"Blues is a musical style, like for example Flamenco that was born out of the deepest roots of its people, springing from the deep need to express human feelings."
He was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1958. With self taught formation he began in the music's world at the end of 1982 soon after the birth of the band Harmonica Blues Band that was fruit of the union of three musicians from Mallorca: Pep Banyo, Toni Reynes and Victor Uris. With this formation began to play for the island with a classic repertoire of blues and own compositions. During the following two years they went uniting other element until in 1985 where they were consolidated.
Starting from here they act in the main holidays and musical events of the capital and of the rest of the island. Pure acoustic style and piedmont, having gone by so diverse formations as, the Harmonica Coixa Blues Band and multiple collaborations with diverse musicians of this country. In 1987 they recorded their first single in study and other live engraving in the Auditorium of Palm during the VI Jazz Festival of Palma. Soon they recorded a collective record, Jazz festivals with other groups mallorquines. In 1988 their first L.P recorded as own production. It is then when they took the relief of the voice Errol Woiski. Beginning decade 90´s some changes they arised in the composition of the group entering to be part of the same one the guitar player Vicenç Caldentey and the Catalan vocalist Big Mama.
With this formation in 1991 they carried out the recording of their second L.P. "Walking Blues". They recorded an acoustic CD with the incorporation of Amadeu Houses (dobro and guitars), reaching a remarkable success and recognition. At the moment heworks in a project with the Victor Uris Band with a new repertoire of versions of Blues and Jazz including own topics. On the other hand Victor Uris has collaborated in study as live with other musicians, for example: Johnny Copeland, Kevin Ayers, Phil May Band (Pretty Things), Joan Bibiloni, Max Sunyer, Salvador Font.
In the theater, he has composed music for "Les nits blanque" of T.M. Dostoevsky and also of "Surabaya" interpreted by Aina Compte. In television, he has participated in different programs as well as different musical festivals and workshops and seminars of the harmonica.
When was your first desire to become involved in Blues?
When I was in my twenties, one day I saw in a catalog of records, a picture of a man with a guitar and another one with a harp. Without knowing who they were and what kind of music they were playing, I felt attracted to that picture and bought that record. It happened to be one of the many records of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, "Hootin' and hollerin' ". When I listened to that music I got knocked out! I really experienced a shock as I listened to that music for the first time!
I already had a harp but from then, I got captured by the blues and more particularly by those two fellows. I started to buy more blues music, listen to it. I learnt by listening to these records.
From whom have you learned the most secrets about the blues music?
My masters were the great figures of the Blues reaching out to me through their records. I listened and listened to them trying to reproduce the sounds and getting captivated by the spirit of the blues. My fathers of blues are Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee. I fell in love with them. They were my method, they were my book. I had no other teacher. I started to discover the secrets of blues by listening to them. They inspired me but in fact, I'm a self-taught man. I even used to dream about them. In the dream, I was always trying to follow them on the highroads but I was never able to catch up with them!
How do you describe Victor Uris' sound and progress, what characterize Victor's music and philosophy?
My sound is a particular sound owing to my personal circumstances. I usually don't use any amplifier because it limits my mobility. So, I play directly with the mixer. This, technically, makes my sound particular. Also, owing to the fact that at the beginning, the musicians playing in my band were not all real blues musicians, I had to adapt my phrasing. This aspect also contributed to the particularity of my sound.
It was only when I met Big Mama Montse and the other musicians playing with her, in Barcelona, that I freed myself and started to play real Blues. I'm not aware of having any philosophy in particular. I don't have a leading thought over my music. I'm a simple man. I just try to play, enjoy and transmit the feeling.
Actually, now after such a long time, to play with the band I've been playing for so many years, The Victor Uris Blues Quartet is really what makes me feel happy to play on stage and share great moments with both the musicians and the people.
What do you learn about yourself from the blues and what does the blues means to you?
When I was sixteen years old, I had a motorbike accident and as a result I was tetraplegia and had to stay on a wheelchair.
It was no more than a year after I had started to play the harp, I was about 24, when my grandmother died. She had been the only one left alive from my family. I then found myself alone and quite lost in the world (apart from the support my friends were giving me). I think it was at that point that music and most particularly the blues helped to get me out of the pit. Music was like a balloon that I grab to take me up, to rise. The blues allowed me to express all my emotions: anger, sadness, and happiness, everything... It opened a new way in my life.
What is "the feel" you miss most nowadays from the blues of the past?
I don't think there is so much difference from yesterday and today's blues. It all depends on who interprets it. Blues is good now and always because it bases itself on the expression of the feeling.
Which is the most interesting period of your life and why?
Every day, when I wake up and see that I'm alive and can go on.
What experiences in life make a good blues man?
For me, it is the capacity to share through music the depth of one's own experiences of life.
How do you describe your contact to people when you are on stage?
It's both emotional and amazing. It's one of the most important things for a musician. I love to play, to work in clubs and small places where I can have a direct contact with people and feel how they breath, how they listen to me or ignore me, how they laughs and finally, how we feel together.
Why do you think that the Blues continues to generate such a devoted following in Europe?
Because the Blues, as I said it before, is a popular music, simple, attractive, a music that makes you move your feet and captures you.
It reaches the people's heart by its simplicity. Maybe, it's a good counterpoint and a medicine for Europeans surrounded by so much artificiality.
Are they any memories from the Harmonica Coixa Blues band and Big Mama which you'd like to share with us?
Harmonica Coixa Blues Band was my first band. It was everything for me. It was the first blues band of Mallorca where I lived and one of the first in Spain. We made a tour of Spain and played at la Sala Zeleste in Barcelona.
That's where I had the chance to meet Big Mama. From then started our relationship as musicians and our friendship that is still lasting. With her we made our second record "Walking Blues". She was the singer of our band. Later, after Harmonica Coixa Blues Band, we continued together and made a new record "El Blues de l'Ombra Blava" in the year 1996. It was a very special record. We worked very intensively. The recording was made in 15 days in Palma de Mallorca, in my own neighborhood. It's a record of blues songs written by Big Mama, most of them in Catalan. It was intense and fun at the same time. There was a lot of enthusiasm on our parts.
It is from that record that Putumayo, a record company from New -york, chose the song "No way out" to be part of an album called "Blues around the world". This gave us a fantastic opportunity to be part of a project gathering artists from the whole world each with its own linguistic expression of Blues. The musical level of the artists was so good and at the same time you could listen blues in Taiwanese, blues in Catalan, blues in English of course and so on. We were very happy to be part of that album.
I can mention two strong moments. One was in 1983, in Palma de Mallorca in Spain at the Jazz Festival with Johnny Copeland. He impressed me so much because I was a very young musician. He was a real bluesman and I was called to play a song with him. I was very shy. The experience was emotionally very strong.
I cannot remember the worst moments because when something bad happen, automatically something good comes and makes me forget the bad.
Which memory from Johnny Copeland, Kevin Ayers, Phil May Band makes you smile?
The day I played with Johnny Copeland, alter we played the song "I de go now" he asked me to play more, but I didn't have harps in different keys to play . So I left the stage happy and i enjoyed the rest of the concert.
