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E-books have been around since the early 1990s but have had a slow adoption by the higher education community. While e-books allow for the inclusion of richer media, providing a more interactive experience for the reader, the format, as well as access and copyright issues, are still currently evolving. Explore this resource site—a collection of all EDUCAUSE resources related to E-Books.
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- Assessment of E-Book Strategies, EDUCAUSE Live! June 25th, 2014. Claremont Colleges Library presents results from a study, comparing the usage of the print and electronic equivalent of the same Course Adopted Book title, they also give a quick look at the types of data collected and analyzed from the e-book DDA service.
- The Current State and Potential Future of E-Textbooks, ELI Brief, November 5, 2013. The University of Washington conducted a pilot to investigate two leading e-textbook platforms to determine which platform participants preferred. Participating instructors taught with their choice of e-textbook and selected the platform they preferred; they were not required to use the e-textbook in a predetermined manner. This brief discusses the pilot and its findings.
- Understanding What Higher Education Needs from E-Textbooks: An EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Pilot, ECAR Report. July 2013. This pilot shed light not just on the usability of McGraw-Hill textbooks in Courseload but more broadly on the value of digital materials in higher education at this time.
- Stanford School of Medicine E-Book Pilots, ELI Brief, January 2013. This project focused on the authoring and publishing processes as well as the response of the residents who were to be the eventual users.
- E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations, OECD, October 2012
- A Study of Four Textbook Distribution Models, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, December 2011. In preparation for campus-wide e-text adoption, Daytona State College completed a two-year comparative study of four textbook distribution models: print purchase, print rental, e-text rental, and e-text rental with e-reader device.
- Mobile Perspectives: On e-books E-Reading: The Transition in Higher Education EDUCAUSE Review, March/April 2011.
- 2011 Horizon Report, ELI/NMC, February 2011. Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education. This year electronic books are prominently featured in the report.
- The User-Driven Purchase Giveaway Library, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2010.
- Deploying Innovation Locally, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2010.
- E-Textbooks: "An Interesting Ride", EDUCAUSE Review, March/April 2010.
- 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers, ELI, March 2010.
- Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 2010
- E-Books in Higher Education: Are We There Yet?, ECAR Research Bulletin, January 2010
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- eTexts: A Perishable Opportunity for Higher Education?, EDUCAUSE Live!, January 2012. This EDUCAUSE Live! This program addresses the strategic, business, and policy implications for institutions in light of a changing world of consumer electronics and new models for digital educational resources such as eTexts, website tutorials, and other licensed content
- Digital Content in Higher Education – Practical Findings, ELI Web Seminar, March 2011 (ELI membership required) This webinar provides an overview of the digital textbook landscape as it currently exists and a glimpse into the emerging trends that will shape higher education digital content in the near future.
- Dealing with the Changing World of E-Textbooks, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, October 2010. This video from E10 examines the current trends in textbook technology with respect to delivery platform options (iPad, Kindle, etc.), software format (electronic publication versus PDF), and pedagogical implications.
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- Podcast: Wake Forest University's BioBook
July 17, 2012
In this podcast we interview the creators of BioBook, a scalable e-text embodying six central principles of learning. It is organized into self-contained "nodes" that can be revised or …
- Podcast: Transforming Higher Education with Emerging Technologies
March 20, 2012
This talk by the Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at Harvard University, Chris Dede , describes how we can transform teaching and learning to prepare students with the …
- EDUCAUSE Now: - #38 - 1) How Are Mobile Devices Affecting Higher Education IT? 2) The Rosebud Institute Teaches Screen Literacy
April 14, 2011
This month on EDUCAUSE Now :Â As we get ready for the EDUCAUSE Mobile Computing 5-Day Sprint , April 25-29, EDUCAUSE Now asks various IT leaders: How are mobile devices affecti…
- Podcast: Yves Paul Epelboin with a Peek at French Higher Ed IT
November 20, 2009
Yves Paul Epelboin is the Director of IT for Teaching and Learning at the Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie in Paris, France. In this ten minute podcast, he shares some cultural insight…
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August 20, 2009
This eight minute podcast features an interview from the 2009 Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference . My conversation is with Tina Pugliese , Senior Instructor of Italia…
- E08 Podcast: An Interview with David E. Kaufman - Director of Multimedia Educational Technology Support at Central Washington University
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Oh, what a tangled web we weave. It sure is turning out to be one heck of a legacy for Mr. Obama.
There's the "Fast and Furious" case, Benghazi, NSA snooping on American citizens, IRS targeting of American citizens, the VA fiasco in dealing with our military veterans, millions of wasted taxpayer dollars on worthless green energy projects.
