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The Cedar Ford Bridge
Another interesting stone arch bridge in Butler County, Kansas, is the 1908 Cedar Ford Bridge by C. C. Jamison. This large 40-foot-span stone arch bridge is in excellent condition, and is a well-built structure. The bridge is a segmental arch of graceful proportions, and shows well the beauty of simple design.
1908 Cedar Ford Bridge. This simple stone arch bridge spans a large gully that holds water mostly on the west side of the bridge, and which is now slowly filling in. Though this bridge used to span Rock Creek proper, the creek now goes under the concrete bridge just visible in the picture. Water flows under the stone bridge only during floods.
The Cedar Ford Bridge does have a major peculiarity that really becomes obvious in dry weather. Though the bridge does still actively carry SE Pickrell Road, one may sometimes wonder, what exactly was this large stone arch bridge originally intended to span?
The Construction of Cedar Ford Bridge
Cedar Ford Bridge was let early in 1908. The county specifically called for a 40-foot-span stone arch bridge, as can be seen in the call for bids in the February 26, 1908, edition of the El Dorado Republican. According to the account of the commissioner proceedings in the March 13, 1908, edition of the Walnut Valley Times, the contract was awarded to C. C. Jamison for $730. This is also confirmed by the El Dorado Republican published the same day. By July 7, 1908, according to the El Dorado Daily Republican, the county commissioners were ready to accept the bridge.
The Cedar Ford Bridge was originally named after the locality, which was known as Cedar Ford in the early 1900s. Cedar Ford was a prosperous region, known for its highly improved homes featuring electricity and running water. The stone arch bridge was called "the Rock Creek stone arch bridge at Cedar Ford" by the March 13, 1908, edition of the El Dorado Republican. As Cedar Ford was the locality where the bridge was built, it is not surprising that the bridge was the Cedar Ford Bridge. The name Cedar Ford is now obsolete, and this bridge is now commonly known as the "Rock Creek Overflow Bridge." This modern appellation brings up an interesting point: "the Rock Creek stone arch bridge at Cedar Ford" no longer spans Rock Creek proper!
Where and When Did the Creek Go?
The Cedar Ford Bridge, once spanning the large Rock Creek, now spans a sort of gully which only carries a real flow when the creek is way up. Most of the time, the Cedar Ford Bridge spans a stagnating pool under the west side of the bridge. Rock Creek has moved southward. The long south approach of the Cedar Ford Bridge ends at the approach of a concrete bridge that carries the road over the creek proper. This concrete bridge is itself quite old, the contract for it having been let in 1917 (see the November 2, 1917, edition of the El Dorado Republican), a mere nine years after the original Cedar Ford Bridge was erected. To date we have been unable to find anything in old newspapers explaining what exactly happened to the Cedar Ford Bridge. Based on appearances of the mostly-filled-in gully the Cedar Ford Bridge spans, it appears that the Cedar Ford Bridge was originally built across an oxbow in the creek. What seems to have happened is that, likely by flooding, a new channel for the creek was cut through the road, bypassing the bend the stone bridge is on. The creek no longer going under the stone arch bridge, the stone bridge was left on a slowly filling-in, miniature oxbow lake that carries flowing water in floods. The stone arch bridge would have still been needed to cross this flooding gully, and the concrete bridge would have been needed to cross the creek proper.
Additional resource: Index of the Stone Arch Bridges of Butler County, Kansas
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New Album Reviews: Beck/Depp, Journey, Christine McVie, Drive By Truckers, Pink Floyd
Posted on September 22, 2022 September 22, 2022 by Mike Miller
This is kind of a mish-mash of different releases; new stuff I have played and think deserving of some words.
Jeff Beck / Johnny Depp , 18.
At first glance I thought this was some kind of novelty joke. I've been a fan of Beck for 50 years, although I find his more recent material not very accessible. Beck has always been a rebel, like Neil Young, if he likes you like something of his, he will immediately go in a different direction and leave you scratching your head.
Teaming up with Hollywood Vampire rocker Johnny Depp is a weird partnership. I obtained a copy of their new release 18, and put it in in the background as I read. That's how invested I was. Shockingly, I rather liked what I heard. These are mostly covers, I believe there are only two originals. Usually, when Beck does a cover, he makes it quite beautiful in his own way. These covers are interesting and at times, even pleasing.
Depp plays a lot of guitar, bass and handles the vocals. He's functional and adequate, next to Beck's magical guitar. Depp's vocals are uneven, but that's not the prime motivation for this album. Most of the reviews seem to focus on Depp's recent legal issues, which I won't. The other criticism is aimed at why the world needed more cover versions of these songs. One could ask that about any cover of a past song.
The new criticism involves plagiarism of a poem that was allegedly incorporated into the song "Sad Motherfuckin' Parade." Some words from the poem "Hobo Ben," by convict Slim Wilson, ended up in the song attributed to Depp and Beck. Just credit Wilson and pay the royalties, or remove the song, which wouldn't hurt my feelings, it's a tasteless thing anyway.
Journey, Freedom.
Did the world need another Journey album, and another one without vocalist Steve Perry, who left in 1996? While I find current lead vocalist Arnel Pineda an acceptable replacement for Perry, it's like Jon Davidson replacing Jon Anderson in Yes. Just not the same, in part because the songwriting is not the same caliber.
Having voiced my concerns, I found Freedom to be quite good. It's a 73 minute album, which trimmed to an hour would be stronger and easier to absorb in a single listen. The songwriting is by guitarist Neal Schon, keyboard player Jonathan Cain, and guest drummer/producer Michael Narada Walden. The group is essentially Schon, Cain and Pineda, with guest players on bass and drums.
Freedom follows the basic Journey template, a lot of slow and fast love songs, a few anthem-type arena-rock songs and a lot of Schon riffs. Maybe it sounds good to me because it does sound so familiar. Freedom is no classic, it is weak in originality, but it you want to hear a great job of Journey imitating Journey, try this one.
Christine McVie, Songbird.
At first, I though this was a collection of her Fleetwood Mac songs. Wrong! Most of the 10 tracks are from there solo albums, there are a couple of unreleased songs, and the vocals from "Songbird" with a new music track. But wait, there's more!
McVie asked legendary music producer Glyn Johns to remix all the songs and add additional instruments where he saw fit.
I have to admit, I'm not very familiar with McVie's solo material, so this was quite refreshing. If you like McVie's voice and the gentle confessional-type nature of her songs, this collection of songs will not disappoint.
"Songbird" with the new orchestration is exquisite. It you liked the song before, you'll love this version.
Drive-By Truckers, Welcome 2 Club XIII.
I have always been intrigued by this band. I don't own any of there music, but they have a great reputation.
I found a copy of their new album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, and gave it a listen. This led me to finding some of their past releases, which I've been enjoying.
DBT is a rocking, Southern band, but not what you might think a Southern rock band might sound like. They can give you the Marshall Tucker or Allman Brothers vibe, but they sound more like a rough bar-band. They are fine musicians and I especially like their political and socially conscious lyrics.
Welcome 2 Club XIII may not be their best album and it is far from being a message album. They intentionally toned down their messaging for more personal reflection. If you are interested in this band, there are better albums to start on
The opening song "The Driver" is seven minutes of riffy rock and roll. The two closing song are also really good, "Billy Ringo in the Dark" and "Wilder Days."
Pink Floyd, Animals.
Arriving five years late, we get the 2018 remix of the classic 1977 album. Why did we have to wait five years? The David Gilmour/Roger Waters feud. Was it worth the wait? It depends on your perspective. Remixes are like asking, do you like your son or daughter better as a child or adult? It's a different experience.
For me, it is easy. I like the adult Animals better.
The 1977 album never quite grabbed me. It was dense and very prog-like, not a rock and roll album. Through the years it was relegated to the back of my collection. When the remix was announced, I preordered it, even without having heard it. Why did I do this?
The was was the remix of A Momentary Lapse of Reason, the first non-Waters Pink Floyd album. Some of the 1980s production goo was removed and new drum tracks recorded. It sounds much improved. While Animals was not having any new parts, the album's sound was going to be freshened by mixing it with state of the art technology.
The result is wonderful. The album that was dense and murky to me, is bright and inviting. The songs are the same, but the listening experience is much improved.
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Sheryl Nadine Skinner, Russell Co., KY (1949-2014)
She was a native of Christian County, IL, and a resident of Russell Co., KY, at the time of her death. She was the widow of Sherman Leon Skinner. She leaves 27 direct living descendants. She was a homemaker
Sheryl Nadine Skinner, 65, of Russell Springs, died Monday, April 7, 2014 at the Russell County Hospital, Russell Springs, KY.
Funeral service for Sheryl Nadine Skinner will be at 1pmCT, Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY. Burial will be in Russell Springs City Cemetery. Visitation is 5pm-9pmET, at the funeral home.
She was born Monday, January 24, 1949 in Christian County, Illinois. She was the daughter of LaVerne & Mary Elizabeth Anderson Whitehead. She died Monday, April 7, 2014, in Russell Springs, Russell County, KY, at the age of 65 years, 2 months, and 14 days.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sherman Leon Skinner and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Whitehead.
Survivors include the following:
Three daughters: Mary (Juan) "Johnny" Aleman, Russell Springs, KY; Tammy (William) "Mike" Dudgeon, Russell Springs, KY; and Stacy (Steve) Clements, Liberty, KY
Twelve grandchildren
Twelve great grandchildren
Father: LaVerne Whitehead, Springfield, Illinois
Two sisters: Collene Smitty, Georgia; and LaFonda Fern Baird, Tampa, Florida
Brother: William McCarty, Virden, Illinois
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Meineke Car Care Bowl 2011: Northwestern Vs. Texas A&M Game Time, TV Schedule And More
Northwestern will face Texas A&M in the Meineke Car Care Bowl
By Max Mandel Dec 4, 2011, 4:51pm CST
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Following an impressive finish to its season, which saw Northwestern win four of its last five games, the Wildcats have been rewarded with a matchup against Texas A&M in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. The Aggies will be an interesting opponent, as they are looking for a new head coach after the dismissal of Mike Sherman.
The Meineke Car Care Bowl has been around since 2006 and this will be the second straight year in which a Big 10 team will face a Big 12 opponent. The Big 12 has been affiliated with the bowl since 2006, while the Big 10 became affiliated in 2010.
Last season, Illinois cruised to a 38-14 victory over the Baylor Bears. Illinois RB Mikel Leshoure dominated in his final college game, rushing for 184 yards and earning Most Valuable Player.
Game Time, Date: 11 a.m. CST, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011
Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas.
Television Channel: ESPN
2010 Winner And Loser: Illinois 38, Baylor 14
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Despite Late Rally, Northwestern Falls 33-22 Against Texas A&M In Meineke Car Care Bowl
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Gli Horti Calyclani erano antichi giardini situati a Roma sul colle Esquilino (Rione Esquilino), presso la chiesa di sant'Eusebio.

