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AUSTIN, Texas — Beginning March 22, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists will be studying five tidal streams along the middle and upper Texas coast and will continue to do so through November.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has contracted with TPWD to study three specific tidal streams, Cow Bayou, Tres Palacios River and Garcitas Creek. These streams are suspected of having low oxygen levels. Two other streams, Lost River and West Carancahua Creek, are believed to be healthy streams and they will also be studied and used for comparison.
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Tidal streams are areas where freshwater meets saltwater. They are freshwater streams that are influenced by the tide pushing up into them. Because they provide a special kind of habitat, tidal streams serve as nursery grounds for many types of fish and shellfish, including ecologically and economically important species like shrimp and sport fish. Adequate oxygen for fish and shellfish is critical for the health of these tidal streams.
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"IT WAS a really good day but not a great day."
That was the honest assessment of Will Stockley after what was definitely a very busy day for the 14-year-old Melksham Oak student, from Semington, writes Kevin Fahey.
Firstly, Stockley headed to Grittleton House School on Saturday morning for the Wiltshire Schools' Cross Country Championships where he finished runner-up to Swindon Schools' Callum Bampton in the inter boys' race.
He was disappointed with that outcome, having not previously lost to Bampton this winter, but there was no time to dwell on the setback.
Stockley just had enough time to warm down and collect his medal before hopping into dad Neil's car and racing up to Gloucester for the fourth and final race in the Gloucestershire Cross Country League.
"I had to run the last league race because it was the best three results of four to count towards the overall title and I had only done two of the previous races," said Stockley.
"The schools' race was at 10.50am and the league one at 1.45 so it wasn't too bad.
"We got there at 1pm and I was certainly getting some weird looks from the other runners before the start as I was pretty muddy from the morning and hadn't been able to have a shower."
The two races in three hours didn't seem to worry Stockley too much as he duly won the U15s race in Gloucester to secure the overall league title.
"I must admit I felt pretty knackered towards the end of the race but I achieved what I had to do," added Stockley.
"Overall it was a good day. If I had won the county schools' as well then it would have been a great one but really it wasn't too bad."
In a race of near-misses, the West Wilts squad of Stockley, bronze medallist Oliver Shad (Warminster), Sam Rockett (St Laurence), Guy Whelon (St Laurence), Josiah Burgess (Emmaus) and Cameron Evans (Melksham Oak) were denied victory in the inter boys team event by the slimmest of margins.
The squad scored 65 points, exactly the same as North Wilts but the latter took the title by virtue of their sixth runner placing 15th – five in front of the West's sixth scorer Evans.
Stockley may have just lost out in a sprint finish but there was no danger of Alex Carter being caught out like that. Competing in his last championships the 18-year-old St Laurence School student finished a massive 2mins 36secs clear of his nearest rival, which just went to underline his class.
There was an impressive display by the St Augustine's squad in the junior boys' race as the trio of Robert Howorth, twin brother John Howorth and Henry Dixon enjoyed a clean sweep of the medals.
Yet remarkably the West Wilts junior boys squad also didn't also pick up the team gold as they only had five runners.
There was also a West Wilts winner of the junior girls' race with 14-year- old John of Gaunt runner Caitlin Wosika improving on her bronze of 2013 with a comfortable victory to back up her recent solid performances in the South West Championships and Cardiff Challenge. Scarlett Rockett, of St Laurence, also made the top 10 in sixth.
The fourth gold for West Wilts came from Melksham Oak's Jake Dodge in the minor boys' age group as he just held off a strong challenge from Salisbury's Robert Croager.
There were also top 10 finishes for Matravers' Jade Day and Camille Stanley in the inter girls' race while in the minor girls' Sophie Spratling (Stonar), Clair Barnett-Tucker (St Laurence) and Dion Rawlings (John of Gaunt) all made the top 10.
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KELSEYVILLE -- Two men who allegedly beat, threatened and robbed a business owner have been located and detained.
On Jan. 3 at approximately 6 a.m., deputies responded to the 3500 block of Big Valley Road in Kelseyville for a report of an assault. The victim reported being assaulted at his place of business by two men, identified as Raymond Dewey Larson, 44, of Kelseyville and Leonard Lee Warford, 45, of Lakeport.
Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) deputies located the victim and reported that he had obvious injuries from the assault. The victim told deputies the men entered his business and began beating him, which continued for approximately 10 minutes.
Both men were reported to have kicked and struck the victim with their fists as well as striking him with weapons, according to Lt. Steve Brooks, LCSO public information officer.
Both Larson and Warford allegedly took property from the victim's business and told him if he reported the incident, he "would be dead."
On Jan. 7 the investigating deputy arrested Warford on charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. He was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. Deputies had not been able to locate Larson, who allegedly ran the area after the incident. An arrest warrant was issued for Larson for the amount of $100,000, charging him with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, theft from a person, burglary and criminal threats. On Wednesday a detective with the Lake County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit developed information that Larson was in Sonoma County hiding from authorities.
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Before we look forward to Skyrim, we first look back to Oblivion.Last week we marked the fifth anniversary of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion's release. In this episode of the podcast, we revisit the game that served as a landmark for Bethesda. Listen as key team members recount their memories of working on the project, followed by a roundtable discussion with Todd Howard and Pete Hines.
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Blake_T wrote:so did anyone actually go and do the towel drill and see if they were doing it right or not?
I actually had to record myself doing it because I couldn't tell whether or not it was shooting straight out at the end, or flairing into the U shape. Apparently I was doing it correctly. The purpose of the towel drill was just to practice timing, correct?


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OTTAWA (AP) -- The first time this season Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson allowed more than two goals in a game his teammates bailed him out.
Chris Neil scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal in the second period and Anderson made 20 saves as Ottawa hung on for a 4-3 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
Erik Karlsson, Chris Phillips and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa, and Peter Regin picked up his first points of the season with two assists.
The win snapped a two-game Senators' losing streak.
"It was a great effort by everybody and everyone was chipping in and doing their job and they got rewarded for it," Anderson said after collecting his league-tying sixth victory in his ninth game of the season.
"Overall I think this could have been a 4-1 game but it was unfortunate that Buffalo got some lucky bounces and they ended up in the back of the net."
Tyler Ennis, Jordan Leopold and Jason Pominville scored for Buffalo. Jhonas Enroth made the start in place of Ryan Miller and is still searching for his first win in more than a calendar year. He finished with 20 saves for the Sabres, who have dropped three straight.
"We need better goaltending. There's no secret to that," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said following his team's third straight loss and seventh in their past eight games.
"I think (Enroth) will admit that he has to have a couple of those. Now you have to look to bounce back. I tried to let him bounce back in the game and I thought the team answered the bell.
"Right now we've got to worry about winning a game, whatever that takes."
Buffalo's Thomas Vanek leads the NHL in scoring with 19 points but he was held off the score sheet for the first time in nine games.
Pominville cut Ottawa's lead to 4-3 at 13:55 of a third period that had four total shots up to that points. The Sabres pressed furiously in the dying moments but were unable to put a fourth puck past Anderson.
Buffalo fell behind 4-1 at the 8:12 mark of the second period after Neil's one-timer beat Enroth, but quickly got that goal back with Leopold redirecting a puck past Anderson from the side of the goal.
The goal was the first that Anderson has given up after the first period all season.
"We battled back and gave ourselves a chance. We've just got to bear down and play a complete game," Pominville said. "Our first period wasn't good enough."
The Senators jumped out to a 3-1 after the first period. Karlsson opened the scoring at 8:17, just 27 seconds into the game's first power play when his point shot eluded Enroth.
The lead was very short lived though, as Ennis collected a rebound and put a backhand off the far post and in behind Anderson just 21 seconds later.
But Phillips and Alfredsson scored a little more than three minutes apart later in the period to put the home side up 3-1. Phillips took a point shot that dribbled across the goal line after Enroth got a piece of it.
Alfredsson then took a snapshot from the slot off a feed from Mika Zibanejad that beat Enroth cleanly.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- David Clarkson scored twice and set up New Jersey's other goal, and Pat Elias matched his career best with three assists to lead the Devils to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night in their first meeting since last spring's Eastern Conference finals.
The Devils won that series in six games, and they still had the Rangers' number in getting 24 saves from Martin Brodeur.
Rangers nemesis Adam Henrique ended that series with an overtime goal in Game 6, and he picked up right where he left off, scoring in close five minutes after the opening faceoff to give the Devils a lead they would never lose.
Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers, who have yet to jell this season despite adding scoring star Rick Nash. Henrik Lundqvist had 19 saves.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- James Neal staked Pittsburgh to an early lead, and Marc-Andre Fleury and the rest of the Penguins then held on to beat the Islanders.
Pittsburgh looked plenty comfortable when it took a 3-0 lead 1:44 into the third period on Brandon Sutter's goal, but the Islanders suddenly stormed back just as it seemed they would be shut out at home for the second straight game.
Michael Grabner began the comeback at 3:14, and Brad Boyes -- moved up to the top line for this game -- made it 3-2 just 35 seconds later when he flung a shot past Fleury, who was sprawled on the ice.
Defenseman Simon Despres added a second-period goal for Pittsburgh.
Pascal Dupuis finally put away the Islanders with an empty-net goal with 39 seconds left.
Evgeni Nabokov stopped 22 shots. Fleury finished with 32 saves.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Mike Richards provided late insurance with his first goal of the season and Jonathan Quick stopped 18 shots to lead Los Angeles over the Blue Jackets.
Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter and Slava Voynov also scored while Justin Williams had three assists for the reigning Stanley Cup champions, who began the night 14th in the Western Conference with six points -- two more than last-place Calgary and one fewer than Columbus.
Richards also had an assist and Quick made several big stops in the first and third periods. Columbus managed just two shots on goal in the middle period.
Derick Brassard and Dereck MacKenzie had the Blue Jackets' goals.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Tom Sestito scored his first two goals in three years to lead the Flyers over the Lightning.
Ilya Bryzgalov made 21 saves, shutting down the NHL's highest-scoring team to help the Flyers win their second straight game and improve to 4-6.
The Lightning, who entered averaging 4.9 goals per game, had dominated the series, winning seven of the previous nine meetings.
Benoit Pouliot scored for Tampa Bay. Steven Stamkos was held without a point for the first time this season as the Lightning (6-3) lost their second consecutive game.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- James Van Riemsdyk scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season, and Korbinian Holzer scored on just the fourth shot of his NHL career, leading the Maple Leafs to a victory over the slumping Capitals.
Ben Scrivens made 24 saves for the Maple Leafs, who broke a two-game losing streak and maintained their road-ice advantage in the early part of the season. Toronto is 4-1 on the road -- and only 1-4 at home.
Marcus Johansson and Mike Ribeiro scored power-play goals for the Capitals, who have lost eight of 10 to start the season and sit at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Two-time league MVP Alex Ovechkin was held to one assist and has only two goals and three assists on the season.
Michal Neuvirth made 18 saves for Washington.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Martin Erat had a goal and two assists, Pekka Rinne stopped 31 shots and Nashville broke out of a season-long scoring slump with three first-period goals on the way to a win over St. Louis.
Ryan Ellis, Rich Clune and Nick Spaling scored in the opening period for Nashville, which won its third in a row. The Predators entered with an NHL-low 12 regulation goals in their first eight games.
Rinne improved to 3-2-3 this season. Colin Wilson had three assists for the Predators.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Bryan Little scored on a power play in overtime to lift the Jets to a win over the Panthers.
Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart also scored for the Jets.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Tomas Fleischmann scored for the Panthers.
Ondrej Pavelec made 17 saves for Winnipeg and Scott Clemmensen had 18 saves for Florida.


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Safety Study of Human Myeloid Progenitor Cells (CLT-008) After Cord Blood Transplant for Hematologic Malignancy
This study has been completed.
Cellerant Therapeutics
Department of Health and Human Services
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Cellerant Therapeutics
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First received: April 30, 2009
Last updated: October 23, 2014
Last verified: October 2014
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Ex vivo expanded human myeloid progenitor cells (hMPCs; CLT-008) have the potential to accelerate neutrophil recovery in patients receiving myeloablative conditioning as part of an umbilical cord blood transplant for hematologic cancer. In this study, the safety and tolerability of CLT-008 administered 24 hours after an umbilical cord blood transplant will be determined by monitoring for adverse reactions, neutrophil and platelet recovery, hematopoietic chimerism, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and infections.
|Leukemia Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma Plasma Cell Neoplasm Myelodysplastic Syndromes
|Biological: human myeloid progenitor cells
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Trial to Determine Safety and Tolerability of Ex Vivo Expanded Human Myeloid Progenitor Cells (CLT-008) Infused 24 Hours Post-Transplant to Support Allogeneic Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: multiple myeloma
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Myeloid Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia Acute Non Lymphoblastic Leukemia Myelodysplastic Syndromes Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Burkitt Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma Lymphosarcoma Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Leukemia, B-cell, Chronic Marginal Zone Lymphoma B-cell Lymphoma Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Mantle Cell Lymphoma Follicular Lymphoma Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Lymphoma, Large-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Plasmablastic Lymphoma Lymphoma, Large-cell, Immunoblastic Anaplastic PlasmacytomaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Cellerant Therapeutics:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: 100 days post transplant ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Neutrophil and platelet recovery [ Time Frame: 100 days post transplant ]
- Persistence of CLT-008 derived cells [ Time Frame: 100 days post transplant ]
- Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) [ Time Frame: 100 days post transplant ]
- Non-relapse mortality [ Time Frame: 100 days post transplant ]
- Infections [ Time Frame: 42 days post transplant ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Group A
Low dose, single donor CLT-008 (human myeloid progenitor cells)
Biological: human myeloid progenitor cells
Single intravenous injection/infusion
Other Names:
Experimental: Group B
Low dose, multiple donor CLT-008 (human myeloid progenitor cells)
Biological: human myeloid progenitor cells
Single intravenous injection/infusion
Other Names:
Experimental: Group C
Intermediate dose, multiple donor CLT-008 (human myeloid progenitor cells)
Biological: human myeloid progenitor cells
Single intravenous injection/infusion
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Experimental: Group D
High dose, multiple donor CLT-008 (human myeloid progenitor cells)
Biological: human myeloid progenitor cells
Single intravenous injection/infusion
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 65 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Key Inclusion Criteria:
Undergoing allogeneic (4-6/6 matched) umbilical cord blood graft with at least 2.5 x 10e7 cells/kg for hematological malignancy:
- High risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in complete remission
- Very high risk pediatric AML; patients <21 years eligible with <25% blasts in marrow after failed chemotherapy
- High risk acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in complete remission
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), excluding refractory blast crisis
- Myelodysplasia (MDS) IPPS Int-2 or high risk, or refractory anemia with severe pancytopenia or high risk cytogenetics
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), marginal zone B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma that have progressed after two prior therapies
- Lymphoplasmacytic, lymphoma, mantle-cell lymphoma, prolymphocytic leukemia after initial therapy and complete or partial remission
- Large cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in second complete or partial remission (chemotherapy refractory large cell NHL not eligible)
- Lymphoblastic lymphoma, peripheral T cell lymphoma including angioimmunoblastic lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, and other high-grade NHL after initial therapy if stage III/IV in complete or partial remission, or after progression if stage I/II <1 year (chemotherapy refractory high-grade NHL not eligible)
- Multiple myeloma beyond 2nd partial remission
- Preparative regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, and total body irradiation
- Adequate organ function
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Symptomatic underlying pulmonary disease or requiring oxygen
- Active infection
- HIV positive
- Pregnant or nursing
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00891137
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00891137
|United States, California
|Children's Hospital of Orange County
|Orange, California, United States, 92868
|United States, Delaware
|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
|Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19803
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|United States, Illinois
|Loyola University Medical Center, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
|Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota: Masonic Cancer Center, BMT Clinic, and Fairview Medical Center
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|Nationwide Children's Hospital
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205
|United States, Wisconsin
|Medical College of Wisconsin
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
Sponsors and Collaborators
Cellerant Therapeutics
Department of Health and Human Services
|Principal Investigator:
|John E Wagner, MD
|University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Additional Information:
Keywords provided by Cellerant Therapeutics:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Cellerant Therapeutics
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00891137 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2009
|Last Updated:
|October 23, 2014
Keywords provided by Cellerant Therapeutics:
adult acute myeloid leukemia 11q23 (MLL) abnormalities
adult acute myeloid leukemia inv(16)(p13;q22)
adult acute myeloid leukemia t(15;17)(q22;q12)
adult acute myeloid leukemia t(16;16)(p13;q22)
adult acute myeloid leukemia t(8;21)(q22;q22)
accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission
childhood chronic myelogenous leukemia
blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
childhood diffuse large cell lymphoma
childhood immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
de novo myelodysplastic syndromes
extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
stage I adult Burkitt lymphoma
contiguous stage II adult Burkitt lymphoma
noncontiguous stage II adult Burkitt lymphoma
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
noncontiguous stage II adult immunoblastic
contiguous stage II adult immunoblastic
large cell lymphoma
stage I adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes
recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Hemostatic Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Blood Protein Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Bone Marrow Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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First started by single parent Jon Stevenson, Trumpette is a clothing brand whose idea is to add some modern fun to childrenswear. Trumpette offers a wide range of clothing and accessories including onesies, hats, and shoes. The brand provides a super cute and modern look for children, while still being appropriate for any occasion through its use of graphic images of childhood favorites like Charlie Brown. The fact that children do not have clothes tailored to them the same way adults do is the reason Stevenson started Trumpette, providing a certain professionalism to the company while giving it a beautiful youthful spirit that parents can enjoy.
