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The use of notated and aural exercises as pedagogical procedures intended to develop harmonic accuracy among beginning jazz improvisers
Date: August 2001
Creator: Laughlin, James Edwin
Description: This study compared the effects from the use of aural and notated exercises as pedagogical procedures for teaching harmonic accuracy to beginning jazz improvisation students. The methods of pedagogy were identified from published pedagogic and historical sources, the results of oral and written traditions of jazz pedagogy. The performance objective was produced from a review of the related literature as a recognized and measurable characteristic of jazz improvisation. The purpose of this study was to compare measurements of harmonic accuracy, following the use of notated and aural exercises as experimental procedures of jazz improvisation pedagogy. A lesson plan, materials, curriculum and outline were developed followed by student recruitment and participation. A total of 20 student volunteers participated in the methods of pedagogy (aural or notation). Data collection consisted of a musical background questionnaire and pre and posttest performance recordings. Student recordings were evaluated by six judges using the "experimental performance evaluation measure." Statistical analyses were conducted, including comparisons of pre to posttest effects between, and among the methods of pedagogy. Although all student participants performed mostly from notated music prior to this study, students who received the aural method of pedagogy produced greater improvement for all measurement items. While the ...
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The centralized higher education system in Turkey and the national music teacher training program since 1998: An analysis.
Date: August 2006
Creator: Karakelle, Sibel
Description: The purpose was to analyze Turkey's current music teacher training curriculum as situated in the centralized educational system, focusing on the extent to which the written document (1) reflects the core elements of the overall centralized educational system; (2) prescribes the nature of teaching materials and methods, assessment tools and other forms of evaluating and monitoring performance as teachers and musicians; and (3) acknowledges cultural diversity by addressing repertoire, musical activities and concepts according to geographic and cultural regions. Qualitative-descriptive and quantitative content analysis, including the methods of (a) Inverse document frequency and (b) relevance feedback model, were the analytic tools. Of the required 147 credit hours, 138 are the core. The music core consists of 87 (63%) and the non-music core of 51 credit hours (37%). On paper, there is a conceptual overlap in wording between the music core, the general core, and the teacher training core, suggesting curricular cohesion and consistency. Noticeably less cohesion exists between the document and three major policy papers on teacher competencies. By word count, preparing teachers for instruction in Turkish folk music and multicultural issues appears to hold a low priority in the curriculum. However, course descriptions, where they exist, speak to skills ...
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The Texas Bandmasters Association: A Historical Study of Activities, Contributions, and Leadership (1920-1997)
Date: May 2000
Creator: Shoop, Stephen Scott
Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate the leadership role of the Texas Bandmasters Association (1920-1997) in the development of the band program in Texas. It sought to determine TBA's effect on the band movement in Texas, and ascertain how the TBA has contributed to the emphasis on performance focus that is associated with the Texas band tradition. In doing so, the study also provided information regarding the association's goals, purposes, activities, and contributions during the time period under investigation. The historical data for the study was compiled from documentary sources and personal interview. Documentary sources included minutes of meetings from 1920-1997, information contained in various periodicals including the Southwestern Musician combined with the Texas Music Educator, and a nearly complete set of clinic-convention programs. Historical data from past researchers, including several masters theses and doctoral dissertations, and tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by past researchers, as well as interviews conducted by this researcher, were also utilized. Much of the historical data for the study was located at the Texas Music Educators Association archives, housed at the association headquarters in Austin, Texas. The researcher identified five periods of the association's history. In addition to developing a historical chronology, ...
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An Investigation of the Nonverbal Communication Behaviors and Role Perceptions of Pre-Service Band Teachers who Participated in Theatre Seminars
Date: August 2008
Creator: Vandivere, Allen Hale
Description: This qualitative study used a multiple case study methodology to explore the nonverbal communication behaviors and role perceptions of pre-service band teachers, and the extent to which these individuals found meaning and value in theatre seminars with respect to those factors. The informants participated in three theatre seminars taught by theatre faculty at the researcher's university. The researcher collected data in the form of videotaped theatre seminar observations, videotaped classroom teaching observations, videotaped informant reflections of teaching episodes, online peer discussions and journaling, and informant interviews. Data were analyzed, coded, and summarized to form case summaries. A cross-case analysis was performed to identify emergent themes. The broad themes identified were past experience, adaptation, realization, and being aware. The informants found that the theatre seminars increased their awareness of nonverbal communication behaviors in the classroom, and had the potential to be meaningful and valuable with respect to their perceptions of their roles as teachers.
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Taiwan music teacher attitudes toward the arts and humanities curriculum.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Lai, Lingchun
Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate teacher attitudes toward following the Taiwanese arts and humanities curriculum and the relationship of teacher attitudes to four selected curriculum integration factors. These include (1) The quantity of content areas taught in music class, (2) Teachers' satisfaction of their students' learning outcomes, (3) Teachers' confidence in planning lessons, and (4) The number of years spent in curriculum integration. Questionnaires were distributed to 85 stratified random selected junior high schools throughout Taiwan. The school responses rate was 74%. Content validity was checked. The internal consistency reliability ranged from 0.74 to 0.92. Recorder playing, group singing, and music appreciation were found to be the most frequently taught musical skills, the most satisfied students' learning outcomes, the most confident lesson planning areas, and the most important to be included in the music instruction. Writing-by-ear and playing-by-ear were found to be the least frequently taught musical skills, the least satisfied students' learning outcome, the least confident lesson planning area, and the least importance. The two most frequently encountered barriers were insufficient administrative leadership and shallow student learning. The results of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient showed a low positive significant relationship between teachers' overall attitudes and ...
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Music student teaching in Texas: A Delphi study of issues in the new millennium.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Cannon, Rodney M.
Description: The preparation of prospective music educators is a very complex undertaking that culminates with the student teaching practicum. However, the music student teaching experience may have less predictable expectations and results than the curriculum that precedes the event. The two-fold purpose of this study was (a) to investigate the music student teaching practicum in the State of Texas in an effort to establish current levels of success as perceived by the music educators involved in the process and (b) to identify any potentially problematic areas which might be in need of attention or revision. Thirty-six music educators (12 university supervisors, 12 cooperating teachers and 12 student teachers) who were recently involved in the music student teaching practicum in Texas were chosen as the sample in this two-round Delphi study. The first round Delphi survey, based on related literature, achieved consensus on 79% of the 108 item responses, and 15 of the 22 unresolved items reached consensus in round two of the Delphi process. The 34 sample members who completed the study ranked a final item in the second Delphi round concerning suggestions for the improvement of student teaching. The respondents showed a very high opinion of the music student teaching ...
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The effects of amplification and selected vocal exercises on the perceived vocal health of elementary music educators.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Vincent, Lynette Susanne
Description: The main purpose of this study was to consider the effects of amplification and vocal function exercises on the perceived vocal health of elementary music educators (N = 37) from Oklahoma (n = 11) and Texas (n = 26). Participants were assigned to the use of the ChatterVoxTM amplifier or vocal function exercises based on pretest scores on the Voice Handicap Index with Music Teacher Voice Questionnaire (VHI/MVQ). Following the 4-week study period, participants completed the posttest VHI/MVQ. The results of a one-way ANCOVA that used treatment group as the independent variable, the summed posttest scores as the dependent variable, and the summed pretest scores as the covariate or control variable indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted means for the posttest scores, favoring the exercises group. The overall group and both treatment groups reported frequent loud voice use in work settings and in public places. The overall group and the amplification group reported hoarseness after prolonged talking. The exercises group did not report as great a problem with hoarseness after prolonged talking. Secondary purposes addressed demographic variables. Women perceived greater overall vocal difficulties than men; men frequently reported specific vocal complaints that were not commonly ...
