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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland
Nuclear Firm Hits another Small Module Milestone (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
Governor
Issues Mandatory Water Cuts as California Snowpack Hits Record Low (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Embattled Washington State Auditor Responds to Questions
from Governor (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial:
Proposal to Lease Click Merits Serious Consideration (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Including
“Incremental Hydro”: House Committee Advances Three Senator Brown Bills (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland Nuclear Firm Hits another Small Module Milestone
- Columbia River Coal Terminal Gets Oregon’s Water-Quality OK
- Op/Ed: Dirty Fuel Exports Darken Pacific Northwest’s Earth Day
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report – March 31, 2015 Business Meeting
- New U-S Senate Push for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- New York: Landlord’s Lawyer Blames Con Ed in East Village Explosion
- U-S House Panel Inquiring into Former Energy Official’s, Dan Poneman, $1.7 Million Job
- Columbia Tanglenets Fall Short of Expected Salmon Catch
- Idaho Senate OKs Making Sage Grouse Protection Info Private
- Are Orcas Making a Comeback in the Pacific Northwest?
- The Price of Progress – Why the Spokane Tribe Says It's Still Owed for Grand Coulee Dam
- Governor Issues Mandatory Water Cuts as California Snowpack Hits Record Low
- Expected Yakima Basin Drought Worsens after March Brings Little Snow, Officials Say
- Woodland Wastewater Utility Whistleblower Claims Retaliation by City
- Including “Incremental Hydro”: House Committee Advances Three Senator Brown Bills
- Northwest U-S Wind Power Output Falls in 2015
- Renewable Portfolio Standards under Attack across America
- Hawaii’s Utility is Approving a Backlog of More Than 3,000 Solar Installations
- Why the Graphene Light Bulb Could Switch on a New Era of Innovation
- Fix the Missing “And” – Maine Lawmakers Debating Solution for Mistaken Efficiency Funding Cut
- April 15 Marks Hot Water Heater Regulations Affecting Homeowners
- Ten Best Marijuana Strains of March
- California Drought Is Worsened by Global Warming, Scientists Say
- Composting Toilets Help Make This Seattle Building 'One of the Most Important in the World'
- Editorial: Proposal to Lease Click Merits Serious Consideration
- AT&T Shows Cupertino Precisely What Broadband Competition (Or the Lack Thereof) Looks Like
- Comcast to Start Offering 2Gbps Internet Service in Atlanta Next Month
- For 7% of Americans, Smartphone is Only Link to Internet
- Good Bye Bellevue: Expedia to Move HQ to Seattle
- Nine Things Brands Should Consider Before Launching a Blog
- How to Optimize Social Media Images
- The Internet’s First Gatekeepers Are Getting Older – The Web Is Leaving Them Behind
- 29 People Who Can't Stand Your Stupid Branded April Fools' Joke
- Embattled Washington State Auditor Responds to Questions from Governor
- Embattled Washington State Auditor Skips Olympia Committee Hearing
- Indiana Unveils Changes to Religion Bill; Arkansas in Flux
- Mason Transit Authority’s Transit-Community Center Starts Off in High Gear
- 125 Years, 100 Million Trees for Green Diamond
- Two Separate Mason County Collisions Involving School Buses Wednesday
- Mason PUD 1 Places Second in South Sound for AWWA Water Taste Test Competition
Today’s
word of the day has a stand-in: it’s a surprise visit from its cousin “phrase of
the day”!
“STEAL MY THUNDER” – John Dennis, 1709
The
Story behind It: John Dennis, English critic and playwright, invented a new way
of simulating the sound of thunder on stage and used the method in one of his
plays, Appius and Virginia. Dennis "made" thunder by using
"troughs of wood with stops in them" instead of the large mustard
bowls usually employed. The thunder was a great success, but Dennis's play was
a dismal failure. The manager at Drury Lane, where the play was performed,
canceled its run after only a few performances. A short time later, Dennis
returned to Drury Lane to see Shakespeare's Macbeth. As he sat in the pit, he
was horrified to discover that his method of making thunder was being used.
