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3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
07-18-2014 22:19:24 | More by DaisyBeans
New York
4.75/5 rDev +19.9%
02-26-2014 02:39:22 | More by butters_mcgee
4/5 rDev +1%
02-19-2014 00:43:46 | More by buzzy
New Jersey
4/5 rDev +1%
01-10-2012 17:46:56 | More by bonbini26
5/5 rDev +26.3%
12-01-2011 07:22:55 | More by rab53
3.68/5 rDev -7.1%
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a nonic pint glass. Appears a clear golden amber color with about two fingers of creamy bone white foam. The head leaves a thin sticky lace in it's wake. Smells and tastes of citrus fruits such as tangerines and grapefruits, tropical pineapple notes, caramelized malt, pine, and some alcohol. Medium to full bodied with ample carbonation.
05-19-2009 02:59:02 | More by ClockworkOrange
New York
4.33/5 rDev +9.3%
Ithaca Double IPA is a very clear and sparkling amber ale with a dense, light khaki head that fades to a thin film that leaves pretty nice lacing. The aroma is bright, sweet, floral and piny. There is some light cereal in the nose. It's a well balanced aroma. There is a fruity, perhaps peachy, quality to it. Juicy. The medium bodied beer is soft and sticky, but the finish comes suddenly: crisp, dry and a little sharp. It has a nice full flavor that shows a nice balance. It is very bitter and destroys the tongue. There are flavors of tropical fruit and bubblegum. The malt is very smooth and mellow. It's a touch sweet and boozy. The aftertaste is a long green bitterness bomb. It may be the slightest bit woody, but it's only twigs. It fades in and out in a non-shocking manner. This beer is very straightforward. The malt simply does the needful and nonchalantly as possible, while the hops rob your tongue's house before it gets back to the store! Seriously? This is Ithaca? It pretty much whumps this style in a simple, but unique way. I can only imagine that this was dry hopped with at least a couple different things. It's the fresh fruity thing that sets this one apart. It's a little more brazen than Cascazilla. Rock on, Face in the Lake!
(rated Feb 6, 2008)
12-14-2008 15:53:44 | More by yesyouam
New Jersey
4/5 rDev +1%
A: Poured a beautiful dark amber with a thick foamy white head.
S: Very sweet hop aroma with fresh grapefruit, rich caramel sweetness, pine and dried oranges. The nose was soft and well refined and smooth.
T: The palate was very rich and sweet with a huge caramel presence to start things out. A load of fresh citrus and grapefruit soon hits you with a background fruitiness (caramel apples). The flavor fades with nice lingering hints of citrus and sweetness.
M: full bodied, malty and sweet with a nice pine hoppiness.
D: You will not believe this is a 10abv beer and is nicely covered up the malt sweetness. Very good and enjoyable 2x over.
11-07-2008 23:07:34 | More by beerthulhu
New Hampshire
3.38/5 rDev -14.6%
Pours a two finger cream head that fades quickly to a thin layer leaving no lace. Cloudy amber color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Grapefruit nose. Flavor is hoppy grapefruit with hints of sweetness. Some lingering bitterness. $2.29 for a 12oz bottle from Yankee Spirits South Attleboro, Ma.
08-03-2008 22:23:59 | More by jdhilt
3.93/5 rDev -0.8%
Bottle from Premier Gourmet. 100% NY State hops. Cool. Clear, bright orange beer with an aroma of bubblegum and spicy hops. Very unique smelling beer. I get the floral hops as well that I get in most of the hoppy Ithaca beers, especially Flower Power. Very nice.
07-21-2008 19:29:40 | More by DrunkenMaster
3.7/5 rDev -6.6%
Bottle courtesy of mymrnngjckt poured into a snifter.
Pours a bright, hazy golden orange with a dense one-finger head that dissipates fairly quickly to a ring leaving sporadic lacing. The smell is surprising sweet with peaches and apricots on top of the big citrus hop base. There is also some caramel malts in the nose as well. The taste doesn't quite deliver on the unique smell and is a mix of citrus and pine and some bready malts. It has an abrasive bitterness through the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and very sticky with strong carbonation. This is an interesting DIPA though I wish the flavor measured up to the unique aroma. Still worth trying.
07-20-2008 19:20:09 | More by gford217
3.63/5 rDev -8.3%
Part of NEPA BC split #15.
Pours a rich orange amber, great clarity and about two fingers of light khaki head. Head is dense and creamy, keeps pretty well and leaves a little bit of stick.
Smell is quite fruity, with sticky sweet citrus along with maybe some apricots and peaches. Also some earthy aromas and plenty of caramel malt, a bit of a bready grain aroma and some alcohol.
Taste also has ample caramel malt sweetness and some lightly toasted grain flavor. But most of the flavor is hops, although the bitterness overshadows flavor to some extent. There is some bitter citrus, pine, earthy flavors, and lots of resiny hop bitterness. Bit of an alcohol burn as this one goes down, as well. Mouthfeel is full bodied, oily and creamy but the alcohol burn takes away from the smoothness.
Not bad, but pretty average as far as DIPAs go. Still, I love that they use only NYS hops. Cheers to that.
06-13-2008 00:13:50 | More by number1bum
Ontario (Canada)
3.83/5 rDev -3.3%
330 ml. found at Premiere Gourmet.A hoppy beer, was not sure what hops used, but leafy taste. Even a tad of wintermint. Not a bad double IPA, short of being a hop bomb and well malted. Just very hoppy.Carbonation was a bit high, this would be interesting on cask.
06-01-2008 05:38:03 | More by Sammy
South Carolina
4/5 rDev +1%
Pours a cloudy orange into the glass with ample head that lasts forever.
Smells like a freaking barleywine. Really. Like a really hoppy barleywine. So much honey and alcohol in the nose, it's surprising.
Tastes much like the aroma. No other impy IPA tastes like this whatsoever. Like a honeycomb with some dry alcohol and tons of hop flavor and bitterness in the finish.
The mouthfeel is creamy-smooth with a lot of warming, almost fusel alcohol in the finish, that's accented more by the bitterness from the hops which lends a slight astringency.
It's quite drinkable and certainly enjoyable. Deserves a try by any beer lover... it's a one-of-a-kind beer, to say the least.