Kevin Ayers was a British musician that used to live in Deía in Mallorca, as many musicians and artists did at that time. Deía was a village with a lot of musical life. I met him there and we played together on several occasions, With Kevin Ayers and Joan Bibiloni, a very good mallorquin musician, we played many songs with a blues flavor.
In 1984, when he came to play in Mallorca, I didn't know anything about him and his band; I didn't know who he was as a musician. I happened to be there around them at that time because one of my friends was in charge of the arrangements. They were to perform several days on the row. When he heard I was playing- during the rehearsal- he told me to join them. We played and then he told me to come every day for the performance. Still, I didn't know that they were highly renowned musicians. One day, I was sick and didn't come to play. And that same day the television came to film them. Then I knew who they were...the drummer was from The Pretenders, the guitar player had placed sessions with the Rolling Stones and Phil had been the leader of Pretty Things, a famous band of the sixties!
Fortunately, I still have home quality tape recordings of the music we played on those three occasions with Copeland, Kevin Ayers and Phil May.
From the musical feeling point of view, what are the differences and similarities between the Blues, Jazz, Rock and Score music?
All these music are all brothers. "The Blues had a baby and its name is rock & roll" sang Brownie McGee. And Jazz is for me the younger brother of Blues, even though it is a more elaborate music style.
What is the best advice a blues man ever gave you?
Yes, "Keep on harpin' and practice a lot!" that was the best advice given by Johnny Copeland's pianist.
Do you know why the sound of the harmonica is connected to the blues & what are the secrets of the blues harp?
Probably because the blues harp sounds very close to the human voice.
It can sound like a moan. The secret of blues harp consists in discovering its hidden notes.
Some musical styles can be fads but the Blues is always with us. Why do you think that is?
Blues is a musical style, like for example Flamenco that was born out of the deepest roots of its people, springing from the deep need to express human feelings. The Blues was the expression of an oppressed people – it's was pure feeling and that truth reaches out the heart. It goes much beyond of being a musical style. It's truly live music. As music, there will always be one musician passing it over, and another one receiving the truth of it, and that's why it will never fade.
What are your main tools right now in harp case?
I started playing using the Marine Band from Honner until they stopped providing it in Mallorca. Instead, they started selling the hand-made Marine Band, a technically very difficult harp for me that was giving me a lot of difficulties to get out the right sound, mostly because of my situation of tetraplegic. So then, I shifted to the Lee Oscar harp during many years, until I discovered the Marine Band Deluxe a few years ago. From then, I got back to wooden harps that were much easier and softer to play with and with a much better quality of sound.
Make an account for current realities of the case of the blues in Spain.
Between the eighties and the nineties, it was a powerful moment for the Blues in Spain with the greatest blues musicians invited to play in the main Jazz Festivals. Those years were like seeds thrown in the fields of Spanish Blues that are now blooming with very good blues musicians and many new blues bands.
Which is the most interesting period in local blues scene and why?
Where I live, on the island of Mallorca in Spain, when we created the Harmonica Coixa Blues Band, we were the first and only blues band of the island. Since then and over the years, things have changed a lot for the better. For example, there is a local club (one of the most important in Spain), exclusively dedicated to blues music, presenting daily gigs of local blues musicians and blues bands since 15 years. This club, named The Bluesville, has made it possible to invite the best blues musicians from Spain and America.


Ty Hundley, alongside her mother Kim, attending the March 9 gala for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2019 Virginia Students of the Year contest.
Ty was the head of Team Kesem for the Cure, one of three local teams raising money for LLS as part of the Student of the Year contest. Named for the College of William and Mary's Camp Kesem, where she spent some time when her father Vince was fighting an eventually successful battle with hairy cell leukemia six years ago and where she is training to be a counselor, Team Kesem for the Cure's initial goal was to raise $15,000 by the end of the seven-week-contest.
As there often are in life, especially in high school, the team had setbacks along the way.
In addition, since her family's home was damaged in Hurricane Michael last year, they have been living out of a series of hotels and apartments while repairs are being made.
By the end of the contest, Ty and Team Kesem had fallen short of that $15,000, but there is a big difference between falling short and failing.
That determination, more than anything else, is a point of pride for her mother, Kim Hundley.
Another thing that impressed both Ty and her mother was the outpouring of support from the community and the charitable spirit in Williamsburg.
The contest behind her, Ty says her work is only beginning. In the fall, she will be a nursing student at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Student of the Year contest was her first time working with a charity, and she plans to do more work like it as a college student. Lessons from her work with Team Kesem will help with both, she says.


You are welcome my friend, copy anything you find useful.
I have now learned (took a while) that you never stop building a CNC because it is never ever finished - it is just an ongoing project.
It must be 18 months since I last used the diode laser but from memory it was 10 volts input to the control panel.
Go on get a CO2 tube (ex.MOD), you could do real damage to wood and foam then.
Is the device lasing ?
Are you sure it is not 12 Volt operation ?
100mV is not ideal but you should be able to burn black colored plastic stuff.
I think that using the lithium pack is a brilliant idea, certainly a clean supply (no spikes at switch on etc.).
The laser has to be focused to the tiniest possible dot (size of a pin prick) to be effective but 1mW is just not enough power. You need at least 150mW to be in with a chance but 1 Watt would be even better.
I am having so much fun with Art's Gearotic Motion that i just had to post another picture of some more laser cut gears.
Tangent Corner / Re: water saving device?
Thanks for the clarification, I was obviously getting confused.
Would you be willing to share the DXF or PDF version of your cube?
If I can find it, you are more than welcome to the file. It has been a while now since this was done and things just move on.
I hate to think what with.
Anything that saves money has to be good but I think that in most countries it would not be legal to fit anything before the meter as that pipework is the property of the supplier. In turn, I doubt the supplier would want to fit anything that reduced his revenue. Interesting device though - thanks for sharing.


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Published August 7, 2018 at 11:37 AM PDT
The new gateway sign to downtown Las Vegas, at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street, makes its debut Tuesday night.
The Las Vegas Sun reports that the sign features two showgirl likenesses, 20 feet tall and elevated another 6 feet off the ground.
They stand behind a 12-foot-tall, 22-foot-wide Las Vegas color-changing LED sign.
The sign will be protected by steel bollards, which are being installed in part because the last sign – a small version of the famous 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign – was destroyed in a car accident in 2016.
The project cost $400,000 and was paid for through the city's general fund.
Another landmark sign, a double-arching sign to be located closer to Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard, is also in the works and expected to be complete by the end of the year, according to Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
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CHICAGO (October 24, 2014) — ThinkCERCA and the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign announced today their Social Entrepreneur Education Partnership, which aims to promote social entrepreneurship among K-12 students through the stories of real-world social entrepreneurs.
ThinkCERCA is a school-wide educational resource that helps kids read critically and develop effective arguments and critical skills in career and college readiness. Nothing But Nets is the largest global grassroots campaign to raise awareness and funding to fight malaria, a leading cause of death among children in Africa. The program will include short online stories to educate students and inspire them to make a difference in their communities and around the world.
In partnering with the Nothing But Nets campaign, ThinkCERCA will expand its educational content to share stories of social entrepreneurs around the globe. Based on these stories, students will complete lessons that will help them build the skills necessary to recognize and solve problems in their own communities.
