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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone fell into a recession in July-September, the second since 2009, as French resilience could not make up for a slump across Europe and the three-year debt crisis slowed Germany to a crawl.
Economic output in the 17-country euro zone fell 0.1 percent in the third quarter, the EU's statistics office Eurostat said on Thursday, following a 0.2-percent drop in the second quarter.
Separate Eurostat figures showed the euro zone's annual inflation fell to 2.5 percent in October from 2.6 percent in September, suggesting an end to a run of stubborn inflation that has contributed to the difficult environment.
"A preliminary estimate from Eurostat showed euro zone GDP edging down by 0.1 percent quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2012. Given that this followed contraction of 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter, this confirmed that the euro zone is now in modest recession in all senses of the word.
"In reality, the euro zone was already in recession in most senses of the word as a current record unemployment rate of 11.6 percent would testify.
"Indeed, the third quarter of 2012 marked the third euro zone quarter-on-quarter GDP drop in four quarters (broken only by flat GDP in the first quarter of 2012) and left GDP down by 0.6 percent year-on-year."
"The euro zone contracted modestly in the third quarter as moderate growth in France and Germany failed to offset marked overall contraction in the southern periphery countries. Furthermore, GDP contraction in the third quarter was not limited to the southern countries, as Dutch GDP plunged 1.1 percent quarter-on-quarter and Austrian GDP edged down by 0.1 percent."
"With the euro zone seemingly headed for further GDP contraction in the fourth quarter after moving officially into recession in the third quarter, and with the underlying inflation situation in the single currency area looking far from alarming, we believe that the ECB will take interest rates down from 0.75 percent to 0.50 percent sooner rather than later. Indeed, an interest rate cut in December is very possible."
"This was totally expected because of austerity policies combined with world growth slowing down and a dramatic fall in activity in Germany and the Netherlands.
"Social tensions are rising, as we saw yesterday, because the first casualty is the real economy.
"The last couple of days have created a new momentum for a major change in policy input, because up until this week, social tension was not part of equation. It seems like the tone has shifted dramatically.
"Policymakers are disturbed by the social unrest and the calls for harsh austerity to stop.
"The balance now will have to be to continue to implement reforms and also reducing the burden of austerity through debt relief, which is a very difficult balance."
"I think effectively it's close to zero, and who knows where it will come out with the revisions that come through.
"No one's been kidding themselves that the euro area economy isn't very, very weak. The PMIs (Purchasing Managers' Index) have been consistently poor for some time now, and there's no real evidence there of any pickup in momentum for the quarters ahead.
"So, yes we're in technical recession, but whichever way of that zero mark we would have ended up today, we remain concerned about the euro-area economy and what can be done to stimulate it, and get a firmer recovery for the quarters ahead."
"The double-dip is a fact. The -0.1 was not a surprise after the German and French numbers, it could have been worse. What you notice is that the recession in southern Europe is slowly creeping to other countries.
"Look at the Netherlands, with a strong contraction, and Austria, also with a small contraction. There was no contraction in Belgium and Finland but the second quarter was very bad."
"If you look at the indicators for the fourth quarter you see that even Germany may not grow again and that shows that the economy has an enormous need for a new impulse. My conclusion is that policymakers are not considering to take it easy with savings, so everybody is looking at what the ECB can do and what is happening to the euro. A weaker currency and monetary stimulus is needed to get the economy back on track."
"If the global economy grows faster again, there are rays of light in China, if the U.S. sails past the fiscal cliff, Germany could pick up again but the question is whether that would be enough to counteract the contraction in other parts of the euro zone."
"It's nothing to be happy about, especially if you see that other economies are growing, the United States as well. It's a wake-up call for policymakers to not lean back and think hard about where growth in Europe has to come from, if you're making so many cutbacks."
"We are now getting into a double dip recession which is entirely self-made.
"It is a result of excessive austerity in southern countries and unwillingness in the north to do anything else.
"Countries in the south have to reduce their deficits, but they cannot if those in the north with a surplus are not willing to help with stimulus.
"This divide, even hostility, between countries is stronger than I have seen in the last 20 years.
"The degree of austerity has now put so many people in terrible conditions that they reject all of this. That's a very dangerous situation."
