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Proud new owners Rachel Lubell of Rod Rodgers Dance and Anthony Ruiz and Michelangelo Alasá of Duo Theater, inside Duos second-floor theater.
Lessons in maintenance for arts groups on E. 4th
By Sara G. Levin
Michelangelo Alasá, the well-built Artistic Director of Duo Theater, can now exhibit video works on the top floor of his Latino-focused arts center, a practice banned by the buildings previous owner, City Housing. Standing amidst his new video gallery, Alasá insisted that co-owning the theater and rehearsal space with Rod Rodgers Dance Company is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After six years of negotiation, the two non-profit organizations on East 4th Street became their own landlords last month when the Department of Housing Preservation and Development [HPD] sold six buildings between Bowery and Second Avenue for $1 each to be preserved as cultural institutions.
The other arts groups-turned-owners include Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Choices Theater Project, Downtown Art, Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional, La MaMa E.T.C., New York Theater Workshop, Teatro Circulo and Wow Café Theater. Millennium Theater, the second oldest company on the block, was not granted ownership because it shares a building with La MaMa, a considerably larger organization with more funds.
Its not just about the survival of one group. If we are all a strong community, it benefits everybody, said Ryan Gilliam, chair of Fourth Arts Block [FAB], the coalition of 4th Street artists that negotiated with City officials. We want it to be a place people think of when they want to see small theater or dance companies doing interesting work.
Proprietors hope the block will serve as a cultural island of the East Village. As surrounding buildings are razed or renovated for housing, Rod Rodgers Executive Director Rachel Lubell emphasized that theaters on East 4th Street will become an even more valuable draw for the neighborhood.
To begin with, Lubell and Alasá are planning a restoration of their unique 1889 façade to attract wider audiences and more capital. Standing like a sad reminder of bureaucratic neglect, its white spiral fire escape is decorated with rust and pigeon nests. Broken French windows frame the center where an ornate balcony once stood.
A restored façade and outside that looks like its not abandoned will hopefully help us bring in more business, Lubell said. It will be good for us and the whole block. The Duo Theaters 74 seats are nestled inside a faded but charming jewel box theater from the 19th century.
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but you also have more impetus to generate money, Alasá said, balancing the opportunities and consequences he and the other companies face. Oil prices, for example, have doubled, making the budget he and Lubell had in place last year useless.
Gilliam, who is also founder of the youth oriented theater program Downtown Art, said that FAB recently received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation that will allow it to hire an executive director and consultants. The consultants should help in teaching how to manage responsibilities like maintenance, insurance, gas, zoning and property value.
Its kind of heavy on the responsibilities side, said Gretchen Green, Managing Director of La MaMa. But it will stay in non-profit hands pretty much forever. The alternative was they would put it out for bid and some other organization would take it. So were very happy to have it. La MaMa and New York Theater Workshop are the two largest and most well endowed organizations of FAB, though in relation to other Manhattan theaters they are still small.
I think its amazingly rare, particularly in Manhattan that small artistic groups are made important enough to have a permanent home, Gilliam said. That the city has backed them and said, We want you to stay. Usually this is what evaporates when a neighborhood gains more capital.
In addition, the groups that make up FAB are a diverse bunch. Duo Theater, Teatro Circulo and Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional are all Latino-focused, with many performances in Spanish. WOW emphasizes lesbian theater. Rod Rodgers is grounded in African-American traditions, but also offers childrens Flamenco classes. Choices and Millennium are independent screening rooms, Millennium having offered low-cost film workshops since its founding in 1966.
Im disappointed, but its understandable, said Millennium founder Howard Guttenplan about not being granted co-ownership with La MaMa. He explained that his group only has a budget of over $130,000 whereas La MaMa has over $1 million. Currently, the two companies are working out a short-term lease, which Guttenplan hopes will become long-term.
Weve been in the community for forty years, Guttenplan said. So were really an important part of the arts and film community. We have a big space, a magazine, workshops
so we do a lot and we think that we deserve some consideration.
Neill Coleman, a representative of HPD explained that the negotiation process with FAB lasted so long because the City needed to make sure that the theaters had enough capital to support themselves. The Cooper Square Committee and Council member Margarita Lopez joined with FAB to help raise money, gain grants and advocate for the sale.
There had always been some theaters on that block and I think the City realized that they were a real asset to that neighborhood, Coleman said. The problem was, would these groups be able to maintain [the buildings]? We didnt want them to fall into disrepair. So it was a process over a number of years to put together the financial security that made us comfortable in knowing they had the finances and fundraising to be able to maintain and operate those buildings.
