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Jefferson County Judge Milton Shuffield has ruled that former Beaumont Independent School District finance employees are responsible for paying back millions of dollars the pair stole while employed with the school district – as well as millions more in punitive damages.
It's come down to this. Recorded phone calls, video admissions, incriminating e-mails, forged checks, and insight from confidants turned informants …
Former Beaumont Independent School District assistant superintendent and Central High School principal Patricia Adams Collins Lambert is facing damning evidence in court this week that showcases the six-plus years she used funds meant to support the student body she oversaw as her own personal slush fund.
Claiming ineffective counsel and a lack of understanding as to what pleading guilty really meant, imprisoned former Beaumont Independent School District comptroller Sharika Allison is asking a federal court to set aside her sentence and remand the case for further examination.
Two former Beaumont Independent School District employees pleaded guilty in federal court April 14 to allegations of embezzling or conspiring to embezzle more than $4 million dollars from the local school district.
Two former Beaumont Independent School District employees pleaded guilty in federal court April 14, 2014, to embezzling or conspiring to embezzle more than $4 million from the local school district.
Sharika Allison became an employee with the Beaumont school district in 2008 on the exact same day as her boss, Devin McCraney, and currently holds the title of BISD comptroller.
Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were at the Beaumont Independent School District administration building and the homes of school district finance employees Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison the morning of Thursday, Nov. 7.
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How to Explore Japanese Museums Without a Guide
One sunny day, art historian Sophie Richard was enjoying a "designated shopping day" in Tokyo's Daikanyama area when she stumbled across the Kyu Asakura House, a small museum hidden among 150 maple trees that was built in 1919 for a Japanese politician.
"It cost almost nothing, I was alone in it, and it was the answer to all of my childhood dreams," said Ms. Richard, who studied at the Ecole du Louvre and the Sorbonne but has been fascinated by Japanese art and culture since childhood. The experience at the Kyu Asakura House drove Ms. Richard to spend two years visiting over 100 museums across Japan to create "The Art Lover's Guide to Japanese Museums," a look at over 50 art museums released recently by The Japan Society.
The comprehensive—yet lightweight—guide is pointed at educated art enthusiasts with little to no knowledge of Japanese who are traveling without a tour guide, much like Ms. Richard herself.
"One of the aims of this book was to say, 'Look, guys, it is very possible to travel within Japan. They have an excellent rail system,'" she told Speakeasy. "Museums are a gateway into cultures; they're a way to 'get in' as a foreigner."
Ms. Richard says she noticed one irksome quality of many guidebooks is a lack of practical information, so each entry includes the address, telephone number, opening hours and best methods of public transportation access.
The book includes full-color images of the interior and exterior of each of the museums, which are often private and boutique in size. "They tend to rotate artworks much more than we do in the West," says Ms. Richard, who interviewed the directors and curators at each location to discuss museum history, which she summarizes in each entry.
Some museums are larger in profile, such as the Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art, an avant-garde modern art museum in Okayama prefecture with a trippy "Sun Room"—a cylindrical room where everything is hung upside down on the ceilings. Others, like the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum in Kyoto, house private collections. That museum is home to many items from the Edo (1615-1868) and Meiji (1987-1912) periods including the tools used to make works like a realistically carved ivory bamboo shoot.
And for tourists who would rather not see the art? Each entry has pointers for other activities in the area. At the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection—the only museum in the world dedicated entirely to the oeuvre of the American artist—there is an adjacent spa with natural hot spring pools.

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Margaret A. Bonfardine, 73, of 148 Louis Street, St. Marys, died Thursday, May 2, 2013, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born August 10, 1939, in St. Marys, daughter of the late Alcuin J. "Doc" and Charlotte Myers Dornisch. On October 31, 1959, in the Sacred Heart Church, she married Gelindo "Boots" Bonfardine and he survives. Mrs. Bonfardine was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Class of 1957. She was a former employee of Speer Carbon, was co-owner of the former Fabrics Plus, did alterations for the Hour Glass Cleaners, and was a seamstress and did alterations at her home for many years. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Church, St. Marys Homemakers, Quiltmakers, and was a former Girl Scout leader. In addition to her husband, she is survived by seven daughters, Amy Bradley of Coudersport, Ann Kralik (Ed) of Malvern, Molly Bonfardine of St. Marys, Lucy Mosebarger (Bill) of St. Marys, Phoebe Bonomo of Danville, Gretchen Bonfardine of Erie, and Chloe Sweeney (Jay) of Charlotte, N.C.; a son, Michael Bonfardine (Rita) of Ft. Lewis, Wash.; 12 grandchildren; two sisters, Mary T. (Tetta) Dornisch of St. Marys and Alice Wiesner of St. Marys; four brothers, Richard Dornisch of St. Marys, Alcuin Dornisch (Carol) of Ridgway, Thomas Dornisch (Sue) of St. Marys, and Bernard Dornisch (Irene) of Lock Haven; and a sister-in-law, Dolly Dornisch of St. Marys. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Dornisch. A Mass of Christian Burial for Margaret A. Bonfardine will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church on Monday, May 6, at noon with the Rev. Eric Vogt, OSB, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Cemtery. Visitation is at the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Sunday, May 5 from 5-8 p.m. Memorials, if desired, can be made to the Sacred Heart Church, 325 Center St., St. Marys, PA or to the Community Nurses, Inc., 757 Johnsonburg Road, Suite 200, St. Marys, PA 15857. Online condolences may be offered at www.lynchradkowski.com.


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Revenge blamed in fire killing animals at feed store
A man angry that he was fired torched an east Harris County feed store, killing several animals, authorities said.
Ernesto Turrubiartes, 44, has been charged with arson in the blaze Thursday night at Forravera Feed Store at 13102 Beaumont Highway near Royalwood, said Lt. Dean Hensley of the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office.
Hensley said the man was recently terminated from an adjacent business, Felix Radiator Shop, which also was damaged by the fire.
"It appears his motive to start the fire was to get back at Felix's shop," Hensley said.
The businesses were closed when the fire broke out at 9 p.m. and no one was injured, but one dog and several chickens and pigeons died, Hensley said. Another dog was critically injured.
