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The Journey
Inuvik, NWT to Fairview, AB
Approx. 2,750 km. by road to Inuvik and then 1500 km.
on a NTCL barge up the MacKenzie River to Hay River, NWT - THEN 800 km. down the Mackenzie Highway by truck to Fairview, AB
click on photos or map below to enlarge
All donations are very much appreciated and will greatly assist with the reclamation of this historic aircraft. Your help will assure its future as a flying museum, to be shared with everyone across the country that it served for almost 70 years.
The Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS), a non-profit organization, was formed to be the operating wing of the Canso PBY-5A, C-FNJE. FARS is currently coordinating the restoration of the Canso, raising funds to help rebuild the aircraft and planning to provide hangar space for FNJE and other historic aircraft. Upon completion of this restoration, FARS will organize demonstrations at airshows and community events to provide school children and the general public the opportunity to share in a part of Canada's rich history.
Latest News!
Fabric Work
Our Mission
The Canso Crew
Update (Blog)
War Years
Lifting the Wing
We Need Parts
Contact Us
Special Thanks!
Engine Exchange
FARS is most grateful to the towns of St. Anthony and Stephenville, NL. Through their spirit of Canadian neighborliness, some of the Canso Crew will travel to Newfoundland and exchange display engines and props for the excellent low time engines and props currently on Canso PBY FIZU, which is on display in the town of St. Anthony.
Click the links below for more on the story of the Newfoundland engines & props .......
Special thanks goes to Alvin Gregorash and Aero Recip of Winnipeg, Manitoba for supplying a runout Pratt and Whitney 1830 engine to FARS. Aero Recip's quick and gracious response to our request for a display engine to install in the town of St. Anthony's Canso, FIZU, has made a significant contribution towards getting NJE flying again. Aero Recip carries on a long tradition of excellence in piston engne overhaul.
Contact them at 1-204-788-4765 or see their webpage:
"Fairview trades aircraft engines and history with Newfoundland" is how the headline reads in the latest adventure of the Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS), Canso Crew from Fairview, AB.
On July 28, 2013 the
Edmonton Journal
carried an excellent article on the
Great Canadian Aircraft Engine Exchange,
written by Keith Gerein of the Journal staff. A few years ago, Keith wrote another excellent story about the Canso FNJE regarding the recovery phase of the project. That story ran in the
and subsequently in the
Calgary Herald
. FARS is most appreciative of the
Edmonton Journal
and Keith Gerein for the interest and support.
To check out this story please click the link below to access the
Edmonton Journal
May 16, 2013 - The Canso Crew is now in St. Anthony, Newfoundland!
Brian & Karen Wilson and Norbert Luken left Fairview, AB on May 3, 2013, with two runout (display) Pratt and Whitney 1830 radial aircraft engines loaded on a trailer, heading for St. Anthony, NL, as stage one of the Great Canadian Aircraft Engine Exchange.
Ten days later and with 6500 km's behind them the Crew and their cargo of engines and props arrived in St. Anthony, NL - tired, but happy to be there. The rest of the FARS Canso Crew, Don & Marg Wieben and Joe and Jo-Anne Gans, arrived by air the same day. Then the real work began - exchanging the built up display engines and props hauled from Fairview, for the two good serviceable engine and props, currently on St. Anthony's Canso PBY FIZU.
It hasn't been all work, however, on Wednesday night the St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce hosted a "meet and greet" for the Crew, at which time a letter of greetings from the Town of Fairview and M.D. of Fairview, along with a commemorative plaque was presented to Mayor Simms of St. Anthony. A similar letter of appreciation from the Town and MD of Fairview will be delivered to Mayor Tom O'Brien and the Town Council of Stephenville, on the return trip to western Canada.
The Canso Crew reports that the people of St. Anthony and all of Newfoundland have been incredibly helpful and friendly - that is certainly in keeping with the acts of generosity of St. Anthony and Stephenville in donating the engines and props to the Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) Canso Project.
At the Fairview Canso Engine Shop - one of the runout P&W 1830 engine to be used in the engine swap with the low time St. Anthony/Stephenville, NL engines.
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to add a comment or words of encouragement in our Guest Book. Thanks,
The Canso Crew
The Fairview Canso Crew's first look at the Canso PBY FIZU as it sits on display in the Town of St. Anthony, NL.
June 13, 2013 - The Canso Crew is now back in Fairview, AB!
Brian & Karen Wilson got home with the two low time engines/props and a metalized trailing edge in tow, on June 3rd after traveling some 13,000 kms across Canada to St. Anthony, Newfoundland, and back. The rest of the Canso Crew, Norbert Luken, Don and Marg Wieben, Joe and Jo-Anne Gans flew home earlier. They all reported a great time with tremendous help and support from the people of St. Anthony, and all over Newfoundland.
Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) wants to express most sincere appreciation to those wonderful people of Newfoundland for their great act of neighborliness with their involvement with the Great Canadian Aircraft Engine Exchange.
FARS also wants extend heartfelt thanks the people of Fairview and area (the Canso Crew members who stayed home) that also worked so hard to get the display engines/props and the traveling "billboard" ready for the exchange.
It was great to see the local governments in St. Anthony and Stephenville, Newfoundland and the Town of Fairview and Municipal District of Fairview No. 136, in Alberta, getting behind a project that will help to preserve a Canadian made historic aircraft to be shared as a flying museum with school kids and aviation enthusiasts across the country.
The "Great Canadian Aircraft Engines Exchange" is over for now. The engines and props are back in Fairview in storage, waiting for the next big step.
Does anyone else see the resemblance? We sure did and presented Brittany, our AME summer student, with a Thank-You card showing the two posters along with our sincere appreciation for the summer of good work on the Canso project.
Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) has had a very busy and productive spring/summer. It started in April with the
Great Canadian Aircraft Engine Exchange
(see below)
followed by FARS' application to the federal government's Hire-A-Student Program. FARS was fortunate to be approved for the program and very fortunate to be able to hire Brittany, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student from Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, BC. It turned out very well, especially since several volunteers were needed to organize and supervise the various tasks Brittany took on. As a result, a lot of work got done.
Another great benefit was a classmate of hers showing up as a volunteer for a week. It seems the reports back to the college must have been favourable because we've since had offers from one of Brittany's instructors and two of her graduated classmates to volunteer for the month of September. We are looking forward to getting a lot more work done and FARS is most appreciative of these generous donations of time and energy.
