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Energy Efficiency Policies around the World: Review and Evaluation
3.8 Energy Efficiency Obligations in Europe
Energy efficiency obligations is a recent and innovative measure whereby energy companies (supplier/retailer or distributor) have a legal obligation to promote and stimulate investment, which will save energy in customers' premises or households. When this obligation can be met by buying or selling the energy saving credits, it is usually called White Certificates.
Energy efficiency obligations are in some aspects similar to the older Demand side management (DSM) activities since there is an obligation on energy companies to undertake energy efficiency activities with their customers. However compared to many of the 1990s DSM programmes, the obligations approach focuses on outcomes (i.e. energy saving targets) rather than money spent and has developed much cheaper monitoring and verification systems.
3.8.1 Existing Energy Efficiency Obligations in Europe
Six countries currently have energy efficiency obligations on energy companies in Europe: Belgium (Flanders Region), France, Italy, UK, Ireland and Denmark. Energy efficiency obligations are placed on energy suppliers in the Netherlands in the second half of 2007 and similar activities are under development in Poland and Portugal.
The approach to energy efficiency obligations on energy companies has developed differently with different mandatory parts of the energy industry and a wide variation in the end use sectors to which the obligations are applied (Table 3.4). Nevertheless such obligations have been shown to be extremely flexible and have proved capable to work either with a traditional monopoly energy utility or in a fully liberalised market.
Table 3.5 provides details of the targets, their size and other key parameters of the energy efficiency obligations in four countries.
This review of energy efficiency obligations in Europe concentrates on the four major experiences which have been accumulative for some time and which are of a significant scale: Belgium, France, Italy and UK .
3.8.2 Experience from the Four Countries
Although there are many differences between the way the targets are set, the size of the targets, the concerned parties and the energy using sectors covered, there are in fact many similarities. The common experience to date in the four European countries is analysed below using a common format . However, the programmes do vary considerably in their nature, in the length of time that they have been running and the extent to which they have had independent evaluation, which is publicly available. Therefore, it is not possible to cover all aspects to the same extent.
The size of the target, the end using sectors to which it applies, etc vary from country to country (Tables 3.4 and 3.5). However, the key principles are an obligation placed on an energy company by Government (or a Regulator) and a formal monitoring and verification process is enacted to ensure the targets are met by eligible energy saving measures. Most countries have penalties for those companies which do not fulfil their energy efficiency obligations (Table 3.5). In practice, no penalties have been issued as virtually all the energy companies have met their targets.
Target Sector & Size
Usually the size of the target and the sectors to be covered are decided by government rather than the regulator for that particular energy industry, although in some cases the Regulator is the appointed body to oversee and verify the energy efficiency obligations. Having national governments decide on the size of the obligation seems appropriate as energy efficiency obligations are linked to environmental concerns and have an important social dimension. It is not easy for an unelected regulator to make judgements which are not solely based on economic grounds and can have a significant impact on energy bills in the short term. The targets are set in relation to the volume of electricity or gas supplied or distributed. In the residential sector, the simple proxy of customer numbers is often used rather than volumes of electricity.
The cost or implied cost varies considerably but even in the UK it is currently only ~1.5% of household fuel bills (Table 3.5,).
Most of the energy efficiency obligations allow "banking", e.g. carrying forward of excess savings from one target period to the next. This has important benefits, not just for the energy company but also for the energy efficiency industries .
In Flanders and the UK, the energy companies are required to ensure that there are also savings in low income households. This is achieved by ring fencing a fraction of the energy saving target that has to be met by savings in such households. In fully liberalised markets where the supply price controls to residential customers have been dropped, it is up to energy suppliers to decide how to cover the costs of the energy efficiency obligations. Where prices are still controlled the Government could influence the way the tariffs recovered the costs and social tariffs could be exempted to address equity issues.
Interaction with Other Policy Mechanisms
Inevitably national governments have a variety of policies designed to improve energy efficiency in all end use sectors. There can be complications from interactions between such policies, which either are required by legislation or are subsidised by central Government and the obligations on the energy companies.
In other words, is there either genuine collateral (in the case of existing legislation requiring Minimum Performance Standards of energy efficiency) or double subsidies of the measure by Government and the energy company?
A pragmatic approach has been taken to dealing with these issues in all countries. For example, in the UK only energy efficiency measures, which produce a performance above, that required by legislation (e.g. in new build or major refurbishment or EU Minimum Performance Standards for Appliances) are approved as eligible energy savings and only for that part which is in excess of the regulatory requirement. Indeed, the UK has gone further in the appliance field by only allowing an energy saving for an energy efficient appliance or heating boiler, which is above the market average for such products.
In a similar vein, the UK disallows the parts of the savings which are supported by any central government funding (e.g. programmes tackling low income households) .
In Italy and France, certain energy efficiency measures can be offset against income tax, but this has been allowed only as central Government funding/subsidies are not considered additional.