Jumping to his feet, Dennis screamed at the audience, "That's my thunder,
by God! The villains will not play my play but they steal my thunder." --
From Trivia-Library.com
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland
Nuclear Firm Hits another Small Module Milestone (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
Columbia
River Coal Terminal Gets Oregon’s Water-Quality OK (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed:
Dirty Fuel Exports Darken Pacific Northwest’s Earth Day (Crosscut Seattle)
Mason
PUD 3 Commission Report – March 31, 2015 Business Meeting (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
New
U-S Senate Push for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (Electric Co-op Today)
New
York: Landlord’s Lawyer Blames Con Ed in East Village Explosion (NY Times)
U-S
House Panel Inquiring into Former Energy Official’s, Dan Poneman, $1.7 Million
Job (Politico)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia Tanglenets Fall Short of Expected Salmon
Catch (Oregonian, Portland)
Idaho Senate OKs Making Sage Grouse Protection
Info Private (Associated Press)
Are Orcas Making a Comeback in the Pacific
Northwest? (Christian Science Monitor)
The Price of Progress – Why the Spokane Tribe
Says It's Still Owed for Grand Coulee Dam (The Inlander, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor
Issues Mandatory Water Cuts as California Snowpack Hits Record Low (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Expected
Yakima Basin Drought Worsens after March Brings Little Snow, Officials Say (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Woodland
Wastewater Utility Whistleblower Claims Retaliation by City (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Including
“Incremental Hydro”: House Committee Advances Three Senator Brown Bills (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Northwest U-S Wind Power Output Falls in 2015
(Argus Media)
Renewable
Portfolio Standards under Attack across America (Renewable
Energy World)
Hawaii’s
Utility is Approving a Backlog of More Than 3,000 Solar Installations (Green
Tech Media)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Why
the Graphene Light Bulb Could Switch on a New Era of Innovation (Washington
Post)
Fix
the Missing “And” – Maine Lawmakers Debating Solution for Mistaken Efficiency
Funding Cut (Utility Dive)
April
15 Marks Hot Water Heater Regulations Affecting Homeowners (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Ten
Best Marijuana Strains of March (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Drought Is Worsened by Global Warming, Scientists Say (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Composting
Toilets Help Make This Seattle Building 'One of the Most Important in the
World' (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial:
Proposal to Lease Click Merits Serious Consideration (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
AT&T
Shows Cupertino Precisely What Broadband Competition (Or the Lack Thereof)
Looks Like (TechDirt)
Comcast
to Start Offering 2Gbps Internet Service in Atlanta Next Month (Mashable)
For
7% of Americans, Smartphone is Only Link to Internet (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Good
Bye Bellevue: Expedia to Move HQ to Seattle (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Nine
Things Brands Should Consider Before Launching a Blog (Mashable)
How to Optimize Social Media Images (Social Media Examiner)
The
Internet’s First Gatekeepers Are Getting Older – The Web Is Leaving Them Behind
(Washington Post)
29
People Who Can't Stand Your Stupid Branded April Fools' Joke – The Backlash is
Real (AdWeek – Ed. Note: Why would ANYONE who has spent so much sweat and effort
to make their brand a reliable, trusted source of information/service risk it
all on a stupid April Fool’s joke. Remember this adage: one D-S erases ten
“attaboys.”)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Embattled Washington State Auditor Responds to Questions
from Governor (Northwest Public Radio)
Embattled Washington State Auditor Skips Olympia Committee
Hearing (Associated Press)
Indiana
Unveils Changes to Religion Bill; Arkansas in Flux (Associated Press)
Bonus
word of the day:
Embattled
• \em-BATT-tulled\ • Adjective – Engaged in battle or conflict: surrounded by
enemies; constantly criticized or attacked - 1a: ready to fight: prepared to
give battle b: engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy 2a: being a site of
battle, conflict, or controversy b: characterized by conflict or controversy
GENERAL NEWS
Mason Transit Authority’s Transit-Community
Center Starts Off in High Gear (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
125 Years, 100 Million Trees for Green Diamond (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Two Separate Mason County Collisions Involving
School Buses Wednesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason
PUD 1 Places Second in South Sound for AWWA Water Taste Test Competition (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Why
the April 4 Lunar Eclipse Will be Different
The
Only Thing Better than a Chocolate Bunny is This Life-Size Chocolate Benedict
Cumberbatch
“Let
Them Eat Cake” – Ice-Cold Camembert' Blamed for Lawmaker’s Expenses Claims
Woman
Who Chased Down Google Street View Car And Flashed It Could Now be Facing
Charges
SONG OF THE DAY
Tony
Bennett, Lady Gaga - The Lady is a Tramp
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