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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, Dec. 17, 2012
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. -- A Columbia County man says his investment went up in smoke after a costly business mistake.
Craig Perryman lit up when an acquaintance talked to him about becoming a partner in an electronic cigarette business.
"We've had people that have smoked 30 or 40 years, sometimes three packs a day. Sometimes they instantly quit by getting one of these and never touching another cigarette," Perryman said.
Perryman says believed in the product and he believed in his partner.
"We figured up how much inventory she had at the time. I gave her half at what it was valued at, and we used that money to order more product right away," he said.
Perryman says he put up some of his own money down and even signed a lease on the storefront property. Eventually, he says he left his daytime job to pursue the e-cigarette business full time.
"I put in my notice that Monday morning just like I planned. I came by Monday afternoon, and she said, 'OK, we are through as business partners,'" Perryman said.
He says he was left with the lease and no business. Now, the former partners are now in a legal battle.
News 12 talked with Chuck Pardue, the attorney for Perryman's former partner.
"Were they ever in any sort of business partnership?" asked News 12's Liz Owens.
"Nothing in writing. There was perhaps some informal promises made, but they were conditional promises," Pardue replied.
"What's the biggest mistake you think you made?" Owens asked.
"Not having a written business agreement and being too trusting," Pardue said.
Perryman never documented his partnership in writing.
"Get everything, all the important terms, in writing, and generally its best to contact an attorney," Richard Goolsby.said.
Perryman is working to reignite his passion for e-cigarettes by opening his own store, partner free.
Both partners are now suing each other. According to legal documents, Perryman's former partner offered him $4,000 to dissolve their business relationship. He is asking for $40,000.
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Quirky, disturbing, beautiful, strange, exquisite – take your pick – it's hard to settle on the one adjective that best describes Jess Quinn's work. Impossible too, to categorise; are her creations toys or sculptures, fine art or craft? Or all of the above?
Having trained as a painter, studying fine art at Glasgow, Jess returned to Bristol with only the vaguest idea of where her work might lead. Her career took a familiar turn at this point, stalling after the birth of her first child. But she channelled her creativity into drawing, knitting and sewing, primarily for her growing family.
I first met Jess five years ago, around the time when she was thinking about going into business selling bespoke children's knitwear. Her children's hats were the envy of the playground – fabulous creations including a crown complete with knitted cabouchons and ermine, and a monster hat writhing with tentacles.
But as any knitter knows, it's hard to make the cost of labour and materials add up when the highstreet is awash with £10 tams in myriad colours. Added to which, Jess knits intuitively, sculpturally, feeling her way with the yarn, rather than working up a pattern. Each creation was worked afresh, so making a living through selling the patterns was never really an option. "Besides," she explains, "knitting these things didn't really allow me to go where I wanted to with my work."
Two years ago, the painful separation from her partner of many years proved an unlikely catalyst for a change of direction in her work. She started drawing in earnest and this unleashed a curious cavalcade of dancers, clowns, acrobats and circus performers. These drawings, although works of art in their own right, are the jumping off points for her sculptures, as is her huge collection of textiles. "Materials suggest certain characters, and I like discovering what will happen with each individual piece. They are like storybook characters, I suppose."
Each creation is brought to life over the course of many weeks. "I find that I become completely lost in the pleasure of the process," she says, "I work on each piece as though it were a painting, and they simply grow." Sometimes, she admits, she's not entirely sure where and when to stop. Like Paula Rego, whose work is certainly an influence, there is always a strong sense of narrative to her creations, and this is something that she is keen to explore further by setting her characters in stage-sets, boxes and glass domes.
But Jess is aware that her work falls into uncharted territory, and to that end she has started to develop a few slightly more commercial strands to her work such as stationery, fabric designs and jewellery, all of which feature her fantastical characters. She has recently re-stocked her Etsy shop, and to celebrate its relaunch she is running a giveaway which you can enter by visiting her blog. Leave a comment by Friday 3rd June and you could win a brooch like the ones below. The brooches are made with hand-stitched felt, each one with a unique combination of colours, stitching and in some cases, ribbon. She calls them her Small Art collection, and it's true, each brooch is a tiny work of art.


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I was a happy camper with this bluray player, until this morning. A firmware update was force fed by Sony into this machine, and now it refuses to play any of my videos on the PMS server. Frankly I don't know what to do. I guess it is time to buy a WDTV Live for that TV.
I am sorry, I am still in shock. It was working so well... and in 5 minutes, it now plays nothing. It still finds the server okay, but when you click on any video, it says the video is corrupted or a non-supported type. Videos still play in the other room with an older Sony bluray, so I guess I have something to look forward to in there... when Sony nukes that machine with a firmware upgrade.
I am swearing off Sony... up until now, Sony has gotten my business, but this is the straw on the camel's back (the one that breaks it).
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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GIBSON, Ga. (WRDW) -- News 12's Laura Warren spent the afternoon talking to residents who witnessed the tornado.
Dianne Newsome lived in the a mobile home that was taken off its foundation.
"They had to kick the door in order for us to get out of my room," she said."
It was a terrifying night for several families in the quiet town of Gibson, and the terror from the storm was followed by a devastating morning as families surveyed the damage.
"What am I going to do? Where am I going to live? I don't really have the money to get this fixed," Newsome said.
