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Seems if you know where to look, the battlefields are still there to see. The most famous of the images I am posting is Ft. Drum but look at the others. Photographers unknown, posted for educational purposes.
Wow there up to 105,000 left over sea mines between the Faroe Islands and Iceland.... They haven't killed anyone recently but still after so many years in the sea they are incredibly unstable. Given other areas polluted by war- Red Zone in France, air dropped bombs discovered during city construction projects one has to wonder when the last death of World Wars One and Two will finally happen.
Mines and Mine Laying in Iceland WWII
WW II Sea Mines around Iceland
Operations by the Icelandic Coast Guard EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Unit to render safe and destroy stranded and trawled WW II Sea Mines on and around Iceland has awoken much interest on the history of these mines and the dangers they now present to both fishermen and the general public.
ICG EOD Pic 1. 227 kg Main Charge from UK Mine on Icelandic Trawler Detonator assembly still in place.
To answer the first question we must refer back to WW I, when the British laid North Sea Mine Barrage was established between the Orkney Islands and Norwegian coast after a plan conceived by the US Navy. This mine barrage was laid in an attempt to reduce the devastating shipping losses to the allied merchant fleet by German Warships and Submarines, which in June 1917 were as high as 685.000 tons per month.
It was predicted at the time that if losses continued on the same scale, the war effort would be undermined to such an extent that the defeat of Britain would be inevitable, not by defeat of the land army in the field, but by the inability to supply the nation and its military with necessary foodstuffs and logistic support.
The North Sea barrage was eventually laid in June 1918, but its results were, proportional to the 70.000 mines laid, not spectacular, with only two possible sinkings of U-boats officially recorded. Other tactical measures such as the introduction of the convoy system, did however contribute to a substantial and telling reduction in losses to the merchant shipping fleet. With the war eventually won in November 1918; the lessons learned and experiences gained from the North Sea Mine Barrage Operation were remembered by the British Admiralty and although the results were less than impressive, the concept was to be reintroduced when tensions in Europe led to another conflict between the same antagonists in 1939.
The Northern Mine Barrage.
During WW II Winston Churchill commented that of all the threats posed to the British Nation by Germany, attacks on Merchant Shipping were the most likely to bring defeat, especially attacks made by U-Boats, which, at the beginning of the war were far in advance of Royal Navy anti-submarine countermeasures. To oppose this serious threat to Britains survival, plans were made in July 1939 to repeat the North Sea Barrage of WW I, in an attempt to contain or at least make difficult the passage of German raiders from their home ports into the Atlantic Ocean via the North Sea and Northern Atlantic.
The initial plans for the barrage however, had to be abandoned when Germany invaded and eventually occupied Norway in 1940. War though, being a great motivator, lead to a complete revision of the plan by the Admiralty and subsequently a modified but more expansive operation was eventually proposed and accepted. Thus was the beginning of the most ambitious mine laying operation of that time, the Northern Mine Barrage.
The laying of the Northern Mine Barrage was given the code name Operation SN by the Royal Navy and its objectives were set out as:
1. The prevention of enemy raiders, U-boats and U-boat minelayers from leaving the North Sea and attacking British trade routes and restricting enemy mining activity in the North Sea area.
2. Assisting Contraband control in the North Sea area.
3. Providing protection for Scandinavian Convoys.
4. Reducing the losses to capital ships through U-boat action.
In order to carry out the operation, 10 merchant ships were required; this figure was subsequently reduced to 5 vessels by special modifications to the mines, so reducing the numbers required to effectively achieve the barrage. The mine laying vessels initially commissioned after extensive modification were: HMS Southern Prince (Flag Ship) 10,917 tonnes, HMS Port Napier 9.600 tonnes, HMS Agamemnon 7.593 tonnes, HMS Menestheus 7.494 tonnes and HMS Port Quebec 5,936 tonnes. The vessels could carry between 438 and 556 mines each depending on tonnage.
HMS Port Quebec prior to modification
The mine laying vessels would be known as the First Mine Laying Squadron and as well as the Northern Barrage would have other mine laying commitments to fulfil around the British Isle, particularly on the East Coast and South Western approaches.
Implementation of the plan meant a huge cost in valuable war materials such as steel; the mine manufacturing contracts were given to amongst others, the Wolsely Motor Company of Oxford, with the explosives filling of the mines to be undertaken at Bandeath near to Stirling, Scotland. An operational base was established on 17 June 1940 at Kyle of Lochalsh on Scotlands west coast under the command of Rear Admiral W. F. Wake-Walker. In order to lay and maintain the mine fields the operation would be continuous, with fields having to be swept and re-laid at regular intervals depending on the operational life of the mine, which could vary considerably under the prevailing sea conditions found in the North Atlantic.
Being only lightly armed with a single High or Low angle 4 inch gun and a small calibre Anti-Aircraft gun, it would be necessary to escort the Mine Laying Squadron on each mission by more powerful Warships, and on most occasions, in addition to a close escort of Destroyers, the Squadron was covered by main fleet assets. Capital ships such as the illustrious but ill fated Battleship HMS Hood took part in Operation SN as did HMS Belfast and HMS Edinborough also of tragic fate. This was to be a major undertaking by the Royal Navy and one which, it was hoped, would both reduce merchant shipping losses and ease the mounting pressure on stretched British Naval resources, by having to patrol reduced areas of the vast North Atlantic Ocean.
The operation lasted for approximately 3 years during which time the First Mine Laying Squadron laid over 110.000 mines, the majority of which were laid between the Faeroe Islands and Iceland. Mines were also laid between the North of Scotland through the Orkney Islands to the Faeroes and from the North West of Iceland to the Greenland Ice Belt. Navigation channels were left between the fields for naval vessels and warnings to friendly mariners were given out by the Admiralty. In operations where all vessels were available for laying, over 2600 mines could be laid out in one mission, but on most occasions, whether through other commitments, damage or repair, it was uncommon for all vessels to be employed at one time.
Contact with the enemy occurred on several occasions, and in one encounter HMS Southern Prince, on her return to base from a mine laying mission, was torpedoed but not sunk by U-652; she was eventually repaired and returned to service. HMS Port Napier was lost in home port due to an accident onboard, when through reasons unknown a fire broke out causing the detonation of several mines. Just after this accident, Admiral Wake-Walker was replaced by Rear Admiral R.L. Burnett. Further accidents occurred during mine laying operations, one prevailing cause of accident was when drifting mines became entangled in the mine laying gear and subsequent detonation of the mine caused extensive damage to the vessels.
The value of any military operation can only be measured by results and on several occasions the viability and value of this great effort was both questioned by its critics and examined periodically by the Admiralty. Losses to merchant shipping were indeed eventually reduced, but not necessarily as a result of the Mine Barrage, but as a result of the technological and tactical developments in the relentless war against the U-Boat. The hunter became the hunted and lost the ascendancy, thus negating the need for the continuance of Operation SN. On 26 September 1943 the operation was officially ended and the First Mine Laying Squadron disbanded.
Fig 1. Operation SN Minefields SE of Iceland Fig 2. Operation SN Minefields NW of Iceland
If indeed, we measure the results critically it can be said that Operation SN was unsuccessful in achieving its operational objectives. The operation constituted 35% of British mining operations in WW II and far more was expected of the minefields by its designers and promoters. It did not deter raiders and U-Boat attacks, which after the conquest of France originated not necessarily from Ports in Germany and the Baltic, but from ports on Frances Western seaboard. One of the operations only tangible successes was the detection of the Bismarck, which, having sailed through minefield SN 71B in the Denmark Straight, was detected and eventually sunk with huge loss of life to both sides. The Bismarck and her escort the Scharnhorst had actually avoided detonation of the mines by sailing over the minefield at high water, which meant that there was at least 10 m of water over the mines. It was also reported that the effectiveness of this minefield had been compromised by the movement of ice. One U-boat, U.702, was confirmed as being sunk as a result of collision with a mine off the South East of Iceland, although it is possible that others may have been lost as a result of operation SN.
