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The newest changes you'll notice now are posts for the first set of new traffic lights to be installed at 29th Street and Briarcrest.
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Nice pictures Kevin, you captured the spine and handle tapers really well. I'm happy with how this came out and that's mostly due to how much you're digging it.
Thanks again for giving me this cool project to work on.
I'm still blown away by the job you did Dave, just flawless work.
Thank you very much.
Besides Salty's new suji, this may be the best thing I've seen in a long while. Refreshing change from the norm. Great job! Photos are well done, too....
The difference between try and triumph is a little "umph"! NO EXCUSES!!!!!!!
Very nice job, Dave. Why does this rehandle not have spacers?
Thanks guys!
@tk, I left liners off of this one for two reasons, the first is that I knew that I couldn't make them fit neatly with the bunged up bolsters/tang and the second is that I couldn't picture them on this knife.
Hi Dave,
Could you have a look at my thread with a pic and tell me if these are up your alley to repair?
I tried sending you a PM on both forums with no luck.
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This fall the library is introducing a new search feature that combines many of the library's resources in one searchable location. It provides a direct means of discovery for millions of books, journal articles, sound recordings, video recordings, archival finding aides, images, and much more. It's called SearchAll and takes the form of a simple search box prominently placed on the library home page alongside traditional search option such as the library's online Catalog, Articles finder, and Databases list.
To use SearchAll, simply type key words into the SearchAll text box, then click the search icon. Then refine your search by item type (book, article, etc.), topic, collection or location, date, language, and more. These refinement choices are always located in a left column of each results display.
Many library users will still find the catalog useful, especially for searches of "known items," such as specific titles of books or journals, or to quickly retrieve a call number used to locate a physical item. To search the Catalog, click Catalog in the Search box, then enter your search terms.
Also, individual databases are still important as the primary lists of literatures within specific disciplines or as digital collections built carefully around specific themes. To search for a particular database, click on Databases, then select or search for the database you want.
A SearchAll search—like a search in Google—begins as inherently broader and across a huge array of potentially useful resources. Discovery of relevant results is then reached by the user through a process of evaluation and refinement.
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SearchAll has its own online help screens embedded within its software. Tulane has developed a set of SearchAll FAQs to answer some of your questions. For more help at the main Howard-Tilton Memorial Library on Tulane's uptown campus see the library's Research Help page or call (504) 865-5606. For help at the Matas Library for the Health Sciences see http://matas.tulane.edu/services/researchassistance or call (504) 988-5155. Use of the SearchAll feature will be incorporated into the instruction services offered at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library through its Center for Library User Education and at the Matas Library through its Education Services program.
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---- — Baseball scouts have fed the pro baseball engine for more than a century, according to a media release from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Starting this year, scouts will be honored in Cooperstown with an exhibit called Diamond Mines.
The museum will unveil the interactive exhibit dedicated to scouts on May 4 in Cooperstown, beginning a planned two-year run. The exhibit is made possible with the support of the Scout of the Year Foundation. The exhibit will be featured on the museum's second floor and feature a searchable database of thousands of scouting reports donated to the Hall of Fame throughout the years by hundreds of scouts, including legends such as Roland Hemond and George Genovese and Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, who scouted for the Dodgers before beginning his career in the dugout.
According to Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, the exhibit will explore and bring light to the untold and under-appreciated part of the game, which is scouting.
"There will be artifacts from different scouts, and the centerpiece will be an interactive data base with 6,000 reports and growing," he said in the release. "It will allow a fan to understand how a kid on a sandlot ends up on a major league club, and in some cases, the Hall of Fame."
Through Diamond Mines, museum visitors will be able to enter the name of a big league player and search for scouting reports filed on them throughout the years. Reports from more than 200 scouts have already been added to the database.
"The soul of our National Pastime and the success of the sport have always been through the vision of the Professional Baseball Scout," Roberta Mazur, President of the Scout of the Year Foundation, said in the release.
The exhibit will also feature three-dimensional artifacts such as radar guns and stopwatches that have served as scouts' tools of the trade for decades. The exhibit will provide an insider's view of the essential link between the amateur game and professional baseball and will also recognize Scout of the Year Award winners, an honor given by the Scout of the Year Program since 1984.
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What are the requirements for a blue name? I heard it was 6000.
I am wondering because I believe that I have surpassed them.
Blue names are for women.
Green names are for men.
Wait we have women in this forum? Guess I cant call this my favorite Sausage fest anymore
I just noticed that i have over 6,000 posts......thats allot of hours, that i will never get back.
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Leftovers have many benefits
Leftovers. I don't know why, but I feel led to try writing an entire column about the ins and outs of leftovers. I don't claim to be an expert in the kitchen, but I have made some observations along the way.
If there is one leftover that is at the top of the list for me it would have to be chili. I could eat it every meal until it is gone. And I have when I am here by myself. Nancy won't eat the same thing twice in a row, whereas I would be willing to do that any time.
I think it may be because her dad wouldn't eat leftovers. Since he would never eat leftovers that was great for us because we got to take a lot of the leftover food home with us.
I do know that many working women cook with the intention of having leftovers, which makes it easier to put food on the table. I have no problem with this plan whatsoever.
I like to eat any kind of meat cold. That includes steak, pork chops, pork loin, chicken fixed any kind of way, salmon and even hamburger—but not always.
Pizza is good just out of the fridge and especially for breakfast. Except I haven't done this for many years already.
With leftovers comes the question of how long you can keep it before it's time to throw it out. Some people say three days, some say a whole week can pass before the dog gets it. I usually do the smell test. If it smells OK I eat it.
I make oatmeal almost every day, so it's especially important that the milk is in fairly good shape. If it smells just a little I can hack it, but I can't tolerate the chunks. I think encountering chunks may have happened only one time.
Some foods, like soups, are better with age. The ingredients need to get to know each other a little better before all of the flavor comes through. I guess chili fits in that category.
I'd say waffles and pancakes don't make very good leftovers as they are never the same as when they come right off of the griddle. I know we have bagged them many times, and days later they are still in the refrigerator sadly looking at us.
