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By Yokota Fritz
State approval required before signs installed
In a meeting last week, the Santa Cruz City Council unanimously voted to request "Bikes In Lane" signs to be installed on Mission Street, where two cyclists were killed by passing traffic over the past eight months.
Local cycling advocates, traffic engineers, and officials agree that Mission Street is too narrow to share safely, especially with the heavy truck traffic that travels down the road. The city's hands are tied, however, because Mission Street is California State Highway 1 and is under the jurisdiction of Caltrans District 5. Caltrans originally refused to install anything besides "Share the Road" signs, but after
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asked for state Assembly Member John Laird's assistance, Caltrans relented and agreed to install signage that the city of Santa Cruz considers more effective.
At the meeting, the decision to make was between three different signs: an advisory "
Bicycles May Use Full Lane
" sign that's becoming more common in California, a yellow "
Watch for Bicycles Using Lane
" sign proposed by Caltrans, and the "Bikes In Lane" sign that was approved by the council. The Santa Cruz police department opposed the "May Use Full Lane" sign but supported the "Bikes In Lane" sign.
This cyclist rides on the sidewalk alongside Mission Street near Bay in Santa Cruz, California. While the sidewalk is empty on the mid morning when I took this photo, pedestrian traffic is typically heavier on the weekends and other times when traffic is high on Mission Street.
Bill of Boston rides his heavily laden bicycle down the middle of the lane on Mission Street in Santa Cruz, California. One citizen at the council meeting said cyclists should use the sidewalk. Riding on the sidewalk, however, does nothing to protect cyclists from right hook collisions.
Several traffic engineering experts explained how to improve the safety of bicycling on Mission Street. John Ciccarelli of the Bicycle Technical Committee of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices explained that the "Bicycles May Use Full Lane" will likely be in the 2009 edition of the
Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
published by the Federal Highway Adminstration. The MUTCD is the standard used by all U.S. transportation departments for their road signs -- it's the reason all stop signs in the United States are red octagons with white letters with a standard size and standard height.
Santa Cruz police chief Howard Skerry said they may ticket cyclists who in their view impeded traffic, regardless of any signage installed by the city. If bicyclists did not agree with that interpretation, he invited them to let the courts decide the matter.
Bob Shanteau spoke after the CHP and noted that the California Vehicle Code for impeding traffic only applies to 2 lane roads, not 4 lane highways such as Mission Street. "As long as the lane was too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to share side by side,' says Shanteau, "then the bicyclist was allowed to take the full lane."
"People have been taught since childhood to stay out of the way of cars, and that two bicyclists in Santa Cruz had followed that advice and they were both now dead. We need to make sure that never happens again," Shanteau continue as people in the council chambers applauded him.
Selection of non-standard sign may hinder final approval by state
While the engineers and advocates wanted the Bikes May Use Full Lane signs, the city voted for the "Bikes In Lane" sign instead. People Power Director Micah Posner said, "In the end not that much different. Having the sign will really improve the campaign to encourage awareness. It's about informing cyclist and motorist and it's about cyclists asserting their rights. These signs will be a big step forward."
Posner expressed some exasperation about the police department's threat to ticket cyclists who "impede" traffic. People Power has already gone to court on behalf of ticketed cyclists and "we beat it in court based on California Vehicle Code."
Caltrans still must get approval for the proposed sign from the California Traffic Control Device Committee, which meets next week. Because the city of Santa Cruz endorsed the untested "Bikes In Lane" sign over the standard "May Use Full Lane" sign, state approval is uncertain. The city council approved the Bikes In Lane sign thinking that Caltrans could get them installed this summer, but their selection of a non-standard sign will possibly mean a delay until this fall at the very earliest.
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on the City Council decision.
Santa Cruz approves bike safety sign
Thank you to Micah Posner and Bob Shantaeu for the details.
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...i hope this will make a positive difference in the awareness & attitudes of drivers along that stretch...
...thousands upon thousands of touring cyclists, for many years have used that section of roadway & it took the recent deaths of two people before signs that state the law, could be placed to raise awareness...
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thanks for this post Fritz!
im still confused about this line "the California Vehicle Code for impeding traffic only applies to 2 lane roads, not 4 lane highways"
can i be ticketed for taking the lane on a 2 lane road?
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I've made a couple of corrections to the article based on some feedback that Mr. Shanteu sent to me in email.
Billy, I'm not a lawyer, but here's the text of
CVC 21656 - Turning Out of Slow Moving Vehicles:
On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow-moving vehicle, including a passenger vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed. As used in this section a slow-moving vehicle is one which is proceeding at a rate of speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place.
And here's the text of
CVC 22400 - Minimum Speed Law:
(a) No person shall drive upon a highway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, unless the reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, because of a grade, or in compliance with law.
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thanks again fritz.
it is not clear to me how CVC 21656 and 22400 (the ones you mentioned) work together with CVC 21202 which states:
"21202. (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations:
(3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including, but not limited to...substandard width lanes) ...
For purposes of this section, a "substandard width lane" is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane."
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Angels Sign Jon Bachanov
The Angels have agreed to terms with first-round draft pick Jon Bachanov.
MLB.com reports that Bachanov addressed the Angels media last night during the second inning of the Angels-Rangers game. He's described as "a growing 6'4"" and said his brothers are 6'7" and 6'9".
Bachanov is from Orlando. I just searched the Orlando Sentinel web site and found that the Sentinel reported the agreement on Wednesday, citing his high school coach as the source:
Rodney Beatty, University's baseball coach, said Wednesday that Cougars star pitcher Jon Bachanov has agreed to contract terms and will sign with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday.