Reporting by Ben Deighton, Robin Emmott and Robert-Jan Bartunek; compiled by Rex Merrifield


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it's been a while I'm not writing news about Icy Phoenix development. The main reason it is that we are lacking of developers, and development slowed down a bit.
I'm currently working on the users/sessions system, trying to improve the way both sessions and users are working in Icy Phoenix. To this purpose I have ported part of phpBB 3 Users Class into Icy Phoenix, recoding some parts and adding some extra code where needed. I've almost finished the integation, but since this modification regards so many files and functions, I'm sure that many bugs have been introduced, and we need to spot them.
Tonight I've just updated both GIT and SVN repository with the latest development version, you can find some more details here:
Showing 340 changed files with 6,242 additions and 4,567 deletions.
As you can see changes are many, and updating from latest dev release could be tough (due to the change into the session system/db).
If you want to help in the development, you can try to install on a local server (I would not suggest to use this development version online!) and report the bugs you find.
Next step in development is improving the permissions system and the CMS, I'll keep you posted.

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Recent television news acknowledging the methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) problems has brought attention to this subject once again. Although this matter really never died out, the Jan. 16 episode on CBS's 60 Minutes program has shed new light on this subject for consumers, many of whom didn't know this has become a regularly occurring problem in many areas.
In response to the Clean Air Act of 1990, the oxygenate MTBE was added to gasoline to provide a "cleaner" burn and help reduce air pollution. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies it as a possible human carcinogen and it continues to violate the Clean Water Act, MTBE remains in widespread use with few states presently taking action.
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has called for immediate action from the Clinton Administration to address MTBE-contaminated water supplies. Jack Hoffbuhr, executive director of the AWWA, agrees that action must be taken to prevent further contamination.
Hoffbuhr has been the executive director of AWWA since 1996 after serving as deputy executive director since 1988. He has more than 23 years of hands-on experience in dealing with water utilities in design, construction, operation and training.
Prior to joining AWWA, Hoffbuhr held several positions in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and spent two years designing wastewater and water supply facilities in the Peruvian Andes for the U.S. Peace Corps.
Representing the AWWA, Hoffbuhr spoke with us further on the topic of MTBE.
WQP How serious is the MTBE problem? And how many people is it affecting?
Hoffbuhr MTBE contamination of drinking water is a very serious problem for a number of reasons.
MTBE is extremely water-soluble; it doesn't take a lot of MTBE to contaminate a lot of drinking water. Even more troubling is that once MTBE is in the water, it has proven very difficult to remove.
MTBE contamination of drinking water sources around the country is increasing. In states that have had problems in the past, more are being identified. In states where MTBE contamination problems haven't occurred previously, we now find contamination. This clearly is a growing problem that threatens more drinking water systems in America every day.
The EPA's information on the scope of MTBE contamination, effective treatment methods for water suppliers and potential health risks to humans is woefully insufficient. AWWA and the AWWA Research Foundation (AWWARF) have committed themselves to filling in these information gaps so that MTBE's impact on public health is more seriously considered by EPA in the future.
WQP Can a consumer test his own water for MTBE?
Hoffbuhr Consumers interested in the possibility of having their water tested for MTBE contamination should contact their local water provider. Private well owners should contact their local public health agency.
WQP Suddenly, there seems to be a lot of focus on the MTBE problem—partially due to the 60 Minutes episode that "uncovered" this problem (although we all know it's not a new problem). What is your reaction to that program, how do you think the industry is reacting to it, and what, specifically, is the AWWA doing to address it?
Hoffbuhr AWWA was pleased to see 60 Minutes focus on an issue that has plagued—and will continue to plague—water systems around the country. The fact is MTBE contamination is a very difficult and potentially very expensive problem for water suppliers to address. Those that made the decision to incorporate MTBE into the Clean Air Act need to fully understand that and begin to consider how to assist water utilities in combating MTBE contamination immediately. AWWA is hopeful that by exposing the danger of the present situation to the American public, 60 Minutes has prompted the Clinton Administration and Congress to begin considering this a problem that will not go away without decisive action from them.
The drinking water profession already has spent substantial time and money on researching the problem, but more research is planned. In fact, the AWWARF already has initiated three new studies on MTBE. Two of the studies focus on treatment methods while the other study focuses on determining the extent of the MTBE contamination problem across the country. AWWA strongly believes that the drinking water profession is the best resource available in trying to effectively deal with MTBE contamination. No one is better suited to determine how to remove a relatively new contaminant from drinking water supplies than the people who have committed themselves to providing the public with safe drinking water. Make no mistake: The drinking water profession has no intention of waiting for the EPA to solve this problem. It's gone on too long already.