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, September 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A WHO doctor working in an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the disease. To ensure the safety of all, WHO will recommend that new admissions b…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, September 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 4 September, The African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (AUNAMID), received information that a Government of Sudan police team had entered Kalma camp for in…
EU supports African Union mission to fight Ebola
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The European Commission will provide €5 million to the newly established mission of the African Union (AU) "Support to Ebola Outbreak in West-Africa" (ASEOWA) that will join the ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the disease in the region.
European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, said "We welcome the AU's new mission and will fully support its work. The EU stands side by side with our African partners – we all need to cooperate closely in fighting this deadly disease. Today's funding is part of our contribution to a strong, coordinated international response."
Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, said: "The crisis continues to deteriorate, with Ebola cases surging even in places where it was brought under control. We must join forces in the fight against this deadly epidemic. Europe's humanitarian assistance is reaching the affected areas as we speak. The needs, however, are constantly growing."
ASEOWA is planned to last six months, with headquarters in Liberia and a minimum of 100 staff. It will provide advice to the Ebola coordination structures in the affected countries and engage in joint operations with them. It will also provide medical support in their on-going responses to the Ebola outbreak and assist local authorities and the international community in consolidating the control over the virus' epidemic. It will also support the establishing of institutions and conducive conditions for the control and eradication of Ebola, as well as liaise with humanitarian actors and facilitate, where possible, humanitarian assistance to isolated and quarantined centres.
Today's announcement was made in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) at an AU Partner Group's meeting on Ebola.
€2 million of today's funding come from EU support for fighting Ebola that has been announced by Commissioner Piebalgs last Friday during his official visit to Benin (see IP/14/974); the remaining €3 million will be provided through the so-called African Union Support Programme, an existing EU funding mechanism that provides technical capacity to the AU.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today visited Baidoa to support Federal Government and local efforts to establish a new interi…
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NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNEP MEDIA INVITATION: SEED Awards Briefing
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VATICAN, Holy See, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today Pope Francis received the prelates of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon at the end of their five-yearly "ad limina" visit. At the end of the audience the Pope expressed his encouragement and confidence in the bishops, whose visit to Rome underlined the spirit of communion with the Apostolic See, and handed them his written discourse, in which he writes that "for the Gospel to profoundly touch and convert hearts, we must remember that only our unity and love make it possible to bear witness authentically and effectively". "You must keep unity and diversity closely linked in order to accommodate the human and spiritual wealth of your dioceses, that is expressed in many ways".
Pope Francis mentioned the good collaboration between the Church, the State and society in Cameroon, as shown recently by the signing of a framework agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of Cameroon, and invited the prelates to put this agreement in practice, "so that legal recognition of many ecclesial institutions will enable them to exercise greater influence, to the benefit not only of the Church but also of the whole of society in Cameroon". In this context, he also referred to the considerable commitment on the part of the local churches in social work, especially in the fields of education, health and charity, that is recognised and appreciated by the civil authorities and must be the fulcrum of "a fruitful collaboration between the State and the Church, with full respect for her freedom. Commitment to social work is an integral part of evangelisation, as there is an intimate link between evangelisation and human development, which must be expressed and developed in all evangelising work".
The action of evangelisation will be more effective when the Gospel "is truly lived by those who have received and profess it. This is how we find the way of drawing to Christ those who do not yet know Him, demonstrating the power of His love that is able to transform and illuminate human life". Given the significant presence of Muslims in some dioceses, the Pope encouraged the bishops to "develop a dialogue of life with them, in the spirit of mutual trust", which is now "essential to maintain a climate of peaceful co-existence and to discourage the development of the violence that Christians are victims of in certain regions of the African continent".
He continues, "Families, equally, must continue to be the focus of your particular care, especially today as they experience grave hardships – poverty, the displacement of peoples, lack of security, the temptation to return to ancestral practices incompatible with the Christian faith, or even new lifestyles promised by a secularised world".
It is also essential that the clergy "offer witness to a life inhabited by the Lord, coherent with the demands and the principles of the Gospel", he writes, inviting the prelates to be fathers attentive to their priests, so that they are helped to avoid the temptations of power, honours and money. "In relation to this latter point, the negative example that may be given by poor management of goods, personal enrichment or wastefulness will be particularly scandalous in a region where many people lack basic necessities". Similarly, "the unity of the clergy is an indispensable element in the witness to the risen Christ … and which depends upon unity among bishops, who are often faced with the same challenges and called upon to offer common and joint solutions, as well as the unity of the 'presbyterium' that the Lord calls on us to build every day, setting aside all forms of prejudice, especially on the basis of ethnicity".
