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Beautify all parts of your home, even your light switch covers with these Cool Light Switch Covers. This free last minute craft idea is perfect to do with kids as well.
- Blank switch covers (I prefer the brass ones, but most plastic will work also.
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- Note: Test your plastic switch cover in the oven at full temperature for baking the clay for about 5 minutes before proceeding with the decorating instructions.
- Lightly spray selected texture sheet with water, to act as a "mold release."
- Place flattened piece of conditioned clay on texture sheet and roll clay to emboss texture. If using pasta machine, roll clay through on widest setting, then roll through with texture sheet on same setting.
- Peel off clay and place textured side down.
- Place the original cover face down on clay and trim with 1/4" selvage.
- Wrap edges up around sides of cover and trim to back edge.
- Trim out area for switch and screws.
- Flip over and apply colors of Pearl Ex to the high points of the texture.
- Bake as directed on clay package and allow to cool...and install!
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I would like to get an iPad 2 but I have been thinking about selling either my 32gb 4th gen iPod touch or my 5 year old 15" powerbook g4 1.67 ghz in order to help fund the purchase. I'm not really sure I'll use the touch once I get an iPad, since they are basically the same thing only larger. Also, I might get an iPhone within the next year once it comes time for a phone upgrade. It's just to use at home and whatever. I have an iMac that I use as my main computer so my powerbook just sits tucked away and it's been powered off and unplugged. I don't even remember the last time I used it. I used it in college from 2005-07, and after I graduated in 07 it has sat unused at home ever since. I searched ebay and it seems powerbook G4's are still sought after and end up selling for good bit of $, but I'm not sure why since Apple doesn't even support Tiger anymore. I guess I'm interested in hearing some opinions and advice. Thanks
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Well i think I am keeping the touch for now until someday if/when I decide to get an iPhone, since it's small size is nice to have on the go for music and videos. Buy now I'm torn between the iPad 2 or the Macbook Air? I realize there's about a $500 price difference, but I want to make sure I make the right move. Like I said, I have a 1st gen 2007 aluminum iMac - 2.4ghz core 2 duo at home which is my main system that gets the most use. Now I would like to have something to fall back on for portable use. Something to take downstairs while I watch TV or whatever. Plus I just like the peace of mind knowing I have a back-up machine incase something would ever happen to my iMac and I would be without a computer. Also I can't see ever going outside with it since I don't need to. I almost feel restricted with the iPad like you can only do so much with it. Regardless of the endless debate, but to me from what I've seen in the stores, It does seem like a big iPod touch. The e-reader feature would be nice, but I'm afraid if I get one it will just sit unused, but then again so could the MB Air most of the time. I'm kind of stuck on this decision.
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Carnival Magic Cruise Review by pinkanol: Carnival Magic
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Before going on our cruise I heard some negative comments about the Carnival Cruise line. After going on our cruise I can say I give the Carnival Magic an A+ rating. It may have had something to do with the time of year we chose to travel but we were not inundated with kids as many of the reviews stated. Our captain was fantastic! We had a medical emergency on board and he had to turn the ship around and head back to Galveston. He was communicating with the Coast Guard for their assistance for an emergency medical evacuation. He also was communicating with the passengers aboard the cruise ship. After the Coast Guard arrived and did the air lift we turned around and made it to our first destination on time. Obviously he had to pick up speed in order to do so. We were on the 8th floor and felt a "little" rocking but nothing too major. I actually thought this is how a baby feels when being rocked to sleep it actually felt rather nice.
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Lido deck is where we went for breakfast all but one morning. Highly recommend the Omelette Station where they will make you an omelette to order. For lunch you have several options. We had Mongolian BBQ the first day also on the Lido deck. One day we did the Sea Side Grill on deck 5 that was good. We also tried the Cucina del Capitano for lunch one day. This is their Italian Restaurant that is complimentary for lunch but costs extra in the evening - portions were small but the food was very good.
The evening meal we ate every evening in Southern Lights at the early setting. Everything was so good we didn't feel the necessity of going to any specialty restaurants. The only negative comment I heard is if you tried the anytime dining option. People said they had to stand in line too long because if you reserved the early dining option you got seated before any of the anytime diners did.
As far as the entertainment goes we only did the early evening entertainment and everything was excellent. I can not comment on the late evening entertainment.
