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So, NoN is an official CG work right? Sorry if thats a dumb question, I just finished CG yesterday and hadnt looked into any manga on it and NoN just sounded extremely different compared to what LotR (lawl its initials are just like Lord of the Rings) was like. I guess that since its in this thread, it has to be an official work, but man did that just seem strange for them to do. Aw well, never hurts to check all of them out, tho Suzaku of the Counterattack does seem kind of redundant. It probably will give maybe abit more insight into his character, as well as those of Cecile, Lloyd, and the Britannians. The downside is, we get CG from a more Gundam Seed-styled perspective.
|2008-02-24, 04:18
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i doubt that they will be turned into an anime
|2008-02-26, 11:43
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but with the license of the Geass series now, is there any news on the 3 manga series being released in the USA as well?
|2008-03-02, 18:54
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I think they are planning to release the manga in the United States as part of the Code Geass promotion they've got going on. Supposedly they're going to have merchandise, DVD's, manga, apparel, and possibly video games. This is just my opinion, but I think that Bandai is counting on the fact that Code Geass will do well in the USA to help falling sales of anime and model kits, hence the airing on Adult Swim and all the other promotions.
|2008-03-21, 08:12
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Hey guys, about this manga scene that was uploaded in the image thread a while ago, in which Lelouch is in his bed waking up in the morning and all but groping C.C's breast while thinking he was reaching for his ringing alarm clock. She goes "good morning Lelouch" in a bored tone while he freaks. But that's all we see of it. Was that part of the original manga?
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|2008-03-21, 08:24
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|2008-03-21, 08:41
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I find it quite amusing so far >:3 hmhmh XD
|2008-04-26, 15:31
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Since someone asked...
This one tries the hardest to stick to the anime. The backbone is that of the anime, but all the mechs and most of the grown-ups were taken away. The whole world is ruled by teenagers who run around trigger-happy with little pistols and dream of taking over the world with only pistols & pathetic speeches. Focused on lovey-dovey in campus.
Its artwork is okay when you look one pic at a time: everyone is round face cutesy-lovely. But the whole thing is horrible: movement is stiff, and storytelling is at doujinshi level. Simply put, this is Code Geass: gradeschool school play version. But since it's on Asuka, a manga magazine for lil girls under 15, so I guess we can't expect too much.
2. Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack, by Atsuro Yomino.
Tried to stick to the anime but gave up in early stage. The big picture is still there, though. No mechs either. "Lancelot" is a power-up superman suit that Suzaku puts on to fight crime. (You can see this suit in anime Ep21.) Only a few anime characters were kept. Cecil & Euphie are taken away and replaced by an original character called Mariel.
Overall story is okay. But the artist sometimes goes bonkers. For example, Lancelot picks up a pebble, throws it at Zero, hits him on the head, and Zero falls off. Ha ha. Very funny. This kind of stupidity should only appear in fanart or 4-coma. I can't believe a professional artist is moronic enough to put it in a supposed-to-be-serious official manga.
This is on BeansA, a manga magazine for girls. The art style is nice, but often criticized because of the yaoi aura all over it. By the way, this is the version that
Spoiler for ending of season 1 in this version:
Unlike the previous two, this one didn't try to cling to the anime and end up with mud all over his face.
Lelouch is "killed" in first episode. In this grief, Nunnally bond a contract with "Nemo" and got her geass power and her own KMF. Later on, Zero (C.C./Lelouch) also show up as the plot unwinds. This is the version with Nunnally and Batman Zero whipping Britannian KMFs. It's actually my favorite. Lots of dynamic Knightmare action (and very nicely drawn too), unexpected yet acceptable plot twists, and many interesting new characters. This version also brings up the largest amount of mysteries: the "cult" about geass, C.C.'s past, Marianne's last words, and Lelouch's siblings.
This is on CompAce, a male-oriented magazine for mangas based on video games or anime.
4. Official Anthology: Knight/Queen.
A collection of short comedy fan mangas that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual Code Geass story. Knight is focused on boys. Queen is focused on girls. Although the coverarts look erotic/yaoi/yuri, inside it's perfectly safe for all ages.
5. Bakumatsu Ibunroku Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion. Totally unrelated AU story which takes place in Bakumatsu period. Starting next month on Kerokero Ace, a manga magazine for boys under 15.
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|2008-04-26, 23:40
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If you're so eager to show off, why don't you post the whole thing instead of ripping off tidbits of information from other people's posts?
|2008-04-27, 00:28
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He wasn't? Must've been mixed up...
You mean me ripping off my own information or others? Whatever it was, I got into NoN late since I was busy with university. Didn't have time to read it...
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January 26th – Kuwait (John Baker)
The first full day in Kuwait will be a tough day to beat.
My morning started with a light breakfast in the executive lounge at our hotel, I had some fruit and yogurt along with a double espresso in hopes that it would trick me into thinking it was really 7:30 in the morning and that I had actually gotten a six hours of sleep.
We met in the lobby at 0830 hours (I think writing/saying the time this way sounds way cooler than "8:30 AM") and after a brief stop at a Kuwaiti Starbucks headed to camp Arifjan. Now I am sure someone will correct me on what I am about to write, but I did not take notes, so everything I am putting to cyber paper is strictly from memory.
Camp Arifjan is the largest US Military Base in Kuwait. After Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Kuwait quickly realized that they could not adequately defend themselves from their hostile neighbors without the help of a large military power. Kuwait is a small country that sits on a large reserve of oil. Kuwait is roughly the size of New Jersey but is the tenth highest producer of oil. It is also a large seaport located in the perfect location to stage military operations for any country interested in the Middle East region. The relationship between Kuwait and the US is made out of necessity: the Kuwaitis need military help and the US needs a place to house/train/prepare soldiers and equipment for any Middle East operation.
The first stop on base for us was the PX store, it is like Wal-Mart for the the military. The store has everything one needs, from desert boots to Nintendo Wiis and televisions. I picked up a few things that say "Kuwait" on them for family members. I also bought myself a military watch since I forgot to bring a watch with me. After we checked out, we headed to one of the main buildings for a briefing where we learned the aforementioned information. We were also given a certificate of gratitude and an Army challenge coin. Members of the Army are given the coin unofficially by superiors as an "attaboy" or job well done. Any member can challenge another member from a different company with his or her coin. If the opposing member matches the coin with a similar one, the challenger must buy the challenged a drink, and vice versa. It is a way to build morale and familiarity between different people. Funny that no one is buying any drinks, because Alcohol is prohibited in the country of Kuwait. One of the posted photos is of me receiving my certificate.
After we were briefed, we headed to one of the community rooms to sign autographs and meet troops, we were there for quite awhile and met many interesting people. It was a fantastic first interaction as everyone was very happy to see us. It is very personally rewarding to shake hands with someone and know that you have made their day or maybe even month better. It is also strange because Chris and I don't really feel like we are doing anything that special. I guess just being here is a pretty big deal.
After we signed for and thanked the soldiers, we joined them in the DVAC for lunch. I sat with a guy that was from the Dallas area that was on his third tour of duty.
He told me fascinating stories about driving patrols from Arifjan all the way to the northern part of Iraq. It is amazing the things these men and women do for us.
We then packed into some Chevy Suburbans and headed to Kuwait Naval Base or KNB. We learned that despite being a Kuwaiti Base, it is fully operated by Americans. I only saw one Kuwaiti person while we were there and he was drinking tea in a guard booth, while members of the US Army patrolled the gate. We met with a company of men from South Dakota, Minnesota, Hawaii and California. The Californian played in a local Jazz Band (Concord Blue Devils – www.bluedevils.org )near my home town in Concord. He also briefly taught drums at the same High School that I attended, De La Salle! What a small world. Half way across the globe and we meet for the first time.
After our briefing, we boarded a small patrol ship with some members of the Navy and the US Coastguard. The small ship was very fast and had three guns mounted on it, the one on the front was a fifty caliber! The gun was the same model used in WWII as an anti-tank weapon, the only update: plastic instead of wooden handles! We cruised around the Persian Gulf, skipping over waves, getting salt water everywhere and having a fantastic time. The crew of our boat was great, they let us take photos with the guns and even let one of the Mermaids, Estefania, drive, until she almost flipped the boat and deposited our team president in the Gulf!!!! This was the most exciting part of our trip to this point.