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I giardini sono noti soltanto da tre cippi terminali, ove sono menzionati, in due casi, assieme ai confinanti Horti Tauriani.

Due cippi furono trovati in situ nel 1873 presso la chiesa di sant'Eusebio, poco fuori la linea delle Mura serviane (agger), a nord di via Principe Amedeo. Essi erano posti a separazione fra i due horti, ma non si ha nessuna indicazione topografica per poter collocare l'uno piuttosto che l'altro ad est o ad ovest rispetto alla fronte dei cippi.

Un terzo cippo, con la menzione dei soli Horti Calyclani, fu trovato nel febbraio 1951 su via Giolitti quasi all'angolo con via Cappellini, sostanzialmente in allineamento con i due trovati nel 1873 e con il lato iscritto rivolto a sud-est.

Per l'associazione fra il Forum Tauri e la chiesa di Santa Bibiana sembra preferibile l'ipotesi che gli Horti Tauriani si estendessero verso oriente e gli Horti Calyclani a occidente rispetto alla chiesa di sant'Eusebio.

Oscura rimane l'origine del nome (forse forma oggettivale da Calycles o con minore probabilità da Calyx, personaggio sconosciuto).

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 Rodolfo Lanciani, Forma Urbis Romae, Milano 1893-1901, tav. 24.
 Giuseppe Lugli, s.v. Horti in Ettore De Ruggiero (a cura di), Dizionario epigrafico di antichità romane III, 1922: 1003.
 Samuel Ball Platner e Thomas Ashby, s.v. Horti Calyclani in A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (in inglese), London, Oxford University Press, 1929, p. 266.