There's an African proverb that says, "It takes a village to raise a child". Maybe, for our purposes, we could paraphrase this to say: "It takes a country to restore a Canso PBY." At least it seems like that when you have hundreds of people from all across the country working to see this project completed. Be it through volunteering of their time and skills and-or donating money/gifts-in-kind, from Inuvik, NWT to St. Anthony and Stephenville, NL, every community that FARS has had contact with has stepped up to make things work! The expressions of interest and support that come in from around the world are also helpful and greatly appreciated.
Latest News!
Fabric Work
Our Mission
The Canso Crew
Update (Blog)
War Years
Lifting the Wing
We Need Parts
Contact Us
Special Thanks!
Engine Exchange
Latest News!
Fabric Work
Our Mission
The Canso Crew
Update (Blog)
War Years
Lifting the Wing
We Need Parts
Contact Us
Special Thanks!
Engine Exchange
All donations are very much appreciated and will greatly assist with the reclamation of this historic aircraft.
click on photos below to enlarge
It's been a big year for the restoration of
Canso PBY 5-A, C-FNJE
Thanks to the good people of the Towns of St. Anthony and Stephenville, NL, after the GREAT CANADIAN AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXCHANGE,
we have two engines with props back in Fairview. These two Newfoundland towns generously allowed FARS to exchange the serviceable engines/props from their Canso, which is on display in downtown St. Anthony, for timed out engines and props prepared for the swap. Our preliminary evaluation of the new engines appears very positive.
The hydraulic systems are all checked out and working.
A number of the wings sections have been repaired and painted. Our AME Summer Student, from Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, BC, worked out very well and lots of work got done this summer.
Most recently, we had another in the series of visits from our technical adviser, Rollie Hammerstedt, from Ontario. Whenever Rollie is here we get a lot of high quality productive work done. This trip was no exception and after a very thorough check of all the work and tasks completed, Rollie said he thought FARS would be able to finish the project in 2014.
This is Great News!
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Photo above: February, 2014 - Joe Gans, with Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) working at Greg Wieben's shop, doing a borescope inspection on the port engine. This was one of the serviceable engines brought back from St. Anthony, Newfoundland as part of the
Great Canadian Aircraft Engine Exchange
Father's Day Fly-In Breakfast
June 15, 2014
Another successful Fly-In at the Fairview Airport!
Thanks to all who arrived by air or on the ground.
Visitors had a chance to spend time with a pilot who actually flew this very Canso during World War II - Mr. Hal Burns, from Edmonton, who was interviewed by CBC Edmonton, capturing Hal's reunion with the Canso after more than
70 years!
Interview with Hal Burns, Veteran Canso Pilot
The links below will take you to a great CBC story about a reunion between Hal Burns, WWII pilot, and the Canso PBY he flew 70 years ago with 162 Squadron over the North Atlantic.
August 2014 - The Canso Crew has been very fortunate to have some great help this summer.
In early June, we hired James Waugh, who had just graduated from the AME program at SAIT, in Calgary. James came to help us out for about six weeks during which time we also had one of our regular two-week visits from Rollie Hammerstedt of Kenora, ON.
Rollie has more than 60 years experience on Canso and similar aircraft and always amazes us with his knowledge and skill.
The third member of our summer work force is Stuart Madden, first year AME student at Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, BC, hired under the Canada Summer Jobs program.
Please click the link below for a look at the very interesting story written by Chris Eaken of the Fairview Post about these three AMEs on their different paths to the Canso.
AME Summer Student
James Waugh talks about his time in Fairview working for FARS on the restoration of the Canso PBY-5A, C-FNJE
It was with great sadness we learned of the passing of Albert Frost, on August 11, 2014,
a most valued and appreciated member of the Canso Crew.
In 2008, when the original Canso Crew travelled to Inuvik, NWT to salvage the Canso PBY-5A from the frozen shores of Sitidgi Lake, no one was more important to the mission than local guide, trapper and friend - Albert Frost. Albert helped with every facet of the operation, even down to providing some old carpet to cushion and insulate the floor of the walled tent in -25 degree weather. His skills on a snowmobile and local knowledge of the area were amazing to us all.
We extend our sincere condolences to Albert's wife, Lorraine Greenland, his family and friends.
Albert Frost, 2008 near Sitidgi lake, NWT
Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society is always happy to have Rollie Hammerstedt, our favourite AME, visit with us and help to keep us on track!
Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) was very pleased to have Stuart Madden, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student from Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, BC, with us in July and August, 2014, as our Summer Student, under the Federal Government sponsored Summer Student Program
The Annual General Meeting of the Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS), on November 18th, was a great meeting.
Thanks to everyone who turned out and we are looking forward to productive year ahead with the hope of seeing the wing put back on the airframe by the end of June 2015.
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CCP has fired a shot across the bow of the null-sec alliances. The first major change has already happened: sanctum cosmic anomalies of the most lucrative variety are no longer found in less desirable solar systems. The next change is just around the corner, and promises to reduce the functionality of jump bridges.
Without a doubt, EVE Online's political end-game is changing. The question is now whether these changes are for the best, and what further changes lie in store for the denizens of conquerable space. Though it is an unpopular position, I am going to attempt to defend these changes where I think it appropriate.
Big Changes
Alliances must have a steady income stream or they will not be able to pay the bills on controlling their space.
Not every alliance in null-sec has access to worthwhile moons. Those that do own such moons are unlikely to acquire many more and hold them for very long due to the way null-sec politics tends to break down along natural borders, with territory swelling and receding to roughly the same size as previous inhabitants of that area.
An so it is that taxes are the most important factor in most alliances for the purposes of cash flow and paying for the upkeep of space. Pilots run cosmic anomalies to earn ISK. That ISK is taxed and spent on upgrading the space to have more cosmic anomalies. It is a lovely economic ecosystem.
Fortunately or not, depending on your point of view, this changed. Someone at CCP realized that under the game mechanics at the time all solar systems were pretty much identical. This removed a lot of the pressure for alliances to invade space: if the space did not have technetium moons, there would be little to distinguish it from anywhere else. CCP fixed this by linking the quality of cosmic anomalies to system security status, with a lower status resulting in better sites.
The Sound And The Fury
Nobody wanted to scrape and save ISK, drop a station in null-sec, and then find out that CCP was suddenly making that system worth only a fraction of what it was. Indeed, I think it very likely that players can make better ISK per hour running missions in high-security space than trudging along in a system with wretched security status.
