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Annandale Planning District
- Supervisory District(s): Mason
- Maintenance Area(s): 2
- Watersheds: Accotink Creek and Cameron Run
- Major Trails and other connections: Cross-County Trail, Little River Turnpike (Route 236), Ravensworth/Annandale Road, and Braddock Road (Route 620)
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Great Parks, Great Communities |
In early 2008 the Park Authority interacted with citizens at ten
Great Parks, Great Communities public workshops in all
Supervisory districts and at a variety of community festivals and
events in the parks to gather input on long-term planning for
the land, facilities and natural and cultural resources of the park
system. In addition, the Park Authority received public
feedback on the park system throughout the year via email and the
project web site.
Based on the public feedback and staff expertise, staff identified 26 key issues that fit within eight themes relating to the land, resources and facilities of the Park Authority. The themes are Connectivity, Community Building, Service Delivery, Facility Reinvestment, Land Acquisition, Resource Interpretation, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Natural Resource Stewardship.
This section describes how the eight themes relate to the park system in the Annandale District and presents strategies for addressing the issues as they apply to the parks in the district. Some strategies include recommendations for construction of facilities, infrastructure and amenities at parks in the district. As part of the planning process for any proposed construction, the project area should first be assessed for possible impacts to natural and cultural resources.
Better integrating parks with surrounding land uses (neighborhoods
and employment centers) and increasing park-to-park connections
within the system will allow for greater access and enjoyment.
Strategy suggestions include adding trails, trail connections,
bridges and other forms of improved access to and between
Map 3 illustrates existing and planned connections and points of
interest within the Annandale Planning District. The map depicts
high-level, conceptual connections and incorporates elements from the
adopted Countywide Trails Plan and Park Authority Trail Strategy
Plan. Connections link natural and cultural resources and
recreational destinations, supporting recreational activity and
frequently offering alternative transportation options.
Issue: The Park Authority should work to improve non-motorized access to parks from commercial and residential areas and to increase connectivity between park sites.
The Cross County Trail (CCT) provides full north-south connectivity through the district outside the Beltway. While the Beltway is a major barrier to east-west connectivity, a pedestrian crossing over the Beltway connects to Wakefield Park. The Heming Avenue underpass provides another Beltway pedestrian crossing in the southern end of the district.
Extensive trails around Lake Accotink connect surrounding neighborhoods to the park and each other. An extended trail along Long Branch Stream Valley connects it with Rutherford Park, Canterbury Woods Park and Howery Field. The areas inside the Beltway are less connected as parks are fragmented by development and few stream valleys exist that are in public ownership. A stream valley trail is shown on the County Trail Plan Map along Indian Run from the Beltway intersection with I-95 north connecting North Springfield, Leewood and Wilburdale Parks. Along the northern edge of the district are trails along the Holmes Run Stream Valley connecting it with Rose Lane Park, Valley Crest Park and Roundtree Park.
Mason District Park, Pinecrest Golf Course and Green Spring Gardens are all located near each other (although Pinecrest and Green Spring are in the Baileys Planning District) and planned to be connected with a trail through Turkeycock Stream Valley. Adding a side trail to the CCT in Wakefield Chapel Park could connect the neighborhood of Wakefield Chapel to the CCT.
A-C-1. Use criteria provided in the Park Authority's
Trail Strategy Plan to evaluate potential new trails, connections and
A-C-2 Develop a side connection from the CCT to and
through Wakefield Chapel Park;
A-C-3. Improve the fair-weather crossing at Lake Accotink
A-C-4. Support non-motorized connections from parks near
the Annandale CBC to central Annandale;
A-C-5. Implement planned stream valley trail in
Turkeycock Run Stream Valley;
A-C-6. Explore opportunities to make connections between
Holmes Run Stream Valley Park and Mason District and Roundtree
A-C-7. Develop an internal trail system within Pine Ridge
A-C-8. Make improvements to the trail system integrating
Annandale Community Park with the surrounding neighborhoods including
improving connections between the park and Adams Walk/Championship
Drive neighborhood and creating a permanent water crossing for the
trail connecting the park with Lafayette Village; and
A-C-9. Improve the existing spillway crossing at Lake
Accotink Park.
Map 3: Non-motorized Connections and Points of Interest in the Annandale District
Issue: Multiple, separate park sites located across Fairfax County should be linked through thematic interpretive connections.
Thematic connections, emphasized through elements such as signage, maps, or website information, can foster greater public awareness of important features. Increased knowledge of site features could encourage greater support for stewardship and management activities.
A unique thematic connection for the Annandale District could include transportation history as the district includes remnants of the Manassas Gap Railroad, other railways, Little River Turnpike and Braddock Roads that have served mobility in the district for centuries. The Braddock History project may be an additional source of information around which a local history theme may emerge.
Annandale Community Park is located along the Great Falls Loop of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail.
A-C-10. Explore the transportation theme in more detail
by identifying key elements and trail connections to link them;
A-C-11. Identify key historic elements and highlights
associated with the Braddock History project that are located near or
along park trails that could be linked into a theme; and
A-C-12. Include Hidden Oaks Nature Center and Lake
Accotink as significant nodes along a natural areas interpretive
trail within the county.
Issue: District and Countywide parks and the Cross County Trail should be served by the public transportation system to provide equitable access to recreational facilities.
Bus transit in the Annandale district is provided along Little River Turnpike and Braddock Road. While there is some limited weekend transit service, the majority of the transit in the area is to support morning and evening commuting with flows to and from the Metro stations and the Pentagon being a primary goal. Transit supporting commuting times and patterns do not necessarily serve park users who wish to use parks. Most parks in the district are within ¼ mile of a bus stop and could serve to improve access to parks. Larger parks such as Wakefield and Mason District would most benefit from improved transit access due to the nature of facilities in these parks.
A-C-13. Work with the Department of Transportation to
improve bus transit service to destination parks in the Annandale
Planning District. This should include coordination with bus stop
locations and transit schedules; and
A-C-14. Ensure that safe access between bus stops and
parks exists and directional signage is provided.
Issue: The Park Authority should work to improve access to waterways and promote the use of "water trails" throughout the County.
Since there are no navigable waterways in the district, no district- or park-specific strategies exist for this issue in the Annandale Planning District.
Local parks are places where people can interact and build community. Well-designed and located parks, park facilities and programs support greater social interaction. Community-building park facilities and activities include reservable picnic areas, amphitheaters, dog parks, garden plots, farmers markets, performances and special events. Collocation of facilities with other community uses can also assist in strengthening communities. Strategy suggestions include ways to increase the community-building role of local parks in residential neighborhoods and providing parks and recreation facilities near other civic uses.
Issue: Local and urban parks should include a combination of facilities, amenities and gathering spaces to attract and promote social interaction among community members.
