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  1. 1. How did you usemedia technologiesin the construction and research planning and evaluation stages?
  2. 2. QUESTION 4 PART 1
  3. 3. YOUTUBE RESEARCH AND PLANNING I used YouTube to research existing professional media products such as documentaries which helped me decide what kind of techniques i would like to take from a variation of documentaries. Making my documentary clear and structured in the right form but i was also able to challenge conventions which made my documentary more interesting It was also helpful to watch old A2 students products to compare with my own ideas.
  4. 4. BLOGGER RESEARCH AND PLANNING During the course of my research and planning stages I used a blogger to display my ideas and development of work. The easy access to the blog allowed me to constantly update myself and refer to my research as I was producing my film and ancillary tasks. Also the blog allowed me to prepare posts that included images, sketches and text which made my work more detailed and obvious to what I was trying to achieve. It also helped me to have a clear structure of what I needed to do next to improve my grade(allowing me to have targets)
  5. 5. RESEARCH AND PLANNING MICROSOFT OFFICE I used PowerPoint to present my ideas to the class and allow to see my storyboard and written notes. I was able to get audience feedback from this and better my work I also used Microsoft excel for my documentary when doing statistics in bar charts and i was also able to use and make graphs when i was making surveys for my targeted audience
  6. 6. TRIPOD PRODUCTION Using my skills from last year, I was able to also use a tripod to steady filming; however this year I became more confident with the movement of the tripod and experimented during filming with panning and titling shots. It also helped with steady the shot so the mise-en-scene was framed perfectly within the screen and kept the filming line straight. The tripod also helped make the shots I took steady and was easier to use and so more effective CAMERA/CAMCORDER We used a Samsung camcorder to take pictures for our ancillary tasks……
  7. 7. SOUND PRODUCTIONCONVERTER/RECORDER I used a sound converter and recorder. For my editing, I needed a consistent sound of nature as the first minute of the video without sound began. Therefore I used garage band do record voiceovers for my documentary as the voiceover seemed more professional and clear for the public to hear. Garage band also helped with the levels of the sound as in our first draft the sound was very high and low but garage band sorted it out!
  8. 8. Imovie EDITING I used a more advanced Imovie software than I did last year. It was much more efficient as the editing was easier and I didn’t have to worry about putting music under voiceovers as the software automatically fixes the fade in and fade outs. This was something which I had to do myself last year. The quality of the images was also very clear and so I was able to gain better marks for images and video quality. I was also able to use more effects such as animations and there was more choice of title and captions which I used when interviewing experts in my documentary.
  9. 9. EDITING MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS Fireworks, a software which I am familiar with, allowed me to piece together different photos that I used for my documentary and ancillary task
  10. 10. Web 2.0
  11. 11. WikipediaI used Wikipedia for various reasons one mainreason being for research into channel 4 andwhat kind of shows they put on.I also found out more about the watershedhours on Wikipedia which helped me choosethe time I would have my documentary andwhat reason it was for.Wikipedia also helped me identify conventionsof documentaries and forms that are usuallyapparent in documentaries such as using aspresenter which as incorporated in mydocumentary
  12. 12. Research pages In order to write my script I had to be able to have an understanding of the topic I chose to cover in 5 minutes Therefore I used a lot of Google sites to find out more about ideologies and clips of media platforms representing young people negatively I also used Google pages for an idea on how to construct a script which was very helpful when doing the voiceovers as it followed the storyboard structure
  13. 13. YouTube converter to mp4 I used YouTube video converted i=to insert archival footage which i needed for my documentary.
  14. 14. How did you attract your target audience To attract my audience I used a variety of methods. These were questionnaires for my targeted audience random sampling placing my film online( facebook) and asking what people thought of it
  15. 15. Questionnaire Questions In my questionnaire I had the following questions:What age rating would you givemy film?Good points?Bad points?Was it easy to follow?Would you buy it?Would you tell a friend?Over all rating out of 10?
  16. 16. FeedbackThrough my results I got feed back from bothpeople that I went to school with as well as goto sixth form with now, and also the peoplethat I work with. And also a general public.What some said: •The presenter is really good.•Great music, it really intrigues me •I like that you had some youths•Framing and shots are good voice input init•Transitions need to be better apart •Your topic is interestingfrom that I will definitely watch this and current I want to seedocumentary more!
  17. 17. What we did to improve•We made the transitions slower and not cut outinterview voices•The quality of images was poor so we took betterpictures and considered lighting and editing thepictures.•We kept the music as everyone said it wasappropriate for the documentary.•The presenter was consistent throughout as peopleseemed to like the personality of the presenter.•We included more establishing shots in the secondtwo minutes as public thought they couldnt breatheand take everything prior in.
  18. 18. Who is our audience for our media product?Our topic is on the representation of youths in the media.Therefore our preferred target audience would be young people, parents and thegeneral public because they are usually influenced by the media and so ourdocumentary will educate them as some may have a positive view of youths.Young people- teenagers, college students, young workers, unemployed youths ofall social classParents- all social class as they all generalise young peoples behaviour in oursociety.The media- news, film producers ect as it raises issues- they should learn to showfacts from this documentary instead of ruining the image of young peopleAnd all other public
  19. 19. OFCOM and Target AudienceBecause we have to meet OFCOM standards when doing anyshow or production on TV I had to consider the age of myaudience, this is because of the watershed hours.Most of my audience would be between the age of 14- 25 ,25+Because of this my documentary could not include too muchgraphic and inappropriate images as some 14 year olds willbe following and watching.(this also influenced what should go in our documentary)
  20. 20. What channel it will go on and why?•I decided to put our documentary on channel 4 because:•It is a popular channel and so we will easily target our audience•The documentaries that go on channel 4 are usually about serious issuesand I feel that my production is serious.•They also have a range of different documentary genres from history tomusic and for all ages. Therefore we wont be limited on what we show•Most of our young audience watch channel 4 series such as embarrassingbodies- when we asked the public what channel would be better they allsaid channel 4 because they’re usually on it.
  21. 21. What time will it show and why?Most of channel 4 documentaries start at around 7 and 8pm and9pm and later if there will be inappropriate footage. (watershed)Because our documentary wont have any inappropriate footageand images I decided that the time should be 8pm becauseembarrassing bodies usually goes on after and so our youngeraudience and parents would be more likely be in tune.8pm is also the time when most people come back from work andrelax therefore it an efficient time to have a documentary.


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Archive for Friday, October 19, 2012

Town Talk: Proposed roundabout for Ninth and New Hampshire to get hearing; renderings for new multi-story building downtown; Ninth Street improvements planned

October 19, 2012

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News and notes from around town:

• Get ready to go round and round about another large development at Ninth and New Hampshire streets.

No, this time the discussion will be a little different than it was for the big debate surrounding a multi-story hotel at the southeast corner of the intersection. Now, we’ll actually be debating whether we should go round and round, as in whether there should be a roundabout installed in the intersection of Ninth and New Hampshire streets.

If you remember, a development group led by Lawrence businessmen Doug Compton and Mike Treanor has proposed a seven-story apartment and office building at the northeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire. As we previously reported, the city’s Historic Resources Commission already has approved the design of the building, which tops out at 77 feet at its tallest point. So unlike the controversial hotel project across the street, this project won’t have to go through a contentious design review by the City Commission. The design is set.

What is not set is the idea of a roundabout at Ninth and New Hampshire. The development group has sought approval to build a roundabout at the intersection in order to help move traffic and to provide what they think will be safer pedestrian crossings.

The city’s Historic Resources Commission and the city’s planning staff have kind of thrown up their hands on that request. The city’s multitude of downtown plans don’t really address the idea of roundabouts in downtown. So, city commissioners will get to figure it out.