Hensley said a security guard and two bystanders at a nearby game room, where Turrubiartes parked his vehicle, saw Turrubiartes carry a gasoline can to the feed store's front moments before the fire erupted.
Investigators later determined that gasoline was used to start the fire, which began on the store's front porch.
The witnesses copied Turrubiartes' license plate number as he drove away, and it was traced to a woman who had left the vehicle to be repaired at a Cloverleaf-area auto mechanic shop. She didn't know anyone had been driving it.
Investigators found Turrubiartes sleeping on a narrow bed inside the shop, where police said they think he was living and working.
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The Tennessee state House approved the schools consolidation bill Thursday on a 64-31 vote sending the legislation to the desk of Gov. Bill Haslam.
The vote sets the stage for the next act in a drama that has dominated Memphis politics since Thanksgiving.
The Memphis City Council was to meet Thursday evening in special session to consider its next move. Watch The Daily News Online (www.memphisdailynews.com) for web updates on the council meeting.
The bill the council will be responding to delays any consolidation of the Memphis City Schools with Shelby County schools for two and a half years.
It establishes a 21 member planning commission to work out the terms of the transition during that time. The members include appointees of the Shelby County mayor, the leaders of both school boards, the governor and the leaders of both houses of the legislature, but not the Memphis mayor.
The bill also lifts the ban for Shelby County only on the creation of special school districts and municipal school districts as a response by county opponents of consolidation to a countywide school system.
Everything in the legislation is triggered by a vote for a school system merger in the March 8 citywide referendum.
The House decision, which was divided along party lines, came after approximately two hours of debate and a set of 15 proposed amendments – all either tabled by the GOP majority or withdrawn by their Democratic sponsors.
Most of the amendments were offered by Democratic legislators from Memphis who complained the legislation interfered in a local issue and that the transition committee established in the bill does not properly represent Memphians.
Memphis Democrat G.A. Hardaway sought to influence the GOP freshman in the chamber who gave the Republican party a larger majority after the Nov. 2 elections.
"This is what you promised, 22 of you freshman …at some point during your campaign. You spoke to the issue of local government, the closeness of government to the people," Hardaway said. "This is one case, but it opens the door. Freshmen, either be true to the word you gave to those who sent you up here … or you might want to think about going home before they vote you out next time."
Shelby County Republican Curry Todd was the sponsor of the legislation which won state Senate approval Monday. He was also the only House member to speak in favor of the bill.
But the Republican majority in the 99 member chamber held with over 60 votes to table every amendment.
Todd repeatedly denied the bill singled out the Memphis city schools system with state requirements and a process not applicable to any other school system in the state.
Todd countered that it was the MCS board that "wanted special treatment" by using a schools consolidation statute never used before.
"Did they think out this situation? No," Todd said. "They used an obscure statute that none of the others did."
Covington Democrat and former House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh argued that the legislation shouldn't include a lifting of the ban on special school districts and municipal school districts if the concern was an orderly consolidation process.
"The real reason for this bill is so that they can lift the prohibition from 1982 (on special school districts) and the prohibition from 1998 (on municipal school districts) so that they can have these special school districts in Shelby County," Naifeh said.
"He will deny that, I'm sure. But why else would they," he added, referring to Todd. "This bill is not about education. Most of you know what it's about."
Todd said the Memphis mayor does not have appointments to the consolidation transition committee because MCS isn't a municipal school district.
"The city of Memphis does not run the city school system," Todd said. "They're an autonomous body. … If they were run by the city of Memphis then they would have votes on this. We're not changing the game plan in the middle of the game, they are."
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. said earlier in the week that he expected the House to approve the legislation without any amendments that would change the bill.
And he anticipated making his case against the bill or at least parts of the bill before Haslam.
"I don't envy the position he's going to be in," Wharton said of Haslam. "I will, at the appropriate time, talk with him about that."
Haslam is a Republican governor with Republican majorities and leadership in both houses of the legislature. A veto of the first bill fast-tracked to his desk by those majorities would not be a good start for the relationship.
Wharton wanted a shorter transition period of a year and a half. And he wanted to make some appointments to the planning commission.
Haslam has told Wharton he won't immediately sign the bill without giving city leaders the chance to talk to him about their problems with the legislation.
"That was the commitment we sought," Wharton said. "That was the commitment he gave the (Memphis City) Council."
Meanwhile, Shelby County commissioners moved Wednesday to hire a special outside legal counsel to represent them in any possible litigation that might follow the bill becoming law.
The commission recommendation in committee sessions came after a spirited debate certain to be repeated at Monday's meeting of and vote by the full commission.
Shelby County Attorney Kelly Rayne also told commissioners the state legislation stands a good chance of prevailing over any legal challenge. Those chances improved, she said, when the legislation was amended last week to take out any attempt to stop the citywide schools consolidation referendum.
"In my opinion, the removal of the (countywide) referendum requirement makes it such that I think it will – it may stand up to a court challenge," Rayne said in response to a question from commissioner Mike Carpenter. "That helped the bill."
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LAKE CHARLES — Lake Charles officials are close to choosing a company to buy and develop 3.7 acres where a shopping center once stood.
The city plans to choose one of three offers this week.
The city bought the land for $766,000 in 2006 and demolished the buildings.
Baton Rouge businessman Donnie Jarreau and developer Roger Landry of Lake Charles both propose residential and commercial developments. Jarreau is offering $957,500 for the land; Landry $628,000.
Geddings Development Corp. of Lake Charles has offered $425,000. Businessman Gray Stream says he's thinking about up to 160 two- and three-bedroom apartments.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia held out an olive branch to the United States on Wednesday by calling for an improvement in ties, but chided Washington over "odious" human rights legislation and denounced Western policy on Syria.
Setting out Russia's policy agenda for 2013 at an annual news conference, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made clear that improving relations with Washington was part of Moscow's vision for strengthening its influence on the world stage.
"On issues where we have disagreements, we can look for ways to prevent these problems making the whole atmosphere worse and stopping us cooperating," he said, reiterating a hope that U.S. President Barack Obama would accept an invitation for a summit with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this year.
