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Posted on 06/20/2014 7:20:48 AM PDT by Phillyred
Hi Al. I was hoping anyone involved with little league baseball might have some thoughts or suggestions. My 12 year old just loves baseball and he's a really good player. Unfortunately He just finished up his last year of little league with no chance throughout the years to make the summer team. It is the all-buddies team. They pick only 11 kids every year. Does anyone find that ridiculous? The tryouts are a joke, and really just a showcase for the coach's sons. The same core 10 have been on it since t-ball.
The really frustrating thing is that two of the kids on the team are playing up! But they are good friends with the other kids. Why can't they just play at their own age level? My guy struck out 3 times this year (early in the year). His batting average and OBP was very high...but like others here, he was not a HR ("elite") hitter (like most of the all star team). Just got base hits and the occasional double. Very good fielder, very fast and athletic, but smallish for his age. His coach had him at infield/short stop most of the year but he plays any position well- even played catcher well. He was also the team's 4th/5th pitcher and often closed tight games.He had a streak of 4 or 5 games straight where he had a perfect OBP. He was hitting the very best pitchers in the league with ease all year. He put in a lot of hard work this year and it just kills me that he never got to experience the high level summer play. He loves the game so much and plays it well.
Anyway, just venting here, but I was really hoping someone might have a suggestion or think of a way he can still play baseball this summer. It is frustrating that so many towns around us he would be playing on, but we are stuck in this "elite" league. Anyone else going through this?
I can relate. In my area it takes money as well. We do have the fortune to have other leagues to play in, but not of the quality of my son's current league.
Find teams that are coached by paid coaches (former college and pro players). Any town of size will have them. No daddy ball. Premier league is one that holds these type teams. Another website is the Perfect Game. You can find teams listed there that might be in your area.
See if there is a PONY League in your area.
We've had nothing but good experiences with it (Pittsburgh area).
Also, check for church sponsored leagues, which do Fall Baseball.
Legal suggestions or, ahem, 'Nancy Kerrigan' solutions?
Look up Super Series AAA website and find team names there. Research the teams and only try out for teams that have paid coaches.
In daddy ball leagues, best thing you can do is be a coach or assistant coach. If there are three or four coaches, their kids are playing, regardless of how bad of a player they are. So there are probably 4 spots off the team right from the start. Daddy ball sucks, you can avoid it but it will cost some $.
I feel for you. And understand. I lucked out and got to coach most of the years for my 13 yo. He and I are in our second year in Babe Ruth - he is youngest in his class, and played up with his classmates on Babe Ruth last year. (and got the batting title by virtue of good contact even though no power)
THE way to make a change in operating rules is to join the board. Second way is to create another team. Third is to help coach. All of which, as an outsider parent, is much easier than fighting a biased system run for and by a few for their kids. One of my pet peeves has always be the coach whose kid(s) always play the premium positions, regardless of work habits and ability. Just a fact of life with volunteer coaches. (my kid has to earn EVERYTHING with twice as much work! Poor kid has to do field prep with his old man as well)
It takes a lot of work to put together a baseball team, choosing how you select (and not) your players is all part of the process. There are good ways and bad ways. Your particular coaching staff seems more than a little selfish, making up their team by virtue of a buddy rule. But that is so common as to not merit a lot of comment. If your community is large enough to support it, create another team and join a league.
Im in a small enough town that we usually dont have enough players for more than one team at the Babe Ruth level. We have 4-6 teams at Little League level, which tells me we need to do a better job of selling baseball. The only reason we have Little League tryouts is to make the teams evenly talented. Strangely, basketball camps and football camps during baseball season seem to attract much more of the attention. Which is too bad as I am seriously a baseball addict.
You must find a way for your kid to play summer ball. Find out what it takes to join the local league, whether it be Little League or Cal Ripkin ball, and go for it. It is only fair.
Good luck! If you need help finding league information, ask away.
you have to be a coach or an assistant coach... it is very political...
You should be able to find other teams in your area that would love to have your son. There are plenty of travel teams - you'll have to ask around, make some phone calls, search the net. Try getting hold of local pitching/hitting instructors - they will know what teams are looking for kids.
This is one of the great things about kids sports - it teaches life lessons - sometimes things are just not fair.
Hopefully this will motivate him to work harder.
Imagine his joy when the new team beats the team that cut him!
Your focus should be on a High School w/ an exceptional baseball program where your kid will be recognized by college scouts.
I played HS Baseball in the most competitive district in Houston, really large schools. ..same time the Knoblauchs played for their father/coach at Bellaire High School.
My HS coach was a joke, didn't help any player with scholarships.
My experience many years ago was that Little League pretty much ends for the elite players after their 1st year at 'Majors', which is a double age-group (12 & 13 yos). The better 13 year old players are already at the next level (Senior League) playing on full-size fields.