There were a number of allied tragedies as a result of the mine barrage, including the sinking of the destroyer HMS Achates with the loss of 60 lives in July 1941 and the sinking of five ships from convoy QP13 in July 1942 on its return from Murmansk to Reykjavík, after delivering valuable war materials and supplies to Russia. The convoy was lead and escorted by HMS Niger. Niger, on mistaking an iceberg for Icelands North Western Cape lead the convoy into minefield SN 72 at the entrance to the Denmark Straight and although recognising his mistake, the Captain could not take avoiding action in time to save either his ship or the other unfortunates in the convoy.
In a statement summarising Operation SN, the Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet, Admiral Bruce Fraser, said in 1943, that the laying of the Northern Barrage had been the least profitable voluntary major naval undertaking of the war; one has however to balance these rather harsh words against the vast human effort and sacrifices made in the course of the operation. The laying of the fields was after all successful, and this carried out with grim determination under constant threat of attack by the enemy and in the harsh conditions found in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Mines used in Operation SN
The mines used in Operation SN were of the Buoyant Anchored type, which is, simply put, an Explosive Charge Barrel, Booster/Detonator Assembly and Firing Mechanism held within a buoyant welded steel hemisphere. The mines were launched into the ocean complete with a heavy bottom anchor, to which the mine was fixed by a sturdy mine anchor wire. After the mine had sunk to the sea-bed, the mine anchor wire was mechanically released and the mine being buoyant, then floated towards the surface until the operating depth, governed by the length of the anchor wire, was reached. Once the operating depth was taken up and the wire taught, the mine armed itself after a short delay by the opening of a safety switch, thus completing the mine electrical firing circuit.
For operational effectiveness and economy the mines were laid to a specific pattern, depth and distance depending on the Mark of mine. The mines were laid in rows at varying depths relating to whether the intended target was to be surface or submerged. The effective range of the mines could be increased by fitting an antenna wire, either floating on the surface or suspended below the mine, on contact with the antenna by a vessel a small electric current was generated by galvanic action which closed a sensitive relay in circuit with the firing battery and thus detonating the mine charge.
Once armed, mine functioning was either by direct contact, magnetic or acoustic influence or a combination of these methods. All British mines were fired by battery; a low value electrical current generated by the appropriate influence through a sensitive relay switch enabling a firing current to be passed to an electric detonator. In some cases the life of the mine was governed by an electric sterilisation clock, which after a pre-determined period of time caused an electric current to be passed to a small explosive charge. On detonation of the charge a hole was punched in the mine casing to allow the ingress of water and the eventual sinking of the mine. If the mine broke its anchor prematurely i.e. before the sterilisation clock had run down, the safety switch would close at the loss of tension and so disable the firing circuit, thus reducing the risk to friendly vessels from drifting mines.
This system however, was not infallible, and some vessels were sunk by floating mines, other mines drifted to land, where although safe became live as the trailing anchor wire became snagged on rocks and obstacles in the shallows, thus re-opening the safety switch and re-activating the mine firing circuit. During Operation SN the mines used were constantly being modified and improved to suit the operational conditions and environment, and by the end of WW II technical developments both in Britain and the United States lead to substantial advances in mine reliability and design. By the end of Operation SN the majority of mines laid out were of magnetic influence type.
The explosive charge in a WW II mine is usually large, the destructive effect underwater being from the blast effects of the chemical reaction known as detonation. In British mines two sizes of charge were used, 227 kg and 137 kg, the larger charge being preferred. The Explosives were loaded into the mine by pouring the molten explosives into the charge barrel, a process in which it is critical for maximum efficiency of the detonation reaction, to ensure that all air is expelled and imperfections not allowed to form within the explosives mass. Once set the explosives barrel was sealed, but for safety reasons the booster charge and detonator assembly were not fitted at the manufacturing stage. TNT was the most common explosive used, but other explosive options were tried such as Amatol, which is a mixture of TNT and the cheaper and easier to obtain Ammonium Nitrate. To increase the blast effect underwater Minol was also used, which is TNT with Aluminium added in a powder form.
The Mine Threat Today
When considering the vast numbers of mines laid during operation SN it is not surprising that they can still make an appearance today. It is estimated that at most, 5000 or so mines have been destroyed from the NW and SE Iceland mine barrages during and since WW II by the Coast Guard, British Military and others. The remainder remain lying on the sea-bed, buried on beaches or in some cases high up on land where they have been moved, left and eventually forgotten. But what exactly is the threat, and do we still need to worry about them?
In the first place let us not forget what a Sea Mine is designed to achieve i.e. the destruction of surface and submerged marine vessels by detonation of a large quantity of powerful explosives in their close proximity, causing massive if not fatal damage to the vessel and loss of life to its crew and passengers. Mines as with all military explosive devices must always be treated with the greatest respect, no matter what their age or in what condition they are found.
ICG EOD Pic 2. Booster Tube and Explosives from UK Mine.
Although the mine mechanical and electrical mechanisms may be rotted through the effects of time and exposure to the sea and elements, the explosives will normally remain intact and unaffected, and could in some circumstances become more sensitive through chemical change and reaction to the materials surrounding them.
Today it is indeed unlikely to recover a whole mine, although not unknown as can be seen by the picture below of the Mark XVII and M Mark I mines recently found on the Langanes peninsular. If the mine has been buried in the sand, the low oxygen content of the compacted sand around the Mine can cause the mine to be preserved in an incredibly good condition.
ICG EOD Pic 3. M Mk 1 Mine
ICG EDO Pic 4. Mk XVII Mine
In contrast , mines recovered by our fishing fleet are usually in very poor condition and in the majority of cases it is the charge barrel which finds its way on-board, which being filled with a dense explosive material is far more resistant to the effect of the environment than the outer case of the Mine.
Explosives such as TNT are relatively insensitive, they are normally not hydroscopic, and usually maintain their ability to detonate with the same power as when first loaded into the charge barrel. The more sensitive booster and detonator compositions however, being more liable to change with time to become even more sensitive, do present a very real danger and when all three explosive components are present, the mine is considered to be in an extremely dangerous condition!
Today we must be aware that although the mine may not be able to function as originally designed, it is still a very hazardous and potentially life threatening device. The damage radius from a detonating mine on land can extend to 1500 m for fragmentation effects and depending on the terrain and weather and many kilometres for the blast effects, which acting like sound-waves, can reflect off of local geological features and the lower cloud layers if of sufficient density. The effects of a mine detonating on a trawler need no clarification!
British Control and Observation Mine Fields.
In addition to the mines laid during Operation SN, mines were also laid by the Royal Navy in Iceland as a protective measure for shipping finding shelter in Fjords such as Hvalfjord, Seyðisfjord and Eyjafjord. These mines were also of the Buoyant, Anchored variety, but contained no influence firing mechanism and held only the explosive charges as they were controlled from a land based observation and mine firing post. The mines could be electrically fired either individually, in groups or en-masse depending on the operational circumstances and were disabled for the passing of friendly shipping.
German Mines
Small numbers of German mines were laid by U-Boats off the East and West Coasts of Iceland during WW II. These mines were of the Buoyant, Anchored type, fired by magnetic influence.
Unlike British mines the mine casing was of Aluminium and could contain Prevention of Stripping Equipment, which if the mine was recovered and then tampered with, would detonate an explosive charge sufficient to destroy the mine mechanism. The sterilisation clock was set for 80 days for this mine and the explosive charge was 300 kg of Hexanite, an extremely powerful high explosive compound. The German mining effort could not however be sustained and was therefore not successful in affecting allied shipping operations from Iceland.