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Nearly as many California voters now approve of job the Legislature is doing as those who don't, the best public view of the elected representatives working under the state Capitol's golden dome, according to a statewide Field Poll released Friday.
The legislature received a 40 percent approval rating, its highest grade in the last 19 polls. That 44 percent of the voters still disapprove of the lawmakers' performance is a far lower number than just three years ago, when 80 percent gave legislators a thumbs down.
"It's been a long time" since lawmakers have been viewed so favorably, poll director Mark DiCamillo said in a phone interview Thursday.
"The Legislature's been tight fisted with its money and now more money than has been projected" is coming in to state coffers.
"Good times are returning to California," he said.
The poll also shows that the Legislature's rising star closely matches voters' belief that the state is moving the right direction: Forty-three percent agree with that view; 42 percent find it seriously off track.
The positive assessment of the state has risen four percentage points from a similar poll in February and by 30 percentage points in a little more than three years. In September 2010, during the waning days of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's second term, just 12 percent of voters surveyed said California was on solid footing
In February, 2010 just 10 percent of voters also gave lawmakers a passing grade, the lowest mark since the Field Poll began in 1983.
A majority of respondents has not said the state is headed in the right direction since March 2007.
"There is dramatic improvement in what we have seen," DiCamillo said. "When you go through economic hard times, few have a favorable view."
Few voters, though, credit the lawmakers' improved view with the Democrats' two-thirds majority control of the Legislature, the results show.
Only 27 percent of respondents attributed the state's rising perception with dominant Democratic control. Fewer than half of Democrats, 44 percent, gave their party full credit, and only 4 percent of Republicans did. "There is no consensus that the improving (poll numbers) of the Legislature is because of one party rule," DiCamillo said. "Voters don't feel that way."
The poll was another dark cloud appearing over the state's beleaguered Republicans.
Results show that 63 percent of voters believe it would be a "bad thing" if the GOP controlled the state to the degree that Democrats now do: Both houses of the Legislature and every statewide office from governor on down.
Thirty nine percent of Republicans agreed that their party achieving such dominant control would be bad for the state. Seventy-eight percent of Democrats held the same view.
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Question 8, Exercise 4, of _the Pali Primer_ asks for a translation of
the following sentence:
"Kumaaraa mittehi saha bhuupaala.m passanti."
In the Pali Day-by-Day answers, on www.tipitaka.net, the answer is given
as: "Boys, [together] with friends, see the king."
But I had translated it as: "Boys see the king with [his] friends."
Would someone please explain why my answer is not correct? How does one know that the word
"mittehi" goes with "kumaaraa" and not with "bhuupaala.m"?
Thank you.
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Fireworks Safety Tips from Sioux Falls Fire Rescue
Sioux Falls Fire Marshall Dean Lanier says it's a good idea for residents to check out the many fireworks displays open to the public on July 4th.
"What we would encourage parents to do as far as fireworks safety is concerned—take their kids to one of the fireworks shows that will be taking place in Sioux Falls and around the area. We think that's the safest method to enjoy a fireworks show. Everybody will leave from the show safe and secure for the night and have an enjoyable July 4th weekend."
If you're planning on setting off fireworks with your family, Lanier says make sure the children are safe.
"We like to encourage parents to manage the fireworks themselves and they themselves handle the fireworks. It's not a good idea to let the children handle the fireworks. Always read the warning labels and comply with the restrictions and warnings on the packages."
Lanier says it's also important to keep a bucket of water nearby!


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Transmitter vs Receiver Orientation and its Application to SEO
I recently completed Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers." Another outstanding book by Gladwell. There's so much to be gotten from the book, I couldn't possibly hope to cover it in just one blog post. One gem I got from the book deals with the notion of cultures that have a "transmitter orientation" — the burden of clear communication is on the transmitter vs. cultures that have a "receiver orientation" placing the burden of the communicated intent on the listener's ability to hear what is really being stated.
Gladwell describes western cultures as having a transmitter orientation whereas Asian cultures are more likely to have a receiver orientation. Here's an example of the two in action. Suppose I'm in a friend's house and I'd like something to drink. If I'm in a culture of transmitter orientation, I'm likely to make a statement such as "Gee, I'm pretty thirsty. Would it be okay if I helped myself to something to drink?" In this case, I've made my intent clear and placed no burden on my friend to "get my meaning."
If I were living in a culture of "receiver orientation," my comment to my friend might have sounded more like this: "gee, it's very hot, my throat is parched." Now the burden of understanding my intentions is on my friend. He has the responsibility of hearing what I was really trying to say. His response would be something like "oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Can I offer you a drink?"
Western ears might be squirming to hear of an exchange like the one described above — one that is fairly common in eastern cultures — as being too fuzzy but as Gladwell points out, the reverse would be true too. Someone from an Asian culture might consider the westerner's direct style of communication to be too forward or even rude.
In conversations where both parties have the same orientation, this wouldn't be a problem. If you expect me to be direct and I'm direct, we're good. If, on the other hand, you expect me to be indirect and you're listening for me to be indirect, we're good there too. You'll get my meaning. But this really breaks down when we have different orientations. In "Outliers", Gladwell describes how this mis-matched orientation tragically caused plane crashes. I had an opportunity to witness this mis-matched orientation while at my local Starbucks in Northern Virginia today.
It was a very simple exchange between the director of distribution for a major national newspaper (let's call her newspaper woman) and one of the baristas working the espresso machine (we'll call her barista).
Newspaper Woman: Hi, have you guys been getting your newspaper deliveries from us?
Barista: Yes
Newspaper Woman: Because I'm not seeing any today
Barista: (silence)
Newspaper Woman: So you've been getting your newspaper deliveries?
Barista: Yes
Newspaper Woman: OK because I'm not seeing any today.
This went on for a little while longer and was excruciatingly painful to observe. I know, I know. I had no right to eavesdrop but it was right in front of me. There was a very simple question the newspaper woman was trying to ask but the barista didn't listen hard enough to hear what she was really being asked. If only the newspaper woman would have simply asked questions such as "did the delivery come today?" and "have you been selling many newspapers?" – answers to those two questions might have explained why she wasn't seeing any newspapers on the newspaper rack. They came, they sold, they're gone! Or possibly, no, the delivery never came today, but that hasn't been a problem in the past. That explains why there aren't any papers today.
So how does the subject of transmitter and receiver orientations relate to SEO?
Thought you'd never ask. What do you think, I have a receiver orientation? LOL
SEO lives in a world that has a very strong transmitter orientation. Very little is implied. If you want to rank in search results for topic x, you have to be very explicit and communicate clearly to the search engines what the intent of your article is. If you're hoping that the search engines are listening for your intent and will pick up on the subtle signals of your intonation, body language and grammatical style, forget it! They don't work that way. SEO is a game of direct communication between you and the bot. Say what you mean and say it in a way that is consistent with how people search for what you're writing about. The bot won't translate for you.
If you mean to rank for topic x, write about topic x with a strong transmitter orientation. Receiver orientations may work in polite cultures but it won't work for SEO.


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SANTA ANA – Benny Rodriguez, a retired longtime Santa Ana police officer and investigator with deep ties to the community, has died at 62 after a battle with cancer.
Rodriguez – whose father, Frank, was the city's first Hispanic police officer and whose grandparents were among the first people to settle in the Logan neighborhood – will be remembered at a viewing and a vigil service Thursday and at a funeral Mass on Friday.
Born in 1950, Rodriguez grew up in a home behind Our Lady of Guadalupe Church near Third Street and Grand Avenue.