We booked our shore excursions through Carnival on the internet before leaving on our cruise. This I would highly recommend being several shore excursions were sold out before we even set sail. Also, that meant they were already paid for before cruising - much easier on the budget. Less
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We were in cabin 8289 and thought it was great. We had a private balcony which I wanted in case I didn't want to go to common areas to read while at sea thinking the kids would be too noisy. The cabin was great. I couldn't believe how much storage/closet space Carnival fit in the room. In the bathroom you had 6 glass shelves attached to the mirror for your hygiene items and make-up. They had a magnifying mirror in the bathroom attached to the wall. There is a mini-clothes line in the shower to dry things on. They had a great make-up mirror with lighting in the main part of the cabin. We had three closets in our room, plus 6 drawers, a safe, a refrigerator and extra shelf space. We were not too far forward and between two elevators. Very good location. One thing I had read is to make sure you don't get a room with a connecting door (unless of course you want to). Our room was very quiet.
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ES4: Knights of the Nine - Review @ GamerDad
In their longest review in nearly a year, GamerDad details all of the modules making up the retail package for the Knights of the Nine content pack. The final score is a below average 3/5, with criticisms similar to the following:
i think the kids/wife have been taking up too much of gamerdad's time, as he sounds rather unhappy in that review :)
or maybe he's like me and gets to play games in his unheated basement very late at night when its 5 degrees outside :( that might have an impact on the grading ;) |
I actually had a better time than I expected on that run-through, but I *was* disappointed with every single add-on I tested. Some were disappointing because they were of pretty much no value, while others were very limited and didn't deserve to be $2-3 each. But the most disappointing were the Mehrunes Razor and Knights of the Nine *because* the quests and/or dungeons were so well done that you could see the (unrealized) potential *RIGHT THERE*!
It is funny that on the Codex they are debating that the score should have been lower … I toyed with thoughts supporting both sides, but have decided to use 'full stars' as much as possible - so this had to be 2, 3 or 4. It was better than a 2 and no way earned a 4. So there it is ;) |
nice review mike. i personally find the 5 star ratings more accurate than the percentage ones, but its humourous that when we see a 3 out of 5 game it is meant to be 'decent' game but if that were a grade in school it would be failing:)
How can 3/5, 60% be a fail?
90 - 100 is superlative 80-89 is very good 70-79 is average 65-69 is below average less than 65 is failing. And since I'm a optical engineer / physicist and also a statistician, I had a hard time letting go of my inherently structured and overly-detailed analysis of games. |
60% isn't a fail, but 2/5 = 40% is in a lot of cases. Grades are not divided by number of grades, but depends on the exam/subject. Often, you need 40%+ just to pass an exam, and might get a scale like this:
1-40% = F 40-55% = E 55-70% = D 70-85% = C 85-95% = B 95-100% = A Sometimes the A is bigger, depends a lot on exam/subject/country/system etc, but I have yet to see a system where grades were evenly divided. There is no common standard for this, however, so you might see quite a few different systems. A grade doesn't really say a lot unless you know what kind of system the grade comes from (example: A lot of reviewers work on a 70-100% scale, where they never give lower than 70%). Nice review, you make a lot of good points. I personally feel a lot of the extra modules should've been free, considering they already had great strongholds in Morrowind. The add-on is worthy of being an add-on though, but the game mechanics aren't changed so the flaws are still there. Edit: Various typos and content changes. |
Execellent review txa1265 and I applaude and salute your abiltiy to endure without any mods. :cheers:! :)
To me, 50% always equals a C=Pass!! Must just be the Aussie school system, though I vaguely recall it being the same back in Canada where I grew up and went to school myself!! Times must have changed and left me behind as usual!! :)
and i thought the rest of the world had better students, now i see why;)
So you knew the leveling was going to annoy and you went ahead and played it stock anyway right? I view this as a lost opportunity to educate peeps about a leveling mod in your review.
- First and foremost I really wanted to see if Bethesda had taken the opportunity to do something about scaling within the context of these new areas - I wanted to give each a fair shake to perform on their own. - I have done an overview of mods in general in the past, and doing something to make Oblivion a better experience would merit an independent article about modding that game - I didn't want to confound the experiences, and wasn't really interested in another 100+ hours to properly assess both. |
I didn't even bother to download the torrent. Same fate awaits the upcoming expansion. Browsing some fora the other day I came across many posts of young players asking how it would be possible to trade their Oblivion copies with Lego Starwars, as the latter is clearly better and they not intend to finish Oblivion anyway. That says a lot about Beth's target audience.