WQP Are you working with any other organizations such as the EPA to reach a solution? Is the AWWA pushing for a ban, how would a ban effect water and air, and would it have any other effects (such as costs, etc.)?
Hoffbuhr Aside from the research noted above, AWWA has been working with EPA for years on the MTBE issue. In fact when EPA Administrator Carol Browner assembled a Blue Ribbon Panel to address the MTBE issue in 1998, the drinking water profession was represented on the panel by an employee of an AWWA utility member. The panel's findings, which AWWA strongly endorses, were released in July 1999, and called on Congress, EPA and the states to take more aggressive action to protect drinking water sources from MTBE contamination. Those actions included calling on Congress to give states the ability to ban the use of MTBE in their jurisdiction.
Obviously, eliminating the use of MTBE as an oxygenate would diminish the threat of continued MTBE contamination of drinking water sources. However, questions about a ban's impact on air quality and costs are best addressed by air quality experts and the oil industry.
WQP Which states are considered the main problem areas?
Hoffbuhr The problems at this point reside primarily in the west and in the northeast regions of the United States. The most well-known problems occurred in Maine and California. However, a recent survey conducted by the American Water Works Service on the scope of MTBE contamination around the country also found drinking water sources contaminated by MTBE in Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
WQP Which states are doing something to address/fix the MTBE problem?
Hoffbuhr California and Maine both have initiated programs to phase out MTBE use, and New York has reduced its MTBE standard for drinking water.
WQP Is the federal government involved with any solutions at this point?
Hoffbuhr To this point, the aforementioned Blue Ribbon Panel represents the most significant effort the government has made.
WQP Is this an international concern?
Hoffbuhr Although MTBE contamination is a threat to water sources anywhere it is used as an oxygenate, its widespread use in the United States has led the focus of research and concern to be primarily on the problem here in America.
WQP Is there an estimate on how much clean-up costs could be?
Hoffbuhr The City of Santa Monica alone expects its clean-up costs to exceed $150 million. Given that, AWWA projects a national clean up effort would cost more than $1 billion.
WQP What solutions are available, if any? Can another additive be used in gasoline that would solve the problem?
Hoffbuhr Other oxygenates, such as ethanol, exist, but AWWA strongly urges EPA to thoroughly research any alternative prior to its implementation as an alternative. We don't want to make the same mistake twice. For specific information about effective alternatives to MTBE, consult with air quality and oil industry experts.
WQP Will something happen in 2000 that will decide the fate of MTBE?
Hoffbuhr AWWA has called on the Clinton Administration to work with Congress and the States to quickly address the MTBE problem. It is our hope that our call will be heard and that the appropriate steps will be taken to safeguard our nation's drinking water from further contamination.
WQP Does the AWWA have any specific plans for 2000 for MTBE?
Hoffbuhr In 2000, AWWA, through the work of the AWWARF, will continue ongoing research efforts to determine the full extent of the MTBE problem and the best ways water providers can treat MTBE contamination. AWWA also will continue to urge the Clinton Administration to act quickly to better protect U.S. drinking water sources from contamination.
WQP Is there anything you would like to further address?
Hoffbuhr The MTBE problem clearly demonstrates the need to put public health above all other decisions when regulations are promulgated. Without question, MTBE's impact on drinking water was underestimated—if considered at all—at the time the oxygenate regulation was created by EPA. Nevertheless, the drinking water profession remains committed to providing the public with the safest drinking water possible to consumers. To that end, AWWA and the AWWARF are dedicated to completing the research on MTBE's impact on drinking water sources that should have been done years before MTBE use was authorized by EPA and became so widespread.
60 Minutes targeted the EPA for its confusion in mandating a clean air remedy without understanding its effects on drinking water and groundwater.
The most effective MTBE removal technologies the WQA recognizes are air-stripping and granular activated carbon.
NSF International added a reduction claim for MTBE to Table 4, Standard 53 for chemical reduction requirements in September 1999.
