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Mutations in the FKBP10 gene were first described in patients with Osteogenesis imperfecta type III. Two follow up reports found FKBP10 mutations to be associated with Bruck syndrome type 1, a rare disorder characterized by congenital contractures and bone fragility. This raised the question if the patients in the first report indeed had isolated Osteogenesis imperfecta or if Bruck syndrome would have been the better diagnosis.
The patients described here are affected by severe autosomal recessive Osteogenesis imperfecta without contractures.
Homozygosity mapping identified FKBP10 as a candidate gene, and sequencing revealed a base pair exchange that causes a C-terminal premature stop codon in this gene.
Our study demonstrates that FKBP10 mutations not only cause Bruck syndrome or Osteogenesis imperfecta type III but can result in a severe type of isolated Osteogenesis imperfecta type IV with prenatal onset. Furthermore, it adds dentinogenesis imperfecta to the spectrum of clinical symptoms associated with FKBP10 mutations.
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare monogenic disorder that shows both clinical and genetic heterogeneity. The disorder is characterized by bone fragility that varies in severity between the different OI subtypes. In the majority of patients the disorder is caused by dominant mutations in the procollagen genes COL1A1 and COL1A2 [1-4]. Even rarer than the dominant disorders are the autosomal recessive forms of OI for which several genes are known by now. These genes are mainly involved in the processing, assembly and trafficking of procollagen chains, a multi-step process that involves a large number of critical post-translational modifications. Homozygosity for mutations in CRTAP, LEPRE1, PPIB, or OSTERIX has been shown to cause mostly severe types of OI that result from overmodification of procollagen chains and their retention in the rER [2-7]. Autosomal recessive brittle bone disease without procollagen overmodification can be caused by mutations in either SERPINH1 or FKBP10 genes that encode the collagen chaperone-like proteins HSP47 and FKBP65, respectively [1,3]. Basic pathomechanisms of OI initiated by mutations in these genes might include a failure to mature type I procollagen trimers and increased protease sensitivity [3,8]. The pathomechanisms of another OI gene, SERPINF1, are still unknown [9]. Mutations in FKBP10 were first described in patients with a moderate to moderate/severe form of OI type IV (OMIM 610968) [1]. Two follow up reports presented patients in which FKBP10 mutations were associated with Bruck syndrome type 1, a rare disorder characterized by congenital contractures and bone fragility [10-12]. The question was raised if the patients in the first report indeed had isolated OI or if Bruck syndrome would have been the better diagnosis [11,12]. We here describe three patients showing that FKBP10 mutations not only can cause isolated OI but that the spectrum of clinical symptoms is much broader than previously described.
The three affected brothers, their sister and their parents provided informed consent for molecular testing, clinical assessment and the publication of their photographs. Anonymous blood samples from 80 healthy German medical students were used as controls. The experiments were performed in accordance to the Helsinki Declaration and approved by the Ethics committee of the University of Munich.
Homozygosity mapping and FKBP10 sequencing
Genomic DNA samples of family members I1-2, II1-2, and II4-5 were genotyped using the Affymetrix Axiom™ Genome-Wide Human Array, featuring 567,096 SNP markers (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Extended runs of homozygosity (ROHs) shared by the three affected brothers were assessed in comparison to the unaffected family members using the program HomozygosityMapper (http://www.homozygositymapper.org webcite) [13]. Prioritization of candidate genes within the homozygous region was performed by the program GeneDistiller (http://www.genedistiller.org webcite) [14] and by comparison to PubMed entries (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed webcite). The complete coding sequence of the FKBP10 gene was amplified and directly sequenced.
Clinical findings
The three affected brothers, aged 46 (II1), 44 (II4), and 43 (II5) years, were born to healthy, unrelated parents. There is no family history of bone diseases or major malformations. The oldest brother was born without fractures but showed delayed motor development during his first year of life. He had his first fracture at age 9 months. The second brother was born with multiple fractures. Multiple fractures of the upper extremities at birth were also suspected in the youngest brother but not confirmed by X-ray. So far each of the brothers already had 70-100 fractures and breaks still occur. Severe progressive kyphoscoliosis has caused reduced lung capacity in all three brothers, and they are wheel-chair bound due to long bone deformities. None of the brothers showed contractures or webbing at birth. The brothers are of short stature (120-140 cm, <3 %tile) with remarkable hypermobile joints (Figure 1). Relevant lab results such as alkaline phosphatase (73 U/l) are within the normal range. The primary teeth were discoloured and rapidly wore down, thus showing typical signs of dentinogenesis imperfecta (Figure 2). The permanent teeth are less affected. Blue sclera were noted in childhood but are no longer present.
Figure 1. Genetic studies. A, Pedigree of the OI family. Black pedigree symbols, affected brothers, homozygous; symbols marked by black dots, unaffected family members that are heterozygous for the mutation; unmarked symbols, unaffected family members that were not available for analysis. B, Genome wide plot of Homozygosity Mapper. Red bars indicate regions with extended ROH at chromosomal regions 11q25 and 17q21.2, shared by the three affected brothers. Homozygosity Score threshold 0.8; HSA, homo sapiens chromosome. C, Sequencing results. Parts of FKBP10 exon 7 are shown. Left side, OI patient II1 homozygous for Arg403X; right side, healthy sister (II2) heterozygous for Arg403X.
Figure 2. Clinical phenotype. A-B, extended left arm II1, II5. Upper arm is severely shortened in II1 and instabilized by pseudarthrosis in II5. Webbing and contractures are absent; C, joint hypermobility, demonstrated by II4; D, Radiographs of left leg and E, left side of thorax showing severe kyphoscoliosis (II4); F, Dentiogenesis imperfecta (primary teeth) in II5.