Beatty said Bachanov, the No. 58 pick in the draft, will get a signing bonus of "about $553,000" and expects to be assigned to a rookie league team in Orem, Utah.
"He's excited. He held out for a little bit, but from day one, he wanted to go pro," Beatty said.
I'm a bit surprised by the dollar amount, if it's accurate. That would suggest the new draft rules are having the desired effect by bringing down bonus numbers. Bachanov was selected #58 overall, a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds. According to the Baseball America 2007 Almanac, the #58 pick one year ago (2B Ryan Adams by Baltimore) got $675,000 to sign. As we discussed with Kotch in Monday's interview, Major League Baseball changed the rules this year to eliminate "draft and follow" as well as force all picks to sign by August 15 or go back into next year's pool.
By the way, I've been told by a few Angels scouts that they use FutureAngels.com as a recruiting tool. One scout recently called it "an unofficial official site" for the Angels minor leagues. It lets a draftee and his parents see what to expect should he sign. One big advantage of the video I shoot at Orem and Tempe is that they can see what it's like to play at the first rung of the ladder, which is why you'll see me try to shoot more "intimate" footage. Watch the video of Monday night's game, and you'll see the last shot is coming out of the dugout with the players after the game for the on-field celebration. That's literally what the player will see should he sign.
Next weekend, I'll be in Tempe with the summer league team, so you'll see footage of the new minor league complex and that more academic environment.
I've received a few e-mails over the years from players' parents asking my advice about whether their son should sign, what the organization is like, how they develop other players at their son's position, etc. Where possible, I'll actually refer them to other parents I know so they can talk parent to parent (and I'm not in the middle!) to get a more honest perspective. It usually works, and the player signs.

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This kind of thinking will never ever appear even for a single instant when we directly perceive the emptiness of time.
Your expirence is all inclusive.
To percieve (with the constituent parts that perception requires to take place) is to experience time. There is no entity "emptyness" not even in a figuritive way. Because language (being a conditioned thing) is not able to discribe that witch would, other wise, be un-conditioned. In the same way "no-time" can not be related towards with language, but again this does not mean that "emptyness" and "no-time" are ineffable entitys. As saying something is ineffable implys that it still exists. And as we know no-thing exists that is not conditioned by other things.
Too say that there is not time in an objective sense is too relate to the qualitys of existance in witch expirence is non sequential. Like a deep meditative state (I imagine). You can't say that you heard a sound with your eyes, or that you tasted a smell with your skin can you? In the same way you cant relate to a non-sequential entity by means of expirence that requires sequentialization, or has sequential expirence built in.
In the same way, if you were to be in some mode of experience that time was not a part of, that sort of experience would not be effable in the realms of experience where time is a constant. ex. Why Make Sentence Does This Not Sense.
My problem with this is I think your statements imply that there is something behind what we experience. Like, dare i say, a soul.
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Always the professional cool operator but to paraphase what he said in the clip into something not so politically correct: "Tristan Thompson just went at #4? Are @#$#'in kidding me?! Whoooooooohhh! Oh my God I can't believe those dense Cavs just passed on a stud center for Tristan Thompson. Where is he on our draft board again, like 8th? 10th? Wow, and they didn't even try to trade down--- Err, good for Tristan though. I'm not hating on the hometown boy."
Seriously though that was a huge break for the Raptors. Had that not went down who knows, maybe the Raptors don't draft at five and look to trade down and instead of being amped about the off-season like we are, maybe we're luke warm right now because maybe the Raptors are 8th seed, not getting a good 2012 pick and everything looks different for next season.
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This is brilliant
That is all.
The BBC Television Centre stock photo saga has taken a new, dramatic twist this morning, with the news that the Press Association has been called in to provide the definitive snap of Auntie's own building. On Tuesday, this piece by business editor Robert Peston was illustrated with a stock photo from Getty Images, something …
That is all.
This ongoing saga would make a good programme for BBC3 or 4!
Half documentary, half soap opera.
So just to recap, now they've paid staff and fees for a Gerry image, a home made image and a PA image, with the PA image being used for what was by then a dead story from days ago. Who says they couldn't care less how they piss away our money?
If they didn't like the home made photo and were embarrassed at being seen to change it at even more expense, they should have had the PR brains to simply go back to the old one, not add a new one to the debacle.
I now imagine BBC executives in the infamous BBC canteen, getting a plate of fish & chips, taking a couple of bites and then deciding they want steak instead. So they throw what they have in the bin and go back for a steak. Then they eat a slice of that and decide they'd rather have a salad. So they throw out the steak and get a salad. But by the time they sit down with that, they go all 'spoilt brat' again and chuck it in favour of a burger, chips and beans.
It's not like they have to pay for it themselves or anything.
It can't go on BBC4, its far to entertaining. The only entertainment allowed on BBC4 is repeats of the Adam West Batman TV series.
Its in the station remit or something that they must have as few viewers as possible.
On a completely different subject, Any chance we can see a version of the story with a stock photo of Vulture Towers?
Didn't they also show the Avengers too?
Of course what you forgot to mention was that, while they were throwing away all that food, the executives had gathered for lunch to discuss which dinnerlady they were going to have to sack as the running costs for the canteen were too high.
Just leave the goddamn pic alone now!
There is nothing worng with the BBC using stock footage of their own building. They wanted something that looked OK.