Now, wobbly as their managerial legs may be, the arts organizations are enthusiastic about commanding their new spaces. Armed with recently won grants, Downtown Art prepares up to move into 70 East 4th Street with Alpha Omega. La MaMa lurches ahead with archival rennovations. Duo and Rod Rodgers cut down on heat to save for reconstructing the 1889 façade. Though all organizations are constantly scrambling for money and still learning complex insurance laws, the cultural community of East 4th Street is revving its gears for the open road ahead.
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Design education in Australia, your thoughts?
Posted 19.05.2010 @ 1.27PM (Edited 19.05.2010 @ 1.29PM)
Great talk Jen!
During my tertiary studies I attended two universities, JCU in Townsville and QUT in Brisbane.
Both of them had their pros and cons like most things in life. However, I still feel I learnt over and above what uni taught me about the job I do today in the first 6 months of fulltime employment.
I doubt there will ever be a course/school which can teach the real life lesson you learn when you enter the work force.
Saying that, I wish I had more of a chance to do work placement in design/development during my course. Much like the final years for medical students where they do a large term of field placement.
Posted 19.05.2010 @ 3.36PM
Nice discussion starter Jen, I've studied at two university. University of Western Sydney (UWS) and the Köln International School of Design (KISD), in Germany.
I found a massive difference between the two, I found that UWS taught design in the same way they teach engineering, maths or medicine, with classes, tutorials, lectures, readings. Each class and each semester separate from one another. It was only in final year that we had anything that resembled a real design studio experience, even then we still had classes not too different to those in primary school.
KISD was completely different, it is a groundbreaking design education model created by the school, although it's still moving and evolving it has been adopted and mimicked by numerous design schools across Europe. Entry is gained via an interview. There are no classes, instead there is projects, some are one day a week, others are full time 9-5 for a full year. You choose what you wish to study in all kinds of subjects from treehouse design, to design research, entertainment, interior design to one off guest lecturers and short term software skill workshops as well as all students being required to pick projects to actually run the administration of the school, like enrollments or run the Cafe. Almost every creative field is catered for including some you wouldn't expect, like business projects or one were some students turned the basement in a restaurant and ran it for two weeks. Every Friday is presentation day where one project group shows their work to whole school, there is usually a couple guest lecturers and the beer flows, eventually the college turns into a bar and Friday night at school become a party.
Above all that, the projects are filled with all year levels and people from all creative disciplines, much like a real studio. The whole school runs as a real studio, many of the briefs are real, almost all of the long term projects have commercial partners, with many small term ones encouraging you to find a client or sponsorship. The whole education model was incredible and showed me what design education could be like if a school is willing to take the risk.
Posted 19.05.2010 @ 8.15PM (Edited 19.05.2010 @ 8.17PM)
I'm coming in from a different perspective. I've spent a fair amount of time studying ( 7 years studying Primary Education/ Psychology/ IT/ Design/ Secondary Education) and teaching (primary/ highschool). The reality is that you will never be prepared for life in the workforce straight out of university - that's all part of the beauty of learning on the job. Same as teaching. Most high school teachers know jack shit about their subject area (I spent 18 months studying IT to receive a Food Technology/ Metal/ Woodwork class load). I remember coming out of an intense (Computing - they taught us LOGO, PASCAL and C) Technology course only to be given a woodwork class and not even knowing how to handle a pedestal drill let alone a circular saw. Nice work Department of Education. Fortunately I didn't kill anyone.
I'm interested in design education at a fundamental level. Teaching kids about process and basic communication skills (drawing anyone?). At a professional level, aside from technical skills they are the skills that matter the most. Having someone who knows how to process a series of instructions and then come back and communicate their achievements is a big ask from most 17 year olds. Those skills need to be taught not just in optional subjects but across the board.
The Department of Education has made some effort. Technology is now mandatory in year 7 and 8 in NSW. Those mickey mouse subjects you loved (woodwork, metal, technical drawing, textiles, cooking, agriculture, graphic design. multimedia,computing, etc) are all lumped into a unit framework. So basically, as a year 7/8 student you receive 90 minutes of 'Technology' a week based on the time-frame and skillset that the teachers at the school you happen to be lucky enough to be enrolled in have.
I was lucky enough to work at a great school with innovative teachers who rotatated 6 units (different subject areas) across 2 years so that students had the opportunity to experience as many subject levels as possible. To be honest I think this school was in the minority as most of this work depends on hard working innovative teachers and the subjects that they have experience in (or are willing) to teach.
What was your experience?
Do you think high school adequately prepared you to make an appropriate career decision?
What else could school teachers be doing to prepare their design orientated students for a professional career?
Posted 19.05.2010 @ 10.49PM
I'm at UWS in my 4th year doing an Honours project with a basis in design education. Fundamentally i think any enriching design education experience (or any educational experience for that matter) needs to start with the student. You can blame the course work, the teachers, the resources or the insituation's culture- but at the end of the day, if your not engaging with what you've got to work with- if your not pushing expectations for yourself, then little else matters. Therefore I'd suggest the only quality that defines a good design student, is one that wants to learn and better themselves.
