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News Digest Word Cloud for June 12, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
50,000 Washington State Employees Face Furloughs as
Second Special Session Begins (Associated Press)
NoaNet among Honorees - BTOP Grantees Honored for
Application of Information Technology (Broadband Breakfast)
Grays Harbor PUD Officially Hires New Manager
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Jefferson County PUD Celebrates With BPA, June 11
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Judge
Thwarts White Salmon River Development (Sustainable Business Oregon)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson County PUD Celebrates With BPA, June 11
- Editorial - Give Jefferson County PUD a Chance
- Grays Harbor PUD Officially Hires New Manager
- Puget Sound Energy Seeks Approval to Sell Washington State Hydroelectric Facility
- Northwest Natural Customers Will See Credit on June Bills
- Southern California Edison’s Problems Ensnare Entire Nuclear Energy Sector
- News Release - Silver Spring Networks Selected by Snohomish County Public Utility District for Distribution Automation (DA) Initiative
- Illinois Regulators Hold ComEd Responsible for July 2011 Storm Power Outages
- OSHA Rule Broadens Exemption for Digger Derricks
- Ethiopia: Nothing Will Stop Nile Dam Project
- Judge Thwarts White Salmon River Development
- Environmental Groups Applaud White Salmon Ruling
- Humpback Whales Returning to Puget Sound in Big Numbers
- Editorial - West Coast Senators Want Alaska’s Bristol Bay Protected
- Alaska - Will Tongass Salmon Find Champions in Congress?
- Public Power Utilities Score Well on NREL Lists of Leading Green Power Programs
- Wave & Tidal Energy Need Different Policies
- Turning Cow Dung into Electricity
- News Release - NorthWestern Corp: Montana Industries Work Together to Transform Market through Energy Efficiency Knowledge & Savings
- States Fight Green-Building Leader over Local Wood
- Energy Department Launches Confusing New Electric Car Fuel Calculator
- Tea Party Takes on Utility over Lack of Solar Energy
- Gas Stations on the Front Lines of an Ethanol War
- NoaNet among Honorees - BTOP Grantees Honored for Application of Information Technology
- A Google-Funded Study Quantifies Cloud Computing’s Environmental Benefits
- Google, Facebook & Microsoft Ask to Reveal U-S Data Requests
- Tech Stocks: Cable Upgrades the Box
- 50,000 Washington State Employees Face Furloughs as Second Special Session Begins
- ‘Representative Beefcake’ Juggles Politics, Show Business
- Skagit River Bridge on I-5 Expected to Open Next Week
- Police Arrest Washington State Worker in Murder-For-Hire Scheme
- New Home for Mason Seniors
- Tent Caterpillars Plentiful this Year
- Tacoma Cracking Down on Crosswalk-Painting Vigilante
- Swinomish Tribe Outraged at City’s ‘Free Dirt’ Offer
- Retire Port Townsend High’s Redskins Mascot, Advisory Panel Says
- Washington Pot Logo Viewed as Promotional by Critics
WORD OF THE DAY
Rx
• \are-EKS\ • Noun - 1a: a prescription: such as b: a written direction for a
therapeutic or corrective agent; specifically: one for the preparation &
use of a medicine c: something (such as a recommendation) resembling a doctor’s
prescription
Word
Origin from Merriam-Webster - The “R” in “Rx” stands for the Latin word “recipe,”
meaning “take,” and the first doctor to use “Rx” used it as a verb with the
same meaning, “Rx two aspirin” being equivalent to today’s “Take two aspirin.”
(The word “recipe” had had the same function from the 13th through the 17th
centuries.) Those two letters were a 19th-century take on a 16th-century
symbol, the letter R with a line through its slanted leg—the line signaling
that the “R” is functioning as an abbreviation. It wasn't till the early 20th
century that “Rx” came to be used as the noun we know today.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson County PUD Celebrates With BPA, June 11 (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
Editorial - Give Jefferson County PUD a Chance
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Officially Hires New Manager (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Seeks Approval to Sell Washington
State Hydroelectric Facility (SNL Financial)
Northwest Natural Customers Will See Credit on June
Bills (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Southern California Edison’s Problems Ensnare
Entire Nuclear Energy Sector (Forbes Magazine)
News Release - Silver Spring Networks Selected by
Snohomish County Public Utility District for Distribution Automation (DA)
Initiative (Virtual Strategy)
Illinois Regulators Hold ComEd Responsible for July
2011 Storm Power Outages (SNL Financial)
OSHA Rule Broadens Exemption for Digger Derricks (American
Public Power Association)
Ethiopia: Nothing Will Stop Nile Dam Project (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge
Thwarts White Salmon River Development (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Environmental Groups Applaud White Salmon Ruling
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Humpback Whales Returning to Puget Sound in Big
Numbers (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Editorial - West Coast Senators Want Alaska’s
Bristol Bay Protected (Seattle Times, WA)
Alaska
- Will Tongass Salmon Find Champions in Congress? (Alaska Dispatch)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Power Utilities Score Well on NREL Lists
of Leading Green Power Programs (American Public
Power Association)
Wave
& Tidal Energy Need Different Policies (Renewable Energy World)
Turning
Cow Dung into Electricity (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
News
Release - NorthWestern Corp: Montana Industries Work Together to Transform
Market through Energy Efficiency Knowledge & Savings (4-Traders)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
States
Fight Green-Building Leader over Local Wood (Associated
Press)
Energy Department Launches Confusing New Electric
Car Fuel Calculator (Plug-In Cars)
Tea
Party Takes on Utility over Lack of Solar Energy (The Energy Collective)
Gas Stations on the Front Lines of an Ethanol War (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NoaNet among Honorees - BTOP Grantees Honored for
Application of Information Technology (Broadband Breakfast)
A Google-Funded Study Quantifies Cloud Computing’s
Environmental Benefits (Forbes Magazine)
Google, Facebook & Microsoft Ask to Reveal U-S
Data Requests (NY Times)
Tech Stocks: Cable Upgrades the Box (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
50,000 Washington State Employees Face Furloughs as
Second Special Session Begins (Associated Press)
‘Representative Beefcake’ Juggles Politics, Show
Business (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Skagit River Bridge on I-5 Expected to Open Next
Week (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Police Arrest Washington State Worker in
Murder-For-Hire Scheme (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
New Home for Mason Seniors (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Tent Caterpillars Plentiful this Year (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Tacoma Cracking Down on Crosswalk-Painting
Vigilante (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Swinomish Tribe Outraged at City’s ‘Free Dirt’
Offer (Courthouse News Service)
Retire Port Townsend High’s Redskins Mascot,
Advisory Panel Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington Pot Logo Viewed as Promotional by
Critics (Northwest Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
Bank
Clerk Transfers $300M after Falling Asleep with His Finger on the
Keyboardddddd…
We
Really, Really Want One of These Gorgeous Human-Sized Bird’s Nests
Tatsuo
Horiuchi - The 73-Year Old Excel Spreadsheet Artist
Oops!
Contractor Begins Removing Track at Wrong School
SONG OF THE DAY
Brian
Stokes Mitchell – Dulcinea (Man of La Mancha)
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