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Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and bore not.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.
¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, from the Danite clan, whose name was Manoah. His wife was unable to become pregnant and had not given birth to any children.
There was a man from Tzor'ah from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoach; his wife was barren, childless.
Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was not able to have children,
And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.
There was a man named Manoah from the city of Zorah. He was from the tribe of Dan. Manoah had a wife, but she was not able to have any children.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, from the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren. She had not given birth.
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children.
There was a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan, who lived in the city of Zorah [C fifteen miles west of Jerusalem; v. 25]. He had a wife, but she [L was barren/infertile and] could not have children [C a cause of both sadness and shame; Gen. 11:30; 29:31].
¶ Then there was a man in Zorah of the family of the Danites named Manoah, whose wife was barren, and bare not.
There was a man from Zorah named Manoah. Manoah was from the family of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.
At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.
There was a man named Manoah from the city of Zorah. Manoah was from the tribe of Dan. He had a wife, but she could not have children.
There was one man from Zorah, from the family of the descendants of Dan, whose name was Manoah. Since his wife was infertile, she hadn't borne children.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of Dan, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, (she had never born children).
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the tribe of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; his wife was infertile and did not bear children.
Then one day the Angel of the Lord appeared to the wife of Manoah, of the tribe of Dan, who lived in the city of Zorah. She had no children, but the Angel said to her, "Even though you have been barren so long, you will soon conceive and have a son!
At that time there was a man named Manoah from Zorah from the tribe of Dan. His wife was barren and childless. The angel of God appeared to her and told her, "I know that you are barren and childless, but you're going to become pregnant and bear a son. But take much care: Drink no wine or beer; eat nothing ritually unclean. You are, in fact, pregnant right now, carrying a son. No razor will touch his head—the boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of his birth. He will launch the deliverance from Philistine oppression."
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the tribe of Dan. His name was Manoah. His wife was infertile and had borne no children.
There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children.
And there was a man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had not given birth to any children.
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.
There was a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan, who lived in the city of Zorah. He had a wife, but she could not have children.
There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
A certain man from Zorah was named Manoah. He was from the tribe of Dan. Manoah had a wife who wasn't able to have children.
A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites. His name was Manoah. His wife was not able to have children.
In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had no children.
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children.
And there was a certain ish from Tzorah, of the mishpakhat HaDanai, whose shem was Manoach; and his isha was barren and bore not.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano′ah; and his wife was barren and had no children.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, from a Danite clan, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and bore no children.
During that time, a man of Zorah named Manoah, from the tribe of Dan, was married to a wife who could bear him no children.
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
Forsooth a man was of Zorah, of the kindred of Dan (And there was a man of Zorah, of the tribe of Dan), Manoah by name, and he had a barren wife.
And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and hath not borne;
Judges 13:1Judges 13:3
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A fegyveres biztonsági őrség meghatározott őrzési feladatokat ellátó, szolgálati fegyverrel és más kényszerítő eszközzel rendelkező, sajátos jogokkal felruházott biztonsági szervezet, amelynek tagjai a létesítő, illetőleg működtető állami, önkormányzati, vagy egyéb intézménnyel, gazdálkodó szervezettel munkaviszonyban, illetve közalkalmazotti  jogviszonyban állnak. Szabályozása Magyarországon az 1997. évi CLIX. törvény, és a 27/1998. (VI. 10.) BM rendelet szerint történik. Jogelődje a polgári fegyveres őrség.

Feladatuk
1. § (1) Fegyveres biztonsági őrséggel kell védeni az állam működése, illetőleg a lakosság ellátása szempontjából kiemelkedően fontos tevékenységet, létesítményt, szállítmányt, ha a védelemre a fegyveres erők, a rendvédelmi szervek nem kötelezettek, de az őrzés a közbiztonság vagy a nemzeti vagyon védelme érdekében indokolt.

Őrzés- védelmi területek
 Az állam biztonsága, illetve a honvédelem szempontjából fontos létesítményeket, például: laktanyákat, rendőrkapitányságokat.
 A nemzetközi személy- vagy teherforgalomban működő repülőtereket. Budapest Liszt Ferenc nemzetközi repülőtér
 Katasztrófa veszélyességű nukleáris, radioaktív, robbanásveszélyes, tűzveszélyes, mérgező, illetve az egészségre vagy környezetre veszélyes bármely anyag, valamint ezek felhasználásával, gyártásával, tárolásával, forgalmazásával, szállítással összefüggő tevékenységeket MVM Paksi Atomerőmű,
 A lakosság alapvető szükségletét biztosító infrastruktúra és közműrendszerek egyes elemeinek védelme, MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zrt.
 Kiemelt jelentőségű nemzeti, kulturális értékek. Például: múzeumok, könyvtárak, Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Diósgyőri Papírgyár,
Postai szolgáltató kiemelt létesítményei,
 Közszolgálati rádió, televízió,
Távközlési rendszerek központi létesítményei

Létrehozás, engedélyezés, megszüntetés
(2) A fegyveres biztonsági őrség létrehozására vagy megszüntetésére irányuló eljárást a létesítmény vagy tevékenység szerint hatáskörrel rendelkező miniszter, az illetékes helyi önkormányzat jegyzője, a rendőrhatóság, a létesítmény üzemeltetője, birtokosa, illetőleg a tevékenység folytatója kezdeményezheti.

(3) Az őrzés elrendeléséről, a fegyveres biztonsági őrség létrehozásáról, működtetéséről és megszüntetéséről a Belügyminisztérium az államigazgatási eljárás általános szabályai szerint határozattal dönt. A határozathozatal előtt ki kell kérni a létesítmény vagy tevékenység szerint hatáskörrel rendelkező miniszter, illetve az illetékes helyi önkormányzat jegyzőjének, valamint az illetékes rendőrhatóság véleményét.

(4) A határozat – az őrzésre kötelezésen túl – meghatározza:

a) az őrzés biztonsági rendszerét;

b) a fegyver és a lőszer biztonságos tárolásának, kezelésének, felhasználásának és nyilvántartásának rendjét.

(5) A fegyveres biztonsági őrséggel történő őrzés elrendelhető

a) állandó (visszavonásig tartó),

b) időszakos (meghatározott tevékenységhez kapcsolódó vagy veszélyeztetettségi szinthez kötődő),

c) ideiglenes (határozott időtartamú)

jelleggel.

(6) Fegyveres biztonsági őrség létrehozható és működtethető a fegyveres erők és a rendvédelmi szervek szervezetében is olyan – az adott szerv tevékenységi körébe tartozó – objektum, illetve személyőrzési, kísérési feladatok ellátására, amelyekhez a jelen törvényben meghatározott képesítési követelmények, intézkedési és kényszerítőeszköz-használati jogosultságok elegendők.

Fegyveres biztonsági őr
1997. évi CLIX. törvény a fegyveres biztonsági őrségről.

A fegyveres biztonsági őrség az e törvényben és a végrehajtásáról szóló jogszabályban meghatározott
őrzési feladatokat ellátó, szolgálati fegyverrel és más kényszerítő eszközökkel rendelkező, sajátos jogokkal felruházott biztonsági szervezet, amelynek tagjai a létesítő, illetőleg működtető állami, önkormányzati vagy egyéb intézménnyel, gazdálkodó szervezettel munkaviszonyban, illetve közalkalmazotti jogviszonyban állnak.

