1997-06-26 Application filed by Joseph F. Gravlee Jr. filed Critical Joseph F. Gravlee Jr.
WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 1 PHACOEMULSIFICATION NEEDLE FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a phacoemulsification needle, and more particularly, to a phacoemulsification system and an ultrasonically vibrated phacoemulsification needle tip for breaking apart and removing cataract tissue.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Phacoemulsification is a method of removing cataracts through the use of an ultrasonic needle vibrating at ultrasonic frequencies. The vibration of the ultrasonic needle breaks up the cataract into pieces which are emulsified and then gently aspirated out of the eye. This method of cataract removal is preferred in that it requires only a tiny incision at the perimeter of the cornea through which the needle is inserted. Thus, phacoemulsification is considered the least traumatic method of cataract removal. The surgically induced trauma to the eye and the tissues surrounding the eye caused by phacoemulsification surgery is so minimal that it allows the patient to regain vision relatively quickly after the surgery.
A known phacoemulsifier handpiece includes a needle having a needle tip, such as the prior art needle tip 10, shown in FIG. 2, which is vibrated at ultrasonic frequencies to break up the cataract.
The needle tip 10 includes a hollow shaft through which the pieces of a broken up cataract are aspirated from the eye. The shaft of the phacoemulsification needle is generally surrounded by a tubular irrigation sleeve having openings in the side of the sleeve at the distal end and/or at the distal end annulus between the sleeve end and the needle tip, through which irrigation WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 2 fluid flows to replace the fluid which is aspirated through the needle. The needle and the sleeve together are often referred to as a phacoemulsification probe.
The irrigation through the sleeve and aspiration through the needle are carefully controlled to maintain a desired pressure in the chamber of the eye beneath the cornea called the anterior chamber where the cataract is being removed. The pressure in the anterior chamber must be maintained to prevent retinal vascular occlusion due to excessive pressure or collapsing of the anterior chamber due to insufficient pressure.
In operation, the prior art needle tip 10 including the surrounding irrigation sleeve is inserted through a tiny incision at the perimeter of the cornea. A treatment fluid is introduced through the irrigation sleeve. The needle is placed against the lens nucleus containing the cataract and is vibrated at about 40,000 times per second to break up the cataract into microscopic pieces which are suspended in the irrigation fluid "emulsate" and aspirated through the needle.
After the lens content has been completely removed through the needle, leaving the majority of the lens capsule, a specially designed injector, much like a syringe, is often used to implant a foldable intraocular lens in the space where the natural lens has been removed. The injector cartridge is inserted through the tiny corneal incision, and the lens is injected through the center of the pupil where the lens expands and unfolds into position to replace the removed natural lens. Alternatively, a foldable lens can be inserted with special folding forceps, or the incision may be enlarged and a rigid lens may be implanted.
When breaking up and aspirating the lens nucleus it is important to avoid rupturing the posterior capsule of the lens. As the lens nucleus is removed, the posterior WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 3 capsule effectively becomes a thin diaphragm positioned between the anterior chamber which includes the lens nucleus and the posterior chamber behind the lens nucleus. Rupture of the posterior capsule can be a potentially dangerous complication resulting in secondary vitreous loss and allowing lens particles and other materials to fall into the posterior chamber. If the posterior capsule encounters a sharp instrument such as the prior art needle tip 10, it can be easily broken.
The prior art phacoemulsification needle tip 10, as shown in FIG. 2, includes a cylindrical hollow needle shaft having a needle tip which is cut by a planar surface at an angle of about 600 with respect to the longitudinal axis of the needle. The prior art needle tip 10 has a cutting edge which is shown in FIG. 2A by a bold line 16. As the prior art needle tip 10 is inserted into a mass of tissue such as the lens nucleus, the cutting edge 16 of the needle cuts through the tissue. In particular, the tissue is first cut by the exterior cutting edge 18, shown most clearly in FIG. 2A, which is on the exterior leading edge of the needle As the needle 10 is then advanced into the tissue, the tissue is then cut by the interior cutting edge 20 of the needle. Thus, the exterior cutting edge 18 and the interior cutting edge 20 of the prior art needle 10 are separate disconnected cutting edges which act together to remove tissue. The change of cutting edges from the exterior cutting edge 18 to the interior cutting edge of the needle has a tendency to cause trauma, tearing, resistance or tissue drag, and unnecessary damage to surrounding tissue during cutting. This change of cutting edge is therefore highly undesirable.
The prior art phacoemulsification needle tip 10 has the additional disadvantage that the sharp exterior leading cutting edge 18 of the needle is difficult to WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 4 thread through tunnel incisions such as the tiny incision in the edge of the cornea. The position of the sharp leading edge of the prior art needle 10 at the exterior surface of the needle increases the tendency for the cutting edge to tear or otherwise damage successive layers of tissue through which the needle is being threaded.
While the cataract is being broken up and emulsified by the vibrating needle, it is not uncommon for the shape of the cataract to change from a generally spherical form to a rather irregular configuration.
This is particularly so when the ophthalmologist practices a technique that involves first breaking the cataract into several smaller pieces and then emulsifying the resulting individual pieces. To effectively perform the phacoemulsification procedure, some ophthalmologists prefer that the cataract or piece of cataract be held closely to the tip of the needle (referred to as occlusion of the tip) before application of ultrasonic energy. This can be accomplished most easily when the shape of the cataract or cataract piece has a shape that generally corresponds to the configuration of the needle tip. As shown in FIG. 8, known phacoemulsification needle tips are configured in a way that is not well suited for holding the irregularly configured cataract or cataract piece against the end of the needle by suction because a large gap may be formed between the piece and the suction opening in the end of the needle. As a consequence, since the cataract or cataract piece tends to float around in the anterior chamber, the ophthalmologist must "chase" the cataract or cataract piece around in the anterior chamber in an attempt to effect emulsification.
"Chatter" of the cataract or cataract piece occurs due to vibration away from the tip of the needle from the WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 ultrasonic energy when there is incomplete occlusion of the needle tip.
Another disadvantage of the prior art phacoemulsification needle is shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B. FIGS. 10A and 10B illustrate a prior art phacoemulsification needle tip 10. The posterior capsule 53 may be damaged or ruptured by the sharp leading cutting edge 18 of the prior art needle 10, as shown in FIG. 10B. This may occur by pushing the sharp edge of the needle in too far, by aspirating the posterior capsule upward toward the needle, or when the posterior capsule trampolines forward. The posterior capsule 53 may trampoline forward due to a force F caused by vitreous pressure in the posterior chamber or due to vacuum in the anterior chamber. This trampolining of the posterior capsule 53 is illustrated in FIGS. 12A and 12B which show a cross-section of a stretched and a trampolined posterior capsule 53.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The phacoemulsification needle according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention addresses the disadvantages of the prior art phacoemulsification needles by providing a needle which avoids trauma, tearing, and other unnecessary tissue damage during threading of the needle through tunnel incisions and during cutting of tissue. Further, the present invention provides a needle that is able to readily draw the cataract or cataract pieces to the tip of the needle to thereby facilitate emulsification of the cataract or cataract pieces.
