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The Bar Professional Training Course: overpriced and redundant
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How more redundant and overpriced has the course become since you did yours?
No more overpriced, as I was at City Law School who haven't raised the fees. I imagine equally redundant, unless there have been curriculum changes.
To be clear, the problem is the course itself. It's not - in my opinion - a problem with the teaching, which at City at least was very good. Limited parts of the course which are relevant to what I now do have proven useful - although the things I wish I had learnt, but didn't, are staggering to list. The BPTC as designed was nothing like the preparation for pupillage it could and should be.
It's the sheer scale of the opportunity cost, when allied to the financial cost, that makes the BPTC worthy of criticism.
This is a good argument well made. I'd like to know what chambers think about it? Would a longer pupillage at a lower salary benefit bar students better than an expensive and potentially elitist uni course?
An alternative would be to just have entirely centrally set BSB exams, and the students don't need to go to law school at all: we just read the White Book and Blackstones etc... and then sit the exams - simple!
As for drafting, opinion writing and advocacy, these courses could be provided by the Inns using some of their current scholarship money (and perhaps a modest fee).
An excellent article bulging with points well made. For the conspiracy theorists amongst us however, are such points not beside the point? It seems that the Bar Council have taken it upon themselves to keep an entire industry in legal education afloat, and that is an objective unlikely to be achieved with stream-lining, cost-cutting and limiting training to those with real life pupillages.
The BPTC is a great course! Quit whining. You learn practical skills, and if you want you could also learn academic skills. Your learning is in your own hands to be honest. You could decide to read every case in the white book, or you could just decide to show up at your law school doing the bare minimum. Life is what you make it.
I am currently doing the BPTC at the College of Law - recently rename The University of Law. I can say that the course is *EXCELLENT*. I even love the course more than I loved University.
The world is your oyster. Shut up and stop moaning.
Since "the market" seems to have all the answers nowadays, why don't we ask "the market" what it wants?
I agree with the title of this article; and would go further to say that the same is true for the LPC. The only group of people who appear to publicly say that the Bptc is value for money is the course providers.
I teach on the BPTC. And I realise why students are disgruntled. But there are some other issues to consider.
When you get your practising certificate, you can practice in any court (civil or criminal) in England and Wales. That is why you have to study both halves of the great divide. If you want a practising certificate which is civil only or criminal only, then perhaps then we could have a civil only BPTC or a criminal only BPTC.
The fees are high, but not because all the providers are making a profit. City Law School, where I work, does not make a profit. The cost of premises in Grays Inn and nearby are ASTRONOMICAL. When you then factor in the staff-student ratio which is FIXED by the BSB, you end up with high costs to staff the course. Would BPTC students really like to have class sizes of 15-20? It would bring the fees down considerably. But I don't think that large class sizes are what students want.
Then there is the factor of library and computer provision - again fixed by the BSB in their specification; x copies of this book per y students and x number of computer terminal available per y students.
The other bugbears cited in this article, like the need to use the White Book, 100% attendance are again, dictated by the BSB.
I and my colleagues work tremendously hard to give my students the best postgraduate teaching we can. We work hard, and over and above our job descriptions and contractual hours.
If you think that alternative training for the Bar is needed, so be it. But bashing providers like City Law School who simply tries to fulfil the requirements dictated to us is deeply unfair.
Hardly, the BSB charges law schools £400 for each student they take on the course. £400 * however many nationally = a lot of money for the BSB. Protecting the law schools? Yes, but more importantly protecting themselves.
Good opinion piece. Also agree with Anonymous 8 March 5.53pm. There ought to be a centrally set exam which students can choose how to study for: through a course provider (whether full time or part time) or through private study. Something more like the New York Bar. The Inns could usefully provide the advocacy element (which they already do to a large extent, with their high quality advocacy courses). This would help make access to the Bar less prohibitively expensive, as well as more flexible for the more mature applicants who already have a career or those who have parental responsibilities.
To Anonymous at 5:47pm on 9 March
Firstly, as I've said in my comment above (but couldn't fit into the article) there is no complaint here against the quality of teaching, which at City I found to be excellent. Don't think the staff aren't appreciated - students who hate the course recognise that it is the fault of the curriculum, not the schools themselves. Kudos, too, to City for not following the fee-hike.
I can't agree with your second paragraph though. Firstly, you don't get your practising certificate following the BPTC, you get it following pupillage, and the areas in which you are competent will largely follow the area in which you did pupillage, irrespective of what you did on the Bar Course. Were I to be instructed on a sexual offences case having done a commercial pupillage, I would be bound to decline the instructions. The BPTC doesn't get people to practising certificate stage, it gets them to exactly six months' short of it. Just because the practising certificate is not civil/criminal specific, it doesn't mean practitioners can do both - in fact, I'd suggest not so many are competent to do both.
Secondly, even if you were correct as of last year, QASA blows a hole through the entire system. I could be a civil practitioner with great aptitude and competence for criminal law, but unless I do sufficient work in that area to get my 5 judicially assessed trials a year, I will be legally barred from doing criminal work.
The BPTC at the moment teaches the 75% of pupils who do purely civil law an entire 6 months' of criminal practice that they previously could say they'd probably never need. Now it's teaching 6 months that 75% of pupils will be actually prohibited by the regulators from using.
The provision at City is costly - the venue in Gray's Inn is expensive (necessarily so, versus Northampton Square?) and the Library superb. I agree that the BSB requirements are largely to blame for excessive cost.
Class sizes are less of an issue - I don't think 15-20 would be too high, except for advocacy. The issue is more the speed at which a class is capable of moving, and in absence of any policy of setting by ability or specialisation, each BPTC class moves only as fast as its slowest student. Restricting the course to pupils, and arranging by speciality, would be necessary steps to reducing the time to 6 months.
Once again - this is not an attack on the teaching or other staff at the schools. It is a timely attack on the failure of the BSB to produce a curriculum that does the one thing it was supposed to do: prepare students for actual pupillages.
The real scandal is the position of the Inns. I remember that in the old days they kept their charitable status by providing education for the Bar exams via the Inns of Court School of Law.
Instead, no doubt because it is considered easier, they have out sourced the role to (what have become) private equity run institutions. The Inns must be one of the biggest funders of the BPTC (in scholarships). I don't see how it is in keeping with charitable status to continue making huge donations to private equity every year.
I am not the least surprised; because I am not an idiot, that out sourcing to private equity has caused hugely inflated costs. I don't think you can blame private equity necessarily, it is what it is. But you shouldn't let ruthless capitalists near our children (both because it is morally wrong to hamper diversity and because it is economically stupid to hamper diversity). Those who do should hang their heads in shame rather than fool themselves that giving out a 'scholarship' is helping anyone at all.