Lorena: I did Design Technology at school. Can't say I loved it, it didn't influence my decision to do design degree- which is funny now that i reflect on it. High school was the wrong kind of dynamic for me, too much hand feeding. I think having an strong awareness of design culture is inspiring for designers of all levels and would help your students understand what they can get away with, or where they can fit in on the full spectrum of design. If your students could start a design course with 5 favourite Australian design studios- they'd be two years head of most design students. In my opinion.
Good topic.
Posted 19.05.2010 @ 11.04PM
I studied Multimedia Design at Swinburne here in Melbourne and I have to say I was a little underwhelmed with the course. While there were a number of good lecturers there were also those that did little to inspire the students.
This was probably also due to a lack of enthusiasm from most of the students who treated it more as a burden than an opportunity to learn more and develop their skills. Haha, I seem really jaded.
I think I was just expecting a lot more. And by a lot more I mean a course that would challenge me and teach me new things etc. Instead it felt more like paying someone to read out a brief and look up examples on the net.
I'm not too fussed about the whole ENTER score thing, people can always go to tafe which is just as good (from what I can gather). The ENTER score just separates the people who get off their ass and do work from those who like the idea of design but tend to just sit and watch funny youtube clips every class until the end of semester when they spit something out the night before.
I learned a lot more from books and the internet than my 4 years at uni.
Posted 20.05.2010 @ 3.47AM
It's peculiar to think that design courses in this country are expanding but will each student be catered for a job? In the States, design graduates are already having the most difficult time to secure a full-time position let alone afford their brownhouse rents.
My personal experience that I have come to realise is actually really think whether or not design education should be undertaken with swiftness. Having had spoken to some of the industry designers that we know very well of, it's really about the portfolio of work, whether it is tailored to the needs of that business and if your skills match the ethos of the studio. It's just not that simple that the expectation of undertaking a design degree, going to classes at whichever university or college will be the gold ticket to a job. The harsh reality of what is not the big picture at these institutions is you go through these project phases, your work is then scrunitised by tutors and your marked against a numerical number.
You also really have to contend with if you stand any better when you might be presenting the same folio of work of the same briefs set out ubiquitously for every other person. With great honesty, I think it would be unwise to take up design studies automatically. Spend time making mistakes, failures and doing experiments, try-outs at home, speak to real people, network with them, showcase what your doing and build from there. Then you will realise that hey: just because I got a portfolio doesn't mean it's that simple. Design is also a business; graphic designers are not the best designers. You work with photographers, writers, set-designers; the real design world isn't so academic; your relied upon your best skills so iron them in an environment that you feel creatively unbridled.
Posted 20.05.2010 @ 4.02AM
I would also like to further add that some of these design institutions seemingly have no idea how the real world and the industry works on a day to day basis. I keep in touch with friends doing their 4 year coursework and hearing things such as making your own personal identity and making a university marketed magazine. Are those kinds of projects the breadwinners and your best keepsake? What Luke (from above) had described is exactly like that Swedish school HyperIsland where there are no academic type classes but set time projectwork. It feels much more pragmatic yet your build your skills in real-time.
Posted 20.05.2010 @ 10.23AM
how hard is it to set briefs?
if this is true and it's the same old personal id and uni newsletters thing need a kick up the proverbial
my college, hornsey art college in london set multi-leveled briefs
you had 3 or 4 to choose from, your medium was up to you, 3d, animation, print, photography, to name a few
one in the last year i vaguely remember was:
id for glasshouse cafe
advertising for brooke employment agency
convey greed in any medium
id investigation on bovis building company with critiques
illustrate how a life form from another world would see us using a completely different sense
create, brand and make a box of chocolates
if we didn't like any of them we were encouraged to think one up and present it
we were given a month to do it
we had the resources of the college to use and had to take the initiative to hunt out tutors (most of who were part time and worked either in the industry or were fine artists
college should be a time to experiment, too much pragmatic bollox for my taste, you got the rest of your working life to get fed up with it - see thread 'i hate my job'
i know some will come on and say colleges should train for the industry, my gripe is that is not and should never be the only priority
then again i didn't have to pay so this would make a difference, another of my gripes
griping away here, sorry
Posted 21.05.2010 @ 10.19AM
Thanks so much for your contributions so far everyone. The key points resonating from all that has been said above seem to be:
*Students should have greater ability to tackle real-world briefs whilst at Uni/TAFE (love the examples of KISD and Hyper Island in particular - how innovative and inspiring)
*More experimentation should be allowed in the contexts of tertiary design courses - not all content should be so pragmatic
*Practical experience should be introduced at a greater level throughout an individuals design education
*Uni/TAFE is handy but is by no means the be-all and end-all
In regards to Australian institutions, it seems some are really chasing their tail. On the contrary, do you think any universities, TAFE colleges or privately run institutions are doing a particularly good job? If so, what is it that they are doing?