This is a good example of something I have noticed about MMOs: it is a game designer's job to force players to have fun because, if players are left to their own devices, they will naturally pursue strategies that are effective rather than those that are fun. Someone has probably written the idea more succinctly, but you get the idea.
Particular players were deleteriously affected by this change, but the game as a whole is much improved when there is ample cause for conflict between null-sec groups. It is also improved in an economic sense when there is less ISK pouring into the market, though this effect is largely invisible to the player. Population pressure players a big part of giving alliances reasons to fight each other. Making the ideal solar systems more scarce is going to help incentivize that, even if it is not enough to break the iron grip that the big alliance blocs have on politics. For that, rather more changes will be needed.
Oh, My Sweet Jump Bridges
The next big change is slated for later this month. It will result in a maximum of one jump bridge per system (instead of two), an inability of capital ships with jump drives to use bridges, and a larger fuel hangar for the bridge. The long-term effects of these changes cannot be overstated.


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As temperatures continue to rise due to human generated carbon dioxide emissions, white snow and ice give way to darker water and land beneath them. These darker surfaces absorb more heat than what would be reflected by the lighter snow and ice. This results in a positive feedback loop, causing more snow and sea ice to melt, exacerbating the Arctic warming.
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Added Nov 14, 2012
by pambox
Sydney, Australia
This dress was my first experience of resizing a pattern. I found this pattern at an op shop (charity shop/thrift store) for $3 and I loved the unusual cut of the bodice, but it's a 34 bust, and I'm a 30. So I searched and found instructions for resizing. I have to admit I was a bit terrified to cut the pattern up at first, but it wasn't as difficult as I thought.
The pattern is Simplicity 8498, from 1969. The collar and fabric is also 1960s vintage, but unfortunately had a few faded sections so I needed to play around with the placement of pattern pieces. In the end, I couldn't fit the front bodice on a fold, but there were a couple of smaller pieces of fabric I could fit just over half of the piece on, so I did the fake buttons down the front.
I mentioned the unusual bodice. It's an adapted empire line, curved under the bodice, and then with an angled dart which connects to the lower piece at the same angle (getting that to be properly in line took a bit of fine tuning). The sleeves are also very slightly pleated at the top, mostly because I was a bit lazy with properly easing it into place, but also because I like the look of it.
Finally, the name of the dress. As with my other new project, this dress was christened at a gig; this one at American folk artist, Willy Mason, so it's named in honour of the style of much of his work.
Metal zipper
Nov 15, 2012, 06.18 PMby tejka
Nov 15, 2012, 01.17 PMby carlyhirsh
I love the lace collar — it's an adorable touch.
Nov 19, 2012, 12.00 PMby pambox
It really makes the dress I think
Nov 15, 2012, 04.23 AMby colorfulphoebe
How do you not have hundreds of comments on this dress? It's absolutely beaitiful! It's got a funky vintage vibe to it snd it has so much character! I love it. It looks like it could be from a Wes Anderson film!
Oh thank you!
Nov 14, 2012, 02.26 PMby Mary Athey
Its lovely on you. The fabrics fab and you.did a great job with the resising x
Thanks. It was daunting to resize, but it's daunting every time trying a new technique or fabric.
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Here is a beautiful example of a small pre-formed pond installed. It is all fibreglass including the built-in edging which made installation a piece of cake.
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Step 3 Very important. Make sure pond is level when in final position as shown below
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Telling Tips [1] is a series of articles from local experts to help you save money, make better decisions and plan for a better future.
These are a few myths I hear during the tax season:
Students Don't Have To Pay Taxes: Wrong. Anyone who works has a possible obligation to pay tax. Depending upon the amount earned, there may not be any tax, but just know that a student is not in a special 'no-tax' category. A summertime employer may incorrectly classify a student as an "independent contractor," sending a 1099-Misc form at year-end. If this is received, and the amount is more than $400, there will be social security tax of 15.3 percent due on that amount.
My Child Cannot Be My Dependent Because S/He Worked: Wrong Again. A qualifying child must meet five requirements:
I Can Sell My House Tax-Free Because I'm Over 55 Years-Old: Nope. That was the old law. The new rules give you a better tax break. As long as the property was your principal residence for at least two out of the last five years, you have a tax-free gain of up to $250,000 ($500,000 on a joint return). Your age is irrelevant. In fact, you can flip your house every two year, and not pay a penny tax.
Married People Have To File A Joint Return: Wrong. You may file as "married filing separately." Normally, filing separately does not save tax, but there are a few exceptions:
There are a number of other myths as well, so if you prepare your own return, make sure you are up to date on the tax laws.
And by the way, the above are only general comments — there's an "if" and "but" in every situation.
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When you are together with that special someone, you pretend to ignore that person.
But when that special someone is not around, you might look around to find them.
At that moment, you are in love.
Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh,
Your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone.
Then, you are in love.
Although that special someone was supposed to have called you long back,
to let you know of their safe arrival, your phone is quiet.
You are desperately waiting for the call!
At that moment, you are in love.
If you are much more excited for one short e-mail from
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When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the emails or SMS messages in your phone because of one message from that special someone,
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When you get a couple of free movie tickets, you would
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You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend", but you realize that you can not avoid that person's special attraction. At that moment,
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While you are reading this mail, if someone appears in your mind,
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The trailer for "Dark Girls," a new documentary about black women and their skin tone, had me in tears by the end. "Dark Girls" examines racism and colorism both inside and outside of the black community and the societal devaluing of dark-skinned blacks (cough, Psychology Today, cough) dating back to slavery. I don't feel as if I, as a white woman, can really do justice to the potential of this film, so I'll encourage you to read this great post about "Dark Girls" on The Black Snob by blogger Danielle Belton. For us documentary fans, this one is definitely a must-see.
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Silk Painting
Great kids project because it's so easy to do. Small projects like cards, hankies and sun catchers take less than an hour to do. Using silk paints, the crafter just touches a loaded brush to the silk, and the paint flows to the design outline and stops. It's a lot like filling in colors in paint by number, only easier. Finished projects can be framed, hung, ironed-on to clothing as appliques and much more.
The child tucks yarn into a pre-printed, die-cut board with a special tuckable tool. It's quick and easy. I've found that both boys and girls love these kinds of projects. They're available in two sizes — 3.75″ x 3.75″ — which can be finished in less than an hour, and 8″ x 10″ which could be finished in 2 to 3 hours. I've done classes where the kids have created small tuckables and I've given them a magnet to put on the back to make a refrigerator magnet.
