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What will Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield be remembered for?
The pretty and techno-cool Chattanooga? A series of faulty starts and then the restless recall effort that took much of his energy? Both?
Littlefield, a city planner by trade, inherited the job of putting finishing touches -- and fixes -- on the 21st Century Waterfront.
He also inherited the remaking of the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant into Enterprise South, which Volkswagen eventually would turn into jobs.
But if Littlefield got the overruns on those tasks, it remains to be former mayor Bob Corker who got the gold star for the waterfront, and Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey who got the crown for Enterprise South and VW.
Yet it is completely fair to say that other companies followed VW on Littlefield's watch.
"It is not an exaggeration to say that we have installed a new manufacturing heart in this old industrial city," Littlefield said Monday in his farewell state of the city address.
The mayor of eight years also touted his work on gateways, streetscapes and technology -- all begun with earlier planners. But what did completely come to fruition on Littlefield's watch was the renaissance of the Southside -- an area pretty much completely ignored while former visionary mayors Jon Kinsey and Bob Corker worked to shape the Aquarium, 21st Century Waterfront and North Shore.
And what Littlefield did with swiftness was accept a way to take hold of stimulus energy money and fund the Office of Sustainability. That, coupled with Dave Crockett's vision, allows Littlefield to take credit for three new LEED-certified fire halls and plans for three more, as well as smart lights coupled with the EPB's push for fiber optics and the wireless mesh network, and some green roofs -- all of which should pay off in the future many times over.
Littlefield also grew the Riverwalk, and did it in a hard-to-attack-the-expenditure way: Alstom said it was a requirement for them to choose Chattanooga as a landing place for its new jobs.
When that greenway extension is complete, it will tie Ross' Landing to Lookout Mountain and open a way to bring the Great Eastern Trail right through Chattanooga, another glittering lure for the city's "outdoors" tourism chest.
But it was on the growing concerns of crime where Littlefield may failed the most, though he blames city council and police unions.
The council, he said, thwarted funding for an anti-gang initiative, and the police unions -- in his view -- have misrepresented his accomplishments for police.
"Don't believe what you hear from the police unions," said Littlefield.
He said that from 2005 to 2013 -- the police budget has increased 56 percent -- a cumulative change of more than $20 million per year even though the tax increase voted by the council during his years raised only $15 million a year.
During his tenure the city trained 200 new police officers, yet there has been a net gain of only 5 officers in the 477-member department since 2005.
Enough said.
After the faulty start of buying the polluted Farmer's Market property for a homeless Taj Mahal only to find that environmental regulators discouraged overnight habitation there, the property finally has become the home of a police precinct and some ancillary homeless help offices. Nearby, the city wellness center sits on another former brownfield site, and the city pays yearly environmental monitoring costs in the tens of thousands of dollars.
What does Littlefield bequeath to incoming Mayor Andy Berke?
A proposed Moccasin Bend Clean Water Authority -- a board not considered as the city tried unsuccessfully to avoid an EPA stormwater fine. Now Littlefield says the board promises to do for regional water and sewer what the Electric Power Board has done for electrical and digital services.
If this was such a good idea, why did the mayor wait until the last few months of his administration to trot it out?
Littlefield also touts the city's public art. He and the council, unfairly, have been criticized in recent weeks over public expenditures for it. In fact, most of the public art was paid for with private money.
But the bottom line is this: Chattanooga's overall image outside of its boundaries is good, and perhaps that is Littlefield's most important legacy. He wasn't the architect of it, but he has been an adequate caretaker.
"Chattanooga is cool and green and growing. No longer dingy and declining. Chattanooga has status as a fast-advancing, youth-attracting, "cool" city. Nothing could be finer," he said.
About that, he's right.
Since soon to be ex-Mayor Ron Littlefield has 8 years of mayoral corruption experience, perhaps he could set his sights on Detroit? He would fit right in where the previous mayor Kirkpatrick was just convicted on 24 counts of corruption.
Mayor Littlefield, and his Administrative Team will be remembered for documented corruption, cronyism, and blatant malfeasance. They should have been indicted.
But it was on the growing concerns of crime where Littlefield may failed the most, though he blames city council and police unions.
Just because Mayor Littlefield wouldn't condone or go along with allowing the police to ride in roughshod, beating up on the homeless and poor; rounding them up and dumping them across statelines as some of his opponents wanted, and former mayors had approved, doesn't doesn't he was not concerned about crime. Perhaps it was their form of solutions that he found most disturbing.
Oh TirnaNOG, of course only you care about minorities. You sound like these post civil rights, MLK newbies raised in the burbs that pretend to identify with sacrifice, and seeking the experience. My family has walked the walked, through Anderson County desegregation, so spew your "I am a victim" all you want. The real leaders and victims you would grandma and grandpa.
Now you're really babbling, aae1049. What got your dander all stirred up? Weren't you one of the very ones, not all that long ago, bashing Hispanics, blacks, Muslims? Don't come here with that phony My family walked the walk crap. You're the lowest of hypocrites if ever there was one.
I have never bashed anyone due to race. That is a absolute lie. My family did walk the walk. You are always downing everyone on these post as "uncaring' to minorities, and that is not true. I do care, along with personal accountability. Truth is not dander or upset, it is truth.
If Ron Littlefield tries to gain any other public position anywhere, hopefully the Chattanooga, TN & Hamilton County, TN citizens remember all the damage he has done and hold any local political appoint er accountable. If he goes out of state, the local citizens here can provide plenty of insight to those voters. In regard to private sector, anyone who would hire Ron Littlefield would be a fool.
It will upset many citizens to learn what the mayors retirement and benefits from the city funded by tax payers will be. He may not be looking for employment unless it is some cushy do nothing job. Benefits and income from a pension, social security a very healthy 401K plus personal wealth may be adequate to prevent being a pauper.
fairmon, the mayor isn't receiving anything other elected officials receive in the way of a retirement package. Why should the rules be any different for Mayor Littlefield? If you want change, then work to change the rules across board and for all elected officials. Then again, you may see some pretty hefty lawsuits that would bankrupt any city or town.
I seriously doubt if Littlefield was hurting financially before becoming mayor. Therefore, being unemployed as one shouldn't hurt overly much.
Did you know one of Chattanooga's most celebrated and well thought of past mayors was known in close circles as __ the crook Fill in the blank. To this day he remains highly praised and well thought of by people like you and much of the public, except for those who knew better.
On top of his cronynisms and corruptions I'll also miss his smugness.
I just wonder if the new mayor will rid us of the new departments/positions that Ruster Ron created for his political payback. This added over a million dollars a year to the city budget. Ruster is living in his own fantasy world. He really thinks he did a good job. He just ignores the re-call attempt and all the negative opinions and keeps his head stuck in the sand. He can't face the fact that he will go down as the worst mayor the City of Chattanooga has ever had. Good riddance.


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Frank Conroy as District Attorney Barker MacDonald
Robert Shayne as Inspector 'Murph' Murphy
Anthony Caruso as Nick Damon
Don McGuire as Joe Turner
Frank Richards as Lefty
Michael McHale as Detective Jensen
Several inmates, including killer Arnold Kluger escape from Folsom Prison. Kluger is determined to go after the detective and district attorney who sent him to prison. He finds the two men and showgirl Carol whom he believes told on him. They all wait along with two henchmen and four hostages for an escape plane in the California desert.

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What young boy doesn't wish for his very own giant robot? Every kid fantasizes of a mechanized friend that can tower over bullies and adults alike, take you to strange new places, and basically make you into the coolest kid on earth. Well, Jason's dreams are about to come true, or at least that's what he thinks when he finds a giant cybernetic hand sticking out of a crevasse near his desert home. What will his inventor grandfather and stubborn kid sister think of his ultimate toy? And what other trouble will the earthquakes that unearthed the giant machine man cause? Find out in this new collection from J. Torres, the critically acclaimed writer of The Copybook Tales, and GI Joe art director Mike Norton.
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Address 4202 Milwaukee St (PDQ)
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Vernon E. Lyles, 20 YOA, Charge: FelonyTheft(PTAC)
Victim Male, 47 YOA
A man pumping air into his tires at PDQ, 4202 Milwaukee St. was robbed of his wallet this afternoon. The victim told police a couple of people approached, in the midst of inflation, and inquired about getting some change. When the victim pulled out his wallet, one of the change seekers grabbed it. The criminals jumped into a car and fled. The victim got behind the wheel of his vehicle and pursued them, providing a 911 dispatcher with updated locations. The criminals bailed out of the car near Portland Parkway/Belmont Rd area and fled on foot. Officers in the area saw the suspects running and one of the suspects stopped upon contact by police but the other continued running. He was soon taken into custody a short distance away. Victim identified the suspects and they were eventually booked into Dane County Jail.