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DEL MAR, Calif. will attempt to become the first horse to sweep the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup, and Pacific Classic in the same year when he competes in the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic on Sunday at Del Mar, but there are plenty of horses ready to challenge him, including last year's Kentucky Derby winner, Giacomo, who looked sensational in a six-furlong workout here Monday morning.
With exercise rider Steve Willard aboard, Giacomo was merely cruising as he traveled six furlongs in 1:12.20. Giacomo broke off about five lengths behind workmate Bullistic, then roared past that horse at the top of the stretch and went powerfully to the wire.
"Every week, he's just felt a little bit better," Willard said. Then, referring to the trainer of Lava Man, Willard added, "Doug O'Neill better have his running shoes on. I'm not saying we're going to beat him, but he better have his running shoes on."
John Shirreffs, the trainer of Giacomo, put on his best poker face after the work. "It was just a work, right? The show's in the afternoon," he said. But asked if he was happy with the work, Shirreffs perked up with an emphatic, "Yes."
"The San Diego," which Giacomo won on July 22, "really moved him forward quite a bit," Shirreffs said. "He really needed that race."
The Pacific Classic, at 1 1/4 miles, is the same distance as the Kentucky Derby, Santa Anita Handicap, and Hollywood Gold Cup. It headlines a card that also includes the Pat O'Brien Handicap, a seven-furlong sprint that will bring out Declan's Moon and Siren Lure.
Lava Man is the likely favorite for the Pacific Classic. He finished third in the race last year, behind Borrego and Perfect Drift. On Sunday at Del Mar, Lava Man completed his serious work with a six-furlong breeze in 1:14 with exercise rider Tony Romero.
"I just loved the steadiness of it and the fact it was done with ease," O'Neill said.
Perfect Drift was scheduled to arrive at Del Mar on Monday afternoon after a flight from Kentucky. This will be his third consecutive appearance in the Pacific Classic. Perfect Drift worked a half-mile in 49.80 seconds at the Churchill Downs training center on Saturday.
"He couldn't be better," his trainer, Murray Johnson, said after arriving Monday morning at San Diego International Airport. "He came out of his last race well, and he's continued to thrive."
Good Reward, who will be trainer Shug McGaughey's first runner at Del Mar, worked five furlongs on Monday at the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga in 1:01.43, the fastest of 10 works at the distance. He will ship here on Thursday, McGaughey said.
At Del Mar, Preachinatthebar worked flew six furlongs in 1:11, the best time of 19 at the distance, and Top This and That went a half-mile in 48 seconds.
On Sunday at Del Mar, Super Frolic worked six furlongs in 1:12.40.
Others expected for the Pacific Classic are Magnum, Papi Chullo, and possibly That's an Outrage.
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A noble Lord: And look at what has happened.
Earl Russell: Yes, I do look at what has happened: a number of Scots have attained positions of distinction, which they have then exercised with distinction. This country is much the richer for them.
This country is far too ashamed of being anything other than an isolated rockpool into which the tide does not flow. But in isolated rockpools the water turns brackish, life dies and quality fades away. Like Jane Austen's Mr Woodhouse, we cry to "live much out of the world". As a result we are often much surprised by what we find in it.
Lord Filkin: My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate on the order. Let me start by saying a few words again to put in context why we think that this order is necessary, timely and proportionate.
The asylum system and the principles of the 1951 convention matter greatly. As a country and as a government we want to be able to continue to offer refuge to those who genuinely qualify under that convention. But, as we know, economic migration is a fact. Illegal economic migration is a problem and it has vastly increased in scale because of improvements in transportation, disparities in wealth around the world and criminal gangs which try to promote it.
Without going over the detail again, non-suspensive appeals play an important part in the process. They were a contentious element in our discussions on the Bill and, for that reason, a number of careful procedures were put in place to try to ensure that they were considered and neutralised safely and proportionately.
As is his wont, the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, made a powerful speech concerning a number of the countries listed on the order before the House. The world is by no means perfect in all those countries. Indeed, there are very few countries about which one could say that there are no issues of concern, but of course that is not the test of the order. The test is that in general a country is safe for its citizens. The word "general" was put into the legislation for a purpose. It enabled the application of the practice of non-suspensive appeals to be triggered, but still left the responsibility to reach a decision on whether it would be safe specifically for the individual concerned. So it is not a process which states simply that because X country is safe all applicants from that country are therefore automatically not valid asylum claimants. All it does is bring in a difference of process, on which I shall speak in more detail later in my remarks.