The program will feature, in addition to Nothing But Nets, a wide range of social entrepreneurs and enterprises, including Kathleen Wright of Piece & Co., who connects brands with artisans in order to provide sustainable employment for women in the developing world; and SwipeSense, which provides hospital workers with portable hand-hygiene products to stop the spread of infection.
To encourage students to integrate the lessons into their own lives, ThinkCERCA will hold a contest in November, challenging students to think critically about a problem in their community or anywhere in the world and empowering them to make a positive impact. Contest participants will create and submit a pitch for a social enterprise that would provide a solution to the problem and work toward change. All entries are due by December 5, 2014 and more details can be found at https://www.thinkcerca.com/socentchallenge.
ThinkCERCA is a school-wide online educational resource designed to prepare students for career and college by helping them build analytical reading and writing skills across subject matter. ThinkCERCA graduated from the inaugural class of the Impact Engine Accelerator in December 2012 and won the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Literacy Courseware Challenge in July 2013. To learn more, please visit www.ThinkCERCA.com.
Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired by sports columnist Rick Reilly, hundreds of thousands of people have joined the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Since then, Nothing But Nets has raised more than $50 million to help deliver more than 7.5 million bednets to families in need. Campaign partners include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, Junior Chamber International, and Major League Soccer's MLS W.O.R.K.S. It costs $10 to purchase and deliver an insecticide-treated bednet, provide education on its proper use, and provide other malaria reduction interventions that can prevent this deadly disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to send a net and save a life.


Rowing is the route to thick, wide lats!
What's the story behind that famous photo of you doing bentover rows barefoot and standing on a bench?
Bodybuilders of my era did a lot of things that people today tend to think of as silly or dangerous. Certainly, some of the clothes we wore were outlandish (hey, it was the '70s), and we didn't train as scientifically as some competitors do today, but you can't argue with our results. Fans always like to rib me about working out barefoot or balancing on benches, but for that particular exercise, the bentover barbell row, I still feel that was an essential part of it. I hardly see the barbell row being performed in gyms anymore.
These days, guys like to use rowing machines and dumbbells to train the back, and these are good options. But I'll always prefer the old-fashioned bentover row because it's a much harder exercise. When you use a barbell, you can work with heavier weights than you can with any other implement. Rowing from that bent position trains your lower back and abs at the same time, so you develop tremendous strength throughout your torso that carries over to other exercises like the deadlift and squat. The only thing holding your body up is its own muscle, not a bench or a hand or a weight machine. When my friends and I trained at Gold's Gym and the Muscle Beach weight pit, we often made rows even more difficult. Balancing on the narrow benches forced us to keep our feet closer together, which made the lift even harder to stabilize. It also allowed us to get a better stretch in our lats as we lowered the weight between reps.


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These kids have the best jobs on the planet — even though they work for their parents
It's just one way Lynella and Trevor Henke found a work-life balance at their small business
Janessa, 12, Myrissa, 3, and Lynza, 9; all three Henke girls work in their parents' business.Courtesy Lynella Henke
Mary Teresa Bitti
Lynella Henke's three daughters, Janessa, 12, Lynza, 9 and Myrissa, 3, each made their first appearance at their Vernon, B.C.-based family business at about the age of one week. "There is no maternity leave when you own the business," says Henke, who founded Vernon Teach and Learn with her mother, Mavis Jackson, in 1990 in their basement, when Henke was still in high school.
Henke and her husband, Trevor, purchased the teacher supply business in 2003, just months into their married life. "We joked that we would never work in the same place together for the sake of our marriage," said Henke. That changed four years later when Trevor, an engineer, decided to dedicate his energy to the business full time. "He saw the extra hours I was putting into sales for us and thought 'Why am I not putting my energy into my own business so we can build it together?' That's what's happened and it's been great."
Vernon Teach and Learn has since expanded into a 10,000-sq.-ft. location, grown to 13 employees, and has diversified beyond teacher supplies into children's education toys, an ice cream/candy shop and a Lego-themed birthday party room. In 2017, it was ranked among the top five small businesses in B.C. Two years ago, it began to sell through Amazon and today online sales account for 25 per cent of total revenue.
Integrating work into their personal lives has been key to striking a balance that works for the Henkes. The store features a dedicated play space for their girls, who are also all working in the retail space in age-appropriate roles. Three-year-old Myrissa labels shipping envelopes while the two older girls do everything from working the till to serving ice cream to answering the phones. The girls were consulted when Lynella and Trevor decided to add the ice cream and candy shop and they review toy catalogues to share their opinions on what kids will like. All three have time cards and Janessa and Lynza are on the payroll.
"There are things they can all do to help no matter what age they are," said Henke. "And they are learning an important lesson: you have to work for what you want." They are also learning to be entrepreneurs. In addition to working at the store, they have their own slushy/lemonade cart they run while their parents cater ice cream at local events. "It's work, but it's also fun. That's important," said Henke. "If we weren't all enjoying it, we'd have to make changes."
The Henkes have managed to blend family and work successfully. This at a time when new research from U.S.-based technology company NodeSource shows that the greatest ongoing challenge for the majority of entrepreneurs is finding work-life balance. The family has adopted the motto: "We run the business. It doesn't run us."
Lynella and Trevor Henke Courtesy Lynella Henke
Henke admits that her lessons at arriving at a work-life balance that succeeds for her young family have been organic, learned over time — and absolutely necessary.
This past year for the Henkes has proven that point. Their nine-year-old daughter, Lynza, became ill last October and spent seven months in hospital. She is home now but life has changed considerably as she can no longer walk and uses a wheelchair.
"This has been the biggest test of work-life balance," said Henke. "I've learned how important it is to delegate. I'm a bit of a control freak but I had to disappear from the business and be by my daughter's side. My amazing staff stepped in and did totally fine. It was a great eye-opener. I realized here I was all these years, thinking I had to have my finger on everything, but when I had to leave very suddenly they carried on. As an owner, it's a good thing to watch everything but also good to hand over responsibility. I've seen my staff blossom and flourish because they have more responsibility."
Here is Henke's best advice when it comes to finding balance within a family business:
Have distinct roles. Lynella manages the front-end and staff, and Trevor manages the back-end operations and deliveries. "We are so busy now, we have to make a point to schedule lunch together so we can sit down and regroup."
Carve out personal time. "We always have dinner together as a family. That's a priority. We use that time to hear from the kids about their day. We don't talk about the business." The store is open six days a week so the family can have Sundays to themselves.
Be organized. "We live by our slow cooker. I hate getting home after six and having to start dinner. I usually make enough to have lunches ready for the next day. It's the little things."
Sidebar: Building a sustainable family business
Fast fact: According to research from the Alberta Business Family Institute, family businesses employ six million workers, create 70 per cent of jobs in North America, and contribute about 60 per cent of Canadian GDP.
"We often assume family business will be passed down, but that's not always the case," said Jason Storsley, vice-president of small business at RBC. "That assumption needs to be validated, planned and talked about it."
Here Storsley offers some best practices to build a sustainable family business:
It's never too early to introduce children into the family business. Having them contribute at an age-appropriate level is healthy.