Nature of Target
There is widespread variation in the nature of the target set (Table 3.5). There are local reasons for why this might be the case, and it is worth examining some of the key considerations.
The energy saving credits are based (or in a few cases measured) on the saving of delivered energy. For countries concerned with reducing their energy imports, the use of primary energy which is usually 2.5 times delivered or final energy for electricity with the other fossil fuels being taken as equivalent to their delivered energy, is common. For countries, which are concerned about reducing CO2, it is quite common for the energy savings to be carbon weighted by the carbon content of the saved fuel.
In terms of for how long the energy savings should be defined, the two extremes are simply an annual energy saving and lifetime energy savings Another issue for debate is whether the energy savings should be discounted over time to reflect the time value of money, as is common in normal financial appraisals. The discount rates have varied between 8% and currently 3.5- 4%. The key question is perhaps whether this is being done for economic or environmental reasons. If for economic reasons, then the use of discount rates merely conforms to standard energy appraisal options. However, if this is being done for climate change reasons, it may not be appropriate to discount the energy and consequently carbon dioxide savings, certainly not at a high discount rate .
Definition of Eligible Measures
Again the eligible measures are usually defined in advance by the monitoring and verifying authority. This means that only measures that have been independently proven to save energy are utilised. In one sense this is clearly a good safeguard for consumers but it has also been said that it can work against development of innovative technologies. To counteract that, Italy, France and the UK have the option of allowing energy suppliers to deploy innovative technologies and to monitor the resulting energy savings which can subsequently be claimed. This option has been rarely used and the UK is currently looking at how innovation can be encouraged better by other means from 2008-2011. However, many studies have shown that at least 20% of energy consumption can be saved through the widespread application of existing, proven technologies, which is clearly the short term policy focus.
To date, most of the obligations have focussed on energy saving measures. This means that co-generation, solar water heating and other renewable forms of heating have generally been included but there has been less promotion of renewable energy generation technologies. This is not least because there are usually different policy mechanisms to support the development of renewable generation technologies. However, in the UK, with the move to CO2 targets in 2008, supporting household and community scale renewable energy sources will be possible under the new obligation.
Although the countries have various end-use sectors to which the obligations apply, they all have included the residential sector. While lighting and heating measures feature strongly in all four countries, there are marked differences in the appliance and insulation areas (Table 3.6). Some of this can be explained by local conditions, e.g. the UK has low standards of insulation in its existing stock.
At present there are few, if any, energy saving credits for "behavioural" change measures such as smart meters with consumption feedback to households, energy efficiency advice, etc. However, this reflects more the difficulty in establishing firm energy saving values and the appropriate lifetime for such measures rather than any fundamental barriers. Indeed, work is currently underway in the UK to look at introducing energy savings for such measures from 2008.
Monitoring and Verifying Energy Savings
The great majority of projects have been carried out by utilities utilising the estimates or extant energy savings, or in the case of industrial and commercial measures, by scaling engineering estimates of proven energy savings . For example, in the residential sector although the energy savings will vary from household to household, for either insulation or new appliance. Measures are being adopted, as long as the average energy saving has been established. Then the use of an estimate or extant savings will represent the real situation because of the large numbers of households involved. This approach greatly simplifies the monitoring and verification process which in effect becomes the same as counting the number of energy efficiency measures implemented and can be verified using the standard "dip check" or random sampling audits. In addition, this method has low costs for implementing and verifying such energy efficiency measures.
In the UK, energy suppliers submit outlines in advance of what they intend to do and the energy savings they are likely to claim. This has benefits both for the Regulator and the energy company in minimising later disputes in terms of energy savings achieved. The final approved energy savings are of course related to the actual outcome rather than the outline. In the fully traded White Certificate schemes, as in Italy, the energy company can either provide the approved savings from its own projects or purchase an appropriate number of White Certificates to meet their targets .
Obviously, to make the estimated energy saving or engineering estimate approach work successfully, transparent and clear information should be available from the body responsible for accrediting energy saving values or White Certificates to energy companies, which are published well in advance of the duration of the obligation.
The Treatment of "Free Riders"/Additionality
As with all public policies, there is a need to address dead-weight/free riders/additionality issues i.e. end users that would have utilised the energy saving measure anyway. The way this issue is handled is linked to the size of the target but this issue is topical for French, Italian and UK energy efficiency obligations.
For low targets, when the size of the activity being supported by energy companies is comparable with the historic activity in the energy saving measure, minimising the number of free riders on a project-by-project basis has been widely used .
However, as the scale of the activity being supported by energy companies becomes greater than the earlier activity in the energy saving measure, a different approach is required particularly for measures using retailers to reach the energy companies' customers. This is currently the situation in the UK and the approach taken there has been to build the free riders into the target . In other words, the Government decides on the energy savings over "business as usual" target it wants to achieve and then adds on the business as usual activity to determine the final target for the energy company.
Supplier or Distribution Obligation. Which is Optimum?