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A status and vision investigation of US university piano pedagogy programs.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Fu, Hui-Ju Camille
Description: The two major research questions were: "What is the current status of 20 prominent piano pedagogy programs?" and "what is the vision of an ideal future piano pedagogy program from the perspective of 20 piano pedagogy leaders?" Subjects were the leaders of the top 20 US university piano pedagogy programs. A survey study with interview questions was used as the instrument for the study. The results showed that faculty, curriculum, and teacher training were three top factors that contributed to the quality of the programs. Most interviewed subjects held a doctoral degree in music. The curricular content and degree options were diverse across the selected programs. The content of teacher training included private and group teaching. The perceived best qualifications of a piano pedagogy instructor were to have a balanced education. Most programs had small or little to no budget, however, the preparatory program was perceived to be an enhancement to teacher training program finances. The greatest challenges were faculty acquisition and financial limitations. Gaining more money was the most common improvement priority for programs. To envision an ideal future piano pedagogy program, most leaders stated that an ideal program should contain encourage: (1) collaborating with other divisions' faculty members ...
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Music preferences, music and non-music media use, and leisure involvement of Hong Kong adolescents.
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Date: December 2001
Creator: Hui, Viny Wan-Fong
Description: The study sought to determine the relationships of preference responses to grade, gender, familiarity, musical training, peers'/parents' listening habits, music media use, and listening contexts. Grade six through nine Hong Kong students (N = 310) completed the audio preference test followed by verbal responses to training, peers'/parents' preferences, leisure/music media involvement, and listening context. Results indicated: The preferred genres, in descending order, were Western pop/rock, Cantopop/rock, Western classical; the disliked genres were jazz, Chinese, and non- Western/non-Chinese. Preference correlated strongly with genre familiarity. Pop genres were the most familiar to all adolescents. The students' preference toward Western pop/rock and Cantopop/rock associated with several listening contexts: solitary listening, having great freedom to choose one's desired music for listening, listening to music in one's room, and listening to music as background activity. The adolescents expressed that their leisure activities were spent with their family and friends. However, they made it clear that music listening was a personal activity that very likely was listened to alone. On all listening occasions, the girls exhibited a more positive response than the boys did. With four to five hours daily leisure time, the adolescents watched TV for three to four hours while spending less than two ...
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A Case Study of Characteristics and Means of Person-to-Person Influence in American Kodály Music Education: Katinka Scipiades Dániel
Date: May 2003
Creator: Ferrell, Janice René
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics and means of Katinka Dániel's interpersonal influences through the perceptions of 20 selected students, protégés, and colleagues, and to study the behavioral and attitudinal changes they attributed to her influence. A case study design and structured interview questionnaire were used to study four variables coming from the social sciences' literature on influence: legitimate authority, attractiveness, expert authority, and trustworthiness. Responses were qualitatively analyzed to determine the role those variables played in Dániel's interpersonal influence. All interviewees were music teachers who used the Kodály method in their teaching and have studied or worked with Dániel. Two images of Dániel emerged from the interviews. The first, a business-like image, emanated from Dániel's work in the classroom, and the second, a maternal image, came from personal relationships with her students and associates. Attractiveness (defined as a willingness to respond positively to the requests of an influential person because one respects that individual and wants to obtain that person's approval) proved to be the principal characteristic of influence, followed by legitimate authority, then expertise. Trustworthiness played a lesser role. The greatest effect of Dániel's influence was on the interviewees' teaching. Among the factors interviewees ...
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NEW YORK — Two weeks ago, Penelope "Penny" W. Stamps helped her alma mater, University of Michigan, with a pledge of $32.5 million to its School of Art and Design, the largest gift the school has ever received.
"I feel that I've made a big difference," said Stamps, a retired interior designer, by phone. "And now its future is secure."
Nonprofits can expect to see more giving from wealthy donors, according to the recently published 2012 Bank of America "Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy."
About 24 percent of the 700 donors surveyed will increase their giving in the next three to five years. About 52.4 percent said their giving will remain at current levels, and 9.4 percent say they'll give less.
Stamps and her husband, retired private-equity specialist E. Roe Stamps IV, plan to give away more money this decade through their Stamps Family Charitable Foundation. The couple will add 400 high-achieving undergraduate students to their Stamps Scholars program by 2015. It now covers tuition and room and board costs for 300 students at more than 20 colleges and universities.
Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Herb Alpert, who has donated more than $120 million since 1988 mostly to arts charities through his foundation, said he plans to continue to give more this decade. Last month, Alpert gave $5 million to the financially troubled Harlem School of the Arts, the largest donation in its history. He pledged $30 million to the music program of the University of California at Los Angeles in 2007.
The study shows that the wealthiest of donors are beginning to feel more comfortable about giving to charity four years after the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. A 2010 Bank of America biennial survey found that donations from the wealthy fell 35 percent to $54,016 in 2009.
In a survey this year of 100 clients counseled by the New York-based Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, 40 percent said they're willing to increase their charitable contributions in 2012.
"The people who have the most resources, the true 1 percent, feel that the recession is already behind them, and they can be more generous," Berman said.
The Bank of America study defines a high-net-worth household as having more than $200,000 in annual income or more than $1 million in net worth, excluding the value of the primary residence.
The survey also found that 48.4 percent of the sample group said donation decisions were made jointly with a spouse or partner, while in 47.5 percent of those surveyed, one individual was the final decision maker after conferring with a spouse or partner.
"People in fundraising thought about only approaching one person in the family for a gift," Una Osili, professor of economics and director of research for the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, said by phone. "Women are now playing an increasingly important role in philanthropy."
Stamps said she gets "great advice" on donations from her husband, a Harvard Business School graduate and co-founder of Summit Partners LP, a private-equity firm.
"My wife is the voice of reason," Alpert said about his wife, the vocalist Lani Hall. "I'm a right-brain person. I don't have all the information sometimes, and she points out things that I didn't think of."


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Issue: January 2013
Section: Feature
Tags: Tom Clark, Teri Ripetto, Susan Barnes-Gelt, Robert White, Nora Pykkonen, Michael Hancock, Masai Ujiri, Karin Sheldon, Jonathan Vaughters, Jim Schanel, Jim Deters, Harvey Steinberg, Dede de Percin, David Wineland, Daniel Junge, Christopher Hill, Charles Burrell, Alan Salazar
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Ever wish you could ask the mayor about urban development, or a battalion chief about fighting the Waldo Canyon fire, or a Nobel Prize winner about the nature of reality? In our first-ever Interview Issue, we asked 18 of the city's brightest, most outspoken leaders and personalities those questions, and many more. Turn the page to hear them speak out—in their own words.
Masai Ujiri
The Denver Nuggets general manager on hoops, his work in Africa, and the time he thought he'd blown his chance to lead the Nugs. Interview by Robert Sanchez
Your mother was a nurse, and your father was a nursing educationist in Nigeria. How did they react when you said you wanted to play basketball?
African parents are all about school, and sports is generally something on the side. I had curfews to study, but they understood. They saw the love I had for basketball. Growing up, I followed the NBA. I read magazines and I got videos, like Come Fly With Me with Michael Jordan.
You moved to the United States as a teenager to attend school and play ball, but you'd been here before.
One of the first times I came here, I visited a family friend who was living in Idaho. When I got there, the first thing I wondered was, "Where's MTV? Where's Bill Cosby?"
You played college ball here, then you played professionally in Europe, and then you became an NBA scout and later an executive. Still, you've always been drawn to Africa.
Five or six years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Nelson Mandela. There were five or six of us there, all NBA personnel. The first person Nelson Mandela walked up to was [former Denver Nuggets center] Dikembe Mutombo, who'd opened a hospital in Africa, and Mandela said, "We really appreciate what you are doing for Africa. Don't ever stop the work." That touched me. I felt that God was paving the way for me, too, to help other people.
How did that moment change you?
I thought, I have to work harder, I have to do better, I have to strive more. Mandela couldn't do it alone. Mutombo couldn't do it alone. I was put in this position in Denver for a reason: to help other people.
You were offered the Nuggets job in 2010. What was that conversation like?
Paul Andrews [the team's former CEO] calls me. We start talking money. I'm pushing a little harder; he's pushing a little harder. He asks me if, for a certain amount of money, I'd really miss out on being the executive vice president of the Denver Nuggets. I say, "Yes, that amount of money helps me make a difference in Africa. I will walk away." He hangs up and I hang up. I said to myself, "Have I just blown this fricking job?" Four minutes later, he calls me and says, "You're the new executive vice president of the Denver Nuggets."
What does being the first African general manager of a major American sports franchise mean to you?
It doesn't mean anything. You have to make an impact. Do I want to be the first African general manager who just comes in, has the job, and is done? No. I want to win. And if I don't impact Africa, it means absolutely nothing.
Are you a basketball missionary?
Eventually, I will be. Our dream with the Nuggets is to win a championship. My second goal is to grow the game in Africa. I pray that happens.
In quiet moments, have you ever asked yourself, "How did I get here?"
In Nigeria, I used to read about Hakeem Olajuwon, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan. And now I'm sitting in a general managers meeting, and I look across the table, and I see Larry Bird. I'm still in awe.
You don't worry some of these big-name sports giants are going to fleece you in an important deal?
When it comes to work, my mentality is totally different. In sports, you have to be a killer. If not, you can't survive. There's no other way in sports.


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MOUNT VERNON -- Shirley A. Blythe, 55, our beloved one, went to be with the Lord, Sunday morning, Jan. 16, 2011, at Whispering Hills Care Center.
CITRUS SPRINGS, Fla. -- The Service of Remembrance for Mr. Carroll "Lee"Feasel, 72, of Citrus Springs, Fla., formerly of Mount Vernon, Ohio, will be held Saturday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at the Gay Street Methodist Church.
MOUNT VERNON -- Barbara J. (Jones) Small, 77, of Mount Vernon, died Saturday morning, Jan. 15, 2011, at Country Club Retirement Center.
MOUNT VERNON -- Sarah Agnes "Sally"(Hunt) Thompson, 68, a resident of the Ohio Eastern Star Health Care Center, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at the care center.
MOUNT VERNON -- Leonard W. Whited, 68, of Clarence Court, Mount Vernon, passed away early this morning, Jan. 20, 2011, at The Laurels of Mount Vernon.
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Another season of The Bachelor ends with a proposal. Sean Lowe, the born again virgin, is now engaged to Catherine Giudici, and the couple say they will marry sooner than later. Of course, we've heard this one before. Will they really make it down the aisle?
Sean is a Scorpio with a Pisces Moon. This makes him intense about love, yet whimsical. When he falls, he goes all the way, and to him it'll feel like destiny. If he isn't proclaiming fate for his relationship, then chances are not good for the future of it. Such a Water-powered guy is all-or-nothing, which makes his wedding questionable, as he was totally uncertain about another girl just days before.
Of course, it's also The Bachelor and the odds for marriage are slim. Add the fact that Sean has already signed on to do Dancing With the Stars and you have a Scorpio aimed more for power than love. After all, getting out of the spotlight would give better odds for a lasting relationship. However, bitten by the fame bug, it might be hard for Sean to tell up from down. And since he's also in his Saturn Return in his First House of identity, there's going to be struggle. Chances are, his agenda is more about public attention than private love.


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You will leave your Amman Hotel and head to Jerash - the most complete and well preserved city of the Roman Empire. Jerash is one of the Decapolis cities of the north of Jordan. During the Roman Empire it was often called Pompeii of the East. Nestled in a green and well-watered valley in the biblical land of Gilead, the remains of the ancient city have long attracted tourists from all around the world.
Wander among the original temples, theaters, plazas, paths and colonnaded streets, all enclosed within the remaining city walls. Within the city walls have been found the remains of settlements dating from the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad and Abbasid periods, indicating human occupation at this location for more than 2,500 years.
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03/05/2013 -- At Moore Community House, women learn how to build houses — and their lives. - Haitian Methodist Women and Men Making a Difference
06/02/2011 -- Local Haitians are the unsung heroines and heroes of the earthquake recovery story. Here are portraits of a few Haitians, Methodist sisters and brothers, who in the words of LeGrace Benson, "have been rehearsing and performing this theater since that firs... - "We Are Neighbors"
02/25/2010 -- Thirty-six hours after a massive earthquake ravaged the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, United Methodist Women-supported Dominican-Haitian Women's Movement (MUDHA) brought 88 people, 30 of them doctors or nurses, along with water, food, medical supplie...
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Gas prices shouldn't hurt summer travel A combination of factors, including some cheaper airfares, lower gas prices and overall greater consumer confidence, could inspire more people to go on vacation this year, travel experts say. For instance, 86% of people surveyed by travel site TripAdvisor said they are planning to travel for fun this summer, up 7 percentage points from last year. Three in four people surveyed by TripAdvisor said they would be driving to their summer destinations this year, and 64% will be flying. |


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A team that could suprise people in the upcoming NCAA tourney is the Wisconsin Badgers. Their chief weapon is defense. Defense and free throws. Their two chief weapons are defense, free throws, and lack of turnovers. Their 3 chief weapons are defense, free throw advantage, and depth.
Defense- The badgers lead the big ten in opponents field goal percentage. Opponents make just 38.2% of their shots. They lead the nation in opponents PPG.
Free Throws- Bo Ryan, the badgers coach, prides himself on getting his guys to the line, and not fouling much. They make more FTs than their opponents attempt. They shoot 70 % from the line. Although it is boring (watching the games, "and now for somthing completly different- a free throw!) it is sucessful.
Depth- They have 3 guys at over 10 points per game (Butch, Hughes, Landry). They have another at 9.6 (Michael Flowers). They have a bunch of guys that get rebounds, including Brian Butch, Joe Krabbenhoft, and Greg Steimsma (hes a "naughty boy", 3 DUI arrests, but good).
All in all, I see the Badgers making a run during the big dance.


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From Wikiquote
Retribution is punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. Retribution differs from revenge in that retribution is inherently limited to equaling the seriousness of the wrong for which it is sought, and is not necessarily personal to the seeker.
- God's mills grind slow,
But they grind woe.- William R. Alger, "Delayed Retribution", Poetry of the Orient (1865), p. 123.
- To be left alone
And face to face with my own crime, had been
Just retribution.- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Masque of Pandora (1875), Part VIII. In the Garden.
- Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts;
Dash him to pieces!- William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar (1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 81.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 671.
- The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.
- Euripides, Bacchæ, 382.
- The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.
- Euripides, Ion, I. 1615.
- Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.
- But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow.
- Juvenal, Satires, XIII. 100. Gifford's translation.
- Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.- Friedrich von Logau, Retribution. From the Sinngedichte. See Longfellow's translation. Poetic Aphorisms. First line from the Greek Oracula Sibyllina, VIII. 14. Same idea in Plutarch, Sera Humanis Vindicta, Chapter VIII, quoting Sextus Empiricus, Adversus Grammaticos, I. 13. Sect. 287. Found also in Proverbia e cad. Coisl. in Gaisford, Parœm. Græc. Oxon. 1836, p. 164. Horace, Carmina, III. 2. 31. Tibullus, Elegies, I. 9.
- Lento quidem gradu ad vindictam divina procedit ira, sed tarditatem supplicii gravitate compensat.
- The divine wrath is slow indeed in vengeance, but it makes up for its tardiness by the severity of the punishment.
- Valerius Maximus, I. 1. 3.
- But as some muskets so contrive it
As oft to miss the mark they drive at,
And though well aimed at duck or plover
Bear wide, and kick their owners over.- John Trumbull, McFingal, Canto I, line 95.


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NAEC Meeting Minutes
National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute
Minutes of Meeting
One Hundred Eighteenth Meeting
September 27, 2007
The National Advisory Eye Council (NAEC) convened for its one hundred seventeenth meeting at 8:30 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007, at the Terrace Level Conference Center 5635 Fishers Lane Bethesda, MD. Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., the Director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), presided as Chair of the Council. The meeting was closed to the public from 8:30 am until 12:00 pm for the review of grant and cooperative agreement applications. On Thursday, June 7, 2007, from 1:30 pm until adjournment at 4:50 pm, the meeting was open to the public. Attachment A provides a roster of the Council members.
Dr. Mae O. Gordon
Dr. Barrett G. Haik
Dr. David E. Holck
Dr. Lenworth N. Johnson
Dr. Juan I. Korenbrot
Dr. Todd P. Margolis
Dr. Mary C. McGahan
Dr. Val C. Sheffield
Dr. Earl L. Smith, III
Dr. Mriganka Sur
Dr. Marco A. Zarbin
Dr. Gunilla Haegerstrom-Portnoy
Dr. Houmam Araj
Dr. Deborah Carper
Dr. Hemin R. Chin
Dr. Mary Frances Cotch
Ms. Janet Craigie
Mr. Michael P. Davis
Mr. Donald F. Everett
Mr. Kenneth Frushour
Dr. Shefa Gordon
Dr. Chyren Hunter
Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski
Dr. Natalie Kurinij
Ms. Marilyn Laurie
Dr. Ellen S. Liberman
Dr. Jack A. McLaughlin
Dr. Lor� Anne McNicol
Dr. Michael D. Oberdorfer
Jessica Perez
Dr. Samuel C. Rawlings
Dr. Maryann Redford
Dr. Grace L. Shen
Dr. Annie E. Schaffner
Dr. Paul A. Sieving
Dr. Michael A. Steinmetz
Mr. Arthur Stone
Dr. Santa Tumminia
Mr. David L. Whitmer
Ms. Ketura Williams
Ms. Romona Williams-Parker
Dr. Jerome R. Wujek
Dr. Jeremy Berg, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Dr. Michael H. Chaitin, Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
Dr. Mary Frances Deutsch, Office of Extramural Research, OD, NIH
Dr. George McKie, CSR
Dr. Christine Melchior CSR
Ms. Joyce Rogers, Office of Budget, OD, NIH
Dr. Jerry Taylor, CSR
Ms. Joanne Angle, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Dr. Jonas Born, Genentech
Ms. Adrienne Drolette, American Optometric Association (AOA)
Ms. Lori Methia, ARVO
Ms. Elaine Richman, Richman Associates
Dr. John Whitener, AOA
CLOSED PORTION OF THE MEETING8:30 am
The meeting was closed to the public at 8:30 a.m. in accordance with the determination that it was concerned with matters exempt from mandatory disclosure under Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S. Code and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix2).
Dr. Lor� Anne McNicol, Director, Division of Extramural Research (DER), NEI, and Executive Secretary of the Council, reviewed policies and procedures regarding confidentiality and the avoidance of conflict of interest situations. To avoid conflict of interest, members of federal advisory committees must not participate in the discussion of any application or proposal in which they, their spouse, minor child, close professional associate, or organization has a financial interest or affiliation. The Council members signed a statement certifying that they were absent during such discussions.
Council members absented themselves from the meeting during discussion of and voting on applications from their own institutions, or other applications in which there was a potential conflict of interest, real or apparent. Members signed a statement to this effect.
OPEN PORTION OF THE MEETING1:30 pm
Dr. Sieving welcomed staff and guests to the public session of the 117th meeting of the Council. He announced that the NEI Intramural Research Program has recruited Dr. Anand Swaroop as Chief of the newly established Neurobiology Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory (N-NRL). Dr. Swaroop has more than 18 years of experience in eye-related research, including his most recent tenure as professor at research coordinator at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The N-NRL will be growing to include several sections over the next few months. There will be opportunities for research spanning the range from basic to preclinical translational to clinical studies.
Dr. Sieving described recent activity under the NIH Neurosciences Blueprint. Sixteen Institutes and Centers (ICs) cooperate in pooling resources and expertise to support the development of new tools, training opportunities, and other resources to assist neuroscientists in both basic and clinical research. The Blueprint IC Directors met in August with a panel of experts to develop initiatives in the areas of neurotoxicity and neuroplasticity. Dr. Sieving noted that six of the 32 scientists present at this meeting were NEI grantees.
Dr. Sieving introduced. Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D., Director, NIGMS. Dr. Berg has recently been instrumental in developing the NIH Director�s Pioneer Award Program, which provides the opportunity for outstanding scientists to take their best ideas on the fringes of conceived reality and to have these ideas looked at and funded. Over 1300 applications were submitted for the most recent round of funding, and 13 individuals were selected for an award. Dr. Sieving said he was pleased to announce that Dr. Kwabena A. Boahen, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford, was one of the awardees. Dr. Boahen is a specialist in computational neural systems who has designed analog chips that model the integration of neural circuits. He has developed neuromorphic chips that function as a silicon retina to restore sight.
