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Long-Term Outcome of Surgically Treated Aortic RegurgitationInfluence of Guideline Adherence Toward Early Surgery
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- Received May 31, 2005
- Revision received August 5, 2005
- Accepted October 17, 2005
- Published online March 7, 2006.
Author Information
- Pilar Tornos, MD⁎ (ptornos{at}vhebron.net),
- Antonia Sambola, MD,
- Gaietà Permanyer-Miralda, MD,
- Arturo Evangelista, MD, FESC,
- Zamira Gomez, MD and
- Jordi Soler-Soler, MD, FESC, FACC
- ↵⁎Reprint requests and correspondence:
Dr. Pilar Tornos, Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, P Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative outcome in two groups of patients with chronic severe aortic regurgitation (AR): those operated on early and those operated on late according to the guidelines.
Background The impact of earlier surgery for chronic severe AR as defined in guidelines has not been evaluated.
Methods A total of 170 patients with chronic severe AR submitted to aortic valve replacement were prospectively followed up. Patients were divided in two groups depending on the clinical situation at the time of surgery. Group A were 60 patients who were operated on following guidelines advice of earlier surgery, and group B were 110 patients who were operated on late with regard to guideline recommendations.
Results Follow-up was 10 ± 6 years (1 to 22 years). During follow-up 44 patients died, 7 patients (12%) from group A and 37 (37%) from group B (p = 0.001). The cause of death was non-cardiac in 11 patients, 2 (3%) in group A and 9 (8%) in group B. Cardiac deaths occurred in 33 patients, 5 (9%) from group A and 28 (28%) from group B (p = 0.002). Causes of death differed between groups A and B: heart failure or sudden death were significantly more frequent in group B (20 patients vs. 1 patient, p = 0.001). Overall survival in groups A and B was 90 ± 4% vs. 75 ± 8% at 5 years, 86 ± 5% vs. 64 ± 5% at 10 years, and 78 ± 7% vs. 53 ± 6% at 15 years, respectively (p = 0.009).
Conclusions Early operation as defined in the guidelines improves long-term survival in patients with chronic AR.
In recent years the natural history of chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) has been well described, and several studies have clearly shown the predictors of unfavorable outcomes (1–5). It has been shown that a decrease of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at rest increases the probability of symptoms at a rate of 25% per year (5), an end-systolic diameter (ESD) >50 mm at a rate of 19% per year (5), and more recently that changes in LVEF and ESD predict clinical deterioration or death at an annual rate of 10% to 20% (6). On the other hand, postoperative outcome depends on preoperative symptoms, preoperative LVEF, and LV dilation (7–9). In the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines (10), surgery is considered a Class I recommendation in all symptomatic patients and in asymptomatic patients when LVEF at rest is lower than 49%, and a Class II recommendation in asymptomatic patients with ESD >55 mm. In the recommendations of the management of asymptomatic patients with valvular heart disease from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (11), surgery is recommended in severe AR with resting LVEF <50% or with enlarged ventricles end-diastolic diameter (EDD) >70 mm and ESD >50 mm.
The aim of these recommendations is to offer a favorable postoperative long-term course. Although guidelines have been available for some years, the real impact of earlier surgery as defined in guidelines has not been evaluated, and there is some concern about the real benefit of surgery in the asymptomatic patient (12–14).
In the present study we analyze the impact of adherence to guidelines recommendations regarding earlier surgery on the long-term postoperative outcome in a large series of patients who were operated on in a single institution for isolated chronic severe AR according to a predefined protocol established in 1982 (15), similar to the subsequent ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines, which were designed in the late 1990s.
Study population
A total of 170 patients with severe isolated chronic AR and without significant coronary heart disease were consecutively submitted to aortic valve replacement in our institution between 1982 and 2002 according to a predefined protocol (15) that advised surgery for all symptomatic patients and asymptomatic patients when ejection fraction (EF) <50% and/or ESD is between 50 and 55 mm. No patient was denied surgery because of preoperative very severe LV dysfunction. Data regarding preoperative New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, symptoms, and echocardiographic parameters were analyzed. Patients were divided in two groups depending on the clinical situation at the time of surgery. Group A ("early" surgery) included asymptomatic patients with moderate degrees of LV dysfunction (LVEFs between 45% and 50% and/or ESDs between 50 and 55 mm) and patients in NYHA functional class II. Group B ("too late" surgery) included patients either severely symptomatic (NYHA functional class III and IV) or with an LVEF <45% or an ESD >55 mm. All patients were operated on by the same surgical team. After surgery all patients were prospectively followed up by a single cardiologist (P. T.) that followed both groups of patients in an exactly similar manner, with the same clinical visits and drug therapy orientation in case they had heart failure or any other problem. Regular visits were scheduled at three months and yearly thereafter, and echocardiograms were performed after one year and every five years. This study was approved by an institutional review committee and all subjects gave informed consent.
