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Alternative Exhibitions
I was thinking about how boring traditional tombstone exhibition labels can be. Not always, but often. But labels hold all the narrative power. As easy as they are to skim or skip over, labels are the voice of an exhibition. So I was thinking about some alternative label concepts, which would inevitably transform an exhibition.
1) WHY IS THIS BAD? Even the most renowned master painters produce(d) "bad" work. They say late Renoir is bad Renoir, and Picasso's Etreinte is definitely not one of his best. Artists, art historians, and curators might be able to spot them, but probably not the casual museum visitor (ignoring the fact that they probably wouldn't be on display in the first place). So I want to see an exhibition of "bad" works, and I want the labels to tell my why they're bad, whether it be the artistic technique, the subject matter, or some other factor.
2) WHAT'S IT WORTH? How about labels with nothing but the dollar value? It'd be an interesting commentary on the art market and blockbuster artist values.
I'll think of some more.
"Attendance up, income down"
Not to focus too, too much on the intersection of museums and economy, but here is an interesting article from the Culture Monster section of the LA Times.
Art + Industry
The words "art" and "museum" today are virtually inseparable from two others – "market" and "industry", respectively. Two facets of what we consider our cultural environment are, in fact, unabashedly pervasive in socio-economic spheres.
Case(s) in point: The Economist recently published a special report on the art market entitled "Suspended Animation," providing an in-debth analysis of collections values, auction house sales, and the soundness of arts investments; the MoCA in LA recently appointed as its new director the highly successful New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch, ostensibly in hopes that his success in the business of art sales will translate to a more lucrative museum business; the museum director (typically the top-most authority of any museum) at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles must answer to the CEO and President of the J. Paul Getty Trust (now Barry Munitz).
This all became even more glaringly obvious with the recent record-breaking sale at Sotheby's of Alberto Giacometti's sculpture L'Homme Qui Marche, selling for just over $104 million.
In light of these recent events in the art world that have made it into the news, I've started to think more about the marriage of these terms "industry" and "market" to cultural institutions. In theory it doesn't seem like they should fit, but they do, and quite successfully. And in fact, I'm glad when news from the art world is deemed "newsworthy" by those "outside" of it. As long as we can maintain educational and "cultural" benefits (for lack of more concrete terms), I hope the art world stays as fashionable as it has become. But is that possible? Is the educational component sacrificed by the prevalence of the big-name-game?
What's your personal (museum) economy?
In the most recent issue of the Austin-based contemporary art e-jounal … might be good, the letter from the editor asks readers: what is your personal economy? Geared towards artists, the question yielded answers that revealed how artists make ends meet and the (extra) measures they take to keep art a part of their lives, as a career or otherwise.
This inspired me to ask a similar question of museum-goers: what is your personal museum economy? In other words, how, and to what degree, do museums make their way into the economies of your everyday lives? More specifically, how much would you spend on admission to an exhibition? If admission is optional or you can choose your own price (ie the MET), what do you pay? How far would you travel to see an exhibition? Do you save a portion of your spending money for visits to museums, galleries, or art shows?
Part of the motivation in asking this is to question how much the overlap of museum-going and personal economies shapes our image of museums and how we see ourselves in them. A museum today might be considered by some a center of learning, but to others a major player in the tourist industry. Visitors to museums may feel enlightened and stimulated by the materials on display, or perhaps they gain a sense of cultural consumerism. Of course, these are all the most extreme possibilities, but where does the average museum-goer fall within the spectrum?
…might be good link: http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/
Museums and Social Media
In general, there are two schools of thought concerning the cultural and scholarly authority of museums. The first argues that museums are empowered to tell stories that hold truth and that visitors will undergo a learning process made possible by the museum and its curators. In essence, curators are the "holders of truth" and are to be trusted to tell the stories. The second school of thought argues that curators hold one part of the truth, and that visiting a museum is not just a learning process but an experience. A museum-goer adds to and expands the interpretation of the story.
The rising trend in museums, and the one I tend to agree with, is the second school of thought. How to make a visit to a museum an experiential learning process, and one that gives credit and weight to the ideas and interpretations of the visitor, is difficult to determine. However, after reading a recent article in the NY Times, I've been convinced that the web is one venue that allows the public to contribute to the curating process and to the discussion on issues raised by museums in their exhibitions in a way that does not undermine the role or expertise of the museum curator.
The way museums can use the web to forge successful collaborations with the public is to look at their websites not as virtual exhibition spaces, but as a form of social media. The article writes, "While only a handful of museums have successfully harnessed Web users to develop their collections, social-media platforms are starting to foster new kinds of interactions between Web audiences and museum curators long accustomed to working only with other experts." In this way, the public is able to contribute new thoughts, ideas, interpretations, and responses to collection material in a way that is meaningful. It also allows curators to gauge what material is relevant and important to their audiences.
Nevertheless, the curator gets the final word on what materials are included in an exhibition and the accompanying narrative. But the sources available to a curator will expand beyond what has already been said by scholars, or the curator's own interpretations, to those offered by the public: "new-media advocates argue that Web participation can actually enhance the value of curatorial judgment. 'Curators are starting to realize that they can be challenged by the audience'".
A museum's use of the web as social media in order to let the public to contribute to cultural and historical dialogue re-distributes the authority traditionally granted solely to the curator, but in a way that doesn't compromise his/her skills, expertise, and judgement.
It's been some time since the last entry, but since then I made a trip to Los Angeles and visited the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The exhibition displays works from the permanent collection dated from 1980 to present and goes in conjunction with MOCA Grand Avenue's exhibition of their permanent collection from 1940-80.
At the Geffen exhibit, I noticed how much the label texts for each work made me more confused about the art than I would have been otherwise. The labels texts were quotes pulled from the artist him/herself about the work or his/her wider philosophy. Making sense of, or finding meaning in, a piece of wire sticking out of the wall is not always easy, and reading the artist's thoughts on the work can make our own thoughts even more convoluted.
While the label format used in this Geffen exhibition isn't the norm, it was a welcome alternative to the standard curator-written label text. I definitely don't believe the point in going to an art museum, or any museum for that matter, is to make sense of things, or to have a label tell you the meaning of a work of art. I think confusion is a good thing if it means we come up with our own responses to art. So, even though I didn't gain much clarity of thought about all the pieces on display at the Geffen, I was happy to see a museum offer an alternative label format.
This visit to MOCA-Geffen made me think about other label formats I've seen or heard about that might be effective in promoting original ideas and thought in museums. At many university museums, a curator might lay out questions or problems related to objects in the exhibit and have students do research and studies to answer those questions and generate a label. For a Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, a wide variety of scholars from different backgrounds and areas of expertise wrote articles on the different works by Kahlo for the exhibition catalogue. Then, instead of one or two curators writing the labels for the entire exhibit, quotations were pulled directly from the catalogue and used for the label text.
I'd like to hear about other ways museums have moved away from the standard label format, and what kind of effect these alternative methods have had on museum visitors.
Judging Exhibitions
I've recently been introduced to an exhibition interpretation/evaluation method called the Judging Exhibitions Framework tool. It comes from Beverly Serrell's book "Judging Exhibitions: A Framework for Assessing Excellence." In her book, she offers 4 criteria that are necessary for an "excellent" exhibition: it must be 1) Comfortable, 2) Engaging, 3) Reinforcing, and 4) Meaningful. Ideally, the broad goal for educational museum exhibitions is free-choice learning on the part of the visitors. The exhibition should get visitors to pay attention, spend time, become engaged, and be changed by the experience.
This peer review tool encourages professional museum practitioners to stand in a visitor's shoes and evaluate a given exhibition. The point of this tool is "to identify important characteristics of educational museum exhibitions and to assess the degree to which those traits are present in a given exhibition in a way that encourages and increase in those characteristics in future exhibitions."
I question whether museum practitioners should be the ones conducting these evaluations. Clearly, a museum professional does not represent the same mindset or knowledge of museum practices that a regular visitor to a museum would possess. Also, I think the criteria are a bit obvious. Is it comfortable: well does the gallery have benches to sit on? Is it engaging: does the material have any relevance to the everyday person? Is it reinforcing: does the exhibition make clear it's message/narrative? Is it meaningful: see engaging.
Nonetheless, I think that these criteria are often missed in exhibitions. It is not to say that curators should dumb down their shows, but too often an exhibit has no narrative, message, or relevance to an everyday audience. I'd be interested in anyone's comments on exhibitions that have met these criteria, or completely ignored them. Were these shows "excellent" under either circumstance or less than satisfying?
Turner Prize 2009
Richard Wright won the 2009 Turner Prize on December 7th. Other artists on the shortlist included Enrico David, Roger Hiorns, and Lucy Skaer. This prize recognizes cutting edge contemporary art "with the intention of stimulating a lively exchange of opinions." Wright's work incorporates the architecture for which the art is specifically made to create unique spaces and inspire unconventional perspectives. Let's see if these images stimulate "a lively exchange of opinions" in comments…
Museum Employment Opportunities
Is there any hope of a career in the museum industry? Already a field with limited job opportunities, the current economy has caused museums to cut jobs and reduce pay. This became somewhat big news with strikes by employees at the Louvre and other museums in France undergoing job cuts. There are some groups, such as one I recently found online called Museos Unite, for people who work in the museum industry to come together on a quasi-union platform. But still, it is not a promising career path without graduate level education in either Museum Studies or Art History. And even with those degrees, there are very few opportunities. What I have noticed are many job postings for fundraising and capital campaigns. Not much in the curatorial or administrative departments. It seems that in the current economy, profit takes precedence over public programs. And that reduces career opportunities in museums to a very small sector.
Collection Exhibit at MOCA
What is the point of a major exhibition of a museum's own permanent collection? I'm not saying it's either good or bad, but I do wonder what reasons might be behind the current exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Typically, a museum dedicates a percentage of its gallery space to its permanent collection and then puts on special exhibits based on some artist, theme, or narrative. What is the narrative of this exhibit? According to MOCA, the exhibit "reflects the museum's early and ongoing commitment to bringing art of major historical significance and distinction to the public." So it's a self-promoting exhibit. I guess that's interesting… I would probably go see the show. But I don't really know what I would get out of it. I think I would take away a reaffirmation of the artist canon, but I'm not sure I would learn anything new or thought-provoking.


