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How to cook Quinoa-How to cook Quinoa in a rice cooker and on stove top By Padhuskitchen 07/13/14 09:35 Today I am going to introduce a new grain (seed) called Quinoa. Quinoa is pronounced as "Keen-WAH". Many of you might already be familiar with this grain. Though quinoa is used in cooking like a whole grain, it is actually a seed but can be prepared in... Preparation: 5 min - Cooking: 15 min
Grilled Ratatouille Quinoa #WholeGrainsMonth By Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen 09/01/14 21:50 Preparation: 15 min - Cooking: 25 min September is Whole Grains Month, so join me, and several of my blogger friends, by celebrating the taste and versatility of whole grains and make the switch! You know that I started my journey down this crazy road of food blogging because I lost weight... Add to my recipe book
Fruit, Chicken, and Quinoa Salad with Citrus Poppy Seed Dressing By Prevention RD 08/28/14 11:37 Preparation: 15 min - Cooking: 15 min It's weird to be thinking about upcoming events…and needing a babysitter. It's bizarre to think that in a few weeks, I'm going to be a MOM. Pinch me!! It's beyond my comprehension as to why Mr. Prevention agreed to go to Babies R Us with me last weekend... Add to my recipe book
Spiced Quinoa Cakes By Just As Delish 08/28/14 05:00 Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 10 min Crispy Spiced Quinoa Cakes – great as snack with a squeeze of lemon juice or addition to any meal After my 2-week Fruit and Veggie Cleanse, I've been finding ways to increase my overall vegetable intake. What more do I need … Continue reading → Add to my recipe book
Quinoa dosai(Quinoa crepes) By Food and Beyond 08/26/14 16:29 Quinoa dosai(Quinoa crepes) Quinoa dosai is a healthy breakfast recipe made with quinoa ,which is one among the unique grain very rich in protein. Ingredients: Quinoa -3/4 cup rice flour -11/2 tbsp yogurt -1 tbsp salt -to taste oil -to drizzle Preparation... Add to my recipe book
Garlic Butter Shrimp over Quinoa and Spinach By Carpe Cibus 08/23/14 00:31 I'm pretending this is a healthy dish, paraded over a bed of quinoa. But it's really not. It's shrimp drenched in garlic butter. No, it does not compare to the wonder that is Giovanni's Shrimp Truck on the North Shore of Oahu. But few shrimp dishes are.... Add to my recipe book
Mediterranean Zucchini and Quinoa Wraps with Heirloom Tomatoes and Feta By Mother Rimmy 08/21/14 15:45 Are you tired of zucchini yet? I'm getting there myself, but since my garden is overflowing with this healthy summer squash, I'm looking for all kinds of ways to put it to good use, and this meat free wrap recipe was a nice change from last week's salad.... Add to my recipe book
Quinoa Black Bean Pumpkin Soup {Gluten-Free, Vegan} By Avocado Pesto 08/20/14 19:53 Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 25 min Quinoa Black Bean Pumpkin Soup makes for a hearty and filling meal full of healthy and nutritious ingredients. Gluten-Free and Vegan too. I had the greatest week last week. It all started with a family reunion in NJ with D, my parents and a whole range... Add to my recipe book
Taboulé di boulgur e quinoa By dallacucinadijo 08/20/14 09:09 Un primo piatto freschissimo, la voglia di piatti estivi non cede al maltempo, anche se le temperature non sono mai eccessive. E continua a piovere tantissimo, troppo. Invece che con la solita semola da couscous ho realizzato un taboulé con chicchi misti... Add to my recipe book
Quinoa Vegetable Salad: gf version Couscous Salad #French Fridays with Dorie By Simple Living and Eating 08/20/14 06:00 Preparation: 20 min I never wanted to be trendy, but thanks to a wheat allergy, I was forced to make a gluten-free version of this couscous salad from French Fridays with Dorie. Read more » CommentsComments Related StoriesSummer Vegetable Soup: Provencal Vegetable Soup #French... Add to my recipe book
Kale Salad with Quinoa, Parmesan Cheese and Sunflower Seeds By Mother Rimmy 08/19/14 03:55 For more than a few good reasons, you'll find kale salads make frequent appearances on our dinner table. Spend just one minute searching for kale on the internet and you'll produce hundreds of websites touting the health benefits of this leafy green vegetable.... Add to my recipe book
Mexican-style Chicken-Quinoa-Bean Bake By Cooking with Barry & Meta 08/18/14 15:10 A recipe on Pinterest inspired this recipe that includes homemade enchilada sauce This is definitely a healthy version of Mexican food, and quite tasty, too. Mexican-style Chicken-Quinoa-Bean Bake 4+ servings 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small onion, finely... Add to my recipe book
Gluten free quinoa and hazelnut chocolate chip cookies/Biscuits sans gluten au quinoa, noisettes et pépites de chocolat By To eat or not to eat 08/16/14 05:31 (En français plus bas) I've tried several chocolate chip cookie recipes in the past and, most of the time, I was disappointed. But my quest to find the best (gluten free) chocolate chip cookie recipe has come to an end. Taken from the French blog Des épices... Add to my recipe book
Chicken Strips with Quinoa Plus By BIZZY BAKES 08/14/14 18:34 Have you ever been uninspired and tired but had dinner to make? That was me and we find it is too hard to get local gluten-free food to bring in so it is ME and the kitchen. Hubby offered to play sous chef and I happily accepted. Fortunately, there was... Add to my recipe book
