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Posted 08.24.09 |
Andrew Bernheimer
An Open Letter to Nicolai Ouroussoff
"Nighttime in New York, 2106," Architectural Research Office, 2007
I would like to challenge
The New York Times
' architecture critic's assertion in his article of August 24th, 2009 ("
As Heroes Disappear, the City Needs More
") that Los Angeles has fostered two generations of architects "that has no real equivalent in New York." While I agree with Nicolai Ouroussoff's ultimate conclusion that "real change will first demand a radical shift in our cultural priorities", it would behoove Mr. Ouroussoff, who waxes nostalgically about the 70s-era influence of the "
New York Five
," to explore the halls of academia on the eastern seaboard and to grab a Metrocard and visit the architectural studios that are energetically creating new work in our diverse city.
If he does engage in this search, he will find that Gotham isn't nearly as barren of the "heroes" he seeks. He would find practices and their principals exerting great influence over the current generation of architects and even more sway upon the students of the next generation.
He would meet
Alexander Gorlin
, whose
Nehemiah Housing in East New York
is responsible — in every sense of that word. He would find that the three partners of
are all deeply revered teachers (Paul Lewis is the Director of Graduate Studies at
, Marc Tsurumaki teaches at
, and David Lewis is the former Director of
' graduate program), respected theorists, and accomplished builders, whose reach extends far beyond just this city.
He would speak with David Leven and Stella Betts of
Leven Betts Studio
, who are also ensconced in the academy while running a much-honored practice (Leven has inherited the graduate program at Parsons from David Lewis). He would meet Adam Yarinsky and Stephen Cassell of
Architecture Research Office
who, besides regularly teaching and building prominent public work such as the
Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square
, have devoted office resources to complete essential work in collaboration with the brilliant structural engineer
Guy Nordenson
. Their vital research on how
climate change may affect New York City
was completed through a Latrobe Prize grant and must be taken seriously.
And Mr. Ouroussoff would find countless other studios and offices (
Lyn Rice Architects
Leroy Street Studio/Hester Street Collaborative
, and more than I can name here) run by architects, young (and in some cases significantly younger than the accomplished Angelenos he mentions) men and women, all of whom have had broad influence within and outside the profession. Most of these practices and the people who run them, including our own, have devoted themselves to a dual act of responsibly progressive design: teaching and building. They have already had (even though considered mere youngsters in a profession that rewards age and patience) an impact on local and more far-flung colleagues and students, on this generation and future generations of architects, and on New York City itself.
There can be no greater influence on the future of our city and on the built environment than to inspire others to make better and more responsible architecture. The work and teachings of many of my colleagues is mostly lacking in self-promotion but overflowing with substance. This is what makes them influential and, at times, heroic. But it is also, perhaps, what makes them far less visible to Mr. Ouroussoff. He should be looking more closely.
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Yeah Andy!!! And I would add that "heroes" are not really what the profession and the public need. Thoughtful and responsible architects are the real heroes.
Andrus Burr
08.25.09 at 11:01
I agree whole-heartedly with Mr. Bernheimer. I think attention to the stars in our system detracts from the more important and consistent architecture produced by the many, often struggling firms that make up the backbone of the design community. And many were contemporaries of the "NY Five". I was a personal witness to the contributions of Bernard Rothzeid, recently deceased, founding principal of RKT&B, who set aside ego, glorification and often monetary gain, to produce an endless stream of indigenous, well designed populous projects; housing, healthcare, theaters and schools throughout the city for more than 40 years. Another unsung NY hero.
Carl Kaiserman
08.25.09 at 11:49
I agree with Andrus. The last thing New York needs is heros of the old-school variety. Much of what the 'heros' contributed did great harm to the cityscape. I'm thinking in particular of the glass tower by Gwathmey at Cooper Square.
Michael Cannell
08.25.09 at 11:50
Nicolai's argument, to me, is rooted in object- versus fabric-oriented architecture. By virtue of their respective contexts, a lot of LA architecture is the former and NYC's buildings are the latter. So no wonder the NYTimes critic does not find a "real equivalent" in the dense urban fabric of Manhattan or the other boroughs. Della Valle Bernheimer's Just Green Housing project -- architects LTL, ARO and BriggsKnowles took part in their masterplan for the affordable housing in East New York, Brooklyn -- embodies this split and the comments mentioned above about responsible architects and architecture.
08.25.09 at 12:36
For "heros" I would substitute "role models"; the person, the work, the effect on locale and profession.
Leni Schwendinger
08.25.09 at 12:41
As previous comments and Bernheimer suggest, there are many prolific and engaged archiheroes in New York City. Ouroussoff can be faulted for a lack of initiative in seeking out the firms that are moving and shaking and educating our future colleagues. His default seems to be to fluff the already fluffed stars; he should remember that the NYTimes *makes* stars. His voice as architecture critic could be sourcing and constructing the stars of tomorrow, instead of reminding us of the stars of yesteryear.
08.25.09 at 12:45
We don't need heroes. We need a culture that values design... and cities that foster design culture.
Leah Ray
08.25.09 at 01:09
Excellent and thoughtful commentary, Andrew!
I for one am very excited about the younger architects in the field (some of them are a little older than I am (42) - it's true that architecture is a slow profession). I'm especially excited to see firms like SHoP and ARO take on the processes of construction in their work - adding a level of complexity and thus deeper understanding of the practice of architecture, in an area that many "heroes" seem to want to avoid.
Donna Sink
08.25.09 at 02:22
Agreed, and Ouroussoff even alludes to the basis of the problem in his article: the New York Five was CREATED by the MoMA and press. They weren't uniform in ideas, methodology, or practice, but were brought together and labeled by a third party. The LA scene, too, was brought together by the media and various cultural institutions. If there is no conveniently packaged group that is analogous to the New York Five (arbitrary as it was, anyway), it is only the fault of currently practicing critics and curators. Not that these labels are necessary or useful, but assuming that Ouroussoff believes what he's saying, he only has himself to blame.
