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Bartel happy to wait on contract discussions
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS TUTORIAL Let's get started!! Goals In this tutorial, you will learn… How to recognize 3 of the 5 types of reactions Predict the products of reactions when only given the reactants What are the 5 types of reactions? Synthesis Double Decomposition replacement Single Combustion replacement Which 3 will be we learning about?? Synthesis Decomposition Combustion SYNTHESIS Synthesis Two or more reactants combine to form… A + B AB Synthesis Continued 2 Mg + O2 2 MgO Two reactants form one product BUT WAIT!! Don't forget about everything you have already learned! Is your equation balanced?? Predicting products Before we keep going… lets learn a few things about predicting products Predicting products Here are a few important things to remember when predicting products: The compounds form must be neutral ionic compounds (which means you'll be paying attention to their charges) You do NOT carry subscripts from the reactants to the products. You always balance your equation LAST Let's go back to that synthesis example Remember the reaction: Mg + O2 Helpful hint for later…why is oxygen O2 and not just O? Click to find out why Why O2?? Oxygen is a diatomic molecule, which means when oxygen is by itself it must be O2. Remember that this DOES NOT mean that oxygen is O2 in compounds, only by itself! What are the other diatomic elements? (hint: remember the heavenly 7! Go back Now to predict the products… Mg + O2 Remember A + B AB so Mg + O2 will make a compound with magnesium and oxygen. What does a compound with magnesium and oxygen look like?? A compound with magnesium and oxygen… Magnesium is a metal, oxygen is a nonmetal so we must be forming an IONIC compound. What's the charge of Mg? What's the charge of O? 2+ O 2- Mg So what's the compound? Mg2+ O2- Pick… MgO2 MgO Mg2O2 Nope! MgO2 +2 + 2(-2) DOES NOT EQUAL ZERO Try again! Nope! Mg2O2 2(+2) + 2(-2) =0 But remember ionic compounds need to be in the simplest form Try again! Yes! Very good! MgO is a neutral, correct ionic compound so our formula is Mg + O2 MgO Finally, balance the equation to satisfy the law of conservation of mass… 2Mg + O2 2MgO So remember… When predicting products: Make correct ionic compounds THEN balance Let's move on to the rest of the reaction types… Decomposition Decomposition forms two or more products AB A + B Decomposition Continued The electrolysis of water is when water decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen gas as shown below: 2H2O 2H2 + O2 Predicting products and decomposition Lets use that same reaction. What if we were not already given the products, how would we predict them? H2O ?? Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen, so will my products just be H and O? No! Remember, H and O are both diatomic elements. H2O H2 + O2 But wait….something is still missing…. Balance! Don't forget to balance your equation after you make your products! Your final answer should look like this: 2H2O 2H2 + O2 You try one… What is the correct reaction for the decomposition of sodium chloride, NaCl? NaCl Na + Cl 2NaCl Na2 + Cl2 2NaCl 2Na + Cl2 Nope! NaCl Na + Cl Don't forget that chlorine is a diatomic element, so it must be Cl2 Try again! Nope! 2NaCl Na2 + Cl2 Although this reaction is correctly balanced, sodium is NOT a diatomic element Try again! Yes! Very good! 2NaCl 2Na + Cl2 This is a correct reaction for the decomposition of sodium chloride. Ready for the last type of reaction? Combustion Combustion Combustion is the burning of hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbon?? What's that?? Click to find out! When a hydrocarbon reacts with oxygen (O2), the products are ALWAYS….. Yes, ALWAYS… Carbon dioxide and water CO2 + H 2O Hydrocarbons A hydrocarbon is an organic molecule made up of hydrogen and carbon. Remember when we learned about these when we talked about organic chemistry?? CH4 C20H42 C6H10 Combustion Cont… Since the products of a combustion reaction are always CO2 and H2O, the hardest part about combustion reactions is balancing them CH4 + O2 CO2 + H2O Balance this equation… Combustion Cont. CH4 + O2 CO2 + 2H2O Be aware… this reaction was pretty easy to balance, some of the combustion reactions get pretty complicated! Like this one… 4C3H9 + 21O2 12CO2 + 18H2O Ready for your quiz?? Yes! Not quite, review the types of reactions with me… Review Synthesis reactions: two or more reactants combine to form ONE product A + B AB Decomposition reactions: ONE reactant breaks down into two or more products AB A + B Combustion reactions: a hydrocarbon reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water. Hydrocarbon + O2 CO2 + H2O Ok, now I'm ready for the quiz! Quiz Question 1/5 Which of the following is a decomposition reaction? 2Fe + O2 2FeO Na + AgCl Ag + NaCl Na2S 2Na + S Nope! 2Fe + O2 2FeO This is two reactants forming ONE product which is an example of a synthesis reaction Try again! Nope! Na + AgCl Ag + NaCl This reaction does not just form one product. This reaction is an example of a single replacement reaction which we will learn about later. Try again! Yes! Very good! Na2S 2Na + S This reaction is ONE reactant breaking down into two or more products, which is an example of a decomposition reaction. Back to the question! Next question! Quiz Question 2/5 How can you recognize a combustion reaction? A combustion reaction A combustion reaction A combustion reaction is the only reaction always has a always has a always has at least hydrocarbon reacting hydrocarbon reacting two reactants and two with oxygen to with nitrogen, which is products. One of the produce carbon a very explosive reactants is always dioxide and water. reaction. oxygen gas. Nope! A combustion reaction is the only reaction always has at least two reactants and two products. One of the reactants is always oxygen gas. We will learn about other reactions that can have more than one product and more than one reactant. This is NOT the way to identify a combustion reaction. Try again! Nope! A combustion reaction always has a hydrocarbon reacting with nitrogen, which is a very explosive reaction. Although combustion reactions are typically explosive, it is not because they react with nitrogen. Try again! Yes! Very good! A combustion reaction always has a hydrocarbon reacting with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water. This is how we identify a combustion reaction Back to Next the question! question! Quiz Question 3/5 Pick correct bubble that finishes the reaction below. K + Cl2 ?? 2K + Cl2 2KCl K + Cl2 KCl K + Cl2 KCl2 Nope! K + Cl2 KCl2 Remember to not carry subscripts over to your products. K has a +1 charge and Cl has a -1 charge so the product of KCl2 is not neutral and cannot be correct. Try again! Almost! But not quite… K + Cl2 KCl Although this product is correct, the equation is not balanced! Try again! Yes! Very good! 2K + Cl2 2KCl The products are correct and the reaction is balanced! Great job! Back to Next the question! question! Quiz Question 4/5 Pick correct rectangle that finishes the reaction below. C2H8 + O2 ?? C2H8 + O2 CO2 + H2O C2H8 + 4O2 2CO2 + 4H2O C2H8 + O2 C2H8O2 Almost, but not quite… C2H8 + O2 CO2 + H2O Great job predicting the products, but…. don't forget to balance!! Try again! Nope! C2H8 + O2 C2H8O2 Remember that combustion reactions always have carbon dioxide and water as products Try again! Yes! Very good! C2H8 + 4O2 2CO2 + 4H2O Products are correct and the equation is correctly balanced. Great job! Back to the question! Next question! Quiz Question 5/5 Pick correct rectangle that finishes the reaction below. Al + N2 ?? Al + N2 AlN2 3Al + N2 Al3N2 2Al + N2 2AlN Nope! Al + N2 AlN2 Remember we do not carry over subscripts. Aluminum has a +3 charge and nitrogen has a -3 charge so a formula of AlN2 is not a neutral compound Try again! Nope! 3Al + N2 Al3N2 Although this equation is balanced, since aluminum has a +3 charge and nitrogen has a -3 charge, this is not a neutral compound Try again! Yes! Very good! 2Al + N2 2AlN A correct neutral compound for the product and a balanced equation. Great! Back to the question! Finish! Congratulations! You have finished the chemical reactions tutorial Go back to the start
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Robert Pinsky
Pindar, poet of the victories, fitted names
And legends into verses for the chorus to sing:
Names recalled now only in the poems of Pindar:
O nearly unpronounceable immortals,
In the dash, Oionos was champion:
Oionos, Likmynios's son, who came from Midea.