Decorating Your Own Tote Bag
This is a great project that really encourages creativity. Simply provide each camper with a totebag to decorate, and have a table filled with all sorts of craft supplies — stickers, paint markers, stamps, glitter glue, buttons, fabric, rhinestones, feathers, sequins, etc.
Computer Crafts
This type of project really encourages fostering a group dynamic. Have each camp group design and create their own logo and t-shirt. They can use photographs, clip-art, drawings, illustrations, or whatever they want. Use any computer photo manipulation or simple graphics program to create the design and then print it out onto Cold Peel iron-on transfer sheets and iron on to T-shirts. Then get some fabric markers and let each kid personalize his/her shirt, or have the other campers autograph it.
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These bands have been sold for years by the other guys up to $40 a piece. We were shocked that a simple electroconductive wrist band (used when working on electronic circuitry) was being marketed for electro play -- they work quite well at that.
We've done our research and found the most comfortable and durable models to market under the BDG Sales umbrella... at tremendous savings to you! Our bands have micro-threads of conductive metal woven into one side of a soft, stretchy band about 3/4 of an inch wide.
A single contact, snap connector electrode made of conductive rubber. Encircles just under the head of the cock with a short probe that can be pivioted into the urethra or out of the way. Adjustable for a snug fit, use with plenty of elecro gel in a clean environment..
This particular model, A.K.A. the "Corona Cockhead Stimulator" from the P.E.S. lineup is our favorite of their coronal stimultors. If you seek the "hands-free orgasm" experience, stimulation at the head of the penis pairs great with anal or shaft electrodes.
One of the unique features of Slim Jim "Deep Throat" is the main body and its ability to adjust to the male anatomy. This ensures a constant and proper fit. The main body is a ring of our highly conductive silicone, Electro-Flex™, but with a unique ability to adjust to the corona at its varying stages of arousal due to the self-adjusting expansion joint built into the primary body to assist in the perfect fit for almost every man.
The Main Body also has an adjustable neck, consisting of a piece of conductive tubing that is partially insulated from the user by a non-conductive silicone sheath that separates from the neck as the user adjusts for the depth of the corona or 'cockhead'. The neck holds and stabilizes the urethral probe and also provides stimulation to the frenum.
Just like the Slim Jim, this larger unit of the PES Electro "Deep Throat" family features a flexible main body, adjustable to the male anatomy. This ensures a constant and proper fit. The main body is a ring of our highly conductive silicone, Electro-Flex™, but with a unique ability to adjust to the corona at its varying stages of arousal due to the self-adjusting expansion joint built into the primary body to assist in the perfect fit for almost every man.
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While some cheeses might have you holding your nose, goat cheese is pleasant and perfectly smooth. Wonderful on crackers, stuffed inside of peppers, or tossed in a light spring salad, goat cheese is a delightful addition to appetizers, soups, main courses, and even desserts. These recipes will show you what all the fuss is about.
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Roasted Beets and Carrots with Goat Cheese Dressing
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George Hill returns to the court during Pacers Fan Jam at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
The Pacers Fan Jam once again gave spectators a chance to get autographs, pose for pictures, and shoot free throws on the court at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. However, the day was not just about fun and games, a 12-minute intrasquad scrimmage was part of the festivities and point guard George Hill was a participant.
"I've been trying to get back, slowly but surely here. It is still taking time, but every day is getting a lot better. Today was my first time back out here on the court and it felt pretty good," said Hill following the scrimmage.
Hill is dealing with a hip pointer and was unable to play in any of the Pacers seven preseason games. While his availability for Wednesday's regular season opener against Toronto is not known, Sunday's scrimmage should be viewed as a positive development.
"As much as George wanted to come back and play, he knew that it was important to rest and make sure that he was going to be fine for later down the line. He is still not 100 percent, but he is fighting through it, he is a strong person, it is good to see him actually get some reps though," said teammate Paul George Sunday.
The Pacers are dealing with another key injury as the regular season approaches. Danny Granger participated in a three-point shootout Sunday, but did not play during the scrimmage. He was sitting near the scorers bench and could be seen icing his ailing left knee.
The schedule is not kind to the Pacers to start the 2012-13 season as five of their first six games are on the road. However, this is a veteran team that learned a lot of valuable lessons a year ago. The goal is to start strong and follow in the footsteps of the other squad that plays at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
"Today was my first day practicing for awhile, but to come out here with my teammates and just show these fans that we're going to try to do the best we can to tip-off where the Fever left us, with a championship. We're on our journey to get to that level and it starts right here," added Hill.
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EAU CLAIRE — Tickets go on sale Feb. 9 for a concert by David Cook — the rock belter who won the "American Idol" competition in 2008 — on Feb. 18 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the show in the Council Fire Room of Davies Center. Due to the intimate concert setting, only 750 tickets will be sold.
Millions of people fell in love with Cook while watching him make other people's songs his own week after week on the seventh season of the Fox TV series, "American Idol." One week after being declared the winner with a record-breaking 56 percent of the nearly 100 million votes cast, Cook rewrote chart history when 11 of his songs debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 chart — the highest number of new entries in a single week by an artist since the Beatles in 1964. In November 2008, he released his self-titled major-label debut CD, produced by Grammy Award winner Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Kid Rock).
General admission tickets are $16 ($10 with a UW-Eau Claire student ID) at the Service Center in the East Lobby of Davies Center. The Service Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Patrons can charge tickets to MasterCard or Visa when they order by phone. Call 715-836-3727 or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free 800-949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to telephone charge orders.
A special advance ticket sale — for UW-Eau Claire students only — will take place Feb. 4-8. Tickets will be sold only at the Service Center windows, and buyers must present a valid student Blugold card. No more than four tickets will be sold to each UW-Eau Claire student during the advance sale. There will be no limit on the number of tickets that may be purchased beginning Feb. 9.
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Olympic Lifts or Strongman for Athletes?
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As you may know from reading my bio on the site, my initial foray into strength training was the Olympic Lifts.
I had seen the picture of Vasily Alexeev performing his training against the rushing water of a stream and I thought it was so amazing that I wanted to train the Olympic Lifts too.
While I loved this type of training, and still love portions of it today, I soon transitioned away from it because the requirement for technical perfection was just too much for me to continue many of the more complex lifts, such as the full Squat Clean and the Snatch.
My flexibility and mobility was not where it needed to be in order to perform the lifts safely, and I was not interested in an injury, so I dropped the full lifts that are contested in Olympic Lift competitions.