Jaffer Kolb
08.25.09 at 04:01
What I found so perverse about Ouroussoff's piece (aside from the fact that he didn't seem to know the names of any younger NYC architects) was the idea that the work of the Whites could be a model for recession-challenged architects today. Is the way forward for architecture really through formal investigation, and not (as this site and others have suggested) through greater alignment of social, environmental, and intellectual goals with design? I agree with him that there are parallels between the 70s and the present, a time out could help the profession change and grow, but there's a big leap between "cosmopolitanism" and the return of 1000 axonometrics (or whatever the digital equivalent would be).
Alexandra Lange
08.25.09 at 07:15
I agree with everything in this response. And if Ourousoff really opened his eyes, not only would he find all those mentioned, but he would also discover that New York has become the center of contemporary classicism in architecture, with a large number of talented architects and urbanists working, teaching, writing, and advocating.
Christine Franck
08.25.09 at 10:00
I always found Herbert Muschamp to be unpalatable as a critic, but at least he knew his history cold and, like it or not, had a dramatic prose style. Ouroussoff has none of his virtues, and we're stuck with the same formally driven hero worship, but poorly delivered. It's sad to see the paper of record moving toward, at best, irrelevance in the architecture department.
Beyond all the salient points addressed above, I found the conclusion especially irritating. "Real change will first demand a radical shift in our cultural priorities. Politicians will have to embrace the cosmopolitanism that was once the city's core identity." This city is a pretty cosmopolitan place, from the top down, right now. Let me suggest that it's the critic who needs a radical change in priorities.
Mark Lamster
08.25.09 at 10:59
Ourousoff's beloved NY5 worshiped at the alter of the Single Family Home on Detached Lot, the fetish uber-sprawl maker par none, and helped guide the era of monster-bloated modernist homes (case study on steriods! pumped! 10,000sf is a tear down!) and thus owed a real debt to the wrong coast - his was a particularly sad editorial coming on the heals of his gauzy but almost sentient review of Zaha's central park form-pig marketing gizmo: for a minute there, he lost himself.
Too bad. Density in human settlements is really the only hope this globes' exploding population has, and NYC's daily churning of its physical plant at the hands of all it's design professionals, in service of one of the densest and most polyglot populations on the planet, blows away in every true architectural sense the porn-home collection of saggy tanned-boomer bmw convertible wealth that is LA.
Sounds like Nick should move to Laurel Canyon, get a prius and a tear down, and commence the consumptive life of psychotic exceptionalism that is Southern California - he can f*ck all the stars he wants and continue to phone in his work. SD
08.25.09 at 11:35
No matter how to try to cover it up with your name dropping, good buildings are very rarely built in New York City.
New York City is dead architecturally. All the top New York City firms do design good buildings, but are they actually BUILT in New York? No. They are built in more innovative areas of the country not a backwards ass city like New York where all we get are lame ugly cheap boxes.
And yes, California is one of the many places where innovative and beautiful buildings have been churned out by talented New York architecture.
New York City is living in the past. Nothing in the city can be tall, nothing can be innovative, everything has to be "in context" or it's not welcome. Look at nice buildings like the Cooper Union that has you guys up in arms.
NYC is dead.
08.26.09 at 12:41
Excuse me, I meant more innovative areas of the WORLD like Asia not the country.
All the amazing buildings coming out of Asia put new New York City "architecture" to shame.
08.26.09 at 12:43
While I do not disagree with mr. bernheimer that there are firms based in new york doing challenging design work, it is sad to me that both he and some of the commenters here cannot seem to even acknowledge that the design firms mentioned in mr. ouroussoff's piece (and many many others in California) are doing outstanding work and contributing to the architectural profession, both through practice and academia. Perhaps it would further the profession, which is often maligned, if we put aside our territorial biases and collaborated on building up a profession that is chronically misunderstood.
08.26.09 at 01:48
I wrote this piece in response to Mr. Ouroussoff's charges towards the architectural community of NYC. There is no judgment by exclusion, and it is true that the firms that he mentions are, without a doubt, doing exemplary work that I admire greatly. There are also countless other firms doing brilliant things in the south, midwest, pacific northwest, northern California, etc., but that was not the focus of his column in the Times nor my response.
More importantly and regionally appropriate, how does Mr. Ouroussoff pen that column and not acknowledge the influences of Diller, Scofidio, and Renfro, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, or Steven Holl, to name but a few?
Andrew Bernheimer
08.26.09 at 03:41
is there any kind of identifiable force as a result of these talented NY architects doing "challenging work" in the same region at the same time? some kind of last influence that can transform the profession? Seems like thats what is lacking in NYC -- a movement.
08.26.09 at 04:07
One of the most unforgivable displays in recent memory were the 'dream teams' assembled by the New York Times which were intended, ostensibly, to offer 'alternative' visions for ground zero.
This knee-jerk hero worship showed a lack of understanding then, as it does now. The real heroes are those that continue to work, support and inspire during the hard times - in addition to those mentioned by Mr. Bernheimer, think established mentors like Jim Polshek.
We don't need no NY5! It has taken nearly three decades to get past these guys. Like the comment above, I'm also thinking in particular of the glass tower at Cooper Square. Unforgiveable! Unheroic!
Craig Mutter
08.27.09 at 11:10
Hey, our boxes may be lame, and they may be ugly, but they are by no means cheap!
And of course they can't be tall anymore: sure, you have thousands of people living within a few blocks of the BofA tower, one of the tallest in the world, actually conducting their lives without concern about this tower and without CARS, but nevermind that - apparently, when its common-place to build 50-story buildings (as this city does on a regular basis) you "can't build tall anymore". Puh-lese.
Look, its simple: in strictly architectural terms, as a created and continuously re-created environment for dense human habitation, there are few places in the world that compare to NYC. As other have noted, there is great work being designed here, and contrary to some suggestions, there is great work being built here - to not see that is to be blind and unimaginative.
It was Michael Grave's utter sh*t architecture, foisted stucco turds surrounded by parking, dropped like some faux-gay roman joke amid the inferiority-complexed exurbs of the USA (not unlike much of the NY5 spew) got me interested in the practice: he must, like Kenny G, be stopped.
The firms in LA are unquestionably doing some interesting work, as are many firms in NYC (and elsewhere in the country) but to deny NYC's pre-eminance as an architetural environment, as place where the scale of the human squarely meets the scale of heroic everywhere, all the time, and without effort, well thats just stoopid.