In 1972, he began working as a courtroom clerk in Orange County Superior Court, a position he kept when he also became a reserve deputy with the Sheriff's Department six years later.
In 1980, Rodriguez joined the Santa Ana Police Department. He worked his way up from a patrol beat to the crimes-against-persons detail. Colleagues say he was awarded the first of his three Investigator of the Year awards during his first year in the unit.
Rodriguez was known for his tenacity in following a case to its resolution as well as his interrogation abilities and his skills at reading people.
Colleagues say he used his serious disposition to his advantage, often using his stern demeanor to get to the truth.
"Above all, his work ethic was second to none. But he was also compassionate. He saw himself as the last line of defense and justice for victims who couldn't speak for themselves any longer," said David Valentin, a former partner of Rodriguez's in the crimes-against-persons unit who now serves as chief of the Santa Ana schools police department.
"He cared about the people behind the cases. They weren't just a number on his desk."
Ferrell Buckels, a retired investigator who worked with Rodriguez in the homicide unit during the mid-'90s, recalled Rodriguez's work on a case that took more than a decade to resolve.
It involved the death of Philip Cousins, found shot to death in the trunk of his Honda Accord in 1994. Rodriguez and his fellow detectives identified Douglas Mireles, an apartment manager who worked with Cousins, as their suspect but were having a difficult time coming up with evidence. Rodriguez learned that Mireles had purchased a handgun before the killing, but the barrel of the weapon had been drilled out, preventing investigators from matching it to the bullets that killed Cousins. Rodriguez returned to the suspected crime scene – a neglected storage room in an underground parking garage – and methodically searched the darkened, grease- and dirt-covered room, eventually finding several drops of blood the crime lab tied to Cousins, Buckels said.
The case went cold until 2006, when Buckels and a partner re-opened it, persuading the department's ballistic examiner to use state-of-the-art 3D technology to re-examine the damaged gun. They were able to match the gun to the bullets that struck Cousins, and Buckels made sure Rodriguez was the officer who put the handcuffs on Mireles.
"He was without a doubt the hardest-working, most diligent detective I was ever with," Buckels said.
"The work that he did, it was the best."
Family and colleagues say Rodriguez's attention to detail extended to his woodworking projects and his "immaculate" home and yard.
"He never said a lot, but I think what made him remarkable is that he spoke by his actions," said Richard Rodriguez, Benny's brother. "His attention to detail, whether he was working a case or on a project – he was never someone who cut corners."
Despite the accolades from his colleagues, family members described Rodriguez as humble, never trying to be the center of attention or chasing awards. "He just felt it was his job," Richard Rodriguez said.
In addition to his brother, Benny Rodriguez is survived by his wife, Linda; his daughter, Marina; and his sister, Linda.
A viewing is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at Brown Colonial Mortuary at 204 W. 17th St. A vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 727 N. Minter St., followed by a funeral Mass there at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
The family is requesting memorial contributions to the Santa Ana Police Officers Association Widows & Orphans Fund, 1607 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, 92701, or to the Tustin Dollars for Scholars, P.O. Box 1524, Tustin, 92781.
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Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Before Beginning Anti-HIV Drugs in Patients With Both HBV and HIV
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|HIV Infections Hepatitis B
|Drug: Telbivudine Drug: Lamivudine Drug: Efavirenz Drug: Didanosine Drug: Abacavir
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Multicenter, Pilot Study of Telbivudine (LdT) Anti-HBV Treatment Prior to the Initiation of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Containing Lamivudine in Subjects Coinfected With HBV and HIV
- HBV viral loads [ Time Frame: At Study entry, Week 24 and Week 48 ]
- Safety and tolerability of telbivudine [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Safety and tolerability of HAART [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Change in ALT level [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- HBV genetic mutation status at HBV virologic failure [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- HIV viral load [ Time Frame: At Study entry, Weeks 24, 48, and 60 ]
- HBV viral load and hepatic transaminase concentrations [ Time Frame: At Week 60 ]
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: A
All eligible study participants
Drug: Telbivudine
Administered orally at a daily dosage of 600 mg for a period of 48 weeksDrug: Lamivudine
Administered orally at a total daily dosage of 300 mg for Weeks 24-48Drug: Efavirenz
Administered orally at a daily dose of 600 mgDrug: Didanosine
Administered orally at a total dosage of either 400 mg or 250 mg determined by individual weightDrug: Abacavir
Administered orally twice daily in doses of 300 mg
Detailed Description:
Studies indicate that 70% to 80% of HIV infected patients have or have had HBV infection and that 10% are HBV carriers. Lamivudine therapy for treatment of HBV in HIV infected patients has limited long-term efficacy due to the development of resistance mutations. Telbivudine is a thymidine analogue with excellent HBV inhibitory activity but no anti-HIV activity. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and anti-HBV activity of telbivudine alone and in combination with a lamivudine-based highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen in patients coinfected with HBV and HIV.
Patients in this study will take telbivudine for 24 weeks. At Week 24, patients will add a HAART regimen containing lamivudine and efavirenz plus either didanosine or abacavir. Patients who are unable to add a HAART regimen at Week 24 due to lab abnormalities or other contraindications will be allowed to delay the initiation of HAART until Week 30. Patients may initiate HAART prior to Week 24 if deemed medically necessary by the primary HIV care provider. Patients will take both telbivudine and HAART for 24 weeks. At Week 48, patients will discontinue telbivudine and continue on the HAART regimen alone for an additional 12 weeks.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive
- No antiretroviral therapy within 6 months prior to study entry
- Less than 31 days cumulative therapy with lamivudine, a protease inhibitor, or a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
- Willingness to delay HAART until at least Week 24 of study
- Ability to procure and initiate HAART regimen
- CD4+ cell count >= 250 cells/mm3 within 60 days prior to study entry
- HIV-1 RNA > 400 copies/ml within 60 days prior to study entry
- Serum HBV DNA >= 1,000,000 copies/ml within 60 days prior to study entry
- Positive serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAG)
- Acceptable methods of contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Allergy, sensitivity, or intolerance to study drugs
- Alcohol consumption averaging more than 1 drink/day within past 30 days
- Decompensated cirrhosis
- HCV antibody positive or known HCV RNA positive
- HDV antibody positive
- Certain medical conditions
- Use of certain medications with anti-HBV activity within 90 days of study entry
- Use of systemic corticosteroids within 30 days of study entry
- Use of any systemic antineoplastic, immunomodulatory treatment, or radiation within 24 weeks of study entry
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00051090
|Study Chair:
|Patrick Lynch, M.D.
|Northwestern University
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00051090 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10962 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES )
|Study First Received:
|January 3, 2003
|Last Updated:
|May 17, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Hepatitis B
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly-Active
HIV Infections
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Antiviral Agents
Drug Therapy, Combination
Treatment Naive
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
HIV Infections
Hepatitis B
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Frequently Asked Questions
I want to get field or gym space. Am I eligible?
We schedule leagues, organizations, and groups of individuals in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) gyms and on FCPS and Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) fields. We do not schedule camps, clinics, or other revenue-generating activities. We also do not schedule organizations that operate athletic services as a for-profit activity. These types of uses must be scheduled directly through the field or gym owner (e.g., the Fairfax County Park Authority, Fairfax County Public Schools) and are subject to the owner's rental policies and fees.
Do I need to have a permit to use fields and gyms?
Permits are required in order to use gyms. Permits are required for field users of 20 or more people (including spectators). If you use a field without a permit, and a permitted group shows up, you must vacate the field. A permit is the only way to guarantee that a field will be available for you to use.
How do I apply for field or gym space?
First, complete and submit an application. You can submit it by fax, mail, or in person (the fax number and address are on the application form). And, beginning in late 2009, you can even submit your request online. You can find the applications on our website.
There are three types of applications:
- Standard application – for recurring use
- One Time Use application – a one-time occurrence
Tournament application – multiple teams, one or several consecutive
By when do I need to submit an application?
Submitting your application on time, by our deadlines, assures that you will have the best chance to get the space and time you want. Applications submitted past the deadline will be scheduled on a space available basis. If you are an athletic organization with multiple teams, applying for space for the first time, please submit your application six months prior to the deadline so that we can begin to identify space for your group.
If I submit my application by the deadline, will I receive the space I requested?
You may not receive the exact space you want, but we will try to accommodate you in a similar time and space. Listing several options, in order of preference, on your application helps us schedule more effectively.
Once I submit my application, when will I receive my permit?