There are pros and cons of both approaches. In favour of suppliers is their strong links to the customers and, in a liberalised market, increasing marketing skills. In favour of a distribution levy is the fact that utilities are more stable organisations, being often regional monopolies, and they are already regulated. The main disadvantages are that distribution companies' contacts with customers, particularly in the residential sector, are usually only when there is a failure in the wires or pipes business and that depending on the Government's view, such distribution levies can be counted as part of public expenditure, a cost which Governments usually wish to minimise.
The key is that both systems can be made to work but certainly there is more of an incentive for energy suppliers to reduce the amount of energy supplied to their customers than for distribution companies.
Meeting the Target: Energy and CO2 savings
The experience to date in the UK, Italy and Flanders has shown that the companies have easily met their targets. In the UK, on average the energy suppliers have met their targets with an expenditure of 20% less than the Government expected, and since 2002 have carried forward energy savings from one phase of the obligation to the next. In Flanders, the energy distributors met their targets at 40% less cost than budgeted in 2004 and at 24% less cost than budgeted in 2005.
In Italy, the first year's targets have been met and the corresponding price of White Certificates indicates that the distribution companies have met their targets well below the allowance in the distribution price.
In Flanders the energy and carbon savings are for electricity users only. By the end of 2005, the electricity distributors had reached 494GWh/year electricity savings with their larger customers (>1kV) and 520/yearGWh with low voltage customers (mainly residential); both figures are inclusive of "deadweight". In principle, this would correspond to over 6% of Flemish electricity consumption . The reported CO2 savings are 0.37Mt/year (end of 2004).
In the UK, the energy savings from the first period (2002-2005) have been estimated to be around 40TWh for electricity and 100TWh for fossil fuels with both figures being lifetime savings including deadweight . The CO2 savings have been estimated by Defra after correction for deadweight to be 0.5Mt/year (1.8MtCO2/year) or 1.3% of household annual emissions.
In Italy the targets for 2005 were equivalent to 456GWh/year electricity saving and 675GWh/year gas savings (both figures in delivered units). The Italian regulator has reported that both figures were easily exceeded. The 2005 annual target corresponded to 0.15% and 0.13% of Italian electricity and gas consumption respectively. This is only the first year's savings and the targets will increase in subsequent years. In the first year, the CO2 savings were 0.76 Mt/year. To date, the CO2 savings are 2.3 Mt/year.
Targets were generally set at a low level to initiate the process, which explains why they were reached in all countries. They consisted so far of simple measures and have not yet tapped the large energy efficiency potentials in the structure of the existing buildings .
To date, the experience of trading in White Certificates has been somewhat limited. This is perhaps to be expected because only in the more recent Energy Efficiency Obligations in Italy (since March 2006) and France there are opportunities for market players other than the energy companies to attain independently and trade White Certificates. Thus the market is in its early stages and will undoubtedly grow over time.
In the UK, trading is only permitted between energy suppliers and has rarely been used. The main example of trading was between some of the smaller companies which had their requirements fulfilled by one of the six major energy suppliers.
In Italy, because of the very limited trading nature (less than 20% of the White Certificates in 3 months were traded), it is not entirely clear what the prices of the White Certificates in the market place are signalling. Most of the White Certificates in Italy have been obtained directly by the energy distributors working either in bilateral or contractual arrangements with deliverers of energy efficiency measures .
The current (May 2007) situation in Italy is that the average price of White Certificates is around €43/toe primary energy for electricity and around €85/toe for gas. Both are well below the €100/toe primary energy allowed in the distribution price control.
Although, trading is not widely permitted in the Flemish and UK, certain facets are similar. For example, energy companies may carry forward excess energy savings from one phase to the next.
Financial Costs and Benefits Arising from Energy Efficiency Obligations
Although all the costs are ultimately borne by energy users, it is perhaps helpful to get a range of the transaction costs involved and who initially pays them. Currently, only the UK has the full data publicly available (Table 3.7).
The great majority of the total cost is associated with promoting and installing the energy saving measures. Although energy suppliers are the single biggest contributors to these costs, money is also coming from those customers that can afford to pay as well as landlords, charities, manufacturers etc. The energy companies need to spend significant sums to ensure that these energy saving measures reach their customers: such energy supplier indirect costs were evaluated in 2002 to be around 20% of total costs .
Then there is the cost of monitoring, verification and general administration of the energy saving projects by the energy suppliers. In the UK, the energy regulator Ofgem carries out this task and estimates that this cost is less than 1% of energy supplier expenditure. Finally, there is a cost of setting the target and the associated legislation .
Data on costs and benefits are available for Flanders, Italy and the UK. They are evaluated from an energy company's perspective and also from a national perspective. The former only considers expenditure by the energy supplier; the latter includes the costs to all participants, i.e. energy companies, customers, third parties (e.g. local authorities, landlords, manufacturers, charities etc.).