According to one aspect of the invention, a phacoemulsification system for removing cataract tissue from the eye includes an ultrasonic handpiece, a hollow needle mounted on the handpiece, a hollow sleeve WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 6 surrounding the hollow needle, a treatment fluid delivery system for delivering treatment fluid to the hollow sleeve, and a suction system for aspirating fluid and tissue through the needle. The hollow needle has an internal surface, an external surface, a beveled surface extending substantially around the external surface, and a single continuous cutting edge between the external surface and the internal surface. The cutting edge is formed in a plane which is at an acute angle with respect to an axis of the needle.
According to another aspect of the invention, a phacoemulsification needle includes a hollow needle shaft adapted to be mounted on an ultrasonic handpiece.
The hollow needle shaft has an internal surface, an external surface, and a beveled surface extending around a portion of the external circumference of a distal end of the needle shaft. The beveled surface, the external surface and the internal surface form a single continuous cutting edge. The cutting edge has a leading distal edge and a trailing proximal edge.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES The invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like elements bear like reference numerals, and wherein: FIG. 1 is a side-sectional view of an eye with a phacoemulsification probe according to the present invention removing a portion of a lens; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a prior art phacoemulsification needle tip; FIG. 2A is an end view of the needle tip of FIG. 2; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a phacoemulsification needle tip according to a first embodiment of the present invention; WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 7 FIG. 3A is an end view of the needle tip of FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a phacoemulsification handpiece system according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view of the phacoemulsification needle of FIG. 3; FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a phacoemulsification needle tip according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6A is an end view of the needle tip of FIG. 6; FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional side view of the phacoemulsification needle of FIG. 6; FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view of the prior art needle tip as it is used to grasp a piece of tissue; FIG. 9 is a cross sectional side view of the needle tip of FIG. 3 as it is used to grasp a piece of tissue; FIGS. 10A and 10B are cross-sectional side views of the prior art needle tip as it comes into contact with the posterior capsule of the lens; FIGS. 11A and 11B are cross-sectional side views of the needle tip of FIG. 3 as it comes into contact with the posterior capsule of the lens; and FIGS. 12A and 12B illustrate the trampolining of the posterior capsule of the lens due to increased pressure in the posterior chamber or due to decreased pressure in the anterior chamber.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A phacoemulsification needle tip 30 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 3. The needle tip 30 includes a hollow shaft 32 having a substantially cylindrical inner surface 34 and a substantially cylindrical outer surface 35. The WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 8 needle has a beveled edge 36 extending between and connecting the inner and outer surfaces of the needle.
The beveled edge 36 may be formed by first cutting a continuous cylindrical member at an angle of 150 to 450, preferably approximately 300, with respect an axis of the cylinder to form a needle blank having a planar angle cut tip. Thereafter, the outer surface 35 of the distal portion of the angle cut needle blank may be beveled so that a cutting edge 38 of the present invention is formed along the interior surface 34 of the needle tip 30. In this way, the leading cutting edge 38 of the present invention is moved from the prior art position, at the outer diameter or outer surface of the needle shaft, to the inner diameter or inner surface of the needle shaft.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the beveling of the edge 36 of the needle 30 according to the first embodiment forms a single continuous cutting edge at the intersection between the beveled edge 36 and the inner surface 34 of the needle shaft 32. This continuous cutting edge possesses a substantially round shape when viewed from the end of the needle shaft as depicted in FIG. 3A. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 5, the angle a between the beveled edge 36 and the inner surface 34 of the needle shaft at the forward or distal portion of the cutting edge is smaller than the angle 0 between the beveled edge 36 and the inner surface 34 at the trailing proximal cutting edge. This beveling of the edge provides a sharper leading cutting edge than the prior art needle. This sharper leading cutting edge punctures tissue more easily than the prior art needle. The angle u is between 150 and 450, preferably about 300, while the angle g is between 100 and 450, preferably about 250.
As shown in FIG. 5, the cutting edge 38 preferably WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 9 lies entirely within a plane which is at the same angle P as the plane of the beveled edge 36 at the center of the trailing proximal cutting edge. However, the cutting edge 38 may alternatively be formed as a slightly concave or convex edge when viewed from the side of the needle as shown in FIG. A phacoemulsification needle tip 70 according to a second embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7. The needle tip includes a substantially cylindrical inner surface 72 and a substantially cylindrical outer surface 74. An exterior beveled surface 76 is formed around a portion of the exterior surface of the needle tip and extends about half way around the needle shaft.
In addition, an interior beveled surface 78 is formed around a portion of the inner surface 72 and extends about half way around the interior of the needle shaft. The interior beveled surface 78 is formed at the trailing side of the cutting edge 80. As illustrated in FIG. 6A, the cutting edge 80 is provided at the interior diameter at the leading edge of the needle tip 70 and at the exterior diameter at the trailing edge of the needle tip. As shown in FIG. 7, the exterior beveled surface 76 forms an angle y with the inner surface of the needle. The interior beveled surface 78 forms an angle 8 of between 100 and 450 with the exterior surface 74 of the needle.
The addition of the interior beveled surface 78 provides the advantage of moving the trailing cutting edge 80 away from or radially outwardly from the center of the needle 70 so that the total cutting area of the cutting edge is increased. This increase in the total cutting area is advantageous because it allows more tissue into the needle at one time taking out a larger "core" of tissue and, therefore, may speed up the WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 operation. In addition, the second embodiment of the needle tip 70 provides the same advantages as the first embodiment in that the cutting edge is continuous and thus prevents the tearing which is caused by other known phacoemulsification needles. This embodiment is also advantageous because the needle 70 can be made with a smaller diameter than a prior art needle and work through a smaller wound size, while being just as effective as the larger prior art needle.
As shown in FIG. 1, the needle tip 30 or according to the present invention is surrounded with a hollow irrigation sleeve 40 having an irrigation opening 42 and/or an annular irrigation opening 44 between the end of the sleeve 40 and the exterior of the needle tip 30. As shown in FIG. i, the needle is inserted into the anterior chamber 46 of the eye through a tiny incision 48 made in the cornea 50. The needle 30 or 70 is then ultrasonically vibrated to break up the lens or cataract 52 into small particles which are emulsified in the irrigation fluid supplied through the sleeve 40 and aspirated through the needle. The entire content of lens 52 is removed using phacoemulsification as well as irrigation and aspiration leaving the membrane as a "capsular bag" and particularly with the posterior capsule 53 intact.
A phacoemulsification system employing the needle tip 30 according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 4. The system includes a handpiece 54 having the needle 30 attached to a distal end thereof, an oscillator 56, a pump 58, and a treatment fluid supply The needle 30 is surrounded by the irrigation sleeve 40. The oscillator 56 provides ultrasonic vibration of the needle 30 to break up the cataract.
The pump 58 provides suction to the interior of the needle and the treatment fluid supply 60 provides WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 11 treatment fluid to the irrigation sleeve 40. The needle is attached to the handpiece 54 in any known manner, such as, by a threaded connection.
