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|Cardiovascular evaluation, including resting and exercise electrocardiography, before participation in competitive sports: cross sectional study.
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|OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of complete preparticipation cardiovascular screening in a large cohort of sports participants.
DESIGN: Cross sectional study of data over a five year period.
SETTING: Institute of Sports Medicine in Florence, Italy.
PARTICIPANTS: 30,065 (23,570 men) people seeking to obtain clinical eligibility for competitive sports.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Results of resting and exercise 12 lead electrocardiography.
RESULTS: Resting 12 lead ECG patterns showed abnormalities in 1812 (6%) participants, with the most common abnormalities (>80%) concerning innocent ECG changes. Exercise ECG showed an abnormal pattern in 1459 (4.9%) participants. Exercise ECG showed cardiac anomalies in 1227 athletes with normal findings on resting ECG. At the end of screening, 196 (0.6%) participants were considered ineligible for competitive sports. Among the 159 participants who were disqualified at the end of the screening for cardiac reasons, a consistent proportion (n=126, 79.2%) had shown innocent or negative findings on resting 12 lead ECG but clear pathological alterations during the exercise test. After adjustment for possible confounders, logistic regression analysis showed that age >30 years was significantly associated with an increased risk of being disqualified for cardiac findings during exercise testing.
CONCLUSIONS: Among people seeking to take part in competitive sports, exercise ECG can identify those with cardiac abnormalities. Follow-up studies would show if disqualification of such people would reduce the incidence of CV events among athletes.
|Francesco Sofi; Andrea Capalbo; Nicola Pucci; Jacopo Giuliattini; Francesca Condino; Flavio Alessandri; Rosanna Abbate; Gian Franco Gensini; Sergio Califano
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|Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article Date: 2008-07-03
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|Title: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) Volume: 337 ISSN: 1756-1833 ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Publication Date: 2008
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Aged, 80 and over
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis*
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|Cardiovascular evaluation, including resting and exercise electrocardiography, before participation in competitive sports: cross sectional study
|Francesco Sofi1
Role: clinical researcher
|Andrea Capalbo12
Role: specialist in sports medicine
|Nicola Pucci12
Role: specialist in sports medicine
|Jacopo Giuliattini2
Role: specialist in sports medicine
|Francesca Condino2
Role: software engineering technician
|Flavio Alessandri2
Role: specialist in sports medicine and vice director of the institute of sports medicine
|Rosanna Abbate1
Role: full professor of internal medicine
|Gian Franco Gensini1234
Role: full professor of internal medicine
|Sergio Califano2
Role: specialist in sports medicine and director of the institute of sports medicine
1Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Area, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
2Center for the Study at Molecular and Clinical Level of Chronic, Degenerative and Neoplastic Diseases to Develop Novel Therapies, University of Florence, Italy
3Institute of Sports Medicine, Florence, Italy
4Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, IRCCS, Florence, Italy
|Correspondence: Correspondence to: F Sofi, Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Area, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Italy, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy firstname.lastname@example.com
Preparticipation screening is the systematic practice of evaluating sports participants before competition to detect cardiovascular abnormalities and thus prevent sudden death or progression of disease.1, 2 In Italy, such screening constitutes an established medical programme that has been implemented for more than 25 years.3 Over the past few decades, clinicians and experts have debated its clinical usefulness in identifying those at high risk.4, 5, 6 Corrado et al recently showed a significant decrease in the incidence of sudden death in young Italian athletes who had undergonesuch screening.7 The European Society of Cardiology and the International Olympic Committee, taking note of Italy?s 25 years of experience, underlined the need for medical examination for young competitive athletes before they take part in organised sports programmes,1, 8 though the recently updated recommendations of the American Heart Association do not support this medical perspective.2
We analysed data from the Institute of Sports Medicine in Florence, Italy, on cardiovascular evaluation, including resting and exercise electrocardiography, in a large unselected population of sports participants.
The study population included 30?065 participants who were referred, during a five year period (2002-6), to the Institute of Sports Medicine to obtain eligibility to take part in competitive sports. All participants were examined with first line investigations, as required under Italian law.9 Since 1982, people participating in all officially sanctioned sports must undergo medical screening that includes personal and family history, physical examination, and resting and exercise 12 lead electrocardiography (ECG).9 Additional tests are requested only for those with positive results in the initial evaluation and are performed by major hospitals or centres other than the institute. Criteria for positive family and personal history, physical examination, and ECGs are those established by Italian protocol and are reported elsewhere.7, 9, 10 All participants gave written informed consent.
Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS (Chicago, IL, USA) software for Windows (version 13.0). Continuous variables were expressed as means and standard deviations (SD) for parametric data or median and range for non-parametric data. We used the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test for comparison between single groups, the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison among different groups, and ?2 to test comparisons between proportions. After adjustment for possible confounders (sex, age group (<30, 30-50, >50), body mass index (BMI), family history, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, smoking habits (yes or no), heart rate, type of sport practised), we carried out logistic regression analysis to evaluate possible predictors of disqualification among athletes with a normal resting ECG pattern. P value <0.05 indicated significance.
The study population included 30?065 participants, with significantly (P<0.001) more men than women (23?570 (78.4%) v 6495 (21.6%)). The mean age was 30.7 (SD 14), with a range of 5-92; 33 were aged over 80. Nearly 40% of the total study population were aged over 30, and 98% were white. Men were significantly older than women (28.4 v 24.6; P<0.001) and included a significantly higher proportion of smokers (13.2% v 10.3%; P<0.001). More than half of the participants were reported to have a sedentary job (56.2%), with no significant difference between men and women. Most people spent an average of four to six hours a week doing sports activities (50.9%), whereas the rest were reported to spend less than four or more than six hours a week (20.7% and 28.4%, respectively) taking part in sports.