In wrestling, Echemos won—the name
Of his home city, Tegea, proclaimed to the crowds.
Doryklos of Tiryns won the prize in boxing,
And the record for a four-horse team was set
By Samos from Mantinea, Halirothios's son.
And Pindar, poet of the Olympian and Isthmian
And Pythian games, wrote also of the boundless
And forgetful savannas of time. What is someone?
The chorus sing in a victory ode—What is a nobody?
Creatures of a day, they chant in answer, Creatures
Of a day. So where is the godgiven glory Pindar says
Settles on mortals?—Bright as gold among the substances,
Say the chorus, paramount as water among the elements.
Not in the victory itself, petty or great,
Of rich young Greeks contending in games.
Not in the poetry itself, with its forgotten dances
And Pindar spinning among tiresome or stirring
Myths and genealogies, the chanted names
Of cities and invoked gods and dignitaries—
Striving, O nearly unpronounceable athletes,
To animate the air with dancing feet raising
A golden pollen of dust: a pervasive blur
Of seedlets in the sunlight, whirling—beyond mere
Victory or applause or performance,
As victory is beyond defeat.
The one who threw the javelin furthest
Sang the chorus, chanting Pindar's incantation
Against envy and oblivion, was Phrastor.
And when Nikeus grunting whirled the stone
Into the air and it flew past the marks
Of all the competitors, Nikeus's countrymen
Shouted his name after it, Nikeus,
Nikeus, and the syllables so say the lines Pindar
Composed for the sweating chorus to chant—radiated
For a spell like the silvery mirror of the moon.
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Response to the Green Paper 'Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales' by The Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors Executive Summary FOCIS members act for seriously injured claimants with complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims, including group actions and our response concentrates on the limited numbers of such cases still within legal aid, in particular, clinical negligence and multi-party actions. Our data shows that the present legal aid scheme for catastrophic injury victims of clinical negligence is remarkably effective: Within our sample of catastrophic injury cases generally concluded between January and May 2010, in 5 successful legally aided catastrophic clinical negligence cases our members recovered 10.9m in total damages for their clients (with a mean of £2.1m and a median of £1m) at a total gross cost of £721,826 (including counsel and disbursements). Almost all of such costs were paid by the losing party and not out of the Legal Aid Fund. Over the same period, 5 out of 8 of the firms who supplied data abandoned 7 potential catastrophic injury cases at a total gross cost to the Legal Aid Fund of £56,216 (including disbursements). On our data, clients have to find on average £30,526 to fund disbursements in catastrophic injury cases (in legal aid cases, such as clinical negligence these are presently funded by the Legal Aid scheme and the average for those cases was £35,685). We do not agree with the proposals to exclude clinical negligence cases from the scope of legal aid. We do appreciate that with the current constraints on public funding some hard choices have to be made, but we think that in respect of clinical negligence claims (which are usually claims for injury caused by a state institution), the proposals go too far. We believe that the combined impact of the withdrawal of Legal Aid for clinical negligence litigation and the proposed reforms of the costs recovery for CFA funded work in the field (non recoverability of Success Fees and ATE inter partes with recovery of the success fee against client capped at 25% of general damages and past loss) will leave seriously injured and vulnerable claimants with no, or very much reduced, access to justice. The proposed changes to the Funding Code would also effectively end legal aid for multi-party cases, even though that is not expressly consulted upon in the Green Paper. It is particularly risky to remove legal aid from catastrophic injury clinical negligence victims and from multi- party cases at the same time as the government also proposes to gamble by replacing the CFA regime (that is to take the place of legal aid) with an untried and untested new regime which may not deliver access to justice. 1. Introduction 1.1 FOCIS1 (Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors) FOCIS members act for seriously injured claimants with complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims, including group actions. The objectives of FOCIS are to:- 1. Promote high standards of representation of claimant personal injury and medical negligence clients, 2. Share knowledge and information among members of the Forum, 3. Further better understanding in the wider community of issues which arise for those who suffer serious injury, 4. Use members' expertise to promote improvements to the legal process and to inform debate, 5. Develop fellowship among members. See further www.focis.org.uk. Membership of FOCIS is intended to be at the most senior level of the profession, currently standing at 29 members. The only formal requirement for membership of FOCIS is that members should have achieved a pre-eminence in their personal injury field. Four of the past presidents of APIL are members of FOCIS. Firms represented by FOCIS members include: Anthony Gold Atherton Godfrey Boyes Turner Digby Brown Field Fisher Waterhouse Freeth Cartwright Girlings Hodge Jones & Allen Hugh James Irwin Mitchell Kester Cunningham John Kingsley Napley Leigh Day Linder Myers McCool Patterson Hemsi & Co Osborne Morris & Morgan Pannones Parlett Kent Potter Rees Prince Evans Russell-Cooke Russell Jones & Walker Stewarts Law 1 FOCIS) has been the name since 2007 of the organisation formerly known as the Richard Grand Society (founded in 1997 based on the concept of the American "Inner Circle of Advocates" which had been formed in 1972 by Arizona and San Francisco Attorney Richard Grand). 1.2 This response This response focuses solely on the conduct of the serious injury claims and group actions handled by FOCIS members. 1.3 Our data We attach data collected from 8 member firms of FOCIS regarding catastrophic injury cases concluded over the 5 month period between January and May 2010 2 . This exercise was carried out to support our response to the other Green Paper. The numbers of legal aid cases are not statistically significant enough to enable reliable general conclusions to be drawn. However, as a random snapshot, it shows: In our sample of cases concluded by 8 member firms there were 5 successful legally aided catastrophic clinical negligence cases between January and May 2010, our members recovered 10.9m in total damages (a mean of £2.1m and a median of £1m) at a total gross cost of £721,826 (including counsel and disbursements). Almost all of such costs were paid by the losing party and not out of the Legal Aid Fund. Over the same period, 5 out of 8 of the firms abandoned 7 potential catastrophic injury cases at a total gross cost to the Legal Aid Fund of £56,216 (including disbursements). The average disbursements in winning cases were £35,685. 2 Only 5 of those 8 firms were able to let us have data relating to failed and abandoned cases over the same period (because their management systems did not easily enable them to capture this data), so the data for failed cases is significantly understated in the "CFA only" data set. The "winners v losers" dataset includes the data only from the 5 firms who supplied both winners and losers. 2. Reponses to Questions Scope Question 1: Do you agree with the proposals to retain the types of case and proceedings listed in paragraphs 4.37 to 4.144 of the consultation document within the scope of the civil and family legal aid scheme? Please give reasons. Claims against public authorities [excluding clinical negligence] We agree that it is essential that some cases remain within scope. However, we think that the bar is set too high. We suggest instead: i) abuse of position of power; and/or ii) breach of human rights; and/or iii) negligent acts or omissions falling below the required standard of care required in accordance with the Bolam/Bolitho test. We agree that a SLAS is particularly suitable for funding such cases. Claims arising from allegations of abuse and sexual assault We agree that these should remain with in scope. These are claims by very vulnerable individuals usually against powerful institutions. It would be difficult to fund many such cases through CFAs, particularly because of the high investigative cos ts and the difficulty in obtaining evidence. Legal Help at inquests This is sometimes required by our members to assist bereaved families. We agree it should remain in scope. We do not agree that publicly Legal Representation at inquests is not needed. Legal Help for inquests is often granted where there are serious legal and factual issues involved in clinical negligence cases, serious accidents , military inquests or deaths in custody. In such cases the bereaved family will be faced with several legal teams often with QCs representing hospitals, doctors, the MOD , the Home Office, the Prison Service, police or prison officers. The form and factual content of the verdict can be of crucial importance. The Coroner