If your son is that talented then he should be "thinking up" and looking for the next league. My area had really good Legion Ball teams.
Also, the "Coaches Kids" may begin gravitating toward other sports. Scholastic sports like football, basketball & soccer begin coming to the fore. I know that I began playing football at age 12 and pretty much lost interest in baseball.
If your son has a passion for the game it will be recognized at the next level.
fyi - my experience is that college scouts rarely go to high school games. They go see the elite travel teams.
Yep. Went through it to include coaching. My recommendation is to take your kid out of team sports. The purpose of youth sports right now is to get your kid's name in the newspaper that nobody reads or to get a scholarship. Look at most of the young men in college on an athletic scholarship. They have year-round training and supervision. They remind me of the young guys that worked in mines at a Company Town.
The coaches are coaching to get hired at the next level. The kids are just tools for them to achieve their goals. There are exceptions like Hurley and Ladaceur, but those are exceptions.
Essentially a travel team is what you are looking for. All stars in outlr small town was like your description 35 years ago. I was selected then dumped because another kid wanted to play and daddy fixed it. I batted 475 and led league with 20 doubles that year.
The next year my two brothers were selected and then another parent wanted his daughter to be the first girl on our towns all star team and the powers that be said fine. This girl's daddy came to my father and said you need to tell one of your sons they are off the team. My father said that is not happening again. He went and pulled stats, my brother batted .380 and the girl was not even batting .200. He told the powers that be you kick him you will hear from my attorney, you screwed my other son over last year after he legitimately made the team, you are not pilling this BS again. My brother played.
No where near like that anymore, they pull the best players and try to win.
Based on watching how one of our younger relatives was treated by a so called elite travel team, I would not recommend going to one.
The so called elite travel teams still have Daddy management bias, and they can wear out a good player.
A couple of years ago we did limo driving for this young relative when his parents went on a vacation. We were notified that on his first day, a Saturday, he had 3 games. Then 3 more games on Sunday. The team had regular practices on off days and irregular practices on game days.
He went from batting over 350 to about 200 during the summer. His batting average with runners on base was about 500.
His new travel team coach/manager was terrible. He watched his two sons and a nephew, and the rest of the team was ignored or yelled at.
The parents of our younger relative, stopped letting him be in Summer Travel Ball after we discussed our observations.
Tryouts due to parental complaints are now very standard. Each guy gets 4 balls hit to him in left field and in right field. If he is trying to be an infielder he has to field 4 hard hit balls on the ground or as pop ups, and make the throws to first or third as set up.
Batting tryouts were short and brutal. They got 4 balls delivered by a pitching machine. He got 3 good hits and made a long fly out.
After the tryouts, one of the coaches/managers, asked him what positions, he liked to play, and he was drafted.
He made a good team this year, did well and his team got into the semi finals
However, Daddy ball came into play during the second play off game. The head coach's son never got a hit, made pitching errors and in field errors and was not pulled. The kid took out his frustrations by yelling at his team mates. He struck out for the final out with the bases loaded, and his team lost by one run. Then, he blamed his team members for the lost inspite of his bad play. Our young relative told the brat to grow up and shut up in front of his dad, the coach.
The winning coach/manager saw and heard our young relative's comments to the loser on his team. Afterwards, on a one to one, he told our relative, if he wanted to go out next spring, he could be on his team.
Call the high school coach. Your kid is one or two years away from being under his jurisdiction, and he sure as heck doesn't want his best talents being deprived of development opportunities. He will know exactly what alternatives you have, and may also be able to intercede with the summer league if the situation is unfair enough based on the stats.
That said, you describe your son as quick, high in OBP and low in hitting power, which is a concern. Your son might actually spend his summer better in the batting cage and weight room than riding to games with the t-ball buddies. The kind of offensive player he is now gets on base hugely more often in Little League than on a bigger field against better players. He draws walks on weaker pitching. A lot of hits that are just over the glove of a close-in LL 2B or SS become easily fielded on the bigger field. A shorter base path, weaker fielders, and light or no error scoring enables him to convert easy force-outs or base-on-errors into singles.
Thanks for the tips...I definitely wouldn't say he is low in hitting power...just not a HR bomb hitter. He has hit a few off the fence this year and a few near home runs, so the potential is there. I think it probably is better off he didn't make the team, but I just wish there was another team to play for this summer just to keep in it. I definitely want to keep him in the cages and he does play fall ball (along with football). Thanks again!
True. He didn't join the travel team for th eleague. We can't afford the $800. Plus i thought he would not enjoy it riding the bench.