Participants took part in over 30 different sporting disciplines, the main ones being football and volleyball (31.3% and 17.7%, respectively). Other leading sports were cycling (6.7%), athletics (5.9%), and basketball (5.8%) among men and swimming (6.5%), athletics (6%), and gymnastics (4.2%) among women.
Personal and family history indicated cardiac abnormalities in less than 0.5%, whereas physical examination reported pathological findings in about 3%.
Abnormalities on resting ECG were present in 1812 (6%) participants, 1570 (6.7%) men and 242 (3.7%) women (P<0.001) (table 1).tbl1 The most common abnormalities were sinus bradycardia (2.9%) and complete (1.1%) or incomplete (0.7%) right bundle branch blocks, which, together with the type I atrioventricular block and early polarisation pattern, can be considered as innocent modifications that occur in the ?athlete?s heart.? These abnormalities accounted for over 80% of the total anomalies (n=1464). A distinctly abnormal pattern was found in the remaining participants (348; 1.2%), the most common being ST-T segment alterations and premature ventricular and supraventricular beats. There was a higher prevalence of innocent ECG changes in men than in women, with the exception of type I atrioventricular block.
With regard to age, participants with reported ECG abnormalities were significantly older than those with a normal ECG pattern (31.1 (SD 13.8) v 29.1 (SD 13.1), P<0.001). Almost half of the population with ECG irregularities comprised participants aged 30-50 (46.9%), with the remaining portion mostly being those aged under 30 (33.6%).
All participants underwent exercise ECG (table 1)tbl1, and abnormalities were found in 1459 (4.9%), with a higher prevalence in women than men (521 (8%) v 938 (3.9%)). Those with abnormalities were significantly older than those with normal patterns (30.9 (SD 12.1) v 24.9 (SD 9.9), P<0.001), and an equal proportion (48.9%) were aged over 30. The most prevalent anomalies were premature ventricular and supraventricular beats, accounting for over 65% of the total abnormalities, with a significantly higher prevalence among women than men (P<0.001). The remaining abnormalities comprised non-sustained and sustained ventricular tachycardia, ST-T segment alterations, and cardiac conduction disorders. Notably, only 232 (12.8%) participants with abnormalities on resting ECG also showed these abnormalities on exercise ECG, but exercise ECG showed cardiac anomalies in 1227 participants (939 men; 288 women; mean age 30.7 (SD 11.9)) in whom resting ECG had shown a normal pattern. In particular, the most prevalent cardiac abnormalities found on stress testing comprised findings suggestive of coronary heart disease and arrhythmias.
After screening, 196 (0.6%) people were considered ineligible to take part in competitive sports (182 (0.7%) men and 14 (0.2%) women; mean age 37 (SD 12.3)). In total 159 (81.6%) athletes were disqualified because of cardiac abnormalities, and 37 were disqualified for other reasons (table 2)tbl2.
By analysing disqualifications according to abnormalities found at resting and exercise ECG, we found that, among the 159 participants disqualified because of cardiac abnormalities, personal history or physical examination, or both, had suggested problems in only six (3.7%) and a large proportion (126, 79.2%) had a normal pattern on resting ECG. Conversely, almost all the disqualified participants showed some cardiac abnormalities during the exercise ECG. Indeed, in 56 participants with a normal resting ECG, exercise testing showed some potentially fatal cardiac disorders such as arrhythmias and coronary heart disease that resulted in disqualification from competition.
Finally, we performed a logistic regression analysis to investigate possible predictors of disqualification among the group of participants with a normal resting ECG. After adjustment for possible confounders we found that the risk of being disqualified increased significantly with age. Participants aged over 30 had a significantly increased risk of showing cardiac abnormalities on exercise ECG, thus resulting in disqualification from competition (table 3)tbl3.
Findings from this cross sectional study, although only preliminary and not supported by follow-up analyses, support the inclusion of resting and exercise ECGs to detect cardiac abnormalities such as ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias and coronary heart disease among people taking part in competitive sports, especially those who are middle aged and older. A consistent proportion of people disqualified for cardiac disorders showed innocent or negative findings on resting 12 lead ECG but clear pathological alterations on exercise ECG.
Over the past few decades, there has been increasing interest in the role of cardiovascular screening to identify potentially fatal cardiac disorders among athletes before they take part in competitive sports.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 , Routine use, however, is far from accepted and still raises several important unresolved questions of ethical and practical importance. First of all, the clinical importance of changes in the athlete?s heart on ECG is not fully established. In our analysis, as in previous studies,12 the most prevalent abnormalities on resting ECG were typical of an athlete?s heart. In this scenario, the implementation of ECG screening would probably result in a large number of borderline and false positive results, leading to additional tests to resolve the clinical ambiguity, worry and emotional stress for the participants, and considerable financial costs. On the other hand, some participants with innocent abnormalities showed a clear pathological pattern on exercise ECG, resulting in disqualification from competition. This is in line with results of Pelliccia et al, who recently showed that an abnormal repolarisation pattern, generally regarded as an innocent consequence of athletic conditioning, might represent the initial expression of underlying disease, thus meriting further clinical consideration.13
The cost of such a programme is also important. In Italy it costs an estimated ?30 (?24, $47) per participant. The implementation of such a programme would definitely result in additional costs for the National Health Service and for the population as a whole. Nevertheless, decreasing the risk of sudden death among competitors is extremely important as it has a considerable impact on both lay and medical communities because of the broadly held view that athletes constitute the healthiest people in society.
Because of the observational design of this study, we were unable to show if these clinical evaluations are effective in reducing the risk of mortality or incidence of cardiac accidents in sports participants. Only a prospective analysis of these data will help us to test this hypothesis. None the less, some previous studies have reported on the clinical efficacy of such cardiovascular screening on reducing sudden death among athletes.7, 11, 13 Moreover, results of second line investigations in participants with a positive screening result are not available, making it difficult to interpret the real diagnostic power of baseline and exercise ECGs, as well as the important matter of false positive results.