A lot of times when we eat out, we pick something that is more than we can eat and can be taken home for another meal. It is best to avoid things that are served hot and have lettuce thrown on top. Lettuce never heats up well and it's too messy and time consuming to scrape it off, heat up the rest and put it back on afterward.
Why does sour cream get sour when it's sour to begin with?
I couldn't quite make it to the end, so here's another tidbit. And it ties in with leftovers.
Have you noticed that most people in family pictures taken in the old days have less than happy looks on their faces?
I think it's because they are eating food that might be spoiled, or close to it, and have a stomach ache. Or it's a hot day and they are extremely uncomfortable wearing all that heavy wool clothing. Most likely there was no air conditioning and no one is in a good mood.
Truth be told this column has been in the hopper for a while, just like a leftover. It's because I didn't have time to write a new one since we are traveling out of town and it was due Monday.
Thought I'd cook this one up way ahead of time and see if it got any better with age. And I could use it any time, since it isn't time sensitive.
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First Resource Bank, Exton, Pennsylvania, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit official checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. The items are reportedly associated with a mystery shopper scam.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 031918873, which is assigned to First Resource Bank, but are markedly dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks. The counterfeit items display security feature statements embedded in darkened top and bottom borders with rounded corners. The bank's logo (the number "1"), name and address appear in the top-left corner. The words "OFFICIAL CHECK" are shown in the top portion. The word "Remitter" appears below the written dollar amount line and the words "AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE" are below the signature line.
First Resource Bank does not issue official checks; however, it does issue cashier's checks. Authentic cashier's checks are light grey and have squared corners. A padlock icon and vertical security feature statement are incorporated into the right border. The bank's logo (the number "1"), name and address are in the top center. The words "Cashier's Check" are shown in the top-right corner and the word "REMITTER" is in the top-left corner.
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Natalie M. Carrozza
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4004, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to email@example.com. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
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MOORE — After blowout victories in the first two rounds of the Newcastle Tournament, the Westmoore found themselves in a battle in the title game. It took two overtimes, but the Jaguars fell short to Blanchard 68-65 Saturday.
Westmoore took Blanchard to double overtime, but was unable to finish them off.
"Saturday was a tough loss," Westmoore coach Scott Hodges said. "Blanchard played a great game and we struggled on both ends of the floor. We've got to get a lot tougher on the defensive end. We basically let two guys beat us and we couldn't get stops when we needed too. They are a really good team though and we give them a lot of credit for playing better than us. We will get back to practice and work on some stuff and we will be ready to go this week."
Trey Ayala and Tripp Fuller were named to the All Tourney team. Ayala had 28 in the championship game and Dillion Thompson added 18 points.
"We played extremely hard this weekend in Newcastle," Hodges said. "We competed and played together, we just didn't make enough plays in that Championship game. One thing I love about this team is their will to win. I never question how much these guys want to succeed. As long as we keep competing and making strides as a team, I like our chances the rest of the season into the playoffs. We are a group that has overcome some adversity and we always play hard with good attitudes. That's something we really stress every day."
The Jaguars responded Tuesday with an impressive 73-56 win over Del City. Thompson and Fuller led the charge with 24 points each.
With Southmoore and Norman North up next, Hodges is looking for his team to keep improving with only a few games left.
"This is a big week for us," Hodges said. "All I want to see from us is for us to keep competing, executing, and doing things the right way."


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ORLANDO, Fla. — New Fantasyland adds some spangle-sparkle to the stately Magic Kingdom.
With the help of a flying pachyderm, a book-reading do-gooder and an aquatic sylph wishing for feet, New Fantasyland lets visitors immerse themselves in the stories of true love and happy endings.
It officially opened in early December, when many parents came with little girls in pastel princess dresses. People waited nearly an hour and a half to get into Enchanted Tales with Belle. Small children rode in clamshells down into the deep of the Little Mermaid Under the Sea.
The most popular theme park in the world, the Magic Kingdom had 17 million visitors last year. Disney World is clearly aiming for more.
Here are answers to some questions children asked me before I visited. I promised the answers, so here they are:
Q: Can you go into the Beast's Castle?
Yes and no. The castle is somewhat of an optical illusion, appearing to be distant and atop a very high rock cliff. However, you do enter into the cliffside to find yourself in the famous ballroom and other rooms that look exactly like the film "Beauty and the Beast."
There, you can eat lunch or dinner in the huge 550-person Be Our Guest restaurant. (Don't miss the side room that holds a magical rose that hovers under glass.) The French-inspired food is very good.
Q: Are there real mermaids swimming at the Little Mermaid ride?
No. But the ride takes you in a clamshell car down onto a pretend ocean floor, where you are met by singing throngs of fish, shellfish and coral. Children can meet Ariel after the ride.
Q: Does Fantasyland still have the carousel and the teacup rides?
Q: Is New Fantasyland a copy of the Harry Potter village at Universal Orlando?
No. Both were on the drawing board at the same time. Fantasyland is more princess-y and looks more like a French village. No wizards here. However, Fantasyland has introduced a special nonalcoholic LeFou's Brew (apple-mango-marshmallow drink) in the park's Gaston's Tavern; it's similar to Universal's Harry Potter Butter Beer.
Q: What is the Little Mermaid castle like?
It's actually called Prince Eric's Castle, and it holds the Under the Sea ride. It has small stone towers but is nowhere near as big as Cinderella Castle, which still dominates the park.
Q: Is there a ride featuring Belle?
No. Instead, you go inside the pretty Maurice's Cottage, pass through two rooms and step through a magic mirror to get to Enchanted Tales with Belle. It lets guests be part of the story as the tale is recounted of how she and the Beast fell in love.
The talking Madame Wardrobe and Lumiere steal the show.
Q: Is the Dumbo ride still in Fantasyland?
Yes. In fact, now there are two Dumbo the Flying Elephant rides – with a second Dumbo ride spinning the opposite direction next to the first. They are centerpieces of a pastel, dreamy new section of Fantasyland, Storybook Circus, which also includes the Barnstormer family coaster featuring the Great Goofini.
