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TITLE: Evaluation and Management of Bell's Palsy
SOURCE: Grand Rounds Presentation, UTMB, Dept. of Otolaryngology
DATE: January 29, 2002
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN: Russell D. Briggs, MD
FACULTY PHYSICIAN: Byron J. Bailey, MD
SERIES EDITORS: Francis B. Quinn, Jr., MD and Matthew W. Ryan, MD
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"This material was prepared by resident
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the Postgraduate Training Program of the UTMB Department of Otolaryngology/Head
and Neck Surgery and was not intended for clinical use in its present form. It
was prepared for the purpose of stimulating group discussion in a conference
setting. No warranties, either express or implied, are made with respect to its
accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. The material does not necessarily
reflect the current or past opinions of members of the UTMB faculty and should
not be used for purposes of diagnosis or treatment without consulting
appropriate literature sources and informed professional opinion."
From its etiology and pathogenesis
to its appropriate management, much has been written over the past century
regarding Bell's palsy, yet little has been accepted. Medical management with steroids and
antivirals continues to be controversial.
Surgical management has been even more unsettled with extremes of
opinion continuing to range for those who believe surgical decompression is
mismanagement to those who advocate early decompression for all patients with a
complete facial paralysis (1). Thus, the
clinician is often confused regarding the appropriate management of a patient
presenting with an episode of acute facial paralysis due to Bell's palsy.
The term Bell's palsy has been used
to describe a facial paralysis of acute onset and limited duration, the
etiology of which was considered idiopathic in the past. The clinical presentation is typically
defined by the rapid onset of the facial palsy, minimal associated symptoms,
and spontaneous recovery. The diagnosis
of Bell's palsy is made after the exclusion of all other possibilities. Even with this strict criteria, Bell's palsy
remains the most common diagnosis given to patients with acute facial paralysis
Fortunately, the etiology of acute
facial paralysis due to Bell's palsy is becoming clearer. Historically, there have been two prevailing
theories: 1) vascular congestion with secondary ischemia to the nerve and 2)
viral polycranioneuropathy. McGovern (3)
postulated autonomic vascular instability with spasm of the nutrient
arterioles. This vasospasm would lead to
ischemia, nerve edema, and secondary compression within the fallopian
canal. The mechanisms responsible for
such insults included cold temperatures or psychosomatic causes (3).
An alternative theory by Antoni (4) in 1919 proposed the term acute infectious polyneuritis cerebralis acusticofacialis. McCormick (5) subsequently postulated the etiologic agent to be the herpes simplex virus in 1972. Recent studies by Murakami (6) strongly suggest that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is active in cases of Bell's palsy. In this study, endoneural fluid from 11 of 14 patients undergoing transmastoid decompression during the acute phase of the disease displayed DNA fragments of HSV-1 via the polymerase chain reaction. None from this surgical group displayed evidence of herpes zoster or Epstein Barr virus in the obtained samples. None of the affected controls undergoing surgery for temporal bone trauma or tumors displayed either HSV-1 or herpes zoster in their fluid samples either. Of the patients undergoing decompression for Ramsay Hunt syndrome, none exhibited DNA fragments of HSV-1 in their samples while all had herpes zoster. Indeed, Schirm and Mulkins (7) stated that the Murakami study was so well controlled that "it provides conclusive evidence that reactivation of HSV genomes from the geniculate ganglia is the most important cause of Bell's palsy."
Even more compelling was the finding of HSV-1 DNA in a temporal bone section of a patient dying six days after developing Bell's palsy (8). An animal model for Bell's palsy has been developed in which animals inoculated with HSV-1 demonstrate transient facial paresis (9), thus further supporting the idea that Bell's palsy is the result of a viral inflammatory response that induces edema within the facial nerve.
The natural history of Bell's palsy has been
examined in an article by Peiterson (10) who evaluated the outcomes of 1011
patients with Bell's palsy who were not medically or surgically treated. It was found that this condition occurs in
every decade of life with a mean age between 40-44 years. It is less common before the age of 15 and
after the age of 60 years. The incidence
in men and women is similar. Approximately
6-9% develop recurrent Bell's palsy.
