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Phelps, A.S., Hofmann, M.H., Hart, B., 2014, Stratigraphic architecture and facies characterization of the Late Devonian/Early Mississippian Sappington Formation, Bridger Range, Montana: Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, No. 6, p. 774.
Myrow, P.M., Hanson, A., Phelps, A.S., Creveling, J.R., Strauss, J.V., Fike, D.A., Ripperdan, R.L., 2013, Latest Devonian (Famennian) global events in Western Laurentia: Variations in the carbon isotopic record linked to diagenetic alteration below regionally extensive unconformities: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. v. 386, p. 194-209.
Myrow, P.M., Hanson, A., Phelps, A.S., Creveling, J.R., Strauss, J.V., Fike, D.A., Ripperdan, R.L., 2012, Upper Famennian carbon isotopic excursions in Western Laurentia linked to diagenetic alterations during lowstands: Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver, Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7.
2014 Apache Graduate Research Scholarship
2014 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
2013 Geology Alumni Award (University of Montana)
2009 The Patricia J. Buster Research Scholarship for independent senior research (Colorado College)
2009 Donald B. Gould Scholarship Award in Geology (Colorado College)
2009 Darrell M. Putman Scholarship in Geology (Colorado College)
2009 The Harrison Tout Scholarship Fund (Colorado College)
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2014 Geoscience Intern, North American New ventures, Apache Corporation, Houston, TX
2014 Geoscience Intern, Bakken Implementation, ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX
2014 GSA Short Course: Siliciclastic Core Logging for Graduate Students
2013 ExxonMobil Short Course: Reservoir Characterization of the Monterey Formation, CA
2013 Teaching Assistant, University of Montana Department of Geosciences
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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When Janette Garcia moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 1993 and began working for The University of Texas-Pan American, she realized she had arrived at someplace special.
"It really is a blend of cultures," Garcia said. "It's not typical U.S. and it's not typical Mexico. Having that blend just makes it really unique, and I think unique even as compared to other border cities."
She didn't know just how extraordinary Edinburg was until she began research on the city for a book she was asked to write about its history.
"The town moved three times," said Garcia, a librarian in the special collections department at the University Library.
The book, "Edinburg," is published by Arcadia Publishing, which produces the "Images of America" series of books on communities throughout the United States.
Arcadia Publishing contacted Garcia about writing a book on the history of Edinburg. A biography had been written about Hidalgo County, but not its county seat, Garcia said.
Garcia said she spent about a year researching archives from the University Library, the Museum of South Texas History and other sources, interviewing residents and businesses and collecting photos for her book. She conducted all her work on the book outside her day job at UT Pan American, spending nights and weekends compiling the information.
The 128-page book tells the story of how Edinburg, as well as the rest of the Rio Grande Valley, grew from porciones -- strips of land the Spanish, and later Mexican, governments allotted to ranchers -- to thriving communities along the United States-Mexico border. Much of the stories are told through pictures donated by the University, museum and long-time residents of the area.
In the book, Garcia explains how the county seat, then called Edinburgh -- named after the hometown of one of the town's founders who emigrated from Scotland to the Valley -- was established along the banks of the Rio Grande. The town's name changed to Hidalgo to match the name of the newly formed county in which it resided. Because of flooding, the community decided to move the town about two miles north. But as the flood waters continued to seep north, the townspeople decided to move the county seat to ranchland located near the center of Hidalgo County and named that town Chapin, after the county judge at the time, D.B. Chapin.
Years later, the townspeople decided to change the name of their home to Edinburg -- sans the 'h" -- after Chapin was put on trial for shooting a man in San Antonio in self defense. Chapin was acquitted of all charges, but the community changed the name the day the trial started because it did not want the town to be associated with the case.
Garcia said the city's name changes were the most interesting for her to research because of the stories tied to them.
The librarian said she was also struck by the strong sense of community among Edinburg residents. In her research she found out that throughout Edinburg's history its residents came together to build the town's prominence.
"The Echo Hotel is actually called the Edinburg Community Hotel Organization and it was built with the community raising funds because no big hotel chain wanted to come down here," Garcia said. "So Edinburg created its own hotel. As the college was growing ... they were looking for other areas and were thinking of moving to McAllen. But once again, the people of Edinburg came together and they helped raise money to buy land for where we are now."
Garcia said the experience of compiling information for and writing the book was fun but frustrating because there is so much more history that didn't get into the publication. What is even more frustrating to her is the fact that few area residents are aware of their hometown's history.
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Garcia said she hopes her book will encourage more people to preserve their families' histories.
"Edinburg" is available for sale at various locations throughout the area, including Walgreens, Coffee Zone, the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. The book also can be purchased online at www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Garcia will be signing books at the Edinburg Chamber, 602 W. University Drive, at 5 p.m. Jan. 26.
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Analytics are at the core of any enterprise big data deployment. Relational databases are still the best technology for running transactional applications — certainly crucial for most enterprises — but when it comes to data analysis, relational databases are showing signs of stress. Enterprise adoption of Apache Hadoop (or Hadoop-like big data systems) reflects a focus on performing analytics rather than on merely storing transactions.
To implement Hadoop or Hadoop-like systems with analytics successfully, an enterprise must address a set of readiness issues that fit into four categories:
- Security— Preventing data theft and controlling access
- Support— Documentation and consulting
- Analytics— The minimum analytics feature set that enterprises require
- Integration— Integration with legacy or third-party products for the purpose of data migration or data exchange
Using these four categories as bases for comparison, this article makes a case for enterprise adoption of commercial Hadoop products, such as InfoSphere BigInsights for big data analytics, rather than of open source "vanilla" Hadoop installations.
Preventing data theft and controlling access
Security issues are a common concern in Hadoop deployments. By design, Hadoop stores and processes unstructured data that originates from multiple sources. Access control, data entitlement, and ownership problems can result. IT managers need to control access to the data entering the system and the data going out. The fact that Hadoop (or Hadoop-like environments) include data with various classifications and sensitivity levels can exacerbate access-control problems. The ultimate risks are data theft and inappropriate data access or disclosure.