Quinoa Garden Salad By The Iowa Housewife 08/14/14 10:00 Myrna gave me some quinoa, and our daughter-in-law, Michelle, likes it as a substitute for rice, so used this recipe and modified it to suit our tastes. We did like it too; we'll be using up the rest! Quinoa Garden Salad for 2 1/3 cup Quinoa 1/2 Cup Tomato... Add to my recipe book
Tomato Quinoa - Easy recipes with Quinoa By Creative Saga 08/14/14 05:50 In an attempt to lose weight and get fitter after my surgery, we have been trying to switch over to healthier food and have been avoiding/reducing high carbs, oil... Add to my recipe book
Broccoli and Quinoa Fritters - wwdh By BIZZY BAKES 08/13/14 21:25 This week, I chose the recipe for Wednesdays with Donna Hay. The original recipe has bacon in it which I imagine adds taste to the fritters but we found them tasty enough. Below is the original recipe. Instead of tomato chutney, I served spinach and tomato... Add to my recipe book
Petits farcis de thon au quinoa By Signé-Déco 08/11/14 09:33 Pour changer un peu des farcis traditionnels, voici une recette que j'ai trouvée dans le magazine "Gourmands" et adaptée à ma façon. Ingrédients: 4 courgettes rondes 4 tomates 1 grosse bte de thon 100 gr de quinoa 1 bouquet de ciboulette ciselée 10 morceaux... Add to my recipe book
Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Skillet By Lori's Culinary Creations 08/01/14 03:52 Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Skillet If you're the type of person who shops at Whole Foods, or if you found yourself chuckling at the recent "It's a Quee-No" Bud Light commercial, chances are you have heard about the superfood that is taking America by storm,... Add to my recipe book
Quinoa Salmon "Meatballs" By BIZZY BAKES 07/29/14 01:53 I was at my granddaughter's about a week ago and she served what looked like spaghetti and meatballs but they were not meat at all. They were salmon and quinoa. I loved them but never got to ask for the recipe although, I certainly intended to. This was... Add to my recipe book
Roasted carrot, mung bean, Quinoa and tomato salad in a miso-masala dressing By Deena Kakaya Vegetarian Cooking and Reci... 07/28/14 22:02 Roasted carrot, mung bean, Quinoa and tomato salad in a miso-masala dressing It was far too hot to go out today and that's not something I often say and for some reason my toddler has a definite leaning towards traditionally boyish ways. I never pushed... Add to my recipe book


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Cats often get unfairly labeled as lazy and aloof when, in fact, they can be quite expressive and frisky, even though their actions can at times seem perplexing. Take the twisting gyrations some cats perform on their backs. Catnip could be one culprit, but there are also other reasons your kitty might do this shimmy.
Some other explanations include employing a little back-scratch fever for an out-of-the-way itch, and if the kitty in question is an unspayed female, this is common post-coital behavior. Plus, some cats simply enjoy it. "When humans need a stretch, we do a good stretch, and that helps us feel good," says Dr. Sharon Crowell-Davis, DVM, DACVB, professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. "And some cats just seem to enjoy rolling around on their back. It's a pleasurable thing."
Two other explanations for this behavior "seem quite opposite," Dr. Crowell-Davis says. "It can be a way of showing submission, and it can also be a way of inviting play." The invitation to play can extend beyond fellow felines, too. "We just need to 'get it' and realize it's time to ... start throwing the stuffed mouse for them. They're basically saying, 'Hey, play with me.'"
In some cases, the behavior starts out because of one reason, such as an itchy back, and then the cat learns that it's also a new means of getting attention in general. The owner thinks the twisting tummy of their kitty is irresistibly cute and reaches down and gives the cat some attention. If the cat enjoys the attention, he will likely repeat that behavior. Dr. Crowell-Davis says two of her cats do this, and one in particular has learned the lesson well. "If I'm not paying quite enough attention, she will walk in front of me and look up at me and then throw herself down on her back and wiggle," she says. "That's her signal that 'Hey, you're neglecting me! Give me some attention!'"
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Each year, Valley Electric Association, Inc. (VEA), hosts a variety of community meetings in an effort to provide our members with in-depth information about our cooperative's financial position and strategic business plans. These meetings also offer valuable opportunities to share information about VEA's continued success, economic contributions and member-focused initiatives.
I would like to thank the many VEA members who participated in our six district meetings in March. As a cooperative utility, we recognize the importance of working alongside our member-owners and incorporating their feedback into our proactive business strategy. Our members have played a pivotal role in VEA's recent growth, and we are grateful for their continued support and dedication.
