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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Madoff wives to face trustee claims in Ponzi case

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5 ex-cops sentenced in Katrina killings case

Sherrel Johnson, mother of James Brisette, who was killed by New Orleans police, is hugged by Rev. Aubrey Wallace outside Federal Court after sentences were handed out in the case in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, with the judge lashing out at prosecutors for two hours on their handling of the case. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Susan Bartholemew, whose arm was shot off by New Orleans police, listens as prosecutors speak outside Federal Court after sentences were handed down in the case in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

U.S. Attorney Jim Letten hugs a supporter of victims who were shot by New Orleans police, outside Federal Court after sentences were handed down in the case in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Fuki Madison, right, mother of Ronald Madison, who was killed by New Orleans police, and attorney Mary Howell, listen to prosecutors speak outside federal court after sentences were handed out in the case in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, with the judge lashing out at prosecutors for two hours on their handling of the case. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lance Madison, brother of Ronald Madison, who was killed by New Orleans police, speaks outside Federal Court after sentences were handed out in the case in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A federal judge sentenced five former police officers to years in prison for the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina but not before lashing out at prosecutors for allowing others involved to serve lighter penalties for their crimes. The case that wrapped up Wednesday was the centerpiece of a Justice Department push to clean up New Orleans' police department that has long been tainted with corruption.

U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt expressed frustration that he was bound by mandatory minimum sentencing laws to imprison former Sgts. Kenneth Bowen and Robert Gisevius and former officers Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon for decades when other officers who engaged in similar conduct on the Danziger Bridge ? but cut deals with prosecutors ? are serving no more than eight years behind bars.

"These through-the-looking-glass plea deals that tied the hands of this court ... are an affront to the court and a disservice to the community," he said.

Police gunned down 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, who were both unarmed, and wounded four others on Sept. 4, 2005, less than a week after the storm devastated New Orleans. To cover it up, the officers planted a gun, fabricated witnesses and falsified reports. Defense attorneys have indicated they will appeal.

Engelhardt also criticized prosecutors for the different ways they charged those who didn't cooperate with a Justice Department civil rights investigation and those who did. The charges were filed in such a way that they left judges with little discretion in handing out sentences in each set of cases, Engelhardt said.

Faulcon received the stiffest sentence of 65 years. Bowen and Gisevius each got 40 years while Villavaso was sentenced to 38. All four were convicted of federal firearms charges that carried mandatory minimum sentences ranging from 35 to 60 years in prison. Faulcon was convicted in both deadly shootings.

"The court imposes them purely as a matter of statutory mandate," Engelhardt said.

Retired Sgt. Arthur "Archie" Kaufman, who was assigned to investigate the shootings, received six years in prison ? a sentence below the federal guidelines. Kaufman wasn't charged in the shootings but was convicted of helping orchestrate the cover-up.

During a scathing lecture that lasted roughly two hours, Engelhardt questioned the credibility of officers who cut deals and testified against the defendants during last year's trial.

"Citing witnesses for perjury at this trial would be like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500," Engelhardt said.

Justice Department attorney Bobbi Bernstein defended prosecutors' tactics, saying the officers who cooperated with the probe gave them the breakthrough they needed to reveal the cover-up.

"Those deals are the reason that the whole world now knows what happened on the Danziger Bridge," she said.

The sentences were significantly lower than what prosecutors had recommended. They had asked the judge to sentence the four shooters to prison terms ranging from nearly 60 years for Villavaso to 87 years for Faulcon.

Engelhardt questioned why prosecutors sought a 20-year prison sentence for Kaufman when Michael Lohman, who was the highest-ranking officer at the scene of the shooting and assigned Kaufman to investigate, got just four years after pleading guilty to participating in the cover-up. Engelhardt said Lohman had the authority to quash the cover-up and didn't.

"The buck started and stopped with him," the judge said.

He also questioned why prosecutors allowed a former detective, Jeffrey Lehrmann, to receive a sentence of three years in prison when his role in the conspiracy was similar to Kaufman's.

"These sentences are, in the court's opinion, blind," Engelhardt said.