Regenesis Ready to Clean Up MTBE Contamination
Various alternatives including ethanol have been suggested for use in replacement of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). On Jan. 16, CBS 60 Minutes aired a summary of public health and cleanup problems created by MTBE polluting the drinking and groundwater contamination affecting portions of the nation.
MTBE was identified as particularly troubling for government regulators and the industry to address because unlike traditional petroleum constituents, MTBE moves quickly to pollute water and is slow to degrade the environment, reported 60 Minutes.
Although contamination is fast and widespread, there are solutions available. Traditional methods for cleanup include excavation, air injection and pump-and-treat remediation systems. Oxygen-enhanced bioremediation of MTBE with products such as ORC provides advantages of cost-effectiveness, a rapid cleanup and cleanup in a non-invasive manner. The following are a few companies that offer solutions.
- According to Regenesis Bioremediation Products, a manufacturer of innovative products to clean up soil and groundwater contamination, it offers a cleanup engineering solution called Oxygen Release Compound (ORC). By providing a long-lasting oxygen supply, ORC greatly accelerates the cleanup of MTBE contamination in drinking and groundwater—a process called enhanced bioremediation, which refers to the acceleration of the process by which naturally present microbes use oxygen to degrade contaminants in the subsurface. ORC has remedied traditional petroleum hydrocarbons during its five-year use on more than 5,000 sites internationally.
- Calgon Carbon Corp., a company that produces, supplies and designs products, services and technologies for cleaner and safer air and water, offers Filtrasorb 600. This activated carbon product is specifically designed to consistently and predictably remove MTBE from water. Filtrasorb is available for use in both drinking water and groundwater applications, offering a reliable solution to the MTBE contamination problem.
- International Cavitation Technologies, Inc. has its own solution to MTBE contamination, the Ion Collider, that reduces or eliminates harmful substances including MTBE in soil and drinking water. Using ionic oxidation, the Ion Collider is a multifunctional technology designed to utilize "cavitation" and "hot spot" chemistry to create a dramatic molecular change in organic liquids and gases.


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Timothy Lenz. A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-Birth Stories: British Library Kharoṣṭhī Fragments 16 + 25. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2003. xxii + 265 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-295-98308-0.
Reviewed by Andy Rotman (Religion Department, Smith College)
Published on H-Buddhism (May, 2006)
This volume by Timothy Lenz is the third installment in the Gandh?ran Buddhist Texts series, whose project it is to present "text editions and studies of the birch bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharo.s.h? manuscript collection, dating from about the first century A.D"(p. ii). This is a collection of immense importance. It contains some of the earliest Buddhist manuscripts from India--or from anywhere else, for that matter--and it offers great insight into the early history of Buddhism in north India. Lenz's contribution to the series is an excellent model of textual reconstruction, critical philology, engaging translation, and historical sleuthing. His volume also includes some fantastic material for those interested in the development of Buddhist narrative traditions in India, and in the transition in India from oral to written modes of textual production.
In the present volume, Lenz considers fragments of the G?ndh?r? London Dharmapada (Dhp-GL), which is similar in many ways to the Khotan Dharmapada (Dhp-GK) previously edited by John Brough (1962), as well as fragments from a series of stories that concern the previous lives of the Buddha and some of his disciples. In each case, Lenz explains the paleography, orthography, phonology, and morphology of the materials, and then offers the reconstructed text with a translation and commentary. Lenz's skills in these endeavors are extremely impressive, and he writes in a clear and direct manner, transforming linguistic and philological discussions into compelling reading. In addition, Lenz offers a wide range of instructive glosses, comparing words and phrases in the manuscript remains with parallels from Buddhist texts across a variety of languages.
Lenz also uses the manuscript fragments to address important sociological questions about the practice of Buddhism in India in the first centuries of the Common Era. In his analysis of the G?ndh?r? London Dharmapada, for example, he tries to answer a particularly vexing question: "Why do the Dhp-GL and the Dhp-GK, which are apparently versions of essentially the same text, differ so widely in their presentation of individual verses" (p. 23)? Lenz concludes that the differences in verse order in the two G?ndh?r? Dharmapadas suggest "less-than-meticulous practices of oral transmission" (p. 18). Thus prompted to consider practices of textual memorization and the use of mnemonic devices in ancient Gandh?ra, Lenz concludes that the numerical mnemonics in G?ndh?r? texts "may have been developed to ensure that written and oral traditions were mutually consistent, and therefore, they could provide important evidence concerning the transition in Indian Buddhism from a fundamentally oral tradition to a fundamentally written one" (p. 19). While this is a valuable insight, I was left wanting more.