Communication is key. Have conversations about the business, vision, the future and what your children's roles could look like — if they want it.
It takes five years to come up with a thorough succession plan. It should include the process for transitioning the day-to-day management and to whom. The current owner's transition must be included. Are they really ready to retire?
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Internet Explorer 9 was the latest released browser version by Microsoft, if you installed Internet Explorer 9 in your computer, the existing version of Internet Explorer will be replaced and the default browser goes to Internet Explorer 9. Since Internet Explorer 9 interface is quite different from the previous version, and there are still a few bugs in this browser that users might experience, if you give up using Internet Explorer 9 and want to revert back IE8 or other previous version of IE, you'll need to uninstall it from your computer.
You might notice that Internet Explorer 9 is a bit different from regular programs, it will not be displayed it the add/remove program list. You need to uninstall it through Installed Updates list. Here is the step by step guide for you to uninstall Internet Explorer 9.
McAfee Security Center, known as widely-used computer security software developed by McAfee, Inc for the purpose of protecting users' online activities. In case you run into errors with the current version of McAfee Security Center so you need an reinstallation, or you would like to install another antivirus software in your computer, then you'll need a complete removal of McAfee Security Center first before performing any of the above operations. Weird thing is that, the same as Norton 360, many computer users complained that uninstalling McAfee Security Center is quite troublesome, leftovers are found after the removal or they encounter various errors during the uninstallation. For your convenience, here we provide you different methods that help you to uninstall McAfee Security Center successfully.
iTunes is a media management program created by Apple company, it can be used to manage and play both audio and video files on your computer. Somehow this program is a bit complicated and not so user-friendly, if you are giving up on iTunes for another music player, or the current version of your iTunes doesn't work and you want to reinstall this program, you need to uninstall Itunes properly first. However, it is more complex than you think, many computer users out there are having trouble with how to uninstall this thing. Here we provides you the detailed instruction on how to uninstall iTunes.
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The continuing challenge of recovering to full function after a serious injury presents numerous opportunities to shift old habits of response. As a former student of mine told me, after enduring many illnesses, injuries and tragedies, "it's not what happens, it's what you do with it".
Injury typically exacerbates imbalances in elastic tone with all the accommodations and compensations required in moving with partial mobility toward full function. In addition, the signals for pain usually become overactive, so that necessary strengthening is short circuited by anxiety. Fear of further pain interferes with recovery modes.
My condition of self was far from ideal previous to injury. From birth, an internal rotation of one hip made my leg/torso relationship distinctly asymmetrical. Clumsy medical attempts to change my condition by force (braces, casts, orthopedic shoes) and in a direct manner only increased overall distortions. Only by approaching change through the indirect means of the Alexander Technique, addressing the whole rather than fixing the parts, was I able to learn to function well with a compromised condition of self. Still, injury and resulting accommodations brought all the original imbalance back into dramatic play.
The injury has continuously offered me the opportunity to address old patterns of response in a new manner of more conscious choice. Yesterday, my Gyrotonic instructor, Lindsey, and Gyrotonic instructor and Physical Therapist Janette guided me through very refined exercises to strengthen the balance of leg/torso relationship. It was a huge brain challenge for me to shift how I was connecting to the ground and thus initiating movement. My current strength is in a very twisted form that prevents my knee from becoming stable, and results in pain, thus signaling fear and a reduction in confidence for moving through daily activities. Lindsey and Janette helped me to think about support differently, in a very Alexander-consistent whole person fashion. I was able to challenge knee and leg strength with safety, and to experience means of strengthening that were difficult but not scary or painful. This required me to think with my whole self, to have a clear intention, and to refuse to force (interfere) and yet still activate very dynamically. Going from undoing to doing without doing too much is how I describe this in Alexander terms.
I found myself exhausted, thrilled, weepy, and happy after this refined workout. As signaling and response changes, the sense of self allowing rather than controlling shifts. Dynamic non-interference is key. The work becomes more about relinquishing effort in a familiar sense and allowing new solutions in a wholly balanced experience. Refining response to what seems like dangerous pain is an aspect of allowing more, pushing less, remaining active, and being open to a new experience.
As a result of this work, my knee felt much more stable, stronger and far less painful this morning as I enjoyed my morning "faux run". Learning continues, and the self finds a continuing new balance in response that is hopefully even better than previous to injury. There is always more!
Although I would not wish a devastating injury like mine upon anyone, I have come, at last, to a sense of deep gratitude for the learning and opportunity offered by this unexpected, unwelcome and often hellish life changing injury. Adversity is never welcome. Who wants to break their knee, for god's sake? Not any sane person. And while my sanity has often been questionable, I don't seek pain as a means of learning. But, pain arrived, life happened, and all I could do was learn. The Alexander Technique offers the possibility of using the Self consciously, whatever the conditions of the Self might be.
As I have frequently stated, this injury changed my life, and thus changed me. I have had to endure and survive the deep dismay of not being who I defined myself to be (a mobile and active person), and to embrace the not-knowing of how to be without previous definition. My edges have softened. In being forced to stillness and slowness, in enduring my own noise, in accepting, after much struggle, my limitations, I have found a freedom in less defined being that is a great surprise and a deep gift. Of course, I want to recover fully, but I have relinquished the urgency of ever being the same person as my pre-injury self. I would never give away all that I have learned for the predictability of being my pre-injury self. My comprehension of pain, immobility and long recovery, and my understanding of that process, could only be informed by experience. Conceptual recovery is an illusion and a set of assumptions. Applying Alexander principles to the many-layered sequence of injury recovery is a reality that I live and can convey to my students with hard won experience.
Without this experience, I would not have worked so deeply and attentively with professionals of other disciplines, and thus understood how Physical Therapy, Osteopathy, Gyrotonics can assist in effective whole person recovery. I have learned of the kindness and skill of professionals that is available once intention is clear and end-gaining is set aside. The struggle of continuing means-where-by in recovery has taken on entirely new meaning.
I have relinquished the tiller a bit, learned to allow the boat's drift, become more open to currents, and let wisdom be other than mine.
As has been frequently expressed in these blog posts, I miss my morning runs with a passion. The stillness I found in movement, the morning sounds, scents, views, light, the rhythm of timelessness, and the ensuing balance of self in the world all provided many joys previous to immobilizing injury.
So, I can't run yet, but I can walk. I decided to experience "running" from whatever condition of self is available to me. Perhaps my neural and muscular self would recognize new options from a partial re-enactment.
I donned my running gear and simply walked my running route of several miles through the neighborhood. The morning air, with breezes from Puget Sound, the Spring foliage, and the many songs of migrating birds, as well as seagull calls and crow chatter, drifted happily through me. Expanding my picture beyond what I can't do brought the joys of what I can do to awareness. I can attend to my use without fear of pain or potential falls, and experience the possibility of running again. Quieting myself, hearing my own noise and not reacting to that incessant noise, refusing to narrow or shorten, and welcoming the wide world resulted in a very happy faux run.
The only detail missing was actually running, which may well occur in time, with faux runs as my new means-whereby. Attend to overall use and the thing will do itself is my constant theme. Progress toward full recovery proceeds incrementally, but it does proceed.


