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Vermont Technical College

The college is part of the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) system that includes Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and the Community College of Vermont. Vermont Tech offers collegiate-level programs leading to certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees in agriculture; business; engineering technologies; applied technologies; allied health and nursing; and sustainable technology.

Vermont Tech provides students with a rigorous, broad-based background in technology and applied sciences. Graduates are well-prepared to work with scientists, engineers, and other professionals in meeting the challenges of today’s high-tech workplace. They find career opportunities in business, industry, commerce, transportation, agriculture, healthcare, construction, government, and advanced manufacturing.

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Vermont Technical College is a fully accredited public College which provides state-of-the-art, hands on technical education at Certificate, Associate, Baccalaureate and Master’s levels, in fields ranging from applied science, to business, nursing, and engineering technology. Our students work in diverse fields as Construction Managers, Computer Engineers, Software Designers, Dental Hygienists, and Anaerobic Digester Technicians, to name just a few. Featuring state-of-the-art laboratory experience and a highly personalized classroom and activity experience in multiple locations around the state, all of our programs utilize a technological educational component, from the simulators used by our nursing program around the state, to the newly installed, state-funded manufacturing laboratories in Randolph Center and Williston.

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Woosehill Day Nursery & Pre-School was the very first Yellow Brick Nursery established in 1989 caring for children aged 3 months to 5 years old from its site nestled amongst the woodlands at Chestnut Park.

The nursery cares for up to 53 children at any one time and does so from its combination of rooms that have been divided in to age groups:

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Each age group has access to their own garden areas each equipped with resources especially for their age and stage of development, meaning that they can play and explore safely.

It has built a loyal following thanks to its family friendly features such as:

Opening times of 8:00am to 6:00pm

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  • Meals freshly cooked and prepared on site every day

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NASA: Robotic work station fails during spacewalk

Robotics glitch hits as <i>Discovery</i> astronauts work outside space station

The central command post for the International Space Station's robotics work failed Monday in the middle of the first spacewalk for the shuttle Discovery's final space mission.

NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew had just completed the first task in the mission's spacewalk Monday when the robotic work station in the space station's new seven-window cupola stopped working, according to NASA.

Astronauts Scott Kelly and Mike Barratt had been running the station's robotic arm to help the spacewalkers install an extension to a power cable.

Instead of waiting about 30 minutes to reboot the work station in the new cupola, the astronauts manning the robotic arm switched to a different robotic work station inside the space station.

The spacewalkers will need the robotic arm as they work to move an 800-pound failed pump module to an external platform where it will wait for a ride back to Earth on another mission. Bowen and Drew, who is the 200th astronaut to perform a spacewalk, also are scheduled to install a camera wedge on an external truss and affix two extensions to the transporter track along the truss, enabling the transporter to travel the entire length of what basically is the station's backbone.

NASA's space shuttle Discovery lifted off on its 39th and final mission into space from Kennedy Space Center late Thursday afternoon. Discovery, which has had more space flights than any other shuttle, carried six astronauts, a humanoid robot called Robonaut 2, spare parts for the space station and several scientific experiments.

The many-windowed cupola, which houses the faulty robotic work station, was installed in the space station last February. With seven windows, the cupola was designed to give astronauts a wider view a of the outside work and manipulate the robotic arms from inside.

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About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

The deal between Microsoft and the Catholic Church could be escalated later to include 43 million students

About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

The scope of the agreement could later be expanded to include all 43 million students at 210,000 Catholic schools in 102 countries, Microsoft said on Thursday.

The OIEC expects that with Office 365 students will be able to collaborate on projects, jointly edit documents, communicate via e-mail, IM and video conferencing, and create and maintain websites. The agreement also calls for Microsoft to design an Azure-based social network for Catholic schools called Social Network of Catholic Education. Tralcom, based in Mexico, will be the deal's supporting technology partner.

The students will use Office 365 for Education, a version of the suite tailored for schools and universities that will become generally available this summer, replacing Microsoft's free cloud-based suite for schools and universities Live@Edu, according to the company.

Microsoft is in a dogfight with Google in the cloud-based enterprise e-mail and collaboration market, where Google Apps has been available since 2006. Google Apps also has a special version for the education vertical which is free. Although Microsoft dominates the on-premise enterprise e-mail and collaboration market, it is facing competition from Google and others as more and more customers opt to switch to a cloud-based model for this software.

In this war, it's very important for Microsoft and Google to nab educational institutions as customers. Those students become familiar from early on with either Office 365 or Google Apps, creating in them a potential preference for one or the other. Once they enter the workplace, their opinions about the suites may help influence their employers' decisions in this area.

To date, Live@Edu's customer base includes 22 million students, teachers and administrators in about 10,000 schools in more than 130 countries.

Office 365 for Education will be available in three editions. Plan A2 is free and includes the online version of Office 2010, called Office Web Apps, instant messaging and conferencing via Lync Online, collaboration capabilities via SharePoint Online, e-mail and calendar via Exchange Online, anti-virus and anti-spam protection and individual storage.

Plan A3 costs US$2.50 per student per month, and $4.50 per faculty/staff per month, and includes everything in Plan A2 plus additional components, including the full-featured desktop version of Office 2010 Professional Plus and voice mail service. Plan A4, at $3 per month per student and $6 per month per faculty/staff, adds voice communications.

It's not clear which Office 365 for Education plan the OIEC will choose for its students.

Juan Carlos Perez covers enterprise communication/collaboration suites, operating systems, browsers and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Juan on Twitter at @JuanCPerezIDG.

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Projects need prioritisation and monitoring

"Fix Martha's laptop" isn't in the same league as "implement CRM"

A most visible, and often cited, measure of the success of an IT department is the business success of the projects undertaken and the completion of those projects in a timely, cost-effective manner. Therefore, the successful selection, prioritisation, and execution of IT projects plays a large part in determining the overall success of the IT department. Selecting which, and how many, projects are allowed on the IT department schedule is a critical determinant of the overall success of those projects.

Project prioritisation is a complex process that involves identification of the different projects and assessment of the projects based on factors such as strategic value, financial value, risk, existing system adequacy, time to completion, as well as organisational capacity and technical complexity. These assessments are made to differentiate the high-priority projects on a project list based on relevant factors, particularly financial value. They are used to accurately reflect the priority of IT projects in supporting the business unit priorities — not IT’s self-mandated priorities.

Typically, a struggling IT department has dozens, even hundreds, of projects underway simultaneously. This is a common phenomenon that we have observed in organisations, regardless of size. The overall project inventory, if one exists, is littered with dozens of ill-defined, partially completed projects of indeterminate origin, benefits, goals and status. Compounding the issue is that the projects are scoped at wildly varying levels of complexity, size, and business impact, producing absurd results such as “fix Martha’s laptop” at the same level as “implement CRM”. Further, the project list has multiple dependencies (some identified, some not), internal inconsistencies, conflicting timelines, and unclear ownership on the part of both the business and the IT department.

