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Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden
In a 25 June article entitled "How Wikimedia Commons became a massive amateur porn hub", the Daily Dot examined the perennial controversy over explicit or pornographic media on Commons. This latest salvo was touched off when Russavia uploaded a portrait of Jimmy Wales made by the artist Pricasso, who paints with his genitalia. The conflict between Wales—who declared that the image was "sexual harassment"—and Russavia (with other editors becoming involved along the way) has been brewing over the issue of pornographic material on Commons since 2010 and has intensified in recent months. Recent areas of conflict include the issue of model consent and the scope of Commons itself, which the author calls the "black sheep" of the Wikimedia projects. Commons hosts a wide variety of media of drastically differing quality, and the categorization scheme means that explicit media is hosted in a variety of categories that may appear innocuous.
|You can't walk down a street on the Commons without stumbling upon some dude's penis, or something equally explicit or shocking. Search for a "wheel," and you'll shortly discover a photo from a BDSM torture session. The same goes for "jumping ball," "bell tolling," or "electric toothbrush."
The Daily Dot says that Commons has an "exhibition culture … dominated by men", and cites the example of Hansy2's extensive upload log, including "at least 29" explicit pictures of his genitalia. When the images were all put up for deletion, all were kept because one penis picture exhibits a rare skin disorder and is used in the article on that disorder.
The author asked both Russavia and Pricasso if he commissioned the portrait, and both confirmed that Russavia had requested the portrait, though the latter claims that "there was no exchange of cash or quid pro quo involved"; Pricasso was quoted in the article as saying that the anonymous patron offered a Wikipedia article with him as the subject in exchange for the portrait, yet another controversy in the continuing paid-contribution saga. The debate over this portrait has included a massive deletion discussion at Commons (commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jimmy Wales by Pricasso.jpg), where it was kept, many noticeboard debates, several discussions on User talk:Jimbo Wales, and two essays in the Signpost. The author concluded that the community's decision to keep the files was wrong, saying "And what better way, incidentally, to prove that Commons is ethically broken than for one of its top bureaucrats to employ the site in a harassment campaign against the cofounder of Wikipedia itself?"
Jimmy Wales accused of contravening policies in hunt for Snowden
The banned English Wikipedia user Gregory Kohs, who is also a member and frequent commentator on Wikipedia criticism site Wikipediocracy, published an article on Examiner.com claiming that the "notorious" co-founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales (User:Jimbo Wales) had looked into whether the PRISM leaker and current fugitive Edward Snowden had ever edited on Wikipedia, due to his active online presence. The article goes on to chastise Wales for what Kohs claims was a violation of Wikipedia's policy against "outing" editors. The article, to which the Signpost cannot link because of the English Wikipedia's spam blacklist, states:
|Certainly as the man who co-founded the Wikipedia project and who has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from speaking to assembled audiences about Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales should know better than to ask others to violate one of its community's most respected rules. But that does not appear to be the case.
After Wales' initial comment on his talk page, a thread on the Administrators' Noticeboard was initiated by Wikipedia administrator Fram. The article quotes several Wikipedians' responses (without revealing their usernames in the article), commenting that editors "picked apart Jimbo with a precision only Wikipedians could exact":
The article then quotes Wales, who said that all editors except Fram are welcome to discuss the issue at his talk page, and finally goes on to harshly criticize Wales and Wikipedia in general.
Wales and Kohs later directly exchanged perspectives on the popular Q&A site Quora.
As to whether or not Wales actually did violate Wikipedia policy, views in the ANI thread were mixed. Fram, who started the thread, said, "Speculation on which accounts may be used by named (notable) persons, for the sake of curiosity, have no place on Wikipedia." Nick, who closed the thread, remarked in his closing comments, "BLP policy and our civility guidelines apply everywhere so if Edward does have any publicly acknowledged accounts, they need to be kept free from inappropriate comments and behaviour. The same care and attention will need to be lavished upon any accounts discussed in the press, regardless of whether they are confirmed to be Edward's accounts." Dennis Brown fell somewhere in the middle: "Jimmy, I don't think you were trying to out him directly, but your comments are what some might call a 'red flag' comment, an indication that a user is trying to connect dots. If you weren't 'Jimbo' and were instead a <5k editor, I would have given a polite notification and a pointer to WP:OUTING. The comments as they are might be seen as you encouraging or condoning others outting him, even if that isn't your intention."
This story was widely covered in the international media, including ITPro, Softpedia, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Tech2. France24 pointed out that usernames similar to TrueHOOHA, Snowden's username on sites like ArsTechnica, came under suspicion by Wales and others following an investigation into his other online activities. However, as of now, it has not been verified whether or not Snowden edited, nor under what name, had he edited. France24 noted that the outing policy is a "golden rule" of Wikipedia and reported Fram's criticism of the search for Snowden's username, as did Der Spiegel (Germany) and Der Standard (Austria). Both of these latter articles later had statements by Wales added to them. According to Der Spiegel, Wales told them it was the community that had asked questions about Snowden's activities on Wikipedia, while he himself had warned against an outing – a statement that seems hard to reconcile with the discussions that took place on his talk page and at the administrators' noticeboard. The article in Der Standard was updated after an an exchange of views on Twitter between Wales and Florian Hirzinger.
In brief
- Doc Rivers' Wikipedia page hacked after news of Clippers trade: Larry Brown Sports reported on vandalism to Doc Rivers after the former Boston Celtics coach was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, and declared the Clippers fans the "winners" of the vandalism back-and-forth.
- Irate fan changes Kurtley Beale's Wikipedia page after penalty slip-up: Another article on sports vandalism came from the Score, who said that Kurtley Beale's article was vandalized to blame him for a loss in a rugby union international match.