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A friend of mine who took a jazz history course taught by Archie Shepp at SUNY Buffalo in the late '60s recalls one class in particular. After playing a track by Charlie Parker, Shepp reached for the tonearm and seemed about to say something and . . . scraaatchh. "It's only a record," he said. My friend still isn't sure whether Shepp scratched the record accidentally or on purpose, so she doesn't know if he meant records were replaceable or not to be trustedsimulacra, we'd say now. Either way, point taken. Because it's been drummed into us that jazz is fleeting, revealing its essence only in live performance, even those of us whose collections number in the thousands tend to be ambivalent about recordingsguilty about owning so many, or maybe just guilty about owning. Yet if not for their recordings, hardly anyone alive would know what Parker, Clifford Brown, or Art Tatum sounded likethey would be as mythic as Buddy Bolden. Max Roach once referred to recordings as musicians' "textbooks," and their liner notes and personnel listings, together with the legacy they preserve, make them indispensable references for anyone who writes about jazz: I fact-check by reaching for an LP or CD as often as I do by reaching for a discography or Feather and Gitler.
Filling in historical gaps is one of a critic's duties, which is why I've recently gone about acquiring so many used LPs from the 1960s by overlooked European improvisers and composers. But I'd be lying if I said professional obligation is the only reason I collect. The satirist David Sedaris once wrote me that on his first trip to Paris he was skipping the city's cathedrals and museums in favor of clothing stores and bookshopshe didn't want to waste time looking at anything he couldn't buy and take home.
Maybe he was being facetious, but in quoting him I'm not. For me, it's record stores, preferably ones specializing in used LPs. Beginning with Milt Gabler's Commodore Record Shop (birthplace of the first independent jazz label, the first jazz reissues, and the first jazz discography published in the U.S.), record stores have been more than sales outlets. Dial, which issued some of Charlie Parker's most indelible sides in the late 1940s, was founded out of a record shop, and so was Delmark, the label that gave us our first taste of the AACM two decades later. The aisles of record stores have been gathering places for the jazz faithful, and significant developments have resulted from chance encounters in them: John Zorn and Bill Frisell struck up a friendship, and then a musical partnership, when Zorn was clerking at the Soho Music Gallery in the late 1970s; and Matt Shipp met the hip-hop experimentalists Priest, Beans, and M. Sayyid when browsing in Other Music on East 4th Street a few years ago. When Tower opened downtown in 1983, the staff included Tim Berne, Butch Morris, Frank Lowe, and Melvin Gibbs.
You could even make a case for used record stores as art galleries. Thirty years ago, whenever I was in New York, I'd make it a point to drop in at Golden Oldies on Bleecker Street to check if Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes was still on the wall. At $50, I couldn't afford to buy it, but I could visit itthe same way you would a Picasso or Van Gogh. High art is immortalized in museums and concert halls, and you can't buy it, because it's supposedly everybody's by definition; popular art, though believed to be perishable, is resurrected again and again in secondhand shops, and it's yours if you can meet the asking price and nobody beats you to it.
At the risk of intellectualizing what is probably a compulsion (if it wasn't records, it would be something else), my urge to collect stems in part from a fascination with the process by which a mass-produced object can eventually become so scarce it's vied for. To a certain type of collectormy typethat vintage comic book, baseball card, campaign button, or paperback original is valuable not just because it's rare but because it didn't used to be. Same goes for the LPs that lined the walls of retailers in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the first decade of the 12-inch, long-playing recordand maybe more to the point, a storied period for jazz and the last in which it held its own commercially.
Along with the sheer randomness of it allthe dumb luck involved in one day finding an album you've wanted forever, in good condition and ridiculously underpricedpart of what lures many jazz collectors is a preoccupation with the few years they just missed out on, before they started going to clubs and buying records. Deep-groove Blue Notes with the West 63rd Street address from the late 1950s are an obsession with many of my middle-aged friends who began listening to jazz in the late '60s or early '70s, by which point Blue Note had been sold to United Artists and surrendered its mystique. They're Gatsbys, these guys, borne back ceaselessly into the pasttheir green light is the "ear" engraved in the dead wax of a Blue Note first pressing.


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A 70-year-old man has qualified for a place in Japan's Olympic equestrian team. Hiroshi Hoketsu earned qualification after finishing in first place of the International Equestrian Federation's Asia-Oceania dressage rankings.
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[JR: As we ALL get older, here in the USA we keep children in "school" till they're in the 20's and we force the old into retirement way too early. We have to get out of this stupidity. Oscar Swahn and Hiroshi Hoketsu should be the exemplars. The value of our elder "Human Resources"; way too valuable to be shoved aside. Financially we have to align the Social Security Retirement Age with the longer life expectancies. So we better get over "age discrimination" on both ends of the spectrum. I'm sure all my fellow alums are wearing out; rather than rusting out. So hopefully I, and the USA, can follow their fine examples. As well as Olympian Hiroshi. A hero of humanity. Hope he wins!]
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Although Christmas is now just a distant memory, many people are still rushing to replace their old technology. Whether computers, phones or
games consoles, new purchases are causing people to experience 'electronics
envy' – the strong desire to replace their technology based on being shown off
to by family and friends. The study by computer upgrade specialists Crucial.com showed that 60% of people in Southampton would
buy a new item if they were shown a new purchase by someone they knew.
items people were most keen to buy new due to electronics envy were mobile
phones, specifically smart phones, which made up 36% of new purchases fuelled
by electronics envy. Computers were also very popular, with 15% of people
looking to buy new models as a result of their peers doing the same.
Televisions were the third most bought item, with 13% of new purchases. If a
product breaks or becomes faulty, almost half of people surveyed (48%) said
they would buy new rather than get it fixed.
upgrade specialist Roddy Mclean says "people tend to buy new products rather
than fix or upgrade old ones - they are excited by new technology, especially
if a friend or family member has recently bought new. However, people needn't
spend so much money – a simple memory upgrade for a computer, for example, can
be installed in minutes by anyone who is having issues".
the findings of the research, only 5% of those surveyed claimed to feel
negative thoughts towards their friends or colleagues who bought new tech. It
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I am using YUI compressor 2.4.2 jar in a Java application to compress some JavaScript files. It works great there. But the same code, I use it in a Java web application, I got a lot of java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException errors.
Those error all happened like this:
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 232
at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1934)
at com.yahoo.platform.yui.compressor.JavaScriptCompressor.printSourceString(JavaScriptCompressor.java:267)
at com.yahoo.platform.yui.compressor.JavaScriptCompressor.parse(JavaScriptCompressor.java:330)
at com.yahoo.platform.yui.compressor.JavaScriptCompressor.<init>(JavaScriptCompressor.java:533)
Anyone can shed some lights on this problem?
Thanks a lot!
I am not sure why exactly would this error be coming but as an exception says it looks like JSCompressor is trying to read char at offset equals to size of string or string is of zero size.
By the way, how exactly are you using YUI compressor in webapp? Probably this (http://webutilities.googlecode.com/) could be useful.
I'm having the same problem. YUICompressor works fine. From a standalone application, or e.g. also from Jetty. I'm getting the same exception in Tomcat though.
I tried it with webutilities ymin, but actually that is even worse, because it simply swallows everything, probably because the same exception is happening.
I think I figured it out. It is a bug in the yuicompressor pom and a conflict with the rhino jar.
I defined my dependency like this:
This results in 2 jars.
Both containing org/mozilla/javascript/Parser
See also http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2008/10/80/
I think it works if you don' t use the maven artifact but install the yuicompressor jar manually, because that one contains all necessary rhino ones and not only the ones which are replaced by yuicompressor.
This is also the case with 2.4.6, is this something that will be fixed or should I package YUI + rhino together myself?
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The North American Grouse Partnership has joined with Pheasants Forever, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and the Mule Deer Foundation to launch the Prairie Grouse Partners, a new conservation partnership with an aggressive goal of restoring 20 percent of North America's native grasslands. This effort would result in 60 million acres of improved habitat for a wide range of wildlife, including three species of prairie grouse. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever members have a special opportunity to contribute by supporting the North American Grouse Partnership. To find out how, click here.