After the lens has been broken up by using the needle 30 or 70 to cut the lens into pieces, many of these pieces will not be small enough to be aspirated through the central lumen of the needle. Large pieces shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are broken up by using the suction of the probe to capture a piece of lens on the tip of the needle and then ultrasonically vibrating the needle to break the piece captured on the needle into smaller pieces which can be easily aspirated.
As shown in FIG. 8, the prior art needle tip 10 has difficulty trapping the large pieces 80 of the lens with the suction because the suction delivery area of the needle tip 10 is surrounded by the planar surface 82 of the cutting tip. This planar surface 82 of the tip may prevent a suction seal from being obtained with the piece to be trapped, particularly, when the piece has an irregular surface.
The advantages of the phacoemulsification needle according to the present invention will be described with respect to the first embodiment of the needle which is shown in FIGS. 3, 3A, and 5. However, these advantages are equally applicable to the second embodiment of the invention which is shown in FIGS. 6, 6A, and 7.
As shown in FIG. 9, the present invention allows the lens or pieces of the lens 80 which have broken off to be easily trapped against the needle tip 30 by the force of the suction provided through the central bore of the needle. In the present invention, the needle tip does not have any surfaces surrounding the cutting edge which forms the suction area. Therefore, there are no surfaces which interfere with the creation of a suction WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 12 between the tip and an irregularly shaped piece 80 of the lens. Therefore, the lens pieces are more easily trapped against the needle 30 and broken into smaller pieces by ultrasonic vibration. The cutting edge 38 of the present invention which is formed at the inner surface 34 of the needle shaft 32 provides a smaller overall cutting area than a prior art needle of the same size. The smaller cutting area of the present invention is advantageous in some instances because it creates less trauma to tissues surrounding the probe puncture site. The needle tip 30 according to the present invention also has a sharper point than a prior art needle of the same size because the inside diameter of the needle has a smaller arch than the exterior of the needle.
The single continuous cutting edge 38 of the present invention makes a less traumatic cut than the prior art needle which has two distinct cutting edges at the external and the internal surfaces of the needle causing traumatic tearing of the tissue when the cutting operation shifts from one of the cutting edges to the other. The continuous cutting edge 38 punctures the tissue cleanly, whereas, the prior art needle having interior and exterior cutting edges forms a more jagged cut and causes tearing. The continuous cutting edge will be "sharper" because the flat portion will not exist and, therefore, will be a "faster" needle with shorter procedure time.
The nucleus portion of the lens 52 is hard in consistency and is difficult to cut. However, the needle tip 30 according to the present invention cuts through the nucleus portion of the lens more easily than the prior art needle because it has a sharper cutting edge than the prior art needle, it has a smaller cutting area than the prior art needle, and the continuous WO 97/49343 PCTIUS97/10793 13 cutting edge slices through tissue more easily with less resistance than the discontinuous cutting edge of the prior art needle.
The needle tip 30 according to the present invention is also easier to thread through a tunnel incision, such as, the tiny corneal incision 48, corneal-sclera tunnel incisions, or scleral incisions than the prior art needle tip 10. In particular, the leading external cutting edge 18 of the prior art needle tends to catch on the tissue within the tunnel incision and damage the tissue. In contrast, the needle tip according to the present invention having the cutting edge 38 positioned toward the center of the needle does not catch as easily on the walls of the tunnel incision during threading because the beveled surface 36 and the outer surface 35 of the needle help to push the tissue away from the cutting edge 38 of the needle during threading.
Puncturing of the posterior capsule 53 of the lens -is a common surgical complication which leads to the serious complication of vitreous loss. The posterior capsule 53 is more likely to rupture if it trampolines forward, as shown in FIG. 12B, due to vitreous pressure of fluid gradients and contacts the sharp leading tip of the prior art needle 10 than if it contacts the needle tip of the present invention. With the present invention there is less chance of posterior capsule rupture because the edge of the needle 30 presented to the posterior capsule 53 is relatively blunt. In addition, when the leading edge of the internal bore of the needle 10 of the prior art (FIG. 10A) and the needle according to the invention (FIG. 11A) are located the same distance C from the posterior capsule 53, the posterior capsule travels a distance A to touch the needle 10 of the prior art and a distance B to touch the WO 97/49343 PCT/US97/10793 14 needle 30 of the present invention. The distance A is smaller than the distance B, thus the less movement of the posterior capsule will cause rupture in the prior art.
The needle according to the present invention may also provide a better delivery pattern of phacoemulsification energy to the tissue to be removed because the energy will be more focused, as opposed to the prior art needles in which the shock waves emanating from the flat surfaces of the prior art needle are more generalized. This better energy distribution will likely create less cavitation bubbles which obstruct the surgeon's view of the operating site. Also, this better energy distribution will likely cause less traumatic damage to the corneal endothelial cells and less overall energy utilization.
While the invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various changes can be made, and equivalents employed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
1. A phacoemulsification system for removing cataract tissue from the eye comprising: an ultrasonic handpiece; a hollow needle mounted on the handpiece, the hollow needle having an internal surface, an external surface, an angled tip, a beveled surface extending substantially around the external surface at the angled tip, and a single continuous cutting edge between the external surface and the internal surface, the cutting edge extending substantially all the way around the hollow needle and having a leading portion of the cutting edge formed along an inner diameter of the hollow needle; 15 a hollow sleeve surrounding the hollow needle; 9999 a treatment fluid delivery system for delivering treatment fluid to the hollow sleeve; and o999 a suction system for aspirating fluid and tissue through the hollow needle. 9999 ee 20 2. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 1, wherein the beveled surface extends around the entire circumference of the needle tip and the cutting edge is formed at the intersection of the beveled surface and the internal surface.
3. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 2, wherein the beveled surface of the needle forms a first angle with the internal surface of the needle along a first annular portion of the needle, and the beveled surface forms a second angle with the internal surface along a second annular portion of the needle, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
4. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 3, wherein the first side is a side of the needle having a leading portion of the cutting edge and the second side is a side of the needle having a trailing portion of the cutting edge. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 1, wherein the beveled surface has a planar cross- section.
6. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 1, wherein the internal surface of the hollow needle has an internal beveled surface.
7. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 6, wherein the cutting edge includes a leading .portion formed at the intersection between the beveled 15 surface and the internal surface, and a trailing portion formed at the intersection between the internal beveled .*surface and the external surface.
8. The phacoemulsification system according to a claim 6, wherein the beveled surface and the internal 20 beveled surface each extend around approximately half of a circumference of the needle tip on opposite sides of athe needle tip.
9. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 1, wherein the entire cutting edge lies in a plane which is at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the hollow needle shaft. 17 The phacoemulsification system according to claim 1, wherein the single continuous cutting edge is formed at the internal diameter of the hollow needle.
11. The phacoemulsification system according to claim 1, wherein the single continuous cutting edge is formed at the internal diameter of the hollow needle at a leading edge of the cutting edge and at an external diameter of the hollow needle at a trailing edge of the cutting edge.
13. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 12, wherein the entire cutting edge lies in a plane which is at an acute angle with respect to an axis of the hollow needle shaft.
14. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 12, wherein the beveled surface extends around the entire external circumference of the distal end of the needle shaft and forms a first angle with the internal surface at the leading distal edge and a second angle rJj- with the internal surface at the trailing proximal edge, 18 wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 13, wherein the angle of the plane with respect to the axis of the needle shaft is the same as an angle between the beveled surface and the internal surface at the trailing proximal edge.
16. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 12, wherein the beveled edge has a planar cross- section.
17. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 12, wherein the cutting edge forms an oval shape.
18. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 12, wherein the internal surface includes an 15 internal beveled surface.
19. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 18, wherein the cutting edge includes a leading portion formed at the intersection between the beveled surface and the internal surface, and a trailing portion 20 formed at the intersection between the internal beveled surface and the external surface. The phacoemulsification needle according to claim 18, wherein the beveled surface and the internal beveled surface each extend around approximately half of the circumference of the needle shaft on opposite sides of the needle tip. DATED this 1 1 t h day of January 2000 GRAVLEE, Joseph Jr. C By his Patent Attorneys CULLEN CO.
IT249046Y1 (en) * 2000-12-11 2003-03-25 Optikon 2000 Spa Punta emulsified for eye surgery, particularly cataract lafacoemulsificazione.


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With power, politics and passions all in play, not everything is as it first appears.
A revisit to the Scottish Borders and the complex political manoeuvrings at play in 16th century Europe.
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Breaking News - Grand County 911 steps in when Summit goes down
Dr. Kennedy explains the watery-eyes-stuffy-nose syndrome in off season
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High moisture levels through the fall and winter mean a longer spring for Grand County, and for many, a longer season of itchy throats, runny noses and swollen eyes.
Seasonal allergies are mostly caused by the pollen levels blooming flowers and budding trees are known for, and Dr. Jim Kennedy with Byer's Peak Family Medicine in Winter Park, expects allergies to be heightened this year. He provided information on what causes allergies and advice to help county residents breathe easy this season.
What causes allergies?
It's a genetic problem you inherit from your family, usually. Things that inherited with the same genes are asthma, eczema and hives. It's an overreaction of the immune system to pollen or whatever the allergen is. Your body thinks it's being invaded and tries to react.
Do people ever come into your office confusing allergies with a cold?
Almost every day. With a cold, you usually feel really sick or often have a fever. Symptoms come and go over the course of a week or two. Allergies last longer. If there's an itching in eyes, throat or ears, it's always an allergy. Plus, you should consider the time of year. Most colds come in the winter, most allergies come in spring, summer and fall. But we see people all the time that think they have chronic colds, but they have allergies instead.
What's the best thing to do during allergy season?
Stay inside. The best way to deal with allergies is to avoid them as much as you can. If it's windy and you don't have to be outside, it's better to stay in. I'm assuming many can't do that, since most of us live here because we like to be outside. So the initial treatment for most people is antihistamines you can buy over the counter.
Which antihistamines do you recommend?
Not every one works for every person, so you may need to try several. Take them as directed and don't wait for the symptoms, because some take a while to work. Recently, internasal cortisone spray became available over-the-counter instead of by prescription. That works extremely well for a lot of people. If that doesn't work, you can see a doctor for prescription antihistamines. For people with severe allergies that are long-lasting around the calendar, there are allergy shots as well.
Another thing that works for a lot of people is washing allergens off of you. I'm allergic to horses, but I like to go riding. So in cases like that, or if you're allergic to your dog or cat, washing your face and hands to get the allergens off it is pretty helpful.
Why do some antihistamines cause drowsiness?
Because they're not specific in where they react, so they also act in the brain center. Most antihistamines available now are non-drowsy. They still make some people drowsy, but if you take them every day, the drowsiness goes away but they keep working.
How can someone tell what they're allergic to?
Oftentimes, it's just history. If every time you're around a dog, you get an itchy nose, water eyes and a scratchy throat, you're probably allergic to the dog. You can also pay attention to the season you get allergies. In the spring, it's tree pollen. In the summer, it's grass. In the fall, it's weeds. You'd have to get tested to figure out specific allergen. Most people with allergies are allergic to lots of things. It's unusual to only be allergic to one thing. It's also very common for people to be allergic to lots of things, but only be bothered during one part of the year. You could be allergic to your dog, but don't notice until a lot of other allergens are around, and more are triggering a reaction.
What about mold allergies? Is there a higher risk of them during the mud season while it's wet?
We don't have many molds around here since it's dry, but people with mold allergies can have symptoms year-round. With mold, if you can't see it, it can't bother you. It can't jump through walls. It has to release the spores into your space. A swamp cooler or humidifier theoretically could spread more mold around the house by blowing it around, though. Or if there's a crawl space that stays wet, the furnace could suck up spores there and spread them around, but that would be the only way.
What else do most people not understand about allergies?
Some allergy medications quit working after a period of time, so you might need to switch to another one. Take them the way they're prescribed. You can talk to the pharmacist for help.

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Students with excellent academic qualifications (typically an average of 80% or A-) can register for an undergraduate thesis after finding a suitable research advisor (a faculty member in ECE).
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Government officials are watching the data carefully and are yet to declare victory. Still, some are noting that the trend appears to follow similar trajectories as played out in South Africa and the UK, where O'Micron struck first.
"The major cities most affected by the Omicron version are slowing down," said Enbal Shacham, an epidemiologist and associate director of the Geospatial Institute at St. Louis University. "This pattern is similar to what we saw in South Africa and what we were all expecting to see."
Nationally, COVID-19 cases are at a never-before-seen high level. The seven-day average for newly reported cases stood at about 786,500 on Thursday, more than three times the pre-Omicron peak last winter, data from Johns Hopkins University showed. Rochelle Valensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Wednesday that the Omicron wave is expected to peak in the coming weeks.
There are already some positive signs, including a seven-day average that has eased in New York and New Jersey, and Connecticut could crest.
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In New York state, the percentage of positive coronavirus tests reported by the state health department has declined every day since its most recent peak on January 2, when it stood at 23.17%. The health department said 16.3% of coronavirus tests reported on Thursday were positive, and the number of people with Covid-19 in state hospitals dropped for the second straight day to 12,207 from 12,671 on Tuesday.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state is "turning the corner on winter growth."
"We will be at the forefront of the states in witnessing this long-awaited, much-anticipated decline," she said at Friday's press conference.
In Chicago, the seven-day average of new cases fell to 4,887 as of January 9, down 12% from the previous week. The seven-day average of new hospitalizations as of January 3 was 196, up 14% from the previous week, but those numbers generally lag behind the rate of cases.
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6 Dec 2006 : Column 124WH—continued
Secondly, if there are breaches, will the Minister also pay attention to the water supply? The Llangollen takes water from the River Dee to Hurleston for Chester. As my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for
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Devizes said, in future we shall need that network to transfer water from the west to the south-east of the country.