 Danila Mancioli, Gli horti dell'antica Roma in Giuseppina Pisani Sartorio e Lorenzo Quilici (a cura di), Roma Capitale 1870-1911. L'archeologia in Roma Capitale fra sterro e scavo, Venezia, Marsilio, 1983, pp. 201–203. ISBN 88-3174-666-9
 Lawrence Richardson, Jr., s.v. Horti Calyclani in A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (in inglese), Baltimore, JHU Press, 1992, p. 197. ISBN 0-8018-4300-6
 Laura Chioffi, s.v. Horti Calyclani, in Eva Margareta Steinby (a cura di), Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae III, Roma, Quasar, 1996, p. 56. ISBN 88-7097-049-3

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Marian Vajda makes Rafael Nadal admission after Wimbledon success
MARIAN VAJDA says he did not believe Novak Djokovic would beat Rafael Nadal and win his fourth Wimbledon title last week.
Djokovic spent the final six months of 2017 sidelined with an elbow injury which eventually required surgery.
It took a while for the Serbian to return to his best form, which came at Queen's where he was beaten in the final by Marin Cilic.
But Djokovic bounced back and crept under the radar at Wimbledon until his semi-final showdown with world No 1 Nadal.
The match lasted over five hours and spread across two days until Djokovic booked his place in the final with a 10-8 final-set win.
Djokovic's coach Vajda was surprised with the mental attributes his player showed during the dramatic victory.
"I didn't believe so much during the semi-finals he would beat Rafa (Nadal), because Rafa was mentally much better and winning Grand Slams and coming into the semi-finals much better," Vajda said.
Djokovic beat Nadal in the Wimbledon semi-final (Image: GETTY)
"But mentally it was something amazing that happened in the fifth set.
"He hasn't had experience against opponents like Nadal in a long time, I don't know how he found it, but he just went for the balls, he had more courage to go for it and he made it simple.
"He commanded himself just very simply and then it happened."
Meanwhile, Vajda was even more shocked Djokovic was able to secure his fourth Wimbledon title so soon after returning from injury.
"I didn't expect to win Wimbledon, this is the biggest surprise from all the years I was with him," Vajda added.
The Serbian won his fourth title at the All England Club (Image: GETTY)
"All the years we were practicing, I was expecting he can be No 1, he can win Grand Slams, but this was very unexpected.
"Queen's helped him a lot, giving him slight confidence, but he was always doubting how he would be at Wimbledon.
"I think the biggest improvement here was his serving, patterns were fantastic, and the most improvement was on the return.
"He couldn't find returns in Paris and in other tournaments but he found it just in time this tournament."


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Top Ten: The most popular Live Action News posts of 2019
By Kelli | December 20, 2019 , 08:30am
Live Action News published more than 2,000 articles in 2019 and received more than 33 million page views. Visitors to our website read and shared many compelling stories that showcased both the value of human beings from the moment of fertilization and also revealed the inhumanity of abortion. Below are the articles that made the top 10 for 2019, counting down from number 10:
10. Abortion survivor missing limbs has 'to live with someone else's choice'
Nik Hoot was born in Russia missing limbs after he survived an attempted abortion. A year later, Hoot was adopted by an American couple. The article states, "He immediately took to his prosthetic legs, ditching his walker and learning to run within two weeks, according to his mother. As a boy, Nik loved sports, playing baseball, basketball, football, and wrestling. He had his obvious challenges, but never let those hold him back."
Hoot says knowing he was nearly killed makes him angry. ""I knew that I was supposed to be an aborted baby and it failed. It makes me angry because I would never want for that to happen to any kid," he says. "Anybody can become anything, and getting rid of a kid like that isn't right to me."
This article, published in April, was viewed nearly 202,000 times.
9. Actor Shia LaBeouf says co-star with Down syndrome saved his life
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This October article, which was viewed nearly 206,000 times, tells the story of how actor Shia LaBeouf put the film production of "Peanut Butter Falcon" at risk when he got drunk and was arrested during filming. His co-star, Zach Gottsagen, who has Down syndrome, reportedly called him out on his behavior, saying to LaBeouf, "You're already famous. This is my chance. And you're ruining it." This, said LaBeouf, is what he needed to hear, and it "changed the course" of his life.
8. StemExpress CEO admits under oath to harvesting 'intact' aborted children
In a September hearing against Center for Medical Progress undercover investigators David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, the CEO of StemExpress, a business that harvests aborted children from abortion facilities to sell to researchers, stated that her company has harvested intact aborted children — meaning these infants had the potential of being born alive. According to the article, the CEO "admitted in court that when a fetal brain is harvested, the head may still be attached to the body and that StemExpress does indeed harvest and supply fully intact aborted children." This article was viewed nearly 207,000 times.
7. Senate fails to pass bill protecting infants surviving abortion
In February, Sen. Ben Sasse introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. It needed 60 votes to pass, but only received 53 votes in favor. The bill attempted to treat any child surviving an abortion as "a legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws."
According to the article, which was viewed 276,000 times, "Every Democratic presidential hopeful — Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sherrod Brown, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren, along with Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont — voted against this common-sense bill."
6. SHOCK: Abortionist holds dismembered baby, says patient can 'get on with her life'
Screenshot of the leg of a dismembered 20-week old preborn child killed by a D&E abortion in the documentary Lake of Fire.
This article, published on January 22nd, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, features a clip from the black and white film, "Lake of Fire." The abortionist in the clip. Dennis Christensen, holds up the head and foot of a second-trimester preborn child he has just aborted. He says in the clip, "The really important thing is that we've been able to help this young lady get on with her life. She's planning to go on to school and she doesn't have to take on the responsibilities of parenting."
The article has been viewed nearly 280,000 times.
5. FOX football announcer reveals on live TV: Ohio State's J.K. Dobbins almost aborted, but became mom's miracle
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 30: J.K. Dobbins #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes runs for a fourth quarter touchdown while playing the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ohio State won the game 56-27. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
This article, just recently published at the end of November, has been viewed more than 280,000 times already. A FOX sports announcer made waves that month when he noted the pro-life story of Ohio State football player J.K. Dobbins, whose mother became pregnant as a teen but chose life for her son, whom she calls her "miracle."
4. Teen mom diagnosed with cancer while pregnant has died
Published in April, this article has been viewed more than 368,000 times and tells the story of Dana Scatton, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at seven months pregnant. Dana gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Aries. The article notes, "Baby Aries was born by emergency C-section at 33 weeks gestation and was breathing on her own. Scatton's health continued to decline, though she fought hard. She lived for about 17 months from the time of her diagnosis and her focus the entire time was to beat cancer and be with her daughter, who was often by her side in the hospital."
3. Four myths about New York's new abortion law… and the truth
This article, published in January, dismantles four myths about New York's Reproductive Health Act, an extreme abortion law. The four lies are 1) The New York law only allows for late-term abortion when the health of the mother is at risk (or in the most dire circumstances), 2) Women will die without late-term abortion, 3) Late-term abortions are necessary in cases of fetal anomalies, and 4) No one has late-term abortions/late-term abortions are rare. The article was viewed nearly 415,000 times.
2. Baby girl saved by Safe Haven Baby Box the first month it was installed
Facebook – Safe Haven Baby Boxes
Published in September, this article has been viewed more than 1.4 million times and tells the story of a little girl who was rescued by first responders within 90 seconds after being placed into a Safe Haven Baby Box in Hammond, Indiana. The article notes, "Less than 30 days after installing a Safe Haven Baby Box, Franciscan Health Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, received a healthy newborn baby girl…. An alarm sounded when the baby was placed in the box, and the emergency department of the hospital responded."
1. 'Dark day': Illinois governor signs abortion bill far worse than New York's
Partial-birth abortion.
Published in June of 2019, this article was viewed more than 2.1 million times and focused on the passage of Illinois' Reproductive Health Act, which is even more extreme than the Reproductive Health Act passed by New York in January.
According to the article, "the Illinois House passed a bill even more extreme than New York's Reproductive Health Act, passed in January — and it includes a repeal of a ban on gruesome D&X, or "partial-birth" abortions." At the time, Rep. Kelly Cassidy attempted to claim that the bill's passage came about because of pro-life laws being passed in states like Alabama and Georgia; however, it was New York which passed an extreme pro-abortion law at the first of the year, and Virginia attempted to pass one after that. Groundbreaking pro-life laws weren't passed in various states until the months following.
Thank you to our readers and donors! You have helped to make 2019 a successful year in reaching millions with the pro-life message by reading and sharing our articles to help educate others about the value of life, and by donating to help further our work, and we are grateful!