Only 10 percent of North America's 585 million acres of native grasslands remain today, and its associated wildlife species are in a state of rapid decline. The conservation work of the Prairie Grouse Partners will be guided by the Grassland Conservation Plan for Prairie Grouse, a landscape-scale, ecologically based plan developed in cooperation with state natural resource agencies and adopted by the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. The plan is centered on three major grouse species (sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie chicken and lesser prairie chicken), considered primary indicators of healthy grassland ecosystems.
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The Prairie Grouse Partners target three focus areas: 1) grant funding for grassland habitat projects, 2) legislative engagement in grassland conservation programs, and 3) media advocacy for grasslands, prairie grouse, and associated wildlife.
NAGP Executive Director Ralph Rogers stressed the cultural role of grouse species along with the environmental value of grasslands and prairie grouse. "Native grouse have been honored and imitated by Native Americans in their dances," Rogers said. "One hundred years ago, millions of acres of grasslands brushed up against the bellies of wagons carrying our pioneers westward. The wildlife in those grasslands nurtured settlers and fed their children. Watching these critically important lands and their wildlife disappear is simply not an option. We welcome other groups to join our partnership and our vision."
Collaboration of Leading Conservation Organizations
The Prairie Grouse Partners has been established under the leadership of the Montana-based North American Grouse Partnership, formed in 1999 to address the habitat declines and population losses of America's prairie grouse species. The NAGP was responsible for completion of the Grassland Conservation Plan for Prairie Grouse and is guiding the partnership to fuel the plan's implementation.
"The Grassland Plan tells us how many acres we need and where they should be located to maximize benefits for grouse," continued Rogers. "We have the road map for success, and through this partnership with Pheasants Forever, the TRCP, and the Mule Deer Foundation, we've added critical resources to help us achieve our goals and sustain our grouse populations."
There are 740 Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever chapters, along with nearly 130,000 members across the continent. PF has improved more than 5 million acres nationwide for wildlife since its 1982 beginning. Those acres have been accomplished through the organization's unique financial model in which all local chapters retain 100 percent control of their locally raised fundraising dollars. Through this partnership, chapters will be encouraged to complete habitat projects that benefit a wide variety of wildlife, including pheasants, quail, and prairie grouse, while the national organization will provide operational support, including marketing, bookkeeping, and membership services.
"All of today's conservation issues are critical, but when it comes to grasslands - specifically the large expanses needed for America's prairie grouse populations - we are almost out of time," explained Howard Vincent, PF's president and CEO. "Through our unique model, this partnership opens up a new opportunity for our chapters to complete habitat projects beneficial to prairie grouse, which will benefit other wildlife species, including pheasants and quail at the same time."
Formed in 2002 to preserve America's hunting and angling traditions, the TRCP works with its partners to build consensus positions on issues tied to increased sportsmen's access, better fish and wildlife habitat management and increased funding for conservation. By doing so, the TRCP enables its partners to speak with a more unified voice on those consensus positions. Jim Range, who recently passed away, was a co-founder and chairman of the TRCP. He was an ardent sportsmen and conservationist and possessed an intense passion for sharp-tailed grouse. With the TRCP and other groups, he often championed conservation initiatives affecting the grassland habitats important to sharp-tails. Range channeled his vision for grouse conservation to unite the groups now forming the Prairie Grouse Partners.
"One hundred years ago, Theodore Roosevelt fell in love with grasslands and with hunting the animals he found in North Dakota," said George Cooper, TRCP president and CEO. "More recently, TRCP founder Jim Range helped organize the Prairie Grouse Partners out of his love for prairie grouse. We are engaged in this effort not only due to the inherent merit of its underlying cause but from our deep and abiding respect for these two great American sportsmen and conservationists."
The Mule Deer Foundation formed in 1988 and has 110 chapters and 14,000 members working on habitat projects throughout the American West. Mule deer populations have been on the decline and their habitat in many areas overlaps the same habitat as several prairie grouse species.
"The Grassland Conservation Plan for Prairie Grouse focuses on grasslands and works under the premise that healthy native grasslands result in healthy wildlife populations," added Miles Moretti, MDF president and CEO. "The Prairie Grouse Partners doesn't focus on the logo on your membership card. What matters is how much habitat we conserve. Together, we can accomplish more than we ever could alone."


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Public Enemy Considers Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Induction Important to Hip-Hop
Public Enemy are one of the upcoming inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – and also one of the few hip-hop acts included. Acts, generally, falling outside of the rock Diaspora have had their induction status questioned, and likely as a result, Chuck D, of Public Enemy, stated to Billboard that the now-classic hip-hop group's inclusion is not just an honor but important for the genre as a whole.
The rapper explained: "It's not an achievement for Public Enemy per se as much as I think it's an achievement for hip-hop and rap music to be legitimized. Us going in is a win for our peers like Kurtis Blow or KRS-One, Queen Latifah. (Already inducted) Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5, they're our peers, and I feel thankful we're joining that list, but also we look to shine the light on so many others and tell them that this is their induction, too."
He went onto explain that rap needs to be respected as much as rock, stating: "That's always been my fight, to make this genre as official and legitimate as other artists."
Public Enemy and Queen Latifah are not the only rap artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Run DMC are some of the others included.
Currently, Public Enemy is on the road as part of the Hip Hop Gods Classic Tour Revue, which ends on December 13 in Los Angeles. The tour may resume in 2013.
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NFL Report: Redskins, Cowboys, Giants eye title
BY STEVE DeSHAZO
It's a far cry from the glory days of 1986–95, when the New York Giants, Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys combined to win seven Super Bowls in a decade.
None of those teams looks like a potential champion in 2012. But in a season largely devoid of playoff suspense—five of eight division races are already decided—the NFC East race is suddenly intriguing, with all three teams at 8–6.
A month ago, the defending NFL champion Giants had a stranglehold on the division. Now they're the only one of the three contenders that needs help to win the division.
If Washington wins in Philadelphia and Dallas beats New Orleans on Sunday, the winner of the Redskins–Cowboys game Dec. 30 at FedEx Field will be crowned division champion. That would make it the most meaningful matchup in a formerly bitter rivalry since the NFC championship game after the 1981 season.
With Seattle at 9–5 and Minnesota and Chicago (along with the Giants) at 8–6, the Redskins–Cowboys loser could miss the playoffs entirely. And if Dallas or Washington stumbles this week, the Giants still have a shot at the division title.
The Redskins—who last won the division in 1999—technically lead the East with a 3–1 division record. Dallas is 3–2, the Giants 2–3.
Both Washington and Dallas have shown unexpected resiliency.
After molding their offense around Robert Griffin III's unique skill set, the Redskins tweaked it for fellow rookie Kirk Cousins, who passed for more yards against Cleveland Sunday (329) than Griffin has in any game. And a porous pass defense has bent as far as possible without breaking.
Dallas, meanwhile, has overcome a rash of key injuries and the untimely death of practice-squad player Jerry Brown (killed in a crash while riding with nose tackle Josh Brent) to win three in a row.
You can question receiver Dez Bryant's maturity, but not his toughness—not after he caught a touchdown pass Sunday against Pittsburgh with a fractured pinkie.
Part of the surprise contenders' success may be the inconsistency of the rest of the league. Remember that these are the same Redskins who lost at home to Carolina less than two months ago. And the same Cowboys who have trailed late in each of their last three games, only to rally and win them by a combined nine points.
Still, both teams are ahead of the Giants—in terms of both tiebreakers and psyche. New York essentially failed to show up in last Sunday's 34–0 loss at Atlanta.
The schizophrenic Giants follow the lead of quarterback Eli Manning. His late-season surges carried New York to Super Bowl titles after the 2007 and 2011 seasons. But he followed up a sensational game against New Orleans with a dreadful one against Atlanta (161 passing yards, two interceptions, a 38.9 passer rating).
Still, victories in their last two games (against the reeling Ravens and the dreadful Eagles) would earn the Giants at least a wild card berth. And this is a team that won the NFC title as the sixth and final seed five years ago.
In fact, New York's recent January surges serve as inspiration to their division brethren. Dallas owner Jerry Jones cited that after last Sunday's overtime win.
"You can legitimately look at how the Giants played last year, what they did at the end of the year and how they took it all the way," Jones told reporters. "And that's not unrealistic to think that that can happen to you."
The Pick (2–12) will take a shot on Arizona (a 5-point road underdog) to use its stout pass rush to add to Chicago's late-season misery.
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1. 49ers (10–3–1)
Seahawks will test them.
2. Broncos (11–3)
Playoff bye is in sight.
3. Falcons (12–2)
Answered some questions.
