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Patent US4800885 - Blood constituent monitoring apparatus and methods with frequency division ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsApparatus and method for measuring the level of a constituent such as oxygen in the blood of a living subject. Light at a plurality of wavelengths is emitted and directed through the patient's body to a photodetector. The amplitude of the emitted light at each wavelength is varied in accordance with...http://www.google.com/patents/US4800885?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4800885 - Blood constituent monitoring apparatus and methods with frequency division multiplexingAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS4800885 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/127,835Publication dateJan 31, 1989Filing dateDec 2, 1987Priority dateDec 2, 1987Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA1324818C, EP0319158A1Publication number07127835, 127835, US 4800885 A, US 4800885A, US-A-4800885, US4800885 A, US4800885AInventorsEric N. JohnsonOriginal AssigneeThe Boc Group, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (2), Referenced by (386), Classifications (18), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBlood constituent monitoring apparatus and methods with frequency division multiplexing
US 4800885 AAbstract
1. Apparatus for monitoring the level of a constituent of the blood within a body structure comprising:(a) illumination means for emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths and directing the emitted light through said body structure; (b) photodetector means for detecting light from said illumination means transmitted through said body structure and producing at least one photodetector signal representing the intensity of said detected light; (c) carrier frequency means for varying the amplitude of the light at each said wavelength emitted by said illumination means at a different carrier frequency whereby said at least one photodetector signal will include a component at each said carrier frequency bearing information relating to the optical transmissivity of said body structure at one of said wavelengths; (d) separation means for subdividing said at least one photodetector signal by frequency so as to separate said components at said different carrier frequencies from one another; and (e) interpretation means for determining the level of said constituent from said separated components. 2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said separation means includes a plurality of filters each associated with one of said carrier frequencies, each said filter being arranged to pass signal components at the associated carrier frequency and to reject signal components at all other ones of said carrier frequencies.
13. A method of monitoring the level of a constituent of the blood within a body structure comprising the steps of:(a) emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths while varying the amplitude of the emitted light of each said wavelength at a different carrier frequency and directing the emitted light through said body structure; (b) detecting light from said illumination means transmitted through said body structure and producing at least one photodetector signal representing the intensity of said detected light whereby said at least one photodetector signal will include a component at each said carrier frequency bearing information relating to the optical transmissivity of said body structure at one of said wavelengths; (c) subdividing said at least one photodetector signal by frequency so as to separate components at said different carrier frequencies from one another; and (d) determining the level of said constituent from said separated components. 14. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein said subdividing step is performed by passing said at least one photodetector signal into a plurality of filters so that each said filter passes signal components at one of said carrier frequencies and rejects signal components at all other ones of said carrier frequencies.
Oxygen Saturation=AR2 +BR+C
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Benjamin Hutto, engaging choir director at private schools, dies at 67 - The Washington Post
Benjamin Hutto, engaging choir director at private schools, dies at 67
Benjamin Hutto, musician, composer and teacher of music who directed choirs at St. Albans and National Cathedral Schools in Washington. (B. Lewis)
Benjamin Hutto, a musician, composer, mentor and teacher of music who directed choirs at St. Albans and National Cathedral schools in Washington and led his singers on local and international concert tours, died Sept. 29 at a hospice center in Washington. He was 67.
The cause was gall bladder cancer, said a sister and his only immediate survivor, Catherine B. Hutto of Silver Spring, Md.
For 16 years, Mr. Hutto had been on the St. Albans and National Cathedral staffs as chief of performing arts. Since 2006, he had also been organist at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, where he later became director of music ministries. As a composer, he wrote Anglican chants for the 1982 Hymnal of the Episcopal Church of the United States.
But he left what may have been his most enduring mark as a voice and choir teacher and personal counselor to thousands of youngsters who sang for him over a 45-year career. One of them was Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’s “Late Show.”
More than 30 years ago, Colbert was a junior at the Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, S.C., where Mr. Hutto was his choir teacher. At the time, Colbert was a self-described “troubled kid”; his father and two older brothers had died in a plane crash.
On Sept. 11 — less than three weeks before Mr. Hutto died — Colbert remembered his former teacher on his nightly television show.
“You actually took me aside and asked me ‘Why don’t you ever study . . . and you won’t respond to any teachers who try to help you,’ ” Colbert told a national audience. “And I said ‘Your job is to teach me to sing, and that is it!’ ”
Then Colbert stalked out of Mr. Hutto’s office.
“I apologize and I love you and thank you for trying to help me,” Colbert declared on television.
William Benjamin Hutto III was born in Charleston on Oct. 4, 1947. He was 5 when his father, who managed a radio station, died. His mother later held secretarial jobs.
