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Wind and solar generation half the cost of nuclear
New-build wind and solar energy systems can generate electricity for up to 50 per cent cheaper than new nuclear power plants, a German study has found.
The research, commissioned by German think tank Agora Energiewende, compares feed-in tariffs for new nuclear in the UK with FiTs for renewables in Germany, and finds that nuclear and carbon capture and storage (CSS) – a technology not yet available in Europe – are both more expensive than wind and solar as energy strategies for preventing climate change.
Released this week, the study also investigates the costs of "complete power systems" using natural gas power as flexible peak load back-up – something nuclear power plants need to achieve a generation capacity that makes them economically viable, and solar and wind farms need to make up for weather-affected intermittency.
The study concludes that, "even today and under conservative assumptions," a reliable power system based on solar PV, onshore wind and gas would be around 20 per cent cheaper than a system based on nuclear power and gas – a cost gap that was likely to widen as renewables became even more competitive.
Interestingly, the study does not even bother comparing a power generation system with high shares of coal or gas CCS – the energy mix Australia's federal environment minister has put his weight behind – due to cost comparisons "clearly showing" it is "even less competitive (than nuclear) in comparison to PV and onshore wind." (See chart below.)
As an analysis of the report points out on the Agora Energiewende website, the "drastic declines" in the costs of power from wind and solar PV can be attributed to two decades of technological advancement, with feed-in tariffs for PV falling by 80 per cent in Germany in the past five years alone.
As the chart below illustrates, the value of payments for nuclear power in the UK during the reference time frame remain constant, assuming a fixed exchange rate of £0.85/euros. By contrast, says the report, "the value of payments for PV and onshore wind in Germany diminishes continuously."
Says the report: "New nuclear power is remunerated with a constant payment of €112/MWh (2013 prices) for 35 years. In contrast, large PV in Germany receives €96/MWh at the beginning, which declines to €57/MWh in the last year of operation. Similarly, onshore wind in Germany starts at €73/MWh and decreases to €44/MWh.
"Overall, Figure 1 shows that PV and onshore wind remuneration in Germany is considerably lower than the remuneration paid for new nuclear power in the UK, even without taking into account further cost reductions for PV and wind that are likely to occur due to future technological learning effects."
The new findings come at a time when nuclear, coal and gas come under increasing economic pressure in Germany and other parts of the world. As we reported last month, German energy giant Eon reportedly wants to bring forward the shutdown of its Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant to spring 2015.
Nuclear and fossil fuel plants are being squeezed out of Germany by renewables, wrote Craig Morris on RenewEconomy, with RWE recently announcing plans to close one of its gas turbines near Emsland because of all the solar power being generated in the region.
"Clearly, wind and solar power are dramatically cutting into demand for conventional power, making such plants increasingly unprofitable," Morris said.
Meanwhile, in Australia, the government looks to be eyeing nuclear power as a clean energy option for the country's future, alongside its dreams of abundant "clean coal."
Last year, an issues paper released ahead of the Abbott government's energy white paper noted that slow development in carbon capture and storage, and difficulties with hydro, meant nuclear technologies continued "to present an option for future reliable energy that can be readily dispatched into the market."
And Dick Warburton, Abbott's hand-picked head of the federal government's RET review panel, has revealed himself as a big fan of nuclear energy, describing it once as the only alternative to fossil fuel generation.
In an article published in Australia's Quadrant magazine in 2011, Warburton and his c0-author wrote that "except for nuclear power, there are no straightforward strategies for reducing dependence on fossil fuels without large economic costs."
And last month, Dennis Jensen – the Liberal MP who wanted to be Tony Abbott's science minister – suggested Australia establish a nuclear power industry to employ entrenched car industry workers.
It's a slightly different view from that of the executive director of Agora Energiewende, Patrick Graichen, who argues that the winner in the battle over the cheapest means of CO2-free power generation has been decided.
"In the future wind and solar will play an ever greater role in countries across the world as a source of power," he said.
"Together with other countries and regions taking the lead on preventing climate change, Germany has an opportunity to showcase how stable and cheap power production can be based on wind and solar."
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Bob Bingham says
In the same way that the internet is affecting newspapers wind. soar. geothermal and hydro are changing power supplies. There is no such thing as clean coal and we can do a lot better. http://www.climateoutcome.kiwi.nz/clean-energy-alternatives.html
wideEyedPupil says
There is such as thing as CCS it's a fig-leafed shape item you can buy in a gentlemen's atelier along with bow ties and oxfords and brogues.
Christina Macpherson says
Dick Warburton is not alone in the nuclear push. Despite the recent collapse of the Small Modular Nuclear reactor (SMR) industry – (well not collapse, because it never even got up) The BHP-funded Grattan Institute, the Dept of Industry, numerous Adelaide worthies are seriously influencing the Australian government's forthcoming Energy White Paper http://www.independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/strange-timing-to-suggest-a-lego-nuclear-future-for-australia,6404
Stephen Gloor says
Those Adelaide worthies would not include Barry Brook would they?
Ken Fabian says
There is no nuclear push and won't be so long as the LNP's priority is to NOT address climate change. As it stands it's alleged "support" is entirely rhetorical hot air to fan the flames of anti-environmentalism – and is but one element of a broader, multipronged effort to undermine what it perceives as a primary source of community demands for action on climate.
Nuclear has been in a battle with fossil fuels for the political Right's affections and nuclear lost, but I'm not sure nuke spruikers are even savvy enough to know there was a fight, let alone perceptive enough to know that not only have they already lost but that it was these "friends" that slipped in the knife.
Climate science denial deprives the LNP of the essential climate motivation to push for nuclear, and as long as fixing the climate problem is not a motivation they have no motivation to actually push nuclear except as a rhetorical political tool.