Statistical analysis
Descriptive analysis was performed with mean values ± SD and range for continuous variables and absolute and relative frequencies of patients in each category for categorical variables. Differences between study groups were evaluated with the use of unpaired Student ttest for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables. Paired ttest was used when appropriate. The probability of survival during follow-up was calculated by Kaplan-Meier analysis; the survival curves obtained were compared with the log-rank test (Mantel-Cox). Two Cox models were developed to assess the relative risk of cardiovascular death and death due to heart failure or sudden death. An additional analysis was also performed with the same methodology considering the two study groups only on the basis of NYHA functional class (I to II vs. III to IV), irrespective of the LVEF or LV dimensions of the patients.
A two-tailed value of p < 0.05 was considered significant. Statistical analysis was performed with the statistical package SPSS 11.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois).
Baseline characteristics
The study population is 170 patients, 135 men and 35 women, ages from 14 to 78 years, with a mean age of 50 ± 14 years (median: 53 years). All patients over 45 years had a normal coronary angiography. Group A includes 60 patients: 26 (43%) were asymptomatic patients with moderate LV dysfunction, and 34 patients (57%) were in NYHA functional class II. Group B includes 110 patients: 44 had either an LVEF <45% or an ESD >55 mm with either no symptoms or moderate symptoms, and 66 patients had severe symptoms (NYHA functional class III or IV). Demographic characteristics of the whole series are shown in Tables 1 and 2.⇓All patients received an aortic prosthesis, 101 (59%) mechanical and 69 (41%) biological.
Postoperative clinical outcome
Hospital mortality was 12 patients (7%), 3 patients from group A (5%), and 9 (8%) from group B (p = 0.5). Patients from group A who died were two patients with renal insufficiency (one with previous renal transplant and one in hemodialysis program) and one patient who had infection of the sternal wound and secondary sepsis.
Follow-up was 10 ± 6 years (1 to 22 years) and only one patient was lost to follow-up, and another was lost after 10 years. During follow-up 44 patients died, 7 patients (12 %) from group A and 37 (37%) from group B, p = 0.001 (Table 3).The cause of death was non-cardiovascular in 11 patients (2 in group A and 9 in group B). Cardiovascular deaths occurred in 33 patients, 5 from group A (9%) and 28 (28%) from group B (p = 0.002). Causes of death differed between groups A and B: heart failure and sudden death were significantly more frequent in group B (20 patients vs. 1 patient, p = 0.001). Preoperative and one-year postoperative clinical and echocardiographic data from patients dying of heart failure and sudden death during follow-up are shown in Table 4.
The relative risk of cardiac death through follow-up was 2.91 in group B patients (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1 to 7.5, p = 0.028). Furthermore, the relative risk of death due to heart failure or sudden death was 10.35 in group B patients (95% CI 1.39 to 77.26, p = 0.023).
Overall survival in groups A and B was in the best-case scenario (i.e., considering as alive the two patients with incomplete follow-up) 90 ± 4% and 75 ± 8% at 5 years, 86 ± 5% and 64 ± 5% at 10 years, and 78 ± 7% and 53 ± 6% at 15 years, respectively (p = 0.009) (Fig. 1).In the worst-case scenario, considering as death the two patients with incomplete follow-up, the difference in survival of the two patient groups was still significant (p = 0.028).
Postoperative echocardiographic outcome
At one year, group A postoperative echocardiograms showed an outstanding reduction in EDD (from 71 ± 7 mm to 53 ± 6 mm, p = 0.0001) and ESD (from 48 ± 6 mm to 38 ± 6 mm, p = 0.0001) and an increased LVEF (from 53 ± 7% to 57 ± 9%, p = 0.023). Group B patients also showed an improvement in EDD (from 75 ± 8 mm to 59 ± 12 mm, p = 0.0001), ESD (from 55 ± 10 mm to 44 ± 14 mm, p = 0.0001), and LVEF (from 42 ± 10% to 47 ± 16%, p = 0.0001). This reduction occurred in both groups in the first year postoperative study and remained stable thereafter. Echocardiographic data are shown in Table 5.
At the end of follow-up survivors from group A were in NYHA functional class I (46 patients, 92%) or II (4 patients, 8%), and patients from group B were in NYHA class I (52 patients, 72%), II (11 patients, 21%), or III (1 patient, 7%). Final EDD, ESD, and LVEF in survivors were significantly worse in group B (p = 0.021, 0.023, and 0.047, respectively).