Dr. Berg described the current trans-NIH project to enhance peer review. This project came out of a NIH leaders� forum which addressed concerns regarding the peer review system, given its importance to the overall NIH system. The project is working in partnership with the scientific community, considering changes to make the system more effective. A key point is not only a constrained budget but the science. The nature of science is becoming much more complex looking at the whole process from an idea to an application of getting funded. In addition to recognizing the right portion of sciences, one part of the system we are looking at it from the overall bureaucratic load so that we don�t end up with a system that not only identifies the best science but has high costs. Having the right set of reviewers and knowing how to continue to attract the most talented set of reviewers to the process.
Dr. Berg indicated that the study has begun a diagnostic phase with a goal of getting the broadest input and ideas. Dr. Zerhouni has stressed that everything is on the table for analysis and pilot tests. There are two separate working groups: an external panel headed by Keith Yamamoto and an internal group co-chaired by Drs. Berg and Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
In parallel, the CSR is also working on and implementing a number of pilot and broader projects starting with the shortened review cycle for new investigators. Another pilot is on the way to using internet-assisted review.
Dr. Berg reviewed the various phases of the Peer Review Enhancement Study. In the diagnostic phase the NIH issued a Request for Information through an interactive web site which solicited opinions and suggestions from the scientific community from July through September 7, 2007.. Dr. Zerhouni and a Working Group from the Advisory Council to the Director held two teleconferences with the deans of research institutions. They also will be holding a series of regional town meetings scheduled between September 12 and October 26. Dr. Berg mentioned that he and Dr. Tabak are attending various scientific conferences and meetings in order to engage the community. And the NIH Steering Committee (SC)has also solicited input from staff at the NIH ICs. The NIH Steering committee has analyzed and summarized the literature regarding peer review, as well as the nature of approaches from other US agencies and foreign countries. The SC has also contracted for a psychometric analysis of study section models by experts in this field.
The second phase of the study will be piloting, and every pilot will have an associated evaluation. All of the stake-holder groups will be briefed regarding the outcomes of these pilots. Finally, the study will move to the implementation phase, where successful efforts will be expanded through the development of new NIH peer review policy.
Dr. Berg described some of the ideas that have emerged from the study:
- Reviewing the project versus funding the individual
- Retrospective versus prospective review
- Separate application modes and review criteria for projects that lack preliminary data versus incremental studies
- Editorial board review model
- Applicant/review dialogue to clarify issues
- Different types of review for different areas of science (clinical trials, bioengineering, interdisciplinary, small business)
- Different review criteria for �primary� and non-primary� applications from a single investigator Pre-applications
- Provide clearer feedback to investigators
- Maximize the quality of reviewers
- Consider psychometrics in devising scoring systems (binning)
- Limit percent effort of Principal Investigators
Council members had many questions and comments for Dr. Berg. One suggestion was to fund institutions rather than individuals; pick universities that are well funded and pour more and more money into them. Another member asked Dr. Berg to crystallize his understanding of what is wrong and what needs to be fixed. Is the system broken?
Dr. Berg responded that he doesn�t think that NIH peer review is broken, but rather, there is too little money and too many ideas, and partly because of changes in science. One example with respect to innovation that didn�t happen in the last peer review process was that the structure of the application has changed, here are the review criteria and the application is structured the same way. Reviewers can say that�s not innovative but has been around for 10 years, but instead of having to read the whole proposal, it does help. The number of reviewers, size of study sections, complaints we�ve heard repeatedly, an honor and fun in the old days, looking forward to study section meetings. Now it�s a chore, coming to meetings are a pain, meetings are too many people�two or three grabbing all the attention. These are the things we are grappling with looking at various things to see if we can help, very strong views as to whether scientists can see if there is a follow up to what was intended and the feedback has been positive and a number of applications are being looked at in a systematic way.
Dr. Haik asked how long will it take a new individual to be funded, is the average age 44 for first R01? Dr. Berg responded that he believes it is 42. Dr. Haik said that the system has lost scientists if you cannot convert from a K to an R.
Dr. Berg sad that Dr. Zerhouni and the IC Directors are very concerned about this issue. : Dr. Zerhouni is taking a look at the overall and there are striking analyses. NIH supports more investigators between the ages of 70-75 than of 30-35. We are considering how to shift these demographics. To some extent the data will come in are there people being funded too early or are people getting funded and doing well? The NIH director�s new innovative awards, ended up with 30 new innovators for $1.5 Million awards over five years.
Council members expressed their interest in learning whether the study will change the make up of the CSR study sections. Dr. Berg replied that wholesale re-arrangement of the sturdy sections is not on the table. The co-chairs of the peer review advisory committee is a very effective review that we are careful about identifying consequences like these.
Members also noted that the present system creates a tremendous amount of administration. This burden falls on investigators as well as the university infrastructure, there ought to be a goal for changes to be made. Dr. Berg reminded the council that this is not under NIH�s control but is one of the things we are looking at to make the system more efficient so that applicants can write a proposal sufficiently adequate and reviewed to be able to make sensible judgments. An innovative program should send a message that we are pushing to fund people. With 2100 applications and 30 awards under the Pioneer program, we are struggling with that view.
Dr. Sieving thanked Dr. Berg for joining us at the Eye Council.
Dr. Sieving next reviewed the most recent NIH Leadership Retreat. He indicated that this is one of two events for institute directors to get together that are of particular importance. In the spring they look at the budget process in considerable detail, with an eye as to how to address Congress with the need for biomedical funding. And the September gathering is called the NIH Leadership Retreat.
He indicated that this month�s meeting focused on the topics of genetics, international issues and workforce planning: Genetics continues to take and overtake NIH. The pace of medical genetics picked up strongly about 2 � years ago and newest topics are epidemiology, genetics, and micro RNA. The field of genetics continues to accelerate in a really remarkable fashion, and I thank to Dr. Hemin Chin for being instrumental in ably representing the NEI across the NIH. The second topic was led by Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious disease, and Dr. Roger Glass, Director of the Fogarty International Center. The infectious disease community has a number of projects and human trials going on internationally for HIV and AIDs, particularly in Africa. The threads of the international discussion here on campus is the quality of science education world-wide. I know many of you in the vision research community rely on international post docs. After training, these post docs go back to their native countries and create a science that the world will have to reckon with. We will have to develop a way to utilize that resource since science will clearly be the richer for it. There are some difficulties, but the vision community has taken advantage of the 2005 agreement between the US and Indian governments to lower the barriers and opportunities for US and India collaborative science. A working group of Indo-science will meet in 2 � weeks. Joann Angle on the behalf of ARVO has been a strong advocate for this activity. The Eye Institute will have to find a replacement for Leon Ellwein who has been the NEI ambassador for the vision community�science and professional community. Dr. Mary Frances Cotch, Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, is taking up parts of this and will continue to have interest in different parts of that portfolio. We are looking at what it should be and how to address it.
Third topic of the retreat was workforce planning: Dr. Sieving presented a slide documenting the academic community from 1980 thru 2006. Clearly the current ages of medical school faculty and the demographics of the work force are changing. As I went to the ARVO trustee meetings in the fall and spring, I was told to make sure young investigators get funded. But, it�s not that easy to funnel new applications through at age 35. After the leadership retreats there are no resolutions except this is a complicated problem that will ripple through the community. As Dr. Berg mentioned, if you look at the population of age 75 and older, that is actually larger than the pool of funded investigators 35 and younger. NIH is trying to understand what the implications are as we said two years ago the is to fund 1500 new investigators a year.