4. Texans (12–2)
Red zone issues linger.
5. Patriots (10–4)
Can't spot 49ers 28 points.
6. Packers (10–4)
Sticking with K Crosby.
7. Seahawks (9–5)
No one wants to face them.
8. Redskins (8–6)
Concerns on offensive line.
9. Colts (9–5)
Played like a young team.
10. Ravens (9–5)
Injuries, losses mounting.
11. Vikings (8–6)
Peterson still needs help.
12. Cowboys (8–6)
Lucky or resilient?
13. Bears (8–6)
Will skid cost Smith's job?
14. Bengals (8–6)
Steelers have their number.
15. Giants (8–6)
No one saw that coming.
16. Steelers (7–7)
Dissension in the ranks?
17. Saints (6–8)
In rare role as spoilers.
18. Rams (6–7–1)
Progress is gradual.
19. Panthers (5–9)
Can they save Rivera's job?
20. Buccaneers (6–8)
Unexcused absence Sunday.
21. Browns (5–9)
Richardson criticizes coach.
22. Jets (6–8)
The end for Rex, Sanchez?
23. Dolphins (6–8)
Goal is a .500 finish.
24. Chargers (5–9)
Let the changes begin.
25. Titans (5–9)
Defense came up big.
26. Bills (5–9)
No playoffs for 13 years.
27. Cardinals (5–9)
A rare chance to smile.
28. Lions (4–10)
Johnson chases Rice's mark.
29. Eagles (4–10)
Will Vick follow Reid?
30. Raiders (4–10)
Will QB Pryor get a shot?
31. Jaguars (2–12)
Time to clean house?
32. Chiefs (2–12)
Come on, No. 1 pick.
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text: On February 5, 1996, at 0950 hours mountain standard time, a Convair C-131E, N131T, collided with wires at the departure end of runway 14 and crashed in a residential area of Saint Johns, Arizona. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postimpact fire. Both pilots and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated by Business Air Connection of the Netherlands Antilles as a ferry flight under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated in Saint Johns, and was destined for Brownsville, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed.According to witnesses, the pilot executed a rolling takeoff from the 5,323-foot-long runway. The airplane used the full length of the runway, and did not climb high enough to clear obstacles located below the obstacle free clear zone at the departure end of runway 14. The terrain off the end of the runway slopes down. Witnesses reported the airplane's altitude along the flight path appeared to contour the terrain.The airplane first struck the top of the airport perimeter fence and a barrier wall for three 10,000 gallon diesel fuel storage tanks. The airplane continued to fly at a low altitude and struck a tree with the right propeller. The airplane then struck residential power transmission wires with the left propeller. The wires became entangled in the airplane's landing gear and were pulled off their poles and dragged through a residential neighborhood to the accident scene.The airplane eventually struck the ground with the left wing tip and cartwheeled into a horse pasture damaging the pasture fence. Other DamageIn addition to the damage to the fences, barrier wall, trees, and wires, there was damage to residences. One home was struck by tree branches that penetrated into the interior and another home had minor roof damage from the dragged cables.The damage to the home that was struck by the penetrating tree branches was limited to the bathroom and living room window. The resident of the home said he was sitting in the living room at the time. He told Safety Board investigators that the tree branches had punched a hole in the bathroom sink, shattered the toilet tank, and cracked the bathtub. There was also water damage in the bathroom as a result of the toilet being shattered.Crew InformationFirst PilotThe first pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate which was issued on April 4, 1979. At the time of the accident the pilot held 18 different type ratings, none of which were for Convair aircraft.The most recent first-class medical certificate was issued to the pilot on December 21, 1995, and contained the limitation that correcting lenses for near vision be worn while exercising the privileges of his airman certificate. The pilot also held an existing non-disqualifying waiver for defective color vision.No personal flight records were found for the pilot and the aeronautical experience listed in this report was estimated from a review of the airmen FAA records on file in the Airman and Medical Records Center located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In addition, information was obtained from a review of letters of authorization held by the pilot. On February 2, 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Sacramento Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), Sacramento, California, issued the first pilot a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to act as pilot-in-command in lieu of a type rating in Convair C-131E (CV-440), N131T, on a ferry flight from Hollister, California, to Aruba, Netherlands Antilles. The LOA limited operations to day visual flight rules (VFR) with fuel or maintenance stopover points. The LOA specified, " No other person other than the pilot and necessary crew shall be carried." The authorization expired at the completion of the ferry flight, or no later than February 17, 1996.According to the FAA, "Vintage/surplus military aircraft are those aircraft which are operated solely under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91 and for which the FAA does not have sufficient qualified inspector staff to conduct either the initial qualifications or proficiency tests required under existing regulations." FAA Order 8700.1 states circumstances may arise that require an aircraft be flown by a pilot who does not hold a type rating for that aircraft. An operations inspector may issue an LOA provided the flight can be accomplished safely. The order describes to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors (Operations) the method to determine eligibility of pilot to be issued an LOA. The order indicates regulatory provisions of 14 CFR Part 61.58 (Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot), permits a pilot to serve as pilot-in-command provided no persons or property are carried, and the flights are conducted under day VFR conditions.The FAA operations inspector, who granted the authorization for the first pilot, indicated to the Safety Board that he already knew of the first pilot's qualifications. The operations inspector indicated the first pilot was National Designated Pilot Examiner (NDPER) active in vintage aircraft, that the first pilot held a Letter of Operational Authority for numerous makes and models of high performance piston airplanes, and that the first pilot had been issued three previous authorizations to ferry this specific type aircraft.On August 29, 1995, the first pilot applied for a LOA to ferry the accident airplane from Tucson, Arizona, to San Luis Obispo, California. The first pilot indicated in his application that he had two previous letters authorizing him to act as pilot-in-command, and had accumulated about 200 hours in various models of twin piston engine Convair aircraft. The FAA subsequently issued the LOA for the ferry flight on August 31, 1995. The second pilot on the ferry flight from Tucson indicated the flight was flown without incident, except the destination was changed to Hollister, California, because San Luis Obispo was not VFR due to low visibility and fog.On September 26, 1989, the FAA issued the first pilot a LOA to ferry a Convair 240 from Oakland, California, to Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, California.On December 27, 1977, the FAA issued the first pilot a LOA to ferry a Convair 240 from Frankfurt, West Germany, to Kingman, Arizona.Second PilotThe second pilot held airline transport pilot certificate which was issued on October 20, 1995, with a multiengine airplane rating and commercial privileges for single engine airplanes. The most recent first-class medical certificate was issued to the second pilot on January 8, 1996, and contained the limitation that correcting lenses be worn while exercising the privileges of his airman certificate.The second pilot's total aeronautical experience consists of about 1,905 flight hours, of which about 487 were accrued in multiengine airplanes. There were no records found indicating the pilot had flown large aircraft over 12,500 pounds.Aircraft InformationThe airplane, a vintage/surplus military Convair C-131E (Civil Designation Convair 440-72), military serial number 55-4751(Civil serial number 338), was manufactured on July 20, 1956, and was delivered to the United States Air Force (USAF).The airplane had accumulated a total time in service of 18,715 hours. Examination of copies of the maintenance records filed with the FAA before the accident revealed that the most recent annual inspection was accomplished on January 25, 1996, about 4 flight hours before the accident.A minimum flight crew of pilot and copilot is required for all operations.Aircraft Certification and RegistrationThe airplane remained in the possession of the USAF until January 13, 1994, at which time the USAF Museum Program sold the airplane to the Lan-Dale Company, Reno, Nevada. The Lan-Dale Company ferried the airplane from Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, to Tucson, Arizona.On August 28, 1995, the Lan-Dale Company, sold the airplane to the second pilot, DBA Business Air Connection N.V., Curacao. A revised lease agreement, dated December 4, 1995, found in the airplane's wreckage indicated the airplane was to be leased to Air Caribbean N.V. Curacao, a Netherlands Antilles Corporation by Business Air Connection. The agreement was to commence after the airplane was delivered to Curacao. The lease agreement specified the aircraft owner/LESSOR shall at its own expense, procure and maintain in full force and effect liability insurance. Another document found in the airplane disclosed the second pilot had contacted an insurance broker and received an estimate. However, there has been no evidence found by the Safety Board indicating that the airplane was insured at the time of the accident.On October 23, 1995, the second pilot sold the airplane to a United States citizen who listed an address in Sweethome, Oregon. The FAA issued a Certificate of Aircraft Registration to the U.S. citizen on November 17, 1995. The citizen applied for a export certificate of airworthiness on January 22, 1996, and listed Business Air Freight as the purchaser. The address listed for Business Air Freight was the same as the second pilot's address. On January 23, 1996, the U.S. citizen sold the airplane to Business Air Freight.On January 25, 1996, the FAA San Jose FSDO issued a Standard Airworthiness Certificate for the airplane in the transport category. On January 26, 1996, the San Jose FSDO issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate. The Special Airworthiness Certificate was designated a special flight permit for the purpose of export.PowerplantsTwo Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp R-2800-CB16-103 engines were installed in the airframe. The engines are twin row 18 cylinder air cooled radial type with single stage two speed electrically controlled integral superchargers, and equipped with a pressure injection carburetor and an