As proposed, the roundabout would be 90 feet in diameter, which is the same size of roundabout that is located at 19th and Barker in East Lawrence.

The city’s staff memo indicates the intersection could become more pedestrian-friendly with a roundabout. That’s because the pedestrian crossings no longer would be right at the intersection but instead would be placed a bit before the intersection. I haven’t seen a proposed design of the roundabout, but the city memo indicates the design would provide an island that would provide some refuge for pedestrians.

The staff memo also states roundabouts are “efficient and safe alternatives” for moving traffic through an intersection. But the memo doesn’t discuss how well roundabouts work in areas where there is significant truck traffic. At first glance you wouldn’t think there is a lot of truck traffic in downtown, but a host of restaurants and stores have deliveries made everyday via truck. I’m not sure how well trucks navigate the roundabout at 19th and Barker.

I’ve been told the roundabout at Ninth and New Hampshire likely will have some sort of signature art piece at its center. Based on what some trucker friends have told me about how they navigate a roundabout —straight over the curb — the city may want to consider putting an artsy-looking cement mixer in the center of the roundabout. It may be handy for crews repairing crumbling curbs.

Commissioners will consider the roundabout issue at its 6:35 p.m. meeting on Tuesday at City Hall.

• For those of you who want to know what downtown’s newest multi-story building will look like, the folks at Treanor Architects have developed a new set of color renderings for the project. The rendering to the side of this article shows the western edge of the building that will face New Hampshire street. But click here to see the design for all four sides of the building.

As a reminder, the bulk of the building will be devoted to apartment units. A total of 121 apartment units will occupy floors two through seven, while the ground floor will accommodate office space that will be anchored by new offices for Lawrence Bank. The existing building on the corner — which includes offices for Lawrence Bank, Adecco personnel services and formerly for Black Hills Energy until the natural gas company moved to a new office on North Iowa — will be demolished.

Here are the latest renderings for the proposed office and apartment building at the northeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets. This view is of the western front of the building, which faces New Hampshire Street.

The new building will range in height from 68 feet to 77 feet. It also will include its own underground parking, which will have its entrance and exit on the alley. The project is scheduled to include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, and I gather they will come with some unique amenities for downtown. Perhaps the most unique is that the building currently is designed to have a rooftop pool to serve residents. The hotel at the southeast corner no longer will have a rooftop pool, but it will have a ground-level, indoor pool. Who would have ever guessed even a couple of years ago that Ninth and New Hampshire would be the site of two swimming pools?

As I mentioned earlier, the major design elements of this building — which at 177,000 square feet will be the largest of the three new multi-story buildings at the intersection — have been approved. Height, scale and massing issues have all passed historic muster at City Hall.

But the developers are seeking city commissioners to vary from one finding of the city’s Historic Resources Commission. The approved plans call for parallel parking along New Hampshire street. The developers want to have a 9-foot setback along New Hampshire Street that would allow for an extra-wide 13-foot sidewalk and angled parking stalls. The angled parking stalls would be similar to those in front of the Hobbs Taylor Lofts at Eighth and New Hampshire.

The Historic Resources Commission, however, balked at that idea, saying the historic pattern of downtown is to have buildings up near the streets. But the developers note that the angled parking configuration will allow for 19 public parking spaces in front of the building. The parallel parking arrangement will provide only eight spaces.

The request comes at an interesting time politically. The city is contemplating spending $1 million and placing a special assessment on all downtown property owners to pay for an additional level of public parking at the proposed library parking garage. It would be interesting to see what the reaction would be if the city moves ahead with that project but then denies a request by a private development to add more public parking spaces.

• Speaking of downtown parking, there may be one thing that trumps it — bike lanes.

There are significant changes coming to the portion of Ninth Street between Tennessee and Kentucky streets. The city has received about $150,000 in federal funds to add a center turn lane and two bike lanes to the one-block stretch of street.

But to make room for it all, city engineers are recommending that seven public parking spaces along the street be removed. The parallel parking spaces basically are in front of the law office of Lawrence attorney Todd Thompson and in front of the 901 Kentucky Street office building.

According to a city memo, the owners of the Kentucky Street office building don’t object to the removal of the parking, but Thompson does.

City engineers, though, are excited about the project. They say the addition of a center turn lane will improve safety on the street since vehicles turning left will be out of the main flow of traffic. The project also will include a new, more advanced traffic signal at Ninth and Tennessee.

The two bike lanes both will be five feet wide, which continues a city trend to add bike lanes to major streets when significant construction is undertaken. To fit all the lanes in, however, the city — in addition to removing the parking — will need to reduce the width of the vehicle lanes from 12 feet to 10 feet.

If commissioners approve the project at their Tuesday evening meeting, construction likely would begin in the spring and would be completed by mid-August.

chzypoof1 3 years, 1 month ago

SMH...ANOTHER roundabout? In downtown? Just make sure you put something in the middle the impedes the view of the drivers (like the other ones in town) so it's COMPLETELY unsafe....

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

Which describes your understanding of how to drive through a roundabout.

chzypoof1 3 years, 1 month ago

Thank you for your educated response Bozo. Typical. Have a great day.

boltzmann 3 years, 1 month ago

The way roundabouts work you only need to be able to see to your left - there is no need to see across the intersection. You have no evidence that it is unsafe - properly constructed roundabouts - like that at 19th and Barker - are far safer statistically than four-way stops.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

Traffic runs in both directions on Barker. If the traffic on 19th is coming primarily from the west, then the south-bound traffic on Barker has the right-of-way, and can interrupt that flow of traffic, which then gives the northbound traffic the opportunity to enter the round-about.

And as krichards points out, when the traffic is heavy, you sometimes have to wait, no matter what type of intersection it is.

frankfussman 3 years, 1 month ago

There are thousands of roundabouts in Europe, Canada, the Mid East, and in many other countries. We need to get with the program. I just takes a little orientation/education. We can do it.

chzypoof1 3 years, 1 month ago

Ideally yes...but when no one yields, just drives into them without looking, the lack of view causes issues. IMHO.

akuna 3 years, 1 month ago

Really this is a diver education problem more than the obstacle. Drivers approaching a roundabout are supposed to yield to cars to their right in the roundabout.

jafs 3 years, 1 month ago

Actually, you're supposed to yield to the cars on the left.

scribe 3 years, 1 month ago

How much pedestrian traffic is there at 19th and Barker? I would guess not nearly as much as there is at 9th and NH. Drivers are going to have to split their attention not only to their left, but all directions for pedestrians who decide not to use a crosswalk...and there are plenty of those downtown.

akuna 3 years, 1 month ago

Yes, and we all know how much drivers in this town don't pay attention.

Bob Forer 3 years, 1 month ago

"The way roundabouts work you only need to be able to see to your left "

I don't think that is entirely true. I believe that a vehicle in the roundabout has the right over vehicles that have not entered the roundabout. In order to make a left turn on a roundabout, you need to traverse 3/4 of the circle. When a car is approaching from the opposite direction it would be safer for that car to be able to view a vehicle which has already entered from the opposite side, so in cases where that vehicle intends to make a left turn, it will be noticed before it is directly to the left of the vehicle who must yield the right of way.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

If you can't see them immediately to your left, then it's perfectly safe for you to enter the intersection, no matter where you intend to exit, or where other vehicles are entering from.

John Hamm 3 years, 1 month ago

If you don't look to your right as you enter one - especially 19th & Barker - you won't be at fault, having the right-of-way, but you'll be in a wreck or two......

jhawkinsf 3 years, 1 month ago

Build the roundabout surrounded completely by mirrors. That ought to make things interesting.