Data theft in an endemic problem at the enterprise level. Attacks on corporate IT systems are common. These issues have been addressed in traditional relational systems. But implementing solutions for big data systems is a different matter, given the new set of technologies in play. By default, most big data systems do not encrypt data at rest, an issue that must be addressed as a first step. And cluster administration is required for the clusters of available data. Again, relational systems have overcome similar problems. But given that cluster-administration tools aren't yet available for Hadoop-like systems, unwanted direct access to data files or data-node processes is possible.
Furthermore, the merging of multiple datasets for analysis creates a new dataset that can require separate access controls. Roles that were applied to the data sources must now be defined for the combination of data sources. Clear boundaries must be defined for roles on either a technical or a functional basis. Neither option is perfect. Establishing roles on a functional basis can enable snooping into data here and there, but it's easier for administrators to implement when the datasets are merged. Using a technical basis can secure the original data nodes, but create access problems when the nodes are merged. The built-in access-control and security features in Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) cannot address this dilemma. Some companies that use Hadoop are building new environments that store merged datasets, or they are protecting access to the merged data through customized firewalls.
Products such as InfoSphere Guardium® Data Security (see Resources) can come to the rescue to ensure data security in Hadoop-based systems. InfoSphere Guardium Data Security automates the entire compliance-auditing process in heterogeneous environments through features such as auto-discovery of sensitive data, automated compliance reporting, and data-level access control.
Documentation and consulting
Lack of documentation is another common enterprise concern. Roles and specifications change, and consultants and employees leave. Unless roles and specifications are well-documented, many efforts must start from square one when a change occurs. This is a major issue with open source Apache Hadoop. In contrast, structured Hadoop-based products designed for enterprises, such as IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, can resolve this by providing structured documentation and enterprise-level support. BigInsights adds these advantages to the fact that every development designed for the open source version of Hadoop works with BigInsights, too — because BigInsights is built on Apache Hadoop.
By deploying a product such as InfoSphere BigInsights, an enterprise gains the benefit of the external support provided. For business reasons, large enterprises usually keep a support team only for core IT functions. Complex deployments are almost impossible for such teams to carry out, given their level of technical expertise. Some small companies specialize in and succeed with helping larger companies carry out complex Hadoop deployments. But small ones can't be relied upon for long-term support because they might not exist for the long term.
The structured consulting and support that a major vendor provides address these issues. A standard Hadoop version can be deployed, tracked, and supported to meet enterprise needs and expectations. External consultants can also assume the roles of full-time employees — but with the right skill set. And they can apply experience and best practices acquired from a range of industries. This is an especially important benefit, given that big data is still a new field with a dearth of expertise. Consulting for big data can also serve the training needs of in-house teams and be used to augment employees' skill sets. Consultant support can be used for extension projects and for regular maintenance.
Creating business value through analytics
Big data deployments are all about maximizing information gain. Apache Hadoop provides the technical prowess and infrastructure for handling the three V's of data: volume, variety, and velocity. But accumulating and handling all of that data has no point unless the data can be analyzed. Data can come in from multiple data sources: flat files, databases, packaged applications, enterprise resource planning (ERP) or customer relationship management (CRM) systems, or as streams. Managing the data and storing it, which Hadoop is adept at, come first. But data management and storage do not in themselves provide any business value. Business value comes from analyzing the data. (This is where relational databases are failing. They can store large data volumes but can't process it efficiently in real time.)
To analyze data stored in Hadoop, applications designed for that purpose must be built on top of Hadoop. They can be statistical data visualization tools or analytics tools. If they are not built from scratch, software such as IBM SPSS, SAS, or R must be linked to Hadoop through APIs. Even Google, which invented MapReduce, now uses it only to collect and organize data. For analysis Google uses Dremel, a scalable query system for analysis of read-only nested data.
Enterprises — even those that aren't large-scale Internet companies dealing with petabytes of data — still have ample use cases for analytics, including:
- Risk analysis in financial services
- Fraud detection
- Programmatic split-second trading
- Understanding customer behavior for insurance purposes
- Understanding customer behavior to improve credit risk management
- Analyzing vendor performance in high-speed services businesses or for optimizing related services
- Healthcare analytics
- Manufacturing and monitoring of smart products, such as those embedded with radio-frequency ID (RFID) tags (such as courier services or inventory systems)
- Cost management
- Sensor data analysis
- Customer transaction analysis for marketing purposes (for example, in the telecom industry, which frequently offers call and data packages based upon prevailing customer trends)
- Marketing campaigns conducted through social media
Traditional data-analysis or business intelligence tools can't analyze the volumes of data used for these purposes. The software you use must not only be able to perform large-scale analysis but it also must be capable of drilling down to details to work out the action required for whatever business purposes the analysis serves. This capability — getting the actionable information nuggets — is the Holy Grail of analytics. It's also where most big data analytics fails. You can do one or the other: The more large-scale analysis you do, the less you can drill down into details, and vice-versa.
InfoSphere BigInsights enables large-scale analytics and deep insight. Using its included Hadoop implementation, it keeps exploratory analysis of large volumes in mind and enables multi-structured data insight not previously possible. It supports built-in data compression and features such as the JSON Query Language (JAQL) to support easy manipulation and analysis of semi-structured JSON data. On top of it all, it features MapReduce-based text and machine-learning analytics. This is of critical importance because when trying to get insight from large-scale data, it is often impossible to know what exactly one is looking for. Machine learning is useful for discovering and forecasting patterns and trends and for extracting a statistical model, if any, from unstructured data.
Integration with legacy and third-party systems
For practical reasons, advanced applications such as ERP software can't currently be built on top of Hadoop. Instead, data from third-party systems must be integrated seamlessly with Hadoop-like systems. The most common way of bringing in web-based data is through SOAP. For other applications, specialized connectors are required that are mostly built with Java™, .NET, or C++. You can either develop these custom integration programs or use a product such as IBM Netezza. In addition to providing a large library of parallelized advanced and predictive algorithms, Netezza enables you to create custom analytics in a number of programming languages (including C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, and R). It enables the integration of SPSS® or of analytic software from companies such as SAS, Revolution Analytics (for Enterprise R), Fuzzy Logix, and Zementis. Its programmatic interface also enables integration with virtually any ERP system that has connectors for C and Java (such as SAP's Jco Java connector).