Q: Do all the New Fantasyland rides have Fastpass?
No, only Dumbo, Under the Sea and the Barnstormer. Dumbo also has a new pager system that will hold your place in line while you play in the Big Top area next to the line. Fastpass is a way to get a timed ticket so your wait is shorter. Fastpass would help at these other new attractions; I saw a 70-minute wait for Enchanted Tales with Belle – a long time for young children to stand in line.
Q: Where is New Fantasyland?
When you pass through the Cinderella Castle, it's off to the right. One odd sight is that the attractions are spread around the outer rim of a fenced-off area. That's where the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train family coaster is being constructed; it will open in 2014, featuring cars that swing back and forth. Also nearby is the now-closed Snow White's Scary Adventures. It will make room for the Princess Fairytale Hall in 2013, giving children a chance to meet Disney princesses amid more spangle-sparkle.


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What sea creature is this?Animals!
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What sea creature is this?
I found this animal washed up on the beach. A hard top with protruding white shell-like ridges. A soft "foot".
Re: What sea creature is this?
Looks like a chiton.
Re: What sea creature is this?
I think you're right. The "white ridges" are apparently the remains of the articulated shell plates that normally cover it.
This one seems to correspond to photos of the "gumboot" chiton.
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Petaluma's Amy's Kitchen voted 'Best Vegan Chocolate'
Petaluma-based company honored by PETA for cruelty-free products
Published: Friday, January 21, 2011 at 1:39 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 21, 2011 at 1:39 p.m.
Petaluma-based Amy's Kitchen has won the "best vegan chocolate" award from Peta2, a youth-based arm of the animal rights organization PETA.
The group's fifth annual Libby Awards ("Libby" is for "liberation") honor animal-friendly people and products. PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is active worldwide in animal-rights issues.
Visitors to the organization's website, www.peta2.com, helped the group's leaders choose the winners, said Ashley Gonzalez, PETA spokeswoman.
"Amy's egg- and dairy-free chocolate cakes are as kind to animals as they are to a confirmed chocoholic's taste buds," said peta2 director Dan Shannon in announcing the award. "Amy's Kitchen is helping to lead the way in placing delicious vegan options squarely in the mainstream."
Amy's chocolate cakes, which also come gluten-free, have no trans fat or preservatives and are made with organic ingredients.
The company also offers a variety of frozen meals, pizzas, pocket sandwiches, pot pies, canned soups, beans, chili, pasta sauces and salsas. The company's products are widely available in Sonoma County.
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Nokia Lumia 900 love from mainstream media. Reasons why Lumia 900 can sell well…
The tech blogs have had their turn and now we're seeing news of the Nokia Lumia 900 trickle into mainstream American news who will reach more of the Nokia Lumia 900′s intended audience.
In this first video from CBS, they position it as Nokia and Microsoft teaming up (because apart from us geeks, a Nokia and Microsoft product is stil technically a new thing, even with the 710). The message is brief but it's a very positive feedback.
"Tester's say it's a fast and powerful smartphone. It costs about $100 and will be in stores Sunday"
There's a video here where Fox New's tech expert, Haiwatha Bray, comes on to share info on the Lumia 900. He likes it and even goes as far as Smoking the presenter live on TV (even though he's clearly taking his time to do their test). He praises that in certain actions, the Lumia 900 is faster. Bray acknowledges WP isn't going anywhere quick enough even though Bray thinks it's absolutely outstanding with the Nokia Lumia 900 being a really good phone. They note a trend of people switching up their phones and without much thought, immediately going for an iPhone.
Bloomberg's take with Rich Jaroslovsky. He says it measures up pretty well and turns out to be a very good phone and even better value. It has a number of features you might expect on more expensive phones. He says Nokia has a good number of apps like drive BUT you have to download them. He doesn't like all the AT&T bloatware (all can be uninstalled, with AT&T, they took stuff like Drive off, though you can easily put it back on). Jaroslovsky says if he can get Nokia's apps for free, why would he want AT&T's? Apparently the Lumia isn't as easy to use as the iPhone (no it's easier! :p) It doesn't have as many apps as iPhone or Android but found it more pleasurable than a number of more costlier phones he's checked out recently. For $100, it's a premium product for a value price. and well worth considering.
Bloomberg again.
Bloomberg host, Emily Chang brings up 'software issues' but Nicholas Thornton (a senior editor at New Yorker magazine and a Bloomberg contributing editor) shoots that down to the important point. People like it. Overall he thinks it will be a pretty good launch. In his experience, it works pretty well.
I do like how they favour the much cheaper price of what is essentially a premium product. More so because in the UK, most can get away with paying nothing for a phone when the contract monthly price is high enough.
App problem creeps up. It's not so much how many useful apps someone has, but the fraction available in comparison to iOS it seems. Nicholas says it's a problem due to the small userbase. Symbian btw has the largest userbase. It was selling apps since about 2003. It introduced Ovi Store in 2009. Yet developers already complained about not wanting to develop for Symbian because of how difficult it was. By the time Qt could alleviate this, iOS was too far established.
CNN – nothing too much said there.
We posted this before, but Frobes thinks the Nokia Lumia 900 will sell.
Anthony Kosner cites the positive feedback from reviews, the great price, the nice feel, a great new OS and trusted brands. Some have expected Nokia needs to sell 1m in this quarter.
I noticed in the comments someone mention that out of AT&T's 9.4M sales in Q4 2011 holiday season, 7.6M were iPhone, leaving 1.8M to all the top end Androids, BlackBerry's, WebOS – everything. (Wired confirms this) Now Lumia is expected to sell 1M. That's more than 50% of all non iPhone sales, over 10% of all total sales. Some analysts say it might only be in the hundreds of thousands.
I can't seem to find that link at the time of writing this.
Next up, Walt Mossberg. Fan of all Apple products, he previously dubbed the 710 as being good value for money.