Many of the larger parks in the district provide facilities and activities that support community building activities. Many of these parks are surrounded by residential neighbors who, along with the larger community, actively participate in all sorts of annual community festivals at the parks.
Wakefield Park hosts a Farmer's Market from May to October and an annual crafts show in December. Mason District Park hosts Mason District Day in the fall, a Farmers Market from May to November, summer concerts and a dog park. Pine Ridge Park includes 180 garden plots that support camaraderie among those who rent these spaces. Ossian Hall Park, next to Annandale High School, hosts a series of International Summer Performances that highlight diverse cultures from around the world. Roundtree Park has evolved into a community gathering location for primarily Hispanic residents from the region who plan impromptu large scale, all day gatherings there. This park, however, is located in a residential area and does not have proper facilities to support large scale gatherings.
A-CB-1. Identify appropriate locations and support
amenities needed for dog related facilities in the district;
A-CB-2. Identify appropriate facilities and location
needed to support large scale, all day gatherings that are desirable
to many ethnic groups who reside and visit in the district.
Issue: Parks should be collocated with other civic uses (libraries, community centers, senior centers, etc.) to promote social interaction among community members.
Parks that are collocated with other civic uses in Annandale Planning District include Poe Terrace Park located next to George Mason Regional Library and Ossian Hall Park next to Annandale High School. Poe Terrace is undeveloped, but planned with local park features including trails, picnic area and tot lot. Stream restoration and cultural resource interpretation are also planned at this site. Willow Woods Park is located next to Canterbury Woods Elementary School and shares parking and playground facilities. Several other parks are close to elementary schools throughout the district. Parks that are adjacent to schools and libraries offer the potential for greater partnerships to share facilities, programs, interpretive features and program space.
A-CB-3. Strengthen partnerships with schools and
libraries that are collocated with parks by identifying existing,
planned and needed facilities that could be shared for joint
educational, interpretive and social programs.
The Park Authority provides quality facilities that are well used, but may not be equitably distributed across all parts of the County or accessible to all groups. Countywide and specialty facilities, in particular, may not serve a true county-wide service area. Residents desire recreational facilities and opportunities at parks near where they live and for all age groups and socio-economic populations. Strategy suggestions include creating more facilities, better distributing facilities across the County, and reducing barriers to use.
Service level standards for over twenty park facility types were established through the 2004 Needs Assessment process and incorporated into the Countywide Policy Plan in 2005. Facility standards are countywide goals for providing park and recreation facilities that reasonably satisfy community needs. Standards are expressed in units per population, and are based on extensive analysis of citizen demand and preferences compared with the existing public facility inventories. Based on the Countywide adopted facility service level standards and projected population growth, Table 2 shows the projected surplus or deficit of several key local serving facilities in the Annandale Planning District for the year 2020. While overall facility needs are quantified in Table 2, the location of needed facilities is determined through the site specific master planning process that considers site conditions, context, resources, and community input. For more detailed information on existing facilities in each park and service levels, please see the Existing Conditions Report.
Table 2: Annandale Planning District 2020 Local Serving Facility Needs Analysis
Park Facility Needs | |||||
74,135 |
2010 population |
76,002 |
2020 population |
Facility |
Service Level Standard |
2010 Existing Facilities |
2020 Needed Facilities |
2020 Projected (Deficit)/ Surplus |
2020 Projected Service Level |
Rectangle Fields |
1 field / 2,700 people |
28.7 |
28.1 |
0.6 |
102% |
Adult Baseball Fields |
1 field / 24,000 people |
2.0 |
3.2 |
(1.2) |
63% |
Adult Softball Fields+ |
1 field / 22,000 people |
6.0 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
174% |
Youth Baseball Fields+ |
1 field / 7,200 people |
10.5 |
10.6 |
(0.1) |
99% |
Youth Softball Fields+ |
1 field / 8,800 people |
12.5 |
8.6 |
3.9 |
145% |
Basketball Courts |
1 court / 2,100 people |
18.5 |
36.2 |
(17.7) |
51% |
Playgrounds |
1 playground / 2,800 people |
26.0 |
27.1 |
(1.1) |
96% |
Neighborhood Dog Parks |
1 dog park / 86,000 people |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
113% |
Neighborhood Skate Parks |
1 skate park / 106,000 people |
0.0 |
0.7 |
(0.7) |
0% |
+ 60 ft and 65 ft diamond fields are assigned to the sport where primarily allocated.
Issue: The Park Authority should provide and equitably distribute facilities to meet established facility service level standards.
Overall, the Annandale District is fairly well served by parks and park facilities. The Cross County Trail is centrally located in the district and serves the district well. Three large parks, Mason District, Wakefield and Lake Accotink offer a variety of facilities and experiences. Smaller local parks exist in neighborhoods across the district. The large and small parks complement service to most neighborhoods in the district. Central Annandale is a designated revitalization area and future growth center in the County with planned redevelopment into a mix of uses with higher intensities. It is envisioned that urban pocket parks will be integrated into development to better serve residents and workers in the central core area. Future parkland will likely be added through development proffers, stream valley additions/easements for trails and through a limited number of purchases. Service level deficiencies are also augmented by proffers and private providers, such as homeowner associations.
A-SD-1. Implement master planned athletic field
improvements at Pine Ridge Park; and
A-SD-2. Implement master planned playground and picnic
area improvements at Kings Park Park.
Issue: The Park Authority should provide new kinds of parks and facilities and in new ways to meet the needs of the County's changing population.
A-SD-3. Encourage integration of urban parks into
development plans as reinvestment and redevelopment occur in central
Annandale; and
A-SD-4. Consider providing unique dog-related facilities
(such as an agility course) at Lake Accotink Park.
Issue: The Park Authority should re-examine park master plans to determine if parks are planned to best serve the needs of Fairfax County residents.
A review of the Roundtree Park master plan should address the evolving and changing large group activities at the park that conflict with the park's design. All-day large group gatherings are a regular occurrence in this park. The park was not intended to support long duration activities and large gatherings.
A-SD-5. Review planned and existing facilities and their
relationship to the Resource Protection Areas at Wilburdale and
Willow Woods Parks; and
A-SD-6. Consider revising the Lake Accotink and Roundtree
Park master plans to address evolving community needs.
The Park Authority has a great diversity of facilities and resources in various lifecycle stages. Funding and schedules for replacement or reinvestment are inconsistent and adding new facilities has sometimes taken precedence over renewal of existing facilities. Strategy suggestions include repairing, replacing, upgrading, and improving utilization of existing facilities and equipment.
Issue: Repair, replacement, and upgrading of existing park facilities should be addressed through a system-wide lifecycle replacement program that takes into account changing facility needs.