InfoSphere BigInsights goes a step further in the category of third-party integration by supporting Cloudera's distribution of Hadoop in addition to IBM's. Cloudera support is important because Cloudera has a large customer base. Now those customers can easily use BigInsights tools.
For data streams from multiple sources, BigInsights can connect directly to DB2®, Netezza, and PureData™. It also comes with BigIndex, a MapReduce facility that builds indices for search-based analytic applications.
Hadoop that leverages integrated analytics capabilities is the ideal stack for enterprise use. Vanilla Hadoop, which can't easily take advantage of analytics applications, offers no business value in and of itself. And developing analytic and cross-application features and support from scratch to support vanilla Hadoop is a mammoth, time-consuming, and probably prohibitively expensive task. Enterprise Hadoop products such as InfoSphere BigInsights solve the technical issues associated with deployment, make consulting easily available and sustainable, and feature seamless integration with a large number of legacy and contemporary systems. Enterprise Hadoop includes leading-edge analytics tools for gaining insights from data itself, and for merging it with Internet-based and sensor data to glean hidden nuggets of actionable information.
- Visit the Apache Hadoop project website.
- Explore Hadoop on developerWorks and discover a wealth of articles and other resources on Apache Hadoop and related technologies.
- Check out the Big Data Glossary to read about 60 recent innovations in big data technology.
- Hadoop: The Definitive Guide explains how to build and maintain distributed systems with the Hadoop framework.
- "MapReduce and Parallel DBMSs: Friends or Foes?" describes how MapReduce systems complement relational databases.
- Learn more about big data in the developerWorks big data content area. Find technical documentation, how-to articles, education, downloads, product information, and more.
- Find resources to help you get started with InfoSphere BigInsights, IBM's Hadoop-based offering that extends the value of open source Hadoop with features like Big SQL, text analytics, and BigSheets.
- Follow these self-paced tutorials (PDF) to learn how to manage your big data environment, import data for analysis, analyze data with BigSheets, develop your first big data application, develop Big SQL queries to analyze big data, and create an extractor to derive insights from text documents with InfoSphere BigInsights.
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that looks like a very comfee textin emailin video watchin music listening pic viewing instant messaging kindaa device lol i may give back the dare stick wit the voyager and use my ne2 on this **************** lol dump phoneeee bye bye
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i dont think anyone but you could understand what you just said
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hahahahahah i agree 100%
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I think I really want this... but with (I believe) a higher price tag im not feeling the "comic sans" system font?
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I am almost positive you can manipulate the font styles
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Yes, you can change the font used system wide in the Black Berry OS.
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there are like 8 different fonts dont be discouraged by the default one the BB is very powerful my friend! VERY POWERFUL!!
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i'm sure you can change the font...can't wait until this phone comes out...bye-bye iphone
5. stilt (Posts: 63; Member since: 13 Jul 2008)
Yep, I know what i'm getting next. Anyone looking for My LG dare it will be on ebay when the thunder comes out. for sure!!! The dare is great but I always wanted a blackberry and now that its all touch screen I will be getting one.
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how much u sellin it for?
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well, although the thunder won't be coming out soon, i think I'll still buy the Dare, then maybe, just maybe, the THUNDER
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I really hope that the UI is as innovative as the iPhone and still lives up to the business Blackberry that well all love and know.
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well no matter wat black berry is always going to live up to its business purpose its just that some people use it for the wrong reasons lol now the features are something that blackberry has never came out with i guess they were too busy thinking about the business people
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I don't believe in an iphone killer... I don't know why people are so hyped up and ready to throw away their iphone for these keyboard pictures of the Thunder.... If RIM plans to have an iphone killer on their hands they better have some good stuff under their sleeves.... Sticking a touch screen on a blackberry just won't do it. They need a killer UI and ease of use along with some killer multimedia features and a sweet browser if they plan to get consumers to buy these things... Business users will stay away from the Thunder because of it's touch screen... This leaves it to consumers who RIM doesn't have a big base on compared to the iphone.... They will need to be over the top in order to capture iphone users... Can RIM pull it off??? I don't know, but they will need to do it fast before their users start to switch to iphones...
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That "base" you're talking about, RIM built it in the past 2 years. Heard about a little phone called the Pearl?? Well, it was had success with not only some of the business crowd, but with a lot of the hipsters as well. And really, I don't believe BlackBerry needs to have anything up their sleeves. The name says it all. It's a name business people, and most recently the norms, have been able to trust for years. One thing I know is that a very small percentage of the business people switched and tried out the iPhone. Why didn't a big percentage do so? Because they need a reliable source for their business. iPhone can't provide that, at least now, and you can ask any business man. Maybe send them a video you took with your iPhone, oh wait, oh man, I'm such a jerk.
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the cool thing about 3rd application add-ons is the sky is the limit, any gripes about both phones can be implemented through third party apps, question is, how fast, how available, how affordable, and how usable these apps are going to be. The more popular and the more hype of the phone, the more developers will be releasing their 3rd party apps.
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I can't stop laughing at how excited iphone user are that their phone has this fancy new ability to download 3rd party apps. This is an old hat. Welcome to today iphone, maybe tomorow you will be able to do a few more of the things phones have done for years. Like picture mail. Or record video. Or stereo bluetooth.
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Comment #20: get informed, picture mail has been present on the iPhone ever since it got released a year ago. oh yeah and Video Record is getting fixed with an upcoming application. so.
