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Okay this one just popped through my mind as I was reading that the Blazers are looking for and athletic forward... Obviously with Batum's and now Outlaw's injuries they've become suddently thin on the wing. Not to mention that they lost a lot of defense from this position... So here it is...
What would you guys think of tading back BRush to Portland in exchange of Jerryd Bayless?
Both players are in the same type of position in terms of not really fitting with the system, lack of trust from the coach, trying to find their way... I think BRush would be perfect for Portland as a replacement for Battum. Of course you have to consider that Nic will be back eventually but BRush could thrive in such a position, just needing to focus on defense and feeling no pressure to establish himself as a primary option on offense. And well basically I don't think Jerryd could do worse than Rush right now and with his confidence would love to play for Jim. At this time we still don't defend and even worse we struggle to score, so Bayless would be a big bonus anyway.
I know some people will scream on this one but I find it interesting to consider and may spark an entertaining debate

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Fairfax County Recognizes Outstanding Employees
Jan. 26, 2009
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At the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting today, the Fairfax County Employees Advisory Council (EAC) presented 2008 Don Smith EAC Awards to three county employees. The award recognizes employees who have contributed in an outstanding manner to the well-being of fellow employees.
The 2008 Don Smith EAC Award recipients are:
Vicki Dawson, administrative assistant III, Fire and Rescue
Department, for her numerous contributions to fellow employees,
family members and the community. She has spent many hours of personal
time planning and coordinating events on behalf of the Firefighters
Fund of Fairfax County. She also created the "News for Retirees" e-mail
and database to keep retirees informed.
Kathleen Sebek, social work supervisor, Department of Family
Services, Adult and Aging Services, whose expertise, advice and
support makes her the go-to person for many employees. Her positive
attitude, humor and unlimited support add to the work atmosphere and
contribute to the overall morale of employees both in and outside the
workplace. She also recognizes the strengths of other employees in
Adult and Aging Services by nominating them for various county
- Violet Wheeler, human services assistant, Department of Family Services, Office for Children School Age Child Care Program, for always taking the extra step to help someone on the phone or in person. Her dedication and commitment to her co-workers and to the SACC program are an inspiration to all who come in contact with her. She is known to work the days before and after holidays so that others can take time off to be with their families.
The Don Smith EAC Award was established by the Employees Advisory Council in 1991 to honor Donald D. Smith, a longtime employee of the Office of Comprehensive Planning who was a mainstay of the EAC for 17 years, retiring from his EAC position in 1987. This award was established after his 1990 retirement from Fairfax County.
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STRICTLY Come Dancing star Camilla Dallerup has recreated the iconic American Beauty image with pink pens to celebrate a Swindon stationery firm raising £1m for breast cancer research.
Swapping the red rose petals for Pentel's pink EnerGel pens, Camilla took part in the stunt to help mark the fundraising milestone, accumulated over eight years of support for the charity Breast Cancer Campaign.
The image replicates a famous scene featuring actress Mena Suvari in the Oscar-winning 2000 drama.
Danish-born dancer Camilla has supported Breast Cancer Campaign for more than four years after going through her own scare with the disease.
The 40-year-old said: "I had a breast cancer scare after finding a lump and one of my friends was diagnosed with cancer just last year, so the vital research that Breast Cancer Campaign funds is incredibly important to me.
"Breast cancer is still the most common cancer for women in the UK so the continued support and commitment from Pentel for this amazing charity is truly inspirational and will make a huge difference."
Launched in 2006, South Marston-based Pentel's partnership with Breast Cancer Campaign has seen more than 4.9m pens from the range being bought – the equivalent, if placed end to end, of the distance from London to Brussels.
Pentel staff have also played a part in helping boost the fund-raising total by taking part in the charity's biggest fundraising event, Wear It Pink, which has seen staff dress in pink items for the fundraising day, held in October, and donate to the charity. They have also hosted fundraising raffles, competitions and cake sales.
The effort and commitment of the company was recognised recently at a reception at the House of Lords, where Pentel was awarded Breast Cancer Campaign's coveted Corporate Partnership Outstanding Achievement Award.
Wendy Vickery, Pentel marketing manager, said: "Looking back eight years ago, it's staggering to think that we've raised over £1 million for Breast Cancer Campaign through sales of our pink pens. Our partnership has gone from strength to strength thanks to the continued support of our staff, customers – especially Clintons – and suppliers who are pivotal to us reaching this fundraising milestone."
Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign, said: "This incredible achievement has been made possible by the dedicated support of Pentel's staff and the many customers who have bought our charity pens over the years. "Pentel's pen range has offered consumers a simple way to contribute towards funding research into breast cancer, which is vital if we are to overcome and outlive the disease in the future."
For every EnerGel Xm pen it sells, Pentel donates 25p to Breast Cancer Campaign. For more information about the partnership or to find the nearest stockist, visit www.pentel.co.uk


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Bleeding and Clotting Disorders
Can you have this testing done when you are pregnant? I had a stillbirth in March and I have also had a miscarriage in the past. My doctor wants me to have the testing done and i want to have the testing done as well. I have recently found out that I am expecting again and i was wondering is it safe to have the testing done while pregnant?
The testing for thrombophilias is done via simple blood tests and can be done during pregnancy. There are a couple of them that can be affected by the pregnancy, but the primary one that I believe you will be tested for (lupus anticoagulant) should not be affected by the pregnancy. The doctor that is ordering the tests needs to understand which of the tests may be spuriously low during pregnancy, so as not to come to an incorrect conclusion.
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College of Medicine
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Atwater Beer Buzz February 15
Greetings from picturesque Vail!
The snow is coming down, and it's absolutely inspirational. Everyone has a smile to offer, a story to tell, and this incredible winter wonderland is why most of us live here. It's fantastic! The Colorado craft beer scene is another reason to live here, and it's cool that we're called the Napa Valley of craft beer.
Last weekend was our Brewmaster's Weekend with Eric Rode from Tommyknocker Brewery, and we had a wonderful time! Guests and locals flocked to Meet the Brewmaster on Friday evening, and tasted a wide variety of craft beers, including Jack Whacker Wheat – lightest on the palate, and Butt Head Bock – darkest on the palate. One of the favorite beers of the weekend was Tommyknocker Hop Strike Black IPA, which was also featured in Fireside and Atwater over the weekend. The Small Plates & Craft Beer Pairings were a hit, with attendees struggling to decide which pairing was the best one; the Day Boat Scallop & Black Cod with Tommyknocker Jack Whacker Wheat or the Baked Wild Blueberry Pancakes with Tommyknocker Imperial Nut Brown Ale….?
Next Brewmaster's Weekend will feature Rob Mullin from Grand Teton Brewing Co. in Victor, Idaho, so put it on your calendar! Friday, March 15th will be our Meet the Brewer event in Fireside from 4 – 7pm, and Saturday, March 16th is scheduled for the Small Plates & Craft Beer Pairing at 5pm.
Our Wednesday Craft Beer Tastings continue – going strong! Jack Albertson from Crazy Mountain Brewing Co was here this week, and poured for a steady crowd from right at 4:30 until after 6:30pm. It was a busy Wednesday, and the crowd was pleased to taste several Crazy Mountain beers, including Crazy Mountain Lava Lake Wit, Crazy Mountain Mountain Livin' Pale Ale, Crazy Mountain Amber, Crazy Mountain Cara de Luna, and Crazy Mountain Hookiebob IPA.
Next Wednesday look forward to meeting Tina Zito from Samuel Adams, who will be showcasing several unique beers from their large collection including angry Orchard Ginger Cider. A few of those selected are Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL, Samuel Adams White Lantern and Samuel Adams Alpine Spring. Mystery beers will be part of this tasting, too…from their barrel collection. As always, 4:30 – 6:30pm in Fireside Bar.
For Valentine's Day we featured three of the craft beers on our list:
- Young's Double Chocolate Stout on nitro (draft)
- Ommegang Three Philosophers
- Lindemans Framboise
New on our craft beer list this week are:
- Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Bedford, UK (draft – on nitro)
- Tommyknocker Hop Strike Black IPA, Black Rye IPA, Idaho Springs, CO
- Ommegang The Art of Darkness, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Cooperstown, NY (cellar list)
Our Friday Night Craft Draft Flight this week includes:
Samuel Adams Alpine Spring
Dry Dock Hefeweizen
AC Golden Colorado Native
Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (on nitro)
I hope that you all have the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors this weekend, and if you're in the Colorado Rocky Mountains that you get to enjoy all of this powder! (I just heard that we have 20" of fresh powder in the back bowls…and that's a wonderful rumor!)
Thank you – as always – for all of your support of our craft beer program!