After we got back onto dry land, the girls performed a dance routine for the guys at KNB, we signed more autographs and met more troops then joined them for dinner in their DVAC. After dinner our entire party was starting to look increasingly weary, thankfully we only had one more stop.
We got back into the Suburbans and headed to the Kuwait Little League Complex. We were greeted with raucous cheers of "Let's Go Fish!" as we walked into the small outdoor complex. There were a few decently manicured little league fields and around three hundred members of the KLL. The interesting part about the league is that it is the only league in the region run by a national and not an ex-pat. The commissioner of the league was a Kuwaiti man that went to college at the University of Miami and married a Cuban-American women from south Florida. Needless to say they were big Marlins fans, and half of the teams in the league were called the Marlins! We answered a few questions and then signed a ton more autographs, Fredi Gonzalez finally showed up (his first flight was cancelled due to inclement weather in Atlanta), and took some photos with the members of the league. When that was done we headed back to the hotel for some food and some much deserved R&R.
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Thank you for visiting our troops over seas. A co-worker for my parent's was in Kuwait last year as a Air Force tech. Can't wait to read more on the trip. Stay safe.
What an amazing trip you're having. I wish you all the best. Have fun and stay safe. How gratifying it is to have those cheers from those troops.
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* Iran says slain commander worked on Lebanon reconstruction
* Rebels take town in eastern oil producing province
* Fighters shoot down two air force jets -monitoring group
By Dominic Evans and Mariam Karouny
BEIRUT, Feb 14 (Reuters) - An Iranian military commander has
been killed in Syria by rebels fighting Tehran's ally President
Bashar al-Assad, Iran said on Thursday, describing the dead man
as a Revolutionary Guard.
The rebels accuse the elite corps of sending forces to help
Assad crush their 22-month-old uprising - a charge denied by the
Islamic republic, whose Shi'ite form of the religion is anathema
to many of the Sunni Muslim rebels battling to topple Assad.
The Iranian embassy in Beirut named the man as Hessam
Khoshnevis and said he ran Tehran's reconstruction aid programme
for Lebanon. It said he was killed by "armed terrorist groups",
a label used by the Syrian government to describe Assad's foes,
on the highway as he returned to Lebanon from Damascus.
There were contradictory accounts of when that happened;
Iran said it was on Tuesday but, after statements by Iranian
officials, various Syrian rebel groups offered divergent
accounts of him being killed by them as long ago as last month.
One force said he died during an Israeli air strike on Jan. 30.
Iran has strongly backed Assad during the uprising in which
the United Nations says nearly 70,000 people have been killed.
In September, the Revolutionary Guards commander-in-chief said
his force was providing non-military support in Syria and might
get involved militarily if there were foreign intervention.
Syria, where Assad's Alawite minority is an offshoot of
Shi'ite Islam and the majority of the population is Sunni, has
become a proxy battleground for a regional confrontation between
non-Arab Iran and Sunni-ruled Arab powers, such as Saudi Arabia.
Last year, Syrian rebels kidnapped 48 Iranians whom they
accused of being Revolutionary Guards fighters while authorities
in Tehran insisted they were pilgrims. The men were freed this
year in a prisoner swap with Syrian authorities.
Details of Khoshnevis's killing, which Iranian news agencies
said happened on Tuesday, were sketchy and Iran's envoy to
Beirut drew a link with Israel.
"He served the oppressed, supporting the resistance to
Israel," Ghazanfar Roknabadi said. "Assassinating this dear
martyr is a clear sign that the Zionist enemy does not accept
his successful work".
The Free Syrian Army said he died in an Israeli air strike
last month on a Syrian military centre outside Damascus, while
other rebels said he was killed near the border town of Zabadani
this week - or in an attack on a convoy three weeks ago.
In Tehran, a funeral service was held for Khoshnevis on
Thursday, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported,
attended by senior Revolutionary Guards commanders.
The Revolutionary Guards media office said Khoshnevis would
be buried in his home town of Semnan after being "martyred on
his way from Damascus to Beirut by mercenaries".
Tehran's IRNA news agency said Khoshnevis, identified in
some reports as Commander Hassan Shateri, was a military
engineer during the 1980-88 conflict between Iran and Iraq, and
had later worked in Afghanistan.
Officials stressed Khoshnevis had been engaged in civilian
reconstruction in Lebanon for the last seven years. Iran backs
the Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah, which fought a brief
war with Israel seven years ago.
Lebanon's Al-Safir newspaper said Khoshnevis was in Syria to
study reconstruction plans for the northern city of Aleppo.
Whole districts of Aleppo, Syria's largest city, and other
urban centres across the country, have been destroyed in months
of entrenched urban warfare.
Activists said rebels shot down two air force jets in the
northern Syrian province of Idlib on Thursday. There has been
fierce fighting in the province in the last week around the Wadi
Deif military base, close to the main north-south highway.
Rebels also said they captured the town of Shaddadeh in the
eastern, oil-producing province of Hasakah after three days of
battles in which, they said, 30 members of the al Qaeda-linked,
anti-Assad, Nusra Front and 100 soldiers were killed.
Taking Shaddadeh brings the rebels closer to the provincial
capital Hasakah, 45 km (30 miles) to the north.
Omar Abu Laila of the FSA's eastern command said an army
garrison guarding a nearby gas field, al-Ghabsa, had fled as the
rebels advanced from the Euphrates river toward Shaddadeh.
"Shaddadeh and Ghabsa are now under our out control. In the
next few days we will advance toward the city of Hasakah," Abu
Laila said by telephone from eastern Syria.
But the rebel gains to the east were offset by advances by
Assad's forces around Homs, the country's third biggest city and
a vital link between Assad's power base in Damascus and the
heartland of his Alawite community near the Mediterranean coast.
Activists in Homs said the army moved into the southwestern
districts of Jobar and Soltaniyah on Wednesday night after heavy
bombardment of the two neighbourhoods this month. Soldiers have
also taken two districts to the northeast of the city,
tightening their encirclement of remaining rebel-held areas in
the centre which have been under siege for months.
"We feel that our time is coming, and we are next. But we
don't have anywhere to go," a resident of the central Khalidiyah
neighbourhood of Homs told Reuters.
In the southern province of Deraa, cradle of the protests
which erupted against Assad in March 2011, rebels said they
broke into one of three military bases from which Assad's forces
have shelled targets in the east of the province.
They posted videos on the Internet of fighters firing from
behind trees, entering the base and seizing at least two tanks.
Near Damascus, opposition sources said, rebels launched a
counter-offensive against positions manned by troops and
pro-Assad militia in the suburb of Daraya and other areas near
the city's ring road, scene of fierce fighting in the last few
(Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Suleiman
al-Khalidi in Amman and Zahra Hosseinian; Editing by Alastair


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Hermionefan5 wrote:P.S. Kinda off subject, but what's "net ball?" Is it like basketball?
CS Lewis wrote:When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am 50, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things - including the fear of childishness and the desire to be grown-up.
Evreybody's saying they prefered to be with younger people, im completly diffrent i always use to confide in adults (and for the most part)
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Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
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Shiga-like toxin producing E coli hemolytic-uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) is a disorder that most often occurs when an infection in the digestive system produces toxic substances. These substances destroy red blood cells and cause kidney injury.
Alternative Names
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) often occurs after a gastrointestinal infection with E coli bacteria (Escherichia coli O157:H7). However, the condition has also been linked to other gastrointestinal infections, including shigella and salmonella. It has also been linked to nongastrointestinal infections.
HUS is most common in children. It is the most common cause of acute kidney failure in children. Several large outbreaks have been linked to undercooked hamburger meat contaminated with E coli.
STEC-HUS is not to be confused with atypical HUS (aHUS) which is not infection-related. It is similar to another disease called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).
STEC-HUS often begins with vomiting and diarrhea, which may be bloody. Within a week, the person may become weak and irritable. People with this condition may urinate less than normal. Urine output may almost stop.
Red blood cell destruction leads to symptoms of anemia.