Steve London, one of Kaufman's attorneys, said his client was pleased that the judge gave him a sentence below the guidelines, which had called for a sentence ranging from a little over eight years to a little over 10.

"This judge recognized that the government put liars on the stand to testify and convict other people," London said.

Lindsay Larson, one of Faulcon's attorneys, said the judge "laid out the blueprint" for how defense attorneys will challenge the firearms convictions and sentences.

"We have only just begun to fight," he said.

Tom Perez, head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, said federal investigators transformed a cold case into the "most significant police case since Rodney King."

"We didn't have a case in 2008 when we inherited this. We had nothing. And hindsight is 20/20. It is easy to look back in hindsight and say why did you do this, why did you do that," he said. "You don't go to the witness store to pick out your witnesses. You take what is dealt."

Engelhardt heard hours of arguments and testimony earlier Wednesday from prosecutors, defense attorneys, relatives of shooting victims and the officers.

"This has been a long and painful six-and-a-half years," said Lance Madison, whose mentally disabled brother, Ronald, was killed. "The people of New Orleans and my family are ready for justice."

He addressed each defendant individually, including Faulcon, who shot his brother: "When I look at you, my pain becomes unbearable. You took the life of an angel and basically ripped my heart out."

Madison also said he was horrified by Kaufman's actions and role in the cover-up: "You tried to frame me, a man you knew was innocent, and send me to prison for the rest of my life." Lance Madison was arrested on attempted murder charges after police falsely accused him of shooting at the officers on the bridge. He was jailed for three weeks before a judge freed him.

The Rev. Robert Faulcon Sr. told the judge his son "didn't go looking for trouble."

"He was on duty and he was called to do a job, and that's what he did to the best of his ability," the elder Faulcon said.

Twenty current or former New Orleans police officers have been charged in a series of Justice Department probes, most of which center on actions during the aftermath of Katrina. Eleven of those officers were charged in the Danziger Bridge case, which stunned a city with a long history of police corruption.

Katrina struck on Aug. 29, 2005, leading to the collapse of levees and flooding an estimated 80 percent of the city. New Orleans was plunged into chaos as residents who hadn't evacuated were driven from their homes to whatever high places they could find.

Officers who worked in the city at the time but were not charged in the bridge case on Wednesday told Engelhardt of the lawlessness that followed the flood, and that they feared for their lives.

On the morning of Sept. 4, one group of residents was crossing the Danziger Bridge in the city's Gentilly area to what they perceived as safety when police arrived.

The officers had received calls that shots were being fired. Gunfire reports were common after Katrina.

Faulcon was convicted of fatally shooting Madison, but the jury decided the killing didn't amount to murder. He, Gisevius, Bowen and Villavaso were convicted in Brissette's killing, but jurors didn't hold any of them individually responsible for causing his death.

All five were convicted of participating in a cover-up.

Wednesday's sentencing isn't the final chapter in the case. The convicted officers are expected to appeal, and Gerard Dugue, a retired sergeant, is scheduled to be retried in May on charges stemming from his alleged role in the cover-up.

___

Associated Press writer Alan Sayre in New Orleans contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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medicalartspressblog.com ? Blog Archive ? Life Balance ...

April 4, 2012 ? 1:30 pm

Being a loyal employee and demonstrating dedication to your career are positive traits, both of which employers love to see in members of their team. But just like too much dieting can turn unhealthy, and watching too much news can produce stress, being too loyal and too dedicated can also have a downside. If you?re putting all of your eggs in the work basket and, in doing so, neglecting other important aspects of your life, you may be putting yourself at risk for career burnout. Much has been written in recent years about maintaining work/life balance. In this post, we?d like to share a series of simple exercises designed to help you determine how balanced you are and create an opportunity to reflect on where you need to focus more or less attention.

Note: It might be helpful to print out the following exercises, or copy/paste the text into a document to print so that you can do the exercises several times over the next year.?

Exercise #1

Rank in 1-10 order (1 being the most important) the following areas of your life that you feel are critical to your overall well-being and happiness.