3:35 p.m.
GIBSON, Ga. (WRDW) -- The National Weather Service has released more information about the tornado that hit Gibson, Ga., Tuesday night.
Information on tornado:
News release from Glascock County EMA:
"A field meteorologist with the National Weather Service has now determined that an EF1 Tornado, with wind speeds estimated at 100 miles per hour, touched down around 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, along a three and quarter mile stretch on the northern side of Glascock County. The storm left a path of damage estimated at 150 yards wide.
The National Weather Service says the tornado did not register on their radar, in Peachtree City, however, the storms that moved through the area Tuesday were low level and fast moving.
The Glascock County Emergency Management Agency, with the help of the Glascock County Sheriff's Office and GEMA, spent the majority of the morning Wednesday assessing the damage. Three homes were damaged during the storm, but it appears Magnolia Baptist Church suffered the worst damage.
Community volunteers will be meeting at the Magnolia Baptist Church on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. to begin the cleanup process. Anyone interested in assisting in the cleanup is asked to meet at the church on Saturday morning."
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GIBSON, Ga. (WRDW) -- The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Glascock County on Tuesday night with winds around 95 mph.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
GIBSON, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Glascock Emergency Management Agency says at least three homes and a church were damaged in a possible tornado just after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Glascock Emergency Management Agency says a mobile home was moved from its foundation, a tree struck another and another home suffered roof and window damage.
At its peak, 22 people people were without power and power lines were down along Magnolia Church Road.
A temporary shelter was set up for those who were without power.
EMA Director Mike Lyons initially said a tornado touched down.
The Magnolia Baptist Church off Highway 171 sustained significant damage, but no one was said to be inside at the time of the storm.
Jennifer Pennington, director of the Augusta chapter of the Red Cross, says volunteers were sent out to Gibson Tuesday night and were able to help two families who were affected by the storm with food, shelter and clothing. A third family is expected to receive assistance on Wednesday.
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory plans to eliminate up to 475 jobs in an effort to cope with budget cuts and uncertainty about its financial picture in the future.
ORNL Director Thom Mason announced a "voluntary separation program" to staff in a message on Thursday. He said financial incentives will be offered to those who willingly leave.
There are currently about 4,500 employees who work at ORNL.
Mason said there's not a specific target for job reductions, though the facility has approval to cut up to 475. He says officials hope "far fewer" are affected.
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When my hands held it again for the first time in decades, I felt the electricity that made it such an exciting gift for an 8-year-old.
A radio I could hold in my hand - pop music, sports, news - all at my command in a genuine leather holder.
By appearance, that radio - a Sun Mark 8 - emerged in near-perfect condition when I pulled it out of the time capsule of a long-undisturbed childhood drawer.
As anyone would, though the battery surely had been dead since Nixon's administration, I tried it. No dice.
Surely it had other issues. Surely the battery had corroded and left an inoperable mess. I pried off the back of the radio. There, looking pristine as if it had just come off the hardware store shelf, a yellow-and-red Ray-O-Vac 9-volt gleamed. That noble battery had served its purpose and over all the years had not spoiled its nest.
I inserted a new 9-volt, not really expecting to hear anything when I turned on the thing on. It was, after all, nearly 50 years old. The first pop I heard was a revelation of life. So, I searched the dial and found ...
Rush Limbaugh.
And not just on one frequency. He was on three, including 850 KOA, a standby for news and tunes in my youth in Denver. Whatever else was to be found in a search on the dial this time in 2013 was all a mumble. About pork bellies, maybe. Sigh.
But why the surprise and disappointment? This priceless heirloom was an AM radio. The AM radio which once upon a time enunciated more than political monotone has gone the way of popcorn poppers and 45 rpm records.
Realizing how functionally worthless my prized transistor radio had become, I was reminded of another radio that showed up once upon a Christmas stocking. My Rocket Radio was red and shaped like a spaceship. It didn't need batteries. You just had to find some metal onto which a wire to the rocket could be affixed with an alligator clip. Then you got radio.
One catch: You couldn't choose the station. You got whatever station on which the Rocket homed in.
Sadly, that just about sums up AM radio, circa 2013, regarding information and commentary. Whereas just about any newspaper opinion page will avail a variety of opinions - if not in syndicated and staff offerings, then among the letters to the editor. Unless it concerns sports, today's AM talk seems to be all hard-right talking points, all the time.
It doesn't have to be factual, like Limbaugh's claim last year that Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke wanted taxpayers to pay for her birth control. (He moronically called her a "slut" in the process.) No, Fluke didn't want a government handout. She wanted government to compel insurers to cover birth control just as they cover Viagra. She said she would be happy to pay the premiums required.
The brouhaha blew up - quite delightfully - in Limbaugh's face when advertisers left in droves.
A lot of what keeps AM talk so revved is the taking of nothing and making it into something, particularly if self-serving or GOP-induced.
For instance, for quite some time right-wing talkers went gone on and on about the alleged threat posed by President Obama to their First Amendment rights should the Fairness Doctrine be reintroduced. What had Obama said? He said he doesn't support any such thing. Just as he's said he opposes taking guns from law-abiding Americans.
Doesn't matter. Listen to the crackling on the AM dial.