05-22-2008 23:29:35 | More by khiasmus
4.22/5 rDev +6.6%
5.4.08 - Had this bottle set for a review after 1 yr and somehow had the presence of mind to follow that. Obviously the sweetness jumps at you as the hops fade. The surprise is the change on the tongue. This one is still very nice - keeping a twinge of citrus and not diving too deep into the malt arena. I have to bump the taste for this.
4.13.07: This one pours a dusty dirty apricot with a nice haze into my impy pint glass. Head rises a scant half inch and settles right down. Aromas are more on the sweeter/malty side but some citrus and light hop aroma makes its way out. A bit of alcohol on teh nose here and there.
Hits your mouth with a light carbonation and rolls a sweet hoppy wave over the tongue. Hints of tangerine roll in with second waves of sweet maltyness and a slightly citric dryness rounds it out.
This is a decent brew and I love the fact they used 100% NY hops. Will pick these up once in a while but there are few a prefer more; pretty solid across the board.
05-04-2008 23:51:04 | More by gpcollen1
3.9/5 rDev -1.5%
Thanks to Wasatch for including this in a trade.
Pours hazed orange amber with a thin, foamy, off-white head that stays around, leaving some lacing.
The smell is of grapefruit and resin with a caramel backing.
The taste is resiny with a spicy hop bite. Caramel sweetness and biscuity notes balance it out. Alcohol comes through in the finish, though not sharp, and well-covered for 10%.
The feel is fullish and rather chewy.
A solid DIPA. The caramel comes through just a tad too much as it progresses for my personal preference, but overall a solid, enjoyable sipper of a DIPA.
04-19-2008 14:41:01 | More by jwc215
New York
3.55/5 rDev -10.4%
Bright orange and clear with little foam.
Floral hops with some orange creme in the nose.
Taste: A fairly mellow DIPA, but still good. Light caramel flavor leads, sweet throughout, joined by a flowery and smooth orange flavor. Not the hoppiest example of the style, but what is here is sufficient and leaves a mild pucker well into the aftertaste.
Alcohol level is well hidden -- drinks like a mild-mannered single IPA. Overall a nice beer, and I'm glad to see there was an attempt to showcase NY-grown hops before the shortage. Hopefully future beers will be able to make the same claim.
03-01-2008 00:21:08 | More by shirfan
4.22/5 rDev +6.6%
I got this bottle in a trade with nutbrown. Thanks Alan!It pours from 12oz bottle a clear bronze with a 2 finger head of foam.
The smell is big on the grapefruit with a secondary nose of caramel malt that does its best to take over the more I sniff. Nice.
The taste has it all going on here. Lots of hops with grapefruit and pine but the malt is right there, on pace with the hops and actually becomes the most dominant flavour after a few more sips. There's a slight taste of alcohol here and it gives *some* warming after the swallow but I don't think it detracts much, if at all, from my session. Slow sipper? You betchya but that's more wanting to stretch out the session than having the alcohol get to me.
The mouthfeel is pretty full and creamy and it finishes on a slightly malty sweetness note. Darn good stuff!
Btw, the foam holds its own and there's about a 1" solid layer with plenty of lacing as I'm close to finishes the bottle.
Another fine DIPA to be had here and I'm so glad I got the chance to try this offering from Ithaca.
02-15-2008 00:12:43 | More by Bitterbill
New York
4.05/5 rDev +2.3%
Pours a deep copperish color with a 1 finger head with ample lacing but not too frothy. Smell is definately more earthy and spicy (almost peppery) than most DIPA's. Taste is pine with a little citrus but just a hint, and a malty smoothness to finish. Lack of crispness is a slight drawback. Mouthfeel is malty and smooth. Drinkability is good with a nice cover of the 10 abv. Overall a decent DIPA, but not one I would go the extra mile for.
02-10-2008 07:18:41 | More by DrinkinBuddy
3.35/5 rDev -15.4%
A- Pours a burnt orange. Crystal clear which displays the light bubbles coming off the bottom of my wine glass. Just half a finger of light egg white foam top the beer and leave sheets of lacing.
S- Lots of candy- in particular I smell Twizzlers...some sharp whiskey smell. It's all close to caramel, but not reaching it, which I appreciate for difference's sake.
T- For a DIPA the hops on this beer are not that strong. In fact I would describe it as more of a barleywine. Again there is quite a strong candy taste, bringing a syrupy sweetness. There is some bitterness that falls on the back and sides of my mouth bringing the alcohol with it.
M- Syrupy, alcoholic, and all around powerful in the mouthfeel.
D- I think this one could use some more hops, and with it a little more balance to the candy sweetness. But overall a powerful beer.
02-03-2008 16:44:14 | More by zdk9
Ontario (Canada)
3.83/5 rDev -3.3%
A beer brewed with 100% New York hops? Cool.
It pours a bright clear bronze color. The thin head has poor retention but leaves a decent webwork of lace behind. Piney, orangey hops and biscuity malt show in the nose, as does a creeping alcohol spice. The taste is hoppy with pine sap, orange drops and aspirin noticeable. booze is very noticeable and mildly destracting, which is understandable for a 10% brew. The mouthfeel is light for a DIPA with soft carbonation. The finish is bitter and oddly fruity (white grapes?).
A decent DIPA, though the alcohol could be better hidden and the body could be fuller.
01-15-2008 22:27:20 | More by CAMRAhardliner
New York
3.98/5 rDev +0.5%
12oz bottle served at cellar temp (50 degrees) into my Cooper's Cave pint glass. All NY for this one.
A: Deep amber color with slightly less than one finger of head. Some lacing but not that much.
S: This is where you can begin to tell this IPA is different. Not nearly as citric as the west coast hops. Much more subdued with a slightly musty scent on them. Some malt is able to shine through all the hops as well.
T: Citrus is first. Notes of grapefruits. Slightly piny taste. The malt is noticeable on the front of the tongue. Very sweet which balances out the hops. The alcohol is present in this one more than most DIPAs I have had. It does clock in at 10% so that is not much of a surprise.
M: Med body that coats everything on the way down. Bitterness lingers in the aftertaste but it feels physical.
