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USC's Wittek prepared to start Sun Bowl
EL PASO, Texas – It's all but official: The USC Trojans are now Max Wittek's team.
Barring any last-minute mind-changing, the Trojans are expected to announce Thursday that Wittek, and not Matt Barkley, will start at quarterback in the Sun Bowl against Georgia Tech on New Year's Eve.
The Trojans held their first practice here Wednesday and Barkley didn't participate. He joined teammates on the field for warmups, but wore a jersey top and sweatpants, without helmet or pads. After practice, Coach Lane Kiffin said he would announce his starting quarterback after Thursday's practice.
It's not much of a secret. Asked Wednesday if he expected to start, Wittek said, "It looks like it.''
There are two factors at work. One is Barkley's physical condition. He sprained his shoulder Nov. 17 against UCLA and hasn't practiced since. The Sun Bowl is roughly six weeks after Barkley's injury, and a sprained shoulder can take up to eight weeks to fully heal.
The other factor is the future. After a less-than-stellar senior season, Barkley is considered a borderline first-round NFL draft pick. It has been widely suggested that Barkley skip the Sun Bowl and start preparations for the draft, including the Jan. 26 Senior Bowl game.
Barkley declined to talk to reporters Wednesday - he is expected to talk after Thursday's practice - but Wittek indicated the decision on a Sun Bowl starter would be made by Barkley, more than Kiffin.
"This is Matt's team and it's always going to be his decision,'' Wittek said. "It's Matt's game to play or not play.''
Wittek, who also followed Barkley as the starting quarterback at Mater Dei High, has been USC's de facto starter for more than a month. Wittek played against Notre Dame on Nov. 24 and got solid reviews in a losing effort. USC receiver Marqise Lee said his comfort level with Wittek is high.
"I'm pretty sure the whole team is comfortable with both. It really doesn't matter,'' Lee said. "It's the same thing to me. I look forward to (Wittek) going out there and doing what he's supposed to do.''
USC players with family outside of Southern California were allowed to spend Christmas at home and then meet the team in El Paso. Weather issues around the country made it tough for a few.
Gerald Bowman and Anthony Sarao did not make it to practice but were scheduled to arrive in El Paso on Wednesday night. Xavier Grimble and Nickell Robey arrived at the practice facility on their own, after the rest of the team arrived on buses.
The father of offensive lineman Abe Markowitz is seeking clarification from the NCAA as to whether Markowitz can play a sixth season. As it stands now, Markowitz does not have a scholarship at USC for the 2013 season and would need to transfer in order to play a sixth season. ... USC arrived at the El Paso airport early Wednesday afternoon, and Kiffin was met with a sombrero, which he wore for pictures. "I didn't think that looked real good on me,'' Kiffin said, deadpanning. "They're heavier than you think.''
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Something Blue Bridal - Allure Romance Collection
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Hydrangea Rose Stock
My favorite wedding ingredient? Hands down, personality. Because there's nothing better than a wedding chock-full of personality-infused details to really give you a glimpse of the couple behind the big day. And this darling duo captured by Alisia Thompson? Well, they (and their family and friends) are as crafty as it gets with a whole host of amazing details lovingly styled with their very own talented hands. Think fab paper goods, beautiful florals and glittery gold centerpieces. See them all right here.
From the Bride… Romance, Fun and Mingle: Those were the words my husband and I based our wedding on. We knew that adding as many personal touches as we could was the way to achieve that. So with that in mind, we DIY'd almost everything and crafted nearly all of the decorations by hand. It was our way to create a wedding that catered to our style, as well as helped our budget!
It all began with the color peach, which I view as such a romantic, yet playful color. I chose it as the basis for the whole event! My sister designed our invitations, RSVP cards, and bulletins to fit our personalities and promote the theme of our wedding. She also created personalized crossword puzzles, madlibs and the signs that were displayed at our venues. All of the bouquets and florals were arranged by my aunt, who was the one to introduce me to the beautiful type of flower used in my bouquet. I described to her that I wanted a taller arrangement to compliment the flower bunch on my dress. She suggested "stock," and when I saw a picture of them, I knew immediately that those were what I wanted. Who knew that such a pretty flower could have such a ordinary name? Other handcrafted projects we did were the coffee filter peach flowers that were used in the centerpieces on the tables and all of the backdrops used at the ceremony and the reception. We crafted the backdrops with simple light pink and peach crepe paper streamers, and added a touch of Martha Stewart's Gold Glitter Eyelash Yarn for some sparkle. My mother and sister hand-crafted all of the cake toppers and cupcake toppers; it totally topped off our look!
One of the most meaningful personal touches of the wedding was that I had the honor of wearing the veil my mother wore at her wedding twenty-six years ago. In the end, we created a memorable celebration that reflected our personalities and our desire for our guests to just have fun. And everything came together the way my husband and I dreamed it would.