John_ONeill says
The study claims gas and wind would be twenty percent cheaper than gas and nuclear. Did they figure out how much CO2 either system would emit? Extrapolating from France's current figures from the IPCC for grams CO2/kWh, with about three quarters nuclear production and ten percent hydro, the rest gas, compared to Denmark, with about one third wind, the rest gas and coal
https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/sroc/Tables/t0305.pdf
where we have France at 0.078 gCO2/kWh and Denmark at 0.385, that is, nearly five times worse, it's very hard to see how wind and gas locally could give anywhere near the reductions already demonstrated by a largely nuclear grid. With nuclear having about ninety percent availability, and wind normally about thirty to forty percent at a good site, of course you'll need a lot of gas. Add in a very high capacity continent-spanning grid and plenty of redundant wind capacity, and maybe more storage, and the carbon gap might narrow, but costing in the surplus transmission, windfarms and storage will blow out the budget.
"Together with other countries and regions taking the lead on preventing climate change, Germany has an opportunity to showcase how stable and cheap power production can be based on wind and solar." If Germany's supposed to be showing the way, how come the only European countries on that IPCC list with worse emissions from electricity than Germany are Italy, Greece and Ireland – which have also all banned nuclear power?
George Reichel says
And besides,radiation never hurt anyone.lol
JonathanMaddox says
Radiation has absolutely hurt people, severely, and killed them. But radiation from civilian nuclear power stations has hurt relatively few. More people have died from mis-handled equipment used in nuclear medicine than from radiation accidents in civilian nuclear power, Chernobyl excepted. Chernobyl itself has been responsible for fewer than 100 deaths to date (true, look it up!), and may ultimately be responsible for a few thousand premature deaths.
BasM says
4 June 2014 at 7:59 AM
Other scientists conclude that Chernobyl kil
"A devastating review in the journal Radiation Protection Dosimetry points out that the book achieves its figure by the remarkable method of assuming that all increased deaths from a wide range of diseases – including many which have no known association with radiation – were caused by the accident. There is no basis for this assumption, not least because screening in many countries improved dramatically after the disaster and, since 1986, there have been massive changes in the former eastern bloc. The study makes no attempt to correlate exposure to radiation with the incidence of disease.
"The academy has given me this statement: "In no sense did Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences or the New York Academy of Sciences commission this work; nor by its publication do we intend to independently validate the claims made in the translation or in the original publications cited in the work. The translated volume has not been peer-reviewed by the New York Academy of Sciences, or by anyone else."
http://www.monbiot.com/2011/04/04/evidence-meltdown/
(I did read the Yablokov and Nesterenko work, some years ago. I am not an epidemiologist and was mostly puzzled by the methodology. The review I quote above explains quite adequately why.)
The three professors (Yablokov, etal) who wrote the book, estimate >1million death before 2006 which is 20years after Chernobyl.
From RERF/LSS and medical studies we know that by far most health damage of low level radiation becomes visible after 20-60years. E.g. report no. 14: http://www.rerf.jp/library/archives_e/lsstitle.html
Using those studies and the estimation of the book , would result in an estimation of 10million death due to Chernobyl.
As I agree that part of the death stated in the book may be caused by other factors, I lowered my estimation a factor 10. Note that in line with RERF and medical studies most of those still have to occur (~90% after 2006).
My factor 10 reduction seems more than enough considering the evidence they show, the general health decline after Chernobyl in the whole of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, etc.
Note also that IAEA/WHO 2006 report avoided to consider almost all studies regarding the influence on the population by restricting itself to effects that were widely published in western papers. They even didn't include all liquidators in their study which delivered official complaint of Ukraine government. They simply refused to include any W-European study.
George Henry says
26 April 2014 at 11:23 PM
The Fukushima disaster has put the kibosh on the promise of clean nuclear energy. The pollution from this is worldwide and lasts thousands, even millions of years. How anyone can seriously consider a future of nukes is beyond me. This one event, with at least 3 total meltdowns, could ultimately lead to our extinction. If they can't stop the leakage of radiation into the Pacific it could eventually kill all the plankton, suffocating us from a lack of oxygen. Not even mentioning the loss of sea life and food supply. These things are so dangerous they should all be shut down tomorrow and then we better hope we develop a safe way of dealing with the waste they've already generated. Nuke power is sheer madness. We don't even have the technology to deal with their destruction. Even our robots cannot function in such high radioactivity.
Sheer fear-mongering. Yes, there is radioactive material leaking into the Pacific. It isn't wiping anything out. Some marine organisms and some people may get cancers, true. But who told you "it could eventually kill all the plankton"? Kookery.
Jason Schafer says
Should have left those Russian climate change worker stuck in the ice during their Antarctica trip. Sorry we just can't risk the extra carbon to save you. Climate change is a liberal disease. You are fools.
Richard Hughes says
Cigarettes kill more people every year than any nuclear incident ever will. 30 year old tech as in chernobyl and Fukushima is irrelivent now. Nuclear power is the only future for a clean earth future. And to feed the growing world population


FAIRFAX, Minn., February 5, 2019 – Agtegra Cooperative has expanded its service area to reach rural customers in 60 communities throughout North and South Dakota. One of those communities is Harrold, S.D., home of the Harrold Municipal Airport, site of Agtegra's new crop spraying hangar, complete with two hydraulic doors from Schweiss Doors.
The Harrold airport, with its 2,250-foot by 200-foot asphalt runway, is just one of Agtegra's success and growth stories. The cooperative has expanded its custom air crop spraying operations to a seven-plane fleet that operates out of the Huron, Highmore, Clark, Webster and Miller areas.
"We appreciate the efficiency the doors give us," says Craig Bair, director of the Agtegra Aerial business. "Driving planes through the hangar beats turning them around and loading outside. We have one quick-fueling system with two loading hoses. Everything remains inside, away from the elements and properly secure."
