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Kidney Research and Clinical Practice (KRCP; formerly The Korean Journal of Nephrology; ISSN 1975-9460, launched in 1982), the official journal of the Korean Society of Nephrology, is an international, peer-reviewed journal published in English. Its ISO abbreviation is Kidney Res Clin Pract.
The journal considers articles on all aspects of nephrology and hypertension as well as molecular genetics, anatomy, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, and immunology related to kidney disease. In particular, the journal focuses on translational renal research that helps bridging laboratory discovery with the diagnosis and treatment of human kidney disease. The journal publishes the topics covered basic science with possible clinical applicability and the papers on the pathophysiological basis of the kidney disease. Original studies from areas of diagnostic and interventional nephrology or dialysis access are also welcomed. Major article types considered for publication include original research and reviews on current topics of interest.
To provide an efficient venue for dissemination of knowledge and discussion of topics related to basic research, translational study and clinical practice in nephrology, the journal offers online only open access, in which all published articles are free for everyone to read and download.
The journal is currently indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), DOI/Crossref, Google Scholar, KoMCI, KoreaMed, ScienceCentral, CAS, Current Content Clinical Medicine and Essential Science Indicators.
This journal was supported by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies Grant funded by the Korean Government (Ministry of Education).
1. Manuscript Submission
2. Types of Articles
3. Manuscript Preparation
4. Ethical Considerations
5. Review Process
6. Visual Abstract Guidelines
9. Similarity Check
10. Open Access Policy
11. Data Sharing Policy
12. After acceptance
Manuscripts for Kidney Research and Clinical Practice (KRCP) should be submitted online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/krcp. All submissions to KRCP must conform to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. Our requirements reflect those of the ICMJE, although we also have specific requirements for different types of article. For editorial questions, please contact us via e-mail (registry@ksn.or.kr), telephone (+82-2-3486-8736), or fax (+82-2-3486-8737).
Articles should be prepared in the simplest form and submitted in the format of Microsoft Word (*.doc or *.docx). Manuscripts must be typed in English and double-spaced. All pages must be numbered consecutively starting from the title page. You may use automatic page numbering, but do NOT use other kinds of automatic formatting such as footnotes. Place text, references, tables and legends in one file with each table on a new page.
Please ensure that the following submission documents are also included, where applicable:
(1) A cover letter. It must include your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and state that all authors have contributed to the paper and have never submitted the manuscript, in whole or in part, to other journals.
(2) A conflict of interest disclosure statement (see relevant section 4.2 below).
(3) All studies involving human subjects, human data or any material derived from human must be approved by the relevant review or ethics committee. Articles must include a statement on ethics approval, the name of the relevant committee that approved the study and the committee's approval number. Manuscripts may be rejected at any time if the authors of the research fail to provide the approval number validated by the relevant committee (see relevant section 4.1 below).
(4) Articles covering the use of animals in experiments must be approved by the relevant authorities.
(5) Articles where human subjects can be identified in descriptions, photographs or pedigrees must be accompanied by a signed statement of informed consent to publish (in print and online) the descriptions, photographs and pedigrees from each subject who can be identified.
(6) The terms sex (when reporting biological factors) and gender (identity, psychosocial or cultural factors) should be correctly used. The sex and/or gender of study participants, the sex of animals or cells should be reported, and the methods used to determine sex and gender should be described. If the study was done involving an exclusive population, for example in only one sex, authors should justify why, except in obvious cases (e.g., ovarian cancer).
(7) Clinical trials should be registered at a primary national clinical trial registration site such as www.clinicaltrials.gov, https://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/index.jsp, or other sites accredited by the World Health Organization or the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
(8) Where material has been reproduced from other copyrighted sources, letter(s) of permission from the copyright holder(s) to use the copyrighted sources must be supplied.
(9) Articles should be written in English (using American English spelling) and meet the following basic criteria: the material is original; the information is important; the writing is clear, concise and grammatically correct; the study methods are appropriate; the data are valid; and the conclusions are reasonable and supported by the data. The articles should be readable to native English users, and we recommend using professional language editing service (e.g., American Journal Experts) prior to submission to avoid delays with the review processes.
(10) All authors must register and update information about academic degree, affiliation, and position when they register or submit a journal online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/krcp.
(11) The copyright transfer agreement has been incorporated into KRCP submission system to collect digital signatures from each author. Upon submission of a manuscript, an email will be sent to each author for electronic signature prior to starting review process. The manuscript will not be reviewed as planned until all signatures are received. The paper submitted without the signatures of all authors on all statements will be finally removed from the system without further notice.
2.1. Original Articles
These are expected to present major advances and important new research results. Section headings should include Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conflicts of interest, Acknowledgments (if applicable), and References. The text should be limited to 4,000 words (excluding tables, figures and references) and 40 references.
2.2. Review Articles
These describe new developments of significance in the field of nephrology and highlight unresolved questions and future directions. Most reviews are solicited by the editors, but unsolicited submissions may also be considered for publication. Review articles should include Abstract, Introduction, brief main headings, and References. The text should be limited to 5,000 words (excluding tables, figures and references) and 100 references.
2.3. Special Articles
Articles in this section should provide insightful analysis and commentary about any important topic in medicine, research, ethics, or health policy. They may also address consensus statements, guidelines, statements from task forces, or recommendations. Most reviews are solicited by the editors, but unsolicited submissions may also be considered for publication. The text should be limited to 5,000 words (excluding tables, figures and references) and 50 references.
2.4. Study Protocol
KRCP consider protocols for ongoing or proposed large-scale, prospective studies related to kidney health and diseases and expected to have a significant impact on the public health management. Study protocols should be submitted before recruitment completes. Study protocol for clinical research, pilot or feasibility trials, or systemic reviews is not considered for publications. Protocols of randomized trials should follow the SPIRIT guidelines (https://www.spirit-statement.org/), including the SPIRIT flow diagram in the main body of the text. On submission, ethical approval document, proof of funding and a completed SPIRIT checklist should be uploaded as supplementary files. A trial registration to accredited site is mandatory for any clinical trial. Approved registries for clinical trials need to meet all of the ICMJE Clinical Trial Registration guidelines (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html). All protocols for clinical trials must have a trial registration number and date of registration. Submissions of study protocols will be treated on a case by case basis and preference will be given to submissions describing long term studies and those likely to generate a considerable amount of outcome data. The final decision on whether to consider a study protocol for publication will rest with the editor and appeals will not be considered.
2.5. Correspondence
Correspondence generally takes one of the following forms: (1) Reader's comment on an article previously published in KRCP and/or a reply from the authors; (2) An article that may not fit to the format of original or review article but suggest creative perspectives for medical issues; (3) A brief report of any kind that presents important research findings adequate for the journal's scope and of particular interest to the readers. The submitted manuscript includes title page, main text, conflict of interest, acknowledgments (if applicable) and references. No abstract is included, and the text should be limited to 800 words (excluding tables, figures and references) and 8 references. A maximum of 2 figures or tables may be included.
2.6. Editorials
These are manuscripts that are related to materials within the current issue; they raise challenging questions or explore controversies. The editor solicits such opinion pieces. The order of the submitted manuscript includes title page, integrated discussion, conflict of interest, acknowledgments (if applicable) and references. The text should be limited to 1,500 words and 10 references. A maximum of 2 figures or tables may be included.
2.7. Images in Practice
These present classic or unique images of common medical conditions in clinical nephrology. Images are an important part of much of what we do and learn in clinical practice. The text should be limited to 400 words. There should be no more than two figures. No tables or references are included.
3.1. Title Page
The title page should include article title, each author's first and last names, positions (associate professor, fellow, student, etc.), and ORCID identifiers, and the institutions with which they are affiliated, short running title not exceeding 50 characters, separate word count for abstract and text, and details of the corresponding author (name, address, phone, and e-mail information). Funding sources should be included, and the individual contribution of each co-author must also be detailed (see relevant section 4.3 below).
3.2. Abstract and Keywords
Abstract should not exceed 250 words in original, review or special articles. It must be written for easy reading with no abbreviations. The abstract of the original article should be divided into four subsections: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Four to six keywords should be listed alphabetically below the abstract. For selecting keywords, refer to the Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh).
3.3. Main Text
The text for original articles, for example, should include the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. The Introduction should be as concise as possible, without subheadings. The Methods section should be sufficiently detailed. Subheadings may be used to organize the Results and Discussion. Each section should begin on a new page.
3.4. Acknowledgments
General acknowledgments for consultations, statistical analysis and so on should be listed after main body of text, before the References section, including the names of the individuals involved. All financial and material support for the research and the work should be stated here clearly and explicitly.
References should be cited with Arabic numerals in square brackets. References are numbered consecutively in order of appearance in text. References are limited to those cited in text and listed in numerical order. List all authors if there are less than or equal to six authors. List the first three authors followed by "et al" if there are more than six authors. If an article has been published online but has not yet been given an issue or pages, the digital object identifier (DOI) should be supplied. Journal titles should be abbreviated in the style used in Index Medicus. Other types of references not described below should follow The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (https://locatorplus.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=101318441&Search_Code=0359&CNT=1&SID=1). The authors may format the citations and references using the KRCP EndNote style file, but we generally recommend the authors to type the citation numbers and references manually.
Journal articles:
Tomino Y. Diagnosis and treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy in Japan. Kidney Res Clin Pract 2016;35:197-203.
Han SS, Park JY, Kang S, et al. Dialysis modality and mortality in the elderly: a meta-analysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2015;10:983- 993.
Corona G, Giuliani C, Verbalis JG, Forti G, Maggi M, Peri A. Hyponatremia improvement is associated with a reduced risk of mortality: evidence from a meta-analysis. PLoS One 2015;10:e0124105.
Saran R, Robinson B, Abbott KC, et al. US Renal Data System 2018 Annual Data Report: epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. Am J Kidney Dis 2019;73(3 Suppl 1):A7-A8.
Online publication but not yet in print:
Cho A, Choi MJ, Lee YK, et al. Effects of aspirin resistance and mean platelet volume on vascular access failure in hemodialysis patients. Korean J Intern Med 2018 Jul 23 [Epub]. DOI: 10.3904/ kjim.2018.111.
Entire Book:
Daugirdas JT, Blake PG, Ing TS. Handbook of dialysis. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2015.
Book chapter:
Verbalis JG. Hyponatremia and hypoosmolar disorders. In: Gilbert SJ, Weiner DE, Bomback AS, et al, eds. Primer on kidney disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2018. p. 68-76.
National Cancer Information Center. Cancer incidence [Internet]. Goyang (KR): National Cancer Information Center, c2009 [cited 2009 Oct 20]. Available from: http://www.cancer.go.kr/cms/statics.
3.6. Tables
Tables are numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals in the order of their citation in text. Table titles should be short and descriptive (e.g. Table 1. Demographic characteristics of patients). If numerical measurements are given, the unit of measurement should be included in the column heading. The statistical significance of observed differences in the data should be indicated by the appropriate statistical analysis. All nonstandard abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Lower case letters in superscripts (a, b, c...) should be used for special remarks.
3.7. Figures
Figure legends should be submitted for all figures. They should be brief and specific, and placed on a separate sheet after the References section. Figures are numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals in the order of their citation in the text. Figures should be uploaded as separate files, not embedded in the manuscript file. Figures that are line drawing or photographs must be submitted separately in high-resolution EPS or TIF format (or alternatively in high-resolution JPEG format). Only high-resolution figure files (preferably 300 dpi for color figures and 1,200 dpi for line art and graphs) should be submitted. The files are to be named according to the figure number and format (e.g., Fig1.tif). Figures that are reproduced from other published sources require written permission from the authors and copyright holders.
3.8. Supplementary Digital Contents
Authors can submit supplementary digital contents to supplement the information provided in the print version of the manuscript. Supplementary materials will be published online-only. When uploading supplementary files through the online system, please use the "supplemental" file designation. Supplementary materials must be cited consecutively in the main body of the submitted manuscript and include the type of material submitted (e.g., "Supplementary Table 1"; "Supplementary Fig. 1").
4.1. Ethical Approval of Studies
For human or animal experimental investigations, appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee approval is required. Such approval and the approval number should be stated in the Methods section of the manuscript. For those investigators who do not have formal ethics review committees, the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki as revised in 2013 should be followed (World Medical Association. Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. Available at: https://www.wma.net/policiespost/ wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medicalresearch-involving-human-subjects/). For all relevant clinical transplant articles, KRCP requires authors state in the Methods section their adherence to the Declaration of Istanbul (Available at: http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/). Copies of written informed consent and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for clinical research should be kept. If necessary, the editor or reviewers may request copies of these documents to resolve questions about IRB approval and study conduct.
4.2. Conflicts of Interest
The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors' interpretation of the data. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include financial support from or connections to pharmaceutical companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues. Conflict of interest statements will be published at the end of the text of the article, before the References section. Please consult the Committee on Publishing Ethics guidelines (http://www.publicationethics.org/) on conflict of interest. All sources of financial support for the study should be stated in Acknowledgments (see relevant section 3.4 above).
4.3. Authorship
Authorship credit should be based on 1) conception or design, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it; 3) providing intellectual content of critical importance to the work described; and 4) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet above four conditions. The title page should include a list of each author's role for the submitted paper.
4.4. Redundant Publication or Duplicate Submission
Submitted manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously in print or electronic format (except in abstract or poster form) and are not under consideration in totality or in part by another publication or electronic medium. Authors must state that neither the manuscript nor any significant part of it is under consideration for publication elsewhere or has appeared elsewhere in a manner that could be construed as a prior or duplicate publication of the same, or very similar, work.
When malpractices are found in an article submitted to KRCP, we will follow the flowchart by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts) for settlement of any misconduct. Although the editors and referees make every effort to ensure the validity of published manuscripts, the final responsibility rests with the authors, not with KRCP, its editors, or the Korean Society of Nephrology.
All submissions are sent to peer reviewers. Authors will usually be notified within 4 weeks by e-mail of whether the submitted article is accepted for publication, rejected, or subject to revision before publication. Revised manuscripts must be submitted online by the corresponding author. Failure to resubmit the revised manuscript within 3 months of the editorial decision is regarded as a withdrawal.
Visual Abstracts are brief graphical summaries of Original Articles published online. They serve to summarize the work for readers and may be used in social media postings. Authors do not need to include a Visual Abstract with their initial submission but will be required to submit one at the revision stage for all original research articles. The submitted visual abstract will be reviewed along with the revised manuscript.
If the submission of visual abstract is delayed, there is inevitable delay in publication. Please submit it within the specified time.
6.1. Creating Your Visual Abstract
Select one of the visual abstract templates provided (https://www.krcp-ksn.org/file/KRCP_Visual_Abstracts_v1.0.pptx). There are multiple layouts to accommodate author preferences as well as graphical constraints. The visual abstract should include a title, methods, outcome and a concluding sentence. Please fill in the template as it's laid out and do not alter the basic components of the template.
Keep in mind the following:
• Avoid excessive detail and clutter and keep text to a minimum.
• Any descriptive text should be at least 12 pt font size.
• The visual abstract should be saved as an editable Power Point file as staff will add the article DOI and may edit the text for clarity.
6.2. Adding Visual Details
It is critical that you only use images for which you have permissions or rights. To avoid any potential problems, either use the copyright filter during an image search online or subscribe to an icon image bank. There are many image banks on the internet, which are free to use. The images used for visual abstract is recommended only open source, and the author is responsible for copyright issues of visual abstract. Researchers who frequently prepare visual abstracts may benefit from purchasing a subscription to access higher quality icons (e.g. Shutterstock, Getty Images, iStock, etc.).
• Select bold, solid color icons
• Avoid highly detailed icons as the intricacy may be lost in the small format
• Exclude trade names, logos, or images of trademarked items.
• Graphics should be 440 pixels wide by 350-365 pixels tall.
This journal operates blind review processes. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. For more information, please refer to Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (Available at: http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf).
KRCP is the official peer-reviewed publication of the Korean Society of Nephrology. Manuscripts published in the Journal become the permanent property the Korean Society of Nephrology. All articles published in the Journal are protected by copyright, which covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, as well as translation rights. No KRCP article, in part or whole, cannot be reproduced, stored, or transmitted for commercial purposes, without prior written permission from the Korean Society of Nephrology.
Similarity Check is a multi-publisher initiative to screen published and submitted content for originality. To find out more about Similarity Check, visit http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck/index. html. All manuscripts submitted to KRCP may be screened, using the iThenticate tool, for textual similarity to other previously published works.
Every peer-reviewed research article in this journal is freely available via our website (https://www.krcp-ksn.org). Articles published in KRCP are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial and No Derivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution of the material without any modifications, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original works properly cited. ANY USE of the open access version of this Journal in whole or in part must include the customary bibliographic citation, including author and publisher attribution, date, article title, Kidney Research and Clinical Practice (Kidney Res Clin Pract), and the URL https://www.krcp-ksn.org and MUST include a copy of the copyright notice. If an original work is subsequently reproduced or disseminated not in its entirety but only in part or as a derivative work this must be clearly indicated. For any commercial use of material from the open access version of the journal, permission MUST be obtained from KRCP. If necessary, please contact the Editorial Board through our editorial office (registry@ksn.or.kr). Proprietary rights notice for KRCP online were available at: https://www.krcp-ksn.org/authors/permission.php
For clarification on data accuracy and reproducibility of the results, raw data or analysis data will be deposited to a public repository, for example, Harvard Dataverse (https://dataverse.harvard.edu/) after acceptance of the manuscript. Therefore, submission of the raw data or analysis data is mandatory when requested by reviewers. If the data is already a public one, its URL site or sources should be disclosed. If data cannot be publicized, it can be negotiated with the editor. If there are any inquiries on depositing data, authors should contact the editorial office.
12.1. Article-in-press publication
After the manuscript is finally accepted, it will be published online in PDF format through the English editing, author proofing and final editorial correction process. The corresponding author should promptly and appropriately respond to this editing process. Online publication will take place within several weeks depending on the proof process. A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is allocated, making it fully citable and searchable by title, author name(s), and the full text. Since our journal is officially published every 3 months interval, the volume, issue, and page will be finally allocated sequentially according to the order of accepted articles.
12.2. Publication charges
In order to cover the costs of reviewing, copy editing, layout, and online hosting and archiving, KRCP charges an article processing fee upon acceptance of submitted papers as follows:
- Original Article, Review Article, Special Article, and Study Protocol: KRW 1,000,000 (Korea) / USD 1,000 (rest of world)
- Correspondence, Image in Practice: KRW 300,000 (Korea) / USD 300 (rest of word).
There are no additional charges based on color, length, figures or other elements. The publication costs for invited papers such as editorials, some reviews and special articles are covered by the Korean Society of Nephrology. Payments are processed by a department unconnected to KRCP's editorial board.
• Publication charge waiver policy
Our mission is to share the achievements in the nephrology field with researchers worldwide including the scientists in the low-income countries. We continue to apply the publication charge waiver policy to encourage the academic activity and support the limited funding for their research. To request a publication charge waiver, please send an application to registry@ksn.or.kr. Corresponding author from low-income countries could be waived. Waiver application must contain the manuscript number and country of corresponding author.


