Energy News Digest for July 25, 2012

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

TransAlta, Puget Sound Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.generation.coal.2012.July.TransAlta__Puget_Sound_Energy_sign_power_purchase_agreement.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Richland Electric Rate Payers to Face Steep Bill Increase (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/07/25/2226370/richland-electric-rate-payers.html

Grays Harbor PUD OK’s $1 Million Warrant for City of Montesano (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-ok%E2%80%99s-warrant-monte.html

Report: Oregon Should Get Ten Percent of Its Power from Solar (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/07/report-oregon-should-get-10-of-its.html

Evergreen State in a Less than Green Mood this Election Cycle (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/public/EEDaily/2012/07/24/1

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• TransAlta, Puget Sound Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement
• Richland Electric Rate Payers to Face Steep Bill Increase
• Grays Harbor PUD OK’s $1 Million Warrant for City of Montesano
• Douglas County PUD Confirms Outstanding Credit Rating
• No Contest for Five Central Washington PUD Seats
• Bonneville Power Administration Lends a Hand to Storm-Ravaged Midwest
• Bellingham May Hold Advisory Vote on Coal Trains
• Pepco Says Improvements May Not Be Sustainable After Maryland Rate Hike Decision
• Utilities, Customers at Odds over Downed Trees
• Tennessee Valley Authority Considering Fuel Made from Nuclear Weapons to Power Local Plants
• Summer Heat Pushes Natural Gas Prices to Year’s High
• Op/Ed - Will Drought Cause the Next Blackout?
• Editorial - Preserving Fish Populations No Cheap Venture
• Mason County Hosting Monday Ribbon-Cutting for Belfair Wastewater Facility
• Report: Oregon Should Get Ten Percent of Its Power from Solar
• SolarWorld Files Anti-Dumping Complaint in European Union
• U-S Creates 17 Zones for ‘Faster’ Solar-Farm Development
• Biomass Plant the Reason - Sequim City Council to Again Ask Agency for Air Monitor
• Agencies Buying Energy Credits to Meet Renewable Energy Mandates
• After Much Trial & Error, We’re Finally Generating Power from the Ocean
• Local Utility Companies Test Energy Storage Device
• Audit Finds Fraud in Florida Energy Grant Program
• Six Ways to Save on Home Energy in the Heat of Summer
• Sudden Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Baffles Scientists
• Solar-Powered Plane Comes Home after 4,000-Mile Odyssey
• Google Fills Kansas City with Fiber, Congratulates Itself
• Social Media Is Now a $16.9 Billion Business
• AT&T, Verizon Decline Connect America Subsidies
• Evergreen State in a Less than Green Mood this Election Cycle
• Jobless Rates Lower in South Puget Sound in June
• Washington State Transportation Chief - Deteriorating Roads Could Lead to More Freak Accidents
• Shelton Teacher Wins National Award
• Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Wins at Lakefair
• Eastern Washington Tree to Adorn Capitol Lawn for Christmas 2013
• Sign Wavers Shake Up Business

WORD OF THE DAY

Anthophilous • \ann-THAW-full-luss\ • Adjective - Feeding upon or living among flowers

Browsing deer descend

Anthophilious creatures

Gardeners shed tears

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

TransAlta, Puget Sound Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.generation.coal.2012.July.TransAlta__Puget_Sound_Energy_sign_power_purchase_agreement.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Richland Electric Rate Payers to Face Steep Bill Increase (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/07/25/2226370/richland-electric-rate-payers.html

Grays Harbor PUD OK’s $1 Million Warrant for City of Montesano (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-ok%E2%80%99s-warrant-monte.html

Douglas County PUD Confirms Outstanding Credit Rating (North Central Washington TV)
http://www.ncwtv.com/douglas-county-pud-confirms-outstanding-credit-rating-3733/

No Contest for Five Central Washington PUD Seats (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jul/25/no-contest-for-five-pud-seats/

Bonneville Power Administration Lends a Hand to Storm-Ravaged Midwest (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/BPANews/ArticleTemplate.cfm?ArticleId=article-20120724-01

Bellingham May Hold Advisory Vote on Coal Trains (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bellingham-may-hold-advisory-vote-on-coal-trains-163558746.html

Pepco Says Improvements May Not Be Sustainable After Maryland Rate Hike Decision (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/pepco-says-improvements-may-not-be-sustainable-after-md-rate-hike-decision/2012/07/24/gJQA8D3t6W_story.html

Utilities, Customers at Odds over Downed Trees (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/25/157342073/utilities-customers-at-odds-over-downed-trees?ft=1&f=3