MarcoPogo 3 years, 1 month ago

Being thankful that someone provides you with a job does not mean that you automatically want a statue of them in the middle of the street.

jafs 3 years, 1 month ago

I wonder how thankful Doug is that his employees, the city and customers make it possible for him to make lots of money.

jhawkinsf 3 years, 1 month ago

Hopefully he is thankful for with what amounts to a mutually beneficial arrangement.

jafs 3 years, 1 month ago

One would hope so.

But, from comments on here, and other things, it seems to me that many people overweight the contributions of those with the money and at the top, while ignoring/minimizing those of those at the bottom and middle.

The truth, it seems to me, is that it is a mutually beneficial relationship in theory, and if everybody is aware of that, and acts accordingly, but not always in practice.

jhawkinsf 3 years, 1 month ago

We all complain about taxes, yet we want the police, fire dept., schools, roads with no potholes, etc. It's human nature. And it seems we're always willing to raise the other guy's taxes but are still most concerned about the schools we attend, or the roads we drive on, etc. Again, we're really talking about an awful lot of human nature. Even if Compton, or some other rich guy, some other developer, etc. was less than 100% thankful, then they're behaving exactly like the overwhelming majority of us. Still, I'm thankful he pays his taxes, you pay your taxes, I pay my taxes and we all pay for the fire dept., even though I've never had a need for their services. And I'll be thankful if one of the carpenters who works for Compton spends some of his hard earned money in my business. If he does, then some of the taxes I pay will go to fill the pothole on your street, whether or not Compton gives a hoot.

scribe 3 years, 1 month ago

I am all for roundabouts but not where there is heavy pedestrian traffic. I don't want to have to take refuge on an island just to keep from getting hit. I'm not even sure the roundabout will navigable for the buses and trucks that use that street.

Bob Forer 3 years, 1 month ago

How is this safer for pedestrians? A roundabout slows traffic; it doesn't stop it. One can infer from the article that there will be crosswalks on the four streets leading to the roundabout at a distance from the roundabout, but apparently no stop signs. So instead of coming to a full stop, cars will only be require to yield to pedestrians if they see them entering the crosswalk while their vehicle is in motion. How is this safer? With a four way stop, the vehicles will be required to stop regardless of pedestrian activity., instead of being slowed by the roundabout.

Additionally, one would assume that the hotel will attract out-of-town guess with no roundabout driving experience. I wouldn't think it would be wise to inject driver confusion in an area with heavy pedestrian traffic.

And by the way, if this project cannot be built without taxpayer money, why are the developers seeking to spend an extra $200,000 plus on a roundabout. Or are they expecting the additional cost to come from our pockets?

bearded_gnome 3 years, 1 month ago

there is NO *turn FOR PEDESTRIANS!

LadyJ 3 years, 1 month ago

Gnome is right. I went to the meeting for the proposed roundabout for 19th and Louisianna. There is a "magic number" for pedestrians before they totally impead traffic. During events and such when foot traffic would be high, traffic would not be able to move through.

Bob Forer 3 years, 1 month ago

A simple solution for events. Dispatch a cop to direct traffic for thirty minutes when there is heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Do football and basketball games ring a bell?

flyin_squirrel 3 years, 1 month ago

Beautiful building that will look great on our downtown skyline! Hopefully all the negativity people on these blogs will invest some money in making our downtown better, rather than trying to impede improvements.

Laura Wilson 3 years, 1 month ago

I like roundabouts. People here just don't know how to utilize them properly. Spend anytime driving outside of the major cities in Europe and you'll learn pretty quickly.

I do have issues with the ridiculous amount of money spent here beautifying them with bricks and faux gas lamps and plantings. Several of the elaborate roundabouts in Lawrence would be little more than yellow round humps to drive around overseas.

That said, while I don't have a problem with a roundabout at 9th and New Hampshire, an intersection I drive through at least four times a week, the pedestrian crossing idea sounds dangerous. You can't safely cross in a roundabout. In England the crossings are often well back, but the distance between Mass and NH on 9th is so short and so heavily trafficked, this isn't feasible. There are already crossings in the middle of New Hampshire (the one between 10th and 9th being lighted and bricked). Adding another seems burdensome to drivers having to stop twice in a half block stretch.

Fred Whitehead Jr. 3 years, 1 month ago

I thought we were done in Lawrence wih this damned roundabout crap!!

See what you get when you don't vote in local elections, idiots and jerks with no sense or capability get voted in and get to inflict their stupid and dangerous notions on the community.

Roundabouts are NOT safe, I have nearly been hit at several of these "safe" locations. Local drivers do not understand them, will NEVER understand them, and you hazard your life if you do not plan to avoid these stupid European creations.

I am out on the streets regularly in my work each day and I see some of the most reckless, jerks in the country out who do not understand flashing yellow arrows, yellow stop lights RED stop lights for Christ's sake!! Ditto "stop" signs on school busses, stop signs on CORNERS, and other raffic signs. Ditto idiots who drive in a driving rainstorm, or pre-dawn darkness or late evening dusk with out any headlights, Yeah, you are a hero you can see in the dark. Maybe others cannot see you, didja ever think of that??)

What the nell makes any idiot in city government think that these drivers will heed any of the cautions required by this continuing to build these damned whilygigs???

Gareth Skarka 3 years, 1 month ago

It's simultaneously sad and freakin' hilarious to see all the hayseeds lamenting roundabouts as "dangerous" and "deathtraps."

Learn how to drive, chuckleheads. You're not on the farm dirt roads any more.

It's very simple. Look to your left. Is there somebody in the roundabout? They have right of way.

GOSH, that was so difficult.

BinxBolloxed 3 years, 1 month ago

Yes! The Europeans have been successfully executing roundabouts for ages. I miss roundabouts from my time driving in the U.K. because they help traffic flow, and they help prevent some of the most dangerous accidents that can occur at intersections (e.g., T-bone accidents at 40 mph).

Come on, Yanks! Stop yer for pedestrians as you approach, look to the left for traffic, watch for pedestrians as you enter the roundabout. If you are incapable of performing this series of operations, relinquish your driving license and take the bloody bus.

3 years, 1 month ago

I know that the city was looking at putting in a roundabout at 19th & Louisiana at the high school and decided not to. I would think that decision making had to do with pedestrian safety.

Armored_One 3 years, 1 month ago

Drive south on Connecticut to the roundabout at 19th Street. I have, seeing as I live somewhat close to that roundabout. I have yet to see anyone yield to anyone, especially any traffic travelling on 19th Street.

This is not Europe. Stop trying to act as if there is some kind of a renaissance happening in Lawrence. There is nothing wrong with stop signs or even a stop light. Ten bucks says whatever putz recommended this is going to expect the city to pay for it's construction, and once it's built with our money, repairs and maintenance will come out of our pockets as well.

Twenty bucks says it'll get approved, even if every resident of Lawrence showed up to the meeting and unanimously said 'No' to the idea.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

"I have yet to see anyone yield to anyone, especially any traffic travelling on 19th Street."

I've been through that intersection hundreds of times since it was built, and the notion that no one yields there probably says more about your observational skills than what actually occurs.

Are there people who fail to yield properly? Of course, and they probably do the same thing where there are four-way stops and at merge lanes on controlled access highways. This is a problem with bad drivers, not with roundabouts. And the best thing about roundabouts is that when these idiots do cause an accident, the risk of serious damage and injury is much less than at other types of intersections for the simple reason that everyone is traveling in nearly the same direction.

Armored_One 3 years, 1 month ago

I drive through it almost daily. Maybe I should take a video camera, with the date/time stamp turned on, and take some video. On the other hand, I have yet to see anyone fail to stop at 15th and Connecticut where there is a gasp stop sign.