However, he seems to be vastly irked by the fact that for some reason the web browser did not work on his Lumia 900, which he keeps pointing out, time and time again and is the reason not to recommend even at a low price, because apparently the browser did not work over WiFi.
I think he might have a broken device. He has said himself that the browser works on other Windows Phones he has tried so clearly it is not an OS issue. This is not even something brought up by ANY reviewer. It's a shame Walt didn't care to mention what the browser was like without WiFi (on AT&T's network). Kevin C. Toefel from Gigaom was extremely pleased with mobile browsing speeds – even when not on LTE.
Walt does say it's the best Windows Phone he has tested so it's a shame something as fundamental as the browser, possibly a 1 in a million chance, did not work for him. It's a shame that whilst accepting it might be a problem with the phone, he seems to misrepresent ALL the Nokia Lumia 900 phones to have this problem. I don't get it. If he was able to connect to the WiFi, download large games over WiFi etc, the browser should also have worked :S. I'm sure he had many contacts he could have checked with whether it was normal or a widespread issue. I pray it's just Walt's handset. Nokia can't really afford critical bugs right now. It might be a batch hardware problem? My batman Lumia takes much better pictures and the screen is much more vivid and brighter and the battery lasts longer than the test lumia I got :S
The funniest thing I find is that Walt complains that the camera is more saturated than the iPhone. The king of false saturation. Oh no. PureView Lumia can't come soon enough. Even N8 cam would suffice to beat pretty much all cam phones. Meh. Damn you Windows Phone and your stupid restriction on camera.
Apps is of course an issue, with it only being a 'fraction' of iOS as opposed to perhaps having the apps people actually might want.
Back to a few tech places missed. No mention here or the other reviews of WiFi problems.
Windows Phone 7 still has less than 100,000 apps in its catalog but the overall quality of apps tends to be closer to iPhone than Android.
I wanted to bring this one up again.
Jon Rettinger. No WiFi problem here.
Honest concerns here. The 800×480 screen whilst fine, is way behind if you consider the competition has risen beyond that with either 960×640 or 1280×720 screens.
Camera apparently is just about passable (though as many are saying better than the 800 which didn't receive much complaints when it was reviewed. It's sad that it is not the Nokia standard. I simply hate the camera UI. Apart from the lovely touch and take focus and the swipe for gallery, the whole camera UI is unintuitive.
For apps, it doesn't have as many as iOS but thankfully, Jon doesn't immediately slam it down, pointing out that he has all the apps he needs or equivalent of it. Conclusion – he's going to use one of these phones as his daily driver.
Any mention of WiFi browsing not working at all here? No.
Thanks everyone for the tip!
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I am still scratching my head as to why Nokia dropped the ball on the camera recently (N9, L800, L900) – always the jewel in the crown feature of any Nokia phone – now playing catch-up to Samsung and even HTC!
Coming years after the N8 I think this is one disappointment.
The only mainstream news review I found somewhat annoying is Fox's. He pointed out more negatives than positives, oh well, what do you expect, he's an Apple fanboy.
jarosky was high with the web browser thing, it made no sense what he said, the iphone always took more saturated photos and after that point i stopped watching the video.
the nokia takes oversaturated and lower detail pictures than iphone4s? huh, this Walt Mossberg guy is crazy.
they should give the phone to a 14 year old to test it, would have been less biased
Honestly, I would never expect a fair review from Walt Mossberg. He is 125% Apple, perhaps the most hardcore Apple follower among tech journalists in the USA.
I even find it possible he has hacked his device to have a strong point to criticize, of he feels this is a real iPhone competitor. (He definitely didn't consider Lumia 710 to be the one.)
I'm exaggerating, but perhaps no so much. Some reviewers have a hidden agenda, no doubt about it.
Mossberg is an Apple shill. I've never heard anyone have problems with wifi browsing!
iphone and apple sucks.why there are too many icrap fanboys out there.
Cos apple product r good!!!! I have iphone 4s
[PROFANITY REMOVED] that scrolling is [PROFANITY REMOVED] annoying…as in [PROFANITY REMOVED] ANNOYING wow
great reviews,
There are about new 350 apps coming to the WP market per day, and that's expected to rise to 500 shortly after the 900 launches.
Personally I find a large app market to be useful only on those days when you are really really really bored, and just test different apps out in hopes of finding something interesting. I have also noticed that I don't really have those days anymore.
there are not enough hd games for windows phone.
games on a phone.. seriously..
Jay please bear in mind that u are coming from Nokia N8 experience, and comparing a 8 MP camera and some where in ur mind. Nokia Lumia 900 is more optimized in 3A and other algorithms than Nokia Lumia 800.
Part of the problem with UI and all will be solved as Nokia launches the complete Nokia camera app, if u remember Mr. Elop elaborated this point some time back when he said rather than masking the stock UI Nokia will create better camera app with its own industry leading imaging algorithms.
The point with lumia 900 is that it has Nokia's 3A algorithms executed in image chain but accessed through MSFT UI which is not very intuitive as Jay pointed out…
But just wait for some more months 2-3 and u will see a grate new experience from Nokia as they bring in some elements of pure view technology may be the first real product at Nokia World.
HTC however has already modified the stock camera app
u can check it in settings options and every where but Nokia is playing safe as yes this products were rushed as Nokia wanted to get with MSFT ASAP and second to bring a true differentiating experience Nokia engineers will need some time as windows is new for them.
Lumia 900 is a threat to Apple stock price. So I would not be surpriced that people in Wall Street would like it to fail and would influence reviews. Maybe Walt has Apple stocks, too.
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Jeff Gordon, who does a great job putting together the KMA Classic Film Series, sent this e-mail on the next entry in the winter series. I first saw "Lord Love A Duck" at the UT student center auditorium many years ago. Highly recommended.