Analysis on the basis of preoperative NYHA functional class
Data were additionally analyzed on the basis of categorizing the population in preoperative NYHA functional classes I to II (group A: n = 104) versus III to IV (group B: n = 66) irrespective of the LVEF or dimensions. The main study results then disclosed a more marked survival difference between groups than with our original classification: operative mortality was now significantly greater in group B (3% vs. 14%, p < 0.01). During follow-up, 15 patients in group A (15%) and 29 (51%) in group B died (p < 0.0001); deaths were cardiovascular in 10 (10%) from group A and in 23 (35%) from group B (p < 0.0001). With this new categorization, the relative risk of cardiac death in group B patients was 6.16. The 15-year survival was 76 ± 6% in group A and 38 ± 6% in group B (p < 0.0001); however, echocardiographic improvement was less marked in both groups: EDD at one year was 55 ± 7 mm in group A and 61 ± 15 mm in group B, ESD was 39 ± 9 mm in group A and 46 ± 16 mm in group B, and LVEF was 54 ± 11% in group A and 44 ± 18% in group B.
The current ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines on the management of AR are not based on randomized clinical trials but on observational studies that suggest that patients fulfilling these criteria (5) are very likely to develop symptoms in the near future and on studies that have shown that the postoperative course is significantly worse in patients who are operated on, either severely symptomatic or with severe degrees of LV dysfunction (5,7–9). In the present study we have analyzed the long-term postoperative outcome of a large series of consecutive patients with isolated AR who have been operated on with pre-defined surgical indications. Our surgical protocol included the operation of asymptomatic patients with either EF <50% or enlarged end-systolic dimensions (15). These indications are very similar to the subsequent ACC/AHA and ESC recommendations (10,11). The present study is not a formal validation of the guidelines because, strictly speaking, a validation should entail a different design and the application to the patients of exactly the same criteria as recommended; however, because our policy for the management of chronic AR was very close to the subsequently developed guidelines, we think that our assessment of its effectiveness adds strengths to the recommendations of the latter, particularly regarding the benefits of operation in selected asymptomatic patients.
We have considered that patients operated on "early" were those who were only moderately symptomatic or had a moderate degree of LV dysfunction at the time of surgery. All group A patients fulfilled these criteria. In contrast, patients considered to have been operated on "too late" were those with severe symptoms or with severely depressed LV function at the time of surgery. It might be wondered if group A patients include individuals who were operated on too early (i.e., before fulfilling the guidelines criteria for operation). This is not the case, because no patient was operated on that was asymptomatic and with LVEF >50% and ESD <55 mm. In fact, group A patients belong to a cohort of AR patients with an extended preoperative follow-up in our department, in whom meticulous symptoms assessment was performed in each visit. In contrast, most group B patients were sent to us already with clear reasons for surgery, either severe symptoms or severely depressed LVEF.
The results of the present series clearly reflect the long-term benefit of having surgery according to guidelines recommendations and validate the beneficial influence of guidelines adherence toward early surgery. Overall survival was statistically different between both groups. In group A, no patient died of heart failure during follow-up, and only one patient died suddenly. The remaining four patients died of causes that were unlikely to have been prevented by earlier surgery. Also, at the end of follow-up, LV dimensions and LVEF were normal in group A and statistically different from that of group B. Remarkably, in group B most cardiac deaths were either sudden or due to heart failure, and these death occurred in patients in whom no improvement of ventricular function occurred after surgery. Although a proportion of patients with poor preoperative prognostic markers had an acceptable outcome, failure of improvement shortly after surgery identified a subset of patients with particular poor prognosis, as previously described (9).
Our results could be considered obvious, because patients operated on in better conditions do better in the long term. One could then argue perhaps that all patients with severe AR should be operated on. There are several reasons to delay surgery until guideline recommendations are reached: natural history studies have clearly shown that asymptomatic patients with severe AR may remain asymptomatic and with preserved LV function for many years before reaching the proposed operative values (5,13,16–20), and our data have demonstrated that when patients are operated on as soon as these values occur, the postoperative outcome in relation to LV function is excellent.
Therefore, it seems wise to defer surgery at least until unfavorable predictors such as the ones reported in guidelines are present. That surgical indication should not await the development of symptoms is well-illustrated by the additional analysis of our population classifying the patients only on the basis of NYHA functional class regardless of LV function. When classified in this way, group B patients (NYHA functional classes III to IV) had a predictably higher operative mortality and poorer long-term survival than with our original classification, whereas group A patients, which now includes many with a markedly depressed ventricular function, had a less marked long-term recovery of hemodynamic parameters. Although this behavior might seem too obvious, it nevertheless emphasizes that our categorization of patients in "early" and "late" surgery was on the basis of sensible criteria.