I don't know what to do with my perfectly good AM transistor radio. Maybe I should put it back in the drawer with the pristine-looking Ray-O-Vac battery in it, to inspire someone's wonder when, plugging a new battery into it decades hence, it works like a champ.
I bet it will. But considering the downhill trajectory of AM radio, I'm not anticipating that my descendants will get anything worth hearing.
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1(Of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating: a ripe tomato
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Michael Drake Curran, D.D.S., age 65, of the Catholic faith, passed away peacefully in his home Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.
Dr. Curran was the retired founder and director of the Roane State Community College dental hygiene program and was passionate about educating and serving his community and surrounding area with oral health prevention.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Majorie Drake and Roy James Curran.
He is survived by his wife, wife, Irma Isaac Curran; sons, Scott James and Thomas Patrick; granddaughter, Anistyn Curran; and stepdaughter, Anastasia Rae Lillifield.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Roane State Community College, Dental Hygiene Program, 107 Briarcliff Ave., Room D-107, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
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The Six Weirdest Gadgets of CES 2014
From the outside, the Consumer Electronics Show is certainly impressive; it's a psychedelic carnival of flaring metal and flashing panels, packed to the gills with people of all shapes and sizes — a kind of Circuits De Soleil, if you will. But just as every circus has its clowns, so too does CES have its share of whimsically mad, bad and possibly dangerous devices.
Those of you familiar with Clayton Christensen's notion of the "Innovator's Dilemma" know that it's defined as the reluctance of successful companies to move on from serving their customers' current needs in order to embrace new or risky future ones. These products can best be explained as misguided manifestations of the Other Innovator's Dilemma, which I define as the recognition that the thing you spent months or years developing is actually a pretty terrible idea, but needs to be shipped anyway so you can call it a day and move onto something else.
And now, without further ado, here are this year's six weirdest gadgets of CES 2014 (with a special bonus nod to a seventh):
1. The OpticWash
OpticWash calls its vending machine system a "car wash for eyeglasses" — and that's exactly what it is: You place your specs into a holder at the center of a thick plastic cylinder, where in a matter of minutes, it undergoes a spinning, high-pressure spray-wash, a sanitizing blast of antimicrobial UV rays and a wind-tunnel air-dry. The cost? $1. And if you download the companion iPhone app, you can pay for your lens-laundering with the touch of a finger. What makes it questionable: How often do people really need to wash their glasses — and what makes the OpticWash more effective than a Wet-Nap? An OpticWash salesperson pointed out the machine's unique antibacterial capabilities; when I noted that the glasses are longer sanitary as soon as they're put back on your face, the salesperson jokingly demonstrated how his entire head could fit into the OpticWash cylinder.
2. Elektra Press-On Stylus Nails
Are you a lady (or lad) with dragon-length claws? Then you've probably encountered firsthand the problem that Elektra's new press-on nails are designed to solve: Your talons make it almost impossible for you to use a multitouch tablet or smartphone device. Elektra Nails are made of an electrostatic-screen compatible plastic, allowing you to poke, sketch and type with your hot-pink French tips. What makes it questionable: Fingernail typing is even more awkward and provides even less feedback to users than a handheld tool — but Elektra has to be commended for putting the "style" back into "stylus."
3. Petzila Pet Remote Interaction Device
Petzila is an Internet connected device that lets you soothe, encourage and give tasty treats to your dog or cat while you're on the road — allowing you to watch and hear your pet via an integrated camera, and remotely release a treat from its refillable snack bucket when the pet responds. What makes it questionable: Your pet either doesn't know you're gone (cat) or is dying inside from your absence (dog), so installing a plastic widget to provide it with pseudo-presence is only likely to confuse and dismay it. On your head be it if your furry buddy ends up bonding with Petzila instead of you. Rumors that the company is planning to introduce a follow-on product called "Kidzila" have not been confirmed.
4. Panono Panoramic Ball Camera
Do you need to take an immersive picture of your environment that can be scrolled spherically in every direction? Then you probably need one of these. The Panono's 36 cameras simultaneously and automatically fire in midair to create a stitched-together 360-degree by 360-degree image that can be viewed in any web browser. What makes it questionable: To deploy the Panono, simply throw it directly the air; the cameras will auto-fire at the apex of the ball's upward travel. Yes. You read that correctly: Haul back and whip it upwards as hard as you can. With any luck, you'll catch it or it'll land on something soft. Because even though it's made of "impact resistant" tough plastic, it also costs $499. Warning: Do not use Panono near cliffs, volcanoes, busy traffic or large bodies of water.
5. Kolibree Smart Toothbrush
Kolibree uses Bluetooth to connect with your smartphone in order to track how well you and your family brush your teeth. In addition to giving you a handy visualization of your hygiene history, it also has a feature that lets you to compete with your family (and others!) in dental care awesomeness. What makes it questionable: The name conjures up a creature from "The Hobbit" — why didn't the inventor just call it the Bluetoothbrush? But seriously, the only thing I'm less interested in connecting with my smartphone than a toothbrush is a fork. Oh wait, that was last year's biggest techfail.
6. AcceleDent
While we're on the subject of teeth, no list of bizarre gadgets would be complete without a mention of the AcceleDent, an oral device that emits a vibration intense enough to loosen your teeth — thereby shortening the time you need to wear orthodontic devices. What makes it questionable: Although the manufacturer says that it has been found "safe and reliable" in U.S. clinical trials, is it really a good idea to bite down on something like this?