antidetonation injection system. The engines are capable of producing 2,400 horsepower at sea level.Antidetonation Injection (ADI) SystemThe ADI system, often referred to as water injection, is provided to permit power increase for a limited period of time at takeoff. The ADI fluid used is a mixture of 50 percent alcohol and 50 percent water. The fluid is injected into the cylinders through the carburetor. The fluid evaporates in the cylinders, cooling the incoming charge of fuel and preventing detonation. Engines not using ADI are cooled by a rich fuel mixture. The rich mixture is usually too rich for best power. Use of ADI allows for a best power mixture. According to the airplane's operation manual, use of ADI at takeoff permits development of approximately 350 more horsepower from the engines.The system is supplied from a 22-gallon usable rubberized fabric tank located in the right wing to fuselage fairing. An electrical water pump is installed in the sump of the tank. The pump is energized by a switch in the cockpit. The pump supplies pressurized ADI fluid to both engines.Shutoff valves operated by engine oil pressure are mounted on the ADI fluid supply line to each engine. When engine oil pressure drops below 30 psi the shutoff valves close and no ADI fluid would flow to the engine. The ADI fluid then flows to a regulator which allows excessive ADI fluid to bypass at low power settings. A spring loaded ADI fluid inlet check valve in the regulator is opened by fuel pressure from the derichment valve on the carburetor. If the system is energized a loss of engine oil and fuel pressures would close the shutoff valves and the inlet check valve in the regulator, trapping ADI fluid in the supply line between the two valves. ADI supply lines can be identified by the red-gray-red piping color code on the lines.If the ADI system is not energized or not functioning a "Dry" takeoff may be made. However, the fuel mixture would be enriched to cool the cylinders to prevent detonation and less power would be produced.Flap SystemThe airplane is equipped with Fowler type flaps that are used for takeoff as well as landing. The flaps are hydraulically actuated by two hydraulic motors which drive torque tubes through gear boxes. The system includes a flap synchronizing torque tube. The flap system moves in unison with the maximum extension of 45 degrees. Full extension requires 16 to 20 seconds.The flap system is controlled by a spring loaded three position electrical toggle switch located on the pilot pedestal. The flaps may be lowered to any degree as shown on a flap position indicator. The switch is spring loaded to the center position which hydraulically locks the flaps in the last selected position, thus preventing them from retracting due to air loads. The takeoff flap setting will normally be 11 or 15 degrees depending upon the airplane's weight and airport runway, taking into consideration temperature, winds, and airport elevation.Aircraft LoadingThe Convair 440 aircraft utilizes a Weight and Balance Control System based on aircraft weight and index. The index system simplifies the center of gravity computations by labeling areas along the airplane's datum line with an index number.Weight and balance records found in the airplane indicated the airplane was last weighed at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB on January 26, 1966. The DD Form 365C, "Basic Weight and Balance Record," indicated the airplane's basic weight was 35,315 pounds, the moment was 13,227-inch pounds, and the index 54.1.The Safety Board reviewed a photograph taken by a local newspaper of the accident airplane before it departed on the ferry flight. The photograph displayed the amount of cargo in the airplane, but the Safety Board was unable to index the cargo from the photograph. The information from the photograph was compared to photographs taken at the accident scene and a general inventory list was developed. The weight of the cargo was compiled using the actual equipment weights obtained by knowledgeable persons, or as estimated by the investigative group.2 rollaway tool boxes 160 lbs. 6-55 gallon drums (2 empty and 4 filled with engine oil) 1,740 lbs. Lumber, burnt furniture, medical supplies and equipment 260 lbs. Firefighting equipment 1,350 lbs. Portable air compressor 75 lbs. Ground power unit 75 lbs. Battery charger 63 lbs. 2 batteries 150 lbs. Manual fork lift for lifting palettes 200 lbs. Crew and passenger baggage 280 lbs. TOTAL 4,353 lbs.The two pilot weights and the two passenger weights were obtained from airman medical records on file with the FAA in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The combined weight of the four occupants was determined to be 822 pounds.Fueling records at the Saint Johns Industrial Air Park established that the airplane was last fueled on February 4, 1996, with the addition of 1,538.7 gallons of 100 octane low lead aviation fuel. According to servicing personnel, this filled the wing tanks to their capacity of 1,730 gallons. The weight of the fuel onboard was calculated at 6 pounds per gallon or 10,380 pounds.The approximate ramp weight of the airplane, excluding lumber and furniture, was calculated to be 50,870 pounds, about 2,870 pounds above the airplane maximum certified gross weight of 48,000 pounds.Aircraft PerformanceThe airplane left Hollister, California, on February 4, 1996, at 1330 hours, loaded in the same manner as the accident flight. The Hollister Airport elevation is 230 feet above sea level and the runway is 6,350 feet long. According to witnesses, the airplane used most of the runway and climbed very slowly.Later in the day, the airplane arrived at the Ernest A. Love Field, Prescott, Arizona. The airplane was serviced with 250 gallons of 100 octane low lead aviation fuel. According to servicing personnel this did not fill the fuel tanks, and fuel quantity upon departure from Prescott could not be determined. Additionally, there was no record of the ADI system being serviced with fluid. The field elevation at Prescott is 5,042 feet above sea level and the runway length is 7,616 feet long. Witnesses who observed the airplane takeoff from Prescott stated the airplane was slow to climb and flew up a valley northeast of the airport. One witness also indicated the airplane did not climb above the horizon before he lost sight of the airplane.The maximum gross takeoff weight for the airplane at sea level using ADI fluid is 48,000 pounds, and without using ADI is 40,900 pounds. The Safety Board obtained takeoff data from Renown Aviation, Santa Maria, California. Renown Aviation maintains computerized performance data for the Convair 440 and is able to electronically compute takeoff data corrected for field elevation, temperature, gross weight, and runway length. According to the data provided, the maximum gross takeoff weight from runway 14 at Saint Johns Industrial Airpark at a temperature of 46 degrees Fahrenheit using the ADI system and 15 degrees of flaps is 43,205 pounds. The maximum gross takeoff weight under the same conditions without using ADI and 13 degrees of flaps is 38,909 pounds.Meteorological InformationThe closest official weather observation station is the Show Low Municipal Airport, Show Low, Arizona, which is located 34.6 nautical miles southwest of the accident site. The elevation of the weather observation station is 6,411 feet msl. At 0750 hours, a record surface observation was reporting in part: Sky condition and ceiling, 18,000 foot thin scattered; visibility, 40 statute miles: temperature, 46 degrees Fahrenheit; dew point, 22 degrees Fahrenheit; winds; 190 degrees, at 4 knots; and altimeter, 30.40" inHg. The density altitude at the Saint Johns Industrial Airpark was computed to be about 6,200 feet msl.Airport InformationThe Saint Johns Industrial Airpark is owned and operated by the City of Saint Johns, Arizona. The published elevation of the airport 5,733 feet msl. The airport has two intersecting hard surfaced runways. Runway 14 is 5,323 feet long by 75 feet wide. Wreckage and Impact InformationThe airplane was witnessed striking the ground with the left wing tip while in a left turn. The airplane came to rest in a horse pasture across the street from several residences, and within a block of the Apache County Annex Building which houses the local Head Start Day Care program.The airplane's fuselage separated from the wings and came to rest with the cockpit area on top of the trailing edge of the right wing. Both engines were separated from their nacelle mounts and both propellers separated from the engines through fractures in the reduction gear boxes. All three landing gear were separated from the fuselage.The fuselage was split aft of the front door at the leading edge of the wing. The forward cabin and the cockpit were destroyed by impact and postimpact fire. The instrument panel was destroyed. The flap and ADI switches and flap indicator were destroyed. Cargo consisting of fire and medical equipment and tools were spread throughout the area of the fuselage split. The cargo was exposed to the postimpact fire and the combustible portions were burned, leaving those parts made of metal. About three rows of seats were removed from the right side of the airplane in the area of the cargo door. The removed seats were found stacked in the aft end of the fuselage on top of the last two rows of passenger seating.The left wing was destroyed. Five left wing flap tracks, two inboard and three outboard, were found with the flap roller bearing carriers near the top of the track. The right wing was intact and the flap roller bearings were found in the same position as the left. A measurement of the right flap extension was taken from a seam at the wing spar and found to be 68 inches. Flap measurements made from the same seam as another Convair aircraft were as follows; flaps up 67 inches, flaps 11 degrees 76.75 inches, and flaps 15 degrees 80 inches. An electrical service transmission cable was found wrapped around the nose gear and left main landing gear struts. The left propeller was embedded in the ground after the accident. The blades exhibited chordwise scoring, "S-bending" and were twisted. One blade from the left propeller was broken at the hub and at midspan. Both pieces of the broken propeller were found within 50 feet of the propeller hub.The ADI fluid tank was destroyed. Examination of the ADI lines revealed fluid in the supply lines attached to the right wing spar. The left engine ADI lines were damaged by impact. The ADI line on the right engine between the shutoff valve and the inlet check valve was intact. There was no ADI fluid found in this line.Medical and Pathological InformationAll occupants sustained fatal injuries in the accident and post mortem examinations were conducted by the Apache County Coroner's Office. Specimens from the occupants were retained for toxicological examination by the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI). The results of the test were negative for alcohol and all screened drug substances.Additional InformationWreckage ReleaseThe Safety Board did not retain any wreckage for further examination. The wreckage was recovered at the accident site by Air Transport, Phoenix, Arizona.


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TOKYO (AP) - Residents of Japan had a warning, shortly before today's strong quake that shook the northeastern part of the country.
Public television broadcaster NHK broke off regular programming to warn that a strong quake was due to hit.
The country's Meteorological Agency has an early warning system that uses data from seismographs scattered across the country. It allows the agency to provide advance warning of the estimated intensity and timing of a major quake.
According to an agency official, today's warning was issued six minutes before the quake struck.
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Christina Aguilera has been booked to kick off the star-studded show at this year's American Music Awards. She is set to perform a medley of her 6 hit singles including "Genie in a Bottle", "Fighter", "Beautiful", "Keeps Gettin' Better", and "Dirrty", according to US Weekly.
"We are very excited to have Christina Aguilera perform at this year's show," Dick Clark Productions President, Orly Adelson, told the publication. "She raises the bar with each live performance and you can expect something special at the 2008 American Music Awards."
Joining Christina at the show, that will be held at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, are Miley Cyrus, Beyonce Knowles, Coldplay, Kanye West, Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, Pink and many others. The event will be broadcast live on ABC on November 23 at 8:00-11:00 P.M., ET. and hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
In related news, Christina Aguilera has also been lined up as one of the musical guests at "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!". Taking place also at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, the December-3 event will also be lightened up with performances from Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, B.B. King, and John Mayer.
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Portsia Smith covers Louisa County crime and news.
Louisa man faces 281 years on drug charges
A Louisa County man has pleaded guilty to seven counts of distributing cocaine and one count of obstruction of justice in Louisa County Circuit Court today.
Rontray L. Houchens, 23, is facing up to 281 years in prison for running a drug ring in the rural Louisa County. Three other charges were dropped.
Louisa Commonwealth Attorney Tom Garrett argued that Houchens was a leader in the illegal narcotics trade. Garrett said Houchens employed middle men to do work under his supervision.
Garrett credited the Louisa County Narcotics Task Force for "taking Houchens off the streets."
The obstruction of justice charge originated in May when Houchens lied to police after his brother was arrested in connection with a home invasion where an elderly woman was severely beaten.
–Portsia Smith
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|Course code AHIS2900
|Units 10
|Level 2000
|Faculty of Education and ArtsSchool of Humanities and Social Science
This course provides students with the opportunity to broaden their educational experience through participation in an organised, international activity, such as an archaeological dig, an authorised tour, workshop, master class or a series of lectures from a recognised institute.
Students must obtain approval from their Program Convenor prior to enrolment.
Available in 2015
|At the end of this course, students will be able to:
* Plan and organise a study within the context of an international experience.
* Demonstrate their gaining of knowledge and insights obtainable only through an overseas study experience
* Speak and write, where relevant, with confidence about overseas sites, artefacts, working procedures, operations, et cetera.
* Use pictorial or technical and journal writing techniques to record and reflect on their overseas study experience.
|By travelling overseas to participate in organised tours, digs, lecture series and/or workshops, students will engage in a range of activities related to their professional development in their fields of study. Students will be expected to participate in all aspects of their overseas experience, and they will undertake any academic and professional tasks set for them by their teachers and/or directors on-site, as well as any duties imposed upon them by the course co-ordinator at the University of Newcastle.
|Replacing Course(s)
|AHIS3900 Overseas Study Experience
|Students who have previously completed AHIS3900 are not permitted to enrol in AHIS2900
|Industrial Experience
|Assumed Knowledge
|It will be assumed that students undertaking tours, digs, lecture series and/or workshops overseas will have completed at least 20 credit points in their chosen field of study.
|Modes of Delivery
|Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
|Teaching Methods
|Case Study
Problem Based Learning
Field Study
Experience Based Learning
Self Directed Learning
Student Projects
|Assessment Items
|Contact Hours
|Student Projects: for 56 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Field Study: for 40 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
|Compulsory Components
|2015 Course Timetables for AHIS2900


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Oregon Trail Museum and Visitor Center [link]
The three exhibit rooms of the Oregon Trail Museum and Visitor Center are accessible. There is also a twelve minute video presentation shown, and a transcript of the program is available. A wheelchair is available for use in the museum and on the trails.
Summit Road and Trail System
Two accessible parking spaces are located at the summit parking area. From the parking lot, paved trails lead to two summit overlooks.
The South Overlook is approximately 300 yards (274 meters) from the parking lot. Access to the North Overlook is by a 16% uphill path of about 60 yards (55 meters). It will take you to a level looping trail system which is about 150 yard (137 meters) long. Several overlooks from the summit will reveal the North Platte Valley. The remaining 100 yards (91 meters) contains a steep downhill grade of 19% with dropoffs on either side.
Saddle Rock Trail [link]
The paved trail is and 1.6 miles long (2.4 km) and leads from the visitor center parking lot to the top of Scotts Bluff. The first 700 yards (630 meters) is accessible for a wheelchair as it crosses prairie grasslands to a juniper ravine near the base of the bluff. Beyond this point is not recommended for wheelchair use as the trail rises steeply for over 1700 yards (1554 meters) with sharp dropoffs .
Oregon Trail Pathway [link]
Following the paved trail west of the museum 50 yards (45 meters) you would come to the eroded Oregon Trail depressions. Along the way you would pass three covered wagons replicas. From the east end of the trail depressions, the trail is unpaved for 380 yards. The paved trail then resumes. The first 106 yards (97 meters) is uphill with a 13% grade. The Jackson campsite is approximately 107 yards (98 meters) further.
Access Passport [link]
The Access Passport is a free lifetime entrance pass to those federal areas which charge an entrance fee. It is available at the information desk to all United States citizens or permanent residents who have been medically determined to have a permanent physical, mental, or sensory impairment that severely limits one or more major life activities.


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Lateral epicondylitis is pain at the elbow. The pain occurs over the bone on the outside of the elbow. There are several muscles and tendons that attach on this area of the bone.
This condition is often called tennis elbow, but it is not restricted to people who play tennis. It can also occur in people with jobs that require repetitive motions such as roofers and carpenters.
Lateral epicondylitis is caused by damage to a tendon.
Tendons connects muscles to bone. Repetitive or stressful movements of the muscles causes strain and pain at the tendon. The tendons associated with lateral epicondylitis are connected to forearm muscles. These muscles are active when you grip something, such as a tennis racquet. Actions that can cause irritation to the tendons of the elbow include:
Factors that increase your risk of lateral epicondylitis include:
Lateral epicondylitis may develop slowly over time. It may not be associated with a sudden injury.
Symptoms include:
Pain may be most noticeable when doing activities like:
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. You may also be asked about your recent physical activity.
The doctor will examine your elbow for:
are not usually necessary. However, an x-ray may be needed if the doctor suspects a problem with the bones such as calcium deposits.