A pleasant reading as always. And most folks already know about the mod-scene, so no point bringing it up this time. In addition games should be able to stand on their own. If devs are too lazy and do not want to fix obvious gameplay issues by all means let it be seen in the score! Its obvious that there are huge shortcomings in the leveling system, so just nail it on the wall! :biggrin:
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E =00-49% D =50-59% C- =60-64% C =65-70% C+ =61-75% B =76-85% A =86-100% A+ =>100% When I came to the US I was weirded out F =0-49% E? =50-59%? (never got one) D =60?-69% C =70-79% GPA 2.00 B =80-89% GPA 3.00 A =90-100% GPA 4.00 The assignments I noticed were a lot easier and the scores were given out more liberally but then I discovered the grading system only after the first semester. So let's say I was little disappointed. currently at my new University I got a B- but disocvered it ultimately meant a 2.70 GPA. So I thought I really got a C and they were being nice. It turns out I had 80% which means I earned it but they gave me the same GPA as a C student at the community college. Blah. oh..before I forget that looks to be a perfect review. |
The problem with Oblivion is not just the scaling. Level scaling is not that bad if done right, see Diablo (of course no scaling is better). Its also the spawn points, the linear quests, the generic NPCs, the repetitive environments, the clickfesting combat, the poor artistic style…
Some of Oblivion's art style is gorgeous - like the ever-cited 'Painting' quest, and the environs of the KotN quests are very nice … it is really mostly about the global scaling in this case, in my opinion.
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dc.contributor.author | SCHWEITZER, Heike | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-12-10T10:49:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-12-10T10:49:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1725-6739 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1814/7625 | |
dc.description.abstract | The complex interface between intellectual property law and competition law is currently under review both in the US and the EU. One field of contention is the unilateral exercise of intellectual property rights. This paper presents the different approaches recently taken by different US courts, critically reviews the ECJ's jurisprudence in the much-debated decisions Magill and IMS Health and discusses the test proposed by the EU Commission in its Discussion Paper on Exclusionary Abuses, finding that none of the approaches has addressed the problem convincingly so far. In searching for a way ahead, the paper attempts to systematize the different positions taken in the literature, contrasting in particular an "IP law approach" and a "competition law approach". It argues that a pure "IP law approach", popular in the US, is not fully applicable in the EU where IP law remains national and must respect the supremacy of the EU competition rules which must be applied uniformly in all Member States. Other theories which strive to take both IP and competition law rationales into account – e.g. Heinemann's "scope of reward"-theory – leave open the criteria on the basis of which this shall be done. The most promising approach, then, may be to shift back attention towards competition policy rationales and to focus on the concept of "contestable markets", as by Heinemann and Drexl have recently proposed. The threshold for antitrust intervention must, however, remain high. The three criteria used in the telecommunications sector to decide when regulation is justified may be of help to determine cases of legitimate intervention | en |
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dc.publisher | European University Institute | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI LAW | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2007/31 | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Intellectual Property Rights | en |
dc.subject | Refusal to license | en |
dc.subject | Magill | en |
dc.subject | IMS Health | en |
dc.subject | Microsoft | en |
dc.subject | Abuse of dominant position | en |
dc.subject | Efficiency defence | en |
dc.subject | Data General | en |
dc.subject | Kodak | en |
dc.subject | Xerox | en |
dc.subject | Trinko | en |
dc.subject | Follow-on innovation | en |
dc.title | Controlling the Unilateral Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights: A Multitude of Approaches but No Way Ahead? The Transatlantic Search for a New Approach | en |
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"To cultivate more optimism in my life, I try to do very small things that can reap huge rewards. A few times throughout the day I'll stop what I'm doing and sit silently. It's like a small check-in with how I'm feeling, where I am, and what my thoughts are thinking. I notice and then proceed. If I was thinking something really negative, I may laugh out loud at myself to break the hold negative thinking can have. Or I might say the word "hope" or "intention" in my mind to break the downward spiral. Then, I let it go. This is hard, so it helps me to visualize the negative thought literally being enveloped by a balloon or a bubble and floating away. Sometimes I even imagine myself waving at it. Buh-bye!"