Yes, my son plays on one. Be prepared, depending on the team it may not be cheap. Plus you have to pay for travel. We try to stay with a couple of hours but we do go as far as Missouri and Georgia.
We know how you feel... In our local Little League, if you are not a son of a coach or a coach's favorite, you doesn't make the All-Star team. And if you are a coach that vocally sticks up for your team against biased officiating, your son will not make All-Stars as well. There is no rhyme or reason to how the All-Star team is selected... If you question how the determinations are made, you will be told "stats". But no one will actually show you the stats because they know that real stats would prove the bias.
My son, batted a .522 this past season, with OBP% of .686, and SLG% of .783. He averaged better than 1 stolen base per game, and his STB% was 100.00. His fielding (CF) was great, and he had no issues in accurately getting the ball to the infield without using a cutoff man. For 3 years in a row he has been passed over, and I am left trying to comfort him from the front seat as we go home... He doesn't understand how someone with a sub-.200 average can make All-Stars when he doesn't. Children know when they are being wronged... They are not stupid. And they don't forget. I just keep telling him that favoritism shown others now will turn into a great disservice to them later, as they were never as good as they thought they were and the truth really hurts.
He gets professional private batting instruction weekly, and has a form that rivals anyone in the MLB. He is young and working to perfect it, but knows that it will be worth it in the end. (He still gets a little "rotational" sometimes on low and away pitches... He knows the answer is to keep his hands up and to rotate the barrel of the bat downward as it comes across the toe-line.) He has a head for fielding and was setting up double plays from the mound at age eight when everyone else was still stuck in "the easy play is at first" mode. He is his own worst critic, so I have to be sure to reinforce his positive actions and let him figure out how to reverse the negatives by asking him questions. I believe he is truly focused on the long-term aspect of playing, so he understands that the real rewards will come later. While it is a true in life that favoritism exists and happens often, it hurts me to see him have to deal with it at this young age involving a game he loves - but he will be a stronger teen and a better adult for knowing the realities of life. Until then, we practice, we play, we seek out opportunities that allow us to improve and we look toward the future.
Start a new team in competition with the coaches' team.
"Start a new team in competition with the coaches team."
Best idea yet. Then recruit his best players - I'll bet some of them would love to leave.
BUT - don't make the same mistakes he makes:)
A few travel teams recruited my youngest son and he and my wife and I said no thanks. He plays little league and middle school baseball and middle school basketball. He said I want time to rest and not get burned out, we agreed and you are right travel ball is expensive and time consuming.
I don't know what 'elite travel teams' are?
College scouts most definitely come see Houston big 20-6A & 20-5A football, basketball, track & baseball/softball boys and girls.
Play a meritrocratic sport instead? (Like football, lacrosse, or rugby? Sometimes soccer too.)
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- 4 ounces cream cheese
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Trey Freeman scored 25, Aaron Bacote added 15 points and No. 5 seed Old Dominion beat 12th-seeded Florida Atlantic 72-46 in the second round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala.
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Skylight presents intimate take on 'Porgy & Bess'
In the summer of 1926, George Gershwin returned home from rehearsals for a new musical. Wired and needing to clear his head, he picked up a recent bestselling novel as bedtime reading. He didn't put it down until he had finished it the following morning. The novel was DuBose Heyward's "Porgy."
In "The Life and Times of Porgy and Bess: The Story of an American Classic," Hollis Alpert describes what happened next: Gershwin was so excited "by the story and its author's apparent musical sensitivity" that he immediately wrote Heyward and suggested they collaborate on an opera. Nine years later, it made a now-legendary Broadway debut as "Porgy and Bess." »Read Full Article(1)
Court case delays state launch of Aereo television service
The launch of a new television service in 11 Wisconsin counties, offering customers basic channels for prices starting as low as $8 per month, has been delayed as the fledgling company fights for its life in a U.S. Supreme Court case.
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Forward Theater's 'Or,' celebrates the art of the possible
Madison — In the arresting and audacious Prologue to Liz Duffy Adams' "Or," — the rollicking but also moving mash-up of 1660s Restoration comedy and 1960s idealism being directed by Jennifer Uphoff Gray at Forward Theater — actor Amy J. Carle gives the audience quite a bit more than the standard warning about silencing cellphones.
Still in street clothes en route to disappearing backstage and becoming Aphra Behn — 17th-century poet, playwright and spy — Carle delivers 40 lines of iambic verse describing what's to come. »Read Full Article
For Hank the Brewers dog, opening day a walk in the park
Hank the Brewers dog's first opening day was a walk in the park — or, more accurately, a walk around Miller Park.