Nevertheless, results in our group A patients reflect that patients operated on early cannot avoid some mortality, either perioperative or during follow-up, probably related not to LV dysfunction but to aortic disease, endocarditis, and complications of the anticoagulation, all of which are unlikely to benefit by earlier surgery. It might be wondered if newer prostheses or surgical advances could, in the future, decrease these late mortality figures. In fact, our hospital mortality rate can be considered high; however, 38% were operated on in the 1980s and, as previously mentioned, in no patient was surgery denied because of severe LV dysfunction. Although our study clearly indicates the benefits of early surgery, it has to be emphasized that the outcome in group B patients also indicates a benefit of surgery, both regarding quality of life and ventricular function, and reinforces previous opinions that surgery should be offered to all patients with severe aortic insufficiency, even with extreme degrees of dilation or LV dysfunction (21,22).
Certainly this is not a clinical trial, but a cohort study where effectiveness of having followed established recommendations for early surgery in real life is assessed. This study modality might not adjust for confounding as accurately as a clinical trial. In this particular instance, however, the number of confounding variables might not be so large as to forbid adequate adjustment in an observational study and, indeed, our study design has the advantage of including the whole population of patients with a very long follow-up, thus providing a comprehensive view of the problem. In summary, our results illustrate how, in real clinical practice the adherence to guidelines for early surgery have beneficial effect on the outcome of AR patients, stressing the importance of the routine implementation of guidelines.
The authors are indebted to Ana Martin for her help in following patients.
This work was partially supported by Red Tematica de Investigación Cooperativa del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Spain.
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
- aortic regurgitation
- end-diastolic diameter
- ejection fraction
- European Society of Cardiology
- end-systolic diameter
- left ventricular/ventricle
- New York Heart Association
- Received May 31, 2005.
- Revision received August 5, 2005.
- Accepted October 17, 2005.
- American College of Cardiology Foundation
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It doesn't matter what niche the blog is in. From exercise to diet blogs, people start and continue blogging for the simple fact that it gives them an outlet for their writing, but also that that writing has the potential to reach an audience. Self-expression is therapeutic: self-expression with an audience is exhilarating.
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5.2 Peter Pott as Art Collector
The mentioned large financial loss of 1762 was not just an overture to Pott's career switch. It also appears to have brought a temporary (?) halt to his activities as art collector.1 On 12 May 1762 an auction of his possessions took place in the Pott residence at 37 Poggenpfuhl (Żabi Kruk),2 located in the old city center of Danzig. Von Holst mentioned the auction in an appendix to an article of 1934,3 naming ten paintings that were part of the auction and giving the proceeds and purchaser for some of the works, which gives us greater insight into the group of active collectors in Danzig at the time. The mentioned works are the following:
- Spagnoletto, Christ Teaching in the Temple (Christus lehrt im Tempel) (purchased for fl. 231 by Uphagen)
- Spagnoletto, Lutenist (Lautenspieler) (bought for fl. 61 by Schumann)
- Salomon Wegner, Head (Kopf)
- Jos.[eph] Heintz, Diana at her Bath (Bad der Diana)
- 'D. Schönfeldt', Diana
- 4 Passion pieces painted on both sides [from a summary of altdeutsche Sammelneigungen]
- Ecce Homo on gold background (Ecce Home auf Goldgrund) [idem]
Unfortunately it is not possible to identify the majority of these paintings because of a lack of concrete information. For the five so-called 'altdeutsche' works, for instance, the names of the artist and for the greater part also the subject matter are lacking.4 In view of the quotations marks, the painting of the goddess Diana given to a certain D. Schönfeld must have been deemed to be a debatable attribution. In addition, we know of no Schönfeldt with the initial 'D'.5 Given the subject of the painting, it could have been a work by the German artist Heinrich Schönfeld (1609-1684), who rendered several versions of this theme during his stay in Rome and after his return from Italy.6 In his monograph on Joseph Heintz I, Zimmer included the painting with Diana as its subject among the lost works known only from the literature.7 According to Zimmer, it may well have been one of the numerous copies of the Diana and Actaeon by Joseph Heintz I in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna or else an engraving of the same subject after Joseph Heintz I by Egidius Sadeler II (1570-1629).8
Pott cannot have been financially comfortable in the years after the 1763 bankruptcy. Even after he entered the service of the Seehandlungsgeschellschaft in 1772, he must at first have had limited financial elbow room. His salary at the time, 200 thalers monthly, was hardly sufficient to maintain his family. Some years later, as a consequence of his promotion, his financial position improved. With his leading position with the Elbing branch from 1777 he earned 700 thalers a month (Straubel 2012, p. 519, n. 1424 and p. 520).
The current Polish street names are taken from: http://www.narodowa.pl/Ksiazki/21/zd1.htm (consulted: October 2013).