Photography: Alisia Thompson Photography | Dress: Something Blue Bridal - Allure Romance Collection | Cakes: A Slice of Heaven | Ceremony Site: Fellowship of Believers | Dress Designer: Allure Bridal | Reception Site: Lakewood Rach Golf & Country Club


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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It's easy to look around this proud, polyglot city and think that the favorite slogan of the new South Africa — a "Rainbow Nation" of races striving together for prosperity — is becoming a reality.
Blacks and whites mingle in buzzing bars and restaurants, in state-of-the-art business parks and shopping malls and in tree-lined suburbs that recall Southern California more than southern Africa. A blossoming black middle class fills the boardrooms and back offices of a diverse economy that's the engine and envy of the continent.
In the 15 years since Nelson Mandela won the first democratic elections here, finally closing the book on four decades of white apartheid rule, a lot has gone right with South Africa. Yet days before a new election, a deep malaise has taken hold, a creeping fear that the next decade and a half won't be as good as the first was.
For months, the news pages have been dominated by stories about political corruption, intimidation and back-room dealing at the highest levels of the African National Congress, the party that led the fight against apartheid and has controlled the government ever since. The man who figures to become president after the April 22 elections, Jacob Zuma, had a long-running bribery case against him suddenly dropped this month on legal technicalities that many suspect were the result of political pressure.
In low-income black townships, residents complain that while the leaders of the liberation struggle are getting rich running the new South Africa, they're still spinning their wheels in the old one — a place of deprivation where electricity, clean water, affordable homes and decent schools remain out of reach.
Among the still-prosperous white minority, worries about crime and corruption are driving many young, educated people overseas, leaving the country short of doctors engineers and other skilled professionals.
Since capturing the world's imagination in 1994, this country has seen itself as exceptional, an African oasis. Now, for the first time, polls show that a plurality of people thinks the country is headed in the wrong direction.
"People thought this was not Africa," said Simanga Khumalo, a professor of religion who grew up in the black township of Soweto in the 1970s, when it was a cauldron of anti-apartheid resistance.
"People looked at our economy and businesses, and we look like an advanced society. But this is Africa. We are no different. Our leaders also love power."
In many ways, class barriers have replaced the old racial divisions. Despite robust economic growth under former President Thabo Mbeki, unemployment has risen to 38 percent from 32 percent in 1994. The number of jobless has doubled. Despite one of the largest welfare systems in the world, more than half of blacks live below the poverty line, compared with about 10 percent of the rest of the country.
In Alexandra township, just outside Johannesburg, Joyce Mlambo can recall the euphoria of 1994, when she stood in line for hours to vote ANC and danced with her neighbors late into the night after the results were announced. Mlambo, now 50, expected that a black-led government would elevate her from the one-room shack where she raised seven children.
Today, she still earns $2 a day at her termite-eaten fruit stall and survives on welfare payments.
"Initially, I was really happy. We all were happy," Mlambo said, wiping her rough hands on her secondhand T-shirt. "Nothing is happening for us here. I feel betrayed."
When she rides the bus into Johannesburg, through a row of ritzy suburbs, she sees a class of people who look like her from the neck up, but who wear smart clothes, shiny shoes and expensive-looking watches.
"I don't relate to those people," Mlambo grunted.
The "black diamonds" — the fast-growing black middle class — comprises 6 percent of the country but more than a quarter of its buying power. Grants and government loans have helped many launch new businesses, while affirmative action has dramatically diversified once lily-white corporate ranks.
A loan helped Ndumi Medupe, armed only with a business plan, start a consulting firm in 2007. Now she has 20 employees, offices in a tree-lined business park and clients spread across a range of government departments.
Medupe grew up in a small eastern village and went to college on loans. Now she and her husband live in a gated home in a quiet suburb. Their two children, 13 and 5, "live in a different world."
But she only has to look at the children's private schools, where three-quarters of their classmates are white, to be reminded that not everyone is thriving in the new South Africa.
"From our point of view, the Rainbow Nation exists," Medupe said, invoking, as people here often do, the term coined by Nobel Prize-winning Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe the dream of an integrated South Africa.
"For someone at the bottom of the ladder . . . things haven't changed much from the apartheid years."
Still, polls predict a comfortable ANC victory in a field that includes several smaller parties, although it likely will fall short of the 70 percent it won in 2004. Speaking last month at a business breakfast, Zuma acknowledged the inequities but said the country remained "fiercely protective" of the party.
"Support for the ANC among South Africans is as big and as enthusiastic as ever," he said.
For those who fear for South Africa, Zuma is the great bogeyman. The 67-year-old head of the ANC has polarized the nation like no politician before him.
Supporters think the former liberation fighter is a strong leader in the mold of a Zulu tribal patriarch (which he is, reportedly keeping four wives) and the corruption case against him, which dated to a multibillion-dollar arms deal in the 1990s, was plotted by his political enemies.
To critics, he's an unschooled rabble-rouser with troubling views on women's rights, the rule of law and AIDS. In 2006, during a trial in which he was acquitted of raping a woman he knew to be HIV-positive, he cast himself in the role of a traditional Zulu male, for whom it was required to have sex with a woman if she came before him wearing a skirt.