The Schweiss hydraulic doors are not centered on the endwalls. "We set them over about 8-10 feet in that big building," Bair says. "That gave us way more loading storage room on one side. Because we have bulk chemicals in the hangar, that also allows us to drive semis in and out."
Bair, like many pilots, is not new to Schweiss Doors products and appreciates the simplicity of the company's hydraulic one-piece style of door because there are fewer moving parts.
"The Schweiss hydraulic doors are trouble-free, well-built and solid," he says. "They just work extremely well. Our Schweiss doors can withstand 40 mph winds and don't move. They are a solid choice."
Bair also was pleased with Schweiss service. "We've always had good support," he says. "We had an electrical glitch on an old door and they were always really good about getting somebody to us and telling us what to do. Tech support has been really good. Schweiss has been in the business a long time and has figured it out. I like dealing with someone with a reputation; it comes back to you in support later."
"Our aerial fleet continues to be a great complement to our ground rigs," Bair says. "We can treat by air when weather/soil conditions are unfavorable. Plus, there's a growing usage for aerial application of plant health products like fungicides and CoRon®."


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Problems and Perspectives in Management
Technology transfer management culture (education-based approach)
Received July 5, 2018;
Accepted August 31, 2018;
Vitaliy Omelyanenko
Inna Semenets-Orlova
Olena Khomeriki
Lyudmyla Lyasota
Yuliia Medviedieva
http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(3).2018.36
Volume 16 2018, Issue #3, pp. 454-463
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Journal title: Problems and Perspectives in Management
Article title: Readiness of the education manager to provide the organizational development of institutions (based on the sociological research)
DOI: 10.21511/ppm.17(3).2019.11
Volume: 17 / Issue: 3 / First page: 132 / Year: 2019
Contributors: Inna Semenets-Orlova, Alla Klochko, Svitlana Nestulya, Oleksandr Mykhailych, Vitaliy Omelyanenko
Research deals with the analysis of theoretical aspects of increasing the competence of scientists and experts, whose task is to work with technology as a good promotion of technology on the market with a view to its commercialization or search for technological solutions according to the tasks of the organization and to examine the startup methodology as a tool of improving the technology transfer skills efficiency. The new specifics of technology transfer management within the Education 3.0 paradigm are considered. In the paper, the authors analyze the technology transfer as important source of innovation creation and an integral part of business development. Target result of technologies introduction, implemented within limited period with limited resources as an innovative purpose of technology transfer, which is aimed at the best possible development of organization, is identified. The paper also suggests consider¬ing processes of technology development and technology transfer based on startup methodology.
business development, Education 3_0 paradigm, entrepreneurship culture, technology development, technology transfer
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Figure 1. Startup methodology in high technologies transfer (developed by authors)
Table 1. Educational generations in higher education and connection of Education 3.0 with the main innovation trends
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Starbucks coffee corporation's marketing response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Conner V. Lombardi , Neejad T. Chidiac , Benjamin C. Record doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/im.17(2).2021.16
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has a significant influence on businesses and marketing strategies across the globe, including Starbucks Coffee. The COVID-19 pandemic has been completely novel in its unprecedented impact on the modern globalized economy. This in-depth analysis of this coffeehouse provides recommendations that were carefully considered within the context of the current public health crisis. The objective of this study was to systematically analyze the strategic marketing approach of Starbucks Coffee to generate recommendations that can not only be applied to Starbucks but marketing endeavors more broadly. A comprehensive review approach was adopted beginning with a thorough situational analysis. Problems and opportunities related to the marketing of Starbucks Coffee were investigated and recommendations were generated. All stages of the study were robustly supported with relevant citations. Starbucks has matrixed a complex corporate structure that supports not only its survival but its continued development even in an increasingly dense and competitive marketplace. While Starbucks must continue to intermittently reevaluate its key problems and key opportunities, especially in the approaching few financial years, the company is operating with impressive effectiveness through the adversities of 2020 thus far. After a careful analysis, Starbucks Coffee should increase the distribution of products that are more likely to succeed during the COVID-19 pandemic, expand pick-up and delivery services, implement additional store locations in underdeveloped geographic market segments, and utilize its vast array of promotional mediums to optimize brand positioning as they approach a reopening world.
Theoretical and methodological basis for technology transfer from universities to the business environment
Nataliya I. Chukhray , Oleksandra Mrykhina doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(1).2018.38
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The modern concept of open innovation highlights the role of technology transfer from universities to the business environment. An increase in technology transfer efficiency is one of the tasks assigned to Ukrainian universities by the state. The nature of technology transfers in the world and the role of universities in this process call for revising traditional approaches to its production in Ukraine. This stipulated the substantiation of theoretical and methodological principles of technology transfer from universities to the business environment, which should serve as a fundamental platform for further economic, technological and other actions in the innovation development of Ukraine. For this purpose, the modern theoretical and applied components of technology transfer from universities to the business environment are researched; the theoretical and methodological principles of technology transfer are determined and the conceptual approach to understanding technology transfer from universities to the business environment is proved. To achieve the tasks at hand, the background and trends in technology transfer from universities to the business environment have been researched; the role of universities in modern technology transfers is analyzed; the peculiarities and potential of the scientific area of Ukraine are considered; the influence of university technology transfer centers on the universities' academic entrepreneurship has been studied; the nature of knowledge transformation during the technology transfer is substantiated; the influence of technology transfer on the university subsystems is considered; the effects of technology transfer are investigated; models of interaction in the system "University – Governmental Authority – Business" are studied; and modern approaches to the technology transfer from universities to the business environment are researched. Given the research conducted, theoretical and methodological principles for technology transfer were formed, which conceptualize the technology transfer from universities to the business environment.
