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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 30, 1994
|Filing date
|Apr 28, 1992
|Priority date
|Apr 28, 1992
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Terry M. Haber, William H. Smedley, Clark B. Foster
|Original Assignee
|Habley Medical Technology Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (19), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (75), Classifications (11), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Endoscopic tissue manipulators, such as grasping and extracting forceps, are well known. One of the challenges of designing these instruments is to securely hold the tissue while avoiding damage to the tissue. Some of the difficulties encountered when working endoscopically are that the work space is considerably smaller than with more traditional open surgical procedures. As a result, grasping tissue can be more difficult to accomplish.
Additionally, because of the nature of the working space, once tissue is damaged due to grasping, the damage may be more difficult to detect and correct. The operator often finds it harder to visualize and to manipulate tissue when working endoscopically.
Moreover, when tissue is grasped through an endoscopic device, the grasp can be very tenuous and involve a very small amount of tissue. The operator may need to make do with this situation as he may not be able to get a better grasp of the tissue or a better field of visualization. Even in traditional open surgical procedures, this problem of grasping tissue without causing damage persists.
For example, in many vascular procedures, the grasping device or forceps is modified to attempt to minimize damage to fragile blood vessels. One way of accomplishing this is to use "shod" clamps. This refers to the practice of placing a material, usually a short length of tubular fabric or elastomer, on the grasping portions of the clamp. This solution is not completely satisfactory because the tubular material tends to slip off the clamps. Additionally, with shod devices, the tubular material may prevent a sufficient grasp of the tissue. In summary, there are competing requirements in designing a device to grasp tissue. That is, the device must grasp the tissue sufficiently for whatever further manipulation is required as well as avoid damage to the tissue as much as is feasible.
Another challenge for physicians during endoscopic procedures involves suturing tissue, typically to close an incision. Conventional sutures require each individual stitch to be tied separately, a tedious task under even the best of conditions. Certain specialty suture techniques do not always require tying of each individual stitch, but they may have other considerations which render the technique difficult or time-consuming.
For example, a purse-string suture may be placed by pushing a needle carrying suture material through successive folds of tissue. This is typically done in an annular pattern and the suture is tightened by pulling the two ends. Thus, the tissue is drawn together in a fashion reminiscent of a purse string. The two ends of the suture may be secured, typically by tying them together or perhaps knotting off an end. The purse string technique is fairly time-consuming because each individual fold of tissue must be arranged by the surgeon and then the needle is pushed through. Also, it is tedious to arrange the folds symmetrically and evenly. The problems are amplified when the surgery is carried out in a small space or with a small field of visualization, such as with endoscopic techniques.
The present invention is directed to an endoscopic tissue manipulator which permits tissue to be securely held between the opposed jaw surfaces of the manipulator without damage to the tissue; this ability is based upon the novel configuration of the surfaces and the design of the jaws which ensures a minimum gap is maintained between the jaw surfaces when the jaws are closed. In addition, the configuration of the jaw surfaces is such that the manipulator can be adapted to permit a suture carrying needle to be passed longitudinally between the jaw surfaces with the tissue captured therebetween to create a pursestring type of suture.
The tissue manipulator includes jaws having opposed complementarily shaped surfaces with troughs and peaks. The jaw surfaces are configured so that peaks and troughs mesh when the jaws are in the closed position. When the jaws are closed the peaks on the jaws enter into the troughs of the other jaws. Tissue captured between the jaw surfaces is placed in a folded tissue configuration with the tissue in what can be described as undulating, accordion-like or generally S-shaped.
The tissue manipulator can be adapted to act as a pursestring type of suturing device. This is achieved in the preferred embodiment by forming aligned, axially extending grooves along the opposed jaw surfaces. The grooves are sized to permit the proximal end of a suture-carrying needle to pass through the grooves when the jaws are in the closed position. Doing so permits the needle to repeatedly pass through the surfaces of the folds of tissue held in the accordion-like configuration. The needle is then removed from the tissue while the suture material is prevented from being pulled back through the tissue. The suture material is then tied off and the jaws are opened to create a pursestring type of suture.
Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description in which the preferred embodiment has been set forth in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an exploded isometric view of an endoscopic device made according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is an assembled side view of the tissue manipulator portion of the endoscopic device of FIG. 1 with the jaws in the closed position;
FIG. 2A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the distal end of the tissue manipulator of FIG. 2;
FIG. 2B is a view similar to FIG. 2A but with tissue between the jaw surfaces;
FIG. 3 illustrates the tissue manipulator of FIG. 2 with the jaws in the open position;
FIG. 3A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the distal end of the tissue manipulator of FIG. 3;
FIG. 4 is an assembled side view of the endoscopic device of FIG. 1 with portions broken away to show the coaxial assembly of the needle, drive tube and tubular body;
FIG. 4A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the endoscopic device of FIG. 4 showing the passage of a length of suture material along the center of the hollow needle and out the suture exit hole in the needle adjacent the needle point, the needle passing through accordion-like folds of tissue; and
FIG. 4B illustrates the tissue and suture material of FIG. 4A after the needle has been removed, the jaws of the tissue manipulator have been opened and the suture material has been tied off to create a pursestring-type of suture.
FIG. 1 illustrates an endoscopic device 2 including a tissue manipulator 4 and a needle assembly 6. Tissue manipulator 4 includes a jaw assembly 8 including a fixed jaw 10 to which an articulating jaw 12 is pivotally mounted by passage of a pivot pin 14 through holes 16, 18 formed in fixed and articulating jaws 10, 12, respectively. Jaws 10, 12 have opposed jaw surfaces 20, 22 with complementarily sized and positioned peaks 24 and troughs 26 formed therein. The surfaces 20, 22 are sized and configured to securely grasp tissue while minimizing tissue damage, as will be discussed below.
The proximal end of 28 of jaw assembly 8 is housed within a tubular body 30 and extends from the distal end 32 of the tubular body as shown in FIG. 2. Jaw assembly 8 is moved axially within tubular body 30 by the manipulation of a drive tube assembly 34 which extends from the proximal end 35 of tubular body 30. Drive tube assembly 34 includes a drive tube 36 and a connecting tube 38 secured to one another at their opposed ends 40, 42 through a press fit. The distal end 44 of connecting tube 38 passes through the proximal end 46 of fixed jaw 10. Drive tube assembly 34 is secured to jaw assembly 8 through the use of a threaded limit pin 48. Limit pin 48 passes through a threaded hole 50 formed in proximal end 28 of fixed jaw 10. Limit pin 48 is preferably a set screw and is threaded into hole 50 until the tip 49 of pin 48 engages a blind hole or depression 51 formed at distal end 44 of connecting tube 38. This secures jaw assembly 8 to drive tube assembly 34 so that jaw assembly 8 can be moved between the closed position of FIGS. 2 and 2A and the open position of FIGS. 3 and 3A by grasping drive handle 52 and pulling or pushing on the drive handle.
Tubular body 30 has an axially extending travel limit slot 54 formed therein. Pin 48 is sized so that the head 56 of the pin is situated within slot 54. Thus, threaded limit pin 48 not only connects drive tube assembly 34 to jaw assembly 8, pin 48 also limits the reciprocal axial movement of the combined drive tube assembly and jaw assembly by the engagement of the limit pin with the ends of slot 54.
Tubular body 30 also includes a clearance slot 58 towards distal end 32 oriented about 90� from slot 54. Articulating jaw 12 has a wedged-shaped member 60 positioned adjacent hole 18. Member 60 has a width sized to pass through slot 58. Member 60 has an opening ramp surface 62 which engages an internal opening cam surface 64 adjacent distal end 66 of slot 58. Doing so pivots articulating jaw 12 in the direction of arrow 68 so jaw assembly 8 moves from the closed position of FIG. 2A to the open position of FIG. 3A. Articulating jaw 12 has a closing ramp surface 70 which, as drive handle 52 is pulled in the direction of arrow 72, is engaged by a closing cam surface 74 at distal end 32 of tubular body 30. The relatively long length of closing ramp surface 70 allows the user to exert an adequate closing force on jaws 10, 12. Axial movement of jaw assembly 8 in the direction of arrow 72 is halted by the engagement of member 60 with the proximal end 73 of slots 58.