Treatment includes:
Avoid activities that cause pain. Do not play sports or do repetitive motions until the pain is gone. You may need to alter how you do certain activities:
Ice may help decrease some discomfort and swelling. Apply ice pack to the outside of the elbow for 15-20 minutes. Repeat for about four times a day for several days. Do not apply ice directly to your skin. Wrap the ice or cold pack in a towel.
You may be referred to a physical therapist. You will learn exercises that may help reduce your symptoms.
The following medication may help reduce swelling in the tendon and pain:
If medication does not decrease your pain, do not return to physical activity. Check with your doctor.
Certain injuries may require a brace. It is placed on your forearm. This brace limits the force of your forearm muscles on the tendon.
The doctor may inject
into the tendon. This may help to reduce pain and inflammation in the short term. Unfortunately the injection may not help in the long run.
To reduce your risk of getting tennis elbow:


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half the time i'm gone and i don't even know where. i need to start making the right choices, or else.
i am brave, i am sad, i don't know.
this is the first day i have been sober for over a week now and it's hard. things used to be so easy.
You feel more like you do now than you did earlier...
Do I have that correct?
...when I first read a variant written on the stall's wall:
"I feel more like I do now than I did when I came in."
This was at Scholz Garten, a popular UT 'watering hole' in Austin.
What is it they don't want to be?
To whom is this addressed?
I should've remembered to be specific. It's addressed to Magic. "Memories don't want to be." is a translation of his journal title.


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Flipping the Linux switch: Amarok
A major obstacle in making the transition from Windows to Linux for many is music. Does Linux even play media files? While Linux can't play DRM-laden files, it handles unencrypted mp3s, and, with the proper codecs, Windows media files.
"So what?" you say, looking at your ripped mp3s, organized into perfect play lists on your iPod, "There's no iTunes in Linux!"
Enter Amarok. Sure, there are countless other music players in Linux. They do the job, and most do it quite well. Why single out Amarok?
First impressions mean a lot. Amarok is a pretty application. It integrates nicely with KDE, its native desktop environment. That's not to say it can't run on GNOME, Xfce, or other window managers. You'll just have to consult Amarok's site for system requirements, or check the documentation for your distribution.
It is completely customizable, allowing you to change colors, fonts, icon themes and on screen display settings. Plugins and add ons abound. Want it to match your magenta wallpaper? Want to use that new font? Need the on-screen display to be translucent? No problem, and no coding skills needed.
Alas, looks only get you so far (believe us). Amarok's true beauty is in its functionality. Organized with a large play list pane and a tabbed side panel, Amarok's many features are readily apparent and accessible. Most of these tabs are self-explanatory (Files, Collection), but some deserve a bit more explanation.
The Context tab displays album art for the current song on the play list, as well as vital statistics about your playing habits. Lyrics are pulled off the 'net for the song, and artist information is loaded from Wikipedia. Of course, these sources can be customized. See a mistake in the lyrics? Fix it right there!
Amarok's other features include dynamic play lists, Shoutcast streams and Last.fm integration.
Amarok supports many personal media players. The most notable absence is the Zune. While this may not surprise you, it's interesting to note that the libmtp library which supports modern devices like the Zune allows for tracks to be viewed in Amarok. You can see your music. You just can't listen to it, due to an authentication issue between the Zune and libmtp.
Apple, iRiver, Creative and many other devices are supported for data transfer. That's great, right? Sometimes it's not quite that straightforward. Amarok can communicate with these players, but libraries peculiar to each device might need to be installed. For instance, installing a Creative Zen Touch involved installing several underlying libraries.
Fear not, the most commonly used libraries are often supplied through your distribution's repositories. Amarok, if not installed by default in your Linux of choice, is available in various binary formats. It's also available (of course!) as a source tarball and from Subversion, for those that like to be on the cutting edge.
Making the switch from Windows to Linux can be traumatic. Soothe that trauma with your tunes, courtesy of Amarok.


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Tickets and Events
Ready for a fun family event where every seat is just steps from the action? See elephants, horses, ponies and dogs perform amazing tricks in the center ring! Be amazed and thrilled by the High-Wire Motorcycle and the Death-Defying Dual Wheel of Destiny! There's even a free petting zoo along with elephant and camel rides (the Midway opens one hour before showtime).
The Carson & Barnes Circus is a 76-year-old tradition. Make your own family memories and have a fantastic day with this wonderful, exclusive offer from Plum District.
The Family Fun 5-Pack includes:
General Admission tickets may be upgraded at the box office to reserved seats for $3 more or box seats for $6 (additional charges are per seat).
The circus is coming to the following locations:
This IS the real circus! Carson & Barnes Circus is the world's biggest big top circus and travels to hundreds of small towns across the U.S. each year. In its 76th year, Carson & Barnes is bringing first-class family entertainment to hundreds of towns across the US. Each year they search for the best acts from around the globe and present them along with their world famous animal acts to produce the 'World's Biggest Big Top' show.
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Exhibit: Fences Retrospective
We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with The Denver Center Theatre Company with an exhibit on the August Wilson 10-play canon and its historical significance to Colorado and director, Israel Hicks. Written in 1985, Wilson's Fences premiered at DCTC in 1990 and will kick off the 2012-13 season. Artistic Director Kent Thompson's production will be mounted under the stage direction of Lou Bellamy, OBIE Award-winning director, accomplished actor, and scholar who has worked directly with Wilson. Visit the DCTC website for tickets and more information.
The exhibit is made possible by the Blair-Caldwell Library and The Denver Center Theatre Company.
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There aren't many more concrete instances of one singer being so clearly connected to one song in the classic rock canon than Gary Wright with "Dream Weaver." The 1976 single, recorded with all synthesizers, reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart, has been a constant presence on radio and in movies (f ... More >>
Welcome to The Rocks Off 200, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're in there too. See the original Rocks Off 100 at this link. Who? Michael Anthony Shanks fancies himse ... More >>
It took the Texas Historical Society long enough to appropriately recognize Houston bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins, but not as long as the Grammys. As part of the run-up to Sunday night's 55th annual Grammy Awards, its governing body the Recording Academy announced that Hopkins, who died in 1982, will ... More >>
Rocks Off put it off as long as we could, because December has been a pretty rough month. It always is for music. (Hollywood, too.) But it's time to call the roll of people who played or sang their last note in 2012, plus a few who were just as instrumental offstage. Precious few corners of the mus ... More >>
Classic-rock station 93.7 The Arrow yanks controversial morning DJs Walton and Johnson off the air.
One of the greatest musicians of all-time has died. Ravi Shankar, sitar legend and easily one of India's most revered cultural ambassadors, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the age 92 in San Diego. According to ZeeNews, he had been having trouble breathing and was admitted into the hospital last w ... More >>
Matt & Kim House of Blues, October 19 Infectious pop, bright-eyed wonder and criminally catchy hooks have made Matt & Kim one of the best live acts to emerge out of the Aughties. The duo -- keyboardist Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino -- feed off the energy of the crowd, and usually end up in ... More >>
Who? Cliff Dotterer is the co-owner and operating manager of Black Dog Records, which just moved to its new Bellaire location last week. The shop's inventory of records and collectibles includes a who's who of rock legends and current artists, as well as rarities, imports, T-shirts, record player ne ... More >>
Hey, remember the Russians? Before they had a gajillion oil dollars and all those supermodels, they wanted to kill us all. But it wasn't all creeping dread and mutually assured destruction. Until the Berlin Wall came down, the Cold War was a common subject in popular culture. Besides KGB trenchcoat ... More >>
Somehow it's hard to believe that Dick Clark was only 82 years old when he died after suffering a "massive heart attack" Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, Calif. (Since I managed to survive one myself, I've noticed that anytime someone dies of a heart attack, it's always "massive."). Despite his yo ... More >>
AC/DC: The Only Four-Letter Band That MattersThe other day while we were tooling around with a collection of music we had inherited from some family members that had passed away, we realized that of all the compact discs that we had in the box, the Miles Davis, the Ravi Shankar box set, the T ... More >>
Today is Julian Lennon's 48th birthday, born April 8, 1963, just as his father John was beginning the meteoric rise to godhead status with the Beatles. He wouldn't see his dad too terribly much as Beatlemania took over the world, something that both men struggled with as the years went on. ... More >>
Dispatches from ACL 2010
Ed. Note: Updated at 1:42 p.m. to include information on Don Henley's medical condition we received from Eagles manager Irving Azoff. Photos by Marco TorresIt's just a few hours after the Eagles left the stage at this year's Austin City Limits Festival, closing out the weekend. Rocks Off mad ... More >>
A company in Japan is making disposable guitars expressly made for smashing. At around $60 a pop, you won't be too terribly sad about hacking up the stage with it or clocking your bastard bassist or dullard drummer over the head at the end of the gig. Hell, at these prices you could open the ... More >>
Late Thursday, word came across the ticker that legendary comedian and TV star Soupy Sales had passed away at age 83. After a stint in the military and on radio, Sales went on to be one of the major pioneers of televised sketch and children's comedy. In 1965, he pulled a stunt where he asked his ... More >>
Who knew three days of peace & music would oppress us for 40 years? (Plus: this movie)
Various Artists Putumayo Presents: India www.putumayo.com With Slumdog Millionaire's recent sweep at this year's Oscars, the music of India has become more and more present on our airwaves - a slow trend that began four decades ago when George Harrison first introduced Ravi Shankar's ragas t ... More >>
Meet Navy rescuer and true rock and roll Zelig
John Coltranes son finds his own musical path
Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: Jewpergroup
Anoushka Shankar may soon be as famous as her dad -- but don't tell her that
Sunday, July 20
Except in the music of Indian-American DJ Navdeep
Anoushka Shankar is her father's little raga-muffin
Doug Eagle was an elite racquetball player till a car crash ruined his life. He rebuilt himself, finding God in the process. Now, he says, he's faster and better than ever.