10§./1.
A  fegyveres biztonsági őr szolgálatának ellátása során jogosult és köteles:
 a) a biztonságot sértő, vagy veszélyeztető személyt tevékenysége abbahagyására felszólítani, igazoltatni
b) az intézkedésének tettlegesen ellenszegülő, valamint bűncselekmény vagy tulajdon elleni szabálysértés elkövetésén tetten ért személyt a rendőrség megérkezéséig visszatartani;
c) az a)-b) pont szerint igazoltatott, visszatartott vagy előállított személytől a bűncselekményből származó vagy annak elkövetéséhez használt dolgot, illetve támadásra alkalmas eszközt elvenni, ennek érdekében ruházatát, csomagját átvizsgálni.
(1a)  A ruházat átvizsgálását - halaszthatatlan eset kivételével - az intézkedés alá vonttal azonos nemű személy végezheti. Az intézkedés nem történhet szeméremsértő módon.  (1b) A büntetés-végrehajtási szervezetnél az 1. § (6) bekezdése alapján működő fegyveres biztonsági őrség tagja az (1) bekezdés vonatkozásában a tetten ért személyt a rendőrség vagy a büntetés-végrehajtási szervezet hivatásos állományú tagjának megérkezéséig jogosult és köteles visszatartani.  (2) A fegyveres biztonsági őr a biztonságot veszélyeztető tevékenység megszakítása érdekében, az azt elkövető személlyel szemben az arányosság követelményének betartásával:  a) testi erővel cselekvésre vagy cselekvés abbahagyására kényszerítést, illetve pórázon vagy anélkül, szájkosárral ellátott szolgálati kutyát,  b) az (1) bekezdés b) pontja szerint visszatartott személy szökésének, illetve személyőrzési vagy kísérési feladat végrehajtása során a személyes szabadságában korlátozott személy szökésének, önkárosításának megakadályozására bilincset,  c) a támadás megakadályozására vagy az ellenszegülés megtörésére vegyi vagy elektromos sokkoló eszközt, rendőrbotot, illetve pórázon vezetett szájkosár nélküli szolgálati kutyát,  d) az állam működése vagy a lakosság ellátása szempontjából kiemelkedően fontos tevékenység, létesítmény, szállítmány ellen fegyveresen vagy felfegyverkezve intézett támadás elhárítására szájkosár és póráz nélküli szolgálati kutyát vagy lőfegyvert  alkalmazhat, illetve használhat.  (3) A kényszerítő eszköz alkalmazása esetén kerülni kell a sérülés okozását, az emberi élet kioltását. Az intézkedés során megsérült személy részére - amint ez lehetséges - segítséget kell nyújtani. Szükség esetén a fegyveres biztonsági őr köteles gondoskodni arról, hogy a sérültet orvos elláthassa.  (4) A kényszerítő eszköz alkalmazására az érintettet - ha az eset körülményei lehetővé teszik - előzetesen figyelmeztetni kell.  (5) Ha az engedélyezett kényszerítő eszköz nem áll rendelkezésre, vagy a használatára nincs lehetőség, a fegyveres biztonsági őr a bilincs, a rendőrbot helyett más eszközt is igénybe vehet, ha a helyettesített eszköz alkalmazásának törvényi feltételei fennállnak és az eszközzel elérni kívánt törvényes cél megvalósítására alkalmas.  (6) A lőfegyver használatát a következő sorrendben meg kell előznie  a) felhívásnak, hogy a felhívott a biztonsági őr felszólításának engedelmeskedjék;  b) más kényszerítő eszköz alkalmazásának;  c) figyelmeztetésnek, hogy lőfegyverhasználat következik;  d) figyelmeztető lövésnek.  (7) A (6) bekezdésben előírt megelőző intézkedések részben vagy teljesen mellőzhetők, ha az eset összes körülményei folytán a megelőző intézkedésekre már nincs idő, és a késedelem következtében a támadás a védett létesítményt, értéket vagy tevékenységet közvetlenül veszélyezteti.  (8) Lőfegyverhasználatnak csak a szándékosan személyre leadott lövés minősül. Nem minősül lőfegyverhasználatnak a véletlenül bekövetkezett, az állatra, a tárgyra leadott lövés vagy figyelmeztető lövés.  (9)-(10) *   (11) A fegyveres biztonsági őrt a fokozott büntetőjogi védelem, valamint az e törvény szerinti intézkedési és kényszerítőeszköz-használati jogosultság kizárólag az őrutasításban szereplő feladatok ellátása során illeti meg.  10/A. §  (1) A kényszerítő eszköz alkalmazását haladéktalanul jelenteni kell a felettesnek, valamint a rendőrségnek.  (2) Akinek a fegyveres biztonsági őr intézkedése, annak elmulasztása, a kényszerítő eszköz alkalmazása jogát vagy jogos érdekét sértette, panasszal fordulhat a rendőrséghez.  (3) A (2) bekezdésben meghatározott esetben a cselekvőképtelen személy helyett törvényes képviselője jár el, korlátozottan cselekvőképes személy helyett törvényes képviselője vagy meghatalmazottja is eljárhat. A panasz meghatalmazott vagy jogi képviselő útján is előterjeszthető.  (4)  A rendőrséghez a panaszt az intézkedéstől, annak elmulasztásától vagy a kényszerítő eszköz alkalmazásától, ha pedig a panasz előterjesztője az őt ért jogsérelemről később szerzett tudomást, a tudomásszerzéstől számított nyolc napon, de legkésőbb az intézkedéstől számított 3 hónapon belül lehet előterjeszteni.  (5)  A rendőrség a panaszról a beérkezését követő naptól számított tizenöt napon belül - a közigazgatási hatósági eljárás szabályai szerint - dönt.
10/B. § *  A fegyveres biztonsági őrség tevékenysége során együttműködik a katasztrófavédelemmel, a Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal vámszerveivel, a hivatásos állami és önkormányzati tűzoltósággal, a természetvédelmi őrszolgálattal, az erdészeti hatósággal, a vadászati hatósággal, a halászati hatósággal, az önkormányzati szervekkel, a fővárosi és megyei kormányhivatal járási (fővárosi kerületi) hivatalával (továbbiakban: járási hivatal), valamint az egyesületekkel.

Források
1997. évi CLIX. törvény (a fegyveres biztonsági őrségről, a természetvédelmi és a mezei őrszolgálatról.)
27/1998. (VI. 10.) BM rendelet (a fegyveres biztonsági őrség Működési és Szolgálati Szabályzatának kiadásáról.)
24/1997. (III. 26.) BM rendelet (Az állam működése, illetőleg a lakosság ellátása szempontjából kiemelten fontos létesítmények köréről.

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If you've ever worked as a contractor (construction, architect, sound, video, whatever) of any sort, this will be hilarious. I've you've worked with a contractor, it will still be funny. If you buy everything from retail shops, this may be confusing.
This might be the greatest introduction ever.


Academia, EdTech, Blogging and Twitter: Enough with the Meta, Already?
I have some qualms, which have been growing recently, about the vast number of meta- posts that have accumulated on the use of social media in academia. I need to state this is not a critique of any one of those individual pieces, or the people who made them. I agree with their content. Indeed, in the last week or so there have been several excellent articles published by colleagues for whom I have a great deal of respect. I myself have published such articles. The critique I want to put forward though is meta- in itself; an abundance of meta- posts, at the expense of non-meta-, serves to discredit the very meta- argument.
We spend a great deal of time and effort calling for the use of social media, blogging and so forth in academia; making the case for the cause. I'd like to ask whether, though, if we concentrated our efforts more upon furthering the utopian environment we so often describe, the self-worth of these technologies might not be perspicuous? I appreciate the battle is not won, but the self-valorising approach is clear here -- whenever I write a piece on EdTech or social media in academia, my hits rocket. It's tempting to write these pieces because the community, which already values such things, will value the appraisal that others should also value it.
Thoughts, comments welcome. In the meanwhile, I'm going to think up some material from my research about which to blog for a future post.
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Difficult Customers: Staying focused, Building Relationships, Respect, Gathering Information, Problem solving.
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Work Ethics: Ethical Behavior, Values, Ethical Conflicts, Constructive Problem Solving, Upward Communication Skills.


For those of you who meditate or who would like to start, this unique teaching from Marcie Anderson, PhD., will be one that will fill your cup and then some! Marcie will provide specific spiritual knowledge learned and practiced while living in India to help shed light on the depth and capacity of your soul.
How does one access the soul? What do you do, how do you implement the souls' energy? What is the main goal of meditation? How do you know your practice is working? How do I know what energy I'm really linking to when I do mediate?
These questions and many more will be answered and experienced, as well as a silent group meditation and Shaktipat healing transmission to help awaken the Trineytra Chakra (3rd eye), and to give a 'reboot' and strengthening to the soul. To gain strength to the soul is the key to being able to release suffering, stress, heartbreak and fear. A silent group meditation and Shaktipat healing transmission will close this event experience.
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"Le Cesane"enchants/delights its guests with Italian charme. Frauke Weissang discovered this unique jewel in 1992 in a natural park. She decided to live here with her family, horses, donkeys and cats while cultivating the surrounding land with organic cereals, leguminous plants and seeds. In 2006, the cottage has been restored and opened for sustainable holidays.
Natural colours and rustic furniture is setting stylish accents within the light-flooded apartments. The spacious kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms have been provided with a lot of comfort and pleasant details. At the foot of the vineyard, a saltwater pool invites for a swim. And among steep canyons, soft hills and splendid woods, hikers and bikers will find their paradise.
"In the gentle hills of the Marche, our dream of living in harmony with nature came true.