FIG. 2 shows the provision of a generally constant gap 75 between jaw surfaces 20, 22. Gap 75 is present when jaws 10, 12 are completely closed to help prevent damage to layers of tissue 76, 78, shown in FIG. 2B, when the tissue is grasped by jaws 10, 12. Gap 75 in the preferred embodiment is sized for manipulation of human tissue (typically about 0.050 inch (1.2 mm) thick) and is about 0.070 inch (1.8 mm) to 0.080 inch (2.0 mm) wide. Another feature of jaw surfaces 20, 22 which helps to prevent tissue damage is the elimination of sharp corners along those portions of surfaces 20, 22 which touch tissue 76, 78. In particular, the minimum radius of curvature for peaks 24 is 0.050 inch (1.2 mm). Other dimensions can be used according to the characteristics of the tissue being manipulated. The gentle grasping of tissue 76, 78 is shown in FIG. 2B. The provision of gap 75 when jaws 10, 12 are fully closed and the use of flat or rounded surfaces abutting tissue 76, 78 help the prevent tissues damage.
How securely jaws 10, 12 engage tissue 76, 78 depends partly upon the size of gap 75 relative to the thickness of tissue 76, 78. However, the amount of holding force exerted by jaws 10, 12 depends largely upon jaw 10, 12 forming tissue 76, 78 into convoluted, generally S-shaped or accordion-like folds 80 of tissue 76, 78. That is, the tips 82, 84 of peaks 24 for jaws 10, 12 engage the respective troughs 26 of jaws 12, 10 sufficiently to create an overlap 85. Overlap 85 is preferably equal to about 2 to 5 times the size of gap 75. In the preferred embodiment, overlap 85 is about 0.24 inch (6.1 mm), or thus about 3 times the size of gap 75. In addition to ensuring that tissue 76, 78 is securely but gently held between jaws 10, 12, the degree of overlap 85 is also sized to be greater than the diameter of the needle used when creating a pursestring type of suture as is discussed below.
Needle assembly 6 includes an elongate hollow needle 86 having a point 88 at a distal end 90 thereof and a hollow needle handle 92 mounted to the proximal end 94 of needle 86 using a press fit. A length of suture material 96 passes through hollow needle handle 92, along the interior of hollow needle 86 and out through a suture exit hole 98 at distal end 90. Surfaces 20, 22 have axially extending grooves 100, 102 formed therein. Grooves 100, 102 are sized to accept the distal end 90 of needle 86 when jaws 20, 22 are in the closed position of FIG. 2B. In this way, once tissue 76, 78 has been capture between jaws 10, 12, needle 86, together with suture material 96, can be inserted through drive tube assembly 34, through hollow proximal end 28 of fixed jaw 10, between fixed jaws 10, 12 and finally along grooves 100, 102 as suggested in FIG. 4A. By making the diameter of needle 86 smaller than distance 85 allows needle 86 to pass through accordion-like folds 80 of tissue 76, 78. The user then pulls needle 86 out from tissue manipulator 4 by grasping and pulling on handle 92 in the direction of arrow 72 while holding the distal end of suture material 96 to keep the suture material from pulling back through tissue 76, 78. Jaws 10, 12 are then released and suture material 96 is tied off in a conventional manner to complete the pursestring type of suture as shown in FIG. 4B.
Modifications and variations can be made to this disclosed embodiment without departing from the subject of the invention as defined in the following claims. Although endoscopic device 2 is preferably made of stainless steel, other biologically compatible materials can be used as well. Jaw assembly 8 has only one articulating jaw; if desired, tissue manipulator 4 could be made with two movable jaws. Other types of drivers for opening and closing jaws 8, 10 could be used as well. Suture material 96 need not pass through the interior of needle 86; needle 86 need not be hollow or have a round cross-sectional shape. Additionally, the device could be modified for non-endoscopic use in open surgical procedures. The tissue manipulator may be especially useful as a forceps or grasping instrument in vascular procedures because blood vessels tend to be fragile and susceptible to instrument damage from crushing.
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If Saturday represented a coming-out party for Penn State's running game, let the record show that the celebration seemed rather muted.
Yes, the Nittany Lions rushed for a season-high 228 yards in a 48-7 victory over Massachusetts, one more than they had managed in their first three games combined, while holding UMass to exactly three.
Yes, their top three tailbacks all had their moments. So too did fourth-stringer Cole Chiappialle, on whom head coach James Franklin admitted to having a man crush.
But no, nobody was ready to declare that the run-game problems had been solved.
Franklin, true to form, said it was awesome that the Lions were finally able to get something going on the ground, en route to the school's first 4-0 start since 2008. Beyond that, he thought the greatest benefit of the game was that there were no serious injuries. That he was able to yank his starters by the latter stages of the third quarter. That so many reserves played.
We've still got a long way to go to get better, in all three phases, he said, but it's nice to have some success running the ball this week.