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Enemies of Science Can Stop Gloating About the Fast Neutrinos
By FAYE FLAM - PHILLY.COM
Added: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:27:18 UTC
It's amazing to see the anti-science spins some people attached to the headlines last fall that physicists had observed faster-than-light travel. The alleged speed limit violators were invisible particles called neutrinos that CERN physicists sent in a beam 646 miles through the ground. The particles appeared to travel that distance 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light.
Neutrinos are a very hard-to-observe form of matter, first postulated by Enrico Fermi in the 1930s to explain why a small amount of mass seemed to be carried away from nuclear reactions. The first neutrinos were detected in the 1950s.
They're generated in the sun and other stars in enormous quantities - 100 billion neutrinos zoom through a spot the size of your thumbnail every second. At night, they stream through the Earth and come out the other side. They're not only invisible but they tend to pass through matter without leaving a sign.
Some commentators, such as Charles Krauthammer, reported that physicists were upset, even devastated by this result and reluctant to accept the idea because it violated special relativity and they revere Einstein.
This is hardly the case. Scientists were skeptical because it was a single, unconfirmed result that involved complicated equipment and indirect measurements. Indeed, the latest press release from CERN suggests some mechanical glitches that might have fooled the physicists into thinking they'd detected faster-than-light travel. A mistake is what most physicists suspected all along:
The OPERA collaboration has informed its funding agencies and host laboratories that it has identified two possible effects that could have an influence on its neutrino timing measurement. These both require further tests with a short pulsed beam. If confirmed, one would increase the size of the measured effect, the other would diminish it. The first possible effect concerns an oscillator used to provide the time stamps for GPS synchronizations. It could have led to an overestimate of the neutrino's time of flight. The second concerns the optical fibre connector that brings the external GPS signal to the OPERA master clock, which may not have been functioning correctly when the measurements were taken. If this is the case, it could have led to an underestimate of the time of flight of the neutrinos. The potential extent of these two effects is being studied by the OPERA collaboration. New measurements with short pulsed beams are scheduled for May.
Why Some Physicists Bet Against the...
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Hawking wasn't available to answer that question, but I did manage to have a long conversation with an American physicist who had also doubted the existence of the Higgs--Lawrence Krauss
A Blip That Speaks of Our Place in the...
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A Blip That Speaks of Our Place in the Universe
How the Higgs Boson Posits a New Story...
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How the Higgs Boson Posits a New Story of our Creation
An idea thought up on a rainy weekend
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As an atheist with no desire to upset believers, Professor Peter Higgs has always hated the idea of a God particle. He has never been keen on the nomenclature of the Higgs boson either – referring to it as "the particle named after me" on the rare occasions he gives an interview.
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(Reuters) - Scientists at Europe's CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe, which appears to be the boson imagined and named half a century ago by theoretical physicist Peter Higgs.
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Real Time Air Quality Monitoring
Staying healthy in today's urban cities is a challenge, especially when air pollution has now become the biggest environmental cause of premature death, overtaking poor sanitation and a lack of clean drinking water (WHO, 2014).
Breezometer tracks and interprets the level of air pollution - right down to street level & in real time.
- Exercising? Choose the healthiest route near you in real time.
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Facebook COO sees economic models changing on the Web
Summary: At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about the how the Web usage patterns are shifting from an information model to a more social model, which benefits Facebook rather than Google. In the future, she adds, more Web users will glean referral information from friends rather than strangers.
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HowTo: Thunderbird & MS Exchange Server
As you might be able to tell, we are avid Firefox fanatics at Download Squad. However, there are still a lot of people who don't use the entire Mozilla suite and are using Outlook for all their stand-alone email needs at home and at the office. This is due to the fact that most companies use Outlook and, as such, people are familiar with it. At Download Squad we like to say, familiarity breeds contempt.
So, here's an alternative. What's the word? Thunderbird.
You might have a puzzled look on your face right now. Maybe you even use Thunderbird at home but, at work? That's nonsense you say. Your IT department configures your Outlook client to work with the Exchange server. Fear not! It is now possible to use Thunderbird at home and work and still get all of your exchange server email as well as your company's Global Address Book.
First up, download Thunderbird if you haven't already, version 2.0 beta 2 worked best for me and has an up-to-date user interface that resembles Firefox's UI.
Full instructions after the jump.
To set up an email account that will receive the exchange server email with Thunderbird follow these instructions:
- Go to Tools > Account Settings
- Account Settings
- Your Name can be anything
- Email Address should be your work email address (including the "@work.com")
- In Server Settings, Server Type should be IMAP Mail Server
- Server Name: In Outlook, go to Tools > Address Book and right-click on the pull-down on the top right (it should say "Global Address Book") and select properties. The new window will have a text box that has your current server name in it, this is what you put into Thunderbird's server name box.
- User name should be your login name for your PC
- "Never" should be selected for secure connection
- Edit the default outgoing server (SMTP)
- Description can be anything
- Server Name: In Outlook, go to Tools > Email Accounts > View/Change Existing > Next and double click on your default MS Exchange Server. In the new pop-up window, the top text box is the one with your outgoing server name. It might be something like server.work.com. Just put in "server" into Thunderbird's server name box, you don't need the ".work.com" part.
- Check "Use name and password "
- "User Name" should be your login name for your PC
- "No" should be selected for "Use secure connection"
- All other choices can be left as default, and you should now be able to get your email
To get your personal folder from Outlook to Thunderbird (This is what will take the longest amount of time):
- Thunderbird does not recognize outlook's .pst files, these are your separate folders that are not part of your general Inbox in Outlook, they are proprietary to Microsoft. For example, you might have an "Archived" folder that has more general folders in it that contain old emails that you wish to keep around. Just move the folders within "Archived" to your general Inbox. This step is necessary for Outlook Express to see them, it won't see your "Archived" folder
- You then need to open Outlook Express and import those folders that you moved to your general Inbox that you want in Thunderbird (file > import > messages, MS Outlook, select folders)
- In Thunderbird, Tools > Import > Mail > Outlook Express and select all the folders you want to import
Setting up Thunderbird to access your work's Global Address Book:
- First off, get your Global Address Book server name. In Outlook, Tools > Address Book. Then right-click on "Global Address List" that appears in a drop-down menu and select "Properties". Copy the server name under "The current server is:".
- In Thunderbird, Tools > Address Book
- File > new > LDAP Directory
- In the General tab, name it whatever you want to, and paste the server name into the "Hostname" area.
- Base DN is going to be the stuff after junk separated by commas and set equal to dc. For example, using junk.work.com as your server name it would be dc=work,dc=com
- Port number = 389 (default) then ok.
When I first did this, my email worked correctly, but my Global Address Book was a bit sluggish. I found out that it is easier to do a search for a contact instead of waiting for the entire Global Address Book to load then scrolling around to find the contact I need.
Some of these settings might be different for you, such as your PC login name being your MS Exchange Server login name. Don't be afraid to test out different settings if these don't work out for you on your first try. If your persistence does not pay off, give your IT department a call and see if they can troubleshoot it with you. They will not be able to do it themselves because Thunderbird is most likely not supported by them, but neither is Firefox and look at what a pro you are at that!


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