After being stalled in the House Economic Matters Committee for several weeks, the Clean Energy Jobs Act sprung to life Friday evening, clearing the committee by a party-line 15-6 vote.
The measure, which would mandate that Maryland's electric utilities buy renewable energy credits that equal 50 percent of their portfolios by 2030, is expected to hit the House floor for preliminary debate on Saturday, with a final vote likely on Monday.
The bill passed in the Senate two weeks ago, but its posture in the House has been the topic of confusion after the Economic Matters Committee tried clumsily – and unsuccessfully – to kill it three weeks ago. Environmental groups and renewable energy companies then intensified their push to pass it.
Final passage of the legislation is by no means a sure thing, however, and several potential hurdles remain between now and the end of the General Assembly session, which concludes Monday at midnight. But environmentalists were breathing a sigh of relief and praising Economic Matters Chair Dereck E. Davis (D-Prince George's), who decided to move the bill after expressing some reluctance for most of the legislative session.
Publicly and privately, Davis has expressed reservations about moving the legislation this year, even as he asserted that it would pass sometime in this four-year legislative term. Environmental leaders said Davis became more favorably disposed toward the bill after they promised not to seek another increase in the state's so-called Renewable Portfolio Standard this legislative term.
The Economic Matters Committee spent more than 90 minutes marking up the Senate version of the bill late Friday afternoon. Delegates restored a controversial regulation that enables the energy generated by waste-to-energy plants to be considered a "tier 1 fuel," meaning it counts toward the percentage of renewable fuels being generated in the state. That provision was not in the Senate bill after multiple environmental and community groups – and a bipartisan group of lawmakers – argued that the state's two waste-to-energy plants, in Baltimore City and Montgomery County, generate too much air pollution.
The House panel also added a provision requiring solar energy companies to hire a workforce that is at least 25 percent minority and another giving preference to U.S. manufacturers of renewable energy equipment.
The committee laid aside provisions designed to boost nuclear energy and address the siting of solar energy installations – with the nuclear debate occupying almost half of Friday's voting session. But Davis held out the possibility of addressing those Saturday or Monday on the House floor, and said he would also press an amendment on the floor to guarantee a 25 percent minority workforce in the wind energy industry.
Davis said he did not anticipate the need for the House and Senate to go to a conference committee on the bill on Monday. The Senate is not scheduled to meet on Saturday, and "they're probably going to accept the House amendments," Davis told his colleagues.
If the Senate does not go along with the House amendments, then a conference committee would be necessary, putting the bill in peril with a limited time for lawmakers to iron out their differences on Monday.
Even if the bill passes, it is unclear whether Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) will sign it. When the legislature passed a bill boosting the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard to 25 percent in 2016, Hogan vetoed it; the legislature overrode his veto a year later.


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Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an elevated absolute red blood cell mass caused by uncontrolled red blood cell production, frequently associated with uncontrolled white blood cell and platelet production.
ORPHA:729
Acquired primary erythrocytosis
Osler-Vaquez disease
Polycythemia rubra vera
Vaquez disease
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000
Age of onset: All ages
ICD-10: D45
Annual incidence is estimated at approximately 1/36,000-1/100,000 and prevalence at 1/3,300. PV occurs at all ages but is most common in those aged 50-70 years.
Symptoms are often insidious at onset and may include headache, dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, visual disturbances, and pruritus after bathing, a ruddy complexion that manifests in the face, palms, nailbeds, mucosa and conjunctiva. Complications may be associated including arterial thrombosis (in cerebrovascular, myocardial or peripheral territories), angina pectoris or intermittent claudications, or venous thromboses including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, splanchnic thrombosis (portal vein thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome; see these terms) and bleeding including gum bleeding, ecchymoses and gastrointestinal bleeding. PV may also be characterized by splenomegaly. Myelofibrosis and acute leukemia or a myelodysplastic syndrome occur in a minority of patients, usually late in the disease.
Symptoms are related to blood hyperviscosity, which impairs microcirculation and is caused by a marked increase in the cellular elements of blood. This is due to the presence of abnormal clonal stem cell expansion that interferes with or suppresses normal stem cell growth and maturation. The exact origin of this stem cell transformation is still a matter of debate, however, a somatic mutation (JAK2-V617F) in exon 14 of the JAK2 gene (9p24) is present in the vast majority of patients and, less frequently, a somatic mutation in exon 12 of JAK2.
Diagnosis is based on evidence of a combination of some of the following criteria: hematocrit (Hct) greater than 52% or hemoglobin (Hb) greater than 185 g/L in male patients, Hct greater than 48% or Hb greater than 165 g/L in female patients, an increased (greater than 125% of normal value) red blood cell mass, the presence of a V617F or an exon 12 mutation of JAK2, low circulating erythropoietin (EPO) levels, spontaneous colony formation by erythroid progenitor cells, and, in rare cases where a JAK2 mutation is lacking, evidence of a myeloproliferative disorder on bone marrow biopsy.
Differential diagnosis includes elimination of Ph1 negative myeloproliferative disease (MPD) including essential thrombocytosis and agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (see these terms). In patients with polyglobuly without JAK2 mutation, causes of congenital primary erythrocytosis and secondary erythrocytosis (see these terms) should be considered. In patients with PV associated with MPD in the same family, the diagnosis of familial predisposition to MPD must be considered.
Patients with PV should be individually assessed. Treatment is based on phlebotomy to improve blood circulation. The targeted Hct is 45%. In patients with an increased risk of thrombosis due to age over 60 years, previous thrombosis, peripheral vascular disease or hypertension, cytoreduction should be considered. Hydroxyurea remains the reference drug for elderly patients. In those with no specific contraindication, low-dose aspirin has been proved to reduce the risk of thrombosis. Treatment with interferon alpha may be proposed for pregnant patients. Anagrelide may also be used to decrease platelet counts.
PV is a chronic disease. Survival of treated patients in the literature is either identical to the general population or decreased (with mortality 1.6 times higher than that of the general population).
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I can make additional calls to the EJBs even after the context is closed and the last principal is still logged in. Shouldn't the close method on the context execute a logout of the user?


One Piece ED — The cold ends are impregnated with silicon metal to reduce their resistance. This type is highly stable at temperatures up to 1600 deg C.
Three Piece ED — Features welded-on low resistance cold ends which run cooler than any one-piece cold ends. Therefore, they are more energy efficient. Maximum temperature is 1600 deg C.
ED was created to help reduce heat loss within the furnace reducing the overall energy consumption. Most furnaces lose their heat from four parts: the kiln wall, products being treated, vessels and crucibles, and the cold ends of SiC heating elements. To combat the issue with cold ends, ED was developed as a heater, keeping the same properties of standard elements, but with new cold ends with a resistance of 1/3 times less than that of the standard element, resulting in approximately 4% energy savings. Also, the lower temperature of the cold ends of ED, saves the cost to cool down the gas tighten terminal boxes of furnaces. These savings prove to be the most substantial in Float Bath applications due to this larger furnace type. And because ED can be produced in the same sizes and electric characteristics of the existing elements, replacement and/or substitution is easily achieved.


Hitching is never entirely safe, and we don't recommend it. Travellers who hitch should understand that they are taking a small but potentially serious risk. People who do choose to hitch will be safer if they travel in pairs; they should let someone know where they are planning to go. In particular, it is unwise for women to hitch alone; women are better off hitching with a male companion.
Some parts of Greece are much better for hitching than others. Getting out of major cities tends to be hard work and Athens is notoriously difficult. Hitching is much easier in remote areas and on islands with poor public transport. On country roads it is not unknown for someone to stop and ask if you want a lift, even if you haven't stuck a thumb out.