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Here I am, filled with mirth, thinking about the final program of The Knoxville Museum of Art's Winter 2007 Classic Film Series. Next Sunday, March 25, the sublimely satiric will take hold on the museum's screen. That day, at 2 PM, we'll be presenting "Lord Love a Duck" (1966), a hilarious comedy that depicts the swinging sixties at its zingiest. The film was the brainchild of screenwriter George Axelrod, who made his directorial debut here. Axelrod had been best known for his scripts to "The Seven Year Itch" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's." He described "Lord Love a Duck" as a cross between "Love Finds Andy Hardy" and "Dr. Strangelove" -- and, indeed, it is! The movie takes place in trendy Southern California and concerns a madcap high-school genius who becomes the muse of a nubile blond coed. Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld positively sparkle in these roles. Also onboard are Lola Albright, Ruth Gordon and Harvey Korman, all delivering memorable performances.
From the nutty classrooms of a progressive high school to the wild abandon of the beach party scene, "Lord Love a Duck" parodies 1960s pop culture in a riotous way. I do hope you'll be on hand to partake in the irreverence of this cult classic when it bursts onto the screen of The Knoxville Museum of Art, on Sunday, March 25!
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This July, a 8,000-gallon gasoline spill at the intersection of Interstate 95 with Route 38 threatened Woburn's water supply. In 1992, 10,000 gallons of gasoline spilled off I-93 into the Ipswich River, threatened the surrounding towns' water supplies. These are but a few local examples and there are countless others.
Andover's Haggetts Pond is surrounded by roads, but by far the highest traffic and risk is related to I-93, which abuts a marsh that is connected directly into the pond. Last year a car veered off I-93 into an adjoining marsh.
Besides gasoline there are many other hazardous substances that pass by the pond on our roadways: fuel oil, other toxic chemicals or waste, the list could be quite lengthy, but a more occult one that is always present each winter is salt that is washed into Haggetts Pond. Finally, there is the possibility of a terroist attack on the water supply with poisonous or toxic substances.
By far the greatest threat is I-93 with its incredible traffic load, where drivers can even use the breakdown lanes at times.
So, how can we protect Andover's water supply?
There is a marsh between the pond and I-93. A simple solution, to buy time, is to put a gating mechanism on the culvert that connects the marsh to the pond; this would give critical time for clean up and containment to be started. If there was a significant spillage it would still leach into the drinking water eventually.
A longer term solution would be a protective barrier including run-off diversion to protect the drinking water of about 33,000 people. We put up sonic barriers for small communities that have far fewer residents than that number; this could be a very shovel-ready project for the future.
Lowell Street (Route 133) is next in line as far as volume but way down from I-93 in volume and risk. For both Lowell and Haggetts Pond Road, we need good road maintenance and strong guard rails, slow speeds, thorough sanding and some salting as well. We already have effective police coverage but even more stringent speed control could be considered. I don't think it's economically practical to fight the salt issue on these roads but on I-93 is where I'd hold the line.
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Historians examine how one of our most famous presidents would have faced historical challenges.
There is no end to literary projects examining Abraham Lincoln, one of our nation's most enigmatic heroes. But Lincoln: A President for the Ages, timed to complement the new movie by Steven Spielberg, parses our 16th president through a new lens. Historians, journalists, and scholars imagine in a compilation of essays how Lincoln would have faced varied historical challenges of other eras. One scholar, for instance, theorizes why Lincoln might have fit in well with today's celebrity culture. The book's editor, Karl Weber, who also edited Food, Inc. and Waiting for 'Superman', recently spoke to U.S. News about the multifaceted leader. Excerpts:
What does this book add to our understanding of Lincoln?
We tried to reflect the multiplicity of Lincoln, because he is obviously a very complex historical figure. Perhaps people are not familiar with Lincoln as a hard-nosed political wheeler-dealer, for example. We invited a dozen historians to speculate how Lincoln might have handled a historical challenge very different from the ones he faced. We thought this would be an opportunity to delve into his character, his political instinct, the values that shaped him—and then apply those to issues from other times. We asked historians: How do you think Lincoln would have dealt with women's suffrage? If Lincoln had been president at the end of World War II, would he have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima? Would he be an idol of the conservative Christian right or would he do battle with them? The essays give us a new look at Lincoln, and yet they ground what they say about him in things Lincoln said and did.
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How would he have handled the War on Terror?
Frank J. Williams, who was the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, writes that Lincoln would very likely have endorsed the Patriot Act and followed many of the policies that both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have followed in terms of softening some civil liberties protections to track down terrorist plots and protect Americans. When faced with an existential threat to the United States in the form of secession, Lincoln took such steps as suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which was a serious challenge to constitutional law. Williams says that Lincoln recognized that in times of extremity you may need to do something like that, provided you do it with proper controls and with the right motives.
Elizabeth Keckley was a former slave and seamstress for first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Why did you include an essay on her?
One of the things people have argued about for decades is Lincoln's attitude toward and his relationships with African Americans. He played a crucial role in freeing the slaves. Some felt he moved too slowly on that front while others felt he never really freed himself of the racism of that time. That Elizabeth Keckley was practically a member of the family adds something significant to the understanding of Lincoln.
What would surprise readers?
Virtually every reader will discover new things about Lincoln. For example, we touch on whether Lincoln might have been gay, and look at evidence on both sides of that question, something that the average person has probably never thought about.
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Why do we have such deep emotional and intellectual ties to this president?
In my introduction, I talk about his complexities—his resolve and sense of humor, his self-taught backwoods country lawyer personality, his remarkable shrewdness and depth of insight when it came to politics, his brilliant sense of timing, the fact that as a family man he had such a troubled life and yet that he was able to devote himself so single-mindedly and wholeheartedly to his country. When people start to learn a little about him, they become fascinated by him. He also is the central figure in the most traumatic and divisive issue in American history, which is slavery, racism, and the gulf between north and south.


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On an emotional night, Central Lake's basketball team didn't disappoint.
A day after the death of former teammate Maris Spaulding, the Trojans earned a 51-30 victory over Ellsworth in a packed home contest.
"This might have been one of the worst days at school and one of the best ways to end the day," Central Lake coach Quinn Barry said. "The players and the students were great. Our community turnout for this game was spectacular. A big reason is the Spaulding family. They're really well respected, and Maris battled all the way."