Once you turn in an application, you will receive an automatic email when it is entered it in our system. You will receive a second email when you have been scheduled to finalize and receive your permit. If you submitted your application by the deadline, you should be notified about three weeks prior to the beginning of the season. If you submitted your application after the beginning of the season, it will take about two weeks to process your application.
What do I need to do in order to receive a permit?
To receive a permit, you must submit your roster of participants and pay all applicable application and non-county fees. If you have not fully paid for any past permit, you will not receive your permit. Organizations that run league play will receive a temporary permit that is valid until two weeks after games begin. At that point, the organization must submit rosters, practice and game schedules, and fees in order to receive final permits.
What needs to be included on the roster?
Rosters must include name, address, phone number, and age (if under 19) for each player and indication of whether the player is or is not a Fairfax County resident. Rosters are necessary for three reasons: 1) to verify the application and non-county fees and amount due; 2) to determine the amount of time a group is required to receive per the allocation policy; and 3) to determine whether a group meets the residency requirements defined in the allocation policies. If you have questions or concerns about the privacy of information contained in the rosters, please see our roster privacy information.
How much will it cost?
Application Fees
All applications are subject to an application fee. The application fee is calculated differently based on the type of request:
- Organizations and groups of individuals pay $5.50 per participant, per team, per season. If your organization registers by team instead of by individual (i.e., a team pays the club registration fee as opposed to individual players), there is a calculation factor that determines how many people you would pay for. This "allocation factor" is defined in the Field and Gym Allocation Policies.
- The application fee for tournaments is $15 per team. (Tournaments using fields also are subject to a deposit of $200 for the first facility and $50 for each additional facility. The deposit is refundable after the tournament, provided there is no damage to the fields.)
The application fee for one-time use requests is $50 per
Non-County Fees
In addition to the application fee, all participants who do not live in Fairfax County (residents of Fairfax City and the Towns of Clifton, Herndon, and Vienna are considered Fairfax County residents) pay a $30 non-county fee. Like the application fee, the non-county fee is assessed per person, per team, per season. Please note that, as of the Fall 2009 season, the non-county fee is applicable to youth and adults.
Non-county fees are not applicable for tournament or one-time use requests.
Custodial Fees
All gym use on Saturdays and Sundays is subject to custodial fees
charged by FCPS to provide custodians overtime pay to open, monitor, and
close the gyms. The current custodial fee is $32 per hour. You will be
billed at the end of the season, based on your actual use and these
- You will be charged for a minimum of four hours of use per day, excluding opening and closing fees.
- Ninety minutes ($48) per day, in addition to your actual use, will be included to cover opening, closing, and clean-up fees. This fee will be shared among all users scheduled by Athletic Services in the building that day.
Tournaments will incur the following additional costs:
- A second custodian will be assigned to the location for half of the time on each day. (e.g., If you use a gym for 10 hours, you will pay for 15 hours of custodial coverage.)
Additional clean-up costs will be assessed based on the type of
school used:
- High schools: 4 hours for the main gym, 2 hours for the auxiliary gym.
- Middle schools: 2 hours for the main gym, 1 hour for the auxiliary gym.
- Groups that are Certified Athletic Organizations will have their custodial fees subsidized in their primary gym scheduling season.
Building Director Fees
To ensure that gyms are being used in accordance with NCS and FCPS rules, a certified building director must be present at all times during gym use. Groups have two options for providing a building director:
NCS will provide a building director for $12.12 per hour, for which you will be billed at the end of the season.
You may provide a volunteer building director (VBD). A VBD must be at least 18 years old and must pass an exam to verify their comprehension of the building use rules. A training video, the exam, and additional information on the VBD program can be found on the VBD web page.
How do I read my permit?
Your permit will include one page per month per facility. Each page of your permit will look similar to the sample below. To ensure quick resolution of any conflicts or other problems, you should carry your permit with you at all times.
- Listing of the name of the group or person and sport the permit is assigned to, the scheduling season, and the request/permit number.
- The name of the school or park the permit is for.
- The specific field or gym the permit is for.
- If a day on the calendar does not have a time listed, the permit is not valid for that day.
- Permits are valid only for the time listed for each day at each facility.
- If there are any restrictions or special information items for a specific facility, they will be noted at the bottom of the permit.
Once you have received your permit, NCS will notify you by e-mail of any changes to your allocation (see sample below). This e-mail is an official notice of a change to your permit. You may print out the change notification and attach it to your permit or contact us for an updated permit.
South Fields [firstname.lastname@example.com]
As the User Group Contact for A Test Group this email is to notify you of the following cancellation from your schedule. A Test Group - Field Hockey which was scheduled at A Test School 60 #01 on 8/20/2008 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM has been cancelled due to School Fun Fair. Please make a note of this cancellation on your permits and notify your participants.
Please contact us for further information.
Fairfax County
What should I do if I will not be using some of the time I have been allocated?
You are required to turn back any allocated time that you will not use. To avoid being charged for the space, you must notify NCS in writing (firstname.lastname@example.com) at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled use or by 8 a.m. Wednesday morning for all weekend use.
What rules are there regarding field and gym usage?
All facility use rules can be found on our website. However, here are a few key rules to keep in mind:
Field Use Rules
- Groups of 20 or more, including spectators, are required to have a permit.
- Use is prohibited during wet or inclement weather.
- Alcohol is prohibited.
- Trash must be placed in designated receptacles.
- Field maintenance is prohibited without prior approval from FCPS or FCPA.
- Portable soccer goals must be properly anchored when in use and properly secured at all times when not in use.
Gym Use Rules
- Food and drink, other than water, is not allowed in gyms.
- Participants and spectators are permitted in the gym only.
- Groups playing outdoor sports in gyms are limited to training only, must use approved balls, and are prohibited from taking shots on goal.
Who are those nice people in the blue shirts?
We have a great staff of area monitors that visit our facilities to assist permit holders, resolve conflicts, and enforce facility use rules. Keep in mind, however, that they cannot be everywhere all the time! If you are having a problem with security, facility rule violations, permit conflicts, or if you are locked out of your assigned gym, call our after-hours emergency number to reach a monitor: (703)324-5515.
Who maintains the fields?
The Fairfax County Park Authority maintains all park fields and manages contractors that provide some maintenance on school fields. Many groups "adopt" fields, performing the maintenance themselves or paying for the maintenance. Adoption programs provide users with a variety of benefits, including scheduling rights and field enhancement opportunities. Please contact our office with questions regarding field maintenance or adoption programs.
Users are generally permitted to line fields, but we strongly encourage you to contact our office prior to lining a field so that your efforts can be coordinated with the property owner and other users.
Users are not permitted to perform any maintenance, including lining, on synthetic turf fields. Please contact our office if you have maintenance-related needs on turf fields.
How do we know when the fields or gyms are closed due to inclement weather?
Fields may be closed due to inclement weather or poor conditions, as use of wet fields can cause severe damage to the field. Gyms will be closed whenever schools close or close early due to weather. It is your responsibility to verify the status of the field prior to use. If you use a closed field, you will be responsible for any damage caused to the field.
For gym closures, call the weather hotline at 703-324-5264. School closure information can also be found on Channel 21 (FCPS Red Apple) or at www.fcps.edu.
Please note that, if you are assigned a high school or secondary school gym, the school's outdoor sports teams may need to practice indoors in case of inclement weather. If that is the case, your use may be cancelled or shortened with only a few hours notice. We attempt to notify users by 3 p.m. in these situations.
Park Authority field closures will be announced on the weather hotline at 703-324-5264, and on the Park Authority website. The Park Authority closure list is not updated on the weekends. Park Authority fields on the weekends, and school fields at all times, are closed at the discretion of the user. You should never use a field when there is standing water. For more information on determining field playability, please contact our office.
If you are using a high school or secondary school field, please call the school's athletic hotline for field closure information. The hotline number will be listed on your permit.
Synthetic turf fields will be closed when there is snow or ice on any part of field. Attempting removal of snow or ice may damage the field and is prohibited; it must melt naturally.
How does NCS schedule facilities?
We are guided by detailed policies that dictate in which order we schedule groups and how much space they get. You should take some time to familiarize yourself with the Field Allocation Policy and the Gym Allocation Policy. Here are some of the general guidelines that serve as the foundation of the policies:
- Youth programs have scheduling priority over adult programs.