Tennessee Valley Authority Considering Fuel Made from Nuclear Weapons to Power Local Plants (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/25/chattanoog-tva-considers-use-of-controversial-fuel/

Summer Heat Pushes Natural Gas Prices to Year’s High (Houston Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2012/07/summer-heat-pushes-nat-gas-prices-to.html

Op/Ed - Will Drought Cause the Next Blackout? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/opinion/will-drought-cause-the-next-blackout.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Editorial - Preserving Fish Populations No Cheap Venture (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/opinion/preserving-fish-populations-no-cheap-venture/article_bac43746-d5f9-11e1-896b-0019bb2963f4.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Mason County Hosting Monday Ribbon-Cutting for Belfair Wastewater Facility (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jul/24/mason-county-hosting-ribbon-cutting-for-facility/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Report: Oregon Should Get Ten Percent of Its Power from Solar (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/07/report-oregon-should-get-10-of-its.html

SolarWorld Files Anti-Dumping Complaint in European Union (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/25/solarworld-eu-complaint-idUSL6E8IPBD920120725

U-S Creates 17 Zones for ‘Faster’ Solar-Farm Development (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-24/u-s-creates-17-zones-for-faster-solar-farm-development.html

Biomass Plant the Reason - Sequim City Council to Again Ask Agency for Air Monitor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120725/news/307259988/sequim-council-to-again-ask-agency-for-air-monitor

Agencies Buying Energy Credits to Meet Renewable Energy Mandates (Federal Times)

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20120722/FACILITIES02/307220006/Agencies

After Much Trial & Error, We’re Finally Generating Power from the Ocean (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/after-much-trial-and-error-were-finally-generating-power-from-the-ocean/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Local Utility Companies Test Energy Storage Device (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kvewtv.com/article/2012/jul/24/local-utility-companies-test-energy-storage-device/

Audit Finds Fraud in Florida Energy Grant Program (Associated Press)

http://www.wtxl.com/content/state/story/Audit-finds-fraud-in-Fla-energy-grant-program/1aQ6QuYzb0qebgvjYSpiJA.cspx

Six Ways to Save on Home Energy in the Heat of Summer (U-S News & World Report)

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2012/07/24/6-ways-to-save-on-home-energy-in-the-heat-of-summer

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Sudden Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Baffles Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0725/Sudden-Greenland-ice-sheet-melt-baffles-scientists-video

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Solar-Powered Plane Comes Home after 4,000-Mile Odyssey (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48311607/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/#.UBALNbXAEgc

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fills Kansas City with Fiber, Congratulates Itself (All Things D)

http://allthingsd.com/20120724/google-fills-kansas-city-with-fiber-congratulates-itself/

Social Media Is Now a $16.9 Billion Business (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2012/07/25/social-media-business-2/

AT&T, Verizon Decline Connect America Subsidies - As Their Interest in DSL & Rural Markets Disappears Entirely (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Verizon-Decline-Connect-America-Subsidies-120519

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Evergreen State in a Less than Green Mood this Election Cycle (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/public/EEDaily/2012/07/24/1

GENERAL NEWS

Jobless Rates Lower in South Puget Sound in June (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/July-2012/Jobless-rates-lower-in-South-Sound-in-June/

Washington State Transportation Chief - Deteriorating Roads Could Lead to More Freak Accidents (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/DOT-chief-Deteriorating-roads-could-lead-to-more-3729575.php

Shelton Teacher Wins National Award (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/6527

Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Wins at Lakefair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/local-news/35464-forest-festival-royalty

Eastern Washington Tree to Adorn Capitol Lawn for Christmas 2013 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/25/eastern-washington-tree-to-adorn-capitol-lawn-for/

Sign Wavers Shake Up Business (Idaho Press-Tribune, Nampa, ID)
http://www.idahopress.com/members/sign-wavers-shake-up-business/article_79b48ea6-d54d-11e1-95c7-001a4bcf887a.html

DIVERSIONS

Women Forget the “Take the Baby with You” Part of Their Wal-Mart Shoplifting Plan

http://consumerist.com/2012/07/women-forget-the-take-the-baby-with-you-part-of-their-walmart-shoplifting-plan.html

Concrete Watches Might Even Outlive Your Timex

http://gizmodo.com/5928291/concrete-watches-might-even-outlive-your-timex

Almost Everyone Doesn’t Trust the Internet

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/23/almost-everyone-doesnt-trust-the-internet/

Plane Towing Marriage Proposal Crashes in Rhode Island, Pilot Ok

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0724/Plane-towing-marriage-proposal-crashes-in-R.I.-pilot-ok

SONG OF THE DAY

Laura Nyro - Wedding Bell Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8kuo-TRZU8