He graduated in 1968 from Emory University in Atlanta. The next year, he became an English teacher and director of choral music at Porter-Gaud, his high school alma mater. He would remain there until 1985, when he moved to Charlotte, N.C., as organist and choirmaster at Christ Episcopal Church. In 1999, he came to St. Albans and National Cathedral schools.
At the schools on the grounds of Washington National Cathedral, Mr. Hutto increased participation in the choral program from 18 voices when he arrived to nearly 200. He led his singers on tours to Australia, South Africa and several countries in South America and to cities across the United States. His choirs sang at White House Christmas tree lightings.
“Ben was a true renaissance man and game for absolutely anything,” wrote Washington actress Catherine Flye, who worked with him in productions of the Cathedral Choral Society.
In an e-mail message, she recalled, “I asked him once if he would sing and dance in an entertainment for the Supreme Court. There was no hesitation, and I shall never forget him, with a bowler hat and rolled umbrella, tripping the light fantastic with gay abandon as a peer in Iolanthe.”
Mr. Hutto lived in an apartment in the Kalorama area of Northwest Washington. In the “snowmageddon” winter of 2010, he enjoyed sliding on cafeteria trays down the nearby snow-covered slopes of Rock Creek Park. His avocations included cooking, especially such Low Country South Carolina dishes as okra gumbo.
“Music is, I believe, one of the church’s great missionary opportunities,” Mr. Hutto once wrote in a letter to his former church in Charlotte. “In its transmission, it has meaning for the faithful, for the faithless, and for those who have lost their faith.
“It is a mission,” he continued, “whose spirit can be expressed in the home, by the family singing Christmas carols, or in the most magnificent ecclesiastical structure, by a highly trained choir. It knows no social, intellectual, or sectarian barriers. It expresses our loftiest ideals, our deepest emotions. It is one of the gifts of God which reminds us that we are above the other creatures of earth, but lower than angels.”
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BBC - The One Show - Backstage Blog: What did you think of The One Show? Guest: Griff Rhys Jones
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The One Show Team | 16:55 UK time, Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Adrian and Christine were joined in the studio by comedian, writer and presenter Griff Rhys Jones. Lucy Siegle was in Cardiff, reporting on the UK's litter problem.
Mike Dilger returned to Tiggywinkles animal hospital to met three baby squirrels in need of a mother. Watch the films here. In the studio Mike updated us on the progress of our new friend Spud, the bald hedgehog.
We took a look at more of the art you've sent into The One Show Summer Exhibition. This is your last chance to send your art in!
Until this week 55 years ago every family in the country held a ration book. Christine Walkden looked back at how we made the most of meagre provisions.
And with the start of The Ashes this year being held in Wales; local Rhod Gilbert told us how much hosting such a great sporting event means to his country. Have you seen this week's One Show Web Show yet? Adrian and Christine respond to your comments. Watch now!
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1. At 7:08pm on 07 Jul 2009, lab-rat wrote:No surprise that the big government/corporatist BBC fails to mentions the dozens and dozens of councils who fail in their duty to adequately collect refuse. More and more councils have been forced to go back to old practises due to the increase in vermin and insects. How about telling people how they can complain about councils?
2. At 7:12pm on 07 Jul 2009, freddawlanen wrote: I hope those 3 squirrels were destined for the pot.Rescuing vermin is not a sensible idea really, is it?
3. At 7:13pm on 07 Jul 2009, goldenHalewood wrote: Griff Rhys Jones - bang out of order with his comments about Liverpool!
4. At 7:15pm on 07 Jul 2009, wickedandlazee wrote: How ridiculous saving grey squirrels. They are an invasive species not native to these shores and are destroying the red squirrels as well as saplings and birds eggs. I for one get rid of em whenever i see them. All these do gooders do is keep them alive!!!! They should be eradicated.
5. At 7:17pm on 07 Jul 2009, billyb58 wrote: Those three grey squirrels. It is illegal to release them once caught. I shoot them on sight.
6. At 7:17pm on 07 Jul 2009, canalboy1 wrote:I live on a boat and I get very upset by the amount of picnic debris and used disposable BBQs which people leave lying at the side of the canal. Surely if you can carry your picnic to the canalside, the litter can be taken home with you (it would be lighter to carry!)
7. At 7:20pm on 07 Jul 2009, Greenferryjoyce wrote: On the matter of litter..Come to South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, and meet our "free-range litter-pickers" -- that's over 70 people who go out and about in their own time, to pick up litter in our village. In April, we held Scotland's BIGGEST-EVER litter-pick with over 1300 people taking part!And we've just planted up the flowers for the summer. Great place for a day out (but please take your litter home!) Joyce Faulknerhttp://www.greenferry.org.uk Complain about this comment
8. At 7:22pm on 07 Jul 2009, oldgeoffbrown wrote: Love the show. The article on litter interested me. I know that this is politically incorrect, but what about the horrendous amount of litter left by travellers?? You slap a fine of £60 on a bloke dropping a fag end, yet it costs many thousands of pounds to clear rubbish left by travellers when they leave the sites they illegally occupy. Funny how the ordinary working person is targeted.
9. At 7:22pm on 07 Jul 2009, paul_Boro wrote: I was incensed by tonight's feature on litter. ARGGGGGGGGGHHHHH(Thats me screaming!)Like any one else I HATE litter and litter louts. But I loathe these people who go around handing out fines for dropping litter. They are nothing more than litter fascists. They do not have an agenda for keeping the streets clean. merely to hand out fines. I am a teacher and regularly see children at school dropping litter. Do I punish people for dropping it by fining them? NO I DO NOT. I simply ask them to pick it up. And do you know what? They do!! Why can't these councils simply employ people to ASK people nicely to pick up litter if they see them dropping it? Positive re-enforcement has much more effect than negative enforcement which just makes people angry.My 18 year old student daughter was fined £75 a week before Christmas for putting a cigarette out on the street. The man just laughed at her and said: "Hard luck pet."Couldn't he of just asked her to pick it up? There wasn't even a bin on the street to put it out in.No one wants dirty streets, but let's be sensible and create a nice environment in a friendly happy way rather than in a nasty cynical way. Let's only use fines when they are absolutely necessary. Complain about this comment
10. At 7:22pm on 07 Jul 2009, Shetlanddude wrote:What is going to happen to all those grey squirrels that are being nurtured back to health. My understanding is that it is illegal to release alien species such as the grey squirrel back into the wild....
11. At 7:24pm on 07 Jul 2009, funnyGraham65 wrote: Re the little grey rats - what are they going to do with them when they grow up since it is an offence to release them into the wild? Do as I do and shoot them. Complain about this comment
12. At 7:26pm on 07 Jul 2009, ladyoneshowcritic wrote: I was Completely disgusted at Griff Rhys Jones,s comments about Liverpool . HAS HE BEEN TO lIVERPOOL RECENTLY .I dont think many places could be worse then London Complain about this comment
13. At 7:30pm on 07 Jul 2009, David Pick wrote: I didn't think that there were any red squirrels in Bucks. so these three must be greys. Why is anyone looking after baby greys? Squirrels are vermin - rats that live in trees but it happens that they have bushy tails and look cute so unfortunately some people like them. If anyone took some common baby brown rats to a rescue centre I imagine that they would be disposed of straight away. It is illegal to release grey squirrels back into the wild so what are the wildlife people going to do with them?
14. At 7:30pm on 07 Jul 2009, appichappi wrote:Litter droppers are a dirty ignorant selfish breed. The only thing that'll get through to them is forcing them as part of a punishment, to go round picking it up. Then perhaps they'll look around and realise the mess they make. While I'm here - ban smoking - smokers are almost always the worst offenders. It's a filthy, smelly habit which inevitably (after forcing everyone downwind of them to suffer the foul stale stink) involves dropping the fag ends on the floor or out of the car window. They're a selfish dirty breed who seem to think there's nothing wrong with leaving cigarette ends everywhere for anybody but themselves to deal with.
15. At 7:31pm on 07 Jul 2009, lesleybees wrote: I can't believe that people save grey squirrels - they are vermin and should be shot. You will be showing pictures of people bottle feeding baby rats next!! I love animals but let's be sensible about this - saving baby grey squirrels is just NOT ON!!Lesley Bees
16. At 7:33pm on 07 Jul 2009, chocolate dog wrote:Rhod Gilbert said he though that Blofeld was a Bind villain. In fact it was Ian Fleming took the name from Henry's father Tom, when flicking through the membership list of his London club, as he thought it sounded suitably villainous.
17. At 7:33pm on 07 Jul 2009, bigwig1940 wrote: Tonight, July 7th, you were talking about people who say they do not approve of litter, yet drop litter themselves. Have you come across this poem by Judith Nicholls, that sums things up pretty well I think.Mummy. Oh Mummy	By JudithNichollsMummy , oh mummy . What's going to happenIf all the pollution goes on ?Well the world will end up like a second-hand junk -yard,With all of its treasures quite gone.The fields will be littered with plastics and tins .The streams will be covered with foam .Now throw those soda bottles over the hedge.Save us from taking them home .But mummy , oh mummy , If I throw the bottles.Won't that be polluting the woods?Nonsense That isn't the same thing at all .You just keep quiet and be goodIf you are going to start getting silly ideasI will take you home right way.Because pollution is something that other folk do .We are just enjoying our day .
18. At 7:34pm on 07 Jul 2009, threeleeks wrote: Ithink our Grav(RAY GRAVEL)had a much better send 0ff than michael jackson.
19. At 7:35pm on 07 Jul 2009, pylegarth wrote: On the subject of litter, the one show 7/06/09 failed to remember that litter bins were banned from so many public places in the UK during the "troubles" when the IRA & other groups were leaving bombs in litter bins in the UK. Quarter of a century of no litter bins & the fact that the UK public has taken to dropping litter on the streets is hardly surprising, is it.
20. At 7:36pm on 07 Jul 2009, yarnsplicer wrote:Why, please, do you sneer in your programme about the war years? We WERE bombed. We had 7/7, and close to 9/11, every day. Our diet WAS rationed. And our generation are your parents. Please have some respect.
21. At 7:39pm on 07 Jul 2009, frostyAlex-G wrote: Please' you can't seriously, support people saving Grey squirels and foxes. Both are vermine !! Much of what these charities do is playing on peoples emotions to keep themselves in easy jobs, paid for by other peoples good charity.
22. At 7:39pm on 07 Jul 2009, 2happyangels wrote: All I wanted to say, was that Glasgow has a VERY famous river The Clyde separates the north side of the city from the south side! Rather like The Thames in London.THANKS for reading this comment
23. At 7:39pm on 07 Jul 2009, proudofmycity1 wrote:Griff Rhys Jones has certainly gone down in my estimation, giving a very poor insight into Liverpool people. I for one certainly do not disgard my rubbish onto the streets and am very proud of our beautiful City.Hop off back down that river my old mate ...
24. At 7:43pm on 07 Jul 2009, profoundpeterleigh wrote: If Adrian Charles was upset about litter I was incandescent about Mike Dilger feeding GREY squirrels. As a so-called "Wildlife Expert" He must know that they are classed as vermin and instead of feeding them he should have drowned them. Idiots like this are a total waste of Taxpayers money.
25. At 7:45pm on 07 Jul 2009, nott-hamish wrote: Missed some of the show inc the start of the litter item - don't suppose, when someone mentioned local councils 'throughout the country' that anyone checked out the differences in the litter laws under scots law and n ireland law and the fact that the 'councils' referred to were the englandshire ones only??Still on a scotland/england theme - does no-one ever ask why the sacred 3 lions of cricket and footie fame are wearing SCOTLAND colours?? Why is englandshire so ashamed of red for god's sake that they have to pinch the dark blue of scotland from the union jack which is the BRITISH flag, not the english one?! The england cricket team looks more like the scotland team in their dark blue - so much so that the scotland cricket team have had to change to a different shade of blue to distinguish them from the englandshire team!!Even when wearing white, the englandshire side will be wearing scotland dark blue hats! Why are you so ashamed of red - too gaudy for you?
26. At 7:51pm on 07 Jul 2009, Oldends wrote: OK, so the baby squirrels have been saved so what happens now? They cannot be released into the wild as, being a non-native species, this would be illegal. Spit-roast them on a barbecue?
27. At 7:56pm on 07 Jul 2009, Shetlanddude wrote:Now we have established that there are some sensible people out there will the BBC broadcast the proper actions that should be taken when dealing with alien pest species. Adrian should run us through the best practice procedures for dispatching grey squirrels. That would be a proper public service... Go on do a segment on this topic on the next programme. Complain about this comment
28. At 7:57pm on 07 Jul 2009, sleepingseanie wrote: I think Mrs. Tiggywinkle's is breaking the law in the UK. I don't think you're allowed to set a grey squirrel free once it's been caught, whatever it's age or condition. Shoot them (the squirrels), I say!
29. At 7:59pm on 07 Jul 2009, righteousvictoria wrote:We were very disappointed at the way The One Show and presenters dealt with the cricket item - bearing in mind that England are playing Australia for the Ashes, yes we know that this is being played in Wales, but lets see a little more encouragement for ENGLAND please or is that not politically correct?
30. At 8:00pm on 07 Jul 2009, fireyunhappy wrote: Discussing about Michael Jackson`s memorial,I was upset that the presenters could find it funny when Adrian said " when he died you could etc." My husband has terninal cancer and the thought of his death is no joke. We always watch the show and usually enjoy it, but tonight was just too near the knuckle. Maybe our sense of humour went out the window when we received the terminal dignosis.
31. At 8:00pm on 07 Jul 2009, chocolate dog wrote:I was interested to see that Christine's favourite bit about Gryff's programme was his chocolate dog.She's obviously got great taste :)
32. At 8:10pm on 07 Jul 2009, ancient-brit wrote: No reference about over 70 drivers after Adrian's comment on the show,I passed my Advanced Driving test in 2005 aged 74 with a Silver Grade.What you learn stays with you and you apply it every time you get behind the wheel.
33. At 8:58pm on 07 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote: Why should tax payers money be spent on keeping our streets litter free, why can people not just put it in the bin, don't anyone make excuses for them, its just not on! and while I'm on the the subject of other peoples MESS, what about DOG POO, people have no sense of decency leaving little Fido's poo on public footpaths, and grass verges, I pick up after my dog, I put my litter in the nearest bin, its not rocket science, last Sunday after picking up after my dog, I went and stepped into some other dogs poo, I've no luck with the lottery either. Complain about this comment
34. At 9:04pm on 07 Jul 2009, sky_viewer wrote:Re litter: our streets are a disgrace with litter louts. I'm surprised at the comments about the item and the anti-fine sentiments. Fine them all, I say.Adrian was right to essentially describe the whole M Jackson affair as a bizarre freak show. The coverage given to this character by the BBC/BBC News Channel/Sky News etc. is nauseating, to say the least.
35. At 9:13pm on 07 Jul 2009, kingtherealworld wrote: Why waste time and money to save vermin. The Fox and Squirrels should have been painlessly killed. Grey Squirrels are not allowed to be released. Why are people so in love with tree rats when the common rat is on the increase and their number now exeeds the total population of the U.K. Complain about this comment
36. At 9:13pm on 07 Jul 2009, jadedoldie wrote: Wow, given the comments on squirrels, there are not a lot of Jains here tonight!
37. At 9:14pm on 07 Jul 2009, resolutepiscean wrote: Griff Rhys-Jones while promoting his forthcoming "Rivers -" programme made some biased, ill-informed and over-dramatic remarks. Mr Rhys-Jones should be aware that there are people in the Canoeing community who wish to go wherever they wish, whenever and with total disregard for others. These people choose to ignore the laws of this land and the way all things here are administered, quoting the Right to Roam (which gives no-one the right to go just anywhere) and stating that the monies from angler's Rod Licenses is spent on restocking (which it isn't) and so no similar license should be paid for by them. Griff Rhys-Jones specifically mentioned Matlock, where access to a length of river has been negotiated by canoeists. Despite it being made clear, even through the British Canoe Union, that no access agreements exist outside this section, individuals, clubs, management training and outdoor pursuits organisations regularly abuse this; behaviour which will only jeopardise future negotiations. Some canoesists here (and elsewhere in the country)cause problems and spoil the plesures of other, legitimate river users.It is time canoeists negotiated and did not try to take what they want. It is time for licensing and it is time that they paid towards the preservation and maintenance of the waters they wish to use - after all, other boaters and other water users already do.Perhaps it is time that this argument was aired on television but in a properly balanced way, not as it was tonight. In case anyone wonders about the "balance" in my argument, I have spent my life in, on and around water, in various sports and pastimes, including canoeing. Complain about this comment
38. At 11:37pm on 07 Jul 2009, The_Windymiller wrote:There is a lot of comment about the squirrels. As a pest Tiggywinkels should not be wasting time rescuing them. There shold be a comment made on a following show covering this matter. Long live Red Suirrels may they one day be free of squirrel pox!
39. At 00:05am on 08 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote: I think the-windymiller is right, I've seen on T.V. red squirrels dying a lingering death with Grey Squirrel pox, even though I know the greys are the cause, how could anyone snuff out the lives of those poor little mites on tonight's show. We have Reds in the woods where I live, I don't want to loose them, so what is the answer??
40. At 10:49am on 08 Jul 2009, kayakcapers wrote:A response to: Canoeists do not pay and Anglers do. To suggest payment by canoeists on the basis anglers pay is spurious. Canoeing cannot be equated with angling (the taking of fish) when canoeists do not need the requirements of anglers. The mechanisms and arrangements for angling required by the law and negotiated by anglers are not transferable to other recreation. For the taking of fish In England and Wales, freshwater anglers are required by law to have a Rod Licence issued by the Environment Agency. Approximately 1.2 million rod licences are sold per annum. In part, Rod Licence income funds the Environment Agency Fisheries function that has a statutory obligation to protect and replenish fish stocks by policing the activities of anglers and fisheries owners, and generally enhance fisheries. Further funding for the fisheries function in the form of Grant in Aid (GIA) is sourced from general taxation. GIA for fisheries totals £9 million and is totally dedicated to salmon and sea trout. This amounts to a 90% subsidy from taxpayers, as income from salmon rod licenses is £1.3 million at approx £60 per license. Salmon fisheries are invariably in private ownership and no other water based interest and related activity (angling in this case) is subsidised at 90% from the public purse. Anglers argue that since they fund fisheries, any degradation from other use should be recovered from those users who include paddlers. Importantly EA research W266 Effects of Canoeing on Fish Stocks and Angling concluded there is no empirical evidence to linking canoeing with damage to fish spawning grounds or damage to fish stocks. W266 also considered the rationale of an equivalent fish rod licence for canoes. The report concluded It is difficult to envisage how a parallel can be drawn with a national license for canoes in relation to the service that would be provided. In the absence of an identifiable service provided in return this would inevitably be regarded by canoeists as an unjustified charge or simply another tax.The idea of such a canoe licence is further dismissed by EA policy. There is no cross subsidy between the income streams for Coarse and Trout rod licenses and Salmon rod licenses ie the former to subsidise the latter or vice versa. The Rod Licence apart, anglers can chose not to pay and are able to fish free of charge at many locations to include the R Thames downstream of Staines to the estuary, plus numerous other places around the country. Many of these places are well known for their good quality, quantity of fish stocks and range of species. Some are used as venues for high profile fishing matches.Anglers can also chose to pay at other places for services to facilitate angling - stocking to make good the taking of fish; club bailiffs to police anglers and angling practices, protect fish stocks from poaching and predation; bank clearance; maintaining and creating swims, fishing platforms and other facilities to include toilets. Neither are canoeists in occupation, but in transit just as a walker is on a footpath alongside a river. Anglers pay as they are in what is best described as occupation of a specific bank for the duration of their activity, just as anyone else would do so, such as for a car park or campsite.Canoeists do pay like other boaters where there is a service provided such as on the Environment Agency navigations, British Waterways river navigation canal system, Broads Authority and many other navigations. Where there are no services i.e. R Wye, R Severn - boaters do not pay. Furthermore, most canoeists contribute to improving the water environment through local and general, taxation and water industry bills for upgrading wastewater treatment discharges. EU grants, the Lottery and other funding from the public purse for water environment improvement schemes have all brought direct benefits to fisheries. The financial value of fisheries that are mostly in private ownership is supported and often enhanced, with the better quality of recreational angling there are higher incomes for owners. There is a compelling case for these benefits accrued from society as a whole to be enjoyed in kind by the wider community in the form of public access. The principle and contribution of public funding for recreation has been recognised by the DEFRA minister for Diversity, Barry Gardiner MP who is also responsible for inland waterways. He stated in the foreword to the DEFRA consultation document "Outdoors for All" May 2006: Most facilities for outdoor recreation are paid for to some extent by national and local taxpayers and we want to make sure that everyone has the same opportunities and that we reduce any barriers to enjoying what is on offer. The BCU as the NGB promotes safe practices for canoeing, protecting the water environment with a role of guardianship. It would be irresponsible not to do so. The BCU is keen for the angling sector of water recreation to appreciate that the sport and recreation of canoeing and boating as a whole contributes to the protection and the upkeep of the water environment for the benefit of all in many ways. It is fact that boating and navigation interests that include paddlers have been instrumental in fund raising to restore hundreds of miles of canals and waterways to create new habitats and fisheries for angling. The Kennett and Avon, Basingstoke, Wey & Arun, Montgomershire Canals and numerous other restoration projects have produced environmental, recreational and economical benefits to the wider community.
41. At 11:31am on 08 Jul 2009, kayakcapers wrote: Canoeing and AnglingCanoeing and angling, in their various forms, have gone on for hundreds, if not thousands, of years side by side. There is no need for complications and confrontations as these two activities (along with numerous others) can quite amicably coexist on the waters in England and Wales as they do else where in the world.The United Kingdom has some of the most beautiful countryside in the world and a large proportion of our waterways are set in picturesque and peaceful places. Urban rivers also provide many people with the opportunity to get away from it all and canoeists like anglers and other river users enjoy these too.Rivers are an ideal place to go to soothe away stress and to give you the opportunity for quiet reflection. They also provide the ideal environment for fresh air and exercise, in its many forms. Rivers can, and should be, used by a wide variety of people and it is all a question of understanding each others needs to ensure harmony amongst all river users.It is our belief that we can all share our love of the river and its environment but for this to happen it is a question of a greater understanding of each others needs.It is also our belief that conflicts can be minimised and enjoyment can be had by all.As canoeists we feel that canoeing and angling can go on together. We are not looking for trouble or difficulties anymore than the anglers are. We all follow a code of conduct by which we respect the environment and the other river users.Canoeists know that according to research work canoeing does not disturb fish (Effects of Canoeing on Fish Stocks and Angling Research and Development Technical Report W266) and we take nothing from the environment, except photographs.When a canoeist meets an angler they do not automatically assume the angler wants or is trouble but would like them to signal as to which side they would like the canoe to pass, as long as the route indicated is not dangerous or impossible then they will endeavour to take it. Canoeists are aware that different anglers want canoes to pass in a variety of routes and clear communication can always help to prevent misunderstandings.Canoeists and anglers needs are slightly different but are by no means not compatible or irreconcilable. Both canoeists and anglers want to enjoy the river environment and by clear communication and greater understanding can do so very amicably, as happens else where in the world.The Scottish Natural Heritage had produced leaflets called A Shared Resource. One aimed at anglers and the other at canoeists. They give guidance on how to work together to minimise any difficultly from each others activity. Visit www.snh.org.uk to find out moreA video titled Meeting at River Creek has also been produced by Sport Scotland and the Scottish Natural Heritage and it shows how with a little bit of tolerance and understanding, a stretch of river can be a shared resource.