Organized leagues have scheduling priority over groups of
individuals. The organizations with the highest scheduling priority
are Certified Athletic Organizations (CAO). To qualify as a CAO, you
must submit copies of the following documents:
- Organization bylaws
- Codes of conduct for athletes, spectators, and coaches
- Progressive disciplinary procedures
- Emergency communication plan
- Each sport is assigned a primary season, during which that sport has scheduling priority over other sports. For example, badminton groups (fall primary season) have gym scheduling priority over basketball groups (winter) during the fall.
Groups that do not meet our residency requirements have the lowest
scheduling priority. The residency requirements are:
- Youth organizations: 90% of participants must be Fairfax County residents
- Youth teams applying as individual teams: 75% of participants must be Fairfax County residents
- Adult organizations: 75% of all participants AND 67% of each team must be Fairfax County residents
- Groups receive a certain amount of space per week. This amount is based on the number of participants, their ages, and the sport. For example, a soccer team of 11 year-olds qualifies for 3 hours of practice and 1.5 hours of game space per week (we assume two teams on the field per practice and game).
Groups are allocated space in blocks of time. You are responsible for assigning the space to specific teams within your organization for games and practices.
What kind of use does NCS not schedule?
For-profit athletic organizations and fundraising activities such as camps and clinics must be scheduled by the property owner (FCPS or FCPA) and may be subject to rental or commission fees.
Additionally, use of fields or gyms during hours other than those designated as "community use time" must be scheduled by the property owner. Community use time is defined as follows:
- Monday through Friday, 4:30 p.m. to dark (11 p.m. on lighted fields)
- Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to dark (11 p.m. on lighted fields)
- Some lighted fields may have earlier lights out times. Please contact our office for details and for instructions on operating lights.
- Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
- Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10:15 p.m.
- Gyms are not available during FCPS employee holidays.
If you have any questions, or are interested in obtaining space for an activity not scheduled by NCS, please contact us so that we can connect you to the right person.
What else should I know?
Applications and rosters do not carry over from season to season. You must apply and provide rosters separately for each season.
Permits are non-transferrable. As the permit holder you may not allow a third party to use the facility.
Permit holders are required to return any allocated space or time that will not be used.
You may not request space if you already receive space through another permit. For example, a specific team within an organization must go through its organization for practice space and may not apply separately for additional permits.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any other questions!
Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services
Athletic Services and Community Use Scheduling
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 1050
Fairfax, VA 22035-1115
703-324-5533 or 703-324-5522, TTY 711
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Anybody who followed Ray Nelson's horse racing selections in this newspaper knows he was a long-shot player. Sometimes he'd correctly pick a 30-1 winner, other times the 40-1 shot he tabbed would run up the track.
But Ray was a longshot in his own right. He proved the doctors wrong at a young age when, after contracting polo very early in life, he scoffed at their projections that he wouldn't live past 15. He celebrated his 60th birthday last month, long after those same doctors had passed on.
You want courage? Ray is your poster boy.
Ray spent the great majority of his life in a wheelchair, never feeling sorry for himself or questioning God's plan for him. He was as close to perfection as any human being could be.
You want inspiration? Many of the former players he coached in various youth sports leagues in Glendora can attest to the positive ways that he touched their lives.
Until his death 10 days ago, Ray received notes on social media sites from men and women who learned not only how to run the bases or throw a curve ball under his tutelage but, more importantly, life's lessons as well.
One of his former players left this note on Ray's Facebook page the day he died: "RIP Ray Nelson. Such an inspiration & one of the best coaches I ever had. He taught me humility, how to be a great winner with dignity & class. He will forever be my unsung hero! Thank you Ray!"
You want compassion? Ray possessed that rare quality of putting others in his life first and himself second.
I asked him the night he was dying, when his hospital room was full of family members and close friends, why he was so concerned about others. I mean, here's a man who knew he had little time left telling his doctor he didn't want his mom and dad to suffer while watching him slowly drift away to Heaven.
Right till the end, he wanted to spare others.
"Because he's Ray Nelson," said his youngest sister Ann.
You want strength? God created Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and other musclemen, but none were as strong as Ray when Jesus called.
As his mom Peggy sat by his bedside that Monday afternoon, occasionally wiping away a tear, Ray wanted none of it.
"Oh knock it off!" Ray sternly said to her, but in a loving manner.
You see, it was OK if Ray showed compassion, but he didn't want you feeling sorry for him. That's just the type of person he was.
I love Ray Nelson, and not only because of who he was but because he set an example for me that I tried to follow. God put him on this earth to show others that no matter how high the hurdle, you can clear it if you just try. Ray was God's message to us to get off our butts and make a difference.
We attended Glendora High School together, went on to study journalism at Citrus College and then worked on the Poly Post at Cal Poly Pomona in the '70s.
We weren't just friends, we were brothers. Some people tell me I was a great friend to Ray, and maybe I was. But know this — Ray enriched my life far greater than I enriched his. He would have been the amazing person he was without me, but there's no way I'd be the person I am today if I hadn't been blessed with 43 years of his friendship.
I miss him so much, but what keeps me going are the memories, like the times we shared at the race track or playing the horses in Las Vegas before advance deposit wagering became the norm.
Until he died, we still talked about how close we came to a huge score in a Vegas sports book in the '80s when we watched our 35-1 longshot win the opener at Arlington Park near Chicago and then lost by a nose in the second half of the daily double when the 6-5 favorite came charging home to beat our 60-1 outsider at the wire.
We thought we'd won. We high-fived, celebrated like we'd be dining that night with Kate Upton and Amanda Seyfried. That is, until the photo came down and reality hit. We'd be dining with Phyllis Diller and Rosie O'Donnell.
The memories are countless, including the times we hit 40-1 longshot Tough and Proud at Santa Anita, 60-1 boxcar Pardon Dolly at Del Mar and 99-1 shocker Vardell at Bay Meadows. And those were just a few of the big paydays.
Ray also loved to play Wiffle ball and I constantly teased him about how he never beat me when we went head to head. We had special rules to make the games fair and sometimes we'd choose up sides when there were more than two of us, Ray and one of our buddies versus the other two. Sometimes his team would win, but it always bothered him that he never beat me when it was just him and me playing those three-inning games.
"Well, if you weren't so dang tall, you never would have caught that ball I hit," he would tell me in disgust. Or, "Two more feet and that would have been a single and I'd have beaten you," he'd say.
I just laughed and said, "Scoreboard, baby!"
One night, when four of us were playing and dusk had settled in, Ray came to bat with the winning run on third base and two out. I was pitching and I knew — I mean, I just knew — that with me throwing overhand, there was no way he was going to get a hit off me in the dark.
Well, the word quit didn't exist in Ray's dictionary and he laid down the most perfect bunt you'd want to see. It won the game for his team and I was livid.
"Why you little geek! You can't even be a man and swing the bat," I shouted at him. "No, you have to bunt, you little weasel. You're a wimp! No way you could have gotten a hit off me if you'd swung the bat!"
Ray just looked at me, flashed that little grin of his, and said, "Scoreboard, baby!"
Rest in peace, my little buddy. I want a rematch when we meet again in Heaven.
Art Wilson's horse racing column appears in this newspaper every Friday


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TPW Commission Approves Land Transfer to Aid Construction of New Franklin Mountains State Park Entrance
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its Thursday meeting passed a resolution approving the transfer eight acres of Franklin Mountains State Park property in El Paso to facilitate the construction of a new, safer park entrance off of State Loop 375.
The acreage will be transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation so the agency can build a new intersection and new park entrance designed to enhance the safety of visitors entering and exiting the park from the loop, also known as Transmountain Road. TPWD has conducted an environmental review of the entrance design and construction methodologies to ensure that they will have minimal impact on the environment and wildlife resources.
The new park entrance and divided highway design incorporates a wildlife crossing under Loop 375 that also will serve for the first time to connect the northern and southern halves of the state park for pedestrian and bike traffic. The highway design also creates independent turn lanes completely separated from the main driving lanes of Transmountain Road, which connects east and west El Paso through a mile-high mountain pass.
In addition, the new intersection will not further degrade vista views since the crossover will be constructed under Loop 375. Minimal viewshed impacts may occur from the additional roadway exit /on ramps required to access the crossover.
Commissioners also learned during a Wednesday work session that the El Paso Public Service Board has offered TPWD a bargain sale of approximately 600 acres just west of the Franklin Mountains State Park boundary for addition to the 25,809-acre park. The tract of undeveloped land would provide a buffer from pending new growth and expand public recreational opportunities.
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The Gibbs sign came to me from New Zealand whre they used to have vast amount of sheep but sadly the dairy industry is now taking over a lot of the land where sheep used to once graze.