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Night diapers use and sleep in children with enuresis
Sleep Medicine, volume 10, issue 14, pages 1013 - 1016
Editor's comments:
This is a very interesting study looking at the sleep pattern of children with nocturnal enuresis wearing a diaper or not during the night. Although from a psychological point of view, older children do not like to go to bed wearing a diaper, it is from a parental and financial point of view better if the bedwetting child sleeps wearing a diaper. In this study, children with nocturnal enuresis, not wearing diapers, had poorer sleep quality as reflected by both actigraphic measures (more activity during sleep and shorter periods of continuous sleep). Children with nocturnal enuresis, wearing diapers and control children showed no differences in sleep measures. The authors therefore recommend children with nocturnal enuresis to sleep wearing diapers, based on the positive impact on the sleep.
We aimed to assess the association between night diapers use and sleep quality of school-aged children with enuresis.
The sleep patterns of 72 school-aged children (ages 6–9 y) with enuresis referred to a clinic specializing in bladder disorders and 63 healthy control children were assessed. Sleep measures were derived from four to five monitoring nights of actigraphy and daily logs.
In comparison to controls, children with enuresis who did not wear night diapers had poorer sleep quality as reflected by both actigraphic measures (more activity during sleep and shorter periods of continuous sleep) and one reported measure (lower sleep quality). However, no differences were found on any of the sleep measures between children with enuresis wearing night diapers and controls. The reported sleep quality of all children with enuresis with and without night diapers was lower than controls.
Our results suggest that sleep patterns of school-aged children with enuresis who do not wear night diapers are impaired, and the sleep quality of children using night diapers is similar to those of healthy children. Thus, clinicians and healthcare providers should consider recommending sleeping with night diapers for untreated children with enuresis, based on its positive impact on sleep.
Keywords: Enuresis, Sleep, Night diapers, Actigraphy, Children, Parental Behaviors.
1. Introduction
Enuresis is one of the most widespread and chronic childhood disorders [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5] and may have a remarkably negative impact on the child [6], [7], [8], and [9]. Most parents typically are concerned with the social and emotional impact of enuresis on their child [10] . Clinical experience and review of the literature suggests that many parents adopt methods associated with waking the child during the night or taking him or her to the toilets during sleep to void in attempt to cope or manage enuresis [10] .
Another coping method in an attempt to manage enuresis implications is wearing night diapers or napkins. However, there are clinical claims that this method can have an adverse impact on the child's motivation to develop nocturnal bladder control as well as on the child's self-esteem. To date we failed to find evidence-based studies evaluating or supporting these claims.
The link between enuresis, sleep, and sleep disorders has been demonstrated in previous studies [11], [12], [13], and [14]. However, the literature on the relation between night diaper wearing and sleep is scarce. Interestingly, in 2007 Zotter et al. [15] explored whether or not bladder voiding induced arousals in sleeping infants. The authors simulated voiding by administering water into diapers. This procedure did not cause an awakening or induced body movements in sleeping infants, and polygraphic measures were not significantly affected. Another study did not reveal an association between the type of diaper babies wore and the frequency of night awakenings in 3-month-old infants [16] .
In a previous study, we found that naturalistic sleep of children with enuresis was significantly more fragmented than sleep of control children. A key finding was that this phenomenon was associated with the occurrence of bedwetting episodes and attempts to keep the child dry during the night [11] . Thus given the high prevalence of enuresis in childhood, its adverse effects on the child's sleep and the link to the mentioned parental coping strategies, our study aimed to explore if night diaper use among children with enuresis was associated with the child's sleep quality. Based on our previous findings linking fragmented sleep of children with enuresis to parental coping behaviors, we hypothesized that the sleep quality of children with enuresis who used night diapers would be more protected and have more resemblance to those of controls. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first actigraphy study assessing the association of night diaper wearing with sleep among school-aged children with enuresis compared to controls.
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
The study was approved by the department ethical committee. There were 72 school-aged children with enuresis (ages 6–9 y) referred to a clinic specializing in bladder disorders who participated in our study (43 boys, 29 girls) (mean age, 7.31 ± 0.87 y). The control group was based on children participating in an earlier study on the sleep patterns of normal children [17] and consisted of 63 healthy control children (32 boys, 31 girls) (mean age, 7.5 ± 0.82 y). All parents signed informed consent; children also signed to express their willingness to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria included reported active medical problems, use of medication, underlying known urologic or other medical causes for enuresis, and sleep apnea. Enuresis was diagnosed by a licensed clinical psychologist at the initial interview in the clinic according to International Children's Continence Society criteria definition [18] .
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Actigraphy
Actigraphy is based on a miniature wristwatch-like device which is attached to the wrist of the child and continuously records movement for an extended period. Actigraphy has been established as a reliable and valid method for sleep assessment in infants, children, and adults [19], [20], [21], and [22]. The device enables continuous recording for extended periods (more than a week) with no interference with the child's natural sleep environment. The actigraph used in our study was the miniature actigraph (Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., Ardsley, NY), preset to the standard mode for sleep-wake scoring algorithm with amplifier setting 18 and 1-minute epoch interval [22] . The parents were asked to attach the actigraphs to their child's nondominant wrist from the time they went to bed at night until his or her morning rise time. Sleep assessment was performed for five continuous nights. Sleep measures were derived from the raw data using the Actigraphic Scoring Analysis program for an IBM-compatible PC. These sleep measures have been validated against polysomnography with agreement rates for minute-by-minute sleep-wake identification higher than 90% in children and adults [21], [22], and [23].
Actigraphic measures included: (1) true sleep time (sleep time excluding all periods of wakefulness, (2) number of night awakenings (lasting at least 5 min), (3) activity level (detected activity during sleep), (4) longest sleep period (the longest period of continuous sleep without any arousal) and (5) sleep efficiency (percent of actual sleep time from total sleep duration, excluding wake time after sleep onset). Sleep measures were averaged over all the nights during the assessment period.
2.2.2. Sleep diary
The diary included items to be completed by the child and the parents. The evening items assessed sleep latency. The morning items assessed the number of night awakenings and the quality of sleep [24] .
2.2.3. Family Background Information Questionnaire
The Family Background Information Questionnaire included 25 questions covering demographic and developmental data.
2.2.4. The Child Behavior Checklist
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used to assess behavior problems as perceived by parents [25] . The CBCL is widely used for the assessment of behavior problems in children with well-established psychometric properties. The CBCL has been translated into Hebrew and validated in Israel [26] .
2.3. Procedures
All children and their parents signed informed consent and completed screening questionnaires and the CBCL. Children completed four to five monitoring days. During the monitoring period, parents were asked not to change their children's sleep habits or enuresis management strategies. In addition, children and their parents were asked to follow the sleep assessment instructions, including actigraph attachment (see actigraphy description above) and sleep diary completion.
2.4. Data analysis
Analysis of covariance was used to compare the clinical and control group on both actigraphic and sleep diary measures ( Table 2 ). The independent variable was group (children with enuresis vs controls). Age and gender were entered as covariates to control for any potential gender or age effects. The total CBCL score also was entered as covariates to control for any potential effects for other behavior problems that may account for group differences in sleep patterns. Analysis of covariance also was used to compare the sleep measures of two subgroups of children with enuresis: those sleeping with and those without night diapers compared to control children. The Bonferroni test was used for post hoc analysis.
3. Results
No significant differences were found between the enuresis and control groups for any of the demographic variables ( Table 1 ).
|All children with enuresis n = 72
|Enuresis without diapers n = 43
|Enuresis with diapers n = 19
|Controls n = 63
|Child's age (mo)
|7.31 ± 0.87
|7.29 ± 0.86
|7.15 ± 0.95
|7.5 ± 0.82
|Child's gender (boys/girls)
|Mother's education (y)
|15.23 ± 2.57
|15.41 ± 2.31
|15.47 ± 2.82
|14.78 ± 2.59
|Father's education (y)
|14.58 ± 2.24
|15.08 ± 2.10
|14.06 ± 2.08
|14.52 ± 2.41
Abbreviations: mo, months; y, years.
3.1. Comparison between the total group of children with enuresis and controls
Overall, children with enuresis reported significantly lower sleep quality in comparison to controls (F[1,128] = 10.30; P < .002). No other group differences were found on the actigraphy and sleep diary measures ( Table 2 ).
|All children with enuresis
n = 68
|Enuresis without diapers
n = 43
|Enuresis with diapers
n = 19
n = 63
|F a
|Actigraphic measures
|True sleep time (min)
|502.87 ± 40.54
|499.42 ± 41.35
|499.94 ± 38.93
|515.19 ± 37.00
|No. of night awakenings
|2.22 ± 1.20
|2.48 ± 1.18
|2.12 ± 1.26
|2.22 ± 1.23
|Activity level
|10.55 ± 3.61
|11.32 ± 3.95
|10.12 ± 2.93
|9.43 ± 2.97
|Longest sleep period (min)
|166.93 ± 63.96
|155.43 ± 58.46
|180.60 ± 65.14
|191.38 ± 71.03
|Sleep percent
|91.85 ± 4.47
|91.03 ± 4.67
|92.11 ± 4.32
|92.68 ± 3.85
|Sleep diary Measures
|No. of night awakenings
|0.52 ± 0.52
|0.56 ± 0.56
|0.39 ± 0.46
|0.38 ± 0.50
|Sleep quality b
|1.46 ± 0.38 c
|1.48 ± 0.38
|1.35 ± 0.39
|1.18 ± 0.73
a The significance levels refer to comparisons between the enuresis group with night diapers, the enuresis group without night diapers, and controls.
b 1 = very good, 2 = good, 3 = not so good, and 4 = bad.
c Reported sleep quality for all children with enuresis was lower compared to controls (P < .01).
Abbreviations: min, minutes; No., number; n.s., not significant.
3.2. Comparison between children with enuresis sleeping with or without night diapers and controls
We compared objective and subjective sleep measures of three groups: two subgroups of children with enuresis, those sleeping with night diapers (n = 19), and those without night diapers (n = 43) compared to control children.
3.3. Objective measures
Significant overall differences of actigraphic sleep measures of longest sleep duration (F[2,121] = 3.39; P < .04) and activity during sleep (F[2,121] = 3.39; P < .04) were found between children with enuresis sleeping with or without night diapers and control subjects. Further analysis indicated that children with enuresis who did not sleep with night diapers had shorter periods of continuous sleep (P < .04) and were more active during sleep (P < .03) in comparison to controls. No other differences were found ( Table 2 ).
3.4. Objective measures
A significant overall difference of reported sleep quality (F[2,120] = 5.41; P < .006) between children with enuresis sleeping with or without night diapers and controls was found. Further analysis indicated that children with enuresis who did not sleep with night diapers had lower reported sleep quality (P < .004) in comparison to controls. No other differences were found ( Table 2 ).
4. Discussion
Our study was aimed at assessing the link between using night diapers and sleep quality of children with enuresis. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first study that assessed this question in children with enuresis in their natural environment using objective measures. First, contrary to our expectations we found no objective actigraphy evidence for impaired sleep of children with enuresis as a total group compared with healthy controls. Of all reported actigraphy measures, only sleep quality suggested that sleep of children with enuresis was impaired compared to healthy children. This finding contrasts with the results from our previous study using actigraphy measures [11] in which sleep of children with enuresis was more impaired than in control children. Other studies also reported compromised sleep quality in children with enuresis [12] and [13].
However, when comparing control children with the subgroup of children with enuresis who did not sleep with night diapers, we found significant group differences on both actigraphic and sleep diary measures. In comparison to control children, children with enuresis who did not sleep with night diapers had poorer sleep quality as indicated by both actigraphic measures (more activity during sleep and shorter periods of continuous sleep) as well as on one reported measure (lower sleep quality). These results were obtained after controlling for all important covariates such as the child's age and gender. In contrast, we did not detect any significant group differences on any of the actigraphic and sleep diary measures between children with enuresis who slept with night diapers compared to controls.
Because wearing night diapers is supervised by parents, these results lend more support to our previous findings which showed that the sleep quality of children with enuresis may be mediated by parental enuresis coping strategies. Our previous results indicated that parental attempts to keep their children dry during the night (e.g., awakening them to void) was linked to impaired sleep and higher morning and evening sleepiness in children with enuresis [11] .
Based on our study results, no conclusions regarding the specific mechanisms of the protective role of night diapers use on children's sleep can be drawn. However, one possible explanation is that sleeping with night diapers may reduce the implementation of the mentioned adverse parental coping strategies and maintain children's consolidated sleep. Another possible explanation is that night diapers prevent discomfort or awakenings related to wetting itself. This hypothesis should be further explored by detailed and nightly monitoring of specific wet and dry nights and parental coping strategies.
The results of our study may serve as evidence countering various possible claims suggesting that sleeping with night diapers at older ages may have negative impact on children with enuresis and may perpetuate night wetting. It also is possible that using such strategies will contribute to the reduction of parental stress and children's feelings of shame, due to being blamed by their parents for the burden of daily cleaning and washing of bedclothes related to enuresis. It also may lower the negative impact of enuresis on the child's well-being and psychologic functioning [7], [8], and [9].
5. Conclusions
Our results suggest that sleep patterns of children with enuresis who do not sleep with night diapers are impaired. In contrast, the sleep patterns of children with enuresis who sleep with night diapers resemble those of healthy children. Possible explanations for this phenomenon are that sleeping with night diapers may reduce or prevent the implementation of other common parental coping strategies such as parent-initiated night awakenings or may prevent discomfort or awakenings that can have potential adverse effects on sleep. Thus, it is suggested that clinicians and healthcare providers consider recommending sleeping with night diapers for untreated children with enuresis, based on its positive impact on sleep quality.
Conflict of interest
The ICMJE Uniform Disclosure Form for Potential Conflicts of Interest associated with this article can be viewed by clicking on the following link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2013.02.018 .
The authors are Thankful to Ornit Arbel for coordinating and managing the study. The study was supported by Helene and Woolf Marmot and also by the Israel Foundations Trustees (Doctoral grant number 28). This project was based on the Phd Project of the second author, Vered Cohen-Zrubavel.
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a The Dr. Kushnir Enuresis and Encopresis Clinics, Israel
b School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
c The Child Psychiatry Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
Corresponding author. Address: The Child Psychiatry Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. Tel.: +972 526160044; fax: +972 39305843.
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Every Friday
6.30pm – 7.30pm
Cost: By Donation
Location: Metta Centre
This week: we will be working on our core to burn off the winter fat from comfort food and a more sedentary lifestyle to battle the cold outside.
Shweta has been practicing yoga since 2006. She did a 350 hour breath-centred Hatha yoga teacher training in the classical tradition of T. Krishnamacharya from the Yoga Institute in Cammeray.
Shweta's classes are a combination of playful sequencing for strength and flexibility, and breath-centred movements resulting in a moving meditation.
There are continuous alignment cues and modifications to help beginners settle in, but enough challenges for regular practitioners.