However, he signaled no change in Russia's stance on Syria, where Moscow is President Bashar al-Assad's main protector.
Criticizing the West on several fronts, he made clear Russia would be resolute in its defense of national interests.
"Russian-U.S. relations are going through far from the best of times," said Lavrov, a 62-year-old veteran diplomat who has won a reputation as a tough negotiator since becoming foreign minister in 2004.
He described U.S. legislation enacted last month to punish Russians suspected of human rights abuses as odious, and criticized a U.S. judge's recent ruling in a dispute over a collection of Jewish writings held in Russia.
But he made clear he wanted to draw a line under the dispute over the Magnitsky Act, to which Russia responded by approving similar legislation against U.S. citizens and banning Americans from adopting Russian orphans.
He underlined the need for "stable, mutually beneficial cooperation", particularly in investment and trade.
Obama has not responded to Russia's invitation to meet Putin in Moscow and diplomats say he is likely to agree to hold a full summit only if he thinks progress can be made there.
Ties between the two former Cold war enemies improved after Obama sought a "reset" in relations four years ago but have worsened again since then, particularly as Putin implemented what the United States saw as a crackdown on opponents.
Washington and Moscow, which are both nuclear powers, also differ over the development of a missile defense system on Russia's doorstep in eastern Europe and over the conflict in Syria.
Moscow has blocked three U.N. Security Council resolutions intended to force Assad out of power or press him to end the bloodshed, and shows no sign of changing its position.
Lavrov said Moscow was talking to all sides in the conflict and making a genuine effort to end it, but implied its Western partners were less committed to finding a solution.
"We often talk to them about that. They seem to understand it all, and the threat accompanying the prospect of the break-up of the Syrian state," he said. "But when they speak in public they say somewhat different things, differing from what they are telling us privately.
This criticism was one of several barbs directed at the West which underlined Lavrov's reputation as a man who does not mince his words. Like Putin, who began a new six-year term as president last May and is often harsh in his criticism of the West, he mixed promises of cooperation with tough rhetoric.
Lavrov warned Israel and its Western allies, who are led by the United States, against any military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran developing nuclear arms. This, he said, was a "very, very dangerous idea".
He was in line with other world powers, however, when asked about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, urging Pyongyang to adhere to international restrictions on its work.
His remarks increased pressure on North Korea to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions banning it from conducting further ballistic missile and nuclear tests.
Summing up Moscow's aims in 2013, Lavrov said the world was going through a transitional period towards a new balance of power and Russia's main goal was to ensure policies that underline collective action and reasonable compromise rather than the use of force to end conflicts.
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Over the past year, Samsung has pushed its way to the top, becoming the most dominant force in the Android marketplace. While HTC, Motorola, Sony and LG struggle to maintain or gain market share, Samsung's been busy creating a whole new category of phones that make even the Samsung Galaxy S III feel and look small. Last year, many had their doubt about the Galaxy Note and how consumers would react to its massive size, but there's no denying that the phone has been a huge success. Now the question is whether or not Samsung can keep its winning streak alive with the Note II.
1. Hardware
Internal hardware is definitely not the most important thing to the general public, but it certainly differentiates a good phone from a great phone. If we were judging the Samsung Galaxy Note II based on specs alone, this device would be crowned as king of all smartphones. Samsung has equipped the Note II with a quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 Exynos 4412 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, microSD card slot (up to 64GB), 8 MP main camera, 1.9 MP front-facing camera, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and a removable 3,100 mAh battery–all wrapped up inside a 151.1×80.5 x 9.4 mm shell that weighs in at 183 grams (6.46 oz). Those specs are certainly impressive, but the cherry on top of the Note II is its massive 5.5-inch, 720×1280 pixel (267 ppi) Super AMOLED capacitive display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2 . Not to mention the all-new S Pen for taking notes and sketching pictures to your heart's content.
2. Design and Build QualityIf you've seen the Samsung Galaxy S III, we wouldn't be surprised if you happened to mistake the Note II for its larger sibling. Samsung has taken the same design language it used in its flagship Android phone and scaled it up a few notches for the Note II. Besides the size difference, there are only two real distinctions in design between the Note II and the Galaxy S III: 1) the reduced amount of space below the screen on the Note II and 2) the slot for the S Pen on the bottom of the device. The Note II's power button is conveniently placed half way up the right side of the phone with the volume rocker placed on the left side. Like the S III, the Note II features a large home button beneath the screen. This button can be used to turn the screen on, and it also displays recently used apps when long-pressed. Samsung has done an amazing job of optimizing space on the Note II, but we're not all that impressed with the overall design and build quality of the phone. The plastic casing holds up well in day-to-day use, but it simply doesn't have that high-quality feel I expect from the most expensive smartphones on the market.
3. DisplayI'll be completely honest: the thought of a phone with a 5.5-inch display does not sound appealing. The beauty of a phone is that it is a portable device that can easily slide in and out of a pocket. Unfortunately, the Note II is one of the more unwieldy phones I have ever used. And that's all due to the size of the display. That being said, the 5.5-inch display on the Note II is one of its most attractive features. The 720×1280 pixel Super AMOLED panel used on the device actually looks slightly better than the one used on the Galaxy S III, most likely due to its slightly warmer color tone reproduction. The 267 ppi pixel density may not compare to the 440 ppi of the new HTC Droid DNA, but it's certainly more than acceptable. Having a 5.5-inch display is a necessity if you plan on using the S Pen with this device, but that's not all it's good for. Browsing the web, playing games and watching YouTube and Netflix are all more enjoyable on the Note II than any other Android phone I have sitting on my desk.