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Book Review: Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo
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Zoe Marriage
Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo
Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0415641333, 192 p.
As the title suggests, the book is centred around the paradox of a formal peace agreement signed in 2002 and the continuation of violence into the present. Marriage argues that this phenomenon is a result of the negative impact Western security priorities had on Congo since the country's independence in 1960. Examining the repercussions of human security, global security and liberal state building on the DRC, the author states that despite their benevolent appearance these discourses have not only tolerated violence against the population but set the economic and political context in which abuses take place. Marriage supposes that the contradiction stems primarily from opposed northern and Congolese interests, but is reinforced by an ideology that impedes donors from critically assessing the outcomes of their intervention. She concludes that "donors continue to compromise vulnerable people because it is in their interest to do so, and their claims of commonality prevent them from finding this problematic" (p.149).
Marriage proceeds her analysis by describing two conflicts that emerge from the interaction between northern and Congolese interests: the conflict between the Congolese leadership and the population, and the international conflict for Congo's resources. In regards to the former, she describes how after the end of the Cold War, the loss of strategic interest of western patrons in Africa resulted in a reduction of funds, whilst at the same time the discourse on global security confronted president Mobutu with demands for democratization and liberalization. Facing the double challenge of being unable to sustain his established system of distributive patronage politics and being pressured to loosen his grip on the state and society, Mobutu resorted to the manipulation of the population into self-destructive behaviour. He orchestrated pillages of the major cities by the army and the population that had the double function of satisfying immediate survival needs and, through their repercussions on the economy, subsequently rendered opposition and resistance very difficult. In a similar Machiavellian manner, Mobutu antagonized ethnic groups on the provincial level with an ideology of Géopolitique, effectively using the question of origin to provoke violence over land, access to power and citizenship.
Marriage secondly describes how northern security and development priorities fed into the two Congo wars (1996-97 and 1998-2002). She argues that the discourse of state failure in Africa discredited the Congolese government and directed policy towards the market as an alternative to the state for achieving development and security. However, instead of resulting in prosperity for the Congolese people, the combination of a global demand for resources and porous borders lead to violent exploitation by the countries neighbours. She concludes that "the market became part of the mechanism of violence and further impoverishment as Rwanda and Uganda capitalized on the donors' lack of concern for Congo's sovereignty"(p.59). Marriage continues by stating that the patterns of violence and abuse, particularly through the RCD occupation, directly contradicted the on-going discourse on human security. She criticizes that this was not acknowledged by western donors while the discourse itself sustained the situation as "its terminology diminished the political significance of invasion, massacre rape and state abuse by imposing insipid categories and individualising experiences of violence". (p.59)
Without doubt, the author makes an important and necessary contribution through highlighting the hypocritical nature of northern security and development discourses as well as their detrimental effects for the Congolese population. However, the book remains somewhat sketchy, where the gravity of the accusations levelled would demand a more thorough argumentation and maybe even more systematic research. As it stands, Marriage contains herself to draw her thought-provoking argument in broad strokes and thus leaves it vulnerable to criticism, such as the challenge to specify the various actors that make out "the north" or acknowledge their multidimensional, at times, contradicting interests. Likewise, Marriage proves surprisingly naïve when she challenges northern countries to be honest in assessing their behaviour and to develop ways in which "more powerful actors can interact with less powerful ways that are not demeaning or exploitative" (p.149).
It's the book's second and more significant contribution, is that the book gives voice to the Congolese. This represents a practical step in challenging hegemonic discourses simply by considering the perceptions and priorities of a population that remains widely neglected in the literature as well as by security and development actors. Through numerous interviews Marriage collected testimonies and skilfully applies them to provide the reader with thick descriptions of experienced violence and individual coping strategies. In this manner Marriage is able to assess what security means to Congolese who have "prioritised agency and predictability by creating space and opportunity for themselves to operate" (p.62). Marriage clarifies that this integration of a Congolese perspective does not attempt to discover an objective definition of security but renders the political agenda of neoliberalism more visible. The approach is also to be commended for re-humanizing the Congolese which have been turned into "biological things" by the power of international interventions and abusive elites.
This book is strongest where it analyses the interplay between agency and structure in a sociological manner. The use of violence is, for instance, not only portrayed as products of restrained choices, structural factors and emerging frustration, but Marriage also investigates its repercussions on society and on the very individuals that resort to it. This is of particular value as most literature on the Congo seems to concentrate on the political and economic dimension of conflict in the East. Even when historically contextualized, it generally falls short of even attempting to understand the role of Congolese society both in shaping these conflicts and being shaped by them. So although conducting fieldwork between 2005-06 and primarily in four cities (Kisangani, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Mbujimayi) at first appeared questionable for a contemporary book on security and development in the DRC, it might actually have provided the author with an out of the box perspective and reflections on more fundamental dynamics. Certainly, reading about other places than the Kivus, is not only refreshing but also helpful for understanding the dynamics of a country that is as big as western Europe.
Published in Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security (JCTS) Vol. 4 | No. 1-2
Tagged Congo, Development, DRC, Informal War, Peace, Security
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In this interview, Eddie Ramirez of Casa Sol Bed and Breakfast in San Juan, Puerto Rico, shares with us key insights from his remarkable career: A truly inspiring story of a professional who followed his ambitions and dreams, while staying true to his convictions.
His tips for hotel owners and managers interested in working towards sustainability.
Eddie, why did you chose to work in tourism?
It all started when I was 10 years old. My father owned a restaurant and I worked with him during the weekends. Later on he bought an old building, renovated it and opened a theatre café restaurant. On the second floor of the building he had eight apartments that he rented out.
As I grew up and continued working for him, the interest in hospitality grew. I saw a future potential of turning the business into a small boutique hotel.
In 1980-81 I took a summer job with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company in New York City. A great experience, which gave me even more reassurance that hospitality, restaurant- and tourism management was my future.
During my college years at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey (USA), I had the opportunity to attend three European Hospitality Seminars, each year in a different country (Austria, Switzerland and Spain).
I also held part-time jobs in the industry working for hotel chains like Marriott, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, Hilton, and even at a Horse Race Track where I was dishwasher, waiter, runner, bellman, room service attendant and kitchen helper.
All these opportunities just gave me a strong background in the field. I graduated in 1986 and went on a corporate management training program at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, a hotel with 1,500 rooms. Later on I transferred back to Puerto Rico to work at the Hyatt Dorado Beach, and moved to the Caribe Hilton some years after.
Did sustainability play a role during your time at Caribe Hilton in San Juan?
During my 20 years at the Caribe Hilton, I held positions such as Room Service Manager, Minibar Manager, Restaurant Manager, Banquet Manager, Assistant F&B Manager, and Procurement Manager with responsibility over environmental sustainability.
As an Environmental Sustainability Manager, I was nominated Green Globe of the month for outstanding performance on sustainable tourism in 2009. I also did an online course to become a CSO (Certified Sustainability Officer).
When I was asked to spearhead Caribe Hilton hotel's sustainability program, I just knew the basics on sustainability. I asked myself, can I really make this happen? Lack of knowledge was a true challenge, but I had the passion and thirst to make Caribe Hilton the first hotel in Puerto Rico to get an eco-label.
The rest is history. Caribe Hilton, now an icon in sustainability matters, became the first hotel to receive not just one but two eco labels, Green Globe and Green Key. It was also awarded Green Hotel of the Year twice by the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association.
Last year I was nominated Chairman for the Conservation Committee of the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association. I am currently working on an endorsement program called STEPS (Sustainable Tourism and Environmental Performance Stewardship).