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Longitudinal Neurologic Follow-Up in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Survivors With Various Neonatal Morbidities
Margaret M. McGrath, Mary C. Sullivan, Barry M. Lester and William Oh
Pediatrics December 2000, 106 (6) 1397-1405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.106.6.1397
Margaret M. McGrath
Mary C. Sullivan
Barry M. Lester
William Oh
Objective. The purpose of this prospective longitudinal study was to examine neurocognitive and school performance outcomes of low birth weight infants with reference to neonatal morbidity and socioeconomic status. We further evaluated the cognition and school performance based on their neurologic status at the time of assessment.
Methods. One hundred eighty-eight children (39 healthy full-term and 149 preterm infants) were classified into 4 subgroups based on their neonatal medical status: healthy, sick (without neurologic complications), small for gestational age, and neurologically compromised infants. Neurologic status was classified as normal, suspect, or abnormal at hospital discharge, 18 months, 30 months, 4 years, and 8 years of age. Socioeconomic status, cognitive, and school performances were assessed.
Results. Neurologically, both full-term and healthy preterm groups did well during the 8-year period. There were significant fluctuations between suspect and abnormal neurologic classifications among the 3 preterm groups with neonatal complications. Preterms with neurologic abnormality during the neonatal period did the poorest with 45% of the group remaining abnormal at 8 years of age. Children who were neurologically normal had higher cognitive scores at ages 4 and 8 than those categorized as suspect or abnormal. Preterm infants with neurologic abnormality required significantly more academic resources in the school. Reading and math achievement scores were the lowest for the preterm groups classified as neurologically suspect or abnormal.
Conclusions. Neonatal morbidities exert a significant impact in neurologic outcomes among preterm children during the 8 years of assessment. Compromised neurologic status adversely affects cognitive and school performances. Neonatal medical status is an important variable indicating neurocognitive and school performance outcomes in low birth weight infants.
NICU survivors
neurologic classification
The most consistent predictor of poor outcome in preterm infants is the degree of maturity at birth as indicated by birth weight.1,2 Historically, in low birth weight (LBW) infant follow-up research, the variable of birth weight provided a global index of risk. More recently, researchers have found that medical complications of prematurity have added to our understanding of developmental outcome. Taylor et al,2 in a regional sample of very low birth weight (VLBW) children, reported that birth weight alone is inadequate in accounting for neurodevelopmental impairment at early school age. In the study, a composite Neonatal Risk Index including both medical and neurologic complications was the best predictor of outcomes. The present investigation expands the previous work by prospectively grouping infants and sorting out medical complications from severe neurologic compromise. Considering the range of major neonatal illness associated with poor school and academic performance, our objective was to relate neonatal morbidities to neurodevelopmental outcomes at ages 18 months, 30 months, 4 years, and 8 years.
Standard neurologic assessment is considered an indicator of the range of compromise related to neonatal complications of prematurity.3 There has been a difference of opinion, however, about the predictability of early neurologic examinations for preterms with mild to moderate medical complications and later neurologic status.4,5 Sostek6 argued that the outcomes connected with degrees of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) supported the theory of sleeper effects because she found delays in cognitive and motor skills at age 5 years which were not evident earlier, at 2 years of age. Sleeper effects are thought to reveal insult, recovery, and potential plasticity of the brain not identifiable until later ages. In a heterogeneous sample of premature children, sleeper effects may be even more important beyond 5 years of age because a recent report estimated that half of these children demonstrate learning disturbances to be the primary result of prematurity.2 The opposite interpretation is that the majority of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) survivors aged 2 to 5½ years who are initially exposed to an abnormal environment and take longer to acquire necessary skills will catch up by age 5½ when given time for consolidation.7
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the neurologic outcome at various time points through 8 years of age of LBW survivors who were prospectively grouped by neonatal medical status during the neonatal period. A secondary objective of the study is to assess the effect on cognitive and academic achievement.
Infants who met an a priori medical criterion were prospectively enrolled into 5 cohorts. The sample included 188 children, 39 of whom were normal, healthy full-term (FT) infants with uncomplicated pregnancy, labor, and delivery and recruited from our normal nursery. One hundred forty-nine preterm infants were recruited from our NICU and classified into 4 subgroups based on their neonatal clinical diagnosis. One group of infants (n = 32) did not have significant clinical problems and was considered to be a healthy preterm group (HPT). Another group (n = 54) consisted of infants who were clinically ill (sick preterm group [SPT]) but did not have significant neurologic abnormality. The diagnosis of the SPT group included bronchopulmonary dysplasia, respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, anemia, mild IVH (grades 1 and 2), jaundice of prematurity with indirect bilirubin concentration >10 mg/dL, chronic lung disease defined as dependence on oxygen until 36 weeks' corrected age, and necrotizing enterocolitis. Infants with mild IVH were included in this group because of previous findings which show that mild IVH was not significantly associated with adverse neurologic outcomes.8 A third group of infants (n = 34) had severe neurologic compromise in the neonatal period (neurologic preterm group, [NPT]). Infants in this group have experienced seizures, meningitis, or hydrocephalus and/or grade 3 or 4 IVH. The NPT group reflects the most severe degree of neurologic insult and were grouped together because they were thought to be the children who would experience the worst outcome.8 The fourth group of preterm infants (n = 29) was classified as small for gestational age (SGA), with or without medical problems. The diagnosis of SGA was based on birth weight of less than the 10th percentile of expected weight for gestation.9 The sample represents 8% of the hospital's NICU population during the years of recruitment and reflects the demographic profile and range of medical morbidity of the time. The infants in this sample were smaller than the mean birth weight of the hospital's NICU population.
At the time of enrollment, demographic and clinical data, including gender, race, gestation, birth weight, and Apgar scores, were obtained from medical charts. Hobel neonatal risk scores10 were gathered to measure the severity of perinatal risk. Differences in risk severity were found between study groups. In 1985 through 1989, the Hobel was the most frequently used risk index during the neonatal period. At discharge the duration of hospital stay was recorded (Table 1).
Infant Characteristics at Recruitment (N = 188)
Neurologic Assessments
At hospital discharge, the neurologic status of the subjects was classified by the attending physician as normal (no neurologic abnormality), suspect (deviation of tone, posture, movement patterns, reflexes, or head growth), or abnormal (history of meningitis, seizures, grade 3 and 4 IVH, and shunted hydrocephalus).
At 18 and 30 months of age (corrected for prematurity) a neurologic assessment was conducted by 2 authors (M.M., M.S.) and/or the 2 physicians of the follow-up clinic using a standardized set of the neurologic examination based on the combined methods of Prechtl11 and the Collaborative Perinatal Study.12 There was 95% agreement on neurologic classification among all examiners at all time points. In addition to the earlier criteria for abnormal classification at 18 and 30 months, the criteria for abnormal neurologic status were expanded to include cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness, shunted hydrocephalus, or uncontrolled seizures.