Laura Lodge
Craft Beer Program


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here is a subsonic plugin (check out http://www.subsonic.org/ for info)
current features(v0.3.0):
- browse and play all your music
- play at full quality (original files) or transcode to the bitrate of your choice in settings (full quality currently require DVDPlayer)
- search for artist, album and songs
- view random, newest, top rated, most played and recently played albums
- play playlists from subsonic server
- generate random playlists by range of years and/or genre
- Changelog:
Version 0.3.0
- add facility to view random, newest, top rated, most played and recently played albums
- add support for subsonic shortcuts
- fix for indexes with only one artist
Version 0.2.3
- fix for artist names that only contain numbers
- fix for titles with unicode names
Version 0.2.2
- fix silly cut and paste error causing script errors on some xbmc versions
- reduce api requirement to 1.4.0 (allows subsonic 4.2 servers)
Version 0.2.1
- Fix bug when there was more than one playlist (doh!)
- rejig debugging so no need for specific debug setting for this addon
Version 0.2.0
- Add capability to play subsonic playlists
- Add custom random playlists
Version 0.1.1
- small fix for little or no content in subsonic
Version 0.1.0
- Initial version
don't forget to set up your server info in the plugin settings. by default it points at the demo server (http://demo.subsonic.org) so you can try it out of the box.
video seems to work but i haven't done any special handling of it yet so there is nothing in the interface indicating videos.
available from my repository: https://github.com/downloads/t0mm0/t0mm0...-1.0.3.zip
xbox users can install from xbmc4xbox-addons using SVN repo installer.
comments, bug reports and feature requests welcomed, but no promises
you might get better results if you force using DVDPlayer. if you don't already have a playercorefactory.xml in your userdata directory then make a file and add the following in it.
<rules action="prepend">
<rule name="subsonic" filename=".*/rest/(stream|download).view.*" player="dvdplayer"/>
if you already have one, just insert the line:
<rule name="subsonic" filename=".*/rest/(stream|download).view.*" player="dvdplayer"/>
see http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...a_playback for more info on playercorefactory.xml
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Yesterday was day one on the job. I was ready for my first flight, destination Moscow. I was naturally excited at the prospect of this "legendary" flight. But let's start at the beginning. Of course I arrived at OPS much too early. Two hours before the briefing I looked through my documentation for the tenth time. I wanted to make sure I was ready for everything.
The time at the OPC went by quickly however. There was a lot to see everywhere. For a while I watched the other flight attendants, and it was nice to see how many of them knew each other. I repeatedly heard someone say: "Hey, great to see you again. How are you doing? Where are you coming from? Where are you flying to?"
About 20 minutes before the start of the briefing I met Sara, who would be my mentor on my first flight. Sara has been flying since the days of Swissair and I doubt that there is anything that she doesn't know.
Shortly afterward, our briefing began and I got to know the crew. Two of them started flying just a few months before me. It was interesting to see how comfortable they seemed on the job.
After our bags had cleared the security checkpoint, which is obligatory for us flight attendants too, we boarded the crew bus to the aircraft. Passengers from the inbound flight were still leaving the aircraft and so we had to wait a few minutes until they were all gone. And then the big moment arrived. We boarded the aircraft and my actual work as a flight attendant officially began. I started off in the Economy Class galley, where we checked to make sure all of the meals had been loaded. We had not been on board very long before the new passengers started taking their seats.
After that, everything went by very fast. It seemed that we had barely taken off and all of a sudden we were already landing in Moscow. We were on the ground for a short time and before long we again heard: "Cabin Crew, take-off in one minute".
On the flight from Moscow to Zurich I made a mistake. I had been waiting for something to go wrong. And it did. The meal service did not include any warm buns because trainee F/A Nicole Kobler burned them. 😉 Oh dear … Sara was trying to save them sort of but since they had been in the oven for 20 minutes we decided that it was better not to serve them.
As the passenger load on the return flight was relatively light I was permitted to "briefly" visit the cockpit. It was really interesting. The two pilots gave me a first insight into work of a cockpit crew. Maybe I should apply to become a pilot one day!
The flight from Geneva to Zurich was a piece of cake. Within minutes of taking off we were already making our approach.
When we found ourselves back in the OPC I had the feeling that I only just boarded the aircraft in Zurich.
We all bid each other goodbye. Once I was sitting down in the train I then realised just how tired I was!


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BONNY DOON -- It turns out there is a cost to howling at the full moon: $500.
A dozen UC Santa Cruz students discovered that when they ventured into the closed Moon Rocks area of the Bonny Doon Ecological Preserve during May's so-called "super moon." They were escorted out by state Fish and Wildlife wardens and given steep fines, but many are now fighting the citations in court.
"I just think $500 is ridiculous," said Alice Durand, a physics department grad student who said the cost would be one-third of her monthly salary. "They don't make it obvious that you can't go in there, and then they hit you with a $500 ticket."
The Moon Rocks are an ecologically sensitive area tucked back from the North Coast. The area includes woods and unusual sandstone peaks, with visitors over the years contributing a kaleidoscope of etched graffiti and rock carvings: aliens, cartoons, dragons, wizards and even a slide.
It is also a subject of lore among UCSC students, other youth and the young-at-heart who are up for an adventure. It is not out of the realm of possibility that some of those adventures are spiked with pharmaceutical aids, and full moon visits are relatively popular.
But to protect the unique habitat (and though many hiking sites do not say so), the area officially has been closed to the public for more than 20 years. The UCSC students say they crossed a fence line, but didn't notice any signs warning them away.
"If I had seen a sign, I wouldn't have gone in," Durand said.
The area also looks inviting because once there, the human footprint is clear. Moon Rocks is pockmarked with signs that it is, or was, a popular destination.
"Just the notion of not being allowed to hike here was surprising to me, because there was a trail there," said another student facing a citation, Michael Medrano.
A state Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman said the area is closed due to litter and vandalism problems. It also is suspected as the source of the 2008 Martin Fire, though the spokeswoman said the cause remains under investigation.
Numerous other students were out the night of the super moon, and a birthday celebration was being held for one member of the group. The Moon Rocks dozen are: Durand, Medrano, Payton Rose, Tia Plautz, Matt Whitman, Jen Trihn, Leila Jewell, Adam Coogan, Steve Martin, Laurel Haskins, Chico Martin and Eric Carlson.
Why state wardens were out after midnight on the night of this year's biggest full moon is another question. Durand said they were told of a complaint, which jibes with the protectiveness Bonny Doon locals can exhibit, which sometimes leans toward vigilantism. One local biologist advises others studying the area to clearly mark their vehicles or risk having their tires slashed.
State Fish and Wildlife officials said they do routine patrols, which typically include night visits -- especially when the full moon is out since there is often increased activity. Trespassing, spokeswoman Jordan Traverso said, is a common problem and tickets are written at least monthly.
If so, those tickets would be unusual. Wardens issued at least 12 on the night of May 25 (the UCSC students say they believe more people were at Moon Rocks that night), but the department gave out fewer than 200 common trespassing tickets statewide during all of 2010, the latest year for which statistics are available.
"I believe very strongly in the preservation of local ecology. I believe there should be relatively heavy fines for disturbing a vulnerable habitat," said Martin, also a grad student in physics. "However, this kind of heavy fine only makes sense if there is a legitimate effort by the state to inform people of its existence."
The law requires the department to post no less than three signs per mile on the perimeter of a forbidden area, a frequency which could allow people to slip past without noticing. Durand said the warden pointed out a small sign, and state law allows them to be of any size as long as they "fairly advise" persons where they are not allowed.
Durand said some students have been to court already, seeing a partial reduction in the fine. Some more are in court Tuesday, while more are upcoming.
"Honestly, if it been more marked and more clear that you weren't supposed to be in there, we wouldn't have gone in there," Durand said.
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A weekend memorial is set for Kevin Ebbert, the Navy SEAL from Arcata who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Nov. 24.
Ebbert will be honored this Sunday, Dec. 9 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., in the Humboldt State University Kate Buchanan room, with a reception to follow until 4 p.m.
The 32-year-old SEAL and corpsman was killed while "supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan," according to a Department of Defense press release. The region is a mountainous area in the center of the country. Naval Special Warfare Unit Group Two, of which Ebbert was a part, would not give out additional details surrounding his death.
Ebbert grew up in Arcata, and was an Arcata High School graduate. He enjoyed the outdoors, including backpacking, rafting, and later Ultimate Frisbee, according to his obituary. He also had a passion for music, and for reading. Ebbert graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a bachelor's degree in music.
Ebbert married his wife, Ursula Ebbert, late last year.
Ebbert had hoped to build on his training as a corpsman to pursue a career as a physician, his obituary said.
California Gov. Jerry Brown and first lady Anne Brown released a statement honoring Ebbert, "who bravely gave his life in service of our state and nation." Brown ordered flags flown at half-staff over the state capitol in Sacramento on Monday, and Ebbert's family will receive a letter of condolence, according to the statement.