The 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlnSGn_OrI

Energy News Digest for July 24, 2012

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Grant PUD Board Names Webb Interim General Manager (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jul/23/grant-pud-board-names-webb-interim-gm/

Texas - Austin's $2.3 Billion Biomass Deal No Longer Sweet (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/national/2012/07/austins-23b-biomass-deal-no-longer.html

Four County Commissions Share Concerns over Oregon Gillnet Ban Initiative (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)

http://www.crbizjournal.com/voices/article_8b750134-d200-11e1-8522-0019bb2963f4.html

Study: Coastal Oregon Waters Slightly Caffeinated (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/study_coastal_oregon_waters_slightly_caffeinated/

Seattle Divvies Up Network, Ending Big Broadband Plan (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2018755601_seattle_parting_out_network_en.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Grant PUD Board Names Webb Interim General Manager
• Douglas & Grant PUD Crews Head to Wind-Whipped Ferry County to Help
• Internal Affairs: At Least Pacific Gas & Electric Customers Aren't Paying for Those Pricey Commercials
• California - Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Middle Fork American River Hydroelectric Project
• Four County Commissions Share Concerns over Oregon Gillnet Ban Initiative
• Op/Ed - Gill-Netting Initiative: Oregon Voters Get Opportunity to Protect Wildlife
• Baker Lake Sockeye Fishery a Mixed Bag of Success
• Bird Watchers - ODFW to Launch Unmanned Drone on Oregon Coast
• Three Northwest States Launch Feral Pig Campaign
• Washington State Shellfish at Risk
• Odd-Colored Lobsters Baffle Scientists, Fisherman
• Study: Coastal Oregon Waters Slightly Caffeinated
• Cruise Ships Must Cut Air Pollution, Including on Seattle-Alaska Sailings
• Tsunami Debris Off WA Coast May be Japanese Barge
• Texas - Austin's $2.3 Billion Biomass Deal No Longer Sweet
• Nova Scotia Power Customers Could Face Biomass Bill
• Offshore Wind Farms Will be Encouraged in Tracts Along the East Coast
• Editorial – The Very Serious People of Energy
• Energy Conservation Turns to Bragging Rights
• Eight Ways to Stop Wasting Money & Energy
• Op/Ed - Biofuel Crops Are a Bad Idea
• Seattle Divvies Up Network, Ending Big Broadband Plan
• FairPoint to Extend Broadband to 53 Vermont Towns
• Is a Computer Worm Causing Iranian Nuclear Facilities to Blast AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ At Night?
• Washington State Employees’ Union Files Grievance over Health Account
• Jay Inslee, Candidate for WA Governor, Chats with Grist about Clean Energy & Coal Ports
• Washington State DOC Sued over 2009 Suicide at Shelton Prison
• Shelton Burger King Stabbing Update
• Trapped Horse Rescued from Well near Shelton
• Governor Declares Emergency in 16 Washington State Counties over Storm Damage
• Spokane Newspaper to Comply with Anonymous Comment Ruling
• Tenino Mayor Asks Councilman to Step Down over $140,000 Bill
• Sayonara: Suzuki Helps Yankees Beat Mariners

WORD OF THE DAY

Contretemps • \KONT-truh-tawm\ • Noun - 1: an inopportune or embarrassing occurrence or situation 2: dispute, argument

What Abernathy viewed as a minor contretemps was seen as a very big deal on the professional tiddlywinks circuit. “Using a metal chip to flip the tokens into the cup,’ huffed Bradbury J. Sykes – who emphasized his diatribe by thumping his small, sweaty fist on the felt covered table, the multi colored chips bouncing like so much popcorn - “Why it’s an outrage…an outrage I tell you.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Grant PUD Board Names Webb Interim General Manager (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jul/23/grant-pud-board-names-webb-interim-gm/

Douglas & Grant PUD Crews Head to Wind-Whipped Ferry County to Help (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jul/23/local-pud-crews-head-to-wind-whipped-ferry-county/

Internal Affairs: At Least Pacific Gas & Electric Customers Aren't Paying for Those Pricey Commercials (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_21131324

California - Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Middle Fork American River Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/enviro/eis/2012/07-23-12.asp

FISH & WILDLIFE

Four County Commissions Share Concerns over Oregon Gillnet Ban Initiative (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)

http://www.crbizjournal.com/voices/article_8b750134-d200-11e1-8522-0019bb2963f4.html

Op/Ed - Gill-Netting Initiative: Oregon Voters Get Opportunity to Protect Wildlife (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/07/gill-netting_initiatve_oregon.html

Baker Lake Sockeye Fishery a Mixed Bag of Success; The Topic of a State Meeting Later Today (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2018754830_baker_lake_sockeye_fishery_a_m.html