Facial paresis alone occurred in 31% of patients, while the remainder
had unilateral complete paralysis. Of
those experiencing only a paresis, over 95% recover without sequelae. Of the remaining 69% with complete paralysis,
some return of facial function is evident within 3 weeks in 85% and an
estimated 71% of patients achieve a House-Brackmann grade 1 and 13% a
House-Brackmann grade 2. The remaining
16% in this complete paralysis group have a fair to poor recovery
(House-Brackmann grades 3-5). This
subset of patients is the controversial group of patients that may benefit the
most from medical or surgical intervention.
Thus, of all patients with either a complete or
partial facial paralysis, approximately 85% recover to normal within one year
without treatment. It was noted that in
patients that experienced delayed recovery over 3 months, all developed
sequelae such as diminished function or contracture with associated
movements. Return of at least some facial
function was noted in all patients.
Many reports exist in the literature that attempt to
document the outcomes in Bell's palsy.
Unfortunately, there was a lack of an accepted facial function recovery
reporting system until the American Academy of Head and Neck Surgery adopted
the House-Brackmann facial nerve grading scale in 1984 (11).
Evaluation of Acute Facial Paralysis
A careful history of the patient's
illness narrows the scope of the differential diagnosis and reduces the number
of subsequent radiographic and serologic studies that are necessary. Most palsies of the face are sudden in onset
and frequently evolve over 2-3 weeks after onset. This evolution results in either a complete
degeneration of nerve fibers or an incomplete degeneration with evidence of
recovery as demonstrated by either clinical or electrophysiologic means. Any palsy progression over 3 weeks should be evaluated
for a neoplasm. Evidence of trauma is
usually obvious as is acute or chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma. Herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay-Hunt syndrome)
is manifest by a facial paresis or paralysis with a vesicular eruption over a
distribution of a cranial nerve. Sensorineural
hearing loss and vertigo may also be present in up to 20% of cases. Recurrent facial palsy may be seen in cases
of Bell's or Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome.
Bilateral facial palsy is most commonly seen in Guillain-Barre syndrome,
as a manifestation of Lyme disease, or with intracranial tumors or infections
The physical examination includes a
complete head and neck examination with microscopic evaluation of the ear and a
thorough cranial nerve examination. The
face is examined and is assessed for paresis (an incomplete paralysis) or a
complete paralysis.
Audiometry should be obtained in all
cases to assess for possible involvement of the eighth cranial nerve in some
disorders. Formulation of a treatment
plan is dependent on the identification of the 15% of patients with Bell's
palsy who do not fully recover. Both imaging
studies and electrophysiologic studies of the facial nerve have been used in
this aim. The site of the lesion is best
determined with either CT or MRI and prognosis is best determined with
electrophysiologic testing. High
resolution CT (HRCT) may be obtained in cases to examination the fallopian
canal in temporal bone trauma, mastoiditis, or cholesteatomas. HRCT is unable to demonstrate subtle facial
nerve inflammation typically seen in Bell's palsy. Unfortunately, MRI assessment of the facial
nerve has been disappointing as well.
MRI may demonstrate enhancement of the facial nerve in cases of Bell's
palsy or Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, however no correlation with the site or degree
of enhancement has been made. The
primary role of MRI in cases of suspected Bell's palsy is to exclude the
possibility of other mass lesions that can lead to facial nerve paralysis
(12). Topographic testing including the
Schirmer test, stapedial reflex assessment, electrogustometry, and salivary
flow has become obsolete due to the inability to predict clinical outcome
(2). If the diagnosis remains uncertain,
serologic studies can be considered to evaluate for Lyme disease, autoimmune
disorders, or other central nervous system diseases.
Knowledge of the anatomy of the
facial nerve is important in understanding the pathophysiology and management
of acute facial paralysis of Bell's type.