Mr. David Drew (Stroud) (Lab/Co-op): I shall be brief. Clearly, my constituency has more to lose than many other parts of the country, given that the Stroudwater canal is being reopened. Stage 1B has already taken about £20 million, which has come largely from the lottery. There is another bid to the Big Lottery Fund for more than £20 million for stage 1A. There are also all the opportunities in Gloucester around the docks themselves.
I shall concentrate on two important issues that have not been dwelt on. The first is the loss of jobs. The Gloucester-Sharpness canal reorganisation, which pre-empted this issue, will involve the loss of a number of bridge keepers. That has brought a lot of heartache, and although it has been possible to get redundancies and people taking early retirement, the process is not easy and we are losing an awful lot of expertise. Although it seems the easiest way—even, in a sense, although it sounds bizarre, the least painful—it is counter-productive. I put it on the record that we ignore it at all our perils.
The other issue has already been mentioned but I want to emphasise it: the role of volunteer back-up to the canal network. I hope that my hon. Friend the Member for Derby, North (Mr. Laxton) does not mind my mentioning Steve Davis and Paul Woollams, who gave him information. They are complete volunteers and spent hours putting things together. I am not saying that they wrote my hon. Friend's speech, but such people put in an enormous effort as volunteers. It is matched by the physical effort that is put in on weekends and every day by the people who keep the waterways alive. I hope that the Minister understands that there is a wealth of good will out there but that if people are upset and good will is thrown away, it will not be replaced. I hope that that message will encourage the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to reconsider the cuts and work with everybody to restore the figures.
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con): I can say what I have to say about the wonderful Wilts and Berks canal in my constituency in a minute or thereabouts if I cast away the substantial amount of information that I had planned to place before the House this afternoon.
There is an important point to be made about a potential canal such as the Wilts and Berks. It does not apply to mighty canals such as the Kennet and Avon in the constituency of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram). That canal is a fantastic asset that can be used in all sorts of ways, and people can be charged to use it. What I have in my constituency is a muddy ditch that needs to be made into a canal and which requires substantial investment.
The difficulty with the announcement that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs made, particularly the method used to make the announcement, is that it puts at risk the funding that we need from all sorts of bodies to restore the canal.
Recently, an enormous amount of money was spent to open the gateway between the Kennet and Avon and the Thames. It was raised by private funding and by government funding of one sort or another. Those funders are now saying, "Hang on a minute; the whole thing is at risk."
I would ask the Minister, irrespective of what he might think about existing canals, to spare a thought for the Kennet and Avon and the many other potential canals in England that need the support and confidence of the Government and of independent funders if they are to achieve the fantastic vision of linking the Kennet and Avon with the Cotswold canal system.
Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge) (Lab): I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, South (Sir Peter Soulsby) on securing the debate.
The canal network in the black country is a proud link to our industrial heritage, a vital part of our contemporary lifestyle and an essential resource for our future. The canals south of the Rowley-Dudley chain of hills are connected to the waterways north of the hills by a series of tunnels. That is the vital link that I want to ensure is kept open.
Only the Netherton tunnel is well used. It is of recent construction—in terms of canals, that is. The canal from Netherton tunnel runs through Dudley, North and Dudley, South, through the Delph and Stourbridge flights, and eventually joins the Staffordshire and Worcester canal at Stourton, where there is an arm that links Stourbridge to the canal network at the foot of the lock flight.
Like many canals in the industrial black country, the Stourbridge fell into disuse at the end of commercial carrying and became derelict, although it was never formally closed. At that time, various campaigners tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to get boats through, but eventually the locks fell into dereliction. Feelings about that ran so high that it was agreed to hold the annual national rally in Stourbridge to bring the canal's plight to a wider audience. As a result, there was a campaign in the early 1960s to restore the canal to navigation, primarily the Stourbridge lock flight. Using volunteer labour—it was one of the first cases of volunteers turning out in their masses—the locks were restored, albeit with a few political confrontations along the way, and the rally was a great success.
Since then, the canal has been gradually upgraded and has become a joy and a benefit to the local community. It has been key to much of the regeneration in the past few years, and there is currently a scheme to use the canal as a basis of regeneration for a new development on the former Stuart Crystal site at Amblecote.
During the early part of that period, British Waterways was strapped for cash. Netherton tunnel was closed, as it was in a dangerous condition because the bottom was moving as a result of subsidence, which causes difficulties across my area. It was closed for more than five years. When it finally reopened, the whole of the canal was overgrown. It was not navigable, and the whole of Stourbridge was cut off. I am here today to ask the Minister to revisit the funding
issue and to ensure that Stourbridge is not cut off from the rest of the navigable network.
Mr. Mike Hancock (in the Chair): I call Lynne Jones next. If you are very quick, we will be able to get everyone in.
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab): Birmingham is said to have more canals than Venice, and very proud of them we are. I regularly cycle across my constituency along the Worcester and Birmingham canal out to Wast Hills tunnel, one of the longest and most ancient tunnels in the country, and from the other end into the city centre at Gas Street basin. My constituency also has the Stratford-on-Avon canal, which is a spur from the Worcester canal, and the Lapal canal, which, unfortunately, was filled in in the 1960s. There has been a campaign for several years to get it reopened, and the first phase of that work at Selly Oak is supposed to take place as part of the regeneration around a retail development.
Campaigners were very disappointed by the cuts in the budget—our hopes were immediately dashed. I believe that three people have mentioned Birmingham and the regeneration of the city centre, which has been a great success. Its renaissance is down in no small part to the restoration of the canals there. One can go there any day, seven days a week, and see lots of Brummies. It is a great visitor attraction.
The vibrancy and colour around Brindley Place and the Mailbox are determined by the number of narrow boats that are there. Very little waterway traffic originates in the Birmingham navigations. We depend on access from other parts of the network. My hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Lynda Waltho) mentioned the Netherton tunnel. I understand that it recently was closed for investigation of the brickwork in the base of the canal, and we do not know whether there will be funding for it to be reopened. Both sides of the towpath have been closed.
Mr. Mike Hancock (in the Chair): Order. May I ask the hon. Lady to wind up?
Lynne Jones: The Rowington embankment and the Wast Hills tunnel are other access points. What would happen if major investment were needed there?
We in Birmingham are very concerned about the cuts. If we cannot restore the funding this year, I hope that at least there will not be declining budgets in the future but that we can go back to the good days when the Government saw the canal network as something in which to put more, not less, investment.
Mr. Mike Hancock (in the Chair): I call David Heyes. You must be brief.
David Heyes (Ashton-under-Lyne) (Lab): I shall not abuse your generosity, Mr. Hancock. I have thrown away three of my four pages of notes.