Bird Watchers - ODFW to Launch Unmanned Drone on Oregon Coast (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/odfw-launch-unmanned-drone-oregon-coast

Three Northwest States Launch Feral Pig Campaign (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/23/2183016/3-northwest-states-launch-feral.html

Washington State Shellfish at Risk - A panel is looking at how to respond to a new threat to the state's shellfish (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2012/07/24/puget-sound/109707/ocean-acidification-ruckelshaus-salish-puget-sound/

Odd-Colored Lobsters Baffle Scientists, Fisherman (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0723/Odd-colored-lobsters-baffle-scientists-fisherman

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Study: Coastal Oregon Waters Slightly Caffeinated (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/study_coastal_oregon_waters_slightly_caffeinated/

Cruise Ships Must Cut Air Pollution, Including on Seattle-Alaska Sailings (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2018752948_webcruisespollution23.html

Tsunami Debris Off WA Coast May be Japanese Barge (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018758880_apwatsunamidebris.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Texas - Austin's $2.3 Billion Biomass Deal No Longer Sweet (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/national/2012/07/austins-23b-biomass-deal-no-longer.html

Nova Scotia Power Customers Could Face Biomass Bill (Halifax Chronicle Herald, NS)

http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/118464-nova-scotia-power-customers-could-face-biomass-bill

Offshore Wind Farms Will be Encouraged in Tracts Along the East Coast (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/offshore-wind-farms-will-be-encouraged-in-tracts-along-the-east-coast/2012/07/23/gJQAD2Pu4W_story.html?wprss=rss_national

Editorial – The Very Serious People of Energy (NY Times)

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/vsps-of-energy/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Conservation Turns to Bragging Rights (Bend Bulletin, OR)

http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20120724/NEWS0107/207240341/

Eight Ways to Stop Wasting Money & Energy (U-S News & World Report)

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/alpha-consumer/2012/07/24/8-ways-to-stop-wasting-money-and-energy

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Op/Ed - Biofuel Crops Are a Bad Idea (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/22/biofuel-crops-are-a-bad-idea/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Seattle Divvies Up Network, Ending Big Broadband Plan (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2018755601_seattle_parting_out_network_en.html

FairPoint to Extend Broadband to 53 Vermont Towns - Broadband to reach unserved neighborhoods across Vermont (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/23/4652138/fairpoint-to-extend-broadband.html

Is a Computer Worm Causing Iranian Nuclear Facilities to Blast AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ At Night? (Gawker)

http://gawker.com/5928425/is-a-computer-worm-causing-iranian-nuclear-facilities-to-blast-acdcs-thunderstruck-at-night

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Employees’ Union Files Grievance over Health Account - Union says its due $17.7 million (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/24/2183518/union-files-grievance-over-health.html

Jay Inslee, Candidate for WA Governor, Chats with Grist about Clean Energy & Coal Ports (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/politics/2011-10-25-jay-inslee-candidate-washington-governor-clean-energy-coal-ports/

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State DOC Sued over 2009 Suicide at Shelton Prison (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/23/2183198/doc-sued-over-2009-suicide-at.html

Shelton Burger King Stabbing Update (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/local-news/35357-burger-king-stabbing-update

Trapped Horse Rescued from Well near Shelton (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Trapped-horse-rescued-from-well-near-Shelton-163454556.html

Governor Declares Emergency in 16 Washington State Counties over Storm Damage (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/23/2183327/wa-gov-state-of-emergency-in-16.html

Spokane Newspaper to Comply with Anonymous Comment Ruling (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/23/2183207/newspaper-to-comply-with-anonymous.html

Tenino Mayor Asks Councilman to Step Down over $140,000 Bill (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tenino-mayor-asks-councilman-to-step-down-over-140K-bill--163492786.html

Sayonara: Suzuki Helps Yankees Beat Mariners (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018756513_apbbamariners.html

DIVERSIONS

Sally Ride, First U-S Woman in Space, Dies at 61

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/07/sally-ride-first-us-woman-in-space-dies-at-61/1?csp=34news

A Guy Started a Fire on a Nuclear Submarine to Leave Work Early

http://gizmodo.com/5928388/a-guy-started-a-fire-on-a-nuclear-submarine-to-leave-work-early

Navy Radio Might Be Crippling Connecticut Garage Doors

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Navy-radio-might-be-crippling-Conn-garage-doors-3727428.php

Internet Flowchart Explains Why You Never Get Anything Done

http://mashable.com/2012/07/21/internet-flowchart/

SONG OF THE DAY

Kate Bush - Rocket Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYSCHKmvcIY