San Francisco trial attorney Lawrence J. Gornick was recently selected as a 2012 Northern California Super Lawyer. This is one of many recognitions and awards Mr. Gornick has earned over the years through his extensive leadership in complex multidistrict litigation. Super Lawyers is the leading rating service of the top lawyers in the country. Its multistep selection process is rigorous and includes peer reviews, peer evaluations and extensive independent research. Attorneys who are selected as Super Lawyers have not only obtained substantial success inside the courtroom, ...

When I was requested to participate in a program involving Right to Work I understood that the Mackinac Center would also be participating. It was in contemplation of their participation that I prepared this paper. It is now my understanding that I am to be joined by Paul Kersey, formerly of the Center and now with the Illinois Policy Institute, ideologically a kissing cousin of the Center. My observations about the Center hold true for the Institute and the Institute's spokesperson today. I intend to show that Right to Work is not a concept that exists in a vacuum. ...

Going back to the Han Dynasty eight centuries ago and on through the Roman Empire, World War II and right up to present day, one of the decisive factors in victory on the battlefield or in special operations has been none other than the lowly boot. Without good boots, military disasters have frequently occurred. Take for example, Hitler's campaign "Barbarossa", or Red Beard, where the biggest invasion in history (four million German soldiers along a front that was 2,900 miles wide) invaded Russia. The Germans didn't count on the invasion lasting until winter. ...

OC Car Dealers is proud to announce the arrival of 2013 models to their four car dealerships. Toyota Place, Scion Place, OC Nissan Irvine and OC Nissan Garden Grove are also part of the Noarus Automotive Group in southern California. For those who are looking for a 2013 Toyota model, they can find it at Toyota Place and choose from models 4Runner, Avalon, Corolla, FJ Cruiser, Highlander, Matrix, Prius, Prius v, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma, Tundra and Venza. At OC Nissan Irvine, they recently received the 2013 Nissan 370Z, Altima, Murano, Rogue, Versa, Juke, Armada, Pathfinder, ...

InternetReputation.com is pleased to announce the publication of 8 new case studies that reveal clear reputation management problems and solutions. The case studies, demonstrate how InternetReputation.com has helped individuals and businesses from all backgrounds deal with a host of online reputation issues, ranging from negative Yelp reviews to old arrest records. An InternetReputation.com executive commented on the case studies, saying, "We're very proud of these eight studies. We believe they do a good job of highlighting a variety of online reputation problems, ...

7Regal is proud to announce a major expansion to 50 languages. The new, fresh casino isn't wasting any time in going global. Launched in the summer of 2012, Casino 7Regal features hundreds of online casino games - from the hit Marvel slots to table and live dealer games. Just as the holiday season approaches, 7Regal is expanding its reach and player base on a massive level. In addition to covering Spain, Germany, Russia, Norway and other major European markets, 7 Regal is now also available throughout Asia, South America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Among ...

Corcentric, a leading provider of Accounts Payable automation solutions, announces the appointment of Mike Rowbotham to the role of Vice President of Information Technology, reporting to Doug Clark, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mike comes to Corcentric with more than ten years of extensive experience in the IT realm. Since joining Corcentric in 2001, Mike has been responsible for the technology and development strategies of their customer-facing and internally-facing systems. Over the past ten years, Mike has led the development of leading-edge network and ...

Creative designer Tara Shah and the team at Tara's Elegance, which offers a line of premium jeans, have announced the launch of a modeling competition for women between the ages of 14 and 30. Hopeful models can upload their photos via a special contest application on Facebook between now and Dec. 27, 2012. The winners will receive prizes valued at more than $4,000. The Tara's Elegance modeling contest is designed to identify promising new models and to offer these women the opportunity to work with fashion industry professionals. Contest entrants need not have any prior ...

Everyone wants to look their best for the Christmas party season and with non-surgical treatments becoming ever more popular in our beauty regimes, there are many ways to ensure you feel at your most confident during the busiest party season in the calendar. One month to go A month before the festive party season is an ideal time to get a facial peel for fresh, youthful skin. Skin can become clogged with dead skin cells, making it look dull and lifeless - especially during the winter months. Facial peels are a deep form of exfoliation to remove the dead skin and ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for women with breast cancer and showed changes in brain activity associated with lower stress and anxiety after the eight-week program. Their new study appears in the December issue of the journal Stress and Health. Daniel Monti, MD, director of the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine ...

Audio available at: https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/24616.aspx When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "Most clinicians and researchers thought these very heavy smokers would be the most resistant to price increases," says first author Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg, PhD. "Many believed this group was destined to continue smoking heavily forever, but our study points out that, in fact, change can occur. And that's very good news." States ...

SALT LAKE CITY—Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) researchers Michael Deininger, M.D., Ph.D., and Thomas O'Hare, Ph.D., were part of a team that found a potent oral drug, ponatinib, effective in patients who have developed resistance to standard treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic lymphoma (Ph+ ALL). The New England Journal of Medicine released results of the trial today. In the phase I clinical trial conducted at five cancer centers nationwide, ponatinib was highly active in patients with CML and Ph+ ALL ...