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VEA will host its 2014 Annual Meeting on April 26 at Pahrump Valley High School, providing members with a valuable chance to learn more about VEA's recent projects, member-focused programs and strategic vision for the future. To reflect VEA's ongoing efforts to promote new economic opportunities for local communities and the state as a whole, the theme of this year's annual meeting is "A Cooperative for Nevada."
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"Today's decision is a victory for healthy oceans," said Susan Murray, Oceana's Deputy Vice President, Pacific, "Steller sea lions in the Aleutian Islands have had a tough history, from being shot for sport to fisheries taking their food. We stopped shooting but continued to take their food. It is no surprise the animals aren't recovering, and our government had no choice but to place limits on fishing for important prey species. Hopefully the state and the fishing industry will stop fighting the law and science and help us move forward toward better management for our ocean resources."
The Western Population of Steller sea lions has declined by more than 80 percent, and sharp declines continue, particularly in the western Aleutian Islands. It has been more than 20 years since this population of sea lions was first protected under the Endangered Species Act, with steps taken over two decades to reduce competition with fisheries. Unfortunately, however, in places with the least protection, such as the western Aleutian Islands, the Steller sea lions continue to decline in number, and the population is not recovering as a whole.
"The solution to recovering the Steller sea lion population is not more industrial fishing for important prey species," said Jon Warrenchuk, Oceana's Senior Scientist and Campaign Manager. "The Steller sea lion is still facing a slow road to recovery, and the Aleutian Islands are key to their survival."
The industrial fisheries in Alaska have a substantial impact on the health of our oceans and the creatures in it, and place unnatural stress on the marine ecosystem by removing billions of pounds of fish from the food web every year. Factory trawl and longline vessels capture huge amounts of prey, including Atka mackerel, Pacific cod, and pollock, that would otherwise be available as food for other animals like Steller sea lions. By upholding protections for this distinct population of Stellar sea lions, the U.S. Court of Appeals has given hope to the recovery of this species, although much work is still necessary to restore this population to healthy numbers.
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Homeland Insecurity: The radical Muslim Brotherhood is often dismissed in the media as a distant threat. In fact, this sworn U.S. enemy isn't just overseas. It's inside the gates of the White House.
At least six American Islamist activists who work closely with the Obama administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who enjoy strong influence over U.S. policy, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism and the Center for Security Policy in Washington.
As we list the worst of these subversives, bear in mind that the FBI in 2004 uncovered the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood's strategic plan to infiltrate the U.S. government and sabotage it "from within" during a raid of a Brotherhood operative's home in the D.C. suburb of Annandale on suspicion of terrorist activities. The stated goal of the document: turn America into an Islamic nation.
Also know that, despite media dismissals of the Brotherhood as a "benign" group, it is in fact the parent group of al-Qaida and played a role in the 9/11 plot.
The hijackers got support from several Muslim Brotherhood mosques across the country and were handled by a key Brotherhood leader in America — the CIA-droned cleric Anwar Awlaki, now thought to be the U.S. field commander of the operation.
Let's start with Mohamed Elibiary, a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council who has met with national security staff inside the White House. He raises perhaps the most alarms.
Elibiary has been accused of "downloading sensitive material from law enforcement databases," according to the Investigative Project. Last month, he tweeted: "I do consider the United States of America an Islamic country with an Islamically compliant constitution."
In October, Elibiary blamed persecuted Coptic Christians for inciting violence in Egypt, claiming in a series of offensive tweets that their raising awareness of atrocities they've suffered promotes "Islamophobic" bigotry and anger by Muslims.
He went on to defend the recently deposed Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Cairo. In earlier tweets, he has praised Egyptian jihadist and Brotherhood leader Sayyid Qutb, a key mentor of Osama bin Laden.
On his Twitter account, Elibiary sports the Muslim Brotherhood banner. Why is he still advising Homeland Security? Most disturbing, why did he recently get a promotion in the midst of all this controversy?
Another national security adviser to the White House is Imam Mohamed Magid, whose father is a "Cairo-trained Muslim Brotherhood scholar," according to the Center for Security Policy.
Magid, who preaches at a Washington-area mosque, also serves as president of the Islamic Society of North America, which the government says is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood in America.
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Law Society to students: legal career may be too risky
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I have just completed the LPC part-time, having done the GDL part-time before that, on top of my first degree. My university law careers dept has been constantly encouraging and supportive, but I feel strongly that the downside was not laid out in stark enough terms from the outset. The reality is that I'm 42, with a family, from a non-legal background and facing the worst recession for decades. Admittedly the last item was not foreseen when I started my law studies, but at no point did careers officers or tutors advise me to slow down or take another year to think about it before handing over more cheques. Four years on and with a debt like an albatross, I'm punch-drunk with rejection letters and (so far) continuing with my previous career. I thought I was under no illusions about the difficulties of qualifying when I started (three family members have qualified), I knew it would be very tough and my age was against me, but this road just seems to get steeper and steeper. My advice is to be wary - in this business having strong academics, bags of commitment and great transferable skills seems to be no substitute for 6 months' paralegal experience. And good luck finding that without 6 month's paralegal experience first. And good luck finding that without 6 month's paralegal experience first. And good luck finding that without 6 month's paralegal experience first. Etc. etc.
