| Brother documents sister's painful road to recovery
And then the railing gave way on their back deck during Naomi's visit home near Ottawa in May 2006, sending her plunging eight feet down to the rocky retaining wall below. His beautiful, athletic sister was suddenly paralyzed from the waist down. "I remember immediately feeling nothing beneath my knees," she recalls, looking into his camera, looking into his soul. "I knew I would not walk again." Her spinal cord had been shattered, but her special bond with her brother was about to be restored. And now the Humber College film student is chronicling his sister's determined journey to recovery, promising to spread her message that being a paraplegic does not mean surrender. Last month, that meant following her to China where she has gone for an experimental procedure she hopes will alleviate the searing neuropathic pain she has developed.
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Cincinnati Reds Ready To Move Spring Training Cite To Arizona
Based on these choices, they should move to Arizona. It's a no-brainer.
I've heard from lots of fans complaining about the longer distances to Arizona and how they visit family in Florida each spring. What I haven't heard is an explanation for why there are rarely capacity or near-capacity crowds at Ed Smith Stadium to see the Reds. The place holds over 8,000, and the attendance usually is closer to 4,000. The only sellouts I've noticed the past two springs are when the Red Sox or Yankees visit. While those teams draw hundreds for their workouts at their own complexes, the Reds might draw dozens to theirs.
Goodyear will decide Monday whether to enter a 90-day exclusive negotiating period with the Reds, so obviously it's getting serious. If negotiations lead to a deal, Cincinnati would become the 15th team in the Cactus League.
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