Researches at the intersection of philosophy of language and cognitive science, focusing especially on figurative language.
Shakespeare's Romeo is well-known for having said of his beloved, Juliet, that she is the sun. This is an odd thing to say yet we have no particular difficulty understanding what Romeo meant. My research focuses on how we understand such figurative utterances. I take a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach in my research, aiming to develop philosophical models and theories which are responsive to empirical work in linguistics and psychology. For example, I have argued against the view that we use pretense to understand metaphors and idioms by drawing on both empirical and philosophical arguments to show that pretending and speaking figuratively are less closely related than one might think. I have also written about the difficulties that people with autism tend to have with metaphorical language, examining how the pattern of impairments they exhibit might be accounted for even if we treat metaphors as importantly similar to literal utterances. I am currently pursuing a 'dual-process' hypothesis about metaphorical language, in collaboration with colleagues in linguistics at University College London. The central idea of our project is that two distinct comprehension mechanisms are required to account for the full range of cases of metaphor. This research is funded by the Leverhulme Trust (UK).
I teach courses in the philosophy of mind and language, including upper-level seminars on innate knowledge and the relations between language and thought. I also teach courses in epistemology and the philosophy of science from both traditional and feminist perspectives. At least once each year, I re-connect with my undergraduate past as a mathematics major by teaching logic. I also teach a first-year seminar on the nature and value of friendship.
I am a member of the Workshop on Gender and Philosophy (WOGAP) at MIT and the Wellesley Cognitive Science Reading Group.
In my spare time, I like to be outside — hiking, climbing, skiing, kayaking, biking, or otherwise playing in the woods. If obliged to stay indoors, I'm probably drinking tea and reading a mystery novel.