Throughout the urban centres in my constituency—Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden and Failsworth—the waterways have been at the heart of regeneration activity and have been a key driver in making a success of such projects. I want to get on record the irony that it is urban regeneration work such as I have described in my constituency that should be put at risk because of the failure of the Rural Payments Agency. It is desperately unfair that the agreed funding to British Waterways is being retrospectively clawed back, through no fault of British Waterways, to be used to pay for failings elsewhere in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
I can only add to the urgings of so many Members to the Minister to do all that he can to ensure that British Waterways funding is restored to former levels, and to change the agenda so that its pot of money is not seen in the future as the one that can be regularly raided if difficulties arise elsewhere in DEFRA budgets. That is vital if the Government's commitment to the benefits of inland waterways in terms of leisure, recreation, heritage, environment and the regeneration that is of such importance in my constituency is to be honoured.
Mr. Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD): I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Leicester, South (Sir Peter Soulsby), not only on securing this debate but on the constructive manner in which he made his contribution. He set out the productive way in which British Waterways has used the public money that has been put at its disposal and also the fact that the benefits that come from canals and other waterways cross many Government Departments. I encourage the Minister to respond to his challenge to find a method of funding British Waterways, because it has a lot going for it.
The other advantage of such a debate is that it gives the opportunity for hon. Members, and the public, to demonstrate the huge support for canals and waterways. Sometimes we need such a challenge to do that. Indeed, the number of hon. Members that have turned up would almost have done justice to a debate on the Floor of the House. They would have given us a huge description of the beautiful countryside and towns that canals go through.
DEFRA is a serial offender in terms of budget mismanagement. Recently, it has been an under-spending Department and it has now run into terrible trouble with the single farm payment. However, I do not want to dwell on that.
Canals and waterways have a number of benefits that are valued by the public, first in terms of tourism and the local economy. There are 300 million visits to 2,000 miles of inland waterways. Not only that, but they encourage people in this country to take their holidays in this country, boosting the local economy and cutting back on carbon emissions. Regeneration has been dealt with, as well as conservation, biodiversity and heritage.
British Waterways is not a passive recipient of Government largesse, but generates increasing income. It has been said that 180 jobs will be lost, and that is a huge blow to those individuals, as the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) said. Their expertise in building
partnerships and getting match funding will be sorely missed by British Waterways. Although the cuts on the canal bank are not that great, the expertise is fundamental in maintaining the work done by British Waterways. It is not only about ensuring that the maintenance of canals is carried out but about encouraging tourism with new attractions, new developments and a sense of adventure when people go on the canals—they need to see something different and to have a new experience.
The cuts penalise a successful and well-run organisation. They are a setback to our tourist industry and put back progress on regeneration and extending biodiversity. Indeed, what is probably more worrying to the Minister is that they will probably affect those who, as Ratty said in "The Wind in the Willows", like
"simply messing about in boats."
They are an increasing constituency in this country. I urge the Minister to take on board the suggestion made by the hon. Member for Leicester, South and to investigate among his fellow Ministers to see whether support can come from other Departments for this worthwhile cause.
Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con): I congratulate the hon. Member for Leicester, South (Sir Peter Soulsby) on securing the debate and you, Mr. Hancock, on enabling everyone to speak on this important subject. I am sure that everybody agrees that British Waterways has done a tremendous job in regenerating our canal network and reinvigorating the surrounding economies. Along its 2,200 miles of canals and rivers, there are now a record 29,000 boats—more than during the height of the industrial revolution. I hope that all hon. Members have signed early-day motion 50, which my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) tabled and I co-sponsored. For the record, it has so far attracted the support of 110 hon. Members.
We are here today because British Waterways has to save £7.2 million, although it could be as much as £9.1 million, in net expenditure from its budget this year to rebalance its books. In his response, I hope that the Minister will provide a thorough explanation, especially considering the very short notice that has been given of those budget cuts. Users of British waterways recognise the unfairness of the cuts and many have been driven to protest and demonstrate. On the weekend of 25 and 26 November, thousands came out in their boats across the country to show DEFRA their disappointment. The "Save our Waterways" campaign organised blockades and demonstrations in Banbury, London, Gloucester and Northampton to name but a few, and more are planned. Those waterways mean so much to them, but sadly so much less to DEFRA.
Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con): The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust has predicted that the canal will have to close because of the parlous state of lock gates and the impact that the cuts will have on their replacement. Does my hon. Friend agree that that will have an enormous impact not only on small businesses and users of the canal but on other businesses, such as
pubs and village shops, that benefit from the burgeoning tourist trade on the canal?
Bill Wiggin: I think that my hon. Friend would be very surprised if I did not agree with him. He is absolutely right and makes an important point.
If the Government still doubt the strong feeling against the cuts, I hope that they will pay particular attention to the flotilla that is planned to pass by Parliament in January. It is easy to think that the Government are completely out of touch with the public and canal users on this matter. While the Government seem to want to claim that the cuts will be harmless and will not have any dramatic or noticeable impacts, the truth seems somewhat different. When questioned about the cuts, Lord Rooker claimed:
"I don't think it will lead to the cutting of British Waterway's programme of work."
However, a briefing note on the cuts provided by British Waterways states:
"The possible sources of funding to balance the budget are: cuts in revenue expenditure such as core waterway maintenance and administration expenses, cuts in major works expenditure, and increases in income."
So, who told Lord Rooker that the programme of work would be unaffected?
Furthermore, Tony Hales, the chairman of British Waterways, has stated:
"Defra's cuts, not just the amount but their suddenness for reasons that have nothing to do with the waterways, clearly cause us problems. They could threaten the long-term stability of the system and our vision to expand it, unless strong action is taken."
What strong action is being taken? We have the Under-Secretary of State bravely stepping up to the plate and stating:
"The Government are working with British Waterways...to minimise the impact of the current restructuring."
Perhaps when the Minister responds to the debate, he will be able to elaborate on what has been discussed and planned in the new budget that, as Lord Rooker claimed, will not lead to a cutting of British Waterway's programme of work. The Under-Secretary has also claimed that one of the reasons for the cuts at British Waterways was that it was "good financial management." He stated:
"As a matter of good financial management, DEFRA keeps its budgets and spending under regular review and challenge, and adjusts them as new pressures and demands arise."—[Official Report, 7 November 2006; Vol. 451, c. 1067-68W.]
I am sure that hon. Members will disagree with him; good financial management does not involve cutting millions from budgets at short notice and creating difficult financial challenges for others to respond to. That is challenging, yes, perhaps testing, but hardly good financial management.
Moreover, a substantial proportion of DEFRA's financial problems are the result of its incompetent handling of the Rural Payments Agency. That is frustrating for those affected, not least because it could have been avoided. I must draw to the attention of the Chamber that I received £49 in a single farm payment. If the then Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, now the Foreign Secretary, had bothered to listen to and act on the criticism levelled at
the RPA and DEFRA by people such as myself, we could have been debating British Waterways' successes instead of budget cuts.
Sir Peter Soulsby: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the budget problems in DEFRA that have led to the hole in the budget have little or nothing to do with the single farm payment and the Rural Payments Agency? In fact, any disallowance that might result from that will further increase its problems and lead to an exacerbation of the situation.