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text: New schools to welcome Putnam students By Lydia Nuzum August 21, 2013 Story Share Chip Ellis Patrick Jividen of G&G Builders spreads hay rolls for the lawn at Winfield Middle School while work crews lay block on the exterior of the building. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Class starts in schools across Putnam County today, and many of the doors that are opening in Winfield and Poca are as new as the school year.Many of the county school's construction projects, including the new Poca Middle School, Poca Elementary School, Winfield Middle School and Winfield Elementary School, are ready to welcome students in time for the 2013-14 school year -- something Putnam County Schools Superintendent Chuck Hatfield said he believes is a huge step for the county's schools. "We've done, and have been doing, very well academically. We've been recognized for a lot of good things, but quite frankly, our facilities were lagging," Hatfield said. "We were in pretty bad shape. As good as we have been, and as progressive as we have been, our facilities were in dire need."The two Poca school projects were funded through the school bond passed in 2009, which generated $57 million. The new Poca Middle School building, which has been finished since spring, was home to Poca Elementary School students while the nearby elementary school was renovated.Seventh- and eighth-grade students were moved into the new facility at the end of last year. Sixth-graders stayed in the old Poca Middle School while the new school's annex was completed.Both schools have been finished and connected, and the school system plans to build a parking lot on the site of the old Poca Middle School, which was built in 1927 and torn down late last month.The new Winfield Middle School, an 83,000-square-foot building, was funded through the state School Building Authority, which agreed to spend $21.7 million on the condition that the school system was able to pass the 2009 school bond. It is behind schedule because of problems with the soil on the property, according to Brad Hodges, assistant superintendent for administrative services.Still, the three-story classroom wing is complete, and the project should be finished by August 2014."We're in a unique situation. There are not many communities you can see where nearly everybody's on the same page, going in the same direction, and we have that here," Hatfield said. "Our parents are very supportive, our community is very supportive, our government agencies are very supportive, and we have one goal in mind in providing the best education we can for the kids in Putnam County." Before the 2009 bond, Putnam voters last passed a school bond in 1976, and the school system had not constructed a school since Winfield High School opened its doors in 1980.Like Winfield Middle, the remaining work at Winfield Elementary is expected to be finished by August 2014. The renovations, which Hodges said were extensive, include 14 new classrooms, a media center, a computer lab and administrative offices."It's been a face-lift on the outside of the building as well as the interior," said Winfield Elementary Principal Tammy Dill. "Our cafeteria has been enlarged, our kitchen has been enlarged. The renovations are absolutely beautiful and should enhance the learning environment and functionality of the school for the children."The elementary school's improvements cost roughly $9 million; $6.2 million of the funding came from the SBA and the rest by way of normal county money, Hodges said.Through bond funding, Putnam County Schools also has constructed the new Confidence Elementary School and Buffalo High School, and has built a 3,800-square-foot gymnasium for Winfield Elementary, as well as auxiliary gymnasiums for its three other high schools. Hatfield said the school system was able to stretch the bond funding to include the construction of locker rooms for each new gym.Hatfield said the decision on which schools to replace and renovate was based on the county's Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan, which the school board reviews every 10 years. "It's a living, breathing document we work from, and it's based on what we feel are our greatest needs, regardless of where they are -- whether they're in Hurricane, Buffalo, Winfield or Poca," he said. "It's truly based on the need we see."Each school in the county also receives extensive summer renovations, and schools are cycled through a schedule to be painted, retiled and improved periodically, Hatfield said."With the completion of these projects, Putnam County will have some of the best facilities in the state," Hodges said.Reach Lydia Nuzum at email@example.com or 304-348-5189. 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BELLEVUE, Neb.-- Bellevue Police Chief Mark Elbert says his department is devoting a great deal of resources to locating Michaela Wells who disappeared on Sunday night.
When asked at a news conference Wednesday afternoon if there was any evidence that she was abducted or in danger, the chief said, "I cannot confirm either one of those to be true."
He said police do not have information that she was abducted against her will, but he said that possibility is part of their investigation. He says he's not ruling that out.
The chief says Michaela is considered a missing person.
When asked if police thought Michaela was in danger, the chief said, "Yes, there's a certain degree of danger here and we're concerned about her safety," but he reiterated that there was no evidence indicating foul play.
The chief said this is not the first time Michaela has left home. In the earlier instances she returned the following day.
Chief Elbert said social media has fanned the flames in the case. He said he's a big fan of social media but he said, "it's a double-edged sword," and it can contribute to misinformation about these sorts of cases.
The chief said he has been in contact with the FBI field office about Michaela's disappearance and their resources are available but the chief says local resources are sufficient at the moment.
"Michaela's parents have been very cooperative throughout this investigation," Elbert said.
He said, "We are applying a great deal of resources at our department to locate her daughter."
As for why an Amber Alert was not issued, the chief said there are certain criteria that must be met for one to be issued and, "this case did not meet the criteria.
Michaela was last seen at her Grandmother's home, in the Golden Hills Subdivision at 36th and Highway 370, on Sunday evening, March 2. Her mother told WOWT 6 News Michaela took the trash out around 8:30 p.m. and didn't return.
Bellevue police confirm Michaela was reported missing on March 3. Officers said she has been entered into the database as a missing juvenile, they don't believe Michaela is in any danger.
Michaela was last seen wearing blue jeans, black slip on pumps, black tank top with teal over-shirt and a long red coat. She's 5 foot 6.5" tall and weighs 120 pounds.
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, has sold the L.A.-area house she received after filing for divorce in late 2011, according to an e-mail distributed by the real-estate firm, Redfin, that had the listing.
The estate, in a guard-gated community in Newport Coast, went for $3.22 million. The couple bought the home 2003 for $2.65 million.
During the now-shelved divorce proceedings, it was transferred into Vanessa Bryant's name, according to Redfin, which said her mother, Sofia, has been living in the 6,000-square-foot mansion.
Among the home's many attributes, according to Redfin's listing, are a gourmet center-island kitchen, five fireplaces, a huge master suite with sitting room and fireplace, luxurious master bath and an oversized balcony with mountain and ocean views.
Vanessa filed for divorce in December 2011 after 10 years of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences" although the filing came amid allegations in the media that the Lakers star cheated on her.
Although the divorce petition is still filed, TMZ cites an unidentified source as saying "it looks like they're working things out … again … for now."
The Bryants have been spotted together in public on several occasions recently. TMZ reported the couple was attempting to reconcile after hitting the Sunset Strip together on New Year's Eve.
"It's like high school," one source told TMZ in mid-December. "Sometimes they're together, sometimes they're not."
Vanessa Bryant recently took to Instagram to blast rapper Drake and defend her marriage, suggesting that her and Kobe's relationship is going strong and to take issue with the lyrics to Drake's single "Stay Schemin" that directly referred to the Bryants' marital problems.
In the song, written by Rick Ross, Drake took aim at Vanessa after reports that Kobe was slated to lose up to $75 million and three properties in a divorce proceeding.
"I hate it had to be him. ... You wasn't shooting with me in the gym."
Drake eventually apologized for the line, saying he didn't intend to hurt Vanessa when she was estranged from Kobe and going through the divorce process, Gossip Daily reported.


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|Trad, 1 pitch, 80'
|YDS: 5.6 French: 4c Ewbanks: 14 UIAA: V ZA: 12 British: S 4b [details]
|Jim Walsh and Ed Wright, 1970
|Fixed Hardware:
|2 Belay Bolts [details]
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By Scott Thompson
Feb 25, 2002
|Great route! A #4 Camalot is comforting for the one section when the crack(s) doesn't take small gear all that well. Otherwise, don't need anything larger than a #2 Friend. The crux seems to be getting yourself situated in/around the crack, then its a blast the whole way up!
By Rob Mullen
Apr 5, 2002
|Great climbing in a magnificent less frequently visited setting. A natural line that is a joy to gaze upon and climb.
By Brendan Sheehan
Jul 9, 2002
|Just left of Duh Dihedral is a route listed in the Rossiter book as "Tampon" (5.7). It's between Duh Dihedral and Pool of Blood. Go up a few feet to a ledge with a tree (awkward) and get onto another ledge fout feet up and right of the first one (awkward again) then make several fun lieback moves off of a few widely spaced but very positive chalky handholds. After that you either have to step right into the duh dihedral or deal with about ten feet of what appears to be extreamly difficult face climbing. The lieback moves make it worth doing.
By DanMoore
Sep 24, 2002
Just curious how you descend this route. Any pointers?
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Sep 24, 2002
|Rap from duh tree, about 70'.
By Hill
Sep 15, 2003
I thought this is a great route but I don't think I'd recommend to a first time leader. I thought it was kind of awkward in spots, particularly if you try to off-width this crack instead of laybacking. It is harder than Washington Irving or Calypso (or any other Eldo 5.6 I can remember) in my opinion. Also, watch out for loose rock at the top, both in the crack and where you top out.
Don't let this comment scare you away from this route, but be ready for some stout 5.6.
One last thing. Annie Austin wanted me to mention that she made it up this thing too and that I was proud of her.