At 4 and 8 years of age, neurologic status of the children was examined again by the same examiners and classified as normal, suspect, or abnormal. The criteria for abnormal classification were the same. Criteria for the suspect classification were expanded to include fine motor weakness, unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and atypical neurologic findings in tone, reflexes, gait, or movement for which no specific diagnosis was available. At 8 years of age, the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) determined by a clinical psychologist was added to the abnormal category using the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.13 Although it is different from other signs of abnormal neurologic status, it was added to the 8-year criteria. Recently, the literature14 on the neurobiology of ADHD has classified it as a brain disease. In addition, ADHD has been found to affect the outcomes in this study.
Data on cognition, medical diagnosis, and socioeconomic status (SES) were collected at each assessment point. Cognitive assessments were conducted at 18 months with the Bayley Scales,15 at 4 years with the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities16at 8 years, and the Weschler Intelligence Scales for Children, Third Edition17 at 8 years. Academic achievement was measured with the Wide Range Achievement Test,18 and school performance, including retention in grade, placement in a special education class, academic resources, and diagnosis of a learning disability, was determined at 8 years of age from the participants' school records. Deficient cognitive status (ie, borderline intelligence, intellectually deficient) was not used in the neurologic classification criteria of normal/suspect/abnormal.
As expected, and as shown in Table 1, there were statistically significant differences among the study groups on birth weight, gestational age, Apgar score, number of days hospitalized, and Hobel perinatal risk scores. The FT infants had the lowest Hobel risk score and the NPT group had the highest, thus reflecting the severity of neonatal illness. At birth, the SES of the groups did not differ and ranged from lower-middle class to upper-middle class as determined by the Hollingshead Four-Factor Index.19 The sample was 50% male and 50% female, and 89% white. At the time of the child's birth, mothers were older than 16 with no known psychiatric diagnosis or history of drug or alcohol abuse.
As shown in Table 2, the sample retention rate for the 5 study groups was consistently high throughout the 5 time points (mean: 94%; range: 82%–100%). The lowest retention rate was 82% at 18 months of age in the NPT group, whereas the highest retention rate was 100% at age 4 in 4 of the 5 study groups.
Sample Retention by Study Groups at Various Time Points
Figures 1A through E show the percentage of change in neurologic status by age for the study groups at discharge, 18 months, 30 months, 4 years, and 8 years of age. In the healthy FT group (Fig 1A), the majority remained normal over the 8 years. No infant in the FT group was classified as suspect or abnormal at the time of hospital discharge. There was a slight increase in this classification over the time span, with 11% classified as suspect and 5% as abnormal at age 8. The 2 children who were classified as abnormal at age 8 were diagnosed as ADHD.
A, neurologic status of healthy full-term group at various ages; B, neurologic status of healthy preterm group at various ages; C, neurologic status of sick preterm group at various ages; D, neurologic status of neurologic preterm group at various ages; E, neurologic status of SGA preterm group at various ages.
The distribution of neurologic classifications for the HPT group (Fig 1B) was similar to that of the healthy FT group, although more HPT than FT children were classified as suspect. The percentage of children categorized as normal declined steadily from 100% at birth to 61% at age 8, whereas those categorized as suspect increased to 25% at age 8. As in the FT group, 4 children were first classified as abnormal at age 8 (14%) because of ADHD diagnoses.
The distributions for the remaining 3 preterm groups were distinctly different from those of the FT and HPT groups as shown in Fig 1C. Fifty-seven percent (n = 31) of the SPT group were classified as normal at hospital discharge, and this number increased to a peak of 73% at 30 months and dropped to 54% classified as normal at age 8. Thirty-nine percent of the SPT group was classified as suspect at hospital discharge, decreasing to a low of 19% at 30 months and increasing to 23% at age 8. The lowest percentage for abnormal classification in the SPT group was 3% at hospital discharge. This increased at each age point, with a total of 23% classified as abnormal at age 8. Seven of these 12 children were diagnosed with ADHD. With ADHD removed from the abnormal criteria, 4 of the 8 remained abnormal (Fig 2).
Neurologic status by study groups at 8 years with ADHD diagnosis removed from abnormal criteria.
Because of predetermined criteria, all infants in the NPT group (Fig 1D) were classified as abnormal at discharge. From age 18 months to the assessment at age 4, the percentage of infants classified as neurologically suspect or abnormal fluctuates significantly. At 8 years of age, 41% of the infants were normal, 14% were suspect, and 45% were classified as abnormal. With ADHD removed from the abnormal criteria, 9 of these children remained abnormal (Fig 2).
The SGA group was the most variable in neurologic classification over age points (Fig 1E). Thirteen of the children (44%) were classified as normal at hospital discharge. This increased to 76% at age 4 and returned to 46% at 8 years of age. In the SGA group, the highest frequency of children classified as suspect was at the hospital discharge time point (38%). This decreased until age 4 (14%) and increased again to 32% at age 8. In the SGA group, originally, 17% were abnormal at hospital discharge. This decreased to 10% at both 30 months and 4 years, and increased to 21% at age 8. With ADHD removed from the abnormal criteria, 4 of the children remained abnormal (Fig 2).
To determine whether ADHD as an abnormal criterion for neurologic classification significantly influenced the findings, those children who were diagnosed with ADHD were reclassified as normal, suspect, or abnormal using the remaining criteria for classification. Figure 2shows that at 8 years of age, the NPT group had the worst neurologic status. The other preterm groups were better but still had higher rates of abnormal neurologic status than the FT group. The χ2 was significant for the distribution of 8-year neurologic status by group with ADHD in the criteria (χ2 = 12.31; P = .001) and without ADHD in the criteria (χ2 = 20.77;P = .001). This analysis has the benefit of showing that these results for the abnormal category cannot be attributed to ADHD, and, moreover, this detailed information informs us of other indicators of abnormal status for ADHD children.
Statistical Analysis of Neurologic Findings
Hierarchical log linear analysis was used to examine changes over age in neurologic status by different study groups. The 3 categories of the change index were: 1) no change of neurologic status over time; 2) positive change, improvement in neurologic status; and 3) negative change, decline in neurologic status. We found that preterm heterogeneity influences neurologic status change over time in support of the hypothesis. Three groups, HPT, SPT, and SGA, showed significant neurologic fluctuation. No significant change was found in the FT and NPT groups (χ2= 14.32;P = .07).
Cognitive Outcome With Reference to Neurologic Status and Neonatal Morbidity
Tables 3 and4 present cognitive scores gathered at 4 and 8 years of age, divided by study group and neurologic status. Given the instability of infant testing performance and lack of predictability to later cognitive outcome, the Bayley Mental Development Index scores gathered at age 18 months were omitted from this analysis.20
Cognitive Outcomes (McCarthy Scores) and Neurologic Status by Study Groups at 4 Years of Age
Cognitive Outcomes (WISC-III Scores) and Neurologic Status by Study Groups at 8 Years of Age
At 4 years of age, children who were classified as abnormal were from the SPT, NPT, and SGA groups only. The mean scores were the lowest for these groups. Children classified as suspect had scores ranging from 88 to 99, with those in the FT and HPT group scoring higher than the SPT, NPT, and SGA groups. Those children categorized as normal had the highest scores despite their study group assignment. This was also found at age 8. Mean scores for the NPT and SGA groups were the lowest, >1.5 standard deviation (SD) below the standardized mean, which is within the diagnostic range for borderline intelligence.