The energy company perspective
Comparison of cost effectiveness from an energy company perspective is complicated by the difference between the targets (annual or lifetime), the use of a discount rate (6%) for lifetime savings and the different measure mix and hence average duration (Table 3.8). The Flemish value is the average of residential and non-residential customers. Separating the two classes, the values are for non- residential 2.7c€/kWh and for residential 7.6c€/kWh (with both figures being annual savings compared to a 0.027€/kWh "one-off" cost of the measures).
To enable a rough comparison of all three countries, we have used an average life of 12 years and undiscounted savings. The annual cost per unit of electricity in the UK is estimated at around 6.8 c€/kWh. As the UK obligation is only targeted at households (more expensive than saving energy in commercial and industrial sectors) then the results are broadly comparable.
The estimate for Italy is derived using a market price for White Certificates for electricity of €70/toe primary energy saving; this is likely to be an overestimate as the cost of a White Certificate is currently below €50. In France, the expectation is that the cost to the energy suppliers of saving a unit of delivered energy will be less than 1c€/kWh lifetime.
The national perspective
Insufficient data have been published for Flanders to make any estimate possible; likewise for Italy. The only readily available data are from the UK: results from the evaluation of the energy efficiency obligations are drawn upon here .
The traditional way is to look at the lifetime net present value (NPV) of the obligations, which ran for 3 years from 2002-2005. The responsible UK Government Department, Defra, has evaluated that for a total investment (i.e. all costs of the energy suppliers, customers and third parties) of €0.9billion, the NPV (using a 3.5% discount rate) is €4.5billion. In terms of resource cost to save a tonne of CO2, Defra evaluated this at - €450/tC, i.e. a net benefit rather than a cost.
An alternative way of looking at this in more familiar units is to look at the cost to the nation of electricity or gas saving: 2c€/kWh for electricity and 0.7 c€/kWh for natural gas; both figures are considerably less than the average consumer prices during that period of 10c€/kWh and 2.6c€/kWh respectively.


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In every age, and on any frontier, an explorer needs his navigational tools. In so much, the technology of exploration has evolved quite radically over the centuries. We went from the cross-staff, to the back staff, from the compass, to the GPS, and so on and so forth. As human beings we have a natural instinct to explore; we want to find new places where there's cool stuff, and plenty of action. Now, thanks to the digital age, the wireless age, and the digitally witless age, we no longer have to explore alone. There's an app that connects every pub bar fly, pub crawler, and high end alcoholic and lets them instantly share their discoveries. Its a little marvel of technology called Untappd.
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Performing a Normal (Soft) Reset on a BlackBerry Bold 9700 (9700/9780) Series
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So it's about 8 something in the morning here, I'm making some breakfast, still a little groggy, and I suddenly get a strange, early phone call (must be East Coast; I'm Central right now). I should preface this with the note that I've long known that my cell phone has the same former number as a well known person in the music publishing industry named Mike (My name is not Mike, BTW). So I'm always getting calls from people calling the wrong number wanting to make deals, presumably to license the music his company controls or things like that.
Anyway, the phone conversation goes like this ... I'm not changing a word, I swear (except maybe paraphrasing the blathering part):
KL. "Hey, Mike. Ken Levine here."
*stunned pause*
D. "I'm sorry, did you say 'Ken Levine'??"
KL. "Uh, Yeah."
And at this point I really start blathering like an idiot, like a reflex, it just started coming out.
D. "Well, this isn't Mike's phone but holy crap I've been following your game from the beginning and it's a fantastic coincidence that you call a wrong number to me. I've been posting at TTLG and the 2k forums, and I even just posted a response to something funny you said. It's just ... sort of incredible that you'd call me by mistake."
KL. "I'm sorry, you're breaking up."
D. "Oh, uh," the rest said very distinctly & staccato, "You have the wrong number. This isn't Mike's number."
KL. "Oh, sorry about that. Thanks." *click*
*Another long, stunned pause*
Was that really ... ?
I'm thinking to myself, I'm almost certain they're going to want to get licenses on some old songs for BioShock.
I look at the number still saved on my cell phone.
I couldn't resist!! I ran to my computer and Googled the number, just to see what might come up!
Unfortunately, I have to say the Fates were just toying with me.
The number was for a "Ken Lavigne" in Pennsylvania.
He must have wondered what the hell I was talking about!
I have to say it had my heart rate up to about 200 for a few minutes, though!