A former ANC parliamentarian, Andrew Feinstein, who resigned in 2001 over the party's failure to probe the arms deal, thinks the dismissal of the Zuma bribery case has irreversibly damaged South Africa's democratic credentials and could scare off foreign investors.
"All of these things make me very alarmed about the rule of law in the country," Feinstein said. "If the nature of South African democracy is that big bosses can get away with anything, people feel there is no real equality before the law."
There's more and more hand-wringing among South African whites.
In rural areas, farmers are troubled by high crime rates and a lack of government support. In cities, resentment at affirmative-action policies and the attraction of better-paying jobs abroad have lured thousands of professionals in their late 20s and early 30s to places such as Australia and Great Britain.
The fears run so high that one of the best-selling local books last year was called "Don't Panic!" — a plea to South Africans to stay and help build their nation. It began as an e-mail to employees from Alan Knott-Craig, head of an Internet firm that circulated to South Africans around the globe and eventually became a book.
In an interview, Knott-Craig said that crime and political instability are constant concerns. But the global economic slowdown has forced many young South Africans to rethink moving abroad, and he noted that Zuma has pledged to reduce crime, which affects South Africans of all races.
"There's a lot of uncertainty. Jacob Zuma has quite a bad reputation," he said. But, ever the optimist, he quickly added: "I personally feel we'll be pleasantly surprised.
"Anyone with a brain must be very happy with our political situation. Our presidents leave office peacefully — they don't stay for 20 years, or change the constitution or get the army to protect them. It's a true democracy. The big thing we have lacked since Mandela is true leadership."
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India to use regional-based model to consolidate public-sector banks - official
HONG KONG India plans to adopt a regional-based model for consolidating its bloated public-sector banks, the chairman of its Banks Board Bureau said on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI India relaxed sourcing and investment rules for the retail sector on Thursday in a renewed attempt to attract foreign supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.N) and Tesco (TSCO.L).
Foreign companies have been keen to enter India's $500 billion retail market since the country allowed foreign investment in its supermarket sector in September 2012 but ambiguity around entry rules has kept them away.
The issue remains politically controversial because of worries that millions of small shopkeepers could go out of business and India has so far not received a single application from any global retailer.
A previously announced rule that foreign chains must source 30 percent of their products locally when they enter had been a major sticking point.
In the new announcement, the government retained the 30 percent sourcing requirement but said it can be met over a period of five years initially and after that it has to be met on an annual basis.
It also said that global chains will only have to invest 50 percent of an "initial" mandatory investment of $100 million in setting up cold storages and warehouses as against the earlier policy, which said half of the entire investment by foreign chains in india had to be in building back-end infrastructure.
"The new rules have removed some major stumbling blocks and should encourage foreign retailers to enter India," said Devangshu Dutta, who heads retail consultancy Third Eyesight.
"Although most retailers are still likely to wait for the outcome of the elections next year before they make a decision."
National elections in India are due by May 2014 and a change in government could result in the controversial retail reform, being reversed and any newly opened supermarkets being shut, according to industry officials.
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the company was studying the revisions to the foreign direct investment policy.
"We appreciate the government's willingness to consider our requests for clarity on conditions contained in the new FDI policy," she said in a statement.
The revised policy also allowed global retailers to procure from small businesses that have intial investment in plant and machinery not exceeding $2 million - up from the limit of $1 million set out earlier to ensure modestly-sized Indian companies benefit from the influx of foreign firms.
These businesses can continue to remain suppliers even if they grow and cross the $2 million investment cap at a later stage, an essential requirement for global retailers who want to be sure of maintaining a stable supply chain in the country.
The government allowed Indian states that have decided to support foreign direct investment in retail to make a decision on where they would allow foreign retailers to set up shop. The earlier rule stated foreign chains can only open stores in cities with a population of more than a million.
Several Indian states oppose moves to allow foreign supermarkets and currently only 11 out of 28 Indian states have agreed to let foreign operators in.
(Additional reporting by CK Nayak; Editing by Anthony Barker)


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The Third Base Trade Candidates
It seems to be a shared conclusion between the frequently warring Hatfield Twins media and the Maccoy Twins blogosphere to agree that the line-up needs an injection of a right-handed bat that can handle left-handed pitching. Neither Craig Monroe nor Delmon Young have lived up to expectations in that regard and Michael Cuddyer's timetable of return is still up in the air. Looking at the Twins' third baseman's slugging compared to the American League average leaves no doubt:
Slugg. as 3B | Twins | AL | Diff |
2005 | .394 | .428 | -.034 |
2006 | .374 | .442 | -.068 |
2007 | .323 | .427 | -.107 |
2008 | .371 | .424 | -.054 |
Adrian Beltre | Seattle Mariners | 29-years-old
Contract: $12-million in 2008, $12-million in 2009 (Has limited no-trade clause with 8 teams)
vs. LHP - 2008 | PA% vs LHP | BB% | K% | HR/PA | avg | obp | slg | lhp-rhp slg diff. |
Beltre | 22.9% | 17.7% | 8.0% | 22.5 | .351 | .467 | .554 | +.144 |
AL RHB Avg | 48.7% | 10.0% | 16.2% | 38.2 | .269 | .345 | .426 | +.023 |
Validity? La Velle E. Neal reported recently that the Twins front office made the inquiry regarding Beltre to the remnants of whatever is left of the Mariners front office after the Bill Bavasi fallout to whomever was available to answer the phone. There is no indication as to how far the trade discussions went. Perhaps they spoke to a janitor.