?_____ Career

_____ Relationship with spouse or significant other

_____ Family and friends; social time

_____ Financial security

_____ Faith; spirituality; religion; reflection; meditation

_____ Hobbies; activities for personal enjoyment

_____ Health and fitness

_____ Home and personal environment

_____ Learning; education

_____ Personal growth and development; emotional well-being or healing

Exercise #2

Now, for each of the 10 areas, grade yourself (A, B, C, D, F) on how well you?re doing in terms of giving each one enough time, energy and attention.

?_____ Career

_____ Relationship with spouse or significant other

_____ Family and friends; social time

_____ Financial security

_____ Faith; spirituality; religion; reflection; meditation

_____ Hobbies; activities for personal enjoyment

_____ Health and fitness

_____ Home and personal environment

_____ Learning; education

_____ Personal growth and development; emotional well-being or healing

Compare exercise #1 with exercise #2. What gaps or disconnects do you see? For example, if you rated ?Health and Fitness? as your first priority in exercise #1, but graded yourself a ?C? in that area, that?s something to pay attention to.

Exercise #3

List three things you want to do less of or eliminate from your life over the next 90 days.

?1. ____________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________

Exercise #4

List three things you want to do start doing or do more of over the next 90 days.

1. ____________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________

Exercise #5

Write down one primary goal that you?d like to achieve within the next 30 days.

_____________________________________________________________________

Exercise #6

Write down one primary goal that you?d like to achieve within the next 90 days.

_____________________________________________________________________

Exercise #7

List three people who can support you in accomplishing what you wrote down for exercises 3, 4, 5 and 6.

1. ____________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________

Exercise #8

Write down three small things that you will do this week that will likely help you move toward achieving your goal of improved work/life balance. (Examples: Tell Sue about this process and ask for her support; renew gym membership; inquire about reducing work hours from 40 to 36 hours per week).

1. ____________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________

Exercise #9

Take a moment to reflect on how it felt to work through this series of exercises. Write down a few words based on what you feel at this moment.

We hope that this simple, self-reflective process has been helpful to you. It never hurts to slow down and think about what?s important, what?s missing and what needs attention. Good luck with your goals, and with maintaining what you consider to be optimal work/life balance.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Judith Browne Dianis: We Can Defeat Alabama's State Hate Laws

As a young civil rights attorney, I began my career litigating in Alabama on education and housing issues. After losing a few airtight discrimination cases because juries felt that while my clients had been wronged the unlawful acts were just the way things were done, I was done with Alabama. I vowed to never go back. A couple of weeks ago, I broke my promise because of the civil rights crisis that exists in the aftermath of the passage of HB56, the most stringent anti-immigrant law in the country. I travelled to Birmingham as a part of a delegation of women leaders with We Belong Together, a national alliance calling for an end to anti-immigrant legislation. We were there to bear witness to the impact of the Alabama law.

In a few weeks, the Supreme Court will review Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB1070, and perhaps signal the fate of the Alabama law. Alabama's HB56 is SB1070 2.0, going farther in its reach and impact on every aspect of the daily lives of immigrants. Like Arizona, the Alabama law legalizes racial profiling by allowing police to demand "papers" showing immigration status of people appearing to be immigrants. Its reach was extended by requiring proof of citizenship for business transactions such as establishing utility and government services, including access to the courts. Until a court decision halting the practice, the state also required that record of public school students' immigration status and that of their parents be collected. The law also made assisting and contracting with undocumented immigrants illegal. Whether the law is unconstitutional may soon be ascertained but in the meanwhile it is wreaking havoc on families, communities and the economy.