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Unless you are going through deep powder stashes, puking snow, or you ride in the rain, the water proof and breathability rating aren't going to be critical nor are the fully taped seams. I have a cheap 5k/5k hoodie type jacket from DC I wear most of the time and it works fine since there's not any pow out here.
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Hmmm thanks for the answer. I think 20/20 may be a bit overkill yes, but I plan to do as much back country as possible so I don't think the 5k waterproof would suffice, and I absolutely hate sweating away in my coat and pants so 10k breath ability is highly desired haha!
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686 2.5 Smarty, 20k/20k, dobby nylon weave. If you want Gore-tex, you're going to be shelling out $500+ for something decent. I don't have access to back country or even powder, so the biggest concern for me is just warmth and breathability.
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I saw this jacket, too, in the TW Snow Gear Guide. Don't know how well it performs, but it looks dope:
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St. Louis Rams defensive end Michael Sam shrugged off the controversy swirling around former Buccaneers and Colts coach Tony Dungy's comments Tuesday after training camp in Earth City, Mo.
Dungy told the Tampa Tribune in an article published Monday he wouldn't have drafted Sam, a former Missouri standout and the reigning SEC co-defensive player of the year, because he wouldn't "want to deal with it all."
Dungy, who now works as an analyst for NBC, said he believes the media attention surrounding Sam, who publicly announced in February that he was gay, would be a distraction.
"Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams coach," Sam said with a laugh. "I have great respect for coach Dungy. Like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions."
When asked if he expected similar disapproving comments from time to time, Sam said, "It is what it is. What are you going to do about it?"
Earlier Tuesday, Dungy issued a statement aimed at clarifying his comments, which created a national media stir.
"I was asked whether I would have drafted Michael Sam and I answered that I would not have drafted him," Dungy's statement read, in part. "I gave my honest answer, which is that I felt drafting him would bring much distraction to the team. At the time of my interview, the Oprah Winfrey reality show that was going to chronicle Michael's first season had been announced."
Dungy reiterated that he believes Sam deserves the opportunity to play in the NFL and that Sam's sexual orientation shouldn't be a factor in the evaluation process.
"I was not asked whether I would have a problem having Michael Sam on my team," Dungy said. "I would not."
Dungy added that he doesn't believe Sam's sexual orientation will be a distraction for the Rams' staff or his teammates.
"I do, however, believe that the media attention that comes with it will be a distraction," Dungy said. "Unfortunately we are all seeing this play out now, and I feel badly that my remarks played a role in the distraction."
The full text of Dungy's statement can be found at Pro Football Talk.
Meanwhile, Sam, who received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at last week's ESPYs seemed ready to move on.
"I had a great time in LA with the Arthur Ashe Award, but that's over," Sam said. "I'm focusing on football now. … My focus is on making this team. I don't really care what people come up and tell me. My job is to make this team. That's my No. 1 priority."
To that end, Sam had a training staff with him on trips to New York, Los Angeles and Kansas City. He said he shed 13 pounds since OTAs, hoping to become lighter on his feet and better able to contribute on special teams.
"I'm feeling great," said Sam, who weighed 257 pounds for the start of training camp. "That's just where I want to be speedwise, so I can run fast and make plays. I just want to be as fast as I can."
Speed, he said, is the key in the NFL.
"Everything is faster," Sam said. "You want to be sure you add good weight and that good speed to be at this level. It's not college anymore. That's child's play compared to this."
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The racism controversy by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is now officially a distraction to his own team days after the racist rant was exposed in a recorded private conversation.
Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers admitted Monday that he canceled team practice scheduled for Monday—a curious decision considering they are coming off a 118-to-97 blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 but an understandable one taking into account the recent blow-up of the racism issue.
The Clippers-Warriors series is now tied at 2-2 entering Game 5's match-up set on Tuesday.
''I just felt like they needed to breathe. They've been inundated with this,'' said Rivers via Yahoo Sports.
''I'll go down and say hi to them and talk to them, make sure they're in the right place. Right now it's more than basketball. This is a non-basketball decision that I thought I had to make and I thought it was right decision. If you get your life better, then you can probably do your work better. They need to do that.''
