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Srinagar, May 12: The Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura has enhanced 24 seats in various Post-Graduate disciplines this year.
?The seats in the SKIMS, which is also a Deemed University have been increased after recommendations from a team of inspectors from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India,? SKIMS Director, Prof Showkat Ali Zargar told Greater Kashmir. He said the team made these recommendations after visiting SKIMS and ascertaining the faculty strength in various postgraduate departments and hospital infrastructure.
The streams in which the seats have been enhanced include: Gynecology and Obstetrics-3, Pathology-2, Microbiology-3, Paediatrics-6, Radio-diagnosis-5 and Anesthesiology-5.
Prof Showkat said the Ministry had also sanctioned Rs 37 crores with 25 per cent of share from Government of Jamp;K for further development of infrastructure at SKIMS and for increasing more seats in various specialties.
?The information pertaining to the enhancement of seats has already been conveyed to the Chairman Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE),? Prof Zargar added.
Describing the increase in PG seats as a major achievement for SKIMS, Prof Zargar said the news has send wave of jubilation among the students fraternity, intending to pursue higher education in the Valley. ?The toppers had been craving to do Post-Graduation in Radio-diagnosis and Paediatrics and their dreams have now come true,? he added.
SKIMS Director said that more specialties would be added up in the Institute in near future, adding that PG seats would be also increased in the existing courses.
?This year, the Medical Council of India, the umbrella body of medical colleges, has recognised four courses including, Pathology, Microbiology, Hospital Adminstration and Pediatrics, offered in the Institute,? he said, adding that the departments of Pediatric Surgery and Neurology were awaiting nod from the MCI to start M. Ch programmes. ?The MCI team has already conducted the inspection of these departments.?
Prof Showkat said the Institute had also taken up a batch of 25 students for the MSC nursing programme this year.
Prof. Showkat Ali Zargar also expressed his gratitude to the University staff especially Dean, Medical Faculty, Prof. Khurshid Iqbal, Consultant Academics Mehjabeen Banday and Adminstration Officer (Academic) Gulzar Ahmad who, according to him had put in their best efforts to make it happen.
He also thanked all the Head of the Departments, faculty members, and all the staff in making this thing to happen.

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AIIMS recruits 97 faculty members

New Delhi:AIIMS recruited 62 assistant professors and 35 lecturers in 61 disciplines this year. This is the first recruitment at the institute in the past seven years. AIIMS spokesperson Dr Y K Gupta said in a statement, The enhancement in faculty strength will augment patient-care services, research and teaching at AIIMS.

Govt to set up school for SC, ST, minority students

New Delhi:The Delhi cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to set up a residential school for students from SC, ST and minority communities. An agreement will be signed between government and Orissa-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences to set up and run the school.

05/07/2012

from The Florida Bar News

The Florida Bar, the state?s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, announces that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 21 attorneys, disbarring six and suspending 13.

Some attorneys received more than one form of discipline. Two attorneys were placed on probation; two attorneys were publicly reprimanded.

Lawyer Koko Head of Jacksonville was suspended for 91 days.

As an official arm of the Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar and its Department of Lawyer Regulation are charged with administering a statewide disciplinary system to enforce Supreme Court rules of professional conduct for the 93,000-plus lawyers admitted to practice law in Florida.

Since Aug. 1, 2007, case files have been posted to attorneys? individual Florida Bar profiles and may be reviewed at and/or downloaded from The Florida Bar?s website, www.floridabar.org.

Court orders are not final until time expires to file a rehearing motion and, if filed, determined. The filing of such a motion does not alter the effective date of the discipline.

Disbarred lawyers may not re-apply for admission for five years. They are required to go through an extensive process that rejects many who apply. It includes a rigorous background check and retaking the bar exam. Historically, fewer than 5 percent of disbarred lawyers seek readmission.