In most cases, each of these projects is partially completed and in a perpetual state of being slowly shepherded to a fuzzy, indistinct and elusive finish line by the IT department, with little real hope of solid completion. Indeed, most IT departments have dozens, if not hundreds, of simultaneous projects, each being pushed forward infinitesimally each week. Because IT is attempting to work on multiple competing objectives, in many cases, the original rationale for the project has become obscured by the passage of time, personnel changes and changes in the business, often rendering the project irrelevant. Xeno’s paradox, which states that if you can achieve half the distance to the goal with each step, you will never arrive, comes to mind. The result of this common dilemma is an IT department that fails to complete, or even identify, the high-value, high-priority technology projects.

• This is an excerpt from The Executive’s Guide to Information Technology: 2nd Edition. The book, published by John Wiley & Sons, offers advice on how to improve IT delivery.

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AMD's shipping its fastest desktop chip with an integrated GPU

AMD's A10-7890K chip could lead to sub-$500 gaming desktops

AMD is shattering a speed record with the A10-7890K processor chip, its fastest yet with integrated graphics.

The chip sits at the top of all AMD A-series PC processors and is now shipping for $165.

Users will be able to build gaming desktops for under US$500 with the chip, which can handle 3D and high-definition gaming, AMD said.

The chip, based on the Godavari architecture, has a horsepower of 1.02 teraflops, marginally faster than AMD's A10-7870K.

The new chip's performance is similar to that of the 57-core Xeon Phi 3120P supercomputing chip that Intel shipped in the second quarter of 2013.

The A10-7890K has four CPU cores and eight Radeon R7 GPU cores. It is an unlocked chip, meaning users can overclock the CPU to crank up performance.

AMD already offers top-line FX chips without integrated GPUs for gamers, who then pair the CPUs with discrete graphics cards in desktops. With the GPU integrated into the A10-7890K, users won't have to buy a separate graphics card.

In an effort to bring down the price of building desktops, AMD has packaged the chip with a Wraith Cooler, a heat-sink that provides a novel way to cool the CPU by dissipating the heat generated. PC builders usually need to purchase a heat-sink separately from the chip.

The Wraith Cooler lights up, which could appeal to some gamers building systems with clear panels that show the components inside.

AMD is also releasing a "near-silent" 125-watt Thermal Solution cooler, similar to the Wraith Cooler but without lights. It will be an add-on to the A10-7870K chip, which AMD is already shipping.

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Serena Software Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Magic Quadrant for Software Change and Configuration Management for Distr

Serena Software today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant in the ‘Magic Quadrant for Software Change and Configuration Management for Distributed Platforms’ report.
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According to Gartner, Software Change and Configuration Management (SCCM) helps structure development change, configuration and release processes. SCCM products address many of the problems that encumber development teams in their processes, and in their interactions with operations and project management.

In its report, Gartner evaluated Serena Dimensions CM, an end-to-end, process-centric solution that manages and automates the full application lifecycle with visibility and traceability from inception to deployment. Dimensions CM integrates requirements management with change and configuration management based on a single repository, which is key to delivering business-changing software.

“We believe Gartner's report shows that Serena continues to lead the market by providing a single, integrated SCCM solution for application lifecycle management,” said Rene Bonvanie, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, information technology, and Serena On Demand at Serena Software. “Serena empowers development teams to synchronize and automate all phases of the software change and configuration management process—-from requirements, through modeling, development, build, and testing, to deployment-—across global sites, teams, platforms, and methodologies. Unlike yesterday's tools designed for small, local teams, Serena’s solution is designed for today's globally-distributed development teams.”

Enterprise software development organizations following industry best practice normally define their software processes first and then deploy lifecycle tools that manifest and enforce that process. Serena's SCCM solutions are designed to be flexible enough to address nearly any development process methodology, whether a traditional waterfall-style methodology or a more leading-edge Agile framework, and to simply and easily change as the organization's methodology matures.

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Green room: Carbon diem

Far from bringing on the apocalypse the carbon tax may in fact liberate IT from the shackles of power and restrictive data sovereignty rules

After months of speculation, details of the Federal Government’s carbon tax have finally emerged and now industry, consumers, politicians and lobby groups are in the thick of debating its costs and consequences.

While the Federal Opposition and business groups, such as the NSW Business Chamber, are doing their level best to paint the tax as an existential crisis for the Australian economy, the local IT industry far less pessimistic.

To be fair, data centre owners, Cloud services providers, and those with their own in-house server rooms aren’t dancing in the street. But nor are they paralysed by the prospect of serious increases in the cost of power, and its flow on to the cost of keeping the IT lights on.

That’s due, in large part, to the major efficiency and cost-reduction imperatives IT departments — the ‘do more with less’ mantra — have been working under for at least the last two years.

At the same time, the data centre transformation and recycle phase that has gripped public and private sector organisations — partly driven by cost, partly by the move toward virtualisation and the cloud — has also witnessed a push to more energy efficient gear and cooling techniques.

As NextDC chief, Bevan Slattery, puts it, Green IT initiatives have been on the table for sone time already, so a carbon tax will simply provide further impetus for companies to prioritise energy saving measures.

“What [the carbon tax] has done is not just focus people's attention on reducing electricity consumption, but reducing your carbon footprint,” he says. While data centre operators are doing their best to build and upgrade data centres to be as energy efficient as possible, the reality is that electricity prices will increase under a carbon tax and, inevitably, there will be real increases in data centre costs.

Measuring the tax’s effect

Understandably, data centre providers are coy on just how large that increase will be but major players agree customers should be in no doubt they will be noticeable.

One of the few providers to hazard a guess at just how much, NextDC’s Slattery says the carbon tax will likely create an increase of almost 3c/Kwh in its Melbourne facility: Something Slattery sums up as a “substantial increase to pricing.”

Equinix’s managing director, Darren Mann, who wouldn’t be drawn on an exact number, estimated a cross-market increase of at least 10 per cent in prices.

“Given the impact on business and customers I think it will become a user-pays scenario whether they are in-house or outsourced with their data centres,” he says. “IT will only heighten with the rise of electricity prices. The industry will have no choice but to pass on some of the costs.”

Similarly, Vocus has also heavily hinted it will pass on carbon tax-related cost increases, with the data centre operator’s general manager of operations, Adam Gardner, saying in July that it would be “unrealistic to suggest that there will be zero effect to customer pricing”.

In addition to price increases, the carbon tax has had the effect of prompting data centre providers to look at value-added services that can be offered to customers to help manage carbon tax-related reporting issues.

According to ASG Group's Perth-based strategic business services general manager, Gerald Strautins, the data centre provider is now focusing on the “onerous reporting and compliance requirements” arising for customers out of the tax.

“The size of this exercise should not be underestimated and we will utilise our business intelligence [BI] and business consulting capabilities to work with customers to design and implement new systems or extend current systems to deal with this new challenge,” he says.