By James Garnett
From: Bellingham, WA
May 14, 2004
|I really liked this line. Important tip: stay OUT of the offwidth crack! You will be much happier if you do. I arm-barred up most of it on my first lead, but you can lieback and friction off the face for almost the entire thing (and avoid that barr'd pump). Re: descent, the rap bolts are now in place, so it's a no-brainer. I'd say that this route is technically no harder than Washington Irving---and perhaps even easier, from a move-to-move standpoint. However, it's much more sustained: almost every stance is a good rest, but almost every move is a real 5.6, as opposed to Washington Irving, which has maybe 2-3 5.6 moves. Gear is GREAT. This route can suck your entire rack in, if you give it the chance. The crack really wants nothing smaller than a #4 camalot, so bring some bigger pieces.
By William McGehee
From: Choctaw, OK
Oct 10, 2004
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
I disagree with James here. Lead the whole thing with nothing larger than a #1 camalot and you'll be fine. Why drag up the weight? If you HAVE a #4 and want to place it for novelty, you are certainly able to, but the thin stuff on the sides of the crack is much more reasonable for gear.
Health related beta: watch out for the wasps about 15' up on the right side. They have a nest in the heavily chalked flake that should be the start of Zap Snack. Live and let live, they'll leave you alone. We had 6 people run up DD sans incident, just beware!
By James Garnett
From: Bellingham, WA
Mar 26, 2005
|Well, I did say the "crack", William. I suppose that it would be entirely possible to lead this route with RP's, but there are a couple of places where there are some committing moves without protection on the sides (i.e., only in the main crack). If you're okay with that, then go for it: it "is" vertical, so it's not like you're going to deck... but why fall 30' when you need only fall 10'? It's not like it's a ... alpine route---you can afford a few extra grams, if you're leading near your limit.
By Gary Schmidt
From: Boulder, CO
May 15, 2005
|Different funky climbing. The somewhat sustained nature of this steep climb and the necessity to make some awkward moves would make me wonder about it being a good beginner lead. Definitely on the stiffer side for a six, but neat pitch! The bolts make it easy to top rope as well.
By nick moeckel
Jun 4, 2005
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Pretty sweet climb. More sustained than I was expecting, I agree that it might not be the best first lead in the world. There were a lot of seemingly suspect yet well chalked holds- I guess they've been there for a while, but a little freaky none the less. If you manage to get there without lots of people hanging out waiting for the route, don't pass up the opportunity to toprope Pool of Blood and (the unfortunately named) Tampon.
By SirVato
From: Boulder
Mar 31, 2006
|Dan there are now two shiny bolts at the top to rap off.
By pfwein
From: Boulder, CO
May 14, 2006
|I took a long fall after leading Pool of Blood and was in the Duh Dihedral when a hold broke. Lots of rock looks sketchy, and I can verify that at least some of it is (or was). Fat pieces in the wide crack add security. Bring them if you have them.
By Chris Zeller
From: Boulder, CO
Apr 3, 2008
|Great fun climb and the most worthwhile route in the area. Do it even if 5.6 sounds wimpy to you. It's a sustained 5.6, so it seemed harder than other Eldo 5.6s to me. It felt about the same as Dr. Michael Solar to me. It's easy to protect though. So, I think it's a good beginner lead if you are CONFIDENT on 5.6.
By Phill T
May 20, 2008
|My first trad lead. The offwidth was great for helping to place pro, just throw your arm in and crank it while you fiddle with pro. Didn't have anything bigger than a #2, only used 1 cam, the rest were bomber nut placements the whole way up. Rap off the anchors at the top or, it is possible to scramble up and summit (4th class to 5.1ish?), coming down the other side past the Potato Chip into Redgarden and avoid the walk down and around if you wanted to head over there.
By T-Bob
Feb 23, 2009
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
I hate to say because it sounds like more than a few folks like this route but, I think it's serious mank. Not asthetic at all. Crap rock, mediocre gear, and to make it all worse, it's surrounded by great looking routes.
I'm glad some others have enjoyed it though.
By Ross Philip
From: Boulder, Colorado
Oct 17, 2012
|Warning: wasps were out in full force on 10/15/2012. My brave partner donned 2 balaclavas, gloves, sunglasses, raincoat, etc. and somehow managed to retrieve our gear without getting stung. Later we noticed wasps on the walls all over other routes on the West Ridge - maybe some wasp "last hurrah" before winter sets in?
By Jason Maki
Apr 14, 2013
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
+1 on the sustained nature and interesting protection. Unless you don't mind sewing it up with small nuts and cams under questionable flakes and chockstones, bring a #4 or #5 and have at least one bomber piece in the offwidth.
Some holds are loose, definitely test them.
Not the best place for a newbie leader.
By Hiro Kurotsuchi
From: Colorado
May 17, 2013
If you have climbing experience, you won't find this too difficult, but offwidth and layback skills make it much more comfortable to climb.
As for gear! Up to #4 needed?? If you want to use gear in the main crack, you're going to need to #5 or a couple #5s. Lesson = bring a number 5 maybe, but generally don't plan on putting much gear in the main crack. I regret that I didn't bring my C3s up. I would have been better off without my #3 and #4 and with more duplicate smaller pieces - 0.4, 0.5, C3s.
I wouldn't recommend this as a newbie lead. As everybody else said, it's pretty sustained, and I didn't find it particularly easy to put in good gear.
By Ben D.
From: Colorado
Oct 10, 2016
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Climbed this on 10/09/16 for the first time and actually met Jim Walsh there! He said he hadn't climbed the route since his FA in 1970. After he climbed it, he said it felt stiff for the 5.6 grade he originally gave it, and I agree. We also climbed Dr. Michael Solar and Positively Fourth Street, both of which he is also credited with the FA (with Erickson). We both thought Duh Dihedral was harder than Dr. Michael Solar.
The climb itself is steep, sustained, and pretty fun. It felt more like P1 of The Bastille Crack than it did Calypso. If you plan to protect it in the main, offwidth crack, #4 Camalots are the smallest you can fit in there, and not many good placements for them. #5 or #6 Camalots would work better. If you protect it using any of the smaller cracks outside of the main offwidth (like we did), then small cams and small nuts or even RPs are all you need. I don't think I placed anything bigger than a 0.75 Camalot the whole way up.
Also, this route was full of wasps. They didn't bother us but did make the climb a bit more spicy.


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Time to revisit one of my best trackers, the trend in earnings estimates for the S&P 500 compared to the price action. This chart is looking downright scary at the moment.
The estimate revision trend is measure of expectations for fundamentals and it is not looking great. The 2013 operating earnings estimate for the index continues to be ratcheted down. At this time one year ago, the street expected the S&P 500 to earn $118 a share. That expectation was cut constantly last year and continues to go down even recently. (This foots with Doug Kass' prediction that the S&P 500 will earn only $100 a share this year. Another 8% of cuts and we are there.)
Meanwhile, the market is partying like its 1999. I love a good rally as much as the next guy, but I get really nervous when the fundamentals do not underpin the advance.
This market is straight up, but the earnings performance is blasé and if things were really accelerating under the covers, it would be showing up in analyst estimates. My experience is that the Jaws-like gap you see in that chart is rarely sustainable. Either estimates must start rising or we are in for a doozy of a correction.
The timing is open to debate, but with each passing day the tension rises between those two lines and something must give. Until I see a turn in the earnings line, my guess is a correction is imminent.


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- The scope of jhana
- The specifics of karma
- The origin of the universe (or the cosmos, assuming many universes exist)
These are four things they are not supposed to think about because they lead to insanity and do not lead away from suffering.
But do Mahayana Buddhists have any explanations, though, as to the true nature of these four things?
Time, gravity, light, karma; these four things seem inexplicably linked in a way I don't fully understand but vaguely imagine. Maybe I just need to find a Lama, hahaha.
Don't know why I conflated Theravada with Hinayana.
I guess when I wrote the OP, I was a deluded Mahayana sectarian, lol.


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Methods to Enhance the Safety and Effectiveness of Stem Cell Transplants
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Bone marrow stem cell transplants (otherwise called bone marrow transplants) from healthy donors are sometimes the only means of curing hematological malignant diseases such as acute and chronic leukemias, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative diseases and lymphomas. Before transplant the patient receives chemotherapy and radiation treatment to reduce the malignancy to low levels and to prevent rejection of the transplant. The transplant restores the blood counts to normal and replaces the patients immunity with that of the donor. The donor's immune cells increase the effect of the transplant by attacking remaining malignant cells. Donor immune cells (especially those called T lymphocytes) also attack healthy non-cancerous cells and tissues of the recipient causing "graft-versus-host-disease" (GVHD). Strong GVHD reactions occurring within weeks after the transplant can be life-threatening . In this study we remove most of the T lymphocytes from the transplant to minimize the risk of GVHD. However to improve immunity against residual malignant cells and boost immunity to infections, donor T cells (stored frozen at time of transplant) are given back around 90 days after the transplant when they have a reduced risk of causing serious GVHD.