440 pupillages a year isn't it? Let the Inns reconstitute their school of law and teach 500 a year. Use the scholarship money for that and pad out the teaching staff by making it compulsary to teach on the course if you're going to apply for silk (you'd find a deluge of juniors of a certain call would volunteer).
Stop subsidising the return for private investors. Stop wringing our hands and pretending there is nothing can be done.
I am another pupil and I regret going to the Bar. I spent a fortune on the Bar Course and have no guarantee of recruitment at the end of pupillage. In retrospect I wish I'd accepted an offer from a Magic Circle law firm who were prepared to pay my LPC + living costs and offer me a starting salary of >£40k. I am sure there are many bright people out there who choose to go to law firms because they can't afford / don't want to pay £17k + living costs just to 'have a shot' at being a barrister.
I agree with Barrister @9:05am. I have been saying similar for years and was seriously disappointed when the Wood review effectively dismissed the idea in a paragraph (on the apparent basis, if memory services, that it couldn't possibly be right to have such a quick route to practice).
I read these posts with interest, having qualified some 30 years ago, but with offspring who may shortly be following in my footsteps.
I would begin by observing that the OP's case is so cogently and attractively presented and argued, that I would almost be prepared to offer him a tenancy on the strength of this one piece of writing. It would do credit to most people currently pracising at the Bar !
The Bar course teacher who posts above, says that class sizes of 15 - 20 would significantly reduce costs but would be unwelcome. Why so ? I am sure that when I did my Bar finals course, the class was of this sort of size.
Also why not have some price competition amongst the providers based on class size, if class size is such a significant factor in cost ? There could be the Platinum option with a class size of 5, the Gold option with a class size of 10, the Silver option with 15 and the Bronze option with 20. Whilst I can see already the complaints of elitism and unfairness, surely this would promote diversity by bringing down the costs for those who opted for the larger class sizes.
Truly, it seems that the Bar has lost its way here as in so many other areas.
@ Barrister (another)
Your claim that the Inns have outsourced their educational role is simply untrue. The Inns have done nothing of the sort. The changes to legal education have all been imposed by Central Government in the teeth of protests from the Inns of Court. The Inns would very much love to be in charge of legal education and to get rid of the franchised schools, that these exist is entirely the fault of the Bar Council which was blinded by the prospect of £ signs, and to reform the training of barristers and has fought a long battle to put a stop to the stupidities of the BSB and the LSB. Unfortunately, the Lib Dems, who are the main drivers of this ludicrous situation in the name of 'transparency' and 'public accountability', will not listen despite the ever increasing size of the evidence pile that is mounting up.
With the greatest of respect you are agreeing with me. You accept the Inns have outsourced their obligation. You simply state that they have not done so voluntarily. I think that is very much a matter of perspective.
You see the Inns chose how they use their £5million per anum (I went away and checked how much given in scholarships roughly is). Neither the Bar Council, the BSB, nor indeed the Liberal Democrats are forcing the Inns to hand the money over to private equity. Those bodies you mention might well be part of the problem. However I think 'blame' is too emotive a concept; as I said above 'capitalism is what it is'. What we need to do is to look to the body (or bodies) who can actually change the disgusting situation in which we now find ourselves. The fact that it is disgusting has been true for at least the last decade and is surely no surprise to anyone.
The Inns are the best placed to solve the problem. They could do so by withholding their £5million from certain providers. They could do so by using their £5million to set up a new not-for-profit provider (and staffing it in the way I suggested above) for 500 pupils and competing. They could adopt the other good suggestions made above and insist on a far shorter course. They could act as the big law firms do and use their buying power to keep down costs (this failure is to my mind surely the real source of disparity between LPC and BPTC costs ...). The fact that they do nothing is what I find deeply troubling. Personally I do not think that anything excuses that failure to act.


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The IRS is accepting returns and sending refunds electronically. Maybe it's time to do all your tax paperwork online.
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Committee member Roxanne Felver said it has always been the committee's goal to keep the area's past alive.
"We wanted to maintain some of the history for this particular area, knowing it was going to be paved over with houses and businesses," she said. "A lot of that gets lost when you develop something."
On June 5, Felver recommended to the Lammersville Unified School District Board of Trustees that the future Neighborhood C elementary school be named after Peter Hansen.
The board unanimously agreed with the choice.
Hansen was part of the original 16 district families and the person who pushed the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors in 1876 to accept a petition to create the Lammersville School District. He was a local farmer who served on the district school board for 12 years.
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Sentimental Sunday The Hero and A Life Lesson
This is the time of year that many of us are wondering why we bought certain toys for our children. The Hero's mom told me of one such year. They had bought him a garden set and told him it was for out door playing. Mom said in her incredulous voice when I was visiting with her a year after the hero and I were married. "I gave him this garden rake with a stern warning. Do not play with it in the house! What happened? Look at my Secretary (a beautiful piece of furniture), you will see a scar on the front where he ran through the living room waving the rake and banging as he went. Don't let your children play with outside toys in the house!" Looking at his picture from that time period, I would have thought he would have stolen the heart and got away with anything. BUT apparently not.
The Hero was shocked that she still remember and held the action against him. I took a life lesson from it. Don't have outside toys in the house. Forget it if you child breaks something. Bringing up an old action years later does not help relationships. I have a wall that the children used to mark their heights. (Which reminds me I need to that a picture of it before my son tears it down.) I treasure the silly wall because I remember their sense of excitement as to who was going to be the tallest 'this time'.
The Hero was such an active and alert little boy. I can imagine, if it was today, he would have spent a lot of time in 'time out'. Don't give your adult child pain by bringing up something in a hurtful manner from their youth.
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Bill Curry said many times during the past nine months that his Georgia State football team had re-dedicated itself to weight room, practice fields, film study and classroom after last year's disappointing season.
Either the Panthers were looking ahead to next week's game at Tennessee, or there's still a lot left to work on after Thursday's 33-6 season-opening loss to South Carolina State at the Georgia Dome. Either way, it looked familiar, so much so that many of the students who packed their section left by the fourth quarter.
"I don't think you can avoid that comparison but we aren't the same group that we were a year ago at all," Curry said. "Not the same attitude, not the same work ethic. We have drastically improved those things and now we have to improve the performance on the field."
On offense, quarterbacks Ben McLane and Kelton Hill struggled behind a line that was replacing four starters. McLane committed a costly and inexplicable fumble just before the end of the half that led to a South Carolina State touchdown and changed the game's momentum. Hill didn't fare much better as the line couldn't keep the Bulldogs' pass rushers away. The Bulldogs had six sacks, five of McLane. Georgia State couldn't get the ball to Albert Wilson, its best playmaker, as the offense produced 229 yards.