Fortunately, there's help: go downtown; have a couple beers at the Blarney Stone on Trinity Place; and walk it off as far north as your feet can go, dropping into places as needed for fortification.
If being able to walk 200 blocks while keeping a nice buzz, surrounded by millions of people, and knowing there's places all over to duck into if you need cool air, something to eat, or a train ride isn't the best architectural environment that's ever been created, well, its time to get out of Gotham so you can focus on designing those McMansion/Modern/Shingle Style dream homes your wealthy clients have always dreamed of.
08.27.09 at 09:34
I'm as big a fan of ARO as the next guy, but their profile is extraordinarily thin, relative to the NY5. Maybe Holl could so a little more for his former charges the way Johnson did? And one could pick apart this list -- after all, we skipped a whole generation (where is Smith-Miller Hawkinson? 1100 Architect?) here. The problem with architecture criticism for such a broad audience (and the Times is a broad audience for the arts) is that you can't really paint narratives unless they are larger than life. And ARO isn't, which is a damn shame. Maybe DO could help along that road a bit now?
miss representation
08.27.09 at 11:10
It seems all the New Yawkers have their panties in a twist. When Ousouroff was in LA he only wrote about Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas and how great everything was outside of LA. Now he has a better editor, his pieces are far more coherent, but he is finally writing the articles he did not write in LA. In the land of sunshine many are glad to see him finally shining up to what is pretty obvious; New York "Architecture" is mostly unmemorable though it is hard not to have great memories of the City itself.
Joe Angelo
08.28.09 at 01:55
Andrew, thank you for responding to Mr. Ousouroff; I agree with yours and Mark Lamster's assessment whole heartedly. Yet perhaps Mr. Ousouroff irritating piece serves a good purpose: it allow us to see ourselves with the solidarity of an ascending community! Could this be the time and place when architects come together to become a stronger whole, rather than merely puppeteer singular heroes?
Galia Solomonoff
08.28.09 at 11:06
Unlike the rest of the NY5, John Hejduk's encouragement to "build less" was the radical position most fame seekers ignored. Dean Hejduk imagined a world where architects aren't the impotent professionals they have become..... licking at the boots of developers and critics.
Morphosis' building at Cooper in nothing more than a developer building hidden behind punched metal screens with a twisting atrium that would make a SciArc second year student project complete.
Hedjuk would cry if he had lived see the damage done to Cooper Square and his beloved school.
08.28.09 at 06:26
I hate to be a lone point of dissent here, but Mr. Ouroussoff makes some good points. Doesn't anyone think he may be PARTIALLY correct here?
Tyler Dockery | Dockery Design
10.18.09 at 01:19
A very interesting read. Some really interesting and heart-felt points.
I sat here and tried to think of the first bit of interesting architecture in NYC that has been done of late. The first thing I thought of was the clock at Union Square. And then I thought of Richard Meier's apartment building on the west side. I don't particularly care for Gehry's new building . . . .
While I appreciate Mr. Bernheimer's passion and cited references (which I will look up) -- shouldn't the work speak for itself?
Lest we all forget - the last 8 or so years were boom town years for building and look what went up. I think it would be unintelligent to ignore Nicolai's article in whole.
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Bush school expands Middle Eastern studies
Published: Sunday, October 14, 2012
Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012 02:10
Texas A&M's George Bush School of Government and Public Service will expand the study of the Middle East over the next four years, primarily from a regional security perspective.
In July, the Levant Foundation of Houston donated $1 million to establish a research endowment, fellowship and professorship at the Bush School.
"This has been an important decision for us because [the program] is not so much an area studies program as it is a focus on security issues," Samuel Kirkpatrick, executive associate for academic affairs and management at the Bush School, said. "Our focus is always going to be, because of President Bush's tradition, on national security, on international security and on relationships between countries."
As part of the Bush School's efforts to strengthen Middle East studies, Mohammed Tabaar, professor of International Politics of the Middle East, joined the faculty this fall.
Tabaar was born and raised in Iran and has a Ph.D. in comparative politics and international relations from Georgetown University. While earning his Ph.D., Tabaar was also a journalist for the BBC World Service and a professor at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
"In my course, I focus on the history and culture, but not at the expense of politics of the region," Tabaar said. "We focus a lot on what is happening now and try to arm students with some theoretical framework to apply various political science theories to the region."
Nour Hamed, an international student from Iraq studying in the master's program in international affairs, said Tabaar is a valuable asset to the Bush School.
"In his international politics of the middle east class, students engage in objective discussions on a wide range of important topics," she said. "I think it is important for the school to expand its program on the Middle East, given the region's critical importance to U.S. national interests as well as the increasing instability in that part of the world."
The first piece of the grant given to the Bush School is the Jamal Daniel Middle East Research Endowment that will support research and professional development of both faculty and students focused on contemporary, public and international affairs of the Middle East. In the second year, the Jamal Daniel Faculty Fellowship will support faculty members' teaching, research, service or any combination related to the Middle East. The third and largest amount of $500,000 will support the Jamal Daniel Professorship to fund a senior faculty member's research, teaching or service activities.
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Koreshan State Historic Site
3800 Corkscrew Road, Estero, FL
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park
11135 Gulf Shore Drive North, Naples
Collier-Seminole State Park
17 miles south of Naples on U.S. 41 East, Naples
Lovers Key State Park
8700 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach, FL
TALLAHASSEE — Update:
The new park entrance fees are expected to raise approximately $7.2 million, Park Service spokeswoman Jessica Kemper wrote in an e-mail late Monday.
She wrote that all state park revenue, including entrance fees, are deposited into one system-wide account, the state park trust fund. Individual parks will not keep revenues from their park for new projects, she wrote.
Enjoying the Great Outdoors at one of Southwest Florida's state parks is about to get pricier.
The Florida Park Service announced Monday that entrance fees, starting July 1, will increase between $1 and $3 to cover increasing costs of keeping the state's 160 parks open.
Almost half of the $81 million Florida spends to operate its parks comes from entrance and usage fees, such as camping or canoe and kayak rentals.
The fee increase is the first fee change for the Florida Park Service in five years, according to the park service.
In a statement Monday, Park Service Director Mike Bullock said the fees still are affordable.