How can entrepreneurial marketing promote the entrepreneurship culture in an organization: case of banking sector in Jordan
Diana (Moh'd Adnan) Homsi , Tareq N. Hashem , Sultan Mohammed Freihat doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/im.16(1).2020.04
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The current study focuses on the entrepreneurial marketing. The study aims to examine how entrepreneurial marketing can act in defining and nurturing the entrepreneurship culture within the banking sector in Jordan in the period of 2018–2019. The chosen dimensions of entrepreneurial marketing include customer focus, opportunity driven, innovation, risk management, and proactiveness. Utilizing the quantitative approach, 368 questionnaires were distributed among marketing managers within the commercial banks in Jordan, including marketing managers, marketing officers, and e-marketing representatives. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression, and linear regression were used in order to analyze the results by using SPSS ver. 23. The study analysis indicates a positive influence of entrepreneurial marketing on organizational culture through nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit and motives. The study has also shown that proactiveness and risk management were the most influential variables as they scored R-value of 0.697 and 0.692, respectively, referring to these variables as highly influential, and play a significant role in nurturing the entrepreneurial culture within the organization.

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Celebrate Pro Bono: Allison Humen
Published on October 28, 2011 by scaccesstojustice1 Comment
As part of Celebrate Pro Bono 2011, we are highlighting pro bono legal service in South Carolina.
Meet ALLISON HUMEN, 3L at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Allison Humen
Allison Humen currently serves as the SBA Liaison to the USC School of Law Pro Bono Board. When asked what drew her to pro bono service, she recalled:
Since I was younger, I have participated in various service projects and organizations. The Pro Bono program offered the opportunity to continue serving not only the community at-large, but also the legal field which we are all now a part of. Not only do you get to serve, but you are able to do this alongside your classmates.
She describes her first major experience with the Pro Bono Program, the Harvest Hope Food Drive in the fall of of 1st year:
All of the students and professors do a wonderful job of encouraging students to work together to make such a large donation to Harvest Hope each year. Being a part of this unified effort in giving back to the community proved how much good the school can do. Since then, I was invited to join the Pro Bono Board, from which I have not only been able to participate in various projects, but also help organize these projects for the student body.
She's been involved in several pro bono projects over the past few years:
I completed the Guardian ad Litem training in my first year, and since then having been serving as an advocate for the best interests of the children in my cases. From speaking to older classmates and hearing about their experience with this program, it seemed like the ideal opportunity to help families and children, while being able to participate in the legal process. Although it is difficult at times by playing an important role in these children's' lives and their future, it has been an invaluable experience. I would recommend this program to every law student. Not only does this experience remind you of the personal aspect of the law which we are studying, it also gives you practical experience.
I am currently a Carolina Clerk. This is a program created by Pam Robinson and Dean Wilcox, which matches volunteer law students with lawyers who have agreed to pro bono client representation. The Pro Bono Program has widely publicized this new program throughout the school as well as on the school's website, so I was eager to help kick-off the program and volunteered early. The current case I am working on is a DSS case, so it has been interesting to work on family law issues from the standpoint of the parent, rather than the children which are the sole focus of the Guardian ad Litem role.
As a member of a few student organizations I wanted to create a way for different organizations to team up and serve together. With the help of Pam, the Student Bar Association and the Pro Bono Board initiated Good Deed Friday. This program gives all of the student organizations, journals, Moot Court Bar, and Mock Trial Bar the opportunity to join together and volunteer a (Fri)day of service at a local charitable organization. Our first Friday was September 30th, which members of the Student Bar Association, Pro Bono Board, and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law Journal volunteered a few hours at the Harvest Hope Food Bank. Not only are we helping the community, but we are also strengthening the law school community by enabling student leaders to bond over these "good deeds."
Any lessons learned from pro bono?
Pro bono work has expanded my view of how many people are in need and are in need in so many different ways. When you are surrounded by so many fortunate members of the law school community for the vast majority of your time, it is easy to forget how many people go without. Participating in pro bono has heightened my gratitude for all that I have been blessed with, as well as my compassion for those who have less and my responsibility to help any small way I can.
What's your advice to other law students?
Get involved early! Even if you are afraid you won't have the time. Everyone in law school is busy, but Pam does a wonderful job of providing a wide-range of opportunities within the Pro Bono Program. So if you only have one afternoon a month to offer, we will find a place for you to volunteer then! If you aren't able to complete the two-week Guardian ad Litem training, there are many ways to volunteer that do not require any additional training!
Will you continue pro bono service after law school?
My passion for service did not begin in law school, and I am certain that it will not end after graduation. It is important for every one of us to do pro bono work, and I believe this need is only strengthened once you become a licensed attorney. At that point, you will have more tools in your belt and therefore be able to serve the community in ways that the majority of the population cannot.
Thanks for your service Allison! I look forward to hearing more from you in the future!
~RFW
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Celebrate Pro Bono: Bryan Lysell
Published on October 25, 2011 October 25, 2011 by scaccesstojusticeLeave a comment
Meet BRYAN LYSELL, 3L at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Bryan Lysell
Bryan Lysell has been involved in the USC School of Law Pro Bono Program since his first semester in law school. He currently serves as co-Presidents of the Pro Bono Board and participates in the Carolina Clerks project with the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center and he volunteers at the Homeless Law Clinic (HELP) in St. Peter's Church.
I asked Bryan a few questions about pro bono, including what first drew him to the program. Here's what he said:
That is hard to say. I guess what first drew me to the Pro Bono Program was public radio. I like NPR and the pro bono program volunteers each year to man the telephones at ETV's fall fundraiser. I volunteered for that and sat next to Pam Robinson. Pam asked me what I did before I came to law school and when I told her that I used to work for a labor union, she was one of the first people I met in South Carolina who had a positive reaction. I think I thought to myself then that a program that that lady runs must be a good program. That impression has been borne out time and again over the last three years.
When asked about he became involved with the various projects, he noted:
I learned about all of these programs through Pam Robinson. With regard to the Carolina Clerks position, I responded to a general request that Pam had sent out via email.