D: I am admittedly not a hop head but I liked this beer. The 100% NY hops thing did get to me and was the reason for picking it up. I have sent this beer out on a few trades and people always seem to be into it. The bad news is that soon there will not be 100% NY hops and I think it will loose something as a result. Drink up while you can.
01-15-2008 20:55:59 | More by aerozeppl
New York
4/5 rDev +1%
Had a 2 oz. sample poured from the tap at the brewery into a glass tasting glass (much better than the plastic cups that some breweries use). Pours a deep amber with an off-white foamy head. Decent retention and a good amount of lacing. Intense hop aroma - spicy, floral and citrusy all at once. Good amount of malt sweetness helps balance the hop bitterness for a clean dry finish. Medium-bodied mouthfeel makes this a very drinkable beer given the strength. With their NYS hop producer struggling to maintain sufficient crop production, this incarnation of their DIPA may soon be gone for good. Fear not though, the staff did assure that if it did come to it, they would use hops outside of NYS to supplement and keep this tasty beer alive.
01-13-2008 16:08:13 | More by TheBCrew
3.43/5 rDev -13.4%
12oz bottle into a pint glass.
Pours a hazy copper with a finger width of white foam. Great head retention and lacing, which seems to be a trend among these hoppy Ithaca beers. Aroma is a little subdued but consists mostly of floral citrus notes, some breadiness, and a waft of alcohol.
Taste is a blend of tangy grapefruit notes, mellow sweetness and alcohol. The hops are very light and subtle, really only making themselves known in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium and smooth but takes on more of a syrupy feel as it warms. Heat is definitely present but not overpowering. When at room temp, the alcohol mixes with the sweetness and viscous body to give off almost a medicinal taste.
Hmmm, quite the interesting Double IPA here. I think maybe increasing the hops and toning down the heat would have gone a long way in improving my impression of it. It wasn't by any means an offensive experience or anything but I don't see myself revisiting this effort from Ithaca anytime soon.
01-02-2008 17:48:29 | More by Kegatron
3.53/5 rDev -10.9%
Pours a hazy amber with not too much off-white head and some lacing, but minimal. Smells are very different for a double IPA, mainly citrus and grapes with lots of sweet malt, much like grapenuts. Taste is very citrusy, almost fruit punch-like with oranges, grapefruit, and tangerine. There's also lots of malt sweetness, but it's missing a good hop finish. Medium in body with low carbonation and surprisingly little alcohol presence. A lot different from many other types of double IPAs, drinkable but not my first choice as it is missing out on that big hop finish I like.
12-31-2007 20:37:43 | More by HopDerek
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JOEL ROSARIO, VISION IN GOLD, WINNER: "I had a really good trip. Ron told me to let her place herself and I did. We didn't think we'd be on the lead, but she was comfortable there, so why change it? When we passed the three-quarter pole and started down the backside, she had her ears up and she was very relaxed. At the top of the stretch, when that other horse (Zardana) came up outside of us, my filly was just waiting for competition and she finished really strong. She's improved a lot in her last two races."
RON ELLIS, VISION IN GOLD, WINNER: "I hate to throw the name around, but she's 'Zenyatta-esque'. I pointed her out to John Shirreffs before this filly ever raced and I said that's what Zenyatta must have looked like when she was that age. He just kind of laughed, but she is that tall. I'm just hoping she at least will physically fill out like Zenyatta did later in life. She's a big, long-striding filly, and there didn't look like there was much speed in here. I told Joel (Rosario), if she breaks and wants to go, just let her place herself. He did that and adjusted beautifully.
"She came from last in her last race and now she goes wire to wire. It makes her pretty versatile. When she had those ears pricked most of the race I felt pretty good about it. We haven't really figured past this. We were looking at the La Caňada and it seemed like it may be coming up the tougher of the two. We've got a lot of respect for Blind Luck and Always a Princess, so we decided to try this race and it obviously worked out."
MIKE MITCHELL, ST TRINIANS, 4-5 FAVORITE, THIRD: "She maybe was a little rank so I'll take credit for that. She should be tight enough for next month in the Santa Margarita, that's a Grade One and she'll be ready for it."
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Only a couple hours after students gave presentations before its members, the Summit Hill School District 161 board voted 4-3 to close the school as part of its ongoing budget-cutting process.
Two weeks ago, the board changed course with its three-year financial plan, after deciding .
After the vote, board president Mary Kenny asked that discussion concerning the possibility of closing one to two district schools in the 2012-13 school year be put on the agenda for the Wednesday, Feb. 22, meeting.
Who Voted Against It and Why
Board members Sean William Doyle, George Perros and Stacey Borgens voted against the closing, saying more time and information was needed before taking the action of closing a school.
During the meeting, Doyle and Perros strongly contended that the board--and the community--needed more specific facts before it decided to close Mary Drew or any school. Perros questioned what the exact plans were for what to do with Mary Drew once it was closed, as well as requesting exact numbers on how much would be saved by shuttering it.
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"Are we going to rent it, sell it, mothball it?" Perros said. "Generalities are one thing, but I don't think we've done the specific research. ... I have not seen the data that says we need to close a school now."
Perros also questioned why Mary Drew was chosen, given how well the school had performed on state tests. He also asked why older schools, such as Arbury Hills or Indian Trails, weren't considered, saying Indian Trails faces about $1 million in repair work.
Although built in 1974, Mary Drew was renovated three years ago. It also faces about $600,000 in roof repair work, said board Vice President Joy Murphy.
Earlier in week, Doyle and Perros gave Supt. Barb Rains alternative budget cuts to look at that would keep all the schools open, while providing the district the savings it needed. But Kenny said many of those cuts were already factored in under the board's streamlining model. Of the remaining reductions, Kenny said they weren't enough to reach the board's goal of cutting $1.4 million for 2012-13.
Who Voted For It and Why
Board President Mary Kenny, board Vice President Joy Murphy, board Secretary Denise Lenz and board member Denise Wildeveld voted to close Mary Drew, with the understanding that the board needs to cut "big-ticket items" if its going to reduce its deficit.
"I didn't want to do it, but we had to do something," said Murphy, who supported cutting the full-day kindergarten first before closing a school. "We owe it to the taxpayers."