The intracranial segment of the facial nerve and the nervus intermedius
exit the brainstem adjacent to the pons, cross the cerebellopontine angle, and
enter the internal auditory canal. The
meatal segment of the facial nerve and the nervus intermedius remain in the
anterior-superior quadrant of the IAC and enter the fallopian canal at the meatal
foramen, superior to the transverse crest and anterior to the vertical crest
(Bill's bar). Ge and Spector (14) have
determined that the narrowest portion of the fallopian canal is located at the
meatal foramen (mean diameter .68 mm).
Thus, the size of the foramen coupled with a tight arachnoid band
located at this segment contributes to the constriction of the facial nerve at
this point in Bell's palsy. The
labyrinthine segment of the nerve, encased within the narrowest portion of the
fallopian canal, courses 2-4 mm to the geniculate ganglion, where the nerve
takes an acute turn at the external genu to enter the middle ear. The tympanic segment (horizontal segment)
courses a total of 11 mm slightly above the cochleariform process and oval
window and turns into the second turn (pyramidal turn) inferior to the lateral
semicircular canal. The mastoid segment
(vertical portion) then descends 13 mm to the stylomastoid foramen (2).
Bell's palsy induces a wide range of
facial movement dysfunction from mild paresis to total paralysis. The pathophysiology associated with this
injury is suspected to be due to edema within the facial nerve induced by HSV
reactivation. Several electrodiagnostic
studies have been devised to evaluate the neural damage following acute facial
nerve paralysis and can be used for prognostic purposes. These tests attempt to measure the amount of
neural degeneration that has occurred distal to the sight of the injury by
measuring the muscle response to an electrically evoked stimulus. These tests rely on the physiological premise
of neural injuries as described by Seddon (13).
Injuries that produce only a conduction block within the nerve and do
not disrupt axonal continuity are termed neuropraxia. In these cases, the nerve does not sustain
permanent damage and no Wallerian degeneration occurs. All electrophysiologic studies (NET, MST, and
ENoG) will be within normal limits. EMG
will fail to demonstrate voluntary motor action potentials, as these cannot be
conducted past the blockade. With more
severe injuries, axoplasmic disruption (axonotmesis) or neural tubule
disruption (neurotmesis) occurs.
Axonotmesis describes a state of Wallerian degeneration distal to the
lesion characterized by the preservation of endoneural sheaths of the motor
axons. Electrically, the NET, MST, and
ENoG will indicate rapid and complete degeneration (if pure axonotmesis). The EMG will not demonstrate any voluntary
motor units, and after 10-14 days, myogenic fibrillation potentials become
evident. The axons will regenerate
through the intact neural tubules, allowing complete return of motor function
to the muscle fiber innervated by that nerve fiber. Neurotmesis describes the destruction of the
axon and surrounding support cells. The
lesion leads to Wallerian degeneration distal to the site of injury with the
electrophysiologic tests being similar to that of axonotmesis. The outcome in this injury, however, is less
predictable. The nerve fibers may be
unable to regenerate successfully which might result in a misdirection of
fibers resulting in synkinesis and incomplete facial function. Electrodiagnostic tests can be used to
differentiate nerve fibers that have undergone Wallerian degeneration, but
these tests are unable to differentiate axonotmesis from neurotmesis.
The currently popular tests used to
establish prognosis in Bell's palsy include the NET (nerve excitability test),
MST (maximum stimulation test), ENoG (electroneurography), and EMG
(electromyography). The NET, MST, and
ENoG are most applicable in the evaluation of acute paralysis (during the
degeneration phase). Hilger first
described the NET in 1964. It compares
the current thresholds required to elicit minimal muscle contraction on the
normal side of the face to those of the paralyzed side. During degeneration, the NET will show
increasing side-to-side threshold differences.