Lenz likewise considers the possibility that Dhp-GL is "an independent translation of the Dharmapada in G?ndh?r?" (p. 23), signaling perhaps that the two G?ndh?r? Dharmapadas "might originally have been written in different parts of the G?ndh?r?-speaking region, although not necessarily in the ones in which they were found (Hadda and Khotan respectively)" (p. 24). Earlier, however, Lenz had suggested that the existence of a second G?ndh?r? Dharmapada "opens up the possibility of reconsidering Brough's hypothesis that different Dharmapada-type texts represent collections that were independently compiled and preserved by different sectarian orders from a common fund of Buddhist verse" (p. 14). But does an independent translation necessarily indicate a separate sectarian affiliation? What kind of evidence would be needed to make this determination? Once again I was left wanting more, though I recognize that these questions are outside of the purview of Lenz's work.
Perhaps even more intriguing is Lenz's analysis of a series of p?rvayogas. Unlike Gandh?ran avad?nas, which focus on a story of the present, Gandh?ran p?rvayogas focus on a story of the past, recounting the actions performed by a person in a previous life. The manuscript contains approximately eleven such stories, though only the first six are preserved well enough for analysis. These stories, however, are more like summaries than narratives. For example, p?rvayoga no. 2 offers a hyper-abbreviated version of the well-known Vessantara story. Lenz (who helpfully provides texts and translations of a number of Sanskrit and Chinese parallels in the appendices) translates the p?rvayoga as follows:
"[23] Suda?a. This should be done by [way of] example. Since the prince was a giver of all, [24] the great royal elephant was given to a Brahman. The (*carriage) was abandoned by the prince, and the children were [25] forsaken. Indra, king of the gods, arrived (*by way of the sky) and spoke in verse: [26] 'Certainly this evil man (*eats) vile food.' Expansion. All should be done.[27] (*Story number) 2."
While one might conclude from the schematic nature of these p?rvayogas that they were used as memory aids or mnemonic devices for storytellers, Lenz poses a more compelling alternative. Noting the lack of organization, the marginalia, and the cryptic abbreviation formulae (which could only be expanded with extensive knowledge of Buddhist story literature), Lenz concludes that the "scribes are probably the authors of the texts rather than the copyists of previously written documents" (p. 102), and that they "were apparently no ordinary authors, but rather specialists in this literature" (p. 104). Lenz then suggests the possibility that these story scribes were "scavengers" (p. 108), making use of the empty portions of scrolls that remained after a primary text had been transcribed, and that these texts may represent some sort of pedagogical exercise. As Lenz notes, "The author may have written the p?rvayoga text, either at the behest of a teacher or by his own volition, as an exercise to test or reinforce his memory and training" (p. 110).
But what would have been tested by such an exercise? One need not know the Vessantara story well to recount it in this form. Would it not have been better to test would-be "specialists in this literature" by having them write out stories in full, in the way they would be told? Despite such questions, Lenz's conjecture suggests intriguing lines of inquiry concerning story specialists and their training, and concerning the connection between the written and oral creation and transmission of literature. This also offers an intriguing context for the first story in the series. It is, as Lenz notes, "problematic and may be an abandoned story from an unsuccessful attempt at writing a series of p?rvayoga or avad?nas" (p. 145). But where did the writer go wrong? What makes it unsuccessful? A failed story by a story specialist in training offers unique insight into the logic and practice of Buddhist lore. These are materials that other scholars will no doubt want to revisit.
As a work of textual reconstruction, analysis, and translation, Lenz's work is certainly a success, and will interest a wide variety of linguists, Indologists, and Buddhologists. Yet Lenz's work is also successful as a whodunit. Much of his investigation of these manuscript fragments reads like a kind of Buddhist Sherlock Holmes. The technical expertise involved in his reconstruction of these texts, such as using digital photography to create images that are then flipped and realigned (pp. 4-5), necessitates a blending of forensics and Buddhist linguistics. I was particularly impressed in this regard with Lenz's analysis of verse 3 of Dhp-GL (pp. 54-55), which is completely missing from the manuscript. If only the television networks were willing, one could imagine the piecing together of these fragments and the stories they can tell as a kind of Gandh?ra CSI. While I wouldn't count on television careers for the members of the British Library/University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscript Project, I do anxiously await their next publication.