Dr. Zarbin expressed his understanding is that not that there are fewer young investigators but fewer young investigators are funded investigators. Is that correct? Dr. Sieving agreed.
Dr. McNicol remarked on current study section behavior. The reviewers triage younger investigators at a higher rate than established investigators and they give worse scores to younger investigators than they do established scientists. Council members and staff remarked on many demographic changes that affect this issue: changes in retirement rules, increased length of training, decrease in NIH award rates, and an increased cost of doing science.
Dr. Sieving noted that three council members are at the end of their terms. He thanked Drs. Eileen Birch, Barrett Haik, and Mriganka Sur for their valuable service.
Dr. Sieving next acknowledged the retirement of Dr. John Whitener, Executive Director of the American Optometric Association and presented him with a letter and plaque thanking him for long and valuable services to vision research. Dr. Sieving was sad to note that Dr. Douglas Johnson, Mayo clinic, died in July, after a courageous battle with liver cancer. Dr. Sieving introduced Dr. Richard Stone, University of Pennsylvania, who has graciously agreed to serve as an ad hoc member in Dr. Johnson�s place.
Dr. Lenworth Johnson, University of Missouri, was recognized as not only a member of the NAEC, but also represents the NEI on the Council of Councils. This is a body composed of one member from each of the NIH IC advisory councils. It was established through the NIH Reauthorization Act of January, 2007, to lead and direct cooperative funding through the NIH Director�s Common Fund and to provide oversight for the new Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives. Up to 5% of the NIH budget is going into this central fund operated out of Building 1. Dr. Sieving expressed his confidence that Len will be a strong representative for the vision community.
Dr. McNicol introduced Dr. Chyren Hunter, NEI Training Officer, who gave the annual update on the NEI Loan Repayment Program. Dr. Hunter indicated that this is an NIH-wide initiative, and every council is charged with reviewing the operation of the loan repayment program. She noted that the table book provides the upcoming advertisement that council members can take back to their institutions for any interested individuals. This is the third year of the program, and NEI is mandated to invest $1.6M dollars. More applications have been submitted, so the success rate is going down a little.
Dr. McNicol informed Council that at this particular meeting she wanted to do a little more in depth discussion of the budget. The NEI staff is getting close to some of the management decisions we have to make and want a little more input from Council members. She presented the top issues regarding NEI funding that staff and Council need to consider:
- Once again, the overall budget is flat
- Inflation turns this flat budget into a declining one
- The total number of grants funded is declining
- The total number of individual scientists funded is declining
- The total number of R01 grants funded is declining
- The NEI contribution to the Neurosciences blueprint is increasing by 33%
- 80% of the budget is committed to continuing projects
Dr. Sur asked whether Roadmap funds are increasing. Dr. McNicol said, yes. In FY2008 Congress will have to decide what to do with the roadmap budget, whether to put it in separately or continue to take it out of institute budgets.
Dr. McNicol reviewed the allocation for the NEI budget. 81% of the money is for extramural research; this is down from past years. She presented historical trends for NEI budget Authority and the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index; the total number of grants; the success rate; the total number of applications submitted; and trends for funding of the non-R01 grant mechanisms. She indicated concern regarding the number of R0ls and number of individual scientists we�ve funded over this historic period. The only way to continue to fund the same number of individuals is to reduce grant budgets. It�s something to think about. Should we let this continue, should we step in, what�s right, there are no easy answers.
Dr. Korenbrot said that it seems like the NEI�s struggles are not different from what Dr. Berg was talking about-- what is available, what�s wanted and what�s appropriate. For what its worth this goes back to what was discussed, big institutes and well-funded and poorly funded. The one thing I thought was worth thinking about is the fact that in general successful programs tend to have more funding if you use normal features of more investigators for more successful programs. Have one individual that has more than one grant. No one wants to start making distinctions but think it�s a fair competition. Competence is not sufficient because it�s an exercise in support and environment. We don�t look at everyone in that sense of equal opportunity. Those who have more than others get the most attention. If we really began to recognize that not everyone has the same opportunities. We need to start, even if just in this Institute, to increase fair distribution so that some institutes don�t have more than others because of who they are. I would like to see how this is thought out. We are not getting younger or retiring earlier. It�s a little bit of human engineering not everyone having an identical task. I�m embarrassed but I�m going to ask this question anyway. Have there been relevant changes in institutional indirect cost rates over time or they relatively constant?
Dr. McNicol indicated that these have risen slightly in recent years. The highest indirect cost rate I�m aware of is 120% while the lowest is 30%.
Dr. Zarbin mentioned that serving on an Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a necessary undertaking that takes a huge amount of time and money. It is an activity that does not generate any money but no one is actually compensating the organization for it. And the way medical schools do accounting they look at the positions, look at the IRB users and if there are disparities they eliminate the position or come up with more money. Then their committees won�t fund anyone. Unless colleges make changes I don�t think this is a problem the NEI can fix and how much time we should spend on it?
Dr. McLaughlin said that to address Dr. Korenbrot�s point, the larger the number of R01 type grants the more chance for new investigators and more well-endowed institutes. But as that number decreases, you�ll experience what you are indicating. The fact that that line was flat is no accident, but for other institutes the line is not flat. We�re going to have to keep an eye on it.
Dr. Sheffield said, I listened to Juan and I agree and don�t agree. I want to fund the best science longitudinally and you have to fund the best investigators. That�s where the advantage should be given to the young investigator.
Dr. Holck pointed out that you may have the sophisticated investigator who can hold two or four grants at one time, but this penalizes the young investigator. That may not be the case as the older investigator may be publishing great results, but it�s something to think about. Is that what we do?
Dr. McNicol remarked that this fiscal year the ICs have been given quotas for funding new investigators. Our quota is 43. When your award rate is 50%, such a quota is not a problem. The community often remarks about the problem of investigators with multiple awards, 4 to 5 grants. But there aren�t that many people in that category.
Dr. Sheffield reiterated his position that NEI should fund the best science. If paying the best ideas and proposals means some individuals have three grants, then we should continue. Dr. Korenbrot agreed that the best science should be funded but pointed out that the bottom line is there is much more grant science than grant money. So long as the science is not compromised, there has to be a 2nd tier decision that looks into youth, opportunity, geography, and such features. Dr. Holck closed the discussion with his opinion that this is the best imperfect system that he�s ever seen.
Dr. McNicol introduced Dr. Natalie Kurinij who reviewed the most recent activities in this area. She noted that the symposium proceedings have been published and that complimentary copies are available for Council members. Dr. Kurinij acknowledged that excellent job that the symposium leader, Dr. Barbara Hawkins, Johns Hopkins University, and other contributors did in putting this together.
Dr. McNicol seconded this opinion, noting that anyone who has ever edited a 3-day symposium knows what a job it is.