? Edward Joel Abramson, 7270 NW 12th St. Suite 580, Miami, suspended for 60 days, effective 30 days from a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1989) Abramson is further directed to attend a Florida Bar professionalism workshop. Abramson engaged in conduct involving dishonesty. In representing a client in an immigration hearing, Abramson was aware but failed to disclose to the judge a client?s prior arrest. (Case No. SC11-1425)

? Andrea Ruth Bateman, PO Box 104, Winter Park, suspended for 30 days, effective 30 days from a March 19 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1974) Bateman was found in contempt for violating the terms of an October 2009 probation. She failed to submit quarterly trust account CPA reports and also failed to remit the quarterly monitoring fee on several occasions, accumulating arrearages of $700. (Case No. SC11-2323)

? Jennifer Aycock Bonifield, 1025 Professional Park Drive, Brandon, suspended until further order, effective 30 days from an April 4 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2002) Bonifield was found in contempt for willfully failing to comply with a subpoena without good cause. The Bar was seeking copies of all Bonifield?s trust and operating account records. In July 2009, deposits to Bonifield?s escrow account totaled more than $856,000. Since that time, more than $575,000 has been electronically transferred from the account to Bonifield?s checking account. Bonifield failed to provide documentation for the transfers. She also failed to appear at the non-compliance hearing before the grievance committee in February. Stephan Tabano has been appointed as inventory attorney. (Case No. SC12-264)

? Robert T. Carter, PO Box 790, Tullahoma, Tenn., suspended until further order, effective 30 days from a March 20 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1991) Carter, who was licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Florida, pleaded guilty to a felony in the criminal court of Tennessee. Carter misappropriated approximately $59,000 from his former law firm by accepting fees from clients and not reporting them to the firm. (Case No. SC12-518)

? Brian Gerard Doherty, 42129 N. Golf Crest Road, Anthem, Ariz., disbarred effective 30 days from a Jan. 17 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1987) Doherty formed a professional relationship with a married couple. He provided legal advice concerning estate planning and also served as their financial adviser. As the years progressed, the husband died and the wife became gravely ill and subsequently died also. During these years, Doherty engaged in a conflict of interest by mixing his roles as attorney, trustee and financial planner. He improperly advised the client to take specific actions that would earn him a financial benefit without disclosing his personal interest to the client. (Case No. SC10-332)

? Thomas W. Dvorak, 633 S. Andrews Ave., Suite 402, Fort Lauderdale, suspended for an additional year, consecutive to his current suspension, following a March 22 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2002) Dvorak was found in contempt for failing to comply with the conditions of an Aug. 25, 2011, suspension order. Dvorak did not submit to the Bar a sworn affidavit listing the names and addresses of all persons and entities to which he gave notice of his suspension. (Case No. SC11-2341)

? Robert W. Frazier Jr., 507 SE 11th Court, Fort Lauderdale, publicly reprimanded following a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1977) Frazier failed to comply with a March 2, 2011, court order mandating that he immediately furnish a copy of his emergency suspension order, (which is currently in effect) to all of his clients and the bank. Frazier notified his clients 30 days later, and he failed to notify the bank of the suspension. Because of his failure to immediately inform his clients, one client wired more than $156,000 to Frazier?s law firm?s trust account while he was suspended.  Multiple other deposits and withdrawals went in and out of the account during that time as well. The transactions were completed without Frazier seeking approval of the Florida Supreme Court or referee, as the court order mandates. (Case No. SC11-867)

? Clifford Gorman, 3807 Ave. H, Unit B, Austin, Texas, disbarred, effective immediately, following a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1988) Gorman received an inquiry from The Florida Bar regarding trust account funds that were requested by a client, but not disbursed. Gorman responded to the Bar by invoking the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. Subsequently, a trust account subpoena was served upon Gorman, with which he has failed to comply. (Case No. SC12-324)

? Koko Head, PO Box 600788, Jacksonville, suspended for 91 days and thereafter until he proves rehabilitation, effective 30 days from a March 15 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1985) Upon reinstatement, Head is further placed on probation for one year. Head will also attend the Bar?s ethics school and take a professionalism course. In two separate cases, Head engaged in deceptive behavior by filing a false affidavit with the court; testifying untruthfully during a disciplinary hearing and creating a fraudulent letter that gave the appearance that he?d already filed a civil case. (SC19-1175)

? Patricia A. Johnston, Calle Cesar Chavez 84, Arrecife de Lanzarote, Canary, Spain, disbarred for 10 years, following a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2001) Johnston was the subject of several Bar complaints. She misappropriated client funds and engaged in other unethical conduct. In one instance, Johnston was removed as personal representative after she failed to provide information upon request about a $3 million estate, from which she took funds without authorization. In another matter, Johnston provided false misleading testimony in a civil collection matter in an attempt to hide the true nature of her spouse?s assets. Johnston abandoned her Orlando law practice, changed her bar status to retired and moved to Spain. (Case No. SC11-1767)