Early symptoms:
Later symptoms:
- Bruising
- Decreased consciousness
- Low urine output
- No urine output
- Pallor
- Seizures -- rare
- Skin rash that looks like fine red spots (petechiae)
- Yellow skin (jaundice)
Exams and Tests
The health care provider will perform a physical exam. This may show:
- Liver or spleen swelling
- Nervous system changes
Laboratory tests will show signs of hemolytic anemia and acute renal failure. Tests may include:
- Blood clotting tests (PT and PTT)
- Comprehensive metabolic panel may show increased levels of BUN and creatinine
- Complete blood count (CBC) may show increased white blood cell count and decreased red blood cell count
- Platelet count is usually reduced
- Urinalysis may reveal blood and protein in the urine
- Urine protein test can show the amount of protein in the urine
Other tests:
- Kidney biopsy
- Stool culture may be positive for a certain type of E coli bacteria or other bacteria
Treatment may involve:
- Dialysis
- Medicines such as corticosteroids
- Transfusions of packed red blood cells and platelets
Outlook (Prognosis)
This is a serious illness in both children and adults, and it can cause death. With proper treatment, more than half of people will recover. The outcome is better in children than adults.
Possible Complications
Complications may include:
- Blood clotting problems
- Hemolytic anemia
- Kidney failure
- Nervous system problems
- Too few platelets (thrombocytopenia)
- Uremia
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your provider if you develop symptoms of HUS. Emergency symptoms include:
- Blood in the stool
- No urination
- Reduced alertness (consciousness)
Call your provider if you have had an episode of HUS and your urine output decreases, or you develop other new symptoms.
You can prevent the known cause, E coli, by cooking hamburger and other meats well. You should also avoid contact with unclean water.
Abrams CS. Thrombocytopenia. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 172.
Ruggenenti R, Cravedi P, Remuzzi G. Microvascular and macrovascular diseases of the kidney. In: Skorecki K, Chertow GM, Marsden PA, Taal MW, eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 35.
Van Why SK, Avner ED. Hemolytic-uremic syndrome. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 518.


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Government Supports Home-Grown Security Robotics Technology
It will increase reliability in security-related work by introducing robots to perform repetitive tasks.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Feb. 10, 2013) - The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, today announced a repayable government contribution of $778,800 through the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI) to support a project being undertaken by Engineering Services Inc. (ESI). The Toronto-based company will perform research and development to create a next-generation mobile robotics platform capable of carrying out such tasks as reconnaissance in law enforcement, defence and other security sectors.
"Our government is a strong supporter of Canadian science, technology and innovation because we know that tomorrow's successes rest firmly on today's investments," said Minister Paradis. "Canada is a world leader in robotics, and through targeted and repayable investments such as this one, we are helping cement that reputation."
ESI, which builds automated robotic products that combine mechanical systems, electronics and computer software, will collaborate with University of Toronto faculty and graduate students. This project will expand the use of robotics and automation in other Canadian companies and among supply chain partners. It will increase reliability in security-related work by introducing robots to perform repetitive tasks.
"New processes are fundamentally changing how products get made and how businesses are run. Advanced economies have to become leaders in the high-value-added stages of production," added the Minister. "The global economy is changing, and our government is working to ensure that Canadian businesses have the tools they need to change with it."
SADI supports industrial research and pre-competitive development projects in the aerospace, defence, space and security industries. The Government of Canada has invested more than $827 million in the aerospace and defence industry through this initiative, which is expected to leverage an additional $1.6 billion in investment.


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Red Sox batter Blanton, double up Angels
Boston, MA – Jarrod Saltalamacchia smacked a pair of homers and finished with four RBI, as the Boston Red Sox downed the LA Angels of Anaheim, 10-5, in the rubber match of a three-game set Sunday at Fenway Park.
David Ortiz broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run blast in the third, while Mike Carp added a solo shot and two runs scored for the Red Sox, who have won two straight after taking the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader.
"Once again, a lot of deep counts, a lot of pitches seen, a lot of good swings taken, starting with the three-run homer with David, to not only give us the four runs in that third inning but give us a little breathing room," Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
Ryan Dempster (4-6) struck out six and held the Halos to three runs on six hits and two walks over six innings to earn his second straight victory.
Joe Blanton (1-10) continued to struggle, as the Angels right-hander gave up seven runs -- six earned -- on eight hits over five-plus frames in his third consecutive setback.
"I'm never frustrated. It is what it is," Blanton said. "I went out and did my best today."
Albert Pujols and Alberto Callaspo each clubbed a solo homer for the Angels, who have lost seven of their last nine games.
Pujols put the Angels on the board with a two-out blast in the first, but the Red Sox responded with four runs in the third to seize control.
Jacoby Ellsbury reached on a fielder's choice and stole second before scoring on Daniel Nava's base hit to right to tie the game.
Dustin Pedroia then singled to left and Ortiz followed with a towering fly ball into the Boston bullpen in right-center field to make it 4-1 Red Sox.
The visitors got a run back in the fourth on Callaspo's leadoff homer, but Ellsbury scorched a two-out, run-scoring triple in the bottom half to restore Boston's four-run lead.
The Angels cut into the deficit again in the fifth, as Mike Trout stroked a leadoff double and scored three batters later on Mark Trumbo's single.
Boston, though, tacked on two more in the sixth when Saltalamacchia and Carp clubbed back-to-back homers to push the margin to 7-3 and chase Blanton from the contest.
Saltalamacchia added to the Boston lead in his next at-bat, as he followed consecutive walks to Ortiz and Mike Napoli with a deep fly ball to straightaway center field to make it 10-3.
J.B. Shuck smacked a two-run single in the eighth to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
At 39-25, the Red Sox are 14 games above .500 for the first time since the conclusion of the 2011 season (18 games, 90-72) ... Dempster now has 2,001 career strikeouts, becoming just the second Canadian-born pitcher to eclipse the 2,000-strikeout plateau ... The Angels went 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners on base.


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The ECU Pirates struggled to find the red zone early and it came back to bite them late in a 36-33 loss to Tulane in triple overtime.
NEW ORLEANS � The ECU Pirates struggled to find the red zone early and it came back to bite them late in a 36-33 loss to Tulane in triple overtime.
ECU (4-2, 2-1) tied the game and forced overtime on a 2-yard touchdown run by Vintavious Cooper, after the only previous scores of the game had come off the foot of Warren Harvey.
Quarterback Shane Carden was 41-for-55 passing with 480 yards, a touchdown and a crucial interception.
Carden was picked off at the goal line in the third quarter and Derrick Strozier returned it 100 yards for a 16-6 Tulane lead.
Harvey was 4-for-7 on the day kicking field goals, but missed a would be game-winner in regulation and then another in the third overtime.
Justin Hardy set a school record for receiving yards in the loss by grabbing 17 balls for 230 yards.
For the Green Wave (5-2, 3-0) starting quarterback Nick Montana sat out the game, as freshman Devin Powell got the nod and tossed for 224 yards and two touchdowns to one interception.
Powell hurled touchdown passes to Ryan Grant in both the first and second overtime periods.
Perhaps the MVP of the game for Tulane was its kicker, Cairo Santos, last year�s Lou Groza Award winner, who went 5-for-6 kicking field goals including the clincher in the third overtime.
ECU now falls behind Florida International and Marshall (both 1-0 in C-USA) in Conference USA�s East Division.
Tulane is tied with Rice (both 3-0) atop the West Division.
East Carolina returns home next weekend to host Southern Mississippi (0-5, 0-1) and travels to Florida International in two weeks.


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Report: Turkish PM's son testifies in graft probe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son has been questioned by prosecutors investigating allegations of bribery and corruption which reportedly involves an educational foundation of which the younger Erdogan is a board member.
Erdogan's son — 33 year-old Bilal Erdogan— gave testimony to prosecutors in Istanbul on Feb. 5 and is determined to clear his name, lawyer Ahmet Ozel said in a written statement to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
In December, the prime minister sacked four government ministers allegedly implicated in a vast corruption scandal after authorities arrested two dozen people, including the sons of two government ministers and a state-owned bank chief, on bribery charges.
The government then moved to replace prosecutors and police involved in the probe. That reportedly stalled a second wave of arrests and the questioning of Erdogan's son, and sparked accusations that the government was trying to suppress graft probes.
Erdogan insists the investigations were orchestrated by followers of a moderate Islamic movement led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, and are aimed at damaging his government ahead of local elections in March and presidential elections in August. Gulen denies involvement in the probes.