The Pontiff finally offers encouragement to consecrated persons, whose life is "always a prophetic witness and model in matters of reconciliation, justice and peace" and concludes by urging the prelates of Cameroon not to fear difficulties and to continue to proclaim the Good News with a renewed missionary spirit "to all those who still await it or are most in need".
VATICAN, Holy See, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin has sent a telegram of condolences on behalf of the Holy Father to Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye of Bujumbura, Burundi, for the killing of three Italian Xaverian Missionary sisters yesterday, Sunday 7 September, in their convent in Kamenge, north of the capital Bujumbura.
Cardinal Parolin writes, "His Holiness Pope Francis has learned with great sadness of the murder of three nuns, Sister Bernadetta Bogiann, Sister Lucia Pulici and Sister Olga Raschietti, who were in the pastoral service of the parish of Saint Guido Maria Conforti in Bujumbura. The Holy Father begs the Lord to welcome into his kingdom of peace and light these three faithful and devout nuns. In these tragic circumstances, he expresses his closeness to their religious community, to the families of the victims, and the entire diocesan community. He imparts the comfort of a heartfelt and affectionate apostolic blessing to all those affected by their sudden loss. I join the Holy Father in offering my condolences and wish to assure those close to the departed Sisters of my fervent prayers".
The Secretary of State also sent another telegram to Sister Ines Frizza, superior general of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, in which he expresses his sadness for the tragic death of the missionaries and "assures his heartfelt participation in the profound suffering of the Congregation for the loss of such dedicated sisters". The Holy Father, "in the hope that the blood they have shed may become the seed of hope to build true fraternity between peoples, raises fervent prayers for the eternal repose of their souls and for their generous witness of the Gospel. To their families, the entire Institute and those who mourn their loss, he imparts the comfort of his apostolic blessing", the Cardinal concludes.
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — GeoPoll (http://www.geopoll.com), the world's largest real-time mobile survey platform, today announced the hire of John Muthee as VP of Business Development in Africa. Muthee will drive the strategy and execution of key growth initiatives as GeoPoll expands its mobile survey capabilities across the continent. The company recently opened a regional hub office in Nairobi and hired several experienced business development veterans, including Wavinya Kiagiri in Kenya, Matt Angus-Hammond in South Africa, and Gordon Grant Biaku in Ghana.
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"As GeoPoll becomes the go-to solution for organizations looking to gain insight into African audiences, we've expanded accordingly," said Steve Gutterman, President of GeoPoll. "Our new hires bring valuable market research experience that will be a key asset in addressing our clients' information needs. John and his business development team will lead our sales efforts and provide clients with insight regarding key markets, demographics, and customer preferences that has heretofore not been available on a real-time basis.
Muthee most recently served as Managing Director for GfK East Africa, where he oversaw the Consumer Choices research division, and all client engagements across the region. In his previous role as Regional Manager at GfK, Muthee coordinated the development of a retail panel across East Africa. Prior to joining GfK, Muthee was Country Manager for Tanzania at The Steadman Group.
Additional new hires bring significant experience in local sales and marketing:
● Wavinya Kiagiri, Business Development Director, Media Products for East Africa. Wavinya was formerly Head of Operations for Advertising at Kenya's Nation Media Group, driving the use of research for sales, product development and strategy. At GeoPoll, Wavinya will be driving the adoption of GeoPoll's Audience Measurement Service throughout East Africa. Prior to joining the Nation Media Group in 2009, she was the Media Research Director at Steadman Synovate, now Ipsos. Wavinya will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
● Gordon Grant Biaku, Business Development Lead for West Africa. Gordon was formerly an Account Director at market research company Millward Brown in West Africa. Based in Accra, Gordon played a pioneering role at establishing Millward Brown's presence in West Africa. Prior to joining Millward Brown in 2009, Gordon was the Country Manager at Steadman, now Ipsos. Gordon will be based in Accra, Ghana.
● Matt Angus Hammond, Business Development Lead for Southern Africa. As the Market Insights Director for East and West Africa at Millward Brown, Matt spearheaded the company's expansion into Africa before moving to South African research house KLA as the African Business Development Director. In October 2013 he took a sabbatical and spent seven months driving through nine countries from Johannesburg to Kinshasa, including a six week journey down the Congo River on a cargo barge. He will be leading GeoPoll's business development efforts in Southern Africa based out of Johannesburg.
