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Often, we don't realize we miss infectious diseases until we have invasive species that become pests without their natural enemies. Parasites act like thermostats - when a species becomes abundant it is more susceptible to infectious diseases. The disease acts like a safety valve, keeping populations in check.

Kevin Lafferty

Our Legislature should be dealing with unemployment and dealing with the state budget problems. They should not be talking about the state bird and all these other things have little interest to people out of work and dialing down their thermostats to deal with high heating costs.

Joseph Lukasiewicz

Our newer schools have thermostats in classrooms that teachers can control, but they don't go lower than 68 or higher than 70.

Jeanann Paddyfote

When gas prices go up, people turn their thermostats down. The higher prices affect us, too. It's been a hard winter on us financially.

Lynn Anderson

We have reduced thermostats and instructed the teachers to close the blinds at the end of the day in order to preserve as much heat as possible. We also have worked to reduce heat loss by working with Bill McMinn [manager of facilities] to install weather stripping around the doors and the buildings.

Becky Coffey

I'd like to know how many people are doing without the things many of us consider luxuries. It'd be interesting to see what recipients set their thermostats on.

David Keating

I think it will cause people to continue to turn down their thermostats, check with our energy advisers and try to figure out how to use less kilowatts.

David Hay

Unless you set thermostats lower, consumption should be close to normal.

Jim Laver