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Hi All, This mornings Vancouver Sun newspaper held a surprise for me. As I scanned the weekend offerings of the Jazz Festival, my eye caught an advertisement entitled ... "Join a Race Where We All Win!" Axa Insurance Co. are proud sponsors of Barry Ruff as he competes in the "single-handed" 3934 kilometre San Francisco to Hawaii Transpac 2000 race. You can join us in raising money for the Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute by sponsoring a minimum of 1 cent per kilometre. All funds raised will go towards finding a cure for Parkinson's Disease. "That's A Race Worth Winning!" Yes! I would like to help find a cure for Parkinson's Disease by sponsoring Barry Ruff in the Transpac 2000 Race. Cheques payable to: (They also accept Visa and Mastercard) Pacific Parkinson's Research Intitute Suite 210, 1095 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.C. V6E-2M6 Tel: (604) 681-5031 Fax: (604) 681-9684 1 cent x 3934 kilometres = $39.00 2 cents x 3934 kilometres = $78.00 # cents x 3934 kilometres = $XXX.00 Pacific Research Istitute is a registered charitable society and donations are tax exempt Reg. #0929893-23 ****************************************** You may ask "Who is the Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute?" It is a relatively new (1992) group headed by Canadian Senator John Nichol. Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute's primary goal is to raise money for research focussed on a cure for Parkinson's Disease. Senator John Nichol is probably our strongest voice on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Here is an excerpt from Health Minister Alan Rock addressing delegates to the XIII th. International Congress on Parkinson's Disease July 1999) Let me also take a few moments to recognize the outstanding contributions of the Honourable John Nichol, chairman and founder of the Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute. As the driving force behind this remarkable meeting, John Nichol has brought the spotlight of the world onto the gathering in Vancouver this week. It’s just been seven years since the institute that John chairs was created and in that time it has already forged a lasting legacy by raising research funds for Parkinson’s research, increasing public awareness of the condition, and building invaluable ties to the voluntary community. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/archives/speeches/26july99mine.htm This from the UBC Public Affairs Aug. '99... Kudos At the 13th International Congress on Parkinson's Disease, the B.C. Parkinson's Disease Association recognized seven officers and one companion of the Order of Canada for contributions to Parkinson's Disease research and research funding: Donald Calne (chair of the 13th International Congress on Parkinson's Disease), Patrick McGeer and Edith McGeer, John Nichol (chair of the Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute), Louis Poirier (director of the neurobiology laboratories and the department of anatomy at Universite Laval), Ali Rajput (head of the division of neurology at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon), Theodore Sourkes (professor emeritus of McGill University) and Erich Vogt. http://publicaffairs.ubc.ca/summaries/99aug/99aug9.htm Neurodegenerative Disorders: The Neurodegenerative Disorders group has continued with a busy clinical load in Movement Disorders, as well as an active research program. During the past year, the Group has been successful in obtaining MRC funding for 6 projects as part of its Group Grant, which is scheduled for review in Spring 1999. These grants cover a range of problems in Parkinson’s Disease, including epidemiological studies, mechanisms of dyskinesias in rodent models, PET studies in humans and non-human primates with experimental Parkinsonism, and the benefit and mechanisms of ECT. Additional grant support to the Group has come from a Center of Excellence grant from the National Parkinson Foundation (Miami), the BC Health Research Foundation, the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Institute, and the NIH (via collaboration with US PIs). http://www.medicine.ubc.ca/AnnualReport98/neurology.shtml The Transpac 2000 Race (they leave San Francisco today!) http://209.24.137.193/transpac00/tprules.html http://www.sfbaysss.org/transpac00/index.html Not everyone can sail single handed to Hawaii! My hats off to you Barry Ruff... Godspeed... murray [log in to unmask] View the Parkinson's Awareness Links at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html