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4 Comics Starring Black Heroines in STEM
Sharrisse Viltus Jul 17, 2019
When I think of "Super Genius Intelligence," I instinctively go to superhero comics. I mean, why not? There's no shortage of "Master-level" scientists, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians in a genre of crime-fighting. And let's be honest: when it comes to STEM scientists saving the day, don't you always think of iconic characters like Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Reed Richards, and Hank Pym?
I'll admit that used to be me. But after years of reading comics, it got boring. These days, the STEM heroes I read about are women who star in their own series. Marvel's The Unstoppable Wasp is one of my top favorites so far, but it reminded me that women of color, especially black women, are still underrepresented in comics. Even fewer star in their own series. It made me ask: Can't black women be geniuses and save the world too?
In this list, I discovered and fell in love with black heroines in STEM who save the day one issue at a time. These women are cocky, brave, selfless, and witty. They venture to other dimensions, travel through space, and almost become mad scientists too.
Because when diversity is showcased well in our favorite comics, it can have an incredible impact in our world.
Ironheart by Eve L. Ewing
Ironheart is proving to be a rising star in the Marvel Comics Universe. This series revolves around Riri Williams, a teenage MIT engineering student who also moonlights as the superhero Ironheart. What I love most about Ironheart is that Riri is everything we want in a STEM superhero: she designs her own AI, makes her own upgrades to her armor, and invents new gadgets to help her fight crime in Chicago and beyond. She also thinks fast on her feet, has the heart of gold and isn't afraid to throw one-liners at B-list villains. Ironheart is gripping while maintaining a light, fun atmosphere; the action scenes are dynamic and jump off the page. With Ewing at the helms of this amazing ongoing series, we better be prepared for a new Iron hero in town.
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Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor
A missing king? A new Black Panther? Music-eating Space Bugs? Marvel's Shuri hits the ground running when T'Challa goes missing and Shuri is determined to find him. It's easier said than done when she's expected to fill the Black Panther mantle and become Wakanda's new protector. What I really appreciate about Okorafor's run on Shuri is the world-building. Okorafor continues to show another side of Wakanda and showcase how Shuri's technological expertise saves her nation and the world. We also see Shuri come to terms with her powers as Griot, a warrior endowed with all of Wakanda's ancient history. Although Shuri struggles to forge her own identity outside of her brother's shadow, she shines as a scientist and a hero in this ongoing series.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur by Amy Reeder, Brandon Monclare
I finally caught up with the adventures of Lunella Lafayette and her big, red dinosaur and, boy, am I not disappointed! What's great about this series is its commitment to keeping the title as campy as possible—in a good way. It's a challenge in itself to write a little girl in a superhero comic, but Montclare gives her the nuance of a whimsical kid with big dreams. While she's a heroic scientific genius, Lunella is still 9 years old and still has 9-year-old kid problems. Her worrying parents and boring teachers just don't understand! Kinetic and fun, the artists' style reflects Lunella's superhero life and the uncanny issues that come with having a devil dinosaur from another dimension as a sidekick.
Destroyer by Victor LaValle
A retelling of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein, LaValle picks up the story nearly 200 years later with the last living descendant of Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Josephine Baker. When the brilliant Dr. Baker reanimates her 12-year-old son, who was killed by a police encounter, she catches the attention of a mysterious organization with their own agenda for her research. This series has everything you want in a Frankenstein story: mad scientists, the search for immortality, the Monster, and copious amounts of death and destruction. LaValle's storytelling is witty, pragmatic, but wickedly entertaining. Dr. Baker walks a fine line between hero and villain throughout the miniseries and is a fresh reminder that having a tragic backstory doesn't absolve you of crimes against humanity.