What Will It Take? In terms of liquidable parts on the Mariners roster, Beltre might fetch the highest ransom on the roster. Contrary to what is written by Twins fans in various comments on Strib blogs, it will take more than just offering Boof Bonser, Livan Hernandez and Brian Duensing. The Mariners are in need of pitching to bolster their farm system which is one of the commodities that the Twins have an abundance of. If you look at USS Mariners' Future Forty list of the franchise's prospects, you realize that besides those prospects that are currently occupying the bullpen at Safeco, the organization is extremely thin for cheap pitching in the near future. Seattle is committed to Carlos Silva, Jarrod Washburn and Miguel Batista through 2009. Sixty percent of the Mariners rotation is 12-29 with only Washburn and his 4.95 era the only one under 5.00. Those three are due a collective $30.35-million in 2009 with Washburn and Batista coming off of the ledgers after that season which leaves the Mariners with King Felix Hernandez and the possibility of Erik Berdard (if he is resigned after his contact expires after this season). With RA Dickey, the knuckleballing Rule 5 pick nabbed from the Twins this past offseason, assuming some of Bedard's starts while he is on the disabled list, the ideal of adding Bonser or Hernandez to the deal might appeal to the Mariners as they struggle to divvy up innings among failing starters. Bonser is still young enough to have the Mariners consider accepting him into their rotation. Hernandez would just digest the innings until the miserable season at the SoDo ballpark concludes. So that would leave the Mariners looking beyond 2009 which would require some of the young arms developed by the Twins system.
Why? Obviously the Twins haven't been able to acquire the third base package at TJ Maxx. Mike Lamb looked good on the rack but didn't fit right once we brought him home and eventually he worked his way from starting third baseman to taking up valuable space on the roster when Brian Buscher was recalled from Rochester and produced in the way they Twins expected Lamb too. There are several options of course, using an inexpensive and passable platoon of Brian Buscher and Matt Macri - a combination that may be satisfactory but would never propel a team deep into the post-season. Not only would Beltre aide in this season's post-season run, but the biggest appeal is that his $12-million dollar contract for 2009 does not look as outlandish as it once did when he was signed in 2005. The Cubs are due to write a check for nearly $16-million to the 30-year-old Aramis Ramirez who is hitting .253/.349/.387 against lefties and is ranked 24th among major league third basemen according to the Fielding Bible Plus/Minus (which is a stark contrast to his 2007 season where he ranked 4th overall). Beltre is ranked 2nd overall defensively among third baseman behind Scott Rolen. A season and a half of Beltre is worth the prospects and $12-million when you contemplate the cost of purchasing that kind of talent on the free agent market.
Kevin Kouzmanoff | San Diego Padres | 26-years-old
Contract: Through 2008 at $0.41. Arbitration eligible. Currently has 1.08 years of major league service.
vs. LHP - 2008 | PA% vs LHP | BB% | K% | HR/PA | avg | obp | slg | lhp-rhp slg diff. |
Kouzmanoff | 29.3% | 4.4% | 22.3% | 28 | .311 | .366 | .534 | +.132 |
NL RHB Avg | 35.4% | 10.0% | 15.9% | 35.4 | .275 | .352 | .440 | +.046 |
Validity? Based on heresay and speculation. The Padres have super prospect 24-year-old Chase Headley who is, by all accounts, a better defensive third baseman with a higher upside and are in the market for major league ready pitching. The Padres' GM Paul Depodesta on his blog addressed that the Padres should actually be sellers - a fact shared by 80% of the Padre Nation.
What Will It Take? Similar to the Mariners, the Padres have two aging pitchers whose contracts are expiring at the end of this season. Certainly Greg Maddux might Brett Favre everyone and keep coming back and the Padres might pony up to resign Randy Wolf for any tour of duty, but the organization could also use a Boof Bonser addition to eat some of the innings this season. Bonser might find the confines of Petco Park to be beneficial to his pitching style. Past 2008, the Padres have two solid arms in double-A San Antonio, Will Inman and Scott Garrison, who are both throwing well in the Texas League, turning the legal drinking age this season but could possibly stand one more season of minor league experience in 2009. Another one of the aforementioned Missions' rotation-mates is the 24-year-old Matt Buschmann also pitching extremely well. In fact, Inman, Buschmann and Garrison are first, second and third among strikeout leaders in the League. On top of a Bonser or a Duensing, it would probably require a Jeff Manship (or at least a propsect in high-A or lower) to be added to the deal.