The Climax sign was from Liverpool in the UK and the UK is where a lot of the famous signs were made.
The Cooper Stands alone was a sign that was wrecked when I got it and I have fully restored it to its former glory. This sign also came from New Zealand
The McDougalls dip is a tin sign and very old. It too came from the UK. These four sign are just a fraction of the 170 that I have in my possession. I also have many pieces of sheep shearing equipment and I am always looking for more.
Regards, George Grant


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AciDBatH666 wrote:I've got about 7 or 8 boxes of black. Maybe less. I think Black is what I stockpiled.
I'm about to round up all of my dyes, containers and dye related stuff and sell it here on the forums to someone who wants to have a whole kit for one price.
This may be something I am interested in.


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Click here to read my review of the DVD of L'Immortelle released yesterday, a full 51 years after the fact.
As I note, "L'Immortelle was shot in 1962, and released in France on March 27, 1963, but despite the enormous success of Marienbad, L'Immortelle was deemed too difficult for American audiences, and resolutely uncommercial – which it is – and with a rough negative cost of $100,000, the producer and distributor of the film deemed a United States release more trouble than it was worth. And so it was not until six years later that L'Immortelle made the rounds of screening rooms in Manhattan; after that, I think it might have played at a few art houses for a week or so, but then it vanished from sight completely.
L'Immortelle itself has a curious genesis; it was made with blocked funds in Turkey that couldn't be taken out of the country, and so shooting in Istanbul was a given, though Robbe-Grillet had ties to the city and knew it well. The producers even went so far as to say that they didn't even really care if the film made money, just so long as they could get something out of Turkey. Thus, Robbe-Grillet and his wife, Catherine, who appears in the film as the enigmatic Catherine Sarayan, scouted locations and had the entire project ready to go, when a revolution interrupted their plans, and shooting had to be put off for two years before a new regime was installed, and some semblance of order restored. Then the film was shot quickly and efficiently, in richly saturated black and white.
The film's narrative is so slight as to be nonexistent; the official press synopsis describes the film as 'an erotic, dream-like fantasy in which a despondent man meets a beautiful, secretive woman who may, or may not, be involved in using kidnapped women as prostitutes.' This is as good a synopsis as any might be, because the real psychic and visual terrain of the film is memory, repetition, the impossibility of knowing another, the unreliability of the senses, and a circularity of narrative that keeps bringing the viewer back to one location after another with the stubborn insistence of a spectral tour guide who seemingly insists that we visit a room, a mosque, a nightclub, an antique store, an apartment and numerous other locations just one more time, until they are indelibly imprinted on our memory.
The leading characters, Françoise Brion and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, known only as L and N respectively, are not so much characters as situations; people frozen in time and memory who walk through the film with an air of complete detachment from any sort of reality, as if they are the principals in their own fantasy of Istanbul, and the few supporting characters who surround them behave in exactly the same fashion. Scenes are routinely repeated two, three times or more, sometimes exactly the same, down to the slightest detail, and other times with minor variations, seemingly in slow motion, as if actors are sleepwalking through the world they inhabit. Often, characters appear within a scene without explanation, as if they had always been there, and perhaps always will be there; timeless, unchanging, fixed and motionless.
There is a timelessness about the film, and for good reason; as Robbe-Grillet has acknowledged on numerous occasions, Françoise Brion's character is already dead when the film begins, although she assumes a phantom corporeality for the purposes of the film, and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, for all intents and purposes, is in love with someone who no longer exists, if she ever existed – in fact, we can't be sure if any of the narrative ever occurred, or if everything we're seeing is a fever dream, something conjured up out of loneliness, isolation, or the sheer existential longing of one man's need to be loved."
This is essential cinema; get the DVD or Blu-ray now, and prepare to be astonished.
Tags: Alain Robbe-Grillet, Film History, Film International, Foreign Films, French Cinema, L'Immortelle, Reviews


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Indiana: Kevin Love, Josh Shelby
Memphis: Danny Granger, J.J. Barea
Minnesota: Rudy Gay, D.J Augustine
The numbers work on espn's trade machine
Memphis wants to get ride of Rudy's big contract so what better player to replace him with then Danny and his reasonable sized contract.
With Minnesota it seems Love wants out and the wolves landing Rudy Gay would heal the wound of Love leaving.
Pacers get an awesome talent in Love and can now keep Paul at the SF spot and let him do his thing.
The point guards are in there for different reasons. We send DJ to the wolves with an expiring deal, Memphis gets a solid backup to Conley and we get a young Shelby to hopefully develop into a ty lawson type point guard.


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KENDALL, Fla. - One of the men accused of shooting at police officers before a fire broke out at a home in Kendall Tuesday night was found hanging from a tree Wednesday afternoon, the victim of an apparent suicide, police say.
The incident began around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at 15415 SW 57th Street.
According to police, when officers approached the house as part of an on-going narcotics investigation, three men opened fire and ran off. No officers were injured during the shooting.
"It sounded like a gate but it wasn't," said Stephanie Diaz. "It was shooting and it wouldn't stop."
A fire then started at the residence. It's unclear what sparked it.
"The flames were big," said Dariel Leon.
On Wednesday, a charred body was found inside the house. It has not yet been identified.
Police arrested 29-year-old Brian Howell early Wednesday.
The search for the other two suspects, Dell DiGiovanni's and Michael DiGiovanni, 27, continued. Police say they are father and son.
On Wednesday afternoon, neighbors called police after they found a body hanging from a tree in a wooded area near SW 147th Avenue and 47th Street. When officers arrived, they identified the victim as Dell DiGiovanni.
Michael DiGiovanni remains on the loose, police say.
A police perimeter is set up between Southwest 157th and Southwest 152nd Avenues between Miller Drive and 60th Street.
Michael DiGiovanni is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information on shooting is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477).
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TROY, Mich. - Here's another heartbreaking story that should serve as a reminder to all of you about the scam artists out there, looking to take your money!
Troy police say a local woman may have lost up to $60,000 because she believed she'd won millions. Police say an employee at the PNC Bank inside the Kroger on East Long Lake suspected something was wrong.
The 68-year-old woman wanted to wire money to someone. She said she was told she could collect millions if she paid legal and processing fees up front. The woman told police she'd wired thousands of dollars to someone over the past year. They believe the losses could add up to $60,000. The bank employee called police. In those situations, it's rare to recover the money, so you have to protect yourself, and your loved ones.
Ruth to the Rescue Scam Alert
The Ruth to the Rescue unit has been sounding the alarm about scams like this for years. Sadly, the warnings bear repeating as people continue to learn the lesson the hard way. Working with the experts at the Better Business Bureau, Ruth to the Rescue has come up with this guidance.
1) NEVER pay money to collect winnings. Very few, if any, legitimate contests require payment before giving you a prize. Because it is extremely difficult for the victim to track or retrieve money sent via wire transfer, scammers will often use this as their payment method of choice.
2) If you have not entered a contest, it's very difficult to win a contest. Very few, if any, legitimate contests go around looking for random winners just to give money, iPads, or trips to people. At best, those offers come with strings, and in the worst case, they are scams to take your money or personal information.
3) If you want to believe you've won something, take steps to confirm the story. Call any organization directly, through a legitimate number to see if that business is really running a contest. (IE: You might get a text saying you won a Target gift card, call Target directly to see if the contest is real.
4) If you receive emails or texts claiming you have to click on a link to claim the prize, its VERY dangerous to do so, as that link could release a virus into your system that will steal your personal information.
5) Don't fall for phony checks. Scammers will often send a check in the mail to the victim with the instructions that-in order to receive the full prize-he or she must deposit the check and wire back a portion of the funds to cover fees or taxes. This gives the victim a false sense of security because the check will clear initially, but eventually be discovered as a fake. The money is then taken out of the victim's account and he or she is out the funds sent to the scammer.
6) Even the Better Business Bureau's good name is not immune from being used in scams. If you have been contacted by someone posing as a Better Business Bureau employee or someone claiming to be from a Better Business Bureau affiliated sweepstakes/lottery, call the BBB at 248.223.9400 or email@example.com.
7) If you have older loved ones who live out of state, check in with them. If they mention winning something- or anything that sounds suspicious, be sure to ask for more details, to make sure no one is trying to rip them off.
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CHICAGOJalen Rose's injured left hand, originally believed to have a fractured bone in it, has not one, not two, not three but four breaks.
The veteran guard got the update when he awoke during the operation, which he thought was going to last no longer than 45 minutes.