? Bruce Allan Lamchick, 9200 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 518, Miami, suspended for 90 days following an April 9 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1974) After being served a subpoena, Lamchick failed to provide complete bank and trust account records to the Bar. He also engaged in misconduct while serving as the closing agent for numerous real estate transactions. In another matter, while serving as a settlement agent, Lamchick notarized two signatures on a mortgage deed that were not signed in his presence. (Case No. SC11-1781)

? Paul Alan Lehrman, PO Box 12242, Tallahassee, suspended for 30 days, effective 30 days from a March 21 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1978) Lehrman pleaded guilty to three felony counts of filing false income taxes. The charges were the result of his failure to report income consisting of $85,541 in attorney fees received from the City of Apalachicola over a three-year period. He was sentenced to six months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, a fine of $10,000 and restitution of $23,832 to the internal Revenue Service. (Case No. SC12-523)

? Roderick Lynn McGee, 4631 NW 31st Ave., Fort Lauderdale, permanently disbarred effective immediately, following a March 12 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1974) McGee was found in contempt for failure to respond to comply with the terms of his Aug. 30, 2011, disbarment. McGee did not submit to the Bar a sworn affidavit listing the names and addresses of all persons and entities to which he gave notice of his disbarment. (Case No. SC12-130)

? Kenneth J. Morilak, 3825 Apaloosa Drive, Woodbridge, Va., suspended  until further order, effective  30 days from a March 20 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1998) Morilak pleaded guilty in court to one felony count of violation of the Joint Federal Travel Regulation Paragraph 4131, which prohibits the renting of lodging from friends or family members not in the routine business of providing accommodations of the general intent crime of a false claim against the government. (Case No. SC12-517)

? Paul William Moses II, 1000 N. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, suspended for 91 days, effective 30 days from a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1994) Upon reinstatement, Moses is further placed on probation for three years. Moses was a licensed insurance agent as well as an attorney, but he was not practicing law at the time. From 1996 to 2006, Moses was the broker and financial adviser for an elderly woman who was not a relative. Moses took out a life insurance policy on the woman when he had no insurable interest in her life and he made misrepresentations in the insurance application although he claims it was unintentional. Moses also failed to respond in writing to the bar. (Case No. SC11-1218)

? A. J. Rohe, 201 W. Main St., Tavares, suspended until further order, effective March 30, following a March 27 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1997) Rohe pleaded no contest in court to resisting arrest with violence, a third degree felony. Adjudication of guilt was withheld and Rohe was sentenced to two years probations with various conditions, including abstention from alcohol and illegal drugs and random alcohol/drug testing. (Case No. SC12-560)

? Doris Wellman Sanders, 2181 Crawfordville Highway, Crawfordville, disbarred, effective immediately, following a March 27 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1997)  A Bar investigation indicated theft of funds by Sanders from a client?s revocable trust. The Bar?s complaint contained the following allegations: While serving as the sole trustee of the trust, Sanders gave gifts to her boyfriend and relatives totaling more than $41,000. She also paid off two personal mortgages worth $95,000 and paid herself nearly $25,000 in attorney?s fees, but failed to provide a sufficient explanation as to what she did to earn the fees. Sanders waived her right to consideration by a grievance committee and agreed to disbarment. (Case No. SC11-1990)

? Aaron J. Slavin, 4707 140th Ave. N., Suite 211, Clearwater, suspended until further order, effective 30 days from a March 13 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2002) Slavin was adjudicated guilty of trafficking in illegal drugs (Oxycodone), a first degree felony. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment, followed by five years of drug offender probation. (Case No. SC12-484)

? Patricia Anne Snyder, PO Box 420188, Summerland Key, suspended for one year, effective 30 days from a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1990) After being retained in January 2009 to handle a real property case for a client, Snyder failed to adequately communicate and around September 2009, she stopped responding altogether. After the client filed a complaint, Snyder told the Bar that she had successfully negotiated an administrative variance for the client. Contrary to her claim, the planning department had no record of any communication with Snyder. (Case No. SC11-1715)

? David M. Sostchin, 797 W. 18th St., Hialeah, publicly reprimanded following a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1978) Sostchin was retained to represent a client in a foreclosure proceeding in which a final order of foreclosure had already been issued and a sale date had been set. Although there were no defects in the underlying proceeding, Sostchin failed to ensure that the client was adequately informed of the status of the representation, and notwithstanding the eventual sale of the property, continued to accept monthly payments until the client ceased making payment. Upon learning of the sale of the property, the client went to the office and demanded an explanation. The firm issued a refund check in the amount of $2,295. (Case No. SC11-1471)