Mice with a condition that serves as a laboratory model for Down syndrome perform better on memory and learning tasks as adults if they were treated before birth with neuroprotective peptides, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Down syndrome results when an individual receives an extra copy of chromosome 21. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Down syndrome occurs in 1 of every 691 births. Features of Down syndrome include delays in mental and physical development and poor muscle tone. These features may vary greatly, ...

A small pocket of Western Australia's remote outback is set to become the eye on the sky and could potentially save the world billions of dollars. The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope, unveiled today, Friday 30 November, will give the world a dramatically improved view of the Sun and provide early warning to prevent damage to communication satellites, electric power grids and GPS navigation systems. The $51 million low-frequency radio telescope will be able to detect and monitor massive solar storms, such as the one that cut power to six million people ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Given the right equipment, training and skill, an individual surgeon can expect to provide the best possible care on a consistent basis. But how do you get an entire system of surgeons — each with his or her own ideas, backgrounds, and routines — to provide that same level of care? A series of studies directed by Intermountain Healthcare's Oncology Clinical Program shows that it's possible to improve care across the board if you tackle the problem in a standardized way, relying on the best evidence available. "It sounds simple, but it's really very ...

New research shows first evidence of paternal voice recognition in solitary foraging species, provides insight into early primates from which humans evolved Think of the last time you screamed. Chances are you attracted someone's attention. What about the last time someone flirted with you? You were likely more selective in your response. New research findings from Arizona State University and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover in Germany demonstrate that a less social species – the grey-mouse lemur - pays attention to alarm calls regardless of whom they ...

Rocky planets are thought to form through the random collision and sticking together of what are initially microscopic particles in the disc of material around a star. These tiny grains, known as cosmic dust, are similar to very fine soot or sand. However, in the outer regions around a brown dwarf -- a star-like object, but one too small to shine brightly like a star -- astronomers expected that grains could not grow because the discs were too sparse, and particles would be moving too fast to stick together after colliding. Also, prevailing theories say that any grains ...

The only way to protect against HIV and unintended pregnancy today is the condom. It's an effective technology, but not appropriate or popular in all situations. A University of Washington team has developed a versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection. The research was published this week in the Public Library of Science's open-access journal PLoS One. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...

Two-thirds of Australian mums-to-be are in the dark when it comes to how much weight they should gain during pregnancy. Susie de Jersey from Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and senior dietician at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital said a third of women surveyed gained too much weight during pregnancy. Another third struggled to gain enough weight with some mothers recording a lower weight just before giving birth than they did before falling pregnant. "The majority of the women in the study knew ...

Elaborate secondary sexual displays are often overlooked because many species attract mates through sensory modalities imperceptible to humans, including ultraviolet light, ultrasound, electrical signals, or pheromones. Also, sexual coloration may only be expressed briefly during courtship (ephemeral courtship dichromatisms) to avoid attracting predators. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a widely studied model organism, though there have been few studies on their mating behaviour. Like many schooling fish, zebrafish do not appear sexually dichromatic to humans; there are no ...

Children and young people in Europe are exposed to all kinds of fast food, crisps and fizzy drinks – so how can they learn to resist the temptation to indulge? This is the question that the European research project TEMPEST was set up to answer. The research project involves researchers from nine European countries and one of the team members is Liliya Nureeva, a PhD student at Aarhus University. The TEMPEST research project has prepared strategies for children to use to suppress or control their desire to scoff sweets and snacks. One of the main objectives of the ...

After two decades of satellite observations, an international team of experts brought together by ESA and NASA has produced the most accurate assessment of ice losses from Antarctica and Greenland to date. This study finds that the combined rate of ice sheet melting is increasing. The new research shows that melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has added 11.1 mm to global sea levels since 1992. This amounts to about 20% of all sea-level rise over the survey period. About two thirds of the ice loss was from Greenland, and the remainder was from Antarctica. ...

TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2012—How-to books are full of advice on what makes a good mentor. But what makes a good mentee and what chemistry is needed to make the relationship work? People being mentored should be open to feedback and be active listeners, according to a new research paper. They should also be respectful of their mentor's time, including being on time and prepared for meetings. And it helps to follow at least some of their advice. "Successful mentorship is vital to career success and satisfaction for both mentors and mentees," said Dr. Sharon Straus, a researcher ...

Amsterdam, NL, November 30, 2012 – Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders typically characterized by difficulties in social interactions and delayed or abnormal language development. Although ASD reportedly affects 1 in 88 people in the United States, to date there have been no distinctive biomarkers to diagnose the disease. In a special themed issue of Disease Markers, investigators report on the current understanding of ASD genetics and the possibilities of translating genetic research toward biomarker development in ASD. "Although some individuals ...

If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse – 52-times more toxic. That's according to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico. The study found that mixing the dispersant with oil increased toxicity of the mixture up to 52-fold over the oil alone. In toxicity tests in the lab, the mixture's effects increased mortality ...