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I was just talking to my ex and even he says its only capable of sending pictures through e-mail, not text... So if he is correct ( I believe he will be since the owns the damn thing) than you need to 'get informed'
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People want this phone because unlike APPLE, the name BLACKBERRY is a highly respected practical device thats secure and reliable when it comes to Smartphones, which I believe now they are referring to the new 3g Iphone as a PDA.Most people I know that own a BB swear by the damn thing. They dont call it a crackberry for nothing! With a reputation like that following suit of so many other manufatures and taking on the touchscreen its only natural for people to through down a phone that is OK and onto a BB Thunder. A good reputation is hard to beat.
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I agree to your comments, personally i had the iphone for two months! i got sick of how you cant do anything, let alone you have to hack it in order for you to get third party apps and that includes massive glitches that come with that hack! This iphonehype is just stupid. i gave up my iphone to get my 8830, and hands down by far.... way better than iphone. I do believe that this "thunder" will out rank the iphone any day. I guess all we can do is just wait and see.
30. 8lias (unregistered)
Just curious, why did RIM decided to build an all touch phone? Hmmm...I wonder if the "hype" really make any statement in the phone industry? I am just saying.
33. (unregistered)
have fun sending "picture mail" on the 3g
48. mrinalkantijha (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Jul 2008)
Video recording was an issue with iPhone before and oday also when they launched 3G version.
68. (unregistered)
ill tell u wat iphone has nothing on the dare now i believe that apple could of done alot better than what they did. the touch on the iphon isnt even as responsive as the voyager or the dare.so wat if u can see youtube on it so can my computer lol
69. (unregistered)
i have 2 agree with u bb is a very repectable name and it is known worlwide they just did a lil upgrade to the phone to keep it in style with a touch screen and ull be surprise how many business people like touch screen especially if it has a stylus
8. at&tandverizoncustomer (unregistered)
if it still has that crazy software Blackberry uses, no thanks. My friends with Blackberry's can't stop touching and commenting on the ease of use of my iPhone. And what happens when the RIM servers go down? No email? That sucks.
12. (unregistered)
how often does the rim server go down? name one time besides last week when they were doing maintenance. and as far as the iphone goes, how about the problems they had getting people activated, phones working, and emails being sent on friday. real reliable.
16. (unregistered)
Wow for anyone to be dumb enough to not expect some problems with a phone so popular and sought after the first day it's offered you would have to be a complete idiot. Of course there's going to be some glitches the day it releases and people around the world are waiting in line to get one. Great comment.
23. (unregistered)
Agreed but not being able to activate is more than a little glich... i dont want to add fuel to any flames here but seriously that is pretty sad..
37. (unregistered)
and only a company like apple would have server problems THE DAY the 3g came out. smooth.
11. (unregistered)
If I know anything about RIM it's that their devices are always aimed toward practicality instead of gimmicks. Pretty much every full-touch phone currently on the market can't match the practicality of a phone with hardware keypads/keyboards, the technology just isn't that far evolved yet. I feel that this is the reason RIM hasn't jumped on the full-touch band wagon as of yet, instead they decided to see what other manufacturers could muster and use that info to create something truly "useable". As for the iphone, walking, talking gimmick. I mean the iphone can do some cool stuff, no doubt, but it has some very serious downfalls which makes it hardly competitive with handsets from other manufactures. I'm sure apple will slowly rectify these omissions over the next few years, but for all of the people that have been caught up in the over-hyped iphone craze, I feel very, very sorry for you.
20. (unregistered)
Over-hyped Apple anything craze is what it is. iphone, less features then any other phone but 100 times the hype. Mac book air, less hardware then any other laptop but 100 times the hype. Maybe Apple should patent it "over-hype"
13. iphonegetsownedagain (unregistered)
another iphone destroyer, millions of people will switch to this device and millions already HATE apple for screwing them with the 3g dial up speed and cheap build, no true GPS and still no bluetooth stereo support ( LMAO pwzned)...blackberry lock people in for life.
14. (unregistered)
god i want this phone so bad! i have the dare and its nice but i may switch to this but that damn blackberry data plan verizon makes us get...
18. (unregistered)
the blackberry data plan that RIM makes you get. and besides, you wouldn't want to NOT have the data package. With how often it checks for updates, sends and receieves information, etc... and besides, why on earth would you get a blackberry if you weren't planning on using the internet and email? Makes no sense
45. (unregistered)
agreed, stick with the dare if you dont want the data
15. (unregistered)
I trust RIM and Blackberry. The Thunder will be sweet. They just need to make it solid. All of the Blackberry's I've owned have rarely flaked out on me, and if they do, they end up fixing themselves, or a simple soft-restart does the job. One thing that's worrying me about the Thunder is the "sure-type" when it's in portrait mode. That spacebar looks way too small to be comfortable, and it's not even really layed out like a real QWERTY. That, and a spongey feeling touchscreen. Huge touchscreen pet-peeve is when the screen is sunk behind another piece of plastic and it feels like your pushing on a bath-towel. I am defiantly excited to see how this thing is going to end up...hopefully it's sweet.
19. Metall8cat (Posts: 7; Member since: 12 Apr 2008)
I completely agree with a1016neo. If this is truly going to be an iPhone killer they really need to step up the bar, both on VZW and RIM's end. Yeah, it has a touchscreen, but so do a multitude of other phones now. That alone won't make it great. The UI needs to be open and customizable, and so far they haven't faltered from that on their existing phones. As for business customers, I think they'll flock to this phone. The touch interface should make for easier navigation and data entry. I really hope they don't screw this one up too badly
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Please! They don't even have to try it!!! iphone is nothing more than an eye candy for about half hour and then you want to throw it against the wall. Be realistic when you open your mouth. iphone didn't bring anything special to the market. Nothing but a glamorous brick of metal and glass that get banged up and shattered when you drop it. Junk!
21. (unregistered)
The UI on the Iphone is far from open Metal... That phone is so locked down its not even funny.
28. WalTER (unregistered)
Guys seriously give APPLE a break. I mean this is there first phone ever! Sure im no apple fanboy but as far as usage is concered it is the funnest and best phone at the features it has. Sure they are missing a lot of key features many phones have but the beauitiful UI and the browser is the main reason theres so much love for it. The browser is by far the best mobileweb i have used on any phone and the touchscreen for that matter. Ive used a Blackberry before and they are amazing but understand that they have been around much longer. Love the guys at Rim but Apple has made a name for itself with one device in the phone market.