- Wikipedia caught in German heat wave: Der Spiegel noted that the recent heat wave in Germany had led to unusually high page views for the German article on air conditioning. The entry for banana peel, too, had experienced record page views of nearly 38,000 in a single day. The reason, it turned out, was that the German Wikipedia main page had hosted a DYK noting that more than 20 million tonnes of banana peel were generated each year, which could be used to clean waste water and treat arteriosclerosis. The Spiegel article also reviewed recent stories on the Wikipedia Live Monitor and the apparent relationship between Wikipedia traffic statistics and such economic variables as stock market developments, or box office takings of cinema releases.
- Treat Wikipedia with respect: The Holmes Report, a website for PR professionals, featured a write-up of an interview with Jimmy Wales conducted at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world's largest advertising festival. In the interview, Wales asked PR professionals to treat Wikipedia "with respect". He told the Holmes Report that "reputable, honest PR firms find it very easy to use Wikipedia. The issue comes when unethical, or more often, stupid people think that the right thing to do is to create a fake ID, argue with people in an unfair way and that just ends up embarrassing the client. You wouldn't hack into the New York Times' computers to change a story – you'd call them up to complain about something that's wrong. We'd ask to be treated with the same level of respect." Wales dismissed complaints from PR people that correcting errors in Wikipedia often turned out to be a laborious process: "It's very fast, it's very easy, I don't buy that argument at all. Obviously a PR firm has an interest in presenting their client in the best possible light, and we're certainly happy to run corrections or add perspective if they've published a response. But if you have unrealistic expectations that you can somehow go on Wikipedia and make something disappear that's a legitimate controversy, then of course you're going to be disappointed in the end." He urged PR professionals to be transparent about who they were, and said he could only think of rare cases where Wikipedians had "dropped the ball" and failed to respond adequately.
- UK primary school teachers use Wikipedia to prepare themselves for RE lessons: An article in the Telegraph reported that according to a recent study, "[p]rimary school teachers know so little about religion that more than two thirds are now relying on websites like Wikipedia to plan their RE lessons." Parentdish.co.uk also covered the story.
- Jimmy Wales on the NSA leaks: The Guardian featured a video interview with Jimmy Wales discussing the NSA leaks, also recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
- Just edit it: Lexology.com, a web service for company law departments and law firms, posted an overview of how best to deal with "unfair, inaccurate, misleading or defamatory statements" in Wikipedia. Written by staff members of Heenan Blaikie, the article gave an overview of Wikipedia's policies and internal mechanisms and recommended a "self-help" approach: "Just edit it. Wikipedia is a 'wiki' which means that anyone can edit an unprotected page. Unlike most other sites with user-generated content (for example, online message boards), persons other than the poster or a site administrator can alter or remove existing content. The quickest and best solution when someone is posting unfair statements on an article will often be to just change it back and monitor the article. Such an edit can be justified if, say, the article contained an un-sourced personal attack, or if the cited source does not support the information. However, simple editing will not necessarily stop a determined user from re-posting defamatory content, nor will it necessarily be effective when the line between truth and fiction is not black and white. Wikipedia has internal mechanisms for dealing with these sorts of issues." The article advised against pursuing legal action, owing to the "cost of finding out who the proper defendants are".
- ¿Sabías que hay robots que escriben en la Wikipedia? [Did you know that robots write on Wikipedia?]: ABC Tecnología reported on the Swedish Wikipedia controversy over Lsjbot, a bot that writes articles. Sv.wikipedia recently reached the milestone of 1 million articles with the help of bots; this has generated debate over the value and quality of these articles (see Signpost coverage: "Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests").
- Alternativas a Wikipedia [Alternatives to Wikipedia]: Bitelia published an article on Spanish-language Wikipedia alternatives, including Wikilengua, Vikidia, Frikipedia, Encyclopedia Espasa, Kalipedia, Archiplanet, Wikitravel, and Ballotpedia.
- La page Wikipedia en anglais d'el-Assir piratée [The English Wikipedia page on el-Assir hacked]: L'Orient-Le Jour reported on vandalism to Ahmed al-Assir.
Daily Dot on Commons and porn
Ethically broken? Eh…
What is ethically broken are not the Commons but the entire United States society which dominates also the English Wikipedia. Proof of that came by the Supreme Court of the United States itself, which within 24 hours both supported gay marriage and revoked black voters' rights in Texas and other rogue states. --Matthiasb (talk) 20:20, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
- Well gee, now that's a bloody large brush to tar the entire United States with. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:53, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
- And the large brush flings tar but sheds no light on the issues discussed regarding Commons. Because we can all be assured that one can simply go to Windsor, Ontario or Tijuana, Mexico, and escape the problems of "United States society", can't we? And if problems spill over to those two cities, then certainly London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are entirely exempt from these problems. They are, aren't they? But if not, then all the world's problems are due to "United States society", aren't they? Matthiasb told me so. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:55, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- Well. Gay marriage is legal in London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin though none out of the UK, France, Italy, and Germany needed anti-discrimination overseeing of state election laws been overturned by the Supreme Court. Bearing that in mind, yes, the UK, France, Italy, and Germany are exempt of these problems, I guess. --Matthiasb (talk) 17:31, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- You are simply incorrect about same-sex marriage, Matthiasb. It is not yet fully legal in the United Kingdom, Germany or Italy. Same sex marriages are being performed this evening in California. Your statement about black voter rights being "revoked" in "Texas and other rogue states" is also inaccurate and hyperbolic. Although I disagree profoundly with this ruling on voter rights, I can assure you that the black and minority right to vote is not being "revoked". Instead, it is argued that ID and voting access restrictions will affect minority voters disproportionately. It is a problem analogous to Turks in Germany#Discrimination, if Germany had any problems, that is. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:30, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