42. At 1:17pm on 08 Jul 2009, tiptopchicot wrote: Regarding GRJ's comments on picking up other peoples rubbish, (something I frequently do). Last Sunday I spent 3/4 hour picking up broken glass from the streets in "picturesque" Sherborne. This had been left behind by the Saturday night party goers. Whilst picking up some people ignored me, some stopped for a chat but most glared at me as though I was resposable. No one stopped to help. How frustrating. But in my heart of hearts I know I dun good. Complain about this comment
43. At 1:42pm on 08 Jul 2009, Kingfrugal wrote:Astonishing, incredibleOur Aidrians comments About the Michael Jackson MemorialAll somehow inappropriateA rock concertIn front of the mans casket!What do you make of it?When I go.Adrian continues, and I further quote Laid out thereSpecial edition of The One Show (Christine chips in - )West Brom flag over the topIts good to joke about deathSupposedly many years aheadOf Adrians, Christines or our own big good-bye eventDisturbingThe funeral to beatAccording to Griff RhysTheres going to be competitive dying nowSun kissed GriffDicer with death himselfHorrorOn a rope over a riverAs he explores Scotland for usSo whats all the fuss.?Griff, unintrepid Welsh non-cricketerThird eleven materialHe confessedNot blessed with such physical skillSo its unlikely That therell be Much in the way of sporting memorabilia In his willNever will any team, Welsh, English or AustralianEver play to winHis ashes God forbidIs there a life and death environmental theme hereAshes to ashes ... dust to dustCremations.From healthy Virtually vegetarian war time rationsFondly rememberedTo more passionsTo be discussedLitter bugs nowTwo million bits of refuse dropped every dayAnd only forty four thousand prosecutionsHow nice it would beTo be litter freeCardiff City Council leads the wayPlus Preston evidenceIts Council getting tough on litterCameras on the cycle helmets of each enforcement officerMiddlesbrough Councils CCTV vans with loud halers Orwellian styleNaming and shaming likely as not -Poor red faced litterers right there on the spotLeicester featured With concerned local peoplePosting videos on U-tubeOf their own law-breakers at workBut will it workI ask myselfPersonal evidenceFrom GRJs himselfRecounting his own 'littery' Liverpool ex Capital of Culture Uncultural experienceAnd observing that we are a nationNot so much divided by classBut by our attitude to the latterNamely litterAnd do you know there are some of usWho ourselves abhor litterYet still drop itAre you one such hypocrite?And what withMaking more poorly creatures comfortableIn another visit to St Tiggywinkles Wildlife HospitalAnd you have a programmeTo suit everyoneWell doneTo one and allPeter Lewis - Sheffield
44. At 2:42pm on 08 Jul 2009, Welshfisherman wrote:Don't let the canoeists distract you from the main point that Griff did actually make. Canoeing on most rivers in England and Wales is not a right. Permission is often granted if asked and there are voluntary agreements in place allowing access at certain times of year and on certain water heights. The problem is a large group of anarchists within the canoeists are not content with this and are trespassing and encouraging trespassing in order to try and force a change in the law in Wales and subsequently England. What was not said on the programme is that, although the river in most cases belongs to the landowner(s) owning the banks, in addition to paying for a rod licence to help fund the EA, apart from relatively few "free" stretches" (virtually non-existent in Wales), anglers do pay landowners for access and permission to fish either individually or through clubs. The amount paid is broadly equivalent to the membership of a golf club in a very similar legal position. Finding canoeists in your pool is very akin to finding picnickers on the 18th green of a golf course.When a group of illegal canoeists disturb anglers who would have paid for the privilege of fishing you can understand the anglers being upset. Just for the record this disturbance is not transient either. For a group of canoeists to pass through a sea trout pool in a less than silent way will make the pool useless for angling for many hours afterwards. Canoeing is legal on the River Wye under an ancient right of navigation and salmon anglers have had to endure as many as 200 canoes passing through their pools in a few hours rendering fishing totally impossible however in this case it is perfectly legal if a little inconsiderate. We have no wish to see this repeated on other Welsh rivers.Anglers are prepared to negotiate access with canoeists but the canoeists will have nothing to do with it any more as they prefer to try and force law changes through illegal activity. Anglers would feel more disposed towards canoes if they also paid for access, not as a licence fee to the EA although there is nothing wrong with that, but in the same way as anglers pay landowners for access for fishing. What is wrong with paying a few pounds to use the land for access and then use the water course for recreation, it's what the vast majority of anglers have to do.No, the canoeists want it for nothing, they are prepared to break the law and trespass to force a change and they have little regard for either rights of those who do have legal access or the general well being of the environment.The Welsh Assembly Government are currently trying to sneak through powers to legislate in favour of mostly English based canoeists against the wishes of the majority of the 80,000 freshwater anglers resident in Wales and are launching this at the forthcoming Royal Welsh Show where they will be met with vociferous resistance from anglers. Rather tellingly when anglers phoned to reserve a seat they were asked how they knew about the launch as it hadn't been announced - why not? Trying to keep the anglers away no doubt - well it didn't work and these proposals will be strongly resisted.