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7. Curved TVs
In lemminglike lockstep, every major set manufacturer released curved-screen televisions this year, possibly the stupidest act of overt desperation the CE world has seen since, oh, let's just say "3D TV." Though they asserted in chorus that the curved screens offered greater "immersiveness" for viewers, that's debatable — and only effective in any case for those seated at the focal point of the curvature. What makes it questionable: Television manufacturers continue to bring features to market that consumers have never asked for and generally do not want. CES 2015 will probably bring cylindrical TVs that viewers need to be lowered into (for full 360-degree immersion, perhaps to watch images shot by Panono Ball Cameras). Also, did any give a thought to how people are supposed to wall-mount these things?
Update: An earlier edition of this post included a line that joked about AcceleDent, an oral device that emits a vibration intense enough to loosen your teeth, "is it really a good idea to bite down on something that makes your teeth rattle in their sockets?" That reference to rattling has been removed. The public relations firm that represents AcceleDent responded to this article with an email that said, in part, "you characterized the product as one that causes users 'teeth to rattle in their sockets.' That is simply untrue. 'Rattle' implies a dramatic movement, one that could potentially make a sound. On the contrary, AcceleDent accelerates teeth movement using the gentlest of pulses…" The firm added that "there have been zero patient complaints about AcceleDent."


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Committee Membership
The 2005-2006 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee consisted of the following faculty and student:
Paul Miller, Chair (Chemistry)
Carol Angell (Educational Studies)
Jeff Baggett (Mathematics)
Chris Frye (Music)
Joe Kastantin (Accountancy)
Steve McDougal (Political Science)
Don Socha (Modern Languages)
David Wood (English)
Marcie Wycoff-Horn (Health Education/Health Promotion)
Ashlie Kohl (Student Association)
New Programs
On February 9, 2006 the UCC approved the Inclusive Recreation Minor (21 credits). The new minor was approved by the Academic Planning Committee on February 2, 2006. Chair Miller brought a motion before the Faculty Senate to approve the new minor on April 6, 2006. The motion was passed unanimously by the Faculty Senate.
In addition to the new minor, UCC considered hundreds of revisions to current courses and programs as well as new course proposals. Each of these proposals and the action taken by UCC are detailed in the minutes of the meetings.
Committee Charge
At the beginning of the Spring 2006 academic semester, the UCC was charged by the Faculty Senate to develop a policy for outlining the role of UCC in dealing with courses converting to online or distance education formats. In response to this charge, the UCC has approved the following recommendations:
1. Departments must indicate online, hybrid or distance education courses so that Records and Registration can appropriately designate these courses in the timetable.
2. The following definitions shall apply:
Online courses are those in which all, or nearly all, instruction is delivered over the internet.
Hybrid courses require online learning as well as traditional in-class instruction.
Distance education courses utilize real time two-way communication between instructor and student.
3. Current courses converting to one of the above formats would require review by UCC only if the conversion is accompanied by a change that currently warrants UCC approval (i.e. a change in course objectives, addition or deletion of prerequisites, credit change, changes in instructional methods and evaluation procedures, etc.).
4. New course proposals utilizing one of the above formats should address the following topics:
How is the credit count determined?
How is the instructor contact hour load determined?
What is the role of the instructor?
How are student/instructor interactions facilitated?
How are the students assessed?
Proposed By-Law Changes for Handling Appeals for Requirements in the General Education Program
The Faculty Senate in establishing by-laws and responsibilities for committees gave oversight of student appeals for course substitution or waivers to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC). This was done prior to the establishment of a Director of General Education and prior to a change in the length of time members could serve on the General Education Committee (GEC) (members can serve up to five years). Now that there is more continuity and stability in the oversight of the General Education Program, UCC proposes that GEC be the oversight committee for student appeals pertaining to credit or requirements in the General Education Program/University Core Curriculum.
The Director of General Education and the GEC have the most knowledge and understanding of the program requirements, and the program goals and learning outcomes. After courses have been approved by UCC, the GEC is responsible for insuring the appropriateness of courses in the program relative to program goals and outcomes. Thus, it seems appropriate that the Director, in concert with the GEC, be the body to which appeals pertaining to the requirements of the General Education Program/University Core Curriculum be brought. This would include course or credit appeals as well as appeals related to the Writing Emphasis requirement.
Recommended Faculty Senate By-Law Change:
T. The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Duties and responsibilities of the committee shall include:
8. Authorizing substitutions or waivers for individual students in academic programs other than the General Education Program/University Core Curriculum.
I. The General Education Committee
Duties and responsibilities of the committee shall include:
8. Monitoring the development and application of methods for assessing the proficiency of students' skills to ensure that waivers of required skills courses, with or without retroactive credit, are appropriately granted.
11. Authorizing substitutions or waivers for individual students in the General Education Program/University Core Curriculum.


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Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 8:09 a.m.