- Well. Gay marriage is legal in London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin though none out of the UK, France, Italy, and Germany needed anti-discrimination overseeing of state election laws been overturned by the Supreme Court. Bearing that in mind, yes, the UK, France, Italy, and Germany are exempt of these problems, I guess. --Matthiasb (talk) 17:31, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- And the large brush flings tar but sheds no light on the issues discussed regarding Commons. Because we can all be assured that one can simply go to Windsor, Ontario or Tijuana, Mexico, and escape the problems of "United States society", can't we? And if problems spill over to those two cities, then certainly London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are entirely exempt from these problems. They are, aren't they? But if not, then all the world's problems are due to "United States society", aren't they? Matthiasb told me so. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:55, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Wikidata to the rescue
While the Signpost keeps trying to milk the cheap drama cow, they fail to inform about the most relevant news of the week, which is the Wikidata proposal to "fix" Commons: Wikidata for media info. It might not seem much on the first sight, but this proposal will allow to get extreamely accurate search results. So accurate, that this tiresome sensationalism might become irrelevant when everyone is able to find what they are looking for.--Micru (talk) 23:31, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Micru, and thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, I think you might misunderstand this section of the Signpost. In the media only covers how Wikipedia was covered in the media in the preceding week. So far as we saw, no media outlet had reported about Wikidata. In the future, if you see something that you think should be included, feel free to suggest it on the suggestions page. Thanks again for reading as well as for your feedback! Sincerest regards, Ben (Go Phightins! 03:27, 28 June 2013 (UTC))
- I'll second that, we can't see and find everything, especially a little-linked proposal on Commons that was created only a couple days ago. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:40, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- Ok! No problem! Sorry if my comment sounded too harsh, but after having Commons-soup for two weeks straight, giving such prominence to an article that it is just a repetition of well-known issues and that doesn't add anything new, it seemed too much. Other than that I take the chance to praise you for your dedication with The Signpost. I read you often and I will keep reading you! --Micru (talk) 04:16, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- No worries. We miss far more than we cover. Please leave suggestions and links at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions—we do read and use most of the posts there. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:39, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- Ok! No problem! Sorry if my comment sounded too harsh, but after having Commons-soup for two weeks straight, giving such prominence to an article that it is just a repetition of well-known issues and that doesn't add anything new, it seemed too much. Other than that I take the chance to praise you for your dedication with The Signpost. I read you often and I will keep reading you! --Micru (talk) 04:16, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- I'll second that, we can't see and find everything, especially a little-linked proposal on Commons that was created only a couple days ago. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:40, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Google SafeSearch to the rescue
Here is an easy way to stop the perennial whining of the prudes. Add Google Search links to the commons:Special:Search page:
- Google search of the Commons - add search terms.
- Google image search of the Commons - add search terms.
- Google image search of the Commons with SafeSearch turned on - add search terms.
The Google image search links for the Wikimedia Commons can be put on Special:Search on every Wikimedia wiki. We could also add a few site search links from other major search engines such as Bing. And a link to a page with yet more search links.
An additional Google site search link can also be set to search for images particular to a specific Wikimedia wiki. That would allow Google search of images uploaded only on that wiki, and of fair use images on that particular wiki. --Timeshifter (talk) 01:05, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- It would also ensure that every reader who tries to use commons has their data tracked by google. This would be a tremendous violation of our privacy policy and I strongly doubt it will be implemented. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:00, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- It is an option, not a requirement that people use it. I am sure you know this. Why do so many WMF staff seem to abide by the Just Say No school of interaction? Think of ways to make ideas of others work. Stop trying to be the mother of people using the Commons. People know the risks, and can think for themselves. They may not be as paranoid as you. If you, or they, are that paranoid, then you can install addons such these Firefox addons: DoNotTrackMe: Online Privacy Protection. It blocks hundreds of online trackers. CNET info. Or selectivecookiedelete, and set it for Google cookies.
- Many people use Google frequently to search the Commons. I have over 19,000 edits on the Commons, and so I know what I am talking about. I have gotten a search gadget added to Commons preferences. Other gadgets too. Many, if not most, people have Google Toolbar, Google home page, Google addons, etc.. I have all 3 depending on the browser. Firefox does not allow the Google Toolbar (which is fantastic for site searches of any site). So I use this Firefox addon to search any website with Google: Search Site.
- But the bottom line is that Google is already used in various Wikimedia projects. For example; Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. Click on the link for latitude and longitude coordinates at the top of most city pages on Wikipedia for example. On the Commons see commons:Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and go to the "Geocoding tools" section. See this gadget there: "Locate images on Google Maps: On Category pages, adds a 'Map' link to locate geocoded images from that category on Google Maps." --Timeshifter (talk) 21:45, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
- Here is another browser addon:
- Self-Destructing Cookies. --Timeshifter (talk) 19:34, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
- I had forgotten about this in Wikipedia preferences (gadgets tab):
- "Add a selector to the Wikipedia search page allowing the use of external search engines". It adds search options to Special:Search for Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.. It would be nice if that gadget were in Commons preferences too. An additional entry for Google images SafeSearch could be added.
- I just found this preference on the Commons in gadgets: "GoogleImages tab: On File pages, adds a new tab to easily search for similar images on the Internet using Google Images." It is for doing reverse image searches. See documentation at commons:Help:Image searching. --Timeshifter (talk) 02:54, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
What are RE lessons?
