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News Digest Word Cloud for February 3, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Forget Forecast: Seahawks Pour It On in the Super
Bowl (NY Times)
Washington
State to Ask for Funds in Case Dry Winter Results in Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Chinook Season Set; High Run Projected for 2014
(Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
Google, Other Companies Blast New Kansas Broadband
Bill (Broadband Reports)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Says
Electricity Infrastructure Not For Sale in Davis (Sacramento Business Journal,
CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Says Electricity Infrastructure Not For Sale in Davis
- Hundreds Sue Makers of Fukushima Nuclear Plant
- Electric Power & Light Magazine Names Di Stasio Its Large Utility CEO of the Year
- Kentucky: Man Dies From Apparent Electrocution While Stripping Power Lines for Copper
- Applying Lessons Learned from One of the Biggest Blackouts in History
- Chinook Season Set; High Run Projected for 2014
- Editorial: Time to Catch Up to Oregon in Protecting Rivers
- ‘Zombie’ Bees Put East Coast Beekeepers on Edge
- Washington State to Ask for Funds in Case Dry Winter Results in Drought
- Olympic Mountain Snowpack Has Grown in Last Month
- Severe Drought Has U-S West Fearing Worst
- TransAlta Seals Wyoming Wind Energy Deal
- Editorial: Colorado - Progress on Biomass, Finally Seeing the Results of Waste-To-Energy
- Fremont Company Profits in China’s Solar Market
- Worries about Bird Deaths Derail Wind Power Project in Ohio
- How LED Streetlights Will Change Cinema - And Make Cities Look Awesome
- Hurray for Hydro! Lights Out for Denver Broncos – The Energy Efficiency Bowl
- Another Energy Conservation Tool: Educational Theater?
- United Kingdom: Heavy Rain & Wild Weather Forecast for Southern England & Wales
- Wastewater from Cheese is Generating Electricity in Wisconsin
- Google, Other Companies Blast New Kansas Broadband Bill
- Kansas Cable Lobbyists Deny Hatred of Google Fiber, Will “Tweak” Restrictive Bill Language
- Disruptions: Paying to Travel in the Internet’s Fast Lanes
- Op/Ed: Protect Consumers in Cases of Telecommunications Outages
- Passengers Win Ruling in Fight over Gogo’s In-Flight Wi-Fi “Monopoly”
- 50 Million People Discussed the Super Bowl on Facebook
- Coca-Cola’s “It’s Beautiful” Super Bowl Ad Brings Out Some Ugly Americans
- How Facebook Changed Our Lives
- Every Business Needs a Richard Sherman
- Washington State Democrats Elect Ravens as Chair, Rebuffing Governor’s Candidate
- Forget Forecast: Seahawks Pour It On in the Super Bowl
- Oops! Seahawks Fans Cause $25,000 Damage to Pioneer Square Pergola
- Cold Front Moving into Western Washington State Could Break Records
- Hacking of Point-Of-Sales Systems Escalates
- What the Farm Bill Tucked Beneath Northwest Christmas Trees
- Fuss Over a Festival – Grays Harbor County Commissioner Raging Mad at Elma’s Wine & Seafood Festival
WORD OF THE DAY
Simpatico
• \simp-PAH-tick-coe\ • Adjective - 1: agreeable, likeable 2: being on the same
wavelength: congenial, sympathetic
“Peas”
… “In a Pod.” “Up” …”The Lazy River.” “Dog” …”Gone.” The husband & wife
team were like a series of rimshots as they finished each other’s’ sentences. Their
simpatico ended there, however, as their daily domestic life was one long
series of miscommunications about the household budget, what to watch on T-V…and
even worse, what to name the children. One of the offspring was named three
(for the third child) for nearly ten years.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Says
Electricity Infrastructure Not For Sale in Davis (Sacramento Business Journal,
CA)
Hundreds Sue Makers of Fukushima Nuclear Plant (Associated
Press)
Electric Power & Light Magazine Names Di
Stasio Its Large Utility CEO of the Year (American Public Power Association)
Kentucky: Man Dies From Apparent Electrocution
While Stripping Power Lines for Copper (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY)
Applying Lessons Learned from One of the Biggest
Blackouts in History (Georgia Tech)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chinook Season Set; High Run Projected for 2014
(Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
Editorial: Time to Catch Up to Oregon in
Protecting Rivers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
‘Zombie’ Bees Put East Coast Beekeepers on Edge (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State to Ask for Funds in Case Dry Winter Results in Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack Has Grown in Last Month (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Severe
Drought Has U-S West Fearing Worst (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
TransAlta
Seals Wyoming Wind Energy Deal (ReNews)
Editorial:
Colorado - Progress on Biomass, Finally Seeing the Results of Waste-To-Energy
(Denver Post, CO)
Fremont
Company Profits in China’s Solar Market (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Worries
about Bird Deaths Derail Wind Power Project in Ohio (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How
LED Streetlights Will Change Cinema - And Make Cities Look Awesome (Gizmodo)
Hurray
for Hydro! Lights Out for Denver Broncos – The Energy Efficiency Bowl (Fierce
Energy)
Another
Energy Conservation Tool: Educational Theater? (Midwest Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United
Kingdom: Heavy Rain & Wild Weather Forecast for Southern England & Wales
(The Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Wastewater
from Cheese is Generating Electricity in Wisconsin (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google, Other Companies Blast New Kansas Broadband
Bill (Broadband Reports)
Kansas Cable Lobbyists Deny Hatred of Google Fiber,
Will “Tweak” Restrictive Bill Language (Consumerist)
Disruptions: Paying to Travel in the Internet’s
Fast Lanes (NY Times)
Op/Ed: Protect Consumers in Cases of
Telecommunications Outages (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Passengers Win Ruling in Fight over Gogo’s In-Flight
Wi-Fi “Monopoly” (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
50 Million People Discussed the Super Bowl on
Facebook (Mashable)
Coca-Cola’s “It’s Beautiful” Super Bowl Ad Brings
Out Some Ugly Americans (TIME Magazine)
How Facebook Changed Our Lives (USA Today)
Every Business Needs a Richard Sherman (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Democrats Elect Ravens as Chair,
Rebuffing Governor’s Candidate (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Forget Forecast: Seahawks Pour It On in the Super
Bowl (NY Times)
Oops! Seahawks Fans Cause $25,000 Damage to Pioneer
Square Pergola (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Cold Front Moving into Western Washington State Could
Break Records (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Hacking of Point-Of-Sales Systems Escalates (USA
Today)
What the Farm Bill Tucked Beneath Northwest
Christmas Trees (Northwest Public Radio)
Fuss Over a Festival – Grays Harbor County
Commissioner Raging Mad at Elma’s Wine & Seafood Festival (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Labrador
Retrievers Set Popularity-Ranking Record – Puppies Break Cuteness-Meter
Same
Old Groundhog Day; Phil Predicts More Winter
Oscar-Winning
Actor Maximilian Schell Dies at 83
Man
Learns That For Decades, He Was Holding Onto Rare Aluminum Penny worth Hundreds
of Thousands, Maybe Even Millions
SONG OF THE DAY
Of
Course:
Sarah
Vaughan - Pennies from Heaven
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