Bilal Erdogan's testimony comes after the government replaced thousands of police officials and prosecutors nationwide who were believed to sympathize with the Gulen movement.
The main opposition People's Republican Party has claimed that the educational foundation, Turgev, accepted bribes — disguised as donations — from businessmen who were granted lucrative public contracts.
Ozel said Bilal Erdogan was the victim of a political "lynching" campaign.
Earlier Friday, a court released from jail Suleyman Aslan, the former head of a state-owned Halkbank, pending trial on corruption charges, Anadolu reported. Seven other people were also released, it said.
Turkish news reports say police seized $4.5 million in cash stashed in shoe boxes from Aslan's home.
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Kensington Palace Release Statement Regarding Romance
Kensington Palace has released a statement regarding the romance between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
It follows a week of speculation regarding the two starting a relationship together.
The statement confirms that they are now in a relationship but makes it clear that Meghan has become unsettled by the public attention she has gained.
The statement reads in full;
''"Since he was young, Prince Harry has been very aware of the warmth that has been extended to him by members of the public. He feels lucky to have so many people supporting him and knows what a fortunate and privileged life he leads.
"He is also aware that there is significant curiosity about his private life. He has never been comfortable with this, but he has tried to develop a thick skin about the level of media interest that comes with it. He has rarely taken formal action on the very regular publication of fictional stories that are written about him and he has worked hard to develop a professional relationship with the media, focused on his work and the issues he cares about.
"But the past week has seen a line crossed. His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment. Some of this has been very public - the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments. Some of it has been hidden from the public - the nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers; her mother having to struggle past photographers in order to get to her front door; the attempts of reporters and photographers to gain illegal entry to her home and the calls to police that followed; the substantial bribes offered by papers to her ex-boyfriend; the bombardment of nearly every friend, co-worker, and loved one in her life.
"Prince Harry is worried about Ms. Markle's safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her. It is not right that a few months into a relationship with him that Ms. Markle should be subjected to such a storm. He knows commentators will say this is 'the price she has to pay' and that 'this is all part of the game'. He strongly disagrees. This is not a game - it is her life and his.
"He has asked for this statement to be issued in the hopes that those in the press who have been driving this story can pause and reflect before any further damage is done. He knows that it is unusual to issue a statement like this, but hopes that fair-minded people will understand why he has felt it necessary to speak publicly."
This is the first time that it has been known for the Royals to release a statement on the romance of a royal, that is not related to marriage or an engagement.


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Dante Dominguez, a 45-year-old father of three, was hit and killed at the intersection of 41st Avenue and Union Street on November 2, 2012, just before midnight. The only information investigators had to go on was that the car the hit Dominguez was a black BMW.
The driver has never been caught.
"To flee the scene is heartless," said Dominguez's wife, Taysha Dominguez, surrounded by friends and family last Thursday afternoon at the fatal intersection. "This was no longer an accident once the driver fled the scene."
They were joined by City Council members Peter Koo, Leroy Comrie, and Rosie Menedez, who are pushing a package of measures to aid in the investigation of hit-and-run accidents.
"This is not just about justice for the Dominguez family," said Mendez, who knew Dominguez's mother, "but justice for everyone."
One piece of legislation would require the NYPD to report annually to the City Council on hit-and-run accidents that cause serious injury or death, as well as details of the subsequent investigation.
In addition to that bill, a series of resolutions will be introduced calling on the state legislature to take action. These include mandating that officers collect video surveillance from cameras in the vicinity of hit-and-run accidents, as well as authorization for more red light cameras and a speeding camera pilot program.
"This is about providing relief to the Dominguez family and every other family that has suffered a loss to a tragic hit and run," said Comrie. "We need to make sure the police have the resources they need to find the drivers responsible for them."
Another resolution calls for the state to implement a tax credit for property owners that install surveillance cameras. The City Council has yet to vote on the measures.
"We hope this legislation will lead to the arrests of more hit-and-run drivers so families like the Dominguez family get the justice they deserve," said Koo.
Even when a perpetrator is identified, it can be difficult to prosecute. A felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident requires that prosecutors prove the driver knew that an accident causing severe injury had occurred.
According to data compiled by the website Streetsblog, at least 37 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed by hit-and-run drivers since 2012. Inspector Brian Maguire of the 109th Precinct, where four hit-and-run accidents occurred last year alone, reminded drivers of the consequences.
"Getting into an accident is not a crime, fleeing the scene is a crime," he said.


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Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ)
The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter is one of the most significant development projects the University of Oxford has undertaken for more than a century.
The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ) is a 10-acre plot of land in central Oxford. It lies between the Woodstock Road and Walton Street, with Somerville College to the south and Green Templeton College to the north.
The Radcliffe Infirmary was opened on the site in 1770, named after its benefactor, John Radcliffe. It was Oxford's first hospital. In 1772 building began on the Radcliffe Observatory, which was also funded by John Radcliffe's legacy. It was the astronomical observatory of the University of Oxford from 1773 to 1934, and is now in the grounds of Green Templeton College.
Over the centuries there have been many developments of the site. The Infirmary remained an independent hospital until the National Health Service was formed in 1948 when it became part of United Oxford Hospitals. Although the site was sold to the University of Oxford in 2003, it was leased to the National Health Service until 2007, when all the hospital's activities were relocated to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington.
Following an extensive consultation process, the Masterplan for the redevelopment of the site was submitted to Oxford City Council, and work began in October 2008.
The first buildings to be completed were new student accommodation blocks for Somerville College which opened in September 2011.
Then the Jericho Health Centre relocated to New Radcliffe House on Walton Street in July 2012. This building provides the local community with modern, flexible space for three GP surgeries and their associated health care facilities. The offices above the Health Centre are used by Oxford University Press and the University's Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
The old Radcliffe Infirmary building, now known as Radcliffe Humanities, opened in October 2012 after refurbishment; it is occupied by the University's Humanities divisional office, the Faculty of Philosophy and both the Philosophy and Theology libraries.
A year later, in October 2013, the Mathematical Institute in the Andrew Wiles Building was formally opened.
The Blavatnik School of Government in the south west corner of the site, opposite Oxford University Press, opened in November 2015.


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Pi4J Version 1.1 - RELEASED!
Pi4J Version 1.1 Release
Version 1.1 of the Pi4J Library is finally released!
The long overdue release of version 1.1 is finally here! It's been just over a year since the 1.0 release and there have been about 415 new commits to the 1.1 release which include many enhancements, optimizations, bug fixes and additional platform support for BananaPi and Odroid boards.
Pi4J Version 1.1 is also available in Maven Central. <<View in Maven Central>>
Notable Version 1.1 Changes:
- Added support for Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B).
- Added support for Raspberry Pi Zero.
- Added support for BananaPi platform
- Added support for BananaPro platform
- Added support for Odroid XU4
(see known issues here: https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j/issues/229)
- Added support for Odroid C1/C1+
(see known issues here: https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j/issues/229)
- Added support for enabling non-privileged GPIO access via the Pi4J APIs
- Added support for '/dev/gpiomem' to eliminate 'root' permissions requirement for basic GPIO.
- Added non-privileged GPIO example code.
- Added PWM examples
- Added I2C examples
- Added support for native Watchdog.
- Added W1 (1 wire) support.
- Added MCP3204 ADC implementation and example code.
- Added MCP3208 ADC implementation and example code.
- Added MCP3004 ADC implementation and example code.
- Added optimizations for GPIO state change latency
- Added Gpio.pinModeAlt() method to the WiringPi wrappers to set pins to any ALT mode.
- Added cross-compiler support in Maven build
- Added ADC change background monitoring thread and event notifications.
- Added new Serial JNI implementation to support more advanced serial configuration/operations
- Updated Serial interface to extend from AutoCloseable.
- Updated MCP3008 ADC implementation and example code.
- Updated MCP4725 DAC implementation and example code.
- Fixed #135; Serial communication using 7 Data Bits not working.
- Fixed #180; WiringPiISR() callback causing native crash (NPE)
- Fixed SPI issue where internal buffer was limited to 2048 bytes. Dynamically allocated now.