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Shane Victorino is nicknamed the "Flyin' Hawaiian". Perhaps we can add "Body Bruiser". Just glad he was able to get up from that collision last night. Hope Conor Jackson is OK, too.
Shane doesn't back away from contact because that's the way he plays the game. Still, it makes you hold your breath when he barrels someone over. At 5-foot-9, 180-pounds, he isn't built to be a body bruiser.
Bullpen did a job again in the come-from-behind win. Sometimes charting that stat (comeback wins) can be misleading. You call fall behind 3-0 after three and win 11-3 for a comeback win. But, last night truly was a legit come-from-behind win.
**Since April 11, the Phillies are 16-9, best record in the NL.
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* Following John Gibbons' resignation as president and CEO, The Sports Club Co. named D. Michael Talla (chairman) and Rex A. Licklider (vice chairman) as interim co-CEOs. They are the two largest individual shareholders of the company. The company has no immediate plan to hire an additional executive officer.
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Year of Open Source is a lifestyle and documentary project by Sam Muirhead. He is spending a year replacing as much as possible of what he does with open source alternatives.
As part of his fundraising effort he came up with the cleverest reward that I've seen in a long time: a swimsuit calendar featuring many of the world's open source technology leaders. Of course, I had to have one, and now I do, hot off the presses from Berlin. If looking at mine isn't enough for you then you can get your own, or just creep middle-aged cartoons in speedos, right here.


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Just wanted to share a quick picture of my latest marbled paper project. It was one of those times where I liked the pattern too much to want to stamp or further embellish the cardstock, so I trimmed the top and punched a hole to create a bookmark. Great for gifts. I can see me making more of these bookmarks for birthday or Christmas gifts. Ideal if you want to post a small gift to someone without too much bulk in the envelope.
This was created using the Marbling 4 Fun marbling kit and pearl cardstock about 250 gsm. I was worried that the pearlised coating would prevent the paint drying but this wasn't a problem and I like the results, what do you think.
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A senior judge has apologised over his links to a campaign which reportedly supported a paedophile group that tried to legalise sex with children.
Lord Justice Fulford was a founder member of a campaign group set up to defend the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) while it openly called for the age of consent to be lowered to just four, the Mail on Sunday (MoS) alleged.
The Appeal Court judge said he had "no memory" of founding the Conspiracy Against Public Morals campaign. But he admitted he had been "briefly involved" in the 1970s with the National Council of Civil Liberties (NCCL), to which PIE was affiliated.
Lord Justice Fulford, named last year as an adviser to the Queen, insisted that he has "always been deeply opposed to paedophilia" and felt "extremely uncomfortable" when PIE founder Tom O'Carroll attended meetings of the NCCL's gay rights committee.
The MoS said its investigation found that Lord Justice Fulford set up a group to support the "executive committee" of PIE in the summer of 1979, after they were charged with the rare offence of conspiracy to corrupt public morals.
The newspaper claimed he planned demonstrations outside courts where defendants were on trial and wrote an article claiming PIE was a way for paedophiles to "make friends and offer each other mutual support".
In a statement, Lord Justice Fulford said his involvement in civil liberty campaigns in the late 1970s was concerned with "the way in which minorities were treated in the judicial process".
"I have throughout my professional life been concerned that individuals, whoever they are, should be treated fairly before the courts," he said.
The judge said he "no memory" of founding the Conspiracy to Corrupt Public Morals campaign group or details of its work, or of any contribution "which could be used against a wide variety of people in potentially inappropriate ways".
He added: "I have always been deeply opposed to paedophilia and I never supported the views or objectives of the Paedophile Information Exchange.
"I attended a few meetings of the NCCL's gay rights committee. I remember that for a short period Tom O'Carroll was sometimes present, which left me feeling extremely uncomfortable."
"In the main, I provided some legal advice in the context of general civil liberties objections to the wide-ranging charge of conspiracy to corrupt public morals."
Lord Justice Fulford said he supported the age of consent at its current level and he "profoundly disagreed" with those who sought an age of consent below 16.
He went on: "It became apparent that for a period there was an attempt by PIE to infiltrate the NCCL gay rights committee, and I repeat that the attendance of any of its members at meeting caused me considerable disquiet.