Genetic studies
Homozygosity mapping detected two candidate ROHs in the chromosomal regions 11q25 and 17q21, respectively (Figure 1B). The ROH on 17q21.2 (17: 39727018-44200191, rs1010594-rs9910284, NCBI Genome Build 37.3) harbors the FKBP10 gene encoding the FKBP65 protein (Additional File 1, Figure S1). Sequencing revealed a homozygous nucleotide exchange in exon 7 that changes an arginine codon into a stop codon (c.1207C>T, FKBP65-p.(Arg403*) (Figure 1C).
Additional file 1. Supplementary Figure S1: Runs of homozygosity at 17q21.2. Supplementary Figure S2: Graphical relative relationship of individuals with different degrees of relationship.
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We identified a homozygous C-terminal premature stop codon (FKBP65-p.Arg403X) in the FKBP10 gene causing OI in three affected siblings of a family with autosomal recessive inheritance. Both parents derived from two neighbouring small villages in Bavaria, suggesting a restricted genetic variability and a potential accumulation of recessive founder mutations in this rather isolated population. Although estimates of the relative relationship by identity-by-state allele sharing did not indicate consanguinity (see Additional File 1), homozygosity mapping was successfully applied to identify a causative homozygous FKBP10 founder mutation. Our study demonstrate that homozygosity mapping represents a suitable diagnostic approach to map recessive OI genes even in outbred populations [15].
The first FKBP10 mutations were found in families that were described as having OI but for which no contractures or webbing were reported [1]. Shaheen et al. reviewed the figures in the original publication and questioned the absence of webbing [11,12]. Both contractures and webbing were present in their own patients as well as in all but two of the patients reported by Kelley et al.[10] The patients were therefore diagnosed with Bruck syndrome type 1, a distinct form of OI that is characterized by brittle bone disease and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Interestingly, case 2 and 4 in the report from Kelley et al. had OI but did not fulfil the criteria for Bruck syndrome [10]. In our family none of the three brothers had any contractures at birth or showed webbing. Thus, taken together, the previously reported patients and the family described here demonstrate that FKBP10 can cause either Bruck syndrome or isolated OI. Additional families need to be collected to answer the question if these two clinical phenotypes are associated with specific mutations, or if isolated OI and Bruck syndrome can occur in the same family.
So far it is not known if the severity of the disorder is correlated to the position of the mutation within the FKBP10 gene. Most patients carry frame shifting mutations that are located in the N-terminal half of the gene and are likely to cause nonsense mediated decay (NMD) (1). Interestingly, the affected brothers described here are homozygous for a C-terminal premature stop codon that, according to its vicinity to intron 7, might not initiate NMD [16,17]. The resulting truncated protein would still have the protein-binding PPIase domains that are necessary for its chaperone function but would miss the putative rER-retention sequence (HEEL). The chaperone function might have destructive effects if exhibited outside the rER.
With the exception of some of the patients described by Alanay et al. [1] most previously published patients with FKBP10 mutations had a moderate to moderate-severe form of the disorder that is best classified as OI type III. The data summarized in Table 1 show that fractures mostly started a few weeks after birth, sometimes even later, but not pre- or perinatally [1,10-12]. Progressive skeletal deformities were rarely described. In our family at least one, but more likely two of the affected brothers were already born with multiple fractures. Subsequently, all three brothers developed extreme deformities of their long bone and spines, fulfilling the criteria for severe OI (Figure 2). Furthermore, dentinogenesis imperfecta was present in all three brothers but has so far not been described as a feature of patients with FKBP10 mutations [1,10-12]. The combination of symptoms in our family does not match the classification of OI type III but rather suggests that this family belongs to the subgroup of patients with OI type IV that show progressive skeletal deformities and dentinogenesis imperfecta.
Table 1. Summary of known FKBP10 mutations
Taken together, our study shows that a severe, progressive course of OI type IV with pre- or perinatal onset of fractures and dentinogenesis imperfecta has to be added to the spectrum of clinical features that can be associated with FKBP10 mutations. We also demonstrate that homozygosity mapping represents a suitable diagnostic approach to map recessive OI genes even in outbred populations.
FKBP10: FK506-binding protein; HEEL: rER-retention sequence OI; osteogenesis imperfecta; NMD: nonsense mediated decay; rER: rough endoplasmatic reticulum; ROHs: runs of homozygosity.
competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
OST planed the molecular genetic studies, collected the clinical data and drafted the manuscript. EA participated in the clinical and molecular part of the study. HT performed the homozygosity mapping. TS participated in the study' design and carried out the statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements and Funding
We like to thank Franz Jansen for excellent technical assistance. Written consent for publication was obtained from the patients. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (STE16511-2) to OKS.
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William C. Lowe had a bold idea: IBM should develop a personal computer that could be mass marketed, expanding the company's reach beyond businesses and into people's homes. That was in 1980. One year later, the IBM 5150 personal computer was selling out at stores such as Sears and ComputerLand for $1,565, not including a monitor.
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Ghosn attributed the weaker than expected performance to a variety of troubles, chief among them weakness in many emerging markets and painfully expensive recalls. He announced a management reshuffle that will make the company's chief operating officer, Toshiyuki Shiga, a vice chairman and appoint three other executives as COOs.
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The chief executive of Israeli company Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has resigned following a public uproar over a contentious restructuring plan set to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.A statement Wednesday from Teva said says its board of directors and CEO Jeremy Levin had agreed for him to step down.


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Labour welcomes LGBT consultation but says government could be doing things now 8
11:28 AM — Labour's Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told PinkNews.co.uk that she welcomes the government's decision to start a consultation on the future of LGBT policy in the autumn.
Newly out bisexual Tory MP has mixed voting record on equal rights 41
11:25 AM — Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, who came out as bisexual at the weekend, voted against the Equality Act in 2007, but did support the same-sex marriage bill at second and third reading.