Why? Kouzmanoff is young and inexpensive and mashes left-handed pitching. That is about the gist of it. He doesn't have any patience so the higher on-base percentage is due to his high average on batted balls in play and not due to being able to draw a walk. His peripherals in that respect are closer to Delmon Young than Adrian Beltre who would wait and draw a walk. His defense is suspect-to-terrible. He received an A- for his ability to charge a bunt but is limited in his movement towards short. If the Twins think they can get Kouzmanoff to understand the strike zone better (which hasn't happened with Young or Carlos Gomez), Kouzmanoff would be a less expensive addition than Beltre. Then again, the Twins have been burned by the bargain shopping lately and might be better suited investing a bit more for Beltre. However, targeting Kouzmanoff and dealing with Paul Depodesta might be a way to get reliever Heath Bell (50 innings, 21.1% k%, 1.78 pLI) to fulfill that bullpen need in a one-stop shop.
Garrett Atkins | Colorado Rockies| 28-years-old
Contract: Through 2008 at $4.38-million. Arbtration elegable. Currently has 3.07 years of major league service.
vs. LHP - 2008 | PA% vs LHP | BB% | K% | HR/PA | avg | obp | slg | lhp-rhp slg diff. |
Atkins | 20.9% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 11.8 | .461 | .494 | .789 | +.388 |
NL RHB Avg | 35.4% | 10.0% | 15.9% | 35.4 | .275 | .352 | .440 | +.046 |
Validity? The Twins had made several investigative phone calls last year around this time to see if there was anything the Rockies desired. The word was the they were asking for the moon for him - even with uber-prospect Ian Stewert ready to produce the same at Coors but for what will be a fraction of the price. The asking price may have been steep considering the Rockies were only 5 games out of the NL West race at the trade deadline and felt like they could compete (rightly so). This season with 8.5 games between them and the NL West front-running Diamondbacks, the idea that the Rockies will part with Atkins at a reasonable amount is not far-fetched.
What Will It Take? Prior to the Cleveland Indians' collapse and subsequent in-season rebuilding, there was plenty of speculation that there was a move to be made between the two franchises - as Casey Blake was not the third baseman of the future and once crown-jewel Andy Marte is essentially an afterthought. The speculation was that the trade would require the Indians to part with Aaron Laffey (or Jeremy Sowers) as the centerpiece of the trade. The desire behind Laffey is that the Rockies are obviously focused on acquiring groundball pitchers to offset the homer-friendly Coors Field. You can bet the first words out of the Rockies' mouths will be, Nick Blackburn, who has the history of being a groundball pitcher in the minor leagues. At this juncture in the season Blackburn might be close to untouchable. Outside of Blackburn, Brian Duensing is basically a slightly older verison of Aaron Laffey, but gets slightly fewer groundballs, but might be passable as a trade candidate for the Rox. And Zachery Ward is a slightly more erratic (10%) Duensing with the ability to get the strikeout (20%) as well as the groundball (57%) but the 24-year-old is experiencing double-A for the first time this season so he is less than major league ready.
Why? The power is hard to argue with but it could also be Coors Field induced as well. Like his lefty-righty split, his home-road split is just as pronounced as he is slugging .189 points lower away from the Mile High City. He is still an elite candidate but you can believe that he wouldn't be fetching nearly as high of a ransom had his value been based on hitting at Dodger Stadium or Progressive Field all this time. At the same time in his career Atkins has hit a home run every 31 plate appearances at Coors and hit a home run every 25 plate appearances on the road. Even if Atkins proves that Coors was his performance enhancement, Atkins would still be under the control of the Twins only through the 2009 season, at which point he becomes a free agent, and then the Twins regain one prospect back through the Free Agent Draft.


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Summary: Tudor domain
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TUDOR domain | |||||||||
Structure of a TUDOR domain.
Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | TUDOR | ||||||||
Pfam | PF00567 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0049 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR008191 | ||||||||
SCOP | 3fdr | ||||||||
SUPERFAMILY | 3fdr | ||||||||
CDD | cd04508 | ||||||||
In molecular biology a tudor domain is a conserved protein structural motif originally identified as a region of 50 amino acids found in the Tudor protein encoded in Drosophila. The structurally characterized Tudor domain in human SMN (survival of motor neuron) is a strongly bent anti-parallel β-sheet consisting of five β-strands with a barrel-like fold and recognizes symmetrically dimethylated arginine.[1]
The proteins TP53BP1 (Tumor suppressor p53-binding protein 1) and its fission yeast homolog Crb2[2] and JMJD2A (Jumonji domain containing 2A) contain either tandem or double Tudor domains and recognize methylated histones.[3][4]
Other tudor domain containing proteins include AKAP1 (A-kinase anchor protein 1)[5] and ARID4A (AT rich interactive domain 4A) among others. A well known Tudor domain containing protein is Staphylococcal Nuclease Domain Containing 1 (SND1)/Tudor-SN/p100 co activator.[6] SND1 is involved in RISC complex and interacts with AEG-1 oncogene.[7] SND1 is also acts as an oncogene and plays very important role in HCC and colon cancer.[8] The SND1 tudor domain binds to methylated arginine in the PIWIL1 protein.[9] Tudor containing SND1 promotes tumor angiogenesis in human hepatocellular carcinoma through a novel pathway which involves NF-kappaB and miR-221.[10] Tudor SND1 is also present in the Drosophila melanogaster. [11]
- ^ Sprangers R, Groves MR, Sinning I, Sattler M (March 2003). "High-resolution X-ray and NMR structures of the SMN Tudor domain: conformational variation in the binding site for symmetrically dimethylated arginine residues". J. Mol. Biol. 327 (2): 507–20. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00148-7. PMID 12628254.