NextDC’s Slattery also predicts increased business out of the carbon tax as the company seeks to assert its Green and cost-saving credentials via a suite of purpose-built Green data centres.

“Building a Green data centre with lower carbon emissions assists us in demonstrating one of the key values a purpose built Green facility is able to provide,” he says.

“An example of this is in Melbourne we have designed our facility to reduce our energy consumption compared to traditional data centres, but we have also designed the later inclusion of generating our own low-carbon energy through tri-generation plants on site.

“These plants are expected to go live later next year and are able to take 100 per cent of the electrical load for the air cooling system. At these levels we calculate we will reduce our carbon emissions by approximately 30,000 tonnes of carbon each year.”

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Claremont District Court

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Submitted: September 12, 2003

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Peter W. Heed, attorney general (Ann F. Larney, associate attorney general, on the brief), for the State.

Elliott, Jasper, Auten & Shklar, LLP, of Newport (Michael C. Shklar on the brief), for the juvenile.

DALIANIS, J. In this interlocutory appeal, the juvenile appeals from an order of the Claremont District Court (Rappa, J.) denying his motion to dismiss the children in need of services (CHINS) petition brought by his school. See Sup. Ct. R. 8; RSA ch. 169-D (2002). We reverse and remand.

The relevant facts follow. In November 2002, the school filed a CHINS petition alleging that, from August 28, 2002, to November 20, 2002, the juvenile, an eighth grade student, had been suspended from school for eight days and had received five detentions. The petition alleged the juvenile had disrupted class, failed to respect property and people, failed to follow directions, harassed others, used obscene language with staff, and stolen. The juvenile moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that it failed to allege a legal basis for relief. The court disagreed, ruling that the school brought the petition under RSA 169-D:2, IV(b) as a "custodian."

The sole issue on appeal is whether a school is a "custodian" for the purpose of a CHINS petition brought under RSA 169-D:2, IV(b). Because the interpretation of a statute is a question of law, we review the trial court’s decision de novo. Pennelli v. Town of Pelham, 148 N.H. 365, 366 (2002).

On questions of statutory interpretation, we are the final arbiters of the legislature’s intent as expressed in the words of a statute taken as a whole. Petition of Hoyt, 143 N.H. 533, 535 (1999). To discern legislative intent, we examine the language of the statute and ascribe the plain and ordinary meaning to its words. Franklin Lodge of Elks v. Marcoux, 149 N.H. __, ___, 825 A.2d 480, 484 (2003). We do not consider statutory language in isolation, however, but within the context of the overall statutory scheme. Nault v. N & L Dev. Co., 146 N.H. 35, 37 (2001).

The trial court ruled that the petition stated a legal basis for relief under RSA 169-D:2, IV(b), which permits a court to find that a child is in need of services who "habitually runs away from home, or who repeatedly disregards the reasonable and lawful commands of his parents, guardian, or custodian and places himself or others in unsafe circumstances." The court reasoned that the school was a "custodian" under the statute and implied that the petition was legally sufficient because it alleged the juvenile repeatedly disregarded the school’s commands.

The trial court’s reasoning is flawed. Although RSA chapter 169-D does not define the word "custodian," we derive its meaning from how the word is used throughout the chapter, which is to signify one who has custody of the child. See RSA 169-D:2, IV(b) (referring to "parents, guardian, or custodian"); RSA 169-D:5, I (referring to a "parent, legal guardian or custodian"); RSA 169-D:8, II (referring to "parents, guardian or other custodian"); RSA 169-D:10 (referring to "parent, guardian or custodian"); RSA 169-D:14, III (referring to "parents, guardian, or person having custody"); RSA 169-D:17, I(a)(1) (referring to "parent, guardian, relative or custodian"); cf. RSA 169-C:3, X (2002) (defining "custodian" as "an agency or person, other than a parent or guardian, licensed pursuant to RSA 170-E to whom legal custody of the child has been given by court order."). Accordingly, we conclude that a school is not a "custodian" under RSA 169-D:2, IV(b). On remand, the trial court may determine whether the CHINS petition otherwise alleges a legal basis for relief under RSA 169-D:2, IV.

Reversed and remanded.

BROCK, C.J., and BRODERICK, NADEAU and DUGGAN, JJ., concurred.


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LEAMINGTON won an important three points in the Forest of Dean to close the gap at the top of the Midland Division to six points, with Evesham United only managing a draw at Barton Rovers.

On a heavy pitch made worse by the rain before kick off, Brakes made most of the early running.

Guy Sanders saw his free kick deflected into keeper Paul Tassell's hands, and Ben Mackey saw his powerful shot on the turn blocked.

Cinderford went in front against the run of play on 25 minutes, Jamie Addis sweeping the ball home inside the six-yard box.

Leamington stormed back onto level terms within two minutes though, as Ben Mackey received a perfect cross from Ryan Parisi, and had time and space to pick his spot. Cinderford finished the half strongly, and could possibly have gone back in front but for poor finishing.

A fog descended over the ground as the second half got underway, making the conditions even more treacherous, but Leamington came out in determined mood, and Marcus Jackson put them in front ten minutes in, with a dangerous looping cross shot that deceived Tassell and dropped in at the far post.

Substitute Robbie Beard went close with a strong run and shot, before setting up Jackson to beat two men down the right. He threaded a pass back for Mackey to slot into the corner. The Brakes striker was denied his hat trick by a finger tip save from Tassell, who touched his free kick onto the post.

Brakes: Morris, Jackson, Sanders, Cooper, Hier, Herlihy (Beard 57), Reynolds, Husband, Blake (Towers 80), Mackey, Parisi. Subs: Harper, Titterton.


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Dave Eldridge, coffee buyer for Crimson Cup Coffee & TeaI love harvest season in Central America! In the third week of February, I departed frigid Columbus, Ohio with Greg Ubert, founder and president of Crimson Cup, for Oaxaca, Mexico, and began our hunt for great coffee. We visited several co-ops, cupped tons of coffee and got very little sleep.  I am always humbled by the hospitality and the openness that greets us in southern Mexico.

It is always tempting to make purchase decisions while at origin.  I find that it’s is best to wait until I have seen and tasted everything, return home and try it again.  I need to taste it with my water and in my usual environment.  More often than not, my tasting notes from the trip match my notes from the cupping lab at home pretty closely, but not always.

I am thrilled this year that we found such a nice coffee from such a great group of growers.  As I write this, our coffee is being loaded onto a boat and heading out to sea.  The coffee is from a woman-owned co-op named Coordinadora Productores de Cafe de la Sierra Norte from the town of Juquila Vijanos.  They called a town meeting for our arrival and served us coffee in accordance to their traditions.  Juquila Vijanos is an indigenous Zapotec community, and they shared their story with great pride. The community started growing coffee in 1932 and commercialized their harvest in 1940.  It wasn’t until the early 90s that they stared replacing other crops with coffee, hoping for the best for the years it took their coffee trees to begin producing.  What they were able to harvest came to be known as “God’s Coffee” within the community and for good reason.  I expect to take delivery of the coffee in mid-May.