● Wangui Gikonyo, Business Development, Social Sector, for East Africa. Wangui has experience in both the corporate and social sectors, having worked with leading consumer goods brands, and more recently for several NGOs, including heading The AMREF Flying Doctors Society of Africa and working as Fundraising Director of the Kenya Community Development Foundation. Wangui will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
This announcement follows GeoPoll's recent office opening in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as the launch of new product offerings catering to strategic sectors. In June, GeoPoll announced its Audience Measurement Service, and with it, the first ever overnight television ratings for multiple countries in Africa. The service currently represents daily television and radio consumption of over 300 million Africans, and aims to give advertisers and broadcasters an unprecedented, real-time look at viewing habits through individual action.
GeoPoll has also expanded its subscription services to include surveys on other key sectors, including Health, Finance, and Food & Agriculture. The GeoPoll database now includes more than 200 million users, and is projected to expand to 500 million by the end of the year.
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GeoPoll (http://www.geopoll.com) is the world's largest real-time mobile survey platform, reaching a growing network of more than 200 million users in 20 countries worldwide on a deeply granular level and at unprecedented scale. Through partnerships with telecom providers and a multimodal platform powered by text, voice and web-based communications, GeoPoll enables companies and organizations to gather quick, accurate and in-depth insights on anything from preferences on consumer goods to election transparency and access to basic government services. GeoPoll is powered by Mobile Accord, the creators of the mGive mobile donation platform and experts in powering mobile insights across the globe.
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — APO will offer transport, accommodation and perdiem for one African journalist to attend the AfricaCom 2014, Africa's leading telecoms event (http://www.comworldseries.com/africa), held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 11–13 November 2014.
AfricaCom 2014 will bring together individuals and companies to debate on how to embrace innovation in Africa's telecoms, media and ICT markets.
The deadline for entry is midnight on October 17, 2014.
Winner will be announced on October 23, 2014.
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Somalia: Sexual Abuse by African Union Soldiers / Troop-Contributing Countries, Donors Should Promote Justice for Victims
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Troop-contributing countries, the African Union (AU), and donors to AMISOM should urgently address these abuses and strengthen procedures inside Somalia to seek justice.
The 71-page report, "'The Power These Men Have Over Us': Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by African Union Forces in Somalia," documents the sexual exploitation and abuse of Somali women and girls on two AMISOM bases in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, since 2013. The AU soldiers, relying on Somali intermediaries, have used a range of tactics, including humanitarian aid, to coerce vulnerable women and girls into sexual activity. They have also raped or otherwise sexually assaulted women who were seeking medical assistance or water at AMISOM bases. Human Rights Watch interviewed 21 women and girls who described being raped or sexually exploited by Ugandan or Burundian military personnel serving with the AU forces.
"Some African Union soldiers have misused their positions of power to exploit Somalia's most vulnerable women and girls," said Liesl Gerntholtz, women's rights director at Human Rights Watch. "Somalia has many intractable problems, but the Somali and AU leadership could end sexual exploitation and abuse by pressing troop-sending countries to hold abusers responsible."
The AU and AMISOM should foster an organizational culture of "zero tolerance" of unlawful activities on their bases, Human Rights Watch said. They should establish or strengthen instruments and bodies that have responsibility for addressing these abuses, such as conduct and discipline units, and an independent investigative body at the AU level.
Human Rights Watch conducted research in Somalia, Uganda, and Burundi. All of the Somali women and girls interviewed were from displaced communities from south-central Somalia. In addition, Human Rights Watch interviewed over 30 witnesses, foreign observers, military personnel, and officials from troop-contributing countries. The research focused on incidents in Mogadishu, where Ugandan and Burundian soldiers are present and does not preclude the possibility that similar abuses have occurred elsewhere.
Years of conflict and famine in Somalia have displaced tens of thousands of women and girls from their communities, and from their family and clan support networks. Without employment options and basic resources, many must rely completely on outside assistance and are forced into exploitative and abusive situations to sustain themselves and their children.
The African Union Peace and Security Council deployed the peace support troops known as AMISOM to Somalia in 2007 under a United Nations Security Council mandate, to protect Somali infrastructure and government officials and to contribute to delivering humanitarian assistance. Since then, AMISOM's mandate, size, and geographical presence have steadily increased. The force draws its military personnel from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Sierra Leone.
Women and girls seeking assistance at AMISOM camps in Mogadishu do so at significant risk, Human Rights Watch found. For instance, in late 2013, Qamar R. (not her real name), 15, went to the Burundian contingent's base to get medicine for her sick mother. A Somali interpreter told her to follow two Burundian soldiers to get medicine. They took her to a remote area and one of the soldiers raped her. She told Human Rights Watch: "First he ripped off my hijab and then he attacked me." As she was leaving, the second Burundian soldier gave her US$10.