Fans cheered Hank as he walked with mascot Bernie Brewer up the third base side before the first pitch of the game. The dog, adopted by the family of a Brewers official after he showed up as a stray at spring training camp in Arizona in February, was a media star during pregame activity, including with a crew from ABC's "World News Tonight." ABC said the segment is scheduled to air on Tuesday's 5:30 p.m. newscast. »Read Full Article(1)
Hank merchandise a hit for Milwaukee Brewers at opening day
Hank-mania is alive and well and turning into a thriving business during Monday's opening day at Miller Park.
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Jazz in the Park lineup includes Nick Waterhouse, Dumpstaphunk
Retro R&B rocker Nick Waterhouse and funk groups Dumpstaphunk and Billy Martin's Wicked Knee are among the national touring acts playing Jazz in the Park's 23rd season.
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Top of the Charts: Pharrell battles John Legend for top spot
Pharrell Williams has every reason to be happy as he now finds himself with the year's longest run on top of the Billboard Hot 100 to date. See the video for his big hit - and find out which rising song threatens his run - below and then step back in time to see which songs were at number one this week in 2008, 1998, 1988 and 1978.
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On Tap Today: Opening day at Miller Park
Today makes spring official. It's Opening Day. Even if you don't participate, it's a rite of spring time.
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A CHINESE-TAKEOUT owner, confined for more than 21 months to hospital beds since he was viciously attacked outside his West Oak Lane business in 2010, died Thursday.
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Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award Applications closed until Fall 2016
Lambda Literary has played a pivotal role is nurturing the development of emerging writers through programs such as our annual summer fellowship, internships and review writing opportunities at LambdaLiterary.org and community building through readings, conferences and other events. Supporting emerging writers is central to our mission: they are the future of LGBTQ literature.
The Judith Markowitz Emerging Writer Award recognizes LGBTQ-identified writers whose work demonstrates their strong potential for promising careers. The award includes a cash prize of $1000. Two Emerging Writer prizes will be awarded.
Previous winners of the Emerging Writer Award (previously the Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award):
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Judith A. Markowitz is committed to helping LGBT literature flourish. That is why she is funding the Emerging Writers award. This award acknowledges talented new writers; it shines a light on them, their writing, and the other ways in which they contribute to our literary community. They are our future. She believes they deserve recognition, support and encouragement.
Judith is an active donor to Lambda Literary, Lambda Legal, and other LGBT organizations. She was a member of the LL board for six years during which time she served as president, co-chair, and secretary. Prior to that she wrote reviews for the Lambda Book Report.
To date, Judith has published more than 150 articles; edited four anthologies; and written three books, including The Gay Detective Novel (2005, McFarland). She writes about gender and language, lesbian mysteries, speech technology (like SIRI), and robots. She is currently working on a book that explores ancestors of today's robots that are found in myths (e.g., Jewish golem), fiction (e.g., Frankenstein), and reality (e.g., Japanese Karakuri). She is collecting stories and myths from other cultures that involve human-created humans and humanoids.
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SEATTLE (AP) - A large explosion rocked a natural gas processing plant on the Washington-Oregon border Monday, injuring four workers, causing about 400 people to evacuate from nearby farms and homes, and emitting a mushroom cloud of black smoke that was visible for more than a mile.
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a flood of last-minute sign-ups, hundreds of thousands of Americans rushed to apply for health insurance Monday, but deadline day for President Barack Obama's overhaul brought long, frustrating waits and a new spate of website ills.
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans cut back on soda at an accelerated pace last year, extending a slow retreat from the category that began nearly a decade ago.
• COUPLE HITS IT BIG IN LOTTERY 3 TIMES: PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - A Virginia couple is averaging more than $1 million a week in lottery winnings.
GREECE, N.Y. (AP) - At their most recent monthly meeting, the five members of the Greece Town Board took their seats, gaveled to order and moved quickly through the regular opening agenda:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A moderate earthquake that rattled a swath of Southern California forced several dozen people in one community out of their homes after firefighters discovered foundation problems that made the buildings unsafe to enter, authorities said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public health issue and a huge worry for patients.
SEATTLE (AP) - People living in the path of a deadly Washington state landslide had virtually no warning before a wall of mud, trees and other debris thundered down the mountain. Some of the homeowners didn't even know the hillside could give way at any time.
PARIS (AP) - The United States and Russia agreed Sunday that the crisis in Ukraine requires a diplomatic resolution, but four hours of talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov failed to break a tense East-West deadlock over how to proceed.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mormon women gathered around the world this weekend for what leaders called a historic meeting of the faith.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, expressing his great admiration for the pontiff and inviting him to visit the White House.
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) - Washington state officials all but abandoned hope Friday of finding survivors under tons of twisted, sodden earth as a community waited in anguish to learn the full scope of what is already one of the most devastating landslides in U.S. history.