Greg Ubert and Dave Eldridge of Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea cup coffee with the De Leon family in GuatemalaFrom Mexico Greg and I flew to Guatemala to visit friends.  Manuel and Jorge DeLeon Ovalle had just won first and second place in Guatemala’s cupping championship.  The brothers were preparing for the upcoming world championships by cupping coffees from every region of Guatemala.  We cupped everything we could then set out to visit farms with the highest-scoring coffee.  Guatemala is a beautiful country, and Manuel insists that his guests see it at very high speeds.  We met with many growers and are still firming up several micro-lots to purchase.

We have finalized the purchase of two containers of coffee from a small town called Olopa in southern Guatemala.  They had never meet roasters before (often the case for us during our travels), and the idea of direct trade was exciting and scary to them.  No growing community was better prepared to meet us than co-op Olopa.  The reigning Miss Olopa prepared a PowerPoint presentation full of community statistics and the impact of coffee on the wellbeing of the entire community, not just the growers.  This is why we engage in direct trade.  We can offer them a better price simply by cutting out a middle man.  Since we purchased 80,000 pounds of coffee from them, the difference in price adds up quick.

After saying our good-byes, I parted ways with Greg too and left for Honduras, where I met Stephan Erkelens of Axiom Coffee Ventures at the airport. We drove south to the community of El Paraiso to meet with the growers of Cafes Especiales El Paraiso.  Many of the growers had segregated some of their own coffee into micro-lots and asked if I would cup the coffees for them.  Of course I would, that’s exactly why I showed up.  However, in this case I was presented with 13 samples and 13 growers.  Whenever I dipped my spoon into a cup the grower of that coffee would approach me with a notepad and ask questions – no pressure.  I can honestly say that all of the cups held up well – and luckily so did my tongue.  One coffee stood out, and we will have it available early this summer.  I will return next year looking for more.

We had a great dinner with the growers, and they dropped us off at the Nicaraguan border. After walking across the border, we attended several meetings with growers and co-ops that night and the following day.  This was a completely exploratory trip.  Many of the coffees were excellent, but unfortunately they had sold for a sadly low price to some of the world’s largest exporters.  While this year’s crop was sold out, we’ll be back next year. Can’t wait!

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A few years ago, Ashleigh Flynn wouldn’t have dreamed of playing Bonnaroo, the premier musical festival held annually on a farm in Manchester, Tenn. She had not yet collected enough press attention, for one, or the apparatus of stardom: the agents, PR specialists, and managers that often guide so-called premium acts to the biggest venues.

“It’s not really an open process. You’ve got to have bookers that are well networked, and for most indie artists, that’s just not the case,” says Flynn, an Americana singer based in the Northwest.

And yet this spring, there she stood, on a sweltering Bonnaroo stage, surrounded by a festival crowd thick with reporters, label execs, bloggers, and industry cognoscenti. Her ticket to the big show: OurStage.com, a website that allows mid-level artists a chance to post their music and win an assortment of prizes, including cash, gear, and gigs at various big-name concerts across the country.

Ever since Elvis first swiveled his multiplatinum hips, the American pop paradigm has remained the same: record label signs young artists, young artists sell their soul to the label, and never the twain shall part.

Sites like MySpace and PureVolume, which provide a free platform for artists of any caliber, have helped level the playing field to some degree. The Internet, experts often argue, is the great democratizer: It allows artists to disseminate and publish their music on their own terms.

But the Web has also ushered in a sonic traffic jam of monstrous proportions, says Ben Campbell, CEO of the Chelmsford, Mass.–based OurStage. Faced with the prospect of digging through a gazillion middling acts on the Web, many talent scouts resort to traditional channels of recruiting such as word-of-mouth recommendations, thus missing out on those “musicians capable of going to the next level.

“Think about the folks who capture that amazing disaster and post it to YouTube,” Mr. Campbell says. “Those people have no intention of becoming the next Steven Spielberg. Serious musicians, on the other hand, the ones who post their music on the Web – they care a great deal about this, because they’ve just quit their job and are playing shows fulltime. [At OurStage] we’re trying to be a consolidator of the really great artists – the high end of the emerging talent. We have no interest in building a catalog of 2 million musicians.”

OurStage’s frontend is a fairly simple affair: Artists post their music, which is handed over to web-savvy fans for voting. The most popular acts, like Ashleigh Flynn, bubble to the top; in a best-case scenario, they get seen by the right people and scooped up to play festivals such as the Radio 92.9 City Steps Music Series at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston. (Among this month’s prizes for high-ranking acts: a slot at the visitRaleigh Benefit Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a mentoring session with Sirius DJ Stefanie Scamardo, and $5,000 in cash.)

“It really has raised the bar on the level of recognition that artists get,” says Flynn. “The people at OurStage are so well networked with the national music business community. MySpace is all self-promotion to some degree; OurStage is a chance to get on and compete among folks in your genre, which is more meaningful.”

Last month, OurStage announced a partnership with LiveNation, the massive concert promotion company based in Los Angeles. The deal, Campbell says, will increase the opportunities for OurStage artists exponentially, by offering them a chance to compete for opener duties at 300 LiveNation concerts.

“At the same time, we have a tool set that allows the artist to communicate directly with the fans, which is harder and harder to do on the big social networks,” he adds, citing an array of Web 2.0 features from live chat sessions to a video feature where fans can request songs.

But significant hurdles remain before OurStage can lay claim to the title of premier music platform. For one, just as there is a glut of artists on the Web, there is a glut of sites like AmieStreet.com, each offering its own “unique” services. And as Mike Worthington, a scouting and artist development executive at the New York label Tommy Boy Entertainment points out, many bands still list their MySpace page as a primary URL.

“Everyone’s figuring out how to monetize these social networks, and of course the new guys are going to talk about why they might be better,” Mr. Worthington says. “There’s a lot out there, and kids are less brand conscious.”

Still, he adds, “We’ve got to give OurStage some props.” He points to one of Tommy Boy’s most recent acquisitions, a Brooklyn-based pop act called Plushgun, which won the attention of the label after charting on OurStage.

“Kids these days seem to be turned on by the live experience of music, rather than the prerecorded setting,” Worthington says. “And OurStage is tapping into that. Because essentially, what we’re looking for first is music that connects to people.”

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Image courtesy of sakhorn38 /'Everybody makes mistakes' is a saying we’ve all heard since we were children, but unfortunately some mistakes stay with you forever. Just like the permanent record your teachers in school used to threaten you with, a criminal history will follow you all the days of your life. Finding a job is difficult, as well as a place to live and with today’s internet age, even finding love can be problematic. ‘But it was just once’,‘I was a kid’, or ‘I’ve changed since then’ might all be valid arguments but only if you find an audience receptive to hearing them.