- Fixed the Pi4J Serial interface to use the new Serial JNI implementation
- Fixed wiringPi serial JNI methods to better support raw data operations
- Modified WiringPi native builds to use Pi4J hosted GitHub repos
- Cleanup for Pi4J native builds
- Now requires Java 7 runtime.
- Updated documentation in preparation for 1.1 release
- Enhancements Added: https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j/issues?q=label%3Aenhancement+is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A%22RELEASE+1.1%22+
- Bugs/Defects Fixed: https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j/issues?q=label%3Abug+is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A%22RELEASE+1.1%22+
Special Thanks:
Thank You to all the Pi4J users, contributors, testers, and tinkerers for all your help and support to continue making Pi4J the go-to library for Java access to the Raspberry Pi's hardware interfaces.
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Opening the Engineering Door
New Thayer School Dean Joseph Helble on why the future depends on engineers.
By Tamara Steinert
Photographs by John Sherman
After a decade on the faculty at the University of Connecticut, Joseph Helble is familiar with the rhythms of academia, including the autumn "busy season." But as fall approached this year, there were more demands on Helble's time than usual. The 45-year-old chemical engineer was just finishing a year-long fellowship in Senator Joseph Lieberman's Washington, D.C., office when it was time to turn his attention to the school year — and to his new duties as Dean of Dartmouth's Thayer School.
As he completed an analysis of the environmental impacts of nanotechnology for Lieberman, there were loose ends to tie up at UConn as well. Add to this the challenge of packing to move with his wife, Becky Dabora, and their three school-aged children to Norwich, Vermont, and it's a safe guess that this might not have been the most convenient time for Helble to sit down for an interview.
But, if he felt any impatience to get back to the tasks pressing upon him, there was nothing about Helble's cordial greeting in the front office of Lieberman's suite that revealed it. After all, working on Capitol Hill requires the ability to shift gears quickly as issues demanding immediate attention arise. As the Roger Revelle Fellow in Global Stewardship sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Helble spent the year advising Lieberman and his staff on a variety of environmental science and technology issues. Some, like President Bush's Clear Skies Initiative, have been closely tied to Helble's research interests. Other topics, like the feasibility of creating an early detection system for tsunamis, have been new to him.
Helble listens closely to questions before answering, often taking a moment to think before speaking. But when he does start talking, the words come quickly. The topic of conversation is the future of engineering and engineering education, a subject which Helble admits with a wry smile is "dinner and hallway conversation" for him and his engineering colleagues. "Are our students getting it? Are we teaching them what we need them to get? Should we be doing it differently?" asks Helble, echoing the concerns of engineering educators across the country. And, of course, THE question: "Why aren't there more engineers?"
It's a question that lawmakers and business leaders, concerned about U.S. competitiveness in a global economy, are beginning to ask as well. Technological innovation has been at the heart of economic growth in recent decades, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that jobs in science and engineering will increase at about three times the rate for other occupations in the near future. However, the United States isn't producing enough engineers to fill these jobs. On a per capita basis, the number of engineering degrees earned each year in the United States has steadily declined, "even through the '90s, when the economic boom was driven by high tech," notes Helble. And with the National Science Foundation reporting in the 2004 edition of Science and Engineering Indicators that more than half of the nation's engineers are age 40 or older, that could mean too few trained engineers prepared to meet the technological challenges of the future.
Developing countries such as China and India, however, are taking up the slack left by too few engineers here. The United States will graduate approximately 70,000 new engineers this year, while China reportedly will graduate about 600,000, and India will give diplomas to 350,000.
"That's not a recipe for future success" in an economy increasingly dependent on technology, Helble says. However, he believes economic competitiveness is not the only reason why Americans should be concerned about the declining interest in engineering.
"The U.S. is in a leadership position in the globe. There is a tremendous opportunity for us to do the right thing, to do good for the rest of the world through engineering," he says.
Helble cites global climate change as one issue among many where the United States could provide guidance. "I'm talking about how that affects developing countries, not the impact of a 2-degree increase in temperature in Hanover, N.H., and what that might do to the maple sugar industry. I'm talking about huge percentages of the global population living in low-lying coastal areas as subsistence farmers. How are those people going to be affected by global climate change and what's that going to do in terms of creating refugee problems, starvation, poverty, and mass movement of people? These are problems that should concern us as Americans as well. These are problems engineering can tackle," he says.
Educators and other experts have identified a variety of reasons for the declining interest in engineering. A generation or two ago, people in the United States saw engineering as a way "to apply yourself and improve your circumstances," says Helble.
"I think we've reached a point where, for a large number of Americans, perhaps the motivation isn't the same. You can go to Wall Street. There are other opportunities in business where you can perhaps do better economically" without having to take the rigorous math and science curriculum required for engineering, he notes. "In places like India and China, they're where we were 40 or 50 years ago in terms of this being a good, solid opportunity to advance yourself."
Engineers in these developing countries typically work more cheaply than American engineers. McKinsey Global Institute estimates that as many as 52 percent of engineering jobs might be vulnerable to "offshoring."
As Helble sees it, however, these changing circumstances and attitudes are not the cause of plummeting numbers in engineering. In his view, these are symptoms of a bigger problem: an outdated mindset that sees engineering education as nothing more than vocational training.
"We need to stop thinking about engineering education as being training just to produce engineers who will go off and work at engineering jobs and solve engineering problems," he says. "That's clearly a very, very, very important part of what we do. It's our core mission and that won't change," but "engineering education is useful apart from producing engineers."
Engineering education is really about teaching a set of skills — to analyze, create, innovate, and communicate — that are increasingly necessary across many occupations and fields as technology continues to evolve.
"Let's look at medicine. So much of health care in this county is technology based. Wouldn't our health care system be better if people who go to medical school had undergraduate training in engineering rather than all studying biology?" Helble says. He also suggests that young entrepreneurs consider engineering rather than business school since economic development is driven by technological development.
"Whenever we as educators have the opportunity for a public platform — including talking to 17- and 18-year-olds at high school events — we need to say, 'look, this is not vocational training. This is analytical training that helps you develop the skills to analyze a problem, to be innovative, to be creative, to be entrepreneurial,' " he says.
One of the ways to convey this message is by highlighting the myriad ways our lives are touched by technology and science every day.
"The technological training we get in engineering puts us in a position — even if we're not practicing engineers — to make informed decisions in our local communities and as citizens when we go to the voting booth," he says. It happens in the grocery store when people decide whether or not to buy genetically modified foods, at the doctor's office when they're selecting from treatment options, and when they're choosing political candidates who best reflect their views on issues like stem cell research and space exploration. Often the information consumers have about these issues is incomplete, or presented in ways that elicit emotional reactions without scientific context.
"There's a real need for a significant component of society to have the analytical skills to understand these problems and the skills to communicate effectively to people who don't have this training about why these issues are important to them," he says.
"One of the things that's got me excited about going to Thayer is you're starting with a body of students and faculty who think more broadly, who don't think about engineering as strictly a vocational training. People are looking at this as an education to help them attack a much broader range of problems," he adds.
THE ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN raised in a suburb of Paterson, N.J., Helble says the immediacy of the OPEC oil crisis — made concrete for him by sitting in gas lines as a teenager with his father — started him on the path to engineering. He'd always been good in math and science, and his father was also an engineer, so it was a "natural" choice, he says.
Helble's undergraduate experience at Lehigh University was four years of a "complete and total emphasis on science, math and engineering." It was a solid education, but in some ways he felt restricted because he wanted to explore the bigger picture of technology in the world.
"What I see of the program at Thayer is it provides students exactly the kind of flexibility I think is important and that I would have wanted," he says, noting that even during graduate school he tried to keep a broader focus by completing a minor in Spanish.
Helble entered graduate school at MIT in 1982. A runner and bicyclist who grew up during the early years of the American environmental movement, he had a natural interest in protecting the environment, and so pursued research on air pollution and aerosol science. After completing his Ph.D. in 1987, he took a job as a research scientist at Physical Sciences Inc., a small research firm near Boston, then returned to academia as a faculty member at the University of Connecticut in 1995.
