A nursing assistant was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison for abusing a 78-year-old Alzheimer's patient whose son recorded the mistreatment on a video camera hidden in an air purifier.
Virgen Caraballo, 45, of Cleveland, was sentenced to 10 1/2 years on her guilty plea to seven felony counts of patient abuse, the state attorney general's office said.
The video taken in April and May by Esther Piskor's son showed Caraballo roughly transferring Piskor to a wheelchair and tossing her on a bed, the state attorney general's office said. Authorities said the video also showed Caraballo pushing the patient's face into her bed while washing her.
"The way this woman was treated by those assigned to care for her was unbelievable," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine in a statement. "Families cannot tolerate such care and neither will we."
The Ohio attorney general's office conducted the investigation with help from the Cleveland police, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office and the state health department.
In December 2011, a second nursing assistant pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and faces up to six months in jail. Maria Karban, 26, of Cleveland, is to be sentenced later this month.
The two were charged with abusing the woman at a MetroHealth Medical Center facility. MetroHealth has fired the women and two other employees.
Caraballo's attorney did not immediately return calls Monday.
Caraballo also is required to give up her nursing aid license and cannot work in a facility that is a Medicaid provider.
2012年1月10日星期二
2011年10月26日星期三
Bangkok faces worst flooding yet, governor warns
Bangkok faces the highest flood levels yet and is preparing for the worst, the governor of the Thai capital told CNN Wednesday.
Residents are urged to flee the rising floodwaters, which have already forced the closure of Bangkok's Don Muang airport and the evacuation of flood victims who have taken refuge there.
Thailand's government has declared a five-day public holiday in flood-affected provinces to try to encourage people to seek safety elsewhere before high tides expected this weekend.
But Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paripatra told CNN the authorities could not evacuate a whole city and it was difficult to persuade the Thai people to leave their homes, despite the risk.
"Apparently there will be large volume of water runoff coming toward the city tonight onwards, and over the weekend," he said. "At the point of high tide, it will be very high, the highest this year. We are bracing for the worse."
Thongthong Chantharangsu, a spokesman for Thailand's Flood Relief Operations Center, appealed on TV for Bangkok residents to head to the countryside.
Floodwaters extend from Rangsit, north of Bangkok, to Don Muang airport and Yingcharoen Market, state-run news agency MCOT reported.
The water has reached 30cm (12 inches) in places and is overflowing on to sidewalks and some roads, causing problems for small vehicles and leading to traffic congestion, the agency said.
In a televised address Tuesday night, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the capital could be submerged by as much as 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of water.
Of particular concern were areas along the Chao Phraya River, which winds through the capital and is expected to overwhelm embankments this weekend.
The Airports of Thailand declared Don Muang airport, which primarily services domestic flights, closed Tuesday night, after floodwaters flowed onto runways and affected the lighting.
Nok Air, which usually operates from Don Muang, was forced to cancel flights but should be able to run an almost normal schedule by Friday after moving its operations to the main Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airline's chief executive Patee Sarasin said Wednesday. Some 3,000 Nok Air passengers were affected by flight cancellations Tuesday, he said.
The flood relief operation will continue to be based at the airport, the Thai government said Wednesday.
More than 600 prisoners held at Bang Kwang Central Prison have been evacuated, according to the Department of Corrections. The high-security prison has about 4,000 inmates, the chief of the prison said, some of them high-profile.
The floods have also forced the Dusit Zoo to evacuate some animals, including goat antelope and Sika deer, to a zoo in the countryside, according to Dusit Zoo's chief, Karnchai Saenwong.
The U.S. ambassador to Thailand, Kristie A. Kenny, said the crisis was slow moving and it was hard to know what would be hit next.
The United States has already provided civilian relief resources including water pumps, purifiers and life vests, she said, and two U.S. helicopters are helping the Thai military survey the extent of the flooding.
Nationwide, the floods have killed 373 people and affected more than 9.5 million people, authorities said.
The public holiday announced Tuesday will be from Thursday to next Monday and will be effective in 21 provinces, including Bangkok, that are still under water, a government spokeswoman said.
The government has called the flooding the worst to afflict the nation in half a century and said it might take more than a month before the waters recede in some areas.
The government has set up more than 1,700 shelters nationwide, and more than 113,000 people have taken refuge.
Overall damage from the floods has risen and could top $6 billion, with the worst yet to come as the waters destroy shops and paralyze factories nationwide, the Thai Finance Ministry said.
Thailand derives a significant portion of its revenue from tourism, which has been diminished by the flooding.