The largest fee increase, from $5 to $8, will hit Lovers Key State Park in Bonita Springs. That park attracts more than 800,000 visitors per year, according to the park's figures.
Some visitors to the park Monday were not happy to hear about the $3 increase.
"I don't understand why they need to raise the prices. It seems a bit excessive," said David Kavanagh, a Cape Coral resident. "If it continues to go up, it might affect how often I visit the parks."
"That's a bummer," said Sue Bowers, a Dallas resident who frequently visits Southwest Florida. ".... We might not plan to come here just for the sunset but plan a long day if we had to pay too much more."
Her husband Marc Bowers, however, didn't have a problem with the increase.
"I think it's fine," Marc Bowers said. "As long as they are using it to make improvements, that's fine with me."
The president of Friends of Lovers Key State Park, a nonprofit support group for the park, called the jump a "reasonable increase."
"Everyone thinks it's a super park and a great value for the money," President Don Brown said.
"There's just not a lot of money to do the things that need to be done there," he said.
Other Southwest Florida state parks that will charge increased fees starting July 1 are Collier-Seminole State Park and Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park in Collier County and Koreshan State Historic Site in Estero.
The fees apply to vehicles with up to eight people. A $3 fee applies to vehicles with just a driver, according to the Park Service Web site.
The fee increases were determined by the number of visitors that visit each park every year, Florida Park Service spokeswoman Jessica Kemper said.
Parks with fewer than 125,000 visitors will see increases from $4 to $5, including Collier-Seminole and the Koreshan historic site.
An increase from $5 to $6 will apply to parks, such as Delnor-Wiggins, with between 125,000 and 500,000 visitors.
Delnor-Wiggins park saw its visitor numbers drop below 500,000 after Collier County opened its parking garage at Vanderbilt Beach, but the numbers are back around the half-million mark, park manager Robert Steiger said.
Parks with more than 500,000 visitors will see their fees increase from $5 to $8, according to the new park service fee schedule.
"The more people, the more it costs to operate," Kemper said.
The Florida Park Service's annual operating budget was $79.7 million in budget year 2007-08 and $78 million in 2008-09.
The $81.1 million budget the state Legislature approved for next budget year reflects the higher fees, Kemper said.
The Florida Park Service counted a record-breaking 20.7 million visitors in 2007-08 and is on track to break that record this year, Kemper said.
Park visitors contribute more than $1 billion to Florida's economy and create more than 20,000 jobs, according to the park service.
"I think it's better to raise the fee than to put up another building to make money like a gift shop or cabins or something," said Judy Bikos of Longwood. "As long as they are doing it to preserve the land."
Staff writer Whitney Bryen contributed to this report.
New Fees
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is raising entrance fees and camping fees at state parks. The fees apply to vehicles with up to eight people. Where applicable, camping fees are increasing by an average of $4 per night; cabin rental fees are increasing by an average of $10 per night.
Park - Current fee - New fee
Collier Seminole State Park - $4 - $5
Korehan State Historic Site - $4 - $5
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park - $5 - $6
Lovers Key State Park - $5 - $8
There are no fees at Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park, Estero Bay Preserve State Park, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park or Mound Key Archaeological State Park


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Jun 30, 2011
Creating a Nuclear Power Free Asia Pacific
Members of Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, currently holding their annual general meeting in Seoul, South Korea, have issued a declaration for a nuclear free future.
Several months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, we are beginning to get a sense of the likely long-term impacts.
Radiation has spread across much of the northern hemisphere and parts of the southern hemisphere. Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency estimates the radioactive release at 770,000 terabecquerels in the first week of the crisis. Total radiation releases will probably fall somewhere between 10−40% of those from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Radiation releases have not been stopped and will continue for some months.
The long-term cancer death toll will probably be somewhere between several hundred and several thousand. For comparison, a reasonable estimate of the Chernobyl death toll is 30,000.
Allowable radiation dose limits in Japan have been thrown out the window, both for emergency workers and for the general public.
Estimates of the economic costs of the disaster range from $50 billion to $130 billion − but it wouldn't be surprising if the true costs are considerably greater.
Between 100,000 and 150,000 people cannot return to their homes because of radioactive contamination. Some may be able to return before the end of this year but permanent relocation is a likely outcome for those who lived in the most contaminated regions. Legal and political battles will take decades to play out.
Globally, the nuclear power 'renaissance' has taken a big hit. Germany, Italy and Switzerland have decided to abandon nuclear power in favour of renewable energy sources. Plans to introduce or expand nuclear power in many other countries have taken a big backwards step.
Nuclear power has no part in building a climate-friendly and sustainable future.
A large and growing number of scientific studies have detailed the wide range of energy supply and energy efficiency options that can be deployed to meet energy demand while sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The claim that nuclear power is a necessary or desirable part of the fight against climate change must be rejected. Nuclear power is at most a very partial and problematic response and presents unresolved and unacceptable problems.
Uranium is the first link in the toxic nuclear fuel chain, and is the primary source of radioactive materials used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Many uranium mines have had serious adverse impacts on the environment and the communities that live near them.
Nuclear power plants around the world have already experienced many problems caused by natural and man-made disasters which are likely to become more frequent and more severe as a result of climate change − as seen in Japan. The nuclear industry has been very slow to address these problems. Meanwhile the nuclear power industry continues to survive because of huge taxpayer subsidies.
Hazardous radioactive wastes are generated at every stage of the nuclear fuel cycle. There is not a single permanent repository for spent fuel or high-level nuclear waste anywhere in the world.
In addition to the risk of accidents, nuclear power reactors are vulnerable to disasters from sabotage, terrorism, or the use of conventional forces to attack nuclear facilities during war.
Nuclear power is the one and only energy source with a direct and repeatedly-demonstrated connection to the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Doubling nuclear output by the middle of the century would require the construction of 800-900 reactors to replace most of the existing cohort of reactors and to build as many again. These reactors would produce over one million tonnes of nuclear waste (in the form of spent fuel) containing enough plutonium to build over one million nuclear weapons.
These are some of the very clear reasons why we MUST reject the nuclear industry.
A clean energy future, based primarily on renewable energy and energy efficiency and conservation measures, is viable, safe and affordable.