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Texas holds off Butler 61-48 in the PK80
by: Andrew Schnitker
Posted: Nov 23, 2017 / 11:01 PM CST / Updated: Jun 12, 2019 / 11:37 AM CDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Texas is confident they'll muster enough enthusiasm for Duke.
With a 61-48 victory over Butler on Thursday, the Longhorns advanced at the Phil Knight Invitational to face the top-ranked Blue Devils on Friday.
"We're playing Duke, so I think that's enough said right there," guard Matt Coleman said. "No. 1 team in the country."
Andrew Jones had 16 points and Texas held off a late rally by the Bulldogs. Mohamed Bamba had six points and 12 rebounds along with four blocked shots, and the Longhorns opened the season 4-0 in coach Shaka Smart's third year.
The Blue Devils defeated Portland State 99-81 in the earlier game on Thursday.
Smart said Texas needs "to be all about letting our hair down" and playing more freely against the Blue Devils. The comment drew laughs because of Smart's shorn head.
Kamar Baldwin had 15 points to lead Butler (3-2), which trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half but rallied to come within three points late. Kelan Martin added 12.
Baldwin's layup got the Bulldogs within 47-44 with 4:12 to go, but he missed the free throw and Dylan Osetkowski scored on the other end for Texas. Osetkowski added a dunk, the second in a string of three straight baskets that put the Longhorns up 53-46, and Butler couldn't catch up.
Osetkowski finished with 12 points.
The tournament involves 16 teams playing in two brackets on Thanksgiving, Friday and Sunday, with a break on Saturday. The field also includes No. 4 Michigan State, No. 7 Florida and defending NCAA Tournament champion North Carolina.
Dubbed the PK80, the tournament celebrates Nike co-founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday.
Texas and Butler are in the Motion Bracket, playing Thursday at the Memorial Coliseum. Teams in the Victory Bracket played Thanksgiving Day at the adjacent Moda Center.
Former Butler coach Chris Holtmann now coaches at Ohio State, which is also playing in the PK80. There is a possibility that Butler and Ohio State could meet on Sunday. The Buckeyes play in the late game Thursday against No. 17 Gonzaga.
LaVall Jordan, an alum, is in his first season as Butler's coach. He said he's not looking that the possibility of a Sunday matchup with Ohio State.
"We were looking at Texas, and not we'll look at Portland State," Jordan said.
Bamba, a 6-foot-11 Texas freshman with a 7-foot-9 wingspan, had five blocks in the Longhorns' 80-57 victory over Lipscomb on Saturday, but he played in just 19 minutes because of foul trouble.
Butler was coming off an 82-65 victory over Furman on Saturday.
It was a low-scoring affair from the start, with Texas holding a slight edge at 10-9 with nine minutes left in the first half. Texas stretched the lead to 16-11 on Baldwin's jumper with 4:37 left.
Texas led 22-19 at the half, with Jones leading all players with 10 points.
Eric Davis hit a 3-pointer that put the Longhorns ahead 33-23 with 14:41 left in the game. Butler closed within 36-30 on Baldwin's 3-pointer.
Martin pulled Butler close again, within 43-39, on 3-pointer with 8:12 left. He hit another 3 to get the Bulldogs within 45-43, but Bamba answered with a two-handed dunk for Texas.
The two teams last met in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, with Butler coming out on top 56-48.
Texas: Kemba Hepa, a senior power forward at Portland's Jefferson High School, committed to Texas this past week. The four-star recruit also considered Gonzaga.
Butler: During Jordan's playing career with Butler, he made three NCAA Tournament appearances with the Bulldogs. … Butler opened the season with four games in nine days.
OFFENSIVE WOES
Butler shot 32.8 percent from the floor against Texas (19 of 58). It was the Bulldogs' worst offensive output since shooting 23.7 percent against Oklahoma in a 59-46 loss in 2014.
Texas: Goes on to face No. 1 Duke (6-0) on Friday.
Butler: Will play Portland State (4-1).


