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As many of you know, last weekend the ASPCA and responders from The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) removed more than 360 dogs from dog fighting properties in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas. Many are emaciated, with scars and wounds consistent with dog fighting. They're spending their first days learning what it's like to receive adequate care.
The dogs and puppies are safe now. They'll never suffer in extreme heat without access to water. They'll never be chained to cinder blocks and car tires again. And they'll never be forced to fight.
Right now, the ASPCA is providing shelter, veterinary care, healthy food and much-needed attention and affection to hundreds of dogs and puppies. Our work is far from over. It's a massive undertaking that will require months of food and supplies and man hours to ensure these dogs get the best possible care. Veterinary professionals, behavior professionals and so many others will be involved.
Please take a moment to watch and share our rescue video. You'll see some of the dogs we rescued, as well as the real conditions these dogs were forced to endure.
Stay tuned to aspcarescue.org for more news to come. Follow the conversation on Twitter using hashtag #367rescue. If now is a good time for you to give, please consider making a gift to the ASPCA.
ASPCA responders are still on the ground in the Southern U.S. caring for hundreds of dogs recovered in a multi-state dog fighting bust late last week.
We're happy to report that these dogs are undergoing veterinary care and behavioral assessments, and for the first time, will begin to experience life without being forced to fight.
The atrocities of dog fighting are never easy for us to stomach. Many of the dogs we rescued in the raid had been forced to wear heavy collars. As ASPCA responders worked to remove the collars, they came to an especially tiny pup. The metal buckle on his collar had rusted and could not be undone. Even bolt cutters could not cut through the metal, and eventually, the collar had to be gently cut open with a knife. Finally, this small pup was free from the burden of the rusted collar that he should never have been forced to wear.
With your support, we'll continue to provide the rescued dogs with the extensive attention they so desperately need. Stay tuned to aspcarescue.org for more news to come. Follow the conversation on Twitter using hashtag #367rescue.
Thank you for helping us support victims of animal cruelty nationwide.
By ASPCA President and CEO Matt Bershadker
Some good news on a topic laden with horror: Last Friday, the ASPCA helped end the torture of hundreds of abused dogs in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas and brought to justice those who—for profit and perverse pleasure—betrayed and defiled the trust that connects humans and animals.
In an operation that involved 16 animal welfare organizations, including The Humane Society of the United States, as well as at least 10 federal and state law enforcement agencies, 367 dogs across multiple locations in the Southeast were seized in the second-largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history.
I spent several years overseeing the ASPCA's anti-cruelty group, where I witnessed or heard first-hand accounts of unspeakable acts of cruelty, but rarely have I encountered suffering of this size and scope. Dogs ranging in age from several days to 12 years were found emaciated and bearing typical scars of dog fighting, and left to suffer in extreme heat with no visible fresh water or food. Some were tethered by chains and cables to cinder blocks and car tires. Remains of dead animals were also discovered where the dogs were housed and allegedly fought.
These are the tell-tale signs of the horrors of dog fighting, the ultimate betrayal of the unique relationship that exists between humans and animals. Manipulating a dog's intense desire to please its owner, perpetuating a life of chronic and acute physical and psychological pain, is the most horrific form of animal abuse.
The only consolation to this tragedy was the fact that, for the long-suffering animals who survived, lives of brutal torture and neglect had come to an end, and days of medical care and attention were about to start. Never again would they be forced to fight, live in squalor, or be neglected and deprived of bare necessities. No animal on earth—much less those often described as "man's best friend"—should have to endure such brutality at the hand of man.
As part of our raid, which we assisted at the request of the United States Attorney's Office and the FBI, federal and local officials also seized firearms, drugs, and over $500,000 in cash from dog fighting gambling activities. All of these efforts were the result of a three-year investigation initiated by the Auburn Police.
Ten suspects were arrested and indicted on felony dog fighting charges. If convicted, they could each face up to five years in prison.
I believe these atrocities and the subsequent results will have positive and practical reverberations that will make a difference. The raid elevates the issue of dog fighting -- a reprehensible and vile activity – to people who will not only be appalled, but moved to share news and information, and fight for common-sense legislation. Dog fighting is a felony in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, but that doesn't seem to stop the atrocity. Earlier this year, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress, which would make it a federal offense to attend an organized animal fight and impose additional penalties for bringing a minor to a fight, expanding the implications of participation in this terrible crime.
I'm very proud that we saved these animals, and the unprecedented ways we did. This is not the last dog fighting ring we'll break up, but you can be sure we'll be working hard until the day we can finally say it is.
At the request of the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the ASPCA is on the ground assisting in a multi-state, federal dog fighting raid across the southern U.S. Hundreds of dogs have been seized in the case along with suspected dog fighting paraphernalia.
After a three-year investigation initiated by the Auburn Police, 13 search warrants were executed Friday morning, Aug. 23, throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas. Ten suspects were arrested and indicted on felony dog fighting charges. Federal and local officials also seized firearms and drugs, as well as more than $500,000 in cash from dog fighting gambling activities that took place over the course of the investigation.
The dogs, ranging in age from just several days to 10-12 years, had been left to suffer in extreme heat with no visible fresh water or food. Many are emaciated with scars and wounds consistent with dog fighting, and some were tethered by chains and cables that were attached to cinder blocks and car tires.
ASPCA responders and responders from The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) helped manage the removal and transport of the dogs to temporary emergency shelters in undisclosed locations, where responders are providing veterinary care and behavior enrichment. Responders also assisted authorities with collecting forensic evidence to be submitted for prosecution.
Other animal welfare groups assisting with the operation include Florida State Animal Response Coalition and Sumter Disaster Animal Response Team (Bushnell, Fla.); University of Florida (Gainesville); Humane Society of South Mississippi (Gulfport); International Fund for Animal Welfare (Yarmouth Port, Mass.); Asheville Humane Society (Asheville, N.C.); Charleston Animal Society (Charleston, S.C.); Louisiana SPCA (New Orleans); American Humane Association (Washington, D.C.); Greater Birmingham Humane Society (Birmingham, Ala.); Atlanta Humane Society (Atlanta, Ga.); PetSmart Charities (Phoenix, Ariz.); Code 3 Associates (Longmont, Colo.); and Montgomery Humane Society (Montgomery, Ala.).
Our responders are still on the ground, and we'll provide updates as the case unfolds. Stay tuned to aspcarescue.org for more news to come. Follow the conversation on Twitter using hashtag #367rescue.
Dog fighting is a felony in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Together we can save animals from lives of abuse.
Earlier this year, the ASPCA assisted in a three-state dog fighting bust alongside the FBI, Missouri Highway Patrol and several other agencies.