Rivers' counterpart from the opposition shared his opinion too, suggesting that the L.A. fans protest their owner's act.
''I believe if it was me, I wouldn't come to the game,'' Jackson said in the same article. ''I believe the fans, the loudest statement that they can make as fans is to not show up to the game. ... To me, it will make the noise of it not being tolerated. That this is a different time. It's unfortunate, and we cannot allow someone with these feelings to profit.''
The Clippers players did protest in Game 4 when they wore their warm-up jerseys inside out and reports say that Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and company are preparing for a bigger protest when the series shifts back to Hollywood.
Meanwhile, owners are also up in arms against the Clippers owner.
"If the owners can't force [Sterling] to sell, they need to be held accountable to change the bylaws so they can," said an anonymous member of the NBA Board of Governors also in a Yahoo article. "A fine and suspension is meaningless, and that'll be seen as a lack of acceptance that the league and owners are responsible for this ass----."
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will have a press conference on Tuesday to give updates on the issue.


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Abigail Thernstrom and Edward Blum: Republicans Should Vote to End the Emergency Provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
[Ms. Thernstrom is the vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Mr. Blum is a senior fellow at the Center for Equal Opportunity. They are authors of a book on the Voting Rights Act to be published by the AEI Press.]
When it comes to issues involving race, apparently the first instinct of congressional Republicans is to grovel. They don't believe in appeasement abroad -- only at home. The immediate issue is the reauthorization of the "emergency" provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act -- provisions such as preclearance that constitute such a radical, unprecedented intrusion into state electoral prerogatives that they were originally designed to expire in 1970. Repeatedly extended, they are now due to die on Aug. 6, 2007.
But, terrified by the reauthorization campaign that the NAACP, the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, and other advocacy groups have begun to mount, Republicans in the House and Senate are pledging their support for reauthorization. Dennis Hastert, Tom DeLay and House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner have announced that they will introduce legislation extending the "temporary" provisions another 25 years. This comes on the heels of Bill Frist, who said: "We must continue our nation's work to protect voting rights. And that is why we need to extend the Voting Rights Act."
Sen. Frist's statement is a non sequitur. Protecting voting rights is vital, but extending the temporary provisions of the Voting Rights Act is quite a different matter. Most of the legislation is permanent; basic 15th Amendment rights will never be denied again. And those who point their fingers at Florida should note that arguments over hanging chads had nothing to do with the Voting Rights Act. Florida was not a state covered by the emergency provisions in 1965, and today only five scattered counties (none involved in the battle of 2000) would be affected by another extension.
Section five is the most important of the provisions due to expire in 2007. It forces "covered" states and counties to "preclear" every voting-related change they make with the U.S. attorney general or the D.C. district court. Thus, before a covered jurisdiction moves a polling place two blocks or redraws congressional districting lines, it must obtain federal approval. Most of the states and counties on the federal watch list are in the South. But today, for instance, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn are covered, but Queens and Staten Island are not. Arizona is covered, but not New Mexico. In 1965 every part of the Act made perfect sense. No longer.
Times have changed, most strikingly in the Deep South, the region in which blacks were massively disfranchised in 1965. The preclearance provision was designed to make sure that the Act's ban on literacy tests stuck, since the fraudulent use of such tests in the South was the main barrier to black ballots. Framers of the Act feared redneck public officials would find new ways to keep blacks from the polls; hence the extraordinary (and punitive) federal oversight. But Southern resistance to basic enfranchisement quickly collapsed and today the case for Southern distinctiveness is tough -- if not impossible -- to make. The emergency that justified the temporary provisions is long over. The Bloody Sunday police violence against voting-rights activists at the Edmund Pettis Bridge was 40 years ago. And yet the radical penalty for the wrongs of that terrible era remains.
The 1965 Act was amazingly effective, but members of Congress who voted repeatedly to reauthorize the temporary provisions became persuaded that blacks were equally disfranchised when the power of their vote was "diluted." Encouraged by courts, the Justice Department began to insist that all covered jurisdictions create as many "max-black" districts as possible. The point, of course, was to protect black (and after 1975, Hispanic) candidates from white competition, to promote minority officeholding in proportion to the minority population -- which was viewed as racially "fair." The result: racial gerrymandering so egregious as to create bug-splat districts that, in the words of the Supreme Court, reinforced "the perception that members of the same racial group -- regardless of their age, education, economic status, or the community in which they live -- think alike. . . ."