The board chose Mary Drew on the recommendation of Rains, Murphy said. and elementary schools also and might still be closed in the following years as a way to streamline district operations and eliminate the deficit.
Of those three schools, Mary Drew is the closest to capacity at about 52 percent (Arbury Hills is at 41 percent, and Frankfort Square is at 34 percent) and has the district's highest percentage of students who meet and exceeds standards on state testing.
Mary Drew is connected to the district's administrative offices, which would be a selling point for parties interested in leasing the space, Murphy said. Also, it gives the district a better option if it should ever want to reopen the school if the economy recovers, Lenz said during the meeting.
How Much This Will Save
The baseline estimate the district would save by closing Mary Drew would be about $500,000, . This only factors in savings from section reductions, building overhead and district overhead and positions, the model shows. Although class-size maximums would not change, the model indicates there would be a 5 percent staff reduction with the closing.
Other factors that could affect this estimate but not factored in to the model include transportation costs and the rental of the building.
However, the board still has a long way to go to reaching its $1.4 million in cuts that it wants to achieve for the 2012-13 school year. With the closing of Mary Drew, the district only has created an estimated $800,000 in savings.
What About Teachers?
Board members were emphatic that Mary Drew teachers would move with the students, something many parents upset with the closing were skeptical about.
"The model says there's going to be a reduction in staff," said Ericka Soroko, who has two children who would have attended Mary Drew next year. "You can't tell me all of those teachers are going to be going to other schools."
But Murphy said any teacher reductions would not come only from Mary Drew, but it would be spread throughout the district. She also said that Mary Drew Principal Kathy Klein would not be let go from the district, but Murphy didn't know any specifics.
Earlier in Wednesday's meeting, the board announced the retirement of Principal Jan Zevkovich, and one district resident suggested during public comments that board fill that open position with Klein.
Before the vote on closing Mary Drew was taken, Scott Smalter, president for Summit Hill's teachers' union, said the executive board met and decided against opening up the teachers' contract early. The contract expires at the end of the next school year, and a contractual pay increase in it is one of the contributing reasons the board is facing a tough financial situation.
Parent Reactions
District parents who attended Wednesday's meeting knew school closings were on the agenda, but many like Jen Vargas weren't prepared for Mary Drew to be the one to get the ax.
"I'm embarrassed to be a taxpayer in this community," said Vargas, a mother of five and president of the Athletic Boosters for and schools.
, months after initial school closing discussions began centering around Arbury Hills and Frankfort Square elementary schools.
After the meeting, Soroko, who yelled, "Why didn't you listen to us before you made that decision?" before storming out, was visibly upset over the closing.
"I don't know what I'm going to tell my kids," she said, adding that she and other parents look at the people who worked and attended Mary Drew as family.
Soroko said she didn't think it was fair that supporters of the district's full-day kindergarten (Soroko would have supported cutting the program) were able to express their opposition to the idea at earlier board meetings. Mary Drew families didn't have the same forum because the final decision was sprung on them Wednesday, she added, admitting her feelings were biased and shaded by the fact that she had children in the school.
One parent, Tony Pietrzak, said Thursday he was organizing a group of parents that would petition the board to reconsider its decision on full-day kindergarten, as well as hire an outside consulting firm to develop the best financial plan for dealing with the district's $3 million projected deficit over three years. Pietrzak, who has two children that attend Mary Drew, also applied for the open board position recently filled by Denise Wildeveld.
"They're flying by the seat of their pants," said Pietrzak, who is against closing any school. "Not really listening to the community at the meetings. Not taking out advice. What do we do to make them listen."
What's Next?
Now, Rains and her staff will work on putting together the 2012-13 school year budget, hammering out the details of what will be cut before presenting it to the board. This also will include a plan on what needs to be done when it comes to Mary Drew's closing.
Also, the budget cut suggestions by Doyle, Perros and other board members will be reviewed and added to eliminating the $3 million deficit, Murphy said.
"I want to fill that pot as quick as we can without hurting the kids," she said. "They only get one chance to go through the system."
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They say that marijuana is mommy's newest helper, and that it makes them better wives and parents.
It's all legal in California, with the marijuana purchased at dispensaries, and it's giving new meaning to the term pot luck party. ABC's Elizabeth Vargas talks with the moms.
On a recent evening at a home in Beverly Hills a few moms gathered to enjoy food, friendship and a few laughs, but this was no ordinary pot luck party.
Welcome to the Beverly Hills cannabis club - a place where "marijuana" moms congregate to take a break from the stress of family life.
Your hostess - the self-proclaimed "Martha Stewart of Marijuana" - Cheryl Shuman. "Cannabis not only made me a better mom. Cannabis made me a better human being."
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So how did this all come to be? Flashback ten years - Cheryl was a married mother of two - and a successful optician to the stars. But after her marriage fell apart she says her entire life slipped out of focus.
"I was just-- completely-- disabled by a crippling depression."
"Cheryl needed an escape. She tried prescription drugs, but popping Prozac to get up and Xanax to come down every day, felt more like a prison than a panacea.
"So one day I was at my therapist's office and I told him, I said, please help me get my life back. And he said, "you need to smoke a joint." , So I took-- a hit off of it I was smiling and happy and I was like, "this is really great."
ABC News: "But critics might say, "yes, you were high."
"I was definitely medicated. But I will tell you that I felt better having two puffs of cannabis at that time than I had ever had any kind of results with pharmaceuticals."
Cheryl's daughter, Aimee, agrees – "I felt like my mom was checked out on prescription pills. It was like living with a zombie. When she would smoke she was smiling. She was connecting with us. It felt --like we had our mom back."
Medical marijuana is now legal in 18 states. But parenting and pot… still taboo.
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Simmi Dhillon, medical cannabis advocate, "I'm gonna tell it from the point of view of my 10-year-old child. When I'm in pain, I'm in bed for days. I don't talk. I'm miserable. My son will come up to me and say, "mom, it's time to medicate. If your 10-year-old child is okay with it, I think adults should be okay with it."