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific is calling for Government's in our region like Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Australia to transition into nuclear free societies.
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific region will pursue a nuclear free world as a region and in our individual countries.
We urge the citizens of Asian Pacific region to join us in taking action to build a nuclear free world.
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific
Thursday 30 June 2011
Seoul, Korea
Jun 21, 2011
Solidarity for Greenpeace Arctic activists
On Friday 17 June, 2011, Kumi Naidoo, the head of Greenpeace international, and fellow activist Ulvar Arnkvaern, were arrested as he climbed an Arctic oil rig operated by Cairn Energy. He was following in the footsteps of 20 other Greenpeace activists who had gone before him in the past two weeks.
Kumi and Ulvar climbed the oil rig, situated 120 km off Greenland coast line, with the aim of handing over a petition signed by 50,000 people from all over the world demanding Cairn publish their oil spill response plan.
They wanted to personally call on Cairn to leave the Arctic.
Speaking moments prior to his arrest Kumi said:
"I did this because Arctic oil drilling is one of the defining environmental battles of our age. I'm an African but I care deeply about what's happening up here. The rapidly melting cap of Arctic sea ice is a grave warning to all of us."
Friends of the Earth International stands in solidarity with Kumi Naidoo and all the activists arrested during the action. We extend our solidarity to all those who take a stand against against unsustainable practices. We support the right of local communities to reject and resist extractive industry operations that threaten their health and livelihoods.
We challenge the world's governments to redirect their support towards economic alternatives that could take us towards equitable and sustainable societies. At the same time, we call upon people everywhere to think critically and creatively about what they really need to consume and produce.
Find out more about our work on resisting mining, oil and gas.
Jun 20, 2011
Japan earthquake and tsunami appeal update
Just over three months since the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan, our group in the country have been reporting back on how the money you donated has been spent.
Peace Boat would like to express our appreciation for the donation of JPY 938,000 received from Friends of the Earth International for its Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Efforts in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.
The donation has been utilized to support our purchase of mud cleaning equipment for our volunteer Tsunami Mud & Small Debris Clearance initiative. Since March 16, this project has resulted in the clearance of over 500 homes and other buildings, including schools, retirement homes and shops, and miles of streets and drains.
The activity has directly impacted over 2500 people (those whose home and businesses were cleared) and thousands more in the wider community who have benefited from the improved environment and the re-opening of local shops and public buildings.
Speaking about the work of Peace Boat, local resident Sakuma Ikuko said:
"I have nightmares about the tsunami every night. I get swallowed up by the waves and the moment that I think I'm going to die, I wake up. When I do wake up, all I see out of the window are the endless mountains of debris. A darkness was beginning to consume me and I didn't think I could make it through. But then, I saw the young Peace Boat volunteers, with their boundless energy, partaking in sludge and debris removal. They gave me courage and the drive not to give up. That is what Peace Boat gave me."
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Jun 13, 2011
YFOE is joining the worldwide actions against nuclear power
On 11th June 2011, 3 months after the tsunami in Japan, the Fukushima power plant hasn't been fixed and there is still 90,000 people living in temporary shelters. Marco Cadena from Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, blogs from the UN climate talks in Bonn.
Organisations around the world joined the day of action, and there were thousands of people on the streets of Tokyo and many more solidarity actions around the world.
Participants at Young Friends of the Earth Europe climate justice seminar also took action in Bonn during the UN climate talks. The seminar's aim is to inform and inspire youth around Europe about the issues surrounding the efforts to tackle climate change.
Part of the issues in the big web of problems is false solutions. Many proposals are out there that are trying to solve the climate crisis but for different reasons many of them have not proven, and in some cases there is the possibility that they would cause more damage than help.
One of the false solutions is nuclear energy
Rich countries are using the argument that if we need to switch to non-emitting energy sources, nuclear is the only way to keep providing the electricity needed for our societies. However, events like the recent disaster in Japan show how vulnerable and fragile is the security of nuclear energy.
Even without earthquakes, nuclear waste has incredibly long decay time, meaning that it will be very difficult for future societies to deal with nuclear waste. We just simply don't know how much trouble we cause in a long run.
There are good solutions that sometimes get ignored by the nuclear and oil lobby. Renewable energy, such as wind and solar power are clean, harmless and infinite source of energy that could solve the current crisis if we act quickly.
However, rich countries are already consuming way too much energy and natural resources with excessive and irresponsible lifestyle. Developed countries need to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, their natural resource consumption, and their energy consumption.
Instead of emphasising on promoting business as usual, it is time for people, the private sector and governments to realise that we need a great change in a way we live and the way we treat our planet.
We have only one planet we share amongst all living things, and we cannot gamble with false solutions that could threaten our entire survival.
Solidarity action
The solidarity action on 11th June by participants on the YFOE climate justice seminar sends the message to governments that young people demand true solutions to the climate crisis.
Investing in nuclear is essentially a gamble with the future and with the lives of young people, who are representing the next generation. They are the most vulnerable, as they will have to deal with the problems what nuclear power will cause in few decades.
YFOEE also took action in December, during the COP16 Climate Talks in Cancun.
New era of energy use
We do have the technology and knowledge to leave behind the old fossil and nuclear age and shift it into a renewable age, where people live in harmony with nature and each other.
There is a long and difficult way to get there, as governments and companies are not necessarily willing to share these technologies with vulnerable countries.
Therefore, youth around the world need to be actively involved in all these debates, and information and knowledge sharing is essential for their empowerment. In fact, it's the first step on the way of forming active networks, where people connect and self organise in order to take active role in shaping our and the planet's future.


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This is an intensive course on acting for film. Learn all aspects of acting from improv to scene study. Students will work on scenes from various films using the Sanford Meisner technique. Open to all who want to learn about acting.
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April 5 and 12 Saturday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Student will work with master ceramic artist Renzo Faggioli to create ceramic vessels during the first Saturday and participate in the raku firing process on the second Saturday to create the unique finish that only the raku firing process can produce.
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Wet Felting, An Exploration
Wet felting is a process that uses wool, soapy water, and agitation to create beautiful fabrics, jewelry, and sculpture. In this course, students will explore a variety of wet felting techniques, such as nuno felting and working with a resist, to create unique works of art.