Spaulding passed away Thursday evening after a months-long battle with leukemia.
Also a star pitcher on the diamond, the school lit luminary bags around the softball field.
The basketball players wore orange "MariStrong" T-shirts.
"Our team was spectacular with how they held it together," Barry said.
Lauren Rogers led the Trojans (2-0) with 19 points, Allie Hines scored 12 and Jaynee Mortenson eight.
Tara Essenberg led Ellsworth (0-2) with 10.
The Trojans return to the court Wednesday at Gaylord St. Mary.
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Kenzie Meeker scored 18 points as Kingsley improved to 2-0 with a 53-50 win over St. Francis in the Northwest Conference-Lake Michigan Conference Crossover Challenge.
The game was tied 27-27 at half. Kingsley led by as many as 10 points in the second half.
Autumn Goggin added nine points and Katie Travis and Amanda Youker eight apiece.
Liza Erickson scored 11 points and Bridget Bussell 10 for St. Francis (2-1).
Kingsley travels to Cadillac on Tuesday, while St. Francis hosts the Vikings on Dec. 10.
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Elk Rapids opened up the Northwest Conference-Lake Michigan Conference Crossover Challenge with a 57-42 victory over Leland.
The challenge features a series of eight games between Northwest and Lake Michigan teams in Kingsley — three Friday and five Saturday.
Paige Granger scored 11 points and Celsey Waite and Rachel Hintz 10 each for Elk Rapids. Michelle Costa added eight for the Elks (1-0), who travel Tuesday to Glen Lake.
Leland (0-1) was led by 15 points from Caitlin McKee and 11 points and five assists by Libby Munoz. The Comets host Manistee Catholic on Tuesday.
Frankfort 71 Charlevoix 45
Frankfort won 71-45 over Charlevoix in the second game of the Northwest Conference-Lake Michigan Conference Crossover Challenge.
Keelan Kelly led the Panthers with 12 points and Shelby Packard added 10.
Charlevoix was paced by Madeline Boss' 20 points. Katie Hybl added six points and three steals and Sydney Carslon chipped in five points, four steals and four assists. The Rayders (1-1) host Harbor Springs on Friday.
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Lake City rang its record up to 2-0 with a 50-20 non-conference victory over Forest Area.
Maggie Eising led the Trojans with 13 points, 14 rebounds and four steals, while Makayla Schichtel added 10 points and 12 rebounds and Elizabeth Buttis contributed 12 points 10 boards and four blocks.
Schichtel scored eight of her 10 points in the first half as Lake City built a 24-7 lead.
The Warriors (0-1) were led by Kortni Birgy's seven points and 11 rebounds. Forest Area hosts Johannesburg-Lewiston to start the Ski Valley Conference slate Friday.
Lake City travels to Suttons Bay on Tuesday.
Joburg-Lewiston 49 Onaway 30
Johannesburg-Lewiston survived foul trouble to emerge with a 49-30 victory over Ski Valley Conference foe Onaway.
Joburg had 28 fouls to Onaway's eight, and J-L coach Heather Huff said the bench played well when several starters sat due to foul trouble.
Brittany Cherwinski led Joburg (2-0, 1-0 SVC) with 12 points and three steals, while Natalie Hamilton added seven points and Katelyn Weaver had six points and six rebounds.
Kallie Shimel led Onaway with nine points.
St. Ignace 53 Petoskey 38
Kelley Wright tossed in 21 points as St. Ignace beat host Petoskey 53-38 in the Petoskey Invitational.
The Saints will play Brighton today for the title. Brighton beat Marquette 54-50 in overtime.
Megan Tompkins led Petoskey with 18 points. Petoskey and Marquette meet in the consolation game at 1:30.
TC Bulldogs 31 Marion 16
Molly Plamondon led the way with 11 points, six rebounds and four steals as the Traverse City Bulldogs earned a 31-16 win over Marion to open the season.
Casie Plamondon added 10 points and Sarah Plamondon eight as the Bulldogs forced 21 turnovers.
The Bulldogs host the Grand Rapids Grizzlies today at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Lake Leelanau SM 61 GT Academy 40
Lake Leelanau St. Mary's picked up its first win of the season with a 61-40 win over Grand Traverse Academy.
Rachael Thon scored 16 points and Marta Herman and Megan Popp each had a dozen for the Eagles (1-2), and Hannah Weber added 10.
Tiffany Wright scored 13 and Amelia Peck 12 for GT Academy.
Brighton frosh 28 TC West frosh 11
The Brighton freshmen beat Traverse City West 28-11.
Talia Polmann led the Titans with six points.
TC Central 6 Petoskey 2
Cooper Macdonell and Nico Saco each scored two goals as Traverse City Central won its third straight game to start the season with a 6-2 Big North Conference victory over visiting Petoskey.
The Trojans led 3-0 after the first period on goals by Cam Givens, Saco and Macdonell.
Petoskey got on the board on Tanner Davis' score at 14:31 of the second before Saco's power-play goal reinstated Central's three-goal lead heading into the final stanza.
Mitchell Ward struck for a goal 11 ticks into the third period off a Givens assist and Macdonell converted a Derek Schrank assist into his second goal 2:40 later.
Petoskey's Kevin Hansen scored off a Ben Schwartzfisher assist with 10:22 left. Nick Trombler also had an assist on Davis' goal.
Central's first-period assists went to Ward, Brady Brantley and Rhys Adle.
Bill Vermetten made 10 saves for Central, which held a commanding 40-12 advantage in shots on goal. Petoskey's Breanna Merriam stopped 34 shots.
The Trojans (3-0, 1-0 BNC) head to Cadillac on Wednesday.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a ruling recently that will reduce the attorney fees Jeffersonville is required to pay to Environmental Management Corp. related to a breach-of-contract suit in 2008.
The lawsuit was filed in 2008 after EMC, the contractor for the former Jeffersonville sewer plant, was kicked out of the plant by then-Mayor Tom Galligan.