Nice rhetoric, but, in fact, the Supreme Court put a stop only to looks-ridiculous districting that is accompanied by a blatant public record of race-driven line-drawing overriding all other considerations. If the preclearance provision is extended once again, the unelected Justice Department attorneys will retain their extraordinary and, by now, constitutionally questionable power to insist on race-conscious districting in Virginia but not Tennessee, although black ballots are equally important in both states. And those racially homogeneous and uncompetitive districts, which make biracial and bipartisan coalitions unnecessary, will continue to elect mostly far-left minority candidates....
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The workshop Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Development, Progress and Constraints was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen University and Research Centre, under the umbrella of the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases, a joint initiative of FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health. The workshop was supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, and by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; other participants included the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The meeting occurred January 19–21, 2011, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, and was attended by 34 leading scientists in Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) vaccine development, representatives of international organizations, and policy makers. Stakeholders from industry were represented by the International Federation for Animal Health. The main objective of the meeting was to gain consensus about desired characteristics of novel veterinary RVFV vaccines and to discuss how incentives can be established to ensure that these vaccines come to market.
Historically, 2 vaccines have been available for control of RVFV in livestock. The first is based on the live-attenuated Smithburn virus (1). Although this vaccine is inexpensive and provides lasting immunity after 1 dose, its residual virulence renders it unsuitable for application in newborn and gestating livestock. A safe alternative is based on inactivated whole virus. For optimal immunity, however, this vaccine requires a booster and annual revaccination. Drawbacks of these classical vaccines explain the need for a new generation of RVFV vaccines.
Workshop participants agreed that novel vaccines should be cost-effective and should provide swift and long duration of immunity after a single vaccination and that application should be safe regardless of the physiologic state of the animal. The possibility of needle-free delivery would be advantageous, especially when absence of virus circulation cannot be definitely established and reuse of needles represents a risk for further dissemination. Novel vaccines that enable differentiation between infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA) by use of an appropriate discriminatory assay would be beneficial.
The live-attenuated candidate vaccines that were discussed during the meeting were the MP-12 vaccine (2–6), a recombinant RVFV that contains deletions in 2 of the 3 genome segments (7), and the clone 13 vaccine (8–10). Data presented during the workshop suggest that all 3 live-attenuated vaccine candidates are highly immunogenic and safe in ewes during the first trimester of gestation and that the MP-12 vaccine is immunogenic and a candidate for human vaccination. The clone 13 vaccine was recently registered and marketed in South Africa; the other live-attenuated vaccines could also come to market in the next decade. ELISAs based on nonstructural proteins could be used as DIVA assays to accompany these vaccines (11).
Alternative vaccines discussed during the workshop are based on the structural glycoproteins Gn and Gc. These proteins are presented by vaccine vectors, produced in vivo from plasmid (DNA vaccines), or administered in the form of virus-like particles (VLPs). Apart from the high safety profile of these vaccines, an additional advantage is their potential application as DIVA vaccines that can be accompanied by commercially available nucleocapsid protein–based ELISAs. A challenge for these approaches is development of a cost-effective vaccine capable of providing protection after 1 dose.
Vector vaccines discussed during the workshop are based on capripoxviruses, Newcastle disease virus (NDV), or modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA). It is hypothesized that multivalent capripoxvirus-based vector vaccines would be cost-effective, and their bivalent nature would make them attractive for inclusion in routine capripoxvirus immunization programs, thereby increasing immunity against RVFV. The experiments reported during the workshop suggest that capripoxvirus-vectored vaccines can provide protection against RVFV and capripoxviruses (12,13).
An alternative approach is based on a vaccine strain of NDV (14,15). Mammals are not natural host species of NDV, and the efficacy of NDV-based vector vaccines is therefore unlikely to be compromised by preexisting immunity in the field. Vaccination with an NDV recombinant expressing the RVFV structural glycoproteins Gn and Gc has protected mice from lethal challenge, and 1 dose given to lambs resulted in a neutralizing antibody response (14). MVA is also being evaluated as a vector of RVFV antigens. A single vaccination of mice with an MVA vector expressing Gn and Gc (MVA-M4) provided complete protection (A. Brun, unpub. data). MVA-M4 is not only a promising vaccine candidate for livestock but, considering its safety profile, may also be evaluated as a vaccine for humans.