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Apple doesnt deserve a break... It's their Apple arrogance that allows them to strip the phone (willingly) knowing that they can get away with it. They knew what they were doing when they created the wonderful UI and programs, they know what they are or aren't doing with it now. McDonalds has been around longer than Panera and McDonalds isn't better for you. ;) Research In Motion!
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43. (unregistered)
more like garbagest phone? lol
31. (unregistered)
jeeeeeeeeeez (most of) you guys are a bunch of annoying little know-it-alls... do any of you wonder why most of the world dislikes tech geeks? so anyway... any info on a specific release date, or is it still just 3Q2008?
36. crooklyn (unregistered)
since when does the world dislike tech geeks? do you willingly hand 20+ dollars an hour to someone you dislike? im sure however that the world DOES dislike anonymous posters tho. go figure, guess thats why (most of) the things you say are inaccurate generalizations. dousche.
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roflmao... the world doesn't like people who are intelligent and who work in high tech fields, it loves them. i love them. i'm thankful for them every day. the world dislikes smarmy, know-it-all, down-talkers who are focused on showing off their superiority rather than having a productive conversation. that applies to every field. even with an e-mail address attached to a comment, a post on a comment board like this is still pretty anonymous. making up a nickname doesn't really seem to add much nobility to the act, either. when i pay someone to fix devices that i don't have the knowledge or training to fix on my own, i'm paying for the knowledge and the service, not the personality. **douche
32. berryguy (unregistered)
Who said this is going to be an iphone killer? thats right nobody did! i am a die hard blackberry user. I use a pearl and love it. i can stand how as soon as someone hears touch screen phone everyone starts branding it an "iphone killer." It will compete with the iphone but i doubt its going to "kill it." I dont even like the i phone and im still saying this.
42. (unregistered)
YEah well it's not just going to kill it! It's going to crush it :D
47. (unregistered)
Samsung Omnia looks better than both these phones (Iphone and Thunder) anyways.
34. (unregistered)
the iphone is all hype. it amazes me that people are so adament about a product that is made by the same company that has forced so many of us to replace our 300+ dollar 'iPod's on MULTIPLE occassions based on the most simple part to maintain. people will buy anything with an apple logo on it which is hysterical, because it's a prime example of blind faith. you really think they're selling you a quality product because it's a mac? over-priced, over-used, over-rated.
38. (unregistered)
I am typing this on a MacBook that I blindly enjoy since the day I joint the cult, I am blinded by all the whiteness in here please help me.
41. (unregistered)
All I can say is AMEN to #37! That's what I have been saying for years about that POS Apple branded garbage. No thanks give to the brand whores :-)
62. (unregistered)
I like their laptops .... and I own an iPod .. I don't think either are POS. Overpriced? Yes, but I am willing to pay extra for quality. And I can't wait for VZW to bring down tha THUNDER!!
39. jrcrow (unregistered)
*drool*..maybe?..it's an LG Vu screen/keyboard..slightly different with same BB curve features n different external casing
40. (unregistered)
Why are we even talking about that itoy that clearly can't even compete with DARE not to mention BB Thunder! You guys need to get a life outside of APPLE! I am so glad I am APPLE free and I will stay like that. Steve can't brainwash me or put a buying spell. You guys are bunch of pathetic idiots that worship Jobs and Apple. This is going to be the best phone with no questions asked and on the best wireless system as well. ATT sucks nuts around here. There are dead spots all over town. No ATT for me anyways :-) Long live Verizon!
49. vzwis4loser (unregistered)
And when is the thunder coming out....like i thought....owned! iphone foorever
66. wow. (unregistered)
and where did you think you was getting at saying that? UHH no where.


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By Roger LaLonde In a shocking move to most, Roger and Karen Raymond have resigned from Marco Island Charter Middle School (MICMS), effective September 1. Roger Raymond has served as athletic director for MICMS since the beginning, creating all sports programs. He did the same for Marco Island Academy before resigning last year. Karen Raymond has been the school's musical director from the start, some 14 years ago. Her many musical productions were highlights each year. Raymond is known throughout the state for his coaching abilities. His outstanding record at MICMS as a cross country, track and basketball coach put ... Read More »
Chamber Gala & Awards
Submitted On December 6 the Marco Island Chamber of Commerce held their Christmas Gala at Bistro Soleil, and presented three annual awards. The Lifetime Achievement award was given to Monte Lazarus, posthumously, and accepted by his wife Sandi Riedemann. Monte, an attorney, civic leader and magistrate, made innumerable contributions to Marco Island and the community. Jane Watt, founder and board chair for Marco Island Academy and author of "Fighting For Kids" was awarded Citizen of the Year. Marco Island's Volunteer of the Year is Allyson Richards. Allyson is the Board President of the Greater Marco Island YMCA, and volunteers and ... Read More »
On Education Day, Leadership Marco Goes Back to School
Submitted Wednesday, September 9 brought another day of learning to the Leadership Marco Class of 2015. The Leadership Marco (LM) students started their Education and Youth Day in Naples, with a breakfast and tour of Lorenzo Walker Technical High School, which offers programs of study from airplane mechanics to veterinary assisting. LM student Steven Purcell said he found it "amazing all the options students have," also noting that the classes seemed more job-oriented "catering to careers in all areas." The Leadership Marco class travelled to Lely High School, where they met with Lely's new principal, Ryan Nemeth. After a presentation, ... Read More »
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By Don Manley Exemplary commitment to public service was recognized and celebrated in an elegant fashion at the Noontime Rotary Club of Marco Island's annual Gala Awards Dinner and Silent Auction. Now in its seventh year, the festive event honors recipients of the club's Spirit of Marco Island Award, which is presented to individuals and organizations who have demonstrated an unwavering dedication to benefitting the community through donating their time and talents, as well their financial support. Honored this year were George Abounader and his wife Cindy Love-Abounader, Douglas and Grace Herr, Condee Cooling and Electric, Carole Roberts and attorneys ... Read More »