Mines and Public Safety
Our Seamen are well aware of the dangers a mine onboard a ship presents to both the crew and vessel and the necessary procedures to follow if a mine is trawled. If however, a member of the public finds what is thought to be a mine, then under no circumstances should the mine be approached or touched, the Coast Guard or Police must be contacted immediately, giving name, telephone number and position of the mine.
Today it is common for GPS equipment to be carried, but if this is not available any landmarks or permanent features in the immediate location should be noted, as if the mine has been exposed by tidal activity it may soon disappear! The Coast Guard takes all reports of Sea Mines and all other Military Explosive Devices very seriously and on most occasions personnel from the Coast Guard EOD Unit will be dispatched to the scene immediately, in order to positively identify the item and carry out the necessary render safe procedures.
ICG EOD Pic 5. Mine part buried on a beach in NW Iceland.
The TNT Main Charge can be clearly seen.
The legacies of WW II and Operation SN and the subsequent hazard from WW II Sea Mines and other military devices will be with us for some considerable time to come, the rusting object found on the beach or unwelcome addition to the trawl should never be treated lightly, always follow the safety rules and report it, if not for yourself then for the next person, whos encounter with the item may be less fortuitous!
LHG Sprengjudeild April 2005
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Lipscomb's Lady Bisons survived one of their most physical games in recent memory, but found themselves on the wrong end of a 64-52 score Monday night against Tennessee State University at Allen Arena.
It was the first victory for Tennessee State since the 2004-2005 season and their first in three tries this season.
"Tennessee State has a lot of new players," Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett said. "They are very athletic team. They did a nice job. They are going to be a better team this year."
The Lady Bisons fell to 2-4, after having won two of their last three games heading into the Tennessee State game. Tennessee State had not played since Nov. 22. The Lady Bisons played Friday and Saturday night in the Lady Tigers Classic at the University of Memphis.
"I thought we were flat," Bennett said. "We just didn't play as sharp as we needed to play.
"I talked to the team and told them they have to make a decision. Are they going to be discouraged that we have lost our last two games or are we going to come out ready to play the next time out. I think it is more of our mental attitude."
Tennessee State used its athleticism to its advantage, double-and -triple-teaming in the lane and around the basket.
The Lady Bisons, who have worked to cut down on their turnovers, committed 12 in the first half. They also forced Tennessee State into 11 first half miscues. The Lady Bisons made only eight turnovers in the second half while Tennessee State committed
Tennessee State dominated on the boards in the first half hauling down 26 rebounds compared to 15 from the Lady Bisons. For the game Tennessee State held a 48-30 edge on the boards.
The first half was a see-saw affair with four lead changes and six ties. Tennessee State made a late surge to take a 29-23 advantage at intermission.
Center Penny Jones was the only Lady Bisons player scoring in double figures with 16 points. She hit six-of-12 shots from the field and was four-of-four at the free throw line. Jones also led the Lady Bisons with seven rebounds.
"Penny is shooting around 61 percent for the year, but she is not getting enough shots," Bennett said. "We are a little hesitant to make the feed into the post when it is available. We have to get the ball to her more often and in a position to do something for us. I think she will give us some good results."
"Tennessee State was really locking into our perimeter shooting. We should have made them pay for it in the post.:
The Lady Bisons were 19-of-54 from the field for 35.2 percent. From 3-point range the Lady Bisons hit only four-of 23 attempts for 17.4 percent. At the free throw line the Lady Bisons hit 10-of-12 for 83.3 percent.
Tennessee State placed four players in double figures. Kendra Appling scored a game-high 17 points and made a game-high six steals. Jheri Booker added 12 followed by Obiageli Okafor with 11 and Meesha Jackson with 10. Jackson finished with a double-double as she added a game-high 11 rebounds.
Tennessee State shot 36.9 percent (24-of-65) from the field. They made one of only two 3-point attempts. At the line Tennessee State was 15-of-21 for 88.9 percent.
The Lady Bisons are back home again Thursday night at 6 to open the Atlantic Sun Conference portion of the season against Jacksonville at Allen Arena. The game is part of double-header with the Bisons.
"We have to start establishing our home court," Bennett said. "We have to come out and play aggressively and play well. I think we are a better shooting team than what we have shot. I think we can score more inside.
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I got this for my dad, who eats a ton of fruit, for his birthday. He called me and said I'd need to help him eat some of it because it was so large. (I ordered the smallest size.) I've gotten the "floral bouquet" style of manicured fruit gifts for him from a well known company in the past, and for around the same price, he said this was probably twice the size, and much more of a value with better selection of fruits and other snacks. He said he ate the competitors bouquet style basket in a single day (again, he eats a LOT of fruit), and said this would probably last him close to a week. He said it came with a variety of fruit, including a whole pineapple, apples, pears, oranges, grapes; as well as crackers, pepperoni/salami, cheese, and couple other snacks like peanut butter cups and cheesy crackers shaped like aquatic animals.. He said it seemed like a very good value for what you get, and that the presentation was very nice. Definitely seems like a good value.
GustoDeluxe Fruit BasketOctober 7, 2015
The basket was a gift, but I heard immediately from the happy and pleased recipient!
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GifterHappy RecipientSeptember 29, 2015
I didn't see the gift basket but my son- in- law said it was really nice and he was very happy. It shipped in one day. Great service.
Like It Love ItSpeedy DeliveryAugust 3, 2015
I appreciate the work you do. We always have great responses regarding the baskets we order from you. Not only that your team communicates if the delivery doesn't go as planned or if there are any questions. The excellence to deliver on time is greatly appreciated.
LeighPerfect!March 1, 2015
A close friend of mine was taking the Bar Exam. The basket was perfect, presented beautifully, and there when she checked in. Reasonably priced, excellent online service and delivery! She loved it and really appreciated it!
Fran C BGreat Impression!August 18, 2014
I sent this as a get well gift and the recipient called me immediately to tell me how nice it was. He was very impressed and grateful. Great one day service. Will definitely order from here again!
SatisfiedCustomerSpeedy Delivery!July 28, 2014
I ordered a sympathy fruit basket and within hours it was delivered. Though I did not get to see it, from the thank you message I received, I am certain the presentation was beautiful. Thank you for helping me express my sympathies to a grieving family so quickly.
My daughter and family enjoyed this basket, which I included a bottle of chardonnay. Very good gift!
Ordered this to congratulate my brother and his wife on becoming grandparents. It was easy to scroll around and find a good selection of items, and I even added a teddy bear. They loved it! I only wish I could have seen it. After having used this company several times, I am very satisfied and don't hesitate to recommend them.
LeoVery goodJanuary 9, 2014
It was a good choice. It was delivered on time, and the receiver was very pleased with it.
TITAGrateful RecieverOctober 21, 2013
I live far-far away from Takoma (in Israel) and i haven't see the gift but in your picture. But my dear ones who got the gift were very well impressed and grateful - therefore I join their oppinion.
kikiFresh & BeautifulSeptember 10, 2013
Very nice choice of fruits and products.
I Wish there was an option of this same basket but including a bottle of wine.
ReedBeautiful ArrangementAugust 23, 2013
This basket was sent as a thinking of you gift to a lady who just lost her son. She thought it was lovely and very good. I will continue to order my baskets from gifttree for all occasions. Thank you


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A high-profile group of senators - nine Democrats and nine Republicans - has urged President Barack Obama to quickly issue a permit for the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, a project environmental groups have vowed to keep fighting.
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The senators asked Obama to approve the pipeline because it will reduce the need for oil imports from the Middle East and create jobs. They were led by Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat and powerful chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican, who both represent the booming Bakken oil region.