Most of the park facilities in the district have been in existence since the 1970s or earlier. Not all scheduled facility replacements have been adequately funded and many have been deferred. The RECenter at Wakefield Park is nearly 30 years old and heavily used. The Hidden Oaks Nature Center at Annandale Park is also heavily used and in need of facility upgrades. The playground at Lake Accotink serves school-age children; adding a tot lot to serve ages 2-5 would complement the existing structures and better serve users of the picnic area. Horseshoe pits at Wakefield and Chapel Acres Parks are underutilized.
A-FR-1. Assess replacement or renewal options for Audrey
Moore RECenter at Wakefield Park;
A-FR-2. Renovate the Hidden Oaks Nature Center including
upgrades to restrooms, office and storage space, and visitor services
A-FR-3. Build a new picnic shelter/outdoor classroom at
Hidden Oaks;
A-FR-4. Consider adding a tot lot at Lake Accotink Park
that serves ages 2-5 to complement the existing structures and better
serve users of the picnic area;
A-FR-5. Consider periodic dredging for Lake Accotink;
A-FR-6. Consider converting the horseshoe pits at
Wakefield and Chapel Acres Parks to other needed facilities (for
example, use horseshoe pit area at Wakefield Park as area for
expansion of skate park facility).
Issue: Parking standards and levels of service should reflect user patterns to minimize impacts on surrounding neighborhoods.
The parking lot at Canterbury Woods receives overflow parking from Howery Field and Wakefield Park and serves as a commuter parking lot during weekdays. The master plan for Wakefield Park shows additional parking that has not been built. Lake Accotink has a parking shortage during peak times and much of the parking is not convenient to the picnic areas.
A-FR-7. Improve the roads and trails at the Hidden Oaks
Nature Center;
A-FR-8. Consider implementing planned additional parking
areas at Wakefield Park;
A-FR-9. Explore the potential to convert third lane of
the entrance road into on-street parking at Wakefield Park; and
A-FR-10. Evaluate parking at Lake Accotink and consider
providing a comprehensive parking plan there as part of the master
plan revision process.
Additional parkland is needed to protect and buffer natural areas and historic sites and to provide room to develop new recreational facilities. Strategy suggestions include ways to continue to add appropriate land to the Park Authority's land holdings to expand the park system.
Service level standards for both local and district/countywide parkland were established through the 2004 Needs Assessment and incorporated into the Countywide Policy Plan in 2005. Parkland standards represent countywide goals for providing land for the two types of parks (Local and District/Countywide) that support service delivery and facility development and are expressed in units per population. Local parks include both suburban and urban park types. Resource-based parks occur where resources are located and therefore do not require quantitative service level standards. Please refer to the Park Classification discussion earlier in this chapter for additional information on park classification descriptions.
Based on adopted service level standards and projected population growth, Table 3 shows the projected surplus or deficit of parkland in the Annandale Planning District for the year 2020.
Table 3: Annandale Planning District 2020 Parkland Needs Analysis
Park Land Needs | ||||||
74,135 |
2010 population |
76,002 |
2020 projected population |
11,947 |
District Size (acres) |
Parkland/Open Space Type |
Service Level Standard |
2010 Existing Acres |
2020 Needed Acres |
2020 Projected (Deficit)/ Surplus |
2020 Projected Service Level |
Public Parkland |
Local Suburban |
5 acres / 1,000 people |
270 |
380 |
(110) |
71% |
Urban |
1.5 acres / 1,000 people plus 1 acre/10,000 employees |
District/Countywide+ |
13 acres / 1,000 people |
898 |
988 |
(90) |
91% |
Resource-Based |
* |
335 |
Parkland Total |
1,503 |
Private Land |
Private Recreation |
0 |
HOA Property |
367 |
Private OS Total |
367 |
Public & Private Total |
1,871 |
+ The District and Countywide Parks that serve this Planning
District may be located outside the Planning District and this
outlying acreage is not reflected in this table.
* There is no service level standard for Resource-Based parkland.
The amount of resource based parkland owned and/or protected is based
on the existence and sensitivity of the resources.
Issue: Parkland for recreation should be provided according to adopted service level standards and distributed equitably throughout the County.
Comparatively, the Annandale district is well served by parkland. The majority of the parkland in the area was acquired in the 1960s, when more open space was available. Since then, an almost complete build-out of the district has occurred. Therefore, opportunities to add to existing parkland in Annandale are limited. It may be possible, however, to add to existing stream valley parks and to create new urban parks in the central Annandale revitalization area.
A-LA-1. Acquire parkland that will support trail
connections consistent with planned trail network.
Issue: Urban parks should be provided in higher density/mixed use areas of the County (i.e. Tysons Corner, Transit Station Areas, Commercial Revitalization Districts).
A-LA-2. Encourage the creation of urban parks in central
Annandale that will help create a sense of place, spur redevelopment
and serve residents, workers and visitors and that align with the
urban park system envisioned in the Annandale CBC recommendations in
the County Comprehensive Plan.
Issue: Property acquisition is important for protecting historic resources in Fairfax County and ensuring their preservation for future generations.
The Annandale Planning District contains many important cultural resources. The most important of these are Civil War features, including the Manassas Gap Railroad (unfinished railroad started in 1852, and never completed). Several segments of what remains of the Manassas Gap Railroad can be found on Park Authority property and private property. In addition, this District includes, a number of 18th and 19th century mills, as well as many Native American sites.
A-LA-3. Seek opportunities to protect additional remnants
of the Manassas Gap Railroad that are appropriate for park
A-LA-4. Evaluate 18th and 19th century mill sites and
Native American sites located in the district to determine if they
are appropriate for acquisition by the Park Authority or for
protection through conservation easements; and
A-LA-5. Encourage owners of private parcels containing
historic resources to place conservation easements on their property
to protect these resources.
Issue: Property acquisition is an important strategy for protecting natural resources in Fairfax County and ensuring open and natural areas for future generations.
The majority of the natural areas in the district are under Park Authority ownership, though many smaller natural areas have a mix of owners including corporate and private holdings. In many areas, the connectivity in the stream valley corridors is tenuous due to many private parcels in those areas with no permanent protection.
A-LA-6. Focus natural resource land acquisitions on lands
that expand and connect habitat areas and are appropriate for
A-LA-7. Pursue wildlife crossings under the Capital
Beltway and Little River Turnpike as part of any proposed highway
improvements; and
A-LA-8. Seek to acquire and/or protect through purchase,
donation, development dedications, or conservation easements
remaining natural areas in the district, especially large tracts
connecting to other natural areas and those containing unique or
significant natural resources.
Residents may not be aware of or understand the importance of the vast number of natural and cultural resources the Park Authority holds in public trust. Strategy suggestions include adding to the existing interpretive facilities, signs, and programs. Roadway and trail waysides permit park visitors opportunities to stop and view interpretive signage.