Maybe the best perspective came from Akeel Lynch, the talented (and oft-forgotten) sophomore tailback. He led the Lions with 81 yards on eight rushes, including a 46-yard burst in the first half, but wasn't about to get too worked up, either.
It's a stepping stone, he said of the game. Definitely a stepping stone for all of us. It's just a stepping stone to the next game.
One reporter asked Lynch what led him to believe the Lions might have a breakout game. He resisted the urge to say, The stat sheet, even though the Minutemen (0-4) began the day ranked 106th among 125 major-college teams against the rush, allowing a whopping 218 yards a game.
Rather, he said, I think it was just a mindset thing. We said, 'You know what? We can run the ball. We have talented guys on the O-Line, and we have talented guys on the running back (corps). We've got to step it up.'
"It's a stepping stone. Definitely a stepping stone for all of us. … It's just a stepping stone to the next game."
Whatever the case -- and the stat sheet continues to make a compelling argument -- the Lions, who entered the game with the nation's 117th-ranked running game (75.7 yards per game), steamrolled the Minutemen. PSU's yardage total, achieved on 45 carries, was over twice that of its previous season high (106, against Akron).
Five of PSU's six touchdowns came via the run, including four in the second quarter -- two each by Bill Belton and Zach Zwinak -- as the Lions enjoyed their first 28-point quarter since 2009, against Michigan State.
Lynch ran 15 yards for another score in the third quarter, offering hints once more of his potential -- potential he has only been able to flash on occasion since he arrived on campus, and usually only against weak opponents.
Being a young guy, being a sophomore, I just have the mentality that whenever the chance (comes), you've got to be ready, he said. So every day in practice I just conduct myself like a starter, so when my chance comes I'll just always be ready.
He wasn't about to bite when asked what the coaches have told him he needs to do to get on the field more regularly, though there are suspicions it has something to do with his blocking and/or receiving. All he said was this: I think we've just got a lot of talented guys. I'm just waiting for my turn, and when my time comes I just try to seize the opportunity.
He received one on Saturday, but then again, so did everyone else. Belton finished with 76 yards on seven tries, while Zwinak had 28 on nine attempts. Chiappialle had more carries than anybody else -- 16, all coming in the second half -- and netted 35 yards.
It was so one-sided that the Lions didn't need a surpassing game from quarterback Christian Hackenberg. He missed on eight of his first 12 throws en route to a so-so 12-for-23, 179-yard game.
The coaches were telling us we've got to get it going, we've got to take some pressure off the guy sitting next to me, Belton said, looking down a long counter to where Hackenberg was addressing reporters. He does a good job throwing the ball. Now we've got to do our part by running the ball, to help him and help this offense and help this team get where it needs to be.
There was a lineup change up front, with Derek Dowrey replacing Brian Gaia at right guard. Franklin declined to divulge why the switch was made, other than to say it wasn't for disciplinary reasons.
Beyond that, the principals reached again for that mindset thing.
I think all week in practice Coach (Herb) Hand was really stressing that we were going to get better this week, and I think we did, tackle Andrew Nelson said, referring to the line coach.
Starting tackle Donovan Smith left the game with an injury late in the first quarter, but returned on the next series with a neoprene sleeve on his left arm. And the Lions continued to hammer away.
I think it definitely helps us confidence-wise, because we knew what kind of line we could be; we just weren't executing, Nelson said. Today we executed, and it showed us that hey, we can be the guys we want to be.
And just who might that be?
I think obviously we're a young line and we're not that experienced, he said, but I think that we can be just as good as any O-line in the country.
Only time will tell if that turns out to be true. And that time wasn't Saturday afternoon.
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Blue Christmas
Don McLeanBuy this song
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It's time to retire your old Windows XP computers. After April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop releasing security patches for Windows XP. When this occurs, XP will no longer be HIPAA compliant. Computer experts predict a frenzy of hacker attacks on XP will follow, so if you're still using computers with Windows XP, now is the time to upgrade.
The Microsoft website states:
"As per this policy, Microsoft Business and Developer products, including Windows and Office products, receive a minimum of 10 years of support (5 years Mainstream Support and 5 years Extended Support), at the supported service pack level. . . Thus, Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will go out of support on April 8, 2014. If your organization has not started the migration to a modern desktop, you are late."