Some soldiers have exploited women's poverty and lack of food for sex. In May 2013, Kassa D. was introduced to a Somali interpreter at AMISOM's base camp. "I was worried," she said. "I wanted to run but I knew that the same thing that brought me here would get me through this – my hunger. I had made a choice and I couldn't turn back now." After she had sexual intercourse with a Ugandan soldier, the interpreter paid her $10.
The UN secretary-general's 2003 bulletin on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse is a groundbreaking policy document for UN peacekeeping missions. It explicitly prohibits peacekeepers from exchanging any money, goods, or services for sex.
Evidence suggests that sexual exploitation is not a secret at AMISOM's Mogadishu bases, Human Rights Watch said. The women and girls have entered the camps through official guarded gates and accessed areas that are in theory protected zones. Two women told Human Rights Watch that the soldiers they had sex with for money gave them official AMISOM badges to facilitate their entry to the base.
"The AU military and political leadership needs to do more to prevent, identify, and punish sexual abuse by their troops," said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "As another food crisis looms in Mogadishu's displacement camps, women and girls are once again desperate for food and medicine. They should not have to sell their bodies for their families to survive."
AMISOM soldiers have also subjected women and girls to other abuses and exposed them to serious health risks, Human Rights Watch said. Several women described being slapped and beaten by the soldiers with whom they had sex. Others said that soldiers had refused to wear condoms, passing on sexually transmitted infections.
Some of the women interviewed said they did not report their experiences because they feared reprisals from their attackers, the authorities, and the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab, as well as stigma and retribution from their own families. Others told Human Rights Watch they were reluctant to lose their only source of income. As a result, Human Rights Watch could not draw conclusions about the extent of the problem or official levels of involvement.
Countries providing troops to AMISOM are primarily responsible for the conduct of their forces in Somalia and have exclusive jurisdiction over their personnel for any criminal offenses. These countries have, to varying degrees, established procedures to deal with misconduct including deploying legal advisors and military investigators and, in Uganda's case, temporarily sending a court martial to Somalia to try cases.
Yet troop-contributing countries have not provided the necessary resources to investigate allegations or made the investigation and prosecution of sexual exploitation and abuse a priority, Human Rights Watch said. Only one rape case, in which the victim was a child, is before Uganda's military court in Kampala.
AMISOM's leadership has taken some measures to address sexual and gender-based violence, including drafting a policy on prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse, and doing outreach. However, more should be done to ensure that these efforts provide justice for victims, Human Rights Watch said.
The AU force, along with the UN and the Somali government, should adopt measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse while creating an environment in which women can come forward and report abuses. Troop-contributing countries should reinforce their investigative and prosecutorial capacities inside Somalia. They also should ensure, along with AMISOM and the UN, that survivors receive adequate medical and psychosocial care and protection, particularly during investigations and prosecutions.
International donors, particularly the United Nations, European Union, United States, and United Kingdom should support greater independent oversight of the conduct of AU troops and civilian personnel and ensure that they are not complicit in abuses committed by AMISOM forces, Human Rights Watch said.
"The AU can no longer turn a blind eye to the abuses on AMISOM bases, as its undermining the very credibility of the mission," Gerntholtz said. "Governments supporting AMISOM should work with the AU to end sexual abuse and exploitation of Somali women and girls by their troops, take action against forces contributing to it, and do what they can to prevent further sexual exploitation and abuse of Somali women."
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Currently, none of these vaccines or therapies have been approved for human use to prevent or treat EVD. A number of candidate vaccines and therapies have been developed and tested in animal models and some have demonstrated promising results. In view of the urgency of these outbreaks, the international community is mobilizing to find ways to accelerate the evaluation and use of these compounds.
Safety in humans is also unknown, raising the possibility of adverse side effects when administered. Use of some of these products is demanding and requires intravenous administration and infrastructure, such as cold chain, and facilities able to offer a good and safe standard of care.
The experts determined:
• There was consensus that the use of whole blood therapies and convalescent blood serums needs to be considered as a matter of priority.
• Safety studies of the two most advanced vaccines identified – based on vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-EBO) and chimpanzee adenovirus (ChAd-EBO) – are being initiated in the United States of America and will be started in Africa and Europe in mid-September. WHO will work with all the relevant stakeholders to accelerate their development and safe use in affected countries. If proven safe, a vaccine could be available in November 2014 for priority use in health-care workers.
• In addition to blood therapies and candidate vaccines, the participants discussed the availability and evidence supporting the use of novel therapeutic drugs, including monoclonal antibodies, RNA-based drugs, and small antiviral molecules. They also considered the potential use of existing drugs approved for other diseases and conditions. Of the novel products discussed, some have shown great promise in monkey models and have been used in a few Ebola patients (although, in too few cases to permit any conclusion about efficacy).