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NC Gov. McCrory demands share of any oil & gas revenues produced off its coast
Written By Jim Pierobon May 6, 2015
OIL & GAS: Gov. Pat McCrory demands share of proceeds from any oil and natural gas produced offshore North Carolina. (Houston Chronicle)
EFFICIENCY: How long until Virginia catches up with its Southeast neighbors in developing markets for clean energy? (Energy Efficiency Markets)
COAL ASH:
• North Carolina officials are warning more residents living near Duke Energy's coal ash pits that it's not safe to drink or cook with their well water after test results. (Winston-Salem Journal)
• North Carolina residents who live near the Dan River want frequent and thorough monitoring of the water quality in the wake of Duke Energy's coal ash spill. (News & Record)
• A judge is mulling a delay to a Duke Energy shareholder lawsuit prompted by the 2014 coal ash spill into the Dan River while it tries to resolve related lawsuits and finalize settlement of a related criminal investigation. (Associated Press)
WIND: Gulf Power received approval from the Florida PSC to purchase wind energy generated in Oklahoma. (Associated Press)
• Louisiana's U.S. Senators are asking FEMA to drop climate disaster planning as condition for federal disaster mitigation grants. (The Times-Picayune)
• West Virginia's Attorney General tells the U.S. Senate that finalizing the Clean Power Plan would have a "devastating impact" on the Mountaineer State. (Associated Press)
• A bill by U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky would allow states to 'opt out' of carbon dioxide regulations. (WFPL Public Radio, Louisville)
SOLAR: Build solar or save trees? Environmental groups sue over a Mississippi theme park's plans to cut nearly 19,000 trees to build a 90-acre solar farm. (Associated Press)
OIL & GAS PIPELINES: Duke Energy is buying a share of the Sabal Trail Pipeline which transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico to Florida. (Charlotte Business Journal)
• Editorial: the 'sinking feeling' of a city — Hampton Roads, VA — losing ground to rising sea levels due to climate change. (The Virginian-Pilot)
• Sen. Lamar Alexander makes a plug for nuclear power as a much-needed source of base load power. (Elk Valley Times, Tennessee)


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WHY IS AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION SO IMPORTANT?
WHY IS AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION SO IMPORTANT? THEY MAY BE THE ONLY EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO COUNTER AN ARGUMENT THAT YOU CAUSED A CAR ACCIDENT.
This vehicle was evaluated in connection with 2 separate impacts. Without an accident reconstruction, we would not have been able to show that a secondary impact and driver was also likely at-fault for the wreck.
Many client ask us "why is an accident reconstruction so important?" for their car accident case. That is a completely reasonable question because accident reconstructions can be expensive, and the cost of an accident reconstruction is paid from the recovery or settlement that we obtain for clients. So, it is important that clients understand why the services of an accident reconstructionist can be vital to our successful recovery for you.
An accident reconstruction offers us an opportunity to present objective, third-party evidence as to how the accident occurred and who was at fault for the wreck. That is extremely important. Many jurors come into cases expecting scientific evidence, and if scientific evidence is available that might help the jury understand how and why a car crash occurred, jurors want that evidence and they may penalize a party for failing to bring forward that evidence.
This is an example of a graphical illustration of a time-distance analysis performed by Shelly Weed, an accident reconstructionist that we frequently consult.
An accident reconstructionist is an expert who will (hopefully) have impeccable qualifications. That person should be beyond reproach. That person should simply be explaining complex topics and ideas to jurors and helping the jurors call "balls and strikes" over the cause of an accident, and they can be the difference between you recovering for the recklessness of someone else.
When we are retained to represent client's in car wreck cases, one of the first steps that we take is to determine if the services of an accident reconstructionist are potentially helpful. When they appear to be helpful, our car accident lawyers will retain an accident reconstruction expert to perform an evaluation of the roadside evidence and the vehicles involved in the accident.
If you have a question regarding a car accident case, a car accident lawyer at The Sessions Law Firm would welcome the opportunity to speak with you.


Jo Applin, New Haven, 2018.
Hardcover, 92 pp., 108 color and 5 bw illustrations, 10 x 7 x 1 inches.
This is the first in‑depth study of the idiosyncratic ten‑year career of Lee Lozano (1930–1999), assuring this important artist a key place in histories of post‑war art. The book charts the entirety of Lozano's production in 1960s New York, from her raucous drawings and paintings depicting broken tools, genitalia, and other body parts to the final exhibition of her spectacular series of abstract "Wave Paintings" at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1970.
Highly regarded at the time, Lozano is now perhaps best known for Dropout Piece (1970), a conceptual artwork and dramatic gesture with which she quit the art world. Shortly afterwards she announced she would have no further contact with other women. Her "dropout" and "boycott of women" lasted until her death, by which time she was all but forgotten. This book tackles head‑on the challenges that Lozano poses to art history—and especially to feminist art history—attending to her failures as well as her successes, and arguing that through dead ends and impasses she struggled to forge an alternative mode of living. Lee Lozano: Not Working looks for the means to think about complex figures like Lozano whose radical, politically ambiguous gestures test our assumptions about feminism and the "right way" to live and work.


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A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week, beginning with the news that Enterprise Ireland-supported companies created 18,033 jobs in 2013.
Companies backed by Enterprise Ireland created a total of 18,033 jobs in 2013, a net increase of 5,442 jobs – the highest net gain for Irish companies in more than a decade, the agency revealed in its end-of-year statement.
Total direct employment in Enterprise Ireland client companies stood at 175,750 in 2013, out of which 149,718 were full-time jobs and 26,032 were part-time positions.
Directly and indirectly, Enterprise Ireland-backed companies account for more than 300,000 jobs in the Irish economy – 16pc of the country's workforce.
The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Dublin has exceeded targets by raising €40m in commercial follow-on investment for Irish digital start-ups, the centre recently announced.
With a combined market capitalisation of about €120m, the investment group has recently been ranked as the top university business incubator for IT in the world by UBI Index. The index is the world's first global index to benchmark performance and best practices of university business incubators worldwide.
In the bumper year for Irish start-ups, some of the NDRC's portfolio has included Soundwave, a music-discovery app which secured an investment totalling US$700,000 in 2013; NewsWhip, whose technology highlights breaking and trending news stories, closed an investment of around US$1.1m; and LogEntries, a company specialising in log data, closed an investment round of US$10m.
Stripe, the e-payments technology company started in Silicon Valley by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison, is close to signing a deal with Twitter that will make it easier to sell products and services directly on the social network.
Twitter is understood to be planning an e-commerce platform that will enable it to partner with major retailers, manufacturers and media companies and allow users to dynamically buy goods on the fly.
According to re/code, the partnership with Stripe will allow Twitter to accept credit-card payments from its users.
Irish IT company Version 1 has made its second UK acquisition of the past three months: IT consultancy Rocela Group, for an undisclosed sum.
"We expect this deal to benefit all our customers bringing consolidated expertise in Oracle & Microsoft Enterprise Application Consultancy and Licence Management and establishing us as the go-to IT service provider for enterprise-scale organisations in Western Europe," said Justin Keatinge, chief executive of Version 1.
In November, Version 1 acquired the UK business operations of Northern European IT services company Tieto Corporation.
Onwards Learning has signed a commercial deal worth €3.75m with China Computer Correspondence College to roll out its LearnOnEnglish.com (LOE) cloud to 400 vocational colleges across China.
China Computer Correspondence College will promote LOE as an internet portal within its own websites to 1m students in China.
The LOE platform, which makes language-learning resources available as web apps, is rolling out as an online portal service via a series of large-scale organisations in China in earlier deals valued at €4.4m.
Internet giant Google has acquired home gadget maker Nest Labs for US$3.2bn in cash.
Nest's mission is to reinvent important devices in the home, such as thermostats and smoke alarms.
"We're thrilled to join Google," said Tony Fadell, who will continue to lead Nest Labs with its own distinct brand identity. "With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world."


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Water levels are already high in metro Detroit and nonstop rain is on the way
Meteorologists say that part of the problem is that the water levels in the Great Lakes are high.
Water levels are already high in metro Detroit and nonstop rain is on the way Meteorologists say that part of the problem is that the water levels in the Great Lakes are high. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2019/04/30/great-lakes-flooding-michigan-rain/3625142002/
Frank Witsil and Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press Published 11:58 a.m. ET April 30, 2019 | Updated 6:33 p.m. ET April 30, 2019
Weather forecast for Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Wochit, Wochit
Homeowners in the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood in Detroit are bracing for flooding the rest of the week, as heavy downpours and strong winds push waters over canal walls and into basements and sewer systems.
Kevin Cansiani, who lives in a three-bedroom bungalow on Harbor Island Street, said he spent much of Monday evening stacking sandbags — a barrier three bags high — around his home to help protect it from rising waters.
"I am worried that my home may be flooded," Cansiani, 42, said Tuesday morning. "I am worried more so for the residents with houses directly on the water, like my next door neighbor."
Water is seen flowing onto the street from Fox Creek along Ashland Street in Detroit on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press)
Meteorologists said metro Detroit residents who live on and near waterways may be feeling anxious because water levels in the Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair are already pretty high and the rain and strong gusts is making it worse.
"It's going to be nonstop each day," said National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Arnold in White Lake Township said. "Because the water levels are so high, it doesn't take a whole lot to reach advisory levels."
Jefferson Chalmers is on the city's east side, just west of the Grosse Pointes, where Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River come together.