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By Don Manley Giving selflessly to benefit the greater good is a pleasure for Condee Cooling and Electric. "The things we can help out with for which we have the resources, we're happy to do that for the community that supports the families that we provide with employment," said Erik Condee, the company's operational coordinator. Condee Cooling and Electric has been named one of the recipients of the 2015 Spirit of Marco Island Award presented by the Noontime Rotary Club of Marco Island. Now in its seventh year, the award recognizes civically involved individuals and organizations for their contribution of ... Read More »
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Submitted Marco Island Charter Middle School will be displaying giant reproductions — approximately 50 feet — of the fascinating architecture of Antoní Gaudi. A Teacher's Discovery Traveling Exhibit, the huge, featured reproductions will be hung in the hallways outside of the Spanish, Art and Performing Arts classrooms during the week of Jan. 26-30. Like a passport to Spain, the exhibit celebrates architecture as art, the beautiful city of Barcelona and Spanish culture and demonstrates how Gaudi gave the world one of the finest examples of architecture as art. Brightly colored images on lightweight satin fabric include: Sagrada Familia and Casa ... Read More »
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The first day of school for Marco Island Charter Middle School students will be Monday, August 18. School will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. Increased rigor in the new Florida Standards Assessment (FSA), which is replacing the former FCATs, is driving several changes at the charter middle school in order to provide students with the best possibility achieving success. Among the changes include, an emphasis on reading strategies in every subject area, 142 new computers and ancillary technological equipment throughout the school to accommodate the demands of the new state assessments, new Mathematic textbooks, new software, ... Read More »
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The parents, coaches and the athletic department of Marco Island Charter Middle School hoped to put together a good football team. The idea had been discussed for a few years. Three coaches, Jim Young, Scott Gibbs and Chris Burt were under the direction of head Mike Vanderjagt. As everyone knows, Mike played with the NFL, so experience fanned the fire of enthusiasm and commitment. "We had 45 kids show up to try-out of that, 29 made the team. The team was open to all middle school grades, but no 6th graders try out. The team was made up of 7th ... Read More »
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I could too but thats counting guys like Lucic, Stewart, Iggy and Clowe.
Probably 50 "tough" guys who can turn on the offense in the league I'd take over Avery just on principle alone.
I can guarantee you cant list 50 tough guys that play bottom 6, put up as many points as Avery does (~30) and can efficiently play a grinding, physical role.
I dont like Avery at all but people let their blind hate for the **** hide the fact that he can play the game. The only guy that I would say is better then him in our bottom 6 is Helm and thats even debatable.


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"The most satisfying part of my experience at Ball State has been the daily interaction with our players from when we first arrived right up to the present day," Lembo says. "It has been a true team approach since "day one" with everyone in the organization from top to bottom. Our coaches have put the players first and they have responded by buying into our plan and vision for the program. We have been honest with each other about the challenges we face here, as well as, fixing some of the problems we inherited. Our staff's involvement in academics and the personal development of our players has helped us build trust, chemistry and unity very quickly. We have also worked hard to develop leadership skills in our players. This has paid off with good captains and a leadership council that provides me with meaningful feedback. Each member of the team has benefitted from the Olympic style strength and conditioning program and Coach Dave Feeley's leadership in that area. We have a long way to go to build a complete program, but you cannot argue with the progress we have made on and off the field in just two years. I believe winning games is a by-product of the culture we have created here in the Fisher Football Complex.
"As we enter our third spring at Ball State, I am very pleased we have been able to maintain a high level of continuity on the coaching staff," Lembo says. "Previous teams at Ball State had to deal with the unknowns of new coordinators and position coaches on almost a yearly basis. That is tough on an 18- to 22-year-old student-athlete. We have had the same three coordinators since we arrived, so the systems, terminology and approach have been consistent in all three phases of the game. In addition, we have had eight of nine assistants return each year. That is way above average for the Mid-American Conference. So again, the players at most positions know exactly what to expect every day from their coach. Each year, we tweak what we do based on the personnel, but the consistency in terminology definitely helps the players. They understand the expectations and they know all the mantras. We are not as old across the board as I would like to be, but we do have a good nucleus of key players returning that have had success in the last two seasons. We should have slightly more seniors in the starting lineup than the last two seasons. We lose some outstanding offensive linemen, two all-conference specialists and three experienced linebackers from last year's nine-win team. We are anxious to see who will step up in those roles, as well as, from a leadership standpoint. It has been a good offseason and several guys have gotten bigger, faster and stronger. We shall see how they perform once the rubber hits the road."


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By CHARLES MELTON
Chinese philosopher Confucius said, A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. At Peninsula Services gift shop in downtown Bremerton that quote has taken on an eggs-trodinary meaning.
The results of that egg-cellent journey will be evident on March 22 when children of all ages participate in the American Legion Post No. 149 annual Easter Egg Hunt at Forest Ridge Park.
Last year Peninsula Services helped prepare eggs for the event, which included hard-boiled eggs in addition to candy-filled plastic eggs, said Peninsula Services supervisor Janet Foster.
This year, instead of dealing with the hassle of hard-boiled eggs, the challenge is to fill 10,000 plastic eggs in the three weeks leading up to the event, Foster said.
Crews are working in three four-hour shifts to accomplish the mission, she said on Tuesday as a group of eight people with differing ability levels worked as a team to make a dent in the first 1,000 eggs.
Each individual was given a role in the process, from distributing empty eggs to actually filling the eggs with candy to depositing the finished eggs in a basket.
Its amazing what these people can do, if theyre given a chance, Foster said.
Some of them are autistic, blind, deaf or otherwise physically or mentally challenged, but they can still make a positive difference in the community, she said.
The idea of filling 10,000 eggs might seem mind-boggling to many, but to Foster its just another opportunity for the group to succeed.
We will get it done by the Easter Egg hunt, Foster said.