4. SoftwareLike any other Samsung phone on the market, the Note II comes with the latest version of TouchWiz. What makes the phone stand out is that it runs Android 4.1 right out of the box. That means you get support for Google Now, Project Butter, enhanced notifications and a few other tweaks that most Android users have not yet been able to sample. While it would be nearly impossible to find more than a handful of readers on this site who would recommend TouchWiz over Android's stock UI, I have found very few issues with Samsung's custom UI. As we pointed out in our review of the Samsung Galaxy S III, TouchWiz is probably the best among OEM skins. TouchWiz allows users to add their own apps to the launcher dock. In turn, this adds those same apps to the lock screen so that they can be launched with a simple swipe. TouchWiz is much lighter than it has been and offers quite a few customization options. The down side is that Samsung has chosen to overload the phone with its own array of custom applications. There are roughly a half-dozen various Samsung Hub and S apps loaded on the device. Realistically, this could probably be consolidated into 3-4 more robust apps. And then there's the look of the UI; whoever dreamed it up seems to have no experience in UI design. TouchWiz will get the job done for most people, but I'd still recommend installing a third-party launcher and a handful of other apps to replace Samsung's stock offerings.
5. S PenThe massive 5.5-inch display on the Note II may be the initial feature that sets it apart from the competition, but the S Pen is really the factor that puts the device in a class of its own. The Wacom Electro-Magnetic Resonance (EMR) technology used in the S Pen is simply phenomenal and provides extremely accurate input without needing a battery-powered pen. If you use Samsung's Touch Wiz launcher, removing the S Pen from the phone will automatically launch an S Pen screen that presents a variety of different tasks for which the S Pen can be used. If you're not really sure what you would want to do with the S Pen, Samsung has put together an extensive set of demo templates. While the templates are great for getting ideas, I never actually used any of them. Instead, I found myself opting for a plain white note pad to do some sketching or lined paper for taking notes. The original S Pen that came with the Samsung Galaxy Note was good, but the Note II's S Pen is a huge improvement. Samsung has made the S Pen longer and wider, which makes it a lot more comfortable to use for longer periods of time. It's still not as comfortable as a regular sized pen, but it's hard to complain about that since the S Pen tucks away into the body of the phone for safe keeping.
Having a digital pen to take take notes on your phone is fun, but Samsung has added a few extra features to make the S Pen even more useful:
- Easy Clip: outline and crop any content on the screen in any shape to save, share or paste. Clips can be pasted and edited with a note or shared via Android's media sharing protocols.
- Air View: hover with the S Pen over an email, calendar entry, image gallery or video to preview the content without having to open it. Also helpful in identifying unrecognizable icons in various applications.
- Quick Command: open the command pad with an upward swipe on the screen with the S Pen button pressed down to access the apps or services you use most.
While the S Pen works as advertised, I found that I seldom used it. I'm a big fan of active pen technology and own the HTC Flyer, which I use to take notes during meetings. My thought was that I'd love the S Pen on the Note II since it would allow me to take notes without having to carry around my Flyer. Unfortunately, it didn't quite turn out that way. The 5.5-inch display on the Note II is huge for a phone and works fine if you're doodling with the S Pen, but I found it to be too small for my note taking needs. I could only get two to three words on a single line, and I had to constantly scroll the page after only writing half a sentence.
As for the new, more triangular shape of the pen? I preferred the roundness of the S Pen from the original Note, because it was easier to wiggle the pen into place. The current model's corners require more of your attention to decipher which edge should face the back, whereas before you could just mindlessly twirl it a bit as you pushed.
6. PerformanceIf you're looking for a phone with exceptional multi-tasking capabilities that will tear through the latest 3D games, the Samsung Galaxy Note II may be exactly what the doctor prescribed. The quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 Exynos 4412 processor and 2GB of RAM inside the Samsung Galaxy Note II deliver exceptional performance across the board. Unfortunately, incredible hardware doesn't always guarantee glitch-free software performance. As fast as the phone is, we did run into stutters and hiccups in the Samsung TouchWiz UI from time to time. Fortunately, none of that was carried over to third part apps or games. Benchmark scores from the Samsung Galaxy Note II are among the best in the world, but don't be too surprised if it gets knocked down a few pegs as more quad-core Qualcomm S4 phones hit the market in the coming months.
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The 1080p video capture on the Note II is, again, on par with other high-end Android phones. Videos shot in bright daylight look great, but graininess settles in once the sun goes down. However, even the grainy video captures by the Note II are a lot better than most videos captured by those pocket HD video cameras that were all the rage a few years ago.
Anyone who's obsessed with taking self-portraits will love the Note II. The front-facing camera on the phone is actually one of the best on the market. Samsung has blessed the phone with an unusually sharp 1.9 megapixel chip and a fairly decent lens. We found the high-quality of the front-facing camera extremely pleasing when using the Note II with a few video chat apps and Google Plus hangouts.
8. BatteryPower users will find it extremely hard to fully drain the 3,100 mAh battery in the Note II. On average, the battery has been able to keep the Samsung Galaxy Note II up and running for a little over 14 hours with at least 3 hours of screen-on time. In that time period, I used the Note II to stay on top of multiple email accounts, browse the web, listen to Pandora for a few hours, tweet, and snap 10-20 pictures. When I handed the Note II off to my wife for a few days, she was able to easily get 24-30 hours of up time before plugging the phone back in to recharge. Naturally, battery life will vary based on how you use the device, but we're pretty sure battery life won't be something you'd complain about if you owned this device.
9. Call quality and soundWe all like to use our phones for surfing the web, playing games and browsing Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, but we often forget that they also make phone calls. Fortunately, the Note II can manage your calls with ease. The device does not seem to suffer from any reception issues, and calls come through loud and crisp for users on both ends. Our only minor gripe is with the slightly tinny tone of the speakerphone, but it's not something we'd notice if weren't listening for it.
Buying a high-end smartphone these days without 4G is like buying a sports car to drive on narrow cobblestone roads. It works, but what's the point? Fortunately, the Samsung Galaxy Note II comes equipped with LTE and HSPA+ radios, giving it access to amazing data speeds on all major carriers. While T-Mobile's HSPA+ network isn't technically 4G, we still managed to get download speeds that exceeded 12 Mbps in a handful of different markets, making it one of the fastest HSPA+ phones we've tested this year.
10. Accessories
I've never been a big fan of buying hugely popular devices simply because I like to think that I have a unique style, but I can say that there's a huge benefit in buying a phone that has already sold more than 5 million units: accessories. Samsung's official accessory list for the Note II includes the Flip Cover, Universal Smart Dock and the AllShare Cast Wireless Hub. But if you're not interested in what Samsung has put out, you have dozens of case, dock and multimedia accessory options available from countless well-established accessory makers.