Our study, however, provides relevant information especially for middle aged and elderly people participating in sports, and shows a significant prevalence of some potentially fatal cardiac diseases such as coronary heart disease and hypertension.
What is already known on this topic
What this study adds
We thank James Wood for his valuable contribution in the revision of the manuscript.
Contributors: All the authors participated in study design, analysis, interpretation of results, drafting of the article, and approval of the final draft. FS is guarantor.
Funding: None.
Competing interests: None declared.
Ethical approval: Research ethics board of the Institute of Sports Medicine of Florence.
Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
We thank James Wood for his valuable contribution in the revision of the manuscript.
Contributors: All the authors participated in study design, analysis, interpretation of results, drafting of the article, and approval of the final draft. FS is guarantor.
Funding: None.
Competing interests: None declared.
Ethical approval: Research ethics board of the Institute of Sports Medicine of Florence.
Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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?Results of 12 lead resting and exercise electrocardiography in people screened before taking part in competitive sports. Figures are number (percentage) of participants
|All (n=30 065)
|Men (n=23 570)
|Women (n=6495)
|P value (men v women)
|Resting electrocardiography
|28 253 (94)
|22 000 (93.3)
|6253 (96.3)
|120 (0.4)
|95 (0.4)
|25 (0.4)
|30 (0.1)
|24 (0.1)
|6 (0.09)
|27 (0.09)
|21 (0.09)
|6 (0.09)
|First degree AVB
|30 (0.1)
|24 (0.1)
|6 (0.09)
|Second degree AVB
|3 (0.01)
|3 (0.01)
|6 (0.02)
|5 (0.02)
|1 (0.01)
|331 (1.1)
|306 (1.3)
|25 (0.4)
|Sinus bradycardia
|872 (2.9)
|754 (3.2)
|118 (1.8)
|Incomplete RBBB
|210 (0.7)
|189 (0.8)
|21 (0.3)
|21 (0.07)
|19 (0.08)
|2 (0.03)
|ST-T alterations
|150 (0.5)
|118 (0.5)
|32 (0.5)
|Wandering PM
|3 (0.01)
|3 (0.01)
|Junctional rhythm
|3 (0.01)
|3 (0.01)
|6 (0.02)
|6 (0.03)
|Exercise electrocardiography
|28 606 (95.1)
|22 632 (96)
|5974 (92)
|Isolated PVBs
|815 (2.7)
|524 (2.2)
|291 (4.5)
|Isolated PSVBs
|467 (1.6)
|319 (1.4)
|148 (2.3)
|Paired PVBs
|58 (0.2)
|33 (0.1)
|25 (0.4)
|Paired PSVBs
|31 (0.1)
|14 (0.06)
|17 (0.3)
|3 (0.01)
|2 (0.009)
|1 (0.01)
|3 (0.01)
|2 (0.009)
|1 (0.01)
|ST-T alterations
|54 (0.2)
|26 (0.1)
|28 (0.4)
|Second degree AVB
|8 (0.03)
|7 (0.03)
|1 (0.01)
|20 (0.07)
|11 (0.05)
|9 (0.1)
PVBs=premature ventricular beats; PSVBs=premature supraventricular beats; PEP=pre-excitation pattern; AVB=atrioventricular block; LABB=left anterior bundle block; RBBB=right bundle branch block; ERP=early repolarisation pattern; PM=pacemaker; AF=atrial fibrillation; NSTV=non-sustained ventricular tachycardia; SVT=sustained ventricular tachycardia.
?Causes of disqualification from competitive sports at the end of screening
|No (%)
|Mean age (SD; range)
|Valve diseases
|47 (23.9)
|39.9 (14.3; 18-64)
|36 (18.4)
|35.4 (13.4; 12-71)
|Coronary artery disease
|17 (8.7)
|40.5 (13.9; 18-83)
|Conduction disorders
|13 (6.6)
|33.7 (19.6; 17-69)
|37 (18.9)
|42.8 (11.3; 20-73)
|9 (4.6)
|28.4 (13.8; 8-63)
|37 (18.9)
|38.9 (16.4; 15-72)
*Malignancies, hip and knee prosthesis, venous thromboembolic disease, eye diseases, hearing loss, seizures, mental disorders.
?Predictors of disqualification among athletes with normal findings on resting ECG
|Odds ratio (95% CI)
|P value
|Sex (men v women)
|0.61 (0.20 to 1.85)
|Age 30-50
|2.38 (1.07 to 5.92)
|Age >50
|4.49 (1.68 to 11.05)
|1.03 (0.93 to 1.13)
|Family history
|1.06 (0.87 to 2.34)
|Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
|1.01 (0.97 to 1.05)
|Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
|0.99 (0.97 to 1.02)
|Type of sport practised
|0.94 (0.83 to 1.06)
|Heart rate (bpm)
|0.99 (0.96 to 1.01)
|Smoking habit
|0.59 (0.28 to 1.29)
BMI=body mass index; bpm=beats per minute.
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Tolzien, 23, has reaped the windfall: Seven days of intense practices amid several Chargers starters and second-stringers.
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Thursday, when the veteran Volek will make his first practice at Chargers Park, Tolzien will have gone through a crash course of NFL Quarterbacking 101 under one of the league's quarterback gurus.
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Just two years ago, Tolzien was third on Wisconsin's depth chart. He won the job, then went 21-5 as a starter over his junior and senior years.
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As mom's we all want to protect our little ones from germs and anything that can get them sick. But there are germs everywhere. You can't just stay locked up in your house all the time. So we find ways to cut down on the germs our children are exposed to, especially for the youngest babies since they get sick easiest. Two places that have high germ count and babies and children are constantly touching are shopping cart seats and restaurant high chairs. I had the opportunity to try the Boppy Shopping Cart Cover and love it.
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I received the Park Gate Shopping Cart Cover. It is made from 100% Polyester. It fits most large carts and high chairs. It has a full 360 degree coverage to keep your little one clean all around. The Boppy Shopping Cart Cover features a SideLine ring and toy. The toy easily slides along the line to entertain baby within reach and keep it from dropping. It has a safety belt to keep baby strapped in and safe.
Typically when I am out shopping I will use the carrier with Evan. But after receiving the Boppy Shopping Cart cover I can put him in a cart and push him instead. The first time we used it was back to school shopping for Jayden. We went to Walmart. Evan was not quite sure what to think about sitting in the car. I was happy with how large it was covering all the surfaces he would touch. I also liked that the leg holes were just the right size, not too big cause him to touch the cart. Evan liked that he could reach around and play. He also liked that he could touch Jayden and see what was going on. After a short time he did want to be picked up, but mostly because it was his first time and he is so used to the carrier.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Dial Back the Day
I had one of those moments last night where I became overwhelmed with love for my people, specifically, my youngest. I don't remember what I was doing. It wasn't important, or, if it was, it was instantly overshadowed by the blinding light of I can't believe I got this life.
I struggle sometimes with over-thinking how my world should be/look/function. There are so many things I wish I could better, so many things I want to care about more.
But perfection is a lie and balance is a rip-off. Staring long into the heart of my wildest guy with the crazy-big almond eyes, it has never been more obvious.
A few Sundays back, I glanced across the sanctuary to a mama whose teenaged daughter had just taken the stage for the offertory solo. The song was bare-bones and lovely, the young girl a breathing picture of the sacredness of adolescence.
But it was the mom who took my breath away.
She was riveted. Frozen in that space of wood and colored glass. Too busy loving the girl on stage to risk a wasted movement, saving her exhale for the very last note.
I'm sure their life is no more perfect than mine. You'd never know it by looking, but I'll bet that beautiful girl has her weak spots and a few agonizing flaws.
But she is fully loved.
And that kind of love, the very kind I send to my children in quiet glances and open hands, buttered toast and back scratches, is made so small next to the way I'm loved by the God who created me.
So, today, I'm watching for all the ways I have the opportunity to love. I'm slowing down to listen, notice, feel. I'll push a cart through Kroger with my best daytime buddy sitting in the front. I'll boil macaroni for the Tae Kwan Do carry-in because it will thrill my ninja dude. I'll sit on the couch with Sweet Cheeks and tuck us both under the same blanket when she reads her book to me instead of the typical, harried dinner-hour-half-listen.
It feels like just the right day to pluck this rose and sniff it, because I want to feel all of motherhood deeply, not just the noisy parts that command my attention. I want to invest in the quiet places, where that unexpected jolt of love-sickness so often shows up.
And all the while, I'll carry this truth like a smooth stone in my pocket - I'm loved infinitely more.
Happy Tuesday, friends. Love and be loved today.
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Breathtakingly beautiful. I too have been caught by those moments when the world seems to stop and all I see is a set of chocolate eyes staring back at me, or a curl fall across the back of a soft neck or, or, or...there are just so many moments. And I remember the times when I've thought, "I never want to forget this." And I have forgotten the specifics, but I don't know if I'll ever forget the way it made me feel, to have the love so resonate in my heart that it almost hurt and then the washing over of grace when I realized how much more I am loved by my Papa God.ReplyDelete
Blessings friend...bask in the grace for today.
i'm with you.ReplyDelete
i want to love fully, wholeheartedly and intentionally. right NOW.
That's where the good stuff is - those sacred moments with God, with family, where love abides freely. Freely we have received; freely give.ReplyDelete
This is one of those moments where the whole "I live in the future" thing about being half-a-world ahead, backfires. Kids are already in bed on this Tuesday night. But not before I apologized for all the failures I managed to roll out during our bath-bedtime routine. So though I could have REALLY used this reminder earlier today, I'll keep it for Wednesday morning. It's GOTTA be better than how Tuesday finished.ReplyDeleteReplies
Sister, rest well tonight!Delete
You remind me an awful lot of myself, by the way. :)
Oh, the preciousness of a new morning! It's entirely probable your littles will have forgotten most of the hard from yesterday and will be altogether ready for a new start :)Delete
Sleep well!
Thanks ladies. I hardly ever follow-up with things like this, but I just have to give glory to God. Wednesday started out a bit rough (did I mention I have a 4 week old? and what didn't I sign that form the night before instead of searching high and low as the kids were walking out the door- late - for school) BUT...BUT!!!..Wednesday night's bath to bedtime was one of the best in weeks! Felt like a miracle and I felt so loved by my God who supplied my need for patience! :-) Hope y'all's Wednesdays finished strong too.Delete
Needed this. Right here, right now.ReplyDelete
My gosh I love the way you write. Don't let this be a pressure, but you've got this ... voice. This way of phrasing that is all your own, and I love it. Let's mother deeply today!ReplyDelete
The sacred in the small. I forget all the time.ReplyDelete
Sweet beautiful words. I'm praying for you & yours this morning :)ReplyDelete
Reassuring and eloquent. I totally agree that you have a beautiful writing style, but your thoughts and good heart are the most brilliant part of your prose.ReplyDelete
A lovely reminder on the day to be present! Thank you for that!ReplyDelete
Take time to smell the roses......has so many meanings and this is one of them. take the time to thank God for our blessings. You are blessed and loved.ReplyDelete
I'm about to turn 36 in November, and 35 has been a hard year. We lost two jobs and two family members, and many days just feel sad. Through every worry, every tear, every fear, you know what God has said? "Just let Me love you." He hasn't answered the hard questions or fixed the situations. But He tells me constantly that He just wants to love me. Somehow that's better than answers and fixes.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this today.