This is also when I began transitioning into Strongman Training. You see, I was every bit as interested in training for a challenge as I was for the sheer strength numbers.
In a way, the fact that Alexeev was challenging himself by training in cold, rushing water was even more alluring to me than the style of lifts he was doing.
As it turns out, another great strength coach, Elliott Hulse, feels quite similar to me about the immense technical requirements of Olympic Lifts, and leans more toward Strongman style of training.
I have a guest article from him along these lines, posted below:
Are the Olympic Lifts or is Strongman Training for Athletes?
by Elliott Hulse, author of Gridiron Domination
You might disagree, but hear me out on this… as an ex-college football player and currently as a strength coach, I have found the utilization and teaching of Olympic lifts to be tedious, inefficient and down-right boring.
As a college athlete I hardly found the patience to learn the correct lifting technique for the power clean. Although I held the St. John's University power clean record my freshman season, muscling 335 lbs. (152 kg) off the platform – my technique was completely flawed and the attempt looked more like an Axle C&P in Strongman than the smooth pull of an Olympic Weightlifter.
After undergrad I studied Exercise Science at the graduate level. The director of the Masters program was an avid Olympic Weightlifting coach and ex-competitor. He spent hours with the students teaching us the finer points and intricacies of how to perform a proper Clean & Jerk. Once we were proficient enough at performing these lifts we were granted permission to then coach the university's athletes on how to use these lifts to better their sports performance.
I remember the very first day that I was given the "OK" to start coaching the athletes; I was assigned to the football team. Since I had been a former college football player myself, I felt that I would instantly be greeted with fellowship and amity. This was NOT the case! In fact, there were a few of the kids who hated the fact that I was there. I sensed their apprehension in allowing me to coach them, and they especially hated it when I taught them how to Olympic lift.
As it happened, many of the more "meat head-ish" type football players confided in me that they wanted to, "lift heavier weights and stop wasting time with this BS." It turned out that during the off-season prior to my debut, was when these athletes were first exposed to the technicalities of OL. It was also the first time that they were coached in the weight room by graduate students instead of their sports coach. They had previously been using a power lifting model that yielded great size and strength gains.
I do believe that including power cleans and other Olympic lifts into a Strength and Conditioning Program for football players is beneficial. But, I also believe that – the less an athlete has to "think" about a movement, the more ATTITUDE he can bring to its accomplishment. Also, I am a big advocate for saving time. I hate nothing more than "getting things RIGHT before getting them going". It is a personal philosophy of mine that 'success is more a product of attitude… than of technique' (granted, that you're not taking foolish risks and causing injury).
Consider for a moment – when you are coaching a player on the Kick-Off Team do you tell him… "Look Johnny, you've gotta sprint down there with your elbows at a 90 degree angle, your jaw relaxed, hands in a loose fist and be sure to breathe through pursed lips. Now, when you get to the first blocker take a short inhalation and hold your breath, brace your abdominals and furrow your brow as you dip your hips, lower your shoulder and explode though him by extending your ankles, knees and hips in a simultaneous manner."
If this sounds crazy to you, consider that this is the way that Olympic lifts are typically taught. Instead of letting the athlete "do his thing", we spend hours 'breaking down' and analyzing the movement for them. These valuable hours spent "teaching" could very well be used for building real strength and speed in a timely fashion.
In the same manner that you coach your athletes to go "balls to the wall" on the football field, you can coach them to go "balls to the wall" in the weight room as well. Also, besides getting bigger, faster and stronger by training like a maniac, these kids will then bring this type of ATTITUDE to the field more often. Like they say, "you play the way you practice."
Training in the weight room should be just as intense and as fun as training on the field. When athletes learn to "attack" an exercise in the gym like they attack a tackling dummy, they will develop size, strength, speed and, ATTITUDE faster than ever before. Also, for weight training to become a REAL part of your schools program, you've got to promote it as a benefit of being on the team, not just a necessity. I remember looking at a few small colleges when I graduated high school and one of the most important questions I asked was, "what kind of strength and conditioning program do you have?"
So, what the heck do you do if Olympic Lifts are not working? Train like the World's Strongest Men! Not only are Strongmen great examples of brute strength, they are also well conditioned, and possess great speed and power. Strongman exercises build functional strength, speed, power and most importantly ATTITUDE! Besides the performance benefits of flipping tires and loading sandbags, Strongman training is FUN and easy to teach.
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Alternative Titles: 달콤한 인생 Bitter Sweet Life Synopsis A critically acclaimed, thought-provoking tale about the consequences of life and love. Lee Jun-su (Lee Dong-wook) is dead. The question is: Was it suicide? The story takes the viewers back six months to start at the "beginning" of this story, when Jun-su meets Yun Hye-jin (Oh Yeon-su) in the snow-covered countryside of Japan. His dark secrets suddenly seem almost inconsequential in this foreign, purely white land, and he and Hye-jin slowly fall for one another. Hye-jin is traveling by herself, taking time apart from her successful husband Ha Dong-won (Jeong Bo-seok). Part of the reason is that he's cheating on her with a beautiful young woman Hong Da-ae (Park Shi-yeon), but just as big a reason is that her life is nothing worth living for. Da-ae, on the other hand, rather likes her life since she has no money problems with Dong Won around, but things change when she meets the elusive Jun-su and falls for him hard. As the viewers follow a detective struggling to piece together the life of Lee Jun-su, they will find themselves captivated by not only the melancholy storytelling, but also by the haunting music and beautiful cinematography. © MBC. All rights reserved. http://www.mbc24tv.com
Alternative Titles: 내 생애 마지막 스캔들 Synopsis: Old and young, it's never too late for the last scandal of your life! Hong Seon-hee (Choi Jin-shil) is 39, and life isn't getting any better for her. Her husband cheats on her and wants a divorce, and her daughter is too busy chasing celebrities to study like she should. Divorced and almost penniless, just when life can't seem to get tougher, she reunites with her first love Song Jae-bin (Jeong Jun-ho), who is now a famous actor but just as immature as she remembers. By a strange twist of fate, she ends up his housekeeper and the two start an unlikely and unusual relationship. Love doesn't just come when one is young, and opportunity doesn't just strike once. In reality, love at 39 is just as heart-fluttering and beautiful as love at 19. © MBC. All rights reserved. http://www.mbc24tv.com
Subaru PUMA Rallycross Team driver, Bucky Lasek, drops in at Vermont SportsCar to check out his new rallycross car and show the team his gratitude. Lasek then gets sideways with Ryan Tuerck on some snow covered forest roads. Meanwhile Subaru Rally Team USA is in Missouri testing for the highspeed Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, where Mother Nature throws competitors a curve ball.