So far, Cansiani said, his home hasn't flooded, but he is worried that it might as winds push water from Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River into the canals near his house and over the top of the barriers holding it back.
Meanwhile, other communities — particularly those on the shores of Lake St. Clair and connected waterways — are starting to worry, too.
The City of St. Clair Shores began offering residents sandbags.
"The lake levels are higher than they have been in years and historically we have seen that the levels continue to rise until early July," Bryan Babcock, the public works director for St. Clair Shores posted on Facebook. "When we have had onshore winds and waves we have started to see the lake come up over the seawalls and flood residential yards."
Between 2 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Wednesday, up to a half-inch of rain is expected to fall on metro Detroit, but more rain is expected to fall through the rest of the week, heightening flooding concerns.
More than half of Michigan, which is mostly surrounded by water, is expected to experience minor flooding this spring, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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In Newaygo County in western Michigan, the governor declared a state of emergency in March after heavy rains and melting snow led to flooding.
Earlier this month, residents in Monroe County were forced from their homes in the face of flooding, when pumps could not keep up with Lake Erie water pouring over the dikes.
Jefferson Chalmers is one of the seven areas that the city has said it plans to invest $130-million in to improve commercial corridors and boost the park system. The neighborhood has a variety of housing, including bungalows, ranches and mansions.
Fox Creek along Ashland St. in Detroit on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press)
At one time, the area was a smuggling route for bootleggers during Prohibition. Over the years, historic preservationists have said, a substantial number of commercial structures from the 1920s have remained intact, despite years of disinvestment and neglect.
The neighborhood also boasts of century-old brick streets, 60 acres of waterfront parks, boat launches, fish access, and canal communities. But its proximity to all this water comes at a price.
Michigan's largest flood disaster in modern history was the Great 1986 Flood across mid-Michigan. That year, from Sept. 10-12, about 6 to 12 inches of rain dropped in a 160-mile, west-to-east swath from Muskegon to the Thumb.
Detroit officials say the city regularly faces flooding hazards, most often in the spring through the fall. It tends to be caused by heavy rains, which reach the river channels and overburden the sewer system. More than his immediate flooding concerns, Cansiani said he fears if there isn't more long-term investment to protect the area from rising waters, it could harm the area's future development prospects.
While the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood hasn't seen waters rise like they have this week in decades, Cansiani said he is concerned about the the likelihood it could happen again, especially given a not-so-optimistic outlook from climate change scientists.
Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com. Staff writer Phoebe Wall Howard contributed to this report.
How to report flooding
The city encourages residents and businesses to report water and sewer emergencies, including street flooding, gushing water and sewer backups, by going online at https://detroitmi.gov/webapp/improve-detroit-report-issue-online or calling 313-267-7401.
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President de Valera selected by nominations committee as a vice president of the 18th assembly and unanimously elected in plenary session this afternoon. Will therefore be a member of general committee which consists of the president of the assembly eight vice presidents and chairman of assembly committee. The general committee controls the procedure and supervises the whole work of the session.
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20 Feb The 'Taj Mahal' of utes? We drive the refreshed Mahindra Pik Up
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Automotive designers use the term "tumblehome" to describe the angle of the slope of the side windows towards the centre of the vehicle.
In recent years, the designers of light commercial utes have been adding increasing amounts of tumblehome in their quest to create more sporty, car-like personalities for vehicles that are now just as likely to be used for family play as well as work.
Bucking this trend towards sportier-looking glasshouse design are just two utes. One is the high-country farmer's favourite, the 70-series Toyota Land Cruiser. The other is this newly upgraded Mahindra S10 Pik Up double-cab wellside.
Like the 70-series, the Indian-made Pik Up has zero tumblehome, and is therefore qualified to earn the title of "the Taj Mahal of utes".
Off-road icons such as the Land Rover Defender, Mercedes Gelande-wagen and Jeep Wrangler also have zero tumblehome, and there are some compelling reasons behind that boxier choice of design. Having zero slope on the side windows means that the vehicle can be fitted with more generously sized windows, and the driver can be sited closer to them.
As I found out while negotiating some steep, narrow tracks on a ruggedly coastal farm in Northland, the Mahindra possesses such great visibility that it's easier to keep to the track when the alternative is a potentially fatal plunge over a bluff.
There's a further plus to this old-school, negative-tumblehome design — cabin space, especially of the vertical kind. The Pik Up has the most generous floor-to-roof cab dimensions of any ute on the market.
The visibility and space advantages of the Mahindra's cab design have been inherited from the previous model, but the latest Pik Up adds increased sophistication via a new engine, new gearbox, new front fascia featuring LED headlights, new dashboard, and new electronic architecture. The latter enables features such as connectivity, satellite navigation, hill hold control, traction control, stability control, voice recognition, reversing camera, remote locking, and cruise control to enter the Mahindra play-book.
Traditional utilitarianism and durability meets modernity that is almost state-of-the-art in the new S10 version of the Pik Up. There's even a couple of things that most other utes decline to offer, such as the gas struts that assist the raising of the bonnet, and the automatic illumination of the hazard lights to warn other traffic when you do. Another selling point is the automatic locking rear differential fitted to all Pik Up models.
All of the above costs just $33,990 in the 4wd S10 wellside. (A less well-equipped double cab-chassis S6 version of the Pik Up sells for $29,990, and a singlecab-chassis S6 model costs $25,990.)
A now-retired top Mahindra exec once paraphrased the company's philosophy as "making more things available to more people" and the new Pik Up range appears to fulfill that wish. However, there are a few caveats. One is that the new gearbox is the only gearbox available and it's an easy-to-use, six-speed manual.
Automatic versions are still a year or two away, and are likely to come on stream after the engine meets Euro 6 emission standards in 2020 rather than the current Euro 5 compliance.
Another potential fish-hook is the three-star ANCAP crash test rating of the previous Pik Up is likely to remain the same for the S6 models, although the extra active safety features of the S10 are likely to win a further star for the flagship Pik Up (if tested).
Although other ute engines offer more punch, the new 2.2 litre Mahindra turbodiesel pumps out 330Nm of driving force and delivers adequate overtaking performance when propelling the 2115kg Pik Up up an uphill passing lane. It also has its rivals licked when it comes to noise, vibration, and harshness, to the point where there is zero mechanical noise entering the cabin when traversing highways at open road speeds.
Further powertrain refinement can be found in the smooth, un-taxing action of the clutch pedal, the snick-able gear shifts, and traction/stability systems that make little fanfare of their intervention.
A 500km drive in the Mahindra lowered the indicated fuel level of the 80-litre diesel tank only by half, suggesting that the company's average fuel use claim of 8.8litres per 100km is on the money. Helping this economy is the wider spread of ratios in the gearbox. First delivers unflappable crawl-ability off-road, while sixth has the Pik Up trucking noiselessly along the open highway, the engine turning an unruffled 2000rpm (400rpm above the 330Nm torque peak) at 100km/h.
A large rotary dial on the centre console offers on-the-move changes from rear-wheel drive to four-wheel drive and back again.
To select low ratio, the vehicle must be stopped, but it accesses a transfer case change worthy of the name, and the Pik Up rivals its far more expensive 70-series Land Cruiser competitor in its ability to clamber, climb, and descend. It then betters the Toyota with its automatic operation of the diff-lock, an advantage the Cruiser claws back via its extra ground clearance and axle articulation (although the Mahindra's traction control is highly skilled at keeping things trucking when one or two of its wheels are in the air).
Suspension consists of independent torsion bars up front and a leaf-sprung live axle at the rear. Spring rates are well chosen for the available wheel travel to work over a wide range of vehicle speeds, and although the damping could be increased to better control those wheel movements, it isn't far from being on the case.
Equally old-school is the choice of hydraulic steering assistance for a rack with slow gearing.
This might make urban parking efforts blue-collar work, but equally there's plenty of road feel on winding roads, and little kick-back through the wheel when deep in the rough stuff off-road.
Call me perverse, but I found the strangely upright design of the Mahindra grew on me over the week test. You soon realise there is plenty of function behind the form, and that tumblehome places limitations on practicality.
Then you do the sums, and see that the Mahindra S10 makes every day a Fieldays special. No other 4wd double-cab offers so much for so little.
Mahindra Pik Up S10
Pros: Seriously useful, plusher than expected
Cons: No auto, 2500kg of tow, not 3500kg


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2010 BCS Bowl Preview: 5 Things to Watch for in the National Championship Game
Posted by Anthony Stalter (01/01/2010 @ 12:50 pm)
For the first time since the 2006 Rose Bowl, two undefeated teams will square off in the BCS national championship game when No. 1 Alabama takes on No. 2 Texas on January 7. To conclude our 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, here are five things to watch for in the 2010 title game.