A difference of 3.5 mA is considered significant and suggests more
severe degeneration and a higher likelihood of a poor outcome. The maximum stimulation test is similar to
the NET except that it uses maximum rather than minimum stimulation and
responses are judged as a difference in facial movement. The MST will show greater degrees of facial
weakness with worsening degeneration of the nerve. Unlike the NET and MST, the ENoG provides a
quantitative analysis of the extent of degeneration without being dependent on
observer qualification. It is the most
accurate of all the diagnostic tests available and has proven predictive power. For this test, there is a recording of the
summation potential (compound action potential) for the involved and uninvolved
sides. The sides are compared with one
another and the degree of degeneration within the nerve is directly
proportional to the amplitudes of the measured summation potentials. Thus,
with ongoing Wallerian degeneration, the ENoG will demonstrate lower
percentages of intact motor axons able to propagate a summation potential
Nerve degeneration in Bell's palsy typically occurs
over a three-week period and the NET, MST, and ENoG will provide the most
accurate information. Within the first
three days after the onset of complete paralysis, the results of NET, MST, and
ENoG will be inaccurate, as Wallerian degeneration has not yet occurred. The results during this time will be near
normal. Because of this limitation, the
prognosis cannot be established reliably until the fourth or fifth day when
Wallerian degeneration of damaged nerve fibers is likely ongoing. Comparing ENoG results during the course of
the degeneration is important for prognosis.
Esslen (14) found that if there is greater than a 90% degeneration of
the amplitude of the ENoG waveform on the affected side, the prognosis
worsens. This study established that
those patients with 90-97% degeneration, 30% recovered fully; of those patients
with 98-99% degeneration, 14% recovered fully; and those with 100%
degeneration, none recovered fully.
To further quantify patient outcomes using ENoG,
Fisch (15) found that all patients having less than 90% maximal degeneration of
facial nerve fibers within three weeks of onset of the palsy reach a
satisfactory return of facial motion without any form of treatment (comparable
to a House-Brackmann stage 1-2). On the
other hand, 50% of the patients with a 95-100% maximal degeneration within two
weeks of onset of the palsy have a permanent unsatisfactory recovery of
function (House-Brackmann grades 3,4, or 5).
He also found that if the nerve did reach 90% degeneration, there was a
high likelihood of degenerating further to the critical 95% degeneration
point. Thus, in these patients, the
likelihood of normal to near normal recovery remains 50%.
EMG testing in the acute phase is primarily a
complementary test as it is unable to distinguish a totally neuropraxic injury
from a completely degenerated nerve from a regenerating nerve in the acute
phase. For example, it is not uncommon
for an ENoG test to record no response with early recovery in Bell's
palsy. This is because regenerating
nerve fibers fire at different rates, which does not allow a complete summation
potential to be recorded on ENoG. In
these cases, EMG is essential to assess if motor units are observed with
voluntary contraction. EMG is also
essential in the long-term evaluation of facial nerve paralysis. The presence of myogenic fibrillation
potentials and the absence of voluntary motor units denotes complete
degeneration while the coexistence of both defibrillation potentials and motor
units indicates an incomplete lesion and the appearance polyphasic motor units
signifies a regenerating nerve.
Medical Management of Bell's Palsy
It is difficult to prove that
medical management influences the course of recovery in patients with Bell's
palsy. The most widely evaluated
intervention is steroid therapy. In 1987,
Stankiewitz (16) reviewed the literature on steroid use in Bell's palsy and
found no irrefutable study showing the efficacy of steroid therapy. In 1993, however, Austin (17) conducted a
randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study that revealed an improvement
in grade of recovery with the use of prednisone. All patients treated with prednisone were in
the good outcome group of grades 1-2 on the House-Brackmann scale. However, 17% of patients not treated with
prednisone fell into grade 3 recovery. These
results were statistically significant.
A trend towards the prevention of denervation was noted but did not
reach clinical significance. The authors
felt that prednisone treatment was most likely to be beneficial in patients
with more severe paralysis at initial presentation.
Given the likely association of Bell's palsy with HSV reactivation, Adour (18) conducted a double blind study comparing prednisone and placebo and prednisone and acyclovir. The drugs were initiated within three days of onset of the paralysis. Only 20% progressed to complete paralysis clinically within 14 days of onset and these were evenly distributed between the groups. The acyclovir treated patients demonstrated less degrees of facial weakness (and presumably less degeneration) on MST testing and a lower incidence of unsatisfactory recovery (House-Brackmann grade 3-5).