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New England Interview: Andrew Dzykewicz, Commissioner, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
New England Interview: Andrew Dzykewicz, Commissioner, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
Date: 8/31/2007
Location: RI
Our smallest state, Rhode Island has few native energy sources and high energy prices. After its legislature passed an aggressive renewable energy standard, Governor Carcieri established the RIWINDS program, with its goal of meeting 15% of the state's electricity demand with wind energy from within the state. As the Governor's energy right-hand man, Andy Dzykewicz has taken the helm of the newly formed Office of Energy Resources as the primary architect of this vision, recently rechristened RI Energy Independence 1 to reflect the mission behind the goal. With roots in the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and the Quonset Point industrial park, where he developed the park's power plant, Andy is applying his 40 years of experience in energy engineering, economics, and development to reshaping Rhode Island's energy landscape.
Q. RI Energy Independence 1 is a departure from historic wind energy development efforts in the region. How was the concept developed, and what was its motivation?
A. The concept was born out of the Governor's desire to harness renewable energy to meet a significant portion of the state's needs. There are a number of motivations: price stability, energy independence, economic development, and environment. We realize our coastal location gives us a great wind resource, allowing us to establish a goal of getting 15% of the state's electricity demand from local wind energy. But we've seen how the typical developer approach — finding a single site and forging ahead even in the face of stiff resistance — has yielded limited success in New England. So we opted for a radical departure: the public sector, through the RI Energy Independence program, will identify a number of feasible sites and then proceed with the locations that are consensus driven and therefore most likely to succeed. We also recognize the economic development potential from this type of development: jobs to build projects, but also luring companies in the wind energy field to locate and expand within the state. We also expect increased electric price stability to help make Rhode Island more attractive to current and future businesses.
Q. What barriers does this program seek to overcome? How does this approach deal with these barriers differently than the traditional development approach?
A. The two biggest barriers we've seen in New England are identification and approval of project sites that are acceptable to local residents, environmental stakeholders, and project owners, and attracting financing in our restructured electricity market where few credit-worthy buyers are willing to enter the kind of long-term contracts that capital-intensive wind generators need to be cost-competitive. We've also seen that when projects are built, often the local ratepayers have not received the benefits.
This program attempts to reduce and address the siting challenges by building consensus around a few sites that meet societal goals, rather than linking the entire program's success to a single location regardless of its local acceptance. Credit-worthy entities offering contracts of 15 years or longer can reduce developer risk substantially, lowering the cost of energy and increasing the likelihood of completing a project.
Q. How do current bills to establish a Rhode Island Power Authority fit in?
A. A proposed power authority is envisioned to fill the gap where the market is currently not working for large-scale development by enabling long-term contracting and financing. Both the House and Senate are considering bills to establish a Rhode Island Power Authority. The bills would accomplish four things. First, they would establish a Power Authority and governance structure — including Board of Directors. Second, the Authority would have the ability to enter long-term contracts. Third, the Authority would have the ability to issue long-term bonds to finance power-generating projects. These would be strictly revenue bonds, not general obligation bonds, so each project investment is to be evaluated and stand on its own. Lastly, the bills would consolidate all of Rhode Island's funds for renewable energy development to a single agency. This would put under one roof the Renewable Energy Fund, the Renewable Energy Development Fund, as well as Funds from auction of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowance allocations, emissions offsets, and FCM payments.
Because the power authority would have the ability both to issue bonds and to enter long-term contracts, it would be able to capture wind generated electricity at fixed prices that are based on long-term project financing costs and not on expected long-term electricity market price trends. Of course, any eventual power authority would be only one of several ownership and financing options present in the market. The state would seek to capitalize on its abilities, but would expect there to be ample additional competition in the market.
Editors' note: shortly before press time, the proposed Power Authority Bill was not passed by the legislature; the impact on the overall plan is yet to be determined.
Q. What did the results of the preliminary RI Winds study reveal about the ability of the plan to meet 15% of the state's electric load from in-state wind? What needs to happen to meet this goal?
A. The Phase 1 Siting Study revealed that Rhode Island has five times as much feasibly developable wind resource area, between onshore and offshore locations, than needed to meet our goals. To meet a 15% target, most of the wind development would need to be offshore because of the state's limited available land and because the winds are much better offshore. There are advantages to being a small state, though, in meeting such an aggressive target. With an annual average state load of approximately 1000 MW, we need about 150 average MW — corresponding to roughly 450 MW of wind turbine capacity — a more feasible target than if we had a larger load.
The study identified no permitting "show stoppers" among the selected locations. This means we have a stable of viable sites for local stakeholders to choose from. Of course, we understand that there will be important issues to discuss and investigate further, but at this time no obvious permitting barriers have come to our attention.
Q. How will Rhode Island address the topics that have delayed offshore wind development in Massachusetts?
A. In the typical approach, where a developer advances only one potential site, the tendency is to focus on the perceived ills of that site. Instead, we offer interested stakeholders the opportunity to play a significant role in narrowing the considered locations. We only need to come to agreement on selecting the best 20% of most acceptable sites to meet our target. Along the same lines, the possibility of having a state run power authority own the facility and/or purchase all of the output opens the door to create wind generation that is developed by, owned by and creates benefits for Rhode Island consumers. This represents a dramatic departure from our current experience with wind energy, where the public perceives that most of the benefits are privatized.
Q. How has the Rhode Island public responded?
A. All of the feedback to date has been positive. The program objectives and Phase 1 results have been discussed publicly and are well received; there have been no adverse reactions. Of course, that may be because we haven't picked a site yet. As we narrow the process of considering specific sites, we anticipate more questions or concerns. But that's what the stakeholder process is about, to identify the problematic sites early and recommend a group of sites that are most likely to be successfully developed. Of course, it's possible that no material resistance will develop, but based on my experience, that seems unlikely. Based on feedback so far, we remain cautiously optimistic that our stakeholder process and the overall approach will produce a broad consensus on sufficient sites to meet our targets.
Q. What do you see as the role of government versus the private sector in achieving these goals?
A. The role of government is to address the barriers faced by the private sector. At the same time, Rhode Island wants title to the output to capture the long-term price benefits of these projects. The open question is how best to achieve private investment and public benefit. If the state is investing its natural resources, we need to receive the benefits locally. To capture the price and price stability benefits we believe we can achieve, we want the electricity produced to be sold to the state's retail load-serving entities — the utilities and non-regulated power providers — rather than into the regional electricity market. We can ensure this through ownership, or through contract.