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Василевський Антон Кіндратович ( , Хмельницький, Україна) — український економіст, доктор економічних наук (1989), професор (1990). Учасник Другої світової війни.

Навчання

Закінчив Львівський торгово-економічний інститут в 1950 році.

Діяльність

Працював у 1952—1966 рр. у Могилів-Подільському технікумі радянської торгівлі (Вінницька область) заступником директора з навчальної роботи.

Від 1967 р. — у Дніпропетровському університеті: 1989—1993 рр. — виконувач ообов'язки завідувача кафедри економічної теорії, з 2003 до 2009 рр. — професор кафедри міжнародних фінансів.

Наукові дослідження

 методичні аспекти споживчої вартості продуктів праці;
 проблеми збалансованого розвитку економіки;
 ефективність і рентабельність підприємств.

Праці

 Качество продукции и культура производства. Дн., 1972;
 Потребительная стоимость, качество, цена, спрос. К.; Д., 1983;
 Сбалансированное и пропорциональное развитие экономики — активный рычаг ускорения социально-экономического развития страны. Дн., 1989;
 Экономическая ситуация в Украине и необходимость коррекции рыночных реформ. Дн., 1997;
 Інвестиційна політика в Україні: Досвід, проблеми, перспективи. Д., 2003 (співавт.).

Примітки

Доктори економічних наук
Українські економісти


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Home Unlabelled Panic as LUTH confirms Lassa fever outbreak in Lagos with two Death....!!!!
Panic as LUTH confirms Lassa fever outbreak in Lagos with two Death....!!!!
• Resident doctor infected, isolated in hospital's ward
There is the fear of an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country as the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) yesterday confirmed that two patients treated have died within a few days of admission in the past one week.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, told journalists that the two patients who were at the advanced stage of the infection died despite efforts to save their lives.
"The first was a 32-year-old pregnant lady with bleeding disorder who died after a stillbirth. Post-mortem examination had been conducted before her Lassa fever status was eventually suspected and confirmed. No less than 100 different hospital workers exposed to this index case are currently being monitored," he said.
Bode, who is also a professor of paediatrics, said a resident doctor from the Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology who took part in the autopsy was later confirmed with the disease and is currently on admission and responding well to treatment at the Isolation Ward of LUTH.
The CMD who visited the Isolation Centre yesterday in the company of his top management staff assured doctors of the hospital's full support.
The paediatric surgeon enjoined all LUTH workers to maintain a heightened level of alert in the wake of this new outbreak and observe universal precautions in handling all suspected cases of this viral hemorrhagic fever.
He urged Nigerians to notify the response team in LUTH in case of any suspected case of Lassa fever through the following phone numbers : 08058019466, 08058744780, 07035521015 and 08023299445.
The medical expert noted that LUTH has always worked closely with officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health in handling a number of diseases of public importance such as rabies, cholera, Lassa fever and the recent diarrhoea disease at the Queen's College. He said both the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Health have responded swiftly to contain the current Lassa fever outbreak by mobilising human and material resources to trace the sources and extent of the disease, follow up on potential contacts, identify early and test suspected cases.
The LUTH boss said there were adequate materials for the containment of the disease while drugs have been made available to treat anyone confirmed to have it. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Nigeria has also been contacted and two other suspected cases from Lagos State are also currently admitted and quarantined while confirmatory laboratory tests are ongoing.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness of two-21 days duration that occurs in West Africa. The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces. Person-to-person infections and laboratory transmission can also occur, particularly in hospitals lacking adequate infection prevention and control measures.
Lassa fever is known to be endemic in Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, but probably exists in other West African countries as well. The overall case-fatality rate is one per cent. Observed case-fatality rate among patients hospitalised with severe cases of Lassa fever is 15 per cent.
It has been shown that early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment improves survival.
The virus is zoonotic, or animal-borne. About 80 per cent of human infections are without symptoms; the remaining cases have severe multiple organ disease, where the virus affects several organs in the body, such as the liver, spleen and kidneys. Lassa fever is a significant cause of severe illness and death.
According to the WHO, the reservoir or host of the Lassa virus is the "multimammate rat" called mastomys natalensis which has many breasts and lives in the bush and around residential areas. The virus is shed in the urine and droppings of the rats hence can be transmitted through direct contact, touching objects or eating food contaminated with these materials or through cuts or sores. Transmission also occurs in health facilities where infection prevention and control practices are not observed.
A WHO fact sheet on Lassa fever noted that it occurs in all age groups and both sexes. Persons at greatest risk are those living in rural areas where mastomys are usually found, especially in communities with poor sanitation or crowded living conditions. Health workers are at risk if Lassa fever is not suspected or while caring for Lassa fever patients in the absence of proper barrier nursing and infection control practices.
According to the WHO, the onset of the disease, when it is symptomatic, is usually gradual, starting with fever, general weakness, muscle and joint pains, prostration and malaise. After a few days, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, and abdominal pain may follow. In severe cases facial swelling, fluid in the lung cavity, bleeding from the mouth, nose, vagina or gastrointestinal tract and low blood pressure may develop. Protein may be noted in the urine. Shock, seizures, tremor, disorientation, and coma may be seen in the later stages. Deafness occurs in 25 per cent of patients who survive the disease. In half of these cases, hearing returns partially after one – three months. Transient hair loss and gait disturbance may occur during recovery. Patients may die from shock.
The only known specific treatment for Lassa fever is Ribavirin which may be effective if given within the first six days of illness.
It should be given intravenously for ten (10) days. Supportive treatment should include; Paracetamol, Vitamin K (Phytamenadione), Heamacel, Ringers lactate, antimalaria and antibiotics- start by I.V. If patient is severely anaemic, consider transfusion.
Unfortunately, there is currently no vaccine that protects against Lassa fever.
According to the WHO, prevention of Lassa fever relies on promoting good "community hygiene" to discourage rodents from entering homes. Effective measures include storing grain and other foodstuffs in rodent-proof containers, disposing of garbage far from the home and maintaining clean households.
Before now and besides Lagos, active transmission of Lassa fever has been reported in five states (Bauchi, Edo, Ogun, Ondo, and Plateau) in the past three weeks. Altogether, 13 new suspected cases were reported from four states during the last week of July: Plateau (five), Ondo (five) Bauchi (two), and Ogun (one), including two deaths.
Nigeria is one of several West African countries in which Lassa fever is endemic, with seasonal outbreaks occurring annually between December and June. In 2016, the country reported 273 suspected cases and 149 deaths (case fatality rate 55 per cent) from 23 states. In 2017, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Togo experienced outbreaks that have since been controlled.
The current outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, however, is continuing beyond the normal season.
This persistent Lassa fever outbreak comes against the background of a protracted humanitarian crisis in the northern part of the country, as well as outbreaks of cholera and hepatitis E.
By Ugwunna Nwachukwu , National Secretary General APHPN'

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This has been a long time coming. In fact, I'm surprised I haven't written about this before to be honest. Never should a woman ever have to wonder about what half the makeup brushes in her vanity do (the way I did as a raccoon-eyed teen. I swear, mom. I wasn't an emo kid; I just didn't know what to do with all those brushes).
I swear, if I wasn't so in love with make-up, I probably would've given up on it early on itself. It was then that it occurred to me that make-up can be overwhelming, of course, but some basic guidelines can make your life a heck of a lot easier and make-up a lot less daunting. To simplify it for you, here are some basic make-up brushes you should look to adding to your make-up kit.