Galligan, during the trial, testified that he was fed up with EMC, and said it failed to properly perform collection-system maintenance and that such failures had resulted in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency instituting an enforcement proceeding against the city.
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Tributes poured in this week with the death of former Speaker Pro Tem Lois DeBerry, who was at the same time the most powerful woman and the most powerful black officeholder in the state of Tennessee. DeBerry was elected to the House in 1972. As Speaker Pro Tem she led the black caucus and she was essential to the Democrats' control of the House in an alliance with rural white Democrats. She was a superb orator and she had a physical presence that some times intimidated members. She could make grown men tremble in their boots, or as one former colleague observed, "piss in their pants."
The House now has a female speaker in Beth Harwell, and her gender wasn't an issue when she was elected. DeBerry paved the way.
DeBerry battled pancreatic cancer for five years; her dedication to her job given her health earned grudging respect even from the conservative Republicans who battled her for years.
With her passing, the political power of African Americans in Tennessee politics is further eroded.
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The Iowa State Patrol is celebrating keeping Iowans safer for 75 years.
The patrol dates back to 1935. Its beginnings are credited to Ola Babcock Miller, Iowa's first woman secretary of state. She launched a crusade aimed at unsafe vehicles, excessive speed and drunken drivers by creating a force of 15 motor vehicle inspectors within her office.
While the Depression-era mud roads have become high-speed highways, the patrol's core mission remains the same - reducing
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---- — The Olympics are without question the greatest sporting event in the world. Nothing else brings together men and women of virtually every nation in the spirit of competition and sportsmanship.
That said, nothing is perfect. Every four years I like to offer the International Olympic Committee a few subtle tweaks that could make things even better. Every four years they ignore me, but it's worth trying again.
No more tape delay. Or more realistically, not JUST tape delay. I know that there's some sort of time difference between here and London, and I know that the network wants to show its best stuff during the prime-time hours. That's great, but there are some of us who have access to a television during the afternoon and want to see the good stuff. Instead, on its 47 affiliated channels, NBC has fed us a steady diet of team handball, field hockey and table tennis.
Everything interesting and everything involving a gold medal is saved for the pre-packaged three-hour prime-time show. I don't know about you, but I've got this thing called the "Internets" that gives me instant information — such as, how Michael Phelps did in the 200-meter butterfly. It's almost impossible for me to not know how events have turned out before NBC shows them.
Either put a giant electronic dome over London, which doesn't allow out any information, or show the good stuff as it happens — to those of us who can watch and can't avoid the news — then show your taped version to everyone else at 8 p.m. Everyone wins!
Eliminate team handball. It looks like a great sport for middle-school gym class. Every phys-ed teacher in the area should take note. The Olympics, however, are already crowded and could stand to have some things weeded out. I also recommend eliminating the yachting and Parcheesi. The ping pong is OK though.
Televise the drug testing. Talk about drama. We can follow each athlete from little plastic cup through the high-tech laboratory and onto the medal stand. While we're at it, drug test the soccer fans. Each and every one of them.
Mix in some politics. The Olympics match up perfectly with the U.S. presidential election. Let's get Mitt Romney out there on that fancy horse in the dressage competition. Barack Obama can take over the 12th spot on the U.S. basketball team — see if he can hit a couple of baskets in garbage time against Tunisia.
Handicap Usain Bolt. Not permanently mind you, but he's too big, too fast. It's not fair to the other competitors. Put some broken glass in his left shoe. Make him carry a shot (the 16-pound metal ball, not a drink) in one hand. Force him to eat two giant-sized extra value meals immediately before running.
More Danny Boyle. The Oscar-winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire" did a fine job with the Opening Ceremonies. How about turning him loose on the rest of the Games? I'm thinking "28 Days Later," with team Rage Virus competing in track and field. Probably better than the "127 Hours" event I was going to suggest.
Introduce piranha to the swimming pool. You want to see more world records fall? Well, here's some incentive. I'm not talking about a whole school of the ravenous pointy-toothed creatures, just a handful. Heck, once they draw blood on the slowest competitor they'll probably ignore the rest.
Go back to your roots. My son, who knows everything, tells me that at the original Olympics in Ancient Greece, all the competitors were naked. Let's make everyone naked: competitors, spectators, judges, the royal family, Al Michaels. It will do wonders for the ratings, even on tape delay.
Give us a scoring system that we can understand. A floor routine is worth 16.208 points out of a possible 17.314? Whatever happened to the judges just holding up a card with a "10" on it? Was that only in the slam-dunk competition? Besides, we all know that Olympic judges — most of them from FOREIGN countries, I should point out — can't be trusted. The only fair way would be to have viewers text in their votes and let them decide.
Change the decathlon. World's greatest athlete? Maybe, but there won't be any doubt after these 10 events, covering a much wider array of skills than the current configuration: 1) Hot dog eating competition. 2) Ironman triathlon. A full 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and 26 mile run, immediately following the hot dog eating. 3) SAT exam. Train the mind, not just the body. 4) Whack-a-mole. 5) Ultimate fighting. How long can they stay in the ring with the Iceman, Chuck Liddell? 6) Bowling. 7) Bullfighting. 8) Dance Dance Revolution. 9) Gourmet cooking. 10) 100 meter dash.
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RALEIGH — After 75 minutes and 14 split votes Monday, Tony Gurley and the GOP regained the top spot on the Wake County Board of Commissioners - on a tie-breaker achieved only when member Betty Lou Ward took an unexcused bathroom break.
Her absence gave the board's Republican members a temporary 3-2 majority they used to vote Gurley into the chairman's seat held by Harold Webb, the octogenarian Democrat who is recovering from a stroke. Many thought Webb would appear in the chamber just to cast a ballot to pick his replacement, but the board made its annual leadership vote without him.
When Ward, a Democrat and the longest-serving member of the board, returned from the restroom and found Gurley sitting in the chairman's seat, she said: "Wonderful. Thanks, guys."