1. Can McCoy rebound?
Senior quarterback Colt McCoy hasn't had many bad outings throughout his collegiate career, but Nebraska's defense dominated him in the Big 12 title game. He completed 20 of his 36 pass attempts but it went for only 184 yards and zero touchdowns. He also threw three interceptions as he struggled with his decision-making and his pre-snap reads. It's not a total shock that McCoy had problems moving the ball on the ninth best defense in the nation, but how will he fair against an Alabama D that ranks second in the country? The Crimson Tide have allowed just 11 points per game this season (best in the NCAA) and just 163.77 passing yards per game. There's no doubt 'Bama will study what Nebraska did against McCoy and employ similar tactics to slow him and Texas' offense down. Can the senior QB overcome his poor outing in the Big 12 championship and lead his team to victory or will the Tide defense abuse him just like the Cornhuskers did?
2. The Heisman winner vs. the No. 1 run defense in the nation
One of the marquee matchups of the bowl season will pit Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram against the Longhorns' No. 1 run defense. Texas has allowed just 62.15 rushing yards per game this season, while Ingram has averaged 118.62 YPG. At times, Ingram has been the Tide's only offense this season. But what happens if the Longhorns limit Ingram's effectiveness and force quarterback Greg McElroy to beat them through the air? More on that question…
Tags: 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, 2010 BCS National Championship Game, Alabama, Alabama Crimson Tide, College football smack talk, Colt McCoy, Greg McElroy, Jordan Shipley, Mark Ingram, Nick Saban, smack talk, Texas, Texas Longhorns
2010 BCS Bowl Preview: 5 Things to Watch for in the Orange Bowl
No. 1 in the ACC will take on No. 2 in the Big Ten when No. 9 Georgia Tech battles No. 10 Iowa in the Orange Bowl on January 5. As part of our 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, here are five things to watch for in the 2010 Orange Bowl.
1. GA Tech's spread option attack vs. Iowa's stiff run defense
Thanks to a three-headed monster in Jonathan Dwyer, Josh Nesbitt and Anthony Allen, the Yellow Jackets had the second best rushing attack in the nation this season. They averaged 307.15 yards per game, 35.31 points per game and 442.69 total yards of offense per game. There was only one time this season where Tech didn't rush for over 200 yards on the ground, which came in a 33-17 loss to Miami in mid September. There's no doubt Iowa has watched countless film on how the Hurricanes attacked the Jackets' triple-option, remarkably holding them to just 97 yards on the ground. The Hawkeyes rank 11th in the nation in total defense and eighth in pass defense, but it'll be their run defense (ranked 33rd in the country) that will be tested in the Orange Bowl. Miami succeed because it had the athletes in the front seven to penetrate the gaps and consistently wreck havoc in Tech's backfield. Led by linebackers Pat Angerer and Jeremiha Hunter, the Hawkeyes have the tools to slow down Tech's rushing attack. But will they execute come January 5?
2. Does Iowa have any late season magic?
Even though they would have rather won in less dramatic fashion, the Hawkeyes were kings of the comeback early in the season. They needed two blocked field goals to beat Northern Iowa in Week 1, a 16-point forth quarter to beat Penn State on the road, an interception in the final minutes to defeat Michigan at home, a come-from-behind second half win over Wisconsin and a last-second, fourth-down miracle to beat Michigan State in East Lansing. While some may point out that Iowa had a little luck running through its veins this season, there's no doubt the Hawkeyes had some magic sprinkled in there too. It wasn't until quarterback Ricky Stanzi got knocked out of a game against Northwestern in early November that things started to go wrong. Back to back losses against Northwestern and Ohio State knocked Iowa out of national title contention, but a 12-0 win over Minnesota in their final game of the season helped the Hawkeyes reach a BCS bowl. Did they save any magic for Georgia Tech?
Tags: 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, 2010 Orange Bowl, Anthony Allen, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jonathan Dwyer, Josh Nesbitt, Ricky Stanzi
2010 BCS Bowl Preview: 5 Things to Watch for in the Fiesta Bowl
One of the more intriguing matchups of the 2009-2010 bowl season takes place in Glendale, Arizona when No. 4 TCU takes on No. 6 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on January 4. As part of our 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, here are five things to watch for in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.
1. The most controversial matchup of the bowl season
The TCU-Boise State matchup represents everything that's wrong with the current BCS system. Instead of these two teams having the opportunity to prove themselves against BCS conference teams, the Horned Frogs and Broncos will play each other…again. These same two teams squared off last year in the Poinsettia Bowl and while it was a tightly contested game, true college fans would rather see how TCU and Boise would fair against a program like Florida or Georgia Tech. Instead, neither team will be able to prove much, which is exactly how the BCS wants it. Nevertheless, this is an exciting matchup that comes fully stocked with plenty of intrigue and drama associated with the game.
2. TCU's No. 1 defense vs. Boise's No. 1 scoring offense
It doesn't get any better then when the No. 1 defense in the country gets to take on the No. 1 scoring offense. Along with being first in the nation in total defense, the Horned Frogs have the sixth best scoring defense, the third best run defense and the fourth best pass defense. Thanks to Jerry Hughes, Daryl Washington, Tank Carder and a host of others, TCU arguably has the fastest and most aggressive defense in the nation. But don't expect the Broncos to cower to the Frogs' dominant defense. Led by quarterback Kellen Moore, Boise ranks first in scoring, 20th in rushing and 30th in passing. They average over 44 points per game, are No. 1 in sacks allowed and 8th in total offense. But if there was one thing they struggle with, it's red zone efficiency. Thanks to their spread offense, Boise can score quickly with big plays. But the closer they get to the end zone, the harder it becomes for them to score because they lack a power running game. Can Boise improve in that area in order to beat TCU?
Tags: 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, 2010 Fiesta Bowl, Andy Dalton, Boise State, Daryl Washington, Ed Wesley, Jerry Huges, Joseph Turner, Kellen Moore, Matthew Tucker, smack talk, Tank Carder, TCU
2010 BCS Bowl Preview: 5 Things to Watch for in the Sugar Bowl
No. 3 Cincinnati will try to put Brian Kelly's departure to Notre Dame behind it when it takes on No. 5 Florida at 8:30PM ET on New Year's Day. As part of our 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, here are five things to watch for in the Sugar Bowl.
1. Cincinnati's potent passing attack vs. Florida's vaunted defense
Led by quarterback Tony Pike and explosive receiver Mardy Gilyard, the Bearcats rank sixth in the nation in passing offense, total offense and scoring offense. Cincinnati averaged almost 40 points per game this season and houses one of the most deadly passing games in the country. That said, they'll be heavily tested by a Florida defense that has the third best pass defense in the nation, the fourth best overall defense and the third best scoring defense. Only Alabama (11.0) and Nebraska (11.23) have allowed fewer points than Florida's mark of 11.54. Led by defensive backs Joe Haden, A.J. Jones and Major Wright, the Gators have virtually been impossible to throw on. Making matters worse for opponents, Florida also has a fearsome pass rush, led by defensive linemen Jermaine Cunningham and Carlos Dunlap. At the center is linebacker Brandon Spikes, who is the heart and soul of the Gators' defense. Cincinnati will certainly have to earn everything it gets come New Year's Day.
2. The Gators' rushing attack vs. the Bearcats' suspect run defense
Florida boasts the 10th best rushing attack in the nation, averaging 225.23 yards per game. That doesn't bode well for a Cincinnati run defense that is surrendering over 140 yards per game this season. The Bearcats' defense is fast and aggressive, but struggles when opponents attack them right up the middle. In their three closest games this season, Connecticut, West Virginia and Pittsburgh all had success running up the gut. If Florida starts pounding the rock up the middle, it could take control of the game early by grinding out the clock and keeping Cincinnati's high-powered offense on the sidelines.
Tags: 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, 2010 Sugar Bowl, Brandon Spikes, Cincinnati Bearcats, Florida Gators, Major Wright, Mardy Gilyard, smack talk, Tim Tebow, Tony Pike
2010 BCS Bowl Preview: 5 Things to Watch for in the Rose Bowl
Big Ten champion Ohio State will square off against Pac-10 champ Oregon in the 2010 Rose Bowl on New Year's Day at 4:30PM ET. Here are five things to watch for when the No. 8 Buckeyes clash with the No. 7 Ducks.As part of our 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, here are five things to watch for in the Sugar Bowl.