If the power authority is set up, it could seek proposals to either design, build and operate state-owned generation projects, or instead seek proposals to design, build, finance and operate privately-owned wind generators. The power authority would enter a long-term contract for the plant's output with the selected entity, making payment sufficient for the development cost and a fair profit. The power authority would then offer to sell the power to Rhode Island's retail load-serving entities, and sell any excess to the regional grid. If this can work at today's market electricity prices, it will only be more competitive as time goes on.
Q. Where does this effort go from here? What is the process to pare down the sites identified in the RI Winds study?
A. The next step is to assemble a local stakeholder group. We've identified about three dozen individuals and organizations that we believe would make valuable contributions, some of which have already asked to be included. To be successful, the entire process will have to be open; to do otherwise would defeat the purpose of having a stakeholder process. We envision that such a group could begin meeting this summer (2007), and continue as long as it takes, with the help of a professional facilitator who we'll hire to help organize and run the process. In the end, we envision the product of this working group to be a consensus document expressing the stakeholders' opinions and objectives, which would be included as part of an RFP (request for proposal) for selected sites. We're not planning another study... that effort was systematically and thoroughly completed in Phase 1. The time for study is over, the time to start developing our energy independence is now, once we decide where.
Q. Now that a number of potentially viable project locations have been identified, what plans do you have to help facilitate the permitting process?
A. The most significant contributor to successful permitting will be the consensus opinion of the stakeholder group, because if it proceeds as hoped, the wide range of stakeholders with vested interests will be on-board. Most of the sites are within state water, so permitting can be simpler, involving fewer agencies, permits, stakeholders and issues than projects in federal waters. The proposed power authority bill could also contribute to the permitting process by including a provision to grant expedited permit review — but not relief from permitting requirements — to projects of the power authority. In this case, any state agency would need to treat an application related to the power authority in an expedited fashion. By placing the state, through the power authority or otherwise, in the role of permit applicant, it sends a clear signal that the project is something that the state wants to see to successful completion.
Q. When do you expect the first projects to come on-line?
A. This all takes time. Optimistically, we're looking five years out, but more realistically, perhaps seven years. We want to be successful, and we want to do it right. If it takes longer than that, I'd question whether it would ever get done. This presumes, for larger off-shore projects, about a year to conduct the stakeholder process, circulate an RFP and qualify one or more vendors. From there, estimate two years for development, including state permitting (and federal, if necessary), and two years from beginning of construction until full commercial operation. To the extent that several smaller onshore sites are identified and financially viable, these may be developed on a shorter timeline. I don't envision a request for proposals process for on-shore, which would move along separate tracks.
Q. Will communities have both hosting and ownership opportunities?
A. Yes. In some cases community hosting and ownership will make sense. In other cases it will not. In general, we encourage communities to pursue small (one- and two-turbine) installations where they are economically viable, and we will assist those that are viable in any way we can. Another avenue that may make more sense is for communities to aggregate their power purchase requirements and financially support the construction of a single, larger, project. This will enable scale economies to be reflected in both the project capital cost and the power price. Longer-term contracts for power can help drive down prices, and a community's credit behind a purchase from the power authority could leverage the ability for the power authority to secure a strong bond rating to borrow at low interest rates. Each of these has the potential to benefit the community, depending on its role.
Q. How can you ensure that some of the price-stability benefit of wind energy will accrue to Rhode Island consumers?
A. As a fuel-free resource, wind generators can offer fixed-price energy over long term. But if all of the output is sold to the grid, then both Rhode Island and New England would benefit from spot market price suppression, but because Rhode Island is only 6% of the regional load, the benefits would be highly diluted. Price stability benefits go hand in hand with ownership or long-term contracts. If a community builds a project to consume the power itself, it will have fixed the price of that energy for more than twenty years. If the power authority enters long-term contracts, then Rhode Island communities will get first crack at 100% of the price stability benefits. Given the significant Renewable Energy Standard demand, as well as the potential value of having long-term fixed price supply in the portfolio, we hope that much of this wind power can be sold to National Grid for the remaining standard offer customers. In that case, the price stability benefit would certainly be conveyed through regulated retail rates.
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Scott Allen Etienne, 40, of McLeansboro, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as a result of a tragic vehicle/pedestrian accident.
He was born Jan. 7, 1973, in Carmi, the son of Richard Keith Etienne and Debbie K. (Fulkerson) Etienne. He loved to fish and hunt and collect arrowheads. He was the head nautical mechanic, employed by APC Sales & Marine Services in Marion. He was a Protestant by faith.
He is surivved by his father, Richard Etienne and wife Teresa of Mt. Vernon; his mother, Debbie Broyles and husband Ted of McLeansboro; two children, Tanner Ingram of Enfield and Tristan Etienne of Marion; a brother, Cody Etienne of McLeansboro; two sisters, Kaci Etienne of McLeansboro and Ashley Broyles of Chicago; and a grandmother, Melba Fulkerson of Carmi.
He was preceded in death by grandparents.
Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro with the REv. Alan Spangler officiating.
A private family burial of ashes will be conducted at a later date.
Visitation was held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 18 at Harre Funeral Home, McLeansboro.
For those who wish, memorials may be given to Hamilton Memorial Hospital Foundation or Comprehensive Services of Mt. Vernon and will be accepted at Harre Funeral Home.
Arrangements are under the direction of Harre Funeral Home, McLeansboro.


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Updated 11:50am Wednesday 6th February 2013 in News By Daniel Milligan
CRICKETERS at King's College helped raise £2,500 towards their tour of Sri Lanka next month.
Somerset cricket legend Marcus Trescothick held a question and answer session with journalist Oliver Cox along with an auction to help generate some funds for the team's trip and also for local charities and cricket clubs.
The tour leaves on March 21 for two weeks and includes a mix of abilities across three lower year groups.
Director of cricket Phil Lewis said: "We were delighted to have Marcus who gave an inspirational and very honest insight into his extraordinary ongoing career.
"He also offered some great advice to our young, talented up and coming cricketers especially with regards to touring in Sri Lanka.