For Peninsula Services executive director Jill Robinson, the egg-stuffing effort is just another example of the positive impact the organization seeks to make in peoples lives.
It is absolutely inspirational to watch what emerges from people, including the people that we serve, when they are given an opportunity to excercise their own talents, and to contribute to the world around them, Robinson said. People begin to excel with their individual strengths.
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"Well, I find the hack-n-slash quite palatable," the dragon, dressed in full armor, says as he swirls the beer in his stein. "Such a nice variety of specials and spells. Yet, I am troubled that as the enemy hordes grow larger, slowdown sets upon us like a barrel of horse glue. I have never heard the player utter such foul verbiage."
"We're booting up!" says the bartender, a shirtless blue wolf. "Find your mark." Characters scramble, but the ninja cat remains, obviously intoxicated. "Screw it. I'm sick of replaying old stages to level up. I'm sick of the monotony. Fight and shop. Retreat and resupply. I'm going to find the sequel." The ninja cat peels herself from the stool, takes a wobbly step, and falls flat on her face.
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@Lisa - I'm just connecting you to the healthy living blog for the Wednesday Journal - love it! I just did my morning breathing exercise.
That's fantastic, Lisa! I look forward to meeting you this summer. I believe Gray Farms is working to convert what was once a conventional farm to officially organic but they have to be established a certain # of years to get certification. Soon!
Gray Farms looks wonderful, Rachel -- we just signed up. I like how they use sustainable farming practices even though it isn't officially "organic."
What would a single person do? That is far too many veggies for one person to eat.
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A teen was found dead in a rural Tama County home Monday. Jonathan Curtis Youngbear has been charged in the case.Video Transcript
New information on the breaking news out of Tama we were first to bring you last night at 10. Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the second murder in less than a month at the Meskwaki Settlement. Jonathan Youngbear is charged with first degree murder. This is video from this morning as Youngbear made his initial apperance before a judge. Police say they were called to 16-95 3- hundred-40th street around 5pm last night ... on a report of a stabbing. A police report says that Youngbear had an argument with Severn Jefferson after they, and others, had been drinking and smoking meth over a period of about a day and a half. Witnesses say they saw Youngbear approach Jefferson from behind... And stabbed him in the chest. Youngbear currently is being held at the Tama County jail. The investigation comes on the heels of another murder at the Meskwaki Settlement earlier this month. In that case ...Gordon Lasley Jr. is charged with two counts of first degree
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Porpora and her fellow researchers in Italy studied a woman back
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- Chronic pelvic pain: 7
- Dysapareunia: 10
She also had a "normal cervix, a mobile, anteveted mildly enlarge uterus caused by myomata (benign tumors), and the absence of adnexal masses (lumps in tissue near the uterus, usually in the ovary or fallopian tube)."
The doctors were justifiably confused, and even performed surgery to help relieve the pain, however, after six months her symptoms returned. She was only partially responsive to their "analgesic, antispasmodic, and antidepressant" drugs. She had no obvious gynecologic disorder.
During subsequent examinations the doctors discovered an issue related to malabsorption, and the patient was tested for gluten antibodies. The results were positive, and the woman was put on a gluten-free diet. After one year on a gluten free diet the woman's pain disappeared, along with her other symptoms of fatigue, depression, and general intestinal issues.
According to this article, 40% of cases of pelvic pain in women have no known cause, even if they have been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel diseases. According to the doctors: "Celiac disease should be taken into consideration when a patient presents with unexplained pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, or deep dyspareunia if these symptoms are associated with bowel disorders, even in the absence of a known intestinal disease."
Reference: Obstetrics and gynecology 2002;99(5 Pt 2):937-9.
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I have had pain with sex and other abdominal pain. I was just diagnosed with celiac disease today but I never even mentioned the pain with sex as I figured that came with menopause.
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I hope you have relief going gluten free Joani!
I wonder if interstitial cystitis, which can also cause this kind of pain and is an autoimmune disease, is also linked to gluten issues.
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A very, very interesting article. As I am undergoing tests for coeliac and have a few problems with pain after sex it feels like my pelvis is inflamed. I will have to wait for the diagnosis but thank you.
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There's a new treatment for dyspareunia to cause stem cells to generate new healthy tissue. The procedure is called o-shot which has been very effective with my patient. Hope this helps.
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THOMAS - For years, Elizabeth "Betty" Swantek had to keep much of her life secret. Now the world knows what an amazing person she is.
The Cortland Acres resident is being honored on Wednesday at the Capitol complex in Charleston as part of the West Virginia Health Care Association's "Support Our Seniors" day. She's the fourth Cortland resident to receive the honor in the past four years, joining Danny Ringer, Solena Massi and Champ Sedmock.
Marie Grafton, activities director at Cortland Acres, coordinated Swantek's nomination.
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"007 James Bond has nothing on Elizabeth 'Betty' Swantek, who operated in and out of many countries as one of America's female spies during the Cold War," Grafton wrote. "She assisted in assessing, selecting and training candidates to infiltrate the Soviet Union and send back intelligence. Betty worked as an equal with her male colleagues."
It was an amazing experience for a girl who grew up in the small town of Davis, next door to where she now lives again at Cortland Acres in Thomas.
"She left the hills of West Virginia for Washington, D.C., where she worked for the Army Signal Corp in the uncompleted Pentagon," according to Grafton's submission. "It provided a fortuitous opportunity for Betty as she became a member of the Singing Platoon, Drum and Bugle Corp. There she met and sang with several celebrities including 'Ole Blue Eyes' himself 'Frankie' Sinatra, as she called him."
Swantek eventually joined the CIA and traveled the world under a number of different covers.
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"Betty is an amazing woman, and she's a real joy to have at Cortland Acres," Administrator Don Black said. "As evidenced by our wonderful track record of award-winners, all of Cortland's residents are special, and we're committed to treating them that way."


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Back to Karkand isn't the only downloadable expansion you'll be able to grab for Battlefield 3, as EA has today revealed that there's a further three expansion pack add-ons that'll be coming from this June onwards.