Funny to read this post today because yesterday at work I started thinking about my nephew for some reason and my love for him just was pouring out of my body and I almost started crying. I imaging him in school, and so far away that I'm not in his daily life, and I just prayed and loved him so much. As an Auntie, even I get this! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Love you, Lovey.
Sigh. Such a good word here, as always.ReplyDelete
Man. I just sniffled my way through writing a blog post about our first six months with our son, and then came over here and cried for real. Beautiful words.ReplyDelete
I love when those moments hit-it's such a breath of fresh air in the midst of what can seem like overly-busy-ordinary motions and days. Last night as I was reading to my 4 oldest, I had this overwhelming sense of peace and that all is good, even though the evening had been rather crazy. Thankful for those moments.ReplyDelete
So well said. Our small group was just talking about the vastness of God's love last night. It really is unbelievable, especially when we think of how great the love we feel for our own children is. It seems impossible that there could be a bigger love, and yet, there is.ReplyDelete
Your blog is an amazing reflection of a beautiful life. Thank you!ReplyDelete
The sweet air of love. It is good to breathe it in, as much and as often as you can. I Love all your littles!ReplyDelete
Yeah, I was just thinking along these same lines today on my own blog. I was thinking that when my kids were born I was given an instant, very big, wide love for them, which now grows deeper as I delight in them. I'm constantly digging down into new depths of love for them with the realization that God's love for me is a bottomless pit.ReplyDelete
Sigh ...I SO needed this today. I struggle hourly with what my life SHOULD look like and I miss so much. Thanks for the reminder.ReplyDelete
So good. I had a moment like this a few days ago. Thanks for the reminder today when my little hoodlums are a little too rowdy and loud for my liking. ;)ReplyDelete
I've been reading your beautiful writing for months and haven't stepped forward to comment until now. Thank you for making me laugh and think and give thanks. This particular post is lovely and is just what I needed to hear today. Keep on keeping on...ReplyDelete
i have so many stones rolling around in my pockets that I feel weighed down by the sheer number of them. but really, if i took them all out and looked them over, they could all come under one word: LOVED.ReplyDelete
love the way you make me think about all the stuff i'd rather not think about.
need to read this over and over.ReplyDelete
fully loved...
he loves us at our darkest....so hard to grasp.
asking God to help me love those in my world....deeper, richer, longer, wider.
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People in Vietnam, India and South Korea are generally positive about life today in their countries compared with 50 years ago. But in many places, like Latin America, peoples' outlooks are more negative.
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Overview Publics around the world are decidedly unhappy about their nations' economies. Most are displeased with current economic conditions and concerned about rising economic inequality; few are optimistic about the coming year. However, at the same time, most global publics say their personal finances are in better shape than their national economies, according to a […]
When incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping takes office, he will be dealing with a public that is increasingly concerned about issues beyond simple economic growth. Such problems will provide some daunting challenges for the new president and his team over the next few years.
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While China prepares for a leadership change, the Chinese people believe their country is facing growing challenges, including rising prices, inequality, corruption, and consumer safety. The Chinese public is also increasingly expressing reservations about relations with the U.S.
The emerging economies account for an increasing share of the globe's billionaires. But widespread public attitudes can wield far more influence over an economy than the wealth of a few hundred people. While people polled in the US and Europe are pessimistic about their future prospects, citizens of the emerging economies, especially China and Brazil, are optimistic about their own national economies and personal wealth.
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A 47-nation survey finds that as economic growth has surged in much of Latin America, East Europe and Asia over the past five years, people are expressing greater satisfaction with their personal lives, family incomes and national conditions. The picture is different in most advanced nations, where growth has been less robust and citizen satisfaction has changed little since 2002.
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In this issue, Charlotte Cotton and Bjarne Bare use the term 'Post-photo- graphy' when talking about the new picture generation, and the legendary Nan Goldin claims that with the advance of the digital, photography is dead. These comments beg the question: is the time for magazines like Objektiv over?
In #10 we investigate the context within which photography positions itself – the medium-specific galleries, fairs and magazines like our own. Do these contribute to a 'photo ghetto', as photo historian Mette Sandbye and curator Jens Erdmann Rasmussen term it in these pages, or are they necessary for a true understanding of photography?
This need to re-evaluate happens every so often in the life of this young medium: in our five-year existence we have witnessed several similar reconsiderations. Two years ago, Aperture's new editor-in-chief Michael Famighetti relaunched the magazine in order to keep it fresh and to reflect how much had changed in both photography and publishing over the last decade. In this issue, Famighetti makes a strong argument for maintaining these medium-specific places: "Photography occupies a very large, generous tent and touches on so many other fields; it occupies a place in daily life that other art forms, like painting, don't."
The festivals are also changing. Several large art galleries like Gagosian have begun to exhibit at the famous Paris Photo, narrowing the gap between art and photography, and Rencontres d'Arles has appointed a new director, Sam Stourdzé, who takes on the job after five years as the director of another photo institution, Musée d'Elyseé. In our interview, he tells me that he believes he can bring the magic back to Arles. He intends to bring other media into the festival in order to create a wider dialogue, something we are seeing in many of the special galleries for lens-based art.
What responsibility do the specialist photo galleries have today, and how can they open up the debate on the medium? This summer, I saw The Pale Fox by Camille Henrot at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, now showing in Paris, and it was refreshing to experience such a well-con- sidered show. We are happy to include an interview with Henrot in this issue, where she talks about her use of the space with an installation that tells multiple narratives at once, mixes different genres and gives such a complete experience that it makes one optimistic for the medium's future. It's interesting that Henrot's show was in a kunsthalle and not in a photo gallery, and the exhibition demonstrates how curators of me- dium-specific galleries need to open their minds to new ways of telling a story within the white cube. The time for beautiful photos, mounted democratically in a line on the gallery wall has passed. If photo galleries can't give us such mind-blowing experiences, perhaps their time is up.