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Model 1/48 XP-55 Ascender
By John Lester
The year is 1939. The US Army Air Corps is just realizing that the newest fighter aircraft entering service, the P-35 and P-36, are nowhere near as capable as those soon to be battling over the skies of Europe. This leads the USAAC to call for a new generation of aircraft, based on what appear to be some radical requirements. These requirements would lead to quite a few novel designs, some of which were effective (Lockheed's P-38) and some of which were not (Curtiss-Wright's XP-55).
In late 1939, the USAAC issued a specification for a single-seat interceptor to be powered by a new Pratt & Whitney engine. The main requirements were for low drag, exceptional pilot visibility and powerful armament. Three manufacturers submitted designs in early 1940, and all three were awarded contracts to continue work, with options for constructing prototypes. The Curtiss-Wright CW-24 design was too advanced, however, and the Army lost interest. This forced the company to build a full-scale flying mockup, the CW-24B. After extensive flight testing, the Army's interest was sufficiently regained that a contract was awarded for three experimental prototypes. These were to be powered by Allison V-1710 engines (the same ones that powered the P-38, P-39 and P-40), as the P&W in-line had failed to develop.
The XP-55 "Ascender" (or "Ass-ender", as it was more commonly known at the time) was a radical departure from traditional aircraft design. It was designed to make use of the efficiencies of canard or "tail- first" designs, which make for lighter structures and thus (theoretically) better performance from the same powerplant. It had aft-mounted main wings swept sharply back, with ailerons, trailing edge flaps and vertical fins near the wing tips. Small foreplanes on the nose house the elevators. The all-metal fuselage housed the armament, cockpit and engine. The three-bladed propeller could be jettisoned in an emergency, so the pilot could bail out without being shredded. The plane also was the first one from this manufacturer to use retractable tricycle landing gear.
The XP-55 never lived up to the promise of the design. The first prototype crashed just six months after its July 1943 maiden flight. High wing loading and small control surfaces made low-speed handling hazardous, and though the second and third prototypes had extensive modifications to address these issues, they were never overcome. Even with longer wings and greater elevator travel, low speed handling characteristics were poor, and all-around performance well below that of contemporary fighters. The Army cancelled the program in 1944, but the two remaining prototypes continued flight testing until the third prototype crashed in 1945, killing the pilot and a passing motorist. The second prototype still exists in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum.
That someone has made an injection-molded kit of the XP-55 in 1/48 gives me hope that one day I'll see a Saab J-21 in the same scale. Squadron/ Czech Models have quickly built a reputation for providing decent kits of unique subjects, and the XP-55 is a welcome addition to their catalog. The parts and decals provided represent the second prototype as it appeared with all the modifications made throughout testing.
The kit is packed in the typical flimsy cardboard box and appears to be some of the best work the company has done yet. You get: two sprues of grey plastic in one bag; a pile of resin parts made by True Details in another bag; one vacuformed piece containing two canopies; instructions, and a small sheet of decals.
plastic sprues provide 35 or so parts, mostly for the airframe and landing
gear. There is a little flash and a few rough edges to clean up; the
gates holding the pieces to the parts tree are agreeably small, and
should not interfere much when removing the various bits. Detailing
consists almost exclusively as finely engraved lines, which are a little
bit soft, and all of uniform size/depth. I'll probably rescribe the
control surface lines to accentuate them. Landing gear door covers are
molded in the closed position, which makes doing an in-flight model
easier. The instructions show where to slice them to do the gear down.
The resin parts provide cockpit detailing, bulged and flattened wheels, wheel wells, and exhausts. The detail is sharp and crisp, and there appear to be no pits, bubbles or other flaws - in other words, typical True Details quality. All the parts are on large, thick pour stubs.
vacuformed canopies are provided, which is much appreciated if, like
me, you're not terribly adept at cutting such things out right the first
time. The plastic is quite clear, and the detail sharp enough to make
painting the framing relatively easy. The canopies are molded in the
closed position, which means anyone wanting to show off that interior
detail has some careful surgery to do.
Decals give you the option of making the second prototype, despite what the box claims. They are crisp and perfectly registered. However, if they are like all the other Czech Model decals I've used, they are so thin they are easily torn, translucent, and the inks start to run under the influence of even the mildest setting solutions. You'll want to overcoat them with a layer of liquid decal film, at a minimum, to make them easier to handle and somewhat resistant to setting aids. Luckily, the paint scheme is pretty uniform, so the translucence should not be a big issue.
out the package is a four page instruction sheet. The first page gives
a brief potted history and a handy diagram showing all the parts. Pages
2 and 3 are comprised of a 7-step pictorial assembly guide. The steps
are clearly illustrated and easy to follow. Notes point out where extra
details (like the throttle/mixture levels) will need to be made, or
how to get around tricky spots in the assembly (cockpit sidewalls).
The last page (as well as the back of the box) contains interior and
exterior painting and marking information.
Czech Models' XP-55 is a welcome addition to my interesting and obscure flightline. Based on what I see in the box, and my experiences with their other kits, I think this will be a relatively straightforward build - about as good as it gets for a limited run, multi-media kit. It's probably a good one for the modeler wanting to "graduate" into multi-media, limited run models to attempt.
A well-done kit of an interesting airplane that will look highly distinctive when it is complete and sitting on your display shelf. Many thanks to Squadron for providing the review copy.