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West Seoul Lake Park
October 25, 2019 April 2, 2014 by Matt Kelley
Seoul is becoming a greener city by the day, thanks to a growing awareness by government officials that green spaces are critical to improving the quality of life.
But given the limited real estate in Korea's tightly packed capital, planners have had to get creative in order to create new city parks.
Case in point is West Seoul Lake Park (서서울호수공원) in the city's Sinwol-dong neighborhood. Located directly in the line of Gimpo International Airport's arriving planes, it would seem an inauspicious place for a community park.
What's more, the site's former occupant was the Sinwol water treatment plant built in 1959.
Sadly, the neighborhood, which straddles Seoul and the satellite city of Bucheon, once bore the unflattering reputation as one of the capital region's worst places to live.
Despite the multiple drawbacks, two architecture design firms, Ctopos Design and Jian Architects, took on the task to design what would be one of Seoul's signature parks.
Their design was guided by three concepts—ecology, communication and regeneration. For example, while walking on teak decks amongst raised planters filled with trees and flowers, purified water rushes overhead through elevated concrete aqueducts on its way to the lake.
They've incorporated similar features into the 225,000 square meter parcel.
I've noticed that my favorite Seoul parks are often these recast industrial sites… Seonyudo Island (선유도) and Seoul Grand Park (서울대공원) both come to mind.
The clever incorporation of crumbling basins, pillars and other hardscrabble features with natural elements instantly softens the overall setting, and it's always a surprisingly complementary pairing.
As West Seoul Lake Park's name suggests, the grounds include a number of water-themed attractions, like the Media Art Waterfall and the Sound Fountain. The latter's name comes from its curious function.
Every one or two minutes, when airplanes roar above – the fountain's 41 nozzles shoot jets of water 15 meters into the air if noise levels exceed 81 decibels. It's yet another clever resolution to a seemingly disadvantageous situation.
Also inside West Seoul Lake Park is the Mondrian Garden. Named in honor of the Dutch painter, the area is divided by straight lines and 90-degree angles, which separate geometric spaces that are filled alternatively by water, native plants and pathways.
Somewhat analogous to a Mondrian painting, the design also uses an eco-friendly system that recycles and purifies rainwater.
And finally, as West Seoul Lake Park's name also suggests, its central attraction is an 18,000 square meter lake. Originally part of the Sinwol Purification Plant, the large basin was preserved and enhanced with aquatic plants.
In addition to the water-themed features is a large Grassy Field, and a rather shocking bright red Event Table. Resembling a banquet or buffet table of absurd proportions, and colors, for that matter, it's also the logical destination for a sack lunch.
Opened to the public in October 2009, West Seoul Lake Park has proven itself popular among local residents, and it's even become a destination for outsiders who didn't have a reason to visit the area in the past.
What's more, the chief firm behind the park, Ctopos Design, was presented with an Honor Award last year by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for their innovative project.
Calling the incorporation of the old purification plant into the park "brilliant," the jury celebrated the juxtaposition of nature and industry.
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America's Snowiest Place 2015
Posted on March 8, 2015 by annetbell
The snowiest place in America this year is a tiny town in Upstate New York
More than 21 feet of snow has been measured this season just outside the village of Copenhagen in New York's Tug Hill region, making it the snowiest place in America.
Glenn Coin | gcoin@syracuse.com
By Glenn Coin | gcoin@syracuse.com
on March 07, 2015 at 10:27 AM, updated March 07, 2015 at 4:02 PM
Copenhagen, N.Y. — The snowiest place in America is Bill Hanchek's back yard, just outside the tiny Upstate New York village of Copenhagen.
More than 21 feet has fallen on Hanchek's small snowboard behind his house on River Road this season. That's more than any other spot in the United States as of Friday, including the Rockies and Alaska, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"It's more than usual," conceded Hanchek, who has been the official federal snow measurer for 23 years. "It's not unusually large yet, though."
Hanchek, who became a National Weather Service volunteer spotter after his wife, Kathy, saw a notice at the post office, recorded 358 inches in the winter of 2008-2009. Last winter, it was 325 inches.
Copenhagen, pop. 801, lies in Upstate New York's Tug Hill region, which is perennially the snowiest area east of the Rockies. Tug Hill rises from the eastern end of Lake Ontario, and cold winter winds that whip across the lake pick up moisture and dumps aptly named lake effect snow, sometimes several feet per storm. While Buffalo gets national attention for its lake effect snows from Lake Erie, Lake Ontario stays open all winter while Erie freezes. That gives Tug Hill lake effect snow well into the spring.
"We had a trace amount of snow Memorial Day weekend in 2013," noted Hanchek, a retired engineer from Fort Drum, about 15 miles away.
The East has been battered by Arctic air this winter, bringing big lake effect snowfalls and causing record cold temperatures in Syracuse and other cities. At the same time, a relatively warm and dry winter in the West has depressed snowfall totals there.
Seven of the top ten snowiest places in the country are in New York. That includes Copenhagen's Tug Hill sister, Redfield, at 227.7 inches, and several areas near Buffalo that were slammed with a massive lake effect storm in November.
Search our database for seasonal snowfall totals for 20,000 locations in the U.S.
Copenhagen — which is, fittingly, in the town of Denmark — always gets a lot of snow. This year, though, bitterly cold temperatures have kept that snow from melting. There's still more than 40 inches on the ground in Hanchek's yard. The nearest official National Weather Station, in Watertown, recorded an average February temperature of just 6.1 degrees.
In and around Copenhagen, snow piles up to 8 feet high line the shoulders of roads. Christmas decorations still adorn poles and porches because it's been too cold and snowy to take them down. A 15-foot pile of snow looms over the parking lot of the school — which hasn't used all of its snow days yet.
Several feet of snow still covers roofs; just the head of the Virgin Mary statue pokes out through the drifted snow at the catholic church on Route 12. A thin layer of freezing rain that fell Tuesday gives snow a bright sheen.
The biggest dump of snow came Jan. 10, according to Hanchek's data. He had to wade through hip-deep snow to get to the measuring station about 100 feet from his back door and record that day's final total: 39.6 inches.
Village Mayor Kenneth Clarke said it's been a challenge keeping streets and sidewalks clear this winter.
"It's been just crazy snow," Clarke said.
On Friday, lifelong Copenhagen resident Fred Snyder shoveled — again — the steps of his antique shop on Route 12, the village's main drag.
"I've lived here 77 years, and it's one of the coldest and snowiest years we've had," Snyder said. "I own nine buildings, and I've shoveled five days this past week. All I've done is shovel."
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Divorce parties growing in popularity
On behalf of Law Office of Dawn M. Green | Oct 31, 2012 | Divorce |
While divorce rates have been on the decline in recent decades, individuals in Maryland and elsewhere have taken an increasing interest in celebrating the ends of marriages. While critics of divorce parties have harshly compared the practice to "celebrating a miscarriage," advocates say they empower divorcees and help them to begin enjoying post-divorce life.
According to one divorce party planner, the growing prevalence signals "the changing societal acceptance of divorce. She explained, "It's not like the old days where divorce was shameful and you were left out of the dinner party invites." The planner said that she organizes about three divorce parties each month, with her business having approximately tripled since 2012. An online retailer that sells supplies for bachelorette parties has enjoyed a similar boom: "I'd say out of 10 orders, seven of them are divorce."
Many early divorce parties had strikingly different tones than those that have become common in recent years. For instance, former model Heather Mills took a lavish vacation with 25 friends in order to thank them for their support during her divorce from Paul McCartney, while two billionaire socialites held a gala following their amicable divorce to support each other in their new lives. However, many such gatherings now see party-goers armed with decapitated groom cake toppers, ex-spouse toilet paper and shirts reading "Divorced and on the prowl."
One 31-year-old woman threw exactly such a party following the finalization of her painful, two-year-long divorce, taking her friends out to dance and drink Champagne. "The marriage was over, but it was the start of the rest of my life," she said. Another divorcee celebrated an "un-wedding," burying her ring walking down the aisle to her wedding song played backwards.
Source: NY Magazine, "How Divorce Parties Became the New Bachelorettes," Michelle Ruiz, Oct. 10, 2012


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Robert Steiner
While sitting on a French terrace overlooking a three–hundred–year–old olive grove at sunset, a man listens as his wife confesses her love for someone else. Preparing to leave after twenty years of marriage, she details her erotic and emotional life, a confession that leaves her husband spent but delirious with love for her. The imminent loss of the passion of his life leads him to experience the power of desire, grief, and flushed obsession—and thus begins this riveting monologue at the end of a marriage, one that is mesmerizing with anger and regret.
Entirely alive in these intense moments, the husband examines every experience, every feeling that floods his mind with grief and anticipation. And this need, this experience, becomes one of absolute truth, as the story itself becomes composed of complicating love and loss.
Negative Space joins Steiner's earlier fictions—such as Bathers, Dread, and The Catastrophe—in evoking the dark texture and brilliant detail of erotic loss. The result is an exploration of heartbreak and sexual obsession the reader will not soon forget.
Praise For Negative Space…
"Through its articulate and painfully nuanced first–person narration, Steiner's examination of jealousy and betrayal at its simplest becomes something sublime." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Counterpoint, 9781582436425, 112pp.
Robert Steiner is a master. His work ranks alongside J G Ballard, Vladimir Nabokov, and James Salter. One cannot overstate his importance as an American stylist in the 21st century. He is the author of several books including Matinee, Quill, The Catastrophe, and Bathers. He now lives in Florida.