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Civility in America ~ Excerpt
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC
President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame
"Given the turbulent times we are experiencing in every sector of society and recognizing the stakes that will determine the shape and future of the next generation, I can think of few civic issues that are as important as decency and civility in society.
During my 35 years as President of the University of Notre Dame, I always felt my duty was to create an environment that produced young members of society who were not only highly educated and well-prepared, but also respectful and open-minded. Through the challenges we confronted during my tenure, I sought to engender a sense of awareness and civility in my students that would allow them to be productive world citizens.
Civility was treasured and valued, although it was frequently tested during the tumultuous period of our nation's history of the 1960s and the 1970s, when the Vietnam War pitted sons against fathers, citizens against politicians and students against established society.
These were contentious times, and very often Americans confronted one another philosophically and violently on issues such as civil rights, feminism, peace and justice.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed me as one of the first members of the newly formed U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during an era in modern history when Americans drank at different water fountains and sat separately on public buses based on the color of their skin. These were not times of civility. They were times of civic and spiritual turmoil."
Building a Higher Platform
America moved beyond that divisive period, despite the protests, the political assassinations, and such convulsive events such as the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Now, we urgently need to build on what we have created and move to a still higher platform. We need to recognize that incivility has again crept into our society and raised its ugly head in a way that threatens the fabric of American life. Indeed, incivility seems to have gained social acceptance at a time when we should be at relative peace, working together to move into the 21st century.
In many ways, we remain a nation divided, most especially by political rhetoric, as President Obama pointed out in his remarks at a memorial service eulogizing the six people slain in Tucson by a madman during an assassination attempt on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Our political rhetoric was intense before the shootings, and that national tragedy only seemed to escalate it, the President noted.
He wisely said, "At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds."
We are a nation in need of healing. During the last election, hundreds of million of dollars were spent on advertising designed to demonize political opponents. Incivility has become an accepted vice at all levels of society, and a recent poll concluded that 75 percent of Americans believe the nation has become demonstrably ruder and less civil.
Many of us are shouting at others, and even more of us are shouting just for the sake of shouting on the Internet, in newspaper columns, in political ads, on talk radio, at the stop light, at the dinner table, at the negotiating table, in the halls of high schools and in the halls of Congress.
While we are more technologically advanced than at any point in history, we are reverting back to primitive personal behavior that characterized mankind before we became "civilized."
The result is that there is strife throughout America, screaming blogs, political attacks, vicious reader comments, and the inability to work across the legislative aisle without rancor and insult.
Restoring Respect
This incivility is most apparent in the media on talk radio and TV shows where callers are degraded and guests demeaned. There is no civil dialogue in any of this. Sadly, most of us have observed the same tendencies—possibly learned from watching the pundits and politicos do their thing—in our interpersonal relations.
Even in family life, incivility is apparent, and if TV sitcoms are a projection of our lives, or an inspiration for them, what we encounter is disrespect at all levels, from parent to child and child to parent. The problem at its most fundamental level is the result of a lack of respect for other people, a dehumanizing of the individual.
We somehow sense this is wrong. We were not meant to treat one another this way. We are meant to treat others as we wish to be treated. Civility is a foundation of society, of political discourse, of friendship, of social intercourse and of family life.
Consider that our society, which for the most part is more affluent than others, more educated than others and more technologically advanced than others, has somehow stumbled in its progress. Now it's time for us to get up and stand erect as human beings were meant to, and behave with dignity and integrity.
This book, which collects a series of 2011 Carnegie Council lectures sponsored by The Dilenschneider Group on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, is an attempt to restore a measure of civility in our dealings. Some of the greatest minds in the media, business and government explore this crisis and offer their insights into possible solutions.
The voices of reason they raise and the thoughts they offer make an invaluable contribution to the restoration of civility in American society."
Robert L. Dilenschneider
Founder and Principal
The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.
"It is a great honor to be given the opportunity to end such a collection of wisdom as is this book with a closing commentary. Likewise is it an Aristotelian challenge to substantively add to the thinking already presented by its contributors.
It is, however, a distinct advantage to write the closing chapter, as from here an author has a unique perspective of common threads and themes present in the writings.
One clear theme is this: Civility is a responsibility that comes with the privilege of citizenship. Unfortunately, the passions and politics of recent years have caused the separation of the two, and this has contributed to our current crisis of civic incivility.
As Philip Howard has shared with us, the concept of civility goes back to the origins of communal life, and describes the "norms and manners required to live in a city or crowded place" as well as a "respect for the common good."
Indeed, the idea is rooted in the very belief in the concept of "Citizen Romani"—that being a citizen of ancient Rome was a special and unique honor, giving its bearer the right to engage in public discourse and to influence public laws through the privilege of voting. Roman citizenship was not doled out to any and all who desired it. Families and individuals had to demonstrate an active history, or at least an active interest, in the stability and betterment of Roman society in order to participate as citizens.
This belief in the honor which Roman citizenship conferred to a person was so bedrock that it often stood in rigid defense of even the most disliked voices. It was St. Paul's declaration to a Roman centurion about to scourge him—"Civis Romanus sum" ("I am a Roman citizen")—that stayed the lash and required that he be taken to Rome for a trial by his fellow-citizen peers, as was the right of a citizen.
If citizenship bestowed upon St. Paul the right to be heard, even to spread sedition (with civility) until impeded by a trial by fellow Romans—how far the honor of citizenship has fallen that Americans cannot engage in civil debate over even trifling subjects of far less importance than life or death?
As noted in this book, mid-19th century British jurist Lord Moulton clearly found that "between can do and may do ought to exist the whole realm which recognizes the sway of duty, fairness, sympathy, taste, and all the other things that make life beautiful and society possible." In other words, not all things that should be can be codified in law or enforced by legal means.
His words speak to another aspect of civility, which has not been honored enough in the public square of late: that is a due respect for the institutions and practices that have caused our society to be uniquely great.
My friend Henry Kaufman notes that financial markets and those who participate in them rely on "normal" behaviors—behaviors based on well established and proven norms of traditions and ethics. He is right that "breathtaking change erodes respect for old ways," and has cited how it was the creation and rise of the precarious derivatives market that led his own beloved Salomon Brothers to eschew its foundation of stability and eventually stumble and fall.
Would this have happened if a proper respect (a proper civility) had been afforded the hard lessons learned by those who had brought Salomon Brothers to the heights from which it crashed? Probably not. The company's management would have been guided by a respect for solid practices that had gone before; instead, such practices were viewed as "ancient history" with no relevance to the "unique challenges" of the day.
Henry reminds us—and all who will someday face an "unprecedented crisis" in their day—of Mark Twain's wise counsel that "History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." A civility and respect toward that which has gone before can usually offer valuable guidance in most crisis situations, whether of divine or human origin.
All too often problems are of our own making, and in those cases we would do well to remember the sage words of CBS's Charles Osgood, who reminds us there are only a few circumstances under which we cannot learn, and one of them is "If you do not listen, then you will learn nothing."
That thought was offered for the benefit of budding journalists, but there are few engaged in civic debate for whom it does not hold good advice. Listening is a practice that has, unfortunately, fallen far too out of favor. As nature abhors a vacuum, so, too, do many people abhor the absence of their own voices. This can block all incoming communication in favor of the royal "I" and an exclusive focus on one's own point of view.
At such times we would do well to remember the words of Carl Sandburg concerning what the poet called "proud words."
"Look out how you use proud words," Sandburg admonished. "When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long, hard boots. They walk off proud. They can't hear a thing."
With so many people of good heart and mind focusing on our crisis of incivility in public life, however, it is my hope and belief (as it is several of the book's contributors) that within the next decade we will begin to see a change for the positive.
It is the great strength of our nation that periods of raucous discourse, though painful to watch, lead to a pause in the battle and the emergence of a more civil discourse.
Let it begin with careful consideration of the wisdom in this book, which can lead our country to a reconnection between its citizenry and a time in which civility once again rules the day."
Intrigued? Read the rest in print or ebook format by visiting Amazon today!
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Jon Huntsman frames himself as a candidate who would "always put [his] country first."
Success of anti-Romney conservative movement may be tied to Huntsman's fate
Jon Huntsman frames himself as a candidate who would "always put [his] country first."
Mitt Romney's chances of wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination before Valentine's Day is inversely proportional to how strongly former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman finishes in New Hampshire. Should Huntsman, who is in third place in the most recent RealClearPolitics average of polls (in New Hampshire with 11.5 percent) finish in a strong enough second place to enable him to continue his candidacy in South Carolina and Florida, he may take enough votes from Romney going forward to narrow Romney's lead in those two critical states.
Romney leads the RealClearPolitics average in New Hampshire with 38.5 percent. Ron Paul is second with 19.8 percent. But Huntsman, like Santorum did in the waning days in Iowa, has surged this weekend in a state in which, according to a WMUR poll that was released Monday, nearly half of likely Republican voters still have not settled on a candidate. And with Romney's monumental lead going into the primary comes expectations that must be met now.
Looking worn down and sounding a bit hoarse, Huntsman had his strongest moment of the campaign cycle this weekend in an exchange with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during a Meet The Press/Facebook debate on Sunday. Huntsman strongly took offense at Romney's criticism of his having served as President Barack Obama's Ambassador to China in the debate the night before and framed himself as a candidate who would always put his country first, a message that appeals to New Hampshire's independent voters, who fueled two of John McCain's wins the past decade in the Granite State's primary.
"This nation is divided … because of attitudes like that," Huntsman said at the debate, speaking of Romney. "He criticized me while he was out raising money for serving my country in China, yes, under a Democrat, like my two sons are doing in the United States Navy. They're not asking who — what political affiliation the president is. I want to be very clear with the people here in New Hampshire and this country: I will always put my country first. And I think that's important to them."
The Huntsman campaign sensed this was a powerful moment, and quickly cut a campaign commercial, and raised more than $100,000 in less than 24 hours to enable Huntsman to air the commercial on Monday and Tuesday in New Hampshire.
The moment reminded many political watchers of an incident during the 2008 Democratic primary in New Hampshire when Barack Obama seemed to be well on his way to locking up a victory in the Granite State that many thought would propel him to the nomination. The day before that primary, Hillary Clinton teared up, and then went on to shock the political establishment by winning New Hampshire the next evening. She halted Obama's coronation, and forced him to fight for months to secure the nomination, which he eventually did.
If Huntsman's moment resonated in the last 48 hours and swung undecided voters to his side, he could also force Romney to work a lot harder for the nomination than he had intended to.
Romney compounded matters on Monday, in response to a question about choosing healthcare services, saying, "I like being able to fire people."
His rivals pounced on those comments that reinforced the stereotype of Romney as someone out of touch with common Americans.
"Today, Mitt Romney reminded voters why he's one of the weakest front-runners in presidential history," Huntsman's chief strategist John Weaver said in a statement. "History shows that nominating a gaffe-prone, out-of-touch, flip-flopping, inauthentic candidate is a losing strategy. Yet, John Kerry's legacy lives on with Mitt Romney."
To compound matters even more, Todd Palin, the husband of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, endorsed Newt Gingrich on Monday, giving life to someone running from Romney's right flank.
"Newt Gingrich is a true leader, which he has proven not only since the beginning of his campaign, but throughout his career," Todd Palin said in a statement. "Just like Sarah, Newt has faced many successes and challenges."
"Despite his consultants leaving him last summer, Newt is still standing because of his ideas and his success in the debates — not by spending millions of dollars in campaign ads. As an Independent, I support Newt Gingrich for president because he has a proven record of getting things done, working with Republicans and Democrats, and America needs a leader like Newt right now."
Palin's endorsement is likely to give Gingrich a boost in South Carolina, which makes Gingrich's performance in New Hampshire's primary even more critical. He is currently tied with Rick Santorum for fourth place in almost every poll that was released this weekend.
If Romney performs below expectations and Huntsman finishes a strong second on Tuesday, the person who finishes ahead between Gingrich and Santorum may have an opening, if not to win the nomination, to at least prolong the presidential nomination battle into April.
Barring unexpected circumstances, Romney will win New Hampshire, which is why second and fourth place may be just as important.
At his final campaign event Monday night in New Hampshire, his 158th in the Granite State, Huntsman said the voters want "a new generation of leadership" and "don't want the establishment teeing up the same old people."
Huntsman said voters are fed up with politicians they cannot trust, which has been a central criticism voters have had of Romney.
"Ladies and gentlemen, can you feel the momentum in the air?" Huntsman asked. "We're going to surprise a whole lot of people."
Just like the state's motto, Huntsman's campaign — and the anti-Romney movement — will live or die on Tuesday based on how strongly Huntsman finishes.
Granite State campus gun rights advocates denounce Lynch's veto threats
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Written By Tony Lee
Tony Lee edits The Chase 2012 section and writes on politics and culture for HUMAN EVENTS. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. E-mail: ALEE (at) EaglePub.com