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Starting tonight, the High Line's full seasonal hours will take effect.
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After dark, L'Observatoire International's unique lighting design transforms the High Line into a completely different place — the paths seem to disintegrate into the prairie grasses, the flora becomes soft and muted, and the open sky feels like a blanket wrapped around the city.
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Crusaders crush Cameron County 43-0
EMPORIUM – The Elk County Catholic Crusader football team picked up a big win on Friday night, defeating the Cameron County Red Raiders 43-0 in a contest played at Cameron County High School in Emporium. The Crusaders took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, were up 17-0 at the half, and led 30-0 at the end of three quarters. "I'm glad we didn't stop playing. We kept on playing a full four quarters of football finally, even through a little bit of the rain and muck out here. The guys did a nice job," said ECC coach Travis Skrzypek. "They (Cameron County) coughed up the ball a couple times and we made the best of it," Skrzypek added. "We huddled up, ran some nice plays, and tried to hang on to it (the ball) as best we could." Junior Ryan Seelye also had a solid night kicking for the Crusaders. He was 4-for-6 on PAT attempts and also made a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter. "Ryan Seelye is doing a great job. We had some trouble earlier in the year and he's been coming up before practice every night and sticking around and kicking extra. It showed. For a younger guy on the team in his first time playing football, he did a great job," Skrzypek said. Skrzypek also remarked that senior Devin Constable has really been stepping up his play on defense. "[Devin has been] playing some solid defense for us, and that's nice to see. He worked hard," Skrzypek said. Brock McCullough led the Crusaders on the ground with 108 yards on 14 carries. Joe McLaughlin added another 45 yards on 10 carries. ECC quarterback Mitchell Vallone was 3-for-5 for 52 yards. Vallone threw for two touchdowns and also had a one-yard run for a touchdown. Clayton Housler caught all three of Vallone's passes, two of which were for touchdowns. Cameron County was led by Andrew Lathrop with 45 yards on 11 carries. Red Raider quarterback Tucker Britton was 5-for-11 for 42 yards. Cameron County won the coin toss and elected to receive. The Red Raiders were only able to get to their own 27-yard line on their opening drive before fumbling the ball away to Elk Catholic. It took the Crusaders just six plays for Vallone to make the one-yard run into the endzone. Seelye added the extra point, giving the Crusaders a 7-0 lead with 8:52 left on the clock in the first quarter. Neither team was able to get into the endzone during the remainder of the quarter, and Elk was forced to punt at the beginning of the second quarter after their drive stalled out around their own 43-yard line. A series of good pass plays by Britton took the Red Raiders all the way to ECC's 5-yard line with Cameron County threatening to even the score. There was a fumble on the snap on second and goal, though and the ball was kicked and ended up sliding down the wet field until it was recovered by Crusader Hank Cappiello at Cameron County's 48-yard line. Five plays later and the Crusaders were back in the endzone, this time on a 20-yard pass to Housler. Seelye again added the PAT to extend Elk's lead to 14-0 with 5:41 left in the half. On the first play of Cameron County's ensuing drive, Britton's pass was picked off by McCullough, but this time the Crusaders were only able to get as close as Cameron's 6-yard line. Rather than trying to run the ball in on fourth down, Elk Catholic opted to have Seelye kick a 23-yard field goal, which he easily made, giving Elk Catholic a 17-0 lead, which they would hold on to for the remainder of the half. Elk kept their momentum going on their opening drive at the start of the third quarter. It took five plays for Vallone to connect with Housler on a three-yard pass to make ECC's lead 23-0 with 9:14 remaining in the quarter. The Red Raiders coughed the ball up again on their next possession, this time on a punt that was blocked by Crusader Shea Meyer. The ball ended up bouncing right into the arms of Cappiello, who returned the ball 24 yards to Cameron County's 5-yard line before he was taken down. After a penalty on Elk Catholic on the next play, McLaughlin took the ball into the endzone on an 8-yard run, and Seelye's PAT gave the Crusaders a 30-0 lead with 5:38 left in the quarter. After fumbles by both teams to start the fourth quarter and an injury delay, Cameron County went to punt but the punter fumbled the snap and his knee inadvertently touched the ground, giving the Crusaders the ball at the Cameron County 10-yard line. Jonathan Dippold ran in the 10-yard score for the Crusaders, giving them a 36-0 lead after Seelye's PAT attempt was blocked. Cameron County was unable to pick up much ground on their ensuing possession and again went to punt the ball away. This time the punter was able to get the ball away, but it was fielded by ECC's Dan Singer, who promptly ran it back 57 yards for the Crusaders' final score of the game. Seelye went on to make the PAT and ECC won 43-0. Game notesThe Crusaders are now 3-0 on the season and 3-0 in the Allegheny Mountain League. Elk Catholic will be back in action on Friday as they host Ridgway at Dutch Country Stadium at 7 p.m. Unofficial game statisticsEC CCFirst downs 12 7Yards gained rushing 197 -23Passes attempted 5 11Passes completed 3 5Intercepted by 1 0Yards gained passing 52 42Total yards 249 19Punts-average 2-24 4-28Penalties-yards 7-40 4-35Fumbles-lost 2-2 3-3Offensive plays 45 48Score by quartersECCHS 7 10 13 13 43Cameron 0 0 0 0 0ScoringFirst quarter - Elk Catholic - Mitchell Vallone, 1-yard run. Ryan Seelye added PAT, 6-0, 8:52. Second quarter - Elk Catholic - Mitchell Vallone to Clayton Housler, 20-yard pass play. Seelye added PAT, 14-0, 5:41.Second quarter - Elk Catholic - Ryan Seelye kicked 23-yard field goal, 17-0, 3:07. Third quarter - Elk Catholic - Mitchell Vallone to Clayton Houlser, 3-yard pass play. PAT failed, 23-0, 9:14. Third quarter - Elk Catholic - Joe McLaughlin, 8-yard run. Seelye added PAT, 30-0, 5:38. Fourth quarter - Elk Catholic - Jonathan Dippold, 10-yard run. PAT failed, 36-0, 6:22. Fourth quarter - Elk Catholic - Dan Singer, 57-yard punt return. Seelye added PAT, 43-0, 2:03. Individual statisticsRushing - Elk Catholic - Brock McCullough, 14 carries, 108 yards; Hank Cappiello, 11 carries, 36 yards; Joe McLaughlin, 10 carries, 45 yards; Mitchell Vallone, 2 carries, 1 yard; Andrew Gebauer, 1 carry, -3 yards; Tom Wolf, 1 carry, 0 yards; Jonathan Dippold, 1 carry, 10 yards. Cameron County - Andrew Lathrop 11 carries, 45 yards; Tucker Britton, 9 carries, -62 yards; Eric Spehalski, 4 carries, -18 yards; Dylan Armstrong, 1 carry, 2 yards; Zack Cokely, 3 carries, -1 yards; Daunte Woloshun, 1 carry, -3 yards; Nate Andrus, 1 carry, -2 yards; Rusty Setzer, 1 carry, 2 yards. Passing - Elk Catholic - Mitchell Vallone - 3-5-52. Cameron County - Tucker Britton 5-11-42. Receiving - Elk Catholic - Clayton Housler, 3 catches for 52 yards. Cameron County - Andrew Lathrop, 3 catches for 21 yards; Dylan Armstrong, 2 catches for 21 yards.