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Explore the technical challenges and creative discovery of designing and creating your own jewelry. In this class, designed just for beginners, students will learn to fabricate (saw, sand, solder), cast texture, polish and set stones in unique and personal designs. No prior metalsmithing or art knowledge is required. Students will be required to purchase materials such as metal, findings, solder and stones.Tuesday | 1- 3 p.m. | Room 301
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The Crusaders totaled 75 points on the evening for their third-place finish, outpacing fellow Horizon League foe Green Bay. Notre Dame took the team title with a perfect score of 15 points, while the Irish's Spencer Carter took top individual honors.
Hartenberger was the sole runner able to crack Notre Dame's stranglehold at the front of the pack, as he was the only non-Irish runner in the top-11. The junior crossed the line in 20:07, cutting 27 seconds and ten places off of his performance at the same meet last season. Freshman Wally Bradford (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) put up an impressive run in his first outing as a Crusader, finishing 15th with a time of 20:26.
David Carter (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey) came home in 20th place, finishing the 6K course in 20:53, while Jordan Piaskowy (Crete, Ill./Illiana Christian) posted a time of 20:59 to finish 23rd. Nick Fagan (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) rounded out the top-five Crusaders with a 26th-place showing, finishing the race in 21:09.
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Tattoos >Acute Body Arts Co
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Art work done by 4 year olds. – Went to this shop because I know someone who got a Tat there and liked it..???..Anyway. Brought some pixs in for Art work ideas. Got charged $20.00 deposit and was told I will get a call in a couple of days when the art work was ready. Got the call back and went in to see the art work and all the guy did was trace the picture I had given him and removed a couple squiggly lines. It looked like my 10 year old cousin drew it.????? Plus this guy doesn't even have any work displayed on the Web Site. Told him I was not sattisfied and wanted the deposit back. He refused.....So I went back another day and asked for it back again. All he would do was give me the picture....What good is that????? I hope he chokes on the $20.00 mbucks he made of me. He was not very professional at all.
Professional? I think not..... – If you are going to claim to be professionals, maybe you should not talk so badly about your customers.
Even if this woman had done all the things she was being accused of, you know people are gonna read this. How do you think that reflects on you as an employee or better yet on the shop where you work? Not very well. A true professional would let "it" go and not risk his own reputation over a petty argument. It sounds like your shop has more drama than a day time soap opera. Let it go and concentrate on the artwork instead of the b.s. that comes through the door! maybe if you did that you wouldnt make spelling mistakes on someones memorial tattoo!!! I read the reviews too, and thats not very cool that this girls memorial tattoo is messed up forever because you are too stupid to spell a simple word like "peace". its a state of mind not a slice of pie, moron!
Excellent work, great atmosphere, great customer service – I have had over $2100 in tattoos done at this shop, and I'm not done yet. All of my work has been custom and some of it very intricate. I would never go anywhere else, and have recommended the shop to family and friends and will continue to do so. The work is top notch and the employees are personable and have integrity. I have witnessed them talk people out of stupid tattoo placements that might jeopardize their employment and career potential on 2 separate occasions and it blew my mind. I guarantee you 99% of shops will just do whatever you want to make a buck. These guys actually care.
As a fairly arrogant business professional I was very particular in my search for the right shop. I checked out 4 other places before I chose Acute back in 2005, and I definitely made the right decision.
Highly, highly recommended.
not worth it – these guys are terrible. they messed up my tattoo and one of my friends. then when i complained they said that I had to pay them $40 more to have it fixed by another one of their artists. thanks but no thanks, I'll go somewhere good. Where are the guys that used to work there? if anyone knows reply to this post. I would go anywhere but acute if i were you
Best Tattoo Shop Around! – First of all the person writing all of these nasty reviews about Acute Body Arts is the same person. Her name is Margie and she is a really big fat C**t, she is mad because one of the artists there who by the way is a very good tattoo artist wouldn't plow her in her a** like the wh**e that she is. Margie needs to get a life because everybody who knows Acute knows that they are one of the best shops around. They are professional, and care about their clients and customers. They are too good of a shop to care about some disgruntal shop groupie who wants free tattoos for s*x. So I would ask that everyone please find out for themselves if they like Acute Body Arts or not. And to not listen to Margie the fat wh**e, and this is for Margie, if you have something to say go down to Acute and say it to their faces you fat b**ch.
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My name's Helen and I play polo, but I'm no wanker
As Banjo Paterson noted - there's something very Australian, in fact primordial, about lining up with your mates each mounted on half a tonne of horseflesh, sticks in hand, cantering forward to meet mounted opponents to battle over a hard ball.
This is how I spend every waking hour possible; playing polo. It's an addiction - but I'm not a wanker. Au contraire.
On Fridays, I used to count down the hours to beer o'clock with work mates at the Crown hotel. Now I'm up at 4am to start work at 5am to leave at 2pm so I can drive an hour to the country for afternoon chukkas.
Yes, chukkas, the uninterrupted polo playing session that lasts about seven minutes each, played in quarters. Neither you or your horse (known traditionally as 'ponies') can last any longer.
I'm new to the sport. It is seven minutes of the most ab-crunching, fear-raising, thigh-busting balancing act you could attempt. Playing sport at high speed on a live animal. Go figure.
If TV commercials for abdominal shaping devices were realistic then late night Dentel ads would feature polo ponies. For the first time in two decades, post three children - I can see my abs. They actually look good - but I'm not a wanker.
I've discovered that hitting a ball at high speed from the back of a moving beast takes a fair amount of courage. As soon as you join the ranks of polo players, there's instant camaraderie.
Whether you're rich or poor…well there's not many of them besides me…whatever your level of skill you are universally nodded at by the 'real' players. Getting the timing right, your swing, your horse's movements, your seat right all at one moment in time makes the rest of the world and your problems disappear. Fast.
Courage is also needed to wear the obligatory white jeans. My Sass and Bides have got a workout - rubbed with horse snot, sweat and leather at high speed leaves odd stains in embarrassing places.
I'm now trying on long leather boots (hand made) - they hurt. I'm instructed to take the pain and stretch the leather and these $950 boots will be mine if I pay $350-cash to a dashing Argentinian who'll also provide me and a polo helmet that resembles a pith hat plus a hand-made cane mallet, knee guard, eye protection and membership.