The first picture is a bit modern and trendy.
The middle picture was taken when someone accidentaly pressed the shutter release putting the camera back in their bag, and looks pants.
The last picture is very good for the article (you can recognise the building), although the photographer was obviously being chased by the anti-terrorist police with guns, and didn't have time to wait for the pedestrian to get out of the way.
As for anyone could take the picture; anyone can write (except me; I'm an enigneer), so why employ journalists? Just let the cleaners write the articles...
sending the teaboy outside to take a snap using, seemingly, his cameraphone resulted in a bloody awful picture. And yes, the Beeb has an all-you-can-eat deal with PA as well.
It's better than their repeats and more entertaining than much of their original programming. I fully endorse this move by the BBC, clearly designed to entertain their viewers.
Does anyone actually care?
Come on theRegister, get a grip. If you want to publish amusing frothy articles it would be best to find a subject that's actually amusing.
The beeb has El Reg readers.
They are taking the piss out of El Reg.
El Reg seems not to have realised.
"BBC has all you can eat deal with Getty Images and the Press Association SHOCKER!"
piss-poor. How about some journalism, el regerino?
Do they actually pay per image? Wouldn't they have a contract with Getty and AP that allows them as many photos as they want a year?
The BBC gets stock imagery at a flat rate regardless of how many images it uses from most of the large photo agencies, these would have cost them nothing, this is a non-article. http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/thumb_down_32.png
"The BBC gets stock imagery at a flat rate regardless of how many images it uses from most of the large photo agencies, these would have cost them nothing, this is a non-article."
So that would be like the "flat rate" the Beeb had with music publishers that led to stuff like the radio series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy having to be re-edited because their agreement didn't allow usage of third-party works in anything other than a single medium?
Yes, what a non-article! After all, it only affects all you licence fee payers having to dig a bit deeper to pay for the same stuff over and over again as it comes out on a slightly different medium that isn't covered by those "all* you can eat (*limits and restrictions apply)" agreements.
But hey, let's just ignore the big picture and cut the Beeb some slack, as usual. After all, the gravy train keeps rolling, but "at least some of the people driving it are British".
I don't understand your point, a flat rate means that they pay the press association, getty et al a flat rate monthly and can use any number of their images for the stories they are covering. Therefore choosing a stock image of their own building costs them nothing, they have effectively already paid for it, and in no way is that a waste of public funds, they simply chose a more appropriate image for the story.
Hopefully that has cleared things up.
On an article about austerity measures, the Beeb shell out not once, but TWICE for a photo for the article.
Is there any other icon?
+1 Comedy for the BBC web team :)
Still, it made me laugh out loud. Which is more than can be said for most of the Beeb's "comedy" output.
...do we get a close-up of the blonde bird talking on her phone?
I also think the bbc spend to much time reading the comments on tech website
They should get back to work !!!
That is all
They've changed it again!
"They've changed it again!"
Somebody over at the Beeb clearly reads the Reg and is playing a game of "How many articles can I generate?"
Correspondents of Danny O'Brien's NTK newsletter were notorious, a few years back, for trawling the BBC news website's archives and sending in examples of how the news team would reuse the same stock photographs over and over again (often of marginal relevance to the stories they were attached to). Their pinnacle probably came in 2002, when they ran a story about a powercut in Oxforshire, which simply showed a black rectangle. I can't remember if they used a stock photograph of pitch darkness, or not - or, indeed, whether they reused the black rectangle on other, electricity-shortage-related, news articles, later on.
I'm still waiting for a version of this picture that shows the front porch of Television Centre, with The Everywhere Girl standing outside it, in grey pullover and a hat like a teacosy.
Could that one be next? "Bush House at night"?
"A goldfish, last week"
"A drunk woman, last night"
"An even drunker woman - still there, while three o'clock, this morning"
(Maybe she's the Everywhere Girl's mum, in fact: "Never Out Of The Pub Woman"?)
I guess the Daily Fail will be running an article on this. They will say scores of complaints have been made about the abuses of the BBC's monetary waste.
ElReg, if the Daily Mail writes about this, then you can sue them dry. Finish them off and write off to the MP's that the Press Complaints Commission is run by the Daily Mail and is thus not fit for purpose in its current state.
GoogleSux: sure they won't have paid anything for the photo, but they just paid for someone to change the article *twice*. For no good reason.
To change the subject: has anyone seen the everywhere girl recently?
Haven't they just arrested her for spying - or is that a different Everywhere Girl?
The russian girl in the spiffy red dress? She wasn't a natural redhead. Probably what tipped off the feds too.
Who's the sidey girl, though?
Jennifer Chandra is the everywhere girl - the woman who grew up to be a meme:
She's a redhead, just like the BBC's "Never out of the pub woman"... In fact, maybe it's a redheaded woman thing... since we also have "Nokia woman" - Yvonne Puig:
... they illustrated it with some nice aerial footage circling the site. Bet that wasn't cheap to commission. :-)
It seems many articles have photos with them that add absolutely nothing to the article. Does a photo of any of the BBC's buildings help the reader understand what the BBC is? Does a reader who has already made it to the BBC's website (presumably for the purposes of accessing journalism) really need any further explanation of the BBC is?
What then do any of these photos actually acomplish other than filling space, consuming bandwidth and distracting from the actual article? Just because you _can_ (or in this case apparently , _can't_) include a photo in an article doesn't mean that it neccessarily follow that you _should_.
There was another PA image After your first story and before your second when the iphone image appeared. Shame I didn't screen grab it.