And maybe our time has passed too. But there are signs that this is not the case. When we launched the very first issue of Objektiv five years ago, our mission was to act like a time-capsule, documenting where contem- porary lens-based art is today. We adopted a gallery-in-a-journal format, where we could show, discuss and challenge photography, film and video art. Since the beginning we have asked artists to reflect on the medium in conversations with other artists, and for every issue we have invited an artist to make an exhibition within the magazine. Morten Andenæs, was the very first to be featured in these pages, and we have invited him back for this edition to talk about photography together with the American photographer Lucas Blalock. They offer their thoughts on the status of photography, calling it a 'pubescent' medium. This gives us hope that the medium is nowhere near 'Post-photography' and that there is much to come in the future, and still much to discuss.
As I write these words, the art-book store Printed Matter has just finished its annual book fair at MoMAPS1, this year with a focus on Norway and drawing over 30,000 people. Many collectors come back year after year to buy books, zines and magazines like ours, assuring us that such materials are essential platforms for the photographer. It was a fantastic celebration for printed art, and in many ways a confirmation of the importance of Objektiv's continued existence.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The economy is likely to remain stagnant in the near term but inflation will probably exceed 2 percent in the next year and also faces further risks from higher food prices, Bank of England policymakers said on Wednesday.
After its December 5-6 meeting, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep its main interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent and its bond purchases at 375 billion pounds as expected, with stubborn inflation trumping worries about a sluggish economy.
Wednesday's minutes showed that David Miles was again the only MPC member to support another expansion of the asset purchase programme, arguing that there was enough slack in the economy to allow higher output without extra inflation. He voted for a 25 billion-pound top-up.
"Most members agreed that developments on the month had done little to alter the balance of arguments between maintaining and increasing the size of the monetary stimulus," the minutes said.
There was little market reaction to the release.
Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, said it would probably take another two months of data to shift arguments over more quantitative easing one way or another.
"It's possible that the committee's commentary over the economy from early next year becomes a little less downbeat," he said. "Our central view is that the MPC will refrain from sanctioning any further QE over 2012 but clearly that's subject to economic developments."
In November the Bank agreed to return to the finance ministry coupon payments on the gilts it had bought so far, saying the transfer would be equivalent to more than 35 billion pounds' worth of monetary easing.
However, in the minutes the central bankers said the monetary impact of the transfer would be slightly smaller in the very short term than initially assumed, because it had led to a reduction in the issuance of Treasury bills rather than gilts.
"The committee agreed that an early understanding of the government's gilt issuance plans for the 2013-14 financial year would be helpful for its monetary policy decisions," they said.
Some parliamentarians and economists have criticised the deal, saying it potentially threatened the BoE's independence.
The minutes said economic output was likely to be broadly flat in the near term, but there would probably be a contraction in the fourth quarter.
Dangers from the euro zone had eased, although uncertainty about U.S. budget talks posed risks.
"The deterioration in UK competitiveness over the past couple of years represented a potential headwind to the ability of UK exporters to benefit from a pick-up in global growth," the minutes said.
The Bank also said that inflation was likely to remain above its 2 percent target for the next year or so, though food prices could be driven up by bad weather disrupting planting.
Inflation held at 2.7 percent in November, its highest since May, confounding forecasts for a dip.
Last week MPC member Paul Fisher told Reuters he would wait for signs inflation was coming down before voting to extend QE, though he added that more gilt purchases would probably be needed to keep policy accommodative.
The Bank chief economist Spencer Dale has warned that inflation was unlikely to fall back to target for some time, and the BoE's own forecasts do not see inflation below 2 percent until the third quarter of 2014.
Economists polled by Reuters do not expect any change in interest rates until then, and put the chance of more asset purchases at just 40 percent. ($1 = 0.6155 British pounds)
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Why Men Pull Away – Or Do They, Really?
Why men pull away has been the biggest source of anxiety for women. Often women in their anxiety assume that a guy is pulling away when what he's doing is just living his life. This is a normal rubber band effect that most guys go through. He has his priorities in order, and relationship isn't on the list at the moment. Accept it and work with "what is" instead of resisting it and trying so hard to change it that you make a guy who treats you as an option your priority.
Here's post from Carrie who wants to know why men pull away, or why her man is pulling away.
My man is pulling back – it will be 2 weeks this Monday. I've been very good and haven't called/texted/anything since our last conversation. Is it ever ok to send a text to just say, "Thinking about you"? I was thinking of sending it this coming Monday. A couple of friends have said its ok but definitely don't expect a response. What do you say?
We met 8 April on a flight….first date 2 May….we live 2 hours apart and he is in the financial negotiations phase of his divorce. He has two sons who are staying with him for the summer (one in college the other starting senior year in HS). He is an executive and this summer he has many personal projects to focus on (he purchased several rental properties that he is fixing up and many other investments). The man stays busy – cycling, racing cars, etc.
We saw each other each week during the month of May, saw each other once during June and then again on 13 July. When he pulled away the first time after seeing each other on June 22. I waited until 3 July and then reached out texting, "is everything ok with you? just seems strange to not have heard from you at all. Hope you are alright, as your friend, I'm concerned."
He replied with a list of activities keeping him busy. I didn't reply. He then texted the next day wishing me a happy 4th. I replied the same. I reached out on 10 July and asked how he was doing….he replied back and then called. We talked for an hour and towards the end of the call he asked if I was available 13 July.