Again, I ask why the need for roundabouts in a city that existed for how many decades without them? If the city has such issues with funds, a set of stop signs would be cheaper than footing he bill for another million dollar roundabout. Since the stop signs are already there, that should make it even cheaper.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

Get real-- every time I come to ANY four-way stop, especially when the traffic is heavy, there is usually much confusion among drivers about whose turn it is to go, and the very nature of 4-ways that requires everyone to stop means that traffic can get backed up very quickly.

That's easy. At the intersection of 19th and Barker, traffic flows through that intersection orders of magnitude quicker than when it was a 4-way stop, the accident rate has dropped, and what accidents do occur are of lesser severity. The same holds true at any intersection that has one.

jafs 3 years, 1 month ago

The confusion is hard to understand - can people not count to 4?

I haven't seen many folks simply blow through a 4-way stop, which I think was his point.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

Happened to me just yesterday. A pickup pulling a trailer didn't even make a pretense of stopping, even though I was clearly there first, and had the right of way to boot.

As far as blowing through, it's a rarity, but there is a very high percentage of drivers who don't observe the right of way, and figure that merely rolling through is as good as stopping, and believe that that invalidates anyone else's right of way.

And what is an everyday occurrence at four-ways is four drivers just sitting there staring at each other because they haven't been paying enough attention to know whose turn it is.

COjayrocks 3 years, 1 month ago

The link to the additional elevation views of the NH building does not seem to work. Anyone else having trouble?

akuna 3 years, 1 month ago

Wouldn't a yield to pedestrian sign or a pedestrian cross signal solve the pedestrian problem?

guavablues 3 years, 1 month ago

Read Gareths post. It is so simple and works well. If someone is in the round about they have the right of way. Yield to them.

bearded_gnome 3 years, 1 month ago

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

The only reason you need to see whether pedestrians are on the opposite side of the intersection is if you're gunning for them. I mean, really, the speed limit in a roundabout is 15mph-- if you can't see a pedestrian in front of you trying to cross the street and stop for them, you really shouldn't be driving at all.

classclown 3 years, 1 month ago

Isn't there a waiting list for roundabout installation? I seem to remember reading a while back about the city not being able to afford to put one in everywhere they were wanted. Therefore they were put on a list until the city came up with the money to build them in the order they went on the list.

I'm sure one way or another the city will be footing the bill for this so shouldn't this one be put on the list?

classclown 3 years, 1 month ago

Then again, this town and its denizens have a proud history of bending over and taking it as long as it's something for downtown, Compton, or KU. This one actually meets two of those criteria.

RoeDapple 3 years, 1 month ago

Just another good reason to avoid the stench of downtown. I will miss ZenZero though.

Stephanie Hull 3 years, 1 month ago

I drive through the roundabout at 19th & Barker every day, and I love it. However, I cannot imagine having one downtown -- especially one that size. It's too small to give you a good chance to look both ways for pedestrians, even at 10-15 mph. It would be even more dangerous on weekends when those pedestrians are likely to have been drinking.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

It's not particularly friendly for pedestrians as it is.

John Hamm 3 years, 1 month ago

Bang! With this comment we know it's wrong two ways. "but the city memo indicates the design would provide an island that would provide some refuge for pedestrians. " 1) If the roundabout is safer why do pedestrians need "some refuge?" 2) IF this was reasonably enforced, "The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter" there wouldn't be any problem at all.

waitjustaminute 3 years, 1 month ago

Really. A round-a-butt at 9th and NH? Better put a gi-normous fire hydrant in the middle so when firetrucks need to respond in a hurry, they can hook up there instead of creeping around and through because "traffic moves more efficiently through a round-a-butt." And when Mass and NH and Vermont and all the side streets are nothing but ashes, due to a major fire, we can say, but that round-a-butt held up well. Except of course, when the drunk college student drove his mom and dad's Lexus into it, but other than that . . . . only in Lawrence.

irvan moore 3 years, 1 month ago

stop signs are cheaper and work, forget the roundabout please

Jennifer Dropkin 3 years, 1 month ago

The real issue is driver behavior--lack of attention and either an inability or a lack of interest in acknowledging the presence of noncar traffic. So many drivers don't stop or even slow down. I've seen drivers blow through the four-way stop at Ninth and New Hampshire. I've seen them--frequently--drive towards pedestrians who are legally crossing. A roundabout is a traffic-calming device, meant to slow drivers down so others can negotiate the intersection. Pouting and railing against roundabouts is more about a personal wish not to change behavior than it is about considering the pros and cons of roundabouts. My take is that something is needed at that intersection, but I'm not sure a roundabout is the best choice--I don't think it can be large enough to work effectively there.

Jennifer Dropkin 3 years, 1 month ago

As the intersection is right now (a four-way stop), a pedestrian has to look in all four directions while crossing to cross safely (because many drivers think a "stop" means a tap on the brake and then accelerate). With a roundabout, a pedestrian will have to look in two directions only, so in that sense, a roundabout is safer. But I still don't think that Ninth and New Hampshire has the room for a functional roundabout.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

The problem for pedestrians at roundabouts lies 100% with drivers and the refusal of too many to pay attention.

Typically, there are NO pedestrians in the roundabout. So, as a driver, you only need to be concerned about pedestrians twice. Once BEFORE you enter the roundabout-- Is there a pedestrian attempting to cross? If so, let them before proceeding into the roundabout. The second time is BEFORE you exit the roundabout. Same as before you enter, Is there a pedestrian attempting to cross? If so, let them before proceeding out of the roundabout. It's that simple.

W/ regards to the size of the roundabout-- the one at 19th and Barker is big enough to allow nearly any vehicle to travel through it, even though some of the (much) larger ones may have to hop the short curb in the center. If it were made any bigger, it would encourage higher speeds and encourage those with lead feet to blast through it.

And if there was no structure at the center, this would encourage drivers to drive across that center rather than around it, which would be very dangerous.

jafs 3 years, 1 month ago

I suspect that a downtown roundabout would have a lot more pedestrian traffic than one at 19th and Barker.

Do you think it's a good idea downtown? I would say no, personally.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

Pedestrians are a concern, but as I noted in an earlier post, the existing intersection isn't pedestrian friendly, either, primarily for the same reasons a roundabout is problematic-- too many drivers pay little or no attention to pedestrians.

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 years, 1 month ago

Sounds like operator error to me. Perhaps you should do us all a favor and consider using public transportation.

jhawk1998 3 years, 1 month ago

Round-abouts are not designed to be retrofitted into an existing intersection. Round-abouts should only be used when new streets are installed that allow for the proper turning radius.

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Op-ed: Massacre of marriage endangers the republic

In one week, New Mexico became the 17th state to legalize same-sex marriage through its state supreme court; a federal district court in Utah decriminalized polygamous marriages; and through yet a different federal district court, Utah became the 18th state to legalize same-sex marriage ("Judge denies AG's request to halt same-sex marriages," Tribune, Dec. 23).

When judges rule against the will of the majority on matters of marriage and moral standards — standards in place since the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and supported by the people, their state and federal representatives and all levels of the judiciary for centuries — they rob the people of reasonable recourse.

The judiciary's disregard for the will of the majority and centuries of legislative intent and judicial precedent inevitably produces doubt and distrust in the government. When the majority feels threatened because of governmental disdain towards its interests, it is often difficult to predict the extent of the public's reaction. Historically, similar conditions have often triggered protests and even civil disobedience.

The public unavoidably feels violated after its long-standing social and civil standards are thrown out by judicial fiat. Their outrage is intensified as time-honored standards they have respected and obeyed are all at once discarded by court ruling declaring them to be unconstitutional.

To many, it is the personal agenda of judges overriding their will, not constitutional principles. This view provokes not only contempt towards the judiciary but also the rule of law, which should reflect the constitutional will of the majority and necessarily holds the Republic together in relative peace and tranquility.