I've never heard this term before. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:57, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
- RE is short for Religious Education, sometimes lumped together with History, Geography and Citizenship under an umbrella subject of Humanities. In the UK; RE lessons are predominantly Christian in state schools but also include Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism etc as chosen by the Local education authority. Nanonic (talk) 22:08, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
I find it interesting how many of these news reports refer to vandalism as "hacking". Do they not know that anyone can edit the 'pedia or ?? --TKK bark ! 22:54, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Wrong Sport
- Kurtley Beale was to "blame" for a rugby union loss, not a cricket loss (I know, all those colonial sports look the same). Australia will more than likely lose the cricket in a few weeks time, but that is very unlikely be Kurtley's fault. The-Pope (talk) 00:43, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
"In brief"
Hi. When referring to something specific, like titles of movies, plays, articles, and so on, one normally uses quotation marks. I see no reason not to have these. I actually changed a bit of text before realizing what the author(s) had done here. Killiondude (talk) 01:06, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Bot generated articles
Even though it has not raised as much controversy here, I think bot generated articles are a problem on En. Usually these articles are systematically created in either an automatic or semi-automatic fashion working from a reference book. For example, we have about 5000 one-sentence articles on unsignificant asteroids, that really should have been simply referenced in a table. From what I understand, the astronomy Wikiproject is generally on board with merging them into the summary table articles, but it is difficult to weed the somewhat-notable ones from the non-notable ones in an automatic fashion, so they have lingered. When we let people create systematic articles such as these, the workload generally falls on other editors to clean up the mess, and/or keep an eye on thousands of micro-stubs indefinitely.
Part of the problem comes from our practice of inherent notability for certain things, such as tiny settlements and professional sports players. These classes of inherent notability create situations where it is very hard to stop someone from doing mass article creation. Sometimes there is an outcry, and they do stop, but often the damage is done, because if the articles were on a topic that is presumed notable regardless of demonstrated secondary source coverage, a mass deletion is off the table as an option. Gigs (talk) 14:06, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Commons and "porn"
The major reasons Commons is so resistant to censorship is that the last big attempt to censor it included removing non-photographic artworks by relatively important artists, which were in wide use. There's also various other issues - in any censorship LGBT images tend to get censored for far less than heterosexual ones, for instance.
Now, there's no reason to have Commons be an "amateur porn hub", but at the same time, the last attempt to censor Commons (by Jimbo himself) actually included talk of old master paintings being deleted - and a lot of artworks by still pretty darn notable artists were deleted. That's a good way to both gut our educational mission and make ourselves look stupid.
We can probably get some good rules. But every single attempt to deal with issues at commons has been a knee-jerk reaction, with no time for debate or ability to come up with policies that genuinely will protect the projects, or that will recognise that sometimes nudity, even large amounts of nudity, can be educational (non-sexualised nudes of all body types, poses, races and ages would be very educational to artists, for instance.)
So, if we're to deal with the issue, we need good policy, and that means actually taking the time to discuss what's actually needed, and consulting all Wikimedia projects. I never want to see a pose of notable artworks and images in use happen again. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:48, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
- Actually there was a long drawn out process at Commons:Commons:Sexual content, a fairly moderate proposal which was fairly narrowly rejected. The bottom line is that there simply is no problem, no matter how much lobbying certain people now on the Signpost do on a weekly basis. Commons has been this way for a decade, and despite Larry Sanger's agitation to the FBI a few years back trying to get it prosecuted over some kind of anime cartoons, the bottom line is, it is fully legal, thoroughly educational, and expresses the prevalent academic norm that freedom of expression is actually a good thing. No matter what the artist uses for a paintbrush. Wnt (talk) 16:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
- "LGBT images tend to get censored for far less than heterosexual ones". Maybe this is because most of the pornographic images on Commons are heterosexual. Just a thought. Kaldari (talk) 21:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
- It's a general rule. It was an issue during the last attempted purge, when, for example, relatively tame lesbian artworks were getting deletedwhen noone was deleting heterosexual imagery of similar, relatively tame levels. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:03, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
- "LGBT images tend to get censored for far less than heterosexual ones". Maybe this is because most of the pornographic images on Commons are heterosexual. Just a thought. Kaldari (talk) 21:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Attracting women editors
On the one hand, it can be good to just let things blow over, but on the other hand, when our community norms for enforcing civil behavior are permanently set at the "minimizing, denying" stage it means a certain number of potentially valuable contributors-- especially women-- are just going to walk away. Djembayz (talk) 14:14, 29 June 2013 (UTC)


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nikhedonia, noun: The pleasure and satisfaction derived from the anticipation of success. A harmless indulgence, and a prudent one, too, since success comes only to some but nikhedonia is freely available to all.
"Off to golf so early, darling? Hadn't you better have your little nikhedonia session first? You know how badly you play when your gummata are troubling you."
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The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all. Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – […]
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If you haven't yet seen my wife's superb version of this holiday classic, you're letting the terrorists win.
To be clear, visiting any bar where a bloody dismemberment only warrants a temporary pause from the house band is a pretty bad idea …
I have heard countless tales of woe from hither and yon regarding lost songs and playlists after "upgrading" to the latest version of iTunes and / or activating the awful Apple Music service. I've read people crying on Facebook and complaining on Twitter and have received my fair share of frantic emails from family members […]
Every month I get a worthless email from DirecTV touted as my "snapshot". It's just a marketing email with links to pay my bill!
It would be really awesome, though, if they actually sent me a summary of my viewing habits for the month instead. "You watched twelve hours of American Ninja Warrior," for example. Or, "Your living room DVR played 37 hours of the smooth jazz music station this month."
We have a lot of books in our house. They are our primary decorative motif — books in piles on the coffee table, framed book covers, books sorted into stacks on every available surface, and of course books on shelves along most walls. Besides the visible books, there are the boxes waiting in the wings, the basement books, the garage books, the storage locker books. They are a sort of insulation, soundproofing some walls. They function as furniture, they prop up sagging fixtures and disguised by quilts function as tables. The quantities and types of books are fluid, arriving like hysterical cousins in overnight shipping envelopes only to languish near the overflowing mail bench. Advance Reading Copies collect at beside, to be dutifully examined — to ignore them and read Henry James or Barbara Pym instead becomes a guilty pleasure. I can't imagine home without an overflow of books. The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough, or the right one at the right moment, but then sometimes to find you'd longed to fall asleep reading The Aspern Papers, and there it is.