"I woke up and I was still on the table, and I was like, `Hey, how long are we going to be here?'" he said. "And they said, `Jalen, we thought it was, like, one (fracture) we had to fix, but it was four.'
"It was reported as being my finger. No. It's my hand. There's a plate and a couple of screws they took the screws out of my head and put them in my hand," he quipped.
Rose believes the injury originated while he was still playing for the Chicago Bulls at training camp. He specifically remembers a collision with Jamal Crawford.
"Crawford had the ball on the wing, and it was like a loose ball scrum," Rose recalled. "I tried to dig at the ball and I hurt it (the hand) the first day (of camp)."
The timing is especially rotten for Rose, since this is the time of the season he lives for.
"I always considered this my time of year, and I feel like this is the time of year that I'm really here, this is the time of year that they brought me here for a playoff run, and the playoffs," the 10-year veteran said. "It's somewhat disheartening, but injuries are a part of the game. The good thing that's going to happen is now I'll be completely healthy. And I get a chance to feel like myself, for whatever that's worth."
The team said Rose will be out indefinitely, but as he slid a pressure glove over his hand, he said he hoped it would be more like one month.


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12 Excellent Movies That Use VFX To Tell A Story
It's summer movie season, which means lots of effects-heavy, big budget romps. And it's easy to feel numbed by all this digital overkill. But when visual effects are used well, they can tell the story instead of distracting from it. Just check out our list of 12 movies that use VFX purely as a storytelling tool.


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Rina Goldberg dreamed of walking down the red carpet next to the big name actors who would star in the movie she wrote. The Magic Bracelet made it to Hollywood two and a half years after the Cheltenham teen died from a debilitating disease.
Rina Goldberg dreamed of walking down the red carpet next to the big name actors who would star in the movie she wrote.
The Cheltenham teen insisted it would happen, even when her parents suggested that it might be just as nice with college students; even when it became clear that she would succumb to a debilitating and often terminal disease that took her life when she was 15 years old.
The unbending optimist was right. But it was her parents who flew to Hollywood to finish what she started, and the carpet at the May 18 premiere was actually purple, her favorite color.
Her movie, The Magic Bracelet, will be shown next in Philadelphia, at a June 2 screening organized by a friend who suffers from the same illness.
Rina was already frail and homebound when a family friend suggested that she help him come up with ideas for his movie production company. Within a few days, she'd crafted an outline for The Magic Bracelet, a fantasy adventure story of two long lost sisters. Like her, one of the girls has mitochondrial disease, a condition usually caused by a genetic defect that impairs cells' ability to produce energy, leading to overwhelming fatigue and, eventually, more severe problems such as strokes or organ failure.
Just before Rina died in December 2010, she asked her mom to promise that her film would get made.
Stacy Goldberg pitched the script to anyone she could think of before discovering the website of the Los Angeles-based Make a Film Foundation, which helps hospitalized children with chronic conditions produce mini documentaries and selects one future filmmaker each year to create a 20-minute narrative with professional volunteers.
At first, the group's executive director, Tamika Lamison, turned Goldberg down because her mission was to include the children themselves in the filmmaking process, especially for the longer narrative. But, Lamison said, Rina's story got to her.
Since Rina was already gone, her parents acted as her stand-in. They reviewed the 25-page script that Academy Award-winning writer Diablo Cody (Juno) had adapted to make sure it maintained Rina's vision.
Then, after months of planning and waiting, Stacy and Ari Goldberg flew to Los Angeles in December 2012 for four days of intense shooting.
More than 100 crew and cast members volunteered their time for the production, including director Jon Poll (Charlie Bartlett, Meet the Fockers) and actors Bailee Madison (Parental Guidance), Academy Award-nominated Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Kaitlin Doubleday (Catch Me If You Can), Jackson Rathbone (Twilight franchise), J.K. Simmons (Spiderman) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek).
Despite all the credentials on the set, there were no divas and no egos, said Stacy Goldberg, a speech therapist. As the volunteers learned more about Rina, "they got so connected to her." Many of them came up to thank her for allowing them to contribute to the project, she continued.
Wherever the production team went, a large framed photo of Rina came, too. They brought the picture along to location scouts, to production meetings, even out to lunch. On set, the image had a place of honor propped up in a director's chair or right behind the camera.
"We'd hear these crew members who we'd never met before — 'Hold on, wait, wait, wait, where's Rina?' Not, 'Where's the photo of Rina?' " Goldberg recalled.
When they first saw the script acted out, Goldberg said, "it was rough to listen to those lines and know that she physically wasn't hearing them." On the other hand, Rina would have been frustrated, her mother said, because she wouln't have been up to the 12-hour workdays.
Still, there were so many coincidences that made them think of Rina that it felt like she was there in spirit, finally free of the burden of her body, Goldberg said. For example, they found out that the dog who appeared in the film happened to have a sister named Rina.
"Who names their dog Rina?" Goldberg wondered.
Though Lamison, the foundation director, had never met Rina, she said she started to create her own relationship with the teenager while producing her movie.
"That was a very special thing, like she was here almost," said Lamison.
Even in post-production editing or handling the logistics of the premiere, "I would meditate and ask her when I felt like I didn't know what to do." And, she added, "I know this is a little crunchy-granola, but I would always get an answer."
Nearly a half a year later, The Magic Bracelet was finally ready to premiere. Once again, the Goldbergs flew to Los Angeles to represent Rina — this time from Columbus, Ohio, where Ari, the former director of the Jewish Community High School at Gratz College, had found a job as chief administrator for a Conservative synagogue.
Watching the finished product on the big screen was transformational and everything Rina dreamed it would be, Stacy Goldberg said. In the film, her daughter's presence was "palatable and powerful."
"It was truly Rina's night."
Even though the Goldbergs moved in February, Philadelphia had been Rina's home and the logical choice for the first post-Hollywood screening. Plus, Rina had a "mito sister" in Huntingdon Valley who was eager to help organize it: 24-year-old Hayley Leib.
When the girls first met years ago, Hayley hadn't yet been diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. But her mother, Randy, formed a tight bond with Rina's mom as both girls went in and out of the hospital. At one point, Hayley was in the hospital for eight months. It was the Goldbergs who suggested that Hayley consult with their doctor in Boston to test for mitochondrial disease.
"Family's great but they don't necessarily live our life on a daily basis," Randy Leib said. "We don't know what tomorrow will bring, we kind of live for today."
Even though the girls were often too sick to see each other in person and Rina was several years younger, "she seemed to have this ability to know what was going on with me without even asking," Hayley said. "It was easy to relate to her and be with her because she got it, which a lot of people don't."
They sent messages to each other through their mothers, who spoke on the phone daily, sometimes twice a day.
For Hayley, organizing the Philadelphia premiere was not only a chance to honor an inspiring friend but to raise awareness of a condition that often falls under the radar.
"This is Philadelphia, you have some of the top hospitals and doctors in the country and I would have to explain to them what my disease is, which is just unfathomable to me," Hayley said. "It's not as rare as people think. There are plenty of people who are walking around who have it and don't know because they go to doctors and the doctors have never heard of it, so how can they help anyone?"
Television host Marc Summers, who emceed a local fundraiser for The Magic Bracelet last March, is expected to do the same for the upcoming premiere at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am, where Hayley's dad, Robert Leib, serves as the head rabbi. The June 2 event will begin with a silent auction and a performance by American Idol finalist LaToya London. In addition to the 19-minute film, the Goldbergs and Lamison will speak about the project and show a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the movie. Proceeds from the event will go to the film foundation to continue granting wishes to kids with serious illnesses.
The whole project has already gotten bigger than they ever imagined, Ari Goldberg said, "although the irony is that Rina probably did imagine it."
Through the movie Facebook page, they've already received requests to screen the film from all around the world, including northern Ireland, Switzerland and Chile. One grandmother wrote a message describing how her 6-year-old granddaughter with mitochondrial disease started to cry after seeing Bailee Madison with a feeding tube in the movie trailer, saying, "Look, she's got a tube-y like me."
After the Philadelphia premiere, the Goldbergs will travel to a United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation conference in Newport Beach, Calif., to present the film in mid-June. Lamison also plans to enter it into the festival circuit for short films and look into licensing it for television distribution.
Rina wanted to give kids like her "the feeling that they're not alone, they're not strange or weird," her father said. She dreamed that her movie would give them hope "that they don't have to be a victim to their disease, whatever it is. So that's where we go from here."