Issue: The full range of natural and cultural resources within Fairfax County should be interpreted through facilities as needed.
The major interpretive facility in the Annandale District is Hidden Oaks Nature Center at Annandale Community Park that provides a vast number of exhibits and programs at the center and in the community. Visitation and programs at this center have increased dramatically in recent years. New exhibits were installed within the last five years. Nature Playce, a safe free-play area within a forested enclosure with a water feature, provides a natural place to play and explore. Significant prehistoric archaeological resources were discovered prior to construction on-site and were avoided. Interpretation of these resources will contribute to the public's understanding of Native American life in the area. An innovative pervious paved parking area also demonstrates low impact development methods and is interpreted as part of the facility.
In addition, interpretive signage exists along the Cross County Trail and in several other parks to help the public better understand and appreciate natural resources in the parks. Interpretive signage also helps visitors understand the significance of Wakefield Chapel and Manassas Gap Railroad. Funding for interpretive facilities is limited and therefore resources and learning experiences can be maximized when collocated with other public facilities or programs are shared. Opportunities to use indoor space at Audrey Moore RECenter for resource interpretation may exist. Opportunities to interpret local history also exist as part of Annandale CBC revitalization efforts.
A-RI-1. Seek a partnership with George Mason Library to
provide interpretive exhibits at the library;
A-RI-2. Develop new and improve existing interpretive
exhibits at Hidden Oaks Nature Center, including waysides, signs, and
A-RI-3. As part of the master plan revision process,
consider expanding upon the existing interpretive features at Lake
Accotink Park;
A-RI-4. Increase the number of interpretive signs along
major trails for broader exposure;
A-RI-5. Explore opportunities for interpretive exhibits
and programs to be placed at Audrey Moore RECenter; and
A-RI-6. Evaluate Nature Playce at Annandale District Park
to determine suitability of creating other safe natural exploration
areas at other locations.
A-RI-7. Explore opportunities to interpret local history
in the Annandale CBC in concert with County revitalization efforts.
Many factors threaten the health, protection and viability of natural and cultural resources on county parkland. Strategy suggestions include focusing on managing threats and actively managing existing natural and cultural resources consistent with guidance provided in the countywide Cultural Resource Management Plan and Natural Resource Management Plan.
Oak Hill Historic Site, a Fitzhugh family home, was constructed in
1790 on part of the Ravensworth tract. The Park Authority owns an
easement on Oak Hill that allows for the protection of the
architectural and archaeological resources and the historic landscape
of this National Register listed site. The easement allows for public
access to this private residence on a very limited basis, but the
Park Authority is not responsible for its maintenance. Wakefield
Chapel was built in 1899 and the historic church and its associated
cemetery are owned and operated by the Park Authority. Wakefield
Chapel is listed in the Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites.
The chapel is available for event rental and produces income.
Issue: Historic structures should be stabilized, repaired, renovated and/or restored to ensure their preservation and availability for public viewing and interpretation.
A-CR-1. Maintain the historic integrity of Wakefield
Chapel, as well as its physical condition to provide a quality and
safe experience for use as an event location and revenue producing
Issue: Cultural Resources should be identified and evaluated prior to any proposed construction activity.
A-CR-2. For any site subject to proposed construction
activity, a preliminary assessment of the property will be carried
out using GIS and pedestrian reconnaissance. Should potential
resources be present, a cultural resource survey will be conducted
and mitigation measures will be developed, as necessary.
Issue: Impacts to National Register eligible cultural resources should be avoided where at all feasible. If impacts cannot be avoided mitigation level documentation or data recovery should occur.
A-CR-3. Document and record buildings and structures
using Historic American Buildings/Historic American Engineering
methods (research, measured drawings and archival photographs) and
conduct data recovery excavations for archaeological sites, as
Issue: New, expanded and upgraded facilities are needed to house artifact collections to ensure their preservation for future generations. No district- or park-specific strategies exist for this issue in the Annandale Planning District. This is an issue of countywide concern that should be addressed with centralized facilities.
The larger parks in the Annandale District, including portions of Accotink Stream Valley Park, Lake Accotink Park, Wakefield Park and the Mason District Park, are not completely connected by stream corridors. These parks contain high-quality resources, including high quality upland vegetative stands, but remain under stress due to nearby intense development and major roadways, adjacent property owner encroachments, non-native invasive plant species and deer herbivory. The stream corridors in the Accotink watershed provide relatively good connectivity within this highly developed suburban/urban watershed.
Issue: Natural habitats and the wildlife they support are disappearing due to development and are fragmented from development, trails, easements and utilities. Meadow and upland habitats are especially scarce.
A-NR-1. Protect and improve existing corridors, linkages
and watersheds;
A-NR-2. Provide new linkages between remaining public and
private natural areas;
A-NR-3. Manage utility corridors and other easements
consistent with natural resource goals, not just utility service
A-NR-4. Designate permanent resource protection zones on
parkland that define appropriate uses and development;
A-NR-5. Preserve the upland forest habitats at Lake
Accotink and Wakefield Parks; and
A-NR-6. Mitigate impacts from development, road and
utility projects on parkland through leveraging easements and
agreements needed from the Park Authority.
Issue: Water resources and stream valleys are degraded due to development and associated stormwater runoff.
The Annandale Planning District contains land in two watersheds - Accotink Creek and Cameron Run. Although the majority of the Park Authority land area is within the Accotink Creek watershed, the park parcels are fairly evenly distributed across the planning district, to include both watersheds. Both of these streams have somewhat urban watersheds with few to no stormwater controls and severe degradation from excessive runoff, despite the relatively diffuse development in portions of the planning district.
A-NR-7. Work with the Department of Public Works and
Environmental Services (DPWES) and private land owners to capture and
treat stormwater. This could take the form of incorporating Low
Impact Development (LID) methods on residential and commercial lots
and renovation of larger properties to provide new or enhanced
stormwater facilities; and
A-NR-8. Encourage private property owners to adopt
wildlife and water friendly landscaping practices to improve water
quality and habitat.
Issue: The Park Authority does not have an adequate inventory of natural resources on parkland, nor the capacity to actively manage and protect natural resources.
Coordinated assessment, research and documentation of natural resources on public and private properties in the Annandale district is lacking.
A-NR-9. Direct development of park infrastructure to
areas that, when inventoried, reflect few or poor quality natural
resources, unless otherwise incompatible;
A-NR-10. Ensure that natural resources are assessed prior
to any park development. Use design principles that minimize natural
resource impacts and include monitoring and restoration of impacted
natural areas as part of development plans; and
A-NR-11. Conduct natural resource inventories and develop
and implement natural resource management plans for natural areas.