Any patient between 10 and 75 years of age with acute or chronic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative syndromes or lymphoma, who have a family member who is a suitable stem cell donor may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history and various tests and examinations.
|Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Myelodysplastic Syndrome
|Device: Miltenyi reagent system Drug: Fludarabine Drug: Cyclosporine Drug: Cyclophosphamide
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Allotransplantation for Hematological Malignancies Using a Positive Stem Cell Selection Technique for T Cell Depletion, Followed by Delayed T Cell Add-Back
- Survival and Non-relapse Mortality at Day +200 Using the Miltenyi Reagent System [ Time Frame: Day 200 ]Subjects with hematological malignancies receiving a myeloablative conditioning regimen of cyclophosphamide, fludarabine and total body irradiation followed by an infusion of stem cell product prepared using the Miltenyi CliniMacs system for CD34 selection and a delayed T cell depletion add back as donor lymphocyte infucion at day 90. The subjects receiveing allogeneic stem cell transplantation will have stem cell product prepared using Miltenyi CliniMacs system to determine the overall survival and non-relapse mortality at day +200.
- Standard Transplant Outcome Variables Such as Non-hematologic Toxicity, Incidence and Severity of Acute and Chronic GVHD and Relapse of Disease. [ Time Frame: 3 years maximum ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Miltenyi reagent system
The protocol will evaluate survival at day +200 in subjects with hematological malignancies receiving myeloablative conditioning regimen of cyclophosphamidem fludarabine and total body irradiation followed by an infusion of a stem cell prodict prepared using the Miltenyi CliniMacs system for CD34 selection and a delayed T cell depletion add back as donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) at day 90.
The objective is to determine the overall survival rate at day +200 following allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell allotransplantation (PBSCT)
Device: Miltenyi reagent system
Miltenyi Clinimax CD34 Reagent System for CD34 selectioni and delayed T cell depletion add back
Other Name: Miltenyi Clinimax CD34 Reagent SystemDrug: Fludarabine
Other Name: FludaraDrug: Cyclosporine
Other Name: NeoralDrug: Cyclophosphamide
Other Name: Cytoxan
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|10 Years to 75 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Ages 10-75 years inclusive
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML):
- Subjects under the age of 21 in chronic phase
- Subjects ages 10-75 in chronic phase who have failed treatment with imatinib, have intolerance to imatinib, or who did not receive imatinib at therapeutic doses within the first 12 months from diagnosis.
- Subjects ages 10-75 in accelerated phase or blast transformation.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): any of these categories: ALL in first remission with high-risk features (presenting leukocyte count greater than 100,000/cu mm, Karyotypes t9; 22, t4, t19, t11, biphenotypic leukemia) All second or subsequent remissions, primary induction failure, partially responding or untreated relapse.
- Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML): AML in first remission - except AML with good risk karyotypes: AML M3 (t15; 17), AML M4Eo (inv 16), AML t (8; 21). All AML in second or subsequent remission, primary induction failure and resistant relapse
- Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): any of these categories - refractory anemia with transfusion dependence, refractory anemia with excess of blasts, transformation to acute leukemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, atypical MDS/myeloproliferative syndromes
- Myeloproliferative disorders including atypical (Ph negative) chronic myeloid and neutrophilic leukemias, progressing myelofibrosis, and polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia in transformation to acute leukemia or with progressive transfusion requirements or pancytopenia.
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory to fludarabine treatment and with bulky progressive disease or with thrombocytopenia (less than or equal to 100,000 /microl) or anemia (less than or equal to 10g/dl) not due to recent chemotherapy.
- Non-Hodgkins lymphoma including Mantle cell lymphoma relapsing or refractory to standard of care treatments
- Multiple myeloma, Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia, unresponsive or relapsed following standard of care treatments.
- HLA identical (6/6) related donor
- For adults: Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. For minors: written informed consent from one parent or guardian. Informed oral consent from minors: the process will be explained to the minor on a level of complexity appropriate for their age and ability to comprehend.
- Estimated probability of surviving less than three months
- Major anticipated illness or organ failure incompatible with survival from transplant
- Severe psychiatric illness. Mental deficiency sufficiently severe as to make compliance with the transplant treatment unlikely and making informed consent impossible.
- Positive pregnancy test for women of childbearing age.
- HIV positive
- DLCO adjusted for ventilation and hemoglobin less than 65 percent predicted
- Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40 percent
- AST/SGOT greater than 10 times ULN (CTCAE grade IV v3.0)
- Bilirubin greater than 5 times ULN (CTCAE grade IV v3.0)
- Creatinine greater than 4.5 times ULN (CTCAE grade IV v 3.0)
- Prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
- Related donor, HLA identical (6/6) with recipient
- Weight greater than or equal to 18 kg
- Age greater than or equal to 2 or less than or equal to 80 years old
- For adults: Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. For minors: Written informed consent from one parent or guardian and informed assent: The process will be explained to the minor on a level of complexity appropriate for their age and ability to comprehend.
- Pregnant. Lactating donors permitted provide breast milk is discarded during the days that G-CSF is given
- Unfit to receive filgrastim (G-CSF) and undergo apheresis (abnormal blood counts, history of stroke, uncontrolled hypertension)
- Sickling hemoglobinopathies including HbSS, HbAS, HbSC
- HIV positive donors who are positive for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) or human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) will be used at the discretion of the investigator following counseling and approval from the recipient
- Severe psychiatric illness. Mental deficiency sufficiently severe as to make compliance with the BMT treatment unlikely, and making informed consent impossible
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00378534
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Minocher M Battiwalla, M.D.
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Minoo Battiwalla, M.D., Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00378534 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
06-H-0248 ( Other Identifier: NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute )
|Study First Received:
|September 19, 2006
|Results First Received:
|December 22, 2014
|Last Updated:
|October 5, 2015
Keywords provided by Minoo Battiwalla, M.D., National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Myelodysplasia Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Pathologic Processes
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Leukemia, B-Cell
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Fludarabine phosphate
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
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During last Summer I found myself working up in Edinburgh training some journalists from The Times (of London).
On the trip I met up with the Scottish photographer Alicia Bruce. She's been covering Donald Trump's infamous creation of a golf course by destroying a precious sand dune system in Scotland. In particular how families were holding out against the possibility of being forced to sell their homes whilst coping with the destruction of a landscape so beloved to them (John has written about this on duckrabbit here).
I was pretty disturbed by the instances of harassment the families were facing for holding out against Trump, and how photographers and filmmakers trying to tell their story were also getting harassed. I invited Alicia to share her experiences with duckrabbit's readers.
I've been working on an ongoing photographic project at Menie, the site of the controversial Trump International Golf Links Scotland since 2010. In spite of working in a respectful manner throughout I have been constantly followed and harassed by Trump's security force and stopped on numerous occasions by Grampian Police whilst visiting or photographing the residents on their own properties. I have been assertive but co-operative throughout my time in Menie. I include a case study of a recent incident in this article to highlight the ongoing problems faced by image-makers in this area.
Project overview:
'Susan Munro: Leyton Cottage' from series 'Menie: a portrait of a North East community in conflict'
Photo © Alicia Bruce 2010 All Rights Reserved
'Menie: a portrait of a North East community in conflict'
I grew up in Aberdeen in the North East of Scotland. I spent my childhood summers playing on that beach. This area of outstanding natural beauty and SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) on Scotland's North East coast has become a site of conflict. Local's have been harassed, bullied and belittled. The Trump organisation declared plans to re-name Menie 'The Great Dunes of Scotland' and the resident's homes were under threat of Compulsory Purchase Order. It concerned me that our heritage could be sold off so easily and short sightedly.
My focus began with the people of Menie and the place, not the Trump development. I wanted to present a humane story of people and place.
The residents have chosen not to be complacent but to stand up for our heritage. These extraordinary people appeared as reluctant celebrities who had been thrust into the media spotlight in a PR spin to gain attention for the commerce which was about to encroach the area. I was especially struck by the way local farmer Michael Forbes had been portrayed in the media as 'living in a slum'. It was a story of the Scottish David vs. The American Goliath with more than a hint of Local Hero. If compulsory purchase order had gone ahead in Menie no home in Scotland would be safe. It's a human rights issue.
Susan Munro shows me a photo the day film-maker Anthony Baxter was arrested on her doorstep.
Photo © Alicia Bruce 2010 All Rights Reserved
Filmmaker Anthony Baxter was making his documentary 'You've Been Trumped' at the same time I made this work. We very much worked in parallel. It allowed me more artistic freedom as it shifted the responsibility I had felt to tell the whole story. I could operate differently and target a new audience. I was aware the local press wouldn't print a positive article about the residents but what if it was an art exhibition? My guess was correct. When the images were revealed in early 2011 we gained positive press not only in culture sections of newspapers but also in news sections. This was the first time the residents of Menie had positive press in this way. Within a week of the exhibition opening at Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Trump International released a statement saying they were no longer pursuing compulsory purchase orders. In February 2011 the portraits of Mike, Sheila & Molly Forbes were acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland securing their place more firmly in our National and cultural imagination.