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) - The roar of the hillside collapsing was so loud that Robin Youngblood thought an airplane had crashed. But when she looked out the window of her mobile home, all she saw was a wall of mud racing across her beloved river valley toward her home.
FOREST, Va. (AP) - Eight-year-old Sunnie Kahle likes to keep her hair short, wear boys' clothes, collect hunting knives and shoot her BB gun.
ATLANTA (AP) - There's fresh evidence that a lot of young people could be headed for heart trouble. A large study of preteens in Texas found that about one-third of them had borderline or high cholesterol when tested during routine physical exams.
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What work dispute has two contracts, three parties, and six unions?
No wonder it's confusing trying to settle workplace issues at the Convention Center. You would almost need to book a ballroom to squeeze in all the negotiators and their lawyers.
Before a deal was reported Thursday night, four of the six unions picketed the center and a fifth didn't cross the picket line. The sixth went to work.


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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD) is the most common cause of vision loss in those aged over 50. It causes a gradual loss of central (but not peripheral) vision. Central vision is needed for detailed work and for things like reading and driving. The disease does not lead to complete blindness. Visual loss can occur within months, or over many years, depending on the type and severity of AMD. There are two main types of AMD - 'wet' and 'dry'. 'Wet' AMD is most severe but more treatable. Visual loss caused by AMD cannot normally be reversed. New medicines are an exciting development for wet AMD as they may halt or delay the progression of visual loss.
Understanding the back of the eye
- The retina is made up of two main layers. There is an inner layer of 'seeing cells' called rods and cones. These cells react to light and send electrical signals down tiny nerve fibres (which collect into the optic nerve) to the brain. The outer layer - the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) - is a layer of cells behind the rods and cones. The RPE is an insulating layer between the retina and the choroid. These cells help to nourish and support the rods and cones. They pass nutrients from the blood vessels in the choroid to the rods and cones. They also take waste materials from the rods and cones to the blood vessels in the choroid. The RPE can be thought of as a filter, determining what substances reach the retina. Many components of blood are harmful to the retina and are kept away from it by a normally functioning RPE. The rods and cones are responsible for vision in different conditions. There are many more rods than cones, and rods are smaller cells than cones:
- The cone cells ('cones') help us to see in the daylight, providing the basis for colour vision.
- The rod cells ('rods') help us to see in the dark - 'night vision'.
- The macula is a small but vital area of the retina at the back of your eye. It is about 5 mm in diameter. The macula is the part of the retina that is the most densely packed with rods and cones. The macula is essential for central vision. In the middle of the macula is an area called the fovea, which only contains cones.
- The choroid is a layer of tissue behind the retina which contains many tiny blood vessels. These help to take oxygen and nutrients to the retina.
- Bruch's membrane is a thin membrane which helps to form a barrier between the choroid and the delicate retina.
- The sclera is the outer thick white layer of the eye.
When you look at an object, light from the object passes through the cornea, then the lens, and then hits the retina at the back of the eye. The light from the object focuses on the macula. You need a healthy macula for detailed central vision.
What is age-related macular degeneration?
AMD is a condition that occurs when cells in the macula degenerate. This occurs with partial breakdown of the RPE and the cells become damaged and die. Damage to the macula affects your central vision which is needed for reading, writing, driving, recognising people's faces and doing other fine tasks. The rest of the retina is used for peripheral vision - the 'side' vision which is not focused. Therefore, without a macula you can still see enough to get about, be aware of objects and people, and be independent. However, the loss of central vision will severely affect normal sight. There are two types - 'dry' and 'wet' AMD - described below.
Who gets age-related macular degeneration?
AMD is the most common form of macular degeneration and develops in older people. There are other rare types of macular degeneration which occur in younger people. AMD can affect anyone. It is the most common cause of severe sight problems (visual impairment) in the UK, and indeed in the developed world. It becomes more common with increasing age, as the name suggests. It is rare under the age of 60. If you develop wet AMD (see below) in one eye the risk of developing wet AMD in the second eye is about 1 in 4.
About 5 in 100 people aged over 65 and about 1 in 8 people aged over 80 have AMD severe enough to cause serious visual loss. About twice as many women over the age of 75 have AMD compared with men of the same age.
The two types of age-related macular degeneration
Dry AMD
This is the most common form and occurs in 9 in 10 cases. In this type the cells in the RPE of the macula gradually become thin (they 'atrophy') and degenerate. This layer of cells is crucial for the function of the rods and cones which then also degenerate and die. Typically, dry AMD is a very gradual process as the number of cells affected increases. It usually takes several years for vision to become seriously affected. Many people with dry AMD do not totally lose their reading vision.