Certainly larger law firms, particularly those that can afford an in-house IT specialist or outsource such work, have long ago moved to newer platforms which are scalable and offer necessary security updates and software patches. However, solo and small firms may still be using the venerable XP platform. While XP may seemingly satisfy your computing needs, vulnerabilities existent or discovered on the old system after April 8, 2014 are likely to increase risks to your practice. Simply and for safety, it's time for you to migrate to a modern operating system like Windows 7 or Windows 8, if you continue to be PC based.
Because XP has been such a success in the market place, it has a big red target on it for cyber criminals. Tim Rains, Microsoft Director of Product Management in the company's Trustworthy Computing Group, writes in his blog:
"What is the risk of continuing to run Windows XP after its end of support date? One risk is that attackers will have the advantage over defenders who choose to run Windows XP because attackers will likely have more information about vulnerabilities in Windows XP than defenders."
Internet Explorer will be the most likely avenue through which a computer can be hacked. If you're on XP, you are on a version of IE that is already close to 3 generations old and will no longer be getting vital updates to protect your system. Larry Seltzer on the ZDnet blog further points out:
"If . . . you care about updates you're probably using Windows Update, and therefore automatically running the Malicious Software Removal Tool every month. Not any more after April 2014. . . And it's not exactly a wave yet, but more and more software is not supporting XP, or at least not well."
Amazingly, as recently as 2010 some new computers were sold with XP installed. If that gives you hope for the continued longevity for XP, I'm sorry, but you must give up that hope. XP just is not fit to survive in this mad and dangerous digital age. Every product out there has a lifecycle, and on April 8, 2014 XP's will end.
Protect your law practice. Go out there and upgrade!
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Like we mentioned in a number of articles we published here in the past, test taking skill is very critical to landing the desired job for our teeming graduates. And if you think job test writing is only for the entry level applicants, you obviously have not been shortlisted for Chevron Nigeria's experienced level recruitment programme.
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With all this talk of the Olympics and the end of the world it's safe to say that 2012 is set to be a unforgettable year, unless the world does end of course, in which case no one will remember anything as we will all be dead.
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Happy 4th of July, everyone! Today one of my posts ran in The Tennessean which means the first thing I saw this morning when I checked my email was a not-so-positive response from a newspaper reader.
This is a fairly common occurrence but still catches me by surprise. I very rarely get comments on my blog (not a complaint, just a fact) so to get a response from a complete stranger (blog readers kind of know me; Tennessean readers may be reading my stuff for the very first time) who went out of her way to find my email address and write a rebuttal to something I've blogged about seems very bizarre. And I say "her" and "rebuttal" because so far it's always been another mother reaching out to make sure I know I'm doing it wrong.
I usually don't respond because, well, why would I? I just move on and try not to take it personally. Which isn't really that hard. I mean, they don't even know me.
But today I got an email that really struck a chord. It wasn't what I had written that had offended this reader (see today's column here), but what I choose to call my blog. She found the handle "no mommy brain" insulting, like I was insinuating that to be a mother is to have a brain made of mush.
This could not be farther from the truth.
So, I responded. Before I hit send, I read it out loud to Bill to make sure I wasn't being a jerk or engaging in something I shouldn't. As I was reading I started to cry. I'm not even sure I knew how close this was to my heart.
Afterwards I wondered why I had never shared this on my blog. Here I was, typing away on my tiny little iPhone keypad, trying to explain something so personal to a total stranger, and yet I've never shared it with my real readers. You guys are my people. You deserve to know what I mean by no mommy brain...
Then again, you probably figured it out years ago.
Anyway, here's what I said:
I don't usually respond to emails like this as I find that there is little reason to engage with someone who is going out of their way to attack a stranger. BUT, I want to clarify for you what I mean by "mommy brain".
Like you, I have always wanted to be a mother. Not a working mother; a stay-at-home, full time, DIY mother. I see it as the greatest job in the world. Something that needs absolutely no justification whatsoever.
But it is not the type of job that lasts forever. I mean, yes, I will ALWAYS be a mother but not in the active, 24/7 role I'm in right now.
When my sister and I grew up and moved out of our parents home (an inevitable step to be celebrated like any other milestone...), our mom was devastated. It was as if we were taking her identity with us as we left. It was an incredible amount of pressure to put on us, in my opinion, and I hated the guilt I felt for simply growing up. It drove a wedge between us, put my mom into a depression, and seems to be the beginning of her descent into early onset Alzheimer's.
I will NOT do that to my children.
Or my husband.