Benjamin Franklin, when asked what kind of government he and the other Founding Fathers had given the people, immediately responded: "A republic, if you can keep it." Last week the judiciary made it difficult for the majority to faithfully "keep" the republic, especially when its will has been overruled by anything but constitutional principle or judicial precedent. It is unknown how the majority is going to react in the coming months to the judicial adventurism it is being subjected to, but if its will continues to be contravened and if history is any indicator, all should be sobered by what the future holds for the Republic.

If added to the affront of the judiciary ignoring the majority's will on marriage and morality, members of the majority have their constitutional rights of speech and religious freedom supplanted by the new "sexual civil rights," then divisions will develop in the republic never before seen in this generation.

Stuart C. Reid is a Utah state senator from Ogden.


ARA: Help me choose a handbag for my wife

A reader asks:

My wife’s birthday is approaching and I intend to get her a Coach bag. I know I am setting sail in uncharted waters, but I have a decent eye for style. I probably just need a few pointers to help me wade through the myriad options. So, a little about my wife: she’ll be 31 this year, we have a little girl now and a boy on the way, she is the director of a social services organization, and up-to-date on style. Her workday style consists of typical business/professional attire with some days being more casual than others; no jeans, however. Weekend style ranges widely depending on what we are doing.

The questions I would like answered are: 1) what features, keeping in mind the background provided, should I be looking for; 2) what styles should I stay away from; and 3) any tips for other places to purchase aside from the mall store (ugh) or the outlets?

For reference, this is what she carries now.

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The bridge that is part of state route number eight hundred twenty-one, between mile marker number nine and mile marker number ten at mile nine and fourteen-hundredths miles, near the village of Caldwell in Noble county, shall be known as the "Sampson Harris Memorial Bridge."


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| I.    Introduction                |
| II.   Purpose of this Guide       |
| III.  Ancient Chozo History       |
| IV.   Logs' Locations             |
| V.    Chozo Lore Entries          |
| VI.   Contact Information         |
| VII.  Legal Stuff                 |
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     II. Purpose of this Guide
The purpose of this guide is to help you track down every last Chozo Lore entry
there who don't want to scan all of the lore (or if you missed a few) but still
want to read it.

     III.Ancient Chozo History
The Chozo...over millenia, this bird-like race of creatures made incredible
many marvels across the universe-technological wonders of unfathomable
complexity and cities unmatched in beauty. They shared their knowledge with
more primitive cultures and learned to respect and care for life in all its

Even as thier society reached its technological peak, however, the Chozo felt
materials and wedded to the land and its creatures.

while others mutated into hideous forms.

The Chozo called upon all of their knowledge and technology to control the
planet, the Chozo left for an unknown destination, leaving behind nothing but
engraved accounts of their time on Tallon IV.

     IV. Logs' Locations
Infestation             Chozo Ruins            Crossway
Binding                 Tallon Overworld       Artifact Temple
Cradle                  Chozo Ruins            Furnace
Beginnings              Chozo Ruins            Vault
Cipher                  Phendrana Drifts       Ice Ruins West
Worm                    Chozo Ruins            Crossway
Fountain                Chozo Ruins            Ruins Entrance
Exodus                  Chozo Ruins            Ruined Nursery
Hatchling's Shell       Chozo Ruins            Crossway
Hatchling               Chozo Ruins            Ruined Fountain
Meteor Strike           Chozo Ruins            Watery Hall
Contain                 Chozo Ruins            Sun Tower
The Turned              Phendrana Drifts       Phendrana Canyon
Hope                    Chozo Ruins            Hall of Elders
Statuary                Tallon Overworld       Artifact Temple
Newborn                 Chozo Ruins            Magma Pool

     V. Chozo Lore Entries
watch and wait for our doom.

to preserve the Artifacts, and to guide the Newborn to them. Time wanes with
our souls, yet hope remains.

are doomed with it.

the fate of Tallon IV will be beyond our influence.

Tallon with it's Great Poison. We can but watch as the Worm grows, watch and
wait. For the prophecies also speak of a great Defender, the one who delivers

civilization built from native materials, bereft of the trappings of our
ever watchful.

 Hatchling's Shell
she still live?

may come too late.

 Meteor Strike
searching for why we are here.

our dimension, not while the Great Poison reaches ever furthur into the planet.
are done, it may be too late.

 The Turned
respect for life. They honor only destcruction, and seek to disrupt the

to shift into brutal, disconnected images, she remains inarguably real: a
fearless figure delving deeper into this blighted world, unmindful of the

As we have done for millenia, we Chozo work constantly on our statuary. The
wield subtle strength, exerting their influence in ways beyond the
understanding of mortal creatures. Still others are guardians of our secret
ways, and these can be as terrile as they are beautiful. Those who respect and
destroy them will know our wrath, unfettered and raw.

through the landscape, wraithlike. It is the Hatchling, the Newborn, walking
Poisonous clouds drift across our vision.

     VI. Contact Information
You can reach me at and signing the
guestbook, or email me at I also hang around the Metroid

     VII. Legal Stuff
permission to host it on a website, public or private.

Thanks for reading!


Amnesty Investigator Admits: Palestinian 'Witnesses' Often Lie

Article by Amnesty field researcher seemingly backs Israeli concerns that NGOs simply swallow Palestinian narrative.
By Ari Soffer
First Publish: 5/11/2014, 4:14 PM

Too afraid to give truthful testimonies?
Too afraid to give truthful testimonies?
Flash 90

An article penned last month by a field investigator for rights group Amnesty International has been raising questions about how NGOs report on the Arab-Israeli conflict, after she admitted that Palestinian witnesses regularly lie to investigators.

Donatella Rovera's article was published by Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP), and detailed the challenges facing fact-finding missions in conflict zones.

Among other things, she noted that eyewitnesses are often unreliable either due to the assumptions they themselves make about what they have seen or heard, out of fear of reprisals for telling the truth.

She also noted how "Fear can lead victims and witnesses to withhold evidence or give deliberately erroneous accounts of incidents."

As an example she cited her own experience in Hamas-run Gaza, where Arab civilians living there are often afraid to go on record saying anything negative about the territory's Islamist rulers.

"In Gaza, I received partial or inaccurate information by relatives of civilians accidentally killed in accidental explosions or by rockets launched by Palestinian armed groups towards Israel that had malfunctioned and of civilians killed by Israeli strikes on nearby Palestinian armed groups’ positions," Rovera recalled. "When confronted with other evidence obtained separately, some said they feared reprisals by the armed groups."

She pointed out that even where investigators did not include questionable testimonies in their reports, they should be aware that their overall reports can still be unduly influenced by what they heard.

Not far enough?

She also admitted that NGOs themselves are often to blame for publicizing false claims, though she insisted that such instances were unintentional and the result of "players and interested parties go[ing] to extraordinary lengths to manipulate or manufacture 'evidence' for both internal and external consumption."

But the Elder of Ziyyon blog, which highlighted the story late last week, accused Rovera of whitewashing the role played by Amnesty and other NGOs in reporting unverified accusations against Israel for political reasons.

"It is a shame that Rovera didn't include Amnesty International itself as being guilty of this, and she ascribes the lack of objectivity almost only to fake evidence that is created by one side rather than to the ideological desire to find war crimes when none exist," it wrote.

"They might strenuously deny it, but Amnesty and HRW [Human Rights Watch] have systemic biases against Israel," it continued, citing several examples of the two groups repeating false allegations of Israeli "war crimes" - including an infamous incident during the IDF's Pillar of Defense operation in Gaza, when a Hamas rocket which killed a child was blamed on Israel.

It is a claim regularly made by Israeli officials, who have accused both media outlets and even foreign diplomats of unquestioningly accepting Palestinian claims.

Earlier this year a diplomatic crisis was only narrowly averted after the outgoing head of the European Union parliament claimed in a speech to the Knesset that Israel was unequally distributing water between Jews and Arabs in Judea-Samaria.