is no position to help unrepresented parties faced with such complexity and submissions from other legal teams. A bereaved family will have difficulty maintaining their composure in incredibly emotive and emotional circumstances. They will not be in a position to familiarise themselves with the Human Rights law, the law of tort and Coroner"s rules. They will not be a position to frame and ask appropriate questions designed to elicit the appropriate evidence from witnesses not make appropriate submissions to the Coroner. Inquest are highly technical legal courts of law. Families will not be able to participate effectively in the inquest, especially if it is an "Article 2 ECHR" inquest . Without legal help they will be interested bystanders. Crucial evidence essential to their case will not emerge. We consider it essential that legal aid is retained for representation at such inquests. Education We consider that taking education appeals to the Upper Tribunal (the old Rule 53 jurisdiction), as it is proposed, is a serious mistake as these are appeals on points of law in an area where there is a complex statutory scheme and a substantial body of case law. It is very difficult for a non- lawyer to run such cases efficiently and effectively, if at all. This is often compounded by the fact that parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) are disproportionately likely themselves to have SEN and come from a background of disadvantage. The ability to run these cases will be largely taken away if public funding is removed across the board from education. This would be very bad news for poor parents and their children who are excluded from school or have severe SEN and who will have no legal assistance whatever the importance of the issue or the complexities of the law. The consequences of taking Education wholesale out of scope will impact not only upon some of the most vulnerable in society but will also impact dramatically on the cost and efficiency of the Court and Tribunal Services. When one considers the relatively minor sums of money expended on the provision of these services (around £0.5 million) set against the impact upon the poor and vulnerable and upon the efficient operation of justice, we consider that this proposal is seriously misguided. We consider that the MoJ has, in taking the whole of Education out of scope, failed to give appropriate weight to the degree of vulnerability of many beneficiaries of legal aid in this area and the fundamental right to education in play. The MoJ further appears to have failed to have distinguished, for example, between the types of cases ranging from those with SEN, exclusion cases, admissions and higher education. Applying the MoJ's own criteria, we consider that at least in respect of SEN and exclusion cases, all four of the MoJ's criteria for retaining an area in scope are met and that this proposal must be reconsidered.These claims should remain in scope. There is often an overlap between clinical negligence victims and education claims. Environmental matters We agree that legal aid should be retained. Question 2: Do you agree with the proposal to make changes to court powers in ancillary relief cases to enable the Court to make interim lump sum orders against a party who has the means to fund the costs of representation for the other party? Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 3: Do you agree with the proposals to exclude the types of case and proceedings listed in paragraphs 4.148 to 4.245 from the scope of the civil and family legal aid scheme? Please give reasons. We do not think that in the light of the proposed cuts that realistically personal injury generally can come back into scope at the present time. However, the fundamental changes proposed to CFAs (see the other government Green Paper) are likely to lead to significant numbers of complex and expensive claims no longer getting access to justice. In these circumstances, the government should legislate to bring them within the scope of legal aid otherwise such claimants will be effectively denied access to justice. Clinical negligence We do not agree with the proposals to exclude clinical negligence cases from the scope of legal aid. We do appreciate that with the current constraints on public funding some hard choices have to be made, but we think that in respect of clinical negligence claims (which are usually claims for injury caused by a state institution), the proposals go too far. Whilst in less serious claims it may be that either the litigation system will be reformed (whether through implementation of Redress or otherwise) and will lead t o different discussions on funding, and in moderately severe cases CFAs may be able to replace public funding in many cases, this is not so with the most serious cases. We believe that the combined impact of the withdrawal of Legal Aid for clinical negligence litigation and the proposed reforms of the costs recovery for CFA funded work in the field (non recoverability of Success Fees and ATE inter partes with recovery of SF against Client capped at 25% of general damages) will leave seriously injured and vulnerable claimants with no, or very much reduced, Access to Justice. This is because if the civil litigation funding reforms are introduced as proposed, they will not provide a reasonable and viable alternative to public funding for this group of Claimants. The reasons we oppose the proposals are as follows:- • Claims involving very severe and life changing injury or death are ones which, by definition, are brought by or for people who are physically and emotionally vulnerable as a result of disability. They are also claims which are often brought in traumatising circumstances and are associated with, or made complex by, the age of the injured person (whether young or old). • As a class of litigants, Claimant"s in severe injury cases are more likely to be disabled, frail, elderly or too young to bring proceedings on their own behalf. In many cases they will lack capacity as a consequence of the injuries they have sustained. • Clinical negligence litigation is dependent upon expert opinion not just (as is the case in other areas of personal injury litigation) in relation to the nature and cause of injury, but also in relation to whether a breach of duty has occurred at all and the nature of that breach of duty. The inter-relationship between the medical issues relating to breach of duty and how they then impact upon medical causation are almost always exceptionally complex. As a result it is unlikely that a litigant would be able to represent him/herself effectively in a contested clinical negligence claim. • In many cases the Claimant will have no recollection of the events that are the subject of investigation. For example, because they were unconscious at the time or, as in the case of fatal claims, will not even have been there. In those cases in particular, careful forensic analysis of the records and the Claimant"s condition by and in consultation with medical experts is essential in order to determine whether there was a breach of duty and the consequences of any such breach. • The nature of clinical negligence litigation is such that expert opinion on issues arising from factual and expert evidence and the basis of any defence that is disclosed requires experts to be closely involved at every stage of the case. Thus, expert fees are not "one off costs". • This fundamental dependence upon medical expert opinion and the inter- relation between it and the law of tort makes clinical negligence cases particularly complex. • The issues in clinical negligence cases are important and where there has been severe and life changing injury or death the damages which are sought are primarily required to meet the Claimant"s needs for the future (or those of their family in the event of a fatal claim). • Even for those who have the benefit of Legal Expense Insurance (LEI), such cover does not provide an alternative method of funding to a sufficient level to be able to pursue a clinical negligence case involving significant injury to a contested Trial. This is because it is never sufficient to cover the Claimant"s own costs and disbursements as well as his/her adverse costs risk in the event of losing. Further, many LEI providers now require claimant lawyers to act under a CFA rather than indemnifying the Claimant for own solicitor"s fees, thereby creating simply a different route into the CFA funded world. • The high level of disbursements that have to be incurred in clinical negligence cases are beyond the means of the majority of Claimants. Carrying disbursements of £15-60k per case on an entire case load is beyond the cash flow capacity of most firms. For many firms, if there is no alternative means of funding or being indemnified in respect of these disbursements, they will have no choice but to either limit their exposure significantly or withdraw completely from the market. The consequence of that will be that seriously injured and vulnerable people will have difficulty finding lawyers to represent them and as a group their access to Justice will be fettered. • Limiting publicly funded work to specialist franchised firms and the introduction of the VHCC scheme has resulted in a 91% success rate in those cases which are pursued. With the introduction of the VHCC and specialist franchised