It is clear that the Alabama law is accomplishing its goal of, as one of its sponsors stated, making life "unbearable" for immigrants. It is also clear that it has created a civil and human rights crisis that should not be ignored. The We Belong Together delegation had the opportunity to meet with immigrant mothers and youth who are living in post-HB56 Alabama. They live in fear every day -- fear of arrest, deportation, separation from family, and loss of any means of providing for their families. For example, one mother explained that because she and her husband are undocumented, they do not go out together. They leave their home one-at-a-time for fear that if the they were out together they would both be "grabbed up" by the police and deported, leaving their children (some of whom are U.S. citizens) parentless. This same mother explained that when HB56 passed, she pulled her children out of all after-school activities. They now stay at home with nothing to do out of fear of deportation. Another woman recounted overcoming a relationship with an abusive husband with the help of a court system that she can no longer access due to the new law. A 14-year-old girl said, "when HB56 passed, Iost my dreams. It's a nightmare now." Six months ago, Jocelyn's mother left Alabama with her three-year-old sister; she hasn't seen them since. Jocelyn lives with an uncle who is now her guardian. She said, "I'm not doing well in school because I don't have my mom anymore. She's not here to wake me up in the morning." HB56 has lead to separation of many families because parents choose not to have their children living "on-the-run." These families have given neighbors, friends and employers powers of attorney to transact business on their behalf, as well as custody of their children.

Additionally, the law has given law enforcement the power to racially profile. One woman told the delegation that police sit at the entrance of the trailer park she lives in every day watching as residents come and go. The police target immigrants for stops and have cars impounded repeatedly for various minor violations. The police state and harassment by the police makes living there extremely uncomfortable for immigrants, pushing them further into the shadows of our society.

I am glad I broke my vow. It was important for me to go to Alabama to understand how HB56 is playing out. The stories I heard brought back memories of my days in Alabama in the 1990s. Alabama was the first place I was called a Yankee, and that was by the security officers at the federal court house. I knew then that there were some in Alabama who didn't like outsiders. But I also know that Alabama has such great promise. The state was the stage for some of the most hard-fought struggles and most cherished wins of the civil rights movement. It was there in Birmingham that four little girls were killed in a church because of hate and young people were hosed, beaten and arrested as they pushed for civil rights. In Selma, those marching for voting rights were beaten on what became known as Bloody Sunday. It was also the place where Jim Crow took its largest blows. It is a state that has shown tremendous progress in mending its sordid past. But HB56 has pushed Alabama back into the dark ages.

We cannot fix our national immigration system through state-hate laws that vilify and criminalize hard-working people seeking a better life for their families. There is no moral compass in self-deportation laws that tear families apart and legalize discrimination. The conservatives' war of attrition on immigrants is out-of-line with American values of liberty, freedom, justice and equality. Laws and practices that suck all dignity from people, usurp all civil and human rights, while causing people to live in fear of not only hate-mongers but also government, is a history Alabama should not repeat. Alabama and the nation can do better.

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Curriculum Information Package Of Physical Therapy Schools ...

Knowledge obtained ?n physical therapy schools plays a big role in aiding patients who ar? suffering from discomforts l?ke back aches or ?v?n spinal problems. Any kind of illness that w?ll ??use a patient to mobilize t? ?n? place due t? physical pain will require the expertise of ? physical therapist ?nd that ?s wh? the education process ?s pretty important. A formal education is needed b?fore on? ?an practice this area ?f medicine, ?? on? c?n choose to take ? degree or an associate degree course.

Curriculum ?f physical therapy schools associate degree
Knowledge learned will not give the graduate full responsibilities ?f handling the patient. Some of the courses that have to be learned ar? ?? follows:

a) Anatomy ?nd physiology: Usually th? ??ur?e takes ab?ut tw? semesters be??use it ?? pretty wide. A lot of the lecturers start w?th anatomy and th?reafter lecture ?n the physiology part. And th?s ?? n?t a pure theoretical course. Practical hours hav? to b? factored in.
b) Exercise physiology: knowledge ?? important b???us? specific physical exercise regimes ??n b? used t? cater for s?me aches.
c) Kinesiology: Concentrates on mobilization ?f diff?r?nt body parts.
d) Neuroscience wher?by the relation ?f the neurons ?nd body muscles and joints are covered ?n depth.
e) Behavioral sciences basically touch ?n th? study ?f how patients behavioral patterns affect physical state.