Martin Schulz had heard the claim - which turned out to be false - from Palestinian Authority officials, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded by saying the incident illustrated how European "fact finding missions" approach accusations made against Israel

Simon Plosker, Managing Editor of media watchdog Honest Reporting, said the article revealed that Amnesty and other groups were clearly aware of the problem, but questioned why they were doing little to internalize it.

"Too often, Israel is the victim of half-truths and libels perpetrated by Palestinians hiding behind the veneer of credibility that so-called human rights organizations afford them. If researchers such as Amnesty International’s Donatella Rovera are aware of this problem, one can only conclude that delegitimizing Israel’s right to self-defense takes priority over reporting the truth."

Rovera's original article can be found here.


Carbon-capture breakthrough: Porous material polymerizes carbon dioxide at natural gas wellheads

June 3, 2014 in Chemistry / Polymers
This illustration shows the carbon polymerization process created at Rice University. A high-resolution PDF is available upon request. Credit: Tanyia Johnson/Rice University

A porous material invented by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour sequesters , a greenhouse gas, at ambient temperature with pressure provided by the wellhead and lets it go once the pressure is released. The material shows promise to replace more costly and energy-intensive processes.

Results from the research appear today in the journal Nature Communications.

Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel. Development of cost-effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies, Tour said. Traditionally, carbon dioxide has been removed from natural gas to meet pipelines' specifications.

The Tour lab, with assistance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), produced the patented material that pulls only carbon dioxide molecules from flowing natural gas and polymerizes them while under pressure naturally provided by the well.

When the pressure is released, the carbon dioxide spontaneously depolymerizes and frees the sorbent material to collect more.

All of this works in ambient temperatures, unlike current high-temperature capture technologies that use up a significant portion of the energy being produced.

"If the oil and gas industry does not respond to concerns about carbon dioxide and other emissions, it could well face new regulations," Tour said, noting the White House issued its latest National Climate Assessment last month and, this week, set new rules to cut carbon pollution from the nation's power plants.

"Our technique allows one to specifically remove carbon dioxide at the source. It doesn't have to be transported to a collection station to do the separation," he said. "This will be especially effective offshore, where the footprint of traditional methods that involve scrubbing towers or membranes are too cumbersome.

"This will enable companies to pump carbon dioxide directly back downhole, where it's been for millions of years, or use it for enhanced oil recovery to further the release of oil and natural gas. Or they can package and sell it for other industrial applications," he said.

Particles of nitrogen-containing porous carbon are able to capture carbon dioxide from natural gas under pressure at a wellhead by polymerizing it, according to researchers at Rice University. When the pressure is released, the carbon dioxide returns to gaseous form. Credit: Tour Group/Rice University

The Rice material, a nanoporous solid of carbon with nitrogen or sulfur, is inexpensive and simple to produce compared with the liquid amine-based scrubbers used now, Tour said. "Amines are corrosive and hard on equipment," he said. "They do capture carbon dioxide, but they need to be heated to about 140 degrees Celsius to release it for permanent storage. That's a terrible waste of energy."

Rice graduate student Chih-Chau Hwang, lead author of the paper, first tried to combine amines with porous carbon. "But I still needed to heat it to break the covalent bonds between the amine and carbon dioxide molecules," he said. Hwang also considered metal oxide frameworks that trap carbon dioxide molecules, but they had the unfortunate side effect of capturing the desired methane as well and they are far too expensive to make for this application.

The porous carbon powder he settled on has massive surface area and turns the neat trick of converting gaseous carbon dioxide into solid polymer chains that nestle in the pores.

"Nobody's ever seen a mechanism like this," Tour said. "You've got to have that nucleophile (the sulfur or nitrogen atoms) to start the polymerization reaction. This would never work on simple activated carbon; the key is that the polymer forms and provides continuous selectivity for carbon dioxide."

Methane, ethane and propane molecules that make up may try to stick to the carbon, but the growing polymer chains simply push them off, he said.

The researchers treated their carbon source with potassium hydroxide at 600 degrees Celsius to produce the powders with either sulfur or nitrogen atoms evenly distributed through the resulting . The sulfur-infused powder performed best, absorbing 82 percent of its weight in carbon dioxide. The nitrogen-infused powder was nearly as good and improved with further processing.

Tour said the material did not degrade over many cycles, "and my guess is we won't see any. After heating it to 600 degrees C for the one-step synthesis from inexpensive industrial polymers, the final carbon material has a surface area of 2,500 square meters per gram, and it is enormously robust and extremely stable."

More information: Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4961

Provided by Rice University

"Carbon-capture breakthrough: Porous material polymerizes carbon dioxide at natural gas wellheads" June 3, 2014 http://phys.org/news/2014-06-carbon-capture-breakthrough-porous-material-polymerizes.html


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Publisher's Note: I found this interesting article in this week's edition of Tim Beckley's the Conspiracy Journey. The article highlights strange and bizarre happenings during World War II in the Pacific. Enjoy Dirk
War has been an unfortunate and unavoidable feature of human nature since time unremembered. The Pacific Theater of World War II was one of the most ferocious displays of our propensity for war, and while we remember and record the major events of the war, there remain forgotten mysteries lurking in the background. Here among the stories of heroes and battles there can be found other, stranger accounts from the far flung corners of the Pacific. Within the historical cracks during the course of these tumultuous, violent clashes, we can find mysteries hiding in the shadows.

By Brent Swancer

In this first part of a two part series of articles, let us take a tour of some of these lesser known mysteries from one of the greatest wars in human history.

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Solomon Island Giants
The Solomon Islands experienced some of the fiercest fighting in World War II, and are most famous for the bloody Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 and 1943.
Japanese forces had more to contend with than allied soldiers on the Solomon Islands. While traversing the islands’ numerous remote, thick rain forests, the soldiers often reported coming across giant, hairy hominids ranging from 10 to 15 feet in height, and covered in long, brown to reddish brown hair, with prominent brows, flat noses, and wide mouths. The creatures had immense arms and were known on occasion to even brandish crude weapons such as clubs.
It was reported that the giants were known to be quite aggressive and even attack  on occasion. Several units described these terrifying beasts crashing through foliage to ravage squads of soldiers, or snapping apart trees and branches in threatening displays of power. Bullets were said to have little effect on them and soldiers would on many occasions be kept awake by inhuman wailing from the dark as the strange behemoths wandered the night.
Indeed, the Solomon Islands have a long history of mysterious giants, and the local people are well aware of them. There is a rich tradition of folklore, as well as sightings and footprint evidence of giant hairy hominids on the islands that continue right up to the present day.
Bukit Timah Monkey Man
The Bukit Timah Monkey Man is a hairy hominid or some sort of primate said to inhabit Singapore, primarily the Bukit Timah rainforest region. This cryptid is largely known through accounts from Japanese soldiers in World War II, who often encountered the creatures during the Japanese occupation of Singapore.
This cryptid is said to be a bipedal, ape-like creature, around 3 to 6 feet tall, and covered with grayish hair. It is a typical example of what are often referred to as proto pygmies, or miniature hairy hominids, allegedly seen in many parts of the world.
Although most accounts date from World War II, occasional sightings of these creatures persist into the present day. All sightings have occurred within the confines of the The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, which is a pristine protected area established in 1883 and is the only remaining primary forest in Singapore. The area has remained largely undisturbed and unspoiled for hundreds of years. The reserve only has an area of 1.64 square kilometers, yet has amazing biodiversity. It is said that 40% of Singapore’s flora and fauna is found here. Tigers were even found here until the end of the 19th century.
It seems odd that a cryptid as large as the Monkey Man could remain undiscovered in such a small land area, regardless of how pristine or heavily forested it is. In addition, the reserve sits just 12 kilometers from the city center, and in modern times is surrounded on all sides by urban development.
It could be that these hairy hominid reports are the result of misidentifications of crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis), which are common to the area. However, the soldiers would likely have been familiar with such macaques considering their resemblance to the Japanese macaques native to their homeland, and therefore perhaps not as likely to be mistaken for something more bizarre.
Whatever they were seeing out there in the forests remains a mystery.
Giant Land Crabs
Soldiers stationed on remote islands of the Japanese archipelago, particularly in the Ryukyu island chain, were occasionally startled by giant crabs roaming around on beaches and in coastal forests. The crabs were described as being like large spiders, with long, spindly legs and small bodies.
One horrifying account allegedly occurred in the aftermath of The Battle of Okinawa, a battle that was fought over 82 days in 1945 and is considered to be the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War. A Japanese unit came across a large number of what they described as huge, spider-like crabs feeding on the dead bodies of fallen soldiers on the beach. The crabs in this case were said to have leg spans ranging from 2 to 4 meters.
It is generally thought that these accounts are the result of sighting giant Japanese spider crabs that had somehow wandered up onto land.  Japanese spider crabs inhabit the waters of Japan and have the longest leg spans of any arthropod, up to 3.8 meters (12 feet). As their name suggests, they look very much like large, long legged spiders.
The problem with this explanation lies in the fact that although spider crabs have been known to come into shallower waters from time to time, adult crabs  are usually found at depths of 50 to 600 meters (160 to 2,000 feet). They are not known to leave their aquatic habitat and it doesn’t even appear to be biologically feasible for this species. Although it seems unlikely that these crabs would be able to emerge from the deep, cold waters they call home, they would certainly be a chilling and surprising sight on land.
Giant crabs, giant spiders, or figments of the imagination? What were those soldiers seeing? It remains an enigma.
Sea Monster Attack
The sea had its own share of mysteries during the Pacific War. In addition to numerous sightings of sea serpents throughout the war, there is at least one instance of a ship actually being attacked by some kind of sea monster.
Source: Mysterious Universe