Isn't this simply the Law Society doing what the FSA insists on regarding warnings around investments?
"The value of your investment may go up or down"
That is to say, by investing £10k in the LPC, you may not get a training contract and hence a career in law at the end of it.
Seems like sensible advice to me!
I am one of those people who has a law degree and the LPC and absolutely no prospect of ever becoming a lawyer. I am in an insurmountable amount of debt in addition to being about as employable as a school leaver with the earning prospects of one. I'm nearly 26 and haven't managed to start my life properly. I'm really angry about it. The sad thing about it is I would make a good lawyer too. I intend to campaign to have these debts written off. Thinking only professionalism equals success, I tried to get ahead by pursuing a career in law but have ended up so far behind. It's not right. Why should I have to have the stigma of being a bankrupt attached to me if that is the only way to cancel the mountains of debt I have aquired? I have never been financially irresponsible or reckless in my life.
This is only going to lead to more institutional discrimination in the legal profession. I pity the future generations.
I am about to enter in to my final year of the LLB course at a mediocre university and believe students today are made fully aware that a 2:1 and the LPC are not enough to ensure becoming a solicitor. Since my first day at my University I have been made aware that it is what else you bring to the table that secures you your place, tons of work experience is not enough especially when not in the sectors of the law for which you are applying, it is continually re-inforced throughout the course that you must offer more than what is written on the degree certificate at the end of it all, it is all about personality and dedication.
Those students who do not gain the necessary extras are those who are not dedicated enough. A student who really wants to suceed will do their research and should quite easily discover that it is a bad time to be entering into the law, with the economy the way it is every school leaver is looking for a career in which there will always be opportunities and the law offers this. There is no need to not allow those under thirty to do the GDL as this would indeed cancel out the opportunities for some of those people who are very intellectual and do indeed have more to bring to the table than some unaware and unenthusiastic student who scraped a 2:1 from a low standing university with no extra-curricular interest.
On the whole the system does not need to change, if anything it ensures that the law is not easy to enter in to. Any student will inform you of this - me especially having friends who are studying for less intense courses such as Events Management and Disabilities Studies who all get to enjoy the freedom of university while i am confined to the library a lot more often than them. Any student with the commitment and will power to truly want to suceed will do and therefore there is no need to change anything.
You cannot simply say abolish the GDL or law degree is simply the best. A "law degree" cannot be the same if someone has studied it at Oxford and another at Manchester metropolitan. What about those who have studied good subjects like history, politics and economics from a top 10 uni but have allways wanted to go into law. Are you seriously saying someone at an ex poly should come before these?
Don't study the law, irrespective of your academic record to date, if you can identify yourself as being one or more of the towns people in the film High Plains Drifter starring Clint Eastwood. The reviews of the film I have read are quite superficial and may even indicate that the reviewer has not watched the film. If you fully undestand the film then perhaps you are QC material?
The whole recruitment system is flawed and needs to be overhauled. Law is tough and demanding and the recruitment and application system should be tough and demanding.
The problem is too many people who are simply not good enough are allowed to progress too far down the process incurring substantial amounts of debt before realising they will never get a training contract, and too many people who really have very little interest in being lawyers (and are often not very good) are able to get training contracts because they went to the right schoold and mummy/daddy know the right people.
The fact that LPC providers run themselves as businesses encouraging as many people to enrol on their expensive courses as possible does not help.
I think the US system has a lot of merit to it in that it cuts the weak links off at a much earlier stage.
Possible solution - you can't do the LPC without a training contract. You can only apply for a training contract once you have graduated. How you fill up any year in the middle is up to the individual. At least this way, people don't burn themselves with debt and may only lose one or two years as opposed to several if you go down the GDL/LPC/Paralegal/give up route.
While I appreciate the comments that those who are intelligent enough to work in the legal profession are intelligent enough to work out there are tough times ahead, I think there is much to be said about illustrating the severity of the current situation (although whether this is the role of the Law Society I am not convinced).
As someone who has just completed the LPC, have studied the GDL and done 3 years at uni and am yet to secure a training contract, I am in the (un)fortunate position of understanding the harsh realities of pursuing a legal career in these tough times. Having gained a 2.1 degree from a red brick uni, a commendation in my GDL, a distinction in my LPC, formal work experience from a magic circle and a regional firm, not to mention informal experience at a sole practitioner and even a barristers chambers to explore my interest in advocacy, I am consistently being taken to final interview and then missing out at the last hurdle.