Incident: Sunday 3 June 2012
My boyfriend and I had planned to visit Menie resident Susan Munro for a coffee earlier that afternoon but re-arranged to arrive at 6. Susan wasn't home yet so I photographed outside her home. On the way back to the car, still on Susan and John's land, I stopped to photograph the view from end of her garden. This view, once a dynamic dune system was becoming Trump International Golf Links Scotland's car park with the temporary clubhouse in sight.
It should also be noted that the scene I was about to photograph can be seen from the window of the Munro's. I was not trespassing (would I have been anyway if I crossed the line? There's a right to roam in Scotland in most circumstances).
A scraped back sand dune at the end of Munro Family's garden at Leyton Cottage to make way for Trump's car park and temporary club house, from series 'Please don't pretend to care about my country's scenery in order to make yourself even richer'
Photo © Alicia Bruce 2012 All Rights Reserved
I lined up my shot then came face to face with an angry aggressive security guard. Trump security again! He blocked my view and started screaming:
"Who the hell are you? What do you want? I'm going to seize your camera"
"I've called for back-up. My boss is coming. We'll seize that camera"
"You're in trouble. Just you wait."
I politely said that I was in a friend's garden and didn't need permission.
He repeated that I had no right to be there or photograph & that he would seize my camera & that back up was coming.
View from Leyton Cottage blocked by Trump's angry security gaurd. 3 June 2012
Photo © Alicia Bruce 2012
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Angry security guard now on The Munro Family's private property at Leyton Cottage blocking our route out & screaming "I'm going to smash your camera" 3 June 2012
Please note the bank of sand topped with trees to block Susan's property from the view of the golfers. Evidence of intimidation.
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My partner & I decided to go and walked a few footsteps back to our car. He then drove a few yards from the construction site onto Susan's private road blocking our way out. The only way we could have got out at this point would have been to reverse the entire way up the steep private road which is damaged due to the construction going on. We asked him to move back and he refused again stating that he would ''seize & smash the cameras''
Close up: Angry security guard now on The Munro Family's private property at Leyton Cottage blocking our route out & screaming "I'm going to smash your camera" 3 June 2012
Photo © Alicia Bruce 2012 All Rights Reserved
This was when I started to get frightened, as he was so aggressive and angry. I'm usually quite assertive, I know my rights and have the ability to take the emotion out of these situations reminding myself that these guys are just doing their job. Unfortunately we couldn't calm this guy down. I was worried for my safety but also for the safety of my cameras. I asked my boyfriend to call the police.
The man continued to shout and was about to make a launch for me. My partner stepped in and told him not to go near me pointing out we had every right to be on Susan & John's land. He again said I had no right to take photographs and that back up was coming. I always carry a print out of photographers rights.
The security guard's boss talks him into reversing back onto Trump property allowing us to drive away. We drive to Hermit Point the home of David & Moira Milne to wait for Grampian Police
Leyton Cottage 3 June 2012, Photo © Alicia Bruce 2012, All Rights Reserved
His boss, a man in a golf buggy with a young boy came from the direction of the golf course. He asked what was going on. The security guard barked that he'd "caught these people taking pictures" "we are going to seize their cameras"
I responded that I was frightened; I was on a friend's property and wanted to call the Police. The boss, who had an Irish accent, said everyone needed to calm down & that we could sort this ourselves. The security guy kept shouting and I asked my partner for his phone. I asked the boss to get the security guy to let us out. He obliged.
I called 999 and waited for the Police at Hermit Point, the home of David & Moira Milne. I chose to go there as I was also worried how the police may respond in light of what happened with filmmaker Anthony Baxter in the same garden in 2010. Anthony & Richard Phiney were arrested, held for four hours and had DNA samples taken. They hadn't broken the law. I was worried a similar thing may happen to Andrew and I.
'Moira and David Milne: Hermit Point'
From series 'Menie: a portrait of a North East community in conflict', Photo © Alicia Bruce 2010. All Rights Reserved
Two Grampian Police officers arrived at Hermit Point. They were re-assuring but continually asked "Are you sure you want to press charges? This man could lose his job." "This could go to court." "There could be a lot of press." I decided to press charges, as I was frightened, my human rights and my rights as a photographer had been infringed. I pointed out my concerns about this happening to the residents of Menie who just want to be left in peace. What if this man treated 88 year old Molly Forbes in this way?
Menie resident David Milne says:
"The day that Alicia and Andrew were threatened by the security at Menie will stay with me for a long time. It was a new security company the last one having just been fired by the Trump Organisation and to see just how shaken and scared Alicia was shocked me. She had always dealt with these situations politely but assertively, this was clearly an extreme incident. I had seen this type of behaviour so often, not so much against myself as I think they knew better but against other visitors to the site that I become immune to it, it no longer bothered me and to see others so clearly shaken and scared made me realise just how much effect it had on innocent people who had never been exposed to this level of aggression or ignorance and I felt responsible for my friends being exposed to this, I still do"
The bullying and harassment needs to stop. That same weekend:
- Fin Munro was stopped and questioned by the same security guard on Friday 1 June
- The new councillor for the Formartine area was stopped, questioned, harassed and asked for ID by the same security guard on Sunday 3 June
The security guard in question has been given a 'formal Police Warning' and no longer works for the Trump organisation.
Since this incident I have been followed at least ten times by Trump security. I have always been on public land or on the of the Menie residents land whilst being followed. I 've been chased along the beach and was most recently followed on Sunday 14 October.
A letter from Grampian Police. 8 June 2012
Paul Holleran, National Organiser for NUJ Scotland states
"Anyone watching the documentary 'You've Been Trumped' can't fail to be shocked at the way these two journalists were treated. The NUJ exists to defend journalists and stand up for journalism and this is a classic case on our own doorstep. We will not stand idly by and accept threats and intimidation as ways of silencing our members, who are simply doing their job in holding people in power to account."
Menie: a portrait of a North East Community in conflict
Menie: Before Trump International Golf Links Scotland
Scottish Parliament Exhibition
The Times
'Aberdeen Gothic: opponents of Trump pitch in with fork' Mike Wade
National Galleries of Scotland
STV News
Feature about 'Menie: a portrait of a North East community in conflict'
- Watch opening headlines & 14mins 50seconds in
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzbY0v0OBJ0
BBC 'In Pictures' "Two Photographers Focus on Menie
Axis: Artist of the Month
David Milne's Website:
Artist David McCue has included a comprehensive list of links:
I'm a photographer not a terrorist


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Andy Stark brings reality TV to bear — with sights set on the networks
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
On shows like The A-List or Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, TV audiences get a peek into the inner workings of gay men (at least the ones Logo thinks represent us). But Dallasite Andy Stark isn't so sure the current crop of reality shows profiles our community in the best light — or in all its glory.
He's not the only one. Where those series may rely on caricatures or fabricated storylines, Stark is delivering his own show that he sees less as a drama fest and more as just a good time.
"The show is going to be a positive natured show," he says. "I want it to be appealing across the board."
Stark is talking about his reality/travel series Bear It All, which follows a cast of hirsute gentlemen in different cities around various bear events. Clips of the show have made their way online, with some containing footage taken at this year's Texas Bear Round Up, but it makes its full-episode debut at a screening party Sunday at the Round-Up Saloon.
"The idea originally came up at Southern Decadence last year, so it's almost a year old," Stark says of the germ of the series. "I didn't think it would take that long, but it's nice. You know, we had the idea and the tools to make it and just said, 'Let's do it — we don't need money, just the will to do it.'"
Pulling together a cast of mostly locals — including Butch Compton, Charlie Himmler and Michael Herrington — Stark pulled in Philadelphia-based bear Barney Philly and Indiana native Matthew Moriarity, who just might be the breakout star of the show.
"The one bit of feedback I always get is how adorable he is," Stark says.
"I got involved with it when I was in North Carolina," Moriarity says. "I didn't really go to a lot of bear events or gay events, but I got in contact via Facebook."
Initially, Moriarity hadn't heard anything back other than "stay tuned." But as TBRU approached, he received a call: He was now in the cast as he was making his way to Dallas for the bear event.
"I didn't know what to expect," he laughs.
As the Dallas-based episode came together, Stark entered Moriarity in the Mr. TBRU contest. Figuring on his random entrance into the contest, Stark had developed the arc of the episode and began planning the rest based on Moriarity not winning.
Only he did win.
"I had to rethink the entire thing," Stark cries. "But we ran with it."
The show has cemented a certain foundation for Moriarity. He moved to Dallas at the end of June, found a job as a bartender three days later and now finds himself a recognizable face among the local community. Of course, he's modest about it and steers the conversation away from himself.
"The show is a great portrayal and good-natured of just us regular guys," he says. "I think its great to bring that certain community to the frontlines. You don't see that too much in mainstream portrayals."
Andy Stark has the cred needed to produce his own show. He does production work for HDNet and MavTV so this isn't some guy with a camera and an idea. Stark has a plan.