For reasons of time and because I am not expert on all the issues raised by the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, I shall do what I did on the last occasion and write to the noble Lord with specific governmental responses to all the questions raised and the points made on information about specific countries. By so doing I shall be able to set out the reasons for our responses and why we consider that the tests set within the statute are nevertheless met in the judgment taken by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary. That is not to duck the issue, but I can offer a better response if I follow the procedure of the last occasion and write to the noble Lord. Of course I shall copy the letter to Members of the Front Benches.
That is not to dismiss or in any way belittle the importance of being thoughtful, proportionate, concerned and well informed when making judgments and decisions about designation. That is a proper challenge to the Government. All I would emphasise is that the Bill places the two tests before countries can be put on the list, and that those tests are applied generally rather than in all circumstances.
That then turns to a consideration of the circumstances of an individual person, without presumption. Because the country from which they came may in general be thought to be safe, that does not mean that their individual application should be considered to be unfounded, unsafe and inadequate. It is the challenge of the case workers to hold that test before them. That is why they have gone through a specific and specialist training process and why there is a second pair of eyes.
As to the question raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, and the noble Earl, Lord Russell, of why not wait, the reason we should not wait is that, essentially, we believe these countries now meet the test; and, secondly, there are a substantial number of applications from these seven countries. For example, there were 5,000 applications to the United Kingdom from these seven countries in 2002.
Let me give the most recent figures for the first quarter of 2003. I give these figures with some caution because there is a process of very careful checking of data. We believe the figures to be true. They may move up or down slightly but, nevertheless, they are broadly true. In the first quarter of 2003 we had 1,150 applications from these seven countries, of which 20 people were granted asylum as a result of their applications.
If we wait another three months or so it is likely that we will have another 1,000 or more applicants coming into the United Kingdom, of which, on the evidence we have to date, very few will meet the test to qualify under the Act and under the Geneva Convention. That would not matter so much were it not for the fact that
Earl Russell: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. Can he tell the House, beyond these 20 who were successful on their initial application, how many were found to be genuine applicants on appeal?
Lord Filkin: My Lords, I cannot. I can, perhaps, extemporise from the figures that apply generally between initial applications and appeals. My recollection is that, in general, when one looks at the totality of applicationsthe comparison may not be exactly correctbetween 9 and 10 per cent of applicants were granted asylum on initial application; and, again from my recollection of previous data, 6, 7 or 8 per cent were granted asylum on appeal.
So the figure of 20 could go up but, if I were being generous, it is unlikely to go up by much more than 10 or 15. It would still be a very low figure. That does
I was seeking to address the question of why now; why not wait. As your Lordships know it is not simple to removein fact it is extremely difficultand there are substantial burdens on the state in terms of supporting people through the process when they are not removed. I shall not go into detail on that.
I was challengedcourteously by some but less courteously by othersas to whether it was part of the Government's intent to delay the setting up of the advisory panel to get these orders through. It is the first time my integrity has been directly challenged in the House. Nevertheless, I shall put that to one side because it seems to me that the issues that underpin these considerations of asylum and human rights are so profoundly important that we should concentrate on them rather than on trading insults about each other. So I shall let that pass.
As to my investigations in March when I discovered that I was to make an order in this respect and that the advisory panel was not in place, it was not a pleasant experience to find that the commitment I had given to the House that we would set up the advisory panel had not been implemented. I have had vigorous discussions in that respect. I am convinced that the delay was a result of pressure of work on officials, not of malice on their part. It was not a result of Ministers or officials seeking to take a position. It was something that was not done as quickly as we would have wished. As a consequence of 31st March, the process has moved forward rapidly and it is only a matter of timeI am told early Septemberbefore the panel is in place. It needs to be, because that is part of an informed process as to whether we are making fair judgments as a government on those countries and that process. I am not pleased that we do not have the advisory panel establishedquite the reverse.
I turn to the question of whether it is possible to have an effective out-of-country appeal in this respect. It is an important issue, although it is clearly not what we are specifically debating today. We are debating the order, but the issue is germane to it.
The process allows the applicant in the country, whose claim has been rejected, to ask to make an appeal to a British lawyer as part of the consideration of the application, and the British lawyer to lodge the appeal as soon as the person has left the country. In fact, some 25 per cent of people who have been certified and removed have made appeals under that process and under the Act. One can argue that two ways. One could say that 100 per cent did not make appeals and that therefore there is some flaw in the process. On the other hand, one could take the view as we do that the fact that 25 per cent have done so shows that the system is effective, and that many have had a go at the system to get in and then not bothered to take it further.
Earl Russell: My Lords, is not the correct test the proportion of success in in-country appeals and
Lord Filkin: My Lords, I shall come to that point later and explain exactly why it is not the comparison that we should be making.