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According to The Writer's Almanac: Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata was published on this date in 1802. Its real name is the slightly less evocative "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2," and its Italian subtitle is translated as "almost a fantasy." In 1832, five years after Beethoven's death, a German critic […]
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Your mother died unhappy with the way you turned
out. You and your father were not on speaking terms
when he died, and you left your wife for no good
reason. Well, it's past. You may as well regret missing
out on the conquest of Mexico. That would have been
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a bunch of murderous Spaniards, out to destroy a
culture and get rich. On the other hand, the Aztecs
were no great shakes either. It's hard to know whom
to root for in this situation. The Aztecs thought they
had to sacrifice lots of people to keep the sun coming
up every day. And it worked. The sun rose every day.
But it was backbreaking labor, all that sacrificing.
The priests had to call in the royal family to help,
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. What fun it is to laugh and sing and laugh and sing, and laugh and sing if youre a University of Illinois student caroler this holiday season.
The students were taking thousands of holiday song requests by phone 24 hours a day during finals week, singing Jingle Bells, All I Want for Christmas and Frosty the Snowman from a makeshift phone bank in their festive dorm lounge.
The Dial-a-Carol phone lines opened at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 13, with the first call coming in a minute later, and stayed open until 11:59 p.m. Dec. 19.
Its rare for more than five minutes to pass between calls, with students getting most giddy when its time to sing Feliz Navidad, swaying their hips and snapping their fingers as they gather around the phone.
About 70 volunteers who live in Snyder Hall take hourslong shifts, some in the middle of the night, to continue a 52-year-old tradition that brought in 4,000 calls last year.
At times, students are singing into three phones simultaneously, a chorus of carols filling the dorm lobby.
Nearly 500 calls came in on the first day alone. A woman in Japan asked for Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, while Mark from Illinois asked for Jingle Bells.
Were pros at that song, said junior Heather Sears, prompting six carolers to run to the phone to sing it.
As soon as they finished, the phone rang again, this time a request for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from a middle school music class in Marietta, Ga.
Are you guys ready? Sears said to fellow carolers. 3. 2. 1. And they belted out the song, some of them peeling away before it was over to answer another call.
The music teacher said she heard about Dial-a-Carol through Facebook.
Its been on my calendar for several weeks. The students picked three carols and we voted and Rudolph won, said teacher Jennifer Stepp. They did great.
Anyone, from anywhere, can request a carol or holiday song, and, in most cases, its in the students binder of 41 songs. If they dont know the song, they look it up on YouTube and play a recording.
Callers also can request that the volunteers call someone else to deliver a song.
During one afternoon shift, callers included a radio host in Ireland, toddlers at a day care center, and U. of I. classmates calling from a cafeteria during lunch. The carolers were giggly, fueled by coffee and Mountain Dew as they avoided studying for finals.
Keith Cunningham, a radio host in Dublin, stumped the students with a request for Fairytale of New York, a popular Christmas ballad in Ireland.
You have definitely given us a challenge, Daniel Quock, Snyder Halls resident director, told the caller.
He found the song and lyrics online, however, and sang along as it played. The radio host sang, too.
For a first attempt at Fairytale of New York, a difficult song to sing, they absolutely nailed it, Cunningham said. I am very impressed. Very impressed.
Legend has it that the Dial-a-Carol tradition was started by a Snyder Hall secretary, Betty Gordon, who thought it would be fun to play carols over the phone to friends.
The operation hasnt changed much since then. While students used to only be able to deliver calls locally, now they can call anywhere through a free online calling service.
When he was governor, James Thompson was among the callers one year. He said that he thinks he requested they sing Silent Night.
The most popular song last year was Jingle Bells, with about 550 requests, and it was at the top again this year.
Have we had any (Justin) Bieber requests so far? freshman Warren DSouza asked the other carolers.
No, thank God, two replied in unison.
In another update, the students kept a Mariah-o-Meter on the wall, tracking the number of requests for Mariah Careys version of All I Want for Christmas is You. There were 15 requests in the first 12 hours.
The phone line gets its share of prank calls. Michael Jacksons Thriller and Britney Spears Oops, I Did it Again cant be considered carols by anyones standards.
Someone called last year and asked for the 12 Days of Christmas, said senior Adam Blackburn, the organizer of this years effort. That is a long song. We started singing and they hung up at some point.
The students have since decided they will only sing the lyrics for the 12th day.
The carolers keep a handwritten list of funny responses on the wall: Are you a real person? Do you have to be drunk or high to do this?
Snyder Hall, actually, is a substance-free dorm. But certainly some of the callers particularly those who call in the middle of the night may have had a few drinks.
I had a caller from Vegas and he was like, I want a Bing Crosby song, Its a Wonderful Life, and it has the line Baby, its cold outside, recalled sophomore Clare Curtin. I was thinking to myself, That is three different songs. You are totally drunk.
Utah resident Adam Wills, who has never been to the U. of I. campus, has been calling Dial-a-Carol for six years after a friend told him about it. His 8-year-old son has asked that they request Jingle Bells, Batman Smells this year.
Wills, 41, said he looks forward to calling even though he can turn on the radio or walk into any shopping mall and hear carols.
The idea of a bunch of college students in the middle of finals taking their time to sing to us, that is what Christmas is all about, Wills said. It is about the simple things. Calling someone on the phone and asking them to sing, and they do it: That is really cool.
Senior Kasia Stelmach, 22, sang for at least five hours one day, her fourth year participating in the program.
Its a nice study break, she said. You can make a fool out of yourself and be totally OK with it.