Mr. Michael Davis, Director, Office of Program Planning and Analysis presented recent activities within the ocular epidemiology program planning exercise. He noted that NAEC members received the draft document at the June council meeting and were asked for comments. Members responded with many excellent suggestions which were forwarded to staff. A revised report was posted on the web on August 20, 2007 with a request for comments by September 21, 2007. Mr. Davis presented a series of slides summarizing the recommendations in the report. He noted that the NEI did go out to the community at beginning of process and asked what was important and what needed to be done. The panel chose research objectives based on the strengths and size of input, but of course, were unable to include everyone�s input. When looking at goals and objectives at the 30,000 ft. level you want a guide for directions and opportunities that are available. The comments we received were excellent and very comprehensive. The panel report also included an appendix on specific ocular diseases. These were the areas that were addressed but only relevant comments were included.
Council members indicated that they had read the report and found it to be an excellent summary. Dr. Sieving thanked Mr. Davis for shepherding this process in a very expeditious manner. He noted that the document is very broad provides council, the NEI and the community with opportunities to push the envelope.
Dr. Margolis asked Dr. Sieving where the field now stands, given that there had been a bit of a moratorium on population-based research. Where do things stand at this point now that the report�s in and you have seen the report? Dr. Sieving responded that there has been a yellow caution flag, not a moratorium. Budgets are flat and Dr. Sieving felt the community needed to be really selective in where they want to push things. The NEI is always interested in investing in science, but there are some epidemiology trials that would be very expensive. The epidemiology community has helped this by shepherding these decisions on where they feel money would be best spent. The report will be posted on the NEI for anyone to read. The best science will get funded. The community that comes in with the best proposal will have to be matched with what money becomes available. The lifecycle shows that many projects will be funded by category. If all the money is spent, we might be able to convert money into an epidemiology type study or category. As judged by study section, collegial discussion, council and NEI staff and the best of those have the opportunity of being funded. But right now it is up to the cycles of the budget as money becomes available. I am not putting anyone on the spot but we have a sizable epidemiology research funding going on right now but that is in the current grant cycle. What is the scientific value of an activity relative to existing current populations for instance and is that the best place to be putting a limited resource? The question cannot be answered in the absence of an application that has not been adjudicated by a peer review.
Dr. Margolis said it sounds as though good proposals are going to get funded considering that their budgets are reasonable along with every body�s else. If someone comes in with a huge budget it might not fit but if someone comes in with a little budget and you might have to balance it against what you have to spend the money on.
Dr. McLaughlin responded that with this planning document out there, the other plan of alerting people to its existence they really should be contacting the extramural program staff and there might be three people talking about the same general area. They might want to get together to develop a better plan or they can look at our portfolio and get a better plan or opportunity.
Council voted unanimously to accept the recommendations of the report.
Dr. McNicol introduced Dr. Andrew P. Mariani, Director, Retinal and Choroidal Diseases Program (RCDP). He said that the last discussion indicated that the Eye council is grappling with issues of funding and scientific opportunity. In order to be effective, it is important to know what the current grant portfolios look like. So this presentation is the next in a series that have been presented to council.
Dr. Mariani reviewed the sub-program structure, and stressed that it was a matrix. He described the cross-cutting in programs, such as ocular genetics and ocular immunology and listed the program directors responsible for the various portions of the RCDP. He provided a snapshot of funding in FY2006, showing that RCDP comprised more than 45% of the total NEI extramural budget. He also gave the relative sizes of the eight subprograms, showing that the basic science areas (fundamental processes and retinal neurosciences) were nearly60% of the total. He then discussed time trends, showing that the RCDP was growing both relatively and absolutely, in terms of both dollars and numbers of grants. Dr. Mariani reviewed recent programmatic highlights, such as Vitamin A research, translocation in photoreceptors, and retinal neuroscience.
Dr. Gordon asked why the ARED-II study was not discussed in the retinal portfolio analysis. Dr. Mariani replied that it is an intramural project. This is a common misconception in the vision research community.
Dr. Margolis discussed some aspects of the NEI extramural research budget. He said that we�ve all now looked at the budget numbers in some detail and can see that�s flat. In terms of buying power, this means it�s been decreasing and this affects morale all over. He wondered if there are any thoughts to work on the morale of our investigators. The effect on morale is spectacular and has an impact on programs in general and quality of life in general, not just because the dollars aren�t there, it goes way beyond that. Is there anything that we or NEI can do? There�s a lot of smart people and a part of leadership is trying to keep morale up. I wonder if anyone at NEI is even thinking about that or if it�s even the purview. I thought I�d raise that a bit.
Dr. McNicol replied that she could mention a number of things that the NEI can and does do. We�ve always believed that if we put our resources in bread and butter investigator-initiated research, this would be best for the enterprise. But as you can see for the past years that the budget has been flat we have really decreased the range of �programmed research� research and gone back to our core values. We�ve very quietly tried to improve our stewardship. Investigators who had missed having their grant renewed are given an opportunity to carry forward any remaining funds to continue doing experiments. We always look for ways to improve on what we should be doing. There are more of you than us out here and we�d like to hear about it.
Dr. Sur questioned whether it was it worth funding the large grant mechanisms such as the R24s and Bioengineering Research Partnerships? How might you withdraw from those if you would like to? Dr. McNicol stated that she wasn�t sure NEI should withdraw totally. The research community says these large grant mechanisms are valuable and they allow really important science to proceed. We don�t have a lot of these grants but we need to be careful on how we want to approach such programs. Another trade-off has been away from funding R03 Small Grants. NEI no longer offers this mechanism, although we do still support the funding of Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21.)
Dr. Sheffield indicated that it seems that the challenge is to fund the best science and bring the best investigators into vision research. But, what if new investigators that fill the professor level could write a new grant application and tie it into an old R01 with some older person it would foster a collaboration between a career and younger investigator. Dr. Margolis asked whether this would be something like the Mentored Career Development Award (K08). Dr. Sheffield: replied that these are people who might have been established in another field but have an idea related to vision and could team up with an established researcher who could get them in the field of vision and could get some new ideas. It would be a variation on the small grant to come in the field with someone who is more of an advantage.
Dr. Gordon said that she liked the idea of the cross affiliation, but asked what are the implications if any for institute programs and monolithic awards like the CTSAs have you thought out those? We are all involved and have no idea how it will affect our bottom line but if it works out now everyone has a claim on my title. Dr. McLaughlin answered that components of the University or the medical school will be able to come in and get in a part on these grants. We have a lot of those places. I think the challenge is how they will access the resources that are available and what does that mean to the institute that we have to collaborate in on the research? We may have to think of a new way to interface into that system because there�s a half billion dollars out there and we need to come up with a way to cut in on that action.
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Joe Carter
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- Major League Debut:
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The exclamation point on Carter's fine career was his three-run, ninth-inning homer off the Phillies' Mitch Williams that gave the Blue Jays their second straight World Series victory in 1993. After Bill Mazeroski's blast in 1960, it was only the second Series-ending homer in baseball history. His gleeful romp around the bases amid the Skydome pandemonium capped one of the most dramatic moments of the decade.
At Wichita State, Carter was The Sporting News's 1981 College Player of the Year, and the Cubs, choosing second, made him their number-one draft pick that June after Seattle selected Mike Moore. Carter played briefly in Chicago before going to Cleveland in a major seven-player deal for Rick Sutcliffe in June 1984.