firms the average cost per clinical negligence case to the legal aid fund is now only £5,495 (a cost which could be met by a targeted SLAS scheme). • The current CFA regime has provided a viable alternative method of funding cases. With some streamlining (which we propose below) we believe it can continue to do so whilst a the same time encouraging sensible litigation behaviour and reducing the costs born by unsuccessful Defendants. Such a scheme also provides a successful Defendant (most usually the NHS in clinical negligence cases) with the opportunity to recover their costs where a Claimant is unsuccessful. However, if clinical negligence cases remain in scope and the government reforms CFAs as proposed in the other Green Paper, clinical negligence claims may be appropriate for a SLAS as outlined in our answer to Question 44. Legal Help for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority We agree that this should come out of scope. Multi-party actions The current Funding Code does not provide for Multi-Party personal injury actions as a category of case to be eligible for Public Funding; money claims being excluded generally. However if such an action satisfied the category of "significant wider public interest" then it may receive Public Funding. This is what is currently used to secure Public Funding of Group Action personal injury claims including product liability and industrial disease. The Consultation Paper appears to state at least indirectly in its plans that it will be reversing its policy of funding or contributing to the funding of Group Actions with the exception of a reference to maintaining claims against public authorities. It describes in paragraph 4.55,"We do not propose to retain the existing rule in the Funding Code that brings back into scope of civil legal aid any issue for which it is argued that Significant Wider Public Interest applies (see paragraphs 4.252 to 4.254)." Then at 4.256, "As set out above, while it is proposed that public interest will no longer allow legal aid to be granted in out of scope areas (except inquests), it will continue to be a relevant feature in the civil legal aid merits criteria (in particular, for cases where the benefit to the litigant alone would not otherwise pass the cost/benefit test for funding)." These two paragraphs suggest no funding will be available for any personal injury Group Actions beyond the narrow scope of abuse claims involving public authorities. Even this proposal would seem to lead the odd and arbitrary distinction between claims against Churches whilst still permitting them against public authorities. These proposals will preclude any personal injury cases being pursued in serious and complex actions. This would mean claims successfully brought in the past including the pharmaceutical product liability claim Vigabatrin and the national industrial disease litigation Miners' Respiratory and Miners' VWF cases, are unlikely to be brought. These claims against heavily resourced industrial and commercial defendants will be impossible to bring primarily because of the loss of the costs protection brought by Public Funding and the impossibility of securing insurance of sufficient level to replace that protection. Question 4: Do you agree with the Government"s proposals to introduce a new scheme for funding individual cases excluded from the proposed scope, which will only generally provide funding where the provision of some level of legal aid is necessary to meet domestic and international legal obligations (including those under the European Convention on Human Rights) or where there is a significant wider public interest in funding Legal Representation for inquest cases? Please give reasons. Current exceptional funding scheme We agree that an exceptional funding scheme must remain. We agree that if the government takes most clinical negligence cases out of scope of legal aid, then the exceptional funding scheme must provide for the most serious clinical negligence cases (including, but not only, cerebral palsy claims) to be funded under legal aid. We do not agree with removing "significant wider public interest" or "overwhelming importance to the client" as part of the criteria. This is particularly important to enable investigation of fatal claims where the often limited compensation limits the availability of CFAs. We consider the proposed wording to be very uclear and far from obvious in meeting the government"s express intentions (and, in particular, to provide for the most serious clinical negligence cases (including, but not only, cerebral palsy claims) to be funded under legal aid. If the government proceeds we would expect to be specifically consulted on the drafting of the specific provisions. Question 5: Do you agree with the Government"s proposal to amend the merits criteria for civil legal aid so that funding can be refused in any individual civil case which is suitable for an alternative source of funding, such as a Conditional Fee Arrangement? Please give reasons. Yes, but this must be subjective test as to whether the solicitor on reasonable grounds is unable to offer a CFA. This might include high investigative costs or the high level of disbursements or other impact of the case on cashflow and lock up making it impractical for the solicitor to run it on a CFA Question 6: We would welcome views or evidence on the potential impact of the proposed reforms to the scope of legal aid on litigants in person and the conduct of proceedings. Not applicable. This is not common in areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. However, we would point out that the removal of so much from the scope of legal aid, combined with the concurrent reforms to CFAs proposed by Lord Justice Jackson, are likely to lead to a significant increase in the numbers of litigants in person. The Community Legal Advice Telephone Helpline Question 7: Do you agree that the Community Legal Advice helpline should be established as the single gateway to access civil legal aid advice? Please give reasons. We very much doubt that the helpline is the most appropriate way of signposting clinical negligence victims. Adequate training would need to be given to enable the helpline staff to recognise such cases and refer only to specialists for investigation, whether under public funding or CFAs. Most clients are more likely to make their way direct to a specialist lawyer who will "triage" the potential claim either pro bono or through advice and assistance. Even if advice and assistances schemes were abolished, it would be ludicrous to deny public funding to a clinical negligence client who has found their way direct to a specialist lawyer simply because they did not go via the helpline (if that is what is proposed). Question 8: Do you agree that specialist advice should be offered through the Community Legal Advice helpline in all categories of law and that, in some categories, the majority of civil Legal Help clients and cases can be dealt with through this channel? Please give reasons. Please see our answer to question 7 with regard to clinical negligence Question 9: What factors should be taken into account when devising the criteria for determining when face to face advice will be required? We think that this should remain for clinical negligence claims and indeed other cases of personal injury which remain within scope (eg abuse cases). Question 10: Which organisations should work strategically with Community Legal Advice and what form should this joint working take? The CLS should improve links with organisations such as AvMA to improve the referral of injured people to specialist lawyers. Question 11: Do you agree that the Legal Services Commission should offer access to paid advice services for ineligible clients through the Community Legal Advice helpline? Please give reasons. No. Financial Eligibility Question 12: Do you agree with the proposal that applicants for legal aid who are in receipt of passporting benefits should be subject to the same capital eligibility rules as other applicants? Please give reasons. We do not believe that there is any logical reason for limiting eligibility beyond the stringent limits already imposed which will only further restrict access to justice. They will also seriously restrict the numbers of eligible clients for which cases can be brought under the proposed SLAS. Question 13: Do you agree with the proposal that clients with £1,000 or more disposable capital should be asked to pay a £100 contribution? Please give reasons. No. See our answer to question 12. Question 14: Do you agree with the proposals to abolish the equity and pensioner capital disregards for cases other than contested property cases? Please give reasons. No. See our answer to question 12. These categories of clients are in vulnerable groups and as they have less earning potential have a greater fear of using their capital. They will therefore be deterred from taking legal action by such measures. Question 15: Do you agree with the proposals to retain the mortgage disregard, to remove the £100,000 limit, and to have a gross capital limit of £200,000 in cases other than contested property cases (with a £300,000 limit for pensioners with an assessed disposable income of £315 per month or less)? Please give reasons. No. See our answer to question 12. Question 16: Do you agree with the proposal to introduce a discretionary waiver scheme for property capital limits in certain circumstances? The Government would welcome views in particular on whether the conditions listed in paragraphs 5.33 to 5.37 are the appropriate circumstances for exercising such a waiver. Please give reasons. If the government"s proposed cuts are implemented, then yes. Question 17: Do you agree with the proposals to have conditions in respect of the waiver scheme so that costs are repayable at the end of the case and, to that end, to place a charge on property similar to the existing statutory charge scheme? Please give reasons. The Government would welcome views in particular on the proposed interest rate scheme at paragraph 5.35 in relation to deferred charges. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 18: Do you agree that the property eligibility waiver should be exercised automatically for Legal Help for individuals in non-contested property cases with properties worth £200,000 or less (£300,000 in the case of pensioners with disposable income of £315 per month or less)? Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 19: Do you agree that we should retain the "subject matter of the dispute" disregard for contested property cases, capped at £100,000 for all levels of service? Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 20: Do you agree that the equity and pensioner disregards should be abolished for contested property cases? Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 21: Do you agree that, for contested property cases, the mortgage disregard should be retained and uncapped, and that there should be a gross capital limit of £500,000 for all clients? Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 22: Do you agree with the proposal to raise the levels of income-based contributions up to a maximum of 30% of monthly disposable income? Please give reasons. No. See our answer to question 12. Question 23: Which of the two proposed models described at paragraphs 5.59 to 5.63 would represent the most equitable means of implementing an increase in income- based contributions? Are there other alternative models we should consider? Please give reasons. See our answer to question 12. Criminal Remuneration Questions 24 – 31 Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Civil Remuneration Question 32: Do you agree with the proposal to reduce all fees paid in civil and family matters by 10%, rather than undertake a more radical restructuring of civil and family legal aid fees? Please give reasons. No. The rates are already very low. The proposals will increase the losses being made on the work which will inevitably mean that fewer specialist solicitors will be prepared to do the work. Question 33: Do you agree with the proposal to cap and set criteria for enhancements to hourly rates payable to solicitors in civil cases? If so, we would welcome views on the criteria which may be appropriate. Please give reasons. No, the rates are already very low. The proposals will increase the losses being made on the work which will inevitably mean that fewer specia list solicitors will be prepared to do the work. However, in any event most cases dealt with by FOCIS members ware handled at fixed rates under contract. Question 34: Do you agree with the proposal to codify the rates paid to barristers as set out in Table 5, subject to a further 10% reduction? Please give reasons. Not applicable. FOCIS members are solicitors. Question 35: Do you agree with the proposals: to apply "risk rates" to every civil non- family case where costs may be ordered against the opponent; and to apply "risk rates" from the end of the investigative stage or once total costs reach £25,000, or from the beginning of cases with no investigative stage? Please give reasons. The system is working efficiently as it is and we see no good reason to change it. Question 36: The Government would also welcome views on whether there are types of civil non-family case (other than those described in paragraphs 7.22 and 7.23) for which the application of "risk rates" would not be justifiable, for example, because there is less likelihood of cost recovery or ability to predict the outcome. We agree that "risk rates" are not appropriate in many cases. The system is working efficiently and we see no good reason to change it. Question 37: Do you agree with the proposal to cap and set criteria for enhancements to hourly rates payable to solicitors in family cases? If so, we would welcome views on the criteria which may be appropriate. Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Question 38: Do you agree with the proposals to restrict the use of Queen"s Counsel in family cases to cases where provisions similar to those in criminal cases apply? Please give reasons. Not applicable. These are not areas of law in which FOCIS members generally specialise. Expert Remuneration Question 39: Do you agree that: there should be a clear structure for the fees to be paid to experts from legal aid; in the short term, the current benchmark hourly rates, reduced by 10%, should be codified; in the longer term, the structure of experts" fees should include both fixed and graduated fees and a limited number of hourly rates; the categorisations of fixed and graduated fees shown in Annex J are appropriate; and the proposed provisions for "exceptional" cases set out at paragraph 8.16 are reasonable and practicable? Please give reasons. No, we do not agree with the proposals. The current system for dealing with experts and their payment in contracted cases works well. The rates currently paid to experts under legal aid are too low to secure the most appropriate expert. In clinical negligence cases in particular this can be crucial to the success or failure of a case. The NHSLA are not subject to a similar restraint, so there is already an "inequality of arms". The proposals will make this even worse. In particular, we note and express our very grave concern about the proposal at para 8.16 that the legal aid rates bind the court and will cap the sums payable inter partes. In our view, this will effectively make the legal aid scheme unusable by claimants in clinical negligence cases and may be a breach of Article 6 (particularly as the state, the NHSLA, is usually the defendant and has no such restrictions). The consultation in relation to expert fees whilst mentioning civil litigation does not appear to focus on the use of experts in clinical negligence cases and completely fails to address the aspects upon which their expert opinion and input is required. Clinical negligence litigation is unique in that the question of whether or not there is a claim to be pursued is dependent upon one or more experts advising that there has been a breach of duty, one or more experts then advising that the consequence of the breach of duty was an injury and the nature and extent of that injury (as compared with the non-negligent condition of the Claimant) and then further expert advice on the financial consequences of the negligently caused injury. No othe r field of litigation requires such extensive expert (and often overlapping and intertwined) evidence and involvement. To apply a fee structure that is anything other than an hourly rate which represents the rate charged by experts whomsoever they are instructed by would be to fetter if not render to impossible the Claimant"s ability to investigate, pursue and to prove a claim in a field which the medical Defendant has in house access to expert opinion and who do not have fee limits imposed upon them. Alternative Sources of Funding Question 40: Do you think that there are any barriers to the introduction of a scheme to secure interest on client accounts? Please give reasons. Yes. Those solicitors who have larger client account balances do not undertake legal aid work. This is effectively an additional tax on solicitors. Clients may be uncomfortable at government interference in where they hold their money. Banks will withdraw overdraft funding from firms undertaking CFA work if they no longer have the benefit of their clients" accounts. Question 41: Which model do you believe would be most effective: Model A: under which solicitors would retain client monies in their client accounts, but would remit interest to the Government; or Model B: under which general client accounts would be pooled into a Government bank account? Please give reasons. If introduced, Model A. Model B is administratively likely to be a nightmare and very expensive, clients will be worried about their money passing out of the control of their solicitors. This is a "big state", "big brother" solution which is wholly inappropriate in a free enterprise society like the UK. It is very surprising that a Conservative and Lib Dem coalition government should suggest such state interference with business. In addition, the loss of clients" accounts will seriously damage the ability of firms undertaking CFA work to obtain bank overdraft funding. The banks use the solicitors " clients" accounts to generate additional "turns" for themselves on the money markets, making solicitors rather more attractive business prospects. If the government damage this relationship through Model B, it is very unlikely that solicitors will be able to take up additional CFA work (as effectively required by the government reforms) as they