Last year, Obama put a hold on the pipeline designed to carry oil from Canada and the Bakken formation, citing environmental concerns with a portion of the route in Nebraska. The TransCanada Corp project needs a presidential permit because it would cross an international border.
The senators' letter comes just ahead of a large protest against the pipeline planned for the White House on Sunday by environmental groups.
Nebraska's state government could wrap up its work examining a new route by the end of the year, and the State Department is working on a review that the senators said hope will affirm the project is in the national interest.
The senators urged Obama to issue a permit for the project "immediately afterward."
"Setting politics aside: nothing has changed about the thousands of jobs that Keystone XL will create," the senators said in a letter to be sent on Friday, asking to meet with Obama soon on the project.
"Nothing has changed about the security to be gained from using more fuel produced at home and by a close and stable ally. And nothing has changed about the need for America to remain a place where businesses can still build things," they said.
Baucus repeatedly has bucked his party to back the pipeline. He was joined on the letter by other Democrats from states rich in fossil fuels, including Mary Landrieu from Louisiana, Joe Manchin from West Virginia and Mark Begich of Alaska.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also signed the letter, along with Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the top Republican on the Energy Committee, and Rob Portman of Ohio, a former budget director for President George W. Bush, who had been considered as a vice-presidential running mate for Mitt Romney.


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Treatment results for spinal cavernomas
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Objective: Spinal cavernomas are rare vascular lesions in the spinal canal. They may be encountered intramedullary as well as extramedullary or extradurally. Depending on their localization clinical courses differ and require treatment strategies for symptomatic and asymptomatic cavernomas accordingly. The pre- and postoperative courses were analyzed to define indications for their operative treatment.
Methods: Hospital files, neuroradiological examinations, intraoperative documentation as well as outpatient examinations were analyzed. The clinical course was documented for each individual symptom and rates for local recurrences were determined.
Results: Between 1980 and 2010, 1295 spinal tumors were entered into a spinal cord data base. Among these, 23 patients presented with a spinal cavernoma (11 intramedullary, 3 extramedullary and 9 extradurally). The average age was 50 ± 17 years (range: 16–76 years), the clinical history extended over 2 years on average with tremendous variability between 1 week and 10 years. Acute presentations were observed after hemorrhages, which led to severe neurological deficits in 2 patients with intramedullary lesions. About a third of the patients complained mainly about pain with a slowly progressive course. Gait disturbances or motor deficits predominated in 20% of patients each. Intramedullary cavernomas were associated with the most severe neurological deficits compared to other localizations. Twenty patients were operated. All but one intramedullary and one extradural cavernoma were removed completely. The operative technique consisted of shrinking the lesion with bipolar coagulation in order to remove it without undue stress for the spinal cord. It has to be emphasized that the gliotic capsule surrounding intramedullary cavernomas as a result of former hemorrhages should be preserved to avoid significant postoperative neurological deficits – especially if the gliosis contains calcifications. Postoperatively, one wound infection and one cerebrospinal fluid fistula were encountered. There were no recurrences in this series with an average follow up of 28 ± 38 months (maximum 13 years).
Conclusions: Symptomatic cavernomas of the spinal canal should be surgically removed. Cavernomas carry a risk of hemorrhage comparable to that of cerebral aneurysms. Severe neurological deficits are restricted to intramedullary lesions. Asymptomatic intramedullay cavernomas should be removed if they are located close to the cord surface.


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As more boomers age out of the American workforce, their employers are having a hard time filling their shoes.
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According to a new report from Citigroup, firms are facing constraints on the availability of qualified labor resources as older workers age out of the workforce or reduce their hours, leaving a gap in productivity. Older workers leaving the workforce to enter retirement is part of the labor market cycle that opens up opportunities for young adults to fill—good news for the millennials that have faced bleak hiring prospects since the Great Recession. But employers say they can't find the skilled workers from the younger workforce members, making it hard for them to increase their payroll and could have long-term consequences on economic growth.
Citi's Nathan Sheets, report author, says that for the qualified younger workers that step in to take more of the now-vacant jobs will likely be working harder and longer hours—for more pay.
"When there is less labor available, each worker has more capital, so it's natural for them to be paid more," Sheets says.
Paul Conway, former chief of staff at the Labor Department, says the report is positive for a younger labor force that has had a stunted career trajectory due to a lagging economy.
"There has been a lack of creation of full-time, meaningful jobs—especially for younger Americans," Conway says. "If you consider professional development and job skills—they may go through three or four different jobs and develop a series of expertise."
Conway says the young worker might face an uphill battle to fulfill open positions due to their delay in skill development and "real-world" job prospects, they may have more of a hodgepodge of jobs rather than a list of resume-making career moves.
"This generation is struggling with serious questions," he says. "They have been delayed, because the new reality is a series of part-time jobs, or unpaid internships."
Despite the Citi report, Conway doesn't see boomers leaving work in full force anytime soon since they aren't financially ready for retirement. So while many will be phasing out, it will be more of a slow-burn for the shift to take place rather than many opportunities all at once for millennial applicants.
"Older workers are staying in longer, and are delaying retirement or are taking part-time jobs," he says. "If it's not in high-information, high-tech environments, employers are happy to retain the expertise of an older worker."
Will Tech Help Fill the Gap?
Sheets expects tension will be felt throughout the corporate sector as the shift from older to younger workers occurs. During this time, he expects more substitutions among the labor force with automation and computerization than before.
"This will tend to focus more on capital-intensive industries with machinery," he says.
In other words, companies still have the upper hand over applicants, Conway says.
"There will be much greater economic expansion and more job creation," he says. "But it's still a hiring person's market."
Higher Taxes, But Higher Wages?
The workers who are skilled enough to partake in this circle of labor, and step up to replace older retirees will also likely be paying more in taxes, Sheets says.
"There will also be higher taxes [to compensate] for more retirees and Social Security," Sheets says.
But again, they will be better compensated, Sheets says.
Conway also says Obama Care will lead to higher taxes for younger workers, who are picking up the tab for the 30 million new people being brought into the health-care system under the new law.
"They will be paying more, not less, for health-care, and that burden will grow over time," Conway says.


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Always free admission to the open mic. No drink min. No promises 🙂
The Mad House Open Mic! Come watch careers begin and dreams die.. 5 min at a time 🙂
Mad House Comedy Club
801 4th Avenue
San Diego, CA, 92101
Doors 11:15 PM
This event is 18 and over
The Mad House Open Mic! Come watch careers begin and dreams die.. 5 min at a time 🙂
The Open Mic features brand spanking new comedians. Some that have been performing for a bit. Some that have been performing for a long time and are trying out new material. Some that have been doing comedy for a long time and are still terrible. It's a fun show but you need to know what you are getting into. Free tix, cheap drinks, and relaxing while you watch a future super star comedian get their start. Or, watch dreams die, 5 Min at time 🙂
Thinking about trying stand up comedy? Ready to take the leap? We're proud to have a supportive staff and an awesome group of comics performing on our open mic, so relax, grab some friends and come have a great time. Read below for sign up instructions.
If you're not ready yet, the show's free so come by, hang out, grab a drink, talk to some of the comics, and check out the show.
Here's how the open mic works. Unless something odd happens, we have open mics every night. Usual open mic show times are Sun/Mon 8:30, Tues/Wed/Thurs9:30pm, Fri/Sat 11:30pm. Check the website calendar to be certain of exact showtimes.
To perform you need to email firstname.lastname@example.com on Sundayof the week you'd like to perform, between 12 & 4pm PST. List your name, and which open mic you'd like to perform on. It's completely okay to ask for all shows if you wish.
We have far more comics emailing in to perform on the open mic than we have spots for. At 4pm the email period closes, a random drawing is done to see which comedians will perform.