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- Dec 9:
- Merrill Newman: North Koreans 'misinterpreted my curiosity as something more sinister'
- Merrill Newman said he was comfortable during detention in North Korean hotel room
- Dec 6:
- Palo Alto's Merrill Newman, freed by North Korea, is back in the USA
- Dec 3:
- Merrill Newman: North Korean captive had reached out to old comrades before trip
- Nov 30:
- Statement of Merrill Newman's family
- New details emerge in baffling case of Palo Alto's Merrill Newman, North Korean 'prisoner of war'
- Nov 29:
- U.S. calls for North Korea to release elderly Palo Alto man after he appears in 'apology' video
- Nov 28:
- Holidays on hold for family of West High graduate held in North Korea
- Nov 25:
- U.S. officials 'doing everything we can' to persuade North Korea to release Americans
- Nov 22:
- Detained in North Korea, Palo Alto veteran Merrill Newman shares name with war hero
- The wife of Merrill Newman, detained Korean war veteran, pleads for his release
- Nov 21:
- Palo Alto man's detention affects U.S.-North Korea relationship, envoy says
- Nov 20:
- Palo Alto man, 85, removed from plane, detained in North Korea
After six weeks in North Korean detention, an 85-year-old Palo Alto man returned home to the Bay Area on Saturday and declared himself "tired but ready to be with my family."
Merrill Newman, a gray-haired Korean War vet, appeared a bit dazed Saturday morning after he was greeted at San Francisco International Airport by his wife, son and a handful of well-wishers. But he smiled broadly and told reporters: "I'm delighted to be home."
The retired business executive had advised anti-communist guerrillas as a U.S. Army officer during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Sixty years later, North Korean authorities pulled him off a plane and detained him on Oct. 26, as Newman was preparing to end a 10-day visit to their country. He was only allowed to leave after the North's release of a bizarre video in which Newman "apologized" for alleged war crimes.
But many details of his strange ordeal, including his arrest and release, remained shrouded in mystery on Saturday. Newman declined to answer most of the questions reporters tried to ask when he arrived at the San Francisco airport's international terminal.
"After Merrill comes home and has a chance to get a well-deserved rest, we will have more to say about his unusual and difficult journey," Newman's son Jeffrey had told reporters after North Korea announced his father's release Friday night.
Another retired Army officer, who helped publicize Newman's plight, said he believes the North Korean government simply concluded there was no point in drawing further condemnation for holding Newman longer.
"You've got an elderly man who's well-respected, a grandpa. And here they are putting him in the slammer for something that happened 60 years ago," said Thaddeus Taylor III, a former Army intelligence officer who was a liaison to South Korean intelligence and security agencies in the 1970s. "That didn't play well."
Taylor first alerted this newspaper to Newman's detention after hearing about it from friends of Newman's family. State Department officials had advised the family and some of Newman's old war buddies to keep quiet while diplomats sought to use Swedish back channels to free him, but Taylor said he felt public pressure would make a difference.
"The more people that knew about this, the louder the noise, the better chance Merrill had of getting busted out," Taylor said.
North Korean authorities have shown no inclination to free another American, Kenneth Bae, whom they imprisoned more than a year ago for doing Christian missionary work in the country. Taylor said he believes that's because they want to discourage other missionaries, whom the dictator Kim Jong-un views as a serious threat to his regime.
Even though Newman's ties to anti-communist fighters may have galled the North Koreans, who view their 60-year-old war with the South as unresolved, Taylor said he felt the North Koreans would reconsider Newman's detention because he had "no value" to them.
North Korean officials cited Newman's age and heart condition when they released him Friday and put him on a plane to Beijing.
Vice President Joe Biden, who was in South Korea to visit a war memorial in Seoul, spoke with Newman by phone Friday and offered him a ride home on Air Force Two. But Newman declined, telling the vice president he preferred to take a nonstop flight from Beijing to San Francisco.
On his arrival in San Francisco, Newman spoke briefly and told reporters it was "a great homecoming." He added, "Thank you all for the support that we got. I very much appreciate it."
As airport police escorted his family through the terminal, Newman told one reporter that the food he ate in North Korea was "healthy." After another asked Newman what he planned to do when he got home to Palo Alto, he quipped, "I think probably I'll take my shoes off" and added that he hopes to "relax."
He did not go directly home, however, to Palo Alto's Channing House retirement complex, where friends and neighbors had tied yellow ribbons around the building's front pillars in anticipation of his return. Late Saturday, his son released a photo of his parents relaxing on a back porch. But the location was not disclosed.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said Saturday that officials had no further information about Newman's ordeal. In a statement Friday, the department welcomed Newman's release while calling on North Korea to do the same for Bae.
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, also celebrated her constituent's release.
"Merrill and Lee Newman are beloved by the Palo Alto community, and we welcome him home with grateful hearts and open arms," said Eshoo, who met Newman and his wife when he was honored for volunteer work by the Avenidas Senior Center in Palo Alto.
Newman had visited South Korea before and met with some of his former anti-communist fighters who had fled south after the war. Before this trip, he apparently emailed them in advance and offered to deliver messages to any contacts they still had in North Korea. The North Korean authorities claimed the email as evidence of espionage.
Several weeks after his arrest, the North Korean government released the video "apology" in which Newman said he committed war crimes during his military service and "hostile acts" during his latest visit. Newman read from a handwritten statement, using stilted and ungrammatical language that fueled speculation the confession had been coerced.