will not be able to secure lines of credit to fund the work over the several years of a case. Question 42: Do you think that a scheme to secure interest on client accounts would be most effective if it were based on a: a) mandatory model; b) voluntary opt- in model; or c) voluntary opt-out model? Please give reasons. Voluntary opt in. Some firms may wish to participate, but this should not be mandatory. Question 43: Do you agree with the proposal to introduce a Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme? Please give reasons. In principle, yes. See our answer to Question 44. Question 44: Do you agree that the amount recovered should be set as a percentage of general damages? If so, what should the percentage be? As set out in our response to the government"s Green Paper on Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs, FOCIS does not agree with the government"s proposals to end recoverability of success fees. However, the government in that Green Paper has made it abundantly clear that it believes that Jackson LJ"s proposals to abolish recoverability and require claimants to contribute up to 25% of general damages and past loss should be implemented. If this is implemented, we have argued in our response to the other Green Paper that instead of an across the board increase in General Damages of 10% as proposed by Lord Justice Jackson, we prefer the government"s proposed refinement: "a preferable way of framing this recommendation might be to retain an element of the success fee which is recoverable by the claimant, but to provide for this to be calculated as a sum equal to 10% of the general damages award in each case (including in settled cases). This would focus the provision on cases funded by CFAs and would achieve the same result in those cases as Sir Rupert"s proposal without creating a fundamental and anomalous change to the basis on which damages are calculated." Our response to the other Green Paper qualifies this as follows: That it is unclear on the data submitted by Professor Fenn whether 10% is the right figure; Whether different amounts should be allowed for different types of claim (data submitted by FOCIS and annexed to that response shows that for catastrophic injury claims the required increase would be 44%). Whether recoverability should be retained for certain categories of case; That it may be better to apply the percentage increase to General Damages and past loss. That an increase of 10% in General Damages will not properly compensate the victims of fatal accidents as in such cases, General Damages are low or zero (f death is instantaneous) So far as civil litigation remains within scope of legal aid there is no reason why a similar sum (i.e. a sum equal to 10% of general damages and, we propose, past loss should not be paid by the losing party in publicly funded cases to give effect to the Supplemental Legal Aid Scheme proposals. Indeed, the government"s refinement to the Jackson proposals (of a 10% increase in general damages) may be a less controversial way of implementing a SLAS than the government expressly taking a slice of the client damages. Governance and Administration Question 45: The Government would welcome views on where regulators could play a more active role in quality assurance, balanced against the continuing need to have in place and demonstrate robust central financial and quality controls. Not applicable Question 46: The Government would welcome views on the administration of legal aid, and in particular: the application process for civil and criminal legal aid; applying for amendments, payments on account etc.; bill submission and final settlement of legal aid claims; and whether the system of Standard Monthly Payments should be retained or should there be a move to payment as billed? With regard to contracted cases, the staff at the Special Cases Unit handle this efficiently and there is no reason to make any change. However, otherwise the current administration of legal aid leaves much to be desired. Backlogs in processing bills and decisions has caused great hardship to firms and prejudice to clients. In March 2010 with no warning the LSC announced that it would not process anymore bills before the end of its financial year. Firms expected payments of £100,000-£200,000 which they need to pay salaries received little or nothing and had to make emergency arrangements. Applications for hardship payments were turned down . Although invited, it turned out there was no money to pay such hardship payments. It took 8 weeks before payments returned to normal. The LSC appears to have no understanding of the vulnerable position of legal aid firms and the effect of turning on and off the financial tap. We have noticed an increase in bureaucracy and reductions in bills since the NAO audit of the LSC. The LSC is attempting to reopen cost assessments more than two years old to audit them even though there appears to be no power to do this. Question 47: In light of the current programme of the Legal Services Commission to make greater use of electronic working, legal aid practitioners are asked to give views on their readiness to work in this way. Not applicable. Question 48: Are there any other factors you think the Government should consider to improve the administration of legal aid? See our answer to question 46. Impact Assessments Question 49: Do you agree that we have correctly identified the range of impacts under the proposals set out in this consultation paper? Please give reasons. By definition, catastrophic injury victims are likely to be "disabled". They are likely to be adversely affected by the proposals. Our data submitted with our response to the other Green Paper shows: The proposed 10% increase in General Damages is inadequate for catastrophic injury victims. 93% of catastrophic injury victims will be worse off. As Professor Fenn"s data apparently shows that overall 63% of claimants will be "better off", this shows that the disabled will be very adversely affected by the proposals. Those claimants who are presently able to access legal aid but who will no longer be able ot do so after the implementation of the government"s proposals are therefore likely to be very adversely affected by the abolition of legal aid. The average disbursements catastrophic injury victims will be asked to fund (£[30,300]) is considerably higher than the average mentioned in the Jackson report (£441 in RTA and £588 in employer"s liability accident claims). Those claimants who presently funded by legal aid have disbursements advanced by (and underwritten) by legal aid. They will be adversely affected by proposals that require them to fund these themselves or find a lawyer able to do so. Question 50: Do you agree that we have correctly identified the extent of impacts under these proposals? Please give reasons. See our answer to question 49. Question 51: Are there forms of mitigation in relation to client impacts that we have not considered? See our answer to question 49.
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The job of those of us doing research is to make large claims and have BIG RESULTS! Most of us are all for the research, but tired of the need for justification that involves serious overstatement. Just saying....
This has certainly been the case in some disciplines, at some institutions. But it's much less common in disciplines where graduate students already have significant hiring potential (e.g. Computer Science), and doesn't happen at all where they've unionized.
Unionization of graduate students actually happened while I was in grad school myself. It stopped some appalling abuses dead in their tracks. My department was an excellent one to work for, but many were pretty slimy. Not only were grads in some departments terribly overworked, but some shady practices were going on where hiring lines were split between several grads who were each doing overtime level work.
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Since the spectacular Apollo moon landing in 1969 we have lost our way when it comes to big projects for putting humans into space. Some let down was inevitable. After all, the moon landing was one of the greatest achievements in human history. It's just awfully hard to top that. After the Apollo missions we built the space shuttle, which was impressive, but in the end it was pretty much a magnificent space-truck to move people and cargo into Earth's low orbit. In terms of inspiration, the shuttle program was lacking compared to the feat of landing men on the moon and returning them safely to earth.
We built some space stations too, most notably the International Space Station or ISS. But to the general public, these have been yawners and perhaps not worth the money spent. The average person is left wondering why we are spending billions of dollars to build and maintain these fragile habitats. There is just not much inspiring about them, and they haven't mattered much for advancing science either. The ISS may cost over $100 billion before its final days, and one must wonder what better space exploration projects could have been funded in its place. Aboard the ISS there is no gravity, living quarters are cramped, you sleep floating in space -- even using the toilet is comical and primitive. We are still stuck in the 1960s in many ways when it comes to putting human beings into space.