Or myself.
I am very conscious that while I'm 100% engaged in my role as a mother (a role I love like no other), I cannot neglect myself as a person in order to care for my children. It isn't good for any of us.
Not only that, but I honestly believe children learn best by example. I can try to teach my boys how to live a full, successful life until the day they leave my home but if they never see my practice what I preach? I'm not sure they'll have much faith in my expertise.
(By the way, I believe being content in your station in life as things constantly change and evolve definitely counts. That is no small feat!)
I am sorry to rattle on and on but I obviously feel very passionately about this. "No mommy brain" is absolutely NOT a jab aimed at other mothers (or myself). It's a reminder not to pin my identity on my children. It's why I started writing my blog in the first place and why I continue to go out of my way to stretch myself as a human being. It will make me a much happier empty nester and, incidentally, a happier hands-on mother as well.
I wish you and your family a wonderful (rainy) 4th.
Maggie Conran
Thursday, July 4, 2013
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp denied on Wednesday it was omitting websites from its Bing search engine results for users outside China after a Chinese rights group said the U.S. firm was censoring material the government deems politically sensitive.
GreatFire.org, a China-based freedom of speech advocacy group, said in a statement on Tuesday that Bing was filtering out both English and Chinese language search results for terms such as "Dalai Lama", the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader whom Beijing brands as a violence-seeking separatist, charges he denies.
Microsoft, responding to the rights group's allegations, said a system fault had removed some search results for users outside China. The company has in the past come under fire for censoring the Chinese version of internet phone and messaging software Skype.
"Due to an error in our system, we triggered an incorrect results removal notification for some searches noted in the report but the results themselves are and were unaltered outside of China," Stefan Weitz, senior director for Bing, said in a statement emailed to Reuters on Wednesday.
Weitz did not say if the error had been fixed and Microsoft officials in Beijing declined to elaborate.
Microsoft sent a shortened version of the statement to China-based media organizations which omitted all reference to GreatFire.org and did not address the allegations.
"There were too many points in the original statement," a China-based Microsoft spokeswoman told Reuters.
Reuters reporters found that Bing omitted several websites that showed up on the search engine of rival Google Inc when they searched for "Dalai Lama" in Chinese from Singapore. The English-language search results on both engines were similar. Continued...


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Lance Armstrong has taken a share of the responsibility for the fact that Chris Froome has to answer questions about doping during this year's Tour de France.
However the disgraced former winner said that he did not regret a tweet he posted in which he asked whether Froome's stage 10 win on Tuesday was "too strong to be clean?"
The 43-year-old told Sky Sports News: " "I had other comments and thoughts about the stage that I said, but by simply throwing it out there that I don't know, don't ask me, that somehow translated into, 'These guys are dirty', which is the last thing I want to say because I don't know that.
"I know what that is like for a guy like Chris to be in the middle of the Tour, to deal with the constant questions, which of course he is, and to be fair and to be honest, a lot of that is my fault.
"A lot of people ask those questions, they see his style, they see his performance, they see the time gaps, they see the cadence and they think, 'This guy is just another one of them'."
Armstrong was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs during his career in 2012, confessing the following year that he had used them in 2005.
Froome will respond to questions over his performance by allowing independent doctors to examine him after the Tour, saying: "I know I'm a clean rider. I know I've worked extremely hard to be in this position. I'm really proud of that."
And Armstrong admitted that it was unfair that past cheating in the sport led to allegations about its current champions.
He said: "I feel bad about that. Whoever is winning the Tour de France in 2015 should not be answering questions about someone who won it 10 or 15 years ago. That's just not legitimate; that's just not fair.
"I have no regrets [over the tweet]. I was totally transparent and honest about it. I regret other tweets in my life but not those."
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1– Turn the Page: Irish fans awaiting their pound of flesh from Brian Kelly for his role in the 2016 debacle weren't likely satiated today – the first public appearance for Notre Dame's head coach since concluding his 4-8 campaign.
Kelly chose (wisely) to focus his attention on improving his assets rather than reflecting on the mess that was made. He did, however, offer the following response to the oft-referenced Train Wreck of '16:
"I know I'm going to be reminded about the past," he said. "I've focused so much of my time on the present, but if I answer this question one last time, which I will, I think that there are, in my mind, as I reflect at it, *there are no bad football teams. There are just poorly led football teams.
"And I think I led this team poorly. And I think that's probably what I learned more than anything else."
