SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for January 26, 2016
Flood Watch for Mason County
Major Atmospheric River Period for the West Coast (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Alcoa Official: Cheap Power Could Keep Ferndale Smelter Open
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
East Coast Utilities 'Dodged a Bullet' with Winter Storm
Jonas (Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/east-coast-utilities-dodged-a-bullet-with-winter-storm-jonas/412724/
City of Shelton Moving Forward with Changes to Marijuana
Regulations (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Spokane’s Waste-To-Energy Plant under Scrutiny for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Senator Pam Roach Kicked Off
Sex-Trafficking Panel after Insulting Victims (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Alcoa Official: Cheap Power Could Keep Ferndale Smelter Open
- East Coast Utilities 'Dodged a Bullet' with Winter Storm Jonas
- GRID DATA Program at Pacific Northwest National Library Funded by $3 Million DOE Grant
- Editorial: Chelan PUD Rates & the Bitcoin Effect
- Supreme Court Ruling Entrenches Demand Response & Customer Engagement into the Energy Marketplace
- Bonneville Power Administration & 700 Students to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Largest Regional Science Bowl in Nation
- Canadian Tribe Sues Paper Mill for $2 Billion over Fish, Cultural Issues
- Fluoride Activists Call for Withholding Water Payments in Port Angeles
- Ten State Rooftop Solar Debates to Watch in 2016 & Beyond
- Editorial: Stop the Wind Power Mischief
- Transmitting Wind Power to Customers Is a Quixotic Challenge
- City of Shelton Moving Forward with Changes to Marijuana Regulations
- Spokane’s Waste-To-Energy Plant under Scrutiny for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Utilities Seek Flexibility, Emissions Trading in Clean Power Plan Federal Implementation Plan
- How Cloud City Could Protect Seattle from a Tech Bubble
- Op/Ed: Six Ignorant Senators Want to Slow Down High-Speed Internet
- iPhone Users Warned Against Clicking on 'Prank' Website
- Google Glass Disappears from Twitter & Facebook
- Study Asks: How Many Facebook Friends Are Real Friends?
- Here’s What to Know About the ‘Be Like Bill’ Meme Your Friends Keep Sharing on Facebook
- One in Six Americans Has Joined Amazon Prime, Report Says
- Millennials: The New Electric Generation
- Washington State Senator Pam Roach Kicked Off Sex-Trafficking Panel after Insulting Victims
- Editorial: State Shorts Counties; It’s a Hard PILT to Swallow
- Argument over Wi-Fi Leads Father to Fatally Stab Son, Prosecutor Alleges
- It's Surprisingly Easy to Turn Off Niagara Falls
Solon • \SOE-lun\ • noun – 1: a wise and skillful lawgiver
*2: a member of a legislative body
The solon with the impressive mane of white hair slowly rose
to speak before the assembled chamber that is the State Senate. On and on he
droned about the minutia of taxes on fruits and vegetables, meats and fish,
milk and dairy. The senator from Springfield was in a woozy haze from all the
soporific discourse about food and taxes. After two hours of the verbal
onslaught, all he saw of the impressive senator holding sway on the floor of
the chamber was a huge talking food pyramid with a white wig.
From Merriam-Webster – Solon was a particularly wise
lawgiver in ancient Athens who was born in approximately 630 B.C. and lived
until about 560 B.C. He was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, and he
implemented a number of reforms in Athenian law. In English, his name has been
used generically since at least 1625 to refer to any wise statesman.
Contemporary American journalists, with whom the term is especially popular,
have extended the meaning even further to include any member of a lawmaking
body, wise or not. In fact, today the word is sometimes used ironically for a
legislator who displays a marked lack of wisdom, rather than a profusion of it.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Alcoa Official: Cheap Power Could Keep Ferndale Smelter Open
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
East Coast Utilities 'Dodged a Bullet' with Winter Storm Jonas
(Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/east-coast-utilities-dodged-a-bullet-with-winter-storm-jonas/412724/
GRID DATA Program at Pacific Northwest National Library Funded
by $3 Million DOE Grant (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Editorial: Chelan PUD Rates & the Bitcoin Effect (Wenatchee World, WA)
Supreme Court Ruling Entrenches Demand Response &
Customer Engagement into the Energy Marketplace (Forbes Magazine)
Bonneville Power
Administration & 700 Students to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Largest
Regional Science Bowl in Nation (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canadian Tribe Sues Paper Mill for $2 Billion over Fish, Cultural
Issues (Courthouse News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Fluoride Activists Call for Withholding Water Payments in Port
Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Ten State Rooftop Solar Debates to Watch in 2016 &
Beyond (Utility Dive)
Editorial: Stop the Wind Power Mischief (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Transmitting Wind Power to Customers Is a Quixotic Challenge
(National Public Radio)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
City of Shelton Moving Forward with Changes to Marijuana
Regulations (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Spokane’s Waste-To-Energy Plant under Scrutiny for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Utilities Seek Flexibility, Emissions Trading in Clean Power
Plan Federal Implementation Plan (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How
Cloud City Could Protect Seattle from a Tech Bubble (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Op/Ed: Six Ignorant Senators Want to Slow Down High-Speed
Internet (Gizmodo)
iPhone Users Warned Against Clicking on 'Prank' Website (The
Telegraph, UK)
Google Glass Disappears from Twitter & Facebook
(Mashable)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Study Asks: How Many Facebook Friends Are Real Friends?
(Christian Science Monitor)
Here’s What to Know About the ‘Be Like Bill’ Meme Your
Friends Keep Sharing on Facebook (TIME Magazine)
One in Six Americans Has Joined Amazon Prime, Report Says (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Millennials: The New Electric Generation (Electric Co-op Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senator Pam Roach Kicked Off
Sex-Trafficking Panel after Insulting Victims (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Editorial: State Shorts Counties; It’s a Hard PILT to Swallow
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Argument over Wi-Fi Leads Father to Fatally Stab Son,
Prosecutor Alleges (Oregonian, Portland)
It's Surprisingly Easy to Turn Off Niagara Falls (Gizmodo)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Class Says Honda’s Soybean-Based Insulation Is Yummy to Mice
‘Lazy’ Bloodhound Goes Out for Morning Walk, Finishes 7th in
Alabama Half Marathon
How to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek' This
Year
Legendary 'Godfather' & 'Barney Miller' Actor Abe Vigoda
Dead at 94
The Godfather - Tessio Is Taken Away to be Killed
SONG OF THE DAY
Will O' the Wisp - Miles Davis, from “Sketches of Spain”
(1960)
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