Issue: Non-native invasive plants are threatening natural resources by reducing the diversity of native species and impacting wildlife habitat.
A-NR-12. Educate citizens on the problems associated with
invasive plant species. Work with them to eliminate or limit invasive
planting on private property near parks and to prevent new
introductions of invasive species; and
A-NR-13. Expand non-native invasive plant management and
habitat restoration on parkland by implementing the Non-Native
Invasive Plant Prioritization Plan and Assessment.
Issue: The County has a goal to expand tree canopy. The Park Authority should contribute to this goal wherever possible by ensuring existing forested areas are sustainable and expanding canopy where possible.
A-NR-14. Ensure sustainability of tree canopy on parkland
by developing and implementing management plans and controlling
threats such as non-native invasive plants and deer herbivory;
A-NR-15. Encourage tree planting and natural landscaping
techniques on private land;
A-NR-16. Incorporate natural landscaping techniques on
parkland, avoid tree loss from development and where possible
increase tree canopy; and
A-NR-17. Designate permanent resource protection zones on
parkland that define appropriate uses and development.
Issue: The Park Authority should utilize innovative practices in construction of recreational facilities and buildings to minimize impacts to the environment and demonstrate stewardship.
A-NR-18. Any additions to or replacement of the Audrey
Moore RECenter at Wakefield Park should incorporate green building
techniques and materials, low impact development measures and best
management practices to the extent possible.


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Previous winners of the awards include Seymour Hersh, Ted Koppel and Christiane Amanpour.It is the second accolade won by the film, which was awarded the UK Foreign Press Association Award for Best Documentary in November 2011.The documentary, which was first broadcast on Al Jazeera English on August 4, 2011, follows the unraveling of the Bahraini uprising from the initial days at Pearl Roundabout to the chaotic scenes of injured protesters overwhelming the Salmaniya Medical Complex. The film was shot entirely by Welsh with her field producer, Mahfood, over the course of a three-month period from February to April 2011. Of the award, Welsh said: "Shouting in the Dark provides a visceral insight into a country that was often overlooked during a time of great upheaval in the Arab world. The bravery and spirit depicted in the film continues to touch the hearts of people across the globe. This award is a proud achievement for Al Jazeera, and recognition of the courage shown by the people I met whilst filming in Bahrain."As the crackdown in Bahrain deepened, Al Jazeera was the only international news provider to remain in the country."We are delighted to have won such a prestigious and coveted award," said Al Anstey, the managing director of Al Jazeera English. "This recognition comes on the back of a series of high-profile award wins for the channel, and is a testament to Al Jazeera's commitment to put honest, eye-witness reporting at the heart of the global news agenda. We look forward to continue providing award-winning coverage to our growing audiences in the US and across the world."
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Wittenhagen's images were taken in rural and urban China. They are an alternative photographic printing process called lith printing. The images show the effect of tourism on an already overpopulated country with the presence of people being one thing that is constantly missing from the images. The subtle tones and colors of these images give off a feeling of isolation in this vast country.
Nagel's images were taken throughout South Dakota during a photography internship with the South Dakota Department of Tourism and Economic Development this past summer. Her images represent the diverse landscape, culture, and attractions the state has to offer. Nagel's photograph of the Northern Lights received national attention this summer when it was picked up by MSNBC.
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- A boat is defined as a vessel used to carry people or cargo on water, or a boat-shaped serving dish.
- An example of a boat is a cargo ship.
- An example of a boat for serving is a gravy boat.
- The definition of boat means to go on a floating vessel on the water.
An example of boat is to sail on a lake.
This cargo ship is a very big boat.
boat definition by Webster's New World
- a small, open water vehicle propelled by oars, sails, engine, etc.
- a large such vehicle for use in inland waters: an ore boat on the Great Lakes
- any large, seagoing water vehicle; ship: a term in popular use, but not by sailors
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Origin: Middle English bot ; from Old English bat (akin to German and amp; Dutch boot) ; from Indo-European base an unverified form bheid-, to split (in the sense "hollowed-out tree trunk") from source fission
transitive verb
- to lay or carry in the boat: to boat the oars
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Origin: Middle English bot, from Old English bāt; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.
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in the same boat
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One other impact of the population trends is the value, long term, of the marketability and profitability of the SEC in television contracts. Some analysts estimate the value to the SEC, over and above the existing fair market value, of its two most recent additions to its next ten year contract for television rights is over 115 million dollars A YEAR. Hmmmm. So much for Southerners not being able to do math........
In Part One of today's post-NFL draft Stat Analysis piece, we looked at the number of draft picks (and first-rounders specifically) to come from the SEC and the other BCS conferences in recent years. In this portion, we'll take a look towards the future. And the future looks good for the Southeastern Conference.
As we noted earlier today, the SEC has led all other conferences in NFL draft picks for six years in a row and for 13 of the last 15 years. That's not just a product of superior budgets, facilities and coaches. A lot of it has to do with simple census data. Just as pro scouts and executives come to the SEC to do their shopping, SEC coaches can stock up on local talent to build their college programs.
The talent is in Dixie. That's a pretty big plus for the two leagues most associated with the region — the SEC and the ACC. And it just so happens that both are expanding, too. The SEC is spreading west and south this summer while the ACC will be moving further north by 2014.
Meanwhile, the two BCS leagues in America's Heartland appear to have a fight on their hands when it comes to re-establishing themselves as dominant players — top to bottom — in the world of college football.
First, some stats. Below you'll find the make-up of each of the five biggest BCS leagues as we believe they will look in 2014. The Big East — as we showed in Part One — hasn't been a serious producer of talent compared to their BCS brethren and has had to spread all over the continental US just to survive recent defections. For those reasons, we're not even going to examine that league's future roster of schools.
You'll see each conference, it's total number of schools (according to who's scheduled to join by 2014), the total number of states it can claim, and the NFL talent produced from those states' high schools over a 20-year span. For our purposes, we'll consider all the NFL draft picks from 1992 through 2011 for each state in each of the big five conferences.
And we'll look at them in order with regards to total picks from each league's footprint:
SEC States | Schools In State | Draft Picks By HS State '92-'11 |
Texas | Texas A&M (2012) | 493 |
Florida | Florida | 460 |
Georgia | Georgia | 235 |
Louisiana | LSU | 188 |
Alabama | Alabama, Auburn | 135 |
S. Carolina | S. Carolina | 127 |
Mississippi | Miss. St., Ole Miss | 112 |
Tennessee | Tennessee, Vanderbilt | 81 |
Missouri | Missouri (2012) | 59 |
Arkansas | Arkansas | 42 |
Kentucky | Kentucky | 40 |
11 States | 14 Schools | 1,972 NFL Draft Picks |
As you can see, the rich is about to get richer. By expanding into Missouri and Texas, the SEC is growing its borders and putting down a talent pipeline into the second most productive state in the Union (Texas) all at the same time. While other conferences are spread out further geographically — from Canada to Mexico in the Pac-12, from Pennsylvania to Nebraska in the Big Ten, from Miami to Boston in the ACC — none tap into 11 states. SEC recruiting will improve in the future, not regress. And that's bad news for every other conference long-term.