When we found these dogs, many were doomed to live their whole lives tethered by heavy chains—and on the day of the raid, many were left outside to suffer through a blizzard.
Today, after months under the care of our behaviorists, veterinarians and tireless responders, dogs rescued from this raid are thriving. In fact, some have already headed to rescue for adoption! Still others remain in our care.
We wanted to show you some of these dogs' happy faces and thank you for helping us make their rescue possible. We couldn't have taken on this massive operation without your help!
Slideshow: Amazing Transformation of Dog Fighting Victims


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My name is John Powell and I have a problem.My son who is 16 years old would be considered a special needs child.He has a speech problem/balance problem.Teased since starting school.Needs more to do then play with a Play Station.Started Alex a small business,Abrasive Al's Sandblasting.I do some welding plus carpentry.Have a shop to work out of but need some new ideas for father & son to work on.Any and all ideas will be looked at.Just getting ready to buy 5 or 7 Hp.screw compressor needed more and drier air.PLEASE HELP.
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01-28-2008, 08:38 AM #1Junior Member
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Check the projects gallery on the home page and look around, there are dozens of useful projects I'm sure the two of you could do together. DaveIf necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
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Another racing great gone but not to be forgotten.http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...modified&hl=en
The Mrs. made the Fire Pit, I made the Angle Fish
You could add some Fire Pits and Art Pieces to Alex's business
Abrasive Al's Art
You don't happened to be near Los Angeles do you? Quotes of 45.00 a barrel to sandblast the paint off so the burn barrels have been put on hold for us
Welcome to the board Alex & John. Whatever you decide on, we would love to see pics of the projects.
You mentioned about the sandblasting business. As soon as I read that, I thought of a small trailer to make the sandblasting business portable. It wouldn't have to be big but yet you dont want it too small. Maybe a closed dry bin to store your sand or walnut shells in, a place for the compressor and your sand blaster. Just keep it in the shop for shop use.
Like Dave said, there are tons of other projects in the project gallery along with instructions on some of them.Ken
What else is there besides welding and riding. Besides that
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That's a great idea, more kids should be taught to work with their hands. I guess I'm just sick of showing "new guys" how to use a can of spray paint?!
Where abouts are you located in Canada? I know lots of guys in my area always need tree stands during hunting season (liability may be an issue). With all the snow we got today anything to do with snow removal would be very popular!at home:
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Thanks everyone for the ideas and links.All things have been very helpful.Need more to do with this guy to keep him busy.Hunting ,fishing and ice-fishing just don't cut it anymore.Play station don't cut it with me either.We live in the capital city of Fredericton New Brunswick Canada.Very clean city.By for now.
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Here are some of the smaller "art" projects I've made. I can send pattern's for the rose and/or fish. The bell of course can just hang from a roof eve and doesn't need the stand. It's just a discarded small Oxygen bottle with bottom cut off, a 1/2" or maybe smaller pipe plug screwed into the top and a ring I bought. The finish is heated linseed oil with Japan dryer mixed in. Some line chain tacked first to the plug, 2 eye "screws" and a golf ball will ad a ringer. This one my grand daughter just bangs with the pieice of square tube.
The rose is really pretty easy to make but takes lots of hand bending use needle nose pliers -- makes my old hands sore.
The rose on the table was a stained glass pattern I drew out on garage floor and then hand bent 1/2" X 1/8" flat (around a small pipe in vice) to match the lines and then tacked together. the rest of table was 1/2 tube and small angle iron to use a 18" floor tile for top. Washers welded on the "feet" so it doesn't sink into lawn.
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Putting in a nice set of air lines for drier air would keep you and him busy for a while.
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In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, NH abandoned their homes and walked up an ancient trail, never to be seen alive again. Their fates have remained a mystery for over 70 years, until a team of researchers discover the trailhead and attempt to track the path the doomed citizens of Friar took. A few among them believe they will find something terrible in the forest. But it is the forest that will find something terrible in them.
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I'm taking maternity photos for a friend tomorrow (first "real" photo shoot!) and I'm hoping to do some sillhouettes, but as far as I know she doesn't have a window that would work well for one. Is there another way to use lighting to get a good sillhouette?
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Light from behind, whether sunlight or articifical will do the trick. This an example I took using a softbox that was behind and to the left:
You can accomplish the same thing with off-camera flash that is diffused or, if in a pinch, even bright home light sources with a sheet in front. Just expose for the background light rather than the foreground subject.


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With Medieval England having fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged with leading fearsome knight Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer -- someone able to bring the dead back to life.Torn between his love of God and the love of a young woman, Osmund discovers the necromancer, a mysterious beauty called Langiva. After Langiva reveals her Satanic identity and offers Osmund his hearts desire, the horror of his real journey begins.
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Okay, it's my first instructible, so bear with me a bit.
Step 1: Start with a cheapo blow mold skeleton ...
It is a simple, 5 foot tall, blow mold skeleton, made from cheap plastic and popped together by inserting a little tab into a hole in the next bone. The problem is that the joints don't bend well, and they pop out really easy.
Ok so Ive never done this before but I am posting the witched I made for this years Halloween theme of the "Witch Garden"....
And, I get more cuts from fishing with firewire every year... ;-)
But, definitely worth a try, if you don't have hanging wire.
The hanging wire I use doesn't seem to actually rust. Weird. Never thought of that!
some wire are galvanized (zinc), the zinc must go away for the iron to oxydise (rust).
With all the windstorms we get in October they wiggle all over the place.
Wire would work nicely where stability is needed.
Of course, it is way over my head for now (gotta read some more instructibles to figure these things out first). And, after tramatizing one of the neighbor's kids one year, I have to keep things under control a bit...
Then again, she is older now.. and you can hardly notice the twitching...
I did a video a couple of years ago when we went "whole hawg" on the front yard. No animatronics yet but you can see it here:
RetroPlayer, it sounds like we live in the same kind of neighbourhoods. The police often hide in my driveway to catch drug deals going down in the back alley...(my husband goes out to greet them and offer them coffee and dougnuts) can you imagine what their first impression would be if they found skeletons climbing my roof? lol! One night, some very intoxicated neighbours were walking their buddy up and down the lane "to sober him up" seems he just couldn't because, well... umm.. he had... "expired"..Shades of "Weekend at Bernie's"
*booom* now its an even smaller world
Anyways, wow, awesome Instructable! Looks great on your house (hopefully that is your house).
I would like to buy some skeletons, but my mom would be all like A DIGGITY DOW GET TO THE CHOPPAH!!!! I AM DA GOVUHNUR OF CAHFORNYA!!!
Sweet Instructable, I hope your house looks really freaky & cool in the end.
Hopefully you don't live around me...