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So back in bed, I'm in the hypnagogic state, half awake, half dreaming, and I notice three times that the hit parade (the music that always plays in my head) is playing original songs! Brand new! Just then made up! And of course, completely forgotten now.
So, when I want to starting writing songs, here's the methodology: stay abed late, with a recorder, and record these new songs as they come in.
Interesting, the way your mind puts together random memes to produce your dreams -- the exact thing seemed to be happening with the background music to the dreams, hence the new songs. Hmmm, memes recombining frantically, this is probably a good source of creative input for most things. Just a little directed dreaming when you stay in bed too long with a recorder handy. I had a really good idea about work that is now forgotten.
I'm blogging this hot of the presses so I don't forget it. You know how dreams are.


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Yay! School's out!! I'm pretty sure I'm more excited than the kids this year. This has been one tough year for us and we could all use a fun, relaxing summer. Last year we made our first Summer Fun List and had a great time doing as many things on the list as we could get to. I've been collecting tons of fun ideas on Pinterest to add to this years list and we are really looking forward to getting started. This is what we've come up with:
Feed Some Ducks
Make Funnel Cakes
Huge Indoor Fort
Living Room Sleepover
Play in the Rain
Paint T-Shirts
Go Bowling
Play Tennis
Make S'Mores Cones
Make Slime (recipes here or here)
Sponge Bomb Water Fight
Giant Squishy Water Bag
Make Popsicles
Ice Cream Sundae Party
Donation Day
Go to a Movie
Make Gigantic Bubbles
Take a Hike
Watch Movies all Day (on a rainy day)
Discover a New Park
Make and Send Postcards
Bake Cookies for Someone
Family Talent Show
Spend a Rainy Day in PJ's
Make Kool-aid Slurpees and Cherry Limeades
Go to a Museum
With a list this ambitions, I'd better go get started! Do you make a summer fun list, or do you just "wing it?" Leave me a comment letting me know and stay tuned for updates on our progress.


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Semi-Scleral Design for Irregular Corneas
As reported in the March Product Spectrum, Menicon recently launched the Rose K2 XL semi-scleral lens. The company says that the primary indications for this lens are keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, post-graft, corneal rings, post-LASIK ectasia, advanced dry eye, and any irregular corneal condition that cannot be successfully fitted within the limbus. Menicon also states that the lens is suitable for wear in polluted work conditions, stability for sport or working environments, for corneal GP intolerance, and for piggyback systems.
The Rose K2 XL design features an aspheric back optic zone that decreases as base curve steepens. According to Menicon it also features front-surface aberration control and precise edge lift control. Rose K2 XL is manufactured in Menicon Z, Lagado Tyro 97, and Boston XO (Bausch + Lomb). Parameters include base curves of 5.80mm to 8.40mm, diameters of 13.6mm to 15.6mm (standard diameter of 14.60mm), powers of +30.00D to −30.00D, and edge lifts in nine options: five standard lifts ranging from Double Flat to Double Steep, which the company contends will optimally fit 90 percent of cases, with other options available on request.
The Rose K2 XL fitting set features 16 lenses manufactured in Menicon Z or Lagado Onsi 56 material. The fitting set base curves range from 6.00mm to 8.00mm in the standard diameter of 14.60mm and the standard edge lift (0). Rose K lenses are available in the United States through Blanchard Contact Lens, Art Optical, or your local Rose K distributor.
Custom Multifocal and Multifocal Toric Available
SpecialEyes now offers its SpecialEyes Bifocal 54 Sphere and SpecialEyes Bifocal 54 Toric. The designs are completely custom, with a fitting method that uses the same nomogram as the company's custom toric lenses. The lenses feature a concentric annular design, with the center zone size customizable based on pupil size. It can be manufactured with either a center-near or center-distance design.
SpecialEyes Bifocal 54 Sphere/Toric is manufactured in hioxifilcon D (54-percent water). Parameters include base curves of 6.9mm to 9.5mm in 0.1mm increments, diameters of 12.5mm to 16.0mm in 0.1mm increments, sphere powers of ±25.00D in 0.1D increments, add powers up to +4.00D, and cylinders up to −8.00D in 0.1D increments. SpecialEyes suggests starting with the distance center on the nondominant eye and the near center on the dominant eye. In selecting initial zone sizes, pupil size is small when the pupil measures 2.0mm in bright light or 3.5mm in ambient light, medium when the pupil measures 3.0mm in bright light or 4.5mm in ambient light, and large when the pupil measures 3.5mm in bright light or 6.0mm in ambient light. Call (866) 404-1060 or visit www.specialeyesqc.com.
Line of Opaque Colored Lenses Launches
The Orion Vision Group recently introduced its BioColors custom tinted contact lenses to the U.S. market. The company says that BioColors are an effective alternative to the discontinued Ciba D3 and Natural Touch lenses as well as other discontinued colored lenses. Orion Vision offers 16 opaque colors including enhancer tints for "light eye colors," limbal rings, and "blended cosmetic colors." Five pupil sizes are available.
BioColors lenses are available in Definitive (Contamac) silicone hydrogel material as well as in methafilcon and polymacon. Orion Vision says that the BioColors tinting process also allows for the tinting of "wet disposable lenses," offering practitioners virtually unlimited custom color lens options for their patients.
Parameters for the BioColors lenses include base curves of 7.7mm to 9.5mm, diameters of 13.00mm to 22.0mm, sphere powers of ±20.00D, and cylinders of up to −6.00D in around-the-clock axes in 0.01-degree increments.
A 25-lens comprehensive diagnostic fitting set is available from Orion Vision Group for both prosthetic and custom cosmetic contact lens fitting. Call (866) 300-6257 or visit www.orionvisiongroup.com.