Existing supplies of all experimental medicines are limited. While many efforts are underway to accelerate production, supplies will not be sufficient for several months to come. The prospects of having augmented supplies of vaccines rapidly look slightly better.
The participants cautioned that investigation of these interventions should not detract attention from the implementation of effective clinical care, rigorous infection prevention and control, careful contact tracing and follow-up, effective risk communication, and social mobilization, all of which are crucial for ending these outbreaks.
The recipients of experimental interventions, location of studies, and study design, should be based on the aim to learn as much as we can as fast as we can without compromising patient care or health worker safety.
The recipients of experimental interventions, locations of studies, and study design should be based on the aim to learn as much as we can as fast as we can without compromising patient care or health worker safety, with active participation of local scientists, and proper consultation with communities.
This will require the following crucial elements:
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• A mechanism for evaluating pre-clinical data should be put in place in order to recommend which interventions should be evaluated as a first priority.
• A platform must be established for transparent, real-time collection and sharing of data.
• A safety monitoring board needs to be established to evaluate the data from all interventions.
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CNA spoke about the movement with Dr. Steven Schneck, Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America, and Fr. Robert Sirico, president of the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Acton Institute.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) - This past election season "Tea Party" rallies were held around the country to protest government policy or to call for a new direction for the country. The movement even showed some substantial political clout at the ballot box. But is the movement compatible with Catholic social teaching?
CNA spoke about the movement with Dr. Steven Schneck, Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America, and Fr. Robert Sirico, president of the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Acton Institute.
Fr. Sirico described the Tea Party as "an amorphous thing" with a lot of variety and as a "populist, spontaneous movement." He thought its common themes include a desire for less government and a desire "to limit the power that politicians have over peoples' lives."
Participants find motivation in a variety of philosophies. Some have "well-developed Catholic sensibilities" while others' sensibilities are "almost anarchistic." He thought it was "remarkable" that the Tea Party could bring so many non-political people into the political process.
The Church's teaching on subsidiarity can meet these people and "augment what they're doing," he said, while also guarding against "the more fanatical edges of the tea party."
Fr. Sirico explained subsidiarity as being the principle that higher levels of society should not intervene in lower levels without "manifest and real necessity," and such intervention should only be temporary.
"Needs are best met at the local level," he said, calling government "the resource of last resort."
For his part, Dr. Schneck agreed the Tea Party is still a movement being formed. He sees it as motivated in part by middle class frustration with "a political environment that seems to reward the rich and the poor but ignores or even undercuts the middle." He also sees a "libertarian dynamic that wants to end do-gooder, nanny government."
He told CNA that Catholics are called to practice politics based on four aspects: the dignity of the person, the common good rather than private interests, solidarity with our fellow citizens in community, and an understanding of subsidiarity that recognizes the appropriate role of the state and civil society in addressing community needs.
This approach also reveals other requirements for good politics, such as preferential consideration of the poor, welcoming the immigrant, the importance of family and community, and a "stewardship" understanding of property and creation.
Granting that no political movement conforms to these principles, Schneck said the Tea Party movement has its clearest tensions with Catholic teaching on the issues of the common good and solidarity, while immigration, poverty and stewardship may be other areas of tension.
"Solidarity reminds us that we must properly understand ourselves and others as part of the Mystical Body of Christ," he explained, saying that responsibility to others is "prior to our individual liberties."
"Our freedom is not limited by our responsibilities to others in community, but is rather enhanced by what we do for others."
Schneck also warned that a "hard-edged individualism" which sees justice best resolved in competition ignores solidarity's emphasis on "caritas," that is, Christian love.
On the issue of national health care, which many Tea Party participants have opposed, Schneck noted Pope Benedict's recent insistence that health care is an inalienable right and governments are obliged to ensure universal health care for all citizens regardless of their ability to pay.
Like Fr. Sirico, Schneck thought that subsidiarity "dovetails quite well" with Tea Party thinking, for example in arguing that education policy is best set by local government rather than national.
"As part of subsidiarity, however, it is also true that if local government or the private resources of civil society are unable to address the needs of the common good, then the national government is morally bound to respond," he continued.
Fr. Sirico had his own criticisms of the movement. He thought charismatic leaders could lead people in the wrong direction, and the Tea Party's lack of a "historical memory" of past mistakes means that it lacks safeguards against plausible-looking proposals that "end up being harmful." Some Tea Party rhetoric suggests it has no role for government to serve the poor.