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NHL lockout: Mediated talks to resume Friday morning
After meeting and exchanging proposals for three days in a row, the NHL and NHLPA worked through mediators on Thursday and will resume full-scale negotiations on Friday morning in New York City.
Following Wednesday's all-nighter, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said he expected the sides would meet again starting Thursday morning but the NHLPA seemed to miss that memo. They held internal conversations for much of the morning and afternoon.
The semantics at play are rather interesting at the moment. It's being reported that the sides didn't meet Thursday but the NHLPA says they did off and on.
The NHLPA and the NHL resumed talks on Thursday, following Wednesday's bargaining meeting at the NHL offices which extended beyond midnight. Wednesday's meetings began in the afternoon, broke briefly in the early evening before picking up again for several hours later on in the evening.
Meetings between the two sides resumed Thursday in the early afternoon, once again at the NHL offices in New York, with the first session concluding just before 2:00 p.m. ET.
Semantics can be fun, can't they? It appears the discrepancy appears to be between "formal" talks and "informal" talks. There wasn't a full-on bargaining session with Donald Fehr, Gary Bettman and all the players and other principal figures.
It has been the style of mediated sessions for the mediator to shuttle back and forth between the two sides instead of having them together in the same room. That's likely where the difference in expressions comes from as to whether they actually had a meeting on Thursday or not. Regardless, they were in frequent communication.
The issue on the table was once again pensions, the newest hot-ticket item in these talks. According to the NHLPA, a small group of players and union staff met with some from the NHL to discuss that issue That was after the morning featured a return to a discussion of hockey-related revenue definitions.
If you're thinking to yourself "wait, didn't they already settle the HRR issues?" The answer is yes, they had. But the topic was revisited this morning not to decide how the split will be -- that's still believed to be at 50/50 -- but instead what penalties teams will face for hiding revenues. The NHLPA noticed that the wording had changed from what had already been settled and took the issue up with the league.
It reportedly didn't take long to settle and they were back to the way it was, but it didn't have the players happy according to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun. It could turn out to be a big mistake -- whether intentional or not -- as it could cause more seeds of distrust fromt he players' side toward the owners.
One of the other outstanding issues that remains unsolved is what the salary cap will be set at in the second of the new CBA (assuming they have a season this year, there will need to be time for a transistion to a lower cap). The NHL remains firm on a $60 million cap while the players are at $65 million. Interestingly, though, it was reported Thursday that the players aren't seeking to raise the salary floor from the owners' $60 million cap (which would put the floor at $44 million).
That remains an unsolved issue.
In other words, it was more or less a day that went nowhere. Considering there is about a week until the presumed deadline for a deal to be reached and a season, there aren't many days left to waste when the divides remain. Still, even when things get bleak, just remember that there's a week to go and there's no way they will cancel the season. Right?!!
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APT's 'Verona' a tale of growing pains
Spring Green — If one cuts through the nostalgic gauze surrounding late adolescence, most of us have scar tissue involving imperfectly healed memories of the friends we hurt and loves we lost while trying to figure out who we were and what we wanted.
While it's often staged as a light-hearted romp featuring two early Shakespearean clowns and a show-stealing dog, Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is all about these growing pains that are part of growing up. »Read Full Article
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That Facebook thing: 10 books that stayed with me
My friend Dave Roidt tagged me on a Facebook thing that's going around: 'list 10 books that have stayed with me in some way." For you Dave, I will comply.
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Top of the Charts: Eminem bounds to No. 1
After last week's viral anomaly that raised Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" back to number one on the back of a YouTube comedian's parody video, things are back to normal on the Billboard Hot 100. After steadily climbing in recent weeks, Eminem finds himself on top of the charts. See the video for his big hit song below, then jump back in time to see the biggest hits this week in 2005, 1995, 1985 and 1975.
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On Tap Today: Sleighriders at Shank and holiday lights
The annual Sleighriders show at Shank Hall kicks off the holiday season with good music and does it for a good cause. It's at 7 p.m. tonight.
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The Health Care Homes/State Innovation Model Learning Days conference is an annual opportunity for Minnesota health care home providers, Accountable Communities for Health (State Innovation Model) grantees and community partners to gain knowledge, form relationships and build collaborative partnerships between primary care and behavioral health providers, long-term and post-acute care, local public health, social services and consumers.
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"On the Road: Patient Centered Care to Healthy Populations"
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Mark Sanchez is making millions of women suddenly care about football. This ruggedly handsome QB has been breaking hearts and records since 2009 when he led the New York Jets to the AFC Championship game during his rookie season. Big things are expected of "The Sanchise" again this year as he attempts to guide Gang Green back into the playoffs.


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Marilyn Hagar, 58, of Amarillo, formerly of Dumas, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Calvary Baptist Church in Dumas with Brad Foster, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Dumas.
Marilyn Hagar was born Aug. 25, 1949, in Matador to Joe and Owayne Duck King. Mrs. Hagar grew up in Cactus and was a Dumas High School graduate. She was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family. Mrs. Hagar was a member of Bethel Assembly of God.
She was preceded in death by her father and an infant son, Troy.
Survivors include her husband, Clifford; two daughters, Janice Cowan and husband Brett of Lubbock and Heather Hagar of Amarillo; her mother, Owayne King of Dumas; two brothers, Gary King of Denver and Jimmy King of Dumas; and seven grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to American Cancer Society, 3915 S. Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109.
The family will be at 724 Phillips in Dumas or 4006 Willow St. in Amarillo.