The nature of the out-of-country appeal and whether it is possible for an appellant in those circumstances to have justice was the thrust of a number of questions. The appeal in those circumstances is essentially against whether certification and designation of the country as meeting the tests in the legislation was reasonable. It was not about the circumstances of the individual person. It was not an appeal as to whether that person should have been granted asylum but whether or not the country should have been certified as a non-suspensive appeal country. For that, a British lawyer supported by other excellent non-governmental organisations is well able to bring a case before the courts without the individual person who has been the subject of that wider general decision present before them. Therefore, there is an effective possibility of making out-of-country appeals, because it is a focus on that issue rather than the circumstances of a person's individual case.
The noble Lord, Lord Avebury, asked about the position of Zimbabweans pretending to be South African. There would definitely be an opportunity for a person on a false South African document to show us that they were in fact Zimbabweans. The noble Lord asked also about the potential successes of out-of-country appeals. I explained the nature of that appeal, and why it is different.
I should signal the position on appeals and judicial reviews. There have been 83 appeals so far from people who have been certified and removed as a consequence of the non-suspensive appeal process. Sixty of those have been heard and, of those 60, all have been dismissed. Forty-seven judicial reviews have been lodged for people in those circumstances, none of which has as yet been successful.
I turn to the query of the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, about the Justice report, which referred to the question of appeals being allowed on the basis of credibility. In non- suspensive appeal cases, certifications are not made on the basis of credibility. A claim is not certified as clearly unfounded simply because we do not believe what they sayin other words, because of doubt about credibility. A claim is certified as clearly unfounded only if objective information shows it clearly to be the case.
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Well let's think about it: If they tax people out of smoking cigarettes maybe they will replace the tax revenues with increasing the taxes on junk foods and drinks. Oh wait, they are already climbing into THAT boat! In that case, I would think they will go after alcohol next. Plenty more people drink alcohol than smoke cigarettes so they are bound to make a fortune. Get ready for a $10 tax on every six pack!
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Hello! I've been a little quiet for a while as I've been hoping / preparing for something big: this afternoon I had a job interview at the British Humanist Association.
I'd applied for the role of ICT, Database and Web Officer, and I really wanted it. I've been volunteering with the BHA in various roles for a couple of years, and it's been great – I've certainly thought for quite a while that working there full-time would be brilliant. So when this position came up I went all out, and this morning, for the first time in years, put on a tie through choice.
I wasn't too nervous on the train down, but by the time I walked into the office I was on edge. I couldn't pretend this wasn't a big deal. But I had little time to think, as I was whisked away to take various skill tests, which were followed by an extensive interview. These seemed to go ok, but I'd no idea how I compared to the other candidates. The BHA promised to let me know by the end of the day, so I wandered around London for a bit, unable to concentrate on anything, and eventually headed down to St. James' Park and looped the lake for about ninety minutes. If things went well, my life would change significantly. If they didn't, I knew it'd hit hard. And then I got a phone call to say…
I got the job!
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I am incredibly excited. It's a job that'll be challenging but achievable, in service of a cause I feel is important. Can't ask for more than that. The current occupant of this role2 will be a hard act to follow, but I'm really looking forward to it.
If all goes to plan, this is my answer to the Big Looming Crisis I mentioned on New Year's Eve. It'll mean some big life changes. For starters, I'll be switching to a 9-5 job after nine years of self-employment. And I'll be working in the centre of London 5 days a week. Which isn't very close to where I live at the moment. I have some tentative ideas for how this is all going to work, and I'll put them together before I start in early May. Exciting!
- my 'überyays' hashtag turned into 'Ïberyays' through the wonders of SMS traversal, helpfully making it look like I can't spell words I've made up, in a message retweeted to BHA followers [↩]
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Exasperated Kobe says he's 'looking like an idiot' forcing ball to Howard
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has criticisms of himself and his team.
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The Los Angeles Lakers might officially be a joke. After falling seven games under .500 on the actual season (and 2-3 since Mike D'Antoni's reset), everybody outside of "Lakers Nation" has been giggling at the misfortune and ineptitude of this team on the court for months now. As they get deeper and deeper into the playoff grave they're digging for themselves, we're starting to wonder if they're going to be able to make it at all.
As things get tense on the court, they appear to be getting intense off the court. Pau Gasol isn't starting for Mike D'Antoni. Dwight Howard is complaining about shots. And Kobe Bryant has scored 64 points on 79 shots in his last three games. The key components to this squad who were supposed to lift them above the dregs of their rotation, bench, and roster aren't able to complete this task. When Earl Clark and Metta World Peace are your two most consistent players right now, seven games under .500 is probably actually playing above your head.
After the Lakers' 95-83 loss to the Chicago Bulls Monday night, Kobe Bryant talked to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski as he is wont to do. The things he ended up revealing about the team and himself. Here are some of the snippets:
On the issue of Howard's belief that the ball simply doesn't go through him enough on offense, Bryant rejected the premise.