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Community Based Tourism and Sustainability: The Case of a Hostel in the Old City of Nazareth
By Joseph | 6 December 2013
Department of Tourism Studies and Geography Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Dr. Alon Gelbman
Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management,
Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
Tourism has been mentioned as a social force that can contribute and promote international understanding, cooperation, and global good will in establishing andkeeping world peace. This connection between tourism and peace has been investigated by researchers who have debated the role of tourism in promoting peace in countries around the world. The State of Israel, most of whose citizens are Jewish, includes an Arab minority accounting for some 20 per cent of the country's total population. This cross-cultural dynamic is connected to a range of geopolitical
challenges within the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nazareth is the country's largest Arab city and is considered the capital of Israel's Arab population. Despite its rich heritage, Nazareth suffers from tensions associated with its various cultural and religious groups.
Increasingly, research on topic areas such as sustainable tourism and heritage development suggest that community-based, heritage tourism efforts can help ease tensions and promote cross-cultural dialogue and reconciliation. Previous research has examined this effect in places characterized by a range of social-cultural trauma (e.g., slavery, extreme environmental pollution, natural disasters). While the settings differ, these studies tend to conclude that heritage development (i.e., understanding the factors that shape human experience in a specific place) can empower disenfranchised
communities in ways that also attract visitors.
Within this theoretical context, this exploratory study examines the potential for tourism development to promote cross-cultural dialog while catalyzing renewal of the historic old city of Nazareth. The paper offers preliminary findings from a qualitative case study of an alternative, small-scale tourism venture that seeks to dramatically influence tourism development in Nazareth's old city. The paper's theoretical context lies at the intersection of contemporary theories associated with heritage development, the sustainability paradigm, and peace tourism. Study findings suggest that this type of "bottom-up" tourism development can help create shared interests across different cultural groups while catalyzing new tourism development activities in historic old city of Nazareth. Implications of this experience are also discussed in the context of other regions characterized by cross-cultural developmental challenges.
Keywords: Heritage Development, Sustainable Tourism, Peace, Community Based Tourism, Nazareth
Daniel Laven (PhD) is an associate professor in the department of tourism studies and geography (Mid Sweden University) and a research fellow at the European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR). Daniel coordinates the department's masters program and his research addresses issues of sustainable development with a focus on landscapes, heritage, and protected areas. Daniel is also affiliated with the university's Risk and
Crisis Research Centre and recently completed a research fellowship in the department of conservation, University of Gothenburg. Prior to joining Mid Sweden University, Daniel worked for the U.S. National Park Service, sharing his time between the Conservation Study Institute (as an applied social scientist) and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (as an assistant protected area manager) – both of which are located in Woodstock, Vermont (USA). During this time, he was also an adjunct assistant professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural
Resources, University of Vermont. Daniel holds a bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (philosophy) along with masters (natural resource planning) and doctoral (natural resources) degrees from the University of Vermont.
Alon Gelbman (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel. He is a Cultural Geographer and his research interests include international tourism and geopolitical borders, tourism and peace, urban/rural tourism, hosts-guests relationships and wellness tourism. His research papers published in leading scientific journals such as
Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Geographies and Current Issues in Tourism. Dr. Gelbman is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Tourism and Peace Research and a reviewer for various scientific journals in the field of tourism. More information can be found at: http://kinneret.academia.edu/AlonGelbman.
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Same Universe, Different Lenses: Science, Ethics, and Religion in Dialogue
This is a transcript of an interview given by Dr. Jennifer Wiseman at The Faith Angle Forum Conference on Religion, Politics, & Public Life on November 5, 2013.
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Career: Four-year letterwinner … Wrestled at both 197 pounds and heavyweight … Finished his career with a 43-52 overall record.
2013-14: Missed much of the season to injury … Duke's starter at heavyweight for early part of campaign … Went 6-12 overall and 3-8 in duals … Finished fourth at the Hokie Open … Went 2-1 in overtime matches.2012-13: Wrestled at both 197 and heavyweight … wrestled up a weight class the last half of the season … went 7-12 at heavyweight and 13-20 overall for the year … posted a 5-9 mark in duals at heavyweight … finished fifth at 197 pounds at the Keystone Classic … took fourth at the ACC Championships despite wrestling up a weight class … earned a big win over Joe Cummings of Appalachian State to seal the victory over the Mountaineers … captured an ACC victory over North Carolina … went 2-5 in overtime bouts … voted team's Most Improved Wrestler … All-ACC Academic Team selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2011-12: Competed at 197 pounds ... registered a 7-18 overall record ... went 4-8 in tournament action and 3-10 in duals ... earned dual victories versus Boston University, Bridgewater State and Davidson ... opened the season with a 2-2 record at the Hokie Open.
2010-11: Anchored Duke's lineup at 197 pounds ... Compiled a 15-12 overall record ... Garnered three top-four finishes ... Took third at both The Citadel Open and Appalachian State Open ... Finished fourth at NC State Open ... Posted a 12-10 record in tournament action and a 3-2 mark in dual matches ... Went 1-1 in ACC contests ... Selected as Duke's Most Outstanding Freshman wrestler ... Had dual match wins against The Citadel, Davidson and NC State.
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The Dynamo trio has been training with the national team over the past two weeks. Davis, the veteran of the group, has been in two prior January camps, and has five total caps for the USMNT. Hall and Bruin are in a senior national team camp for the first time.
Following Monday's training session, all three players spoke to the media about the opportunity to represent their country in their home stadium in front of the Dynamo fans.
In case you need more of a reason to attend Tuesday's match, former Dynamo midfielder Dwayne De Rosario will be in the lineup for Canada. Think De Rosario is excited to play in front of the fans that supported him for all those years in Houston?
In #houston @bbva compass field in front of Muriel. Some special memories for @houstondynamo #Dynamo with special fans twitter.com/dwaynederosari…
— Dwayne De Rosario (@dwaynederosario) January 28, 2013
Dynamo defender Andre Hainault took time out of his busy schedule with the Canadian national team to talk with the folks at MLSsoccer.com's ExtraTime Radio. Hainault talks World Cup qualifiers as well as the Dynamo's quest to win both MLS Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League.
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Dynamo defender Andre Hainault and midfielder Je-Vaughn Watson each featured in their respective national team's friendlies this pat weekend. Dynamo defender Geoff Cameron was on the bench for the U.S. against Canada, but was not called upon by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
Hainault started and played 90 minutes against the United States in the scoreless draw at BMO Field on Sunday. The Dynamo defender anchored a backline that shut down the U.S. attacked and also earned a yellow card for a foul on Jermaine Jones.
Je-Vaughn Watson started and played 86 minutes in Jamaica's 2-1 loss to Panama at Estadio Rommel Fernandez Gutierrez. The Dynamo midfielder picked up a yellow card for a foul in the 68th minute.