Through orientation sessions, trainings and support, we want to encourage hotels in Puerto Rico to start an environmental program and to get certified. 20 properties are already working towards STEPS endorsement.
Which sustainability aspect at Caribe Hilton did you find the most challenging?
Caribe Hilton was very challenging. Even with the blessing of management, the investment issue always generates friction. Accountants are keen on short-term ROI [return on investment], whereas savings through sustainability initiatives are mid- to long-term.
Just like in agriculture, you first need to prepare the ground, then plant the seed, maintain and care, and eventually you get to enjoy the crop. Sustainability isn't a low-hanging fruit you can just pick and enjoy.
Changing corporate culture and habits is a real challenge, too. At Caribe I needed to change routines and the way the team members thought, which was complicated by the still wide-spread mentality in Puerto Rico that conservation/recycling is too much work.
Why the focus on sustainability at your latest venture, Casa Sol Bed and Breakfast?
Because it's just the right thing to do morally. It also fits our lifestyle, and together with my wife and our children, we all believe in the value of protecting our natural resources and helping our local community prosper.
Sustainability also makes sense financially, of course. The savings and low operating costs can help you keep in business even during hard times.
Recognition is another benefit of focusing on sustainability. But ultimately, that feeling of satisfaction from knowing that you are doing the right thing is probably the greatest benefit.
Which sustainability aspect did you find most challenging?
At Casa Sol the most challenging aspect was to get the permits to install the solar panels. Being located in the historical area of Old San Juan, it felt like every agency had to put in their two cents.
Do you communicate your environmental initiatives to guests?
Which part of your Green Key certification did you find the most challenging?
Challenging was the uncertainty that one had when getting audited, asking yourself "did I do everything the right way", or "did I miss something"? Implementing initiatives was just great, fun and rewarding as you see installations taking shape and becoming effective and productive.
For us, to have been awarded the Green Key certification is truly an honor and a seal for our commitment to help preserve our natural resources for generations to come.
We are true believers in that little by little we can make a change, and our goal is to make this change a very contagious one, until all of human kind contribute their share to helping our planet stay alive.
Your 3 bits of advice to managers of small hotels eager to improve their environmental performance/sustainability?
Go for it! It's not as hard, difficult or expensive as it is said to be. If you want to be successful long-term, embracing sustainability is the way to go. The savings are there, plus you have a social responsibility as a business owner and/or administrator to be an agent of change for your community.
Your thoughts on the current state of sustainable tourism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean region?
Regarding sustainable tourism in Puerto Rico, we have a long way to go. As I mentioned earlier, this is a cultural thing, we need to enforce and promote sustainability principles through education. This needs to be part of the curriculum in all elementary schools.
The central government definitely needs to step up to the plate, they play a key role. We have laws but no one enforces them, it's just not on their list of priorities, a real shame.
In Puerto Rico, we only have seven hotels with eco labels, out of a total 106 properties. As part of the Board of the Puerto Rico Tourism Association, I am making it a priority to promote sustainable tourism by creating awareness and educating through STEPS.
As for the Caribbean region, they are a few steps ahead thanks to a less US-based and more European culture. You can see governments are more involved and promoting sustainability by making and enforcing laws.
Connect with Eddie Ramirez on LinkedIn.
Our interview with Eddie Ramirez was facilitated by Green Key International as part of a special series of interviews. Learn more about Green Key and the Foundation for Environmental Education.
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Summary: A new study reports short distance connectivity abnormalities may be involved in social cognitive deficits in those with ASD.
In recent years, neuroimaging studies have shown that people with ASDs have abnormalities in the functioning of certain brain areas known to be responsible for processing emotions, language and social skills. Research on the brain connectivity of people with ASD has shown in particular a lack of "long-distance" connections and an increase in "short-distance" connectivity. These results formed the basis for the development of a theoretical model for understanding ASDs, according to which the lack of social attention and information processing observed (difficulty in understanding a situation as a whole, attention to certain details) is explained by a saturation of information processed by the brain linked to the increase in neural connectivity between adjacent brain areas.
In order to test the current model, the authors of the study used an innovation designed by Miguel Gevara, Jean-François Mangin and Cyril Poupon at NeuroSpin, namely an atlas specifically covering tractographic analysis of 63 "short-distance" connections from images obtained by diffusion MRI (dMRI). The dMRI demonstrates in vivo bundles of white matter in the brain by measuring the diffusion of water molecules, especially along axons. Tractography can then be used to reconstruct the paths of the nerve fiber bundles represented in the form of a tractogram.
The authors were thus able to study the links between "short-distance" connectivity and social cognition in a homogeneous adult population of persons with ASDs from the InFoR-Autism cohort* (27 persons with ASDs without intellectual disabilities and 31 control persons), which provides one of the richest databases per patient and control.
"The significance of the InFoR-Autism* cohort lies in the great richness of the data collected for each subject included. We were thus able to link the neuroimaging results obtained with social cognition scores, measuring social ability, empathy, social motivation, etc.," recalls Dr. Marc-Antoine d'Albis, Henri Mondor Hospital, Inserm U955, first author of the study.
The authors were thus able to study the links between "short-distance" connectivity and social cognition in a homogeneous adult population of persons with ASDs from the InFoR-Autism cohort* (27 persons with ASDs without intellectual disabilities and 31 control persons), which provides one of the richest databases per patient and control. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to CEA.
These preliminary results are in stark contrast to the current theoretical model according to which the lack of social attention and information processing in people with ASDs is due to an increase in neural connectivity between adjacent brain areas. They now need to be confirmed by studies conducted in children with ASDs, as Prof. Houenou explains, "These results are preliminary but they suggest that these short-distance connectivity abnormalities may be involved in some of the social cognitive deficits present in autistic subjects. It is now necessary to conduct similar studies in children to confirm the results obtained in adults. Pediatric cohorts are necessary for studies in children of various ages – and therefore brain maturation – and this implies taking into account a much larger population of subjects.
Image Source: NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to CEA.
Original Research: Open access research for "Local structural connectivity is associated with social cognition in autism spectrum disorder" by Marc-Antoine d'Albis, Pamela Guevara, Miguel Guevara, Charles Laidi, Jennifer Boisgontier, Samuel Sarrazin, Delphine Duclap, Richard Delorme, Federico Bolognani, Christian Czech, Céline Bouquet, Myriam Ly-Le Moal, Stefan Holiga, Anouck Amestoy, Isabelle Scheid, Alexandru Gaman, Marion Leboyer, Cyril Poupon, Jean-François Mangin, and Josselin Houenouin Brain. Published November 14 2018.
CEA"Neuroimaging Study Challenges Dominant Theoretical Model of ASD." NeuroscienceNews. NeuroscienceNews, 15 November 2018.
CEA"Neuroimaging Study Challenges Dominant Theoretical Model of ASD." http://neurosciencenews.com/asd-neuroimaging-model-10212/ (accessed November 15, 2018).
The current theory implying local, short-range overconnectivity in autism spectrum disorder, contrasting with long-range underconnectivity, is based on heterogeneous results, on limited data involving functional connectivity studies, on heterogeneous paediatric populations and non-specific methodologies. In this work, we studied short-distance structural connectivity in a homogeneous population of males with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and used a novel methodology specifically suited for assessing U-shaped short-distance tracts, including a recently developed tractography-based atlas of the superficial white matter fibres. We acquired diffusion-weighted MRI for 58 males (27 subjects with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and 31 control subjects) and extracted the mean generalized fractional anisotropy of 63 short-distance tracts. Neuropsychological evaluation included Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV (WAIS-IV), Communication Checklist-Adult, Empathy Quotient, Social Responsiveness Scale and Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult (BRIEF-A). In contradiction with the models of short-range over-connectivity in autism spectrum disorder, we found that patients with autism spectrum disorder had a significantly decreased anatomical connectivity in a component comprising 13 short tracts compared to controls. Specific short-tract atypicalities in temporal lobe and insula were significantly associated with clinical manifestations of autism spectrum disorder such as social awareness, language structure, pragmatic skills and empathy, emphasizing their importance in social dysfunction. Short-range decreased anatomical connectivity may thus be an important substrate of social deficits in autism spectrum disorder, in contrast with current models.