Contact Brandon Bailey at 408-920-5022; follow him at Twitter.com/brandonbailey.


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Friday, October 04, 2013
Regaled Regatta
Posted by Shreve & Co. at 12:07:14 PM in Corum (30)
Time spent holding tiller and sheets is time where the stresses and worries of everyday life are completely absent from a sailor's mind. The hollow thud the boat makes when the hull hits a big wave, like in a rollercoaster, the utter relief realizing that there isn't any queue nor a traffic jam and all you hear is the sound of the wind and all you see is the water and the distant land. It's only you and the sea, its vastness and unending movement, its familiar but other worldly strangeness, its colors, its simultaneous relentless beauty and awful inestimable power of destruction. Sailing is indeed a living poetry, much like the watches produced by the fine watchmaking brand, Corum. As a longstanding partner of the most prestigious regattas and leading sailors such as Loïck Peyron and Ben Ainslie, the development of a caliber combining a countdown function with a chronograph was a logical step for Corum. This has now been accomplished in the new Admiral's Cup AC-One 45 Regatta, equipped with a regatta function entirely developed by Corum. Embodying all the classic features of the Admiral's Cup collection created in 1960, the new Admiral's Cup AC-One 45 Regatta model powerfully reaffirms Corum's fundamental triptych: top-flight mechanics combining technical innovation and grand watchmaking traditions; a DNA firmly anchored in the sailing world; as well as a strong and instantly recognizable design
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We were visiting friends and they took us to the Sugarloaf Vineyard. We had a great bottle of wine, a plate of cheese and a lovely view of the vineyard. While there, the two owners, Barb and Ward Morris came by to visit with us.
They shared their vision of the vineyard and the area. They hoped people like us visiting would be brought to see the lovely spot they were creating. And, we totally agree with what has been done. Never once did they mention the problems they have had to face trying to work with the local government.
The next day we read about the amount of money they have spent in an effort to satisfy your zoning and planning administrator(s). We planned to let them know that should they give up on Missouri, we - in South Carolina - would welcome and support their work in OUR state
The next day I was reading the "Letters to the Editor" and saw a letter from local residents, Del and Karen Moore.
Their letter encouraged me to question, "Who is running your Zoo?"
Has anyone in the community looked at the horrible highway signage that appears to have no regulations what so ever and then you have a Board and paid administrator chasing off your business.
Again, Sugarloaf, look at the lovely area we have in South Carolina!
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We will work together to make a list of simple things that your students can do in their own backyard to create a micro-environment to help support these species. It may be as simple as planting a sunflower or two or a garden or few potted plants. Perhaps your school has a space that could be used? This would be a fun class project for fall and Professor McCullough will give you some great ideas on places to start.
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'House of Cards' star Kevin Spacey will play Winston Churchill in the upcoming film "Captain of the Gate."
No disrespect intended, but he should probably start eating now.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sierra/Affinity is producing and financing the film for around $20 million. Which leads one to believe there won't be any expensive special effects, like lasers and spaceships which, as we all know, tipped the scales to the Allied cause during World War II.
Fine ... I guess they don't want this movie to be believable.
As you know, Churchill was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century. "Captain of the Gate" will reportedly chronicle Churchill's rise to power as he stood against parliament to defend Britain from Nazi Germany.
Ben Kaplan, who previously wrote about the late President Ronald Reagan for a History Channel film, wrote the screenplay.
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Celebrate spring with your Umi fan by crafting a kite mobile that you can make in a breeze! Print the templates, cut, paste and hang, to see Milli, Geo and Bot flying high all season long!
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Help your child cut out all the pieces. Affix the kite template as instructed on the printables.

 After cutting out the Umizoomi attachment, apply glue to the back, fold in half, and firmly press together to create a double-sided image. Once dry, help your child punch a hole where indicated.
Align the two kite templates with a hanger and a piece of string (to serve as the kite rope) in between them and glue the templates together, back to back.
Attach the flags to the string (see photo for reference), by gluing and folding the flag templates over the string.
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Time for an Andy Flower sprinkler to cap it all off.
Time for an Andy Flower sprinkler to cap it all off.
Heads, Shoulders, Knees, John Stones
Off to congratulate the lads on Twitter, I'm so in with the yoof, me
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
Congrats England .
Peter Siddle is an absolute hero. WAFG.
Apparently it's the biggest win over Australia since Old Trafford in 1956.
I'm suprisingly not too bothered about this loss. Will be a very exciting time for Aus cricket.
Congrats to England! I have to admit that before the series I was tipping the Aussies to reclaim the Ashes. The level of mediocrity they displayed has been surprising tstl.
Kudos to the soap dodgers. Thoroughly outplayed us in all facets here.
Brought shadow players for their bowlers, who have stepped in and stepped up as well. Far better prepared and executed their plans brilliantly. Batted patiently and cashed in to take full reward when the moment came.
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Haha, Gower and Botham saying it will be a wonderful feeling for the England players, that they have their own wonderful memories, then Gower just looks at Nasser and says "what are you doing here?"
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Social media was abuzz late Saturday with reaction to the acquittal of George Zimmerman. Antioch police chief Allan Cantando posted a lengthy response to the verdict and the life of Trayvon Martin on his department's Facebook page.
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Tonight the Trayvon Martin verdict was released to the public. The verdict "Not Guilty."