Wet AMD
Wet AMD may also be called neovascular or exudative AMD. It occurs in about 1 in 10 cases. However, it is likely to cause severe visual loss over quite a short time - sometimes just months. Very occasionally, if there is a bleed (haemorrhage) from a new blood vessel, this visual loss can occur suddenly, within hours or days. In wet AMD, in addition to the retinal pigment cells degenerating, new tiny blood vessels grow from the tiny blood vessels in the choroid. This is called choroidal neovascularisation. The new vessels break through Bruch's membrane and into the macular part of the retina. These vessels are not normal. They are fragile and tend to leak blood and fluid. This can damage the rods and cones, and cause scarring in the macula, causing further vision loss.
Both wet and dry AMD are further classified according to severity. Early, intermediate or advanced types refer to the degree of damage to the macula. 6 in 10 cases of intermediate/advanced AMD are due to wet AMD.
What causes age-related macular degeneration?
In people with AMD the cells of the RPE do not work so well with advancing age. They gradually fail to take enough nutrients to the rods and cones, and do not clear waste materials and byproducts made by the rods and cones either. As a result, tiny abnormal deposits called drusen develop under the retina. In time, the retinal pigment cells and their nearby rods and cones degenerate, stop working and die. This is the dry type of AMD.
In other cases, something also triggers new blood vessels to develop from the choroid to cause the wet form of AMD. The trigger is not known. It may be that some waste products which are not cleared from the RPE may stimulate new blood vessels to grow in an attempt to clear the waste.
The exact reason why cells of the RPE stop working properly in people with AMD is not known. Certain risk factors increase the risk of developing AMD. These include:
- Smoking tobacco.
- Possibly, high blood pressure (inconclusive evidence).
- A family history of AMD. (AMD is not a straightforward hereditary condition. However, your risk of developing AMD is increased if it occurs in other family members.)
- Sunlight. This has yet to be proven, but laboratory studies suggest that the retina is damaged by sunlight rays (UVA and UVB rays).
AMD seems to be more common in people from white (Caucasian) racial backgrounds than from other racial groups.
What are the symptoms of age-related macular degeneration?
- The main early symptom is blurring of central vision despite using your usual glasses. In the early stages of the condition you may notice that:
- You need brighter light to read by.
- Words in a book or newspaper may become blurred.
- Colours appear less bright.
- You have difficulty recognising faces.
- One specific early symptom to be aware of is visual distortion. Typically, straight lines appear wavy or crooked. For example, the lines on a piece of graph paper, or the lines between tiles in a bathroom, or the border of any other straight object, etc.
- A 'blind spot' then develops in the middle of your visual field. This tends to become larger over time as more and more rods and cones degenerate in the macula.
- Visual hallucinations are common in people with severe visual loss of any cause. Visual hallucinations (also called Charles Bonnet syndrome) can occur if you have severe AMD. People see different images, from simple patterns to more detailed pictures. The experience can be upsetting but is less frightening if you are aware that it can happen in AMD. Importantly, it does not mean you are developing a serious mental illness. If you do develop visual hallucinations they typically improve by 18 months but in some people they last for years.
AMD is painless. Symptoms of dry AMD tend to take 5-10 years to become severe. However, severe visual loss due to wet AMD can develop more quickly.
Always see a doctor or optometrist promptly if you develop visual loss or visual distortion. This is not only the case if you are worried about AMD. Other sight-threatening conditions can occur suddenly with visual loss, such as a detached retina. Peripheral vision is not affected with AMD and so it does not cause total blindness.
Note: if the vision of one eye only is affected, you may not notice any symptoms, as the other good eye often compensates. When both eyes are affected you are more likely to notice symptoms. Older people should have regular eye checks to check each eye separately for early AMD (and to check for other eye conditions such as glaucoma).
How is age-related macular degeneration diagnosed?
If you develop symptoms suggestive of AMD, your doctor or optician (optometrist) will refer you to an eye specialist (ophthalmologist). This should be done urgently, especially if there is any suggestion of wet AMD. The ophthalmologist may ask you to look at a special piece of paper with horizontal and vertical lines to check your visual fields. If you find that any section of the lines is missing or distorted, then AMD is a possible cause of the visual problem. The ophthalmologist will examine the back of your eye with a slit lamp microscope. This is a magnifying piece of equipment where the ophthalmologist examines your retinae through what look like binoculars. Digital photographs can be taken of the retinae. The ophthalmologist will look for the typical changes that occur with dry AMD and wet AMD.
Another test called ocular coherence tomography is becoming more commonly used. This is a non-invasive test that uses special light rays to scan the retina. It can give very detailed '3D' information about the macula, and can show if the macula is thickened or abnormal. This test is useful when there is doubt about whether AMD is the wet or dry form. It is also a useful test to assess and monitor the results of any treatment.