"The sacks were so uncharacteristic; we probably haven't given up 15 sacks the last two years, total," offensive coordinator John Bond said.
On defense, cornerback Isaiah Howard fell down looking for the ball on the Bulldogs' opening possession, resulting in a 72-yard touchdown pass that quickly put the Panthers behind. The defense, breaking in a new 4-2-5 scheme and coordinator in Anthony Midget, played well in spurts, but still gave up 488 yards.
"They caught the ball. They ran the ball in key spots," linebacker Mark Hogan said. "Five or six plays didn't go our way. All we can do now…it's over. All we can do now is move on."
On special teams, Matt Ehasz, kicking in place of the suspended Christian Benvenuto, missed two of his four field goals and committed a roughing-the-kicker penalty in the fourth quarter.
But the Bulldogs kept giving the Panthers chances.
Quarterback Richard Cue threw two interceptions in the first half that the Panthers couldn't turn into points.
The Panthers' best weapon may have been Matt Hubbard, who cannoned a school-record 80-yard punt to pin the Bulldogs on their 2 in the second quarter. The Panthers forced a punt, and took advantage of the field position by getting the ball back on the Bulldogs' 40. McLane moved the Panthers to the 27, but back-to-back sacks pushed them back to the 39. McLane found Danny Williams for 20 yards on third and 21. Instead of going for it on fourth and short, like they unsuccessfully tried earlier in the game, Curry sent Ehasz out and he hit the 36-yarder to cut Georgia State's gap to 7-3.
McLendon intercepted an overthrow by Cue and returned it to the 23-yard line to giftwrap a scoring chance for the offense and give the Panthers a lead later in the half. But it was wasted when Ehasz banged the 23-yard field goal off the upright to keep the score 7-3.
After Georgia State's defense held again, McLane gift-wrapped a scoring chance for the Bulldogs when the ball flew out of his hand as he cocked his arm to throw a pass. South Carolina State recovered on the 23-yard line.
Unlike the Panthers, the Bulldogs didn't waste their opportunity. Cue threw a strike to Tyler McDonald for a 22-yard touchdown to give the Bulldogs a 14-3 lead.
"Fourteen points, two plays we were in position to make the plays," defensive coordinator Anthony Midget said. "The first touchdown we had a guy in position to make the play but he just didn't make it. We told the guys going into the half that in those two plays we gave up 14 points."
The Panthers bounced back on the first possession of the second half. Hill led the team to the 7-yard line, but a false start penalty – the first on the team in the game – pushed them back to the 12 and Hill couldn't punch the team into the end zone. Ehasz hit the 25-yard field goal to cut the gap to 14-6. Curry said he didn't want to get into a field-goal battle, but he didn't have much of a choice.
"We had really good chances, we had really good chances coming out in the second half running the ball. But when you get in the red zone you've got to score," he said.
South Carolina State marched right down the field, with Cue hitting McDonald for a 13-yard touchdown pass on third and 10 to give the Bulldogs a 21-6 lead.
August 30th, 2012
10:47 pm
It was horrendous.
August 30th, 2012
10:50 pm
So first win in FBS comes in 2015?
August 30th, 2012
10:51 pm
How many total offensive plays did GA State run trying to hurry up the offense?
August 30th, 2012
10:51 pm
A person SMART enough to know…..
August 30th, 2012
10:43 pm
A person SMART enough to know…..
August 29th, 2012
1:44 pm
I will be impressed if GaState can put up more than 17 points even more impressed if they can keep SCState to 21 or under on the scoreboard.
Not a Debbie Downer but GaState stepped up in class tonight and is just not ready yet.
Please talk your crap about wanting some of Ga Southern and TECH now.
August 30th, 2012
10:52 pm
Anybody want my season tickets?
August 30th, 2012
10:54 pm
This was one of the few "lighter" teams on their FCS schedule. Scary outlook.
August 30th, 2012
10:54 pm
I'll be sure to pass judgment on the present and future of both of those schools after their first losses. You know just to circulate Internet hate
August 30th, 2012
10:55 pm
GaSate couldn't handle a GOOD FCS team and you want to play FBS? LMMFAO
Go get you some Ga Southern…..LOL
You want to talk smack toe TECH?
Go play HBU and be happy.
August 30th, 2012
10:56 pm
Sad offense. Some some promise for the defense.
August 30th, 2012
11:10 pm
Well our punter ain't bad.
August 30th, 2012
11:11 pm
HBCU Classic Sports
Week 1
SC State 33
GA State 6
Tenn Tech 31
Hampton 24
Charleston 44
Shaw 26
August 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
so glad i bought season tickets…. waaaan to touch the hiney
August 30th, 2012
11:26 pm
@Madkat @Tom Yeager @Woofy One @East Lake Panther @Agent Orange @GSUtimes2 @Panama @Sluggo . . . Really!?!??? SCState did not and does not deserve to be belittled. Lift your team, but don't down another–especially a perennial Conference Champion that consistently sees its players play on Sundays. I'm all for the Panthers, but just because S.C.State is a HBCU don't confuse it with Morris Brown, Milles, Prairie View (with all due respect) and other schools with a lot less gridiron tradition and success. 4 Players (Marion Motley, Deacon Jones, Donnie Shell, & Harry Carson) in the NFL Hall of Fame. I appreciate that football is just gettiing started at GaState, but How many from Georgia Southern for example? Check stats, review rosters, and then pop off. Go FOR your team, not AGAINST another especially when your best player is your Punter.
August 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
Tonight was my first time ever attending a GA State football game. I just have one comment to make….whoever was that starting QB (#16 I believe) should NEVER EVER BE ALLOWED ON THE FIELD AGAIN FOR GA State!!!
He was AWFUL with a CAPITAL "A"……the offense did not start show up and move the ball down the field until he was on the bench…..where he should have been after the 1st Qtr.
August 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah – can't wait to read the next posts telling us how great gag state is and how gag state is far more superior than ga tech and how every other football team in the state of georgia is afraid to play gag state cuz "we'll play anyone anytime anywhere"
August 30th, 2012
11:30 pm
After watching McNeese beat Middle Tennessee, the Sunbelt might actually be a step down from the CAA.
August 30th, 2012
11:30 pm
Do they sell Liquor at the Dome for GaState games?
man they will make a killing for the next few years if they do.