I must admit I did not follow this case on a daily basis....I heard excerpts from the case and formed my own very limited opinions as the case moved through our court system. I had no idea of what verdict the jury would reach. I was optimistic the jury would be everything a jury should be...fair...impartial...and willing to have the integrity to live with their decision of "justice."
I spent today with family and friends in the comfort of my backyard, but once I heard of the decision, I watched my television intently. I must tell you I was emotional after hearing the verdict for many reasons. Not because I agreed or disagreed with the jury, but rather I knew the emotions so many of US would experience.
A young boy lost his life, a family lost a son, a brother.... friends lost a friend, a man on trial for his life was vindicated through our justice system. Cities throughout this nation are asking "was justice served?"-- what will be the aftermath once the masses learn of the verdict....and so much more.
I then heard the attorney for the Martin family, Benjamin Crump, speak. Although Mr. Crump has been addressing media during this trial on behalf of the Martin family, I cannot tell you how his message after the verdict tonight positively impacted me.
Mr. Crump noted the family was not at the courthouse, but rather in their church when the verdict was read. Although I am simplifying his message, he relayed the family wanted to be around family and friends when the verdict was read. The family wanted to have peace after the verdict. Mr. Crump was bated by the media multiple times to say negative things about this case...the defense....the Judge.....HE DIDN'T!
Mr. Crump showed amazing integrity which I will always admire and will strive to exemplify. In this case, Mr. Crump is a professional in every sense of the word. Mr. Crump talked about the race relations in this country and quite candidly said they cannot be ignored. Mr. Crump is right.
Mr. Crump talked about his conversation with a relative of Dr. Martin Luther King's family today and noted no matter what the verdict, the response must be peace and continue to work towards Dr. King's dream.......Mr. Crump is walking that path.
Regardless of your opinion on the verdict today, understand that this case has impacted America as a whole. My sympathies go out to the Martin family....I can't imagine the loss you have experienced. The Zimmerman family can get on with their lives and hopefully move past this incident. I truly hope these families find peace.
Tomorrow is another day and I am optimistic we all understand how this single event has impacted us all. When we wake up tomorrow, I am hopeful we will reflect where, we as a society have been...where we are....and where we want to be. I am confident we have all learned something about ourselves as we reflect on this incident, and that is a good thing.
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How did woman die in nursing home shower?
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.
Mary Ware may have already been dying when nursing home workers forced her to take a shower and one of them sprayed water in her face. But the cause of her death will never be known.
Florida's Nursing Home Guide Watch List identifies nursing homes that are operating under bankruptcy protection or have met criteria for a conditional status during the past 30 months.
To find the list online, visit the Agency for Health Care Administration apps page, and click on the highlighted word "characteristics" in the first paragraph of the text. In the Facility Search form, choose the geographic area or facility name you want, and click "yes" next to "Watchlist Facilities." Then click on "submit."
Of 140 nursing homes on the current Watch List, eight are in Southwest Florida, as follows:
Casa Mora Rehabilitation and Extended Care: 10 days on conditional status; cited for failing to give CPR to a 58-year-old patient who had a documented request for "full resuscitation"
Heritage Park Care and Rehabilitation Center: 31 days on conditional status; cited for beds with unsafe side rails
Surrey Place Healthcare and Rehabilitation: 14 days on conditional status; cited for failure to give CPR to a resident who did not have a do-not-resuscitate order
Westminster Communities of Bradenton Westminster Manor: 31 days on conditional status; cited for failure to consult an incapacitated resident's responsible party in health care decisions
Consulate Health Care of Sarasota: 41 days on conditional status; cited for multiple issues, including improper notification of Medicare benefits and poor housekeeping
Crossbreeze Care Center: 16 days on conditional status; cited for failure to consult an incapacitated resident's responsible party in health care decisions
Springwood Care and Rehabilitation Center: 5 days on conditional status; cited for failure to train staff in safe showering methods after a resident's death
Tarpon Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: 31 days on conditional status; cited for failures to consult physicians that resulted in medication errors
Village Place Health and Rehabilitation Center: 31 days on conditional status; cited for failures to consult physicians that resulted in medication errors
Shortly after the 96-year-old Bradenton woman, terminally ill and mentally impaired, became unconscious during a shower Aug. 25 at Springwood Care and Rehabilitation Center in north Sarasota, paramedics pronounced her dead. Her body was moved to Westside Funeral Home in Palmetto and embalmed before a medical examiner could determine the cause of her death.
On Aug. 28 the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office closed the case, finding no evidence of foul play.
But skilled nursing facilities are among the most highly regulated and closely watched businesses in America, with the government filing regular inspection reports available to the public. State regulators classified the fatal shower episode as abuse and prohibited Springwood from taking new patients for 14 days.
The company that in December 2012 bought Springwood, a 117-bed for-profit facility formerly owned by Sun Healthcare Group, has appealed the state's findings.
"We are waiting for the appeal hearing to be scheduled, so we are not able to comment further at this time," said a statement from Jeanne Moore of Genesis, one of the nation's largest long-term care chains. "However, in an abundance of caution, the center took steps to re-educate staff and assess all residents."