However, Fr. Sirico said in his experience most people sympathetic to the Tea Party movement, including himself, are not of that mindset.
He compared the government policy to a dentist visit, saying "we just want to get through it with as little pain as possible."
Schneck added that it was "gratifying" to see individual Tea Party representatives oppose abortion "even though libertarianism theoretically is suspicious of government promoting moral or religious values."
The future of the Tea Party's support for pro-life concerns and marriage issues has also been a public issue. Some Tea Party spokesmen have said the Republican Party should not focus on either.
Jeffrey Bell, a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, told CNA he saw very little of this opinion in the daily activities of movement participants and sympathizers.
"People who think that voters are not concerned about social issues should go look at Iowa," he commented, referring to the electoral successes of traditional marriage activists in the key presidential primary state.
"People don't get amnesia on other issues just because the economy is in bad shape. They're still a factor," Bell remarked. "And the people who feel strongly about these issues, who are quite a few, are going to be less likely to vote for a candidate who is on the other side."
He did not think a Tea Party focus on fiscal issues and small government could eclipse social concerns. Polls indicate that most Tea Party participants are social conservatives, said Bell, and "very, very few" Tea Party-backed candidates for the Senate or the House were pro-choice on abortion.
He contended that both movements are "very similar" because of the importance they place on returning "to the values of the Founding."
"It's really a triumph of social conservatives that people would see these economic and size of government issues in the same light as many would also see abortion and traditional marriage," Bell claimed.
Those who are speaking of a "big civil war" between social conservatives and others in the Tea Party are, in Bell's view, "creating an issue where, on the ground, not much of an issue exists."
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The Hilton Fort Worth is one of 24 hotels named a member of the Historic Hotels of America, the Washington, D.C.-based group announced on Nov. 18.
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Thanks in part to its partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, Hinkle said his agency was able to accelerate the construction schedule.
The five-year, $2.5 billion project began in late 2010. It has included reconstructing expanded frontage lanes and main lanes and the addition of TEXpress managed lanes, along Loop 820 and Texas 121-183 between Interstate 35W in Fort Worth and Industrial Boulevard in Euless.
Final paving and striping is currently underway throughout much of the corridor, with all major construction activities now completed, according to NTE Mobility Partners.
The NTE project is expected to nearly double the road capacity with the addition of TEXpress lanes throughout the length of corridor, officials said. Motorists may travel along the newly rebuilt general highway lanes and frontage roads free of charge, or enter TEXpress Lanes, featuring variable aimed at keeping minimum speed at 50 mph.
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The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers And Videos For July 14 – 18.
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As Bill and Brooke prepare to be married, Ridge pushes himself to recall the details from his accident. He finally succeeds in remembering who was responsible and proceeds to tell Bill, Katie, and Brooke exactly what happened that day. Bill denies any involvement in the helicopter incident, but Ridge is able to cite evidence. Meanwhile, Justin works to cover up his role as the pilot of the helicopter, but Donna becomes determined to get him to confess. Later, Rick and Caroline end up at odds on the subject of her Uncle Bill.
At Forrester Creations, Carter receives upsetting news about Maya and Rick. Oliver, meanwhile, makes a decision to tell Ally what is on the voice recording before Maya can blurt it out to her. This leads to Ally seeking advice from Darla. Later, Ivy Forrester is offered a job vacated by a certain disgraced employee. Read the rest of this entry »
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Yummy Link: Le Super Hot Dog
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I don't care what anyone says, this Le Super Hot Dog looks absolutely delicious. Since I won't be headed to France anytime soon, I'll have to follow these instructions and make one for myself. — Too Many Chefs
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aimeeb 6 years
Hmmmm the cheese makes me nervous.
JaimeLeah526 6 years
This looks so yummy.
kiddylnd 6 years
Yes, can we PLEASE get rid of the vulgar comment? Uncalled for. Especially since the cheese is probably what makes this dog so over the top good.
glamorouschic 6 years
yum... yum... yummy... hehehehe... it really looks delicious and scrumptious... a total must-have.... hehehe... i wanna eat it!!! teehee... :)
Nyrina-Windu 6 years
I don't know about this one. Maybe because I'm not really a big HD fan though.
fuzzles 6 years
Chief, Add some caramalized onions to that bacon and you just might have a culinary felony! :)
chiefdishwasher 6 years
Casper's dogs are great on the left coast. Yum, what if we add a little bacon to this dog?
fuzzles 6 years
Thanks for the tip emlod10. Will give them a try! My Mom always broiled hot dogs (only for a rare treat!) so that they were slightly blackened and crispy. I imagine this would be wonderful with the crusty bread and melted cheese. :)
emlod10 6 years
Hebrew National! Kosher hot dogs...so good!
emalove 6 years
Gotta admit, I love a hot dog every now and again...not sure about the cheese on it, though.
sonnabobble 6 years
hotdogs are great hangover food and this one looks extra tasty! i think i might not go with a super hot mustard though (since i'm a bit of a wuss). is the comment above mine really necessary?
foxie 6 years
Smartdog is the best brand, fyi. Um... it totally looks like a couple of guys gizzed all over that hotdog. Appetizing.
fuzzles 6 years
Holy crap that looks good! Can anyone suggest a good brand of hotdog? I haven't been able to find one that I go nuts over lately. Best I've found have been Boar's Head or No Name.