We'll post the line ups as soon as the random drawings are complete, usually on our Mad House Comedy Club Facebook Page.
Please do not email in for shows you aren't sure you can perform on if selected or request multiple shows to get a better chance of getting on one show. That practice takes spots away from other comedians and disrupts the show. The host and staff will note the names of performers who don't show up for spots they've requested.
There is a second way onto the open mic shows. If your name was not selected on a show day you wanted, you can physically show up at the club, and sign up, on the "alternate list". The alternate list is not a guarantee. When comedians who have spots on the show don't show up, or we have extra time, the host will pull comedians from the alternate list. Sometime they make it through the entire alternate list, and sometimes they don't get to it at all. The alternate list is made available for sign ups a short time before the start of open mic . To use the alternate list, you have to physically be at the club, you can't add your name via phone/email etc.
The Mad House bookers, hosts of the open mic, and staff all pay attention to who is consitantly doing great on the open mic, who's working hard to get better. They will select those comedians for other opportunites at the Mad House such as better spots on the Friday and Saturday open mics, hosting opportunities, spots on other shows at the Mad House. No one is getting bumped or downgraded for bombing, which is a normal part of learning stand up, so don't worry about that. So long as comedians are working hard and trying their best everyone is going to be happy.
The Open Mic is always free with no food or drink min
Upcoming Events
Mad House Comedy Club
Wed, January 23
Trenton Davis as seen on Bar Rescue, Laughs on Fox and more!
Wed, January 23
The Mad House Open Mic! Come watch careers begin and dreams die.. 5 min at a time 🙂
Thu, January 24
Bijan Mostafavi ~ Finalist San Diego's Funniest Person Contest
Thu, January 24
The Mad House Open Mic! Come watch careers begin and dreams die.. 5 min at a time 🙂
Fri, January 25
The World Famous Mad House Comedy Club Showcase Special starring Michael Blaustein as seen on Comedy Central, MTV, Person of Interest and more!


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Kathryn Ann Stout
79, of Decatur, IL
Kathryn Ann Stout, 79, of Decatur, IL, passed away at 1 p.m., Monday, December 10, 2012, in Heartland Healthcare Center.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, December 13, 2012, in Grand View Burial Park, 11116 Highway #61, Hannibal, MO, with Pastor Don Fisher officiating. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Wednesday evening at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mt. Zion, IL. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.
Kathryn was born January 6, 1933, in Hannibal, MO the daughter of Harvey Duff and Mary Edith (Foutes) Shepherd. She married Charles P. Stout on January 6, 1952. He preceded her in death on August 7, 1986. She was a retired secretary from Richland Community College. She was a member of Joy Community Church and had volunteered for many church and nursing home activities. She also assisted many of her friends with any needs they may have had.
Surviving is her daughter: Jennifer Stout of Mt. Zion; son: Lawrence Stout and his wife Retha of St. Peters, MO; grandchildren: Allison Ivancic and her husband Tim of St. Louis, MO, Andrew Stout and his wife Steffie of Overland, MO, and David Stout of St. Peters, MO; great-granddaughter: Adelaide Stout of Overland, MO; sister: Evelyn Dugan and her husband Robert of Hannibal, MO; brother: Olin Duff Shepherd and his wife Cheryl of Graff, MO; brother-in-law: Bill Stout and his wife Joan of Hannibal, MO; and special friends: David and June Delbridge of Mt. Zion and Sharon Goodwin of Decatur.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and infant sister: Dorothy Ruth Shepherd.
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text: We're big fans of Karl Zahn around here — in fact you may remember his delightful Dovetail Animals which we featured. Now Zahn has a new Areaware original for the holidays: Tree Tops! Whirling tops have the distinction of being low tech (not to mention, one of the oldest) toys that kids actually enjoy, and these sweet tops have a holiday twist. Tree Tops come in sets of five, and each little spinning toy is made to look just like a cute little evergreen tree. Sets are available in realistic shades of greens and blues or in a natural hue, and they're made out of real evergreen tree Schima Wood. Each set of five tops comes with a printed drawstring pouch. With an affordable price-point this is one delightful green stocking stuffer for kids and parents alike.


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How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom
When we talk about using cell phones in class, we're not just talking about using cell phones in class.
The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.
At its core, the issues associated with mobile learning get to the very fundamentals of what happens in class everyday. At their best, cell phones and mobile devices seamlessly facilitate what students and teachers already do in thriving, inspiring classrooms. Students communicate and collaborate with each other and the teacher. They apply facts and information they've found to formulate or back up their ideas. They create projects to deepen their understanding, association with, and presentation of ideas.
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This is part four of a series exploring mobile learning co-produced by MindShift and Spotlight on Digital Media & Learning.
Other posts in this series include:
- Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools
Will Old Teaching Tactics Work?
- In the Digital Age, Welcoming Cell Phones in the Class.
- Augmented Reality, Coming Soon to a School Near You
In the most ideal class settings, mobile devices disappear into the background, like markers and whiteboards, pencil and paper – not because they're not being used, but because they're simply tools, a means to an end. The "end" can be any number of things: to gauge student understanding of a concept, to capture notes and ideas to be used and studied later, to calculate, to communicate, to express ideas.
In Ramsey Musallam's A.P. Chemistry class at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco, cell phones are a natural extension of the way he communicates with his students.
As soon as kids walk in, Musallam sends out a text blast through Remind101, asking them a challenge question that's related to the day's lesson. "First person to tell me the units on K for a second order reaction gets chocolate," he types and sends off. His students know he does this regularly, so they're constantly anticipating the question during the day, in and out of class.
"Sure, that's kind of cute," he says, admitting that it can be seen as gimmicky. "But more importantly, in my mind that's saying, 'You're carrying around something that I can contact you with.' It's a fun ways to stay motivated in our day, which can be pretty dry sometimes. It's a chance to think about what we're learning outside the context of state testing."
Once the class settles in and things are rolling along, the steady hum gets louder when kids are excited or working together, then quieter again when they're working out problems on their individual little whiteboards (to be clear, these are not digital).
Musallam constantly walks around, sending out directives – "Write the answer on your table!" ""I want you guys to come up with an answer now, and text it in," "What's the ridonculous choice out of all these answers here?"
Students work in groups, and when they have a question, they call him over. He arrives with iPad in hand and records his voice and his writing on the iPad, which he immediately uploads to the class website so other students can benefit from the explanations instantaneously. (This, by the way, is another form of flipped teaching, he says.)
"This way, if I need to explain a common question, everyone can access it," he says. "I don't have to repeat myself going from group to group." But rather than stop what everybody else is doing so he can explain a concept, students can watch the video he just created if they need to. "I'll just tell them to look at the online tutorials to find out about common questions," he says.
During class, he asks students to take a multiple-choice quiz and send in their answers through a poll on their cell phones. The students' votes are immediately displayed on the projector that's hooked up to Musallam's laptop.
This is key, Musallam says, because seeing the answers that get the most votes makes a big impression on his students. "If they all held up note cards that said their answers -- A,B,C or D -- the visual of the 'distractors' [the wrong answers] wouldn't be as powerful," he says. "And this makes the experience more immediate. I want it to be as rich and as visual as possible. I want them to see things, not just know it."
Musallam can list a litany of reasons why and how mobile devices spice things up in class. "The data integration wouldn't be as rich, the experience wouldn't be as dynamic, the cognitive load is higher," he says. But even though all but one of his students have cell phones and use them for polling and instantaneous quizzing, it's clear that they would be just as rapt in the classroom activities without them; they're not necessarily fixated on the fact that they're using cell phones or that they're seeing instantaneous results of their polls. Their eyes and ears are on him.