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Lucio Giulio Iullo – politico romano, tribuno consolare nel 438 a.C. e console nel 430 a.C.
 Lucio Giulio Iullo –  politico e militare romano, tribuno consolare nel 388 a.C.
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OCEAN SIGNAL FLAG APRON/M
"What if we made an apron out of the flags they use for ships? The original flags each had an alphabet letter on them and were used to express words by matching the letters (flags) together. We wanted to take something with an extraordinary purpose and turn it into an ordinary, practical item. We were first drawn to the cast iron parts designed to easily connect ropes together without it coming undone. The desire to remake this dynamic yet delicate part is what led us to this item. We then selected cloth that doesn't easily fade but also feels like a flag. It turned out that it was difficult to match the quality of the original cast iron parts. The aluminum we used instead is not as sensitive as the cast iron but it made them more light weight. The final product came out of the conflict between reproducing the original and developing a new product."
Size: H 26 in. x W 18 in.
By using recycled materials and hand made processes, PUEBCO imbues these objects with the feel of many lifetimes, and a sense of history that makes each piece unique.


Hello January! It's that time of year when we all look forward to a healthier and even better year than the last. It is a time of hope and excitement at the prospect of new adventures and life experiences. Anything is possible.
We at Rentokil are taking inspiration for our New Year's resolutions from our work. There is no better place to start than with pests. Could the habits and behaviours of some of the most undesirable and damaging pests across the globe motivate us to behave better, eat better or just generally be better? Only time will tell.
Like mice, which only need 3g of food per day. That's just a few crumbs of bread – yikes! This is an extremely common annual resolution, and explains why my gym is always so much busier in the months of January and February! We will try to follow a more sensible diet plan.
Like flies which are always desperate to escape outdoors through a window! We are constantly told we lead too much of a sedentary lifestyle and need more fresh air and exercise to feel healthier. We will aim to spend more time outdoors on weekends….weather permitting!
3. Make a solid investment!
Like wasps which invest their time in building a nest. Now this does not have to be a financial investment, so perhaps we will invest our time into building something. I have always fancied the idea of an outdoor stone built pizza oven in the garden – exciting!
Unlike rats, which are very cautious of new things in their environment. We will make an attempt to be less risk averse in 2015. We will aim to do one activity that takes us out of our comfort zone. I am not saying we will go bungee jumping….but who knows. Will keep you posted later in the year.
Like bed bugs, which may be regarded as the world's most successful hitchhikers! For those of us who did not take out a gap year or go travelling, our limited holiday allowance at work means there is less opportunity to travel the world on a large scale. So perhaps this year, we will aim to visit at least one new city or country we have never been to before. Will keep you posted on our holiday plans!
Unlike moles, which love to cause costly damage to gardens by their natural tunneling instincts. We will aim to contribute & donate towards all possible charitable events that come our way. Will keep you posted on our Facebook page.
Like ants, which like to live in large colonies – sometimes up to half a million ants! We will aim to attend every company social event….after all, we do spend more time with our colleagues than our own families!
Like spiders. Why do you always find spiders in your bath tub? Because they like to go after the water droplets gathering in your bathtub. They say you should drink up to 2litres of water a day (this includes tea & coffee). We will aim to keep large bottles of water on our desk as a daily reminder.
To help control pest birds! Pigeons just love to feast off discarded takeaways and food waste. We have always used bins to get rid of our rubbish, so we will continue to do this to keep our streets and cities clean.
We will keep you updated throughout the following months to let you know how well or badly we are progressing.
Feel free to share your resolutions with us too! Have some of ours inspired you?