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Big Meal, a new Japanese all-you-can-eat with table service
DH took us last night to a new all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant, Big Meal! It's in a space previously occupied by a short string of Japanese-themed failures (including Jade): 1883 McNicoll Ave., just west of Kennedy (Tel: 416-258-3333)
The dinner menu was a triptych of over 150 items, ranging from a good selection of sashimi, special dishes (baked scallops, red tuna, deep-fried prawn with quail egg), creative rolls, temaki and nigiri, cooked dishes (shrimp tempura, salmon belly, beef short ribs, beef-enoki mushroom rolls, garlic and beef cubes) and desserts (eg mango pudding, fried banana, sesame ice cream, fruit salad). For calorie-counters, there were also 4-5 nice salads (I had the mango salad, see picture). I haven't been to Ten-ichi in years but from what I remember, the menu is similar but much, much better.
Friday and Saturday evenings, dinner is currently about $23 and that includes unlimited non-alcoholic beverages. My 12yo son was very happy about that. He thinks that paying $2+ for soft drinks at Dragon Pearl and Wasabi is a rip-off.
The quality of the food was excellent. I know a lot of regular Japanese restaurants where the food is not as delicious or as fresh. Table service was very good and the décor was rather elegant. Tables were nicely spaced apart and there was no pressure to eat and run.
We're planning to host our annual family X'mas dinner at Big Meal. Now that I've written this review, I'd better go and confirm the booking before everyone else beats me to it!
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Restaurants ( all Japanese cuisine but Chinese own and operated ) occupying this location must have changed hands at least three times within the past few years! Some of them even advertise on Fairchild Chinese TV but none of them managed to survive long due to the 'location'??!!
re: Charles Yu
It's a quiet spot with no other businesses open at night. The nearest 'big bldg' is a nursing home. Let's see if this one outlasts the others. Food-wise, it's already ahead of the game.
re: Charles Yu
I've been to a couple of the previous incarnations over the years. Inferior food with iffy service...no mystery at all why they would fail. I think the location can be quite good...all that's needed is a good restaurant. Who knows, maybe it will be the "Big Meal" (but could they have come up with a worse name for a Japanese restaurant!). Personally, not a fan of AYCE concepts, but this genre seem quite popular in the area, so wishing them the best.
re: T Long
i too agree with T Long. the service at the previous incarnation (nikada) was pretty bad when it got busy. i don't have high hopes for this new version as the location has been deadly. the pho place that opened beside didn't even last 2 months! it's been a carousel of restaurants for years and years. anyways thanks for the review Aleta, i'll be sure to drop by before it changes hands again lol!
re: blitz
Blitz, thanks for saying thanks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, hoping for the best and going back soon. I finally figured out how to upload pictures from my iPhone so they are linked below. Usually when I expect to eat well (as I do in Spain), I bring a proper camera.
T Long, I agree with you on the terrible name. It reminds me too much of the movie, "Big Night" with Stanley Tucci, which coincidentally is about a restaurant going downhill...
re: .alias
Red tuna, octopus and butterfish are indeed listed in the Sashimi section.
Why do you think your eyes are playing tricks on you?
re: .alias
There are many that offer sashimi actually. Aji Sai being one of them.
re: .alias
I think quite a few AYCE restaurants DO offer sashimi (eg Wasabi, Dragon Pearl et al) but quality is not great.
Went again last night with friends from Chicago and another couple whose husband is in the seafood trade. Multiple orders of butterfish, red tuna, salmon and sweet shrimp. Followed that with some made-to-order sushi and giant rolls (Usually I don't touch the sushi at AYCE places becuz it's disgusting). Chicago friends loved the crispy salmon skin temaki. DS was amazed at the quantity and quality of unagi in his 2 handrolls. I appreciated the bonito flakes billowing on top of his tofu karaage.
One friend went crazy and had 3 scoops of ice cream: black sesame, matcha and mango. I tried the mango pudding but didn't like it. The owner suggested that we try their homemade baked mochi cake. I didn't like that either. I'm very picky about mochi. The only mochis I'll eat are sakura mochi or yomogi mochi.
Looking forward to X'mas dinner... hope a good thing can last.
re: Aleta
I know that most ayce restaurants offer sashimi, but they are usually salmon, white tuna, red snapper, surf clams, etc. Most do not offer octopus, red tuna, or butter fish to my knowledge, in toronto anyways.
I think i'll give big meal a try soon. Is it right across from the community center?
re: jl_1978
You can get red tuna sashimi at Spoon & Fork and you are not limited to one slice.
re: jl_1978
Did you ask the waitress? I noticed the menu allowing 1 choice of the specials and asked the waitress for some clarification. She said we could have whatever we wanted. My son had multiple orders of the quail egg/prawn dish while we enjoyed the red tuna.
I'm sure that once the restaurant gets busy (or if you go later in the evening), they might have to follow the rules.
The entrance to the parking lot is on Midland, diagonally across from the Mon Sheong retirement centre. Southwest corner of Midland/Kennedy.
re: Aleta
I think you meant to say McNicoll Ave, not Midland Ave. Sounds like the "Big Meal" is trying to make a big splash opening. The trick will be to maintain the initial quality....here's hoping. Btw, down the road on McNicoll at Vic Park, a new Chinese restaurant named "Landmark" is coming soon (at the old Elegantview place).
re: T Long
Thanks, T Long, for the correction. Yes, McNicoll Ave. I often get lost in Scarborough.
re: loodle
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re: loodle
I DO have 1-2 pictures of the menu, which I took on my very first visit, BUT the restaurant asked me not to take any more pictures. Proprietary concerns etc. Therefore, I haven't posted them on CH. All I can say is that the menu is huge, most dishes are quite good and they are still lots of things I haven't gotten around to trying.... even after more than 6 visits in 1 month!
We had our family Christmas Dinner in 1 of the 2 private rooms on Dec 23. The place was pretty full that night, the service was a bit frantic (AYCE + table service = lots of work!) but the quality of the food was still good.
re: Aleta
That's interesting, they don't want their menu to be public? When their main competition has their menu and pricing online for everybody to see:
I wanted to ask, how does this place compare with Ten-Ichi? It used to be our "go-to" for AYCE until recently, as we've noticed quality and service have declined a lot over the last couple of years. By your description Big Meal appears to undercut Ten-Ichi by a buck or two but they are a bit out of the way.
re: TexSquared
I haven't been to Ten-Ichi in years. We used to be regulars until Wasabi opened. After some years of eating there (and still not being happy), I gave up on AYCE Japanese.