ElizabethRae 6 years
Yes. I love hot dogs. That looks amazing.
kiddylnd 6 years
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Date: October 6, 2011
by: Observer Staff
Dec. 7, 2010
Unusual campaign strategy
11:15 a.m. — 7300 block of South Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Incident. A political-party volunteer reported a man walking into the party headquarters and rambling about bad guys, the Bible and Benjamin Netanyahu bringing guns to The White House. The man called himself Christ and President Obama the anti-Christ. During the conversation, the employee determined that the real reason for the man's visit was to inquire about running for office. That's not the best start.
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30 Advent Procession
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3 Rachel's Challenge Anti-Bullying Event hosted by The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
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4 Ringling Holiday Splendor
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The gift of music
Riverview High School received a donation of $5,000 during a break in the Kiltie Band Fall concert on Nov. 20.
Coming together for the community
All Faiths Food Bank called on volunteers to help distribute 7,000 Thanksgiving dinners Saturday.
Observer on the hunt for displays
We're making our list of the best holiday lights displays in Sarasota and checking it twice.


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GTV went to Turner Field to sit down with the former Bulldog, Alex Wood, to discuss his recent call up to the Atlanta Braves.
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Because they are seed eaters, sparrows and buntings can often be crop pests. They feed on lettuce, broccoli, sugar beats, alfalfa, grains, fruit trees, flower seedlings and grass seed, among other things. They have a negative economic impact since farmers and others spend a lot of time and energy trying to keep the birds out.
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Ton of fun!
The pick up and drop off service was so helpful. The flight itself was a thrill and the pilot was very personable. Would do it again!
Amazing!!! You will not regret this trip! I intend to take my family on this the next time we are in San Francisco. I will be doing more of these.
This adventure was magnificent! My only complaint is that I wanted to ride in that helicopter much longer:) It really was a smooth and beautiful tour. The helicopter was extremely comfortable, the staff was excellent, and the views were breathtaking. It was a first class experience all the way.
The process was very streamlined! The pickup was easy! The driver was awesome, super friendly! The flight was great! Make sure you have your camera ready when ya go under the bridge.... He flew under it really quick! Overall a great experience!! We'll likely do it again, next time we come to town!!!
This tour was the highlight of our vacation to San Francisco. The driver was courteous and the pilot was awesome and provided a great tour. I had no issues because I sat in front next to the pilot, but the tour was geared to those seated on the left of the aircraft. Wish this was offered at night
I had a very good experience. The driver who picked me up was friendly and knowledgeable, being a pilot himself. The helicopter trip itself was spectacular and the pilot was helpful in answering questions. There was some confusion the day before about whether my tour was still going ahead but this was resolved and did not spoil my enjoyment. This was one of the highlights of my trip to San Francisco and I would recommend it to anyone.
I really enjoyed the tour over SF. You get to see everything you need and get extra informatuon. If you have some extra money on your trip you should totally do the tour!
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First grader Bela Mondragon, 6, shows off her school work to her parents Jose and Ingrid Mondragon and fourth grader Vielka Gonzalez. Open house was held Thursday at all the local campuses.
Rain plays role in playoff game
Rain and strong winds met players in Jonesboro's regional playoff game Friday in Jarrell. After leading most of the game, the Eagles fell to Calvert, 32-26, in overtime. Eagles Andy Sarmiento (14) and Tommy Isom (2) chase down a Calvert runner during the first quarter.
Congratulations, Eagles, On a great season!
Front row, left to right: Ryan Kuzenka, Luke Jackson, Andres Sarmiento, Wyatt Young, Gage Bragewitz, Joey Wilson, Jackly Melton, Blake Riley, Alex Sarmiento, Dustin Brown. Back row, left to right: Christian Baker, Derrick Miller, Cannon Dixon, Tommy Isom, Josh Smith, Thai Robuck, Josh Barnes, Danny Lopez, Jimmy Apodaca, Anthony Wise, Robert Robuck