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Day26 este o trupă americană de muzică R&B și pop,legată cu casa de discuri Bad Boy Records.Trupa a fost formată în ce de-a patra serie a programului TV Making The Band și este alcătuită din cinci baieți:Brian Andrews, Michael McCluney, Qwanell "Q" Mosley, Robert Curry, Willie Taylor.

Istoric

Making The Band 4
În 2007,producătorul și rapperul P.Diddy începe căutarea unei noi trupe,împreună cu Michael Bivins , Bryan-Michael Cox , Slam , Ankh Ra și Laurie Ann Gibson/Jamal.

Primul sezon a început pe 18 februarie 2007,iar formația a fost formată pe 26 august 2007.Cei care au câstigat contractul cu Bad Boy Records și au alcătuit formația sunt Robert Curry , Willie Taylor , Brian Andrews , Michael McCluney și Qwanell Mosley,iar Donnie Klang a primit un contract ca artist solo la Bad Boy Records.

Discografie

Albume

Day26
Publicat: 25 martie 2008
Poziții:#1(SUA),#1(SUA,lista R&B)
Vânzări:335,589(SUA)

Tracklisting

Single-uri

Melodia "Got Me Going" a fost scrisă de Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Bryan Michael Cox, Mary Brown, Aion Clarke și produsă de Diddy și Mario Winans.
Melodia "Since You've Been Gone" a fost scrisă de Dean, Kendrick A.J., Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis și produsă de Bryan-Michael Cox și Adonis.

Videoclipuri muzicale
"Got Me Going"
Videoclipul melodiei "Got Me Going" a fost regizat de Syndrome și a avut premiera la BET's 106 & Park on pe 24 martie 2008,cu o zi înainte de lansarea albumului.În videoclip apare și P.Diddy.

"Since You've Been Gone"
Videoclipul melodiei "Since You've Been Gone" a avut premiera pe FNMTV pe 27 iunie 2008.Videoclipul a fost postat pe YouTube.com în ziua lansării și a fost vizionat până acum de mai mult de 100.000 persoane.

Turnee
2008-Making The Band Tour
Day26 cântă în turneu cu Danity Kane și Donnie Klang.Invitata specială este Cheri Dennis.Day26 cântă următoarele melodii:
Come With Me
In My Bed
Co Star
Since You've Been Gone
Exclusive (No Excuses)
Got Me Going
Pe 9 iunie,în Los Angeles,băietii au fost pe scena alături de fetele de la Danity Kane în timp ce acestea cântau melodia "Ecstasy".

Premii
BET Awards
2008, Best Group (Nominalizați)
Teen Choice Awards
2008, Choice Breakout Group (Nominalizați)

Legături externe
 Site oficial
 MySpace Day26

Formații pop americane


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Peroxisome proliferator- activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ or PPARG), also known as the glitazone reverse insulin resistance
receptor, or NR1C3' (nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group C, member 3) is a type II nuclear receptor functioning as a transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the PPARG gene.

Tissue distribution
PPARG is mainly present in adipose tissue, colon and macrophages. Two isoforms of PPARG are detected in the human and in the mouse: PPAR-γ1 (found in nearly all tissues except muscle) and PPAR-γ2 (mostly found in adipose tissue and the intestine).

 Gene expression
This gene encodes a member of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subfamily of nuclear receptors. PPARs form heterodimers with retinoid X receptors (RXRs) and these heterodimers regulate transcription of various genes. Three subtypes of PPARs are known: PPAR-alpha, PPAR-delta, and PPAR-gamma. The protein encoded by this gene is PPAR-gamma and is a regulator of adipocyte differentiation.  Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different isoforms have been described.

The activity PPARG can be regulated via phosphorylation through the MEK/ERK pathway. This modification decreases transcriptional activity of PPARG and leads to diabetic gene modifications, and results in insulin insensitivity. For example, the phosphorylation of serine 112 will inhibit PPARG function, and enhance adipogenic potential of fibroblasts.

 Function
PPARG regulates fatty acid storage and glucose metabolism. The genes activated by PPARG stimulate lipid uptake and adipogenesis by fat cells. PPARG knockout mice are devoid of adipose tissue, establishing PPARG as a master regulator of adipocyte differentiation.

PPARG increases insulin sensitivity by enhancing storage of fatty acids in fat cells (reducing lipotoxicity), by enhancing adiponectin release from fat cells, by inducing FGF21, and by enhancing nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate production through upregulation of the CD38 enzyme.

PPARG promotes anti-inflammatory M2 macrophage activation in mice.

Adiponectin induces ABCA1-mediated reverse cholesterol transport by activation of PPAR-γ and LXRα/β.

Many naturally occurring agents directly bind with and activate PPAR gamma. These agents include various polyunsaturated fatty acids like arachidonic acid and arachidonic acid metabolites such as certain members of the 5-hydroxyicosatetraenoicacid and 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid family, e.g. 5-oxo-15(S)-HETE and 5-oxo-ETE or 15-hydroxyicosatetraenoic acid family including 15(S)-HETE, 15(R)-HETE, and 15(S'')-HpETE, the phytocannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), its metabolite THC-COOH, and its synthetic analog ajulemic acid (AJA). The activation of PPAR gamma by these and other ligands may be responsible for inhibiting the growth of cultured human breast, gastric, lung, prostate and other cancer cell lines.

During embryogenesis, PPARG first substantially expresses in interscapular brown fat pad. The depletion of PPARG will result in embryonic lethality at E10.5, due to the vascular anomalies in placenta, with no permeation of fetal blood vessels and dilation and rupture of maternal blood sinuses. The expression PPARG can be detected in placenta as early as E8.5 and through the remainder of gestation, mainly located in the primary trophoblast cell in the human placenta. PPARG is required for epithelial differentiation of trophoblast tissue, which is critical for proper placenta vascularization. PPARG agonists inhibit extravillous cytotrophoblast invasion. PPARG is also required for the accumulation of lipid droplets by the placenta.

Interactions

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma has been shown to interact with:

 Tetrahydrocannabivarin
 Cannabidiol
 Anandamide
 CD36
 EDF1
 EP300
 HDAC3
 MED1
 NCOA3
 NCOA4
 NCOA2
 NR0B2
 PPARGC1A
 RB1.
 miR3666

Research

PPAR-gamma agonists have been used in the treatment of hyperlipidaemia and hyperglycemia.