I'm not wealthy - I can't afford to hire polo ponies each time I want to play. Then someone gives me a horse. Gives me a horse - my life long dream. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
My horse now boards during the week at the Shangri-La of horse resorts, and if I play my cards right I might get a look in myself one day. 5-star stable accommodation with Mozart and Bell Birds playing. Baby Jesus' manger had nothing on this place.
Welcome to the new age of horse training. Natural horsemanship, where the horse volunteers to be part of your activities. "Let the horse choose you" my instructor yells. "Don't look at it!" Apparently showing your eyes to your horse reminds him of a lion. The rule is: look down, walk away, visualise him following you. Miraculously it works. I am not a lion.
Whatever you visualise the horse senses and makes it happen. When playing polo never, repeat, never visualise falling off. I made that error cantering about on the polo field just as I was leaning off my horse to take a shot. As soon as I thought I might fall off, the horse made it happen. Bam on my arse from a canter to the ground, nothing hurt, just embarrassed. From now on I visualise me winning everything. So far so good.
My polo friends buy me a gold necklace with a pony on it. Now to fit in all the saddles, swags, new clothes, hay and alcohol (an integral part of polo life) into my car I buy a four-wheel-drive. Not just any four wheel drive. A 3.4 litre twin cab Toyota Hilux ute with roll bar, bull bar, roo lights, dog chains and a cup holder in the rear tray. No one beeps you in a Toyota Hilux ute especially on Sydney's north shore. But I'm not a wanker.
It's a Saturday, the sunshine has a bite to it and I notice country lads and polo players turn up their collars to shade their necks. I do likewise and it works. I catch my reflection after my last chukka; fit, scruffy…some might say "windswept", gold necklace glinting in the sunlight under my upturned collar as I load my polo mallet and gear into my four-wheel drive, while my horse visualises me returning to the North Shore. Lots of hugs with my polo mates till next time we play.
They are salt of the earth, gutsy, life-educated. It is soul rendering good fun to survive each encounter with them and their ponies. I climb up into my Hilux confident in the knowledge that I'm not a wanker - not at all.
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It's like most sports. I have knocked around sailing for most of my life. At the bar you have no idea who the bloke paying the bills is. And a lot of those bills are really, really big.
sunny says:
I put on a polo shirt to read this article. I've sent away for a mallet, and saving up for a mail order pony ..a smart pony, because I'm going to teach it to dive in the penalty area. Seeya in the chukka
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Helen, you have discovered the joys of country pursuits. Whether it's hunting, fishing or horse riding, at it's best it's about the tradition, camraderie and a few drinks. Good on you, that's why we do these things. Now you should get into a decent fox hunt, if you can find one.
Paul M says:
Fox hunt! With quad-bikes, naturally. No guns: you just run them down. It's nature's way.
They should close the roads here in Canberra once a month between 10PM and 2AM for The Hunt. It's be awesome.
St. Michael says:
Just bite the bullet and take up jousting, Helen. It's the only horsebacked sport that matters.
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Heels down, sit tight, the beast beneath you waits for the slight pressure from the knee, is it a gentle movement or is he/she required to explode, enjoy the feedback of a flying change as you follow the ball and let the wind whistle through you hair.
No matter the outcome you will enjoy the experience and as you walk off the field the addiction has you. Come Tuesday you will wake up sore in muscles you never knew existed.
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After earning a 2-0 victory in Game 1 of the doubleheader, the Raiders were unable to complete the sweep. Reno took the win in the second contest by a score of 5-4 in eight innings.
"We just didn't hit well today," Reed coach Jon Wunder said. "I think we came out a little flat. In my opinion, I personally think Reno was ready to give us the game. We just wouldn't take it."
With Game 2 tied 1-1 midway through four innings, Reno took advantage of a number of Raider miscues to build itself a 4-1 advantage. Reed starting pitcher Megan Dettling walked four batters to help put the Huskies in business. Two of the three runs came via passed ball.
The Huskies carried their three-run margin into the sixth inning, but Reed finally broke through with a trio of runs to knot the game at 4-4.
Three singles left the bases loaded for the Raiders with one out, setting the table for Dettling. The junior promptly ripped a double to the fence in left field, plating teammates Marriah Levesque and Mackenzie Goins to bring Reed within a run of tying the contest.
After Lindsay Yearman got caught in a rundown, the Raiders were left with two away and Kiara Shirley, pinch running for an injured Dettling, on third base. A triple off the bat of Chelsea Cummings pushed Shirley home to tie the game.
A scoreless seventh sent the game into extra innings before Reno tallied the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
With one out, a single and double put runners on second and third for the Huskies. A wild pitch then sent Reno's Raelani Kerr home to seal the 5-4 victory for the Huskies.
Jackie Sertic, who came on in relief for Dettling, was left with the loss after three innings of work. She struck out three while giving up three hits and the lone run. Dettling went five innings, striking out and walking nine Huskies.
While Sertic was stuck with the loss in the second contest, she earned the win in Game 1, tossing a complete game in the 2-0 victory. Sertic struck out nine while allowing five hits and walking one.
"We didn't hit well, but she pitched well and we didn't give up any runs," Wunder said of Sertic's effort in Game 1. "If you're not going to be scoring, then you better be getting quite a performance from your pitcher and defense."
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Reed (22-6-3, 13-3) will now host the opening round of the playoffs on Tuesday, with its opponent still to be decided. The game is set to start at 4 p.m. For Wunder, he is hoping his squad can bounce back in time.
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An unsuspecting cow is the perfect prey.
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The purposes of the environmental quality incentives program established by this part are to promote agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible goals, and to optimize environmental benefits, by—
(1) assisting producers in complying with local, State, and national regulatory requirements concerning—
(2) avoiding, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for resource and regulatory programs by assisting producers in protecting soil, water, air, and related natural resources and meeting environmental quality criteria established by Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies;
(3) providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that sustain food and fiber production while—
(A) enhancing soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, forestland, wetland, and wildlife; and
(4) assisting producers to make beneficial, cost effective changes to production systems (including conservation practices related to organic production), grazing management, fuels management, forest management, nutrient management associated with livestock, pest or irrigation management, or other practices on agricultural and forested land; and
Source(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2301,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 253; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, § 2501(a),May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1057; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title II, § 2501(a),June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1785.)