We then agreed to meet up half way for brunch/lunch and go from there. We never lack for things to talk about and we are intimate (about the exclusivity – we have both asked each other in May and July whether we are seeing anyone else as well as asked if we are sleeping with anyone else….all answers have been no. He has stated that he is only interested in getting to know me better. As for me, I'm talking with other guys but that is all I'm doing, talking).
Anyway, our day ended with him sharing his love of sprint car dirt track racing. I'm also into race cars and driving so this was definitely a mutually beneficial experience. After a couple of hours he then drove me back to my car, (I had plans on Sunday and needed to head back home) he kissed me several times and then said "have a good week" (I found that odd but, ok). He texted me later to make sure I got home, and then I called him Monday morning before work. We talked for another hour. He also ended that call with "Have a nice week." That's been it.
I realize I shouldn't necessarily be involved with a separated man. This is not what I anticipated. Some of the history….we met on a flight on 8 April – he doesn't wear a ring. We talked the entire 3 hour flight. At the end of the flight, I gave him my business card and told him if he was ever in my area to let me know, It would be nice to meet up for drinks or dinner.
We deplaned and he turned around and gave me his business card. A week later, I emailed him and thanked him for the conversation and made a joke about something that happened at the beginning of the flight. He replied to the message and then called me a week later to ask me out. We then texted/talked on the phone randomly until 2 May.
After a 2 hour dinner and 2.5 hours of driving around site seeing and talking, I went against my usual practice and we went back to my place (it was about midnight at this point). We then proceeded to talk another hour (he had already kissed me by this point – 2 hours prior to this) and I finally asked him what his story was….he then told me how he was in the middle of the financial negotiation phase (gave me more detail on what happened in the marriage) and I know this next part is key, stated he is looking for a friend and if something more comes of it, great, but if not, then at least we are friends.
We talked more, another hour and then proceeded to make out. It turned intimate and we then learned over the next 2 months just how compatible we were in the intimacy department. Just so you know, he is 51 and I am 42. Not that it matters to me but not sure if you would need to know that or not.
My gut tells me that his pulling back is more around how busy he is and making sure he is available for his sons while they are home for the summer. The other part of me thinks that he realizes he is not in a place to be completely available to me because he is not divorced. He told me back at the end of May and early June that the summer would be very busy and that there was no rush with us.
He even said, he was pacing the relationship. He has told me "I cherish your lack of drama" and he even reiterated on 13 July that he really liked how drama free I was. I also believe that he can't afford to mess things up with his divorce and if anyone were to find out about another woman that would completely change the outcome of his divorce.
This is a very financially astute man and very successful – he is not happy about what he is giving to the future ex-wife because he feels completely taken advantage of – 20 year marriage. I should mention that I am in no way in need of his financial support. I am successful in my own right. He has iterated a few times how he likes a professionally secure woman.
One last thing, he has said on multiple occasions (June, July) "9 more weeks and summer is over and the boys will be gone"….."6 more weeks and summer will be over and my schedule frees up"….he has reminded me of this which is why I think he has pulled away each time. In a way, forcing me to be patient while he deals with life.
In a way, I feel like I already know the answer to my initial question but feel better getting your opinion.
There is so much more I could go on about but it would require a lot of typing. Let me know if you want more detail or not. I'm willing to write this out if need be."
My answer to Carrie on why men pull away!
Carrie, as I always say: enjoy him. Relate without attachment. It is what it is. He's defining the pace and at this time casual dating is what he can give you for reasons he -and you- mentioned. He's not in a good place to start a new relationship…with ANYONE!
And I don't actually see him pulling away. He seems to be always on his normal pace which is perhaps seeing you once a month and sporadic communication in between, even though it was more in the beginning. It looks more like that he's busy with his own life and he has his priorities in order…and relationship isn't on the list at the moment. Often it's not about why men pull away, but more about the fact that they weren't exactly all in to start with.
Right now he can only afford seeing and giving you the attention this much. Accept it…and keep dating other guys. Just because you like him and he likes you too, it doesn't mean that you should take it personally that he doesn't want anything hot and heavy at this point.
Besides, I advise not to get seriously involved with a guy who is not even divorced yet. He needs a lot of time to heal, especially after 20 year of marriage. He needs his transitional relationships before he can be ready to jump in with both feet again. You can both use each other for healing though.
I had this kind of arrangement myself before I met my boyfriend. We would hang out exactly like you two, every month or so and with minimal communication in between. Incidentally he was separated too when we first met and the divorce was finalized like a year later. His relationship was painful to him. He was nowhere ready to get emotionally involved with anyone.
I took whatever available as long as it made me happy. As far as I was concerned he was perfect to be in my rotation together with a few other guys. I practiced all I preach to you all the time with him and the others.
Let him lead. This is a perfect venue to practice leaning back and seductive feminine traits when he asks you out again and if you keep it drama free he will.
And he's obviously not ready to give you the exclusivity and he can't so please don't be exclusive with him. A guy who means it about being exclusive will show it with his actions. He doesn't. It doesn't matter what he says.
Having said that, there are indeed other reasons why men pull away and how to deal with it. I address it at length here: Why men pull Away And How To Keep Him Interested
You'll meet a few other guys you'll equally like too if you stop over-investing with obsessive thoughts and wishful thinking. He and those other guys will help you raise your vibration from lack and insecure to joy and abundance.
And then…someone who deserves you will snatch you and give you the commitment and relationship you have always wanted the way my boyfriend did me. All are on the virtue of having no anxiety.
Now should you text him? Sure why not? Since you're not an obsessive compulsive texter and you don't expect anything, just shoot one text say what you want to say though personally I would let him initiate and just get busy with life.
Now, to understand how to be in your feminine you can sign up for this group coaching on feminine energy and leaning back and how it actually works and why. You won't want to miss this hot workshop that have the first four cycle's participants raving about because this one principle is the secret to a man's heart. Subscribe to this blog or my mailing list or add me on Facebook to be in the loop for the next cycles if you can't attend this one.