Springwood's direct-care staffers received extra training in how to bathe residents safely. Later visits by the state Agency for Health Care Administration found the home to be in compliance with safety rules, but a Jan. 11 visit found multiple violations — ranging from the rough handling of a resident witnessed in the dining room, to a faulty thermometer that apparently led to cool showers for residents. A February report said these deficiencies were corrected.
The circumstances of Ware's death earned Springwood a place on Florida's little-known Nursing Home Watch List, a roster that includes 20 percent of the state's skilled nursing facilities and is designed to assist consumers in evaluating the quality of nursing home care.
But it takes dogged research to sift through the myriad reports and ratings systems compiled by state and federal regulators. And even then, getting a straightforward answer on incidents and problems at facilities is not easy.
The facts surrounding Ware's death at Springwood can only be found by navigating a complicated trail through a government information system that is supposed to help consumers evaluate long-term care facilities.
The incident demonstrates the difficulty of providing daily care to a growing number of very elderly, fragile residents with multiple diseases, especially at a time of aggressive cost-cutting in the elder care industry.
And it highlights an emerging debate over a key element of long-term care — whether facilities should force residents to take showers.
Moreover, it demonstrates the difficulty of providing daily care to a growing number of very elderly, fragile residents with multiple diseases, especially at a time of aggressive cost-cutting in the elder care industry.
Philip D. Sloane, a medical professor at the University of North Carolina, cautioned against judging a facility based on one questionable death.
Sloane, who has helped lead a national movement against forcing nursing home residents to take showers against their will, said long-term care facilities are "full of well-intentioned, hard-working people who toil under very difficult circumstances, often with inadequate training and resources, in service of a population that under the best care is still going to have bad things happen."
Screams in the shower
Reports reveal that Ware — like many nursing home residents with cognitive impairment — was not an easy patient, especially in the shower. Even in her bed she would scream, according to nurses' notes, and could sometimes be silenced by a combination of morphine and a soothing back rub.
Ware had terminal colon cancer, and was receiving palliative treatment — comfort, not a cure. She had been a resident of Springwood since July 20, but at the time of her death she had been back in the facility for just two days, after spending a week for mental evaluation at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
She had been placed under "protective custody" at the hospital, a step taken when a patient is deemed capable of harming herself or others.
The primary facts of her Aug. 25 death are not in dispute, according to state and county investigation reports:
• Ware had been moaning and screaming the night before she was taken from her bed at about 11 a.m. by two certified nursing assistants, Alexis Barnes and Ciera Ray, who later said her strong odor made the shower necessary.
• Once in the water, Ware fought back vigorously. Her "screaming and hollering" caught the attention of a third CNA, Latoshia Bellamy. She came to help Barnes and Ray, holding the shower nozzle that Ware was trying to grab away from them.
• Barnes noticed a whitish or tan substance coming from Ware's mouth. Bellamy sprayed water in her face, even after Barnes told her to stop, because Ware had trouble swallowing and was on a diet of thickened liquids. Barnes and Ray told investigators that they heard Ware's coughs, and a gurgling noise that sounded like choking. They said Bellamy was laughing, saying, "Come on, Ms. Mary," as she washed the struggling woman's face.
• At about 11:50 a.m., according to a nurse's note cited in the state report, the aides called a nurse to the shower, where Ware was unresponsive with a faint pulse. The nurse told them to carry Ware to her bed, and CPR was administered. Paramedics arrived about 15 minutes later, and pronounced Ware dead.
Death is a given in nursing homes, and few of those in in such facilities — under 1 percent, according to several studies — result in an autopsy. Only about 12 percent are investigated at any level.
But Springwood's response to the death concerned state inspectors. They found that the facility's failure to prevent abuse and its lack of immediate and thorough retraining of its staff amounted to "immediate jeopardy," leaving other residents in potential danger.
When inspectors questioned staff members four days after Ware died about their latest instructions for showering, one employee still had an impression that it was acceptable to spray a resident's face to wash away soap or mucous.
One of the unanswered questions about Ware's death is whether the substance on her face was soap, as one of the aides thought, or "foaming at the mouth" — a symptom sometimes present at death when the lungs are filled with fluid, as noted in Sheriff's Det. Kimberly McGath's report.
The funeral director was not told until the night Ware died that her case was under investigation; by then her lungs and other vital organs had been removed for embalming. This made it impossible to determine a cause of death.
The watch list
Florida maintains an ongoing register of nursing homes that have raised concerns in the past 30 months.
But the watch list is difficult to find online, even for people who know to look for it.
And the national website maintained by Medicare, called Nursing Home Compare, is ambiguous. For example, it doesn't mention of any trouble at Springwood — only a mystifying single star in the "health inspections" category.
Of 140 facilities on Florida's Nursing Home Watch List, nine are in Southwest Florida — about 18 percent of the region's 49 nursing homes.
Brian Lee, director of Families for Better Care, an advocacy group for the elderly based in Tallahassee, said state regulators should be commended for maintaining such a list.
But he says regulators could do a better job of promoting the information for consumers. The agency's website is difficult to navigate for people outside the industry. This makes it hard for residents' family members and friends to hold nursing home operators accountable and push them to improve.
"I'm so glad they're putting out the information, but it's stuck in somebody's closet," Lee said. "This is the kind of information that people want, but folks aren't going to go through 20 clicks on the website to find it."
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