- ^ Botuyan MV, Lee J, Ward IM, et al. (December 2006). "Structural basis for the methylation state-specific recognition of histone H4-K20 by 53BP1 and Crb2 in DNA repair". Cell. 127 (7): 1361–73. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.10.043. PMC 1804291. PMID 17190600.
- ^ Huang Y, Fang J, Bedford MT, Zhang Y, Xu RM (May 2006). "Recognition of histone H3 lysine-4 methylation by the double tudor domain of JMJD2A". Science. 312 (5774): 748–51. doi:10.1126/science.1125162. PMID 16601153.
- ^ Lee J, Thompson JR, Botuyan MV, Mer G (January 2008). "Distinct binding modes specify the recognition of methylated histones H3K4 and H4K20 by JMJD2A-tudor". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 15 (1): 109–11. doi:10.1038/nsmb1326. PMC 2211384. PMID 18084306.
- ^ Rogne M, Landsverk HB, Van Eynde A, et al. (December 2006). "The KH-Tudor domain of a-kinase anchoring protein 149 mediates RNA-dependent self-association". Biochemistry. 45 (50): 14980–9. doi:10.1021/bi061418y. PMID 17154535.
- ^ Caudy AA, Ketting RF, Hammond SM, Denli AM, Bathoorn AM, Tops BB, Silva JM, Myers MM, Hannon GJ, Plasterk RH (September 2003). "A micrococcal nuclease homologue in RNAi effector complexes". Nature. 425 (6956): 411–4. doi:10.1038/nature01956. PMID 14508492.
- ^ Yoo BK, Santhekadur PK, Gredler R, Chen D, Emdad L, Bhutia S, Pannell L, Fisher PB, Sarkar D (2011). "Increased RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) activity contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma". Hepatology. 53 (5): 1538–48. doi:10.1002/hep.24216. PMC 3081619. PMID 21520169.
- ^ Yoo BK, Emdad L, Lee SG, Su ZZ, Santhekadur P, Chen D, Gredler R, Fisher PB, Sarkar D (April 2011). "Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1): A multifunctional regulator of normal and abnormal physiology". Pharmacol. Ther. 130 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.01.008. PMC 3043119. PMID 21256156.
- ^ Liu K, Chen C, Guo Y, et al. (October 2010). "Structural basis for recognition of arginine methylated Piwi proteins by the extended Tudor domain". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107 (43): 18398–403. doi:10.1073/pnas.1013106107. PMC 2972943. PMID 20937909.
- ^ Santhekadur PK, Das SK, Gredler R, et al. (April 2012). "Multifunction Protein Staphylococcal Nuclease Domain Containing 1 (SND1) Promotes Tumor Angiogenesis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma through Novel Pathway That Involves Nuclear Factor κB and miR-221". J. Biol. Chem. 287 (17): 13952–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.321646. PMC 3340184. PMID 22396537.
- ^ Muying Ying; Dahua Chen (2012). "Tudor domain-containing proteins of Drosophila melanogaster.". Development, Growth & Differentiation.
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Literature references
Ponting CP; , Trends Biochem Sci 1997;22:51-52.: Tudor domains in proteins that interact with RNA. PUBMED:9048482 EPMC:9048482
Callebaut I, Mornon JP; , Biochem J 1997;321:125-132.: The human EBNA-2 coactivator p100: multidomain organization and relationship to the staphylococcal nuclease fold and to the tudor protein involved in Drosophila melanogaster development. PUBMED:9003410 EPMC:9003410
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SCOOP: | Agenet SMN |
Similarity to PfamA using HHSearch: | Agenet SMN DUF4537 |
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This tab holds annotation information from the InterPro database.
InterPro entry IPR002999
The drosophila tudor protein is encoded by a 'posterior group' gene, which when mutated disrupt normal abdominal segmentation and pole cell formation. Another drosophila gene, homeless, is required for RNA localization during oogenesis. The tudor protein contains multiple repeats of a domain which is also found in homeless [PUBMED:9048482].
The tudor domain is found in many proteins that colocalise with ribonucleoprotein or single-strand DNA-associated complexes in the nucleus, in the mitochondrial membrane, or at kinetochores. It is not known whether the domain binds directly to RNA and ssDNA, or controls interactions with the nucleoprotein complexes. At least one tudor-containing protein, homeless, also contains a zinc finger typical of RNA-binding proteins [PUBMED:9048482].