A disappointment at first, he struggled with injuries until 1986, when he broke out with a .302 average, 29 homers, and a major-league-leading 121 RBIs. Sporting one of the best physiques in baseball and a happy-go-lucky disposition, he had the best offensive year by an Indian in decades but missed the 30-30 club by one homer and one stolen base.
He did reach 30-30 the following year, overcoming a salary dispute in spring training and constant shifting between the outfield and first base. When Brett Butler signed with the Giants in 1988, Carter took over center field.
The responsibility seemed to charge Carter's hitting, but his days were numbered in Cleveland. After setting a career high with 35 homers in 1989, he was sent to San Diego in a blockbuster deal for Sandy Alomar Jr., Chris James and Carlos Baerga. Following his first and only full NL season, in which he hit 24 homers and knocked in 115 runs for the Padres, Carter was packed in another blockbuster deal, this time with an Alomar brother (Roberto). The pair was sent to the Blue Jays for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez.
Back in the AL, Carter put together three straight 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons, leading the Blue Jays into the postseason all three years and to world titles in 1992 and '93. The latter Series, of course, was capped off by Carter's famous three-run Series-winning clout in Game Six.
In 1994, Carter became just the tenth player in major league history to hit 300 home runs and steal 200 bases. He slowed down a bit on the basepaths in 1994, but was more careful. He was 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts, and stretched the consecutive streak to 23 in 1995 before being caught in late June. In 1996, he returned to the 30-homer, 100-RBI club with 30-106 after sub-par power seasons.
After playing most of his career in the outfield, Carter spent equal time at first base and as DH in 1997, and drove in 102 runs in the process, although his average slumped to .234. Carter annoyed club management by wearing ousted manager Cito Gaston's #43 for the last few games of the season, and he didn't return to the club in 1998. Instead, Carter spent his last year in the majors as a reserve with the Orioles and Giants.
In 1999, he and Gaston joined Dave Stieb and George Bell as honorees in the Blue Jays' "level of excellence." Carter had finished his Jays career as the franchise's all-time leader in home runs.
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This is super hot... if you've never bought an iPad before or really need the retail box. I've purchased many refurbished iDevices and they've always looked brand new /and/ also has 1-yr warranty like their new counterparts. If you're buying for yourself, get a refurb "new iPad" with retina display. Your eyes will thank you. If you're buying as a gift, I'm sure the recipient would rather have a refurb "new iPad" with retina display than a brand new iPad 2. Your friend will thank you.
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Here is why I got my daughter the iPad2 over an android tablet. 1. Apps released on iproducts first. For example: my daughter was REALLY into Super Why from PBS. They had a great app on iOS. Every time my daughter was at my parents house she played that game. By the time the app hit Android, she moved onto another character that had yet to come to android. 2. Why not have both platforms? My daughter will be mainly be using the iPad. But if there are apps on android she would like that aren't on iOS she can use them on my tablet. 3. Resale value. Sure the iPad 2 is old but I bet at this point it is still has a higher resale value than a good bunch of android tablets. Finally I find it funny that people are talking the iPad2 not being fully supported for updates when my EVO 4G LTE is currently on ICS, my EVO 3D is currently on Gingerbread with my OG Evo. As for those who are saying the price sucks and it is overpriced. Currently new iPad2 sell for $399, $60 off with no tax for many is a steep discount off that price. Just because you perceive something doesn't have value doesn't mean the cost of that item goes down. Finally, if you think people should hold out for a newer model at a better price, you could always say that for electronics. Some people feel this is a good enough price point to jump in at. |
But I wasn't the one who initially pointed out updates not rolling out to a product, and I was merely pointing out androids less than stellar upgrade reputation. I do find it funny I will be able to use google now on my daughter's iPad before being able to use it on my android phone. Oh and Google doesnt have the best upgrade track record with CDMA devices. Ask any Verizon customer about how long that took. Last edited by shadowhawk2020; 11-23-2012 at 09:23 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
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Creating a Planet Me Blog Aggregator
The Planet Project allows on-line communities to build a central Web page easily, aggregating blogs from people in their community. The Planet code powers such community blogs as Planet GNOME and Planet Apache. Such on-line uses of the Planet code provide a low cost of entry for people to keep an eye on a community. This article focuses on using the Planet code on your local machine to create your own custom blog aggregator.
The Planet code requires Python 2.2 or later. The simplest method to install Planet is to download a nightly snapshot tarball from the planetplanet.org Web site and extract it to your home directory. I tend to rename the extracted planet-nightly directory to include its day of download and use a handy link to the current version of Planet Me.
In this article, I've used references to the path of my home directory a few times; remember to substitute your own home directory in the examples.
Listing 1. Installing Planet
$ cd ~ $ tar xjvf planet-nightly.tar.bz2 $ planetdated=planet-$(date +'%d%b%y') $ mv planet-nightly $planetdated; $ ln -s $planetdated planet $ cd planet $ cp -av fancy-examples me-meta $ cd me-meta $ cp ../examples/*.xml* . $ edit config.ini name = Planet Me link = file://home/ben/planet/me/index.html owner_name = John Doe owner_email = root@localhost # later in the file # template_files should all be on one line template_files = me-meta/index.html.tmpl me-meta/rss20.xml.tmpl me-meta/rss10.xml.tmpl me-meta/opml.xml.tmpl me-meta/foafroll.xml.tmpl # later in the file change # fancy-examples/index.html.tmpl [me-meta/index.html.tmpl] items_per_page = 30 $ cd .. $ mkdir cache $ ln -s output me # Without proxy $ python planet.py me-meta/config.ini # Using a standard squid proxy on "dairiserver" $ http_proxy=http://dairiserver:3128/ \ python planet.py me-meta/config.ini
The two final commands in Listing 1 show how to fetch current news feeds and set up your initial Planet. The commands will vary depending on things such as whether or not you have to use a proxy server to access the Internet. After running these commands, you should have a Planet Me viewable in your Web browser at ~/planet/me/index.html. After doing these steps, your planet should look similar to Figure 1.
You'll want to customize which news feeds you are viewing. This is done at the end of me-meta/config.ini. The configuration file defines a section by text surrounded by square brackets. Options for a section follow its initial definition as key=value pairs. You define each blog to aggregate in a section where you specify the URL of the RSS feed for the section name. See Listing 2 for an example from the default config.ini file.
The name will be shown in the header for each aggregated post from that blog, and the face image will be on the right side when using the default HTML templates. The facewidth and faceheight are optional by default.
Listing 2. Sample Aggregation Definition
[http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/blog/?flav=rss] name = Jeff Waugh face = jdub.png facewidth = 70 faceheight = 74
Many sites provide handy topic icons that can be used to spruce up your Planet Me. For example, in Listing 3, I use one of the Slashdot section icons (see the on-line Resources) for news items taken from Slashdot's RSS feed.
Assuming you use the Planet setup as described in this article, the topic icons are stored in ~/planet/me/images. You can see the setup for my Slashdot topic icon in Listing 3.
Listing 3. How to Get the Image from Slashdot
$ cd ~/planet/me/images/ $ wget \ http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicslashback.gif # convert is from ImageMagick $ convert topicslashback.gif slashdot.png
Listing 4 shows the new section to append to the config.ini to integrate the Slashdot icon into your Planet Me.
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