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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for December 2, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
With Snow in Forecast, Drivers Urged to Plan for
Winter Driving Conditions (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Columbia River Treaty Prompts Discussion of
Restoring Salmon Passage to Canadian Headwaters (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Columbia River Treaty Hearing to Be Held Dec. 9 (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/yhr/saturday/1709623-8/columbia-river-treaty-hearing-to-be-held-dec
Eugene
Water & Electric Board Sues over Wind Power - The utility has too much
power and wants to limit how much it buys from a wind farm (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Use of Free Citywide Wi-Fi Exceeds Expectations,
Santa Clara Says (American Public Power Association)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia River Treaty Hearing to Be Held Dec. 9
- No Rate Hike for Clark Public Utilities
- Montana: NorthWestern Energy to Rebate $3 Million for Overstated Loss from Conservation Programs
- Oregon: Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Members to Receive Allocation
- Grant PUD Warns Of River Dangers around Wanapum Dam
- Douglas PUD Commissioner Heminger Won’t Seek Reelection
- Ruralite Services plans to move from Forest Grove in 2014
- BC Hydro Responds to Panel Questions on Site C Dam's Impacts, Costs
- Calgary: Would-Be Copper Thief Electrocuted
- Power Theft: A Family Affair
- Federal Energy Regulator Burns the Barn to Roast the Pig
- In Germany, Chicago Energy Experts Find Lessons for Midwest
- Columbia River Treaty Prompts Discussion of Restoring Salmon Passage to Canadian Headwaters
- Local Companies Work to Protect Birds, Power Lines
- Seattle Celebrates Life Cycle of Salmon
- Fish-Farm Firm Still Focused On Atlantic Salmon In B-C Despite Shift in Chile
- Sardine Crash May Be Hurting Brown Pelicans
- Skagit County Water Ruling Could Have Far-Reaching Effects
- Idaho Company Pushes Plan to Divert Big Wood Water
- Do Fewer Trees Mean More Water from Snow Melt?
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Sues over Wind Power
- Port Angeles Biomass Monitoring Device Installation Complete This Week
- Washington State Wind Power…A View from the Top
- Can Hydroelectric Power Offset Dwindling Coal Reserves?
- A Roomba for Solar Panels That Keeps the Sun Shining Through
- Here's a Climate Change Fix: A Giant Solar Power Plant on the Moon
- Everett Navy Base's New Lights Easier On the Eyes, Budget
- The Big Energy Problem That Happens While You’re Sleeping
- Proposed Motor Efficiency Standards Will Lead to Big Electricity Savings
- Deep Green Power Plant Taps Low-Velocity Tidal Energy with Underwater Kites
- Use of Free Citywide Wi-Fi Exceeds Expectations, Santa Clara Says
- Building a Bigger Grid: Minnesota among States Pushing Broadband to Hinterland, But Hurdles Linger
- How Telcos & Little Guys Can Win in the Cloud: Five Tips from CenturyLink’s Cloud CTO
- CenturyLink Bumps Price on Dry Loop DSL
- Facebook’s Wind-Powered Data Center Gets Props from Data Center Peers
- Amazon, Nordstrom Shoppers Only Behind Walmart Shoppers in Social Media
- Why People Unsubscribe from Your Email List
- Meet the Most-Searched Person of 2013
- With Snow in Forecast, Drivers Urged to Plan for Winter Driving Conditions
- A Man Steals Victoria Clipper Hoping to Cruise to West Seattle
- Aerospace Supply Exec: Texas Best Bet outside Washington for 777X
- Chris Hansen Hangs 12th Man Flag at Mount Everest
WORD OF THE DAY
Apocryphal
• \uh-POCK-ruh-full\ • Adjective - Well-known but probably not true 1: of doubtful
authenticity: spurious 2: often capitalized: of or resembling the Apocrypha.
One
of the most apocryphal quotes in the movies comes from “Casablanca.” The much-quoted
line from Humphrey Bogart’s character, Rick, is “Play it Again Sam.” But the
character never says it in the film…
“…This
is well-known as one of the most widely misquoted lines from films. The actual
line in the film is 'Play it, Sam'. Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) first says
something approaching ‘Play it again, Sam’ in the film in an exchange with the
piano player 'Sam' (Dooley Wilson):
Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times'
sake.
Sam: I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes
By."
Sam: Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa.
I'm a little rusty on it.
Ilsa: I'll hum it for you.
Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum...
Ilsa: Sing it, Sam.
The
line is usually associated with Humphrey Bogart and later in the film; his
character Rick Blaine has a similar exchange, although his line is simply 'Play
it':
Rick: You know what I want to hear.