Adapted from the manga of the same name, Liar Game centers around Nao Kanzaki, a student who was blackmailed into joining a "Liar Game" and ended up losing 100 million yen. In order to repay the debt, she enlists the help of Shinichi Akiyama, a genius swindler who was only recently released from jail for bankrupting one of Japan's largest scam companies in Japan.


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Whilst UK developer Rare may be owned by Nintendo's rival Microsoft, it hasn't prevented the studio from teasing that they may return to handheld platforms to produce future projects.
Responding to a query as to whether Rare would ever bring Banjo Kazooie to the 3DS, the developer responds "Banjo-3DSie confirmed! Although by confirmed I do mean 100 per cent utterly speculative."
They continue, "We haven't done much in the handheld 'space' since Donkey Kong Racing DS and Pocket Paradise – could we dip our toes in again at some point? Possibly. 3DS? Not for me to say. Bandai WonderSwan? No."
Rare have, however, recently stated that they are to focus their efforts currently on producing Kinect titles, so even if a 3DS title was to be made we imagine it'd be further down the line.
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For congregations of
different denominations which are considering linking or sharing some
programming or staff, these documents can introduce you to some of the issues
and options. GEMS
(God's Ecumenical Ministry Shared) is for churches of different
denominations considering shared ministry. Getting Together:
Models and Processes for Local Church Cooperation describes five
different models to consider (Yoked, Cluster, Federated, Union
and Consolidated) and some characteristics and ways of collaborating.
Is your congregation
interested in exploring and developing a deeper partnership with a
denomination? As a "United and Uniting"
denomination with congregations of many different backgrounds, we contain a
rich diversity and welcome conversation.
If you are already affiliated with a denomination, the first step is to
contact the local judicatory office of the denomination in which you currently
hold membership. In this way we keep
faith with our ecumenical partners, even as we respond to your inquiry to form
a new affiliation. Depending on the area you may relate to a
United Church of Christ Conference, or an Association. A first contact with the
Conference Minister in your area will put you in touch with those who will
engage you in the process of exploration.
Find your conference contact here.
In the United Church of
Christ there is an emphasis on the covenantal relationship between parts of the
church, and congregations who are in conversation about joining the UCC go through a gradual process of covenant
formation. While specific practices vary, a general outline of the process
includes up to three phases:
Whether or not a congregation
eventually seeks and is granted standing in the United Church of Christ, this
exploration and development of covenantal relations can result in richer,
deeper ecumenical partnerships.
booklet contains a more detailed description of this process.
Considering a New Church Covenant in the United
Church of Christ: A Process for Exploring, Developing, and Affirming New
This booklet describes a process of mutual exploration which will help a
non-affiliated church explore the United Church of Christ along with a UCC
Association. The goal of the exploration process is to decide whether to enter
into a formal covenanted relationship.
"The gifts Christ gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ." - Ephesians 4:11-12
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Jay-Z At Yankee Stadium: "Monster" (With Kanye West & Nicki Minaj), "Heart Of The City" (With Chris Martin)
The first-ever concert at the new Yankee Stadium? A big deal. Jay-Z and Eminem performed, of course, but they brought out a ton of guests as well, like Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Chris Martin, Dr. Dre, D12, Beyonce, Swizz Beatz, Drake, Memphis Bleek, and B.O.B. Eminem and Jay-Z do their second Yankee Stadium concert tonight (where they'll have to top this guest list). Watch some highlights:
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Budget Woes Are Re-defining "Public Service"
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Peaceful Play Includes Children Of All Abilities Rockville, Md.–By the time Mattie T. J. Stepanek passed away shortly before his fourteenth birthday, he had already authored many books and had become a symbol of peace. He was known by way of Larry King and Oprah Winfrey, who celebrated his life with appearances on their TV shows, and Jimmy Carter with whom he authored his final book on his dearest subject, Just Peace. Bankshot Sports are all about teaching peace through … Continue reading
Building Memories
The picture is forever etched in my mind–my son, sitting on our garage steps, protective ear muffs pushing back a shock of sun-bleached, blond hair–his favorite plastic blue hammer in his right hand and a block of wood in his left. I remember looking over at him as I set up the table saw for our next cut (we were making some industrial-style shelves for our garage from the ready supply of discarded lumber in our new neighborhood) and marveling … Continue reading
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Ahhh, Sweet Summer
There's a spot in my backyard where the grass slopes gently to the property line and the lone survivor of Dutch Elm disease spreads its shade, making it perfect for a quick nap. Last night, as the family waited for my wife to return from her weekend girls' trip, I found myself enjoying a moment of peace in this spot–laying on my back, looking up through the leaves of the Elm tree as my kids wandered around nearby. The twins … Continue reading
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Bobcat And Polaris Form Alliance West Fargo, N.D.–Bobcat Company and Polaris Industries Inc., of Medina, Minn., announces a long-term strategic alliance that will leverage the strengths of both companies to penetrate work-related market segments globally. The alliance will include co-development of work vehicles, supply of highly differentiated work vehicles and technology sharing, with a planned launch by the second half of 2010. Scott Wine, Polaris Industries CEO, said the alliance is consistent with Polaris' goal of diversifying beyond core powersports … Continue reading


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The Clam Shack
Camille Ford journeys to The Clam Shack, the oldest, continually operated fish market in Maine.
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Alisson's Restaurant
Camille Ford visits Alisson's Restaurant, one of the oldest restaurants in Kennebunkport, known for its lobster roll.
11 Dock Square, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Federal Jack's Brew Pub
Camille took some time out to check out Federal Jack's Brew Pub, the birthplace of Maine's award-winning Shipyard Brewing Company.
8 Western Ave, Kennebunkport, ME 04043
The Nonantum Resort
Camille and the crew stayed at this hotel while filming in Kennebunkport. This was also the location for the challenge. In addition, Camille took a lobster boat tour aboard the Rugosa, departing from the Nonantum Resort Marina.