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~SPRING HAS SPRUNG~ all over town—here are a few events and updates:
Ame restaurant just unveiled its new spring menu, including (back by popular demand) the chawan mushi with Maine lobster and sea urchin (I have had this dish before and it's freaking amazing), and "vol au vent" of duck liver and poached Jidori egg with morel mushroom sauce and pickled ramps.
Citizen Cake is hosting its 2nd Annual Green Dinner tonight (May 12th) from chef de cuisine William Pils and executive chef Elizabeth Falkner. The four-course menu includes fava bean hummus and house crackers; asparagus salad and slow-cooked egg; three peas, ricotta gnudi, pea shoots, and pea consommé; and green sweets, plus other tasty surprises. Special "green cocktails" will also be available, including Envy (green chartreuse, lemon bitters, sparkling wine, and lime twist) and PC (fresh English pea and mint juice, light rum, orange bitters, and baby carrot ice cubes). $45 per person (not including alcohol) or $65 per person (with wine pairing).
And then mark your calendar for A Spring Fandango with Mariquita Farm at Piccino on Sunday June 21st. Andy Griffin and Julia Wiley of Mariquita will be providing a field of bounty for the menu—expect special pizzas and salads as well as a few surprises. Everything will be served à la carte, and Piccino is taking reservations. (They are also trying to get Andy to step off his Watsonville farm for the afternoon.) Noon–9pm.
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1. Plugfest of the EEBus Initiative in Offenbach
Device networking of 15 manufacturers from different industries is a decisive step for the EEBus concept towards international standardization for Smart Home.
In a thus far unique application, 15 market-leading companies presented the interoperability of their products intended for market out of the area of home networking over two days. The applications were implemented in the scope of the first Pflugfest from the EEBus Initiative at the VDE Institute in Offenbach. "The good result with the networking of so many participants under real conditions shows that the underlying EEBus Concept once again proved its suitability and effectiveness in practice," said Peter Kellendonk, Chairman of the EEBus Initiative. "That is an important step on the way to international standardization in the areas of Smart Home and Smart Grid."
Participating in the comprehensive networking presentation were:
- System suppliers (Diehl, SMA, Busch, Jaeger, Frauenhofer)
- Inverter supplier (Kostal)
- Household appliance manufacturers Bosch and Siemens as well as Miele
- Heating companies Vaillant and Wolf (Heater)
- Companies in the Gateway technology (Intel, Murata, Devolo)
- Companies from the energy industry (MVV - Beegy, Ebee)
- Companies from the area of payments and transaction systems (Worldline)
- One electric car (a BMW Active E) was also a part of the application presentation.
The test engineers from the VDE Institute could verify the interoperability of the participant's devices with the help of the VDE Test System. This procedure assures customers and network partners that the information exchange between the products intended for market also works in everyday situations. A smooth communication is only possible when this is done under the same conditions and with testing of the concrete collaboration between future series devices.


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Want the Globe's top picks for what to see and do each weekend e-mailed straight to you? Sign up for the Weekender newsletter here.
Hey, hey! Ready to wrap another month? This newsletter sure is. Before we get to this week's list, don't forget GlobeLive, an in-person peek behind the bylines of your favorite Globe writers, Friday and Saturday evening at the Paramount. All the great stories with none of the inky fingertips! (Find tickets and more info here.)
BOSTON COLIN: Ask Leslie Jones, and you'll learn that "Weekend Update" coanchor and "Saturday Night Live" writer Colin Jost is, among other things, a "tall glass of egg whites," a "delicious marshmallow," a "tingly Crest Whitestrip," a "refreshing "peppermint patty," and a "frothy glass of eggnog," but he's more than that. The sit-down comedian (and Harvard Lampoon alum) is just as talented while standing up, as he'll demonstrate with a set at the Wilbur this Saturday night. (And tell that sweet slice of coconut meringue pie I said what up.) Tickets here.
KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: "If you're the right impressionable age — 9 or 10 or 11 —" writes the Globe's Ty Burr, " 'Wonderstruck' may possibly strike you as the best movie ever made." He gives this latest outing from director Todd Haynes ("Carol," "Far From Heaven," "Velvet Goldmine") three stars, which either means Burr is somewhere in his mid-to-late teens or "Wonderstruck" is actually pretty good! (I'm thinking the latter.) The film leaps across decades (as well as the Hudson River) to tell a twofold tale of kids in the big city that Burr praises as "a hermetically sealed confabulation of longing and connection given weight and artistry by the man behind the camera." Opens Friday.
EMO FILL-UP: Speaking of confabulations of longing and connection, you (or your kid who ostensibly finished grad school but sure doesn't act like it) may be interested in this Fall Out Boy show, coming Friday night to TD Garden. Post-emo grown-ups who've lost their bangs but not their edge will swoon to hear "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" once again, and anyone who has ever tasted the battery-like kiss of a Monster energy drink will surely hoist one to "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)." But you might as well go and get familiar with the band's new single "Champion" before NBC slaps it on top of literally every single medalist montage coming out of PyeongChang next year. Just you wait. Tickets here.
ZUDDEN ZZTOP: Aw maaan, I was all set to tell you that ZZ Top is playing a much better show (where's the lie?) over at the Orpheum Theatre that same night, but it appears that Dusty Hill has a "tummy ailment" and they postponed (new date TBA). (Ditto the Kristen Hersh and Tanya Donelly shows originally scheduled for this weekend at City Winery.) So instead, I'm just going to link to the "Velcro Fly" video because I think it's what we should send into space to convince the aliens not to give up on us.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS: Since we're being flexible, it's as good a time as any to reroute plans to Pilobolus, the genre- and body-bending dance troupe that has moved the form into something more like kinetic anatomical sculpture. For its three-show run of "Pilobolus Maximus" Friday through Sunday at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre, they'll perform pieces including "On the Nature of Things," "Echo in the Valley," "Branches," and "The Inconsistent Pedaler," a collaboration with writer Etgar Keret and filmmaker Shira Geffen. It's presented by Celebrity Series of Boston, and you can still grab tickets here.
A NIGHT OFF: You may be familiar with Florence Foster Jenkins through Meryl Streep's Oscar-nominated 2016 performance as the warbling socialite, but Don Aucoin recommends recalibrating your ear for the off-key character with the Lyric Stage's "utterly delightful" production of Steven Temperley's "Souvenir." "Barrett delivers a sublime performance in which a kind of double virtuosity is on display," raves Aucoin of actress Leigh Barrett, who resumes her portrayal of Jenkins at the Lyric after 10 years (audibly) off. "As Barrett misses and mangles note after note, it's akin to watching LeBron James soar in for an easy dunk, only to clang the ball off the rim. In Barrett's case, of course, it's deliberate." Barrett is joined by Will McGarrahan as Jenkins's "long-suffering" pianist Cosme McMoon. It's up through Nov. 19; get tickets here — and earplugs at any CVS.
UNCOMMON MIRANDA: The Wheelock Family Theatre opens its season this weekend with a production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's pre-"Hamilton" musical "In the Heights," which he wrote in collaboration with Quiara Alegria Hudes and which took home four Tonys (including best musical) in 2008. Charting three days in the lives of Latino residents of Washington Heights, it's a show as suited to seasoned Miranda fans as to relative newbies (say, ages 10 and up). It's up at Wheelock through Nov. 19. Find tickets and showtimes here.
NIXED MEDIA All over Tufts University's Tisch Library is "Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947-2017," described by Mark Feeney as "an elaborate pop-up" and "likely this year's freshest, loosest, and most exciting art exhibition." It's also completely recyclable. An old-school newspaper catalog evokes "a 64-page special edition of Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung," and Frank's unframed prints stretch across long sheets of newsprint, his books hanging from the ceiling. "Each exhibition is to be disposed of after display," according to the exhibition release, "thus circumventing the normal cycle of speculation and consumption in the art market." So I think that means you're helping the earth too! That's up through Nov. 5. More information here.
POP/CULTURE: Reviewer Cate McQuaid thinks "Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentric" is "deeply goofy" and "an exuberant collaboration with Japanese art historian Nobuo Tsuji that digs with relish into the Museum of Fine Arts' magnificent collection." Combining playfulness with sharp social acumen, the ubiquitous-yet-sublime Murakami "channels pathos and fury through the fantastic and the cornball," writes McQuaid. The exhibition is on view through April 2018. More info here.
OR STAY IN! I tried hard here but I'm not fooling anybody. This pre-Halloween weekend belongs to "Stranger Things." Season 1 has been playing like a fishtank in our living room all week, and the much-anticipated second season of the '80s-infused sci-fi favorite pushes through a bunch of gooey, veiny stuff into our reality on Friday. Are you ready to scream like Winona? I SURE AM. The Globe's Matthew Gilbert finds the first five episodes a promising return, with the show picking up a year later, taking a slower pace through the woods, a deeper look into the characters, and (if the trailers are any indication) a bigger slingshot for the monster.
And finally, if it's one of those jeans and headphones weekends (this is me not judging you, I think you're great), there's a gawl-durned new Kenny Chesney album out, and I know you like him because he's headlined Gillette like 17 times. "Live in No Shoes Nation" pulls together 30 carefully-selected performances, with 11 tracks from Foxborough, including "Boston." (See? He likes us, too!) Not to mention Kelly Clarkson has her new "Meaning of Life" album also dropping on Friday, which reviewer Isaac Feldberg calls "an album-long emancipation for one of our best female vocalists." As my people say: "Yassss."
And that, good folks, is all I've got for you this week. Best of luck with the jack-o'-lanterns, don't hurt yourself sewing that Demogorgon costume, and for the safety and comfort of your trick-or-treaters, please do not attempt the KitKat Quesadilla at home. And however you spend this weekend, make it one you'll miss come Monday.
We'll see you next week!