Many insulin sensitizing drugs (namely, the thiazolidinediones) used in the treatment of diabetes activate PPARG as a means to lower serum glucose without increasing pancreatic insulin secretion. Activation of PPARG is more effective for skeletal muscle insulin resistance than for insulin resistance of the liver.

See also

 Endocannabinoid system
 Endocannainoidome

References

Intracellular receptors
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OSTI.GOV Technical Report: Nuclear Structure Studies of Exotic Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams A Final Report
Title: Nuclear Structure Studies of Exotic Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams A Final Report
Beta-decay spectroscopy provides important information on nuclear structure and properties needed to understand topics as widely varied as fundamental nuclear astrophysics to applied nuclear reactor design. However, there are significant limitations of our knowledge due to an inability to experimentally measure everything. Therefore, it is often necessary to rely on theoretical calculations which need to be vetted with experimental results. The focus of this report will be results from experimental research performed by the Principal Investigator (PI) and his research group at Mississippi State University in which the group played the lead role in proposing, implementing, performing and analyzing the experiment. This research was carried out at both the National Superconduction Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University and the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The primary emphasis of the research was the use of \bdec spectroscopy as a tool to understand the evolution of nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei which could then be applied to improve theory and to increase the overall knowledge of nuclear structure.
Winger, Jeff Allen [1]
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Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
DOE/ER/41006-14
FG02-96ER41006
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Nuclear Structure; Beta-Decay Spectroscopy; Radioactive Ion Beams; Evolution of Nuclear Structure; Nuclear Astrophysics; Nuclear Data
Winger, Jeff Allen. Nuclear Structure Studies of Exotic Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams A Final Report. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1248341.
Winger, Jeff Allen. Nuclear Structure Studies of Exotic Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams A Final Report. United States. doi:10.2172/1248341.
Winger, Jeff Allen. Thu . "Nuclear Structure Studies of Exotic Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams A Final Report". United States. doi:10.2172/1248341. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248341.
title = {Nuclear Structure Studies of Exotic Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams A Final Report},
author = {Winger, Jeff Allen},
abstractNote = {Beta-decay spectroscopy provides important information on nuclear structure and properties needed to understand topics as widely varied as fundamental nuclear astrophysics to applied nuclear reactor design. However, there are significant limitations of our knowledge due to an inability to experimentally measure everything. Therefore, it is often necessary to rely on theoretical calculations which need to be vetted with experimental results. The focus of this report will be results from experimental research performed by the Principal Investigator (PI) and his research group at Mississippi State University in which the group played the lead role in proposing, implementing, performing and analyzing the experiment. This research was carried out at both the National Superconduction Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University and the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The primary emphasis of the research was the use of \bdec spectroscopy as a tool to understand the evolution of nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei which could then be applied to improve theory and to increase the overall knowledge of nuclear structure.},
doi = {10.2172/1248341},
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A novel way of doing decay spectroscopy at a radioactive ion beam facility
Gross, C. J.; Rykaczewski, K. P.; Shapira, D.
The European Physical Journal A, Vol. 25, Issue S1
DOI: 10.1140/epjad/i2005-06-028-x
Status of RNB facilities in North America.
Conference Nolen, J.
This paper presents the status of accelerator facilities in North America that are involved in research using radioactive nuclear beams (RNB), including existing and operating facilities, ones currently under construction or undergoing major upgrades, and ones being planned or proposed for the future. Existing RNB facilities are located at TRIUMF (TISOL) in Vancouver, B.C., the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) at Argonne National Laboratory, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University, the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at The University of Notre Dame, the 88 Cyclotronmore » at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A and M University. Currently, there are two major RNB facility upgrades in progress in North America, one at TRIUMF, the ISAC project, and one at NSCL the Intensity Upgrade project. For the future the U. S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee has given high priority for an advanced RNB facility of the ISOL type. Concepts for such a facility, currently being developed at Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are presented. Plans are also being developed in Canada at TRIUMF for a major upgrade of the ISAC facility.« less
Status of RNB facilities in North America
Journal Article Nolen, J.A. - AIP Conference Proceedings
This paper presents the status of accelerator facilities in North America that are involved in research using radioactive nuclear beams (RNB), including existing and operating facilities, ones currently under construction or undergoing major upgrades, and ones being planned or proposed for the future. Existing RNB facilities are located at TRIUMF (TISOL) in Vancouver, B.C., the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) at Argonne National Laboratory, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University, the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at The University of Notre Dame, the 88{sup {double_prime}}more » Cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University. Currently, there are two major RNB facility upgrades in progress in North America, one at TRIUMF, the ISAC project, and one at NSCL, the Intensity Upgrade project. For the future, the U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee has given high priority for an advanced RNB facility of the ISOL type. Concepts for such a facility, currently being developed at Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are presented. Plans are also being developed in Canada at TRIUMF for a major upgrade of the ISAC facility. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}« less
DOI: 10.1063/1.57299
Journal Article Nolen, Jerry A. - AIP Conference Proceedings
This paper presents the status of accelerator facilities in North America that are involved in research using radioactive nuclear beams (RNB), including existing and operating facilities, ones currently under construction or undergoing major upgrades, and ones being planned or proposed for the future. Existing RNB facilities are located at TRIUMF (TISOL) in Vancouver, B.C., the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) at Argonne National Laboratory, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University, the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at The University of Notre Dame, the 88{sup ''}more » Cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A and M University. Currently, there are two major RNB facility upgrades in progress in North America, one at TRIUMF, the ISAC project, and one at NSCL, the Intensity Upgrade project. For the future, the U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee has given high priority for an advanced RNB facility of the ISOL type. Concepts for such a facility, currently being developed at Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are presented. Plans are also being developed in Canada at TRIUMF for a major upgrade of the ISAC facility.« less
HRIBF: Scientific Highlights and Future Prospects
Conference Beene, James R
The Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosts a dedicated user program in nuclear physics using exotic beams. Vigorous and innovative research programs concentrating on nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure and nuclear reactions are based at HRIBF, along with a Center of Excellence for Stewardship Science operated by Rutgers University and UNIRIB consortium. Recent work has concentrated on investigation of exotic nuclei beyond the N=50 and N=82 closed shells. HRIBF was developed out of an existing accelerator complex at ORNL at a modest initial cost. Projects to improve facility efficiency and reliability are underway. However, HRIBFmore » will require additional investments to remain productive and competitive over the decade between now and the completion of the long-planned next-generation U.S. exotic beam facility. There are several additional ways in which a modest upgrade could substantially improve HRIBF performance and operation. The most promising and cost-effective of these appears to be addition of a high-power electron accelerator for production of neutron-rich species by photofission.« less
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