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2 The report develops and provides the basis for the Guide to Improving Capability for Systems Operations and Management (Parsons Brinckerhoff et al., 2011), including an examination of current state DOT practice and insights from other sectors with strong operational orientations. It establishes a systematic guidance framework based on the traceable relationships between the technical and business process features most supportive of effective SO&M and the institutional architecture that supports such processes. Systems Operations and Management The concept of congestion management has evolved since the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in 1991. Whereas recurring (peak-period) congestion has long been the focus of congestion management activities, an improved understanding of the causes of traffic delay and disruption has led to a new focus: the unpredictable delay and disruption of nonrecur- ring events such as major crashes, weather, construction, and special-event disruptions--NRCs that are responsible for over half of all delay (as well as for most system unreliability). Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology has matured to support improved communication, analysis, and controls; furthermore, a set of increasingly well-understood SO&M procedures and protocols has evolved, capitalizing on this technology, and demonstrating significant leverage to reduce the impacts of NRC. There are several excellent best-practice examples of SO&M applica- tions by state DOTs in a few major metropolitan areas in the United States. Effective SO&M Applications to Reduce NRC The applications that have been developed for NRC are typically centered within the larger high- way jurisdictions--state DOTs, toll entities, and large local government transportation agencies-- together with their public safety partners. Although their focus is often on highways, these applications are also used for major arterials and rural routes. These conventional strategy applications include the following: � Incident management, including multijurisdictional, integrated corridor management in response to crashes, breakdowns, hazardous material spills, and other emergencies that are responsible for up to 30�35% of delay--and most unreliability--in major metropolitan areas; � Road weather management in response to heavy rain and wind and snow and ice, which can constitute from 5�10% of delay in some areas; � Work zone traffic management focused on traffic control plans to minimize the impacts of reduced capacity, constituting anywhere from 10�20% of total delay; � Special-events planning and management to accommodate event patrons and bystanders with minimum traffic disruption; and � Active traffic management using lane use and speed control to minimize flow disruption and incidents, as well as managing diversions and the operation of diversion routes, in response to both recurring and nonrecurring congestion. Table ES.1 outlines the benefits of SO&M strategy applications. Despite the proven benefits of SO&M, the state of the practice is modest and uneven. A few states have demonstrated the payoffs from aggressive SO&M applications. In many other states, however, while some ITS tech- nology has been deployed, there is a limited commitment to implementing best-practice proce- dures and developing the partnerships required to capitalize on the technology. Even within individual states, the levels of application are uneven across metropolitan areas, reflecting the limited commitment at the statewide policy level. Unique Process and Institutional Demands of SO&M Implementing effective congestion management applications places demands on a transporta- tion agency's institutional environment that are at odds with those of capacity development,
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3 Table ES.1. Systems Operations Benefits Energy/ Benefits and Safety Mobility Environmental Benefit�Cost Ratios Impact Impact Impact Traffic incident management Incident duration High High High reduced 30�50% � Safety service patrols 2:1 to 42:1 High High High � Surveillance and detection 8:1 High High High Road weather information 2:1 to 10:1; crash rates High High High systems reduced from 7�80% Traveler information dynamic 3% decrease in crashes; Low High Low message signs 5�15% improve- ment in on�time performance Work zone management 2.1 to 40.1; system High Medium Medium delays reduced up to 50% Active Traffic Management Throughput increased High High Medium by 3�7%; decrease in incidents of 3�30% Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, 2009. safety, and maintenance that constitute the legacy context. This is especially true for NRC--as reflected in the common and characteristic features of SO&M applications that determine effec- tiveness. SO&M applications are typically � Reactive and responsive to unpredictable events on a 24/7 basis; � Dependent on situational awareness and communications technology; � Applied at the corridor scale or network level; � Based on teamwork; � Communications intensive; � Dependent on performance monitoring and are evaluated through the impact on system per- formance measured in real time; � Using dynamic high technology and systems engineering; and � Dependent on outside partners not under the control of a transportation agency, including PSAs and local government. These unique features establish a set of specific preconditions for the achievement of an effective SO&M program and indicate the need for certain technical processes, systems, and performance- tracking measures that are tailored to address these characteristics. The processes, in turn, cannot be established without a supportive institutional framework. The Importance of Institutional Architecture It is increasingly clear that the current modest focus on SO&M is almost entirely a product of the conventional legacy context of many transportation agencies today--a civil engineering culture, an inherited organization structured for construction and maintenance, the existing capital programs' claims on scarce resources, and difficulties in forging the necessary partnerships with outside enti- ties. Culture, leadership, priorities, organization and staffing, resources, and relationships make up the institutional setting for change in existing transportation agencies.


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Project Summary
The ability to successfully translate basic research in leukemia to the clinical setting, as well as to better understand the relevance of observed clinical or population-based phenomena through laboratory-based research, is greatly facilitated by the availability of an extensive repository of tissue samples, with accompanying pathologic and clinical data, procured from leukemia patients. To fulfill this role, Core A will provide researchers in and outside The Ohio State University Leukemia SPORE access to a large repository of uniformly prepared and fully characterized leukemia patient samples. The already well-established Ohio State University and CALGB Leukemia Tissue Banks (referred to as SPORE LTBs) constitute the backbone of Core A, and contribute crucial experience and infrastructure to this effort. The SPORE LTBs serves as centralized tissue banks of blood and bone marrow specimens, as well as non-leukemic material, procured from leukemia patients enrolled on CALGB or The Ohio State University treatment protocols, and provide these to investigators within and outside of The Ohio State University.
This work will integrate with Cores B (biostatistics) and C (bioinformatics) to maintain a detailed, current database of samples and accompanying clinical information available. Beyond simply serving as a cell repository, Core A will perform regular validation of sample quality, conduct molecular characterizations, and prepare derivatives (protein, DNA, RNA). The availability of this infrastructure for procuring samples, and the large number of samples already in our possession, will greatly facilitate the conduct of the research projects of this SPORE proposal as well as provide an important and widely available resource for extended studies by investigators within this or outside The Ohio State University Leukemia SPORE.
The aims of Core A are:
The effective collection and characterization of leukemia samples by Core A and their provision to SPORE investigators is critical to the success of the research proposed. The infrastructure of this Core A is therefore already in place, and partially supported through NCI funding through both the CALGB and OSUCCC. In this Core proposal, we seek supplemental, and not overlapping, funding for support of the SPORE projects.
Biological mechanistic investigations often rely on cell lines or animal models. While these are powerful research tools, validating laboratory findings in human tissue is crucial to understanding their relevance to human disease. This Core will provide SPORE researchers with simplified access to a large repository of leukemia patient samples and accompanying clinical information. This multi-tiered effort is essential to the overall goal of this SPORE group to bring their findings to the practical benefit of patients with leukemia.