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Missing Lincoln Documents returned to National Archives
This Inside the Vaults video short tells the story of formerly missing letters between President Abraham Lincoln and Union surgeons that appeared in the auction catalogue of a rare documents dealer and were returned to the National Archives in 2011. The letters are dated shortly after the Battle of Antietam occurred: Union surgeons wrote to President Lincoln requesting that he appoint a chaplain to serve the wounded, dying and dead in hospitals near Hagerstown, Maryland. Lincoln approved the request and appointed The Rev. Henry Edwards. The documents were removed from the Archives at some unknown time, perhaps when they were still in the custody of the War Department, and they were returned by Bill Panagopulos of Alexander Auctions, Inc. Inside the Vaults includes highlights from the National Archives in the Washington, DC, area and from the Presidential libraries and regional archives nationwide. These shorts present behind-the-scenes exclusives and offer surprising stories about the National Archives treasures. See more from Inside the Vaults at http://bit.ly/LzQNae.
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We love to have visitors at the zoo, and even better when they come bearing gifts. And when those gifts are for the bears!?
I was lucky enough today to get a visit from the "senior representatives" of the hardest working polar-inspired family in Manitoba. The Vickery family presented me with a cheque for $350 for the Polar Bear Conservation Fund in Tribute to Debby. (They brought a whole load of pennies for us too!)
The Vickery's are also known as the Canuck Nanooks, which include but are not limited to Miranda, Rebekah and Rachael. They have been making a difference for polar bears in the wild and here at our zoo for awhile now.
The Nanooks don't believe in lip-service when it comes to care for the earth. They want the natural world to change for the better, and the Nanooks know that this requires hard work, dedication and a little ingenuity. They are succeeding and we are proud to be albe to share in that success.
If you would like to donate to our Polar Bear Conservation Fund, please visit zoosociety.com


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British Airways really wants to get to know its customers.
So much so that the airline has dispatched crew members with about 2,000 Apple iPads to look up the Google images of a select group of VIP customers, much as someone would do before a blind date.
"We just want to be able to recognize them," says Simon Talling-Smith, executive vice president of the Americas for British Airways.
Googling its most important frequent fliers is part of a larger program British Airways launched earlier this year called "Know Me." The airline has gathered the information it has on all its frequent fliers into a database that sends messages to crew members and ground staff. They then use that information, which can include flight history and preferences, to deliver more personalized service.
So if you've finally scored a seat in business class, a flight attendant will show you how to use the entertainment system even before you start fumbling with the remote. Or if you've reached higher status in the frequent-flier club and get access to the club lounge, the gate agent will show you exactly how to get there.
"We put this program together so we can demonstrate to frequent customers that we do know them and can anticipate their needs and deliver the service they expect," says Talling-Smith.
Many airlines offer personalized services to frequent fliers. But analysts say British Airways is taking an unusual approach for an airline.
"It's really not different than what hotels do," says George Novak, a director at InterVistas, a travel consulting firm.
Some frequent fliers cringe at the thought of being Googled before a flight.
Steve Carlson of Grand Rapids, Mich., who hasn't flown British Airways under the new program, called it "creepy if you don't sign up for and consent to it."
Talling-Smith says the airline uses only information that fliers have voluntarily given out and that none of it is made public. Crew members are looking at your photo and nothing more.
But Steve Rima of Grand Junction, Colo., appreciates any efforts to treat customers better. On a Delta flight from England last week, he says, a crew member personally thanked him for his business. "It's not much, really, but it's nice to know that someone actually appreciates their most frequent flier," he says.


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In this article Lisa Anne Palmer provides useful tips for organizations to support middle managers to create culturally-inclusive work environments. (This article was originally published in the Ottawa Business Journal.)
By Lisa Anne Palmer
Many organizations invest a great deal of time and effort in the hopes of creating an inclusive work environment. They have top down initiatives to assess organizational maturity, communicate corporate values and highlight senior management commitment. They have bottom-up initiatives led by employee councils to promote and celebrate the spirit of diversity. These efforts make a great deal of business sense and are important elements of a sound Inclusion Strategy.
Then, why is it that HR and senior management within these same organizations are so often left scratching their heads to figure out why they are not achieving the desired results?
Support 'Managers in the Middle.'
Middle managers are the ones who have to juggle competing priorities and oversee operations while fighting day-to-day fires. What's more, times of fiscal restraint are placing added pressure on Ottawa's managers with regards to employee motivation and engagement.
Overworked middle managers are the people that senior management, HR and employees rely on to implement the lion's share of inclusion initiatives. They are the gateway to the organization as they do the majority of hiring, communicating, requesting of accommodations, and managing of performance, etc.
At the end of the day, middle managers can have the greatest impact on the success of initiatives designed to effect cultural change. Over the years, I've worked with hundreds of managers at all levels from a range of organizations. The vast majority are on side with creating inclusive work environments and leveraging diversity. By the same token, many are still at a loss for how to accomplish this while they meet pressing demands.
Concentrate meaningful levels of effort and resources to support middle managers to integrate diversity.
It is not enough to 'sell' managers on the benefits of implementing diversity for their organization – organizations need to make it easier for middle managers to create inclusive work environments. Managers not only need the proper skills and personal attributes, but also tools and strategies that simplify integrating diversity management into their daily human resources and business activities.
How can organizations support middle managers so that they have the knowledge, tools and strategies they need to create inclusive work environments?
They can begin by ensuring that the proper infrastructure is in place to support managers as they strive to create a culturally-inclusive work environment. Progressive policies and senior management commitment provide a solid foundation. However, simplifying related processes so that managers can more easily integrate key elements into their daily operations is what will lead to desired results.
Here are 7 tips for organizations to support middle managers to create culturally-inclusive work environments:
1. Provide useful and easy-to-access resources: Introduce managers to excellent resources that can connect them with a pipeline of diverse candidates such as theOttawa Job Match Network. Added benefit – this service is free, which can help defray costs during times of fiscal constraint.
2. Work with recruiters to get strategic: Engage those who have expertise in outreach to diverse audiences and provide an easy way to post job ads using media geared to qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds. Your organization can also work with Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Federal Internship for Newcomers Program to source highly-qualified job-ready candidates..
3. Make it easy for Managers to raise their own awareness and that of their employees. Refer your managers to free-of-charge cross-cultural training through Hire Immigrants Ottawa (HIO). In addition, provide them with available on-line training resources and videos through the Cross-Cultural Teamwork Series.
4. Have key contacts within the organization that can provide managers with additional support: Ensure that managers have access to advisors with the necessary skills to help them raise awareness and address challenging situations. For instance, HR representatives and leaders within your organization can receive advanced training as Facilitators of Cross-Cultural Change (FC3), also offered through HIO.
5. Simplify cultural accommodation processes: Review existing related processes and establish the necessary infrastructure for requesting accommodation. Ensure that middle managers and employees are well aware of accommodation processes and how to use them.
To find out more about tools and strategies that can help you support managers to create inclusive work environments, you can visit the HIO website. A good place to begin is HIO's Tools and Resources page, where you can access excellent, free-of-charge tools and strategies to suit your needs.
Lisa Anna Palmer is Principal and Owner of Cattelan Palmer Consulting. Lisa is also Ottawa's 1st Passion Test Facilitator and helps individuals from all diverse backgrounds who face job loss or who feel stuck in their jobs to better align their career to what is most important to them. Lisa continues to be an avid supporter of HIO where she served as an employer council representative (2009-2011).