Fortunately, there are dating sites for people with a criminal background and even some dating sites for people that are still incarcerated. There are understanding souls out there looking for someone just like you, criminal history included. On the other hand, maybe you are one of those understanding souls who recognize that one mistake does not a bad person make, these dating sites can help you as well. Finding love is possible no matter which side of the bars you happen to be on when you begin your love search. As the pundits say, ‘ain’t love grand?’ Moreover, it can be, criminal background and all.

Studies show that more than a quarter of U.S. adults, or around 65 million people, have an arrest or conviction that shows up in a routine criminal background check. This is a wide pool of potential dates for someone with a criminal background of his or her own. No one understands the stigma of a blot on his or her copybook as well as someone with a blot of his or her own. A shared criminal background wouldn’t be the most unusual trait leading one person to another. As long as you’re not looking for a partner in future crimes, a criminal history can be just that, history.

There is no need to let your past control your future and this includes finding someone to love. In addition, for those still incarcerated, studies have shown that having someone to come out to reduces the chance of recidivism or re-offending. In other words, a good love life provides a good reason to get out and stay out of incarceration. The song says love can light the way, well, that includes the way out of a life of crime.

As important as honesty is on any dating site, when you have a criminal background, honesty is not just your best policy but also your only policy. Your potential love match is taking a chance on you based on what your profile says, the last thing you need is any additional skeletons to come dancing out of the closet. If someone contacts you and wants more information about your crime before proceeding further, give them the information you are comfortable sharing, but make sure however much or little you share it’s the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God. Better to not elaborate than to lie.

Again, the internet can be your friend when it comes to finding a date, but it can be your worst enemy when comes to lying about things in public record such as a criminal background. If your crime is big enough as to have made headlines, you can be sure that Google will rank it higher than your I'm A Changed Man online profiles. Be prepared for some prejudice for certain types of offenses but don’t let that get you down. While one person might say no, the next might say yes, same as on any dating site. Don’t let the nos make you bitter, the man or woman of your dreams could be as close as that next email.

Life can be more interesting, shall we say, with a criminal history but by no means is it over. You made a mistake or two, and you’re ready to move forward with your new life and perhaps a new love. As with any general dating site, be yourself. A criminal background might be a stigma for certain parts of society but on a criminal dating site such as Meet a Prisoner, for instance, it’s understood and not a cause for shame. You made a mistake, you’ve paid your dues, so put that behind you and go looking for the things you want in life with pride, including a life partner. Don’t let one mistake define you and your life.

The good thing about criminal dating sites is you are amongst a forgiving crowd. Anyone on these sites understands that everyone makes mistakes and anyone can get past them. Love, relationships, and dating can be as much part of your new path as for anyone else. Again, don’t let your past define your future. The love you seek is out there, and on a criminal dating site, you can rest assured that he or she will understand.

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Image courtesy of imagerymajestic / FreeDigitalPhotos.netGetting a sugar daddy to share life with can be a source of great fun, learning experience, and a means to make life more exciting. An experiment published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that a clear majority of straight men took hits on their self-esteem when their partners succeed. This is because most men interpret the success of their partners as failure on their part. In the same vein, the study found that women actually felt better about the relationship if their man was successful. This study shows that men are more inclined at acting as the providers in a relationship, which is what sugar daddy dating websites capitalize on by providing these types of men a platform through which to fulfill the desire to provide.

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Sugar daddy sites normally have a database of successful and affluent men who adore the company of attractive women. These sites operate by offering financial abundance, affection and extravagance in return for companionship, intimacy and affection. Certain sugar daddy sites offer a means where one can create a profile that can be viewed against the demands of companionship seekers. Such profiles usually require information such as education level, smoking or drinking habits, allowance requirements, among other seemingly rational sugar daddy-sugar baby concerns.

Most sugar daddies are ready to offer luxurious treats to attractive women who appreciate the fine things that money can buy. Instead of settling for the ordinary downtrodden dating mill, any serious young woman looking to benefit from a relationship should opt for sugar daddy dating service where there is guaranteed fun, romance and adventure.

The story of a struggling young lady working as a junior editor at the Big Apple illustrates why being with a sugar daddy is ideal. This young lady makes so little that she had to subsist on two of three daily meals with a cheap ramen noodles just to get by. She realized that this is not the way to live. There are more obvious solutions to such a seemingly common problem but she wanted a solution that wouldn't involve filling out bank loan forms. She also could have reached out to people willing to loan her money but she knew of a better way out: be with a sugar daddy. She did and now she rents an apartment with a monthly rent that costs as much as a tropical holiday package.

Her way out of her financial struggles was dating a stable guy with a good job. She feels that guys her age are generally struggling and unsure of what career path to take. Worse, she feels that most of them wasted away drinking, lazing around the neighborhood. These young men did this at the expense of looking-up on the help wanted ads to find well sustaining jobs. This is why she would rather be with a sugar daddy.

Advantage of Dating a Sugar Daddy

The advantage of dating a sugar daddy supersede the drawbacks. The reasons are obvious: sugar daddies provide financial security, complete devotion and a wealth of experience. Although the financial security reason doesn’t sound particularly sexy, when your credit card runs out of balance and you are stuck in the middle of nowhere, the first person you would probably call for assistance would be your well-off sugar daddy and not your age mate.

Dating an older man could also make you feel as if youthfulness is always on your side. As long as you have your youth you feel assured of your daddy's patronage. Being with a sugar daddy can make you feel like your youthful age is something of a treasure. Additionally, most sugar daddies are often pleased to have a pretty thing sitting beside them. Sugar daddies are ultimately individuals who are caring and ready to provide.

Dating older women, on the other hand, follows the same pattern. It is not uncommon for older women to date younger guys since older men dating younger women is widely tolerated. Some of the reasons why older women prefer dating or entering into affairs with younger men include physical attraction, ego boost, feelings of guilty pleasures and the belief that young men are better lovers, reasons which are not too different from sugar daddies' reasons for going out with younger women.

Overall, sugar daddy sites normally leave nothing to chance. It is a kind of relationship that benefits both parties. Sugar daddy websites typically attract clientele that understand and appreciate the mutual benefit of such arrangements. The men would be glad to provide for their lady, and the ladies in turn provide their precious company.

If you're still young and active and wanting to live the life, maybe this dating category might be suited for you. There is not a lot of shame in being wild and free and no shame in wanting someone to support you. Whether you are looking for a short-time thing or a long term relationship, look no further. These sites will line you up with people who are looking for young active people like you.

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On 22 July 1972, as the trade agreements between the European Economic Community and Austria, Finland, Iceland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland are signed in Brussels, Jean-François Deniau, Member of the Commission, gives an address in which he outlines the importance of these agreements for the progress of European integration and relations with the other Member States of the Community.