(Of note: *In the crux of his comments above, Kelly paraphrased what Mr. Miyagi said about John Kreese and the Cobra Kai circa 1984. I assume that was unintentional. But if not, I applaud him…)
Kelly has no choice but to look forward, and not only because his fellow mistake-makers of 2016 have been fired. Rather: it was proven last season that there's enough material on the roster to compete with any team outside (approximately) the nation's Top 10.
They took 10-3 Stanford and 10-4 Virginia Tech to the brink. A lack of success again in 2017 would fall squarely on the lone set of shoulders that remain.
2 – Player-to-Coach: Tommy Rees, the lone Irish quarterback during the Kelly Era not to redshirt, met with reporters today. A full story on Rees and the Irish quarterbacks will follow this week but from my 15 minutes spent with the former Irish starter, two topics stood out:
- The 2016 season spent as an offensive assistant with the San Diego Chargers will prove invaluable, and…
- There's a reason Rees started 31 games for Notre Dame, and it has less to do with poor recruiting of the position than it does with Rees' innate approach to sports and life in general:
"I want to have a competitive room," said Rees of his quarterbacks. "I can't stand people that aren't competitive. And that goes hand-in-hand with developing a young quarterback."

3 – Coach-to-Coach: Presenting as the polar opposite to Rees' dearth of coaching experience is the resume of Brian Polian, the former head coach of Nevada and ex-special teams coordinator for Charlie Weis in South Bend.
In his return to South Bend, Polian will focus exclusively on special teams for 2017.
There is no more important tidbit regarding his position than the sentence above…
As with fired special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Scott Booker before him, Polian has done double duty before. He assisted Bill Lewis' defensive backs during the veteran's stint with Notre Dame more than 10 years ago and later aided Corwin Brown's Irish defense by helping with linebackers on a daily basis in 2007.
It was not an economical use of his time and talents.
"It was hard, quite frankly," said Polian of his disparate job requirements. "It was hard, just physically, the hours of the day. And ultimately, there's an aspect of a short-change going on somewhere.
"(Now) There's no doubt we'll have the time to devote to the kicking game. The thought that I can do that and be a sounding board for Coach (Kelly) is going to be good for our football program."
-- There were just nine dedicated Special Teams Coordinators among Power 5 conference teams last season. According to Kelly today, Polian would have been cast in that role even if he and collegiate coaches didn't expect a rule to pass (in April) that a 10th official assistant would be added to staffs nationwide beginning this season.

4 – The Need For Speed: Fans pining for an offensive pace of play commensurate with what defined Kelly's offenses at his previous coaching stops – and, to be sure, that pace helped Kelly land his current gig back in 2009 – might finally get their wish.
Kelly brought in offensive coordinator Chip Long, in part, because the Irish plan to play much faster – between the whistles.
"It's part of what we want to do," said Kelly of an up-tempo attack. "Within our offensive system, we want to run more plays. We can't do it right now because of over a period of time; we've layered just too much verbiage in the system to go as fast as we want across the board. We can with a little bit of our offense, but not with enough of it.
"So there needs to be some retooling within the offensive nomenclature to be able to go to the level we want to.
"You know, when you're in a little bit more of an exact offensive structure in terms of progressions, there's a lot more for the quarterback (to discern pre-snap). When you're going fast, there's singular reads, the ball comes out faster, and consequently, it takes a little bit off the quarterback."
5 – (Lack of) Attention to Detail: Not only have I watched every Super Bowl since (and including) Joe Montana's first of four victories in the Big Game, I can remember where I viewed each and who else was in the room. (The same is true for the NCAA Basketball Championship Game.)
So imagine my dismay when I realized that not only did I sign off on a family trip to Disney World this Sunday, but that I actually CHOSE the week for a vacation from three options presented between football season's end (I had assumed January 2, not late-November) and the beginning of Notre Dame spring ball.
Instead of watching Super Bowl LI with friends, family, or both, I'll be on a shuttle bus with my family and six-year-old daughter, Charlotte, to and from the Bippity Boppity Boutique. I might catch the fourth quarter back at the hotel.
You can't make this stuff up.
6 – Closing Strong: Notre Dame landed three pledges since we last spoke, two possessing a trait of both imminent and future need:
Notre Dame served itself well in that regard over the weekend, landing safety Jordan Genmark-Heath – formerly California-bound to play for the Bears – and wide receiver Jafar Armstrong who had pledged previously to the University of Missouri.