Information package of physical therapy schools degree course
In thi? course, the education procedure ?s pretty intense. And th?s i? b?c?use ?f th? numerous responsibilities endowed ?n tho?? wh? pursue a degree in physical therapy. Course can b? broken down in t? the following:

a) Patient screening: It i? ?t th?s point that skills ?r? learned ?b?ut how to do ? thorough check u? ?f a patient.
b) Patient assessment: This i? a very intense course. And th?s ?? becau?e patients medical history ?? searched ?? ?s to determine a proper diagnosis.
c) Patient appraisal or evaluation: Information collected fr?m patient assessment is compiled t? get to the core of the health problem. It ?? at this point wher? clinical knowledge i? needed in catering f?r the needs ?f th? patient.
d) Diagnosing: Identifying the medical problem.
e) Patient advise: Information on how t? inform patients on proper care of the?r health. How to take medication ?nd physical exercise to indulge in.
f) Health fitness ?nd wellness: Different ways body fitness w?ll contribute to proper health.

Education obtained from physical therapy schools, ha? to be topped up w?th an internship.

Find Physical therapy schools in Miami t? hel? ??u succeed ?n your career. Visit schools directory to check top Physical therapy schools in Phoenix.

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Algae biofuels: the wave of the future

Public release date: 3-Apr-2012
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Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species for producing biodiesel fuel. The results have been published in Nature Communications.

The necessity of developing alternative, renewable fuel sources to prevent a potential energy crisis and alleviate greenhouse gas production has long been recognized. Various sources have been triedcorn for ethanol and soybeans for biodiesel, for example. But to truly meet the world's fuel needs, researchers must come up with a way to produce as much biofuel as possible in the smallest amount of space using the least amount of resources.

Enter algae. Unlike other crops like corn or soybeans, algae can use various water sources ranging from wastewater to brackish water and be grown in small, intensive plots on denuded land. While algae may still produce some C02 when burned, it can sequester C02 during growth in a way that fossil-fuel based energy sources obviously can't.

Scientists in VBI's Data Analysis Core (DAC), Robert Settlage, Ph.D., and Hongseok Tae, Ph.D., assisted in the assembly of the genome of Nannochloropis gaditana, a marine algae that may be capable of producing the lipid yields necessary for a viable fuel source.

"Getting the data is now the easy part. What we're doing in the DAC is enabling researchers to move beyond informatics issues of assembly and analysis to regain their focus on the biological implications of their research," said Settlage.

Further analysis revealed that with fairly straightforward genetic modification, N. gaditana should be capable of producing biofuel on an industrial scale, which may be the wave of the future in fuel research and production.

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Algae biofuels: the wave of the future Public release date: 3-Apr-2012
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Contact: Tiffany Trent
ttrent@vbi.vt.edu
540-231-6822
Virginia Tech

Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species for producing biodiesel fuel. The results have been published in Nature Communications.

The necessity of developing alternative, renewable fuel sources to prevent a potential energy crisis and alleviate greenhouse gas production has long been recognized. Various sources have been triedcorn for ethanol and soybeans for biodiesel, for example. But to truly meet the world's fuel needs, researchers must come up with a way to produce as much biofuel as possible in the smallest amount of space using the least amount of resources.

Enter algae. Unlike other crops like corn or soybeans, algae can use various water sources ranging from wastewater to brackish water and be grown in small, intensive plots on denuded land. While algae may still produce some C02 when burned, it can sequester C02 during growth in a way that fossil-fuel based energy sources obviously can't.

Scientists in VBI's Data Analysis Core (DAC), Robert Settlage, Ph.D., and Hongseok Tae, Ph.D., assisted in the assembly of the genome of Nannochloropis gaditana, a marine algae that may be capable of producing the lipid yields necessary for a viable fuel source.

"Getting the data is now the easy part. What we're doing in the DAC is enabling researchers to move beyond informatics issues of assembly and analysis to regain their focus on the biological implications of their research," said Settlage.

Further analysis revealed that with fairly straightforward genetic modification, N. gaditana should be capable of producing biofuel on an industrial scale, which may be the wave of the future in fuel research and production.

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