| Baron & Budd, P.C. Attorney Ellen Presby to Speak at University of Houston Law Foundation Program
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 20, 2006 -- Baron & Budd, P.C. attorney Ellen Presby will speak on the topic of "Sanctions for Discovery Abuse: When and How to Invoke the Court's Power" at the Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course held today and tomorrow in Houston and July 27 - 28 in Dallas. Baron & Budd attorney Kevin McHargue and Presby are co-authors of the paper that Presby will present. The program is sponsored by the University of Houston Law Foundation. .
Despite dangers, a few factories in the North are open
Yona Fertouk, the head of the Histadrut labor union in Upper Galilee, is caught between a rock and a hard place. According to Home Command instructions, everyone living in confrontation line communities must stay in their shelters and safe rooms except for workers in factories and services considered vital to the war effort or those receiving special permission to keep operating. Fertouk is responsible for all workers belonging to the Histadrut in his area, which includes Kiryat Shmona, Hatzor and Safed. On one hand, he is responsible for their safety and well-being. On the other, he is responsible for making sure they have jobs. "What am I supposed to do in this situation?" he asked. "Should I take into account that the factory has to stay afloat so that the workers will have jobs after the fighting is over, or should I think only about the threat to lives now when they go to work? Where do I find the right balance?" All in all, Fertouk has taken a cautious approach.
Statins Reverse Doxorubicin Resistance in Mesothelioma Cells
NEW YORK JUL 12, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Statins reverse doxorubicin resistance in human malignant mesothelioma cells in culture, a finding that may lead to new clinical strategies to improve doxorubicin efficacy in this hard to treat cancer. "The mechanism of statin-mediated inhibition of small G-protein function is the molecular basis of the drug-elicited reversion of doxorubicin resistance in human malignant mesothelioma cells," Dr. Amalia Bosia from University of Torino, Italy told Reuters Health. Dr. Bosia and colleagues investigated the ability of statins to reverse resistance to doxorubicin in drug-resistant primary human malignant mesothelioma cells and the molecular mechanism behind the reversion, according to their report in the July 1st issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
Economist Louis Winnick dies at 85
MANHASSET, N.Y. | Louis Winnick, an economist who helped guide the investments of the Ford Foundation and promoted low-income home ownership, has died. He was 85.Winnick died Saturday at a hospice in Manhasset, on Long Island. The cause of death was mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer that his daughter Pamela Winnick attributed to exposure to asbestos when he worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. Winnick was born in Romania and came to Brooklyn when he was 1. He graduated from Brooklyn College and earned a graduate degree in economics at Columbia University.He worked for the New York City Planning Commission and the Housing and Redevelopment Board before joining the Ford Foundation in 1962. He served as deputy vice president in the national affairs division from 1968 to 1986.Winnick played a major role in the foundation's effort to channel resources into housing, community renewal and minority enterprise following the turbulence of the late 1960s.He was credited with steering the foundation toward making low-interest loans and equity investments in low-income urban areas.
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