30th June 2013
Singapore: 'Pink Dot' LGBT rally attracts highest attendance yet 1
1:24 PM — Singapore's annual pink-themed LGBT rights rally attracted more crowds than any previous year.
28th June 2013
Feature: How the Stonewall riots started the LGBT rights movement 12
4:04 PM — In the early hours of 28 June 1969 a relatively unassuming gay bar in the West Village of Manhattan became the epicentre of an event that changed the course of LGBT history.
Maria Miller: I want PinkNews readers to tell me the biggest issues facing the LGBT community 84
3:07 PM — Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Culture Secretary Maria Miller says she is "proud" that equal marriage legislation is on track to becoming law. She also reveals a public consultation on where the government should focus its efforts next on LGBT policy will begin this autumn.
Ed Miliband: 'The terrible death of Lucy Meadows shows the trans community still face prejudice' 9
1:16 PM — Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband says he is "delighted" to be supporting this weekend's Pride in London event, but adds the death of transgender teacher Lucy Meadows shows more needs to be done to end prejudice in society.
27th June 2013
Nick Clegg: Celebrate Pride but don't forget the countries that discriminate against LGBT people 25
6:37 PM — Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg says the pending arrival of equal marriage in England, Wales and Scotland means this weekend's Pride in London celebrations will be a "landmark" event.
26th June 2013
Australia: Equal marriage campaigners welcome Julia Gillard's decision to resign as prime minister 18
12:40 PM — Julia Gillard, who is strongly opposed to equal marriage, has confirmed she will resign as Australia's prime minister in favour of Kevin Rudd.
25th June 2013
MEPs condemn attack on LGBT centre in Macedonia's capital and cancellation of Pride event 3
2:37 PM — An attack on an LGBT centre in Skopje, the capital city of Macedonia, has been condemned by Members of the European Parliament.
Amnesty: Homophobia reaching 'dangerous levels' in Africa 15
11:54 AM — Human rights organisation Amnesty International says homophobia across Africa is reaching "dangerous levels".
24th June 2013
US: 67 Congress members take part in NOH8 on The Hill III 1
6:57 PM — Ahead of the US Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Defence of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 ban on equal marriage, the NOH8 Campaign has today released NOH8 portraits for the 67 Members of Congress who took part in its third NOH8 on The Hill event.
Ghana: Church minister suspended over gay sex claims 4
6:02 PM — A church minister in Ghana has reportedly been suspended over claims of engaging in "homosexual acts" with seven young men aged between 20 and 28.
Nick Clegg: 'I look forward to one day seeing the rainbow flag fly over every government building' 9
1:27 PM — Nick Clegg has spoken of his pride at having the rainbow flag soaring above his office in Whitehall and says "I look forward to one day seeing the rainbow flag fly over every government building and above parliaments across the world - maybe Russia, Uganda or Yemen."
21st June 2013
Irish Deputy Prime Minister calls for greater tolerance 5
6:45 PM — Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore says Ireland's "economic progress has to be embedded in a free, open, progressive society."
20th June 2013
Tasmanian marriage equality advocates urge state Upper House to revisit equal marriage 4
6:14 PM — Tasmanian marriage equality advocates have called on the state Upper House to revisit same-sex marriage after a bill on the issue was voted down in the Senate this morning.
Tanzania: Police accused by Human Rights Watch of sexually assaulting LGBT citizens 4
11:33 AM — Human Rights Watch say efforts to reduce HIV infection rates in Tanzania are being undermined by widespread state abuse of sexual minorities.
18th June 2013
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013? 21
5:17 PM — Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Peter Purton, the TUC's LGBT officer says the LGBT community should respond to "government-created austerity" as part of the Pride movement in 2013.
17th June 2013
European Parliament express concerns on lack of gay rights provision in trade treaty 3
7:05 PM — The European Parliament has agreed to a new multilateral treaty with Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific regions, but with strong reservations about its lack of human rights protections in relation to sexual orientation.
14th June 2013
Labour MEP Michael Cashman: Putin's 'hate speech' has resulted in the 'barbaric killing' of gay Russian men 9
1:34 PM — The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning Russian MPs for passing a draconian homophobic censorship law, with Labour MEP Michael Cashman saying "hate speech" from President Putin and others has resulted in the "barbaric killing of gay men".
12th June 2013
Isle of Man Chief Minister: Discrimination case against lesbian couple makes Equality Bill 'high priority' 7
3:45 PM — Following the refused tenancy of a lesbian couple in May, Isle of Man Chief Minister Allan Bell weighs in on the "distressing" lack of legislation protecting the rights of same-sex couples.


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Amrita Centre for Cyber Security of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is conducting 'India Capture the Flag (InCTF)', an ethical hacking contest. It is to promote awareness about cyber security among students and hive them hands on experience in secure coding practices.
According to a release, it is a war game designed to mimic the real world security challenges. The contest is open to students across India. They can participate from their respective institutions without travelling to the venue.
Those interested should form a team of minimum of three members and maximum of five and register the team on www.inctf.in by November 30. There is no registration fee.
Teams have to clear two rounds before entering the final round of the contest. The first round consists of questions on security concepts and in the second round the teams are tested on Web-based exploitation, binary exploitation, cryptography, forensics, and reversing.


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Anti-gay bill sparks outcry in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine If a group of Ukrainian lawmakers succeeds in its mission, TV shows and movies sympathetically portraying homosexuals such as "Brokeback Mountain" will be banned. So will gay pride parades.
The recently introduced bill, supported by the president's representative in parliament, would impose prison terms of up to five years and unspecified fines for spreading "propaganda of homosexuality" - defined as positive public depiction of gays in public.
It has sparked an outcry from rights organizations in Ukraine and beyond, who condemn the bill as a throwback to Soviet times when homosexuality was a criminal offense. They also warn that harassing the gay community could lead to a spike in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, one of Europe's most severe, by driving gays further underground.