In September, Pam needed someone to fill an open spot at HELP one morning and she asked me if I could stop by. I think Pam asked me because HELP is a morning gig and she knew that I am generally an early riser.
He also participates with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA),
VITA was one of the first things that I got involved in at law school and I feel like it really set the tone for my continued participation in the pro bono program. I used to be a labor union representative and I enjoy talking to people. VITA gave me an opportunity to interact with folks who have problems and who are trying to get help with them. It had a lot of the characteristics of my former employment and it was comforting to me to be able to do something that felt familiar and that I thought I was good at (particularly in my 1L year when that feeling is an otherwise rare commodity.
One of his favorite pro bono memories is participating in VITA:
I had a nice surprise while doing taxes. An elderly man came in needing to have his taxes prepared.
Usually I like to chat with folks while I do their taxes. I find it entertaining and having a conversation with the person to whom you've entrusted an important task usually makes people feel more comfortable in that entrustment.
This guy just would not bite, though; he responded monosyllabically, if at all to any questions I would ask, even those related to taxes.
As I went through his documents, I found a 1099 for a pension that he received from LTV. LTV is a steel company that specializes in producing steel pipe. I asked him whether he worked in a mill and he told me that he worked at a mill in Cleveland.
Well, I'm from Pittsburgh, and my father, my uncle, and my grandfather all worked in the mills, and in particular my grandfather worked in the McKeesportworks, which specialized in continuous cast steel pipe. When I told him all of that, his demeanor turned 180 degrees and he was as affable as anyone I had ever met. We talked about the Steelers and the Browns, about steel mills, about South Carolina summers and how unbearably long and hot they are, and about Midwest winters and how unbearably long and cold they are.
I don't think I'll ever forget that guy. I hope he comes around again this year.
You need to listen to people when they are talking to you about their concerns, that sometimes they're saying more than what they're actually saying.
As he related what he's learned from doing pro bono work, it was evident that he will make a fine attorney:
I have relearned that you need to listen to people when they are talking to you about their concerns, that sometimes they're saying more than what they're actually saying. I think that has particularly been the case at the homeless legal clinic. Sometimes you are talking to people who have been involved in significant domestic violence issues and while some people can talk openly about it, others cannot.
When asked about whether participating in pro bono changed his view of law, he noted:
What changed my view of the law was learning that lawyers have an ethical obligation to helping people in need gain access to the justice system. I feel like that ethical obligation corresponds with my own notions of what a personally productive career would be and what is an appropriately civic minded individual.
In his co-President role, he actively speaks about pro bono and encourages other students to participate. Specifically:
When I talk to other law students about the Pro Bono Program I usually like to stress to them that this is an opportunity to interact with actual people, the kind that you are going to interact with as a real attorney, and that law students should take those opportunities whenever they can get them.
This kind of interaction is an education in its own right, and the ability to communicate complicated ideas to people in a manner that is easily understandable is an essential component to being a good advisor, which itself is essential to being a good lawyer.
I usually conclude by saying that, if nothing else, it feels good to be able to help people that need it and that as lawyers we have an ethical obligation to do exactly this kind of work.
I'm looking forward to hearing more from this valuable pro bono leader!
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Best practices in open source development
Open source software has countless advantages over proprietary software. While there are disadvantages as well, such as the lack of built-in support contracts and no one to blame when things go wrong (which means no one to sue), in most cases moving to open source software is a smart move. You never need to just accept whatever functionality comes with it; you can modify the software to do whatever your heart desires, and you're never "locked in" with a particular vendor when you need additional functionality. There is a community of people developing, using, and testing the software, which tends to lead to higher quality and faster growth. Plus, in terms of initial costs, it's generally cheaper than proprietary software (often times, free).
However, gaining the full advantages of open source requires a fundamental shift in development practice. And people who are not "in the know" on this point can often get into trouble when they continue to work in a traditional way, and a negative attitude about open source software (it's not me, it's them!) can result.
This article provides some best-practice tips and advice that we at Lullabot employ while working on on development projects. While this article talks primarily around our experiences with Drupal, its lessons should still apply for anyone working with open source software.
Best Practice #1: Learn how to Extend The Software
Drupal has a little motto that goes something like:
If you have to "hack core" (change core files) to get Drupal to do what you want, you're probably doing something wrong.
This advice holds true for most other open source projects; always perform investigation into the tools and techniques the software makes available for customization. These may include a "skinning" or "themeing" system to customize the look and feel, the ability to extend functionality through modules, extensions, and add-ons, or configuration options that can be altered to fit your needs.
Your first goal when working with open source software should be to try and "get in the heads" of the developers of the software, and determine how they intend for the project to be extended. While it can appear easier on the surface to just bolt on a chunk of functionality you're missing, doing so means inadvertently undoing all the collective work and thinking the community around your project has poured into the problems you're facing.
Learn what tools and techniques are available to you, and you'll have a much easier time building your project.
Best Practice #2: Do. Not. Fork.
The second you change any of the default core files of an open source project in any way, even for something as small as changing the text here or there, you have created a "fork." This hurts you in a number of different ways:
Difficulty in getting support. Your changes may cause subtle bugs to appear, and you're going to have a very hard time finding other people to help you track them down, if they can't reproduce the problems themselves.
Difficulty in upgrading. Each change you make, no matter how minor, needs to be carried over each time you upgrade the site's code base. If you forget a change, your site behaves differently. If a security patch changes a line where you've made a customization, you then have to hunker down and do a bunch of analysis and testing as you attempt to merge the changes and ensure that you're still getting the proper fix.
Maintenance headaches. Because this is your code that you've written, you're on the hook for maintaining it, testing it, and improving it. More on this and why it's a bad thing in a bit.
Resist the urge to fork, and instead...