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JOSEPH BLOCK
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Ohio Video Game Design Schools
While students admit that finding ways to spend your recreational time can be difficult in Ohio, it's a small worry compared to the very low cost of living.
Just to give you an idea, living in Ohio is about 23% less costly than neighbor state Massachusetts and 35% less than California.
The Buckeye State is also home to several best colleges for video game design in the entire country.
The Top Game Design Schools in Ohio
Established in 1870, Ohio State University has grown to become one of the country's largest and most comprehensive campuses. Nearly 60,000 students arrive each year to choose from 250 degree programs while attending one of the 15 colleges.
OSU has been ranked 18th by U.S. News & World Report's 2015 edition of "America's Best Colleges and is considered the state's best public university. The school is also recognized for its acclaimed academic medical center and cancer hospital for research.
With a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from OSU you'll have no program breaking into the gaming industry as a skilled programmer and/or designer. The program has a strong focus on not just programming but communication and teamwork skills, which you'll need to have a successful career in the game development industry.
Pros and Cons:
This program has everything you need to prepare you for a career in game development. Game developers all over the country (and world) always have their eyes open for a sharp, talented programmer to join the team. The downside to this program is that no courses in the art and writing side of game creation are required.
Typical Tuition:
Estimated tuition and fee costs for the 2015-2016 academic year at Ohio State University was$10,037 for Ohio residents and $27,365 for non-residents. Room and board costs were $11,666 for both in and out-of-state students. For more information please see the following page: http://undergrad.osu.edu/money-matters/tuition-and-fees.html
Degrees Available:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering
http://undergrad.osu.edu/majors/pdfview.aspx?id=39
School Addresses:
281 W. Lane Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
Columbus College of Art & Design
Located in downtown Columbus, Columbus College of Art & Design uses 14 buildings to offer several Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. Around 1,3000 students from across the U.S. and 35 other countries attend each year.
Available undergraduate majors include: Fine Arts, Illustration, Industrial Design, Advertising & Graphic Design, Animation, Cinematic Arts, Fashion Design, Interior Design, and Photography.
Several programs at this school will prepare you as a game designer, including the B.F.A. in Animation, Illustration, Cinematic Arts, or Advertising & Graphic Design. These degrees are also strong choices if you want a career in film, interactive media, film, music videos, and even commercials. No matter what you choose, there's also an Animation/Game concentration that will give you the animation skills needed to land a job at a game studio.
The biggest positive from studying at this school is the ability to choose several excellent Minors such as Creative Writing, Animation, Cinematic Arts, and more, including the Animation/Game concentration. The only thing you should worry about is that there is no programming-focused game design major found here.
Full-time students at Columbus College of Art & Design paid $30,840 in tuition for the 2015-2016 year, or $15,420 per semester (12-18 credit hours) with a cost of $1,285 per credit hour for each additional hour over 18.
Housing costs are between $8,390 and $10,310 , or between $4,195 per semester. One of the three meal plans are required: Bronze Plan: $1,920 per year; $960 per semester (125 meals / $150 flex), Silver plan: $2,400 per year; $1,200 per semester (175 meals / $125 flex), or Gold plan: $3,200 per year; $1,600 per semester (250 meals / $100 flex).
For more information please see the following page: http://www.ccad.edu/future-students-parents/financial-aid-tuition-info/tuition-fees
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising & Graphic Design
https://www.ccad.edu/programs-of-study/majors/advertising-graphic-design/advertising-graphic-design
60 Cleveland Avenue | Columbus, OH 43215
Kent State University is considered one of the best Universities in Ohio for its renowned College of Architecture and Environmental Design and School of Nursing. Their Fashion School consistently ranks in the top 10 as well.
Over 41,000 undergraduates and 5,500 graduates enroll each year to major in one of the many degree programs available. KSU has also won the Northeast Ohio Best Places to Work Award for four years running, which means the 2,000 full and part-time faculty are happy to be there while teaching the next generation of professionals.
The B.S. in Engineering Technology emphasizes the applied aspects of science and engineering to prepare you for a career in product improvement, construction, manufacturing, and engineering operational functions. The Computer Design, Animation and Game Design concentrations is a must if you want to learn about computer animation, drawing, illustrating, and other game-related skills.
The Computer Design, Animation and Game Design concentration is one of the best you can find in the state of Ohio. It offers the perfect variety of skills and experience with training in digital imaging, multimedia, motion capture, game design, computer animation, and more.
Estimated tuition costs for Undergraduates is $10,012.00 for Ohio residents and $18,212.00 for Non-Ohio residents. Estimated tuition costs for Graduate students is $10,334.00 for Ohio residents and $10,334.00 for Non-Ohio residents.
Estimated room and board costs for Undergraduates is $10,334.00 for Ohio residents and $18,380.00 for Non-Ohio residents. For more information on tuition, please see here: http://www.kent.edu/tuition
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology w/ Computer Design, Animation and Game Design Concentration
http://www2.kent.edu/catalog/2015/RE/UG/ENGT
800 E. Summit St., Kent, OH 44240
Ohio University was ranked in the top 3% by the Center for World University Rankings when ranking higher education institutions around the world while U.S. News and World Report ranks it 63rd among public national universities.
According to a myplan.com survey across more than 600 colleges, OU was also ranked #1 in America for overall student satisfaction. Nearly 40,000 students are part of the school either through campus enrollment or online courses.
Ohio University offers a Games & Animation emphasis area that focuses on the production of computer animation and digital games. This includes giving you a deep understanding of the management and leadership roles in these industries so you're able to climb the ranks of any game studio if desired.
With this program you'll learn what companies will expect you to know when you apply for job positions in game production and design, computer animation, and digital effects. The downside to this school is that a computer science game design degree is not available.
Estimated costs for the 2015-2016 academic year was $11,548 for Ohio residents, $20,512 for out-of-state students, and $20,512 for International students. Standard double costs were $5,564 for American students while living expenses were around $16,016 for international students. For more information please see here: https://www.ohio.edu/admissions/tuition/index.cfm
Games & Animation emphasis
https://www.ohio.edu/majors/undergrad/comm/media/game.cfm
1 Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
Shawnee State University
Shawnee State University is a young but thriving school that takes pride in its small classes, allowing students a better educational experience by receiving more attention from professors. Around 4,4000 full and part-time students enroll to major in one of 80 different bachelor's and associate degree programs.
SSU also boasts one of the best graduate employment rates with around 83% of their students finding a job in their related field within 6 months of graduation. The school also boasts a high percentage of nursing and teacher education students who pass their national licensure exams as well as a pre-med students who get accepted into medical school.
The Game and Simulation Development Arts is designed to turn you into a skilled, highly creative game artist via a series of strong course requirements. These include Art Studio, Digital 3D, Drawing, Digital Imaging, Graphical User Interface Design, Animation Studio, and more. You'll also get some hands-on programming and game design experience with the Game Programing Foundations and Game Design & Documentation courses.
Total tuition fees for full-time undergraduates is $3,532.08 for Ohio residents and 6,158.88 for Out of State students. For more information please see this page.
Bachelor of Fine, Digital, and Performing Arts in Game and Simulation Development Arts
Bachelor of Science in Digital Simulation and Gaming Engineering Technology
Game Design Minor
http://www.shawnee.edu/gaming/
940 Second Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662
Franklin University
Founded in 1902, Franklin University is a private nonprofit institution that for more than 100 years has helped students continue their education. Around 10,000 students enroll each year to be a part of many undergraduate and graduate degree programs in various fields.
Franklin University is also recognized for being one of the best transfer schools due to their acceptance of more college and professional education credits than most other institutions. Franklin is currently the second largest private university in the state.
Franklin's Interactive Media Design degree completion program is a good choice for any aspiring game designer who is also interested in mobile apps and website development. You'll receive training in both the technical and non-technical side of interactive development while completing projects that involve mobile, graphics, web and interaction design, and more.
The cool thing about this degree completion program is that it covers several fields of interactive media: Graphic Design, Web Design, Rich Media, Mobile Design, Interaction Design, Concepting, and Project Management. The problem is that no 2-year or 4-year game design degree is offered at Franklin University.