Von Holst 1934, p. 68. The auction catalogue is not included in Lugt 1938-1987 or in Ketelsen/Von Stockhausen/Fredericksen 2002, although Von Holst's article does appear in the bibliography. The catalogue also goes missing in Art Sales Catalogues Online (ASCO), the continuation of Lugt's Répertoire. This may be because the name of the collector was not found in the catalogue, so that Von Holst could only reconstruct it by coupling the auction and address data in the catalogue to the names of the home owners in the so-called 'Grundbuch', which was located in the city archives of Danzig in 1934. In addition, Von Holst's report that he made use of 'Akten', suggests that it was not a printed catalogue but a written manuscript.
Given that they were painted on both sides, the four paintings with subjects taken from Christ's Passion were probably part of an altarpiece. In view of the gold background, the Ecce Homo was probably a work of the late 14th or 15th century.
The David Schönfeld mentioned in AKLONLINE was active only as a goldsmith.
No fewer than three paintings with this subject are found in the collection of the Städtische Kunstsammlungen Augsburg, inv. nos. 12144, L 767 and L 769 (Von Knorre/Krämer 1984, pp. 223-226). Another possible creator is one Jacob Schönfelt (1707/1709- after 25 March 1766). Because the latter was still alive at the time of the auction and painted mainly still-lives and allegorical depictions, this suggestion seems unlikely. See AKLONLINE, headword Schönfelt, Jacob.
Zimmer 1967, p. 342, no. D31 and Zimmer 1971, p. 154, cat. no. D32.
For the work in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, see Zimmer 1971, p. 94, cat. no. A16. For the engraving by Egidius II Sadeler based on it, see Zimmer 1971, p. 94, cat. no. A 188.8.131.52.


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[Episode 51 of a spin-off from my novels The Hitch-hiker and Mission of the Unwilling.]
'What are you doing?' Günter hovered over me.
'Kissing the sand.' I stood up and wiped perspiration from my brow.
He stepped toward me.
Not so fast. I leapt out of his way and then raced to the shore to soak my feet.
Günter followed a few paces behind. 'Wait, for me.'
'I just have to cool down, I am not used to this tropical climate,' I explained as I lifted my skirt and paddled.
'You're not going to swim in all that gear, are you, Holly?'
I turned around. 'What?'
Günter tore off his shirt revealing his tanned and toned torso.
I stood as still as a statue. I pictured my bikini all wrapped up in the plastic bag back in my room in the convent. 'Oh, no! I left my bathers behind.'
'Take your clothes off, then,' he said. 'Come on, no one is watching.'
'You are.'
'Me? I thought you were up for it, Holly.'
Too fast. Way too fast. I had an uneasy sense—all was not as it appeared to be. He was the Captain. I was his subordinate and trapped in this cove. 'I'm not so sure, anymore.'
I began to walk away from him.
He padded after me. 'I'm sorry, did I come across too strong. I just thought—you—and me…'
'It's just happening all too fast,' I said. 'And I don't know what to make of you. One minute, you're keen and the next minute you're mean. What am I to make of that?'
Günter took my hand. 'Come, let's sit awhile.'
He guided me up the cove to dry sand. We sat side by side gazing at the view of the ocean. 'This place—the village, the mountains, and the Convent, raises all sorts of emotions for me—you understand?'
I nodded. 'I know, Minna. She messed you up. What happened? Did she betray you? Did she go to the Boris side? You don't mind me asking, but did she have an affair and bear a child to another man? I heard rumours she had something going with the son of Boris? Is that true?'
'Holly, would you be quiet for once and listen?'
'Yes, well, I'm waiting.' I stared at the sand between my feet, embarrassed that I had once again put my foot where my mouth should be.
'You have no idea who I really am,' he said.
'But I would like to know. I want to know. What point is there in a relationship, if we hide our true selves? We need to be real, transparent,' I said with conviction. In the back of my mind was the niggling thought that these words would come back to bite me.
Günter drew his knees up and hugged them. 'You know, I wish I had met you first—before…'
'Has this got anything to do with the "me driving you crazy" thing you mentioned before?'
'Strahan? And Fox?'
A smile flickered at the edges of his lips. 'Perhaps, but not all.'
'Then what?'
He looked away.
The waves lapped the shore, eating up sand and shells.
'Minna?' I asked.
Gunter slowly nodded.
'Me too,' I timidly whispered. I was by this time reclining on my side, with my head propped up on one hand. 'I wish I'd known the real you before Johann.'
'If I hadn't rushed into—if I had only waited, been patient—I wouldn't have messed my life up.' Günter hurled a clod of sand into the water. 'Minna—I was fooled by her. I loved her…There was a part of her so walled up and protected—I could never reach her. And there I was thinking that she needed to loosen up, find her inner child and have some fun. She was so serious, you know. And I was afraid if she knew me, everything about me, she would not accept me. That she would disapprove.' Günter turned to me and touched my arm. 'You, Holly are completely different. You are so full of life. You know how to have fun. Okay, you talk a lot, but that fits to you. I like that.'