Given these results, most authors
recommend a medical regime consisting of both steroids and antivirals, with
most recommending initiation within three days of onset. Protection from corneal irritation is
critical with hourly saline eye drops and nightly ophthalmic ointment in the
eyes. Regular, scheduled assessment of
facial function is important so that appropriate prognostic electrophysiologic
tests can be administered in the event of complete paralysis.
Surgical Management of Bell's Palsy
There is spirited debate among
clinicians concerning the appropriate surgical management of the Bell's palsy
patient since it was first reported in 1932 by Balance and Duel (4). Fowler (4) commented in 1939 that there was
great controversy regarding the indications for such a procedure and that the
procedure be done only by experts. Facial
nerve surgery was greatly influenced in the 1960's with the advances in
electrodiagnosis. During this decade,
the site of the lesion was felt to be the tympanic segment. Thus, most cases of decompression were
focused at that site. In the 1970's,
McNeill (4) reviewed his patients treated with postauricular decompression from
the geniculate to the stylomastoid foramen and found no appreciable
benefit. All of these patients were
operated on after two weeks. In 1972,
Fisch and Esslen (19) published revolutionary data in the surgical management
of Bell's palsy. They reported 12
patients who had undergone total facial nerve decompression via a middle
cranial fossa and transmastoid approach.
Using intraoperative electrical stimulation in three patients, they
found a conduction block in the region proximal to the geniculate ganglion (in
the area of the meatal foramen and labyrinthine segment), consistent with their
gross anatomic observations. Fisch (15)
later went on to conclude that decompression of the facial nerve in patients
with 90% reduction of the compound action potential should be done within two
weeks for maximum benefit. He found that
there was a statistically significant benefit to decompressing the meatal
foramen in this selected group of patients.
May (20) initially reported that transmastoid decompression to the labyrinthine
segment was beneficial in selected patients (decreased salivary flow, decreased
Shirmer test, and MST reduced to 25% of normal). In a subsequent publication (21), he recanted
these ideas by finding that no patients benefited from transmastoid
decompression performed within 14 days of onset. Thus, two schools of thought developed in the
1980's and 1990's; those who adopted the idea of early intervention debated the
ideal approach while those who opposed surgical management were quite emphatic
In order to help define which patients would benefit
from surgical decompression and to corroborate the original findings of Fisch
(15), Rubenstein and Gantz (1) undertook a retrospective study in 1999 to
assess whether patients with severe degeneration (greater than 90% on ENoG)
would benefit from decompression of the facial nerve. In this study, the meatal foramen,
labyrinthine segment, geniculate ganglion, and tympanic section were
decompressed through a middle cranial fossa approach. This route was chosen because of strong
evidence that the conductive block occurs in and around the meatal foramen in
94% of patients (using intraoperative EMG) and that electrical impulse
conduction improves after decompression of that area. If the conduction block was not identified
during this approach using intraoperative EMG, a transmastoid decompression was
added. They reported in a
multi-institutional review that 92% of patients who exhibited greater than 90%
degeneration on ENoG within 14 days recovered to a House-Brackmann grade 1 or
2. In patients who were treated only
with steroids, only 45% recovered to a House-Brackmann grade 1-2.
They concluded that facial nerve decompression for
Bell's palsy is useful in a selected group of patients—those with greater than
90% compound action potential reduction within 14 days on ENoG and lack of
volitional activity on EMG.
It is clear that the management of acute facial paralysis is evolving. Many unresolved issues remain. Hopefully, through diligent scientific inquiry, superior diagnostic and therapeutic methods will be discovered for the treatment of Bell's palsy.
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4. Freidman RA. The surgical management of bell's palsy: a review. Am J Otol 2000;21:139-144.