Brilliant feedback from law school careers advisors, Magic Circle firms and national firms alike does not decrease my sense of annoyance and anxiety as my debt increases daily by the interest I cannot earn enough in my temp job to pay off. I have informed both family and friends that if my training contract interviews this summer (to commence training contracts in Sept 2011) do not come to fruition I am going to have to swallow my pride (and my debt filled tears) and embark on an entirely different career if I am ever to have a hope of getting myself out of the dire financial straits I am currently in.
And a word of caution for those thinking the situation will improve - talk of the economy picking up in the years to come resulting in an increase in available jobs needs to be taken with caution. Not only will the number of students applying for a "prestigious, well paid" career remain undoubtedly high regardless of warnings, you will also be competing with those already qualified for these jobs. And if you are competing against someone already qualified you are at a distinct disadvantage - not only does the firm know what they are getting qualification wise, qualified applicants are likely to have at least a couple of years of work experience, and better yet? Firms don't have to fork out the £15k fees associated with taking a risk on someone yet to qualify from law school.
To the chap who posted above about not getting a training contract.
This illustrates the point that only those who have secured a training contract should be allowed to progress to studying the LPC.
If one undertake the costs of the LPC without a training contract then that individual accepts that it is more likely than not that he/she will end up as employable as a school leaver.
To the chap who wrote:
"Why should I have to have the stigma of being a bankrupt attached to me if that is the only way to cancel the mountains of debt I have aquired? I have never been financially irresponsible or reckless in my life"
You are financially irresponsible for completing the LPC without a training contract. If the stigma of bankruptcy is the only way you will learn to be financially responsible then it is probably the best way forward.
At the end of the day, you knew the risks of completing the LPC without a training contract yet you still proceeded. Now you should accept the consequences of your short sighted and irresponsible beahaviour
How could you ever be in a position to hold office as a solicitor and advise businesses when you can't even judge your own irresponisble behaviour?
So according to the article, there were 7000 LPC passers last year and 6000 training contracts available this year- on the face of it, those are not bad odds, (although those figures do not take account of past year LPC applicants who are still competing for a contract.)
As someone who as yet has had no success in securing a training contract, I think many of us make the process harder for ourselves by all competing for the prestigious London firms.
The question we must ask is- Do I want to be a lawyer? - and NOT- How much money do I want to make? (notwithstanding the pressing debt we're all keen to pay off) In these times especially, being realistic about the ferocity of the competition out there and being open-minded about what smaller firms might have to offer us is key.
I agree with everyone who has mentioned the importance of experience and tenacity. One thing I would say is the seeming impossibility of gaining paralegal work experience without previous paralegal work experience. It's the same old 'catch 22' situation where serious creativity is needed.
I would very much welcome the Scottish system where a student cannot take the LPC unless he/she has a training contract. There is a similar system for teachers and PGCEs. I think it's also important for the ILEX route to get some publicity. It seems the only ones who might lose out here would be the law schools themselves.
I'm an almost 4yr PQE Private Client solicitor. If I was starting out now, with the benefit of what I know now, would I go through the process of qualification again?
I'm still in debt from the LPC. I *would* have paid this off in June-ish, but in January my boss turned round and told us that we were going to be working a 4 day week from the start of February. No discussion, no consultation. My mother paid off the remainder of my LPC loan for me at that point, but now I still owe her - and I have no idea when I will have the money to pay her.
During this time, various annual bills have cropped up for the house I was encouraged to buy on a Northern Rock "Together" mortgage - I couldn't afford those, but house insurance is one of those pesky little conditions of the mortgage (and the lease), and so my dad, who is a pensioner, has loaned me the money to pay that and various other bills.
I am in debt up to my eyeballs - but bankruptcy would lose me my house and lead to instant strike off (well, it'd actually probably be at least a year before the SDT got round to it and then fleeced me for the costs, but you know where I'm coming from).
I am, quite frankly, very badly paid. I am never going to get a job at a good firm paying a good salary, because I have a weird degree from a 'mickey mouse university' and poor A Level results (badly timed parental divorce). My law results, by the way, are great - but big firms don't/can't/ won't see that and so I am stuck with small firms where the partners just seem to want to extract as much money in drawings in the shortest time possible, to the detriment of the staff and the firm's development.
I am, quite frankly, very close to throwing in the towel - but what else can I do? My 'skills' are so specialised, and the economic situation is just so bad, and I don't want to leave 'the provinces' for the horror of London - there are very few to no good jobs here, and everything half decent has high application rates. I also feel as if I HAVE to stick with it, as I can't afford to re-train to do anything else (which is upsetting, as I actually do now have a good idea of what I'd like to do).
I would say to someone who was thinking of a law career - take a very long, very hard, very honest look at yourself and your situation - and then go off and train to be a plumber/electrician/painter & decorator - they're much more fun, and you'll probably be better paid!
What is sad about the plight of applicants is that they are approaching a career in law as if they were entering a profession instead of a glorified sales career.