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A chainsaw designed for firewood cutting – with a great power-to-weight ratio.
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Novus International, Inc. Receives the 2012 Product Differentiation Excellence Award for MINTREX®
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Novus International, Inc. has received the 2012 North American Animal Feed Ingredients Product Differentiation Excellence Award for its trace mineral product MINTREX®. Novus was selected from an elite group of competitor companies by Frost & Sullivan, a 50-year-old global research organization that specializes in helping clients accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. This is the second award Novus has received from Frost & Sullivan in 2012. The company also was the recipient of the 2012 New Product Innovation Award in Prebiotics for its product PREVIDA® in September 2012.
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"We are so proud that Frost & Sullivan is recognizing Novus and MINTREX with this distinguished award," stated Thad Simons, president and CEO of Novus. "When we develop animal health and nutrition products, it is always with the goal of fulfilling our mission to make a clear difference in sustainably meeting the growing global need for nutrition and health. Receiving awards for what we truly perceive as 'doing our job' is a wonderful and much appreciated affirmation of our efforts."
To support its evaluation of best practices across multiple business performance categories, Frost & Sullivan employs a Decision Support Matrix (DSM) that is customized for each award. Potential recipients of the Product Differentiation Excellence Award are evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10 using the following set of criteria: 1) Unique Features/Functionality; 2) Quality/Complexity; 3) Customization; 4) Matched to Target Market Needs; and 5) Brand Perception. MINTREX received an overall rating of 9.4, outranking the next highest competitor by 2.4 points.
"As a leader in this market space, Novus clearly understands its customers' needs, which is evident in the range of products they offer around the world," noted Anjaneya Reddy, Industry Analyst of Frost & Sullivan. "MINTREX excelled in all five product evaluation areas and we are delighted to present Novus with the Product Differentiation Excellence Award in Animal Feed Ingredients. This product has earned its well-deserved reputation as the industry's best mineral source."
MINTREX is intended to be used as a source of trace minerals. By definition, the specific metal chelate must be declared as a metal methionine hydroxyl analogue chelate. MINTREX chelated trace minerals, including zinc, copper and manganese, are chelated using HMTBa, creating a strong bond between the ligand and the metal. This maximizes the use of minerals by the animal through greater bioavailability and digestive tract stability. Since 2004, when Novus first introduced MINTREX to the market, this product has been a trusted nutritional solution for multiple species, providing the essential trace minerals needed for healthy hooves, immunity, production and reproduction.
Novus will attend the 2013 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Ceremony, hosted by Frost & Sullivan, in San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, where it will be presented with the award.
For more information, visit www.novusint.com
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in nearly 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, ADVENT® coccidiosis control, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, MERA™MET aquaculture feed additive, AGRADO® feed ingredient and many other specialty ingredients. Arenus® (www.arenus.com) is a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC (a subsidiary of Novus International, Inc.) that focuses on developing health and dietary supplements for the equine and companion animal markets. Stratum® Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com). Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com.
®NOVUS, ALIMET, MHA, ACTIVATE, ACIDOMIX, CIBENZA, MAAC, MINTREX, SANTOQUIN and AGRADO are trademarks of Novus International, Inc. and are registered in the United States and other countries. ®ADVENT is a trademark of Viridus Animal Health, LLC, and is registered in the United States and other countries. ®ARENUS is a registered trademark of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC. ®STRATUM NUTRITION is a trademark of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, and is registered in the United States and other countries. ®PREVIDA is a registered trademark of TIN, Inc. ™MERA and SOLUTIONS SERVICE SUSTAINABILITY are trademarks of Novus International, Inc. © 2012 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan is in its 50th year of business with a global research organization of 1,800 analysts and consultants who monitor more than 300 industries and 250,000 companies. The company's research philosophy originates with the CEO's 360-Degree Perspective™, which serves as the foundation of its TEAM Research™ methodology. This unique approach enables us to determine how best-in-class companies worldwide manage growth, innovation and leadership.
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September 9, 2010 | A team of scientists led by NCAR's Keith Oleson has incorporated urban areas into a global climate model. The development is important because most models used for predicting future climate change do not account for the urban "heat island" effect. The study will be published in the International Journal of Climatology.
Oleson and colleagues used the Community Climate System Model, an NCAR-based model that uses trillions of calculations to simulate the chemical and physical processes that drive Earth's climate. After inserting a parameterization for urban surfaces into the CCSM's land surface component, the researchers ran the model from present day to 2100 under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change A2 emissions scenario, which assumes that global fossil fuel emissions will continue to rise at high levels over the coming century.
Results from the modeling experiment show that present-day annual mean urban air temperatures are up to 4°C (7.2°F) warmer than temperatures for surrounding rural areas, a finding that is important for verifying the model's accuracy since scientists already have observational evidence that urban areas are warmer than surrounding rural areas.