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1 Re: Wall Street Occupations and Global Counter Culture -- Will Colwell, Suzanne Ross 2 Re: Fed Up with Wall Street (Frankye Johnson) 3 Re: Occupy Wall Street - Debating Strategies -- David Worley, Gordon Fitch, Terence Cannon 4 Re: The Origins of Occupy Wall Street Explained -- Bill Benet 5 Re: Koch brothers in the Dock -- M. Breslin 6 Re: The Dead Begin to Speak Up in India -- Sue Lambert 7 Wall Street Occupied -- Peter Neil Carroll ===== 11111 Re: Wall Street Occupations and Global Counterculture From: Will Colwell With much respect to Mark Naison and other 1960s activists, it is odd to read about the making of a global counter culture without the mention of punk and hip hop. In my 40s, I am half way between the baby boomer activists and today's kids. The 60s may survive with the Rainbow gatherings, but the infrastructure of today's activists has much to do with the DIY ethos of punk/hardcore/hip hop/riot grrrl. My generation has never and at this point will not have much political impact but we did have a huge impact within US culture. At first, it was just setting up record labels, fanzines, parties, shows, and eventually alternative spaces/clubs. Now with this next generation of 20 somethings not being able to afford records or even rent, the infrastructure that 1980s-90s activists had created like food not bombs, squatting, and alternative spaces for bands to play and crash has continued to the present. I have heard hip hop described as the cultural expression of the defeat of the civil rights movement by Reagan backlash. Hardcore punk is the scream of defeat of the working class. Riot Grrrl is a reaction to the second class status of women in hardcore. After folk stopped screaming, we built the beginnings of a new infra-structure. Today, many of the crusty punks i have met seem to be violent alcoholic/drug addicts, but live through train hopping, urban camping, and drug dealing. The crusties are our 1930s Hobos. Unfortunately, they too are creating a new infrastructure. My generation created one partly for an artistic statement. Many in this generation are creating a new counter cultural out of economic survival. The crusties are not the only segment in this generation. The crusties are a very small minority, but they do represent the new economic necessity being expressed in the new counter cultures. These kids seem to be wonderfully informed by the internet with a cultural pastiche of many sounds and images. Many listen to Ambient Electronica and sit on the floor for shows, rather than the slam dance pits of my generation. Many are unemployed, exploring alternatives like taking over old warehouses or setting community gardens. I have even seen one young multiracial group in Woonsocket, RI set up free fest where people bring things to give away, rather than having a yard sale. I love this new generation. I pray that their new counter culture has many more of the seeds for new democracies. Much thanks to Mark Naison. --- A Luta Continua, Will C (Providence) --- Re: Wall Street Occupations and Global Counterculture From: Suzanne Ross It's funny to read Mark Naison's comments just after I returned a few hours ago from Liberty Plaza's Occupy Wall Street with my 9 year old granddaughter. Soon after we got there, my granddaughter said "This looks like Woodstock". She's visited the Woodstock Museum many times and so has a graphic impression of it. As I thought about it, it did resemble Woodstock, especially since it was raining. But it was, as Mark noted, much more international. I met young people from all over the world in my one hour stay there. Also, the publication The Occupied Wall Street Journal is much more political than the Woodstock messages were. Yes, counterculture, but seemingly a bit more strategic in its focus though I agree that counterculture can provide the environment for political and strategic developments. Thanks, Mark. ===== 22222 Re: Fed Up with Wall Street I like the sentiments in this; It's about time someone make some noise around an issue that has a effect on us all. Who among us, that isn't rich, do not want to see change. Being both a civil rights and human rights activist, I for one am glad someone has the backbone to stand up for the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness..."Direct Action Now." I hope that this action be the start of some radically great. Frankye Johnson --- Re: Occupy Wall Street - Debating Strategies for Social Change From: David Worley As my friend Lynn Y remarked when we visited the encampment last week, this protest needs a focus in the form of a simple demand or maybe two at most. She suggested demanding that the big banks chip in some fraction of a percent of their obscene profits this year to jump start a massive public works jobs program. Or perhaps, demand restoration of meaningful regulation (Sarbanes-Oxley style) of the financial "service" institutions. Or even just demand that they stop blocking legislation to tax hedge fund profits like regular income. Right now this is just a beautiful publicity stunt, but it could get much bigger if it had some teeth. --- The carping, caviling, snarking, critiquing, and negative theorizing that so many established liberal and Left groups and people have emitted since they found out about the Occupation have been most impressive. They remind me a lot of the 1960s when the Old Left treated the New Left and the Hippies that way. Maybe that's where the current crop of carpers learned the practice. They seem to have learned it well. Fortunately it seems the movement, or whatever it is, doesn't need them. Gordon Fitch --- Re: Follow No Leaders They smell bad? They wear odd clothes? They're just acting out? They should not be taken seriously? Their offices are always "shabby." I remember that from 1967, when I was a leader of Stop the Draft Week. I don't remember what deodorant I was wearing. But we stopped the military draft. Terence Cannon ===== 33333 Re: The Origins of Occupy Wall Street Explained From: Bill Benet While this is a good interview, here is a link to a more in- depth piece (which acknowledges the Adbusters call) but which puts that call within the context of a longer mobilization. I cannot verify the reality of either posting but they do seem to mesh. http://ampedstatus.org/a-report-from-the-frontlines-the-long-road-to-occupywallstreet-and-the-origins-of-the-99-movement/ ===== 44444 Re: Koch brothers in the Dock Over Trades with Iran From: M. Breslin The more light shining on the Koch brothers is all the better for the United States of America and our Citizens. Thanks. ===== 55555 Re: The Dead Begin to Speak Up in India From: Sue Lambert While I admire and love Arundhati Roy, I am perplexed why someone with such knowledge and wisdom would contend that India is the "largest democracy" - this would mean that the vast majority (as opposed to something less) are literate, not illiterate as is the case. When vast numbers cannot fill out the election ballot - what kind of democracy is this? An elitist one, I say. ===== 66666 Re: We Are the 99%: Protests Against Wall Street Spread From: Laurel Macdowell Well it is about time! May the protest live and grow and make people think! After 30 or more years of neo- conservatism, it is time for a change to a fairer, more democratic and more sustainable society. Now you need citizens to go and talk to their politicians in Congress so they don't think these protests are a blip. And then you need candidates in Nov. that represent the values of the protesters. Time to turn it around. ===== 77777 Wall Street Occupied Sprawled, ample backsides on damp concrete, serious teachers scribble red-ink comment down the weary margins of homework, giving praise or encouragement, a checkmark, the letter grade that causes a student's stomach to sink or swim, working on the weekend in topsy-turvy times, pleading for their jobs. They've come from Jersey City, Brooklyn, the Bronx, street smart, accredited, knowing 1984 IS NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL. They are fighting City Hall and the Governors in Trenton and Albany, the vice-principals in charge of bondage and discipline, budget-cutters who believe number two pencils are the wave of the future and must be rationed to prevent printed vandalism in the boys' bathrooms. This is Wall Street occupied by maniacs who haven't abandoned hope for the young, the gray-headed high school algebra expert reassigned by a clever administrator to teach pre-kindergarten classes so maybe she'll feel so demeaned or bitter she'll surrender and quit and be replaced by a less adroit but cheaper version so the dollar saved is a dollar unearned; only the students will notice a difference. A scraggily, black-bearded man is singing an anthem of hope while holding a sign written on a scrap of cardboard torn off a box: BANK OF AMERICA MAKING AMERICA HOMELESS ONE CHILD AT A TIME Someone starts drumming a bongo, a familiar tune rises, yes, and a hundred voices lift the melody softly, humming through the unsingable parts of the lyrical war cry to the land of the free-repeat, land of the free-FREE, FREE! Even patrolman Miele, armed with pistol, whistle, black baton, who tells me his worries that the young will run amok through Liberty Square, reveals a personal, tentative smile at the outlaws who terrify politicians with our national anthem. Amidst their soiled clothing, scruffy hair, no whiff of alcohol, tobacco, no drift of weed yields that stupefying buzz of the old-time protests, no distractions, no drama descends beyond the sheer reality of hope. Wall Street, home of the Brooks Brothers' fictional individual claiming constitutional rights to political purchase, is no random target. The only words these corporations know, reports the Occupied Wall Street Journal, is more. Reversing Jefferson's self-evident truths, life liberty pursuit of happiness I AM A HUMAN BEING NOT A COMMODITY a woman's placard announces. They are disemboweling every last social service funded by the taxpayers. IGNORE ME/GO SHOPPING/ GREED KILLS.because they want that money themselves. 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- "University of Chicago Repeatedly Censors Student Facebook Posts," March 24, 2010: For the second time in two years, the University of Chicago has censored a student's post on a private Facebook page. Undergraduate Joseph "Tex" Dozier posted a joke that he had had a dream about assassinating University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer "for a secret Israeli organization." Mearsheimer is co-author of the controversial book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. This post prompted an investigator from the university's police department to question Dozier about his political views, suggest that he would investigate Dozier's comments on his university radio show, and demand that Dozier remove the post or else have the post reported to Mearsheimer, one of his professors. Dozier came to FIRE for help.
- "FIRE Letter to University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer," March 2, 2010
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Are there any albums out currently on RBN or plan on coming out? I know of Yours As Fast As Mine and You Are Underwater by The Main Drag, and I heard a rumor of DIary by Sunny Day Real Estate. Any others?
Are there any albums out currently on RBN or plan on coming out? I know of Yours As Fast As Mine and You Are Underwater by The Main Drag, and I heard a rumor of DIary by Sunny Day Real Estate. Any others?
Not yet.
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Amberian Dawn confirmed that they will be releasing their discography to RBN.
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"And onward now, and on forever, all great things to come"
Amberian Dawn's full discography was announced to be released on RBN but it isn't out yet obviously.
EDIT: Ninja'd.
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This is my blog, I review stuff sometimes, check it out maybe?
Main Drag is putting 2 full albums up there from the looks of it.
1350+ Songs
The Fire Violets , C.J. Ramones Bad Chopper project, Mike Orlandos Sonic Stomps 1 and 2,and Marc Rizzos newest cd are all going to be released eventually.
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Working with James William Roy (Rock Band 'Zine interview here!), we're sort of working on it in reverse: the songs that I'm producing and rearranging from his demos and previous releases to hit RBN will also be going on a new album!
In fact, in the meantime we're considering pressing a 7" single with our current RBN tracks, "Paper Valentines" and "Shiny Dark Bar". It's interesting in that by reworking them to be more fun in RB also made them better songs in general. Gotta love that.