Although homosexuality was decriminalized in Ukraine and neighboring Russia after the fall of communism, animosity toward gays remains high across the former Soviet sphere. St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city and regarded as one of the country's most sophisticated, this year passed a law mandating fines of up to $33,000 for promoting homosexuality among minors. A gay pride parade in the Georgian capital ended in a scuffle with opponents in March.
The Ukrainian bill comes in the wake of organizers' decision to cancel the country's first gay-pride parade in May, which they made after hearing that hundreds of potentially violent opponents of gay rights had come to the capital.
Two Ukrainian gay rights activists have been brutally attacked in recent months.
The hostility toward homosexuals raises concern wider questions about tolerance in Ukraine and whether the country is truly capable of embracing Western values as strives to join the European Union. In the run-up to last month's European football championship, co-host Ukraine was rocked by allegations of racism, as fans at one stadium performed monkey chants directed at black players.
Pavlo Ungurian, one of the six lawmakers from various parties who authored the bill, told reporters Monday that growing acceptance of gay rights in the West is "not evolution, but degradation" and needed to be fought.
"Our goal is the preservation of the moral, spiritual and physical health of the nation," Ungurian said. "We must stop the propaganda, the positive description and the publicity ... of this abnormal lifestyle."
Ruslan Kukharchuk, who heads the group "Love Against Homosexuality" and campaigns in support of the bill, said the legislation would make TV dating shows involving same-sex couples and movies like "Brokeback Mountain," which explores the romantic relationship of two cowboys in the United States, illegal. Gay pride events and parades would also be banned.
Kukharchuk charged that homosexuality is an illness and that people must be treated for it. In 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the international classification of illnesses.
"We believe that homosexuality is a disease, it is a psychological disorder of a person and without a doubt there must be institutions, perhaps even financed by the government, to help such people get rehabilitation therapy," Kukharchuk said.
No date has been set for a vote on the bill in parliament, but Kukharchuk hopes it will be considered in September before a parliamentary election in October.


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Charrob, many insurers like to play a game with valuation and premiums. They'd like you to pay a premium based on the highest value, so you pay them the most money.
Now what happens if they have to pay out a total loss? Depending on your stat insurance regulations, and your insurance policy (yes, you really have to read all that painfully small print, and they
actually intentionally make it hard to read) you may only be entitled to "book value, replacement or market value, or xxxxx, whichever is least". And those terms will usually be defined by state law, but oddly enough, the insurers often don't follow the definitions because they know that most customers won't know what the laws require, either.
So now you've paid for $10k of insurance, and they'll say "Well, we found one for sale two counties over for $3500, so that's what we're paying you."
This is not my opinion, this is the voice of experience with how insurers have actually behaved, and how state laws do and don't force them to play nicely.
So if they think it is worth $10k, that's great. But unless they are writing "agreed value" coverage, where they agree to pay you $10k in the event of a total loss, demand a sample policy and look for the gotchas. They're all very reluctant to provide a sample policy.
And even with "agreed value" some of them like to play games. I spoke to a Progressive rep about that (for a car) and he eventually admitted they write coverage "for the agreed value
or the replacement cost
, whichever shall be less".
These are not your friends. By all means shop, but remember that their only interest is making your money into theirs, and not giving back any more than they have to. The ones who deal most fairly? Still want all your money, they're just sharp enough to know that by playing nice, they can keep the customer longer, or for life.
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Tweaks -- fresh ginger and a squeeze of fresh citrus in the sauce and on the fish before serving to brighten the flavor, and I agree on doubling the sauce. I've made this several times and it's crowd pleaser even with family members who don't normally like seafood.
This is a family favorite (even the kid who doesn't like fish) with a couple of adjustments: Fresh ginger!! a little sesame oil, also, double the sauce and very important, before serving squeeze some fresh lemon or lime onto the fish and into the serving sauce to brighten the flavor.
This is a great recipe, however I would double the sauce next time - it is very good but sauce is very sparing, and I drizzled it with a little olive oil like someone else suggested. I did not add sesame seeds b/c I did not have them, so I will try it with them next time. It needs a little more flavor, next time I may try green onion and a little ginger.
I have made this multiple times but last night I made for company for the first time. Here's how I prepared: - I pre-made the glaze/sauce (which I doubled and made in medium size pot). 30 mins before they arrived. Let it sit in pot on stove (no heat). - Pre-made the rice (30 mins before they arrived), let it sit warming in rice cooker. - After they arrived, I put salmon in oven - sautéed the spinach (2 packages) - one package at a time. - plated the food in kitchen, with help from my friend, then put prepared plates at each seat. - served extra glaze on side Easy and everyone loved it.
This was super easy and delicious! I made the glaze with brown sugar also, and it seemed fine.
I never write reviews but this recipe really deserves one. It is just fantastic!!! My oven is not working so I cooked the salmon on a skillet, with Brown sugar like one reader suggested and it turned out wonderful.This dish has everything: its healthy, it is quick and easy to make. My kids dont like vegetables but they loved the spinach. Great recipe
Fantastic and easy sauce. I added extra red pepper because we like things spicy. No spinach on hand so I substituted with a medley of red bell pepper, zucchini, and red onion. No sesame seeds either... I think they make the dish look very nice but since I had none just garnished with some scallions. Yum!
Being on Weight Watchers, I'm always looking for low fat recipes. I used very little rice and lots of spinach. I also drizzled the salmon with a little lemon olive oil! Fast, low points and delicious!!! The salmon filets came out perfectly! I purchased cooked rice at the Whole Foods salad bar, which cut a step for me and I used fresh spinach sauteed in a little olive oil with sesame seeds.