A purported profession can only justify calling itself a profession if it sees itself as under a moral duty to perpeutuate itself through the deliberate advancement of new applicants regardless of background.
This incarnation of "lawyers" is not a profession - the moral obligation has been cynically discarded, the equity ladder has been pulled up and there is no moral imperative to bring on the next generation.
Market forces is given as the reason - greed is the real imperative.
The traditional business model has not failed because it didn't work but because it was not allowed to work because it cut too deeply into the margins of the fat cats who have sold the profession kite mark for a few extra bob.
Solicitors cannot now expect any professional support network or any financial standing in their practices.
All they can expect is to be worked to death for salaries way below what seven years of study should be paying and the ever present fear that they are ever more closely compared to paralegals paid a fraction of the price (but who charge clients for a professional status they do not have).
The Legal Services Bill's greatest justification for undermining the profession was the profession itself. It tried and failed to push the "dilution of quality" argument as its main defence but had its skirts pulled up to show that the majority of legal work is in fact done by unskilled, half trained clerks anyway.
The fat cats response to this charge?
Oh, let's do away with the traditional salary system; let's introduce a "eat what you kill" remuneration scheme where you get paid a basic and a commission if you exceed your ludicrously overestimated target.
Lawyers are the worst employers in the market place: with the worst track record of compliance with employment law, the worst record of fairness in equality profiling, salary remuneration and employee support and you are more likely to want to shoot yourself or drink yourself to death in this profession than the guy that had to ride the bonnet of a land rover in Helmund province.
How will any of this encourage the underprivileged to enter the profession?
They'd be better of going down to Everest and signing up to sell windproof double glazing for a living.
At least they're honest about what to expect from the job.
Reading the various posts on this topic all seem to suggest to me that the problem has no solution.
Let's consider the problem carefully.
Essentially too many young people flock to the legal profession because of misguided ideas about their prospects and what the profession has to offer.
This ultimately leads to market saturation which in turn leads to reduced opportunity, wage deflation and poor working conditions.
Given that there does not seem to be any sign that demand from students is abating, the problem will only get worse.
Who says A levels are are a great measure of intelligence? I was crap at A levels because I wasn't good at writing 10 stupid essays with a blunt pencil in 3 hours. I got CCD.in 1991. I was written off as a dunce, and went to a crappy red brick university near London that didn't one any doors for me. I left the UK in 1995.
Yes, I was awful at A levels but then found out, over 10 yeas later, that I was rather good at the LSAT multiple choice logic exam which US law schools use to determine admissions. Nearly twenty years after I messed up my A levels I finished in the top 20% of my law school class in the US from a Top 20 school, was recruited by a respectable firm, and have passd two bar exams.
A levels are just one way of measuring intelligence or aptitude. It's like measuring whether everyone is a good athlete by having them run the 100 meters. "Sorry Cram, Ovett, and Coe, you are crap atheletes, perhaps you should pursue law!!???"
The legal profession is as elitist as it is intellectually and financially demanding. Some professions will always be elitist, because the cost of training a solicitor or barrister will for many be prohibitive.
It is impossible as a matter of simplest economics for legal education to ever be accessible to everyone in a capitalist country. That is because:
a) the solicitors and professionals who train lawyers will always want to receive salaries above the average salary for the rest of the society; so
b) if suddenly everyone in the society got richer and could afford an LPC/BVC at their current prices, law schools would raise the price of legal education to the point where just the right number of people to satisfy the market's demand for solicitors/barristers would be able to afford a legal education.
This relationship is nothing novelt and it is a consequence of capitalism. Truth be told, capitalism inherently creates elites - the free market itself creates elites.
However, note that before we start criticising the free market for making the legal profession elitist, the more the government regulates the market, the further away we move from a free market economy. That said, in pure communism, the legal profession would be very accessible, but would offer salaries not exceeding those of factory workers.
So, let's be reasonable in our criticisms. Jumping to conclusions is not the right behaviour for a lawyer!
I would agree with what you say in principle.
Given that law is so incredibly oversubscribed then it is the case that the price of the LPC is far too low as the supply is far exceeding the demand.
The LPC should be a minimum of 20,000 with a 1,000 added every year until demand roughly equals the supply.
it is scandalous for the Gvt to leave the provision of a Tc to private law firms who may chose to sacrifice merit for privilege in their intake. It is also scandalous to let providers of the LPC to churn out 000s of graduates without any prospect of securing a TC. Its a profit driven exploitative business. LPC providers like the BPP are ripping off naive students. The gvt shud mandate all LPC and BVC course providers with securing a TC for every student whose £10,000 they pocket. Some, e.g BPP must use part of that £10.000 to set up Legal Clinics to provide TC to their students whilst providing free legal services to communities where the colleges are situated. In S. Africa every LPC student takes a TC at a Legal Clinic run by the Uni that provides the LPC, so that every student who pays their hard earned LPC fee is guaranteed to become an Attorney/Solicitor on graduation. We are let left vulnerable to the wolves such as the BPP by a Gvt staffed with egg-heads whose main preoccupation is to claim absurd MP's expenses. Fed-up LLB graduate, Northampton.