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Recently I interviewed another Fearless Millionaire member, Chris Tracy, who shares how he's been building strong relationships with top mentors for years.
I was taking notes of some of these key strategies Chris shared, and even a few of them reminded me of some tips that I even did 13 years ago, wow!
Amazing to see these strategies really work when you apply them to your life and business.
Listen to how he get's on the team of his mentors, not only to be coached but profit also!
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Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Vicente Padilla shot himself in the thigh while hunting in Nicaragua.
It's only funny because he's not seriously injured... or dead.
There are a few different stories floating around out there as to what actually went down. According to media reports in Nicaragua, Padilla was injured at a shooting range. At least two other reports stated that he was accidentally shot by a bodyguard who was attempting to fix Padilla's gun. USA Today says the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
Regardless of how it happened, the 32-year-old pitcher is going to be fine, as the bullet mearly grazed his skin and he was in and out of the hospital in 40 minutes. His agent, Adam Katz, was informed by Dodgers general manager Ned Coletti that the team is interested in re-signing him for next season, which may be a pleasant surprise after his Game 5 clusterfu*k.
Padilla, who is expected to file for free agency, went 8-6 with a 4.92 ERA in 18 starts for the Texas Rangers this season before the Dodgers decided to give him a shot (heh) when Hiroki Kuroda was beaned in the head by a line drive and could no longer pitch.
To LA's delight, he went 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA down the stretch, and continued to shine with two excellent post season starts. Then came Game 5, where he was shelled for six runs in three innings as the Philadelphia Phillies went on to win the pennant.
Get well soon, Vicente!
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Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Vicente Padilla shot himself in the thigh while hunting in Nicaragua.
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command has always been an issue for him
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
I'm Wondering....
Please respond as soon as possible! :)
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- Erika said...
Yes, this is true!!!
I found out last tuesday.
- May 26, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- Misty said...
AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you, and also quite proud :D
- May 26, 2011 at 8:16 PM
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THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! Congratulations! Cheer for NERDS!!!
Great job, Erika.
Do we have a plan in progress for a reunion/celebration?
- May 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Erika said...
I don't know about a party but we should defiantly do something. I'm around most weekends, but not much during the week this summer. You?
- June 2, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- Amanda said...
I'm totally free so far...Youth Conference ended yesterday, and Girl's Camp isn't until August. Though I have an interview for a hopeful job at the library tomorrow...
- June 16, 2011 at 9:48 AM
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Oh, and we're doing something the week of the 4th of July, and I have orientation on the 22nd.
I think that's it. Sad, huh?
- June 16, 2011 at 9:49 AM
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I wish my summer was a little less full. I just finished my first week of the ACCESS program at the U. I'm living up there during the week this summer. It's a course about math and science, and sets up research opportunities. It was a crazy week, but really cool.
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Wingsuit BASE Proximity Flying from Ali on Vimeo.
I feel like I had to post this video for some reason. Probably because over the course of the last four days I have been sent multiple emails, IMs, facebook messages, twitter messages, post-it notes and singing telegrams all asking me if I've done this before.
No, I have nowhere near the skills and/or cajones necessary to take up Proximity Flying. I own and fly a wingsuit, but only out of planes. I don't BASE jump (parachute from fixed objects), and although I think I'd absolutely love it, I'm keeping myself away from BASE because I know I have an addictive personality.
However, I do have tremendous respect and admiration for Loic Jean Albert, the tall skinny French dude in the video who flies within feet of rock ledges while roaring by at 120mph. This guy is one of the pioneers of wingsuit flight, so he is one of only a handful of people who have the skillset necessary to pull off successful flights in such close proximity to solid objects. When flying a wingsuit, small body movements translate into large changes in your flight pattern. In the sky or to a lesser extent flying away from a cliff, it's not the end of the world if you have some side-to-side flutter or you can't control your exact glide ratio. Flying within feet of fixed objects and small inconsistencies like that could prove to be fatal... but MAN does it make for some sick footage!
I am reminded of a quote, but can't recall who said it: "Take risks not to escape life, but to keep life from escaping."
These guys are definitely taking risks, but they are definitely living life to the max and not letting life escape them. Have fun out there and be safe, but don't forget to take risks every once in a while!


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AOPA testified in favor of Meigs Field airport last night at a public meeting conducted by Illinois Governor George Ryan.
"Meigs Field should be part of the plan for Chicago-area aviation growth," read the AOPA testimony. "At a time when the nation has set a goal of adding 50 miles of new runway to reduce delays and congestion, each Chicago-area airport is critical. Meigs should remain open."
AOPA's position was presented by Bill Blake, AOPA Great Lakes regional representative. Blake is the former aeronautics director for the state of Illinois. He worked directly with current Illinois Secretary of Transportation Kirk Brown.
The hearing in Tinley Park, a few miles southwest of Chicago, attracted more than 1,000 people to comment on Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's proposal to expand O'Hare International Airport. Daley also plans to close Meigs Field, the closest general aviation reliever airport to O'Hare and Midway airports. Governor Ryan has conducted four hearings on the plan.
AOPA testified that closing Meigs would increase flight delays at Midway, with flight delays eventually increasing to more than 15 minutes if Meigs were to close.
General aviation flight operations at Palwaukee and O'Hare airports would also increase, and that would have an impact on air traffic flows for the entire region.
"As a member of the O'Hare Delay Task Force, AOPA is helping to identify solutions to congestion since we believe any changes at O'Hare will affect aircraft flying throughout the entire region," Blake testified. "We see an important part of the regional solution is improving capacity, not reducing it."
AOPA argued that Chicago's airport planning must incorporate the 14 general aviation airports in the region, including Meigs Field, as part of the solution to congestion problems at O'Hare and Midway airports.
Illinois Governor Ryan will offer a counterproposal to Mayor Daley's airport plan, and he could veto the mayor's O'Hare expansion. Ryan supports building a new airport for Chicago near Peotone and keeping Meigs open.
"What I've gotten so far is that a lot of people feel that it's going to take a solution at O'Hare, along with Peotone and to keep Meigs open," Ryan told the Chicago Tribune, commenting on what he's learned from the hearings. "Meigs is a big part of the discussions that we've had. I haven't heard anyone tell us to close Meigs Field."
The 375,000-member Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is the world's largest civil aviation organization. More than 58 percent of the nation's pilots are AOPA members.