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In 2017, the building known as The Glassworks on Mill Bay was still the home of a Sixth Form Centre, with many of its students following a thriving arts curriculum. At the invitation of the Head Teacher, the Triennial that year commissioned artist Rigo 23 (born Ricardo Gouveia) to enliven the walls around the school's entrance.
One of the resulting murals, Through The Glassworks, was intended by the artist as a long term participatory 'canvas' for student talent: an invitation and inspiration to the students at Centre to make their mark on Folkestone's cultural landscape. The painted billboards in the landscape (initially carrying the title double edge) were intentionally left as an open space for student self-expression, to be re-painted twice each year with the co-operation of the teaching staff. In 2018 the Sixth Form Centre unexpectedly moved its premises.
When researching the surroundings of The Glassworks Sixth Form Centre, Rigo 23 was struck by the number of immigrant families living on Tontine Street and the immediate vicinity, and by the level of aspiration that the children from these families shared with the students of the school. The moon continues to appear - in government sponsored science as much as in popular culture and dreams - as a symbol of aspiration. Earth's Oldest Satellite questions the nature and value of aspiration through creating a sense of physical or cosmic disorientation, reminding us that earth's closest planetary neighbour is as often 'beneath our feet' as it is 'over our heads'.
Rigo 23 is known for publicly placed artworks that encourage viewers to examine their relationships to their communities – specific in terms of site and culture – often in collaboration with others and over extended periods of time. Collective memory and markers of time are central concerns within his broad focus of world politics and the respectful telling of truth to power. In California where he lives, he has been involved with supporting the narratives both of the Black community and of marginalised Indigenous communities.


Since entering the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in 2011, RxS has quickly emerged as a leader in the highly specialized niche area of Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 (PDMA) compliance and sample management. While the company maintains this special focus, it has evolved its service offering to be a multi-channel solutions provider. Through this expansion effort, RxS is realizing a growing presence in the market. To best service its clients, the company is enlarging its facilities.
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There is a natural tie between RxS and the Sharing Conference, and the company has actively participated and supported this Sharing Alliance event since its inception. In addition to the RxS exhibit space at the conference, Jara successfully co-presented a workshop on successfully building a culture of compliance within a sales force alongside Mission Pharmacal Company Women's Health District Manager for the Philadelphia region, Lora Posey.
Jara, a recent recipient of a peer-nominated recognition as one of 100 most inspiring people in the life sciences industry, displays a personal commitment to the Sharing Alliance that extends well beyond the Sharing Conference, its workshops, and exhibit space. He is an active member of the organization's board, where his technical background provides a unique perspective in introducing technology to the forefront of compliance solutions. By having technology at its core, RxS provides offerings that ensure PDMA compliance and also supplies valuable reporting and analytics data that customers can access 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This feature makes proactive monitoring possible. To learn more about RxS offerings, please visit rxsinfo.com.
RxS LLC, a privately held company in Manalapan, New Jersey, is the leading provider of multi-channel sample management solutions for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Supported by more than 75 years of combined pharmaceutical leadership experience, RxS has been partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies since its founding in 2011 to provide regulatory compliance in order to lessen the administrative burden of the PDMA. RxS offerings go beyond regulatory compliance, providing solutions to increase marketing and sample effectiveness. Driven by technology, RxS offers a suite of proprietary services and software solutions to ensure regulatory compliance and maximize analytics data. RxS's commitment to innovative solutions extends beyond their service offerings and into the community through a unique partnership with Academy Learning Centers where students with disabilities are offered employment opportunities to help develop self-reliance and foster an improved sense of self.
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Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Ltd. > News & Events > Al Baraka Banking Group and the Bank of London & The Middle East (BLME) sign a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance their collaborations and product offerings.
Al Baraka Banking Group and the Bank of London & The Middle East (BLME) sign a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance their collaborations and product offerings.
Al Baraka Banking Group, B.S.C (ABG), the leading Bahrain-based banking group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of London & The Middle East plc (BLME), which is a Sharia'a compliant bank based in London providing amongst other things, wealth management products and services to its customers.
The MoU was signed by Mr. Mohammed El Qaq, Senior Vice President & Head of Commercial Banking of Al Baraka Banking Group and Mr. Andrew Ball, Head of Wealth Management of BLME. The MoU provides both parties with opportunities to collaborate and gives BLME the chance to provide focused Al Baraka clients with investment opportunities in UK real estate and other UK sectors.
The signing ceremony was held at the headquarters of Al Baraka Banking Group at the attendance of a number of senior officials from the two institutions.
On the occasion, the President & Chief Executive of ABG, Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousif said, "Al Baraka is a leading provider of sharia'a compliant products globally so partnering with the leading Islamic provider in Europe is a natural step. The MoU allows us to utilize BLME's local expertize, network and intimate real estate market knowledge to connect our clients to investment opportunities within the UK. The MOU would enable us to enhance further our product offerings and capitalizing on our superior geographic diversification and wide client base."
Mr. Giles Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer of BLME commented, "This is a positive step in achieving our strategy of becoming the leading wealth management provider in the UK for GCC nationals. We are excited to enter the next stage in our growth plans with such an established name in Islamic Banking."
Al Baraka Banking Group (B.S.C) is licensed as an Islamic wholesale bank by the Central Bank of Bahrain, listed on Bahrain Bourse and Nasdaq Dubai stock exchanges. It is a leading international Islamic banking group providing its unique services in countries with a population totaling around one billion. It is jointly rated BBB+ (long term) / A3 (short term) on the international scale and A+ (bh) (long term) / A2 (bh) (short term) on the national by Islamic International Rating Agency & Dagong Global Credit Rating Company Limited, and by Standard & Poor's at BB+ (long term) / B (short term).
Al Baraka offers retail, corporate, treasury and investment banking services, strictly in accordance with the principles of the Islamic Shari'a. The authorized capital of ABG is US$ 2.5 billion.
The Group has a wide geographical presence in the form of subsidiary banking units and representative offices in 16 countries, which in turn provide their services through over 700 branches. Al Baraka currently has a strong presence in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Bahrain, Pakistan, South Africa, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Morocco, including two representative offices in Indonesia and Libya.
Profile: Bank of London & The Middle East plc (BLME)
BLME is an independent wholesale Sharia'a compliant bank based in London. Led by a management team that brings together a combination of experienced international bankers and leading experts in Islamic finance, BLME has three key business areas: Wealth Management, Commercial Finance and Treasury. BLME is authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and PRA.
BLME Wealth Management provides private banking products, specialist financing and real estate investment opportunities. They recently acquired a large warehouse in Castleford leased by a major British home improvement retail company.