Standard tuition per credit hour for undergraduates in the 2015-2016 academic is $484.00. Tuition per credit hour is $511.00 for the following courses: Computer Science, Graphics, Information Security, Information Technology, Management Information Sciences, and Web Development. For more information please see the following page: http://www.franklin.edu/financial-aid/tuition-fees/
Bachelor of Science in Interactive Media Design
http://www.franklin.edu/interactive-media-design-bachelors-degree-program
201 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215
Miami University – Oxford
Miami University at Oxford is a nationally recognized institution offering bachelor's degrees in more than 120 areas of study. Around 16,000 undergraduates and 2,643 graduate students attend the school each year.
Accolades include 2nd in "Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching" in a 2016 U.S. News & World Report ranking and being 1 of only 5 universities in America to receive the Presidential Award in the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. According to surveys and research, 97.6% of 2013–2014 graduates were either employed or still studying by Fall 2014.
By enrolling in the Digital Game Studies Minor you'll get to take several courses that introduce you to the foundations of game design and implementation. Courses also give you a better understanding of art assets for digital games, the importance of digital games to trends in literacy and education, and developing a cultural and critical understanding of games.
The strength of this Minor is that several Tracks are available: Game Art and Design, Game Studies, Game Development for non-Computer Science majors, and Game Development for Computer Science majors. The only negative is that it is a Minor and not its own 4-year degree.
Undergraduate tuition and costs for the 2015–2016 academic year were $13,533 for Ohio residents and $30,233 for out-of-state students, Room and board costs for all students were $11,644 (based on a doubles room and average meal plan). For more information please see the following page: http://miamioh.edu/onestop/your-money/tuition-fees/oxford-undergraduate-fall-spring-tuition-fees/index.html
Minor in Digital Game Studies
http://aims.muohio.edu/game-studies-minor/
501 East High Street, Oxford, OH 45056
Stark State College
Stark State College is the perfect option if you want an excellent education in Ohio at an affordable price. Several associate degrees and certificates are available across many different fields, including Accounting, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Digital Video and Media Technology, and more.
Stark State College offers a Video Game Design and Development program that will give you a taste of the programming and animation side of game creation. Courses you can expect include C++ Programming, Flash Animation and Design, 2d Game Design and Development, Advanced Gaming and Simulation Topics, and more.
SSC's game program is notable for being well-rounded and letting students check out different programming languages and art software. It's also not a costly program at around 63 total credits, which means you can earn your degree in two years for an approximate cost of $9,216.00. However, the main drawback is that a game design program isn't available that focuses more on the art side of gaming, which would be perfect if you know you're not cut out for computer science.
Annual tuition costs for 30 credits per year was $ 4,608. To compare, the average cost of most other public two-year colleges in Ohio is $ 5,131For more information on tuition, including cost of credit hours, please see this page: http://www.starkstate.edu/tuition
Video Game Design and Development
http://www.starkstate.edu/academic-programs/video-game-design-development
200 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, Ohio 44720
Wrapping Up Ohio Programs
Ohio is a great place to study thanks to its numerous renowned schools that also offer a game design program.
The lower cost of living can also make all the difference if you're looking for a first-rate education but don't want to pay several thousands just for room and board alone.
At the same time Ohio is very much dead in terms of game development activity with only four companies appearing on gamedevmap.com, and none of them being names you'd recognize.
Fortunately you'll be somewhat close to East Coast states that do have a good number of notable game development companies, publishers, etc.
Popular States for Game Design:
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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Justice, Lawyering, Society	 August 10, 2009 August 10, 2009
Williams and Connolly Hires Disgraced UBS General Counsel
While some may have expected attorney David Aufhauser to be seen in the halls of Williams & Connolly as a client but it appears that he has now been embraced as a partner. It appears that involvement in an insider trading scandal is not a barrier to career advancement. The former general counsel and managing director for UBS has joined the firm after agreeing not to practice law for two years due to the alleged insider trading. In the meantime, the shunning of Alberto Gonzales by both law firms and former colleagues continues.
Aufhauser is a former general counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, who was implicated in the UBS insider trading scandal. Last October, he settled charges with New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo for a $6.5 million fine and agreed not to practice law in New York for two years.
Aufhauser was accused of trading in the midst of an auction rate securities crisis. According to the settlement, Aufhauser was riding on an Amtrak Acela trial from from New York to Washington, D.C., when he read an e-mail sent that day by UBS's chief risk officer describing problems with the UBS's auction rate securities market. Within minutes, Aufhauser sent an e-mail to his financial adviser and told him to sell all of his auction rate securities.
For the Aufauser story, click here.
In the meantime, Alberto Gonzales admits that law firms are not lining up to hire him and that even President Bush has not reached out to him, here. When asked about the lack of a job, Gonzales responded: "Listen, I've had some interest and I've had some discussions, but there has been no offer made. In a tough economic climate, I can understand why a company or a firm would want to make sure that the investigations are complete and there is no finding of wrongdoing before they make a hiring decision."
It appears, however, that his successor Eric Holder is structuring a reported investigation to shield Gonzales and others from war crimes prosecutions, here.
Holder Plans Whitewash of War Crimes Allegations
Communism Kills
12 thoughts on "Williams and Connolly Hires Disgraced UBS General Counsel"
Patty C says:
Mespo, same thing here.
Bar Harbor was always the place to be, go, and do and it still is in many respects, but it has been upstaged by places like Camden, which has likewise been 'upstaged', in my view and my friends by places like my farm on Penobscot Bay.
It's my property. I bought it years go and I pay for it and the upkeep of my animals and my/'our' privacy including my man.
My partner, who is also a surgeon, and I also maintain a condo we bought together in Boston, near MGH and BW on the Harbor across the street from where I used to live for twenty years.
AND that's how we like to roll!
Buddah is so jealous he could spit and he has as you alkl have witnessed.
I, and most of you paying attention know full well what I have written about myself, my family, my education, and my profession, and our Mayflower history. I can repeat it verbatim because it's all true.
And it's NOT the picture he is trying to paint and I will buck him everystep of the way.
Watch me.
He is obsessed with maligning me because he has trashed things for himself. Boo Hoo.
Too f'n bad. Not my fault!
mespo727272 says:
foo:
"Kitty Hawk is too commercial. I suggest Duck or Ocracoke."
Have to agree but the house is there. Has been for 30 years, so off we go. For a real taste of the old Outer Banks it's off to Hatteras!
Kristie Mansfield says:
And Martha Stewart went to jail.
Vince Treacy says:
Don't be ridiculous.
Alberto Gonzalez has a job. He is now an infielder with the Washington Nationals.
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=471868
Heck you mean that maybe the insider trading expert can get a job and Bert cannot. Maybe some insider information may still be afoot.
Patty C:
Good idea on the photos.
Good for you, mespo! Kitty Hawk sounds perfect.
You deserve a break and some watermelon – at the festival…
I was gonna tell JT to pick up some kites, 'somewhere', and his camera and snap some artistic photos of his kids running on the beach at sunset – for future appreciation.
"I collect great breakfast places from Mother's in New Orleans to Parker and Otis in Durham to Wishbone in Chicago."
I will suggest the Crab and Eggs Benedict at S & O's but do it near lunchtime (like you'd get up early at the beach anyway) since it's filing. My family and I would stop there on the way to deep sea fishing out of Oregon Inlet. It's sort of a locals' hangout so don't expect lots of ferns or brass.
Owens' is traditional and still a good choice if the kiddies are in tow as it's pretty family friendly. See it between the highways at MP 16 also. I've only been there for dinner, but they have great seafaring artifacts for the little ones to see like logbooks and ship's bells etc. You do have some shipbuilders in your junket as I recall.
I am heading to Kitty Hawk myself on Friday or so my wife tells me (note the "decider"). I have to apologize to Patty since I cried the blues about no beach time. Hopefully, I'll get in 18 at Duck Woods. That's my idea of "lying" in the sand.
In the vernacular, "Enjoy you all's vacation."
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Too late mespo!
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My, my JT you are quite prolific on your holiday. May I suggest some fun on the beach with the kids or hopefully you've rented a house with a big pool. You can even get in 18 at Sea Scape.
We'll make do with you having a break from our inanity for a while. And I don't want to hear about you hang-gliding off of Jockey's Ridge in your Speedo. Some images are too much to for even a battle weary litigator to handle.
Enjoy your time with you kids et uxor!
jonathanturley says:
Mespo:
You are too kind. However, we are getting a lot in at the beach. While it is 100 degrees, the waves are great. This morning we were swimming when a bunch of dolphin swam by. I will try your recommendation on the breakfast place. I collect great breakfast places from Mother's in New Orleans to Parker and Otis in Durham to Wishbone in Chicago.