As the second decade of the 21st century rolls along - isn't it time to expect something much grander for our human endeavors into space? Isn't it time for something that will truly inspire us again while at the same time definitively giving humanity a sustainable, permanent presence in space?
If we are going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars putting humans into space, including visiting other celestial bodies like the moon and Mars, it's time to get past the mentality of one-shot space missions. We can afford to dream much bigger.
Doing a one-shot mission to Mars makes no sense given its high cost and that all of the equipment used in the mission will be discarded or put into museums. A one-shot mission to Mars is really just a souped-up version of our first one-shot mission to the moon - once it's finished, the party is over, just like it was soon over after we landed on the moon. So after a one-shot Mars mission we will be back to scratching our heads trying to figure out how humans will ever get firmly established in space. As incredible as it would be to see humans walking on the surface of Mars as part of a one-shot mission, we have to wonder if there is a better way to tackle the challenge of human space exploration.
So instead of a one-shot space project to get humans to Mars for a limited visit, we need to think in terms of a sustainable human presence in space. From this point of view, a mission to take humans to Mars would simply fit into our human-supporting infrastructure in space where humanity has a permanent presence. Thus we need a space strategy that will completely eclipse the Apollo-style programs of rocketing humans to other places as one-shot affairs.
So let's think outside the box. What would be a much bolder vision for human space exploration? We need a profoundly different strategy. And in fact there is something entirely different to consider - and it's sitting right in front of us - inspired by our science fiction.
proposes something truly inspiring. It is this: We have the technological reach to build the first generation of the spaceship known as the USS Enterprise -
so let's do it
. The ship can be similar in size and appearance to the USS Enterprise that we know from the Star Trek science fiction. It ends up that this ship configuration is quite functional. This first generation Enterprise can have 1g artificial gravity and ample living space. It can be as comfortable to live in as being on earth. A thousand people can be on board at once - either as crew members or as adventurous visitors. While the ship will not travel at warp speed, it can travel at a constant acceleration such that the ship can easily get to key points of interest in our solar system.
The Enterprise would be three things in one: an interplanetary spaceship, a space station, and a spaceport. Finally we will have a permanent and viable foothold in space - a sustainable, roving village out in the heavens. Building the Enterprise will provide a giant leap forward for the human race when it comes to the task of establishing a permanent infrastructure in space, on the moon, and on Mars - an infrastructure needed to pull us farther out into space, the place we are surely destined to explore and live.
The Enterprise could get to Mars in ninety days; it could get to Earth's moon in three. It could hop from planet to planet dropping off robotic probes of all sorts en masse - rovers, special-built planes, and satellites. It could use its extensive on-board sensors to map and explore planet surfaces and examine whatever it encounters in space, whether near or far away. It could hunt down asteroids that may threaten earth and divert them long before we are in danger. It could drop a hydrobot on to Jupiter's moon Europa (after using its laser to bore a hole through the thick surface ice), which will then drop through the hole and descend until it reaches the water below - next beaming video images back to earth so that we can watch as the hydrobot explores Europa?s vast, hidden ocean.
After the Enterprise enters the Mars orbit it can launch a Universal Lander to put the first humans on to the surface of Mars while carrying two backup landers just in case the crew encounters problems. On Earth we can all watch in awe as the first humans step on to another planet.
The Enterprise could carry huge loads of cargo to key places in our solar system. This will enable the establishment of permanent outposts beyond earth. It could carry the structures, cargo, and laser-digging equipment needed for building large and comfortable underground bases on Mars and the moon where inhabitants would be fully shielded from cosmic rays. It could be used for hauling mined materials from asteroids, Mars, and the moon on an experimental basis. Some of these mined materials can be used to sustain the Enterprise itself. It can have its own on-board experimental manufacturing facilities to, for example, process some mined materials to create its own propellant.
When out of Earth's orbit, such as when going to Mars, the crew aboard the Enterprise will be fully shielded from galactic cosmic rays and from the radiation generated by sudden and dangerous solar storms on our sun.
The main ion propulsion engine will be powered by a 1.5GW nuclear reactor. 1g gravity will be created by a .3 mile diameter rotating, magnetically-suspended gravity wheel inside the saucer-shaped main hull of the Enterprise. This large gravity wheel will give ample living space for the crew and visitors. And the ship's spaceport doors can open to launch Universal Landers that can go to and from earth, the moon, and Mars. It becomes a ship right out of our futuristic dreams. Yet, incredibly, it's a dream we are fully capable of constructing in the real world provided that we set our minds to it.
Thousands of people will visit the Enterprise each year whenever the ship is in orbit around the earth. It can serve as a space station and destination for eager space tourists - letting them see and explore the Enterprise firsthand as well as giving them a spectacular view of our marble-blue earth and beyond.
But - above all else - the Enterprise will inspire us. The ship will be over a half mile in length. The size and technological achievement will be truly awe inspiring - a worthy successor to the Apollo space program. It will be bigger than any craft or building ever constructed by humans. We can finally demonstrate that the human race has figured out how to build comfortable and sustainable living quarters in space and that we are there to stay.
And some of those inspired by this undertaking will surely be young people - many of whom will likely become motivated to pursue careers as scientists and engineers. After all -
we are building the first USS Enterprise!
A new Enterprise-class ship can be built every 33 years - once per generation - giving three new ships per century. Each will be more advanced than the prior one. Older ships can be continually upgraded over several generations until they are eventually decommissioned. And one day - perhaps a century or so from now - a 4th or 5th or 6th generation ship will have the engines that will be able to maintain a constant 1g acceleration for the nine years needed to travel to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to Earth. From there, when the human voyagers look back at our sun it will be just another star in the Milky Way galaxy. In time Enterprise-class ships will be able to visit more and more stars in the galaxy. Humanity will be on the way to the explorations that we are destined to pursue. And as we detect more and more planets in the habitable zones around stars we will more than likely discover other life in the universe besides that on our planet earth. A future Enterprise can visit those strange new worlds, discover new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no human gas gone before.
If you don't think it's possible over the next two decades to build the first USS Enterprise, given the national will and funding to do so, think again.
This website
will tell you how it can be done. The only obstacles to us doing it are the limitations we place on our collective imagination.
It's a big universe out there. Let's ratchet up our plans and technologies to explore it!
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Ideas for a boring patio
I have always wanted a lucious pretty patio for my condo, but I never seem to get there. It is north/north-east facing, and pretty shady. It is a slab of concrete surrounded by a 6' wooden privacy fence on all sides with the exception of the side with my house. I cannot take up the concrete slab, therefore I need to go with container gardening. I am planning a small bistro table and two chairs as well(the white chairs will be going!). Currently, I have a non-thriving lemon tree in one corner and various other small plants.
Any ideas on how to make this cohesive and relaxing? Ideas for elevating plants which are inexpensive, so I don't just have a bunch of pots on the ground?
Any good shrub/patio tree ideas?