What makes Musallam's class an interesting case study is that his teaching practice is based on a specific technique: he incorporates peer-instruction and inquiry-based learning, mirroring Harvard professor Eric Mazur. The videos and polls just help support that.
"I'm using it in the context of peer instruction, which is research based. You get anonymous feedback, which is great, and kids see all that information condensed," he says. "Sometimes it's just cute and fun and that wears off. But much more often, it's more efficient and meaningful, and it makes the classroom feel like a bigger place."
Seventh-grade history teacher James Sanders, who teaches at Kipp San Francisco Bay Academy, makes the analogy of the cell phone as a tool being used in a modern-day shop class: It makes things a lot easier.
Though every student in his history class has a Google Chromebook, only 60 percent have what he calls "smarter" phones, and many have iPod Touches. So he has students work in groups of three or four.
Using Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes, he challenges his students at the end of class to answer specific questions in order to get a broad look at whether they understood the concepts discussed that day.
But with subjective topics like world history, and a challenge like "Write one or two sentences why the Aztec Empire fell," how can students convey a deep, meaningful understanding in just a couple of sentences?
"Writing concise paragraphs explaining complex concepts is incredibly powerful," Sanders says, adding that the class also works on research papers and projects around historical characters in addition to these short polls.
The tool also allows students to read each others' responses, which allows for a "deeper level of analysis," he says. "I can ask them to write their answers on paper, submit it, review it myself, and then choose one or two to highlight in class, but the idea of having these tools is that it augments our skills as teachers. To be able to ask a question of 30 students and get response instantaneously just speeds up the learning process, rather than waiting for individual students to respond."
But for every teacher who's able to seamlessly integrate cell phones and other mobile devices, there's another who doesn't see the transformation as easily. Paul Barnwell, who now teaches English and digital media at Fern Creek Traditional High School in Louisville, Kentucky, decided to stop using cell phones in class after giving it a go with an eighth-grade class.
Barnwell bucked the school's policy and used Poll Everywhere for both multiple-choice and open-ended exit poll questions. About three-quarters of the students had cell phones at the time.
"The kids were pumped up to use their taboo devices," he says. "After a few trials, they quickly understood how to submit their answers, and the engagement factor was high since their responses popped up onto the projected screen."
But he was uneasy with excluding those who didn't have a phone or the ability to text. And, he said, some of the "class clowns" took advantage of the anonymity of the polling to text inappropriate statements.
"I decided it wasn't worth the time or the hassle," he says.
Barnwell doesn't like the idea of letting students Tweet information to a common address and hasn't found an application that "promotes efficient 'best practice' yet. "But I'm also not seeking it out," he says, adding that because he's got 10 desktop computers in his current class, students can use them for research projects and looking up facts online.
Barnwell hasn't given up completely on cell phones, though. "If I can plan a lesson to ensure that high-level thinking is encouraged and greater participation, I might try phones again," he says. "As far as polling and other simple uses, I see little benefit at this point. I can't stand how most teenagers thoughtlessly and even belligerently use Twitter."
It's not uncommon for kids to use cell phones for inappropriate behavior at school. But some believe that when students misuse the devices at school, teachers must step in.
"It's our responsibility as educators to teach kids how to interact with the world," Sanders says. "Those interpersonal human conversations are incredibly valuable."
At Sacred Heart, where Ramsey Musallam teaches, the school's cell phone policy is shifting, as they try to sort out their social policies.
"Right now, kids can't use cell phones unless a teacher instructs them, but that's evolving," says principal Gary Cannon. But if kids are using them to take pictures, they're not reprimanded by faculty.
The staff fully recognizes that the cell phone is just a tool. Twitter and texting are just tools used to say or do what might happen in the hallways and dining halls regardless.
"The challenge is giving them a sense of a digital footprint," Cannon says.
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For Musallam, that's all part of how he sees his job as an educator.
"I'm here to serve my students," he says. "If we can leverage cell phones in a way that's meaningful, I'm going to do it."


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By SUE RYAN
News staff writer
November 25, 2006
Cascade Locks city councilors and others met Thanksgiving Eve to work on their recruitment for the next city administrator.
The position becomes vacant Dec. 1 when current administrator Bob Willoughby leaves. He has accepted the position of city manager with Florence.
"Essentially this is your process; we're here to assist you tonight to come up with information for people interested in applying," said Mike McCauley, executive director for the League of Oregon Cities.
The city council contracted with LOC's City Administrator Recruitment Service to help. Mayor Ralph Hesgard, city councilors Tiffany Pruit, Cindy Mitchell, and Kerri Jo Osbourn attended the session along with councilors-elect Randy Holmstrom, Tom Cramblett and mayor-elect Roger Freeborn. Port of Cascade Locks Director Chuck Daughtry and resident Tom Brazille also came.
Under the Cascade Locks city charter, the city has an administrator versus a planner. The city council gives the administrator his or her authority through ordinances. In Cascade Locks, the city has the distinction of being self-contained on a variety of fronts. Among the administrator's responsibilities are managing services for sewer, water, emergency management, Internet, cable T.V. and the city's power company.
"We're one of five cities in Oregon (that has its own power and light company)," said Kate Mast, city recorder.
McCauley took the council through a list of attributes to describe what they wanted in a city administrator. He recommended they require, at minimum, someone with a bachelor's degree in education. Mayor-elect Roger Freeborn felt that should be amended to include someone with equivalent experience.
"That would widen the pool (of candidates)," said McCauley. "There is a tradeoff; you would expand it but then you would have to decide what the qualifications are."
During the session, the issue of conflict in town came up. Councilor-elect Randy Holmstrom said because of that, he felt the council needed to be clear they needed someone with experience in dealing with elected boards.
"We need someone with that or they will get eaten alive," he said. "This town is not for the faint of heart."
Daughtry reminded the council that even with the tension, the position is a very attractive proposition to someone looking to gain experience in city management.
"And I think Bob had a lot to do with that," he said.
The work session also discussed the importance of having someone who understands how to and can negotiate electric rates with the Bonneville Power Administration, to administer grants, and who can work with diverse groups in the community as well as state and federal governments due to the town's location. Cascade Locks is surrounded by national forest land, bordered by the Columbia River, and within the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
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Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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Archive - Jan 4, 2011
SEC Blog
Player of the Week
Amedeo Della Valle Interview
By Davide Bortoluzzi / Draftology
Amedeo Della Valle is one of the most talented European prospects of his generation, and with Alessandro Gentile he'll probably be the future of Italian national team. He's now in his senior year at Findlay prep., but next year he'll be playing for a national college basketball powerhouse, with high chances to play the hoop summit.
Annual Stock Report: Buy UNC and Kentucky, sell UConn and Purdue
St. John's regains relevancy with upset
Minnesota's Devoe Joseph likely transferring
Pac-10 looks to find a way to restore credibility after shaky start
Despite criticism, NCAA takes firm stance on professionalism
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NCAA Power 16 Rankings
2011 is here and the conference season is upon us. No more cupcake filler home games, it's time to separate the contenders from pretenders. As we enter the New Year, Duke, Ohio State and Kansas retain their hold on the top three spots, but how long can they remain unbeaten? Last week's number six slot belonged to Georgetown, but one week later they find themselves 1-2 in the Big East and out of the Power 16. That could be a familiar story as the grind of conference play begins. Onto the first Power 16 of 2011:


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Film Review: Anna KareninaJoe Wright's frenetic and daringly stagy adaptation unleashes the passions of Tolstoy's novel with a delicious abandon.