'You mean, you don't mind?' I was surprised. Before Günter seemed so grumpy and did not enjoy my company on the LSS. What's the deal with the change of attitude?
'No, on the contrary, you make me happy. I like the way you're so honest.' His hand rested on my arm as his gaze rested on me.
'To tell the truth, I'm still getting accustomed to this new Günter who is not so grumpy. If I made you so happy, why were you so difficult before now, on the LSS?' That situation I had to clarify.
Günter frowned and looked down. 'I-it's not that I didn't like you. I was still attracted to you. From the moment we met, there was a—I felt a connection. I was afraid. I-I didn't think it would be right to get involved.'
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- An exceptional piece of wall art that gleams with the depiction of an angular and chiseled Athos, one of the ten ourea (children of Gaia) in Greek Mythology.
- The spectacular piece is hand-beaten in weathered brass.
- Material: Antique Brass
- Hand-beaten aged brass.
- Also available in other style as 46-0632.
Allow the passion, knowledge and philosophy of a Grayson Luxury Design Associate help you tailor your bespoke Christopher Guy Furniture. Visit the Design Studio to touch and feel the over 30 finishes, 300 fabric and 20 material combinations available for your bespoke piece.
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A chic clientele is sitting for breakfast at The Clocktower restaurant, on the second floor of The New York EDITION hotel. Photographs and artworks in gilt frames hang salon style in the clubby space, which comprises three intimate dining rooms. A billiards room separates The Clocktower from Gold Bar, where CANDY PRATTS PRICE and PEGGY HEALY PARKER are being served coffee.
We're opposites — you're total fashion, I'm a bit more classic — but opposites attract.
We're really good together.
CANDY and PEGGY move to sit at a secluded bistro table. A waiter follows with their drinks.
I remember when Bloomingdale's plucked you from working at Charles Jourdan Shoes to be the store's display director. I was running their public relations at the time, and not long after we were asked to help save the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut. I drove up there in a little compact car. As I arrived, the longest white Dav El limousine pulled up, and out stepped this creature wearing jodhpurs and a fabulous top. That was the first time we met.
I didn't have a driver's license then, and I still don't now. Those were the days of a big white car. I got one as part of the job. When I took it, I said, "I know how to get to the branch stores: hire Dav El!"
You know how to live, and you know what you want. A lot of people don't.
Being a Vogue veteran, I'm well aware of how people are made to go crazy over a pink alligator bag. It's not about the brand, per se, but creating the feeling that perhaps one needs pastels, or, perhaps, a new purse. Imagining yourself in a way you've never seen. That's how things become luxurious.
Luxury isn't just wealth, it's how you live. It's experiences.
Right now, I think a lot of people, no matter the industry, see it less as "how many I sell" than as "how long you want me." How long something will last. This place, for instance, has legs. Look at the kids playing pool in the next room. They don't know that's a Peter Beard hanging on the wall, but they appreciate the atmosphere.
There's another dimension to luxury now, too, and that's the element of sustainability or giving back, which more and more people are considering.
If you care about yourself — I'm not even saying you care about the world, just yourself — there should be meaning to what you do. Something that will make you proud. It's feasible whether you want to be an organic chef, a designer, or anything in between. Look at Stella McCartney, whom I adore. She doesn't use fur, she doesn't use leather, and she's built an amazing business. She's opened the eyes of another generation. And we know what that's like from traveling for Bloomingdale's. Going to India and living there was fascinating, and we brought that culture back.
Really, you brought a whole lifestyle back. You found Pichwai, small paintings on silk, and commissioned 20 of them to be made — each 30 feet high — for the flagship store in New York City. You shipped back two-dozen bullock carts from Chennai, thousands of yards of Indian fabric, and dozens upon dozens of turbans in shocking pink and chrome yellow. Not to mention the paintings on glass and huge carved ivory doors. Bloomingdale's became India.
Accumulating information from travel and meeting new people are luxuries in themselves.
Remember when we went to the market to buy flowers for our rooms on our trip to Jerusalem? I got some little wispy things, sat them in a vase, and thought, "That looks cute." Then I walked into your room — probably after being invited for champagne — and there were a million tulips everywhere. Oh my god, was it fabulous. Your eyes have vision like no one else's.
And that wasn't opulence. There's always some standard in place — you don't eat everything at the table, or drink everything at the bar. It's not your last day on earth. There's a limit to how far one goes.
Some people have innate taste, but it can be acquired, too. In the '50s, when Bloomingdale's was transitioning from a store that served the maids of the Upper East Side to one that served the maidens and matrons of the Upper East Side, its buyers were sent to France and expected to become as familiar with French food as they were with French furniture.