ACC States | Schools In State | Draft Picks By HS State '92-'11 |
Florida | Florida St., Miami | 460 |
Georgia | Georgia Tech | 235 |
Virginia | Virginia, Virginia Tech | 162 |
Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh (2014) | 145 |
N. Carolina | Duke, UNC, NC St., W. Forest | 139 |
S. Carolina | Clemson | 127 |
New York | Syracuse (2014) | 86 |
Maryland | Maryland | 64 |
Massachusetts | Boston College | 34 |
9 States | 14 Schools | 1,452 NFL Draft Picks |
Yes. Over the 20 years from 1992 through 2011 the 11 states of the new SEC have produced a whopping 520 more draft picks than the 9 states of what will be the new ACC. And John Swofford's league is second to Mike Slive's overall. So if you think there's a drop-off in overall talent pool from the SEC to the ACC, wait until you see what we're going to show you next.
Pac-12 States | Schools In State | Draft Picks By HS State '92-'11 |
California | Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC | 579 |
Washington | Washington, Wash. St. | 78 |
Arizona | Arizona, Arizona St. | 68 |
Colorado | Colorado | 56 |
Oregon | Oregon, Oregon St. | 38 |
Utah | Utah | 31 |
6 States | 12 Schools | 850 NFL Draft Picks |
You might as well just call Larry Scott's league the Cal-or-Bust League. College prospectors have to head to the Golden State to strike it rich. The recent additions of Colorado and Utah help a bit, but not much. The Pac-12 region — while larger from end-to-end than the SEC — has produced a more than a thousand fewer NFL draft picks from '92 through 2011. That's bad.
What you'll in the Rust Belt is worse.
Big Ten States | Schools In State | Draft Picks By HS State '92-'11 |
Ohio | Ohio State | 197 |
Pennsylvania | Penn State | 145 |
Michigan | Michigan, Michigan St. | 126 |
Illinois | Illinois, Northwestern | 116 |
Indiana | Indiana, Purdue | 57 |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 46 |
Iowa | Iowa | 38 |
Nebraska | Nebraska | 34 |
Minnesota | Minnesota | 33 |
9 States | 12 Schools | 792 NFL Draft Picks |
Uh-oh. The Big Ten has a helluva lot of tradition. With major media centers spread throughout the league, it also gets an enormous amount of publicity. And while the league might seem a bit pretentious to those outside the region — the "Leaders" and "Legends" divisions, for example — it's rich history of great football and great academics justifies its still strong reputation. But that doesn't mean the future is bright for Jim Delany's conference. When it comes to NFL-caliber athletes, there just aren't that many of them that come from the Big Ten's nine-state footprint.
But things could be worse…
Big 12 States | Schools In State | Draft Picks By HS State '92-'11 |
Texas | Baylor, TCU (2012), Texas, Texas Tech | 493 |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. | 63 |
Iowa | Iowa State | 38 |
Kansas | Kansas, Kansas St. | 27 |
W. Virginia | W. Virginia (2012) | 10 |
5 States | 10 Schools | 631 NFL Draft Picks |
In-fighting, uneven revenue splits, and one school's dominance over the political landscape of the Big 12 have driven away Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas A&M in recent years. That has left the Big 12 on life support. ESPN and Fox television money will keep the conference alive for — it's believed — at least six more seasons, but at some point the Big 12 will need to expand or disband. It is a Texas-centric league at the moment that covers but a five-state area. It's current footprint has produced 1,300 fewer NFL draft picks between 1992 and 2011 than the SEC. And now the Southeastern Conference's addition of A&M gives Slive's conference a foothold in the Big 12′s last remaining stronghold. In World War II terms, College Station is Normandy and the Lone Star State is the rest of Europe.
Above, we mentioned census data. Now let's take some of those numbers into account. Indeed, Delany himself mentioned recent surveys when discussion possible Big Ten expansion over the past two summers. More people are moving to the South and to the West. More people are leaving the Midwest.
Looking at the most recent growth rates from the US Census Bureau (2010-2011), it's easy to see which states are growing fastest:
Texas — growing at 2.1% (Big 12, SEC)
Utah — growing at 1.9% (Pac-12)
Colorado — growing at 1.7% (Pac-12)
Washington — growing at 1.5% (Pac-12)
Arizona — growing at 1.4% (Pac-12)
Florida — growing at 1.3% (ACC, SEC)
Georgia — growing at 1.3% (ACC, SEC)
N. Carolina — growing at 1.2% (ACC)
Virginia — growing at 1.1% (ACC)
California — growing at 1.1% (Pac-12)
S. Carolina — growing at 1.1% (ACC, SEC)
And now here's a look at the states growing slowest (or actually declining in population):
Michigan — declining at -.08% (Big Ten)
Ohio — growing at .07% (Big Ten)
W. Virginia — growing at .13% (Big 12)
Illinois — growing at .3% (Big Ten)
Pennsylvania — growing at .3% (ACC, Big Ten)
Missouri — growing at .3% (SEC)
Mississippi — growing at .3% (SEC)
Wisconsin — growing at .4% (Big Ten)
New York — growing at .4% (ACC)
Alabama — growing at .4% (SEC)
Indiana — growing at .5% (Big Ten)
Iowa — growing at .5% (Big Ten, Big 12)
The Big Ten and Big 12 states are growing at tiny rates (or declining) and there's been no expansion moves made to offset those trends. The Pac-12 region is growing. The South is a mixed bag, but both the ACC and SEC have expanded in order to counteract any potential negative shifts.
NFL draft history plus the current migration patterns of modern Americans suggest that the SEC will continue to dominate in terms of football talent produced for years to come. As noted above, there will be blips on the radar from time to time, but the numbers and trends should make it rather clear to any objective observer that the Southeastern Conference — followed by the ACC and the Pac-12 — appear to be in good shape moving forward. The Big Ten, on the other hand, appears to have to some work to do if it wants to dominate football as it did for much of the 20th century. The Big 12? Well, the word "doomed" comes to mind… unless there's some serious outward expansion either to the West or South. Unfortunately for that league, several of its schools have been headed in the other directions the past few years. And what schools in the Pac-12, SEC or ACC would want to go from growth zones into a dead zone?
In Part Three of our Stat Analysis series we'll examine the recent talent production of all 14 SEC members.