Residents are urged to flee the rising floodwaters, which have already forced the closure of Bangkok's Don Muang airport and the evacuation of flood victims who have taken refuge there.
Thailand's government has declared a five-day public holiday in flood-affected provinces to try to encourage people to seek safety elsewhere before high tides expected this weekend.
But Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paripatra told CNN the authorities could not evacuate a whole city and it was difficult to persuade the Thai people to leave their homes, despite the risk.
"Apparently there will be large volume of water runoff coming toward the city tonight onwards, and over the weekend," he said. "At the point of high tide, it will be very high, the highest this year. We are bracing for the worse."
Thongthong Chantharangsu, a spokesman for Thailand's Flood Relief Operations Center, appealed on TV for Bangkok residents to head to the countryside.
Floodwaters extend from Rangsit, north of Bangkok, to Don Muang airport and Yingcharoen Market, state-run news agency MCOT reported.
The water has reached 30cm (12 inches) in places and is overflowing on to sidewalks and some roads, causing problems for small vehicles and leading to traffic congestion, the agency said.
In a televised address Tuesday night, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the capital could be submerged by as much as 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of water.
Of particular concern were areas along the Chao Phraya River, which winds through the capital and is expected to overwhelm embankments this weekend.
The Airports of Thailand declared Don Muang airport, which primarily services domestic flights, closed Tuesday night, after floodwaters flowed onto runways and affected the lighting.
Nok Air, which usually operates from Don Muang, was forced to cancel flights but should be able to run an almost normal schedule by Friday after moving its operations to the main Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airline's chief executive Patee Sarasin said Wednesday. Some 3,000 Nok Air passengers were affected by flight cancellations Tuesday, he said.
The flood relief operation will continue to be based at the airport, the Thai government said Wednesday.
More than 600 prisoners held at Bang Kwang Central Prison have been evacuated, according to the Department of Corrections. The high-security prison has about 4,000 inmates, the chief of the prison said, some of them high-profile.
The floods have also forced the Dusit Zoo to evacuate some animals, including goat antelope and Sika deer, to a zoo in the countryside, according to Dusit Zoo's chief, Karnchai Saenwong.
The U.S. ambassador to Thailand, Kristie A. Kenny, said the crisis was slow moving and it was hard to know what would be hit next.
The United States has already provided civilian relief resources including water pumps, purifiers and life vests, she said, and two U.S. helicopters are helping the Thai military survey the extent of the flooding.
Nationwide, the floods have killed 373 people and affected more than 9.5 million people, authorities said.
The public holiday announced Tuesday will be from Thursday to next Monday and will be effective in 21 provinces, including Bangkok, that are still under water, a government spokeswoman said.
The government has called the flooding the worst to afflict the nation in half a century and said it might take more than a month before the waters recede in some areas.
The government has set up more than 1,700 shelters nationwide, and more than 113,000 people have taken refuge.
Overall damage from the floods has risen and could top $6 billion, with the worst yet to come as the waters destroy shops and paralyze factories nationwide, the Thai Finance Ministry said.
Thailand derives a significant portion of its revenue from tourism, which has been diminished by the flooding.
2011年10月13日星期四
CHUO SEISAKUSHO LTD
Chuo Seisakusho, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of electrical equipment in Japan. The company’s products include power supplies, such as inverters, DC power supplies, and inversions; surface treatment equipment, including carrier and lift type automatic plating equipment, and barrel plating apparatus for automatic elevators expression; and resistance welders comprising catalogue resistance welders, welding machine timer microcomputer, welding current meter/monitor, AC square wave inverter welding power supply, welding couriers bird data management software, and weld current monitoring in communication networks.
Its products also comprise electrolytic machines, such as electrolytic ECBs and electrolytic polishing machines; environmental equipment, including compact form wastewater treatment, air recovery systems, ion exchangers, etchant reproducing apparatus, sludge filter press, air purifiers, and exhaust circulating devices; and measuring equipment comprising fluid management devices, electrolytic plating thickness testers, PH/ORP meters, DC-AH meter auto pacers, acid and neutral bath/electroless nickel plating solution management unit; management software for data collection and preservation; ultrasonic cleaners; and polish devices. In addition, the company provides railway testing equipment consisting of speedometer testers, electric air compressor test equipment, miniature relay test equipment, breaker test equipment for wiring, vehicle wiring insulation resistance testers, main motor no-load test apparatus, coupler test equipment jumpers, pantograph test equipment, solid state relay test equipment, and door closed switch testers. It also exports its products to approximately 20 countries internationally.
The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Nagoya City, Japan.