From what I remember of Ten-Ichi, Big Meal's selection of sashimi is much better (see descriptions and pictures in my post dated Nov 27) and sushi is definitely higher quality. Sorry to say but Ten-Ichi was one of the places where I refused to eat sushi...
Big Meal's prices, in relation to the selection and quality of food offered, are a huge bargain. Honestly, I don't know how long they can sustain this... I'm enjoying it while it lasts!
re: TexSquared
You're most welcome. All this talk of Japanese food before dinnertime did me in, LOL! Guess where we just went for dinner? :-) I was craving sushi so badly that I showed up before 5:30 pm, expecting to wait at the doors but it was open and people were already eating! When we left at 7 pm, the place was full. I didn't know but dinner service starts at 5 pm.
The manager told me before X'mas that they were going to run some ads. Apparently they did...
We were a party of three, and went on just this Monday afternoon (the boxing day). It was quite empty, we were the table left eating at the end..
Lunch AYCE (at $11.99) is quite good. The food quality is good. Stir fried udon is oily though, in fact, most cooked foods are on the oily side. And having had so much AYCE this past holiday season, I must say this one has one of the better sushi rices. Why would I rate on sushi RICE? Because if you can believe it -- some serve it WARM. Not only that, some serve regular white rice too.. shameful, I know. So this one was totally higher on the totem poll.. Quality of fish is good also. Portion size is awesome too -- you dont end up overeating just to finish the dish. Cooked fishes come in filets as opposed to whole fishes.
Beware not to sit near the window. We should have said something to move .. even with the shutters there, it was quite boiling warm!
As with any AYCE restaurant, go now as it's still new..
re: jennjen18
I agree with you regarding the high quality of the sushi. I used to live in Tokyo and I'm very spoiled when it comes to Japanese food in general. When I go to AYCE, or maybe I should say, IF I go to AYCE, I never, ever order sushi. It's usually bad rice, mashed together, soggy nori, poor quality fish. Big Meal is my one exception. The giant rolls, handrolls and regular nigiri are well-prepared.
Some of the smaller types of grilled fish ARE presented whole, not in filets. It depends on what you order.
One thing this place should get is a pre-printed carbon like ordering menu (like some of the chinese dim sum places) where you can just put qty beside item...."carboned" so I can check off as items are completed.
Several times i had to re-order a item because I didn't get it...I was a bit hesitant however to get something like 18 tempura shrimp (6 after each re-order that never came).
re: LUV_TO_EAT
I took some friends who are in the seafood business and they also made that comment about having a carbon copy. After the New Year rush, I'd like to sit down with the manager and go over a few suggestions, including yours. I have no commercial interest in this restaurant; I would just like to see them succeed where others (in the same location) have failed.
There are some basic staff training issues too. For example, I called one day to ask what time dinner service started and the guy who answered didn't seem to be sure! He said, "6 pm or maybe 5-ish". It was 4 pm at the time and I was in the neighbourhood. If I had had to wait 2 hrs, I would've gone home but for 1 hr, I would be able to kill time. In the end, I took my chances and went around 5: 20 pm. There was somebody already eating! They almost lost my business that night.


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In a brand-new country song, a guy walks into a Starbucks.
No, he doesn't make a comical statement about lattes or a populist statement about the mom-and-pop general store that sold coffee for 35 cents but got bulldozed to make way for the strip mall that now holds the Starbucks.
So, we're already surprised.
Then the guy behind the counter notices the singer's shirt, which is adorned with a Confederate battle flag.
And that's where we who listen to contemporary country music know what happens next: Surely, the proud son of the South gives the counter guy a rhyming lecture on how he's proud of where he's from, or how he's proud to be a redneck, or how people in the Starbucks-loving city just don't get it, or why Hank Jr. rules (always good to name-check Bocephus, Cash or Waylon in these songs) or why he's proud to be a redneck who knows the overwhelming extent to which Hank Jr. rules.
We know we'll hear something along the lines of what we heard when Blake Shelton sang about "Tearin' down a dirt road, rebel flag flyin', coon dog in the back." And what we heard then was the tagline, "If you got a problem with that, you can kiss my country ass."
Something proud and aggressive. Something unrepentant and unyielding. Something fierce. Something certain.
And sure enough, in this brand-new country song, the singer — a big country star named Brad Paisley — begins the chorus by proclaiming, "I'm a white man from the Southland."
Right. Tell 'em.
But then Paisley continues, "Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be."
Trying to understand, then, an alternative and potentially divergent point of view?
"I'm proud of where I'm from, but not everything we've done," Paisley sings.
Excuse me? Not proud of everything we've done?
"Our generation didn't start this nation," he continues, in the song called "Accidental Racist." "We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday/ And caught between Southern pride and Southern blame."
Where's the certainty in that? Where's the indignant ardor? And who told Paisley it was OK to bring rapper LL Cool J into a country song, much less invite him to rap his feelings as a Northern-bred African-American to seeing someone wearing a T-shirt that features a Confederate battle flag? (Spoiler alert: He doesn't totally love it.)
"My first response is, 'Holy (expletive),'" says music journalist Chris Willman, author of "Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music." "I think this is pretty radical. He's got cojones. I can't remember anyone in country music saying, 'Yes, this is a question we should address.' It's been either 'ignore it' or be unabashedly proud."
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Validation (re-confirmation) assay for identification of compounds that inhibit KCNQ1 potassium channels
Assay Implementation: Zhihong Lin Ph.D., Xiaofang Huang M.S., Shunyou Long M.S., Owen McManus, Ph.D., Meng Wu Ph.D. ..more
BioActive Compounds: 1449
Related Experiments
ata Source: Johns Hopkins Ion Channel Center (JHICC, JHICC_KCNQ1_Inh_Vali)
BioAssay Type: Primary, Primary Screening, Single Concentration Activity Observed, Duplicate
Source (MLPCN Center Name): Johns Hopkins Ion Channel Center (JHICC)
Center Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Screening Center PI: Min Li, Ph.D.
Assay Provider: Meng Wu, Ph.D.
Network: Molecular Libraries Probe Production Centers Network (MLPCN)
Grant Proposal Number: 1 R03 MH090837-01
Grant Proposal PI: Meng Wu, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Assay Implementation: Zhihong Lin Ph.D., Xiaofang Huang M.S., Shunyou Long M.S., Owen McManus, Ph.D., Meng Wu Ph.D.
Name: Validation (re-confirmation) assay for identification of compounds that inhibit KCNQ1 potassium channels.