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After your little ones were born how did you handle the stress of having a preemie? I'm not supposed to drive anywhere for 2 weeks. I'm not allowed to exercise until I see my OB at 4 weeks. I'm not supposed to do a lot of walking, so that rules out shopping (not that I have the money to spend anyway) and light exercise. I'm not supposed to go up and down stairs (I live on the 2nd floor). Right now I'm trying to sooth my stress with chocolate and icecream. It's not working. Seeing my little boy really sooths me, but I can't spend all day in the NICU. How did you ladies (and gents?) manage the stress?
In addition to our little guy being born 10 days ago at 31 weeks and being in the NICU, my husband was forced to return to work early after having ACL recontruction surgery because of the financial strain of me being on bed rest then having our little guy early, and he's in near constant pain because of it.In addition to that, I parked on the street last night and a drunk driver totalled my car (our main transportation as my dh's car is on its last leg and needs tranny work), and this afternoon we found out that my MIL has breast cancer for the third time. I'm sorry this is such a Debbie Downer post, we are just mentally and emotionally exhausted and we need help.


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'Downton Abbey' Season 5 teaser: Mr. Carson hints at ominous changes to come
'I feel a shaking of the ground'
Ready for "Downton Abbey" Season 5? Well, you still have awhile to wait - the show hasn't even finished filming yet. That said, a new teaser has arrived to whet your appetite until then.
"I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on," narrates Mr. Carson (Jim Carter) over images of ticking clocks and expertly-arranged place settings. "The nature of life is not permanence, but flux. Things are changing."
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In 1909, following the publication of several less successful efforts in various genres—children's stories (The Basket Woman, 1904), historical romance (Isidro, 1905), historical documentary (The Flock, 1906), and a work of social commentary in the form of a novel (Santa Lucia, 1908)—Austin returned to the form that had first brought her critical attention. Lost Borders, a collection of fourteen stories and sketches about "the land of little rain", focuses even more insistently than her earlier work on the human inhabitants of California's desert region and on the means by which the land shapes both character and destiny. In the first sketch, "The Land", in one of Austin's most famous …
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Escape to the tranquility of a mountain-top pond to enjoy peace and relaxation. Your 2 night stay at the Greenville Inn includes a Maine Registered Guide driving you to a mountain where you will take an easy 20 min. hike to a remote pond for a stress-free canoe trip. Approximately 3-4 hours; food, drinks, snacks, life jackets, paddles, and canoe included. 2 night stay with breakfast at a private table each morning. Prices starting at $553.00 for a party of 2. Subject to availability. Check Availability
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The Marriage and A Mirrorical Return (displayed nearby) are the latest additions to the Tate's considerable collection of Richard Hamilton's work. In the 1950s, Hamilton emerged as a key figure in what became known as Pop art, and he has remained an influential artist. Principally a painter, from the beginning of his career he has been an innovative printmaker, exploring a range of techniques, from etching to computer-manipulated imagery. These prints represent a breakthrough for him because they use a new technique that allows for both high quality digital printing and a lasting image. The Marriage developed from a faded print of a Japanese couple found by the artist. The image has been altered using a computerised paint-box which creates the effect of loose brushwork.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -Former Germany and Cologne striker Dieter Mueller, whose six goals in a game are still a Bundesliga record, is in a coma following a heart attack.
His former club Kickers Offenbach says Mueller, 58, collapsed at his home near Frankfurt and was revived by his wife before the arrival of the ambulance.
Mueller scored six goals for Cologne in a 7-2 win over Werder Bremen in 1977, a Bundesliga individual record. Muller scored 231 in 326 matches for Cologne and was the league's top scorer in 1977 and 1978, when Cologne won the championship. He had nine goals in 12 games for Germany.
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JACKSON — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is blocking a state Board of Health nomination because the nominee has ties to the state's only abortion clinic, The Associated Press confirmed Tuesday.
Dr. Carl Reddix, a Jackson OB-GYN, has served on the Board of Health since last summer, when he was appointed by then-Gov. Haley Barbour.
Barbour, a Republican, submitted Reddix to the Senate for confirmation in January, a week before ending his second term as governor.
The Republican lieutenant governor blocked the nomination Tuesday. After AP asked Reeves about the Reddix nomination, it disappeared from the legislative website's list of more than 80 nominations awaiting Senate confirmation.
"Lt. Gov. Reeves had concerns about the appointment because of (Reddix's) affiliation with the abortion clinic and wanted Gov. Bryant to refer a qualified doctor to guide state health policy," Reeves spokeswoman Laura Hipp said in a statement to AP.
Reddix, 53, said in a telephone interview Tuesday that he has had a "very loose affiliation" with Jackson Women's Health Organization for years, and he is not paid for it. He said doesn't do abortions at the clinic but has admitting privileges in case any patient from the clinic needs to be hospitalized.
"I just take care of their complications if they have any. And they have had very, very few," Reddix told AP.
Reddix, who grew up in Biloxi, earned his medical degree from Tufts University and a master's degree in health policy from Harvard. He did his OB-GYN residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital before returning to Mississippi to practice medicine.
"My academic pedigree is beyond reproach and second to none," Reddix said.
It's not unusual for board members to serve several months until they receive Senate confirmation. Without confirmation, though, Reddix will lose his seat on the 11-member board that sets public health policy. Reddix said he has sought to bring attention to infant mortality and chronic health conditions that disproportionately affect Mississippi's poor and African-American residents.
"Politics is a dirty game," Reddix said. "But I would think that the most important thing that any politician can do is look out for the least of its citizens with every resource available. Unless they can find a candidate at least as qualified as this one, they have done the citizens of Mississippi a disservice."
Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, said he has been friends with Reddix for 20 years, and Reddix delivered the lawmaker's three children. Johnson said he believes Reddix should be confirmed.
"He treats the people who need treatment the most. That's what he's been committed to," Johnson said. "It would be hard to find someone better qualified."
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who was sworn in Jan. 10 to succeed Barbour, plans to find a different nominee for the Board of Health, said his spokesman Mick Bullock.