Performance Site Primary Location
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
300 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Franklin County, United States
Performance Site Congressional Districts: 15
PersonnelGerard Lozanski, MD, Core Leader
Donna Bucci, Laboratory Manager
Project Summary
The principal objective of the Biostatistics Core will be to provide project investigators a centralized resource for statistical expertise. Statistical issues will be addressed at all levels of investigation, from the design of experiments to the conclusions drawn from them, and from the maintenance of data quality to the modeling for population studies and trials. In support of this objective, the specific aims of the Biostatistics Core include:
The SPORE requires a variety of statistical support, from modeling population-longitudinal data to hypothesis-testing strategies for multiple measures in donor cell experiments. Expertise in experimental and trial design, statistical genetics, multiplicity problems, microarray analyses, and mixed modeling and familiarity with CLL and AML were the requirements used for designing the pool of expertise found in this Biostatistics Core.
Performance Site Primary Location
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Center for Biostatistics
320 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Franklin County, United States
Performance Site Congressional Districts: 15
Susan Geyer, PhDDavid Jarjoura, PhD, Core Leader
Soledad Fernandez, PhD, Co-Investigator
Lianbo Yo, PhD, Co-Investigator
Lai Wei, PhD, Co-Investigator
Xiaoli Zhang, PhD, Co-Investigator
Significant Contributor
Michael Radmacher, PhD, Consultant
Project Summary
The primary objective of the Biomedical Informatics Core is to facilitate the collection, management, integration and analysis of a complete spectrum of information types required for the efficient operation of the SPORE's projects, pilots, and other cores.
Examples of these information types include structured and semistructured data sets resulting from: 1) experimental studies; 2) biostatistical analyses; 3) tissue core and administrative operations; 4) shared resource services; and 5) the asynchronous collaboration of SPORE participants.
We will achieve this objective using a combination of biomedical informatics best practices and advanced technologies already in use or under development within The Ohio State University Department of Biomedical Informatics and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC). Such technologies include: 1) the service-oriented caGrid middleware for electronic data interchange between heterogeneous biomedical data sources and analytical services; 2) advanced database management systems optimized for the storage and query of rapidly evolving biomedical data sets; 3) centralized ontology services and ontology-anchored knowledge discovery/management tools; 4) multiple task-specific Web-portal applications that support the discovery, integration, and analysis of large scale, multidimensional data sets; and 5) Web-based collaborative team-science tools.
We envision the Biomedical Informatics Core as being the central information coordination hub of the SPORE. In order to achieve these objectives, the specific aims of the Biomedical Informatics Core are to:
The Biomedical Informatics Core's activities as part of this SPORE will cover a wide spectrum, from the facilitation of high-throughput data analyses to the provision of tools to enable the collaboration of temporally or geographically distributed investigators. As such, the Biomedical Informatics Core will serve as a catalyst for the rapid and efficient conduct of translational studies, with the effect of accelerating the translation and dissemination of basic science discoveries into clinical practice and, ultimately, public-health benefits.
Performance Site Primary Location
The Ohio State University,
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Street 1: 3190 Graves Hall
Street 2: 333 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Franklin County, United States
Performance Site Congressional Districts: 15
Philip Payne, PhD, Core Leader
Jeffrey Parvin, MD, Co-Investigator
Project Summary
A major theme of this Leukemia SPORE application is translational research that focuses on identifying therapeutically relevant targets for anti-leukemic drug discovery. Each of the projects presented in this application is a testament to a strong collaborative effort between clinicians and basic scientists, which interfaces many aspects of translational research, including oncogenic signaling, epigenetics, experimental therapeutics and immunology. The Medicinal Chemistry Core integrates the expertise of two laboratories, including medicinal chemistry, molecular and cell biology, and molecular pharmacology (Chen), and computational chemistry and structural biology (Li).
In the past few years, this program has developed a series of agents targeting different molecular defects clinically relevant to leukemogenesis, two of which are ready to enter clinical trials in 2009. Thus, this Core provides a platform to translate basic science findings from each of these projects into the design and synthesis of small-molecule agents for testing individual hypotheses, and adds an important dimension to expedite the translation from bench to the clinic.
Specifically, the following three aims constitute the foci of this Medicinal Chemistry Core, with initial emphasis on targeting immunomodulation in tumor-specific T cells and natural killer cells (Project 3), and protein phosphatase (PP) 2A (Pilot Project 2), which will be expanded to address other new molecular targets arising from other projects. Overall, our specific aims include:
Overall, this unique core will provide members of the SPORE a greater opportunity to translate findings into therapeutic options for patients with leukemia.
This Core provides support in synthetic medicinal chemistry and structural biology/computational chemistry to individual projects to translate basic science findings into the design and synthesis of small-molecule agents for hypothesis testing. Lead compounds with therapeutic potential will further undergo structural optimization to develop potent agents for clinical translation.
Performance Site Primary Location
The Ohio State University
College of Pharmacy, Parks Hall
500 W. 12th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210
Franklin County, United States
Performance Site Congressional Districts: 15
Ching-Shih Chen, PhD, Core Leader
Chenglong Li, PhD, Co-Investigator
Project Summary
The Administration and Operations Core will provide centralized Leukemia SPORE administration, communication processing, operations oversight, and budget management. This Core will serve to amalgamate the investigators, their experimental findings and ideas, and the evaluation of research efforts, and also to direct the summary efforts toward the Leukemia SPORE outcome. In addition, the Administration and Operations Core will oversee a formal program to enhance woman and minority participation in the scientific programs and also accrual to the proposed clinical trials. This Core will be lead by three experienced researchers in leukemia: Drs. John Byrd, Clara D. Bloomfield and Guido Marcucci.
The Specific Aims of the Administration and Operations Core are:
This Core provides administrative support and guidance to all aspects of the SPORE grant.
Performance Site Primary Location
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
300 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Franklin County, United States
Performance Site Congressional Districts: 15
John Byrd, MD, SPORE Program DirectorClara D. Bloomfield, MD, SPORE Program Co-Director
LiHui Xu, MD PhD, MBA
Sara Guster, MS, MBA, Core Co-Investigator, Business Manager
Sheryl Baker, BA, Program Accountant
Other Significant Contributors
Cecilia DeGraffinreid, MHS, Operations Associate
Nathan Poeppelman, MS, Opoerations Associate
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