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Gene transcription is central to cell function, as it converts the information stored in the DNA into RNA molecules of defined sequence, which then program protein synthesis. The enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is responsible for this genetic readout, but is prone to transcriptional arrest. The biochemist Professor Patrick Cramer, Director of LMU's Genzentrum, and his research associate Dr. Alan Cheung have now shown for the first time and captured on film -- what happens when Pol II arrests at a "roadblock". They were even able to observe how transcript is reactivated. Reactivation of arrested transcriptional complexes is a normal part of the readout process, and is therefore of fundamental significance in all cells. Indeed, as Patrick Cramer points out, "It is also utilized to regulate gene activity in stem and tumor cells." (Nature online, 23 February 2011)

According to Patrick Cramer, "DNA itself is a silent molecule". It takes the enzyme RNA polymerase II to bring it to life. Pol II is the molecular machine that transcribes the genetic information encoded in the DNA into molecules of messenger RNA (mRNA). These in turn act as blueprints for the synthesis of proteins, whose structures are specified by the nucleotide sequences of the mRNAs. Since proteins, which include enzymes like Pol II, carry out most functions in cells, the process of transcription is essential for life.

Transcription is highly complex and easily perturbed. Misincorporated nucleotides and other errors are quite frequent and can cause the enzyme to arrest. In such a case, Pol II often moves in retrograde, sliding a short distance in the opposite direction along the DNA, so that the defect can be repaired. As soon as such proofreading takes place, the enzyme restarts. Sometimes, however, the enzyme moves too far backwards, and the RNA it has just synthesized gets jammed in a binding pocket.

This brings the transcription process to a complete halt, and Pol II then requires the transcription factor TFIIS to get it moving again. TFIIS alters the shape of the active center of the enzyme, so that the tangled stretch of RNA can be excised, and transcription then resumes, with Pol II synthesizing that segment again. Cramer and Cheung have dissected the mechanism of blockade and reactivation in molecular detail -- and recorded it on film.

Among other insights, it emerged that TFIIS not only displaces the trapped segment of mRNA, it also facilitates its excision. "This process occurs in all cells all the time, and is essential for their survival", says Cramer. "In addition, in higher organisms, it is utilized to regulate gene activity, particularly in stem cells and tumor cells. Pol II performs a central function in cells, and is therefore the focus of my research. My approach is increasingly influenced by systems biology, and aims to elucidate the transcriptional network of the cell and describe it in molecular and mechanistic terms". (gd/suwe)

Contact: Dr. Patrick Cramer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen

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Wielding the most sensitive gravitational wave detectors in history, scientists faced a new problem: big data. LIGO and GEO 600 gather so much data that it would take a single computer, or even hundreds computers, hundreds of years to analyze.

Then, the scientists took a leaf from the book of alien hunters. Modeled off of the crowd-sourced Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI@Home), Einstein@Home was founded in 2005 as part of the World Year in Physics, and is supported by APS Physics and several international organizations.

Download the Einstein@Home app and your computer could contribute to the next astrophysical discovery. Using open-source software on your personal computer, Einstein@Home processes the data when you're not using other programs. The program then sends the processed data back to the LIGO server and receives more to analyze.

Of all the computers on earth, this year Einstein@Home was among the top 25 in computing power. What's the use of all this computing power? Researchers say that the crowd-sourced computing allows them to analyze data from astrophysical events in previously inaccessible ways, such as accounting for the role of the Doppler effect in analyzing the puled pulsar signal when the pulsar is rotating in binary motion.

Scientists are interested in spiraling binary pulsar systems because the rotation and merging of pulsars should create large enough deformations to generate gravitational waves detectable on Earth.

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HJ: Shamanic consciousness teaches us to shift our mind away from everyday reality and perceive that which exists beyond the ordinary.  There are many realities coexisting simultaneously.  Our consciousness can be thought of like a radio tuner.  We can only tune into a specific range of frequencies at any given time and for most of us, that set of frequencies is everyday/ordinary consciousness.  This is practical, as we need to operate at this level to varying degrees to be able to function in the physical world.  However, most of us never leave this narrow band of experience during the course of our life and so we only experience the limited perception it entails.

Journeying into trance and shamanic states of consciousness through techniques such as meditation, shamanic drumming, chanting, dancing, the ingestion of sacred plant teacher medicines, and so on allows us to access important, highly relevant, mystical states of awareness that exist outside what we experience in everyday/ordinary reality.  These mystical realms hold the key to fully understanding ourselves and the reality in which we live and are accessible to all at any time.  In order to access these states it is important to create the proper intention, focus and setting to facilitate the experience.  For instance, one should not begin shamanic chanting techniques while driving or requiring any focused attention, obviously.  Simply set aside a few hours and create a sacred space for your journey into shamanic consciousness.  This can be done either indoors or outdoors, by yourself or with a group of people.

Always remember to trust your experience and -let- -go-.

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Trance and Shamanic States of Consciousness
By Franco Santoro | Astro Shamans

The term trance comes from the Latin transire, which means “to go over” or to move from one state to another. Although this word is often popularly associated with unusual states of mind or altered states of consciousness, its implied conditions play a vital role for all human beings and extend in all areas of life, from shamanic journeys, meditation, dreaming, day-dreaming to watching television, reading a newspaper or doing housework.