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9. Sugita T, Murakami S, Yanagihara N, et al. Facial nerve paralysis induced by herpes simplex virus in mice : an animal model of acute and transient facial paralysis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1995:104:574-581.
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18. Adour KK, Ruboyianes JM, Von Doersten PG, et al. Bell's palsy treatment with acyclovir and prednisone compared with prednisone alone: a double blind, randomized controlled trial. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1996;105:371-378.
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The solution is simple - use a faster laptop. Much, much faster. Like the one I posted above, such as the Origin EON17-X. If you are coming from the Apple walled garden, think of it like a portable Mac Pro (actually faster in some ways). 2 CUDA accelerated GTX 675M graphics cards (each of these are twice as fast as the workstation Quadro 4000) to speed up your CS5.5 and Resolve (unfortunately as of right now only one of them can be used for each of those two programs for processing at one time) several times over and above the monstrous CPU (which is the same Sandy Bridge-E CPU used by many in their workstations around these parts) and the 4 hard drives / SSDs in RAID. With such a laptop there's no reason to transcode - drop your footage to the timeline, edit, as simple as that. 5K footage is dealt with at 1/2 res real-time easy. Even at 1/2 res it is effectively supersampled for the 1080p screen.
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Well it really isn't a laptop but then it really isn't much bigger than you one...take a look at the Radius EX chassis from Next Computing http://nextcomputing.com/products/po...ions/radius-ex
You can use a regular ATX sized motherboard so you're free to build this almost any way you like. Put an 6 core i7, a GTX or Quadro card in there along with a Red Rocket and you're smoking any laptop out there. There is room for an internal RAID as well + an I/O card if you want HDSDI outputs.
Good lord... I just configured a Maingear Titan 17 for $3582 with the following:
Display: 17.3" FullHD 16:9 LED Display (1080p) with Super Clear screen
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That positively destroys my current desktop! Man, this is really tempting me to go over to the Windows side... Although would it be wise to wait for Ivy Bridge processors and see what Mac has up its sleeve with the next 17" MBP?
Anyone feeling love for the 17" MBP? My 15" just died and I don't think I can change over to PC land yet. so...
Lol...I really don't understand why people are so religious about windows vs Mac...guys seriously...they're just OSes and are very similar to each other...once you run premiere or after effect you won't even notice what OS you're on as they behave pretty much the same. Get the best laptop you can currently get and forget about your "fears"... And If that means switching to a windows laptop then do it. The days of osX is better than windows and vice versa are obsolete! Today you should be open minded enough to use both OSes and realize that they are both excellent.
Having said that, if you trully want good performance, you're gonna have to get a CUDA card...and for now that means a windows laptop....
The only "fear" is all the software etc already purchased. Not to mention the compatibility issues with all the existing workflows in place. Boxes are boxes but they need to play nice with each other and the pocketbook.
Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I started this thread. I was leaning heavily towards the Maingear Titan 17 laptop I posted about before, but I just now read that the battery life in only around 35 minutes! I'm not sure I can deal with that. I know it's because it's using desktop components in a mobile chassis, but still...
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Y'all seemed to really love Hvar.
So more Hvar for your Tuesday!
do you remember that song - How Bizarre?
I sang that one too many times to the tune of "How Hvar"
I know how to keep myself entertained. (:
... & there's a video at the end i edited. i think it's quite sweet, hope you do too.
Happy Tuesday!!
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What perfect pictures of a gorgeous place! I love the look of those floating docks with simple white sleeping platforms/chairs just bobbing in the sea!
PS: if I were in Hvar, I would definitely be singing "How Hvar" or some other ridiculous tune for my own entertainment!
thechroniclesofs.blogspot.comOH I'm so so glad you went to Croatia! I miss going back so much! Hopefully I'll go next summer. Your photos are gooooorgeous! I just came back from my SA trip and it's so nice to go through my favorite blogs and have lots to catch up on haha, I don't have to be patient and wait for posts now :o)
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LOL We purchased 2 semi-dwarf granny smiths, 2 sd galas, a dwarf winsap and a dwarf golden delicious.