I was looking for a good marinade/sauce for a fresh-cut salmon fillet. Just a hint too sweet for me so I added a bit more soy sauce and a dash of sesame oil. The sauce was good over the fish and rice. Husband and son gave big compliments.
Wonderful and easy! Everyone from my three year old to granddad loved this one. And mama loved that she quick whip this up in a snap. I used half the spinach called for and thought that was enough. Skipped the sesame seeds because they weren't hand. Sauce is super versatile and can be used on just about anything. Enjoy!


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The 2014-2015 Directors of the Student Council of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies are:
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Sahil is currently in his third year studying in the BAS program specializing in Accounting. SCOLAPS has helped Sahil realize his potential as a student leader and hopes that it continues to foster leadership in future students. He believes that SCOLAPS truly is a vehicle to implement change for not only in the faculty but the University as a whole. As Co-Director, Sahil hopes to continue advocating for students and representing both the council and students in a positive manner.
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Glynis D'Souza is currently in her third year at York University studying Marketing. As Co-Director of Marketing and Promotions, she intends to bring together and integrate the students of York University towards student governance, raise awareness of academic matters and advocate the student voice. Her acute interest in these matters will enable SCOLAPS to push forward and develop in student affairs, evolving into better connectivity and engagement.
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Eva is currently in her fourth year as a Law and Society student. Eva has been a part of SCOLAPS for the past 2 years, which is how her passion towards advocating for the students and representing the student voice has developed. Being the director of the Ian Greene Award this year Eva is honoured to overlook and manage such an outstanding award and believes it will be a remarkable experience.
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Gurteshwar Singh Ahluwalia, a second year student at York, currently studying Administrative Studies. I am myself an international student therefore being the Director of International Engagement for LA&PS and SCOLAPS has a personal connection to me. I know what international students want from their representatives and I will make sure I meet the expectations of those who have elected me.
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Halime is currently in her final year of the Law & Society program at York University. In 2014, she has received the Outstanding Student Volunteer Award from the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies for her contributions toward enhancing the York community and making it a better place to learn, work, and grow. As the Director of Social Affairs, Halime's goal is to advocate for the student voice concerning academic matters and to increase student engagement in university.


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JENA -- It's been one year since more than 20,000 marched through the streets of this small community and a little more than two years since nooses were found swinging from a tree at Jena High.
A connection between the two events has been made by some, strongly denied by others but never proven by anyone. Regardless, the two separate events -- along with an arson fire at the school, off-campus fights and alleged threats of gun violence -- have all been lumped into one story, one issue, one cause or one headache -- all depending on your perspective.
That one thing is the "Jena Six."
The lives of the six black former Jena High students and one white former student have forever been changed by the events of the last two years. Some of the changes have come from being thrust into the national spotlight, others from being hit and kicked, some from the focus of attention on the cases and some just from the opportunities coming out of what seemed like a horrible situation for everyone involved.
The six defendants -- all originally charged with attempted murder -- have since left Jena. The victim in the Jena Six incident remains in the small community.
Here is what the teens are up to now.
Robert Bailey Jr.
After staying in Jena for some time after his release from jail, Robert Bailey Jr. made the move to the Atlanta area to live with his father and stepmother. He's been attending Shaw High in Columbus, Ga., and just last month the Georgia High School Association approved his hardship appeal at its fall executive committee meeting so he could play football.
After hearing Bailey's hardship case -- including testimony from Bailey, Shaw football coach Scott Newman and Damon Hewitt of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund -- the association's 35-member executive committee gave its OK to the appeal without dissent.
Bailey's attorney, James Boren, said they tried "very hard" to get Bailey into a Jena area school after he was released from jail in lieu of bond about four months after his December 2006 arrest but were unable to find one that would accept him.
"He is excelling and doing very well," Boren said of Bailey, now away from the spotlight. "He has gotten into no trouble. He's on the honor roll. And the head coach went to the school board and said, 'He's a fine kid. Not just a good football player, but a fine man and a good student, and I'd like to help him out.'"
This is Bailey's last year of high school and he hopes to continue his education after graduation, although funding for that education will have to come from a football scholarship and financial aid, Boren said.
"He hasn't decided what he wants to be when he grows up," Boren said of Bailey. "But Robert has decided he wants to be a college-educated man. ... And if athletics is the way to do it, a way out of poverty for him and his whole family, I hope that's what he does."
Getting Bailey out of Jena -- where he worked doing things like cutting hair, washing clothes and other odd jobs between the time of his release and when he left for Atlanta -- was a great move for the teen, he said.
"It's surprising to me that when a number of these kids have been removed from the city of Jena they aren't considered anything but good kids making good grades," Boren said of the Jena Six defendants. "We did not think he was in an atmosphere (in Jena) which was healthy or conducive to him to continue to do well.
"It's helpful when you walk through the school halls and people don't say, 'There's one of the Jena Six,'" he said. "It helps when you're not being criticized by public officials in statements about you in your local newspaper. Those things would be difficult for anybody, particularly difficult for a young person."
Justin Baker
In the past Justin Barker's family has pleaded for people to remember the "Jena One" -- their son who was hit and knocked unconscious and then kicked and stomped upon repeatedly, according to court testimony and documents.
After about a year and a half of struggling with some form of pain or issues, Barker has completely recovered physically, his attorney, Henry Lemoine, said. His family declined a request for an interview.
"Medically, he's reached the maximum improvement," Lemoine said of Barker. "He still has $20,000-plus in outstanding medical bills. But he's working every day, and he's not bitter. He's not letting any of what happened stop him from getting on with his life."
Lemoine said Barker and his family have filed a civil suit against the Jena Six defendants, their families, another Jena High student, the school and the LaSalle Parish School Board. The focus though isn't money but for the family to be able to tell their side of the story, he said.