"I've tried to go out of my way to get him the ball," Bryant told Y! Sports. "Sometimes I end up looking like an idiot, because I get up in the air, I've got a shot, but I try to find him. But he thinks I'm going to shoot, so his back is turned. I'm trying to think about getting him the ball a lot – take care of him as much as I possibly can. It takes me out of rhythm a little bit, but I'm fine with that. If that's going to help our team, I'm more than willing to do that."
There is something very hilarious about this quote. Kobe says he looks like an idiot when he tries to get Dwight the ball after Bryant has jumped in the air. At this point, Dwight is expecting Kobe to shoot because, well, Kobe shoots a lot. When you're one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, people expect you to shoot. The problem might not be the decision of when Kobe is trying to get him the ball; it might be how.
If he's expecting Dwight to look for jump passes all the time, that's going to be an issue. However, when Kobe does sacrifice his own scoring to get Dwight shots on the low block (because Dwight has forgotten he's supposed to be awesome in the pick-and-roll), he needs Dwight to come through with good solid post possessions.
Dwight has been regressing in the post the last two years. In the 2010-11 season, Dwight was scoring 0.93 points per post possession, making 50.6 percent of his shots in the post, and turning the ball over 14.5 percent of the time. Last season as Dwight battled injuries and trade rumors he initiated, those numbers slipped to 0.88 PPP and 49.9 percent, while his turnover rate of improved to 13.6 percent.
This season? Dwight is scoring just 0.78 points per possession in the post, making 48.2 percent of his shots, and turning the ball over an astounding 19.7 percent of the time. One out of every five times you throw the ball into the post with Dwight, he's turning it over. That can't be a heavy part of your offense. Kobe probably knows that but begrudgingly still attempts to feed him. This is why the quality of the post possessions you give Dwight is so important.
"We need to go back to basics," Bryant said. "We need to put guys in positions to do what they do best. We need to strip it down. Steve is best in pick-and-roll. Pau is best in the post. I'm best from the free-throw line extended down. Let's go back to basics."
"Originally, teams would have to play our pick-and-roll coverage, which left me open on the back side quite a bit. But they've made adjustments, and they've decided to stay home on Kobe no matter what. So I'm trying to space the floor. I'm trying to do my job the best I can. I try to create opportunities. But most of them are trying to take the ball to the basket with four or five seconds left on the [shot] clock, trying to manufacture tough shots."
It's hard to argue with Kobe's points here. The fact that Steve Nash isn't used more in the pick-and-roll might be the biggest indictment against the Lakers. Notice, I didn't just single out Mike D'Antoni here; it's on all of them. Kobe needs to try to do less on offense (like he's comfortable doing) and get everybody to realize the emphasis that should be put on the pick-and-roll. If Dwight doesn't want to be a PnR big man, then let Pau Gasol do it.
The Lakers this year are 15th in points per possession on pick-and-rolls when the picker takes a shot, gets to the free throw line or turns the ball over. But they only get 5.5 percent of their offensive plays out of this type of possession. Considering they have Pau and Dwight on the team, this is frighteningly low.
Last year in Phoenix, Nash's squad was second in the league in points per possession when using the picker. They made 58.3 percent of their shots on these plays, tallying 1.17 points per possession. This was 10.9 percent of their offensive possessions too and it helped set up plays everywhere else on the floor from the defense scrambling to rotate. The Lakers right now score just 0.97 PPP on these plays.
Considering they have Howard and Gasol instead of the Marcin Gortat, Channing Frye, Hakim Warrick, Jared Dudley, and Grant Hill running this with Steve Nash, you'd think they'd go to it more often to make it a serious weapon. The Lakers just settle into roles without accentuating what they do best on the court.
"Listen, no one is more critical of their game, of how they're playing, than I am. And right now, I've got to shoot at a higher percentage, have to play better. "
"On me," Bryant would say again. "I've got to find a way to make shots."
Bryant is taking responsibility for the Lakers, along with doling out blame to everybody on the team who isn't doing their job. That's noble and that's a great sign of leadership. However, all he keeps talking about is making more shots. He's taking the fifth most shots per game for his career and making the sixth highest percentage of his career. I'm not sure shot-making is the issue.
Where the Lakers need Bryant and his teammates to make a better effort is on the perimeter defense and in help defense. We've seen far too many possessions this season in which dribble penetration comes without much resistance, and then the rest of the defense is left at a disadvantage.
This has easily been Kobe's worst defensive effort/production of his career. His help rotations aren't solid, his on-ball defense needs to improve, and he just doesn't seem to have consistent energy out there on the defensive end. This could be because he's not a good defender over the course of a game anymore. Or it could be he feels he needs to save up all of his effort for the offensive end of the court.
Perhaps utilizing the weapons they have (let Steve Nash conduct the orchestra and stop have him just playing the xylophone) would allow more rest for Bryant while he's on the court, which could lead to better defensive production?
