Every well-connected Catholic in the nation's capital has been working all their political contacts to snag an invite.

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This strategy also lends itself to distributed energy generation on local microgrids which can be smartly connected to the existing nation grid.

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"The UW, the City of Seattle and Gigabit Squared are working together to make Seattle the most wired and connected city in the nation and to continue its role as a major leader in the innovation economy of the 21stcentury, " said University of Washington President Michael Young.

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