Voltage-gated potassium channels [1,2] are tetrameric membrane proteins that selectively conduct K+ across cellular membranes, thus open, close, and inactivate in response to changes in transmembrane voltage [3]. Individual subtypes of these potassium channels often have a unique expression pattern allowing cells to "fine-tune" membrane potentials and excitability according to their respective physiological functions [4]. Dysfunctions of these electrical excitability controlling proteins, either congenital or acquired, are attributed to a variety of diseases [5,6], such as cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, hypertension, and epilepsy. Specific modulation of individual potassium channel types therefore represents an enormous potential for the development of physiological tool compounds and new drugs [7-9].
KCNQ1 (Kv7.1, KvLQT) [10,11] is an alpha-subunit subtype of voltage-gated KCNQ potassium channel family, which is composed of five members of KCNQ1-KCNQ5. They share between 30% and 65% amino acid identity. A classical KCNQ alpha-subunit is composed of six transmembrane segments, including a voltage-sensor segment and a pore domain [12-15]. Unique from other members of KCNQ family [16], KCNQ1 has been generally absent from neuronal tissues, mainly expressed in heart, kidney, small intestine, pancreas, prostate and other non-excitable epithelial tissues. Also contrast to other members of KCNQ family which form both alpha-subunit homo- and heterotetrameric channels, KCNQ1 channels only form alpha-subunit homotetramers [10]. They commonly co-assemble with beta-subunit KCNE proteins to give rise to functional variations in different tissues.
These molecular assemblies have afforded KCNQ1 with two important physiological functions: 1) repolarization of the cardiac tissue following an action potential and 2) water and salt transport in epithelial tissues. Mutations in this gene are associated with hereditary long QT syndrome, diabetics [18], Romano-Ward syndrome, Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome [19] and familial atrial fibrillation [20], as well as impairment of cyclic AMP-stimulated intestinal secretion of chloride ions related to cystic fibrosis [21,22] and pathological forms of secretary diarrhea [23-25]. Furthermore, drug-induced acquired KCNQ1 and KCNQ1/KCNE dysfunctions also raise concerns of KCNQ1/KCNE as potential hERG-like drug safety issue in pharmaceutical development [17].
For their pharmacological responses, KCNQ1/KCNE heteromultimers function differently from KCNQ1 alone. Initial discovery of KCNQ1 modulators is focused on the KCNQ1 (and KCNQ1/KCNE1 IKs) inhibitors [17], from earlier Chromonal 293B[26], linopirdine and XE991[27], to new family of potent inhibitors, i.e. Merck-IKs (IC50 ~0.08 nM), JNJ 303(IC50 0.064 uM) and JNJ282 (IC50 0.001 uM).
Systemic compound screens for KCNQ1 and its heteromultimers have not been reported. Here the assay, Tl+-based fluorescence assay in 384 format by FDSS, therefore, was used for the identification of inhibitory compounds acting on KCNQ1 from a large MLSMR compound library.
Principle of the assay
The Tl+ ion, which is permeable through potassium channels, serves as a surrogate for K+ flux [28]. The thallium-sensitive dye is loaded into cells, and, in the absence of Tl+, exhibits very low basal fluorescence. Upon the addition of Tl+ onto cells expressing potassium channels, in this case, KCNQ1 potassium channel, extracellular Tl+ flux into cells through open KCNQ1 channels, and when bound to the dye, produce a fluorescent signal that is monitored in real-time by a fluorescence imaging plate reader [29, 30].
KCNQ1, HTS assay, 384, primary, antagonist, inhibitor, FDSS, Thallium, fluorescence, Kinetic, FluxOR, JHICC, Johns Hopkins, MLSMR, Molecular Libraries Probe Production Centers Network, MLPCN.
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2. Dai, S., Hall, D. D., and Hell, J. W. Supramolecular Assemblies and Localized Regulation of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels. Physiol. Rev. 89(2), 411-452 (2009) PMID: 19342611
3. Borjesson, S., and Elinder, F. Structure, Function, and Modification of the Voltage Sensor in Voltage-Gated Ion Channels. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 52(3), 149-174 (2008) PMID: 18989792
4. Pischalnikova, A., and Sokolova, O. The Domain and Conformational Organization in Potassium Voltage-Gated Ion Channels. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology 4(1), 71-82 (2009) PMID: 18836841
5. Peroz, D., Rodriguez, N., Choveau, F., et al. Kv7.1 (KCNQ1) properties and channelopathies. The Journal of Physiology 586(7), 1785-1789 (2008) PMID: 18174212
6. Cannon, S. C. Physiologic Principles Underlying Ion Channelopathies. Neurotherapeutics 4(2), 174-183 (2007) PMID: 17395127
7. Ahern, C. A., and Kobertz, W. R. Chemical Tools for K+ Channel Biology. Biochemistry 48(3), 517-526 (2008) PMID: 19113860
8. Wulff, H., and Zhorov, B. S. K+ Channel Modulators for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders and Autoimmune Diseases. Chemical Reviews 108(5), 1744-1773 (2008) PMID: 18476673
9. Wickenden, A. D. K+ channels as therapeutic drug targets. Pharmacology & Therapeutics 94(1-2), 157-182 (2002) PMID: 12191600
10. Jespersen, T., Grunnet, M., and Olesen, S.-P. The KCNQ1 Potassium Channel: From Gene to Physiological Function. Physiology 20(6), 408-416 (2005) PMID: 16287990
11. Mackie, A. R., and Byron, K. L. Cardiovascular KCNQ (Kv7) Potassium Channels: Physiological Regulators and New Targets for Therapeutic Intervention. Mol Pharmacol 74(5), 1171-1179 (2008) PMID: 18684841
12. Maljevic, S., Wuttke, T. V., and Lerche, H. Nervous system KV7 disorders: breakdown of a subthreshold brake. The Journal of Physiology 586(7), 1791-1801 (2008) PMID: 18238816
13. Robbins, J. KCNQ potassium channels: physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Pharmacology & Therapeutics 90(1), 1-19 (2001) PMID: 11448722
14. Hernandez, C. C., Zaika, O., Tolstykh, G. P., et al. Regulation of neural KCNQ channels: signalling pathways, structural motifs and functional implications. The Journal of Physiology 586(7), 1811-1821 (2008) PMID: 18238808