August 30th, 2012
11:32 pm
Disappointing to say the least. But i'll be back for the next game, and the one after that, and hopefully things will get better. It's still only the third season and hope isn't lost yet. Stick with your team, it'll be worth it in the end.
August 30th, 2012
11:40 pm
Exactly Panther. I'll be in Tennessee next week and the Dome the week after that. Disappointed but ready for a great future
August 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
Georgia State has nothing to be ashamed of South Carolina State has a good football team. and should make the FCS playoffs.
August 30th, 2012
11:43 pm
Hey GSU the better play that kid QB Ronnie Bell because what I saw between the first two QB's will not cut it. This kid is a winner at 29-1 record when he was at Sandy Creek. Play Ronnie Bell before the season get away.
August 30th, 2012
11:44 pm
No worry, there is always next year!
August 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
where is anyone saying GSU can hang with GT? is this the cost of the program getting bigger? The other programs in the state's fans get all threatened and act like children?
August 30th, 2012
11:48 pm
All I've heard about is how much better GA State would be this year and how well-conditioned they are and how someone named Donald would rush for 200+ yards. The Panthers are a joke but at least no one will notice because no one cares about FCS football. You coach can't get out of his office fast enough because he knows what we all know and that's GA State has a horrible team, most of you're players can't stay on the team and the ones who play can't handle division two or naia teams, much less a FCS team. To top it all off, you had maybe 12,000 there tonight and a huge chuck of those were Bulldog fans. Your students packed it in by the 3rd quarter and you can forget them giving your team a second chance. You failed them. You complained that they weren't showing up and when they finally did you gave them 2 field goals and no defense. Go Bulldogs!
August 30th, 2012
11:53 pm
Wait until GA State plays Delaware, Old Dominion and James Madison. We're good but we're not CAA good. Yes, the sunbelt will be a huge step down from the CAA.
August 30th, 2012
11:55 pm
attendance was 18k. Bill Curry is retiring to spend time with his family because he's old. Our program is new, and expectations should be tapered.
and you're a hater, even though your team won.
August 31st, 2012
12:00 am
I am in a real State of Shock. Can only hope that things get better as the season progresses
August 31st, 2012
12:05 am
August 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
where is anyone saying GSU can hang with GT? is this the cost of the program getting bigger? The other programs in the state's fans get all threatened and act like children?
You must read the GaState blogs much.
GaState fans have been running that Mouth their butts can't cash about Ga Sou and Tech for weeks now.
Do so research and read back the archive blogs.
August 31st, 2012
12:09 am
I'm sorry that a few fans words got you so worked up. But i'm ecstatic that you felt threatened by them and our football program when any reasonable thought would enable you to draw your own conclusion about how well GSU would do against GT.
August 31st, 2012
12:10 am
Look every FAN is hyped for their team and the start of the season but that has to come with some trepidation as well. GaState fans have been "All Hat & No Cattle" for weeks now. Tonight should SHUT them UP and get them Focused on the movie "What About Bill" used as a tagline. Baby Steps. Don't Talk SMACK to PROVEN over time teams fans. You can't say a thing to the REAL Champion GSU much less Ga Tech. BABY STEPS.
August 31st, 2012
12:15 am
willjbutcher………..NOBODY I repeat NOBODY feels Threatened by GaState. What is crazy is to hear GaState fan talk smack and they have never done a thing in football. Moving UP to FBS is not a big deal if you are an EZ win.
August 31st, 2012
12:24 am
GSU fans ,Nothing to hang your head for, GSU played tough and they'll beat the starch out of many good teams out there. SCSU came to play tonight and they have a season and strong team this year.
They have some work to do as well, but I think they can roll with the best.
August 31st, 2012
12:26 am
georgia state could not handle a hbcu, second tier sc state and they talk about the progress of the program?
hmmm! no knock on sc state, but for all the money that georgia state gets for their program they should be making strides along the lines of old dominion university (norfolk). there is entirely too much talent in the states of georgia, florida and mississippi, for state not to be competitive at this stage. we don't expect wins over tennessee (just a pay check) or any other sec school, but it would be nice to see a competitive team on the field. the student body and the community want to support this team, give them a reason. just imagine what a decent program would do for the morale and pockets of atlanta.
bill curry was a georgia tech icon and he did a great job establishing the gsu program, raising the money and getting out the buzz, but we need someone who players can identify with. state offers a quality education, nice facilities, one of the most diverse and attractive student bodies in the south, and a great inner city campus, we deserve a competitive team.
August 31st, 2012
12:29 am
Most disgusting thing I ever saw.
August 31st, 2012
12:45 am
Can't wait to see what that other new kid on the block, ODU, does to this team.
August 31st, 2012
1:02 am
Correction SCSU should have four in the NFL. Donnie Shell (SCSU 74) of the 4 Time Super Bowl Champions and a Pro Bowler of the famous Steel Curtain of the '70s is not a member. Oh, SCSU is the only school from SC with players in the NFL. Go Dogs. Roof! Roof!
August 31st, 2012
1:05 am
Correction again Correction SCSU should have four in the NFL Hall of Fame . Donnie Shell (SCSU 74) of the 4 Time Super Bowl Champions and a Pro Bowler of the famous Steel Curtain of the '70s is not a member. Oh, SCSU is the only school from SC with players in the NFL Hall of Fame Go Dogs. Roof! Roof!
August 31st, 2012
1:08 am
101 Marching Garnet and Blue Band was not bad either. Go dogs! Roof! Roof!
August 31st, 2012
1:09 am
[...] Georgia State was routed by South Carolina State 33-6 on Thursday at the Georgia Dome. [...]
August 31st, 2012
1:43 am
I am truly afraid that GSU will one day beat my beloved second class team in Georgia and I want to keep talking smack until GSU gets better….because I am a small person.
August 31st, 2012
1:58 am
A person SMART enough to know…
August 31st, 2012
1:43 am
I am truly afraid that GSU will one day beat my beloved second class team in Georgia and I want to keep talking smack until GSU gets better….because I am a small person.
Fake Name Thief…………………..is still talking crap but has no GUTS to post as a MAN under his own name.
August 31st, 2012
4:05 am
Dear Vols be sure to score 77pts when you play Georgia state….Please make Bill curry season to forget after all he said SEC is not a great conference remember that when you play them too!
August 31st, 2012
4:23 am
August 31st, 2012
6:33 am
This game is no surprise; why is everyone shocked?
GSU is in the best 1AA conference, the CAA, this season before "moving up" to get to be a weekly
pinata in the top division, and will not win one conference game. They will get beaten up by very good teams—teams that once in a while beat 1A schools—like James Madison, ODU, William & Mary and Delaware.
The Panthers are worse now than when they first organised four years ago.