To experience a state of trance or enter a shamanic state of consciousness, means to achieve an ecstatic awareness and perception that extends beyond the physical senses and functioning of the ordinary mind. What I perceive in everyday life is merely the result of what I have decided to see in accordance both to the consensus reality (agreed by my social environment) and my specific role in that context. I have conditioned myself to see the world through the development of defined programmes, but when I shift my awareness beyond the ordinary mind, which keeps repeating those programmes, then I perceive the world in a different way. One of the basic assumptions of shamanism is that I am not a physical being: I am an energy field or I am part of the whole. Actually, from a more genuine shamanic perspective, the entire notion of I, seen as separate from you and them, does not make any sense at all. In bygone ages, human beings lost connection with this awareness and have since confined themselves almost exclusively to identification with the physical body and the idea of being a fragmented unit (no matter whether I call it ego, personality, self or soul). Shamanic experience is one way in which it is possible to perceive others, the world and myself in their original united forms again. Trance and shamanic states of consciousness are part of the genetic structure of mankind. Each one of us has an inner biological need for ecstatic experience. The problem is that such experiences, as is emphasised by the terms used to define them (altered or non-ordinary states of consciousness, hallucinations, trance, etc.), are often regarded as abnormal or dangerous. In the majority of contemporary human cultures they do not find space in the official educational or scientific context and tend to be socially unacceptable. As a consequence, this unmet need often ends up being expressed through harmful manifestations such as alcoholism, drug addictions, perversion, sex addiction, criminality, etc. Shamanic states of consciousness represent the major taboo for the ordinary perception of the world as they cause its deceptive structure to vanish and expose to the secrets of our origin, that is where we truly come from and how and why we got to be here.

In recent societies, perceptions beyond the physical body have been generally ignored or disregarded. The forms I see with my physical eyes, identified with names and specific shapes, have been extracted from their original unity and transformed into fragmented pieces. They are seen as definite configurations and separated from each other by areas termed as nothing or void. The acknowledgement of these separated units and the denial of the forms found in the empty spaces represents the basic assumption on which the current perception of most human beings is founded. I see and identify the physical spaces to which I have decided to attribute meaning, yet I do not see anything in the areas that exist between those spaces because I have decided that they do not have any meaning. Most mankind seems to live in a symbolic reality where only that which is conventionally accepted is acknowledged as real, whereas everything else disappears from sight and dwells in a dimension surrounded by fear and mystery. In my perception we have become estranged from something of which we were once aware, establishing a mythology of separation where unity and ecstasy are the most rooted taboos. As we believe we are individuals severed from other people and the environment, we tend to invest much energy to exploit our fellows and the Earth, acting as the ‘separated’ cells of a cancer. This causes enormous damage to our planet and ourselves. As we have split with the Earth, we have also disconnected with the dimension of the Sky. Through a blind adherence to religious and social conditionings, we have denied a natural and direct access to Spirit, resigning ourselves to the power of religious teachings or hierarchical structures to operate as mediators between us and God.

Through shamanic work each one can obtain visions and spiritual experiences without any mediation. This is not a question of mounting opposition to political and religious authorities; this is what we have been doing throughout history and it has resulted only in even more grievances and separation. To achieve ecstatic experiences and visions I need to give up being a victim. It is the attachment to this condition that prevents me from taking responsibility and pushes me into a frantic search for a well-being that will never come. According to shamanism, as I see it, the true revolution consists of taking the courage to face the spiritual or inner world, for it is from this world that all that seems to be outside emanates. This does not mean that life should be limited to shamanic journey or shamanic states of consciousness. These experiences are important, yet I also need to take physical actions. Often it is necessary to be simple and see the world with the ingenuity of a child. For example, I can go among the trees in nature, and take care of them or speak with them, both in the imagination and also by actually communicating. Trees will find a way to reply and to tell me something about myself. What is the difference between men and plants? Plants do not judge. I create complex problems with my judgements and the conviction that my problems are due to something that was done to me or that exists outside. When this happens, I create further separation and this contributes only to increasing my pain. Alternatively, I can relate to the ordinary activities of everyday life: working, washing, cooking, talking, playing, walking, driving from the perspective of their true but hidden and shamanic essence.

In the western world what counts is the goal. To reconnect with the Earth and the Sky what matters is the present, not the destination. Trance or shamanic states of consciousness have to do with the present and with getting out of the most dangerous trance: that of my conditioning and daily conventions. The fact is that on the Earth we are always in some kind of trance and the actual work consists of learning to balance such states and of being aware that you cannot go into a new trance without moving out of the one you are already in. When there is unbalance I live in a state of hallucination where I perceive pain, anger and all kinds of grievances. When there is balance I choose consciously to open only to the trance states that bring love, ecstasy, peace and blessings to me and others.

Opening up to shamanic states of conscience and non-ordinary realities means to truly say yes to life and to be fully responsible. It means to accept becoming a conscious part of the universe, choosing to trust a divine purpose, identifying with the maximum expressions of our being and moving further to project this potential on all that surrounds me. It is a process that requires my sole individual consent. After all, it is a choice between a state of total responsibility regarding my perception of the world and a condition of passive victim to events determined by others. The process of taking responsibility develops gradually, through a progressive healing work that, through our attempts and experiences, releases blocks and grievances. It is a painful process because the ego’s inability to identify culprits outside itself prevents it from finding a refuge to preserve its hallucinations. At the same time, this process is an act of love aimed at carefully determining the access to one’s inexhaustible tools of power. These tools have been kept hidden in the unexplored territories of the shamanic world. The only way to access them consists of moving beyond the trance of ordinary reality. This can occur spontaneously and without complex procedures. The precariousness and the illusion of conventional reality is such that anyone can access the perception of what exists beyond. In this regard it is a question of considering and developing a series of experiences to which no importance is usually given: for example, dreams, visions, fantasies, intuitions, shadows, spaces of void between one object and the other, etc. A more operative method consists in employing shamanic techniques. Their task is to create gaps in the awareness and therefore facilitate access to new channels of communication.

Franco Santoro is a shamanic facilitator, healer, artist, member of the Findhorn Foundation, the developer of astroshamanism and supply director of the Sacred Cone Circle. His work is based on the connection with expanded realities for healing and transformational purposes, the retrieval and integration of ancient mistery traditions, the relationship with inner guides and the principles of the Findhorn Community. From 1996 he has run the Operative Training in Astroshamanism, an intensive programme for shamanic practitioners and healers. He is the author of A Guide Book to Astroshamanism, Sacred Cone Press, 2001; Astroshamanism: A Journey Into the Inner Universe, Findhorn Press, 2003; Astroshamanism: The Voyage Through the Zodiac, Findhorn Press, 2003, and of Iniziazione all’astrosciamanesimo: la via zodiacale alla Guida Interiore, Edizioni Mediterranee, 2000 (in Italian). He has also composed and produced a series of recordings, such as Drumming for the Astroshamanic Voyage (on CD/cassette). Franco lives in Northern Scotland, where he serves as resident member and educator of the Findhorn Foundation, regularly running workshops on astroshamanism, shamanic healing, trance dance and core educational programmes (Experience Week, Exploring Community Life, Spiritual Practice), employing his unique and innovative approach to support individuals or groups in connecting with their authentic nature. He also regularly lectures and conducts seminars in other parts of the world.

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For more information and news on astroshamanism visit Astroshamanic.blogspot.com andwww.facebook.com/astroshamanism.

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What is flexible sigmoidoscopy? peb06_3

What preparation is required?

Your doctor will tell you what cleansing routine to use. In general, preparation consists of one or two enemas prior to the procedure but could include laxatives or dietary modifications as well. However, in some circumstances your doctor might advise you to forgo any special preparation. Because the rectum and lower colon must be completely empty for the procedure to be accurate, it's important to follow your doctor's instructions carefully.

Should I continue my current medications?

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What can I expect during flexible sigmoidoscopy?

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is usually well-tolerated. You might experience a feeling of pressure, bloating or cramping during the procedure. You will lie on your side while your doctor advances the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and colon. As your doctor withdraws the instrument, your doctor will carefully examine the lining of the intestine.

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What are possible complications of flexible sigmoidoscopy?

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