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2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 2501(a)(1), inserted ", forest management," after "agricultural production" in introductory provisions.
Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2501(a)(2), added pars. (3) and (4) and struck out former pars. (3) and (4) which read as follows:
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Olbermann Still Playing the Race Card
AIM Column | By Roger Aronoff | February 16, 2010
Did facts matter to Olbermann when expressing hatred for President Bush or Vice President Cheney, calling them war criminals and comparing them to Nazis?
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has offered another of his mindless rants that he calls "Special Commentaries." This time, he tried to rile up his audience by throwing around vague charges of racism against white people, including himself!
People--especially anti-Obama Tea Partiers--are surrounded and motivated by racism, Olbermann said, huffing and puffing in righteous indignation. This helps explain why Obama is losing popularity and his policies are failing, he implied.
Olbermann's diagnosis is correct, at least in part. Taking him at his word, he is a racist, and so is his network. Is this why there are no black faces hosting MSNBC political talk shows? Perhaps Olbermann will continue this series of commentaries by naming the CEO of NBC Universal (parent company of MSNBC), Jeff Zucker, as the worst person in the world!
"I think," the MSNBC host said, "having now been one [a white person] for 51 years, I am permitted to say I believe prejudice and discrimination still sit, defeated, dormant, or virulent, somewhere in the soul of each white man in this country."
Does it sit that way in Olbermann's mind? What exactly is he talking about anyway?
He continued, "But facts don't matter when you're looking for an excuse to say you hate this president (but not because he's black)."
The tired race card approach to politics and current events would not normally require any response or comment. It could be dismissed for what it is, coming from a questionable source who deals in vile rhetoric and regularly denounces people as "the worst" in the world.
But it is fascinating and worthy of comment because of what it says not only about Olbermann but the network which pays him so much to generate the high ratings that he wants but cannot get. According to Bill Carter of the New York Times, in January CNN surpassed MSNBC for the first time in six months in the ratings, and Fox has approximately triple the ratings of either CNN or MSNBC. So maybe the latest "Special Commentary" is an attempt to see who is paying attention and actually watching the show. We at AIM plead "guilty as charged," at least in this special case. Please forgive us.
Playing into Olbermann's hands, one is tempted to tune in to the next program, if only to see whether Olbermann will take the dramatic next step of setting himself on fire in protest of something or other, real or imagined. What will happen next? Will he show up drunk? Will he turn up missing? Does anyone care?
Olbermann seems determined to make himself into a martyr for some cause which only he seems to understand. It is not pretty but it is somewhat entertaining. Perhaps he will next allege that he is receiving special instructions from the ghost of Edward R. Murrow, the broadcasting legend that Olbermann shamelessly tries to imitate.
A pasty white man who tried to act like he is blacker than Al Sharpton, Olbermann deployed the race card in this commentary and suggested that white people are racists if they oppose the agenda of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama, only one of whom is black. He acknowledged his use of terms like "Tea Klux Klan" might be "incendiary," but it's only because he's so "angry that at so late a date we still have to bat back that racial uneasiness which envelops us all."


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Miller, who won't turn 20 until March, gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead just 1:29 in and then pushed their advantage to 3-1 in the second period with a rare power-play goal for the club. Marian Gaborik also scored, defenseman Marc Staal had two assists and Ryan McDonagh added an empty-net goal to give the Rangers their second win in three games. New York lost in Miller's NHL debut Tuesday at New Jersey.
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Grolsch Selects Dutch Band Rigby to Headline New Commercial New Grolsch Campaign Focuses on "The Taste That Grabs You!" (Translation)
2 May 2011
After an extensive selection procedure, Grolsch has picked the talented band Rigby from Utrecht to headline its new commercial. During the band's performance in the commercial, a loud "pop" can be heard when a swing-top bottle of Grolsch is opened, immediately after which the lead singer wants a beer. He becomes very inventive and goes to extremes to attract the attention of the bartender in order to get his hands on a Grolsch beer. The commercial kicks off the new Grolsch campaign, which focuses on the taste of the beer. As of Monday, April 25, the commercial can be seen on television.
Selected from dozens of bands
After a long deliberation period, Rigby could call themselves the lucky ones. The talented Rigby boys were picked out of more than 50 bands and artists to present their track "Fire," from their album Solid Ground, as the title track for the Grolsch commercial.
Jan Nales, marketing director at Grolsch, explains why Rigby was chosen: "Here at Grolsch, we love to offer a stage to real talent. For that reason, we started searching for a young and willing band that would fit our brand. We believe the band is very talented, and the boys' ambitions match those of the Grolsch brand perfectly. Grolsch and live music are one. In addition, 'Fire' is a very catchy tune with a lot of energy, which perfectly fits our campaign."
On collaborating with Grolsch, Christon Kloosterboer comments: "We are incredibly proud to be selected by Grolsch for their new commercial. The match between Grolsch and Rigby feels good. The commercial, in which we go to extremes to get a taste of Grolsch, has turned out great and is very dear to us. In addition, some of the band members' roots are in the eastern part of the country, which really proves that there's something between Grolsch and us."
To the taste that grabs you!
The slogan of the new campaign is "To the taste that grabs you!" It is linked to the well-known slogan, "As unique as Grolsch." The campaign focuses on the taste of the beer and the unique popping sound of Grolsch's iconic swing-top bottle. Aside from the commercial, there will be several activities centred around the theme of taste. The characteristic and refreshing taste of Grolsch beer is, after all, the reason why people choose Grolsch. The campaign, developed in collaboration with DDB Amsterdam, consists of, among other things, tasting weeks, special beer glasses and a special beer cooler.
Toast to the collaboration
As a toast to the successful collaboration, Rigby will be performing a mini-concert on Easter Monday at a still-secret location in Utrecht. There will be more information available soon on the Twitter accounts of Grolsch (@GrolschLive) and Rigby (@Rigbymusic). Starting May 12th, Grolsch and Rigby will also be in the Dutch cinemas.
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