Shame on the school administration for the rush to the "big-time" next year in a ramshackle 1A conference composed of some of the worst academic schools in the nation.
August 31st, 2012
6:35 am
It was a tough game to watch and there may be many more like it ahead this year but…"go Panthers!" Nowhere to go but up. Hang in there, boys.
August 31st, 2012
7:14 am
GSU did not really think they were going to beat SCSU..really…we have a real football program down in Orangeburg….you better ask somebody
August 31st, 2012
7:19 am
Curry is retiring?… the whole bunch should retire, right now. I think Curry is on to something.. he is like a rat on a sinking ship. And believe me the football program at GA State is sinking fast. SCS put a behinny whipping on the Panthers…And isn't the SCS program the one that got took down in Statesboro a couple of times? Yeah, you guys are ready for big time football.. Go sell some programs and cokes at the Falcon games….in "yur house."
August 31st, 2012
7:43 am
the bottom line here is that Bill Curry and his staff have been continually out coached for two–and now two-plus–seasons. He's a great guy. No one can dispute this, but seriously. Anyone who has watched this program should see that they simply don't play good football. I can take a loss if the game is clean. If GSU doesn't have the athletes to compete, well, we can change that in a class or two. This isn't about athletes–although, I am sometimes shocked by their lack of skill on defense. This is about coaching. At this point, we should be playing SC State tough. Should we win? Maybe not, but this was disgraceful. Seriously. It's not the kids faults, but these coaches are out to lunch.
August 31st, 2012
7:58 am
OMG – what a joke of a team…….can you cay 0-11 for the season? And we think we can compete at the FBS level. PLEASE! And the dome looked empty last night except for the SC State faithful. Illusions of greatness.
August 31st, 2012
8:00 am
UGA & GT and the other GSU are still afraid to play us


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During the stay on board of the ISS the crews of Expeditions 19 / 20 carried out the following scientific experiments:
3D-Space (Mental Representation of Spatial Cues During Space Flight),
AgCam (Agricultural Camera - AgCam name used historically from 2005-2010, later version known as ISAAC),
ALTEA-Dosi (Anomalous Long Term Effects in Astronauts' - Dosimetry),
ANDE-2 (Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment - 2),
ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station),
Aryl (Influencing Factors of Space Flight on Expression of Strains of Interleukin),
Astrovakcina (Cultivation in Weightless of E.coli- Producer of the Caf1 Protein),
Avatar Explore (Avatar Explore: Autonomous Robotic Operations Performed from the ISS),
Bacteriophage (Investigation of the Effects of Space Flight Factors on Bacteriophages),
Bar (Choice and Development of Methods and Instruments to Detect the Location of a Loss of Pressurization of a Module on ISS),
BCAT-3-4-CP (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3 and 4: Critical Point),
BCAT-4-Poly (Binodal Colloidal Aggregation Test - 4: Polydispersion),
BCAT-5-3D-Melt (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Three-Dimensional Melt),
BCAT-5-Compete (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Compete),
BCAT-5-PhaseSep (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-5: Phase Separation),
BCAT-5-Seeded_Growth (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Seeded Growth),
Bif (Investigation of the Effects of Space Flight Factors on the Technological and Biomedical Characteristics of Bifidobacterium),
Biodegradation (Initial stage of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration in Space),
Bioemulsia (Research and Development of a Self-Contained Reactor of the Shielded Type For Production of Biomass of Microorganisms and Biologically Active Substances),
Biological Rhythms (The Effect of Long-term Microgravity Exposure on Cardiac Autonomic Function by Analyzing 24-hours Electrocardiogram),
Biorisk (Influence of Factors of the Space Environment on the Condition of the System of Microorganisms-Hosts Relating to the Problem of Environmental Safety of Flight Techniques and Planetary Quarantine),
Biotrek (Influence of the Flow of Heavily Charged Particles of Space Radiation on Gentic Properties of Cell Production),
BISE (Bodies In the Space Environment: Relative Contributions of Internal and External Cues to Self - Orientation, During and After Zero Gravity Exposure),
Bisphosphonates (Bisphosphonates as a Countermeasure to Space Flight Induced Bone Loss),
BLT (Boundary Layer Transition, Detailed Test Objective 854),
BTN-M1 (Examination of the Flow of High Speed and Thermal Neutrons),
Card (Long Term Microgravity: A Model for Investigating Mechanisms of Heart Disease with New Portable Equipment),
CCISS (Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Control on Return from ISS),
CEO (Crew Earth Observations),
Conjugation (Development of Methods for Designing New Recombinants Producing Strains of Bacteria in Space Flight),
DOSIS-DOBIES (Dose Distribution Inside ISS - Dosimetry for Biological Experiments in Space),
DOSTEL (DOSimetry TELescopes),
DRAGONSat (Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite),
DTN (Disruption Tolerant Networking for Space Operations),
Dykhanie (Regulation and Biomechanics of Respiration in Space Flight),
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students),
EDOS (Early Detection of Osteoporosis in Space),
EKE (Assessment of Endurance Capacity by Gas Exchange and Heart Rate Kinetics During Physical Training),
Ekon (Experimental Survey on Evaluating the Possibility of Using th Russian Segment of ISS for Environmental Inspection of Work Areas of Various Facilities (Features)),
ENose (JPL Electronic Nose),
Environmental Monitoring (Environmental Monitoring of the International Space Station),
EPO-Demos (Education Payload Operation - Demonstrations),
EPO-Kit D (Education Payload Operation - Kit D),
Expert (Investigation of Early Symptoms of Microdestruction of Structures and Instrument Modules in the Russian Segment of ISS),
Fizika-Obrazovanie (Educational Demonstration of Basic Physics Laws of Motion),
FLEX (Flame Extinguishment Experiment),
Foam-Stability (Foam Optics And Mechanics - Stability),
Get Fit for Space (Get Fit for Space Challenge with Robert Thirsk),
HMD (Demonstration of Head Mounted Display (HMD) System for Crew),
Holter ECG (Digital Holter ECG),
HREP-HICO (HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload - Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean),
HREP-RAIDS (HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload - Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS)),
HTV-Environmental Monitoring (Transport Environment Monitoring Package at HTV Cargo Transfer Bag),
Identifikatsia (Identification of the Sources of Dynamic Loads on ISS),
Impuls (Impulse),
Inflight Education Downlinks (International Space Station Inflight Education Downlinks),
InSPACE-2 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 2),
Integrated Cardiovascular (Cardiac Atrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction During and After Long Duration Spaceflight: Functional Consequences for Orthostatic Intolerance, Exercise Capability and Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmias),
Integrated Immune (Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function),