Its products also comprise electrolytic machines, such as electrolytic ECBs and electrolytic polishing machines; environmental equipment, including compact form wastewater treatment, air recovery systems, ion exchangers, etchant reproducing apparatus, sludge filter press, air purifiers, and exhaust circulating devices; and measuring equipment comprising fluid management devices, electrolytic plating thickness testers, PH/ORP meters, DC-AH meter auto pacers, acid and neutral bath/electroless nickel plating solution management unit; management software for data collection and preservation; ultrasonic cleaners; and polish devices. In addition, the company provides railway testing equipment consisting of speedometer testers, electric air compressor test equipment, miniature relay test equipment, breaker test equipment for wiring, vehicle wiring insulation resistance testers, main motor no-load test apparatus, coupler test equipment jumpers, pantograph test equipment, solid state relay test equipment, and door closed switch testers. It also exports its products to approximately 20 countries internationally.
The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Nagoya City, Japan.
2011年9月8日星期四
Ecomajik Corporation to Offer Air Purifiers to Texas Wildfire Victims
Locally based Ecomajik Corporation announced today it will try to do it's part to help neighbors dealing with smoke damage and health concerns after the wildfires across the Austin, Texas area. The company distributes Air Purifiers with technology designed for NASA for use in the Space Shuttle. These air purifiers have long been used by the Red Cross and were employed by the Defense Department to clean the air in the Pentagon after the 911 attack.
Ecomajik will provide air purifiers to residents on a loan basis without charge. Additionally if residents are interested in purchasing units they have established a special program to help fire victims.
"My husband and I survived the wildfires in San Diego several years back. We know what challenges families have to deal with, even when your home makes it through the crisis untouched. Sometimes smoke damage can linger for weeks or months and is very unhealthy for inhabitants. Our Air Purifiers eliminate smoke and mitigate smoke damage from fires killing all odors and removing contaminants from the air." noted Susan Braun Ecomajik Corporation President. "Breathing this contaminated air can be very hazardous to your health, especially if your are an "at risk" individual." she added.
Residents in Bastrop, Moonglow, Steiner Ranch, Pedernales, Union Chapel, Luther Hill, and surrounding areas qualify for the free loan of equipment while supplies last. The air purifiers remove all contaminants from the air in homes and sanitize exposed surfaces as well. About the size of a bookshelf speaker they can clean a home up to 3,000 sq feet.
Ecomajik will provide air purifiers to residents on a loan basis without charge. Additionally if residents are interested in purchasing units they have established a special program to help fire victims.
"My husband and I survived the wildfires in San Diego several years back. We know what challenges families have to deal with, even when your home makes it through the crisis untouched. Sometimes smoke damage can linger for weeks or months and is very unhealthy for inhabitants. Our Air Purifiers eliminate smoke and mitigate smoke damage from fires killing all odors and removing contaminants from the air." noted Susan Braun Ecomajik Corporation President. "Breathing this contaminated air can be very hazardous to your health, especially if your are an "at risk" individual." she added.
Residents in Bastrop, Moonglow, Steiner Ranch, Pedernales, Union Chapel, Luther Hill, and surrounding areas qualify for the free loan of equipment while supplies last. The air purifiers remove all contaminants from the air in homes and sanitize exposed surfaces as well. About the size of a bookshelf speaker they can clean a home up to 3,000 sq feet.
2011年5月29日星期日
Osim eyes Asia expansion on rising health awareness
“Sipping a cup of coffee [on the sofa] and chatting with your friends … Relaxation is the new fashion. Enjoying a massage, enjoying the new fashion,” Taiwanese model Lin Chih-ling (林志玲) says in a massage sofa commercial for Osim International Ltd (傲勝國際).
In another TV commercial, actress Chen Mei-fong (陳美鳳) says: “I have many items of clothing, but if you want to ask me which one is the most comfortable, no doubt it is Osim’s shoulder massager.”
Stan Shih (施振榮), the founder of Acer Group (宏碁集團), recalled at a Taipei forum in 2007 that he came across a massage chair made by Osim a decade ago and mistook it for a sophisticated Japanese product.
Shih was surprised when he found out during a business trip to Singapore that Osim was actually a Singaporean brand. He has an Osim massage chair at home.
Osim is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Asian healthcare and lifestyle industry.
The company first came to -Taiwan in 1987 when it set up counters at Pacific Sogo Department Stores (太平洋崇光百貨). Osim now has specialty stores across the nation that beckon to passing customers to come inside, take a break and enjoy a massage.