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We keep it simple: we’re either eating that delicious meat candy, BACON (bottom line: we’ve cashed) or…BACON

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Canned Ham most likely. Really depends on which game type you put this in, but this cashed in some but not most of the lines. Where’d it go wrong? LaVine, Warren, Randle, and Lopez all underperformed and that spelled disaster.

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BACON: As you can see. We hit on a ton of the high scoring players to help us get a score of over 330!

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Canned Ham: We tried to capitalize on some last minute injury updates but didn’t seem to hit the plays we needed. What went wrong? Sefolosha, Len, and Bogut underperformed. We will get back at this cash lineup for tonight’s slate!

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Philadelphia Eagles’ Carson Wentz (11) reacts after running for a first down during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carson Wentz tossed three touchdown passes and the NFL-leading Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chicago Bears 31-3 Sunday for their ninth straight win.

The Eagles (10-1) reduced their magic number to clinch the NFC East to one with their fourth consecutive win by at least 23 points and third in a row by exactly 28. Philadelphia would secure its first division title since 2013 if the Cowboys (5-6) lose or tie Washington on Thursday night.

Wentz had 227 yards passing, LeGarrette Blount ran for 97 yards and Zach Ertz caught 10 passes for 103 yards and one TD.

The defense dominated rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and the inept Bears (3-8), holding them to zero first downs in the first half and 140 total yards in the game.

The Bears won the turnover battle (3-2), but couldn’t do anything with excellent field position.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Derek Carr threw two touchdown passes after losing starting receiver Michael Crabtree to an ejection for his role in a brawl, and the Raiders spoiled Paxton Lynch’s first start of the season.

The story coming into the game was about the upheaval for the two teams after Denver (3-8) fired offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and made another quarterback change and Oakland (5-6) fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr .

But the fight between Crabtree and cornerback Aqib Talib that led to three ejections ended up overshadowing the recent disarray even as the Raiders recorded their long-awaited first interception of the season in their first game under defensive play-caller John Pagano. The Broncos lost seven games in a row for the first time in 50 years.

The fight was a continuation of a dispute that started last season when Talib ripped Crabtree’s chain off during the season finale. Crabtree missed the first game between the teams this year, but wasted little time seeking revenge.

Oakland guard Gabe Jackson pushed an official while trying to join in and got ejected for his actions, along with Crabtree and Talib.

The Raiders then dominated on the field after ending the longest season-opening interception drought in NFL history. With the Broncos at the 1, Lynch looked for tight end Virgil Green in the end zone. The ball bounced off Green and Raiders safety Reggie Nelson before landing in NaVorro Bowman’s arms as he was lying on the turf for Oakland’s first interception.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Boswell kicked a career-long 53-yard field goal as time expired to give Pittsburgh the victory over Green Bay.

The Steelers (9-2) won their sixth straight thanks in large part to wide receiver Antonio Brown. Brown caught 10 passes for 169 yards and two scores and also made a pair of catches on the deciding drive, including a 23-yard grab on the sideline that put the Steelers into Green Bay territory.

Brown added a 14-yard reception on the next play. Two snaps, later Boswell drilled the winner and his teammates mobbed him at midfield.

Ben Roethliberger threw for 351 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions. Le’Veon Bell ran for 95 yards and added another 88 yards receiving.

Brett Hundley completed 17 of 26 for 245 yards and three touchdowns for Green Bay (5-6) in his best start since taking over for injured Aaron Rodgers. Jamaal William ran for 66 yards, including a 4-yard leap into the end zone with 2:02 that tied it at 28.

The teams traded punts before Pittsburgh took over at its 30 with 17 seconds to go. It was just enough time for Roethlisberger and Brown to push the Steelers within the fringe of Boswell’s range as Pittsburgh kept pace with New England for the AFC’s best record.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady tossed four touchdown passes — including two to Rob Gronkowski — and the Patriots pushed through injuries and a mistake-filled game.

New England (9-2) posted its seventh consecutive victory and third straight win over Miami. The Dolphins (4-7) have lost five straight for their longest slide since 2011.

It was Brady’s 28th career game with four or more touchdown passes, ranking third all-time. His 26 touchdowns passes are the most in a season after turning 40 years old.

Rex Burkhead also scored two TDs and Dion Lewis had 15 carries for 112 yards for New England, marking his first career 100-yard game.

The Dolphins played without quarterback Jay Cutler, who practiced Friday, but remained in the concussion protocol. Matt Moore struggled to find a rhythm in his second start of the season.

Nate Ebner left with a knee injury after his fake punt run in the first quarter. Trevor Reilly left with a head injury after a collision. DL Trey Flowers (ribs) and LB Marquis Flowers left in the third quarter after a collision., and OL LaAdrian Waddle left in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury. LB Kyle Van Noy (leg) was able to walk off the field on his own after being shaken up in the fourth.

ATLANTA (AP) — Julio Jones hauled in 12 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns in one of the best games of his career.

Rekindling memories of the Super Bowl, the Falcons (7-4) nearly squandered a big lead to a team playing its third game without injured quarterback Jameis Winston. The Buccaneers (4-7) rebounded from a 27-6 deficit behind backup Ryan Fitzpatrick and drove deep into Atlanta territory after forcing a fumble at the other end of the field.

But Keanu Neal battled down Fitzpatrick’s pass on fourth-and-1 at the Atlanta 18 with just over seven minutes remaining, and the Falcons drove for a clinching touchdown on Tevin Coleman’s 14-yard run with just under two minutes to go.

Jones, who had only one touchdown catch through the first 10 games, doubled that total in the first half. He hauled in a 51-yard scoring pass from fellow receiver Mohamed Sanu and went 25 yards for a TD on a throw from Matt Ryan, finishing off the play with a spectacular dive for the pylon.

Jones now has three games in his brilliant career with at least 250 yards receiving. He had a career-high 300 yards vs. Carolina last season and 259 at Green Bay in 2014. No other player in NFL history has more than one game with 250 yards receiving.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie Joe Mixon ran for a career-high 114 yards in the Bengals’ best offensive showing since the last time they faced Cleveland.

The result sent the Browns into December still winless for the second year in a row.

The Bengals (5-6) won back-to-back games for the second time this season. They hadn’t scored so many points since they won 31-7 at Cleveland on Oct. 1.

Mixon also had an 11-yard touchdown that put it away in the fourth quarter. The Bengals came into the game with the worst rushing offense in the NFL, making it to 100 yards only once before.

At 0-11, the Browns are starting to run out of chances for that breakthrough win. Last year, they waited until their 15th game to get their only victory and avoid the second 0-16 season in NFL history.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jared Goff passed for 354 yards and hit Sammy Watkins and rookie Josh Reynolds for touchdowns, and the Rams snapped the Saints’ eight-game winning streak in a meeting of NFC division leaders.

NFL scoring leader Greg Zuerlein kicked four field goals for the Rams (8-3), who earned their fifth victory in six games. For the first time since 2006, this revitalized franchise is guaranteed not to finish the regular season with a losing record.