If wet AMD is diagnosed or suspected, then a further test called fluorescein angiography may be done. For this test a dye is injected into a vein in your arm. Then, by looking into your eyes with a magnifier and taking pictures with a special camera, the ophthalmologist can see where any dye leaks into the macula from the abnormal leaky blood vessels. This test can give an indication of the extent and severity of the condition.
Is there any treatment for age-related macular degeneration?
For the more common dry AMD, there is no specific treatment yet. There are, however, certain things that can be done to maximise the sight you do have and to improve your eye health. Low vision rehabilitation and low vision services are offered by hospital eye departments and information can be found from the Macular Disease Society and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Stopping smoking and protecting the eyes from the sun's rays by wearing sunglasses are important. A healthy balanced diet rich in antioxidants may be beneficial, as may the addition of dietary supplements (see below for details). Remember that in this type of AMD the visual loss tends to be gradual, over 5-10 years or so.
For the less common wet AMD, treatment may halt or delay the progression of visual loss in some people. Newer treatments may even be able to reverse some of the visual loss. Treatments which may be considered include treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) medicines, photodynamic therapy and laser photocoagulation.
Anti-VEGF medicines
In recent years a group of medicines called anti-VEGFs has been developed. Vascular endothelial growth factor is a chemical that is involved in the formation of new blood vessels in the macula in people with wet AMD. By blocking the action of this chemical, it helps to prevent the formation of the abnormal blood vessels that occur in wet AMD. Anti-VEGF medicines are also called anti-angiogenic medicines, meaning that they act against substances that promote new blood vessel growth.
Anti-VEGF medicines include ranibizumab, pegaptanib and aflibercept. Another medicine called bevacizumab is not licensed for treating AMD but is effective.
The anti-VEGF medicines are injected using a fine needle directly into the vitreous humour of the eye. Ranibizumab injections are needed every four weeks. Very specific criteria have been set out by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to determine which patients are eligible for treatment. The balance between the benefits and any risks of treatment has to be carefully considered. The evidence comes from medical trials of medicines, comparing them with each other and with existing treatments. Anti-VEGF medicines are an exciting new development in the treatment of wet AMD.
Ranibizumab will improve vision in about 1 in 3 people treated. However, treatment in most people will maintain vision and prevent the condition from getting worse. About 1 person in every 10 treated, will not respond at all. Clinical trials of medicines are ongoing and involve other anti-VEGF medicines. One other anti-VEGF medicine, aflibercept, is also recommended by NICE as a treatment option.
Photodynamic therapy
This is a technique that was developed in the late 1990s. A medicine called verteporfin is injected into a vein in the arm. Within a few minutes the verteporfin binds to proteins in the newly formed abnormal blood vessels in the macula. A light at a special wavelength is then shone into the eye for just over a minute. Verteporfin is a photosensitive medicine. This means that when light is shone at the blood vessels coated with verteporfin, the verteporfin activates and causes damage, destroying the abnormally growing blood vessels (neither damaging the nearby rods and cones, nor any normal blood vessels).
Photodynamic therapy is only suitable for some cases. It depends on exactly where the new blood vessels are growing and their extent. It does not work in all cases although the success rate in treated people is high. Success means that the visual loss is prevented from getting worse - it does not restore any lost vision. Treatment usually needs to be repeated every few months to continue to suppress newly growing blood vessels. The main advantage that this method has over laser photocoagulation is that there is less damage to the normal retina.
Laser photocoagulation
This is a technique where a fine laser is 'fired' at the tiny new blood vessels that are forming. This destroys the developing new blood vessels which helps to prevent the condition from getting worse. People undergoing this treatment will develop a permanent black or grey patch affecting their vision and no sight is restored.
Laser photocoagulation is only suitable for a small number of cases. It depends on exactly where the new blood vessels are growing, as the laser may also damage the rods and cones. New blood vessels growing very close to the fovea may not be suitable because of the risk of severe visual loss arising from laser damage or scarring due to laser treatment.
Other treatments
Treatments such as radiation therapy, other medicines and surgery to the retina are being investigated. For example, a surgical technique where a part of the peripheral retina is grafted into the diseased macular area is being investigated. The value of these newer treatments is not clear. The treatment of macular degeneration is an active area of research and treatment may well improve in the near future.
Diet, dietary supplements, and age-related macular degeneration
Certain groups of people with AMD (both wet and dry types) can benefit from vitamin and mineral supplements. These supplements can slow down the progression of AMD. They are thought to be most beneficial in certain groups of people, such as people with either advanced AMD or with vision loss (due to AMD) in one eye. Various products are available to buy over-the-counter (OTC). These supplements are not licensed medicines and generally are not available on prescription. Some Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) may fund them, but have policies in place, such that they can only be prescribed on specialist advice.