There's a reason you send your kids to school. You need to learn, and there are many ways to do so. I remember taking golf lessons when I thought everything was happening at the golf course [PEGGY laughs]. I used the two hundred dollars Condé Nast gave me toward a gym membership. My lessons lasted about three days after I walked into the first one wearing thigh-high Manolo Blahnik boots. But the important thing is to get out there and discover what something's all about.
The problem these days is that people have such short attention spans. They're pulled every which way.
One thing I love about our friendship is, when something happens, I can always pick up the phone or send you an email and receive an intelligent, worldly response. I need real answers. I grew up during the years when business happened at lunch. You couldn't sit in your office and expect information to come in, you had to get out. Living in the generation we are, it's become too easy for the information to come in. The question is if it's with authority.
I read a survey in which people admitted they would quit their job if they weren't allowed to look at their phone all day long.
I still love a newspaper. Paper, in general. I adore The New Yorker. I'm six issues behind, but I won't throw them away. It's the kind of thing I want to read because I'll always find a delicious story. That's luxury.
Photography byRyan Petrus
Conversation moderated byAnthony Rotunno
Special thanksThe New York EDITION
Candy Pratts Price is a fashion brand consultant who has worked as Vogue's accessories director and Style.com's executive fashion director.
Peggy Healy Parker is an author, travel and public relations specialist, and contributing editor at Dallas Home & Garden.
Did you see? Fashion editor Eric Wilson on the art of crashing a runway show, authors and experts Michael Gross & Tim Gunn on the egos and eccentric personalities that rule the industry.


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The Reno City Council agreed yesterday to consider a five-acre parcel of land on Sage Street located just off Fourth Street for a new overflow homeless shelter. The building will house individuals overnight when other shelters in the area are full.
The move comes after two years of discussion and debate on where to put the new facility. Previous attempts to pick a site have fallen through, and city leaders have been wary of relying on private land.
And while the vote was unanimous, council members Jenny Brekhus and Oscar Delgado expressed concerns.
For Brekhus, the proposed site may interfere with revitalization efforts. Delgado questions whether the land is safe for use.
"So we're starting off already with a 'sketchy parcel' which [is] already somewhat questionable in terms of its adjacency to the railroad track, its adjacency to the waste management, its adjacency to other blighted motels that we know we're dealing with. What does that say for us?"
But Councilwoman Neoma Jardon says the city cannot continue to delay the construction.
"We're two years into this discussion and we are no further along," says Jardon. "I would just say that if we go back out and try to find another piece of land, I would remind everybody of the struggles we have to approve housing projects. Go ahead and imagine the struggles we will have in approving overflow or other shelter sites."
Wednesday's result is only the first step. The city will need a full environmental workup on the site in addition to finding the funds to build. Leaders are hoping to explore possible partnerships with groups willing to split the costs for the project.


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To put an end to delivery boys extracting money for delivering the cylinders every month from the consumers, oil companies are issuing smart cards. Through these cards the payments can be made with swiping the card.
As the delivery boys every month charging Rs.20-30 every month, and consumers have no option, this method will keep an end to it, as everything would be cashless
The consumers are being given smart cards, which would resemble an ATM card. The delivery boy would now be equipped with a swiping machine.
The consumer needs to swipe the card in the swiping machine and it would deduct the exact cost of the cylinder from the consumer bank account and the transaction would be completed. And as usual, the subsidy amount would be transferred back to the consumer. To begin with, the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has initiated the process by introducing 'EZY GAS CARD' with a unique number on every card. The card has been given to some of its consumers on pilot basis. Later after considering the pros and cons, it would be given to all of its consumers.
The smart cards are issued to HPCL consumers and later extended to consumers from other companies also.


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Girls Gymnastics Camp | Session I | June 11 - 14
Event Description
2020 Girls Gymnastic Camp
Our camp provides a positive, energetic and fun atmosphere for gymnasts of all levels to learn and grow as athletes and young adults. We try to keep the campers busy with a good mix of productive gymnastics training and nongymnastics related activities. Your gymnast will also be provided the opportunity to experience life on a college campus and develop relationships with the other campers and the UW-Oshkosh Gymnastics Team.
The Titan Women's Gymnastics Program has had a long legacy of success garnering 12 top three National Championship finishes and 29 top three Conference/Regional Championship finishes, along with 29 individual National Championship titles since its inception.
*$50 discount if enrolling in both sessions*
Leotards are available at checkout for only $60 until April 6th - Size Chart
Unisex T-shirts available at checkout for $20 until May 11th
CHECK-IN: Check in will be at North Scott Hall main lobby at 11:00 AM – Noon. Check out will be at North Scott Hall at 1:00 PM. The first session will start at 1:00 PM on Thursday and the last session will end at 12:00 PM on Sunday.