1. Oregon's dynamic backfield vs. Ohio State's physical defense
The Ducks' offensive backfield features a running back in LaMichael James that rushed for 1,476 yards and 14 touchdowns while averaging 6.9 YPC, as well as a quarterback in Jeremiah Masoli that rushed for 659 yards and 12 TDs, while also completing 58.9 percent of his passes for 2,066 yards and 15 scores. Oregon can beat opponents in a variety of ways, but Ohio State's defense limited the opposition to only 12.2 points and 262.5 total yards per game this season. The Buckeyes are one of five FBS teams that did now allow a 100-yard individual rushing performance this year and will test the fortitude of James, Masoli and one-time Hesiman candidate LeGarrette Blount. This should be a classic battle.
2. Terrelle Pryor's (lack of) development as a passer
Pryor was considered the top high school recruit coming into the 2008 season and was supposed to quickly transform into one of the best college football players in the nation. But after showing flashes of brilliance as a freshman last year, Pryor has been criticized more than he's been praised this season. Among other things, he started struggling with his accuracy and decision-making and some in the media wondered if he should move to another position due to his lack of development as a quarterback. Things came to a head in mid October when he lost two fumbles and threw two interceptions in an embarrassing loss to Purdue. But in his final five games, Pryor led the Buckeyes to five straight wins (including victories over Penn State, Iowa and rival Michigan) while tossing six touchdowns and only two interceptions. The problem is that he wasn't asked to do too much either. If Oregon's high-powered offense starts lighting up the scoreboard, can Pryor keep Ohio State in the ballgame with his arm or will his issues as a passer bury him and the Buckeyes? Better yet, can coach Jim Tressel figure out how to best use his athletic QB?
Tags: 2010 BCS Bowl Preview, 2010 Rose Bowl, Jeremiah Masoli, Jim Tressel, LaMichael James, LeGarrette Blount, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Ray Small, Ray Small ineligible for Rose Bowl, Terrelle Pryor
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On November 8th, FIAA Board met with its Members and presented the results of the conducted Survey on Business Compliance. The survey was focused on the issue of Business Integrity, as an important element for the business climate in the country. FIAA believes that talking and practicing good ethics, values and integrity in business is an integral part of the core values of the functional economies and necessary to fight corruption and to build transparency.
The Survey's outcomes were presented and discussed in a dedicated roundtable together with the participation of the Head of Anti-Corruption Unit at the Council of Ministers of Albania, as well as one Member from the Vetting Commission, an important tool for the implementation of the Justice Reform Process in Albania. During the meeting, Statkraft and Shell Industries in Albania showcased their best models of Business compliance which may serve as an example to the companies in Albania. Among the findings, it was highlighted by the Respondents at a rate of 91.3% find the Corruption and Bribery in Albania as main obstacles in doing business. As a guest Speaker in this Roundtable, the Head of Ani Corruption Unit Mr. Pirro Vengu explained the role of his Unit and the approach they are using in fighting corruption practices thus, trying to help Business overpass this difficulty. Mr. Vengu found very interesting the results of the Survey considering them an important indicator for the fighting of Corruption phenomenon. An interesting Intervention in this Meeting was also the Introduction of the work and the so far achieved results of the Vetting Commission by Mrs. Etleda Kaja. Also, Mrs. Kaja encouraged the business to contact the Commission directly and address all the unfair practices and corruption cases they have faced while operating business activity.
Click here to access the Survey findings.


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Beartooth Ranch management proposal turned down by Wyoming Game and Fish commission
By Mark Davis
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has denied a request by a Park County committee to take over management of the Beartooth Ranch.
A committee that's been working to improve the ranch …
A fly fisherman tries his luck from the banks of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River as it flows through the Beartooth Ranch, a property currently in the hands of the Office of State Lands and Investments.
Tribune photo by Mark Davis
The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River cuts through the Beartooth Ranch property near Clark, offering beautiful views and fish habitat. On Tuesday, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission turned down a request to take over the management of the property.
Heart Mountain and the Beartooth Mountain range offer gorgeous panoramic views from the Beartooth Ranch, situated in the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River valley. The river offers great public access to fishermen and the surrounding habitat draws in hundreds of wintering elk and deer.
Posted Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:25 am
A committee that's been working to improve the ranch asked the commission to manage the 657-acre property, which is currently in the hands of the Office of State Lands and Investments. Beartooth Ranch Committee Chairman Len Fortunato presented the idea in hopes of easing management of the publicly owned land along the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River near Clark.
The federal government seized the land from a drug smuggler in the 1990s and later turned it over to the State of Wyoming. However, that 1999 transfer came with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that included serious restrictions. Specifically, they require the ranch be used "solely as a public area reserved for recreational or historic purposes or for the preservation of natural conditions." Failure to follow the rules could result in the federal government reclaiming the scenic property.
Park County commissioners discussed the possibility of trying to get the land turned over to the county, raising the idea of a sale to a private owner, but that sparked an outcry from local anglers, conservation groups and area residents.
Soon after, county commissioners formed the Beartooth Ranch Committee and tasked it with looking for ways to improve the property.
The committee has led several upgrades to the public access, but has been hoping to encourage the Game and Fish to take on the management.
'It's a gift'
The Office of State Lands and Investments is "not set up to manage this type of property," Fortunato told the Game and Fish Commission Tuesday. "They're set up to manage the state trust land, where they are tasked ... to use the state trust lands to generate money for education, buildings, things like that."
In contrast, he said, the Game and Fish "are in the business of habitat management and already have an easement on the property."
Department personnel "are responsible for maintaining access. They're responsible for maintaining those parking lots and the boat launches. They have to maintain that toilet and have it pumped out. They're actually responsible for 50 feet beyond the high water mark," Fortunato said. "So we would have to go through Game and Fish to even implement some riparian habitat projects. And you know, they're responsible for the wildlife and they're responsible for the fishery, so there's not really a lot left for them to have to take on as a task."
Jenny DeSarro of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition concurred with the committee, saying the Beartooth Ranch is managed by the wrong
organization and should be managed by the Game and Fish.
"Nobody wants this property," DeSarro said, but she encouraged the commissioners to wait on a decision until they had more information about the property and its assets.
"It's a gift," DeSarro said.
But Commission Vice President Pat Crank was unconvinced.
"You say in your written materials this will cost Game and Fish nothing," he said. "But that's not what I'm hearing today."
The costs to improve the property and make it better habitat for wildlife and fishing were at issue. In an interview after the hearing, Fortunato said the costs could be shared or largely paid for through donations by organizations supporting the property.
"The Beartooth Ranch committee would like to continue to work with trying to facilitate [improvements] by going out and asking for donations, just like we've done in the past," he said.
The Beartooth Ranch Committee
Under the committee's leadership, groups including the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Outdoorsmen, Pheasants Forever and the local Trout Unlimited chapter have spent more than $87,000 to install two covered picnic areas, vault toilets, bear-resistant food storage boxes and other amenities. Improvements have also been made to the boat launch area and to clean up the property, with several buildings, including a large log cabin, being removed.
Thanks to donated materials from the Shoshone National Forest, the committee has also started building a buck and rail fence to keep nearby cattle from trespassing; local ranch owners also donated some irrigation equipment.
Clean-up work is still ongoing, as the parties who contracted with the state to remove the buildings left the open foundation, heating and cooling system remnants and other garbage behind. Fortunato told county commissioners in August that he thought the contractors were supposed to clean-up after they salvaged the buildings.
"The state is not holding them to that part," Fortunato said. "They left a mess and now it's in our hands."
Park County Commission Chairman Joe Tilden agreed with the committee's assessment that the property needs to be in the hands of the Game and Fish. "It needs to be under their management," he told Fortunato in August, "with your group going out and finding the money to make the improvements."
County commissioners voted to end their formal association with the committee at the August meeting, though encouraging the group's progress on the property.
At Tuesday's meeting, the committee itself was a point of concern for Game and Fish officials. Commission President Pete Dube said the department would have a tough time working with the group. He asked Fortunato if the committee would disband if the property was managed by the department; Fortunato said no.
"That's a sticking point for me," Dube said. "Currently we manage our properties as we see priorities. I appreciate your passion for this particular piece of property, but this is priority number one for you. It wouldn't necessarily be priority number one for us."
"If we have a committee that's lording over what we do and do not do on that property, I see that to be a real stumbling block," he said.
Eyesore or gem
There is a separation in the opinion of the quality of the property: Some see the habitat as a liability and others view it as a hidden gem.
Crank called the ranch property a "little postage stamp place kind of out in the middle of nowhere," during the hearing Tuesday; in 2018, county officials said the ranch had become an "eyesore" amid disrepair.