Some work experience must have come up with the "image" on this page:
I do remember seeing that and thinking it would be a pretty good effort for a 10 year old. It was a 'bring your kids to work' day, must have been.
When do we get one with the everywhere girl?
Bush House. Home to twats.
I reckon they have been reading El Reg, and now they've got Lester on the run, quick Lester they changed it again!!! :D
Oi Beebwebbys I owe you a pint.
To show why there is still the need for professional photographers.
Just because cameras are cheap and just about every one has access to a camera, doesn't mean they produce usable images.
The first one is the only decent image, the one by the teaboy is just crap, and whilst the others are better quality the framing of the image makes it look like someones holiday shots.
Ironically, it does point out the futility of the way the terrorism laws are used. Because despite the ability to get all the photos they want discretely, the terrorist is far more likely to be there with tripods, multiple lenses, spend time framing the shot....
But maybe I'm taking this too seriously
Right now it's showing an "artsy" red filtered image with some railroad tracks and a couple of nondescript buildings in the distance. I assume from the satellite dish that they're BBC buildings. No attribution this time.
Most of the Beeb is now decamped just down the road at White City. Which is - as I can personally testify - the most confusing building on Earth - every corridor leads to a coffee shop.
the BBC paying for images, I'm a photographer and I know many are struggling.
However I was slightly miffed when BBC used a PA image that was actually my photo of my husband. I didn't even get a credit (to add insult to injury they also completely ignored my existence in the article too)!
Image rotation script FTW.
And yet another new image, this time marked BBC with a link back to this article. Superb!
="The BBC's news and current affairs programmes and news website have annual agreements with AP, PA, AFP, Allsport and Getty Images for image use. This image has been changed six times at a cost to the licence-fee payer of a few pence in terms of man-hours, which will be made up for in overtime."
Yah boo sucks and two fingers to the Reg and its commentards. Good old Beeb; that's why we love you.
Worth every penny of the license fee.
Thanks for suggesting I read the alt text in the page source too. Brilliant!


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Will Davis Wade into the Bullpen Pool?
The one thing that always seems constant in baseball is change. I know that sounds more like a comedic riddle you might hear on a sit-com, but it is too true in baseball. The game is an ever-changing microbes always feasting on the element of change and forcing its hand whenever possible. So why doesn't Tampa Bay Rays starter Wade Davis go with that flow and at least have an open mind to possibly taking a short-term stint in the Rays Bullpen. What is the worst thing that can happen?
For one thing, he could like it and not want to ever go on that every 5 day ritual. Seriously, the balking and chatter now coming out of the avid bear hunter sounds a lot like the same vowel and constants that were uttered by former southpaw J P Howell when the Rays brought up the same idea back in 2008 after a few horrendous outings. So far the change of rituals seemed have done wonders for Howell.
Sure it will take some getting used to, and adjusting of both your schedule and workout regimen to get you into a habit of getting your arm loose in ½ the time, and basically being "on-call" for all 162 games. But it beats the alternative of alienating a Coaching staff that likes your work ethic, applauds the way you approach the game by suddenly not wanting to embrace a change that could benefit not only you, but the Rays chances over the course of a season.
And maybe the Rays want you to take that lone spot of long reliever that usually is vested to a player who has a starter mentality, but also has the cunning and wilds of a reliever. Buck up bow hunting camper, you got the intestinal fortitude and the determination to not only own this spot, but make the position your own, and possibly find yourself destined for another path that could reward you greatly in the future.
It is not like the Rays are trying to convert you into the closer role like they did Esteban Yan or Seth McClung and you find yourself in a fun house of emotions and transitions trying to switch back and forth from starter to reliever to starter again before your arm either falls off, or your confidence hit empty. Look at it as a blessing, a bit of a seasonal vacation that could again produce a starting gig if fellow fishing/hunting buddy Jeff Niemann falls off the healthy wagon again in 2012.
Take it as a time to explore an option that might surface again in your latter baseball years and see if it has a nook or cranny that fits your style of baseball before spouting off or acting like the upset teen on that 16 hour trip in the backseat. I have faith in you Wade. You have shown time and time again to adjust on the mound between innings, the Rays are now asking if you might adjust through a course of a month to accept a new assignment, a new adventure, a possibility of a change in your long-term baseball livelihood.
Who knows, you might get out on that mound in the bottom of the 6th or 8th inning with a lead and just as quickly the competitive juices within you take over and you strike out the side and flash a smile on the way to the dugout rail. Just give it a chance. It is not a gurgling hot tub that will burn you up, it is a switch in-game situations and mannerisms. Heck, think about that 600 pound bear you bagged a few years ago and go after each hitter with authority if it helps you get the job done.
Just wade into the pool, check the water out and see if you can make the adjustments, ritual changes and quick muscle relaxation needed by today's reliever corps. If you have any problems, there is always that "dude" down near the end of the Bullpen who also fought kicking and screaming when he first made the move to the Bullpen. Now you can't keep J P away from the Bullpen. Try it for a bit, you might possibly find out it suits you better than starting, and has less stress and still pays you the same….kind of like a "win-win" situation.
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I attended a recent golfing tournament before Spring Training began, and the Jays major and minor league players were all raving on the possibilities for 2012. The AL East is a feeding ground for pitching right now, and with your hitting already established, pitching could get you in position late in the season for a possible slot in the post season. Toronto is always one of the teams I fear personally against the Rays because they feast on a pitcher when he is struggling and produce some huge run totals. Just ask James Shields.