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Hi everyone!! Another book review has come back in. Heather Blush is a Calgary-based singer/songwriter. According to her website, "Heather Blush and The Uppercuts are a trio of rogue troubadours who knock the socks off every new audience they meet. Their sound can be described as somewhere between the "Adult Alternative" styles of Sarah Slean and Sarah Harmer, and old "Ella/Louis-style" vocal jazz/blues. Heather's voice is often compared to Norah Jones and Maria Muldaur. With energetic, audience-engaging shows, she is quickly becoming known for songwriting that covers all bases between witty sarcasm and gutwrenching honesty. With "Captain" Steve Hazlett on drums and recently a rotating cast of stellar upright bass players, this trio packs a punch and leaves a lasting impression." www.heatherblush.com
Heather has a fantastic voice and I highly recommend you checking her and her music out online.
Since Heather is a singer/songwriter, she was the perfect person to review "Tanned, Toned and Totally FakingIt". Here are her thoughts:
"Tanned, Toned, and Totally Faking It" is an enjoyable romp through the enviable life of a pop princess. Mikayla "Mickey" Rivers is your average 20-year-old girl, full of teenage angst, at the difficult balancing point between childhood and adulthood, with one added challenge: she has transformed from college student to superstar overnight. Written in the words of Mikayla herself, the book reads as if you are hearing the story first hand over a soda in a trendy California café. Boyd teases us with the naïve voice of the young starlet, encouraging the reader to alternate empathy with the kind of finger-wagging judgment we all like to dish out for the famous when their all-too-public lives are broadcast into our daily info stream.
At the start of the book, Rivers is navigating the choppy waters of newfound fame: adjusting to a regimented diet and exercise program, resisting pressure to undergo cosmetic surgery, dealing with a demanding and self-centered manager (and former peer). She finds comfort in her friendship with her personal trainer and new best friend, Kurt, as well as her sister back home in Alberta. Things start to heat up when Mikayla meets Jordan, a charming law student at UCLA with a disdain for celebrities. Drawn in by the fact that he doesn't recognize her as the superstar she is, Rivers begins to weave a web of deception in order to keep her stardom a secret from Jordan.
Filled with star-studded cameo appearances (David Letterman, Taylor Swift, Nick Lachey, Lindsay Lohan…) Boyd's debut novel accurately portrays the unquenchable appetite of today's celebrity-obsessed public.
If you've ever wanted to slip into Jessica Simpson's life vicariously, this is the book for you! Recommended usage: slip this rags-to-riches fairytale for grownups into your beach bag between your sunscreen and the latest issue of People, and head for sandy shores!"
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If there's a company that the market just can't seem to figure out, it's Facebook. Jim Cramer, however, has a handle on it.
"I have to tell you, in my opinion, the best earnings of the quarter came from Facebook," said the Mad Money host
Cramer realizes that, at first, his opinion may baffle some investors. The headlines from the latest Facebook release were at best lackluster. Facebook missed earnings estimates by a penny.
However, if you dig down into the earnings as Cramer did, he says you'll find a lot to get excited about.
First, he said that the earnings miss was caused by higher investment spending. "If you're going to miss that headline number, Facebook did it the best way possible," Cramer explained. "In other words, they are spending in order to grow the business."


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J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge sustained minor damage from Hurricane Irma which touched down on the island Sept. 10. Refuge Supervisory Ranger Toni Westland said the removal of exotics after Hurricane Charley hit 13 years ago was their saving grace.
"If you continue to plant native, it's going to protect you because they can withstand high winds, rain and storms," Westland said. "Yes, the native trees snapped, seagrapes and gumbo-limbos, but it was nearly not as bad as Hurricane Charley."
Refuge staff spent last week cleaning up fallen trees and debris. Westland said about 20 trees fell over on Wildlife Drive, blocking the road.
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Due to Hurricane Irma, "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge was temporarily closed.
"We're pushing (the trees) off to the side with heavy equipment, we're chopping them up with this chainsaw crew and we're mulching them. We're putting the mulch right back into the estuary where it just becomes fish food. Nothing goes to waste," Westland said.
As far as the trails, Westland said that Indigo Trail was already cleared. The Calusa Shell Mound Trail at the end of Wildlife Drive was still in rough shape late last week.
"Again, it's downed trees and debris. With Charley, we had to replace the boardwalk, it was all ripped up. That did not happen this time," Westland said.
Fortunately, the refuge didn't have damage to any buildings. Westland was hoping to open soon.
Other organizations have also pitched in to help refuge staff: last Wednesday, four employees from St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge arrived at "Ding" to help clear debris. Two law enforcement officials from different states were even sent down to help the refuge staff.
"If anyone is missing, we have the GPS coordinates of where everyone is supposed to be, they would go and check on our employees," Westland said.
In the midst of the storm, the refuge received two reassuring messages: one was from the Greg Sheehan, acting director of Florida Fish and Wildlife Service.
"He called Paul (Tritaik) in the middle of the storm and said 'I'm thinking of you guys, and I know it's going to be a hard time.' It's really awesome that our leadership reached out to Paul and left a message. It's a testimony to the service as a family. I don't know if people get it, but we really are. Everybody checks up on everybody. It doesn't matter if you're in Washington or if you're on Sanibel or in a regional office. Everybody is reaching out," Westland said.
The second message came as a complete surprise. Pat Griffin, a Tallahassee resident, left a voicemail telling the staff how much she loves the refuge.
"It was so sweet. I hit redial to get her number and I called her back. She couldn't even believe I called her back first of all because it was Monday and we just got done with the hurricane. But I told her that she made our day. We played her message for any staff walking by," Westland said.


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The Trophy Club Aquatics Program features five categories of swim lessons available for swimmers of all ages. The Trophy Club Community Pool offers five sessions of lessons throughout the summer to accommodate schedules. Private swim lessons are available for one-on-one coaching. To register for private lessons, guests must come to the Community Pool.
Categories for swim lessons:
Preschool Level 1 — (ages three to eight years old)
This class is designed for Preschool age children. Children will work on the basic fundamentals of swimming such as blowing bubbles, front and back floats, kicking, arm movements, and basic pool safety.
Beginner Level 2 —(ages three years and up)
This class is for the beginner swimmers and requires no prior experience. Skills taught in this level include front and back floats, front and back glides, elementary backstroke, front crawl, backstroke and pool safety. Some of the requirements to pass this level include 25 yards of front crawl, backstroke and elementary backstroke.
Advanced Beginner Level 3 — (ages three years and up)
This class is designed for children who have successfully completed the Beginner level. This level will build on the fundamental skills learned in the Beginner classes. Some of the skills that will be worked on are rhythmic breathing with the front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke. Some of the requirements to pass the level include 25 yards front crawl with rhythmic breathing, 25 yards breaststroke, and 50 yards of backstroke and elementary backstroke.
Intermediate Level 4 — (ages three years and up)
This class is for children who have successfully completed the Advanced Beginner level. In this level children will continue to work towards mastering the front crawl, breaststroke, and backstroke while being introduced to the dolphin kick and treading water. To complete this level the student must swim 50 yards of front crawl with rhythmic breathing, 50 yards of breaststroke, 75 yards of backstroke and elementary backstroke, and 25 yards of dolphin kick.
Advanced Level 5 —(ages three years and up)
This class is designed for the advanced swimmer who has successfully completed the Intermediate level. Students will continue to work on technique and endurance for front crawl, breaststroke, dolphin kick, backstroke, and elementary backstroke. To complete this level the students must swim 100 yards of front crawl with rhythmic breathing, backstroke, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and 50 yards of dolphin kick.
Private — 30 minutes (ages 13 and up)
One on one attention. Just let us know what you want to learn and we will teach you. Semi- private lessons also available, please call for details.
Session Dates
Monday through Thursday
9:00 a.m. OR 9:40 a.m. OR 10:20
Sessions are two weeks, or eight lessons
Each lesson is 35 minutes
- Session 1 – June 4 - June 14
- Session 2 – June 18 - June 28
- Session 3 – July 9 - July 19
- Session 4 – July 23 - August 2
Preschool Level 1
- Resident - $60
- Non-resident - $65
Beginner Level 2 thru Advanced Level 5
- Resident - $55
- Non-resident - $60
To register, please visit www.tcparks.org.
For swim lesson cancellations please visit our face book page at https://www.facebook.com/tcparksandrec?ref=tn_tnmn
Swim Lesson Inclement Weather Policy
Inclement Weather
All swim lessons will occur rain or shine. Lessons continue when it is raining unless we have thunder and lightning present or the bottom of the pool is not visible. Weather cancellations are often made at the last minute due to fluctuations and quickly changing weather patterns. Instructors will email participants on the day of the scheduled swim lesson if lessons are to be cancelled due to inclement weather. If lessons are cancelled due to inclement weather, participants will be notified by email approximately 30 minutes before class time. Please do not call the pool phone as no one is available until normal pool hours. Participants can also check the Trophy Club Parks and Recreation Facebook page for cancellations. The P&R Facebook page will be the first thing updated before an email is sent to each participant. We encourage you to follow the Facebook page for the most current update. https://www.facebook.com/tcparksandrec. Please be sure to enter your most current and correct email during registration.
Make-up Lessons
NO make-ups for classes missed by a student are offered. If a class in cancelled due to inclement weather, we will make-up the lesson on the following Friday.


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Massachusetts man charged in death of estranged girlfriend
April 16, 2018
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge in the death last week of his estranged girlfriend.
The Berkshire district attorney's office says 32-year-old Michael Boulais, of Hinsdale, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Central Berkshire District Court.
He is charged in the death of 24-year-old Kassedi Clark, who was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle on Boulais' property on Friday morning. An autopsy determined that the death was a homicide.
State child welfare authorities were called to the scene to assist children who lived at the site.
Boulais is being held without the right to bail pending arraignment and it was unclear if he had hired a lawyer.


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