All the world's a stage in this highly self-aware yet free-flowing take on Tolstoy's great novel of doomed romance and the thorny collision of ideals with the world of real humans. Joe Wright's exciting take on the story will certainly divide audiences, but for those who go along for the ride, they'll thrill at how it blows their hair back. Instead of moving from one stately mansion to the next, Wright sets most of his scenes inside the same grand but vaguely decrepit theatre, with obvious backdrops and stage props, adding music and elaborate choreography to further stylize the action. It can be read as a statement on the highly artificial world that the Russian aristocracy had entrapped itself in, circa 1874, or a device heightening the novel's already potent melodrama.
As most adaptations do, Tom Stoppard's stripped-down screenplay (his first in over ten years) puts the emphasis on the half of the story with the most naked passions. Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley, playing the high-strung racing horse again to great effect) is happily married to dull but good-natured government official Alexei Karenin (Jude Law). They have a son and are at the center of glittering St. Petersburg society (Moscow being so…provincial). Anna seems to float outside the world of petty jealousies and intrigues, until the day love, in the form of devilishly rakish cavalry officer Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, from Savages) thwaps her between the eyes. Unable to do the calculus of how much she will lose if she is discovered, Anna throws herself into an affair with Vronsky. Ironically, when the film opens, Anna is counseling her sister-in-law Dolly (Kelly Macdonald) to forgive her brother Oblonsky's (Matthew Macfadyen) cheating ways.
Running on parallel tracks is the more ruminative story, about Oblonsky's dear friend Levin (Domhnall Gleeson), a straight-laced and highly moral landowner who is looking less for a wife than a true soul mate. Stoppard interleaves enough of Levin's romantic ponderings and discussions with the earthier Oblonsky to fuel a hint of an internal debate in the film about whose relationship seems the more honest and true. Alexi is made out a classically clueless cuckold, but there is a sweetness to his impossibly stiff-necked persona when he defends Anna (at a time when all of St. Petersburg has espied her philandering) by saying, "My wife is beyond reproach. She is, after all, my wife." The peace in Oblonsky and Dolly's marriage is based on her ignoring what she can. And the love that Levin searches for doesn't seem attainable among mortals.
Anna Karenina doesn't take its philosophizing sitting down, though. Stoppard, long used to marrying weighty topics with lower humor, of necessity cleaves off great slabs of plot while still delivering the singing, stomping energy of Tolstoy's galloping prose. Wright directs with a crackling energy, whipping his performers into something like a circus routine, complete with pancake-makeup musicians wandering through scenes and magical-realist flourishes (a room of bureaucrats stamp forms in artificially mechanistic unison, a man walks through a theatre door and into a snow-covered country field many miles away). Giving the proceedings more of a vaudeville stamp is the marvelous Macfadyen, who invests his loony performance with all the mustache-twinkling delight of Kevin Kline in his clownish prime.
Knightley has a more difficult time with the starring role. Although she throws herself into Anna with her characteristic enthusiasm, all aquiver with desire and rancid with self-loathing, there are times in the film's final stretches when she can't deliver the required sensation of a woman literally going mad because of love. Ultimately it's a worthy performance that goes a long way toward anchoring the film's many divergent stories and characters. Anna's single-minded fury is of a piece with Wright's relentlessly impassioned (doors flung wide and hearts and minds bared) and gorgeous vision (those baroque dresses, sun-splashed fields and snowy nights). Their combined passions crack the Faberge sheen of the period film. A triumph.


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Fed Minutes Boost Market Optimism
The S&P 500 surpassed its record midday high, after the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes were released early but offered few other surprises for investors, Steven Russolillo reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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Amy Poehler turned the tables on her roasters, poking fun at Harvard and its famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe during its annual Woman of the Year award and roast Thursday.
The actress joked at the irreverent affair that she never expected to be feted by the Ivy League school she raised a "middle finger" to growing up in nearby Burlington, Massachusetts.
"I want to thank Hasty Pudding for reminding us how hard it is to write funny jokes," she said after the two student roasters teased her about past roles in comedies such as "Baby Mama" and "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo."
The Golden Globe-winning "Parks and Recreation"...


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1912 had been a year for many new beginnings, and one major disaster, but the first week of July was also a sad one in Canada. Local news centred on the aftermath of the Regina Cyclone, June 30th, in which 28 people died, and in Vancouver, on the drowning of 2 people in First Narrows.
But in 1912, as in the years since 1871 when BC decided to join Canada (July 20, 1871), British Columbians celebrated Dominion Day July 1st. Here is a glimpse from the past of how some spent their day.
Second Beach, c. 1917, photographer Stuart Thomson. Courtesy the City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-213. http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca
New Brunswickers Picnicked at Park
Natives of Eastern Province and Their Friends Enjoyed Dominion Day Outing {Vancouver, 1 July 1912].
Natives of New Brunswick and their friends, to the number of several hundred picnicked at Second beach, Stanley Park, yesterday afternoon. A programme of sports was carried out in the afternoon, and the day wound up with an enjoyable repast under the big trees flanking the beach. The youngsters romped the sands and took part in the sports in which they were joined by big brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers.
Towards the close of the day a number of speeches were given by representative New Brunswickers, and a committee appointed for the purpose of electing officers rendered its report. The officers selected were: Mr. W.D. Everett, president; Mr. John Burpee, first vice-president; Mr. James Pelkie, second vice-president; Dr. D. J. Bell, third vice-president; Mr. Harry D. Hipwell, secretary; Mr. W.M. Raymond, treasurer; executive committee, Messrs. Clinton Gray, Charles Olts, J. B. Appleby, Gideon Phillips and Fred Williams.
A[t] 9 o'clock last night officers of the association held a meeting at the office of Dr. Bell, and it was decided that the organization should be known as the New Brunswick Association of British Columbia. A resolution expressive of sympathy for Mrs. Fred Hale, who recently suffered the loss of her husband, one of the prominent public men of New Brunswick, was passed and ordered forwarded to the bereaved lady.
Daily Province, Vancouver, BC, Tuesday 2 July 1912, page 21.


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Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín sparkle as they discuss each other's fiction at Symphony Space
One of the best things about an evening spent at Symphony Space is the booze.
That's no disrespect to the quality programming at the space, but you can get a very reasonably priced cocktail before the show in the downstairs bar, then walk upstairs for an event with another drink in hand, something you can't really get away with at many of the other Upper Whichever Side cultural venues (at least not on the cheap).
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But with every silver lining there is a cloud, and in the case of the intimate Symphony Space it's that when events go long (as they often do there), taking to the restroom can feel like a gaffe, not least from the grumblings of some of the older audience members forced to shift out of your way. Yet even after several cocktails there was no way it seemed prudent to miss even a moment of the readings of short stories and by two masters—Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín—by actors at Symphony Space last night. Short stories don't feel so short when you've worked the happy hour like a pro, but sometimes squirming in one's seat is the price of greatness.
At last night's Selected Shorts event actress Lois Smith tackled Tóibín's "A Priest in the Family," and Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton read Smith's 2004 New Yorker- published short, "Hanwell in Hell," with both authors on hand to chat about their respective pieces before the story readings and, presumably, to lend moral support to their respective literary interpreters.
At first glance, Smith and Tóibín couldn't be a stranger pair on stage: She tall and youthful, wearing slim-fitting boot-cut jeans, a shiny red belt, black-framed glasses, and her hair in a red wrap; he short and slightly disheveled, his own glasses hanging down around his exposed neckline where a tie would normally be. But then the two started talking, and all those superficial things went out the window because their brilliance, and their obvious friendship, made for a special feeling indeed.
In his introduction, host Isaiah Sheffer pointed out that the two writers were, in fact, old friends. Just how the two writers came to be friends wasn't mentioned, but the mutual respect the two have for each other was on display. Smith made mention of the love both her and her husband share for the particular story that was about to be read, and then she and Tóibín discussed the Irish writer's fondness for the work of Henry James (about whom he's written extensively, most notably in his novel The Master).