Best Practice #3: Participate within the community
There are many advantages to using open source software, but probably the biggest advantage is the virtually limitless resources involved in the open source ecosystem. Millions of people around the world are testing the software, fixing problems, and adding new features. It's simply impossible to reproduce this kind of momentum with a small team (or even a very large team).
Yet, many people only see open source software as a cheap (or free) alternative to building things from scratch, and completely ignore the community aspect of the software. This is detrimental, both to you and your clients, and to the software project itself.
Let's imagine a scenario where you find a bug in your open source project of choice. Your natural inclination might be to just troubleshoot and fix the bug in your local copy, and then move on with your day. After all, we're all busy people, and client deadlines aren't getting any shorter.
An alternate, and more effective, approach is to do the following:
Search for the bug. When you very first encounter a bug, before you even attempt to fix it, your first instinct should always be to search for the bug in the issue queue or bug tracking software used by the project. It's possible someone has already found the bug, and reported a fix for it. If so, you just saved yourself some work.
Report the bug. If the bug isn't there, the second thing you should do, again before you even attempt to fix it, is submit a detailed bug report. Often, developers are very active on issue queues, and they are also more familiar with their code base, so they can often find and get to the root of a bug before you can.
Submit your fix. Assuming someone in the community didn't get a fix out to you before you figured it out, always submit your fix back. Not only is this good "karma," as you've just saved the next person from having to do this (and karma in an open source community is your very best asset), but often you can get good feedback from other developers as to whether or not your fix is the best solution, and either way, you help ensure the fix gets put into the "official" product, which means you no longer have to maintain it.
Let's use another example. A client needs some crazy new feature for a site you're building.
Search for an existing module. Even if there's not a "100% fit," a 90% fit (or even 50% fit) is a better starting place than nothing.
Submit a feature request. If there's a module that will work as a starting point, just as with bug reports, before you start coding anything submit your intent to work on the additional functionality. You may get other people interested who will offer co-development, testing, or even just some cold, hard cash toward its development. Or, the module author might chime in with how they already tried it, how it didn't work, and how to use X instead.
Contribute new code (a new module for example) to the community. If there's not already something out there that fits your needs and you need to build it, submit it to the community in whatever they're using as a "forge" system (CVS, Subversion, etc.) If possible, the best thing to do is place your code there as early during the development as possible. This allows others to try out your changes and provide testing, bug reports, and usability feedback long before it reaches your client's site. Procrastination can create more custom code for you to maintain: lots of people have really good intentions of committing stuff back when all's said and done, but often it's easy to get side-tracked.
Work out of the issue queue. When you add a new feature to your module, make a feature request for it, attach a patch, and commit it. When you fix a bug, make a bug report for it, attach a patch, and commit it. The discipline you show here will help pay off ten-fold by getting more eyes on the code, and by making changes small and easy to isolate should something go wrong.
By pushing fixes and features back "upstream," you help ensure that future sites you build will have the functionality you're looking for, rather than having to constantly re-invent the wheel. You also turn into a collaborator on the project, rather than a user.
Advantages of following best practices
Working in this manner has the following advantages:
It helps save you time (and saving time saves you money). You might find answers before you even begin your quest. Another developer can come along and code something before you even have the chance to do so.
It earns you karma. In addition to the "warm fuzzy feeling" that contributing gives you which is a reward in its own right, open source communities tend to be "meritocracies." Opinions of individuals are generally weighted by the community, either consciously or subconsciously, by the level of contribution they've given to a project. Gaining a reputation as a contributor often means your questions get answered sooner, and it also means more business for you as new clients see you being committed to the platform, and other contributors in the community refer additional work to you.
It increases the quality of your code. More eyes mean more testing, more feedback on the approaches you've taken to problem solving, and in the end more flexible, usable, and easy-to-understand code and functionality.
It lets the community help maintain your stuff. Putting stuff out in the community means you increase your chances of someone other than just you using your code. And that's a very good thing! These other people will contribute their own bug fixes and features to your module, and help test it for bugs. They can also help with upgrades between major versions. With custom code, you are the only person who is able to do this.
Disadvantages of following best practices
There are not really any, other than it takes a bit more time to do up front. You can help offset that by building that time into your contracts, and by client education. Explain to your clients about how open source is different, and that in order to get the very best "bang for their buck," it's important to leverage the community development model. This will help ensure that they enjoy all of the benefits of open source, including not being "locked in" to a proprietary fork, having the highest-quality code, and being "future proof" for upgrades.
"Real world" implications
Lullabot has built a number of sites using these best practices, which has resulted in thousands of contributions back to the Drupal community in the form of themes, modules, and core patches. That's a win for us, a win for our clients, and a win for Drupal. You can't get much better than that. :)
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Angie Byron
Angie Byron is a former senior web architect at Lullabot.


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Делано () — переписна місцевість (CDP) в США, в окрузі Скайлкілл штату Пенсільванія. Населення — 342 особи (2010).

Географія
Делано розташоване за координатами  (40.842422, -76.079024).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році переписна місцевість мала площу 1,64 км², з яких 1,63 км² — суходіл та 0,01 км² — водойми.

Демографія
Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у переписній місцевості мешкали 342 особи в 155 домогосподарствах у складі 96 родин. Густота населення становила 208 осіб/км².  Було 170 помешкань (104/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,0 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 0,6 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 18,1 % — особи молодші 18 років, 64,9 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 17,0 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 46,4 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у переписній місцевості припадало 116,5 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 109,0 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). За межею бідності перебувало 2,4 % осіб, у тому числі 0,0 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 0,0 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 170 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: виробництво — 33,5 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 28,2 %, сільське господарство, лісництво, риболовля — 7,1 %, роздрібна торгівля — 6,5 %.

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Georgia Love explains why Christmas without her mum was a hard day. But not the hardest.