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Q: Incremental backups and deleting files I've been researching various backup software (free and paid) for a while now trying to find one that suits our needs.
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Judson College's B.A. and B.S. degrees in Business Administration are designed to provide students with a common body of knowledge in business that will prepare them to excel in graduate study and professional positions in various fields of commerce. Our minor in Business Administration is a nice complement to other degrees offered at Judson. Many students who major in Equine Science, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, Art, and Music pursue minors (or double major) in Business Administration because upon graduation they anticipate opening businesses in their major field of study. In addition to offering a firm foundation from which students can move into management positions in their chosen fields, Business major and minor courses also provide students with opportunities to develop writing and presentation skills, explore ethical issues, become financially literate, and develop critical thinking skills.
Judson College Business students have presented papers at the annual conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Technology and at the Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resources conferences. Our students also have opportunities to work with local organizations to develop and implement marketing plans; create, distribute, and analyze surveys that will be used to improve business operations; and to work on strategic plans and implementation of those plans for real companies. At Judson you get to see business theory come to life!
Judson College business classes are small, generally no more than 12 students. Faculty encourage students to take an active part in learning through animated class discussions and hands on problem solving of real world issues. This process promotes students' ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the concepts they are learning about in class.
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Future of Conservation
A Smithsonian magazine special report
Soon, You Could Be Able to Tell if Your Aquarium Fish Was Caught With Cyanide
A new handheld detector aims to root out this widespread, destructive practice
Jason Bittel
A raccoon butterflyfish on a coral reef in Egypt's Red Sea. The vast majority of aquarium fish come from countries with known cyanide fishing problems. Jane Gould / Alamy
The raccoon butterflyfish was dead, that much was clear. What Ethan Kocak wanted to know was what killed it.
Kocak had bought the bandit-masked, yellow-and-black fish to get rid of the anemones that had taken over his 40-gallon coral reef aquarium. With any luck, he hoped, it would live the five to seven years these tropical fish are expected to live in captivity. But by day three, the butterflyfish was dead. Kocak awoke to find it lying on the floor of the aquarium, being eaten by hermit crabs.
Kocak is no novice when it comes to aquariums. He's kept fish since he was a toddler, worked for an aquarium shop for a spell, and is now internet-famous for his drawings of axolotls, cuttlefish and other tank-creatures he keeps. (He's also a freelance artist who has created more than 250 avatars for the scientists of Twitter.) Baffled by the fish's quick demise, he went back to the aquarium shop to see if they had any theories.
It's possible the butterflyfish just up and died, said the shop. They do that sometimes. But given the species of fish and the speed with which it expired, the aquarium shop thought it seemed likely that something else was afoot. Specifically: cyanide.
Yes, cyanide—the same chemical compound that spies put in their worst-case-scenario capsules and millipedes emit to keep predators away. Fsherman also use this poison to quickly and cheaply stun ornamental fish, so they can bag them and sell them into the aquarium trade. The practice can be deadly for individual fish, which can die on contact or even several weeks after being exposed to the cyanide. But it's also incredibly destructive to coral and other inhabitants of the reefs these fish live on.
"I now know that raccoon butterflies are pretty much universally wild caught animals and that my scenario plays out all the time, in aquaria all over the world," says Kocak. "I mean, that's pretty awful."
Sadly, butterflyfish are just one of hundreds of species affected by this illegal practice, a market estimated to be worth $200 million a year. But a partnership between a biologist and a chemist may be close to producing a solution: The pair is proposing a handheld sensor that could detect when cyanide is being used in any step in the supply chain.
In the future, they imagine, aquarium fish could even come with a label similar to the ones we use for organic produce, grass-fed beef or cage-free chickens. But in this case, they'll say "Cyanide Free"—and they could help aquarium enthusiasts and fishermen make the more ethical choice.
A cyanide fisher in the Philippines in 2009. This illegal practice harms not only the fish that are caught, but also other nearby organisms and the surrounding ecosystem. Nature Picture Library / Alamy
Of the 20 to 30 million marine fish traded globally each year, the U.S. is the world's largest importer, bringing in 10 to 12 million creatures annually. And while it's impossible to say just how many might have been caught with poison, about 90 percent of the fish we buy for our tanks are sourced from places like the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam—countries known to have historic problems with cyanide fishing.
Cyanide fishing is illegal in many of these countries, but that doesn't do much to discourage the practice. That's because, from an illegal fisherman's perspective, it's still the best option.
First of all, cyanide is effective. The fishermen drop tabs of the substance into water bottles, which are then used to squirt clouds of the toxin into the coral crevices fish like to hide in. Some fish die on contact, but most are stunned for a period of about 20 minutes. That's more than enough time for the fishermen to scoop them up or even break apart the coral to get at any fishies hiding within.
It's also cheap. "Any time you have mining you'll have cyanide around," says Andrew Rhyne, a biologist at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. What's more, the middlemen who buy fish off of the fishermen often supply the cyanide tabs at little or no cost to the fishermen themselves.
But the biggest problem with cyanide is that it's difficult to detect. If you or I were to take a look at a cooler full of blue tangs fresh off the coral reef, there'd be no immediate way to know whether the fish were caught with cyanide.
The doesn't mean the poison is untraceable. It's just that our current methods are pretty cumbersome. According to Rhyne's colleague at Roger Williams University, a chemist named Clifford Murphy, the Philippines has six labs dedicated to cyanide testing, but it takes about an hour and half to run one sample. For this reason, fish hauls are selected at random for screening, which means the vast majority of ornamental fish are never tested.
Murphy and Rhyne are trying to change that, by developing a handheld test that would be both cheap to produce and easy to use in the field. And the way it works is pretty cool.
When a fish gets hit with a squirt of cyanide solution, its liver immediately begins trying to neutralize and remove the compound. First it metabolizes it; then it converts it into something called thiocyanate. The fish then ejects the thiocyanate in its body just as you and I might expel toxins: It pees the thiocyanate out.
"You can actually tell if someone is a smoker based on a very similar test," says Rhyne. All you have to do is look at their secretions—urine, saliva, etc—and you'll find thiocyanate.
Other groups have been working to streamline this detection process, but Rhyne and Murphy have created a portable prototype that uses modified electrodes to detect thiocyanate at incredibly low levels: between one and five parts per billion. Right now, there are two hurdles the scientists want to overcome before they get this test to market. The first is to get the tests to the point where each handheld test detects at the same sensitivity as the next. The second, naturally, is money.
Murphy says that as of today, each electrode is made by hand, which only allows them to create about four to six electrodes at a clip. To bring such a detector to market, they'll have to find a way to manufacture these buggers mechanically. And while the team has a few ideas on how to handle all of this, they admit that it will still probably be a year or two before their device moves from prototype to product.
But the returns could be huge. A quick and easy-to-use sensor could be deployed at every level of the supply line—from the decks of the ships the fish come in on and the dockside fish markets they are sold in to the customs counters in U.S. airports and the pet stores that sell ornamental fish.
But no matter what Silicon Valley tries to tell you, a cool new device—even one as cool as a handhold cyanide detector—isn't enough to solve such a deeply rooted problem. To do that, we need to change the market.
"Do you know who made the clothes you're wearing?" Rhyne likes to ask his audience when he gives lectures. "Was it a 13-year-old kid in a falling down factory about to catch on fire and die or was it somebody trying to put their kids through school?"
The answer is that it's complicated. Which is why Rhyne says that simply cracking down on cyanide fishing via his sensor or other means will not eliminate this problem. In a long supply line where the consumer is many steps removed from the producer, questionable sources and methods will always be at play. The best solution, then, is to find a way to provide incentives for fishermen to be better.
As it stands, there's no economic reason for fishermen to change their ways. If they used more sustainable practices, it would take them more effort and expense to acquire fish that sell for the same price. Which is why Rhyne and Murphy want to use their cyanide sensors to help create a certification system, sort of like the ones we use for organic produce or cage-free eggs.
If fishermen can sell "Cyanide-Free Fish" for a higher price, and we can keep that label honest with a better detector, then everybody wins. In fact, the fishermen would win twice, because they'd no longer have to spend every day snorkeling through clouds of poison with bare skin and no protective equipment.
"I think the fishermen get left out a lot of times. They get made into bad guys because they're using cyanide. But these aren't bad people," says Rhyne, who has traveled to Indonesia many times. "They aren't driving really fancy cars. These are people just trying to feed their family."
After the death of his raccoon butterflyfish, Kocak says he now tries to only buy animals that have been captive bred. He also recommends this strategy for others looking to get into the hobby. "The selection of species to choose from gets bigger all the time, and includes some of the most popular fish there are," he says.
But if Cyanide Free labels ever became a thing? Kocak says he'd check it out. Until then, you'll be able to find him in the captive bred aisle.
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Jason Bittel serves up science for picky eaters on his website, BittelMeThis.com. He lives in Pittsburgh.
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Sinclair ZX80 je kućno računalo koje je razvila engleska tvrtka Sinclair Research i koje je bilo dostupno na tržište Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva 1980.,  a cijena je bila 99,95 GBP. ZX80 je bilo moguće kupiti i u kit verziji, gdje je kupac trebao sam zalemiti sve komponente. Arhitektura ZX80 zasnovana je na mikroprocesoru NEC μPD780C-1 (klonu Zilog Z80) koji je radio je na taktu od 3,25 MHz. Osnovna radna memorija (RAM) bila je 1 KB (proširivo na 16 KB), te 4 KB ROM-a koji s ugrađenim Sinclair BASIC-om, uređivačem teksta (editorom), te jednostavnim operacijskim sustavom. Prodano je oko 50.000 primjeraka ZX80, no mnogo ih nije uspjelo preživjeti te su sada tražena roba među kolekcionarima.

