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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Another Storm to Bring Increasing Rain, Wind (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Paying $20,000 to Change Electricity Providers? Critics Say
Ruling another Blow to Competition (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Oregon Eyes Killing Sea Lions to Save Steelhead Trout
(Courthouse News Service)
Winlock, Washington: America Is About to Kill the Open
Internet – Towns Like This Will Pay the Price (The Guardian, UK)
Utilities’ Holiday Efficiency Tips Are the Gift That Keeps
On Saving (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Paying $20,000 to Change Electricity Providers? Critics Say Ruling another Blow to Competition
- Op/Ed: The Trouble With Bitcoin & Big Data Is the Huge Energy Bill
- California Lawmakers Want to Block Utilities from Passing on Wildfire Costs
- Idaho Power stabilizes Wood River Valley electricity with second major line
- New Connections: Grant PUD Update Will Take About a Year
- PNW National Laboratories Protecting Electric Grid from Cyberattack
- Jefferson PUD Seeks Sixth Chief Financial Officer
- Op/Ed: Argument to Retain Klamath Dams Doesn’t Hold Water
- What to Do When the Power Goes Out
- Op/Ed: Planning Key to Municipal Utilities’ Quick Irma Response
- McIntyre, Glick Cleared to Take FERC Seats with White House Signoff
- Oregon Eyes Killing Sea Lions to Save Steelhead Trout
- Editorial: A Gold Rush in Salmon Country
- Utilities’ Holiday Efficiency Tips Are the Gift That Keeps On Saving
- Light Up Your House with LEDs – Tips to Slash Your Electric Bill
- Battle over Intoxicants: Vineyard Lawsuit Proceeds Against Planned Pot Operation
- In Sweden, They Are Burning H&M Clothing Instead of Coal
- Winlock, Washington: America Is About to Kill the Open Internet – Towns Like This Will Pay the Price
- FCC Will Also Order States to Scrap Plans for Their Own Net Neutrality Laws
- Cell Signal Woes Sour State Ferry Debut
- Don’t Touch Our Poles: AT&T & Comcast Lawsuit Has Nullified a City’s Broadband Competition Law
- Eleven Times Brands Were the Greatest Trolls on Twitter in 2017
- Washington State Legislative Emails, Calendars Would Be Released Under Republican Proposal
- Judge Harry Pregerson Dies at 94; One of 9th Circuit’s Most Liberal
- Justices Ponder Need for Warrant for Cellphone Tower Data
- Why Is Gratitude So Difficult, Yet Outrage So Easy?
- Another Storm to Bring Increasing Rain, Wind
- Schafer State Park Closes Due to Flooding
- Mason Transit to Mark 25 Years of Service
- Belfair Winery Earns High Marks
- Christmas Tree Shortage Affects Prices
Cliometrics • \klye-uh-MET-riks\ • Noun – The application of
methods developed in other fields (as economics, statistics, and data
processing) to the study of history
For a brief moment, Clarence was basked in the glory of his
doctoral thesis. Using cliometrics, he proved (on paper at least) that the 1929
stock market crash was not due to marginal trading and “irrational exuberance.”
Rather, the financial meltdown was caused by male fashion trends. Specifically
the disfavor of spats for men’s shoes. It wasn’t until the defense of his
academic paper that the house of cards, the basis of his thesis collapsed.
Literally. It had been constructed of 3x5 index cards that fell over when one
of the professors sneezed.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Paying $20,000 to Change Electricity Providers? Critics Say
Ruling another Blow to Competition (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Op/Ed: The Trouble With Bitcoin & Big Data Is the Huge
Energy Bill (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/26/trouble-with-bitcoin-big-data-huge-energy-bill
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/26/trouble-with-bitcoin-big-data-huge-energy-bill
California Lawmakers Want to Block Utilities from Passing on
Wildfire Costs (Utility Dive)
Idaho Power stabilizes Wood River Valley electricity with
second major line (KMVT-TV, Twin Falls, ID)
New Connections: Grant PUD Update Will Take About a Year (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
PNW National Laboratories Protecting Electric Grid from
Cyberattack (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Jefferson PUD Seeks Sixth Chief Financial Officer (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
Op/Ed: Argument to Retain Klamath Dams Doesn’t Hold Water (Klamath
Falls Herald & News, OR)
What to Do When the Power Goes Out (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Op/Ed: Planning Key to Municipal Utilities’ Quick Irma Response
(Palm Beach Pilot, FL)
McIntyre, Glick Cleared to Take FERC Seats with White House Signoff
(Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Eyes Killing Sea Lions to Save Steelhead Trout (Courthouse
News Service)
Editorial: A Gold Rush in Salmon Country (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Utilities’ Holiday Efficiency Tips Are the Gift That Keeps
On Saving (Utility Dive)
Light Up Your House with LEDs – Tips to Slash Your Electric
Bill (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Battle over Intoxicants: Vineyard Lawsuit Proceeds Against
Planned Pot Operation (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
In Sweden, They Are Burning H&M Clothing Instead of Coal
(Tree Hugger)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Winlock, Washington: America Is About to Kill the Open
Internet – Towns Like This Will Pay the Price (The Guardian, UK)
FCC Will Also Order States to Scrap Plans for Their Own Net
Neutrality Laws (Ars Technica)
Cell Signal Woes Sour State Ferry Debut (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Don’t Touch Our Poles: AT&T & Comcast Lawsuit Has Nullified
a City’s Broadband Competition Law (Ars Technica)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Eleven Times Brands Were the Greatest Trolls on Twitter in 2017
(Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Legislative Emails, Calendars Would Be
Released Under Republican Proposal (Northwest Public Radio)
Judge Harry Pregerson Dies at 94; One of 9th Circuit’s Most
Liberal (Associated Press)
Justices Ponder Need for Warrant for Cellphone Tower Data (Associated
Press)
Why Is Gratitude So Difficult, Yet Outrage So Easy? (Fast
Company)
GENERAL NEWS
Another Storm to Bring Increasing Rain, Wind (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Schafer State Park Closes Due to Flooding (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Mason Transit to Mark 25 Years of Service (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Belfair Winery Earns High Marks (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Christmas Tree Shortage Affects Prices (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
SNAKES IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Seattle Family Discovers Python in Apartment Toilet
Dictionary.Com Names ‘Complicit’ Word of the Year
Boom! Luxury Converted Nuclear Missile Silo Lists on Airbnb
Firefighters Work for Hours to Free Man Stuck in Trash Truck
SONG OF THE DAY
Laurie Johnson – The Bomb Run, Dr. Strangelove (Soundtrack)
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