Integrated Immune-SDBI (Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function - Short Duration Biological Investigation),
Iris (Image Reversal In Space),
ISS Acoustics (International Space Station Acoustic Measurement Program),
Izgib (Effect of Performance of Flight and Science Activities on the Function of On-Orbit Systems on ISS (Mathematical Model)),
JAXA-HDTV (Activation and Test Downlink of HDTV System),
JAXA EPO 1 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Education Payload Observation 1),
JAXA,EPO,2 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Education Payload Observation 2),
JAXA EPO 3 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Education Payload Observation 3),
JAXA PCG (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Protein Crystal Growth),
Kaskad (Investigation of the Processes of Cultivation of Different Types of Cells),
Kibo Kids Tour (Kibo Kids Tour),
Kontur (Development of a System of Supervisory Control Over the Internet of the Robotic Manipulator in the Russian Segment of ISS),
Lactolen (Influence of Factors of Space Flight on Lactolen Producer Strains),
Lada-VPU-P3R (Validating Vegetable Production Unit (VPU) Plants, Protocols, Procedures and Requirements (P3R) Using Currently Existing Flight Resources),
LOCAD-PTS (Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System),
MAI-75 (Space Devices and Modern Technology for Personal Communication),
Marangoni-Exp (Chaos, Turbulence and its Transition Process in Marangoni Convection-Exp),
MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image),
MDS (Mice Drawer System),
Microbe-I (Microbial Dynamics in International Space Station - I),
MISSE-6A and 6B (Materials International Space Station Experiment - 6A and 6B),
MOP (Motion Perception: Vestibular Adaptation to G-Transitions),
Muscle (Study of Low Back Pain in Crewmembers During Space Flight),
Neurospat (Effect of Gravitational Context on EEG Dynamics: A Study of Spatial Cognition, Novelty Processing and Sensorimotor Integration),
NLP-Vaccine-MRSA (National Laboratory Pathfinder - Vaccine - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus),
NLP-Vaccine-Salmonella (National Laboratory Pathfinder - Vaccine - Salmonella),
NLP-Vaccine-Survey (National Laboratory Pathfinder - Vaccine - Survey),
Nutrition (Nutritional Status Assessment),
OChB (Influence of Factors of Space Flight on Superoxide Strain Producer),
Otolith (Otolith Assessment During Postflight Re-adaptation),
Photosynth (Photosynth Three-Dimensional Modeling of ISS Interior and Exterior),
Pilot (Individual Characteristics of Psychophysiological Regulatory Status and Reliaility of Professional Activities of Cosmonauts in Long Duration Space Flight),
Plasma-MKS (Plasma-ISS: Examination of Plasmic Environments on the External Surface of ISS Through the Characterization of Optical Radiance),
Plasma-Progress (Observation of the Reflective Characteristics of the Spacecraft Plasma Environment from On-Board Thruster Activity Using Ground-Based Instruments),
Plasma Crystal (Dusty and Liquid Plasma Crystals in Conditions of Microgravity),
Plazmida (Transfer of Molecules of DNA by Conjugation in Space Flight),
PMT (Photocatalyst Material Test),
Pneumocard (Examination of the Influencing Factors of Space Flight on Autonomic Regulation of Blood Circulation, Respiration and Cardiac Contractile Function in Long Duration Space Flight),
Poligen (Revealing Genotypical Characteristics, Defining Individual Differences in Resistance of Biological Oranisms to Factors of Long Duration Space Flight),
RaDI-N (RaDI-N),
Rastenia (Growth and Development of Higher Plants through Multiple Generations),
Relaksatia (Processes of Relaxation in the Ultraviolet Band Spectrum by High Velocity Interaction of Exhaust Products on ISS),
Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Biological Specimen Repository),
Rusalka (Development of Methods to Determine the Carbon Dioxide and Methane (Greehouse Gases) Content in the Earths Atmosphere from On-Board ISS),
SEDA-AP (Space Environment Data Acquisition Equipment - Attached Payload),
Seiner (Development of Procedures of Interactions of the Crew in the Russian Segment of ISS and the State Fishery Committee During the Process of Searching and Exploring Productive Fishing Regions in World Oceans),
SEITE (Shuttle Exhaust Ion Turbulence Experiments),
SIMPLEX (Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Localized Exhaust Experiments),
Sleep-Long (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure During Spaceflight-Long),
Sleep-Short (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure During Spaceflight-Short),
SMILES (Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder),
SNFM (Serial Network Flow Monitor),
SOLO (SOdium LOading in Microgravity),
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The Mumford Company Releases 1st Half 2006 Sales Results
Newport News, Virginia (PRWEB) August 8, 2006
The Mumford Company proudly announces that the firm has closed 19 transactions during the first half of 2006 representing 2,013 hotel rooms in 13 states. These properties sold in separate transactions with aggregate sales near 60 million and included brands such as Hampton Inn & Suites, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn, Best Western, Intown Suites, Microtel Inn, Red Roof Inn, Super 8, Knights Inn, Quality Inn, Masters Inn, as well as independent properties.
According to David Mumford, Senior Principal, "this has been a very strong six months and we're expecting even bigger things during the second half of 2006. The expansion and growth of our sales teams in Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas have allowed us to do an even better job of serving our clients and it's paying tremendous dividends."
Representing a diverse group of sellers such as BB&T, Intown Suites, HLC Hotels, Essex Partners, Accor North America, Continental Management Inc., and CW Capital, The Mumford Company has facilitated property sales for some of these companies on multiple occasions. Additionally, several regional owners, investment groups and multi-property owners were also stakeholders in these sold property holdings.
As demonstrated by the volume of transactions over the past six months, The Mumford Company is often the preferred choice for sellers of hotel properties representing most major franchises. The Mumford Company is recognized in the industry as a premier hotel brokerage firm and is strategically located to serve clients nationally, with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and their corporate office in Newport News, Virginia.
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Lingua Health Announces Debut as Speech-Language Pathology Resource
November 24, 2010, Evanston, IL – Lingua Health, LLC debuted as an innovative new employer to much acclaim at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference in Philadelphia Nov. 18-20. Evanston, IL based Lingua Health serves both entry level and experienced speech-language pathologists and features a bilingual division, Grupo Lingua, which caters to the unique career needs of bilingual speech-language pathologists. The company's headquarters is at 1740 Ridge Ave, Suite 1500, Evanston, IL 60201.
"We offer both school and clinic based speech-language pathology opportunities nationwide in addition to training and mentorship support," said CEO and Founder John Consalvi. "Our goal is to make a positive and lasting difference to speech-language pathologists and in the lives of the children they work with everyday."