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Planet Sinclair: ZX80

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Damien Colcanap, better known as Jeff Panacloc, is a French ventriloquist and stand-up comedian born on 8 September 1986 in Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, Seine-et-Marne.

Biography
A former electrician, Damien Colcanap met French ventriloquist David Michel at the age of 18 in a Parisian cabaret club. This was an eye-opener that led him to take an interest in ventriloquism and make a living from it.

In 2009, he became a full-time ventriloquist and took the stage name of Jeff Panacloc (the surname of which is his real surname written back to front). He wrote his first show, Jeff Panacloc et Jean-Marc (Jeff Panacloc and Jean-Marc), and performed it for 4 months at Le Temple Theatre. Jean-Marc, his puppet, is a politically incorrect, rude monkey with well-known retorts such as "Il est content !" ("He's happy!") and "Salut les trouducs !" ("Hi assholes!").

Jean-Marc
Jean-Marc, Jeff Panacloc's puppet, is very rude and insults the audience, telling them they are trouducs (assholes) while he is on stage and during TV shows. A fan club, Team Trouduc, has also been created.

In 2014, Jeff and Jean-Marc released a single, J'suis quand même beau ("I'm handsome anyway"). In the summer of 2015, they released another single, J'temmerde, ("I'm bored shitless"), which they sang on Patrick Sébastien's TV show Fête de la musique, du soleil et des tubes on France 2.

Notes and references
Jeff Panacloc - Biography
http://www.jeffpanacloc.net/presse.php

1986 births
Living people
People from Seine-et-Marne
Ventriloquists
French stand-up comedians


Anaerobic digestion is a bacterial decomposition process which stabilises organic wastes and produces a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide gas (biogas). The heat value of methane is the same as natural petroleum gas, and so biogas is valuable as an energy source.
Anaerobic digestion is usually carried out in a specially built digestor, where the content is mixed and the digestor maintained at 35 °C by combusting the biogas produced. After digestion the sludge is passed to a sedimentation tank where the sludge is thickened. Biogas is collected from the digestor (Figure 2.41). The thickened sludge requires further treatment prior to reuse or disposal.
Anaerobic digestion can also be carried out at a slower rate in an unmixed tank or pond. Covering is usually by a UV resistant plastic sheet, because of the large area needed to be covered, and biogas is collected from the top of the sheet.
Storage of biogas can be in a cylindrical tank with a floating roof. The cylindrical roof floats on water and its position is determined by the volume of the gas stored under the pressure of the roof. Biogas can also be stored in a balloon, but only under low pressure.


Civil service reform and anti-corruption: does ethics training reduce corruption in the civil service?
Which civil service management practices are effective in reducing bureaucratic corruption? The 'Civil Service Reform and Anti-Corruption' Project has shed light on this question through a survey of 23,000 civil servants in ten countries. Its findings show, among others, that one common management practice – ethics training – does not correlate with lower corruption or more ethical behaviour of civil servants. In response, several governments have asked for guidance on how to design effective ethics training, and evidence on its effects. The extension will provide such evidence. It will survey corruption and (un)ethical behaviour of 1,200 civil servants in Nepal and Bangladesh over time, while providing them with a semester-long state-of-the-art ethics training in a field experiment (RCT). The extension will thus build on the project's survey findings on ethics training to provide more rigorous and detailed evidence on whether such training works and how to design it.
To learn more about this project contact Principal Investigator Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling at University of Nottingham, UK at J.Meyer-Sahling[at]nottingham.ac.uk.


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Meadows Museum curatorial fellowships
Meadows Museum curatorial fellowships, graciously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Center for Spain in America (CSA), provide pre- and postdoctoral scholars interested in a museum career with professional and international experience through the Meadows Museum's curatorial department.These fellowships offer scholars unique opportunities to research art of the Hispanic world, both here with our world-renowned collection of Spanish art and with partner institutions around the globe.
The Mellon Curatorial Fellow is appointed by and reports to the director and curatorial staff of the Meadows Museum. They serve a full-time appointment of two years (24 months), beginning in September 2021 (postdoctoral fellowship).
The CSA Curatorial Fellow is appointed by and reports to the director and curatorial staff of the Meadows Museum. They serve a full-time appointment of one year (12 months), beginning in September 2021 (pre-doctoral fellowship).
Meadows Museum fellowships are open to international scholars.
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Glazed surface in the morning, April 8, 2016.
Free riders waiting for Spanky's Ladder to open.
Old cornice debris in Flute.
Cirrus cloud in the morning.
Weather Observations for April 9, 2016: taken at 06:00 Hours.
As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have sunny skies and unlimited visibility.
For the forecast, another awesome day, mostly sunny throughout the day. The FL will remain above our local peaks for today into tomorrow. Sunday is also looking mostly sunny with some cloud development in the afternoon. An upper trough digs in for Monday with cooler and wetter weather expected until Wednesday.
High pressure maintains control, some cloud may spill in from the Pacific.
There are some clouds near by.
Debris from snow falling off smooth rock.
Snow was fairly decent in the afternoon depending on aspect.
Bank Beaver on Green Lake.


Evol Psychol. 2015 Mar 6;13(1):230-43.
Western Europe, state formation, and genetic pacification.
During that period, 0.5 to 1% of all men were removed from each generation through court-ordered executions and a comparable proportion through extrajudicial executions, i.e., deaths of offenders at the scene of the crime or in prison while awaiting trial. The total execution rate was thus somewhere between 1 and 2%. These men were permanently removed from the population, as was the heritable component of their propensity for homicide. If we assume a standard normal distribution in the male population, the most violent 1 to 2% should form a right-hand "tail" that begins 2.33–2.05 SD to the right of the mean propensity for homicide. If we eliminate this right-hand tail and leave only the other 98-99% to survive and reproduce, we have a selection differential of 0.027 to 0.049 SD per generation.
…The reader can see that this selection differential, which we derived from the execution rate, is at most a little over half the selection differential of 0.08 SD per generation that we derived from the historical decline in the homicide rate.


Fixed the software mode rendering to use double buffering for better performance.
Added an OpenGL software mode for systems where PoseRay fails to render.
Added simple manual/auto undo feature (one level). Undo works for material and geometry changes.
Hopefully fixed a problem with the preview window showing outside the viewable screen area.
Area lights now default to oriented planes and are not circular anymore.
Fixed the option to use standard includes not working.
The scene file used for material previews did not have an assumed_gamma=1 statement.
Removed redundant include files from the material preview scene.