Over the years, his research interests have expanded to include nanoparticle technology. It's a field with potential uses in many industries, from manufacturing to medicine, but in his role as a legislative fellow, Helble focused on investigating the potential impact of the technology on people and the environment, rather than on developing new applications. "We're talking about a new class of materials where, in many cases, we don't have a complete understanding of how they would operate in the environment. We don't know what happens if they're released into the environment, either purposely or not. There are broad legislative questions that need to be answered about how we continue responsible development while putting in place appropriate controls to protect people and the environment. What should that balance be? Does the EPA have the authority and resources to do this?" he asks.
THAYER SCHOOL'S ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM and its close links to the Tuck School of Business put the program at the head of the next wave of engineering education, Helble says. Companies expect engineers to know their way around a spreadsheet and value employees with entrepreneurial instincts. In recent years, industry has also come to expect engineers to design with the "triple bottom line" in mind. This term means giving equal regard to the environmental and societal impact of a project along with profitability, says Helble. As the population ages, medicine and engineering are also becoming more entwined, presenting another area of growth for the occupation.
He is concerned about the fact that engineering school enrollments don't reflect the diversity found in the college graduate pool. "We're not doing a very effective job as a profession and as educators of getting the message out that engineers solve applied problems that are important to society," he says. "If we made that connection — that you're solving problems that are important to society — we'd be doing a much better job drawing students from a much broader range of society."
Helble also worries that "the idea that engineering is just the province of those who absolutely love math and science" discourages many potentially talented engineers from exploring the field. "There's got to be room for people who are creative — people who may not have the mathematical skills to immediately analyze and model a problem, but have the engineering creativity to think about technological development from a more entrepreneurial standpoint," he says.
That's not to suggest that engineering students don't need basic math. "We just don't want the first couple of years of engineering education to be a hazing ritual," he adds. "Not everyone is going to go off, get a Ph.D., become a professor or a research group leader at a large corporation, and do computer modeling. What we're trying to teach is a framework for analyzing problems and then applying that framework to unknown situations."
Some observers have suggested that the United States needs a major technological challenge to inspire young people — much like the race to the moon did in the 1960s. However, Helble thinks the problem won't be resolved so simply. "There's no silver bullet here," he says. "I think this is a slow process; it's going to take a lot of engineering and technological leaders across the country to stand on their respective soapboxes and remind people that this is important."
A MAJOR CHALLENGE FACING ENGINEERING programs is how to deal with the rapid pace of technology development. With so many new fields of inquiry, schools are struggling with the question of what to include — and exclude — from the curriculum.
Helble cautions against jumping on the bandwagon of every new technology. Instead, he advocates focusing on fundamental math and science and developing what he calls "the tools for engineering thought."
"We can't teach everything to every student and graduate them in a reasonable period of time. We could keep them forever, but then they would have no impact on the world at large," he says. However, electives and survey courses offer an opportunity to discuss the science behind new technology, as well as its societal context. A good example, he says, is a survey course on nanotechnology currently being offered at Thayer School that requires students to read a novel about the technology in addition to exploring its technical underpinnings. "This is great. This is helping 18- and 19- and 20-year-olds understand the relevance of technology to the broader society," Helble says.
Graduate and faculty research also helps keep the undergraduate program fresh by giving students the opportunity to participate in research projects in evolving fields, according to Helble. One of his goals is to help enhance Thayer's existing research program.
"I think there's a real opportunity to build upon a strong research program at Thayer and make it even better," he says. "Thayer has got an outstanding reputation as a place that produces first-rate undergraduates. The graduate program isn't as well known. That doesn't mean graduate students haven't gone out and done great things. It just means it's not as well known."
He realizes that some people are concerned that a greater emphasis on research will detract from Dartmouth's and Thayer's teaching missions. However, research "does not diminish or denigrate" teaching, but should "enhance it" as faculty bring their work into the classroom, he says.
One reason people sometimes fear an increased emphasis on research is that they think it means the College will try to fit the mold of other, larger institutions."I have no thoughts whatsoever of Dartmouth being Harvard or Thayer being MIT. It's not. It is a fairly unique entity, and that's one of the things I'm excited about," Helble says. In fact, he would like to see the graduate program incorporate some of the "things that work so well at the undergraduate level."
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RHODRhodanese Homology Domain
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|An alpha beta fold found duplicated in the Rhodanese protein. The the Cysteine containing enzymatically active version of the domain is also found in the CDC25 class of protein phosphatases and a variety of proteins such as sulfide dehydrogenases and stress proteins such as Senesence specific protein 1 in plants, PspE and GlpE in bacteria and cyanide and arsenate resistance proteins. Inactive versions with a loss of the cysteine are also seen in Dual specificity phosphatases, ubiquitin hydrolases from yeast and in sulfuryltransferases. These are likely to play a role in protein interactions.
|Interpro abstract (IPR001763):
Rhodanese, a sulphurtransferase involved in cyanide detoxification (see IPR001307) shares evolutionary relationship with a large family of proteins [(PUBMED:9733650)], including
Rhodanese has an internal duplication. This domain is found as a single copy in other proteins, including phosphatases and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases [(PUBMED:8702871)].
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There are 171652 RHOD domains in 136038 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.
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- Evolution (species in which this domain is found)
Taxonomic distribution of proteins containing RHOD domain.
This tree includes only several representative species. The complete taxonomic breakdown of all proteins with RHOD domain is also avaliable.
Click on the protein counts, or double click on taxonomic names to display all proteins containing RHOD domain in the selected taxonomic class.
- Literature (relevant references for this domain)
Primary literature is listed below; Automatically-derived, secondary literature is also avaliable.
- Hofmann K, Bucher P, Kajava AV
- A model of Cdc25 phosphatase catalytic domain and Cdk-interaction surface based on the presence of a rhodanese homology domain.
- J Mol Biol. 1998; 282: 195-208
- Display abstract
Mammalian Cdc25 phosphatase is responsible for the dephosphorylation of Cdc2 and other cyclin-dependent kinases at Thr14 and Tyr15, thus activating the kinase and allowing cell cycle progression. The catalytic domain of this dual-specificity phosphatase has recently been mapped to the 180 most C-terminal amino acids. Apart from a CX3R motif, which is present at the active site of all known tyrosine phosphatases, Cdc25 does not share any obvious sequence similarity with any of those enzymes. Until very recently, the Cdc25 family was the only subfamily of tyrosine phosphates for which no three-dimensional structural data were available. Using the generalized profile technique, a sensitive method for sequence database searches, we found an extended and highly significant sequence similarity between the Cdc25 catalytic domain and similarly sized regions in other proteins: the non-catalytic domain of two distinct families of MAP-kinase phosphates, the non-catalytic domain of several ubiquitin protein hydrolases, the N and C-terminal domain of rhodanese, and a large and heterogeneous groups of stress-response proteins from all phyla. The relationship of Cdc25 to the structurally well-characterized rhodanese spans the entire catalytic domain and served as template for a structural model for human Cdc25a, which is fundamentally different from previously suggested models for Cdc25 catalytic domain organization. The surface positioning of subfamily-specific conserved residues allows us to predict the sites of interaction with Cdk2, a physiological target of Cdc25a. Based on the results of this analysis, we also predict that the budding yeast arsenate resistance protein Acr2 and the ORF Ygr203w encode protein phosphatases with catalytic properties similar to that of the Cdc25 family. Recent determination of the crystal structure of the Cdc25a catalytic domain supports the validity of the model and demonstrates the power of the generalized sequence profile technique in homology-based modeling of the three-dimensional structure of a protein having a weak but significant sequence similarity with a structurally characterized protein.
- Metabolism (metabolic pathways involving proteins which contain this domain)
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% proteins involved KEGG pathway ID Description 29.39 map00272 Cysteine metabolism 26.34 map04010 MAPK signaling pathway 9.54 map00790 Folate biosynthesis 8.40 map00620 Pyruvate metabolism 5.73 map04110 Cell cycle 5.73 map04914 Progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation 3.44 map00190 Oxidative phosphorylation 3.05 map00730 Thiamine metabolism 1.91 map04111 Cell cycle - yeast 1.15 map00260 Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism 1.15 map00910 Nitrogen metabolism 1.15 map00564 Glycerophospholipid metabolism 0.76 map00450 Selenoamino acid metabolism 0.76 map00920 Sulfur metabolism 0.38 map00252 Alanine and aspartate metabolism 0.38 map00500 Starch and sucrose metabolism 0.38 map00460 Cyanoamino acid metabolism 0.38 map00271 Methionine metabolism
This information is based on mapping of SMART genomic protein database to KEGG orthologous groups. Percentage points are related to the number of proteins with RHOD domain which could be assigned to a KEGG orthologous group, and not all proteins containing RHOD domain. Please note that proteins can be included in multiple pathways, ie. the numbers above will not always add up to 100%.