Regardless of what the answer might be, we know it's nothing they're doing on the court. Kobe's comments at times may seem a little skewed or misguided, but ultimately it's hard to argue with what he's said. The Lakers aren't working right now. It's up to them to fix it all.
Complaining from Pau and Dwight, complacency from Nash, and a lack of an overall game from Kobe isn't going to help anything.
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Ugh. This is the response with which we will barely dignify the "Adam Carolla thing."
- Adam Carolla said some stupid things about women in an interview with the New York Post. Essentially, that women are not funny, make poor writers, and should not be hired for the same jobs as men. This was most likely in a bid to get attention for his new book, "Not Taco Bell Material."
- Most of the Internet disagreed with Adam Carolla.
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Sivir is one of the most underestimated champs in the game. However with the change of Malady in the latest patch, I tested out the new item with a large amount of success and made a build around it. This build is NOT an ap build but it is a build that transitions through the game as Boomerang Blade looses its effectiveness mid to late game. THis is my first guide, so any helpful comments would be appreciated.
NOTE: Since this character is skill dependent, this build will not turn Sivir into god and instantly smite all those that come near her, like garen would (yes, garen is so op to the point he calls a giant sword down from god and half healths you. imba much?). But this build combined with some skill will be able to make Sivir a very viable champ to play.
Summoner Spells:
Teleport and Clarity has the best synergy with this build as it allows to support the BB(Boomerang Blade)'s needed to harass as the build becomes mana dependent with not alot of mp5. Also, Teleport is simply a must for Sivir as it allows her to be able to push multiple lanes at once and be able to down turrets like she is made to do. Any other combo of spells is possible, but for the best blend this is it.
Boomerang Blade:
This will be your main source of harrasment as well as kills early game, so you MUST be able to use it effectively. Predict where they will go, throw, score some hits. Simple concept but hard to do without practice.
Not important til rank 2+. Activate when needed to clear minions or in team fights, as it allows you to get a constant stream of damage on their team. Just remember that with sivir's relatively short range, being able to indirectly bounce hits through minions is almost just as good as hitting them directly.
Spell Shield:
Not only is a good way to piss your opponents off by letting them give you mana, but its a GREAT defensive skill. Pretty much a personal banshee's veil. Use it when there is an incoming projectile that you can throw yourself at, but DONT just use randomly. Use it when you know they are going to try to hit you cause you want to save it with its large cooldown. (NOTE: It also blocks TF's 5th hit passive)
On the Hunt:
Great for helping you, or your teamates to get away, but most of all for you to dish out damage in team fights. Adds a considerable amount of AS for you (as it was buffed the last patch as well) and allows you to get off alot of hits on all off their team if used with ricochet. Also, a good way to down towers quickly. Just dont use this skill for a simple ghost but use it at times where it is necessary.
It is very possible to mid, but either mid or lane is fine. Play with what you are comforable with. Start off with a tome and pots and head off to your lane. The reasoning behind this build is because BB scales awesomely with early levels. Therefore it is best to take advantage of that and go for lots of early game AP to get the most effectiveness out of that skill which leads to more kills. Once you get enough G for Malady B back and TP back to your lane. After that just follow the item guide and buy whatever increments of the items you can whenever you need to b. Pretty much if you have enough money for the entire item, get it. If you happen to B for anyother reason, buy what you can.
Later in the game and as you start to get into some teamfights your use of BB will be the same, however your role will start to change. The longer the game goes on your BB skill will start to become less efective, and as a result you must change your priority as well. Since you are no longer just harassing with BB you need to make sure you watch the other lanes, and if there is an opportunity to TP over and take a tower do it, but dont overextend for it. Just dont be stupid. In teamfights, dont dive in, but get as much damage down with BB as possible and when the **** hits the fan get as much damage as you can with Ricochet and normal attacks. Go for squishys, avoid being one-shotted, the norm.
This item build allows Sivir to change roles as the game progresses, and synchronizes with her skills as the game progresses. As I stated already, as the game goes on your boomerangs will start to be as effective as a frisbee hitting a wall, so as a result you must be able to transition accordingly. If you take a look at the items, you would notice it maintains a good amount of AS as it goes changes from an AP focus to AD. How does this happen? Rageblade. It gives you all three, allowing you to easily build off of it after. Malady allows you to do early damage with both auto attaks and BB. Rageblade gives you more AP and starts to increase your physical damage capability. Then from there the main focus is AD. Thirsters give you the lifesteal you need and more damage, then after that Infinty edge. Then after it is up to you and your preference.
EDIT: With the new change to sivir, Hybrid builds are now the best viable choice to maxing out damage. You can now maintain increasing your Boomerang damage through the entire game. The same concept is applied, the patch just means that Sivir is now even better!


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