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Remember that reading challenge I started way back when (aka February 2016), called Bookshelf Love? Well, I'm doing it again, but this time, the books in my stack aren't in mortal danger (i.e. they won't be donated or sold if I don't read them by the end of this challenge). On one hand, this means there's less incentive to read them all. On the other, I'm already 90% sure I'm going to love all of these books (or else I've already read and loved them or other books in the same series), which is an incentive itself.
This also means that I'm breaking the only rule among my guidelines by including Harry Potter books. I've already read the entire series, and I don't own several of the books. Ah, well, sometimes rules are made to be broken. I included them because I want to reread the series before delving into The Cursed Child, and while I'm only including the first four in this challenge for the sake of being realistic, I'd really like to finish all of them in this time frame!
Between now and Christmas, I hope to read 10 books. That's 10 books in 14 weeks--a much more reasonable goal than my previous 12 in seven (ugh what was I even thinking).
Anywho! The pile:
Airs Beneath the Moon by Toby Bishop
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Falling from Horses by Molly Gloss
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
The Unexpected Dragon by Mary Brown
guidelines*1. choose a time frame for your challenge
2. select a stack of unread books from your shelves/piles/boxes/book hoard
3. post a photo and/or list of the books on your blog or social media, along with the chosen time frame
4. use the challenge image in your post (if posting on a blog) and link back to the original challenge page
5. leave a link to your post in the comments on the original challenge page, so you can be added to the list of participants
6. read, read, read!
7. donate, sell, giveaway, or recycle any books still unread at the end of the challenge
*I use this term, and not "rules," intentionally. Make this challenge your own! It is typically helpful to choose a time frame for a reading challenge, though, and no cheating on #2!!! If it causes too much stress or you just can't bear to part with your dearly beloved books, you can forego #7.
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Accused player: im brand0n (at time of abuse)
Accused of: not splitting: Ancestral robe top (100m) (3x 25m split (75m))
Submitted by: lcetea – Friday, February 16, 2018 @ 05:41:19 am
The story: My friend and myself did host a FFA raid so some random people from world 65 joined us. We just did a raid like normally but this guy: IM BRAND0N asked us to split a couple of times. we where thinking about you in dutch in screenshot #2. we said alright why not together with the other guy We agreed on a 4 man split . so after olm we received the drop he would he would split but after a couple of minutes he didnt come back and leave the clanchat.
agreement to splitting
The drop evidence
saying to sell and split but leaved the cc and run
Date of Abuse: 2018-02-15
Victims: Lcetea and run_away_2 and Crispy Ghost
Clan: run_away_2
Submitted by: lcetea – Friday, February 16, 2018 @ 05:41:19 am


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Ben B. Cheney
Ben B. Cheney lived life fully and richly, devoting himself to his work, his family and his community. Founder of the Cheney Lumber Company, he was a tireless businessman and innovator. He is credited with standardizing the length of building studs at eight feet, a concept that reduced discarded and wasted wood.
Ben Cheney's passion was athletics, especially the game of baseball. He helped to bring a Pacific Coast League franchise to Tacoma and contributed to the construction of Tacoma's ballpark, Cheney Stadium. He was also a stockholder of the San Francisco Giants and served on its board of directors. Ben Cheney's love of sports was not confined to his own interests. In the small logging communities of Washington, Oregon, and California many young people played on Cheney-sponsored teams. Over 5,000 youngsters developed their skills while participating under Cheney sponsorship. Today many of these participants still retain the enthusiasm, self-discipline, and team spirit that come from athletic involvement.
But perhaps Ben Cheney showed his love of life best by establishing the Cheney Foundation in 1955. Long after his death in 1971, the Cheney Foundation continues to honor his enthusiasm for life by supporting a broad range of needs through its philanthropic efforts in the communities where the Cheney Lumber Company was once active. The Foundation also honors Ben Cheney's innovative and thrifty spirit by never forgetting that the purpose of every grant is helping people. The Foundation has provided grants to help with basic survival needs, such as food, health care and shelter. Other grants have helped to enrich communities through the arts, athletics and historical programs.
Ben Cheney lived life fully and richly. The Ben B. Cheney Foundation strives to carry on his hopes and dreams for the people and communities that he knew and loved.
Mr. Cheney's life was profiled by Med Nicholson in the Fall 2000 issue of The Sou'wester, a copy of which can be found on the History page. The Foundation also created a video profiling Mr. Cheney's life titled An American Dream Shared. Both can be accessed through the links on the left of this page.


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Nice shot, great colours !
The best of the best - congrats Sandro! Outstanding shot.
Good job :)
Simply the best A380 picture to date :D
Those wings are huge! Amazing shot.
My new wallpaper =)
Magnificent to say the least. Gorgeous!
Just amazing!!
Fantastic angle! Beautiful piece of engineering that 380! I Love SQ, such a small country (i.e. singapore) yet one of the worlds largest and most respected airline...
Amazing photo! Where is this 6 star rating? :-)
EXTREMELY awesome! The location and the angle is just outstanding.
Possibly the best A380 photo I have ever seen because that angle really puts into perspective the sheer size of the wings.
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Do you spent hours and hours to sort your digital images from your camera?
Are they all stored in one single huge directory?
Want to sort them, based on the day they were taken?
Then you need this little program!
It sorts your jpg-images based on the date they were taken (and a few other sortrules – by month or alphabetically).
I use exif information in jpg files to do this.
Select the source directory and the output directory. Then select the way you want your images to be sorted. You can also control the name of your output (you can format the date that is used as the name of the directory).
You can also use this to sort other files – of any type – but only jpg-files will use the exif information to get to the creation date of the image. Other types just use the creation date of the file itself.
Thanks to Stan Wydooghe who came up with the idea.