But fishermen and members of the public dispute that idea.
"You get up on a hill there to take in the panoramic view and it's just stunning," said Tim Wade, owner of North Fork Anglers in Cody, and member of multiple fishing conservation groups, adding, "To say it has no recreational value is not good reporting. It's a perfect habitat for birds, deer and elk."
The property is an extension of the drainage from the Clarks Fork Canyon to the north. The Beartooth Mountain range is visible to the north and the river valley cuts through the mostly flat property, with buttes on private land across the river. Elk and deer, at times numbering in the hundreds, use the property as a wintering ground and the sagebrush flats are good habitat for sage grouse and other upland game birds.
Game and Fish Commissioner David Rael of Cowley tried to push his colleagues to reconsider their reservations about Beartooth Ranch, noting discussions about spending money on a tract of equal size in the southwestern part of the state.
"I want to remind the commission we talked earlier about spending $1.6 million on a 648 acre section, and now we're talking about 657 acres being given to us," Rael said. "So, keep that in mind. I mean, I think this thing needs to be pursued and then finalized."
But, with two commissioners absent, the board ultimately voted against the proposal, 5-1 — though not completely shutting the door. The Game and Fish leaders encouraged the ranch committee to bring the idea back and pledged assistance with developing habitat improvement plans.
The Beartooth Committee has been lobbying Rael, who was the only dissenting vote, for the past two years.
"To me, it's a no brainer," he said.
In a phone interview after the meeting, Rael said he thinks it's hard for the state to take on new projects and responsibilities as it struggles with revenue shortfalls and department budgets. And during the meeting, the costs of maintaining and improving the property were brought up several times.
But John Kennedy, the agency's deputy director of internal operations, said a lack of funding was not a reason for rejecting the proposal.
"Before it's reported later today or tomorrow that the department is saying that the Beartooth Ranch is a low priority, that is not what we're saying. And we're not saying that we don't want to participate in the management of the property and help out wherever we can. We'll continue to do that," Kennedy said, adding, "It's an important habitat. It's an important public access area. But all of the attributes of the property that we've been talking about, can take place already."
(Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that, while the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission discussed spending money on a parcel of land in southwest Wyoming, they did not authorize any spending. It also corrects the spelling of Len Fortunato's name.)


EVERY MEDIA COMPANY, CAMPAIGN FINANCIER AND POLITICIAN HAS ALREADY BEEN HACKED AND THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP NEW HACKERS!
After stealing and releasing 10 episodes of the fifth season of the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" a month before its official premiere, a shadowy hacking group now is threatening to release shows by four other networks unless the networks' pay a ransom.
It's a sign of things to come. The future is being hacked, and there's no certainty where it might end. In today's digital world, hackers can steal an ever-growing number of secrets.
If they can steal unreleased television shows, could they also spoil the Oscar ceremony by stealing and threatening to reveal the winners ahead of time? How about announcements of Nobel prizes? Or product launches from Apple and Tesla?
In a fast-paced world, people don't want to wait for staged announcements designed for collective suspense. Criminal hackers seek to profit from that desire. For better or worse, they steal – and reveal – the future.
A previously unknown person or group calling itself "thedarkoverlord" announced on Twitter Saturday that it had released the "Orange is the New Black" shows on the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay because Netflix refused to pay a ransom.
Netflix said the matter was in the hands of "the appropriate law enforcement authorities." The hacking group hinted that its work was only beginning.
"Oh, what fun we're all going to have. We're not playing any games anymore," it said in one weekend tweet.
The hackers said they now hold unreleased shows from ABC, Fox, National Geographic and IFC and would release them if ransoms weren't forthcoming.
The tweet carried a link to a site on Pirate Bay with the first episode of season five of "Orange is the New Black." At 11:36 a.m. Saturday, nine more episodes were posted. Season five contains 13 episodes but the hackers said they obtained the shows before the final episodes were available.
"It didn't have to be this way, Netflix. You're going to lose a lot more money in all of this than what our modest offer was. We're quite ashamed to breathe the same air as you," the hackers said in a statement posted on, then removed from, pastebin.com, a popular site for sharing text.
A website that follows developments related to piracy and file-sharing, Torrent Freak, said it had been in touch with the hackers and learned the stolen episodes were filched from Larson Studios, an audio post-production facility in Hollywood. Larson Studios couldn't be reached for comment Sunday.
Torrent Freak published excerpts of a "contract" that the hackers sought to have Larson Studios sign in exchange setting the ransom payment terms. The document called for a payment of 50 bitcoin, which at current value is about $66,100.
The spelling in the contract and in statements on pastebin.com indicate the hackers are from Britain or areas of the world that follow British, rather than U.S., spelling practices.
Netflix was scheduled to release season five of "Orange is the New Black" on June 9.
The hackers did not say which programs from other networks it has obtained.
"We're not quite done yet, though. We're calling you out: ABC, National Geographic, Fox, IFC, and of course Netflix, still. There's more Netflix on the feasting menu soon (in addition to the other studios, of course), but we'll get to that later. Enjoy the fruits of _our_ labour," the statement says.
Larson Studios also does post-production work on shows like "Queen of the South," "New Girl," and "Chance" for Fox 21 Television Studios, "Glow" from Netflix, "Designated Survivor" from ABC, and "Portlandia" from IFC.
Global cybercrime syndicates increasingly demand ransom from hacking targets who fall victim to their digital traps and intrusions.
In a report released Thursday, the giant software security company Symantec estimated that worldwide ransomware attacks surged from 340,665 in 2015 to 463,841 in 2016. In these attacks, hackers commonly encrypt a hard drive and offer a decryption key only on payment of ransom. In addition to individuals, hospitals, schools and universities have been hit.
Twitter users offered suggestions to "thedarkoverlord" of other places it might hack.
@tdohack3r I suggest Trump's tax returns.
"I suggest Trump's tax returns," tweeted an account from someone identified as Julie O. Marshall, an events manager.
@tdohack3r Spoiler alert: you will be in jail soon!
"Spoiler alert: you will be in jail soon!" tweeted Laurent Jedeloo (@ljedeloo).
Still others made requests for unreleased television shows they can't wait to see, or hacks to fix their own blemished pasts.


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Tracks of all known Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1851 to 2005
For the current season, see 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.
The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year when hurricanes usually form in the Atlantic Ocean. Tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic are called hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions. In addition, there have been several storms over the years that have not been fully tropical. We categorize these subtropical cyclones as subtropical depressions and subtropical storms.
Worldwide, tropical cyclone activity peaks in late summer, when the difference between temperatures aloft and sea surface temperatures is the greatest. However, each particular basin has its own seasonal patterns. On a worldwide scale, May is the least active month, while September is the most active. We also notice that many of the Atlantic hurricanes occur in the famous Bermuda Triangle. [1] In the Northern Atlantic Ocean, a distinct hurricane season occurs from June 1 to November 30, sharply peaking from late August through September;[1] the season's climatological peak of activity occurs around September 10 each season.[2]
Tropical disturbances that reach tropical storm intensity are named from a pre-determined list. On average, 10.1 named storms occur each season, with an average of 5.9 becoming hurricanes and 2.5 becoming major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater). The most active season was 2005, during which 28 tropical cyclones formed, of which a record 15 became hurricanes. The least active season was the 1914, with only one known tropical cyclone developing during that year.[3] The Atlantic hurricane season is a time when most tropical cyclones are expected to develop across the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is currently defined as the time frame from June 1 through November 30, though in the past the season was defined as a shorter time frame. During the season, regular tropical weather outlooks are issued by the National Hurricane Center, and coordination between the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center and National Hurricane Center occurs for systems which have not formed yet, but could develop during the next three to seven days.
2 Operations
3 HURDAT
3.1 Re-analysis Project
4 Pre-1870
5 1800s
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6.10 1990s
8 Number of tropical storms and hurricanes per season
9.1 Parent topics
9.2 Atlantic hurricane topics
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The basic concept of a hurricane season began during 1935,[4] when dedicated wire circuits known as hurricane circuits began to be set up along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts,[5] a process completed by 1955.[6] It was originally the time frame when the tropics were monitored routinely for tropical cyclone activity, and was originally defined as from June 15 through October 31.[7] Over the years, the beginning date was shifted back to June 1, while the end date was shifted to November 15,[5] before settling at November 30 by 1965.[8][9] This was when hurricane reconnaissance planes were sent out to fly across the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico on a routine basis to look for potential tropical cyclones, in the years prior to the continuous weather satellite era.[7] After regular satellite surveillance began, hurricane hunter aircraft flew only into areas which were spotted first by satellite imagery.[10]
See also: National Hurricane Center and Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
During the hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center routinely issues their Tropical Weather Outlook product, which identifies areas of concern within the tropics which could develop into tropical cyclones. If systems occur outside the defined hurricane season, special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued.[11] Routine coordination occurs at 1700 UTC each day between the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center and National Hurricane Center to identify systems for the pressure maps three to seven days into the future within the tropics, and points for existing tropical cyclones six to seven days into the future.[12] Possible tropical cyclones are depicted with a closed isobar, while systems with less certainty to develop are depicted as "spot lows" with no isobar surrounding them.