Below I've posted some photos of my patio, pre-leaf-raking, and just so you know, my dogs are Cocker Spaniels, so you can use that for scale.:
You could put up a few trellises and choose some climbing vines, like honeysuckle, climbing hydrangia, chocolate vine, clematus, or english ivy. They'd add depth to the fences around you and decorate nicely.
Some astilbes can go nicely in large pots, and give colour throughout summer. Large camillas - they bloom from January on and are gorgeous. Begonias are also lovely.
I'm in the opposite situation facing west and need heat loving, drought resistant plants, so I'm a bit envious - I see so many plants that can't grow here. I'd love to see what you end up doing. :)
cynnagirl - I believe I will be putting up a trellis with some clematis(i just need to find some) and I will be giving my poor lemon tree to a friend with more sun and putting a camellia in its place. For my hanging planter-thing I purchased some Creeping Jenny.
Also, the front of my condo faces South/South-West so I don't have much trouble there with perennial purple coneflowers, petunias, and zinnnias, but this summer I'm thinking I want to go a little different route..not sure what though! And good luck with your garden!
dickiepickle - Yes...its is pretty wet and humid...Louisiana tends to be that way, and my wavy hair especially doesn't like it :(


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RIDGEWAY, Va. — On March 21, the Elkin High School JROTC Raider team traveled two hours to Magna Vista High School in Ridgeway, Virginia, to compete against 27 of the best schools in the 4th Brigade.
Mountain Park Elementary School third-graders ended Dr. Seuss week with an egg drop STEM experiment. Students created a container that would protect an egg during the drop. The eggs were dropped on mulch and cement. Four groups were able to create a...
The Elkin Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Town Hal in the Conference Room.
Residents near N.C. 268 received a shock Tuesday when several train cars derailed and overturned on an embankment.
On March 23, at around 2 p.m., the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a residence on Woodruff Road regarding an alarm call. As the deputy was en route, a neighbor on Woodruff Road called and reported a suspicious suspect leaving a...
PILOT MOUNTAIN — County election officials are considering combining and realigning a number of precincts in the municipalities this year, as well as the potential of opening a fourth early voting site slated for Pilot Mountain. But they want...
March 26• 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Track Session with NC Department of Travel & Tourism. Sponsored by Yadkin County Chamber of Commerce at the Yadkin Center. For more information, call...
After much anticipation for pizza lovers in the Jonesville community, Village Inn Pizza has finally opened its doors.
Vestal Auctions, in collaboration with members of the local community, will host an auction benefiting Jonesville Police Officer Matt Sloan and his family.
Monday was a night of recognition for students and teachers from Elkin City Schools at the monthly school board meeting.
Saturday is the last date you can sign your kids up to play ball at the Austin Ball Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $30 per player, $60 for a family up to four players with $10 for any over four in the same family. Ages 5 & 6 play Tee-Ball, 7...
March 27• 6 p.m., doors open for "Movie Night" at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, 210 Oak Grove Road, Elkin. Tickets are $3 children (18-7); $5 adults, those 7 and under...
BOONE — Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (BRWIA) announces its second HomeGrown Workshop of 2015, featuring Rebecca Sivak, culinary professional of Fire & Flavor of Athens, Georgia.
Courtney Wood, a former Mountain Park Elementary School student, presented a program about dental health for Mountain Park kindergarten classes. Wood is studying to be a dental assistant at Forsyth Tech. Here, Wood and kindergartener Eastyn Anthony...
Glenda Andrews has been named interim executive director at SAFE, Inc., the agency recently announced.Andrews, a retired non-profit executive, began her duties at SAFE on March 2.
The week of March 9-13 was Central Office Art Display for Mountain Park Elementary School. Robin Norman was thanked for her leadership and heart as she provides art opportunities for the school's students. The selections are beautiful, detailed...
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The Elkin Board of Commissioners formally accepted the resignation of Town Manager Lloyd Payne Monday night during a special meeting held to discuss personnel matters relating to the resignation.
A two-car collision occurred on the N.C. 268 Bypass at Johnson Ridge Road on Monday.
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Updated: 10/24/2013 - Lexington Police say they found nearly 100 marijuana plants growing inside a home.
Updated: 10/24/2013 - Lexington Police say they found nearly 100 marijuana plants growing inside a home.
Updated: 10/24/2013 - Firefighters say a construction crew hit a gas line at West Main and South Upper Wednesday night.
Updated: 10/24/2013 - Keeneland officials confirm jockey Calvin Borel was unseated from his horse on Wednesday.
Updated: 10/22/2013 - As police continue to look for the person who shot a student near the UK campus, new details are emerging about the investigation.
Updated: 10/22/2013 - While most of the water has been removed, officials tell WKYT that a lot of the damage is internal.
Updated: 10/22/2013 - State Agriculture Commissioner James Comer says the event will appeal to anyone interested in food.
Updated: 10/22/2013 - A man who police say stole from a Lexington Walmart on Monday is the same man who was involved in a violent robbery in Georgetown earlier this year. His victim from that incident is now speaking out about his new charges.
Posted: 10/22/2013 - The robber told the clerk he had a gun and ran off with cash.
Updated: 10/21/2013 - A police officer and a shoplifting suspect had to be rushed to the hospital after a chase outside a Lexington Walmart. This all happened near the Walmart at Nicholasville Road and Man o War.
Updated: 10/21/2013 - Firefighters are on the scene of a fire that's caused a lot of damage to an apartment in Lexington.
Posted: 10/21/2013 - What police say started as an attempted robbery, took a violent turn Sunday night.
Posted: 10/21/2013 - Money Magazine named Lexington on its 2014 list of America's Best Places to Retire .
Updated: 10/21/2013 - A busted valve in a fourth floor restroom caused major water damage inside the courthouse.
Updated: 10/21/2013 - A University of Kentucky student was shot after a robbery gone wrong. The suspects are still at large, but police say the victim and his roommates are facing charges.
Updated: 10/20/2013 - Within the past week, burglars have stolen from at least three Lexington churches.
Updated: 10/19/2013 - Some call it the "Cadillac" of vacuum cleaners and now, the high-priced Dyson is becoming a must have on the shopping list of some thieves.
Updated: 10/18/2013 - With madness begins a new season! UK fans got their first look at this year's men's and women's basketball teams.
Updated: 10/18/2013 - The crash happened around 9 p.m. Friday on Harrodsburg Road at Lane Allen.
Updated: 10/18/2013 - Kentucky authorities say they have cited U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's 20-year-old son on alcohol possession by a minor at a Kentucky racetrack.
Posted: 10/18/2013 - A Lexington non-profit dedicated to ending intimate partner abuse is getting a makeover.
Updated: 10/18/2013 - It's been frustrating drivers for years, and a WKYT investigation found it had the most crashes of any place in Lexington.
Updated: 10/18/2013 - It's a $600 million catch-up project. The city of Lexington is cleaning up sewer system problems.
Posted: 10/17/2013 - The robbery happened Thursday night on Crosby Drive, near Man o' War.
Updated: 10/17/2013 - A man convicted of killing a Lexington doctor will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Posted: 10/17/2013 - Lexington's new Costco opens Friday, but shoppers can get a sneak peek inside Thursday night!


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