Video by MWN
This year marked the second Christmas Day Georgia Love and her family have celebrated since her mum, Belinda, passed away from pancreatic cancer in late 2016.
And while "life goes on" with Santa photos and smiles, the journalist and former Bachelorette has put into words what so many feel at this time of the year – getting through Christmas Day is just one battle.
"I don't like the word "luck" but I do think I was very lucky to have never really experienced grief until last year. But 27 years without understanding it has made its blow even tougher than I could have imagined," Love wrote alongside a quote on Instagram on Wednesday.
I don't like the word "luck" but I do think I was very lucky to have never really experienced grief until last year. But 27 years without understanding it has made its blow even tougher than I could have imagined. What's surprised me the most is how it hits on the days you least expect it. Of course Mothers' Day, her birthday, the anniversary of her death and Christmas would be hard. I was prepared. I received countless messages of love and thoughts and was wrapped in that protective coating. And I got through, even with a smile. But I never expected how hard the days following those milestones would be. If grief comes in waves, they are the tsunamis. Life returns to normal for everyone else on those days, but the grieving person's does not. And will not. It's indelibly changed and that's what is so hard to wrap your head around. It's not just this Christmas she's not here for, it will be the next and the next and the next. There's no light at the end of the tunnel. If you have someone in your life who is grieving, please don't forget them in these days. That's when we need you most
A post shared by GEORGIA LOVE (@georgiealove) on Dec 26, 2017 at 1:38pm PST
"What's surprised me the most is how it hits on the days you least expect it. Of course Mothers' Day, her birthday, the anniversary of her death and Christmas would be hard. I was prepared. I received countless messages of love and thoughts and was wrapped in that protective coating. And I got through, even with a smile. But I never expected how hard the days following those milestones would be.
"If grief comes in waves, they are the tsunamis. Life returns to normal for everyone else on those days, but the grieving person's does not. And will not. It's indelibly changed and that's what is so hard to wrap your head around.
LISTEN: Mia Freedman interviews Georgia Love on this episode of No Filter (post continues after audio…)
"It's not just this Christmas she's not here for, it will be the next and the next and the next. There's no light at the end of the tunnel. If you have someone in your life who is grieving, please don't forget them in these days. That's when we need you most."
Belinda sadly passed away just days after Lee Elliot was announced the winner of Love's season of The Bachelorette.
Since her mum's passing, Love has become an ambassador for Pancare, and is passionate about raising awareness for the horrible disease. Up to 2,823 people will die from this insidious illness in 2017. To help support the fight against pancreatic cancer, you can donate and fundraise for Pancare by visiting their website.
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You are here: UNIL > Open Science at UNIL > Open Access > Open Access at UNIL > UNIL's Open Access Directive (SERVAL)
The Directive | Context | What and who does it apply to? | Complying with the Directive in three steps
The full text of Directive 4.6 (FR) can be found here.
UNIL's mission is, among others, to transmit knowledge and develop science through teaching and research, as well as to foster the development of intellectual life and the dissemination of culture. Through the research it conducts, UNIL contributes to the development, progress and prosperity of the community, and is responsible for safekeeping the scientific heritage that it generates.
In line with this, UNIL supports and promotes the principle of Open Access to scientific knowledge particularly through the use of its institutional repository, SERVAL.
What and who does it apply to?
To all members of the UNIL community who are authors of a scientific publication. For the purposes of this Directive, a scientific publication is either an article or a book extrait, provided that they have been divulged.
Highly recommended, but left to the discretion of authors (who will decide whether depositing and sharing is feasible based on possible copyright restrictions).
Any other form of scientific publication, such as books in their entirety, doctoral theses, monographs, presentations, posters and conference proceedings, research reports, technical reports and working papers, master's theses, privat-docent theses and press articles.
Complying with the Directive in three steps
Creating a record
This step is mandatory and must be completed no later than at the time of publication.
All authors must create a record in SERVAL containing the bilbiometric data of the publication (metadata).
The record must be linked to all UNIL/CHUV co-authors.
The record must be linked to the UNIL/CHUV units where the research leading to the publication was performed (these may be different from those to which the authors are attached at the time the record is created).
How to create a record for a publication with DOI/PMID.
How to create a record for a publication that does not have a DOI/PMID.
Depositing the PDF
All authors must include in each record a version of the publication (PDF) in question, providing it exists in digital format.
The version of the document, as well as any access restrictions, are determined by the copyright holder (most often the Publisher).
Authors are required to deposit the version of the publication that is most widely available. If necessary, this may be the author accepted version before the publisher's final layout (postprint).
How to add a PDF to a record.
Sharing the publication (Open Access)
UNIL strongly recommends authors to complete this step as soon as possible in accordance with the principles set out in the Swiss National Strategy on Open Access of swissuniversities.
Authors benefiting from external research funding will primarily comply with the Open Access rules of said organization, if they exist.
All forms of Open Access are accepted (including Hybrid Access, provided it is covered by a transformative Read & Publish agreement).
As far as the Green road is concerned, the author is required to deposit the most widely shareable version of the manuscript of the publication and to negotiate with the publisher (if necessary) the shortest possible embargo period.
Sharing the publication in academic social networks (ResearchGate, Academia, etc.) as well as personal or project websites is not considered an Open Access dissemination modality (although it a link leading to the deposited PDF in SERVAL can be shared in those platforms).
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Day 10 of New Haven Unified teacher strike raises concerns for graduating seniors
By Anser Hassan
HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) -- Teachers in the New Haven Unified School District took to the picket line for a tenth day of the strike, the same week high school seniors were to begin taking final exams.
When asked how long the strike would continue, Joe Ku'e Angeles, president of the New Haven Teachers Association, responded: "As long as it takes, because we are now at a point where we cannot go back. We have come so far."
RELATED: New Haven teachers strike continues despite State Superintendent's visit
But not far enough to reach a settlement.