Should be a fun season and who knows, the Jays could be the MLB edition of "ANGRY BIRDS" down the stretch..
Even though SP Wade Davis has 2 minor league options left, plus RP Jake McGee has one, it is doubtful they will go back to Triple-A unless it is for a rehab assignment in 2012. But weirder things have happen to the Rays pitching staff, and until Davis and McGee have planted their feet firmly on AstroTurf….nothings is a sure thing for 2012.


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JOE Brown can justifiably lay claim to being the current King of the ukulele.
He has been cited by some of the world's biggest rock performers as a world class player.
Anyone who saw Joe close the George Harrison Tribute concert with 'I'll See You In My Dreams' can be in no doubt as to his skill set and feel for a song. And last month he wowed the audience at the Palace Theatre in Mansfield.
The Guardian has three copies of Joe's new album, called The Ukulele Album, to give away.
As its name suggests it features the ukulele on every track, but not as a novelty. It is given its full weight as an instrument alongside raunchy electric and acoustic guitars, mandolins, banjo and lap steel and slide guitars with surprises galore. It's generally a long way from George Formby, who Joe met, though one of George's songs is featured.
Joe is joined on the album by his band, including his producer son Pete, but also by his daughter Sam Brown.
Tracks include Ace Of Spades, Pinball Wizard and the ELO hit Mr Blue Sky.
To be in with a chance of winning a copy of the album, simply answer the following question.
Q) What is the title of Joe's new album?
Mark your answer 'ukulele competition' and email your entry to firstname.lastname@example.com or send it by post to The Worksop Guardian, 21-27 Ryton Street, Worksop, Notts S80 2AY.
The closing date for entries is 23rd November and winners will be contacted by telephone so do not forget to include a daytime contact number. Normal Guardian competition rules apply.


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Effective Date: December 8, 1994
Retired: September, 2011
Status: Retired Position Statement
Originated by: Committee on Ethics, 1985
Revised by: ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights
Adopted by: ANA Board of Directors
Endorsed by: American Association of Critical Care Nurses; Oncology Nursing Society
Related Past Actions:
1984 House of Delegates Resolution
Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, 1985
The American Nurses Association (ANA) believes that the State Nurses Association (SNA) is a vital resource for the nurse and the profession on matters related to ethics and human rights. The ANA supports the development of mechanisms by the SNAs to promote the ethical competence of nurses, the integration of the Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (Code for Nurses) into daily practice and human rights sensitivity. These mechanisms can take many forms and should be easily accessible to nurses.
Over recent decades health care has become increasingly complex and pervaded with challenging ethical and human rights issues, questions and dilemmas. Rapid scientific and technologic advances, new diagnostic and treatment methods, and changing health care delivery environments have created new ethical uncertainties and human rights challenges. Nurses frequently encounter the impact of these realities in practice, yet all too often feel inept or unqualified to deal with this dimension of professional practice. Nurses need to learn how to identify the ethical aspects of practice, engage in ethical decision making, and assist in the development of ethically sensitive institutional and public policy. Additionally, nurses need to promote the advancement of human rights precepts and protect against human rights violations. State nurses associations are encouraged to develop mechanisms which provide such services as education, consultation, position statements and policy development to prepare nurses to address the ethical and human rights features of practice. These services may be directed to nurses individually and collectively, to internal units of the SNA, and to the public. The SNAs may also consider developing mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the conduct of nurses. The mechanisms through which these and other services are provided may be by ethics and human rights committees, or by delegation to existing officials or units of the SNA. Individuals with expertise in the area of ethics and human rights can serve as valuable resources to the SNAs in the development of these mechanisms.
Specific implementation activities include the following (the extent to which the SNA is able to engage in these activities may vary, depending on the resources of the state nurses association):
The nature and complexity of a rapidly changing health care system has increased the ethical and human rights issues and dilemmas that nurses face. State Nurses Associations can provide leadership, guidance and support to their members through the development of mechanisms that enhance the ethical and human rights dimensions of nursing practice and the quality of care rendered to patients, families, and communities.


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DPS: Several thousand attend officer's funeral
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — State officials estimate several thousand people are attending a funeral service for slain Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says the estimated 3,200 people at St. John's Abbey and University Church in Collegeville include about 2,300 law enforcement officers from around the U.S. and Canada.
The 31-year-old officer was fatally shot Thursday when he was called to check on a man's welfare. No charges have been filed in his death.
Officers saluted Decker's hearse as it arrived at the church Wednesday morning. After the service, a procession of officers will escort his casket through the community Decker served and to St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery in Luxemburg where he will be buried.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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Chance to gain ground lost as KC falls in Detroit
DETROIT -- It was a marvelous series marked by intriguing, grinding, big-moment baseball. It wasn't so good for the Royals, though, in their pursuit of the playoffs.
Unable to conquer Max Scherzer, the Royals took their third loss in the five-game series against the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, with a sellout crowd of 41,740 fans crammed into Comerica Park. The overall impact was ground lost for the Kansas City club.Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- It was a marvelous series marked by intriguing, grinding, big-moment baseball. It wasn't so good for the Royals, though, in their pursuit of the playoffs.
Unable to conquer Max Scherzer, the Royals took their third loss in the five-game series against the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, with a sellout crowd of 41,740 fans crammed into Comerica Park. The overall impact was ground lost for the Kansas City club.Full Game Coverage
The Royals arrived 7 1/2 games behind the first-place Tigers in the American League Central. They left trailing by 8 1/2 games. Their gap in the AL Wild Card race went from 4 1/2 games to six.