"We are so glad to be running a tour like this because it will not only allow all of our players to develop their character but also to really test their skills. It is also a great opportunity to include more of our pupils on what are very popular tours.
"The tour party are already training hard and looking forward to what should be a fantastic experience."
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Lawmakers in Kentucky are struggling with a situation members of the West Virginia Legislature know all to well: how to help Century Aluminum continue employing hundreds of workers without putting a burden on anyone else in the state.
Century's Ravenswood smelter closed in 2009, and rate negotiations started in May 2012, aided with legislation to allow a special rate for Century and any other high-intensity industrial electric consumers that fit the bill.
AEP Spokeswoman Jeri Matheney said this week her company has taken part in sporadic discussions with Century to try to nail down a rate that would allow the aluminum smelter to reopen without shifting costs to any other Appalachian Power ratepayers. That potential shift and its amount was the sticking point in the rate case that closed with the Public Service Commission's order in October.
Century has not agreed to the rate the PSC ordered, but spokesman Mike Dildine said last week restarting the Ravenswood plant is an important priority for the company, and the $45 million startup cost is steep, but the company is continuing to evaluate alternative power supply arrangements.
But back to Kentucky. Lawmakers there are looking at two bills that would give major users of electricity – primarily aluminum smelters – the ability to get power on the open market. State law there requires the two aluminum smelters to buy their power from Big Rivers Electric Corp., and Century has said its electric rates are about 30 percent higher than it could pay by going to the open market.
In August, Century provided the required notice that it will terminate its power contract with Big Rivers and close its plant unless it can find cheaper power.
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce joined the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and the Kentucky Resource Council for a media teleconference March 4 to raise their concerns about Century's potential leap into the open market.
Kentucky Resources Council Director Tom FitzGerald said he was worried other customers would be required to shoulder an additional cost burden and suggested the legislature stay out of the electricity discussions. FitzGerald said Kentucky's governor should participate in discussions to offer "the appropriate incentive package," including multi-coal severance dollars.
Greg Higdon, president and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers said the two bills could lead to an increase in utility costs for manufacturers, which most cannot afford right now.
"In order to provide the power needed by all of our manufacturers, utilities have had to incur major infrastructure costs and those costs are shared by all of their customers," Higdon said.
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Worse, it was a recurrence of the breast cancer she'd been treated for 10 years earlier, which had now spread to her stomach and ribs. She was calling from home -- she's unmarried and lives alone -- and was wobbly after her first three rounds of chemo. I listened. When I hung up, I immediately called the airline and made a reservation. Next I called my husband at work to let him know that we'd have to cancel our weekend plans. Then I called Toni back to say that I was coming that very weekend. "I'm not dying yet," she protested. "All the better," I told her.
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Most of you either watched the Super Bowl or have since YouTubed Eminem's awesome Super Bowl ad. I'll embed it just for fun (you're welcome, Chrysler). But what some of you probably didn't see or hear was the response from one Mark Steyn, a conservative talk-radio host that filled in for Rush Limbaugh Monday morning after the Super Bowl.
I take serious, serious issue with his response. I'm not going to get political at all, because this isn't the place for that.
First, here's Em's ad:
I love this ad. It's pure Detroit. Chrysler grew a major pair with this commercial, and put the rest of the Big Three and the country on notice. Detroit isn't going down without a fight, and there's still a lot of good in the city. Hell, I don't ever think Detroit's going down. We might be headed in the wrong direction, but damn sure there are better days ahead. The vaunted auto industry will rebound, and a new Detroit will rise, albeit one looking slightly different.
More after the jump.
Here's Steyn's response.
I'll just give you a minute to digest that sucker.
"I was impressed, actually, that he could find a theater that has not been reduced to rubble in downtown Detroit"
I can name several, not the least of which is the iconic Fox Theater across from Comerica Park. Yes, some French photojournalists chronicled some decaying buildings in a town that had lost part of itself. Despite that, Detroit, even its years of struggles, has produced some of the most pervasive and consistently excellent culture that the country has witnessed. Motown music. Countless other bands. Writers, poets, artists, and civil rights heroes. Sports legends. And, yes, Eminem, one of the city's foremost ambassadors. Yes, I view Eminem as an ambassador from Detroit, because outsiders have a tendency to treat it like a foreign country, and as I'll write later, Eminem has shown his (admittedly controversial) own strong devotion to the city, to his city.
Then Steyn compares the "rubble of Detroit" to "European cities, circa 1945":
"Unlike European cities, no bombs fell on this American city (...) this American city did it to themselves."
Mr. Steyn, no one in Detroit wants the city to be bombed-out or full of rubble. And the city didn't do this to itself. We can talk about misguided public management all day, or discuss the pros and cons of the UAW, or talk about race and gentrification and violence. We can talk about the auto industry's latent problems that have turned into an over-20% unemployment rate for the city. But, Mr. Steyn, I implore you, please don't overlook the hardworking Detroiters that struggle every day for their families, for their friends, and for their city. They don't need or want your respect, because you don't understand. They have their own brotherhood, and enough self-respect to weather anything you throw at them. And I'm honored to count myself as one of them.
The second half of the clip goes into some Democrat-bashing, which I'm not going to discuss, because this isn't about politics. But then he goes on to decry the $9 million price tag of the ad (which, by the way, had over three million hits for the 200 the next morning) and call Detroit "a ruined city," at this point a common refrain in this idiot's rant. He doesn't stop there, comparing Detroit to "African banana republics after a civil war."
I won't get too technical and point out that the revenue this ad will bring in (and has already brought in) for Chrysler will greatly guarantee a positive ROI, particularly when people like Mark Steyn blow the issue up and people like me argue with him. I'm not even feeling up to argue with his ludicrous statement about African banana republics. He just sounds like a scared, ignorant man who wants to pick out easy targets. And yes, Detroit is an easy target. But that doesn't mean we'll roll over and take such biased, hateful ignorance.
Somehow, after six minutes, Steyn's not even done, ridiculing the ad for "telling us that Detroit is the future of America", and stating that "If Detroit is the future of America, we're all doomed."