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1. Xquisite (Posts: 87; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
I have a Galaxy S3 and a Nexus 10, but one(and only) thing I've always been jealous of iOS users is the amount of accessories the iPhone and iPad have.
2. Droiddoes (unregistered)
I know for a fact you can connect eiter device to 99% of the recievers available. If you really want to be locked into apples proprietary bullsh*t though more power to ya I guess.
3. s.mrabet (Posts: 117; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
As a GS3 owner, i feel the same way.
4. Droiddoes (unregistered)
I also have a GS3. I just don't get this whole accessory craze. You do not need to "dock" your phone to a speaker when an aux cord works just fine.
7. stealthd (Posts: 818; Member since: 12 Jun 2011)
"Need" has absolutely nothing do with any of this stuff. You don't "need" your GS3, I guess that makes you stupid for buying it?
5. JunitoNH (Posts: 713; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
You are correct about the auxiliary jack. However, most people enjoy the functionality of the dock device e.g. if you dock your iPhone to say, Bose portable speaker and your using the grill; you are able to change tracks, playlist, mute etc with the provided remote, or you can purchase a 10' cord. Is the afforded convenience it provides.
6. techloverNYC (Posts: 182; Member since: 20 Nov 2012)
Tip for everyone considering buying one of these:
Just buy a bluetooth connector/adapter ($5-$50 amazon) that will fit into the old docks
Result: you now have a wireless bluetooth speaker that will stream all music wireless and will work with any Bluetooth device. that mean andriod,window,etc
I realize there is not much speaker choices for andriod and the ones offer is really expensive. I happen to have a old docking station for ipod (which I no longer even own, sold it) and with a Bluetooth adapter my nexus 4 can play music from anywhere in the house.
What I learn: New model does not mean better sound the older monster beatbox / bose has better sound/bass than these new models.
8. amirata_xman (banned) (Posts: 33; Member since: 05 Jan 2013)
GS3 owner, i feel the same way.
9. Willman (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Best option for me was to use the dock from The Lightning Dock to charge my iPhone and use a bluetooth dongle to stream to my speakers, works like a charm.


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Naya Rivera flashes her huge diamond ring at the Hollywood Hot List party in Los Angeles.
Naya Rivera is engaged to rapper Big Sean, the "Glee" actress revealed Thursday, flashing her new ring on the red carpet.
Rivera, whose character Santana on the musical show has a new love interest in the form of guest star Demi Lovato's Dani, has been dating Big Sean (real name Sean Michael Anderson) for about six months, according to Just Jared, which first reported the engagement news.
The relationship is very 2013, having started on Twitter.
"I had followed him and he sent me a little message like, 'I'm a fan,'" Rivera told "Access Hollywood" in September, when she also said she definitely saw marriage in her future. "I tweeted that I followed him, I was trying to get his attention."
What a difference a DM can make.
She and the 25-year-old rapper went to dinner, she said, "and the rest is history." They made their public debut in April at the premiere of the movie "42."
The ring, which Rivera, 26, showed off at Latina magazine's "Hollywood Hot List" event at the Redbury in Hollywood, looks to be "a princess-cut diamond surrounded with a halo setting," according to a jewelry expert tapped by E! News who ballparked the size at about 3.5 carats.
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Mexico eyes legalization of marijuana in two U.S. states warily
Economic and social impact on one of world's largest suppliers of marijuana will be enormous
In the recent presidential election, the two U.S. states of Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana use to adults over the age of 21. While the wording of these new laws will come under federal scrutiny - it is still a federal offense to grow, sell and use marijuana in the U.S., the nation of Mexico is eying the latest developments with great interest. Among the world's biggest supplier of marijuana, will the U.S.A.'s southern neighbor gain - or lose with the easy availability of pot?
According to the IMCO report, the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. would lead to an entirely different set of problems - one where marijuana, along with other drugs, are shipped FROM the U.S. INTO Mexico.
"Legalization doesn't solve the problem, because cocaine generates the biggest profits," Jorge Javier Romero, a professor at the department of politics and culture in the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City says. "It has to be approached as a foreign policy issue, because Mexico doesn't have a drug use problem - it's the United States that has a drug abuse problem."
According to the report, "Si los vecinos legalizan" (If the neighbors legalize), produced by Alejandro Hope and Eduardo Clark of the non-governmental Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, approximately 30 million of the United States' 312 million inhabitants use a total of 3,700 tons of marijuana a year, which has a retail value of $15 to $30 billion,.
Of the marijuana consumed in the U.S., 40 to 67 per cent comes from Mexico, where drug cartels take in some $2 billion a year from trafficking the drug, which is mainly grown in western and southern states.
During President Calderon's deadly war on drugs, at least 90,000 people were killed, 10,000 went missing and 250,000 were forced to flee their homes, according to the estimates of human rights groups.
The legalization of drugs in the United States "would be the most significant structural clash that drug trafficking has experienced in a generation . and would transform the terms of the debate on drugs," the IMCO study says.
John Walsh, the drug policy expert at the Washington Office on Latin America, states the issue plainly in his article, "Taking the Initiative." "Even if only one U.S. state were to approve legalization, the decision would reverberate throughout the hemisphere, where the drug policy debate has opened up dramatically."
Mexican president-elect Enrique Pe�a, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party has talked about a change in law enforcement strategies, but has not given any details.
According to the IMCO report, the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. would lead to an entirely different set of problems - one where marijuana, along with other drugs, are shipped FROM the U.S. into Mexico.
The IMCO report also adds that the Mexican government should not legalize the production and sale of marijuana until US federal laws on the matter have been clearly defined.
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If the government steps up the criminalization of marijuana in Mexico, poor American children living in poverty along the border will be able to make money smuggling pot into Mexico.
1 year ago
To anyone whom may read this article. I only ask you consider the very facts about marijuana, I know in the bible it talks about not being intoxicated and how we should only live through the ways of Jesus. But when we have thousands of people being murdered and drug cartel that is so powerful, we need to rethink the our strategy. Just like most wars we must take the enemies resources if we want to start taking down the cartel. Marijuana alone accounts for about 40-60% of their operations that basically fund there other drug tracking such cocaine, meth, and heroine. It is inconceivable to believe that everything is going to be okay if we keep it illegal in this country. I believe this plant is not good nor evil for God created this Earth and responded Genesis 1:29-30: Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so. Of course people are smoking this plant but my main point is that God created this planet and everything on it with its own purpose, maybe people are using it wrong; nonetheless, cartels are causing more evil and even though say legalizing marijuana may not bring the cartel down this can take a lot away from them if we just legalize and cultivate the plant and tax it for the benefit of the country. I understand that marijuana can possibly lead to addiction, but compared to alcohol it is rarely as severe and most can usually break the addicted habit in about 2-4 weeks.