Now I just need to wait for them to grow and produce!
Our neighbor came over and could not beleive we bought SIX! He said, "do you know how many apples you will get?" I smiled and said "as many as they want to give me!"
We are now the proud owners of 6 apple trees!
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Posted 11 April 2008 - 10:29 PM
You might want to graft bits of the Golden Delicious onto at least two of the other trees. As scarce as bees are becoming, pollination might be a top priority. Goldens are reputed to be "rooster trees" that produce lots of pollen.
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Good for you! Are they all in yet? Time to move onto chickens?!? LOL
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I'm working on a few different articles so I'll probably be starting up similar topics, but I wanted to get different input and opinions on crossfades/dissolves for transitions (we can also talk a little about its static counterpart the overlay). Next to a hard cut its the most basic transition and pretty much available to all editors. While I find that crossfades are good for softening a transition between scenes I also think they are often too overused, misused, run too long, or a weak transition.
When I was a complete newbie editor I used it as my go to transition and would have some crossfades last upwards of two-three seconds or more. While it may have been approriate in some places looking back at them its hard for me to determine where and when my focus should shift from one scene to the other, and other times it would just become a distorted cloud of colors and shapes. One major problem I notice that can happen with crossfades is while the lighter colors fade out quickly the darker ones are a lot slower to leave and if its transitioning into another scene with alot of light colors, it starts to look strange and as if afterimages are being left behind. While its easy to get most cross fades to flow with most music, often times it feels like in most videos where a crossfade was used, a few shifts and changes with speed to one or both of the clips could allow for either a hard cut or a softer crossfade resulting in less blending/blurring across the two scenes and in my opinion look cleaner/smoother.
Overlays have to work twice as hard as crossfades, since they usually sit on the screen longer and they usually lack the purpose of going from one scene to another. In otherwords, if there is an overlay of two+ scenes whats the meaning behind it? Are they similar to each other and enhancing some kind of emotion or concept or are they trying to highlight something contrasting? Also, for overlays what should I be watching? Oftentimes in overlaid scenes I can't tell what I'm supposed to be focused on since so much is going on that I can't keep up, while that is ok in some instances it ends up losing me where I can't readily identify whats going on or the purpose.
What are your thoughts on crossfades/dissolves/overlays? If anyone has some awesome examples of where its done right please share. Also examples of where it seems poorly done is also helpful.
A recent example that came to my mind is from Radical Sequence where they seem to be used well for the most part. The only issue I have is the crossfade around 0:41-0:42 leaves kind of that afterimagey impression with the darker colors.


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Italy's coast guard suspended the search for people on the Costa Concordia today after the ship slipped farther into the Mediterranean. On Friday, the cruise ship, carrying 4,200 passengers, struck rocks just off the coast of Tuscany. The ship quickly began listing to its side, and soon found itself halfway submerged. In the initial confusion, many passengers jumped into the water, while others boarded lifeboats or waited for rescuers to arrive. So far, 23 people are missing and eleven have been confirmed dead.
Now, the focus has shifted to draining the ship of fuel and minimizing the potential for more environmental damage to the region. But that process will most likely take weeks, experts say, so the Concordia won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
In the meantime officials are trying to decide how to deal with Capt. Francesco Schettino, who steered the vessel too close to the shore, then reportedly abandoned ship during the evacuation.
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I thought this was supposed to be an article about moving the Concordia?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisFunny. As a regular, published columnist in a print paper, I can tell you who writes the 'heds' and it is NOT the writer.
And for good reason. After all it's a general interest site/ magazine and while my column might be the only thing worth reading [hehe] others have different views.
I do agree though that the hed should be a teeny bit more accurate, a recurring problem here at SA where many times the stories and the titles seem dumbed-down.
uhhh, deceptive headline! Guess the editors thought it better to bash the Captain one more time then deal with the next issue - what to do with a $billion shipwreck!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisNeed to change the headlines especially when running the same story day after day.... keeping readers interest in a humdrum news event.
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