"I've had the idea of what I wanted in my head, but also it's been an experience that we've manifested ourselves," he says. "I wanted the travel documentary built into the concept of the show and so perhaps we'll highlight cities and bear events as well as meet interesting people from all around. Hopefully we do something awesome with it."
While Stark and Moriarity have only experienced positive feedback so far, they got a big push from the bear-oriented phone app Scruff. In one episode, Philly is wearing a shirt with the app's logo on it; founder Johnny Scruff noticed and posted a notification so when people clicked onto the app, they were served with a pop-up announcing the show and its Facebook page.
Stark and Moriarity are affable guys — the kind that good luck seems to follow, which seems to be the case here. With the help of producer J. Louie Partida, Stark feels that the only way is up after Sunday's screening. He's even planned to have the show adjustable for different networks should they be interested.
"I'm aiming for the 25-minute mark. We call the show 'bear-satile' because it can be formatted to any network," he laughs.
Hmmm. Maybe it's better Stark stays behind the camera.
Eligible for a reason: Obnoxious
Here's my big problem with reality TV: Most of our lives aren't scripted, but they are made to seem so if you watch too many of these shows. It's not a problem on competition-based series like The Amazing Race or Survivor (how many of us get to travel that much anyway?), or even episodic series with a sense of humor, like Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List (Kathy's inherent wittiness feels authentic). But the Bravo-style throw-six-people-together-and-pretend-they-are- the-shit egothons like The Real Housewives and The A-List? They are merely soap operas where the actors are underpaid. And not very good actors.
Add to that list the latest little disaster of preening incorrigibility: Most Eligible Dallas.
It's one thing to cajole your way onto America's Got Talent by wearing goofy clothes or exaggerating your personality for a performance; it's another when what sells you as a TV star is being the biggest asshole you can be. I don't wanna sound like a curmudgeon blaming TV for the ills of society, but when I see drivers who take left-turns from right lanes with arrogant disregard for the rest of humanity … well, it's difficult not to think that because they see everyone on the tube behaving the same way.
Most Eligible takes a half-dozen single 20somethings from Dallas and follows their appallingly wonderful singleness. There's Drew, pictured, a car-loving gay guy who self-medicates with female hormones to keep from getting fat again; Glenn, the muscle-bound football wannabe who's been passed around more locker rooms than a Kardashian; Matt, the obnoxious "playa" who goes on dates with multiple women; and Courtney, the big-haired bimbo who has such a blatant unacknowledged crush on Matt that her venom forms the basis of the Sam-and-Diane (or Reichen-and-Rodiney) thread on the premiere.
The calculated way the series tries to create personalities — Drew is, to my knowledge, the only person who has ever been shown smoking a cig in the address-the-camera interviews, just to show what a rebel-outside-the-box-gay he is — feels incredibly fake, exacerbated by the over-reactions to banal activities (Glenn in particular seems like a real drama queen). Easily the best thing about the series is seeing local landmarks. The rest just perpetuates negative stereotypes about Dallas.
— Arnold Wayne Jones
Premieres on Bravo Aug, 15 at 9 p.m.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 12, 2011.


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Amarista's homer highlights pink bats' productivity
ST. PETERSBURG -- Pink bats were not just a popular choice for the Padres on Sunday at Tropicana Field.
They were productive as well, none more so than in one swing by second baseman Alexi Amarista, who drilled a solo home run in the fifth inning against the Rays.
That home run gave the Padres a 2-1 lead, one that would eventually dissolve into a 4-2 loss to the Rays in front a crowd of 17,396 that included many moms in the stands on Mother's Day.
Sunday marked the eighth straight Mother's Day when members of the Padres and the rest of Major League Baseball wore pink equipment and took to the plate with pink bats.
The pink is about honoring mothers, but it is also part of MLB's effort to raise breast cancer awareness.
Amarista was not the only member of the Padres to have success with a pink bat.
Teammate Yonder Alonso singled in Chase Headley in the fourth inning while swinging pink. Earlier in that inning, Carlos Quentin singled sharply to center field with a pink bat.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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" Brand: Born to Play / Type: Truck "
* Prices may differ from that shown
Brilliant toy for a young boy. Along with this, the rescue helicopter and rescue car hes never bored. He also as the other figures you can buy separately which add to the excitement. He loves the hidden ladder (which took him a few weeks to find) along with the parts to rise the truck up, and the extending arm. The bright colours match the one on tv perfectly. The characters also and theyre very easy to tell apart. He constantly zooming it around my living room floor and the wheels are as strong as ever. After good few bashes there are still no marks on the truck, so can tell its made from good strong plastic. Would definitely recommend. Can see this toy lasting years and will be a perfect one to pass down to his baby brother when he is big enough.
Some downsides. The stickers on the truck come off very easily, it would have been better if these designs were part of the plastic rather than stickers. Another one being the detachable ladder. It is a great feature of the truck but doesnt stay in very well. It would have been better had here been something for it to latch onto. It will be lost in no time.
Anyway I will definately be investing in a few more sam toys this christmas.
Like so many of our toys, this was handed down to my son. He doesn't actually know who Fireman Sam is, I don't even know if it's still shown on TV anymore, if it is then it's not on any of the channels we watch! As you can imagine, not knowing who Fireman Sam is hasn't stopped him loving this fire engine!
The fire engine is friction powered - always an advantage over battery powered toys, and comes with a Fireman Sam figure. The figure has hinged arms and legs and his head can move from side to side. Unfortunately he is about 1mm too tall to fit in the cab easily so getting him in is a bit of a tight squeeze and his arms are too far apart to grip onto the steering wheel.
The fire engine has opening cab doors, these are pretty flimsy and the top half is now missing on both of them which is not suprising as there is no plastic in the windows. This means that the door tends to be opened by little fingers reaching through and pulling it, which eventually bends the plastic, which eventually causes it to break! The top half of one was already missing when the toy came to us and the second one was bent outwards and has since broken off. To be honest this isn't really a problem and makes you wonder why they bothered with the top half of the door in the first place!
The engine has quite a lot of detail with 3 shutters on either side, lights, siren horns, buttons and a steering wheel. These are all for show and do not open/flash/press/turn. What isn't for show though is the crane arm which can be lifted and swivelled. In the cradle of the crane there is a tiny protuding peg and Fireman Sam's left foot has a little hole in the bottom of it. This means you can stand Fireman Sam in the cradle and move the cradle about without him falling out, in theory! In reality he isn't that secure and does still fall out, but not as much as he would without the peg! There are also two 'feet' on either side of the engine which can be pulled out to steady the engine when Sam is in the crane arm. I have to say that neither of my children (aged 4 and 2) bother with these much. Looking at the image above the toy also came with a ladder, but we didn't get this!
My little boy has just turned two, he loves playing with this toy but rarely bothers with the Fireman Sam figure, despite the fact that, as I've mentioned in other reviews, he loves having a 'man' to drive his cars. I think he finds Sam too hard to put in so he just uses something/somone else instead.
Apart from the broken doors this toy is in pretty good condition. The child who passed it on is now 10, so I'm guessing it's about 7 years old so can obviously stand the test of time. It is currently on sale at Amazon for just over £10 which seems a reasonable price.
My daughter started getting interested in fire engines so we let her watch the Fireman Sam and she loved it so of course as soon as she realised that there were toys to go with the programme we were getting bugged to buy them.
The first thing from the series that she was bought was Jupiter the fire engine, this is just the simple push and go vehicle, had we realised at the time there was one with sounds we would have gone for that but having already bought this we have stuck with it. The fire engine was bought for about the £10 mark and was given as a present from her younger sister when she was born.
The opening of the box seemed to be pretty easy, we were in a hospital room without any scissors or screwdriver etc and we still managed to get the toy out without too many problems. The toy engine also came with a Fireman Sam figure.
The engine is bright red (as you would expect) and has detailing of the 3 shutters on the side along with a stickered badge which I presume is for Pontypandy Fire Service. The doors of the engine open and inside there is a seat marked out for 2 and a steering wheel which with practice you can position Sam as if he is driving. The doors each have a wingmirror unfortunately my daughter managed to snap one of these off. The vehicle is a push and go so when pushed it does continue a bit further than alot of toy vehicles. On the top of the engine is 2 blue lights and the horns for the sirens and the motorised raising platform for high rescues does pull up and the engine has stablisers for when this is in use.
Fireman Sam is around 2 1/2 inches and is wearing the blue fire uniform as you would expect, he has working arms and legs and little fire tools on his belt.
Even though this toy doesn't make any sounds to engage the child my daughter really does love it, everytime the theme music for the programme comes on she says she needs to ne naw and gets the engine and wizzes around the room. this is definately a good buy for any Fireman Sam fan.
I purchased this for my son when it was in the sale at Argos. I paid £6.49 for it. He loves Fireman Sam so this was a must have. You can also get them from a wide range of stores for around £6-10.00. These include: Smyths, Argos, Woolworths on line, Ebay etc.