Alternative vaccines with optimal safety profiles are alphavirus replicon–based vaccines (16), DNA vaccines (16, 17), and VLP-based vaccines (18,19). Initial vaccination with an alphavirus replicon–based vaccine followed by a booster has been shown to protect mice, and promising DNA vaccines based on RVFV genes fused with genes encoding molecular adjuvants have shown promise in mouse trials (16,17). Progress has also been made in approaches that use VLPs. To improve the stability, quantity, and uniformity of VLPs, the Gag protein of Moloney murine leukemia virus was added to VLPs, referred to as chimeric VLPs. Adjuvanted chimeric VLPs protected rats after a single vaccination (18). In an alternative approach, VLPs that express the nucleocapsid gene from a packaged minigenome were produced and provided complete protection in mice after a single vaccination (19). These results, together with recently established improved production methods, suggest that VLP-based vaccines can soon become cost-effective alternatives for live vaccines.
In conclusion, tremendous progress has been made in the development of novel vaccines for RVFV control. At the end of the workshop, participants drafted 11 recommendations to guide and facilitate the development of RVFV vaccines, norms and standards, and vaccine stockpiles for rapid deployment. These recommendations and other meeting documents are available at www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/RVF_2011.html.
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- Morrill JC, Carpenter L, Taylor D, Ramsburg HH, Quance J, Peters CJ. Further evaluation of a mutagen-attenuated Rift Valley fever vaccine in sheep. Vaccine. 1991;9:35–41.PubMed
- Morrill JC, Mebus CA, Peters CJ. Safety of a mutagen-attenuated Rift Valley fever virus vaccine in fetal and neonatal bovids. Am J Vet Res. 1997;58:1110–4.PubMed
- Morrill JC, Mebus CA, Peters CJ. Safety and efficacy of a mutagen-attenuated Rift Valley fever virus vaccine in cattle. Am J Vet Res. 1997;58:1104–9.PubMed
- Vialat P, Muller R, Vu TH, Prehaud C, Bouloy M. Mapping of the mutations present in the genome of the Rift Valley fever virus attenuated MP12 strain and their putative role in attenuation. Virus Res. 1997;52:43–50.PubMed
- Hunter P, Erasmus BJ, Vorster JH. Teratogenicity of a mutagenised Rift Valley fever virus (MVP 12) in sheep. Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2002;69:95–8.PubMed
- Bird BH, Albarino CG, Hartman AL, Erickson BR, Ksiazek TG, Nichol ST. Rift Valley fever virus lacking the NSs and NSm genes is highly attenuated, confers protective immunity from virulent virus challenge, and allows for differential identification of infected and vaccinated animals. J Virol. 2008;82:2681–91.PubMed
- Bouloy M, Janzen C, Vialat P, Khun H, Pavlovic J, Huerre M, Genetic evidence for an interferon-antagonistic function of Rift Valley fever virus nonstructural protein NSs. J Virol. 2001;75:1371–7.PubMed
- Dungu B, Louw I, Lubisi A, Hunter P, von Teichman BF, Bouloy M. Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of the Rift Valley fever clone 13 vaccine in sheep. Vaccine. 2010;28:4581–7.PubMed
- Muller R, Saluzzo JF, Lopez N, Dreier T, Turell M, Smith J, Characterization of clone 13, a naturally attenuated avirulent isolate of Rift Valley fever virus, which is altered in the small segment. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1995;53:405–11.PubMed
- McElroy AK, Albarino CG, Nichol ST. Development of a RVFV ELISA that can distinguish infected from vaccinated animals. Virol J. 2009;6:125.PubMed
- Soi RK, Rurangirwa FR, McGuire TC, Rwambo PM, DeMartini JC, Crawford TB. Protection of sheep against Rift Valley fever virus and sheep poxvirus with a recombinant capripoxvirus vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010;17:1842–9.PubMed
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Code | EDUC |
Number | 526 |
Title | Advanced Methods of Teaching English Language and Academic Development |
Units | 3 |
Description | This course examines the theoretical perspectives of second language acquisition with a focus on effective practices for literacy and academic language proficiency of English language learners. Participants explore different theories of second language acquisition and strategies for the development of language and academic development in English. |


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