? Michelle R. Tustin, 12737 Tamiami Trail S., North Port, disbarred effective immediately, following a March 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2000) Tustin was the subject of several Bar disciplinary matters. She waived her right to consideration by a grievance committee and agreed to disbarment. (Case No. SC12-329)

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The Lafayette Parish Sheriffs Office has disciplined four deputies for violating department policies in connection with the March 10 escape of two inmates from the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

The discipline ranged from a 10-day suspension without pay to a demotion in rank.

In a statement, the sheriffs office did not specify which deputies received which disciplines. The deputies were not named.

The sanctions came after an internal LPSO investigation into the incident.

The internal investigation confirmed that the primary contributing factor to the escape was failure to comply with policy by correctional center employees, the statement read.

A criminal investigation revealed that no one else was involved with the escape.

A report has been forwarded to the 15th Judicial District Attorneys Office for possible prosecution of the two escapees.

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Editors note: A commentary published on Friday by Peoples Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China, stresses the importance of observing laws and Party disciplines, after Chinas leadership announced a decision on Tuesday to investigate former Party chief of Chongqing municipality Bo Xilai for serious violations of discipline. Excerpts below:

People across the country, including all CPC members, have reached a consensus that everyone should willingly observe the laws and Party disciplines, the article says.

On April 10, the CPC Central Committee decided to investigate Bo Xilais serious violations of discipline, and police announced the initial results of the reinvestigation into the death of British citizen Neil Heywood, and transferred suspects to the judicial authorities.

These moves have won extensive support from the people.

They are the implementation of the essential principle of being strict with Party disciplines and necessary moves to safeguard the socialist legal system.

Moreover, they show that the CPC, which represents the basic interests of all Chinese people, will not have any privileged Party members who can sidestep laws and Party disciplines.

Everyone is equal in front of the law. There is no privilege in the system and no exceptions in terms of regulations. Anyone who infringes the laws shall be convicted and punished, the article says.

As a basic rule of a modern society ruled in accordance with the law, all organizations and citizens must strictly abide by the countrys laws. The rule of law is the foundation of the governance of the CPC and a critical condition for realizing long-term stability.

In a populous, developing country like China, it is of great significance to promote the rule of law and improve peoples awareness of law, so as to maintain social order and protect State interests and civil rights.

In an important period of social transformation and economic restructuring, the country is facing a new situation amid the changes in the administrative system and social structure as well as diversified interests and ideologies.

Only when all citizens observe and honor the law, can the country maintain law and order, create a favorable environment, better settle disputes and realize justice and social harmony.

In addition, it is always the outstanding character, and to the CPCs advantage, that Party organs and members strictly comply with the Partys disciplines, the commentary says.

Observing discipline is a basic requirement for a CPC member. And the top discipline is to follow the Partys political rules, to stand on the same side of the CPC Central Committee, with Hu Jintao as the general secretary, and fully implement their decisions.

The Wang Lijun incident, Heywoods death and Bos serious discipline violations again warn that a Party official will never be dignified and moral unless he firmly abides by Party disciplines and laws, never forgets who he is, always serves the people and never crosses the line of laws, disciplines and conscience, the article says.

In the face of a complicated situation at home and abroad, bearing a tough task of reform, development and stability, the country will need favorable social order and unity among all people if it wants to take full advantage of this important period of strategic opportunities and fulfill the economic and social development targets set forth in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), says the commentary.

Only when the awareness of laws is improved and the laws and Party disciplines are observed, can the country and Party improve creativity, unity and strength, create a favorable environment for promoting reform and opening-up and maintaining stability, and lay a solid foundation for new achievements in building a moderately prosperous society in all aspects and advancing the socialist modernization, it says.

Xinhua-China Daily

(China Daily 04/14/2012 page5)

Doctors in Euless, Fort Worth, Southlake and Westlake were among 32 physicians disciplined by the Texas Medical Board in April. The board found that Dr. Samuel Clark Hoover of Euless had nontherapeutically prescribed to one patient, resulting in the patients overdose and hospitalization. Under an agreed order, a physician will monitor his practice. Hoover also will be limited to practicing in a group or institutional setting, and he must complete eight hours of continuing medical education on the treatment of chronic pain. He was penalized $3,000.