Teachers demanded a 10 percent raise: 5 percent this year and 5 percent next year. But after last week's negotiations, teachers have come down to 6 percent - 3 percent for each year.
The district initially offered a 1 percent pay increase. They are now offering 2 percent.
The teachers association claims the problem now is that the district won't accept the pay increase suggested in a neutral fact-finding report, which was around 6 percent.
"A fact finding report, which really spelled out the range of what we should talk about," explains Angeles.
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But John Mattos, a spokesperson for the New Haven Unified School District, says that fact-finding report is not an official audit. He says the issue is the district's finances.
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The district has also come up with a formula on how it will determine grades for graduating seniors, who miss final exams.
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I've been reading this series since the beginning. The first three books are about the fairy side of the veil called Annwyn. Starting with book #4 the series, now called The Court of the Banished, the stories are about fairies who were forced to live on the human side of the veil, and the aftermath the war in Annwyn had in the human realm. The world is recovering from an apocalyptic disease epidemic. There is a strong series arc, but the books are definitely paranormal romances. I find most straight-forward PNR silly, but these books push enough of my fae and forbidden love buttons I am willing to go with the PNR troupes.
This book is about two changelings born on the human side of the veil. Jonah doesn't know he is a changeling and has had a hard life because people thought he was crazy for seeing "monsters." To survive he turned to thieving. Bronwyn knows she is a changeling and all about fairies, but was encourage to never use her gift. She doesn't even know what her gift truly is and the power she holds. She had one side of her face disfigured when an ex-boyfriend threw acid on her. When Jonah and Bronwyn meet they have serious trust issues to work through. He learns what he is and she learns what she can do, but this attracts the attention of Annwyn and using certain fae talents on the human side carries a penalty of death.


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January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 ~ Richard Schulte
It was inexplicable. Julia's very old grandmother had not died wealthy.
After her grandmother passed away, Julia had received a small amount of money and a few odds and ends. The strangest item was an envelope containing a mysterious key. Written on the envelope were the words: Julia's Treasure.
Thinking it over, Julia couldn't figure out what the words meant. There was a treasure?
She'd heard the story many times about how her grandparents had prospered after the war, when they lived in the North Side of Chicago. Her grandfather had been a banker, and her grandmother had opened a small chain of clothing stores. But several misfortunes had struck, then the car accident, leaving her grandfather paralyzed. The enormous wealth had been quickly used up. At least, that was the story.
Had some of that old money been secretly hidden?
Julia stared at the key.
It appeared to be an ordinary key. Not old, not rusty, not unusual in any way. The sort of key to open a deadlock or safe. A hidden treasure perhaps?
Had she suddenly become wealthy?
One problem was her grandparent's home had been demolished years ago to make way for a new shopping mall. After her grandfather passed away, Julia's grandmother had lived in apartments, then the nursing home. So the solution to the mystery was far from obvious. Perhaps a portion of the old wealth had been placed in a safety deposit box. Or perhaps this was the key to a storage locker.
Two days after she received the key, while out shopping, Julia carried it in her purse to a locksmith. He looked it over.
"I can't tell you anything specific about it, " he said. "It's definitely not for a safety deposit box or a car. But it could be a key to a deadlock or various other things."
"Don't you have any way to tell?"
"In this case, unfortunately, no."
Throughout the week Julia obsessed about the mysterious key. She thought about it at work. She thought about it while at home. Occasionally she took it from her purse to look at it. She decided not to tell her husband. Sudden wealth would be an amazing surprise and would make her family's life so much easier. There might be enough money that they could be happy for the rest of their lives.
"Is something bothering you?" her husband asked that Sunday. The family was out at the little neighborhood park, enjoying a sunny May afternoon. The kids had finished peanut butter and jelly sandwiches–all that the family could afford–and had run excitedly to the playground and the big slide. "You seem distracted. Is it your grandmother?"
"I'm fine, I just have something funny on my mind."
For many pleasurable minutes Julia watched her children romp about the playground, taking turns on the slide, then flying in the swings. But her thoughts eventually turned back to the treasure.
Exactly how much money was waiting? Julia let her imagination run wild and wondered what amazing things the future would bring. She imagined a luxurious new home and yearly vacations and cruises around the world. What if there were tens or even hundreds of millions? They could buy mansions and live wherever and however they pleased.
"What are you thinking about?" her husband asked.
Julia shrugged. "Nothing important."
"Are you really okay?" he smiled.
She was fine. She resented his question. She gave him a glare, then turned away.
The next day, and over the days and weeks that followed, Julia began to obsess over the inexplicable key. She became anxious. The only thing she could think about was the treasure and what it might possibly be. And how to possibly find it. But there were no clues left behind by her grandmother. No memory. No one to ask. Her grandmother's friends and acquaintances were all unknown or gone.
There was nowhere to look and nowhere to turn. There was no solution to the mystery.
What would her life be like . . . if her treasure were never found?
It was unfair. To know an amazing, wonderful, life-changing thing is waiting, but to realize it will always be out of reach. It was damn unfair.
Julia's unhappiness grew day by day. But she continued to carry the key just in case. Even though she knew her dreams of vacations and cruises and mansions in the sky were in reality hopeless.
One afternoon Julia arrived home from work. She reached into her purse and pulled out the key to open the front door. When she stepped through the door, she was astonished to see her house key lying on the entry table.
In a flash Julia realized the mysterious key to Julia's Treasure, pulled from her purse, was now in her hand. She placed it next to the forgotten house key. One was silver, the other gold. The two were identical.
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De Wet Ferreira says:
So Julia's treasure was her home and family all along? 😢 Deep……
Curtis Mekemson says:
And it stood there staring at her the whole time…
I usually know how your stories end, but I got so wrapped up in this one, that when the end came it was an Ah Ha moment.
Richard Schulte says:
I'm glad it worked!


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