A combination of high-dose vitamins and minerals has been tested and found to be most effective.
There is some concern that the high doses of vitamins and minerals needed may lead to side-effects in some people. Certain vitamins are linked with specific diseases. Beta-carotene has been found to increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers, so these supplements are not advised in either ex-smokers or current smokers. Vitamin E has been linked with an increased risk of heart failure in people with diabetes or blood vessel (vascular) disease. Zinc may increase the risk of developing bladder and kidney problems. Because of these potential problems, you should talk to your GP or ophthalmologist before starting these supplements.
Practical help
When your vision becomes poor, it is common to be referred (by your ophthalmologist) to a low vision clinic. Staff at the clinic provide practical help and advice on how to cope with poor and/or deteriorating vision.
Help may include:
- Magnifying lenses, large print books, and bright lamps which may assist reading.
- Gadgets such as talking watches and kitchen aids which can help when vision is limited.
- Being registered as partially sighted or blind. Your consultant ophthalmologist can complete a 'Certificate of Visual Impairment'. You may then be entitled to certain benefits.
What else can I do?
- If you smoke, try to stop. If you are are smoker, there are numerous health benefits to quitting. Smoking is a risk factor for many illnesses, including AMD. The NHS can provide help, support and medicines to assist stopping smoking.
- Eat a healthy balanced diet to try to make sure you get plenty of the types of vitamins that may help in AMD.
- Stay safe with regards to driving. If you are registered with sight impairment you should not drive and should notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The DVLA provides detailed guidance on fitness to drive and minimum standards with regard to sight. This includes being able to read, wearing your normal glasses, a vehicle number plate at a distance of 20 metres.
- Consider regular sight tests as you get older. You should visit an optometrist every two years, even if there is no change in your vision. An eye test can often pick up the first signs of an eye condition before you notice any change in your vision. Your optometrist can advise you how often you need to have an eye check-up, depending on your general health, age, family history and other medical conditions. Early detection of problems often allows more effective treatment.
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The weather outside is frightful and the kids are home for the day. Keep cabin fever from settling in by suggesting some fun things to do on a snow day. Try a mix of indoor and outdoor activities, so that kids can enjoy some time in the snow, then come in to warm up.
Build and Dress Up Snowmen
Take snowman building to the next level by having a costume contest for the snowmen your kids make. Give them an assortment of old clothing, such as skirts, vests and button-up shirts, to choose from. Take pictures of each child next to his or her creation.
Snowball Contest
More fun and safer than a snowball fight, have a snowball contest to see how far each kid can toss one. Add food coloring to each snowball to distinguish whose is whose.
Make Hot Chocolate
Let the kids warm up for a bit with homemade hot chocolate. Set out add-ins, such as marshmallows, peppermint sticks and caramel pieces, so that they can customize their beverages.
Have a Fashion Show
Once back inside and warmed up, have the kids make creative outfits from your clothing or their own, then hold a fashion show. They can use a duct-tape fashion kit to create colorful accessories such as purses and belts to pair with the outfits.
DIY Snow Globes
Use glitter, empty glass jars with lids and plastic figurines to make snow globes. Glue a figurine to the inside of the lid and let dry. Fill the jar with distilled water and add a pinch or two of glitter. Put the lid on the jar and tighten, then gently shake the snow globe.
Snowball "Fight"
Enjoy a safer snowball fight have by having kids pelt each other with soft, stuffed snowballs instead of the real thing. Limit the fight to the rec room or a wide open area in your home to reduce the chance of something getting knocked over.
Decorate Snow Angels
Have the kids make snow angels with a twist. After they've made the angels, they can fill in the impression with bird seed, providing any feathered friends with a tasty treat on a cold day.
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Tiny House RV Travelers: "Best Little House in Texas"
Meet Cody and Randi, owners and builders of this gorgeous Tiny House RV nicknamed "Best Little House in Texas." With their tiny dwelling in tow, they are in the midst of a six month road trip across the country. So far they've been traveling for three months, hitting 18 states!
Basing their design off of the Tumbleweed Elm, Cody and Randi built a beautiful custom Tiny House RV with french doors and intricate trim work. They added an extra gable over their front door and sided their tiny abode with painted wood and cedar shingles.
On the interior, Cody and Randi have a full size couch that is swoon-worthy and rare for a tiny house living room. Their loft includes two skylights, which allows natural light to bounce off of their white interior paneling, illuminating their gorgeous living space.
Every element and belonging in Cody and Randi's tiny is a representation of their life together.
The heart and soul of Cody and Randi's design revolves around their idea of "home." Their exposed wood beams, round window trim and reclaimed floor boards are all native to their home state of Texas. They also allocated space in their design for a record player, collection of books and nicknacks collected from their experiences together.
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