With regards to the "we": Steyn is a Canadian citizen living in New Hampshire. He isn't one of us. I will focus this directly at Mr. Steyn:
Mark Steyn, you are not one of us. By "us," I do not merely mean Americans, because there are plenty of Americans who probably agree with you. By "us," I mean the people that know Detroit. The people that were born here, or have ties to this place. The fifty-plus-year veterans of the American auto industry. I'm unabashedly proud to say that my father, his brother, both of my grandfathers, and countless other family members and friends have dedicated countless years and entire lives to the American auto industries. The laptop on which I write this piece was paid for by selling Explorers, F-150s, and Mustangs. So, Mr. Steyn, when you say "we," I respectfully ask you to say "We Canadians" (a country whose domestic manufacturing output is greatly boosted by numerous American auto plants) so that you don't get people confused. You do not speak for the everyman. I won't even touch the end of your rant, where you condescendingly reference the man who Time has ranked among the top ten most influential music icons in the modern age. Suffice to say that many, many Detroiters would be more than happy to introduce you to Eminem, who has a sense of loyalty to his city, to my city, to their city, that you just can't understand.
I don't profess to speak for the city of Detroit. Plenty of better men than I have stepped up to bat and always will, including other radio hosts and people around the world. But I have a pulpit, albeit a nice small one, and this site is about the free exchange of ideas, from sports to area news to beer. I'm going to call Mark Steyn out on an egregious breach of human integrity, on behalf of myself, as a son of Detroit, a son of a Detroiter, and a son of a man whose father taught him loyalty.
As I mentioned earlier, this goes beyond politics. Frank Beckmann, a man for whom this blogger has tremendous respect (and also a conservative talk-radio host), responded on his own radio show and eventually interviewed Steyn. Beckmann first said this: (via DetNews dot com)
"We know those problems, he's not the first to notice them," Beckmann said. "(The ad) shows a gritty side of Detroit. It shows us how we are."
And after Steyn's rant suggested that Detroit was done for, Beckmann responded: (again via the News)
"What would you have us do, just quit trying?"
Thank you, Frank Beckmann, for being a voice of reason. Thank you for pointing out that we Detroiters know the gritty side of the town. We know our human failings, and we know where we've gone wrong. We're fixing it. Ads like this are just one way to reach out to those who don't know. People like Mark Steyn, who probably didn't give Detroit the time of day except in a punchline before Sunday. We Detroiters have massive chips on our shoulders. Always have. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm fiercely proud of my city, of its humanity and its human failings. I'm proud of its storied sports teams and the teams in the state it anchors.
So, Mr. Steyn, I'd like to cordially invite you to the city of Detroit. Don't worry, I've moved beyond anything petty. I want to show you the Fox Theatre and Campus Martius and Comerica Park. Come to a Friday night Cass Tech football game. Let's tour the Flat Rock Ford plant or the Chrysler HQ. We could even see an Eminem show. I want to show you children laughing and playing and the safety of the Saturday markets. Because my city is very much alive, and despite its rampant unemployment, it's fighting like hell to grow again. And we always will. We're never going to quit trying.
Sports fans will passionately debate each other, throw mountains of trash talk at one another, and generally act like fools in support of their chosen squads. I sure do, and I'm fanatically devoted to my Wolverines to the point of arrogance in our fandom, a subject I have written on at length, and a subject I have been argued against at equal length. But this - this is something different. Mark Steyn is talking about an entire city, an entire area of people, without any regard for the people inside of it. I intend to defend my city with passion. But not arrogance. I'll leave that to radio personalities. Me, I'm good with this chip on my shoulder. And keep talking - there's plenty of room for more.
Just to put this thing in a bit more perspective, even the Free Press, a site for which I have very little regard, has some good stuff up on regarding this ad. This first one looks at the creation of the ad and the message Chrysler wanted to convey, which seems to be not so much "Buy the 200" as much as "Detroit's back." For the first time ever, I'm going to quote Rochelle Riley, who has a column on a real news website, who's echoing the sentiments of me and many Detroiters:
Every town is somebody's hometown. And every city has a message. (...)
Detroit is different. We are the only city besides New Orleans with our own soundtrack. (...)
Detroit: The first thing you hear isn't the single voice of a gospel choir demanding joy. No, you hear the hype and the hate and the shootings.
Don't get me wrong. Those of us who walk the streets of the Motor City, eat in its restaurants, watch baseball games at Comerica Park, get our hair braided along 8 Mile, we know what we face.
Those of us who hang out in Greektown, shop along Livernois, visit the barber on Gratiot, go to church on almost every corner, we know that Detroit has two truths.
When we hear Detroit -- in a choir's song or a rapper's beat -- we feel the sweat of a century of being the best at something. We laugh at the gray winter that reminds us how strong we are. We taste the bitterness of pushing for better.
Know what else we celebrate? When someone else gets it -- for a moment, for a night, for a weekend.
Damn right, Rochelle. Those two truths are at the heart of every Detroiter. We know what we face. We know we're strong, and the gray winter isn't going to stop us from pushing for better. Rochelle Riley, unlike Mark Steyn, gets it. She's trying to get others to get it too, because it sucks when people don't. Back to sports for just a second, I can't tell you how many times I got mad at my roommate from Arizona when State went to the Final Four and he just kept referring to them as "Michigan." i know that's a small example, but he didn't get it. He didn't get that essence of what made the distinction between the two schools so important to me. Not just from a rivalry perspective, but they're not the same. They've each got their own unique and proud fanbases, and I couldn't deal with them getting lumped together as an afterthought by someone who didn't really care. That's sports. This is so much more. This is a city trying so hard to reinvent itself, to bring itself up. This commercial is one group's way of reaching out to those people who don't care, to the people who can't be bothered to see Detroit as anything but a failure or a punchline.
She's not the only one who gets it. Other people are starting to get it. And for this ad to work, to really have a positive impact, it needed to be felt at home - and the people of Detroit itself are starting to come around:
The ad -- doing what other campaigns haven't been able to do -- sparked regional pride for Detroit.
I'll say it did. Seeing it, and knowing that hundreds of millions of people saw my city in a new, proud light, made me pause. The city's about more than cars or successes or failures. It's about feeling. And this ad provoked a strong positive feeling.