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Q: A non-zero function satisfying $g(x+y) = g(x)g(y)$ must be positive everywhere Let $g: \mathbf R \to \mathbf R$ be a function which is not identically zero and which satisfies the equation
$$
g(x+y)=g(x)g(y) \quad\text{for all } x,y \in \mathbf{R}.
$$
Show that $g(x)\gt0$ for all $x \in \mathbf{R}$.

A: We have $g(x) = g(\tfrac{x}{2} + \tfrac{x}{2}) = g(\tfrac{x}{2})^2 \geq 0$ for all $x \in \mathbf{R}$.
Suppose we have $g(x_0) = 0$ for some $x_0 \in \mathbf{R}$. Then $g(x_0+y) = g(x_0)g(y) = 0$ for all $y \in \mathbf{R}$, hence $g$ must be identically zero. Since you assume that's not the case, there can't be any such $x_0$, thus $g(x) \gt 0$ for all $x \in \mathbf{R}$.


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Sutherland v HM's Advocate
Judgment Cited authorities 20 Cited in Precedent Map Related
Court: Supreme Court
Docket Number: No 4
Judge: Lord Leggatt, Lord Sales, Lord Reed, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hodge
Judgment Date: 15 Jul 2020
Jurisdiction: Scotland
Neutral Citation: [2020] UKSC 32
[2020] UKSC 32
Trinity Term
On appeal from: [2019] HCJAC 61
Lord Reed, President
Lord Hodge, Deputy President
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Sales
Lord Leggatt
(Appellant)
Her Majesty's Advocate
(Respondent) (Scotland)
Appellant
Gordon Jackson QC
Fred Mackintosh QC
(Instructed by Public Defence Solicitors' Office (Glasgow))
Alison Di Rollo QC
Alan Cameron
Lesley Irvine
(Instructed by Crown Agent, Crown Office)
Intervener (Director of Public Prosecutions)
Duncan Atkinson QC
(Instructed by Appeals and Reviews Unit, Crown Prosecution Service)
Heard on 3 June 2020
( with whom Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lord Leggatt agree)
This case concerns the use in a criminal trial of evidence obtained by members of the public acting as so-called "paedophile hunter" ("PH") groups, and whether this is compatible with the accused person's rights under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ("the ECHR"). PH groups impersonate children online to lure persons into making inappropriate or sexualised communications with them over the internet, and then provide the material generated by such contact to the police.
Article 8 provides:
"1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others."
An adult member of a PH group, acting as a decoy, created a fake profile on the Grindr dating application using a photograph of a boy aged about 13 years old as a lure to attract communications from persons with a sexual interest in children. The appellant entered into communication with the decoy, who stated in the course of exchanges first on Grindr and continued on the WhatsApp messaging platform that he was 13 years old. In the belief that the decoy was a child, the appellant sent him a picture of his erect penis. The appellant also sent him messages to arrange a meeting. When the appellant arrived for the meeting, he was confronted by members of the decoy's PH group who remained with him until the police arrived.
Copies of the appellant's communications with the decoy were provided to the police. The respondent, as public prosecutor, charged the appellant with offences related to sexually motivated communications with a child: (i) an offence of attempting to cause an older child (ie a child who has attained the age of 13 years, but has not yet attained the age of 16 years) to look at a sexual image, for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification (contrary to section 33 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 — "the 2009 Act"); (ii) an offence of attempting to communicate indecently with an older child (contrary to section 34 of the 2009 Act); and (iii) an offence of attempting to meet with a child for the purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity (contrary to section 1 of the Protection of Children and the Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 — "the 2005 Act"). I will refer to these together as "the charges". In each case, the charge was put in terms of an attempt to commit the offence, because the appellant believed the decoy was a child whereas he was in fact an adult.
After indictment on the charges in Glasgow Sheriff Court, the appellant lodged a preliminary minute objecting to the admissibility of the evidence sought to be relied upon by the respondent on the basis that it had been obtained by covert means without authorisation under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 ("RIPSA"). The appellant also lodged a minute objecting to the admissibility of the evidence provided by the PH group on the basis that it was obtained covertly without authorisation or reasonable suspicion of criminality in violation of his rights under article 8.
By a ruling dated 30 July 2018, after a hearing conducted on the basis of agreed facts (as set out below), the Sheriff repelled the appellant's objections to the admissibility of the evidence provided by the PH group. Later, at a trial on 29 and 30 August 2018, the respondent led evidence from the decoy and two police officers. The appellant did not lead any evidence. He was convicted on each of the charges.
At a later hearing, the appellant was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on each charge, to be served consecutively. He was also made subject to the notification requirements of section 92(2) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for a period of ten years.
The appellant appealed against his conviction to the High Court of Justiciary ("the High Court"). He contended that the Sheriff should have found that the evidence provided by the PH group was obtained in breach of the requirements of RIPSA, that his rights under article 8 in relation to respect for his private life and correspondence were violated by admission of that evidence and that the Sheriff should have excluded it. The appellant's appeal was heard in conjunction with the appeal in another case, which is not relevant for present purposes. By an interlocutor dated 20 September 2019 the High Court (the Lord Justice General, Lord Brodie and Lord Malcolm) refused both appeals. It granted the appellant permission to appeal to this court in relation to certain compatibility issues.
The appeal on the compatibility issues
Article 8 is a Convention right for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998 ("the HRA"). Section 6(1) of the HRA provides that "[i]t is unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right" (this is subject to certain exceptions which are not relevant in this case). A prosecuting authority is a public authority. A court also is a public authority for these purposes: section 6(3)(a) of the HRA.
The case comes before this court by way of an appeal on compatibility issues pursuant to section 288AA of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. So far as is relevant for present purposes, a compatibility issue means a question, arising in criminal proceedings, as to whether a public authority has acted in a way which is made unlawful by section 6(1) of the HRA: see section 288AA(4), read with section 288ZA(2). On an appeal under section 288AA, "the powers of the Supreme Court are exercisable only for the purpose of determining the compatibility issue" (subsection (2)(a)); when it has determined the compatibility issue "the Supreme Court must remit the proceedings to the High Court" (subsection (3)). An appeal under section 288AA may be brought only with permission given by the High Court or by the Supreme Court (subsection (5)).
In this case, the High Court has granted permission to appeal in relation to its determination in the criminal proceedings against the appellant of two compatibility issues, as follows:
1. whether, in respect of the type of communications used by the appellant and the PH group, article 8 rights may be interfered with by their use as evidence in a public prosecution of the appellant for a relevant offence; and
2. the extent to which the obligation on the state, to provide adequate protection for article 8 rights, is incompatible with the use by a public prosecutor of material supplied by PH groups in investigating and prosecuting crime.
As should be clear, this is not a full appeal, but an appeal limited to these compatibility issues.
Factual background and the judgment of the High Court
In his ruling on 30 July 2018 the Sheriff set out the agreed facts as follows:
"2. The Crown witness, Paul Devine, is a volunteer with 'Groom Resisters Scotland', an organisation which aims to protect children by catching 'online predators'. The organisation consists of 'decoys' and 'hunters'. Decoys create fake online personas with a general appearance of being under the age of 16. They remain in character as someone aged less than 16 in all communications with the public. In the event of a member of the public having apparently engaged in a sexual conversation with a decoy, a face to face meeting will be arranged at which a hunter or hunters will be present, who will then record and film the member of the public, while confronting them regarding the person's prior communication with the decoy persona. This recording may also be made available on the internet 'live', so that interested parties can see the confrontation take place. The video will also be uploaded onto various websites in order that it may be viewed by others. The organisation makes contact with the police at or after the time of the confrontation. The sexual communications between the decoy and the member of the public concerned, as well as the recording/film, of that person's confrontation with the hunters or extracts therefrom, are disclosed to the police for investigation.
3. Groom Resisters Scotland is one of several organisations deploying similar operating methods which operate in Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom. The police are aware that there are a number of 'hunter' organisations operating in Scotland and across the United Kingdom, and evidence obtained from those organisations has led to a number of criminal investigations and prosecutions.
4. In the present case the crown witness Devine, acted as a decoy. Groom Resisters Scotland provided him with photographs of a boy aged approximately 13 years old and he created an online profile on an 'App' named 'Grindr', a forum through which males apparently can arrange to meet one another, inter alia, for sexual purposes. The...