The resolution of the solution structure of the Tudor domain of human SMN revealed that the Tudor domain forms a strongly bent antiparallel beta-sheet with five strands forming a barrel-like fold. The structure exhibits a conserved negatively charged surface that interacts with the C-terminal Arg and Gly-rich tails of the spliceosomal Sm D1 and D3 proteins [PUBMED:11135666].
Domain organisation
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Pfam Clan
This family is a member of clan Tudor (CL0049), which has the following description:
This clan covers the Tudor domain 'royal family' [1]. This includes chromo, MBT, PWWP and tudor domains. The chromo domain is a comprised of approximately 50 amino acid residues. There are usually one to three Chromo domains found in a single protein. In some chromo domain containing proteins, a second related chromo domain has been found and is referred to as the Chromo-shadow domain. The structure of the Chromo and Chromo-shadow domains reveal an OB-fold, a fold found in a variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic nucleic acid binding proteins. More specifically,the chromo-domain structure reveals a three beta strands that are packed against an alpha helix. Interestingly, a similar structure is found in the archaeal chromatin proteins (7kDa DNA-binding domain). These are sequence neutral DNA binding proteins. The DNA binding in these archaeal proteins is mediated through the triple stranded beta sheet. These archaeal domains are though to represent an ancestral chromo domain. Homologs of the chromo domain have been found in fission yeast, ciliated protozoa and all animal species, but appear to be absent in eubacteria, budding yeast and plants [2]. The precise function of the chromo domain is unclear, but the chromo domain is thought to act as a targeting module for chromosomal proteins, although the chromosomal contexts and functional contexts being targeted vary. In all cases studies, the chromo domains are found in proteins that are involved in transcription regulation, positive and negative [2].
The clan contains the following 22 members:
53-BP1_Tudor 7kD_DNA_binding Agenet Chromo Chromo_shadow Cul7 DUF1325 DUF4537 LBR_tudor LytTR MBT Mtf2_C ProQ_C PWWP Rad9_Rad53_bind RBB1NT SAWADEE SMN SNase TTD TUDOR Tudor-knotAlignments
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Seed source: | Alignment kindly provided by SMART |
Previous IDs: | none |
Type: | Domain |
Author: | SMART |
Number in seed: | 45 |
Number in full: | 6269 |
Average length of the domain: | 117.40 aa |
Average identity of full alignment: | 19 % |
Average coverage of the sequence by the domain: | 25.09 % |
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For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the TUDOR domain has been found. There are 45 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein seqence.
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The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" | ||||||||||
Single by The Human League | ||||||||||
from the album Dare | ||||||||||
Released | 21 January 2008 | |||||||||
Format | 12" single, digital download | |||||||||
Recorded | 1981 | |||||||||
Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||||||||
Length | 8:57 | |||||||||
Label | Hooj Choons | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Philip Oakey, Philip Adrian Wright | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Martin Rushent | |||||||||
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- "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (Richard Stone mix), mixed by Richard Stone B
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An impeller uses centrifugal force to separate particulates and is sound-attenuated for quiet operation. Air intake may be located as far as 25 ft. away from the filtration system. Operating air temperatures range to 60°C (140°F) at the intake plate. Purified air is emitted from the exhaust port. Maintenance can be performed without removing the duct hose from the intake port. The unit is well-suited for use with machining centers, lathes and multitasking machines.


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Rasual Butler hit a 3-pointer as time expired to cap a final minute full of dramatic plays, and the New Orleans Hornets survived the Sacramento Kings' late rally for a 111-110 victory on Tuesday night.
David West matched his career high with 40 points and Chris Paul had 15 points and 15 assists as the Hornets barely held off the Kings, who thought they had it won when Beno Udrih hit an improbable fallaway jumper with 1.7 seconds left.
Instead, Butler caught a simple inbounds pass, found himself wide open and coolly drilled his fourth 3-pointer. Butler's teammates mobbed him, celebrating their move into sixth place in the Western Conference standings after blowing an eight-point lead in the final minutes.
Andres Nocioni scored 23 points and Kevin Martin added 20 for the Kings, who retired Vlade Divac's No. 21 jersey during a halftime ceremony. Francisco Garcia scored 19 points, hitting two big shots and blocking Paul's layup from behind in the final 2 minutes, yet Sacramento still failed to win consecutive games for the first time since early November.
With New Orleans native and Hornets fan Lil Wayne cheering wildly from his courtside seat, West added nine rebounds and six assists to his 15 field goals. Butler finished with 18 points for the Hornets, who opened a three-game road trip without injured regulars Tyson Chandler, James Posey and Peja Stojakovic.
New Orleans' victory and Utah's 21-point loss to Portland pushed the Hornets past the Jazz into sixth in the conference standings. But the Hornets are just 1½ games behind third-place Houston and San Antonio, who lead the Southwest Division - and New Orleans has a game in hand on both the Rockets and Spurs.
The Hornets led 103-95 with 5½ minutes to play, but Garcia hit a long jumper with 1:38 left to tie it at 105. Paul immediately threaded a pass inside to West, who hit a layup and tied his previous career high on a free throw - but Garcia answered with a tying 3-pointer.