15. Delmas, P., and Brown, D. A. Pathways modulating neural KCNQ/M (Kv7) potassium channels. Nat Rev Neurosci 6(11), 850-862 (2005) PMID: 16261179
16. Brown, D. A., and Passmore, G. M. Neural KCNQ (Kv7) channels. British Journal of Pharmacology 156(8), 1185-1195 (2009) PMID: 19298256
17. Towart, R., Linders, J. T. M., Hermans, A. N., et al. Blockade of the IKs potassium channel: An overlooked cardiovascular liability in drug safety screening? Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 60(1), 1-10 (2009) PMID: 19439185
18. Jonsson, A., Isomaa, B., Tuomi, T., et al. A variant in the KCNQ1 gene predicts future type 2 diabetes and mediates impaired insulin secretion. Diabetes, 58(10) 2409-13 (2009) PMID: 19584308
19. Schmitt, N., Schwarz, M., Peretz, A., et al. A recessive C-terminal Jervell and Lange-Nielsen mutation of the KCNQ1 channel impairs subunit assembly. EMBO J 19(3), 332-340 (2000) PMID: 10654932
20. OMIM. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=607542 (2009)
21. Namkung, W., Song, Y., Mills, A. D., et al. In Situ Measurement of Airway Surface Liquid [K+] Using a Ratioable K+-sensitive Fluorescent Dye. J. Biol. Chem. 284(23), 15916-15926 (2009) PMID: 19364771
22. Moser, S., Harron, S., Crack, J., et al. Multiple KCNQ Potassium Channel Subtypes Mediate Basal Anion Secretion from the Human Airway Epithelial Cell Line Calu-3. Journal of Membrane Biology 221(3), 153-163 (2008) PMID: 18264812
23. Schroeder, B. C., Waldegger, S., Fehr, S., et al. A constitutively open potassium channel formed by KCNQ1 and KCNE3. Nature 403(6766), 196-199 (2000) PMID: 10646604
24. Greenwood, I., Yeung, S., Hettiarachi, S., et al. KCNQ-encoded channels regulate Na+ transport across H441 lung epithelial cells. Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology 457(4), 785-794 (2009) PMID: 18663467
25. Matos, J. E., Sausbier, M., Beranek, G., et al. Role of cholinergic-activated K Ca 1.1 (BK), K Ca 3.1 (SK4) and K V 7.1 (KCNQ1) channels in mouse colonic Cl - secretion. Acta Physiologica 189(3), 251-258 (2007) PMID: 17305705
26. Lerche, C., Bruhova, I., Lerche, H., et al. Chromanol 293B Binding in KCNQ1 (Kv7.1) Channels Involves Electrostatic Interactions with a Potassium Ion in the Selectivity Filter. Mol Pharmacol 71(6), 1503-1511 (2007) PMID: 17347319
27. Wang, H.-S., Brown, B. S., McKinnon, D., et al. Molecular Basis for Differential Sensitivity of KCNQ and IKs Channels to the Cognitive Enhancer XE991. Mol Pharmacol 57(6), 1218-1223 (2000) PMID: 10825393
28. Delpire, E., et al., Small-molecule screen identifies inhibitors of the neuronal K-Cl cotransporter KCC2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 2009. 106(13),5383-5388. PMID: 19279215.
29. Weaver, C.D., et al., A Thallium-Sensitive, Fluorescence-Based Assay for Detecting and Characterizing Potassium Channel Modulators in Mammalian Cells. J Biomol Screen, 2004. 9(8), 671-677. PMID: 15634793.
30. Niswender, C.M., et al., A Novel Assay of Gi/o-Linked G Protein-Coupled Receptor Coupling to Potassium Channels Provides New Insights into the Pharmacology of the Group III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors. Mol Pharmacol, 2008. 73(4), 1213-1224. PMID: 18171729.
31. Zhang, J.-H., T.D.Y. Chung, and K.R. Oldenburg, A Simple Statistical Parameter for Use in Evaluation and Validation of High Throughput Screening Assays. J Biomol Screen, 1999. 4(2),67-73. PMID: 10838414.
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Assay overview:
The objective is to validate compounds identified in the primary screen assay (PubChem AID 2642). It employs the same experimental conditions as presented in the primary screen assay in duplicates. If the compound causes 3SD or more activity increase (of negative controls) in both duplicates, and is active in the primary screen, the compound is considered to be active that activates/potentiates KCNQ1
Protocol for thallium assay for KCNQ1:
1. Cell culture: Cells are routinely cultured in DMEM/F12 medium, supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), 50 IU/ml penicillin, 50 ug/ml streptomycin, and 500 ug/ml G418.
2. Cell plating: Add 50 ul/well of 120,000 cells/ml re-suspended in DMEM/F12 medium with 10% FBS
3. Incubate overnight at 37C and 5% CO2
4. Remove medium and add 25 ul /well of 1x FluxOR solution to cells
5. Incubate 90 minutes at room temperature (RT) in the dark
6. Prepare 7.5X compound plates and control plates on Cybi-Well system: test compounds are prepared using assay buffer; controls are assay buffer(IC0), activator control R-L3 and inhibitor control XE991 (all with DMSO concentrations matched to that of test compounds)
7. Remove FluxOR dye solution and add 20 ul /well of assay buffer to cells
8. Add 4 ul of 7.5x compound stock into the cell plates via Cybi-Well system
9. Incubate all cell plates for 20 minutes at RT in the dark
10. Prepare 5x stimulus buffer containing 12.5 mM K2SO4 and 12.5 mM Tl2SO4
11. Load cell plates to Hamamatsu FDSS 6000 kinetic imaging plate reader
12. Measure fluorescence for 10 seconds at 1Hz to establish baseline
13. Depolarize cells with 6 ul/well of stimulus buffer and continue measuring fluorescence for 110 seconds
14. Calculate ratio readout as F(max-min)/F0
15. Calculate the average and standard deviation for negative and positive controls in each plate, as well as Z and Z' factors [29].
16. Calculate the percentage of tested compounds with the following formula: Percentage (%)=100* (Ratio(cmpd)- AvgRatio(Buffer))/(AvgRatio(XE-991)-AvgRatio(Buffer)); Percentage(%): percentage change of compound readout over those of negative controls (Buffer), Ratio(cmpd): Ratio of the test compound. AvgRatio(Buffer): Ratio average of the negative controls with Buffer, Ratio(XE-991): Ratio of XE-991.
17. Outcome assignment: If the compound (the average of the duplicates of the Percentage (%, avPercent) as readout) causes more than those of negative controls (Buffer) plus 3SD of negative controls (Buffer), the compound is considered to be active (Value=2). Otherwise, it is designated as inactive (Value=1).
18. Score assignment: An active test compound is assigned a score between 5 and 100 by calculation of Int((abs(log10([AvPercentage])-1.398))/0.0111+5), avPercent, as in the result definition. The inactive test compounds are assigned a score of 0.