The study found that both urban and rural areas warm substantially by the end of this century as emissions rise, with rural areas warming slightly more than urban—resulting in a decrease in the urban-to-rural contrast. In addition, nighttime urban warming is much greater than daytime urban warming, resulting in a reduced diurnal range in temperature compared to rural areas.
"This study demonstrates that climate models need to begin to account for urban surfaces to more realistically evaluate the impact of climate change on people in the environments where they live," Oleson says.
He cautions that the study does not account for urban growth or changes in urban form or function; nor does it account for changes in the atmosphere other than increased carbon dioxide concentrations, such as aerosols or other kinds of pollution.
Oleson, Keith, 2012: Contrasts between Urban and Rural Climate in CCSM4 CMIP5 Climate Change Scenarios. J. Climate, 25, 1390–1412. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00098.1
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Samuel R. Pecota was appointed Interim Academic Dean in August 2015. After graduation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, in 1980, Sam spent twenty years as a merchant officer, working his way up from 3rd mate to master. He served as captain MV Stuyvesant from 1989-2000.
In 2001 he joined the faculty at the California Maritime Academy in the Department of Marine Transportation and earned an M.A. degree in Transportation Management from American Military University in 2005. Sam has held every faculty position from lecturer to full professor. His specialties are marine electronics and the development of new Maritime Education and Training pedagogies, with special emphasis on practiced-based learning through simulation. He is author of the textbook Radar Observer Manual (6th Ed., 2006) and numerous technical papers on e-Navigation delivered at several international conferences. He served as the Chair of the Marine Transportation Department from 2009-2011. In 2013, Sam became one of two Cal Maritime faculty members awarded the title "Distinguished Professor" for his research and scholarly work. In 2014 he served as Conference Chair of "e-Navigation Underway North America," an international conference dealing with the latest developments in marine navigation equipment and vessel control systems, held on the Cal Maritime campus. In addition to Interim Academic Dean, he also serves as Director of Simulation, and Relief Master of the Training Ship Golden Bear.
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Plainsmen open Conference play with thrilling victory
It was a happy birthday for Coach Hackett as the Frank Phillips Plainsmen gave him a thrilling come-from-behind victory in their first conference game of the season.FPC beat Clarendon on the road by a score of 102-100. Both teams have 11-4 records on the year.Remarkably, the Plainsmen were down by 19 points at one point, but came back and won by two over a stunned and talented Clarendon team.Many Plainsmen contributed to this great win. Leading FPC was Akeem Johnson, who finished with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Greg Nelson also had a great game with 24 points and 6 rebounds. Taquan McDew had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Ronald Scott came up with 13 points, 7 assists, and 6 rebounds. Rounding out the top performers is Jordan Whelan who also finished with 13 points and 6 rebounds.The Lady Plainsmen have split their last two contests, losing by two to Ranger College, but beating Clarendon College 102-95. Their record stands at 8-7 on the year. The ladies were on a five game winning streak prior to the Ranger loss.You can catch both teams in action on Thursday night here in Borger in another conference matchup against Odessa. The Lady Plainsmen will start play at 5:45p.m. with the men following.


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Nursing receives 15 scholarships from Robert Wood Johnson FoundationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The UH Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene announced today that, for the fifth time, it has been awarded a grant from the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. It is one of 52 schools of nursing that will comprise the final cohort of the program. For the 2014-2015 academic year, the School of Nursing will receive $150,000 to support traditionally underrepresented students who are making a career switch to nursing through an accelerated baccalaureate or master's degree program. NCIN is a program of RWJF and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
"New Careers in Nursing has made amazing strides in helping schools of nursing recruit and retain diverse students in these competitive and rigorous accelerated degree programs," said David Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP, RWJF senior program officer. "Through supporting these institutions, NCIN is working to increase the diversity of our nursing workforce, while also assisting schools of nursing in making their institutions more inclusive. The leadership, mentoring and other support these institutions provide are helping to prepare a diverse nursing workforce able to meet the challenges associated with building a culture of health in our nation."
Each NCIN Scholar has already earned a bachelor's degree in another field, and is making a transition to nursing through an accelerated nursing degree program, which prepares students to assume the role of registered nurse in as little as 12-18 months.
At the UH Mānoa School of Nursing, 15 students will be awarded NCIN scholarships. Since 2008, the NCIN program has distributed 3,517 scholarships to students at 130 unique schools of nursing. This year, funding for 400 scholarships was granted to 52 schools of nursing.
"We are honored that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has elected to once again recognize our Master's Entry Program in Nursing with this important award," said UHM Nursing Dean Mary G. Boland. "This award will create 15 scholarships and play a key role in ensuring our continued ability to educate a diverse, qualified nursing workforce for Hawai'i's future."
In addition to a $10,000 scholarship, NCIN scholars receive other support to help them meet the demands of an accelerated degree program. All NCIN grantee schools maintain a leadership program and a mentoring program for their scholars, as well as a pre-entry immersion program to assist scholars in learning essential study, test-taking, and other skills needed to succeed in their program of study.
"Nursing and nursing education are at a critical juncture right now, and NCIN's exemplary approach to supporting nursing schools is helping to strengthen both," said AACN President Eileen Breslin, PhD, RN, FAAN. "NCIN's creative, innovative and responsive approach to providing grantees with tools to ensure academic success will result in lasting changes at nursing schools nationwide. The NCIN program has truly raised the bar for recruitment, retention, mentoring and leadership development for nursing students from groups underrepresented in nursing."
The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, recommends increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree or higher, and increasing the diversity of students to create a nursing workforce prepared to meet the health-care demands of diverse populations across the lifespan. NCIN is helping to advance those recommendations by enabling schools to expand student capacity and by encouraging more diversity.
By bringing more nurses into the profession at the baccalaureate and master's degree levels, the NCIN program also helps to address the nation's nurse faculty shortage. This trend is reflected in the NCIN scholars, as 91 percent of the students receiving funding in the first three years of the program indicated a desire to advance their education to the master's and doctoral levels.
For more information about the UHM Nursing Master's Entry Program in Nursing program, visit www.nursing.hawaii.edu/master-entry-program-in-nursing.html.