Even so, manager Ned Yost was not very discouraged, noting the Royals still have a 7-6 edge over the Tigers this season.
"We play them six more times," Yost said. "We've competed with these guys all year long, so call this a measurement series, I don't buy that. We took two out of five, we had a chance to take three out of five. We just couldn't get it done. ... But all in all, it was a really good series."
"These guys are thorns in our side," the Tigers' Torii Hunter said. "They're tough. They play us tough."
Kansas City swept Friday's day-night doubleheader but lost the other three games. The one loss the Royals really lamented came on Saturday night, 6-5, when they were just 4-for-20 with runners in scoring position.
"Every game in the series kind of went to script," the Royals' Billy Butler said. "We had the game [Saturday] night; I had plenty of chances, and as a team, we had chance to win that game and take the series lead, and we never did. That was the only game of the series that I can say we should have had, that we had a good chance of winning and we didn't. ... The series could have gone the other way on that one game. They beat us today."
Yeah, and it started with the same guy who beat them with a walk-off homer on Saturday night: Miguel Cabrera.
On Sunday afternoon, Cabrera belted the first pitch thrown to him by Royals left-hander Bruce Chen for a two-run homer in the first inning.
"When he's on, I don't think you can throw anything around him. You know he'll hit it," Chen said.
The homer was Cabrera's 40th this season and came with Austin Jackson, who'd singled, on base.
"It was just a good fastball. I was a little up and it was away and he shouldn't be pulling it -- but he pulled it," Chen said.
Cabrera inflicted more damage in the third inning. After two outs, Hunter's long drive fell behind a twisting and turning David Lough and bounced into the right-field stands for a ground-rule double. Cabrera lined a single to left, scoring Hunter for a 3-0 lead.
Yost decided against an intentional walk to Cabrera but wanted Chen to avoid giving the Tigers slugger anything he could hit.
"In the third, ideally I'd like to pitch around him," Yost said. "I don't want to throw him any strikes, anything he can hit. We threw him a strike. If that happens, that's my fault."
It wasn't a strike, though, from Chen's perspective.
"It was a cutter, I was trying to get it in and he hit it. If he lets it go, I think it's six or eight inches in ... and he just made it look like I left it out over the middle of the plate, but it wasn't," Chen said.
Cabrera's home run had historic implications. It was the 361st of his career, tying him for 77th on the all-time list with Yankees Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio.
"I mean, it's stupid what he's able to do at the plate," Scherzer said. "You're getting to watch the greatest in the game right now. We all are. It's something special. For all of us, we enjoy the heck out it, and we're just glad he's on our team."
Chen was chased in the sixth inning, which began with left fielder Alex Gordon crashing into the left-field wall like a ton of bricks as he caught Victor Martinez's drive.
"I just made it look like I did," Gordon said.
Gordon toppled backward to the ground on the warning track but slowly regained his footing, unhurt.
"I was just making sure I had it in my glove and didn't drop it," Gordon said.
Then came Andy Dirks' single and Brayan Pena's RBI double to deep center. Chen was relieved by Louis Coleman, who gave up an RBI single to Ramon Santiago and a Jose Iglesias single before getting a double-play ball.
Scherzer notched his 18th victory, most in the Majors, against a single loss.
The Royals finally scored two runs in the seventh as Butler singled and Gordon and Emilio Bonifacio rapped doubles. But that was all Scherzer allowed in his eight innings.
"He was throwing 90, 91 [mph]," Gordon said. "I'm used to him throwing really hard, and I think it might make him have better control, spotting pitches. And obviously, his changeup is really good. It's not the typical Scherzer that I was seeing, but it's still pretty good."
With Scherzer out of the game, Butler led off the ninth with a home run to left field off reliever Joaquin Benoit. It was Butler's 12th homer.
But that was all the Royals could muster and, after winning seven straight series after the All-Star break, they have lost back-to-back series -- to Miami and now Detroit.
"To be in a five-game set and be able to win the series at home against that team who's hot, that's an important thing for our ballclub," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "It's just a testament how good we are as a whole to beat that team three out of five times."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Words and Photos: Lance Hakker
Two days ago Mammoth announced its plans to open today, October 16th, their second earliest opening ever in fifty years of operation. I assumed that with only a couple days notice, a day and a half really, that it would be a pretty mellow opening. Then BAM! Big Mountain Mike and I roll up around 9:30am and the parking was the craziest I've ever seen it on opening day. And we've been going to Mammoth's opener for 10 years or more.
That's 4,499 people I shared the liftline with today.
The reason for the crowd is simple. Free tickets for everyone. Everyone! Robbie Sell just got the official number of guests today: 4,500. That's 4,499 people I shared the liftline with today. And to be honest, the crowd sucked and it was way hotter than I expected it to be, but Mammoth was open and it was way too fun to be even remotely serious about any complaints I might have.
Big Mountain and I met up with Robbie right when we got into the line and ran into familiar and welcome faces all day. Even the staff was abnormally friendly today, giving and receiving free lift passes might just do that to people.
If you're thinking about heading up here, don't let my talk of crowds deter you. Most people are leaving after today and there's more than enough stuff to get loose on to be worth the drive. I saw people learning new tricks, falling over small trees, Big Mountain Mike hit his face jumping off a cliff and broke his glasses, and all the other good stuff people do when they haven't been snowboarding in 5 months. It's good, and it's the second earliest opening ever, we should take advantage of it.