Barker recently completed his GED after being expelled from Jena High days before the end of the 2007 school year after school officials found a gun in his truck. He's working offshore now after working for a timber company in LaSalle Parish.
"The opportunity for his education became even harder to achieve after this really ugly situation," Lemoine said.
After filing the civil suit, Lemoine said he has requested answers from all the defendants who have yet to respond to the suit. Initially, he was going to wait until the conclusion of the criminal trials but after seeing publicity of things like $20,000 from the Jena Six defense fund being spent on school tuition -- money that he was attempting to track for purposes of possibly seizing in the event of winning the civil suit -- Lemoine is beginning to press the case.
"When I heard the decision to let (Jesse Ray) Beard go to a private school using $20,000 is more than I could bear when Justin has $30,000 in medical bills and not a dime has been paid," Lemoine said. "Now, the issue is about if Mychal Bell can play football. It's like adding salt to an open wound."
Lemoine and James Boren, representing the Jena Six attorneys, made a "good faith effort" to settle the case although nothing was reached. What the Barkers are asking for is $250,000 and interest on any book or movie the Jena Six defendants may profit from.
Lemoine said he hopes the civil case wraps up sometime next year.
Jesse Ray Beard
The youngest of the Jena Six, Jesse Ray Beard, is far from Jena these days.
After being granted a brief stay from state supervision this summer to live in New York and take a summer class, Beard was removed from house arrest he was facing for other juvenile charges. Now, he's attending Canterbury School, a private boarding school in Connecticut that costs nearly $40,000 a year, according to its Web site. Beard's attorney, David Utter, has said that Beard is using his portion of the defense fund -- $20,000 -- to pay for tuition.
"He is doing great," Utter said of now-16-year-old Beard. "He's in the Northeast and looking forward to his junior year of high school. He's hoping to make the football team and play football again."
Beard, who was 14 at the time of the Dec. 4, 2006, attack on white Jena High student Justin Barker, was the only one of the six who wasn't suspended from school. He was back playing football after his arrest and was one of the season's star players. His charges never were moved to adult court. Beard's case, like that of the other four teens who haven't faced trial, remains on hold while they are awaiting word on an appeal to be filed by LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters in connection with the recusal of the parish's judge, J.P. Mauffray Jr.
Mychal Bell
The teen in the center of the Jena Six story -- Mychal Bell -- spent 10 months in an adult jail and is the only one to have faced trial.
Bell is now living in Monroe with a foster family and attends Carroll High School there. Last month, he was denied an extra season of athletic eligibility by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association after its five-member hardship committee unanimously voted not to allow him to play at Carroll this year.
Carroll coach Jackie Hamilton had said if Bell had been ruled eligible he probably wouldn't have come off the field.
He had been described as a standout linebacker and running back at Jena two years ago and would have likely started at both positions for Carroll.
"He's an excellent running back, an excellent blocker, and has great hands," Hamilton said in a previous interview. "On defense, he'd be one of our inside linebackers. He's real aggressive, and he's one of the strongest guys we have right now. He will be a major plus."
Bell participated in all of Carroll's spring practices, with the exception of the three-team spring game.
Bell's attorney, Louis Scott, said Bell is doing well, at least as well as could be expected in light of the "constant obstacles the people of Jena try to throw in his way."
The main obstacle Scott was talking about is the recent contesting of the Office of Juvenile Justice's recommendation to release Bell from its supervision. Scott contends that the now-18-year-old's sentence of probation ended in July, but the court contends it won't end until sometime next year.
That supervision is for a guilty plea of a juvenile second-degree battery charge in connection with the Dec. 4, 2006, attack on Justin Barker. He was sentenced to 18 months in the state's custody to be served concurrently where possible with a sentence for previous juvenile adjudications.
If supervision is lifted, Scott said, Bell would remain where he's living in Monroe and continue school there. He said Bell is hopeful that after he has completed high school he will able to go to college via a football scholarship.
Scott said he doesn't understand why "so many people seem to have a vested interest in making Mychal a bad person."
"All this has enabled me to discover that Mychal is a very good person," Scott said of working so closely with Bell. "And I think this whole thing has harmed him, changed him from being an optimistic, outgoing, happy person to someone who's more melancholy and more cautiously optimistic."
The main focus, Scott said, is to ensure that Bell turns out to be a happy and successful teen.
"He is on a good road," he said. "I just hope he hasn't been suppressed too much. I hope he can still be a successful person. I think he would make a great football coach."
Carwin Jones
Because he finished his school work before his arrest in connection with the assault on Justin Barker, Carwin Jones received a diploma from Jena High in 2007, his father, John Jenkins, said.
He, too, has moved out of Jena and is living with family. He's been working at a hotel.
"He's been blessed with a good job and is trying to do the best he can do," Jenkins said.
Jones is still hoping to go to college and plans to work for a little while longer to save up money for school.
"He still wants to get himself into college and play football," Jenkins said. "That's his dream."
Jones found himself on the wrong side of the law earlier this year after an arrest May 10. He was charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor, in connection with a May 7 incident in which, according to the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office, Jones was alleged to have hit a 21-year-old man from behind as several other men came toward the man and his friends with baseball bats. Later that month Jones told The Town Talk he hit the man after he was threatened with a baseball bat.
Several calls to Jones' attorney, Mike Nunnery, to find out the status of the case or how Jones was doing went unreturned.
His case in connection to the assault on Barker, like the others, is on hold pending the upcoming appeal filed by LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters in connection with the recusal of trial Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr.
Bryant Purvis
The first to leave the community of Jena, Bryant Purvis stayed with his uncle, Dallas Cowboy Jason Hatcher, since soon after his December arrest. Purvis attended Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas, where he played basketball before graduating last year.
Now, Purvis is beginning his freshman year at Ranger College -- a two-year university -- on a basketball scholarship, his mother, Tina Jones, said.