To learn more about the NCIN program, visit www.NewCareersInNursing.org.
About NCIN - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) joined with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to create New Careers in Nursing (NCIN): an RWJF Scholarship Program to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through annual grants to schools of nursing, NCIN provides $10,000 scholarships to college graduates with degrees in other fields who wish to transition into nursing through an accelerated baccalaureate or master's nursing program. For more information, visit www.newcareersinnursing.org.
About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - For more than 40 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve the health and health care of all Americans. We are striving to build a national culture of health that will enable all Americans to live longer, healthier lives now and for generations to come. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at www.rwjf.org/twitter or on Facebook at www.rwjf.org/facebook.
About AACN - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing. Representing more than 750 member schools of nursing at public and private institutions nationwide, AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data collection, publications and other programs work to establish quality standards for bachelor's and graduate degree nursing education, assist deans and directors to implement those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, research and practice. For more information, visit www.aacn.nche.edu.
About University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Nursing - UH Mānoa Nursing, the Nursing Capitol of the Pacific, is the leader in nursing education and research in Hawai'i with outreach to Asia and the Pacific Basin. We support the mission of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa: to provide an innovative, caring and multicultural environment in which faculty, students and staff work together to generate and transmit knowledge, wisdom, and values to promote quality of life and health for present and future generations. The School offers BS, master's, and doctoral programs. To reflect Hawai'i's unique cultural diversity and heritage, UH Mānoa Nursing is committed to increasing Native Hawaiian and other underserved people in all nursing programs. For more information, visit www.nursing.hawaii.edu.
The University of Hawai'i Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawai'i System. The mission of the University of Hawai'i Foundation is to unite donors' passions with the University of Hawai'i's aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing private investments to benefit UH, the people of Hawai'i and our future generations. www.uhfoundation.org
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Newton County Histories
The following county histories are located in the microfilms area on the second floor of the library. Please ask a librarian at the microforms desk or the reference desk if you need assistance with these materials.
Title: Newton County, Indiana, index of names of persons and firms.
Published: [Fort Wayne, Ind. : Fort Wayne Public Library], 1979.
Index of Biographcal Sketches of Newton County.
Index to Names: Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton (1883).
Title: Newton county; a collection of historical facts and personal recollections concerning Newton county, Indiana, from 1853 to 1911.
Author: Ade, John, 1828-1914.
Published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [c1911].
Title: One hundred years of Newton county history. 1860-1960.
Author: Connell, John M.
Published: [Brook, Ind. : The Brook Reporter, 1960].
Title: This is Newton County, Indiana. An up-to-date historical narrative with county and township maps and many unique aerial photographs of cities, towns, villages and farmsteads.
Author: Drury, John, 1898-.
Published: Chicago : Loree Company, 1955.
Title: Farm plat book, Newton County, Indiana.
Author: Rockford Map Publishers.
Published: Rockford, Ill. : Rockford Map Publishers, [1958].
Title: Kentland-Newton County Centennial, 1860-1960.
Author: Kentland-Newton County Centennial History Book Committee.
Published: [Kentland, Ind.], 1960.
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F-2506 (vol. 2)
Title: A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana; authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country.
Author: Hamilton, Louis H.
Published: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company, 1916.
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Title: Biographical history of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski counties, Indiana ... .
Published: Chicago : The Lewis publishing company, 1899.
Reel 20 No. 73
Title: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : historical and biographical.
Published: Chicago : F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.
Reel 3 No. 17
Title: Tales of Kankakee Land.
Author: Bartlett, Charles Henry.
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Vitality GlowCaps Utilize AT&T Wireless Network to Improve Prescription Medication Adherence
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dallas, Texas, March 23, 2010
Vitality, Inc. and AT&T* announced today that AT&T will provide the nationwide wireless network connection for Vitality GlowCaps, intelligent pill caps designed to help patients take medications regularly, provide peace of mind for loved ones, and solve the billion-dollar adherence problem for pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and healthcare providers.
The AT&T-connected GlowCaps fit on standard prescription bottles and use light then sound reminders, which can be followed by a phone call or text message so people don't miss a dose. Each time the pill bottle is opened adherence data is recorded and securely relayed to Vitality over the AT&T wireless network. This daily adherence information is used to compile periodic progress reports that are sent to patients, caregivers and doctors, and family members.
Using sophisticated pattern recognition, Vitality uncovers the key motivational levers for each individual, and then tailors programs to activate these levers and break through whatever barriers exist. Data generated by GlowCaps can be used to automatically refill prescriptions as pills deplete.
"For the first time in the healthcare industry, we can use minute-by-minute adherence data to motivate healthy behavior," said David Rose, CEO of Vitality. "The AT&T wireless network enables Vitality to know when people do and don't take their medication, then send reminder calls, compile progress reports, and refill people's medications before they run out."
"GlowCaps offers a very intuitive solution to an ongoing issue in the daily lives of many consumers," said Glenn Lurie, president, AT&T Emerging Devices and Resale. "We look forward to providing the network connection for GlowCaps, delivering timely wireless data that will assist consumers in sticking with a prescription regimen, keeping them connected with doctors and family members, informed and on schedule."
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About Vitality, Inc.
Vitality addresses the billion-dollar adherence problem for pharmaceutical brands, retail pharmacies, and healthcare providers with a simple device — an Internet-connected pill cap. Vitality GlowCaps illuminate, play a melody, and even ring a home phone so patients don't forget. They can send weekly emails to remote caregivers, create accountability with doctors through an adherence report, and automatically refill prescriptions. Vitality improves medication adherence, health, and peace of mind.Vitality is currently working with researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Center for Connected Health on a study to measure the impact of the GlowCaps system. Vitality is the only company with a product designed to tackle the combination of factors that conspire to cause non-adherent behavior. Leveraging deep expertise in customer research, wireless consumer electronics, web services, and behavioral psychology, Vitality's patent pending solutions offer each patient the optimal mix of intervention, feedback, reminders, accountability, education, and incentives to improve their ongoing medication adherence. For more information on Vitality visit: www.vitality.net.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T |DIRECTVSM brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T's Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies.
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