Devin Brown missed two free throws for New Orleans, but stole the ball on the other end. Paul then drove for a layup, but Garcia swooped in from behind to swat it off the backboard.
After Sacramento missed two shots and still retained the ball, the Kings ran down the shot clock until Udrih was forced to throw up an awkward shot as he fell away from the hoop - and it went in,
setting off a celebration similar to what was normal during Divac's
days with the club.
Chris Webber, Doug Christie and Scot Pollard attended the game to honor Divac, their teammate and emotional leader during the most
successful seasons in franchise history. Stojakovic, who sat out
with back spasms, got a standing ovation from the Sacramento crowd
at halftime.
"I'm sure the Kings are going to be back again with the atmosphere that we had here in the late '90s and early 2000s," Divac said before the game.
The Kings had just their second sellout crowd of the season. Sacramento's fans also sold out Webber's jersey retirement ceremony
game in early February.
Lil Wayne played Arco Arena on Monday night with T-Pain and Gym Class Heroes.
WEC mixed martial artist Urijah Faber, who grew up in Sacramento, also attended the game.
Posey, who was suspended from Sunday's game against San Antonio after throwing the ball at an official, also missed this game with a sprained left elbow.


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This is what I was trying to say though about the cd player. If you plug ANY amplifier into a crappy source... it doesn't magically make the signal better. That's never going to happen. If you are even considering the th-900, you should seriously consider a dac. Anything you have ever heard about the signature dj, the th900, or any headphone: these people are using DACs and amplifiers, probably good ones. The TH-900 would not have this type of rave reviews if it was being listened to through magni/modi. Sorry those are not going to cut it for headphones like this. I haven't heard the magni/modi, but I can tell you I owned the more expensive asgard and I would not recommend it to any person for use with any headphone, and I especially would not recommend it to a TH-900 owner.
I'm not trying to sound rude here but seriously, go do some research about digital audio if you want to make an informed purchase. Like if you want to buy these headphones then go ahead I will not stop you it doesn't really matter, but if you want to make an informed purchase, just realize for either headphone to sound even close to its best, you will at the very least need a decent dac that will likely cost 400-500 dollars. And a reasonable amp. Something like the fiio E17($139) / WA7 ($999) / ALO Audio Pan Am ($500) / DacMini ($800) would not be a bad place to start since these are combo amp/dacs.
Mmmm... I don't think you need to spend that much money on dac/amps to get good performance. you can get great amp/dac combos less than $300ish like the new M-Stage Matrix or the O2/ODAC. Audio-gd and emotiva also has a really great value for price options.
the point is i don't think that spending more money equals getting better sound. you hit an intense point of diminishing returns. for example, you can easily get the stoner acoustic (DIY-company) UD110v2 DAC with the PCM5102A chip for $59 which is the same chip as the $1000 WA7 Firefly. I am obviously not saying that the sound quality is the same or anything, but there are many affordable options out there with great sound without breaking the bank


text: Winfield rallies past Riverside in overtime By Joey Johnson September 14, 2012 WINFIELD - With both teams needing a win to get in the Class AAA playoff hunt, Winfield put on a furious rally from 21 points down Friday night to pull out a huge 27-21 overtime victory against Riverside in a tight battle of evenly matched teams.The Generals (2-2), playing their first home game of the season, struck for three touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters to send the game into overtime, where senior Seth Lewis ran in from the 2-yard line for the win before a large and vocal home crowd. "Our goal is to achieve balance by both running the ball and passing the ball. And that will make us a better team,'' said first-year Generals coach Craig Snyder.Winfield began the rally in the third quarter on a drive that had seven straight carries by Lewis, who finished with 240 yards on 34 carries. The Generals got the ball back on the next series when Show found wide receiver John Hathaway on a 57-yard pass down the middle of the Warrior defense to bring them within a score at 21-14.With 5:30 to play in the fourth quarter, Lewis broke free on a 34-yard run that included a very lucky fumble that bounced back into his arms as he was hit. The play kept the drive alive and with 1:29 to play, junior quarterback Toby Show ran in on a scramble that sent the game into overtime tied at 21. "We faced a ton of adversity and left a ton of points on the field in the first half, but we kept coming back and coming back. Every week we become a better team and we certainly showed it tonight,'' Snyder said.The Warriors (1-3) appeared to have scored on the first possession of the overtime when senior quarterback Trevor Rumberg found senior receiver Marcus Reed in the corner of the end zone. However, an offensive pass interference call negated the score, giving the Generals the chance to get the win on their own possession."We didn't do some things right and get the ball into the right people's hands. Toward the end, we just weren't ready to play and they scored the points they needed to win the ballgame,'' said Warrior coach Ralph Hensley.At the outset, Riverside used two big scoring plays in the first quarter as Rumberg took the Warriors' first offensive scrimmage play around left end for a 73-yard touchdown.After a Winfield three-and-out on its next possession, Rumberg connected with Reed on a 52-yard catch and run for a 14-0 lead halfway through the first quarter.For Riverside, Rumberg carried 14 times for 101 yards.


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