Los Angeles turned in a gritty defensive effort against the high-scoring Saints (8-3), holding Drew Brees to 246 yards passing — just 96 in the first three quarters — and sacking him three times.

Alvin Kamara made an early 74-yard touchdown run and a late TD reception for the Saints, who finally lost for the first time since Sept. 17.

One week after rallying from 15 points down late in the fourth quarter to beat Washington in overtime, the Saints fell behind on the opening drive and never caught up.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Phil Dawson kicked a career-long 57-yard field goal with 1 second to play, snapping the Jaguars’ four-game winning streak and dropping them into a tie with Tennessee for the AFC South lead.

The 42-year-old kicker, who had uncharacteristically missed six field goals this season, also was good from 34 and 42 yards as the Cardinals (5-6) beat a team with a winning record for the first time this season.

Jacksonville (7-4) trailed most of the game, but took a 17-16 lead when ex-Cardinal Calais Campbell returned Blaine Gabbert’s fumble 10 yards for a touchdown with 12:10 to play.

Gabbert, though, brought Arizona back, heaving a 52-yard TD pass to Jaron Brown. Gabbert’s 2-point conversion pass to Larry Fitzgerald had Arizona up 24-17.

Corey Grant’s 68-yard return of the ensuing kickoff led to Blake Bortles’ second rushing touchdown of the day, from 17 yards, and it was tied at 24 with 7:26 left.

Gabbert threw two sideline completions, the second one to D.J. Foster with 6 seconds to go — Foster made a lunging tippy-toe catch that had to be reviewed — to get close enough for the winning field goal. It was a bit of redemption for Gabbert, drafted in the first round by Jacksonville in 2011 but traded away for a sixth-round pick after a disappointing stay.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Russell Wilson threw for two touchdowns to give him 150 career TDs passing and also ran for a short score.

Wilson connected on a 17-yard touchdown pass to Nick Vannett in the third quarter, and a 1-yarder early in the fourth to Jimmy Graham, whose 16 TD receptions passed Jerramy Stevens for most by a Seattle tight end.

Jimmy Garoppolo made his 49ers debut with 1:07 remaining after starting quarterback C.J. Beathard went down on a hit by Michael Bennett as he threw a pass. Garoppolo — acquired from New England at the trade deadline last month and hoped by the 49eers (1-10) to stay on the shelf a little longer — immediately scrambled to gain 4 yards and found Louis Murphy for a 10-yard touchdown as time expired.

Wilson completed 20 of 34 passes for 228 yards and moved past Joe Flacco to become the winningest quarterback in his first six seasons with 63 victories.

The Seahawks (7-4) won their ninth straight in the series in a streak that began with the NFC title game in January 2014 at Seattle.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor threw for 183 yards and a touchdown in his return to the starting lineup, Tre’Davious White intercepted Alex Smith with just over a minute remaining to clinch it.

Zay Jones had the touchdown reception and Stephen Hauschka kicked three field goals for the Bills (6-5), but the story was their defense — or the Chiefs’ complete lack of offense.

Kansas City (6-5) managed only 236 yards while losing for the fifth time in six games.

It was an especially gratifying win for Bills coach Sean McDermott, who spent 10-plus seasons working for Chiefs counterpart Andy Reid in Philadelphia. And it was even more so considering the heat McDermott had been under after his questionable quarterback change last week.

Hauschka missed a 52-yard field-goal try late in the first half, ending his NFL-record streak of 13 straight from at least 50 yards. The streak dated to 2014 when he was with Seattle. He bounced back to hit from 56 yards, giving him a Bills-record seven 50-plus makes this season.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Luke Kuechly returned a fumble 34 yards for a touchdown and Kaelin Clay had a 60-yard punt return for a score, capping a stunning swing in the fourth quarter that lifted the Panthers.

It was the fourth straight victory for the Panthers (8-3), who were trying to keep pace with the first-place Saints in the NFC South. The teams meet next Sunday at New Orleans.

This one turned in a span of 2 minutes, 11 seconds on mistakes by the Jets (4-7) — and the Panthers taking advantage.

First, Kuechly scooped up a fumble by Josh McCown, who was sacked by Wes Horton and had the ball knocked out of his hand as he was about to throw, and rumbled to the end zone for a touchdown.

Cam Newton then hurdled over linebacker Jordan Jenkins for the 2-point conversion to give the Panthers a 26-20 lead with 12:05 left.

Then Clay fielded Lachlan Edwards’ kick and spun out of a tackle attempt and sped into the end zone.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Titans got their first win in 10 tries at Lucas Oil Stadium when DeMarco Murray scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 5:59 left.

The Titans (7-4) pulled off their first series sweep since 2002. And they did it by rallying from a 10-point third-quarter deficit again — just as they had six weeks earlier against the Colts.

Indy (3-8) has lost three straight home games and five of its last six overall. It is one loss away from having the first losing year in coach Chuck Pagano’s six seasons.

Tennessee won despite making only one first down during a 30-minute stretch and playing in chilly conditions after Colts officials opened the roof and the window in the north end zone.

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One of the world’s longest-running production stories in the aviation industry will come to an end in 2019 when production ceases for the multi-role aircraft, 19 of the which saw service with the Australian Army Aviation Corps.

The Pilatus Porter PC-6, a multi-role short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft, has been produced in Stans, Switzerand since 1959, with a total of 500 PC-6s made. The Australian Army operated the aircraft from 1968 until 1992 as part of the 6th Aviation Regiment.

Pilatus said reliable ongoing PC-6 operations will be provided to existing customers for the next 20 years at least. Due to the age of the PC-6 and other certification parameters, it is no longer possible to provide this ongoing development in the scope Pilatus would wish, a company statement said.

Pilatus chairman Oscar Schwenk said the PC-6 has delivered the company recognition worldwide for many decades, but the aircraft has reached the end of its life-cycle.

"I am proud that the PC-6 featured in the Pilatus product portfolio, this aircraft has earned us fame and recognition worldwide," he said.

"But the time has now come to take a dispassionate look at the facts and admit that every product has a life-cycle which must come to an end sooner or later. That moment has arrived for the PC-6. With an eye on the future, however, we now look forward to the imminent market launch of the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet, which embodies, and carries forward, all the original values of the PC-6."

In a record for the aircraft, the Pilatus Porter has flown several cargo and passenger trips at maximum useful load to an altitude of 5,700 metres above sea level.

Pilatus will accept orders for the PC-6 until mid-2018. The number of aircraft available is limited.

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Xcel Energy on Wednesday asked the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for a three-year, 3.6 percent rate hike to cover the cost of upgrading its aging natural-gas pipelines.

The requested increase totals $113.8 million between 2013 and 2015.

If approved, the new rates would take effect in August, increasing bills for the average residential customer by 2.1 percent in 2013 and by 5.8 percent and 2.8 percent in the subsequent two years.

The company said that would amount to a $1.02 monthly increase for customers in 2013, and $2.82 and $1.45 in the next two years, respectively.