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HTC pulls the plug on tablets in the U.S.
0. phoneArena posted on 10 Oct 2012, 14:26
Calling the HTC Flyer and Jetstream, "a great learning experience," Taiwan-based HTC has thrown in the towel when it comes to selling tablets in the United States; not wanting to burn its bridges, HTC says it might return to the device sometime in the future...
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1. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
their problem was that they really, really overpriced really weak tablets. they were a hard recommendation to anyone. they could do something along the lines of the Galaxy Tab 2 series and do alright.
19. MeoCao (unregistered)
HTC doesn't think about what the market wants when they sell their tablets, they only think about what they want: big profits.
20. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
well they better get their heads out of the clouds if they want to come back to play in the Tablet Play Pin.
22. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
Agreed. They obviously have the ability to design some amazingly looking phones but they seemed to have lost that ability to treat each device with care and support it over the long term. The Thunderbolt, which was billed at the first LTE device for verizon, has gotten weak support since it was released.
They release phone after phone and yet still leave each with weak support. What they need is an overall of their system in support, design, and the overall experience. If they do that they can compete again but if not, they simply must pull out as they will not hack it in this competitive market.
21. Hammerfest (Posts: 384; Member since: 12 May 2012)
while I can definitly see that being a big part, the other problem was actually SUPPORTING their product... took forever for the updates they DID get, AND they got left in the dust for ICS/JB...
Dont have a good history of supporting your devices (in this case, the limited run for tablets and problems reported are the only case against it) even the entry devices, then you arent going to sell squad...
Competitive pricing + Support = Sales...
2. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
This isn't too surprising, they only ever made 2 different Android tablets and it's been over a year since they released their last one.
HTC needs to realize they don't have the scale to be all things to all people like Samsung can. Even LG and Sony have a better shot, given their sheer market ubiquity. If they can find a niche as a premium device manufacturer they might have a shot, but they'll have to up-play their advantages over other manufacturers in places like build-quality and UI-refinement.
17. 14545 (Posts: 1681; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Or heck, even timely updates. (or in the case of the Flyer/Jetstream, updates at all.) Screw HTC. As a long time HTC(used since XV6800-rezound) fan, their lack of support on these overpriced tablets has caused to me send people running in the other direction from their new products. I hope they fail at this point. As someone who has spent thousands with their stupid company, SCREW THEM!!!!!!!
3. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
well you cant win for your build quality and design alone. but i really hope they can make a comeback and bring something exciting. as if now only Asus and Sammy can compete in Android ecosystem. for others its really hard to make a dent in the tablet market. I would love to see a Galaxy NeXus Tab 10.
4. darkkjedii (Posts: 26827; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
HTC should regroup, and try to build a better cheaper tablet. They are a good build quality company and I think that they could build a really good tablet if they really put their minds to it and study what Apple Samsung and motorola are doing
8. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
well thats the whole problem. they wanted to charge a premium price while there are cheaper options available in the market. they could go with Windows 8 and could compete in premium price range but again we have a whole lot of W8 OEM`s offering first real tablets at good prices running full windows.
12. e.wvu (unregistered)
Remember that Microsoft doesn't want HTC to make Windows Tablets.
5. theoak (Posts: 324; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
iPad mini on the way ... they had no choice really.
6. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
These phone manufactures should make quality products like how Audi. BMW. Mercs. Jags. do, consentrate on premium materials. Customers are willing to pay!
7. lauremar (Posts: 181; Member since: 29 Feb 2012)
I think they will focus their attention in making Windows 8 tablets instead in the U.S. market.
9. agamhonda (Posts: 14; Member since: 11 Oct 2011)
I sell cellphones for a living and I couldn't tell you where to buy those tablets. If you want to be sucessful selling tablets they have to be available in stores.
11. lsutigers (Posts: 822; Member since: 08 Mar 2009)
HTC's tablets were only available at Sprint, AT&T, Best Buy and some online retailers. Sprint carried the EVO View 4G (Flyer), AT&T had the Jetstream and Best Buy carried the Wi-Fi only Flyer. They were expensive but the build quality was great.
10. Ravail (Posts: 182; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)
I guess HTC hasnt thought.. "Maybe people do not like our UI"..
18. 14545 (Posts: 1681; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
It's not the "ui". Period. I don't love sense, but it's not bad. The problem is they do their best to hinder development, and then won't support it once it leaves the shelves. Not to mention they charge wayyyyy dam@ too much for their products.
13. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
1st time.. well second time I heard HTC had tablets...
14. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Hey Galli, how is you bro? Any sign or news from Taco? it's kinda booring with-out him commenting....
15. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
nop I havent .I know he still read us but PA wont let him post...
16. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
the problem with HTC is that it might be build good but expensive!!! and maybe people who dont know them might think its a chinese device(technically they are chinese) and questionable durability even though it is build good with HTC's tech!


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May 7, 1999
The Honorable Rodney G. Ellis
Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Dear Senator Ellis:
On behalf of the members of the American Association of Law Libraries, I write to you today to urge your full support for H.B. 1477, a bill that has passed the House and will be before the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence on Monday, May 10, 1999. H.B. 1477 will amend Texas Local Code to allow county or district courts to collect an assessment fee not over $35 against certain civil court filings. It is imperative that this fee be nominally raised from the current $20 to increase funding for Texas county law libraries.