“We have been in Taiwan for 25 years. Some of our promoters joined us as young ladies, and now are mothers,” Ron Sim (沈財福), Osim founder and chief executive officer, said at a May 19 conference in Taipei held to brief investors about its share-listing plans.
He said Taiwan — along with Hong Kong and China — was a very important market to Osim as it branches out from Singapore, a city-state with a population of just 5.1 million.
Osim’s predecessor was R. Sim Trading Co Pte Ltd, a distributor that sold handheld massagers and foot reflexology rollers. It was founded in 1979, when Sim was 20 years old.
Sim decided to distribute his products in Hong Kong in 1986, a year after Singapore was hit by a financial crisis.
“Singapore was a small market, and the population was not large enough to sustain the business,” he said.
Keeping a startup alive amid difficult economic times showed Sim that his distribution company had found a niche. This realization gave birth to the Osim healthcare brand in 1994.
Sim said he had to venture into branded business to manage “the company’s own fate.”
In 1995, it launched into a joint venture with Daito Electric Machine Industry Co, a Japanese contract maker of Osim, by taking up a 30 percent stake in the manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. This provided Sim with a research, development and manufacturing unit, and made him a priority when it came to getting orders dealt with.
Spicing up Osim’s offerings with a “blockbuster” product launch every three months is a surefire way to keep customers coming back, Sim said.
One of its products, the iSymphonic — the industry’s first massage chair that synchronizes massage and music — was voted “Invention of the Year” by Time magazine.
There are new products in the pipeline, including an Internet massage chair, special edition massage chairs for fashionistas and music lovers and an ambient air purifier.
Today, the Singaporean firm claims to be a leader in the “well-being and lifestyle” industry, with five brands — Osim, GNC, RichLife, Brookstone and TWG Tea — promoting products from massage chairs, treadmills, air purifiers and vacuum cleaners to health supplements and high-end tea products.
In another TV commercial, actress Chen Mei-fong (陳美鳳) says: “I have many items of clothing, but if you want to ask me which one is the most comfortable, no doubt it is Osim’s shoulder massager.”
Stan Shih (施振榮), the founder of Acer Group (宏碁集團), recalled at a Taipei forum in 2007 that he came across a massage chair made by Osim a decade ago and mistook it for a sophisticated Japanese product.
Shih was surprised when he found out during a business trip to Singapore that Osim was actually a Singaporean brand. He has an Osim massage chair at home.
Osim is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Asian healthcare and lifestyle industry.
The company first came to -Taiwan in 1987 when it set up counters at Pacific Sogo Department Stores (太平洋崇光百貨). Osim now has specialty stores across the nation that beckon to passing customers to come inside, take a break and enjoy a massage.
“We have been in Taiwan for 25 years. Some of our promoters joined us as young ladies, and now are mothers,” Ron Sim (沈財福), Osim founder and chief executive officer, said at a May 19 conference in Taipei held to brief investors about its share-listing plans.
He said Taiwan — along with Hong Kong and China — was a very important market to Osim as it branches out from Singapore, a city-state with a population of just 5.1 million.
Osim’s predecessor was R. Sim Trading Co Pte Ltd, a distributor that sold handheld massagers and foot reflexology rollers. It was founded in 1979, when Sim was 20 years old.
Sim decided to distribute his products in Hong Kong in 1986, a year after Singapore was hit by a financial crisis.
“Singapore was a small market, and the population was not large enough to sustain the business,” he said.
Keeping a startup alive amid difficult economic times showed Sim that his distribution company had found a niche. This realization gave birth to the Osim healthcare brand in 1994.
Sim said he had to venture into branded business to manage “the company’s own fate.”
In 1995, it launched into a joint venture with Daito Electric Machine Industry Co, a Japanese contract maker of Osim, by taking up a 30 percent stake in the manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. This provided Sim with a research, development and manufacturing unit, and made him a priority when it came to getting orders dealt with.
Spicing up Osim’s offerings with a “blockbuster” product launch every three months is a surefire way to keep customers coming back, Sim said.
One of its products, the iSymphonic — the industry’s first massage chair that synchronizes massage and music — was voted “Invention of the Year” by Time magazine.
There are new products in the pipeline, including an Internet massage chair, special edition massage chairs for fashionistas and music lovers and an ambient air purifier.
Today, the Singaporean firm claims to be a leader in the “well-being and lifestyle” industry, with five brands — Osim, GNC, RichLife, Brookstone and TWG Tea — promoting products from massage chairs, treadmills, air purifiers and vacuum cleaners to health supplements and high-end tea products.
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