Purvis' attorney, Darrell Hickman, praised his progress since leaving Jena, soon after he was released on bond.
"He's always been concentrating on school, work and his career -- right now that's basketball," Hickman said. "He's been doing a great job. He had one minor setback (early this year), but otherwise things are going well."
The minor setback Hickman was referring to was Purvis' assault arrest at his new high school where he was accused of grabbing another student by his neck, choking him and pushing his head into a bench.
Hickman isn't handling Purvis' Texas assault case and isn't sure of its status. Information about the case's status couldn't be located. His criminal case in Jena, like the others, is awaiting a decision on the appeal by LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters to the recusal of the case's judge, J.P. Mauffray Jr.
This delay, like a number of others, has been frustrating for Hickman, although he understands the need for thorough work.
"I'll be happy when these kids can put all this behind them and go on with their lives," he said. "I'll be happy when that's done."
Theo Shaw
After finishing up classes at a school outside of Jena, Theo Shaw recently received a Jena High diploma, although he participated in a graduation ceremony at the school where he finished his school work, his attorney, Robert McDuff, said.
Shaw finished the work and the credits were transferred back to Jena, he said. Now, Shaw's starting a new job outside of Jena and hopes to earn enough money to continue his education in the future.
"He's doing fine," McDuff said of Shaw. "He's a very nice kid, and he's just focusing on education and work which I think is important for any young person to focus on."
His case, like the others, is on hold pending the upcoming appeal from LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters in connection with the recusal of trial Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr.
"We are hoping at some point all of this can be resolved in a way satisfactory to everybody and brings people together to bridge the divisions that occurred and gave rise to all of these events," McDuff said.


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"When elected Mayor of the City of Syracuse, I will go back to school, with your kids," Otis Jennings said today, at a news conference outside Blodgett Elementary School where he unveiled his plan to revitalize the city's school system.
Jennings said, "I will take responsibility and work with the superintendent to improve our graduation rate. I will spend one day a week in school with your kids, their teachers, the staff, and administrators so I can build an unprecedented partnership between City Hall and the school district to improve the graduation rate and give our kids the skills and the tools to be successful."
Why? Because the graduation rate is only 50%.
"If you have two children in school," explained Jennings, "One of them is not likely to make it to graduation. You don't want that for your child, I know I don't want my child in that precarious position, unable to go to college, unable to find a job, unqualified for military service, and facing a dismal future."
The Say Yes to Education Program, which offers a free college education to Syracuse school graduates, is a good start. Jennings said it's a good incentive for students interested in college but we also need a program for students interested in the skilled trades so they can find good jobs or start their own businesses.
Why? Because over 60% of the Syracuse city budget goes to education.
"I will go to school with your kids so I can see first hand how your tax money is being spent, find more efficient ways to produce better results, develop partnerships to bring in more funding to create a citywide, neighborhood-focused integrated youth service delivery system that goes beyond the traditional school day," said Jennings.
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Why Does Justin Bieber's Perfume Look Like It's Been Vajazzled?
By Deb Rox on June 24, 2011
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Justin Bieber's new perfume for young ladies, called "Someday," is taking his young fans by storm, as does everything Bieber bestows upon the world. After catching wind of this news after the craziness at his Macy's appearance blew up on Twitter, I've been a bit baffled that reporters aren't mentioning the obvious.
Sure, they are mentioning the big things.
But no one is saying the obvious.
Sometimes, things just need to be said, so I'm going to say it:
The bottle of Someday looks like plastic vaginal lips.
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The bottle stopper is layer after layer of red and pink plastic curtained around some sort of knob in the middle. I'm serious. It's not what you would call subtle. Which is certainly not an uncommon motif, but isn't this a perfume for young girls, as offered by a teenaged boy?
So what I want to know is which of Bieber's People said, Hey, let's make this thing look like if you could buy wax lips on Halloween but for your lower bits instead of your mouth! (Actually, you probably can buy those, but I'm not going to Google that.)
I suppose it is meant to pass as a rose, like if you melted down those fake plastic lipsticks that never show you the right color at the cosmetic counter and used them to form a Valentine's Day keepsake to be sold at gas stations. But truly, the damn thing looks like a Lego Labium kit.
Now this sort of imagery doesn't usually skeeve me out -- on the contrary. I love flowers. I love vaginas. I love a discreet Sephora logo or a massive O'Keefe soft porn calla lily as much as you do, or maybe even more. But this is just plain odd. Justin Bieber is seventeen, and the majority of his fan base is comprised of girls much younger than that. We're talking the substantial and influential tween allowance and babysitting money, here.
It's obvious that the concept behind the perfume is that "Someday" the wearer and Justin will be together and finally get to have sexy time. The commercial shows him nuzzling with his beloved and then pulling away, repeatedly, as their future house forms around them.
So the perfume is meant to say "We're under the age of consent now, but baby, baby, oh, not forever!" Which, I get as the unspoken fervor behind Bieber Fever -- and the history of all Tiger Beat boys before him. But do we have to commodify it so overtly? So O'Keefe o'vertly? With something that looks like a vagina Happy Meal prize?
Clearly, the real audience is young girls, and though they are being teased and encouraged to tease, they are also clearly being told to wait. Watch the commercial again, and look closer at the bottle as the nuzzler puts it on the dresser. Under the lips of the rose thing. What's dangling there? What did she whisper? A lock! A lock? It's been vagazzled with a lock! And what do you put under lock and key until that special Someday? Well, that would be a girl's chastity. Chastity belts weren't created to lock up boy bits, after all.