45. At 6:25pm on 08 Jul 2009, princeofthehills wrote: Mr R.S.Latham (Chairman)Conwy Valley Fisheries & Conservation Association.The BBC One Show.Dear Sir/MadamOn behalf of the members of the CVFCA i wish to commend you for the open and reasonably accurate content of conversation with Gruff Rhys Jones regarding the Rivers in Wales.May we, through you, extend our thanks to him for his statements regarding the ownership of these Rivers. We would like to point out that the Stewardship of these Watercourses and River Banks are also in our remit. We stand for the sustainability and ecological survival of these very fragile environments and all the Creatures, Fish, and Invertebrates that inhabit them.We applaud Gruffs attitude and respectfulness with regard to seeking permission for Navigation Passage wherever he went. A similar approach and attitude by others would extend the courtesy to them also. We must stress that there are certain times of the year that permission will not be granted. This will be during the spawning season when even Anglers and Environmentalists stay away from the Watercourses.We must protect what we have for future generations and responsible behaviour like Gruffs is a giant step in the right direction.
46. At 7:16pm on 08 Jul 2009, RhodriAnderson wrote: Re. Access to inland waterways.How best to explain this to people who neither paddle nor fish? Let me try my best.When I was 10 I fell in love. I knew there and then that this was something too beautiful for one man. Like many other boaters I got involved in coaching and teaching, over the past 15 years I have taken no greater pride than sharing the most stunningly beautiful places in England, Wales and indeed the world with all that show interest.There is no more perfect feeling than watching someones face as they do something that yesterday they would have considered impossible. Nothing more perfect than sharing the solitude, the serenity, the beauty of our countryside with old friends who cherish it, or with new friends who have never seen it with those eyes before.Like most kayakers, climbers, fishermen, gorge walkers or other outdoor enthusiasts I take no greater pride than in sharing my love.I rarely see fishermen, typically on the days when the kayaking is good the weather is wet - just as I like it. When I do see fishermen they are happy to see me and my group, willing to share, fascinated by others use of the rivers that they love.I guess that in the statement above lays the problem. Fishermen love the rivers too. Some consider it theirs, by sharing it they lessen it, cheapen it. Their love is not for sharing, but mine is.The rivers are ours not mine or yours. They are for us. They are too beautiful to want to keep for our own. In the case in the post above the fisherman talks of 200 kayakers ruining his friends day on the river Wye, the logical question is if the fishing was that bad why did he stay long enough for 200 people to pass? Where I see fishermen I see them catching. In no other country out of the 10 I have paddled in have I ever encountered a problem with a fisherman. In no other country have I heard of problems with fishermen. The best rivers for kayaking are also the best for fishing. If kayaking affects fishing how could this be the case? How could a kayak scare the fish more than a floating log? When I think of the story about the fisherman and the 200 children I ask myself is one persons day really more important than the days of 200?Rod licences do not cover the cost of fishing. I pay for our use of the river through my taxes to help as many people as possible enjoy the most amazing places I know, be they fishermen or other.I pay for my use of the river through the abuse I suffer at your hands. You handful of fishermen with extreme, often abusive, sometimes violent views, natures and loud voices.I pay gladly for myself and others to spend time on or by the water and to share the rivers we love.Rhod
47. At 7:27pm on 08 Jul 2009, RhodriAnderson wrote:In response to Prince of the hills. If only it were that simple, and if only all fishermen shared your views. As with anything it is the loudest, most extreme that make the least sense who make the biggest impact.Truth is that when we ask to use rivers we are declined. We have been asking for longer than I have been paddling and the situation left us with the 4% figure that Mr Jones Quoted. Agreements when they existed were only agreements not to paddle, not agreements to be allowed on your rivers. The use of rivers ARE our right and are not to be kept by a small few. We are willing to share and always have been.
48. At 11:31pm on 09 Jul 2009, superLinda123 wrote: The show was great, where are all the ducks and birds from the cannals going, as this time of year there were always ducks and babies all along the cannal and now there isnt any?I did see a gentelman feeding some birds and then he got out a slig shot and tried to shoot the however he was seen and stopped; this was in Hoxton. Can you help solve this problem??? PS tap back,ThankyouLinda Complain about this comment

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