Significant differences were found between neurologic classification for the full sample. Those children classified as normal had significantly higher cognitive scores than those classified as suspect or abnormal at both ages 4 (F = 12.68;P = .0001) and 8 (F = 4.63;P = .01).
Significant differences in cognition between the study groups at 4 years were found for those children classified as normal. The FT group had significantly higher cognitive scores than did all the preterm groups by direct contrast (F = 4.81; P= .03). No significant differences in cognition were found between study groups within the suspect and abnormal categories. No significant differences were found in cognition at 8 years within the normal, suspect, or abnormal categories.
School achievement in reading (Table 5) and math (Table 6) at 8 years of age is presented by neurologic status group and study group. No significant differences were found between study groups. Significant differences were found between neurologic status in reading (F = 14.06;P = .0001) and math (F = 5.58;P = .004). Children classified as normal had higher achievement scores than did those classified as suspect and abnormal. Scores for the suspect groups were lower in reading only. Scores for those classified as abnormal were lower in reading and math.
Academic Achievement (WRAT Reading) and Neurologic Status by Study Groups at 8 Years of Age
Academic Achievement (WRAT Math) and Neurologic Status by Study Groups at 8 Years of Age
Across study groups, FT children classified as neurologically normal had significantly higher math achievement scores than did all of the preterm groups (F = 9.56; P = .002). Two children in the FT group classified as abnormal had scores in the normal range but >1.5 SD below their cognitive mean scores, indicating a score discrepancy large enough to suggest a learning disability. Three of the 6 scores for the HPT, SPT, and NPT groups on reading and math were >1.5 SD below the standardized mean, indicating significant underachievement.
Table 7 shows school performance by study groups including grade retention rate, special education placement, additional academic resource help, and learning diagnosis. Academic resources and learning diagnosis were significantly related to study group classification, with the NPT group having highest need for academic resources and highest number of children with learning diagnoses.
School Performance by Study Group at Age 8
Intervening Factors
Other intervening variables, such as SES, and medical sequelae other than neonatal morbidity may influence neurologic classification. We had the opportunity in this study to prospectively collect this information by study group. As seen in Table 8, the SES of the parents in the various study groups at different ages were relatively constant except at age 4. Parents in the FT, SPT, NPT, and SGA groups had higher SES than the parents of HPT children [F(4,183) = 3.79;P = .005] .
Socioeconmic Status as an Intervening Variable by Study Group
As shown in Table 9, the number of children who were enrolled in early intervention was small. In Rhode Island, 60% of eligible 4-year-olds were not enrolled in Head Start because of transportation problems or waiting lists.21Also, very few children had intervening medical problems through the 8-year period. They include 1 FT child with petit mal seizures, 1 HPT child with chronic history of febrile seizures, 1 SPT child with meningitis during infancy, 2 NPT children with meningitis and 2 with shunted hydrocephalus during their first year, and 1 SGA child diagnosed with neurofibromatosis at 18 months of age. Taking into account the small incidence of these possible intervening variables, we have reasonable confidence that the neurologic findings are supported.
Major Medical Illness as an Intervening Variable by Study Group
The unique aspects of this study include its prospective classification of 5 study groups, a longitudinal study design, comprehensive assessments, long duration of follow-up, assessment of intervening factors, and a high compliance rate. These data utilize repeated neurologic categorization and developmental assessment including cognition, academic performance, SES, and medical status. This study meets the detailed methodologic requirements for preterm follow-up studies as prospective, not retrospective, longitudinal, not cross-sectional, and having a long duration of follow-up with minimal attrition (94% over 8 years). A 70% to 80% (90% is optimal) follow-up rate is recommended for valid interpretation of LBW outcome studies with adequate statistical power to have reasonable confidence in the results.22 This study had sufficient power (0.84) to discern statistical differences. We are not aware of another longitudinal study that prospectively stratified term and preterm infants based on neonatal morbidities.
It should be noted that, unlike many LBW studies, this study sample was recruited for research purposes, not in the context of health service delivery. Therefore, this study followed stringent research protocol (ie, researchers were blinded to the neonatal status of the children). Many follow-up studies are conducted as part of a clinical service follow-up program. Little is known about potential differences in the quality of data collected in a clinical versus research setting. For example, blindness to the child's history, and training and reliability of testers, including percentage agreement in reliability between study personnel, are frequently not reported in clinic-based follow-up studies.23
Our findings confirm the hypothesis that change in neurologic classification over time varies as a function of neonatal morbidity, and the changes also affect the cognitive and school achievement outcomes. This investigation went beyond the broad classification of neonatal medical complications to specify the type and severity of neonatal morbidity most likely and least likely to have neurologic fluctuation. Children in the HPT, SPT, and SGA preterm groups showed fluctuation in neurologic classification over the 5 time points. The FT group showed the most stability. This finding verifies that different trajectories occur for NICU survivors based on factors other than gestational age and birth weight criteria.2
The study design allows for 2 control groups differentiated by gestational age. The FT group was healthy at 40 weeks, and the HPT group was healthy and <32 weeks' gestation. With the FT and HPT groups as controls, meaningful comparisons can be made with the other 3 preterm groups about preterm morbidity and neurologic classification. Comparing the HPT group with the 3 other preterm groups (SPT, NPT, SGA) illustrates the differences in long-term follow up of preterms. Bregman4 states that control groups are necessary in long-term follow-up if the effects of prematurity versus the impact of other multiple factors on outcomes are to be determined. The stratification into the 5 study groups, including the 2 control groups, was an attempt to more closely specify knowledge about the mechanisms of brain plasticity, normal development, and the modifying effects of intervening factors on later outcome.
This study's findings confirm previous research associating neonatal morbidity with school-age outcomes.24 However, the study extends this body of research by identifying another marker for consideration of long-term outcomes in NICU survivors. This marker is repeated neurologic examination throughout childhood. Taylor et al2 found that preterm children who experienced chronic lung disease had the same IQ equivalent score as VLBW children who experienced grade 3 or 4 IVH. We also found this to be true in the SPT and NPT groups at ages 4 and 8 for those children classified as neurologically normal only. The SPT and NPT group who were classified as neurologically suspect or abnormal had significantly lower cognitive scores compared with SPT and NPT neurologically normal groups.
The differences between SGA and average for gestational age infants on cognitive ability has been investigated. Wallace and McCarton,3 in a neurodevelopmental assessment of SGA preterm through age 6, found SGA infants to have significantly lower cognitive scores at ages 1, 2, and 5/6 years compared with average for gestational age children. They hypothesized that the reason for these differences is related to retardation of brain growth, and this may have enhanced the adverse effect of perinatal complications on neurologic status. In the present study, children in the SGA group had lower cognitive scores if classified as neurologically suspect or abnormal at ages 4 and 8. SGA children classified as normal had cognitive scores no different from the FT group at ages 4 and 8. These findings indicate the need for continued surveillance of the mechanisms of intrauterine malnourishment on the developing brain.