It seems that the SRA will not admit person to the roll of the solicitors if they have an LPC and wish to qualify as a solicitor using thier work experience through ILEX.
So you can pay your money to be a FILEX, get your work experience and then be rejected to the roll, because the SRA would like the LPC graduates to continue in the race for a TC with an infinity finishing line for some, regardless of their academic excellence.
There are a lot of law students whining about not being able to secure a TC.
It's high risk but students know that before they pay for the courses.
It's the responsibility of the student to determine whether he or she wants to take the risk.
If I had to decide whether to self fund the LPC today then, of course, I wouldn't do it. It's far too risky. Why would I self fund a course which will more than likely lead to a low paid paralegal job at best?
However every student has to decide for him/herself.
If one takes a risk then don't complain if that risk is realised.
Stop whining and take responsibility for your own risk taking!!
The problem is the Training Contract. It should be abolished. If a person is good enough to get a degree and pass LPC then they should be allowed to set up their oewn business and practice law. The cost of LPC eliminates less wealthy students from the legal profession, the ridiculous bias of selection for Training Contracts then eliminates people from working class backgrounds from the profession. The result? A profession that continues to be the same people from the same elite backgrounds ad inifinitum. Let legal services be a career open to anyone who is competent and let them have to compete in the same way that other service providers have to.
To C E Shepherd
You miss the point.
The heart of the problem is that there are too many students chasing too few jobs.
The solution is not to increase the number of people working in law but to stop people taking silly risks and paying for the LPC themselves.
Increasing the number of people working in the business does not solve the issue of no jobs.
What's the point of encouraging people to enter an industry where there is no demand?
By the way the cost of the LPC does not deter the best candidates because the best candidates are sponsored.
If you are not sponsored then you shouldn't be doing the LPC because your applications for a training contract have been rejected.
This problem has been created by desperate student self funding the LPC.
Solving self funding of the LPC would ensure that supply roughly equals demand. Problem solved.
In the teaching and medical profession they only take the numbers they need and that's why doctors are not sat around twiddling their thumbs.
LPC and CPE (GDL) become invalid after 7 years. So if you don't get a TC in this time your are out.....this is not well known and not publicised by the Law Society or ILEX. I know I got caught.
To the above post, there is nothing you can do to change supply demand fundamentals.
The bottom line is there are too many students which means regardless of how hard they all try many of them must fail.
That's life. As time goes by it will get even harder because every year another load of students are pumped out of the College of Law factory.
Re: Anonymous in response to C E Shepherd
I agree that the main problem is one of over-supply. However, I would question your assertion that the 'best candidates get sponsorship'. From my own observations and those I know in the profession those from less affluent backgrounds are far less likely to get sponsorship. Also, (and this is not exclusive to law) the enormous competition for training means that those whose families can subsidize unpaid internships and extra-currics stand a much greater chance of gaining said sponsorship.
Yes, large numbers of students will be rejected, but I suspect that the proportion of less affluent students in that category who actually had the ability to make very able lawyers is growing.
There is also the matter of institutions being less than candid about the chances of these students. I'm sure this will trigger scoffing, but even those with the requisite intelligence from less affluent backgrounds sometimes do not have the experience and understanding to make a detailed assessment of their chances. I think people underestimate the power of growing up in certain social/economic conditions and how this impacts on the potential candidate.
Jeremy Peters.
Very true. However that is just a fact of life.
People from poorer backgrounds do not have access to important information concerning careers.
This will not change and does not detract from the point that students need to be saved from themselves.
The problem is going to be compounded by increases in tuition fees.
The only real benefit to the increase in tution fees is that hopefully it will prompt students to stop and think!!!
CE Shepherd - you seem to be suggesting that people who pass the LPC should be admitted to the Roll and allowed to set up shop as Solicitors on their own, without the need for a Training Contract or any experience of practising law.
Your idea is unworkable for a number of reasons, as others have pointed out.
In addition I do not beleive that any PI insurer would seriously contemplate offering insurance in these circumstances.
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By Kate Jordan, NCTMB
I was intrigued by a course entitled: "Making the Case for Breast Massage" at the most recent annual meeting of the California Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association. Intrigued, I confess, because I didn't know that a case needed to be made.In my own practice, I regularly perform therapeutic modalities on the breasts of pregnant and nursing mothers; on women who have had breast reduction or augmentation; and on women who have endured mastectomy or breast cancer treatment. However, since my early days as a massage therapist, it had never occurred to me that there might be a rationale, much less a mandate, for well-breast massage.
The issues surrounding the applications of breast massage are numerous, ranging from legal to medical, to therapist comfort and competence, to protection of the consumer. These issues also spotlight some of the confusion in our emerging profession about the purpose and scope of practice of massage therapy and bodywork.