The company plans to continue to grow nationwide and will also offer scholarship opportunities to students who could not otherwise afford the advance degree required for a career in speech-language pathology. "We realize that each person looking to pursue a career in speech-language pathology has different needs," said Consalvi. "Lingua Health has the resources and flexibility to tailor our career opportunities to meet both personal and professional goals."
Consalvi notes that the demand for speech language pathology continues to grow. "We want to make it possible for caring, dedicated and highly trained speech-language pathologists to help more children live better lives."


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Twisted Wheel are a former indie rock band from Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England.
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Northern Soul Promoter honoured in Manchester
The 2nd Twisted Wheel Club in Manchester has hosted a launch of a new book about music promoter, DJ and impresario Roger Eagle, penned by his friend Bill Sykes. Eagle introduced hundreds of punters in the city to black American music in the mid 60's and staged shows by countless acts from Ike and Tina Turner to Elton John. 6 Music's Elizabeth Alker went along.
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ALMOST 700 city job seekers have been handed free bus travel for the whole of January to help their efforts to get back to work.
A total of 695 Worcester residents who have the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card will be able to travel for free on almost every local bus service operated by First, Arriva, Stagecoach, Go-Ahead and National Express.
The helping hand is part of the Bus for Jobs Scheme for the start of 2013 which sees the five bus operators team up with Worcestershire County Council to help 3,300 residents across the county claiming Jobseekers Allowance.
Council chiefs hope the scheme will allow people to travel around more easily in search of employment, to job interviews with prospective employers and to training courses.
The card must be produced when the journey is made.
All subsidised bus services operated on behalf of the council have also been instructed to accept the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card.
Other commercial operators, Whittles and Johnson's, have also agreed to accept the cards meaning almost 90 per cent of the bus services in the county will offer free travel.
Coun John Smith, cabinet member for Highways and Transport, said: "This scheme will provide people wanting to seek work but who face transport issues a considerable boost."
"It also demonstrates the council's commitment to help find ways to supports local businesses and ensure the county is open for business. We are delighted by the support we have received from the other bus service operators and it is to their credit to come on aboard with the five national operators."
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The economic challenges many Americans have faced the past few years have triggered some unexpected reactions among young women in the USA. For the first time in the last 30 years we are witnessing a temporary change, we can call it a by-product of a struggling economy, where young women attending school have outnumbered those present on the work force market.
To better understand this phenomenon, we have to take look at a representative landmark, highlighted in her writings by Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economist. She brings to this discussion a new concept "quiet revolution". According to Goldin, women's increased involvement in the economy was the most significant change in labor markets during the past century. As a result of this quiet revolution that took place 30 years ago; we can have a meaningful discussion today about "women at the top". A shift has occurred, where women don't want to settle for just a job, they want to have a career. They want to reach for the top. Apparently now, due to a weak economy, many young women took this opportunity to upgrade their skills, by withdrawing from the labor market temporally. The economists compare this phenomenon with the post war economic boom when millions of World War II veterans decided to go to college with the help of the passing of G.I. Bill.
On the other side, their male counterparts have decided to settle with whatever job they can find. According to the economists, this move has advantages and disadvantages. On the positive side, in the future the next generation of women may have a significant benefit, but also getting a higher education comes with an expensive price tag. In their quest on a very competitive labor market, our young women want to be better prepared and qualified for any kind of career out here.
Among women today aged 16-24, just fewer than 55 percent are in the labor force. But this is just a short term measure.
It is admirable that many young women are determined to show that, they too, have the necessary skills to compete head to head with men. Education is a great tool to achieve those goals, but only if it's feasible, without incurring too much debt. Setting you apart for the next job takes not only hard work and determination, it takes also something different, something more creative and out of the box. Today you have to really distinguish yourself with a marketable skill — software, engineering, medicine, any technical degree. There is a kind of elitist divide in the workforce today, where scarce skills demand superior compensation. More young women out here need to have the courage to peruse careers that, not a long time ago, where labeled as being suitable just for men.
A great example here is offered by the International Atomic Energy Agency where gender stereotypes ruled the nuclear industry in the past: "There have been significant increases in the past ten years of the number of professional women employed at the IAEA, particularly in the nuclear safeguards, nuclear energy, nuclear applications and technical cooperation departments." Now, more women are working as nuclear engineers, project managers, inspectors, chemists, physicists, environmentalists and management members.
CWEALF is aware that women are still underrepresented in technical fields or the so-called STEM fields (science, engineering, math, and technology). It has been CWEALF's ongoing mission to educate and bring awareness about the importance of having technical skills as a woman even though women have fewer role models in that area than men. Girls, women can succeed in any field if they set their mind to. Investing in yourself today, will bring many rewards in the future. It is not too early (even if you just started high-school) to think about what career you want to pursue and the advantages of having a degree in a STEM field.
Under the G2O (Generating Girls Opportunities) initiative, CWEALF wants to bring awareness and engage with young girls, parents and teachers through STEM expos. There is an upcoming STEM expo on February 3rd at Naugatuck Community College. At the event students and professors in STEM fields will led workshops and team-building exercises.
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Dear Select County Superintendents of Schools, Auditors, and Treasurers:
This apportionment, in the amount of $4,360,000, has been made from funds provided in Item 6110-107-0001(1) of the Budget Act of 2008 (Chapter 268 as amended by Chapter 269, Statutes of 2008) and is for the purpose of funding county offices of education for any new program or higher level of service required by the district oversight provisions of Assembly Bill 1200 (Chapter 1213, Statutes of 1991).
Estimated entitlements for each local educational agency (LEA) are based on rate of $0.395485 per unit of 2006-07 Annual "Other Purpose" average daily attendance (ADA) with minimum funding of $87,200. This apportionment reflects 80 percent of the estimated entitlement. Final entitlements will be calculated using 2007-08 Annual "Other Purpose" in spring 2009, resulting in a revised rate. The remaining funds will be released in a second apportionment.
Warrants will be mailed to each county treasurer approximately three weeks from the date of this notice. The treasurer of each county shall immediately deposit the amount received to the County School Service Fund of the county superintendent of schools. For standardized account code structure (SACS) coding, use Resource Code 0000, Unrestricted Resource, and Revenue Object Code 8590, All Other State Income.
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The soil test on my garden says the pH is 6.7. I need to find out what plants grow in that pH.
Congratulations. Your soil pH is in the ideal range that most plants like — slightly acid. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 as neutral. Numbers above 7 are alkaline, and numbers below 7 are acid. Each number increases exponentially to the 10th power. Thus, a 6 pH is 10 times more acidic than 7 pH; and 5 pH is 100 times more acidic than 7 pH.