CAMP FEES: All resident fees include tuition, lodging and meals. Commuter fees include tuition and meals (no lodging).
FACILITY: Kolf Sports Center is considered one of the finest gymnastics facilities in the Midwest. Here's what you'll find at camp:
- Two Individual Vaults Set Up with Various Skill Progression Stations
- Above Ground Platform System with Resi Pits to Keep Athletes Safer when Landing
- Two Sets of Uneven Bars
- Interchangeable for Strap Bar Giants and Clear Hips
- Plenty of Drill Stations and Skill Progression Stations to Avoid Waiting in Line
- Three High Beams
- One Medium Beam
- 40 x 40 Stratum Spring Floor
- Above Ground Platform System with Resi Pits to Soften Landings when Training New Skills
- 30 ft. Tumble Trak
Jeremy Manthey, Assistant Coach, UW Oshkosh
Bode Brooks, Assistant Coach, Gustavus Adolphus College
Josh Loeser, Head Coach, Air Force Academy and former USOTC Coach
Lauren Karnitz, Head Coach, UW Oshkosh (2019 National Coach of the Year)
Gary Babjack, former Head Coach, SUNY-Cortland (3X National Coach of the Year)
and UW Oshkosh Gymnastics Team
LATE REGISTRATIONS: Enrollment is limited. Anyone registering less than two weeks before the camps begin must first contact Coach Karnitz at email@example.com. For additional information please email the address listed. Registrations after June 1st require full payment.
CANCELLATIONS: Your fee less the $50 nonrefundable deposit, will be refunded without question if you cancel your enrollment two weeks prior to the first day of camp. Any time after the first day of camp, refunds (less the $50 nonrefundable deposit), will be made only for medical reasons. Requests for refunds must be in writing and accompanied by a signed excuse from your physician. Campers who must leave during the week due to illness or injury, will receive a prorated refund based on the number of sessions attended. Requests for refunds must be made within three months of the conclusion of the camp.


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Wet spring a relief
May 10, 2003
DENVER – Another western storm was expected to bring at least 4 to 8 inches of snow in the mountains through this morning, good news for just about everyone in the drought-stricken state except for some golfers and tourists.
"Some areas are going to get a lot more snow than that. Some could see up to 2 feet in the mountains," National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said.
Winter weather advisories through this morning covered the Denver metro area, and winter weather warnings were issued for the mountains. Snow was not expected to be a problem on the roads, but it could weigh down trees and shrubs before temperatures warm up today, Fredin said.
"May's our wettest month. It just happens to be 7 to 10 degrees colder than normal, as far as the storm's concerned," Fredin said. Little snow was expected east of Fort Morgan, where temperatures were warmer.
Tourists who come to raft will find rivers running faster than they have in several years, and some spots closed to fly fishing last year will be open.
The precipitation also will delay the start of the wildfire season, help fill reservoirs and reduce demand from gardeners and farmers.
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The cold, wet weather also is delaying the opening of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park and the River golf course at Keystone.
Trail Ridge opened May 7 last year but likely won't be open before Memorial Day this year, more in tune with tradition. The golf course will open a week later than scheduled.
"We refuse to offer anything less than the best golf experience, and with the recent snow, we feel May 23 is a better opening date," said Steve Keiser, golf director at Keystone.
The storm system brought several reports of tornados on the eastern Plains.
The wet spring has enabled several cities, including Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Pueblo, Walsenburg, Longmont and Louisville, to relax or lift watering restrictions. Reservoirs remain considerably below average in many areas, and likely will take several more years of above-average precipitation to catch up with three years of drought.
As of Thursday afternoon the state's snowpack, the source of 80 percent of the water in rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs, was within 10 percent of the 30-year average. That was more than five times the snowpack last year on the same date.
The southern part of the state, whose river basins remain considerably below average, will get some moisture. The fourth northern river basins were all above 100 percent of average Thursday.


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March 17, 2017
"While Chicago's nighttime skyline offers a spectacular view for people, it can be a deadly vision for migrating birds. Thousands of birds are injured and killed here in building collisions each year during spring and fall migration.
Located on the Mississippi Flyway, Chicago lies along a critical migratory route for millions of birds flying between the northern United States and Canada—where they spend the warmer months—and Central and South America—where the birds overwinter.
While bird species like pigeons and sparrows are familiar with the urban cityscape, hundreds of migrating bird species from rural areas become easily confused by the unfamiliar sight of glowing skyscrapers and gleaming glass windows. ...
Chicago-based architect Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects has been designing and constructing buildings with bird-safe features in Chicago and beyond. Gang incorporates 'visual noise' elements like pattern-forming balconies and angled, downward-sloping glass, so that birds can easily locate the buildings."