So for only 45 bucks, Someday offers our daughters the following great deal: a few ounces of "Mandarin, Juicy Pear, Wild Berries, Jasmine, Creamy Florals, Vanilla, Soft Musks." A Lolita bottle topped with fabulous pink and red labia, and a symbolic chastity belt. And a charitable contribution via Give Back Brands. I think I'll just donate directly to the charities of my choice and cut out this bizarre middleman, but then I'm not a 13-year-old girl with Bieber Fever so I'm hardly their target market.
Their market gets it. Listen to this 15-year-old girl quoted in the LA Times about why she is buying Someday:
Normally Leahy wears Viva LA Juicy perfume. But today she's more casual, sans any perfume and wearing a field hockey sweatshirt. Besides, Someday is her new fav fragrance. Its scent? Leahy grinned, her braces glinting in the sunlight: "Like sex in my nose!"
What do you think? Is it just Love's Baby Soft for a more sex-savvy generation? Would all of this teasing about Someday be cool if Bieber were a girl with a dude sniffing her up but being told to wait? Are you letting this oddity into your home? Do you have a choice?
Contributing Editor Deb Rox did not wear perfume in middle school unless you count Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers and suburban misery as a fragrance.
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In the fall of 2011, following the high-profile bankruptcies of alternative energy companies that had received DOE loan guarantees, including Solyndra, Inc. (Solyndra) and Beacon Power, LLC, the White House requested an independent review of the DOE loan guarantee program for alternative energy. In January 2012, that Independent Consultant issued his report, including 12 recommendations for improving the administration of the DOE loan guarantee program. The current IG report assesses whether the DOE implemented those recommendations.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Out there in their little corner of the NFL world, Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks like what they are putting together.
The Seahawks were derided, not praised, for winning the weak NFC West a year ago, doing it at 7-9, the first team with a losing record to walk off with a division title. Even after they stunned the then-defending Super Bowl champions, the Saints, in a wild-card playoff game, they were dismissed by many.
That's dangerous business in the NFL, especially when an opponent has that attitude.
Seattle stunned the New York Giants 36-25 Sunday, outplaying the Giants for much of the day and coming up with several big plays from unsung players such as Charlie Whitehurst, Doug Baldwin and Brandon Browner. What the Seahawks showed was the kind of resilience that can be a foundation for a rebuilding franchise.
And with all the wheeling and dealing coming out of the Pacific Northwest since Carroll arrived in 2010, there's no question they are rebuilding.
Carroll is encouraged; wins like this one can do that for a coach.
"Most of it was heartfelt because we've been hanging tough," Carroll said. "We haven't met our expectations, but we haven't backed off. We continue to hold to the standards up there no matter what they're saying on the outside or what they think about us. We've hung together and that allows you this kind of effort.
"Two-and-three doesn't mean anything to anybody else, but I don't care. To us, we're growing. We're coming along."
They really began coming along last week when a late rally fell short against Atlanta. Against another formidable NFC foe, the Seahawks finished what they started.
"This sends out a memo to the rest of the league that you've got to play 60 minutes against the Seattle Seahawks," defensive end Anthony Hargrove said. The seven-year veteran's surge through the offensive line and tackle on running back Danny Ware gave Seattle a safety in the third quarter. "We're growing as a team and we're not a team you can't be ready for."
Seattle is a team almost devoid of stars. Its best players - running back Marshawn Lynch, safety Earl Thomas, defensive tackle Brandon Mebane, tight end Zach Miller - hardly are household names. That doesn't bother Carroll a bit.
Instead, he seeks players who never back down. In a way, Carroll prefers those types, which is somewhat ironic considering all the All-Americans he had while dominating college football at Southern California.
"The leadership in the locker room carried over through this week, staying the course at halftime, too," Carroll said, noting how the Seahawks should have been in front, not tied 14-14. "It's a credit to those guys. We weren't going to be discouraged by what had happened. We were just going to get out there and keep playing football and we thought we could win.
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BANGKOK — Oil prices paused Thursday after climbing more than $4 in less than a week ahead of the reopening of banks in financially troubled Cyprus.
Benchmark oil for May delivery was up 3 cents to $96.61 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added 24 cents to close at a five-week high of $96.68 on Wednesday.
The oil market was tempered by caution before Cypriot banks reopened for the first time since March 16. The banks were shut as political leaders negotiated an emergency bailout to prevent a banking collapse. The contentious deal reached Monday will force losses on bigger depositors, which many analysts have said could spark a crisis of confidence in banking across the 17 countries that use the euro.
However, in the prior four sessions, oil has gained $4.13, driven by strong U.S. economic data. Later Thursday, the U.S. releases its final reading on fourth-quarter gross domestic product and the latest weekly claims for unemployment benefits.
The American Petroleum Institute said that crude supplies for the week ending March 22 rose by 3.7 million barrels. Ample supplies tend to keep a lid on energy prices.
Brent crude, used to price many kinds of oil imported by U.S. refineries, was up 30 cents to $109.99 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
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Just down the road from the National Art Museum on the Rua das Janelas Verdes is an eighteenth-century mansion; once the home of the Portuguese novelist Eça de Queirós, today it's a small and elegant boutique hotel, with many of the trappings of an old-fashioned literary residence— wood-paneled walls, ornate armchairs, musty old books, maps and antique objets d'art at every turn.
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The better rooms look out the back of the building, over the tranquil courtyard garden where cocktails and meals are served, weather permitting. An elegant dining room serves as an alternate venue, and the ambience is perhaps best soaked up from the wood-paneled library, opening onto a sprawling balcony where drinks are served with views out over the Tagus river.
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Providence, RI – All of us have had terrifyingly stressful moments in our lives when we were not sure we had the strength, the intestinal fortitude to survive the crisis. Perhaps it was a genuine health scare, or receiving dreadful news about a loved one or a terrorist attack. Whatever the daunting challenge, what all of us hope, and want to believe, is that we have the courage to survive. Peter Mandel reflects on his very personal brush with bravery.
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