Soil pH determines the availability of nutrients to plant roots. A pH too high or low means nutrients can be in the soil but plants can't use them, or the nutrients may reach toxic levels. Soil nutrients are most available to plant roots and microbial activity is greatest when soil pH is in the 5.5 to 7.0 range. Some plants need more acidic soil, such as azaleas and blueberries. Soil pH can be lowered with sulfur or raised with lime. You have the luxury of planting just about any plant you choose.
Is "Extension" a state program? My parents used to talk about the Cooperative Extension Service, but that was for farmers, wasn't it?
All land-grant universities, of which the University of Maryland is one, agreed when they were established to maintain an outreach into the community to share their knowledge.
In the early days of state universities, this Cooperative Extension Service primarily focused on helping farmers employ the latest scientific methods. Homemakers Clubs helped their wives. Open to all children, then and now, 4-H educated and encouraged leadership.
University of Maryland Extension has changed with the times, though. Although the name is shorter, the Extension has broadened its outreach. The Home and Garden Information Center, located on a research farm, specializes in giving expert help to residents with plant and pest problems in all Maryland counties and Baltimore. It supports the Master Gardeners, who are trained to further educate the public.
University of Maryland Extension's Home and Garden Information Center offers free gardening and pest information. Call 800-342-2507 or send a question to the website at hgic.umd.edu.
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This holly has moved to center stage as a native alternative to Japanese holly, but its attraction does not stop there. Disease and insect problems are almost nonexistent. Consider, too, its dark evergreen foliage, glossy black berries, and the ability to grow in a reasonably moist spot, from shade to sun (though it prefers sun). Lower leaves tend to drop, creating a bare base as the shrub matures, so for low foliage, choose a variety bred to retain those leaves. Inkberry is a natural for rain gardens, as well as foundation plantings, and mass plantings. Height varies by variety and growing conditions. — Ellen Nibali
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Straphangers Campaign says Superstorm Sandy brought out both the worst and the best in New York City transit last year.
The advocacy group says the storm tops its 2012 "best" list because transit rebounded so quickly that New Yorkers considered it a "near miracle."
Sandy also heads the "worst" list. Many parts of the subways were flooded and the MTA suffered $5 billion in damage.
The year's "best" and "worst" transit top 10 lists are available on the group's web site.
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Where do Werewolves go when they die? For decades we thought we'd never know. But the film "Zombie Werewolves Attack", which was just picked up by Troma for distribution, is here to give us answers. They turn into Zombies, that's the answer. You should have figured that out by title alone.
Christian E. Christiansen, a guy who's most notable credit is a Danish series called "Mikkel og guldkortet", is rumored to be the next in line to direct the "Hellraiser" remake. Fret not though, Amber Heard is also rumored to be landing a role in the film and she's famous for, well being hot and stuff.
Mia Wasikowska, who you all remember as Alice from the "Alice in Wonderland" has been offered a role in the upcoming big screen adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". Bradley Cooper has apparently also been offered a role so I'm officially declaring today's news the hunkiest in BGH history.
Finally last night at the 2010 Scream Awards the trailer for "Scream 4" apparently premiered and thanks to the power of cell phones there's now 100 youtube videos of the trailer with tons of crowd noise. Enjoy!
I consider myself to be a sensitive guy but this sounds like the worst idea ever imagined. Air New Zealand is planning on rolling out a "cuddle class" next year which would put couples in seats the fold down so the love birds can snuggle during the flight. Congratulations New Zealand, you just found another reason while I'll never visit you.
1898 - The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquished control of the island to the United States.
There's a new poster floating around from the upcoming "Let Me In" flick and good news, it's French and it's got just the right amount of blood in it! For those of you French speaking readers keeping track at home "Let me In" is Le Remake of the Swedish film Le "Let the Right One In" that I thought was Le Crap!
If you were in Vegas recently and weren't in a drug induced cloud of rage then you might of scored a peak at what David Tennant is going to look like as Peter Vincent in the upcoming "Fright Night" remake. Then again if you were in Vegas and were spending your time looking for horror movie posters then I don't think you deserve to be reading my news. I bid you good day sir... Good day sir!
Maybe I'm out of touch good people at Spike but I've been reading your nominees for the Ultimate Scream category for your 2010 Scream Awards and I'm a bit confused as to why something like "Avatar" is nominated. Does Ultimate Scream mean I should be screaming at my computer while reading your stupid ass nominee list? Cause ya got me!
Want to experience a producer and a director give each other high fives via the written word? You're in luck then! Eli Roth and Daniel Stamm recently sat down with Empire Magazine to discuss "The Last Exorcism", mashed potatoes and fashion. Spoiler! Eli Roth is a charming SOB.
Tasers are so hot right now! Just yesterday a student at Westlake Middle School in North Carolina felt the tasers wrath after she refused to stop choking a smaller boy in her school. If I had tased every girl who made me feel like crap in middle school 85% off the yearbook photos would of featured girls with smoldering hair.
1666 - The Great Fire of London broke out. It destroyed nearly 400 acres, including some 13,000 houses and the old St. Paul's Cathedral.
Spike has announced the nominees for the 2009 "Scream" Awards, their yearly genre appreciation show that airs on the cable network. You can cast your votes by visiting the link.
Rebecca De Mornay has signed on to Darren Lynn Bousman's "Mother's Day" remake, as the titular mother. I would make a Seinfeld joke here but every time I do it becomes painfully obvious how old I am.
MTV has optioned the pilot to a "Teen Wolf" television series, and sent out a press release with the most inane executive quotes ever. "It has more of an 'American Werewolf in Paris' feel to it" was my particular favorite. Just start punching yourself in the balls right now.
You know the recent rash of prank calls that's leading to fast food employees doing all sorts of stupid things? Well, if not you can read about it here. My point being, the guy you see in that mughshot is actually smarter than your average fast food employee. Now that's scary.
I would file this under the "oldies but goodies" category... woman uses lighter to check how full her gas can is.
These conjoined rattlesnakes are oddly cute.
dozens of Swedish cows are committing suicide. Link includes picture evidence. Weird.
Hitler reluctantly invades Poland, but only after being provoked by warmongering Poles. The previous night, a Polish commando team shot their way into a German radio station in the border town of Gleiwitz, and broadcasted a radical call to arms against the peaceloving people of Germany. Except that it was all an elaborate sham engineered by Nazi general Reinhard Heydrich, dubbed Operation Canned Goods.
This week we discuss alchemy, camera technology, a first time guest host joins the show, and we review "As Above, So Below".