Tóibín is a model man of letters: university professor, New York Review of Books contributor, multi-Booker-shortlister, and so on. He acts the part onstage, and often his comments on his own work and questions for Smith took a long time to unspool, but were always worth the wait. He talked about writing his own story after he saw American writers asking how they should respond to national tragedy after 9/11. For Tóibín, the tragedy he meant to confront was the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal. Lois Smith, who has been a Selected Shorts mainstay for over two decades, read it with passion dripping off every syllable. It is always a treat to see somebody actually act out a short story rather than simply recite it. Tóibín seemed so moved that he came out onto stage and embraced the actress for her work.
Intermission offered some of us audience members much-needed relief before another conversation between the writers, and then Richard Easton's rendition of Smith's story. Easton, a veteran Shakespearian actor, read Smith's story with vigor and purpose. He utilized the pregnant pauses and put extra emphasis on the last letter of every word from Smith's story (in the form of a correspondence) about a man and the daughter of another man seeking information about her father, who the narrator (or letter writer) spent a drunken late night with sometime in the 1970s.
Smith and Tóibín returned to the stage, where they discussed Smith's influences, Tóibín mentioning that he'd detected hints of Joseph Conrad in her story.
"More Graham Greene," Smith replied. She went on to talk about writers like Kingsley Amis, and the generation of British writers who knew how to fleck their drama with humor, and vice versa. She mused about her own father, of the same generation as Amis, who though he wasn't much of a reader was a massive fan of Lucky Jim, Amis' most famous work. They spoke about Smith's comedian brother and waxed poetic about those who put their milk in the cup before their tea. Where Tóibín was mainly methodical as a speaker, working out his logic slowly and specifically, Smith was sharp, quick, and cutting, her hands half-tucked into her jean pockets, looking thoroughly at ease with her own intelligence and eloquence.
Smith and Tóibín spent a fraction of the time in conversation that it took to read their stories, and yet their shared ideas in dialogue seemed easily the equal of the fictional material presented, and that's no small miracle.


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I see a 3G iPhone and it will be painted black
No more aluminum just plastic on the back
How do I know and why will El Jobso certainly freak?
Cause AT&T has once again gone and sprung a leak
Cat's out of the bag and there's no going back
Published on their website something called the iPhone Black
So 2.0 is coming and it'll be on one of them
While others struggle to iClone Apple's gone to the next gen
3G, business, gaming, and App Store fully packed
I look to June and I want my iPhone Black!
[To the tune of, and with profound apologies to, the Rolling Stones: Painted Black]


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Tuesday, 11 January 2011
I just blooming hate Toy Story.
This feeling has been exacerbated by Toy Story 3, which I thought was awful. The dialogue is witty, the animation is perfect, and the voices are brilliant. But I can't get over the fact that it doesn't represent how a child relates to their toys. Children torture their toys. That's what they do. They throw them around and put things in their eyes and draw on them. They don't fondly say goodbye to them before they go to college. Do they? Or is this just me?
I remember pulling the head off my ballerina Sindy, and giving her a haircut, and dressing her up in Action Man clothes and throwing her down the stairs. But I don't think I was particularly aggressive as a child. I also gave her cuddles and stuff, but the good went with the bad. I didn't treat her like a person. I was trying things out on her, and that included being mean.
Kids should be mean to toys. They shouldn't be concerned as to whether that toy has feelings. They shouldn't have to be nice to toys just in case they are actually somehow alive.
I've taken this too seriously, haven't I? Well, I don't like the prescriptive element of Toy Story. Nice children don't blow up their toys, huh? I think they do. In fact, I think it's healthy to do so. So there.
And Toy Story 3 had a rubbish storyline too. It just rehashed Toy Story 2 with a smelly bear thrown in. *pokes out tongue*
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- C. N. Nevets said...
I've resisted the urge to watch any of the Toy Story movies and you've just made me even more grateful for that.
Also, I cannot abide Finding Nemo. I spent the entire movie waiting for something to happen, and it never did. The most boring movie experience I have ever had in my entire life.
- 11 January 2011 at 13:21
- Aliya Whiteley said...
Are you sure you weren't watching a fish tank by mistake? Those real fish don't offer much narrative excitement.
- 11 January 2011 at 13:27
- Tim Stretton said...
This won't surprise you, Aliya, but I set fire to a box containing some cherished toy dinosaurs.
The box was meant to represent a World War II bomber and the dinosaurs were the gallant aircrew. I set fire to the box and hurled it from an upstairs window, where it crashed flaming to the ground. Not at all unlike a Lancaster bomber downed by Messerschmitts.
By the time I got to the ground, the box was well and truly aflame, and by the time I extinguished it, several of the crew were severely melted. Not that it put me off fire...
I loved those little critters, so I think that proves your thesis.
- 11 January 2011 at 17:12
- Aliya Whiteley said...
Thanks for the corroborating evidence, bomber-command!
- 11 January 2011 at 19:38
- Andy said...
I admit it - I'm a fan of Toy Story. Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc.) wrote the original script and I think he got an award for it. I've also heard that Buzz Lightyear's story (in the original) is an atheist parable on the path a believer takes to skepticism.
However, I see your point in this manner: if you can't buy the premise of the film then you won't enjoy the movie. I dislike the premise to The Full Monty and Grease; ergo I dislike both films.
- 11 January 2011 at 20:39
- Aliya Whiteley said...
That's it exactly, Andy, and I think it's the problem with the high concept movie. If you hate the concept rhe whole movie is never going to work for you. I get really fed up of plots that can be explained in one sentence.
But I love the idea of Buzz's journey being an atheist parable. And I love Buffy and Firefly. Hm.
- 12 January 2011 at 09:18
- Frances Garrood said...
I've only seen snippets of Toy Story - courtesy of grandchildren - and absolutely hated it. But then they're not really toys, are they?
- 12 January 2011 at 09:18
- Abi said...
After watching Toy Story the other day, I did start to feel slightly concerned at some of my son's treatment of his toys; he's fickle with his affections to say the least and most of his games involve both Iggle Piggle and Upsay Daisy being flung across the room at the wall.
The thing I always found oddest about Toy Story was that Woody was the favourite; I can't see any child liking him, not without a major movie franchise to back him up anyway..
- 12 January 2011 at 14:10
- Aliya Whiteley said...
Good for your son! Iggle Piggle's okay, but Upsy-Daisy annoys the bejesus out of me.
- 12 January 2011 at 15:36
- Neil George Ayres said...
Daisy dooowoooooooooo
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
- 12 January 2011 at 15:39
- C. N. Nevets said...
I find the fish in my real aquarium more compelling characters than those in Nemo.
Perhaps it was let-down because it was just so hyped to me, but, yah, I was less bored watching Spock spacewalk for 23 minutes in Star Trek: TMP.
- 13 January 2011 at 03:08
- Aliya Whiteley said...
Good animation does not a good story make. Although we could all go and watch Studio Ghibli films instead and have a good story with good animation.
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I'm back in Seattle after 17hrs in airports and planes. My two checked bags were 110 lbs total weight, but I managed to sweet talk my way out paying any baggage fees at all on the domestic connection out of LAX. And the flights were in no way booked together!
Short thanks to Aberdeen Tours (US) with Edison Tours (TW) for such a great tour and logistics, and China Airlines (TW) for smooth flights, and the Taiwan Tourism Bureau for sponsoring the tour. I'll bring the Huggas up to speed on the rest of the tour in the next couple of days. Gotta decompress right now.
Until then here's a shot that Cyclelicious took of me at the China Airlines check-in, Taipei. As you can see, I didn't just stuff my prized Catlike helmet into check baggage, nor was I content to strap it to my carry-on. If you drop the big coin on a styrofoam brain bucket, your helmet is safest on your head.


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