Bill Wiggin: I am grateful for that intervention, but I am not sure that the hon. Gentleman is quite right. We will wait and see what the Minister has to say in his response. According to British Waterways' spokesman:
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The only way you can set options dynamically in CSS is by changing the state of the HTML (changing class names, etc.), or by adding stylesheet rules dynamically via JS, or straightforward style manipulating via JS, element.style.prop = 'prop'.

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HomeEntertainmentGlory Days! rocks Upper Canada Playhouse
Glory Days! rocks Upper Canada Playhouse
May 2, 2019 W. Gibb – Leader staff Entertainment
MORRISBURG – Sometimes you just can't stay in your seat. You absolutely have to get up, wave your arms with the rest of the crowd and stomp your feet.
And sometimes, you just gotta sing along!
Glory Days!, a premiere musical production by Chris McHarge, debuting at Upper Canada Playhouse April 23-28, definitely had that effect on its audiences.
The show played to packed houses for its entire short run: the Playhouse had to add an extra show to try and accommodate the demand for tickets.
Creator and director Chris McHarge built Glory Days! around the Troubadour Club, a West Hollywood icon for several decades, whose open mic Mondays launched the careers of some of the giants of 20th century music. Producers, directors, actors, musical stars, comedians – you could always find the elite of Hollywood lining the Troubadour bar right alongside the ordinary guy in from the street.
"The Troubadour was the place to go," Chris McHarge told the Leader in an April 17th interview. With its policy of open mic or "Hoot Nights", where anyone could get up and sing, it was the place where a lot of musical hopefuls got their big chance. "If your set went over well at the Troubadour, you could be looking at instant stardom," McHarge explained.
The Eagles were launched at the Troubadour. Carly Simon and James Taylor were "discovered" on its stage. Van Morrison, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot played the Troubadour. So did an obscure young Englishman, who would eventually choose the stage name of Elton John, after he wowed the crowds at his Club debut.
McHarge chose the songs in his original production, Glory Days!, based on those artists who leaped into super stardom at the Troubadour. The only problem in designing this show the author faced was, as he laughingly remarked in his interview, narrowing the choices for the final production.
"Every one of the songs we picked is a hit. And I think audiences will love hearing those songs and some of the stories that go with them," McHarge explained in The Leader interview.
He was right.
From the superb opening number, the Eagles' "Hotel California", to the foot stomping closing number, built around Springsteen's "Glory Days", the cast in this production excelled.
The major front vocals were delivered by three talented and versatile young artists, Stephen Ingram, Willem Cowan and Julia Dmytryshyn.
The range of distinctive musical styles demanded by a show like Glory Days! is impressive – and those three surely delivered.
Whether it was Ingram wowing with "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Moondance", Cowan evoking Diamond in "Sweet Caroline" and "Song Sung Blue", and Dmytryshyn belting out "You're So Vain" and caressing "Both Sides, Now" the crowd roared its approval.
The three were great instrumentalists in their own right: they also narrated the vignettes that accompanied the actual artist images appearing on screen during the show.
The "back-up" performers (hardly an appropriate phrase for musicians this good!) were outstanding. Under the direction of band leader Chris Dahmer, Terry Branagh, Kevin Dempsey, Matthew Lima, with musical director Mike Ray sitting in, provided a solid body to every number.
Again, the versatility of the stage band was impressive. Music in this production ranged from rock to folk to blues: this placed a real demand on their talents both instrumentally and often vocally. (I loved a quiet moment with Chris Dahmer soloing on keyboard at the start of Act II, in "Desperado" ).
For one touching section of the show's closing medley, the cast on stage also provided a brief insight into the singers and musicians' world: endless roads, nameless hotels, other towns, other concerts – and why all artists will forever continue to follow dreams.
Glory Days! unleashed a lot of rich memories for many in the crowd. It introduced a new generation of theatre-goers to singers who once rocked almost all musical foundations.
It ultimately paid homage to the legendary Club that had launched great artists.
Bravo, Glory Days!
Joni Mitchel
Troubadour Club
Upper Canada Playhouse
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YG Entertainment Issues Statement Addressing Concerns About BLACKPINK's Jisoo's Health After Fans Notice Lump In Her Neck
Published November 4, 2022 3:16 am By Kevin MillerCategorized as Kpop
BLACKPINK's Jisoo has recently caused concern among fans after a photo of her from the group's recent concert has gone viral, and YG has issued a response to assure fans she's doing ok.
Recently, online communities and social media outlets have begun to talk about "Jisoo has a lump on her neck." The photo released together showed something believed to be a lump on Jisoo's neck while performing on stage. Fans raised rumors of health problems, claiming that Jisoo suffered similar symptoms in the past.
Some suspected of her suffering from lymphoma after seeing the photo and said, "Shouldn't she get a biopsy?"
On November 4, YG Entertainment issued a statement and said that Jisoo is handling her tour schedule well and said, 'there is nothing wrong with her health.'
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK released their second full-length album "BORN PINK" in September. Their world tour began at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul on October 15 and they will tour North America, Europe, and Asia until next year.
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Opinion: Dear AB de Villiers, stay in your lane
The Proteas finally won their first game of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Off the pitch, their campaign has also been marred by off-pitch shenanigans involving AB de Villiers.
by Tauriq Ebrahim
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It's been one hell of a cricketing week. The Proteas earned their first point and then won their first game. Rejoice! All of this on the back one of a big old hullaballoo involving one player.
AB de Villiers must have been hating the fact that the world's focus is on the Cricket World Cup, so he needed to do something to remain relevant.
And so he did, by dropping a bombshell immediately after the Proteas' defeat to India – their third consecutive defeat of the competition. Talk about kicking a man while he is down.
For that one percent who still hasn't seen it, De Villiers made public that he offered to avail himself for selection for the showpiece event on the eve of the Proteas squad announcement.
Much of the talk following his retirement from International cricket was whether or not he would make a last-minute comeback to end his career on the grandest stage of them all. Well, he left it to the last second and was denied entry.
It would have been highly distressing if AB was left out of the squad after remaining involved with the national team in the lead up to the competition but he was just too tired from playing at the highest level for a decade.
So tired in fact that he spent his time relaxing in India and the Caribbean, amongst others. Wouldn't it be awesome to be paid top dollar to relax in those countries? Sure, you've gotta do a bit of work in a T20 jamboree, but there are worse ways to spend an evening.
Watching, listening and reading what he said about the possibility of an international return for the World Cup during his stint with the Tshwane Spartans in the Mzansi Super League, the mind immediately made peace with not seeing the name AB de Villiers in the squad.
Here's what he said on one occasion – "It will be very selfish and arrogant of me to throw statements around that I'm keen to play a World Cup."
So right now, you AB de Villiers is selfish and arrogant.
While every pundit and scribe in the cricketing world has penned their opinion and written open letters to De Villiers, here's one you haven't read anywhere.
Dear AB de Villiers
Stay in your lane
Thankfully,
Your former supporters who you turned your back on.
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I've been looking for my Nicaragua surfmoto bike for awhile and finally pulled the trigger today, buying this new Yumbo 200 this afternoon.