Basically you get a Fire Engine which of course is called 'Jupiter', as all you Fireman Sam fans would know. LOL!! You also get a little plastic 'Fireman Sam' and a grey fire ladder that actually slides out of the back of the fire engine.
On top of the Fire Engine is a yellow fireman's ladder that extends upwards and has a little platform for Fireman Sam to go into.
The Fire Engine arrives in a little cardboard box that you just clip the engine off and recycle the waste which is a bonus. Out comes the engine and away you go.
The Fire Engine is friction powered so can be pushed along quite easy. You can't open the sides of the Fire Engine they are fixed firmly shut. You can put Fireman Sam in the driving seat and you can also extend the yellow ladder on top of the fire engine so that Sam can go on the platform and fight fires.
The Fire Engine is made quite well and is still in tact after a few good knocks. My little boy loves to crash it into the postman pat vehicles and it takes the impact well.
I thought this Fire Engine played Music, well at least making the 'nee nah' sound but it doesn't so that was slightly disappointing.
The Fireman Sam engine is a good toy for the price and my little boy loves to pretend he's a firefighter helping Sam with putting out fires, however I think a few little easy adjustments could have been made to the Fire Engine to make it a little more interesting. This being, putting sounds on the Fire Engine and making the side doors open so you could put things in - all would have been a bonus!!
If you would like a little toy to keep the kiddies amused for a while then it's a good buy.
I have bought my son 3 of these over the past few years, not because the previous ones have broken but because he loved them so much.
** The Product **
The toy friction fire engine is a replica of Fireman Sam's engine, Jupiter. It comes complete with a Fireman Sam figure and an attachable ladder.
** Packaging **
This toy comes with a minimal amount of packaging, which is a plus. It is simply placed securely in a cardboard surround with a picture of the engine and other characters, including Sam.
** Price and Availability **
This product can be purchased for approximately £6-£10 and is sold in retailers such as Argos, Trago etc and is also available online. It is worth having a good look around as you may end up paying the same price for this product as you could for the newer version (which has sounds etc).
** Overall Opinion **
Fireman Sam is loved by many children of all ages, I purchased the first engine for my son when he was about 2 years old, he is now 5 and he still plays with them.
There are also other great vehicles and figures from this range, such as Tom Thomas with his helicopter etc.
I think this product is made very well indeed, my son very rarely looks after any of his toys and this engine has been bashed about a fair bit and it is still in perfect condition (apart form a few scrapes).
As it doesn't come with small pieces I think the age range can be very versatile, the toy itself is easy to use thanks to its friction wheels.
I think this product provides excellent value for money and is a toy that isn't easily grown out of.
I would definitely recommend this product and I give it a dooyoo rating of 5/5.
I brought my son this fireman Sam engine from Argos in the 2 for £15 promotion. On its own it retails at around £9.99.
It is a very simple friction fire engine modeled on Jupiter the fire engine on TV series hero fireman Sam. The engine comes complete with figures of Sam himself. With ladders, a crane arm with a platform and opening doors i was quiet surprised at the quality. With a good push the friction carries the engine for ages. This is one of the things my son loves about it he always chooses it for our car races :-)
Although not perfect considering it has lasted for two years with my children is a small miracle. While the doors remained intact my children found it very easy to place same between the crane arm and engine seat.I was pleased with this as i often find this is the difficulty for most small vehicle toys.
The downsides i can see is that there are no noises or lights but my children soon add these themselves LOL. The door has came off and also the wing mirrors but this does not interfere with them playing with it .Pity the shutters on the engine didn't slide up and down, my little boy was trying to open them for ages.
I would recommend this toy to any fireman Sam fan as with the 2 for £15 promotion it is good value for your money.
My son had started running about the house pretending he was putting out fires, so we though of buying him a fireman Sam toy. When we seen the fire engine we knew he would love it and it was only £9.99 from Argos which I thought was a good price. It has a crane type arm with a platform for the fireman sam to stand on to lift him up high to put the fires out. It uses friction power to go, so it is easy for kids to make it move, as they only need to pull it back and let it go. My son had difficulty at first trying to get the ladder out from the back, so I would pull it out a bit for him and then he was quite happy, as he could always get it back in by himself. The only down side is that it doesn't light up or make any noises. Also it can be quite difficult to put sam into the fire engine so I have had to help my son alot to get sam in and even then it takes me a a little while to get him in.
This was the first of three Fireman Sam products that I bought for my 20 month old son in an attempt to both satisfy his love of all things Fireman Sam and to steer him away from his Sam DVD collection.
At first sight, the product looked good: some good features, including opening doors, the ladder on the roof, the small ladder on the back and the retractable support legs, not to mention the general quality of a 'friction' vehicle (much better than the 'free-wheel' types).
However, after six months of (not very rough) play it's looking a bit worse-for-wear, particularly the wing mirrors and the doors. Both of the former have had to be reattached with superglue, but it's the latter that cause the real problems. They are simply too flimsy: both are now bent out of shape to extent that they will no longer close. Another gripe is the cab: it's hard enough for me to fit the action figures in properly.
Must do better Sam: call in Station Officer Steele!
My little boy is fireman daft and fireman sam was virtually hreo worshipped in my house. 'Mum I can't play with matches fireman sam said so'. If i had said so wonder if he would be so fire safety conscious.
*********Fireman Sam ********
'Sam is the hero next door'
Fireman started in welsh as a childrens cartoon back in 1985 and was then made in english in 1987 for the BBC. The series finished in 1994 but has been reshown countless times. It is now being shown on channel 5 in the milkshake programme.
I grew up with Fireman Sam's fire safety messages so when my son who was 2 at the time got upset at the smoke detector going off (i'd burnt the potatoes again) and by a fire drill at our local Asda i sought out some dvds. It was an instant hit. Ever since he has had an unwavering desire to become a firefighter.
Fireman Sam is set in a village called Ponty Panty in Wales and has several cheerful characters. There is of course Fireman Sam himself who seems to always be in control and have his head screwed on right. Station officer Steele who takes the credit but does very little. Firefighter Elvis famous for his not so great singing and appalling cooking. Firefighter Penny who is the fittest of them all and does the mechanics. Tom who flies a hellicopter and works as mountain rescue. Then there are civilian characters Dylis who owns a shop and has a boy who is always getting into mischief (most storylines involve him being rescued from another mishap. Sarah and James who are twins and Sam's neice and nephew who like their uncle save the day a lot. Then there is Bella who owns a cafe, Trevor a mini bus driver and delivery man and Mandy a friend of Sarah and James.
Plots include everything for lightening storms, cats up trees, heads stuck in the railings, dumped rubbish catching on fire and the usual mishaps with matches and electric blankets.
The educational value of what to do in an emergency is spread throughout each program. The get out, call out and stay out message being especially useful.
So anyway theres the basic concept of fireman sam
******** The toy **************
I picked up this toy at my local asda store a few years ago for around £5. It has friction wheels, push it along the ground and it will keep going.
This fire engine is called jupitor with the 'simon snorkel' for aerial rescues. This simon snorkel is manoeuvrable.
It has jacks on either side to hold the fire engine steady when playing with the extending arm. These jacks tuck inside again to push it along.
A ladder also tucks into a slot at the back.
This vehicle came with the fireman sam figure who has arms and legs you can manipulate so he sits in the cab.
My son often acts out scenes from the dvds with this toy and makes up his own. More often than not involving his favourite charater (besides Sam) naughty Norman.
***** The good things ******
No batteries needed
Parts to be manipulated
The friction wheels
No sounds or lights so uses imagination instead
***** The not so good parts *****
The plastic doors which open are quite flimsy and the doors on our one are a little bashed and bent but still work ok.
The wing mirror has come off on one side and it was quite small so may be choking hazard for younger children. The recomended age however is 3+
It has decoration of where the hoses and other equipment is kept. These grey bits of the vehicle don't open but my son expected them too so was a little disappointed. It would be a nice touch is they did open even if there were just pictures inside.
******** Price and availabilty *******
As I mentioned I picked this up at Asda for £5 in their sale a few years back. I say them recently when I was there selling for £8.67 and have seen similar sets in Boots for around the same kind of price.
I have just checked on Amazon and it is currently selling at £9.99
There are other vehicles and characters available. My son also has Tom's helicopter and rescue car as well as Penny's rescue vehicle Venus.
******** My verdict ******
My son loves this and I am sure that most Fireman Sam fans would. However there all lots of better designed and sturdier fire engines on the market so I guess it depends how important the Fireman Sam branding is to your child.
Long live fireman sam!
Now you can join the finest Fire-Brigade of them all, with Fireman Sam, Elvis, Penny, Station Officer Steele and all their friends!Welcome to Pontypandy! Help Sam cope with all the town's troubles. Whether you're rescuing Norman from the mine, composing your own songs with Elvis, spotting the disasters before Trevor's house goes up in smoke, joining in with the fancy dress party or helping James and Sarah fix the fountain, be prepared!