The board also found that Dr. Owen Curl Dewitt of Fort Worth terminated his care of a patient without reasonable notice and behaved in a disruptive manner. He has agreed to an order that he properly notify patients of the closure of his medical practice within 60 days, complete 16 hours of continuing medical education in ethics and risk management and meet other requirements.

Dr. James Edward Stevens of Westlake was disciplined for failure to maintain adequate records for one patient. Dr. Tanuja Reddy of Southlake agreed to undergo a neuropsychological examination. The board said he could not practice medicine with reasonable skill or safety due to a mental or physical condition. — Lois Norder

Archaeology is that, but it is also a social science that utilizes information from other disciplines to inform and enhance archaeological data and to provide input to other sciences. Arizona State University Anthropology Professor Michael Smith explores the broadened scope of archaeology in the paper Archaeology as a Social Science published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Gary M. Feinman of The Field Museum in Chicago, Robert D. Drennan of University of Pittsburgh, Timothy Earle of Northwestern University and Ian Morris of Stanford University are co-authors of the paper.

A lot of peoples perceptions are based on classical archaeology (such as the study of ancient Greece or Rome), or on the latest tomb discovered or the biggest palace, says Smith, of ASUs School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Viewing archaeology as a social science advances how we interpret sites and how we do research.

Archaeology has greatly advanced during recent years. The discipline has expanded beyond anthropology, which studies the societies and cultures of the world, to include data and perspectives from other social sciences such as sociology.

Looking at sociology and disciplines such as political science gives us more to draw from, Smith said.

And archaeologists are able to reach beyond the time of written records to provide data that can be utilized in other sciences. For example, data on patterns of inequality and social stratification among ancient peoples can be utilized by sociologists.

Archaeologists also offer evidence that at times contradicts commonly held views of societies, for example, that of political scientists who may believe that life is chaotic outside of a state system with rulers and laws. This belief doesnt hold up when one examines the lives of Native American societies such as the Hohokam that lived peacefully in tribal settlements, Smith says.

Archaeology provides a full range of the human experience, including societies that are unlike any that exist in modern times. It provides records from all levels of society, including peasants and slaves, who often are left out of historical accounts, the archaeologists write in the paper.

Archaeological findings also provide a long-term perspective on change, documenting the origins of agriculture, the Urban Revolution, and other transformational social changes. Indeed, archaeology is crucial to a renewed interest in what is now called Deep History.

Practices that may be thought of as new phenomena may be traced through archaeological data. Urban farming is often thought of as an emerging trend in cities, but it was practiced by the ancient Mayan people 2,000 years ago.

The whole notion of farming within cities is a pattern that has a lot of history, Smith says.

Likewise, urban neighborhoods can universally be traced back thousands of years, indicating that neighborhoods are crucial in the ways that cities work.

We look at the past and see lessons for the future, he says.

This theme is the basis for a series of research projects within the School of Human Evolution and Social Change called Late Lessons from Early History. Funded by the Intellectual Fusion Investment Fund at ASU, these projects are built around cutting-edge transdisciplinary research in anthropology. Smith is working on a project that is focused on urban neighborhoods in ancient and modern cities.

While items like broken pieces of pots and stone tools might not seem ideal for analyzing past social systems, economic processes or political dynamics, analytical advances, including increasingly sophisticated applications of methods from chemistry and physics, now permit many past economic phenomena to be reconstructed with considerable detail, the social scientists write.

Among additional recent advances in the science are the ability to pinpoint the places of origin of many raw materials and objects, reconstructing ancient technology and manufacturing, and new computing power that allow archaeologists to find and compare patterns in small finds from sites, the social scientists write.

Archaeologists increasingly are utilizing techniques such as radiocarbon dating of charcoal and a variety of instrumental methods from physics, chemistry and biology to contribute to their studies. Smiths archaeological studies in Central Mexico take into account obsidian, used to make tools, that occurs naturally in 20 places throughout the region. Each obsidian source contains different trace elements.

We can trace exactly where the rocks came from, Smith said.

Archaeological data from many regions are now available, allowing comparative analyses of changes and social patterns. Furthermore, archaeology can contribute a new perspective because many of the societies they reconstruct are independent of the western cultural tradition that has been the focus of analysis by most of the social sciences.

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