HURDAT
Main article: HURDAT
The North Atlantic hurricane database, or HURDAT, is the database for all tropical storms and hurricanes for the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, including those that have made landfall in the United States. The original database of six-hourly positions and intensities were put together in the 1960s in support of the Apollo space program to help provide statistical track forecast guidance. In the intervening years, this database - which is now freely and easily accessible on the Internet from the National Hurricane Center's (NHC's) Webpage - has been utilized for a wide variety of uses: climatic change studies, seasonal forecasting, risk assessment for county emergency managers, analysis of potential losses for insurance and business interests, intensity forecasting techniques and verification of official and various model predictions of track and intensity.
HURDAT was not designed with all of these uses in mind when it was first put together and not all of them may be appropriate given its original motivation. HURDAT contains numerous systematic as well as some random errors in the database. Additionally, analysis techniques have changed over the years at NHC as their understanding of tropical cyclones has developed, leading to biases in the historical database. Another difficulty in applying the hurricane database to studies concerned with landfalling events is the lack exact location, time and intensity at hurricane landfall.
Re-analysis Project
Main article: Atlantic hurricane reanalysis
HURDAT has been updated significantly only twice before. The first time was in 2001 when data for years 1851 to 1885 were added to the database. The second time was August 2002 when Hurricane Andrew was upgraded to a Category 5. Recent efforts into uncovering undocumented historical hurricanes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led by Jose Fernandez-Partagas have greatly increased our knowledge of these past events, which are not yet incorporated into the HURDAT database. Because of all of these issues, a re-analysis of the Atlantic hurricane database is being attempted that will be completed in three years.
In addition to the groundbreaking work by Partagas, additional analyses, digitization and quality control of the data was carried out by researchers at the NOAA Hurricane Research Division funded by the NOAA Office of Global Programs. Over the next two years, this re-analysis will continue to progress through the remainder of the 20th Century.[1] [2]
Over 5000 additions and alterations are now approved for the 1851 to 1910 era by the National Hurricane Center's Best Track Change Committee. (This same process was utilized for the upgrade of 1992's Hurricane Andrew to a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale last August.) This work on historical hurricanes was originally conducted by the late Jose Fernandez Partagas. Additional analyses, digitization and quality control of the data was carried out by researchers at the NOAA Hurricane Research Division funded by NOAA Office of Global Programs. Over the next two years, this re-analysis will continue to progress through the remainder of the 20th Century.
Official changes to the Atlantic hurricane database are approved by the National Hurricane Center Best Track Change Committee. Thus research conducted by Chris Landsea and colleagues as part of the Atlantic hurricane database reanalysis project likewise goes through this review process. Not all Landsea's recommendations are accepted by the Committee.
Pre-19th century Pre-17th century, 17th century, 18th century, 1780
1800–1869 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1849, 1850-1859, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1860, 1861, 1862-1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869
major hurricanes
1870 11 10 2 2,052 Unnamed
1871 8 6 2 30 Unnamed
1872 5 4 0 Unknown Unnamed
1873 5 3 2 626 Unnamed
1876 5 4 2 19 "San Felipe"
1878 12 10 1 108 Unnamed
1880 11 9 2 133 Unnamed
1882 6 5 2 6 Unnamed
1886 12 10 4 200+ "Indianola" Seven hurricanes struck the United States, the most during a single year[13]
1887 19 11 2 2 Unnamed Tied for third most active season on record
1891 10 7 1 13 Unnamed
1893 12 10 5 4,028 Unnamed Two hurricanes caused more than 2,000 deaths in the United States
Four simultaneous hurricanes on August 22, one of two times on record
1894 7 5 4 200+ Unnamed
1897 6 3 0 None Unnamed
1899 9 5 2 3,439 "San Ciriaco" The San Ciriaco hurricane was the longest lasting Atlantic hurricane on record
1900 7 3 2 8,000+ $60 million "Galveston hurricane" The Galveston hurricane was the deadliest disaster in the United States
1901 12 5 1 10 $1 million Unnamed
1902 5 3 0 None Unknown Unnamed
1903 10 7 1 228 $1.15 million Unnamed
1904 5 3 0 87 $1 million Unnamed
1905 5 1 1 1 Unknown Unnamed
1907 5 0 0 None Unknown Unnamed One of two seasons with no recorded hurricanes
1908 10 6 1 None Unknown Unnamed Includes the only known March tropical cyclone in the basin
1909 11 6 4 4,614 $75 million "Grand Isle hurricane"
1910 5 3 1 100 $1.25 million Unnamed
1912 7 4 1 116 $67,000 Unnamed
1913 6 4 0 5 $4 million Unnamed
1914 1 0 0 0 Unknown Unnamed Least active season on record
One of two seasons with no recorded hurricanes
1915 6 5 4 675 $63 million "New Orleans hurricane"
1916 15 10 5 31 $5.9 million Unnamed
1917 4 4 2 5 $170,000 "Nueva Gerona hurricane"
1918 6 4 1 34 $5+ million Unnamed
1919 5 2 1 ~900 $22 million "Florida Keys"
1920 5 4 0 2 $15.75 million Unnamed
1921 7 5 2 6 $36.5 million Unnamed
1922 5 3 1 Unknown Unknown Unnamed
1924 11 5 2 150+ Unknown "Cuba" The 1924 Cuba hurricane was the earliest officially classified Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Scale
1925 4 2 0 59+ $19.9 million Unnamed Includes a hurricane that struck Florida on December 1, the latest United States hurricane landfall
1926 11 8 6 1,315+ $1.4+ billion "Great Miami Hurricane"
1927 8 4 1 184 Unknown "Great Gale of August 24"
1928 6 4 1 4,000+ $952.5+ million "Okeechobee hurricane" "Okeechobee hurricane" was the only recorded hurricane to strike Puerto Rico at Category 5 strength
1929 5 3 1 51 $9.0 million Unnamed
1930 3 2 2 8,000 $50 million "Dominican Republic" "Dominican Republic" hurricane was the fifth deadliest hurricane on record
1931 9 2 1 2,502 $7.5 million Unnamed
1932 11 6 4 3,315 $37 million Unnamed
1933 21 10 5 651 $86.6 million Unnamed Second most active season on record
1934 11 6 0 2,017 $4.26 million Unnamed
1935 6 5 3 2,604 $12.5 million "Labor Day hurricane" The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone
1936 16 7 1 5 $1.23 million Unnamed Tied for fifth most active season on record
1938 8 3 1 ~700 $290.3 million "Long Island Express"
1940 8 4 0 101 $4.7 million Unnamed
1941 6 4 2 63 $10 million Unnamed
1942 10 4 1 17 $30.6 million Unnamed
1943 10 5 2 19 $17.2 million Unnamed First year of Hurricane Hunters
1944 11 7 3 1,153 $202 million "Great Atlantic hurricane"
1945 11 5 3 80 $80 million Unnamed
1946 6 3 1 5 $5.2 million Unnamed
1947 9 5 2 94 $145.3 million "Fort Lauderdale hurricane"
1948 9 6 4 94 $30.9 million Unnamed
1949 13 7 2 3 $58.2 million Unnamed
Retired names
1950 13 11 8 20 $37 million Dog None Record number of major hurricanes
First year of Atlantic tropical cyclone naming
1951 10 8 5 257 $80 million Easy None
1952 7 6 3 47 $3.75 million Fox None Includes the only known February tropical cyclone in the basin
1953 14 6 4 1 $6 million Carol None First year of female names for storms
1954 11 8 2 1,069 $752 million Hazel Carol, Hazel Includes Alice, one of only two storms in the basin to span two calendar years
1955 12 9 6 1,518 $1.2 billion Janet Connie, Diane, Ione, Janet
1956 9 4 2 76 $67.8 million Betsy None
1957 8 3 2 513 $152.5 million Carrie Audrey
1958 10 7 5 41 $12 million Helene None
1959 11 7 2 59 $23.3 million Gracie Gracie* Status of Gracie's retirement is unclear
1960 7 4 2 385 $410 million Donna Donna
1961 11 8 7 345 $392 million Hattie Carla, Hattie
1962 5 3 1 4 $10 million Ella None
1963 9 7 2 7,225 $589 million Flora Flora Hurricane Flora was the sixth deadliest hurricane on record
1964 12 6 6 261 $605 million Hilda Cleo, Dora, Hilda
1965 6 4 1 76 $1.45 billion Betsy Betsy
1966 11 7 3 1,094 $410 million Inez Inez One named storm de-classified in post-analysis
1967 8 6 1 64 $217 million Beulah Beulah
1968 8 4 0 10 $10 million Gladys Edna The name "Edna" was retired due to the storm in 1954, also includes one subtropical storm