With that, the board launched into more than five additional hours of wrangling about a new vice chairman - taking the meeting far into the night and featuring dozens of 3-3 ties between Commissioner Paul Coble and Ward. At one point, Commissioner Stan Norwalk made a motion to order sandwiches, citing his diabetes and need for nutrition. The sandwich vote passed 4-2 with Commissioners Joe Bryan and Coble voting "No." After 8 p.m., with Norwalk coughing loudly, they mulled dinner possibilities and chatted about a range of topics, including the women's championship soccer team from UNC-Chapel Hill, missionaries they knew and the Taco Bell dog.
At 11 p.m., the board had voted more than 100 times on a vice chairman, deadlocking 3-3 each time. Republicans voted for Coble and Democrats voted for Ward. The board waited 2-1/2 minutes between votes, lapsing in to silence between votes as the evening wore on. Republicans voted down motions to recess or adjourn the meeting.
"The retirees we were going to honor have all gone home," Gurley noted.
Citing health issues, Wake County commissioners agreed early this morning to recess the meeting until 10 a.m Wednesday to resume voting on the election of a vice chairman.
Shortly after 2 a.m., Commissioner Stan Norwalk asked for the recess because he had not gotten his insulin shot Monday evening.
Norwalk, who has diabetes, said he was worried about his health if he waited longer to get the shot.
"I will not sit here and put Mr. Norwalk at risk," said County Commissioner Paul Coble, who along with Commissioner Betty Lou Ward are vying to be named vice chairman.
The vote was 5-1 with Gurley as the lone dissenter.
At one point, Gurley proposed having a recess so that insulin could be delivered from an all-night pharmacy.
Gurley said he voted no because Norwalk took back his offer to skip Wednesday's meeting in case former Chairman Harold Webb shows up. Webb's attendance would give the Democrats the ability to pick Ward as vice chairwoman.
Gurley accused Norwalk of trying to delay the meeting. Ward said that Gurley shouldn't accuse Norwalk of trying to commit a political ploy. Gurley responded that Norwalk tries to make everything a political ploy.
The commissioners control the purse-strings for the Wake County schools, and the GOP's parliamentary maneuver to power comes shortly after Republican-backed candidates swept into school board positions with the promise of ending the county's diversity policy. Last week, the school board's new majority elected a new chairman, Ron Margiotta, and made the first moves toward ending the diversity policy of North Carolina's largest school district.
But the commissioners vote for a new chairman and vice chairman at this time every year, regardless of outside events. Both Norwalk and Ward called the vote underhanded.
"Using parliamentary tricks to push their votes, if it's legal, it's not ethical," said Norwalk, a Democrat. "It brings a lot of shame on this board. That's what happened. There were parliamentary tricks to elect Mr. Gurley."
Bryan reminded him that rules were not only followed, but also verified by the county attorney. When Ward left the room, Commissioner Lindy Brown asked attorney Scott Warren for guidance, and he explained that the vote could take place. With that, Bryan made the motion to elect Gurley, a former chairman when Republicans controlled the board, and Ward's vote counted toward the 4-2 victory.
"If you do not ask to be excused," Bryan said, "your vote is in the affirmative."
Ward later said she didn't expect the board to be such sticklers and that she simply needed a brief break.
"It happens in the world of politics," she shrugged. "There's no need to get bent out of shape over it."
Where was Webb?
Webb was elected chairman last year after Democrats won a 4-3 majority on the board. But since his stroke in early October, he has been absent from meetings, and the board is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Prospects of a deadlocked commission will be heightened no matter who sits as chairman unless Webb returns or resigns and a replacement is selected.
Should Webb decide to resign from office, state law says the board of commissioners "shall appoint" a replacement recommended by the county executive committee of Webb's party, the Wake County Democratic Party, as long as the name is forwarded within 30 days of the resignation.
"If there is a vacancy and the Republicans try to block our nomination, I will file a lawsuit," said Wake County Democratic Chairman Jack Nichols, a former county commissioner. "There will be tire tracks down the middle of me before I will let that happen."
Night wears on
With Gurley as chairman, the board spent nearly two more hours debating a vice chairman before voting to take up the rest of the agenda. The audience had dwindled to about a dozen people from the original 40 or 50.
Every vote split 3-3, Democrats on one side and Republicans on the other. Members made repeated tries at delaying the vote for a month, then two, then three - all of which failed.
Norwalk made several requests to wait until Webb could vote, at least by phone. Gurley ruled out a phone vote.
Gurley and Norwalk had several testy exchanges. Gurley ruled Norwalk out of order at least four times, once calling him a "liar." Norwalk accused Gurley of trying to start the meeting without Ward a second time when the board returned from a recess, and he said Webb was probably watching the meeting from home, heart-broken.
"This has nothing to do with the fact that Mr. Webb was not here," Gurley said.
"It has everything to do with it," Norwalk shot back.
Gurley reminded him that Webb was vice chairman in Gurley's last stint as chairman, and the two worked together to pass a $970 million school bond.
"The working relationship I've had with Mr. Webb is just great," Gurley said.
He vowed to stay past midnight and asked for a blanket.
Staff writers T. Keung Hui, Eric Ferreri and Jim Nesbitt contributed to this report.
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MILLEDGEVILLE — The Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau was recently awarded "Best New Marketing Campaign" for its interactive smartphone tour by the Historic Heartland Travel Association.
The awards are given biennially and are chosen from a pool of nominations within the 19-county Historic Heartland region.
The interactive smartphone tour was chosen for the coveted award by a select group of advertising and marketing leaders within the travel and tourism industry. The award signifies Milledgeville's consistent goal to stay ahead of emerging technology trends and to capture new audiences. The smartphone tour caters to the tech-savvy traveler who is aspiring to have an experience like none other as they are able to virtually walk through Sherman's footsteps. Individual tours are launched by scanning a QR code specifically designed for the specific tour.
The award also comes on the heels of being named one of the top 10 "South's Most Creative Small Towns" as 'Best Literary Town' by Garden & Gun magazine.
For more information on Milledgeville visit the CVB office at 200 West Hancock St. or call (478) 452-4687 or visit www.visitmilledgeville.org.
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