- Structure (3D structures containing this domain)
3D Structures of RHOD domains in PDB
PDB code Main view Title 1boh SULFUR-SUBSTITUTED RHODANESE (ORTHORHOMBIC FORM) 1boi N-TERMINALLY TRUNCATED RHODANESE 1c25 HUMAN CDC25A CATALYTIC DOMAIN 1cwr HUMAN CDC25B CATALYTIC DOMAIN WITHOUT ION IN CATALYTIC SITE 1cws HUMAN CDC25B CATALYTIC DOMAIN WITH TUNGSTATE 1cwt HUMAN CDC25B CATALYTIC DOMAIN WITH METHYL MERCURY 1dp2 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX BETWEEN RHODANESE AND LIPOATE 1e0c SULFURTRANSFERASE FROM AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII 1gmx Escherichia coli GlpE sulfurtransferase 1gn0 Escherichia coli GlpE sulfurtransferase soaked with KCN 1h4k Sulfurtransferase from Azotobacter vinelandii in complex with hypophosphite 1h4m Sulfurtransferase from Azotobacter vinelandii in complex with phosphate 1hzm STRUCTURE OF ERK2 BINDING DOMAIN OF MAPK PHOSPHATASE MKP-3: STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO MKP-3 ACTIVATION BY ERK2 1okg 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase from Leishmania major 1orb ACTIVE SITE STRUCTURAL FEATURES FOR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED FORMS OF RHODANESE 1qb0 HUMAN CDC25B CATALYTIC DOMAIN 1qxn Solution Structure of the 30 kDa Polysulfide-sulfur Transferase Homodimer from Wolinella Succinogenes 1rhd STRUCTURE OF BOVINE LIVER RHODANESE. I. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION AT 2.5 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION AND A COMPARISON OF THE CONFORMATION AND SEQUENCE OF ITS TWO DOMAINS 1rhs SULFUR-SUBSTITUTED RHODANESE 1t3k NMR structure of a CDC25-like dual-specificity tyrosine phosphatase of Arabidopsis thaliana 1tq1 Solution structure of At5g66040, a putative protein from Arabidosis Thaliana 1uar Crystal structure of Rhodanese from Thermus thermophilus HB8 1urh The ""Rhodanese"" fold and catalytic mechanism of 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfotransferases: Crystal structure of SseA from Escherichia coli 1whb Solution structure of the Rhodanese-like domain in human ubiquitin specific protease 8 (UBP8) 1wv9 Crystal Structure of Rhodanese Homolog TT1651 from an Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB8 1ym9 Crystal structure of the CDC25B phosphatase catalytic domain with the active site cysteine in the sulfinic form 1ymd Crystal Structure of the CDC25B phosphatase catalytic domain with the active site cysteine in the sulfonic form 1ymk Crystal Structure of the CDC25B phosphatase catalytic domain in the apo form 1yml Crystal Structure of the CDC25B phosphatase catalytic domain with the active site cysteine in the sulfenic form 1ys0 Crystal Structure of the CDC25B phosphatase catalytic domain with the active site cysteine in the disulfide form 1yt8 Crystal Structure of Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2a2k Crystal Structure of an active site mutant, C473S, of Cdc25B Phosphatase Catalytic Domain 2eg3 Crystal Structure of Probable Thiosulfate Sulfurtransferase 2eg4 Crystal Structure of Probable Thiosulfate Sulfurtransferase 2fsx Crystal structure of Rv0390 from M. tuberculosis 2gwf Structure of a USP8-NRDP1 complex 2hhg Structure of Protein of Unknown Function RPA3614, Possible Tyrosine Phosphatase, from Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009 2ifd Crystal structure of a remote binding site mutant, R492L, of CDC25B Phosphatase catalytic domain 2ifv Crystal structure of an active site mutant, C473D, of CDC25B phosphatase catalytic domain 2j6p Structure of As-Sb reductase from Leishmania major 2jtq Rhodanese from E.coli 2jtr rhodanese persulfide from E. coli 2jts rhodanese with anions from E. coli 2k0z Solution NMR structure of protein hp1203 from Helicobacter pylori 26695. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG) target PT1/Ontario Center for Structural Proteomics target hp1203 2kl3 Solution NMR structure of the Rhodanese-like domain from Anabaena sp Alr3790 protein. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target NsR437A 2moi 2MOI 2mol 2MOL 2mrm 2MRM 2ora RHODANESE (THIOSULFATE: CYANIDE SULFURTRANSFERASE) 2ouc Crystal structure of the MAP kinase binding domain of MKP5 2uzq Protein Phosphatase, New Crystal Form 2vsw The structure of the rhodanese domain of the human dual specificity phosphatase 16 2wlr Putative thiosulfate sulfurtransferase YnjE 2wlx Putative thiosulfate sulfurtransferase YnjE 3aax Crystal structure of probable thiosulfate sulfurtransferase cysa3 (RV3117) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: monoclinic FORM 3aay Crystal structure of probable thiosulfate sulfurtransferase CYSA3 (RV3117) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: orthorhombic form 3d1p Atomic resolution structure of uncharacterized protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae 3dtt Crystal structure of a putative f420 dependent nadp-reductase (arth_0613) from arthrobacter sp. fb24 at 1.70 A resolution 3f4a Structure of Ygr203w, a yeast protein tyrosine phosphatase of the Rhodanese family 3flh Crystal structure of lp_1913 protein from Lactobacillus plantarum,Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target LpR140B 3fnj Crystal structure of the full-length lp_1913 protein from Lactobacillus plantarum, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target LpR140 3foj Crystal Structure of SSP1007 From Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus. Northeast Structural Genomics Target SyR101A. 3fs5 Crystal structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ygr203w, a homolog of single-domain rhodanese and Cdc25 phosphatase catalytic domain 3g5j Crystal structure of N-terminal domain of putative ATP/GTP binding protein from Clostridium difficile 630 3gk5 Crystal structure of rhodanese-related protein (TVG0868615) from Thermoplasma volcanium, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target TvR109A 3hix Crystal Structure of the Rhodanese_3 like domain from Anabaena sp Alr3790 protein. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target NsR437i 3hwi Crystal structure of probable thiosulfate sulfurtransferase Cysa2 (Rhodanese-like protein) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis 3hzu Crystal structure of probable thiosulfate sulfurtransferase SSEA (rhodanese) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis 3i2v Crystal structure of human MOCS3 rhodanese-like domain 3i3u Crystal structure of lp_1913 protein from lactobacillus plantarum, northeast structural genomics Consortium target lpr140a 3icr Crystal structure of oxidized Bacillus anthracis CoADR-RHD 3ics Crystal structure of partially reduced Bacillus anthracis CoADR-RHD 3ict Crystal structure of reduced Bacillus anthracis CoADR-RHD 3ilm Crystal Structure of the Alr3790 protein from Anabaena sp. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target NsR437h 3ipo Crystal structure of YnjE 3ipp crystal structure of sulfur-free YnjE 3iwh Crystal Structure of Rhodanese-like Domain Protein from Staphylococcus aureus 3k9r X-ray structure of the Rhodanese-like domain of the Alr3790 protein from Anabaena sp. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target NsR437c. 3mzz Crystal Structure of Rhodanese-like Domain Protein from Staphylococcus aureus 3nhv Crystal Structure of BH2092 protein from Bacillus halodurans, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target BhR228F 3nt6 Structure of the Shewanella loihica PV-4 NADH-dependent persulfide reductase C43S/C531S Double Mutant 3nta Structure of the Shewanella loihica PV-4 NADH-dependent persulfide reductase 3ntd Structure of the Shewanella loihica PV-4 NADH-dependent persulfide reductase C531S Mutant 3o3w Crystal Structure of BH2092 protein (residues 14-131) from Bacillus halodurans, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium Target BhR228A 3olh Human 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase 3op3 Crystal Structure of Cell Division Cycle 25C Protein Isoform A from Homo sapiens 3p3a Crystal structure of a putative thiosulfate sulfurtransferase from Mycobacterium thermoresistible 3r2u 2.1 Angstrom Resolution Crystal Structure of Metallo-beta-lactamase from Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus COL 3tg1 Crystal structure of p38alpha in complex with a MAPK docking partner 3tg3 Crystal structure of the MAPK binding domain of MKP7 3tp9 Crystal structure of Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius protein with beta-lactamase and rhodanese domains 3utn Crystal structure of Tum1 protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae 4f67 Three dimensional structure of the double mutant of UPF0176 protein lpg2838 from Legionella pneumophila at the resolution 1.8A, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG) Target LgR82 4jgt Structure and kinetic analysis of H2S production by human Mercaptopyruvate Sulfurtransferase 4ocg 4OCG 4wh7 4WH7 4wh9 4WH9 5hbl 5HBL 5hbo 5HBO 5hbp 5HBP 5hbq 5HBQ 5lam 5LAM 5lao 5LAO
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Need a simple but cute dessert/centerpiece for your 4th of July celebration? Make these red, white, and blue sugar cookies! They are so easy but look really impressive. I made mine into a cookie bouquet to use as a centerpiece, but they are just as cute without the stick. This is a great project to get the kids cooking as well!