"We're fully prepared to make another nomination," Bullock said.
Senators typically handle nominations at the end of each legislative session. The current session is scheduled to end in early May, and it's not clear whether a new nominee by Bryant will have time to undergo a background check in the next week and a half.
Reeves' blocking of the Reddix nomination comes days after Bryant signed a new law that both Bryant and Reeves say is aimed at closing down the abortion clinic in Jackson. Starting July 1, anyone doing abortions at the clinic must be an OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital.
The clinic's director, Diane Derzis, has said that those doing abortions at the facility already are OB-GYNs, but it has been difficult for out-of-state doctors to obtain admitting privileges at Jackson-area hospitals. She has said one physician affiliated with the clinic has admitting privileges.
Johnson said of Reddix's affiliation with Jackson Women's Health Organization: "It has nothing to do with supporting abortion. It has more to do with supporting the health of women. If there are complications, somebody needs to be there to say, 'I can take care of it.'"


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The title Seven Veils may conjure Salome's sensual dance of seduction, but it's far from clear that a sinewy form of flesh and blood moves behind the sonic veils created in these seven tracks by Robert Rich, master of ambient music. This whimsical and sometimes menacing-sounding album seems concerned with more ineffable mysteries. It has a distinctly Middle Eastern flavor, but Rich mixes the standard tablas and crying flutes with synthesizers, feedback, and the sounds of various acoustic and electric instruments of his own invention to create casually shape-shifting soundscapes.
The album is meditative but richly textured with a few strong variations in mood. It kicks off with prevailingly modern western sounds in "Coils." The track is dominated by synth and thick twangs of bass and layered percussion. It starts slow and soothing but eases its way into some dark places. Past the halfway point, hums have somehow morphed into wails, and the sounds of the bass strings have changed from round to pointed. It's an initiation into less comfortable terrain. The next track, "Alhambra," brings you to an encampment of Gypsies in Andalusia. Like "Coils" it eases in gently, this time with flute and hand drums, until midway less melodic, more ambient sounds seem to ring alarm bells.
These opening tracks prime you for what's to come. "Talisman of Touch" commences at a more intense place and more seamlessly blends the elements of Rich's acoustic instrumentation and ambient sounds. Featuring the quintessential Middle Eastern sound of the weeping fiddle, it has the heat, urgency, and trotting percussion of a dessert camel trek. By "Book of Ecstasy" we've entered a mirage. While percussion marches the song onward, a collage of twirling whispers is uninterrupted by flute or strings—except for a slowly snarling electric guitar, which spikes up the temperature round about the midway mark and then subsides, giving way to a long cooldown. This cooldown lasts throughout "Ibn Sina," a percussion-dominated track featuring long chantlike drones in which flutes and synth imitate human voices. Playful "Dissolve" gives way completely to breath. It features an impressive variety of explosive exhalations and long, breathy flute meanderings. Seven Veils ends on a luxurious note with "Lapis," a wonder-filled song that brings together Rich's full trove of strings, flute, percussion, and synthesized wizardry.
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We've had some terrific news about our efforts leading the clean energy revolution and it's time for a victory lap. On Thursday, October 20, 2011, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) named Massachusetts the No. 1 state in the nation for energy efficiency at an event in Washington, D.C. that I attended with Governor Patrick. For the first time in five years, since ACEEE began its State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, a state other than California was the national leader. We are honored and proud that Massachusetts is the new leader.
This recognition is no accident. Under Gov. Patrick's leadership, Massachusetts has adopted some of the most ambitious energy efficiency targets and created some of the most innovative efficiency programs in the nation. In 2008, the Patrick-Murray Administration passed the Green Communities Act, which established energy efficiency as the state's first fuel and created the Energy Efficiency Advisory Council to guide the development of comprehensive, statewide energy efficiency plans, in collaboration with electric and natural gas utility companies, to pursue all energy efficiency that costs less than buying energy. That same year, Governor Patrick also signed the Green Jobs Act and the Global Warming Solutions Act.
The ACEEE scorecard recognizes Massachusetts for having the most aggressive energy efficiency targets in the nation, and cites the Green Communities Act as central to its success. The ACEEE also noted the effectiveness of the Patrick-Murray Administration's integrated approach to creating jobs, helping clean energy businesses thrive, improving energy security and lowering energy costs, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
With the help of the Legislature, contractors, utilities, and hundreds of communities across the state, we're working hard to meet our ambitious energy goals. This work includes cities and towns; 74 cities and towns have been designated as Green Communities and have invested more than $15.5 million to implement energy efficiency and renewable technologies. These 74 Green Communities have committed to a total reduction in energy consumption equivalent to the annual energy consumption of approximately 12,978 New England households.
Here's a snippet from the report, which ranks states based on an array of metrics aimed at measuring leadership in energy efficiency and program implementation.
"Massachusetts has a long record of success implementing energy efficiency programs," said ACEEE in its report. "The state took a major leap forward in 2008, however, when it passed the Green Communities Act , which established energy efficiency as the state's 'first-priority' resource, creating an Energy Efficiency Advisory Council to collaborate with utilities to develop statewide efficiency plans in three-year cycles. The three-year plan in operation aims to achieve electric savings equal to 2.4 percent and natural gas savings equal to 1.5 percent of sales in 2012, which amounts to the most aggressive EERS target in the nation. The Green Communities Act is ultimately expected to lead to an investment of $2.2 billion in energy efficiency and demand resources between 2010 and 2012."
2011 ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
We still have a lot of work to do but this is a wonderful recognition of our efforts so far.
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We study how humans alter ecosystems, whether these alterations will feed back to further impact global change, and what this means for humans.
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Check out PhD student, Stephanie Juice's report on climate change impacts on sugar maple phenology for the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative here!
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