1969 18 12 5 364 $1.7 billion Camille Camille Fourth most active season on record
Tied for second most hurricanes in a season on record
Includes one subtropical storm
1970 10 5 2 71 $454 million Celia Celia
1971 13 6 1 45 $213 million Edith None
1972 7 3 0 122 $2.1 billion Betty Agnes Includes three subtropical storms
1973 8 4 1 15 $18 million Ellen None Includes one subtropical storm
1974 11 4 2 8,260+ $1.97 billion Carmen Carmen, Fifi Includes four subtropical storms
Hurricane Fifi was the fourth deadliest hurricane on record
1975 9 6 3 80 $100 million Gladys Eloise Includes one subtropical storm
1976 10 6 2 72 $100 million Belle None Includes two subtropical storms
1977 6 5 1 10 $10 million Anita Anita
1978 12 5 2 37 $45 million Greta None Includes the January tropical cyclone in the Atlantic
1979 9 5 2 2,118 $4.3 billion David David, Frederic First year for alternating male/female names
1980 15 11 9 2 256 $1 billion Allen Allen
1981 18 12 7 3 10 $45 million Harvey None
1982 9 7 4 1 141 $100 million Debby None Includes one subtropical storm
1983 7 4 3 1 22 $2.6 billion Alicia Alicia
1984 17 13 5 1 35 $66 million Diana None Includes one subtropical storm
1985 13 11 7 3 241 $4.5 billion Gloria Elena, Gloria
1986 10 6 4 0 70 $57 million Earl None
1987 14 7 3 1 10 $73 million Emily None
1988 19 12 5 3 550 $7 billion Gilbert Gilbert, Joan Included strongest hurricane on record until 2005
1989 15 11 7 2 112 $10.7 billion Hugo Hugo
1990 16 14 8 1 116 $150 million Gustav Diana, Klaus No tropical storms or hurricanes made landfall in the United States
1991 12 8 4 2 30 $2.5 billion Claudette Bob
1992 9 7 4 1 66 $26 billion Andrew Andrew Hurricane Andrew is the second-costliest U.S. hurricane
1993 10 8 4 1 274 $271 million Emily None
1994 12 7 3 0 1,184 $1.56 billion Florence None
1995 21 19 11 5 115 $9.3 billion Opal Luis, Marilyn, Opal, Roxanne Tied for third most active season on record
1996 14 14 10 6 179 $3.8 billion Edouard Cesar, Fran, Hortense
1997 9 8 3 1 11 $110 million Erika None Includes one subtropical storm
1998 14 14 10 3 12,000+ $12.2 billion Mitch Georges, Mitch Four simultaneous hurricanes on September 26, the first time since 1893
Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest hurricane in over 200 years
1999 16 12 8 5 465 $5.9 billion Floyd Floyd, Lenny Most Category 4 hurricanes on record
2000 19 15 8 3 79 $1.2 billion Keith Keith Includes one subtropical storm
2001 17 15 9 4 105 $7.1 billion Michelle Allison, Iris, Michelle Allison is the only Atlantic tropical system to have its name retired without reaching hurricane strength.
2002 14 12 4 2 23 $2.6 billion Isidore Isidore, Lili
2003 21 16 7 3 92 $4.4 billion Isabel Fabian, Isabel, Juan Tied for fifth most active season on record
2004 17 15 9 6 3,100+ $50 billion Ivan Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne Includes one subtropical storm
2005 31 28 15 7 2,280+ $128 billion Wilma Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, Wilma Most active season and costliest on record
Tropical Storm Zeta extended into 2006; first such occurrence since 1954
2006 10 10 5 2 14 $500 million Gordon/Helene None
2007 17 15 6 2 423 $3 billion Dean Dean, Felix, Noel Includes one subtropical storm
2008 17 16 8 5 1,047 $42 billion Ike Gustav, Ike, Paloma Tied for fifth most active season on record
Only year on record in which a major hurricane existed in every month from July through November
2009 11 9 3 2 6 $77 million Bill None
2010 21 19 12 5 259 $12.441 billion Igor Igor, Tomas Tied for third most active season on record
Most active season since 2005
2011 19 18 6 3 119 <$11.8 billion Ophelia Currently active
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Court In The Act
Posted by Rick Johansen | Jul 13, 2015 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |
It gives me no pleasure to admit that my prediction that Bristol Rovers would win their court case with Sainsburys was a million miles off the mark. I had no idea how things would go, but my gut feeling was that Rovers would win. That was my heart talking, not my head.
I did not expect to be as stunned as I am. For some time now, I have gradually lost my enthusiasm for the club, the footballing love affair of a lifetime appeared to be over. In any event, I appear to have convinced myself that Rovers would find their case upheld in court and soon the diggers would be in action at the UWE. And then they lost.
I no longer look at football forums so I have no idea how fans reacting, but I do follow social networks and they are full of doom and gloom. And so they should, for this is a devastating blow to the football club. I heard chairman Nick Higgs on TV this afternoon and he sounded and looked like a broken man. He talked unconvincingly about launching an appeal, referring to the positive legal advice he had received, but then it was not that long ago that the club said they had positive legal advice in their bid to sue Sainsburys. That didn't work out too well, did it?
Loyal supporters understand exactly what today means to them. Barring an unexpected twist, the UWE dream is over. Rovers will have to go back further than square one and then start all over again, with a bigger debt and continuing losses. What do they do next?
Interestingly, the club statement says the club is still committed to building a new stadium, but note the words "a new stadium", not the UWE stadium: this could mean nothing, but I am not the only one who picked up on it. Perhaps it's too soon to think about an alternative location, but come on: where is left?
The Filton airfield about to become an enormous new town, as is Harry Stoke. The way things are going, there will be nowhere to build on and anyway, who's going to pay for it? Mr Higgs admitted on the radio that there was no one standing in the wings brandishing a chequebook and why would they with the UWE stadium plans seemingly in tatters?
We could eventually come back to that old chestnut of redeveloping the Memorial Stadium but even that would require the usual trials and tribulations of going through planning and the bloody Green Party and the rent-a-quote fruitcake NIMBYS slowing things down and buggering it all up. What is it with these people who want to keep Bristol as a sporting and cultural backwater? Every time we take a step away from village green status, some Luddite tries to take us back to it.
Should Nick Higgs and the board resign, as some suggest? Mr Higgs effectively – actually, not that effectively – owns the club, other board members carry large numbers of shares. They're not going to walk away unless someone buys those shares. Call for Mr Higgs to go until your heart's content, but then what?
I'm afraid I have no answers to the problems at the football club. The UWE represented a potential solution, for sure, but if that's gone the club needs a Plan B, although right now it is hard to see what Plan A is.
My dear friends who are shattered today deserve better than this and I hope they soon get it. I was a minor bit-part player in previous attempts to change the club and to make it better. In every single instance, we failed and there's no going back. Two former directors held talks with Mr Higgs last year but that came to nothing. I'm afraid the reality is that there's no one out there. And even if there was, my first question to them would be this: "Where the hell have you been all this time?"
In an ideal world, supporters would have a genuine stake-holding via shares and elected board representatives, unlike the current arrangement where the current puppet "fans representatives" sit in Box Number One, representing no one but themselves. If supporters want greater accountability and influence, they will need to organise because if they don't, then nothing will change. No one will bring about change for them. But to do nothing except moan is pointless.
Sainsburys have no shame. Their cynical behaviour in this whole smelly business does them no credit, but the truth was that Rovers' case was not, as Toni Watola described it, "watertight" because they lost. They did not "smash Sainsburys in court" as one director said they would some months ago; instead they took a mauling.
Make no mistake, this is a massive blow for Bristol Rovers. Supporters need hope for the future and a reason to believe. Above all, they need vision, they need leadership. It would be nice to think they would get all these things in the near future but I would not bet the house on it.
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