Two points may be made about the comparison of neurologic status among the study groups. First, no child was classified as abnormal until age 8 in the FT and HPT groups, whereas there was a steady increase in abnormal classification in both the SPT and SGA groups over 8 years. Second, no child classified as abnormal at age 4 had improved at age 8 in any study group. The NPT groups showed the largest fluctuation in the suspect and abnormal categories, lowest cognitive scores, and poorest academic performance compared with the HPT and FT groups. This fluctuation has been reported in 2 longitudinal studies of infants who had neurologic insult and poor developmental outcome.24,25Our finding is consistent with those of Collin et al24that normal infant development is poorly predictive of continued normal development. Children born prematurely are at risk for the emergence of sleeper effects at later ages. The current study results serve to emphasize the need for continued neurodevelopmental follow-up.
Neurologic classification criteria for this study differ from other neurologic follow-up studies of LBW children by adding ADHD to the abnormal classification criteria at age 8. This addition is based on current neurologic studies of ADHD children; these studies recognize ADHD as a dysfunction in the orbital-limbic pathways of the frontal area as the probable impairment demonstrated in ADHD behaviors, particularly behavioral disinhibition and diminished sensitivity to behavioral consequences or incentive learning.26 ADHD was a criteria for the abnormal classification based on current research findings that support a neurobiological foundation to this disorder.14,26,27 The 25 children diagnosed with ADHD in this study represented all study groups with the NPT group having the highest percentage (FT; 10.5%; HPT, 13%; SPT, 13%; NPT; 22%; SGA, 11%). Our rate of ADHD was 15% for the preterm children; 3 to 5 times the national prevalence rate.28 Szatmari and colleagues29 reported ADHD in 16% of their VLBW children. Although some studies have reported that preterm children are at higher risk for developing ADHD, others have found no difference between the VLBW children and a control group.30 In this study at age 8, there was a significant relationship between neurologic status and the 5 study groups. The relationship was significant whether or not ADHD was included in the criteria.
Others have classified ADHD as a brain abnormality. Szatmari29 labeled ADHD as a neurodevelopmental problem in a sample of preterm infants born between 1980 and 1982. We do acknowledge that ADHD is different from other signs of abnormal neurologic status such as meningitis, uncontrolled seizures, cerebral palsy, and shunted hydrocephalus. However, even if ADHD is an imperfect indicator of abnormal neurologic status, it is important to reiterate that the relationship between neurologic classification status and study group was significant whether or not ADHD was included in the criteria.
Our findings that cognitive scores at age 4 and academic achievement at age 8 are higher for full-term, neurologically normal children compared with other preterm groups are consistent with the literature. Academic achievement of NICU survivors in longitudinal studies at school age show that they may approach the average range; however, the mean scores still tend to be significantly lower than control groups.31–33 When academic achievement scores are viewed with consideration to neurologic status, it is clear that children classified as normal had the highest scores and the preterm children classified as abnormal had the lowest scores. Neurologic status adds to our information about medical morbidity and academic achievement. The effect of neurologic status may be seen in deficits in specific processes such as attention and memory, and are demonstrated in academic difficulties. The consistently large number of SPT and NPT children who were in special education classes, needed additional learning resources, or who had a learning disability diagnosis underscores the increased cost to society of providing educational resources for these children. Almost 4.5 million students in the United States (birth to age 21) receive special education services, an increase of almost 20% in 20 years.34 Twenty to 65% of children in VLBW and LBW samples without major handicap required special education or additional school services.25 To our knowledge, only one other study2 has documented the relationship of specific neonatal morbidity to school-age developmental outcomes in VLBW survivors. The findings from our study represent one regional perinatal center with the best ranking in the nation for survival and quality of outcomes for the lowest birth weight preterm infants.35 Although this may be viewed as a limitation, it is not unusual as most LBW studies are single-site studies.
The finding that fluctuating neurologic status is a function of neonatal morbidity indicates that children with morbidities similar to those of the HPT, SPT, or SGA groups may be classified as normal at an early age and become suspect or abnormal later. A child with neurologic categorization of suspect or abnormal may require early intervention services at 18 and 30 months of age, speech or physical therapies at preschool age, and additional school resources at school age. There have been major technological and therapeutic advances in decreasing the mortality of NICU survivors; however, the rates of neonatal morbidity have remained stable.1,2,31 Identification of additional markers, such as fluctuating neurologic status in determining later developmental outcomes, improves our understanding of the importance of neonatal sequelae.
Neonatal morbidities exert a significant impact in neurologic outcomes among preterm children during the 8 years of assessment. Compromised neurologic status adversely affects cognitive and school performances. Neonatal medical status is an important variable indicating neurocognitive and school performance outcomes in LBW infants.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Development Grant RO1 191985 and National Institute of Nursing Research Grants 02263 and 03695.
Accepted February 11, 2000.
Reprint requests to (M.M.M.) Infant Development Center, Women and Infants' Hospital, 111 Plain St, Providence, RI 02903.
LBW =
low birth weight •
VLBW =
very low birth weight •
IVH =
intraventricular hemorrhage •
NICU =
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Balinese Tradicional Dance
Dance and music play a significant role in Balinese culture. Don´t miss the opportunity to see a traditional dance performance in your trip to Bali. You will be amazed by the dynamic and impressive body gestures of the dancers.
Balinese dances can be divided into 2 groups:
-Wali Sacred Dances: These sacred dances must be performed in religious ceremonies at the jeroan, the inner court of a temple in Bali.
-Bebali Dances: usually performed in social events at the java, the outer court of the Balinese temple.
There are many different styles of Balinese dances. Barong, Legong, Kecak and Baris are probably the most popular ones. During our stay in Ubud, we attended a Legong-style performance at Ubud Royal Palace.
Legong is a popular dance performed by women who relate the story with captivating movements, slow-moving footwork and facial expressions. Legong dance is performed every night at different venues accross the island.
Learn Balinese Dance
Go beyond a typical vacation and learn the basics of Balinese dance!
There are plenty of dancing lessons available on the island. Many hotels offer courses in traditional Balinese dancing where you´ll be able to learn some of the basic movements and postures. There are also numerous town schools where you can practice under the guidance of a professional instructor.
If you are really interested in Balinese dance, The Yayasan Polos Seni (Foundation for Pure Art) in Peliatan (near Ubud), is the perfect place. This foundation offers tuition in all styles and genres of dance at a very affordable Price.
Best places to see Balinese Traditional Dances
Ubud Royal Palace (Puri Saren Agung): Located on the corner of Jalan Raya Ubud and Jalan Suweta, the Ubud Royal Palace is one of the main places to see a dramatic evening dance performance. Shows start at 7.30pm, Rp 80.000 per person.
Most hotels offer delightful Balinese Traditional dances nightly. So, if you are staying in a big resort you will probably have the opportunity to have a wonderful dinner accompanied by a Balinese performance. Oberoi hotel located on Seminyak beach, offers a buffet dinner in a fabulous amphitheatre themed bistro with Balinese dance for entertainment.
Head to Uluwatu Temple to enjoy a dramatic Kecak dance performance with mesmerizing views views of sunset and Indian Ocean. What makes it such a fascinating dance is that it has no musical accompaniment, instead you have the chanting of a male chorus intoning a "keh-chack" sound during most of the performance. Kecak performance starts at 18.00, Rp70.000 per person.
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