List of reagents
1. KCNQ1-CHO cell lines (provided by JHICC)
2. PBS: pH7.4 (Gibco, Cat#10010)
3. Medium: DMEM/F12 50/50 (Mediatech, Cat#15-090-CV)
4. Fetal Bovine Serum (Gemini, Cat# 100-106)
5. 200 mM L-Glutamine (Gibco, Cat#25030)
6. 100x Penicillin-Streptomycin (Mediatech, Cat#30-001-CI)
7. 0.05% Trypsin-EDTA (Gibco, Cat#25300)
8. Geneticin: (Gibco, Cat#11811-031)
9. HEPES (Sigma, Cat#H4034)
10. XE-991 (Tocris Bioscience)
11. FluxOR detection kit (Invitrogen, Cat #F10017): FluxOR, assay buffer and stimulus buffer.
12. Triple-layer flask (VWR, Cat #62407-082)
13. BD Biocoat 384-well plates (BD, Cat# (35)4663 and Lot #7346273)
Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: non-intended chemicals or dust in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that non-specifically modulate the cell host or the targeted activity, and compounds that quench or emit light or fluorescence within the well. All test compound concentrations reported are nominal; the specific concentration for a particular test compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.
Result Definitions
** Test Concentration.
Additional Information
Grant Number: 1 R03 MH090837-01
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Slatkin, Vahala join Symphony — Iwasaki to introduce film screening, discussion at Blair
Former Nashville Symphony Orchestra music advisor Leonard Slatkin returns for a series of concerts in mid-March. The centerpiece of the performances is John Corigliano's "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: The Red Violin," a piece inspired by his Academy Award-winning score for the 1999 film tracing the history of a distinctively colored violin. Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä will perform the solo.
Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music will screen the film Tuesday, February 26, in Ingram Hall, followed by a discussion introduced by Nashville Symphony concertmaster Jun Iwasaki, who's also on the Blair faculty.
The symphony's program, which also includes Emmanuel Chabrier's "España" and Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations," will be presented 7 p.m. March 14, and 8 p.m. March 15-16 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
While this marks a return to Nashville for Slatkin, it'll be Vähälä's first time performing in Nashville. Iwasaki, in particular, is looking forward to welcoming her, having worked with her during his tenure at the Oregon Symphony in Portland.
In fact, soon after Iwasaki's arrival here, he brought up Vähälä's name during a casual conversation with music director Giancarlo Guerrero.
"I'm really looking forward to working with her again, I think she's a wonderful violinist," Iwasaki said by phone. "She's just a beautiful player and a very musical musician; her musicianship is very natural."
The piece Vähälä is playing is relatively new and thus not an established part of the repertoire, but it has become a signature piece for her.
She remembers being taken by the music in the film, which she described as being filled with longing. She also found the story of the violin to be compelling.
"One always would love to know where the violin was all these centuries and who played it, but unfortunately I don't know my violin's history," Vähälä said. She plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1780.
Vähälä first became aware of the "Red Violin" concerto in 2003 when she met Corigliano while performing Brahms with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Corigliano's second symphony was also on the program and after hearing her play, he told Vähälä about the concerto he'd just composed.
"I was really excited and just had to get my hands on this concerto," Vähälä said by phone from Karlsruhe, Germany, where she teaches at the Hochschule für Musik. She didn't have to wait long because Corigliano soon sent her a tape of Joshua Bell's premiere performance of the piece.
By the time Bell's three-year exclusive on the concerto had expired, Vähälä already had performances lined up. She performed it for the first time in fall 2006 and has played it almost every season since. Her recording of the piece with Finnish orchestra Sinfonia Lahti will be released in August.
Corigliano first revisited his "Red Violin" score with a chaconne, or series of slow variations, that became the first movement of the concerto.
"The scherzo (a lighter, playful movement) is very contemporary. But then in other parts of the concerto, there are a lot of beautiful melodies that you can really sing with the violin," Vähälä said. The piece also includes "a lot of virtuosic stuff and very exciting, very rhythmic music," she added.
She said Corigliano only had a few things to tell her when he heard her perform the work. "There was a feeling of trust and he gave a lot of space to do my own thing," she said.
— by MiChelle Jones, for The Tennessean
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What: "The Red Violin" featuring guest conductor Leonard Slatkin and violin soloist Elina Vähälä
Where: Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place
When: 7 p.m. March 14;
8 p.m. March 15-16
Admission: $28-$115
Contact: 615-687-6400 or www.nashvillesymphony.org
What: "The Red Violin" film screening with Jun Iwasaki
Where: Ingram Hall, Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday
Admission: free
Contact: 615-322-7651 or http://blair.vanderbilt.edu


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– Grand Final team squads
– Auckland City regular season summary
– Hawke's Bay Utd regular season summary
"The bottom line for me is we carried on playing the same way and in some respects that paid off at the end." Auckland City FC coach Ramon Tribulietx
"If we had of scored the one which was probably the best chance of the game early on then it changes but unfortunately it didn't go in." Hawke's Bay Utd coach Brett Angell
"We are very persistent. We have got a game plan and we stick by it and eventually we always break teams down." Auckland City FC striker Ryan De Vries
"It's hard to take but at the same time I couldn't be happier for my boys. We've come so far with such a young team and there's always next year." Hawke's Bay United captain Ross Haviland
Ramon Tribulietx – Auckland City FC
Brett Angell – Hawke's Bay United
Ryan De Vries
Ross Haviland
Hawke's Bay Utd club profile
Auckland City FC club profile
FULLTIME | @AucklandCity_FC 2-1 @HawkesBayUnited #NavyBlues are CHAMPIONS! Sixth @ASBPremiership title, 2-in-a-row.
— Auckland City FC (@AucklandCity_FC) April 5, 2015
For Auckland City FC striker Ryan De Vries persistence paid big dividends on Sunday as he earned his sixth straight ASB Premiership title. The 23-year-old scored the equaliser for Auckland City after his side had fallen… [more]
Auckland City FC has won the OFC Champions League title for the fifth season in a row after a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot out win over Team Wellington in Suva on Sunday. A penalty scored by Joao Moreira just 14…Read… [more]
"These one-off games are never easy and FC Gaitcha were pressing us high up the pitch but finally we capitalised on a set-piece." Auckland City coach Ramon Tribulietx
"We're delighted, it was a great start for us. It was a very tough game in front of a very vocal home crowd, and now it's great to have two New Zealand teams in the final." Team Wellington coach Matt Calcott
GOAL! Daewook KIM scores and the #NAvyBlues have won the match! #AKLvTWE 4-3
— Auckland City FC (@AucklandCity_FC) April 26, 2015
Hard pill to Swallow – A fantastic effort by all @TeamWelly. Thanks for all the support. The team did you & Wellington proud! #AKLvTWE
— Striker (@TeamWelly) April 26, 2015
Congrats @AucklandCity_FC & welcome back to the #ClubWC. Good luck with making more history. http://t.co/y4utCwfVVc https://t.co/30f1fqq04X
— Joseph S Blatter (@SeppBlatter) April 26, 2015
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