Sam: No, I don't.
Rick: You played it for her, you can play
it for me!
Sam: Well, I don't think I can remember...
Rick: If she can stand it, I can! Play it!
The
Phrase Finder: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/284700.html
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia River Treaty Hearing to Be Held Dec. 9 (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/yhr/saturday/1709623-8/columbia-river-treaty-hearing-to-be-held-dec
No Rate Hike for Clark Public Utilities - Proposed
2014 budget sees slight decrease (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Montana: NorthWestern Energy to Rebate $3 Million
for Overstated Loss from Conservation Programs (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Oregon: Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Members to
Receive Allocation (Bandon Western World, OR)
Grant PUD Warns Of River Dangers around Wanapum
Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
Douglas PUD Commissioner Heminger Won’t Seek Reelection
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Ruralite Services plans to move from Forest Grove
in 2014 (Oregonian, Portland)
BC Hydro Responds to Panel Questions on Site C
Dam's Impacts, Costs (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Calgary: Would-Be Copper Thief Electrocuted (Canoe
Canada News)
Power Theft: A Family Affair - Of all the things
to bring a family together, who would have thought that stealing electricity
would be on that list? (Electric Co-op Today)
Federal Energy Regulator Burns the Barn to Roast the
Pig - Steep Penalty on Distributed Power Provider May Have Unintended
Consequences (Forbes Magazine)
In Germany, Chicago Energy Experts Find Lessons for
Midwest (Midwest Energy News)
Beaver Knocks Out Power near Burnaby Lake, B-C (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Treaty Prompts Discussion of
Restoring Salmon Passage to Canadian Headwaters (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Local Companies Work to Protect Birds, Power
Lines (Everett Herald, WA)
Seattle Celebrates Life Cycle of Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Fish-Farm Firm Still Focused On Atlantic Salmon
In B-C Despite Shift in Chile (Associated Press)
Sardine Crash May Be Hurting Brown Pelicans (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit
County Water Ruling Could Have Far-Reaching Effects (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt
Vernon, WA)
Idaho
Company Pushes Plan to Divert Big Wood Water (Associated
Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Idaho-company-pushes-plan-to-divert-Big-Wood-water-233937261.html
Do
Fewer Trees Mean More Water from Snow Melt? (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Eugene
Water & Electric Board Sues over Wind Power - The utility has too much
power and wants to limit how much it buys from a wind farm (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Port
Angeles Biomass Monitoring Device Installation Complete This Week - Nippon Cogenerator
Now Producing Electricity (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Washington
State Wind Power…A View from the Top (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Can
Hydroelectric Power Offset Dwindling Coal Reserves? (Motley Fool)
A
Roomba for Solar Panels That Keeps the Sun Shining Through (Gizmodo)
Here's
a Climate Change Fix: A Giant Solar Power Plant on the Moon (The Atlantic)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Everett
Navy Base's New Lights Easier On the Eyes, Budget (Everett Herald, WA)
The
Big Energy Problem That Happens While You’re Sleeping (GigaOM)
Proposed
Motor Efficiency Standards Will Lead to Big Electricity Savings (The Energy
Collective)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Deep
Green Power Plant Taps Low-Velocity Tidal Energy with Underwater Kites (Forbes
Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Use of Free Citywide Wi-Fi Exceeds Expectations, Santa
Clara Says (American Public Power Association)
Building a Bigger Grid: Minnesota among States
Pushing Broadband to Hinterland, But Hurdles Linger (Minneapolis Star-Tribune,
MN)
How Telcos & Little Guys Can Win in the Cloud: Five
Tips from CenturyLink’s Cloud CTO (GigaOM)
CenturyLink Bumps Price on Dry Loop DSL (Broadband
Reports)
Facebook’s Wind-Powered Data Center Gets Props from
Data Center Peers (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Amazon, Nordstrom Shoppers Only Behind Walmart Shoppers
in Social Media (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Why People Unsubscribe from Your Email List
(Mashable)
Meet the Most-Searched Person of 2013 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
With Snow in Forecast, Drivers Urged to Plan for
Winter Driving Conditions (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
A Man Steals Victoria Clipper Hoping to Cruise to West
Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Aerospace Supply Exec: Texas Best Bet outside Washington
for 777X (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Chris Hansen Hangs 12th Man Flag at Mount Everest (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Costumed
as Homeless, Mormon Bishop Teaches a Lesson in Compassion
Seven
Things You Had No Idea the World is Running Out Of
Amazon
Reveals Drones Will Soon Be Delivering Your Order
Pizza
Hut Wants To Hire Back Manager Who Refused To Work Thanksgiving
SONG OF THE DAY
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi
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