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) was founded in 1906 to promote and enhance the value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, to foster the profession of law librarianship, and to provide leadership in the field of legal information. Today, with over 4,800 members nationwide and nearly 220 members in the state of Texas, AALL represents law librarians and related professionals who are affiliated with a wide range of institutions, including law firms, law schools, corporate legal departments, courts, and state, court and county public law libraries.
The need to increase funding for Texas county law libraries is not a new issue before the Texas House of Representatives. In fact, we strongly supported H.B. 2573, under consideration in 1995 by the House Committee on County Affairs, that would have assessed a nominal fee on civil cases filed in small claims courts. That legislation unfortunately was not enacted, even though Texas county law libraries were then facing funding shortages.
In our April 18, 1995 letter to members of that committee and to members of the House Committee on Judicial Affairs, we emphasized that it is particularly imperative that legal information be easily and equitably available to the public so that all citizens have recourse to the judicial system. County law libraries have played a vital role in providing public access to legal information throughout the state of Texas while concurrently supporting the information needs of the judiciary and the legal community. The base for fees to support Texas county law libraries has steadily eroded over the past decade, and the last assessment increase, raising the fee from $10 to $20 for each civil case, was enacted back in 1987. While that increase was intended to bring additional revenues into county law libraries, the opposite occurred and revenues dramatically declined. Twelve years later, Texas county law libraries need your support to correct this erosion and to strengthen public access to legal information for the citizens of your state.
Since 1987, when the last fee increase was approved, technology has changed the landscape for the creation and dissemination of information from both public and commercial sources in ways that we could not have imagined twelve years ago. The cost of acquiring books and other tangible legal materials for library collections has skyrocketed. And, contrary to the view held by some that the role of the Internet in providing public access to the ever growing array of electronic resources is less costly for libraries, in fact the opposite is true.
Law libraries must continue to purchase expensive print materials while at the same time purchasing an adequate number of computers to serve their constituencies--and these generally need to be replaced every two years--plus software, telecommunications costs and much more to provide their patrons with the information they need. Passage of H.B. 1477 is long overdue and, we believe, critically necessary if county law libraries are to be able to provide continued high levels of services to the courts, attorneys and citizens of the state of Texas.
We therefore urge your full support for H.B. 1477 and hope that we can count on your leadership to do everything in your power to hasten its passage through the legislative process. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance. Thank you very much for your consideration in this very important matter.
Robert L. Oakley
American Association of Law Libraries
Washington Affairs Representative
cc: Members, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
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The wolves have wrapped shooting. It's now Volturi time. As I first reported yesterday, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, and Jamie Bower Campbell have arrived in Vancouver. Dakota did not work today but Michael and Jamie had very early call times. The scenes:
The Volturi judging and sentencing a vampire who broke the rules – as seen in a painting.
Edward presenting himself to the Volturi and requesting their decision. The three vampire leaders say nope, they don't want to destroy him.
May 7, 2009
Filming Deets: Why Jamie Campbell Bower is Totally Whacked Right Now
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Is it November yet?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2009 at 3:26 AM
I know, can't I make like a bear and hybernate 'till it is? LOL!ReplyDelete
I think i going to go read the Saga again, November isnt coming fast enough! LOLReplyDelete
Anyone wonder where Lainey gets her info from? There are some things she posts that are false but then things like this usually turn out to be legit.ReplyDelete
I read NM recently and slowly working on Eclipse.
- AnonymousMay 7, 2009 at 4:48 AM
if these scenes are recorded in Vancouver right now, it means that Robert and Kristen will be traveling to Italy alone?ReplyDelete
I think they are doing all the exterior shots in italy. So itsReplyDelete
Probably Rob, Kristen, Ashley, Dakota, and the 2 guys playing
Felix and Demetri. Its just a guess based on the book.
- AnonymousMay 7, 2009 at 6:36 AM
My comment has nothing to do with the subject, I just wanted to say that I think you did give Mr.TCA some twitime and I honestly think its so cute ! You should do it more often all though I honestly missed your blog ! Kept checking to see if you had posted something new !ReplyDelete
Love your blog :D
I'm sad there was no wolf pack stalkers.ReplyDelete
Agree with Juju...I so wanted to know more about wolf packReplyDelete
Wouldn'tit be awsome if they could make a pill that knocked you out until November...and you magicaly wake up on November 20th. SQUEEEEE, that would rule!ReplyDelete
Juju, I agree. Where the heck are the wolf pictures?
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2009 at 9:19 PM
i want to know why jamie bower campbell gets slammed for mentioning a nude scene, yet NOBODY slams that ass kristen stewart for being a low life pothead, and to think of all those preteens who PAY her salary! they have to look at that in magazines, wtf.ReplyDelete


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The best electronics-related April Fools' spoof ever?
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Over the years I've seen a bunch of really great April Fools' day spoofs.
Over the years I've seen a bunch of really great April Fools' day spoofs.
Who amongst us could forget the classic WOM (write-only memory), which first saw the light of day as a Signetics pseudo-product from 1972 (check out this Signetics 25000 Series 9C46XN datasheet).
And then, of course, there was the infamous Black Noise Generator circuit, which purported to be of use when setting up high-end sound systems.
Recently, I posted an interesting piece about a smoke re-concentrator that can be used to refurbish blown electronic components (I really should have held that back for today, but it was too good not to use).
As an aside, the "too good not to use" makes me think of the Queeq episode from the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, but we digress...
All of this got me to thinking that there must be myriad April Fool's spoofs of which I remain blissfully unaware. So, what's the very best electronics-related April Fools' joke you've seen in a magazine or with which you have had personal experience?
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