A bit of background…I've been spending time in Central America for 20 years now, and have a condo on the beach in front of Panga Drops in Nicaragua. I visit Nicaragua a few times each year, and every time I end up renting expensive vehicles that can deal with the roads and accommodate my surfboards. Most of my driving is off-road, and whether off or on-road, the whole time I'm wishing I had a motorcycle.
I've wanted to ride my DR650e down and leave it here, but it's a three week trip, at least, that would be followed by import tariffs that could cover the cost of buying a bike here in Nicaragua. I'll make the ride eventually, but in the meantime, buying a bike here in Nicaragua seems the best plan.
Once that decision is made, the next fork in the road is whether to buy Japanese or Chinese (or Indian). Japanese bikes cost twice as much as Chinese, and more. They're better, of course, both in reliability and handling, but that's more hearsay than fact as reviews are scarce so you're left to asking around.
Also, there are no dual sport bikes over 200cc, Japanese or otherwise. Most of the Japanese bikes are 125 or 150cc – about a fifth or less of what I'm used to riding.
I test rode a used Honda Bross 15o. It rode OK, but it had over 80,000 km on the odometer, so while it had been well-maintained, it just wasn't a great idea. Besides, the guy wouldn't go less than $1,600, and I could get a Yumbo 200 for $1,200.
Which I did, but not until I scoured Rivas for something that seemed more, well, better made. And what might be better handling. With these rock-strewn dirt roads, handling was most important. But you can't test ride the new bikes, so handling would be a guess.
I looked at Dayun, Raybun and others, but mostly Serpento. Genesis was closed. They all seemed cheaply made, and I almost bought a Serpento, but the only 200 they had was a sort of supermoto, and I wanted an off-road/dual-purpose bike.
I bought the Yumbo 200 in Tola for $1,200. When I rode away two things were noticeable. First, the brakes totally sucked. Second, the forks were crooked. I returned to the shop and we straightened the forks. Maybe the brakes need breaking in.
On the ride back to Hacienda Iguana the speedometer cable detached itself, but that was the only mishap over the 14km ride.
More to come on this. Sorry for the bad photo above.
Last November (2016) I sold the Yumbo back to the dealer I bought it from. It really was a spindly piece of junk, so I learned my lesson. I bought a low-kilometer, 2015 Yamaha 125XT from a friend in Hacienda Iguana and couldn't be happier. It's 75cc down on the Yumbo, but nothing breaks, it handles twice as well and will hold its value better, too. I sold the Yumbo for $400, a third of what I bought it for 2 years earlier, but that's OK.


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At Nama-Stay Vacation Home Rental and Retreat House you are in "downtown" Springdale, UT, 5 minutes from the Zion National Park south entrance, shuttle buses, grocery stores, restaurants, galleries, and an array of outdoor adventure activities. And yet, you are far enough from the road to have a sound, silent sleep. Come visit us!
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Bánh chưng is a traditional Vietnamese rice cake which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients. Its origin is told by the legend of Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty, who became the successor thanks to his creation of bánh chưng and bánh giầy, which symbolized, respectively, the Earth and the Sky. Considered an essential element of the family altar on the occasion of tết, the making and eating of bánh chưng during this time is a well-preserved tradition of Vietnamese people. Beside the tết holiday, bánh chưng is also eaten all year round as a delicacy of Vietnamese cuisine and one of the national dishes of Vietnam, in addition to chả giò and phở.
According to the book Lĩnh Nam chích quái (Extraordinary stories of Lĩnh Nam) published in 1695, the creation of bánh chưng was credited to Lang Liêu, a prince of the last Hùng kings of the sixth dynasty (c. 1712 - 1632 BC). It was said that in choosing a successor among his sons, the monarch decided to carry out a competition in which each prince brought a delicacy representing the sincerity for the ancestors on the occasion of the tết, whoever could introduce the most delicious dish for the altar would become the next ruler of the country. While other princes tried to find the rare and delicious foods from forest and sea, the eighteenth prince, Lang Liêu, who was the poorest son of the Hùng king, could not afford such luxurious dishes and had to be content with everyday ingredients, such as rice and pork. Finally, he created one cake in the square form of earth called bánh chưng and one in the round form of sky called bánh giầy from these simple ingredients. In tasting the dishes offered by his son, the Hùng king found bánh chưng and bánh giầy not only delicious but also a fine representation of the respect for ancestors. Therefore, he decided to cede the throne to Lang Liêu and bánh chưng, bánh giầy became traditional foods during the tết. Lang Liêu founded the Seventh Hùng dynasty (c. 1631 - 1432 BC).
The required ingredients of bánh chưng are glutinous rice, mung bean, fatty pork and black pepper, salt, sometimes green onion, and nước mắm for spices. In the wrapping stage, one needs lá dong, strings split from giang, one type of bamboo which has long node, and sometimes a square mold in wood so that bánh chưng can be wrapped in a better shape, lá dong, which is popular only in the Southern Asia, can be substituted by banana leaves or even lá bàng. Lá dong and giang strings have to be washed carefully in order to preserve the taste of the cake, giang strings may be soaked in salt water or steamed so that they can become flexible enough for wrapping. People often choose high quality rice and bean for making bánh chưng, they are soaked in water for 2 hours in case of mung bean and 12 to 14 hours in case of glutinous rice. The fat and lean pork is preferred for bánh chưng because its fatty flavour well associates with the glutinous rice and mung bean. After being sliced in big parts, pork is mixed with pepper, onion and salt or nước mắm. People in Bắc Ninh once added sugar in this mixture of spices.
Nowadays, the tradition of self-made bánh chưng gradually declines in Vietnam when the size of a typical family is smaller and people do not have enough time for the preparation and making of bánh chưng, instead they go to the bánh chưng shop or order cakes in advance from families which specialize in making them. Therefore, bánh chưng still appears in each family during the Tết but they are not a family product any more. With the shift of bánh chưng making from family to specialized manufacturers, some craft villages became famous for their reputation in making bánh chưng such as Tranh Khúc village or Duyên Hà village both in Thanh Trì, Hanoi.
Each year, on the occasion of the Death anniversary of the Hung Kings, a competition of making bánh chưng and bánh dày is often organized in Hùng Temple, Phú Thọ. Participants from eight different regions including Lào Cai, Hanoi and Cần Thơ are provided with 5 kg of glutinous rice, bean, 1 kg of pork so that they can make 10 bánh chưng in 10 minutes, the product of the winning team will be present in the official altar of the festival. In 2005, bánh chưng makers in Ho Chi Minh City offered Hùng Temple a pair of giant bánh chưng and bánh giầy, the size of the bánh chưng was 1.8m x 1.8m x 0.7m and 2 tonnes in weight after cooking, it was made in Ho Chi Minh City and subsequently transferred to Phú Thọ.
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Basic Obedience - This class is for dogs and puppies that have been through a puppy class but are not quite ready for a Novice I class. Dogs should know sits and downs and have some training for sit stays and down stays.
This class is for the dog from 6 months of age or older. Emphasis is on heeling, sits and downs, wait and stays, the recall of coming when called and socialization with other dogs and people.