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I will be releasing every song I ever record on RBN so
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For years, scholars of the ancient world wondered what became of this group. Theories citing the Mummies' involvement in historical events from the Siege of Troy to the sacking of Rome, the fall of Pompeii and the sinking of Atlantis were initially scoffed at and dismissed as parlor quackery. However, in 1922, at a dig in the desert south of Tunis, Professor Nigel Quentin Fontenelle Dumblucke IV unearthed the ruins of an ancient discotheque and found a dozen stank-ass fonky mummies still all up in the act of rockin' tha hizouse.
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And now they're coming to rockband game with a funk so strong, it's gonna make all the cats explode. Strap in.
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^ AWESOME add, Ron.
Everybody, check these guys out....full-brass funk, absolutely impeccable stylings. (And funny as hell, too.) If you dig 70s big-band funk, ska, salsa --- anything with a lot of brass to it -- this is a must-have for your collection.
There's not much in the way of previews for "Ugly," but here's a sampling of Here Come The Mummies to whet your appetite (yum, mummies):
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Also, cleaning up the first page a bit.
From here on, I'm going to try to keep the list current to the week....in other words, using every Monday as a jumping-off point, I'll "retire" last week's new updates....not *removing* them (I won't do that except for songs that have been fully approved by Peer Review, or for songs that have been withdrawn by the author/artist themselves), but just changing them from "green" (brand new update) status to "white" (song still pending).
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Was Creed only a rumor? I thought "Higher" was on it's way? Do we have any Creed news as far as RBN? Just asking because I seen that 1 article and have heard nothing since and they are not on your list.
It's only oversaturation if you have to switch discs.
Where's.. Tesla, Zeppelin, Gallagher, Floyd?
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Yeah, that stems from the big foofaraw we had in the first 12 pages or so over kingtonyx's now-deceased Songs for Playtesting Thread....
I originally took Creed and several other songs off *this* list when they showed up in Tony's list....in other words, as songs went into actual Playtesting, they were no longer "prospective," so I took them off this list.
For the most part, the songs that are missing have already made it past Peer Review and are now already in the RBN Store. Creed is apparently still stuck in the playtesting loop, for all I know (I don't have an XNA account, and now have no way of knowing which songs are actually in playtesting anymore.)
So....sorry 'bout Creed, and whoever else is missing. If Tony or anyone with an XNA account wants to update me on which bands/songs in particular, I'll be glad to put them back onto the "Prospective" roster, if you'd like.
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[ed note: we will be posting rosters as they are submitted by teams]VANCOUVER - The 2012 BC Sevens Series gets underway at Connaught Park in Kitsilano on Saturday when 17 senior teams contest for divisional titles at the Vancouver Rugby Sevens. Hosted by Meraloma Rugby Club, the Vancouver event is the first of three official stops on this year's circuit where club teams will look to accrue points towards a provincial championship. Series tournaments also include the Burnaby Lake Lighthouse Sevens on July 7th and the Abbotsford Rugby Sevens on July 28th. BC Rugby senior club teams competing in the Men's Elite and Women's Elite Divisions will be eligible for series points. The popularity of seven-a-side rugby is on the rise in North America - due in large part to the recent inclusion of the sport in the 2016 Olympics. British Columbia is looking to further the popularity of the abbreviated, high-tempo version of the sport by holding the annual series and increasing participation at the club level. This will be the third annual edition of the BC Sevens Series. Tournament Information Vancouver Rugby Sevens at Connaught Park (2390 West 10th Ave, Vancouver)Saturday, June 16th, 2012Men's Social: 9:00am startWomen's Elite: 10:30am startMen's Elite: 1:30pm startFull Schedule (pdf) --Men's Elite - Spray Cup The Elite Men's division sides will be battling for the historic Spray Cup on Saturday, a trophy first presented in 1953 to the Senior Sevens Champion. The trophy was competed for on a yearly basis until the 1978 