If approved, the company promised not to file another natural-gas rate case before 2015.

Earlier this year, Xcel received approval for an electricity-rate increase of 5.5 percent over the next three years and said at that time it probably would not seek more before 2015.

A typical Xcel monthly residential utility bill in Colorado averages $47.80 for natural gas and $68.63 for electricity.

In its filing, Xcel also requested an average rate increase of 9.6 percent for its 133 steam customers over three years. Xcel delivers steam to downtown Denver buildings.

“We propose to accelerate replacement of our natural-gas pipelines and steam plant to ensure safe and reliable operations, both now and in the future,” said David Eves, president and chief executive of Public Service Co. of Colorado, an Xcel Energy company.

Cheryl Campbell, Xcel’s vice president for gas operations, said the utility has assessed more than 40 percent of its 2,300 miles of pipelines and already repaired 70 locations that she called “immediate threats to the public.”

Xcel wants to replace 100 miles of pre-1950s transmission pipelines.

“I will tell you that we pulled a piece out a couple of summers ago that was stamped ‘1890,’ ” Campbell said. “At that point, you kind of say, ‘Well, I think we need to be done with that.’ “

In particular, Xcel wants to remove poor-performing pipeline materials such as cast iron, bare steel and PVC.

Campbell said Xcel began inspecting its pipelines in 2008, ahead of new federal pipeline-safety requirements.

Eves said Xcel is accelerating its initial 20-year pipeline project to 10 years.

“We’re proposing to compress the schedule and expand the work, and thus we’re making more investments now,” he said. “So the driver in this rate request is recovering those investment costs. And with interest rates low and wholesale natural-gas prices low, this is a good time to do it.”

Bill Levis, director of the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel, said his group will review the request closely. “Clearly, we will intervene and most likely ask for a hearing,” he said.

Minneapolis-based Xcel, which last filed for a natural-gas rate hike in 2010, serves 70 percent of Colorado’s population.

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Lester feels a run of results is on its way

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Jack Lester feels Chesterfield aren’t far away from putting together a run of good results as they aim to climb up the League Two table.

The Spireites sit five points adrift at the bottom of the league and face a tough trip to fifth-placed Swindon on Saturday.

But as Lester continues to make his mark as manager, he feels his methods are beginning to bear fruit.

He said: “The mentality of the group is improving, the way they’ve responded to the demands we put on them is fantastic.

“I think the lads are getting fitter and sharper, I don’t think we’re to far away from putting good results together.

“Teams will try and work you out so it’s important we are fluid and unpredictable in our attacks.

“We were disappointed with the goals we conceded at Bradford, they were sloppy and we’ll be working on trying to stop that happening.

“Swindon will be a very tough game but it’s one that we’re relishing.”

On the fitness front, question marks hang over a couple of the Spireites troops while another, Jerome Binnom-Williams, is gradually making his way back to fitness and featured in a behind-closed-doors game on Tuesday.

Lester said: “Jerome came through the game on Tuesday really well, we’ll keep building his fitness and sharpness. When he’s back I’m sure he’ll be like having a new signing.

“Games like that are vital for players who are coming back from injury and not playing, we’ll try to arrange more.

“Chris O’Grady has had a tight calf and hasn’t trained. Matt Briggs has trained again and that’s a positive.”

Lester also took time out to praise goalkeeper Tommy Lee, who announced his retirement from football earlier this week.

He said: “Tommy has the club’s full support, his service his been fantastic, I’ve shared some great moments with him on the pitch. He’s had a terrific time, we wish him well and thank him for his service.

“The players, staff and fans love him here, I’m sure he’ll still be around and the club, it will stay with him for the rest of his life.”

Lester says a replacement for Lee will be a priority, adding: “We need competition for places so goalkeeper is a position we’ll try to strengthen.”


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Review: English Touring Opera at Buxton Opera House

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The ETO production of Francesco Cavalli’s 17th century Venetian opera La Calisto was a real treat. The music is wonderful, lyrical and sometimes eerie and the ETO’s baroque orchestra, “The Old Street Band”, was great.

The plot is a bizarre tangle of two Greek myths with lots of humour, deception, disguise, and mistaken identity.

The brilliant set looked at first sight like a post-apocalyptic junk yard. Together with the clever lighting and weird costumes it ensured that all the characters were made fun of and pomposity was not possible: Jove was slowly jacked up into heaven on a builders’ trolley by Mercury in shiny pink and turquoise.

The singing was all lovely and these talented singers can really act. George Humphreys was great as Jove with a vast vocal range including his female impersonation. Tai Oney was just right as Endimione and Katie Bray sang beautifully whilst acting the goat with skill and agility.

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Vacant Traveller hub site review

The former Traveller community facility at Ballyarnett has been vacant for the past two years.
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The government have said they may step in to look at the bringing a former Derry community hub for the Travelling community back into use.

The building at the Ballyarnett site has now been vacant for over two years and there are fears that vandals may gain access to the interior.

Sinn Fein Councillor Tony Hassan this week told the Journal that something needs to be done about the site on the outskirts of the Greater Shantallow area.

Mr Hassan said that while there has been discussions about the future of the centre on several occasions, to date nothing has come out of this which would see a long-term resolution to bringing it back into use for the benefit of the local Travelling population, some of whom reside close by at the caravan site and residential complex.

He said: “This community centre has been lying dormant out here for two and a half years,”

“The DSD and Derry City Council should look at whether they can come to some agreement.

“They moved in at Curryneirin and took over the community facility there and I am making the call for them to come together to look at the possibility of taking this over too.

“Doing so would allow Travellers to be like everybody else in that they too can have a community centre. This is especially important and especially needed for the women and the children within the Travelling community.

“The fear is it is going to lie there and be vandalised. It has already been targeted on the outside and the fear is once they get into it, that that element could destroy it completely.

“It is ridiculous the building has been left like that. It is going to waste.

In replying to Mr Hassan’s concerns, a spokesperson for Derry City Council confirmed to the Journal that it owns the main building on the Ballyarnett site, which it sub-let to the Derry Travellers Support Group.

A spokeswoman said: “This arrangement is currently being reviewed following receipt of recent correspondence from the group. “

She went on to explain that responsibility for housing, including the provision of Traveller sites, was transferred to the Norther Ireland Housing Executive in December 2003.

“As part of this change,” she added “the Housing Executive is responsible for all assets and liabilities of Traveller sites, with the exception of the main building at Ballyarnett.

“Derry City Council has limited powers regarding the site and any change in responsibilities would require legislative change.

“Council is happy to work with the relevant bodies and agencies to look at reviewing usage of the building in question.”

The spokeswoman added that the council would be happy to discuss concerns with Colr. Hassan directly.

A Spokesperson for the Department for Social Development said: “Although the Department has no direct responsibility for the premises, officials would be happy to be part of discussions with any relevant parties about how to bring the building back into productive use.”