once millennial efflorescence of the “scavenging blink-flower.” Unfortunately for the group, their attention at the exact time of flowering was diverted at the worst time, as one of the sentient talking dogs of Canis Carnivora barked “squirrel” at a small rodent running across the remote mountain trail.

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

FERC Chairman, a Champion of Green Power, to Step Down (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/05/30/ferc-chairman-jon-wellinghoff-a-champion-of-green-power-to-step-down/

Berkshire Unit in $5.6 Billion Deal for Nevada’s Largest Electric Utility (NY Times)

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/berkshire-unit-in-5-6-billion-deal-for-nevadas-largest-electric-utility/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Announce 15-Member Rate Advisory Panel (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/a44b195c-c802-11e2-b63c-0019bb2963f4.html

Mason County PUD 3 - Planned Power Outage Thursday for Twanoh Falls Area (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1222

No Tall Tale: Power Poles Are Growing, Thanks To Our Appetite for Cable, Bandwidth, Electricity (My Edmonds News, WA)

http://myedmondsnews.com/2013/05/no-tall-tale-power-poles-are-growing-thanks-to-our-appetite-for-cable-bandwidth-electricity/

Op/Ed - Orcas Power & Light: The Next Chapter (Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

http://www.islandssounder.com/opinion/209365151.html

Montana - Judge Approves City of Great Falls' Settlement with Southern Montana Electric (Great Falls Tribune, MT)

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130529/NEWS01/305290019/Judge-approves-city-Great-Falls-settlement-SME

Specialist Lowers the Boom on Pacific Gas & Electric (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/05/30/58064.htm

North American Electric Reliability Corporation Releases Reports to Identify Reliability Performance, Trends (Transmission & Distribution World)

http://tdworld.com/energizing/nerc-releases-reports-identify-reliability-performance-trends

Feds Want Power Grid Plans for Solar Flares (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/05/30/58039.htm

Survey: Many Americans Don't Know What Fracking Is (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/29/survey-many-americans-dont-know-what-fracking-is

Here’s Why 1.2 Billion People Still Don’t Have Access to Electricity (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/29/heres-why-1-2-billion-people-still-dont-have-access-to-electricity/?wprss=rss_business

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia Steelhead "Strongholds'' (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/may/29/steelhead-strongholds-Columbia-River/

Idaho Power Shutters Portions of C-J Strike Dam to Fishing (Associated Press)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/05/30/2596356/idaho-power-shutters-portions.html

Saving the Teanaway River: Hit your iPhones (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/05/29/saving-the-teanaway-hit-your-ipods/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Skokomish Tribe’s Potlatch Waste Water Treatment Plant Update (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/58200-potlatch-waste-water-treatment-plant-update

Cooling Water from Northeast U-S Power Plants Keeps Rivers Warmer (Environmental Monitor)

http://www.fondriest.com/news/cooling-water-from-northeast-u-s-power-plants-keeps-rivers-warmer.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

California - Two Injured When Boiler Blows at Ione Biomass Plant (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/30/5457507/two-injured-when-boiler-blows.html

Wyoming Company Plans 300-Turbine Wind Farm near Wheatland, Chugwater (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

http://trib.com/business/energy/f1d87113-6593-518a-9385-499b217b53da.html

Solar-Rental Options Open Doors for Homeowners (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/05/30/2413837/solar-rental-options-open-doors.html

Parker Hannifin Joins Snohomish PUD Energy Storage Project (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=220317&issueID=27028

Pennsylvania - In Peco Dispute, Solar Homeowners Wouldn't Give Up (Individual.Com)

http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=176537718&hash=5187db4e0155fd012e7d248fbd592739

Ontario to Change Green Energy Law after World Trade Organization Ruling (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ontario-to-change-green-energy-law-after-wto-ruling/article12236781/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Management Keeps Washington Plant Kilowatts Ahead of Competition (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Energy-management-keeps-Washington-plant-kilowatts-ahead-of-competition.aspx

This Innovative Web Site is a Good Place to be for Energy-Minded Homeowners (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/2013/05/29/this-innovative-web-site-is-a-good-place-to-be-for-energy-minded-homeowners/

Mason County PUD 3’s Landing Site on “A Good Place to Be.”

http://masonpud3.goodplacetobe.com/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Did the UK Sign Up to 20 Percent Renewable Energy By Mistake? (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/robertwilson190/230481/did-uk-sign-20-renewable-energy-mistake

Anti-LEED Bill Pulled from North Carolina Senate Committee Review (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/going_green/2013/05/anti-leed-bill-pulled-nc-senate.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Utilities Want a Piece of the FCC’s $4.5 Billion Rural Broadband Push (GreenTech Media - Tacoma PUD?)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Utilities-Want-a-Piece-of-the-FCCs-4.5B-Rural-Broadband-Push

Science, Politics & the Optics of Broadband (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/29/science-politics-and-the-optics-of-broadband/

Dropbox Goes Down for Many Users Worldwide (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/05/30/dropbox-outage/

Texas to Offer Tax Breaks to Data Center Operators (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2013/05/29/texas-to-offer-tax-breaks-to-data.html

Dish Tops Sprint's Bid for Clearwire Ahead of Vote (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Dish-tops-Sprint-s-bid-for-Clearwire-ahead-of-vote-4559113.php

With Windows 8.1, Microsoft Goes Retro - And Says “Uncle” (Seattle Times, WA)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2013/05/30/15239/?syndication=rss

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Americans Talk, Surf More than Europeans on Cells (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Americans-talk-surf-more-than-Europeans-on-cells-4558721.php

Nasdaq is Fined $10 Million Over Mishandled Facebook Public Offering (NY Times)

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/nasdaq-to-pay-10-million-fine-over-facebook-i-p-o/?partner=rss&emc=rss

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Senator Mike Carrell Of Lakewood Dies At Age 69 (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Sen-Mike-Carrell-of-Lakewood-dies-at-age-69-209385201.html

GENERAL NEWS

Inmate Assaults Washington State Corrections Center Staff (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/58111-inmate-assaults-corrections-staff

Construction Crews Installing Stormwater Pipes in Downtown Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/58109-construction-crews-to-install-pipes-in-shelton

Tree-Trimming Scam Leaves Mess in Yard, Empty Pockets (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Tree-trimming-scam-leaves-mess-in-yard-empty-pockets-209436551.html

DIVERSIONS

Ants Ringing Doorbell Disturb German Woman's Sleep

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_23345214

Ten Scripps National Spelling Bee Words You'd Definitely Mess Up

http://mashable.com/2013/05/29/scripps-national-spelling-bee-words/

Huge Asteroid 1998 QE2 Sails by Earth on Friday

http://news.yahoo.com/huge-asteroid-1998-qe2-sails-earth-friday-133958512.html

Scientists say newly discovered woolly mammoth blood boosts cloning prospects

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/scientists-newly-discovered-woolly-mammoth-blood-boosts-cloning-181709077.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Eumir Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Rn7S2zLWE

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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