season and was revived again from 1987 to 1996. The trophy was named after BCRU Hall of Fame inductee Robert Spray, an iconic member of the Canadian and British Columbian rugby communities.Men's club sides competing for series points on Saturday include defending series champions Burnaby Lake Rugby Club as well as Meraloma Rugby Club, Abbotsford RFC, Seattle RFC and Bayside Athletic Association. Also contesting for the Vancouver Rugby Sevens title in the Men's Elite competition are USA Super League side Old Puget Sound Beach (OPSB) and representative side Youngbucks, neither of which will be eligible for series points. Burnaby appear to be in top form having won last week's Buccaneer Sevens in Esquimalt, going undefeated and eventually beating Victoria-based side South Seas Connection in the Cup Final.Schedule:1.50 OPSB vs Lomas2.10 Bayside vs Abby3.10 Burnaby vs Lomas3.30 Youngbucks vs Seattle3.50 Women's Final4.10 OPSB vs Bayside4.30 Burnaby vs Youngbucks4.50 Lomas vs Abby5.10 Youngbucks vs Seattle5.40 OPSB vs Abby6.00 Lomas vs Bayside6.20 Burnaby vs Seattle6.40 Men's Elite Semifinal 1 (A1 vs B2)7.00 Men's Elite Semifinal 2 (B1 vs A2)7.40 Men's Elite FinalAbbotsford Roster: Graeme MacRury, Brian Chin, Trent Borke, Dave Prins, Chris Chalmers, Max Shears, Mike Wilson, Bryce Hewko, Darwin Guevara, Konrad Rybkowski, Jordan Tait-Comas, Ryan MarchBayside Roster: Isimeli Sigarua, Josua Arei, Pita Bainivalu Rakaucoka, Lawrence Iklakh, Peter Clifford, Samuela Raiwalui, Jone Muloilagi, Manasa Lutumailagi, Josefa Bukarua, Isikeli Daunibau, Kelepi Gucake, Viliame VerebasagaBurnaby Lake Roster: Seveci Duruloka, Admir Cejvanovic, Rain De Guzman, Iokimi Vunijturaga, Joe Dolesau, Vilitati Galivia, Brendan Fairs, Paul Murphy, Scott Breadon, Barry Bonell, Esava NakulanisaYoungbucks Roster:Jon Hill, Matt Law, Benz Henrikson, Kol Henrikson, Nick Waggott, James Macdonald, Will Douglas, Ben Thompson, Adam Timler, Cody Buchamer, Eric Hunter-James, Tom McKeen--Women's EliteReigning BC Series champions Burnaby Lake will kick off their title defence in a four-team tournament competing against hosts Meraloma Rugby Club, Fraser Valley club Abbotsford RFC and Washington-based Emerald City Mudhens. Burnaby won last year's Vancouver Rugby Sevens event, defeating the Mudhens 27-10 in the Cup Final.
Schedule: 11.20 Burnaby - W vs Abby - W11.40 Lomas - W vs Mudhens - W12.50 Lomas - W vs Abby - W1.10 Burnaby - W vs Mudhens- W2.30 Lomas - W vs Burnaby - W2.50 Abby - W vs Mudhens - W3.50 Women's FinalAbbotsford Roster: Jen Drenka., Elyssa Phillipson, Meghan Pauls, Yuka Kabota, Sonya Foulds, Annie Arrnott, Flow Feraru, Jerusha Dunsmore, Cat Ohler, Kehla Guimond, Katie Siemmens, Shannon CraigBurnaby Lake Roster: Brandon Mattin, Desiree Noger, Kathleen Grudzinski, Nancy Radman, Alya Govorchin, Angel Santos, Kevenza Murphy, Kyra Groll, Genevieve GrattonMeraloma Roster:Marie Boyer, Angela Dewerdt, Rebecca Haber, Sara Hernandez, Kim Hume, Ciara Malone, Janis McKell, Jess Neilson, Erika Sutherland, Erika Tuomi, Sophia Zubrycky--Men's SocialThe men's social event will feature teams from both the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island and include; Rowers, Youngbucks, Victoria-based Untouchables, Meralomas, Shockers and Chilliwack. Schedule9.00 Chilliwack vs Youngbucks9.20 Lomas vs Shockers9.40 Rowers vs Untouchables - Vic10.00 Shockers vs Youngbucks10.20 Rowers vs Chilliwack10.40 Youngbucks vs Lomas11.00 Shockers vs Untouchables - Vic12.00 Untouchables - Vic vs Chilliwack12.20 Lomas vs Rowers1.30 Men's Social FinalChilliwack RosterGord Byers, Loz Davies, Lance Davison, Beck Foreman, Jack Redmond-Fleming, Casey Hensrud, Johan Lebeau-Ford, Greg Palin Josh Poehlke, Kelsey Thiessen"The Shockers" Roster: Dimitri Bonnis, Matt Chan, Paul Chauvel, Peter Chauvel, Harjun Gill, Caleb Hansen, Alex Mascott, Buck Payne, James Pitblado, David TurnerYoungbucks Roster:Garrett Garbe, Dimitri Gotsopoulos, Garner Lea, Spiro Gotsopoulos, Tristan Slade, Joey Pavone, James Greenfield, Andrew Hamilton, Jacob Ikeda, Josh Sendler, Ryan Mills , Simon MacdonaldVancouver Sevens sponsorsThe Vancouver Rugby Sevens organizing committee would like to thank tournament sponsors Lionheart Sports, Granville Island, Chronic Tacos, Ceili's and SponsorWell. Tournament partners include BC Rugby, Vancouver Rugby Union, Meraloma Rugby Club, UBC Old Boys RFC, and Vancouver Rowing Club. The Vancouver Rugby Sevens long term goal is to promote and develop sevens from age grade through to senior levels with an emphasis of international and grass roots involvement. For more information on the BC Rugby Sevens Series visit www.bcrugby7s.com-30-


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