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Basionym: Scirpus carolinianus Lamarck 1791.
Type: "e. Carolinia", without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: P).
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Comic-Con Embraces Science Amid the Fantasy
By Emily Conover
The APS Comic Team in San Diego. (l-r) Stephen Skolnick, David Ellis, Becky Thompson, Brian Jacobson, Emily Conover, and James Roche.
A squadron of Stormtroopers marches past; Wolverine flexes his muscles and bares his claws; and an oversized Care Bear gives out free hugs. Such sights are all in a day's work for the APS Public Outreach team at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, the annual convention that unites fans of comics, animation, science fiction, and related popular arts.
The convention, held this year from July 9 to 12, is wildly popular, with attendance topping 130,000 in recent years. But what is APS doing there? I tagged along with the APS Outreach team — on my first trip to Comic-Con — to find out.
APS has exhibited at Comic-Con for the past six years, to distribute and promote its line of physics comic books for middle school students. The APS flagship comic series is Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero, which now comprises seven issues. This year, for the first time, APS staff members participated in two panel discussions about educational comics at the convention.
Superhero Spectra is the alter ego of Lucinda Hene, a girl who discovers she has laser powers. She can cut metal, pass through glass, diffract — even play CDs! Spectra and her band of friends fight off bad guys such as the evil Miss Alignment, the authoritarian General Relativity, and the shy, elusive Quantum Mechanic (who can be in multiple places at one time), all while demonstrating the physics of optics, gravity, fluid mechanics, and more.
Each day of the event, we staffed the APS booth in the exhibit hall, handing out free physics comics to anyone who wanted them. This work was no picnic — I found myself working as fast as I could to keep throngs of kids, parents, and science lovers supplied with comics. According to Rebecca Thompson, head of APS Public Outreach and author of the Spectra comics, the crew gives out three comic books a minute on average. With so many people in attendance at the convention, fans pack the aisles of the exhibit hall — especially when Batman shows up and causes gridlock.
One might wonder whether superhero-worshippers are really the right crowd for physics outreach. But I was impressed with the conference-goers' enthusiasm for science. As we hawked our wares, calling out, "free science comics!" many eagerly replied, "I love science!" and grabbed copies from our hands. A few readers even came back the next day to tell us how much they enjoyed them. And many attendees remembered APS from past years, proclaiming that their kids loved Spectra.
Science-themed events and panels abound at Comic-Con. This year, two panels about NASA research drew a crowd that packed a large room in the convention center. During the NASA panel "Turning Science Fiction into Science Fact," there was thunderous applause from the audience as astrophysicist Amber Straughn of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discussed the Kepler Space Telescope and the discovery of over 1,000 confirmed exoplanets. "NASA's Kepler Telescope has completely revolutionized our understanding of planetary systems," she said, to cheers from the crowd.
While passing out our comics, we not only met physics fans, but also full-fledged physicists in various stages of their careers — undergrads studying for their degrees, graduate students, professors, and even a scientist sporting an APS baseball cap. And science-loving kids drifted over to our booth, impressed with the cover of Spectra Issue #7, with Miss Alignment's villainous face towering over Spectra and her crew. I quickly became convinced that the Comic-Con crowd enthusiastically embraces science.
The Spectra comics, as part of APS's PhysicsQuest program, also come with a teachers' guide and a kit of science experiments that let kids help Spectra fight the scientific evil-doers. During the convention, many teachers stopped by the booth and asked how they could get materials for their classrooms. (The answer: Go to PhysicsCentral at physicscentral.com and sign up for PhysicsQuest!) Each year, APS sends PhysicsQuest kits, with accompanying comics, to 15,000 middle school classrooms throughout the country.
Spectra is not all that APS offers. We also distributed copies of a PhysicsQuest comic about Nikola Tesla, which recounts his infamous feud with Thomas Edison during the War of the Currents that pitted AC against DC in the 19th Century.
APS participated in two panels on science and comics at Comic-Con. Thompson spoke at a session on "Comics for Impact: STEM Education." The panel featured other prominent science comic book artists and writers, including Jorge Cham of PhD Comics, the popular web comic about grad student life.
Speaking to a room teeming with teachers of elementary, middle, high-school, and college students, Thompson discussed how the team designed Spectra to appeal to middle school-aged kids, and girls in particular. Thompson consulted with the staff of the website girl-wonder.org, which promotes positive representation of women in comics. Per their advice, Spectra is a multi-dimensional, believable middle school girl: She has a love interest; she has fights with her friends; and she's not perfect. "Girls know when they're being pandered to," Thompson said, "so we tried not to do that."
And the plot is the priority. Rather than awkwardly bombarding kids with science facts through the comic, "We really tried to make the story first and [then] make sure the physics was there," Thompson said. The focus on the story keeps kids reading, she said, and it means "you're going to learn without paying attention."
A second panel, "Teaching Comics," was part of the Comics Arts Conference, an academic conference that takes place during Comic-Con. This panel featured Thompson and David Ellis, illustrator for Spectra Issue #7. The pair discussed the teamwork necessary to communicate complex scientific principles through the medium of art and comics.
"We would try to sneak in ways to teach about the spectrum and optics visually instead of beating the kids over the head with a lot of word balloons," Ellis said. To achieve that, the pair worked together on a daily basis, panel by panel, to make the art and the science align. "It really has to be done in a way where the script and the art merge together without being physically incorrect," Thompson said.
Over four days, we distributed 7,000 comic books — more than two tons' worth. "The fact that we are in 7,000 people's hands now is really important," Thompson says. "Comic-Con is a good place for us to bring science and bring some real superhero physics to people that already like comic books."
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