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Estimates vary on how much Mexican cartels make fro0m marijuana. The US government has estimated before that cartels make 60% or better of their income from marijuana sold in the US. The drug czar under George W. Bush, John Walters, said marijuana is the "bread and butter," the "center of gravity," for Mexican cartels.
No telling exactly how much money they make from selling pot to Americans. The money cartels make from selling marijuana is only one way marijuana benefits them though. Marijuana is by far and away the most popular illegal drug. Over half of all American adults under 65 have smoked it, according to federal numbers. This article talks about cocaine too. According to federal government estimates, Americans consume hundreds of tons of cocaine every year. But they consume tens of thousands of tons of marijuana, and only a tiny few use cocaine relative to the number who use marijuana. Most activity in the black market for drugs is marijuna activity, production, smuggling, sales, etc. The black market for illegal drugs is mostly a black market for marijuana.
Think about this. Most drug producers produce marijuana. Most drug dealers sell marijuana. Most drug smugglers smuggle marijuana. Much of it is smuggled in 60 lb packs carried on the backs of smugglers. Tens of thousands of tons amounts to hundreds if not thousands of tractor trailer loads worth of marijuana every year, compared to less than ten tractor trailer loads worth of cocaine. There is an enormous amount of activity in marijuana. Armies of people work in the industry producing it, smuggling it and distributing it. The distribution networks are massive and they reach every corner of America, and cartels use these networks to reach millions and millions of consumers not only with their marijuana, but also with their cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. These networks make perfect conduits through which to run their other drugs. Proven pot smugglers are tapped to smuggle cocaine. Proven mid level pot dealers are tapped to move cocaine and/or methamphetamine, and they in turn offer it to lower level dealers down the line who do a good job with their pot. At the retail level, dealers have existing marijuana customers they can offer all these other drugs to without worrying that they will go to the police and say, "my pot dealer offered me cocaine." These are people who like to party who are already breaking the law. Who better to offer other illegal drugs to?
Take marijuana from cartels and not only will we deprive them of huge portion of their income, but we will also make it harder for them to get their far more dangerous and addictive and drugs to end consumers and much harder for them to reach new people who haven't tried these drugs yet. We'd shrink the black market for illegal drugs to a tiny portion of its current size and it would be much more manageable for us. There would be several million fewer buyers and a whole lot less sellers who would be easier to target. They have to recruit from somewhere and If they can't use proven pot dealers they know they'll be reduced to using hard drug addicts not only at the retail levels but on up the chain, and these people are inherently unreliable. That's just the way the black market for drugs work.
I've handled thousands of pounds worth of drug cases as an attorney, have prosecuted and defended, have been in the trenches of the drug war for going on two decades. I don't think marijuana is a good thing, but the prohibition against it is worse. It causes us every problem caused by alcohol prohibition and then some. We need to regulating marijuana similar to alcohol, production, sales and so on. Not only will the sky not fall in, but we will be better off as a nation. Most people who want to smoke pot already smoke. That cat is out of the bag and it is not worth it to keep trying in vain to put it back in the bag. We are accomplishing nothing good. In fact, we're doing far more harm than good. It is time to legalize and regulate marijuana nationwide. -
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Don't let the drug cartel representative President Nieto of Mexico and his paid professor fool you. There is plenty of profit in selling weeds. Cocaine may have a higher profit margin, but marijuana is the staple of the drug trade. Marijuana is used as bait to sell cocaine. If marijuana is available legally, there is no need to do business with the cartel that has the incentive to sell the higher margin cocaine.
Drug cartel leader Nieto will soon visit Obama and pressure him to enforce federal law against Colorado and Washington in order to maintain the high price of a weed.
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Intravenous Palifosfamide-tris in Combination With Etoposide and Carboplatin in Patients With Malignancies
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This an an open-label study to define the safety profile and the maximum tolerated dose and confirm the clinical effective dose of palifosfamide-tris given intravenously in combination with etoposide and carboplatin in a wide range of cancers which etoposide and carboplatin are normally given. Once the maximum dose of palifosfamide-tris is determined,a Phase II study using the 3 agents combined will begin.
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Malignancy Cancer Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung Cancer Testicular Cancer Thymoma Ovarian Cancer Osteosarcoma |
Drug: palifosfamide-tris |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Safety Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase I Study of Intravenous (IV) Palifosfamide-tris Administered in Combination With IV Etoposide and IV Carboplatin in Patients With Malignancies for Which Etoposide and Carboplatin Are an Appropriate Choice |
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Ovarian Cancer
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Assess the safety profile [ Time Frame: 21 Days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Adverse events, vital signs, physical examination, laboratory data and concomitant medications
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose [ Time Frame: Up to 21 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Each dose level cohort will be 3 subjects. After 3 subjects have received a regimen, there will be a minimum observation period of 1 full cycle (21 days) for each of the 3 subjects before enrollment of the group of subjects at the next dose level.
- Assess early signs of efficacy [ Time Frame: duration of study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]To assess early signs of efficacy using this investigational combination in this patient population
Estimated Enrollment: | 12 |
Study Start Date: | November 2010 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: PaCE
Palifosfamide, Carboplatin and Etoposide
Drug: palifosfamide-tris
Intravenous on days 1, 2 and 3 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years old or greater
- Malignancy scheduled to receive etoposide and carboplatin therapy
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance of 0 or 1
- Adequate bone marrow, liver, renal function and coagulation status
- Informed consent
- Agree to use birth control through 28 days of last treatment dose
- Pregnancy test for women of child-bearing potential
- No available standard therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy to the the study treatment drugs
- Unstable current medical condition
- Presence or history of injury to the urinary tract
- Active infection
- Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to treatment
- Minor surgery within 2 weeks prior to treatment
- Current acute steroid therapy or taper
- Currently pregnant or nursing
- Substance abuse or condition that may interfere with participation
- Received other investigational drugs within 30 days
- Within 4 weeks of their last chemotherapy
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01242072
United States, Indiana | |
Indiana University Simon Cancer Center | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202 | |
Horizon Oncology Research | |
Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47905 | |
Medical Consultants, PC | |
Muncie, Indiana, United States, 47303 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Washington University | |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110 |
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Responsible Party: | Ziopharm |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01242072 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | IPM1004 |
Study First Received: | November 12, 2010 |
Last Updated: | July 17, 2012 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Keywords provided by Ziopharm:
malignancy etoposide and carboplatin non small cell lung cancer small cell lung cancer |
testicular cancer thymoma ovarian cancer osteosarcoma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Isophosphamide mustard Ifosfamide Neoplasms Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Lung Neoplasms Osteosarcoma Ovarian Neoplasms Testicular Neoplasms Thymoma Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |
Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Neoplasms, Bone Tissue Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Sarcoma Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Gonadal Disorders |
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