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- Battlefield 3: Close Quarters – In Battlefield 3: Close Quarters, players are dropped into a frantic, infantry-only theatre of war. Frostbite 2 high definition destruction makes the environment come alive as everything from furniture to plaster gets shot to pieces. Players will feel the intensity of the world exploding around them as rubble and broken pieces pile up on the floor, while tight level design and vertical gameplay create a highly competitive environment. Battlefield 3: Close Quarters also introduces new weapons, assignments and unique dog tags to bring back to the base game.
- Battlefield 3: Armored Kill – Following the tight infantry gameplay of Battlefield 3: Close Quarters, DICE will release Battlefield 3: Armored Kill that ups the ante for vehicular mayhem as only Battlefield can do. Featuring new driveable tanks, ATVs, mobile artillery and more, Battlefield 3: Armored Kill also delivers huge battlefields for an all-out vehicle assault, including the biggest map in Battlefield history.
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FREMONT - Growing up in McCutchenville, Christie Weininger had easy access to history. Her home was within walking distance of the cemetery where her father's ancestors, who had come to Ohio from Germany, were buried. In addition, longevity tends to run on both sides of the family.
"My family has lived in Wyandot County for seven generations. Our family history was right there. It was local," Weininger said. "There were people around to tell lots of stories, and both sides of my family are very good story-tellers. For me, history was interesting and personal."
Sept. 4, the Mohawk High School graduate officially began her duties as executive director of the Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont. Now, Weininger is learning the stories associated with the former home of the 19th U.S. President, Rutherford B. Hayes. She succeeded Tom Culbertson, who retired in August.
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Christie Weininger poses in the library at the Hayes Home in Fremont.
In 2004, Weininger earned a master's degree from the University of Toledo, where she was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary Society and was recipient of the Grosbeck Scholarship awarded by the Ohio Chapter of the Colonial Dames of America.
While still at her former position as director of the Wood County Museum, Weininger had worked with Culbertson on the Ohio Local History Alliance. They often rode to meetings together. When she learned he was retiring, she asked about various aspects of the director's position at the Hayes Center. Weininger decided the job would be a good step for her and would cut her daily commute time from Oak Harbor.
"It's been nice because Tom is still in the area. He's retired but he's still around, so it's good to know he's just a phone call away, if I have a question," Weininger said. "One of the first things I did was walk the grounds. The interior of the home is stunning, gorgeous, but when you walk around the outside of the house, there's some work that needs to be done, particularly the verandah," Weininger said.
Shortly after she started, one of the docents at the home died. The other volunteers took up a memorial collection and designated it for verandah repairs. Although Culbertson oversaw a major interior restoration at the Hayes Home, Weininger will be responsible for raising funds to finish the "Little Smithsonian" and the "Inner Sanctum" components of the project.
The center still is looking for donations of books dating before 1900 and in good condition to fill bookshelves that have been returned to their original positions in the Hayes Home. Books can be brought to the museum reception desk for consideration. If accepted, they will become part of the home's permanent display.
Some vintage draperies are being remade. They were a gift from a women's temperance group to former first lady Lucy Hayes.
"They call them 'portiers.' They hang in the doorway between the drawing room and the president's library. They have incredible hand-done embroidery on them," Weininger said. "The originals were in very bad condition."
Weininger also shared other updates.
The contents of the Dillon House have been auctioned, but the house is still for sale. Weininger said expenses had been exceeding income, and the center had not been able to find a way to make the house sustain itself. It also needs numerous repairs.
The free summer concert series and ice cream socials are to continue and the center's croquet club has expanded.
Weininger said she would like to update the permanent exhibits in the Hayes Museum. Some of the cabinets need repairs and the interpretive panels have faded.
In addition to her duties in Fremont, Weininger is as an adjunct instructor in the history department at Heidelberg University and in the American culture studies department at Bowling Green State University. She is the president of the Ohio History Alliance and chairman of the Public History Committee for the Ohio Academy of History Executive Council.


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NEW ORLEANS -- A drilling rig that caught fire after a natural gas blowout in the Gulf of Mexico appears stable now that the fire is out, and there was no sign of any oil sheen on a fly-over Thursday, a rig company executive said.
"The well essentially snuffed itself out," said Jim Noe, a vice president with the rig owner Hercules Offshore Inc.
The well had blown wild Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 44 workers. The rig caught fire Tuesday night and part of it collapsed.
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PHOENIX -- A New York man indicted in Arizona on charges that he made Twitter threats against two national TV commentators over their Jodi Arias coverage told detectives he was on his way to kill one of them.
Maricopa County Sheriff's officials said David Lee Simpson, of Bath, N.Y., told investigators Wednesday night that he was on his way to kill Nancy Grace of Turner Broadcasting's HLN network.
Simpson faces three felony counts of computer tampering and two counts of stalking.
Authorities said he also threatened HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell and a Phoenix woman via Twitter.
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CLEVELAND -- Deep plea deal discussions hinging on the death penalty were underway for a man charged with kidnapping three women, keeping them cooped up in his run-down home and raping them repeatedly for about a decade, and a court hearing was scheduled for today.
Both sides in the case against former school bus driver Ariel Castro are headed back to court this morning before a judge who wants to be kept updated on the talks, defense attorney Jaye Schlachet said.
Cleveland TV stations reported Thursday that a plea offer had been made.
The 977-count indictment charges Castro with two counts of aggravated murder related to accusations he punched and starved one of the women until she miscarried. Castro, who has pleaded not guilty, also is charged with hundreds of counts of kidnapping and rape, plus assault and other crimes.
Drum of depleted uranium found at Florida airport
MIAMI -- Part of the Opa-locka Executive Airport in South Florida had to be temporarily evacuated after a 55-gallon drum containing depleted uranium aircraft parts was found.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita Jr. reported that the unsealed drum was found Thursday near a dismantled plane at the airport. A hazmat team from Miami International Airport went to the site, but only minimal levels of radiation were detected.
No flights were disrupted.
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