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Voters on Tuesday will have the chance to impact the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court’s future as nine seats are up for election. Thirty-nine candidates are vying for 10-year positions on the bench. Judges earn $189,794. Although there is a large slate of candidates this year, it’s not even close

As reported in Science Translational Medicine, researchers pinpointed a protein called melanocortin 3 receptor (or MC3R) as an avenue for accessing the brain circuitry that controls the body’s energy balance and food intake. The research offers preliminary evidence that manipulating the MC3R can either stimulate or suppress food intake. The MC3R sits on the surface of neurons, where it sends and receives signals about the overall energy balance in the body. Although this protein is found thr...

University of Michigan transporter (VGAT; blue) mRNA expression in the arcuate nucleus of a mouse. MC3R is coexpressed in a high percentage of both AgRP and VGAT neurons in the arcuate nucleus, a brain region that is known to control feeding in both mice and humans. Image credit: Michelle Bedenbaugh, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Scientists have identified a potential drug target for treating obesity and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, a condition for which no therapeutics...

Madison restaurant owner charged with stalking, monitoring woman with GPS April 16, 2021 4:20 PM Site staff Updated: MADISON, Wis. — Madison restaurant owner Patrick Sweeney is being charged with a felony count of stalking and two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct after being accused of threatening and monitoring a woman. According to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Dane County Court, an officer with the Village of Oregon Police Department was called by ...

Boise State News April 14, 2021 Photo Patrick Sweeney Idaho Business Review’s 2021 awards feature a handful of Boise State alumni, faculty and donors for their leadership, integrity and commitment to excellence. The publication’s CEO of Influence award recognizes talented business and nonprofit leaders throughout Idaho. Alumni who received this award are the following: Jessica McKinney (alumna), CEO and co-founder, Red Aspen Bret Moffett (Master of Business Administration, ’...

PA House of Representatives State Representative Ed Gainey won the endorsement of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee in his bid for mayor of Pittsburgh Sunday, holding off a spirited challenge from Tony Moreno. Incumbent Bill Peduto, who both men hope to beat on May 18, did not seek the endorsement. But moments after his 326-224 win, Gainey said the endorsement “speaks volumes. This is the first time I can [remember] them endorsing an African American to be mayor of the city of Pitt...

PA House of Representatives State Representative Ed Gainey won the endorsement of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee in his bid for mayor of Pittsburgh Sunday, holding off a spirited challenge from Tony Moreno. Incumbent Bill Peduto, who both men hope to beat on May 18, did not seek the endorsement. But moments after his 326-224 win, Gainey said the endorsement “speaks volumes. This is the first time I can [remember] them endorsing an African American to be mayor of the city of Pitt...

The tree you climbed endlessly And you disappeared ------------------------------------------------------------------- Grow with http://www.asahi.com/ajw/special/haiku/. The next issue of the Asahi Haikuist Network appears Mar. 19. Readers are invited to send haiku about gales on a postcard to David McMurray at the International University of Kagoshima, Sakanoue 8-34-1, Kagoshima, 891-0197, Japan, or e-mail to (mcmurray@fka.att.ne.jp). * * * David McMurray has been writing the Asahi Haikuist Ne...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Rhoades McKee attorneys Jackie Gordon and Patrick Sweeney were elected as shareholders of the firm. They are among 44 shareholders in the firm’s three offices that are located in Grand Rapids, Hastings and Holland, which has a total of 47 practicing attorneys. Gordon focuses on employment litigation, professional liability litigation, probate litigation and the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program. She specializes in issues relating to agricultural labor shortages, def...

Area 1 Security Named to CRNs 2021 Security 100 List News provided by Share this article Area 1 Security, the only preemptive, cloud-native email security provider, to its annual Security 100 list. This list recognizes leading IT channel security vendors, and comes on the heels of Area 1s Steve Pataky, Chief Revenue Officer, and Dawn Ringstaff, Director of Global Channel Sales, being recognized on CRNs 2021 list of Channel Chiefs. Area 1 Securitys Accelerate Partner Program enables MSPs, V...