The most intriguing aspect of the additions is that both have multiple positions at which they can aid the Irish. Genmark-Heath at strong safety or the oft-referenced "Rover" position in new defensive coordinator Mike Elko's defense, and Armstrong as a receiver capable of playing three positions: "X" according to the Irish coaching staff; "W" (to the boundary) where his one-on-one ball skills could shine, or even into the slot ("Z") where he could serve as a chain mover in the seams of zone coverage and as a powerful athlete to potentially augment the Irish running game.
Charlotte-area kicker Jonathan Doerer also joined the fray as Notre Dame's 18th pledge with two days remaining in the cycle. Doerer is purportedly pegged to challenge for kickoff duties next season allowing junior Justin Yoon to focus on field goals.
Notre Dame's kickoff return defense ranked 95th last fall.
7 – Keep 'Em Coming: Technically, Notre Dame has two spots remaining to reach its 85-player scholarship limit.
But it's a number to be ignored, and Brian Kelly and his staff have learned that the hard way over the last seven seasons. As a result of late graduate transfers, suspensions, medical retirements, and second-guess transfers during the spring practice sessions, Kelly & Co. know well the best place to be is over the NCAA's scholarship allotment on National Signing Day.
Rest assured, the 85-player limit will never be an issue for the Notre Dame program by the time an August camp commences.
Post-Signing Day 2015, Notre Dame had 89 scholarship athletes in the fold – they opened the season with just 83 including former walk-on Josh Anderson who earned a scholarship in the off-season.
8 – No Such Thing as a "Must Win," but… On the heels of back-to-back losses against Virginia and Georgia Tech last week, and awaiting a trip to conference leader North Carolina on Saturday, suddenly scuffling Notre Dame entertains Duke tonight at a sold-out Purcell Pavilion.
Notre Dame is one of of four 6-win ACC squads (Virginia 6-2; ND, FSU, Louisville 6-3) with the Tar Heels leading the way at 7-2. Five more foes, past, present, and future each are saddled with four losses including Duke, comeback winners at Wake Forest Saturday.
Tonight's point spread opened, fittingly, as a "Pick 'Em."
Both teams need to win. Both are capable of making a run to the ACC finals, the Sweet 16, and maybe beyond. But so are another six, perhaps seven league programs.
There are approximately 70 more ACC contests between now and the conference tournament. At least 50 of those qualify as a relative "Pick 'Em" once the ball is tipped.
9 – A Defining Stretch: Home against Duke, at North Carolina, home vs. Wake Forest, and a home rematch against Florida State.
If Notre Dame wins three among that four-game set over the next 13 days – a quartet that precedes the season's only mild downturn in the schedule (at Boston College, at North Carolina State, home rematches vs. Georgia Tech and BC) – a finish among the conference's top four, and thus, a double bye in the ACC Tournament, is likely.
The Irish will be underdogs against the Tar Heels, solid favorites over Wake Forest, and mild favorites over Florida State.
Would you wager 2-2, 3-1, or "other" over their next four matchups?
Note: Monday Musings will return on Monday, February 13 after a one-week hiatus for our family trip to Disney World. Have a Magical Day…


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So, tell me John, will my country ever be as nice as it was in the early 00's (about 9-10 years ago)? I think of leaving it now.
For the last 10 years my country not only did NOT improve, but it deteriorated. We didn't have Big Brother, which makes freaks famous. We didn't have any vulgar reality shows with a predetermined winner. There were less crimes.
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The Bulgarian pop music was much better than today. Even pop-folk music was of better quality, and it sounded more like dance music. Chalga singers visited only Slavy's Show and most of the time they were on their own TV, while now they are guests in almost every TV show. There were no Bulgarian celebrity gossip sites.
Turks and Gypsies were not as annoying and didn't have crazy demands. They weren't burning Bulgarian flags and such.
10 years ago I never thought about leaving and I loved living here, but I don't love the present-day Bulgaria. I can even say that I hate it. Yes, I hate my own country! It's just not the same country anymore.
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EU Babilonian Whore, and Luciferian elites from US, want to distroy Eastern Europe, in their ever lasting Thurst for Invasions. We DID NOT HAVE COMING OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM IN 90S. WE HAD 1000 kilometers Marsh of NATO HORDS East towards Russia. That is why Bulgaria my friend, is spiritualy and materialy diyng.
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