When I was first introduced to massage in the early 1970s, two mass-market books, George Downings' Massage Book and Gordon Inkeles' The Art of Sensual Massage, described the use of gentle effleurage strokes over undraped breasts as a part of relaxation massage on the anterior torso. This approach was also used at the Esalen Institute in Northern California. When I began to practice, however -- at a medical clinic and a health club in Phoenix; in a spa in Honolulu; and later in the decade, when teaching at a new massage school in San Diego -- it was a given that the breasts would be draped, primarily to conform to local and state regulations.
Over the years, and with continued training, I developed expertise in treating various dysfunctions related to the breast, but never taught any form of breast massage to students -- it seemed to be an area of the body riddled with pitfalls. When Dianne Polseno Crawford surveyed a representative sample of massage therapists in 1997, she found that while 45% reported receiving some training in breast massage, only 9% reported performing it on a regular basis. In an informal survey of massage schools throughout the country, Crawford reported that only 10% were teaching any kind of breast massage.
One of the primary barriers to the teaching of appropriate breast massage is the prohibition in state and local laws in most jurisdictions of any touching of the breasts. Some states, like Washington, do allow therapeutic breast massage with informed client consent. In my own city of San Diego, recently enacted legislation specifies no prohibited body areas for practitioners who have more extensive training than the minimum required for a massage license. These legal barriers to breast massage result from massage therapy's shadow-side -- its link to prostitution and adult entertainment. Hannah Hanlon, who teaches breast massage courses throughout the United States, caused such controversy in advertising her course in North Carolina that she was banned from teaching in that state. As standards for the education and practice of massage therapists are elevated, it's possible that there will be more latitude given in state laws to appropriate touch in currently restricted anatomical areas.
The American Massage Therapy Association does not have a specific policy regarding breast massage, and Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals "discourages" its members from providing breast massage unless they have advanced training and work in a jurisdiction permitting it. The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork addresses the issue of breast massage in its Standards of Practice. It provides that certificants can "only provide therapeutic breast massage as indicated in the plan of care, and only after receiving informed voluntary consent from the client." This position provides an ethical framework and scope of practice for those individuals who become nationally certified, but is irrelevant in states that restrict the practice.
What is the status of breast massage in the United States? Who is using it, and for what purpose? I did an internet search for "breast massage" and found, along with the few "adult" sites that appeared, that there were sites that promoted breast massage as a cancer preventive; "wellness" breast massage; massage for breast augmentation; breast massage to prevent adhesions after implant surgery; self-massage to promote lactation in nursing mothers; and therapeutic lymphatic massage to treat lymphedema. These sites ranged from do-it-yourself websites, to plastic surgeons, to the American Cancer Society.
In Europe, where breast exposure is not taboo, lymphatic drainage massage and Bindegewebsmassage are used on the breasts in clinical settings. It is the rare therapist in the United States who does so.
In Canada, where massage training in most provinces is more extensive and clinical than in the U.S., therapists are taught protocols to deal with breast discomfort, dysfunction, trauma, and disease. Debra Curties, the executive director of the Sutherland-Chan School in Toronto, has been one of the leading proponents and teachers of clinical breast massage in North America. She has written extensively about the many potential barriers that may face therapists contemplating providing breast massage as a client service. They may, for example, feel personal discomfort with manipulating breast tissue because of its sexualization in American society.
Hannah Hanlon has reported that when teaching co-ed classes in breast massage, men and gay women seem more comfortable with the learning experience than heterosexual women, who may feel embarrassed and squeamish about touching either their own, or another woman's breasts. Many men, however, are understandably concerned about boundary issues in cross-gender massage. There is considerable uncertainty among many therapists about the purpose of and potential value derived from breast massage, especially the "wellness" or prevention model.
Public perception of the components of a massage therapy session, and individual client issues and concerns, can impact a therapist's desire to perform breast massage. Does the client have adequate boundaries? Has the client been sufficiently informed about, and is able to consent to breast massage? Does the therapist feel safe in providing breast massage for the particular client?
Hannah Hanlon has written that "breast massage has been regarded at best, as an integrative measure in a holistic alternative therapy, or at worst, as an invasive and abusive undertaking, if offered without informed consent in the hands of a therapist lacking experience or integrity." This is the crux of the issues surrounding breast massage. Breast massage administered by massage therapists will be more readily accepted by the public if its medical rationale and physiologic basis are spelled out for clients, and if therapists receive adequate training in its psychological ramifications and the appropriate use of specific techniques to promote breast health and address dysfunction.
This kind of educational outreach can only be provided by therapists who receive comprehensive training in breast massage. Unfortunately, even the most competent, effective practitioners will not be able to address the needs of the female population in the presence of laws that prohibit touching of the breasts.
In my next column, I will address the indications for breast massage and the specific techniques that have been developed to address both "normal" and dysfunctional breasts.
In the interest of a national dialogue, I would like to hear the experiences of therapists who currently practice breast massage (as a part of a full-body session or as separate modality), and the reactions and comments of therapists who do not.
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