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News Digest Word Cloud for February 20, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘Incredible’ Fall Chinook Run Forecast for
Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Google Fiber Takes a Fresh Look at Portland &
Eight Other Metro Areas (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S Energy Department Expected to OK Nuclear
Power Plant Loan (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
California
Drought: Farmers Cut Back Sharply, Affecting Jobs & Food Supply (Christian
Science Monitor)
Washington State Cuts Size, Number of Legal Pot
Grows (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Energy Department Expected to OK Nuclear Power Plant Loan
- Power restored to most of Burien & White Center
- Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Faces New Obstacle in Nebraska after Judge Rules For Landowners
- South Carolina: Electric Co-Op Linemen Recognized after Brush with Death
- Stray Voltage Is Electrifying Doorknobs in New York City Today
- ‘Incredible’ Fall Chinook Run Forecast for Columbia River
- California Drought: Farmers Cut Back Sharply, Affecting Jobs & Food Supply
- Op/Ed: Front Porch - In the Dark on Light Bulb Phase-Out
- At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You
- Bainbridge Island architects design Habitat for Humanity’s second Passive House on West Coast
- Google Fiber Takes a Fresh Look at Portland & Eight Other Metro Areas
- The Future of Google Fiber: Why the Search Giant is Betting on Broadband
- Map Showing Prospective Google Fiber Cities
- Smoky Waters Offers to Work with Wahkiakum PUD for High Speed Internet
- Oregon’s Bend Broadband Boosts Caps, Raises Prices
- America’s Ten-Year Experiment in Broadband Investment Has Failed
- Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19 Billion
- Welcome to the Club - Hawaiian Electric Finally Connects with Social Media
- Washington State Cuts Size, Number of Legal Pot Grows
- Report: Pot Sales Expected to Bring $190 Million to Washington State Coffers
- Stormy Winter Weather to Continue Thursday
- City of Shelton Meeting Covers Shelton Hills Project
- Grays Harbor Paper Mill Reduced to a Big Tag Sale
WORD OF THE DAY
Crepitate
• \KREP-uh-tayt\ • Verb - To make a crackling sound: to make a series of short,
sharp noises
Yummy
“Rice Crispies”
Crepitating
breakfast meal
Hear
snap, crackle, pop!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Energy Department Expected to OK Nuclear
Power Plant Loan (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Power restored to most of Burien & White
Center (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Faces New Obstacle in Nebraska
after Judge Rules For Landowners (Associated
Press)
South Carolina: Electric Co-Op Linemen Recognized after
Brush with Death (WIS-TV, Columbia, SC)
http://www.wistv.com/story/24764880/electric-co-op-lineman-recognized-after-brush-with-death
http://www.wistv.com/story/24764880/electric-co-op-lineman-recognized-after-brush-with-death
Stray Voltage Is Electrifying Doorknobs in New
York City Today (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
‘Incredible’ Fall Chinook Run Forecast for Columbia
River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California
Drought: Farmers Cut Back Sharply, Affecting Jobs & Food Supply (Christian
Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Op/Ed:
Front Porch - In the Dark on Light Bulb Phase-Out (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
At
Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bainbridge
Island architects design Habitat for Humanity’s second Passive House on West
Coast (Kitsap Business Journal, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Takes a Fresh Look at Portland &
Eight Other Metro Areas (Oregonian, Portland)
The Future of Google Fiber: Why the Search Giant is
Betting on Broadband (Mashable)
Map Showing Prospective Google Fiber Cities
(Google)
Smoky Waters Offers to Work with Wahkiakum PUD for
High Speed Internet (Wahkiakum Eagle Skamokawa, WA)
Oregon’s Bend Broadband Boosts Caps, Raises Prices (Broadband
Reports)
America’s Ten-Year Experiment in Broadband
Investment Has Failed (Bloomberg News)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19 Billion (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Welcome to the Club - Hawaiian Electric Finally
Connects with Social Media (Pacific Business News, HI)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Cuts Size, Number of Legal Pot
Grows (Associated Press)
Report: Pot Sales Expected to Bring $190 Million to
Washington State Coffers (Associated Press)
Stormy Winter Weather to Continue Thursday (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
City of Shelton Meeting Covers Shelton Hills Project
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Grays Harbor Paper Mill Reduced to a Big Tag Sale (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
DIVERSIONS
U-S
Lottery Winner Scoops $425 Million Jackpot; Sixth Biggest Ever
Clear
Your Calendars: Viking Apocalypse Scheduled for Saturday
Cleaning
Woman in Italy Throws Out Artworks
Finns
give reindeer fluorescent antler makeovers
SONG OF THE DAY
Richard
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
In
Norse mythology, a Valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who decide which
soldiers die in battle and which live. Selecting among half of those who die in
battle, the Valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain,
Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes
and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of
royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens, and sometimes connected to swans or
horses.
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