Star Spangled Cookie Centerpiece
What you need:
1 recipe of sugar cookie dough (or you could cheat and buy sugar cookie dough)
red and blue food coloring, gel colors work better than regular food coloring.
3 star cookie cutters that fit inside one another, small, medium, and large.
candy/cookies sticks (if making cookie pops)
Divide cookie dough into three equal parts. Knead red food coloring to one piece, blue food coloring to one piece and leave the third piece plain. Add enough food coloring to make the dough a very bright red and blue. How much you need will depend on the amount of cookie dough you are coloring. Wear plastic gloves or put the dough into a small ziplock baggie to knead in the food coloring or you'll have festive colored hands as well! Yes I speak for experience...
Roll each piece of the cookie dough out to about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch thickness and refrigerate until firm. I usually pop mine in the freezer for about 30 minutes. It's easier to work with the cookie dough when it's very cold.
First cut out your largest star.
Cut the center of the large star out with the medium sized star.
Next cut out a medium sized star out and insert it into the cut out in the center of the large star.
Finally, cut out the center of the medium star with the smallest star cutter. Cut a small star out and put it in the center of the medium star.
Place the pop stick on the backside of the cookie gently pressing it slightly into the cookie.
Take a small piece of cookie dough and cover the pop stick, pressing it gently into the cookie. Carefully turn the cookie over to bake. You have to work fast. If your dough is too warm to flip the cookie over, place the cookies into the freezer for a couple of minutes to let the cookie dough stiffen up a bit. I made all different sizes and color combos and baked them on the pop sticks.
I wanted to create a centerpiece with the cookies so I fit a piece of flower arranging oasis into a small galvanized bucket. Then I arranged the cookie pops into the oasis and stuck a couple of festive napkins around the sides to hide the oasis. What a cute center piece for your Fourth of July table!


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20th AVC General Assembly concludes in Dubai
The assembly meeting was chaired by AVC President Dr. Saleh Ahmad Bin Nasser and attended by FIVB and AVC Honorary Life President, Jizhong Wei as well as special guests FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°, the United Arabia Emirates' Minister of Culture, Youth & Community Development and President of the General Authority of Youth & Sports Welfare H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and Africa Confederation President Dr. Amr Elwani.
Dr. Bin Nasser welcomed the delegates representing 56 member national federations (including 11 proxies) and thanked them for their hard work and contribution to the volleyball development throughout the AVC region.
"Since the election of the new FIVB President, it has been a new era for each continent," Dr. Bin Nasser said. "We had several successful meetings in discussing the development problems in the Oceania zone and national federations of category 1 and 2. AVC has almost fulfilled the goals of the strategic plan with the financial support of the FIVB. I hope, the future of volleyball in AVC will be satisfied to our wishes by the effort of everybody." He also expressed his special appreciation to Mr. Wei as the first advisor to AVC. He was satisfied with the activities, seminars, courses, committee and council regular meetings in the last nine months but felt that the communication within AVC has not meet our wish despite great improvement and it is necessary to employ more experienced and youthful staff in AVC.
Dr. Bin Nasser also reminded members that three new offices have been set up respectively in Japan (for marketing and development issues), in Thailand (for technical issues) and in Kuwait (for financial and management issues) to expand AVC facilities.
"Our 65 member national federations support our development program and AVC has achieved a great improvement."
The activity reports of five zones and Financial & Auditor's report were presented and the following issues were approved:
- Agenda of the 20th AVC General Assembly
- Minutes of the previous General Assembly in Chinese Taipei, 2011
- FIVB board member replacement
- AVC board member replacement
- AVC EC member replacement
- AVC Coach Committee member replacement
- AVC Referee Committee member replacement
- AVC Finance Committee member replacement
Sheikh Nahyan opened the official part of the General Assembly before President Graça spoke, complimenting Dubai city as a miracle and expressed his gratitude to the UAE minister, AVC President, and all the Presidents of the national federations for their support to volleyball. He stressed, "the unity of the FIVB is very strong. We are working together to do a very good job. And then we will come back again to be one of the most important sports in the world."
President Graça made an inspiring presentation with the key word "development". He introduced the new FIVB vision and structure first before explaining that the FIVB is to develop as a credible organization and to establish a corporate governance model based on business units. He called on all the national federations, especially those less developed, to engage with beach volleyball as it is easier to start, proven by the example of the great success of the Continental Cup. He promised to all the national federations that the FIVB would support them if only they can create a development program.
As a key development initiative, President Graça presented nine court floors to nine national federations.
Asia Vice President, FIVB Executive Vice President and IOC member Rita Subowo stressed that the IOC has a Solidarity Fund for national federations to apply to help development.
The 20th AVC General Assembly continued its agenda with reports and proposals from the Sports Events Council, Referees Committee, Coaches Committee, Beach Volley Council, Development & Marketing Committee, Medical Committee and the Press Officer, which showed that each AVC department has been working with great zeal and enthusiasm to develop the sport.
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Southwestern's best showing in doubles came at No. 1 where Leady Cuellar and Mollie McGowan were victorious 8-1. On the singles side, Katie Adamson won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6.
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Grainne Conole: a double honor, to be chosen by my peers and to be sharing the stage with Grainne! I hope we'll do it justice. We have been busy thinking and planning, but the conference is getting closer and closer and I have to confess I'm getting quite anxious about the whole thing.
No spoilers here, but we have been thinking about three main topics: the 'VLE vs PLE' debate, 'going back to basics' and the evolution of PLEs. So now we are crowdsourcing the keynote itself, calling for participation and ideas. A couple of days ago I 'ran' into Alec Couros on Twitter, doing the same thing for his keynote in Melbourne; together with Graham Attwell, they followed that approach (with huge success) to prepare their keynote at The PLE Conference 2010 in Barcelona (for which I was local organiser, and which was then called PLE_BCN). So, if you are interested (Yes, you are. And no, these are not the droids you're looking for), drop us a line, create a short video, or comment on this post and help us with these:
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A 38-year-old Broomfield man is facing charges including child trafficking, pandering and pimping for allegedly assaulting and forcing a teen girl to have sex with people she did not know, the First Judicial District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
Robert Felix Gonzales was arrested Oct. 31.
Beginning in 2011, Gonzales is accused of sexually assaulting a girl he met through foster placement, according to a news release. Continuing into 2012 and 2013, he is accused of giving the girl drugs and alcohol and forcing her to have sex with people she did not know, the release stated. Payment for the sexual encounter was made in cash, or in exchange for methamphetamine, and was given to Gonzales, the release stated The girl was 14 to 16 when the crimes occurred, according to the DA's office.
Gonzales would advertise on CraigsList to find people to have sex with the teen, the release stated, citing court records. He would then arrange for meetings in motel rooms with people for the purpose of child prostitution, according to the news release.
The case was investigated by the Arvada Police Department, Denver Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Innocence Loss Task Force, according to the release.
Gonzales is being held at the Jefferson County jail on a $500,000 cash bond. His preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 5, according to the release.