"On reflection, the NCCL gay rights committee should never have allowed members of PIE to attend any of its meetings, and a clear and real separation should have been created between the two organisations.
"I am very sorry for what happened. I have never espoused or in any way supported the objectives of PIE - the abuse of children - which I consider wholly wrong."
The Daily Mail has run a series of stories focusing on former prominent NCCL figures, Labour Deputy Leader Harriet Harman, her husband and fellow Labour MP Jack Dromey and former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt, after the group granted PIE affiliate status in 1975.
Ms Hewitt, who was NCCL general secretary at the time, apologised for having "got it wrong", while Mr Dromey insisted he did not give his approval to a call for the age of sexual consent to be reduced to as low as 10.
Ms Harman expressed her "regret" that the NCCL - now known as Liberty - had ever become involved with PIE but insisted she had "nothing to apologise for" and accused the Mail of mounting a campaign of "smear and innuendo".


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Does the transistor will last longer if it is driven thru a digital signal ?
i have some doubts about lifecycle of transistors
I already tried using a TIP120 on my arduino on an analog pin. It works fine.
What is making me doubt on transistor lifecycle is the frequency of switching of the PWM signal coming out on arduino pseudo-analog pins.
The only analogue pins on an Arduino are inputs.
QuoteThe only analogue pins on an Arduino are inputs.Can't remember the thread but there was stated that all electronics is analog, but we work with it as if it were digital


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Join us as we celebrate Geography Awareness Week with National Geographic and friends. This year's theme is "Geography: Declare Your Interdependence."
CFCA has worked in Chile since 1982, and currently works with almost 5,000 sponsored friends and their families.
Chile's unusual proportions ó 2,700 miles long and 109 miles wide ó makes it the longest country in the world in terms of length-to-width ratio.
It is one of the most prosperous countries in South America, but extreme poverty still exists.
CFCAís project in Valparaiso works closely with families, empowering mothers, preserving the dignity of the aging and opening the doors of education for children and youth.
The Valparaiso project hosts a training program for mothers of sponsored children, teaching them income-generating skills to help them increase their household income and save money.
Through this program, mothers learn tailoring, weaving and hairdressing, and are given supplies and transportation to the training site. Child care is also provided.
Every year, this program teaches about 230 mothers the skills they need to build a path out of poverty for their families.
Despite seemingly dire circumstances, hope remains a shining beacon for CFCA families in Chile.
Just watch as sponsored children have fun playing "Atrapar la Cola" or in English, "Grab the Tail."
Seeing these hope-filled children giggle and smile will surely make you do the same.


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With the help of this article from IBJ.com and the details DeWeese has dropped here at HBG (here and here), we can now lay out the basics. The brewery is a joint effort between Wise (owner of the Scotty's Brewhouse chain of restaurants), and a group calling themselves Beer Baron LLC, featuring DeWeese (former owner of the previous incarnation of the downtown BW3's/Badaboomz/J. Gumbo's), Jon Lang (former head brewery at Barley Island/GABF Gold Medal Winner), and David Waldman.
In a recent conversation with Wise we were able to discover the location for the brewery - 1021 Broad Ripple Avenue, in the space that previously housed the Broad Ripple location of Sunflower Market. Conveniently located at the crossroads of the Monon Trail and Broad Ripple Avenue, the location's ample parking, extensive floorspace, and already built-in wall coolers seem like a promising start.
The brewery's bones come from a previous Indiana brewery effort - the group only had to go as far as Fort Wayne to acquire equipment for the recently closed Warbird Brewing Company. No mention has been made of the brewery's plans to bottle or can their offerings.
What remains to be seen is how the group plan to manage their brewing efforts - Wise expects the brewery to produce four or five styles for his restaurants (under the Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co. label) in addition to the beers being produced for the Beer Baron LLC Group. Wise admitted that it's a question that has yet to be answered.
The combined experience of the group should be its strong suit. Wise's business acumen combined with DeWeese's extensive beer background and Lang's award winning brewing experience make sense on paper. "This is a new thing for me," said Wise. "We're still figuring it out."


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Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance (National Gallery)
In the nineteenth century, the National Gallery's Keeper, Charles Eastlake, refused a Cranach for the nation, stating that 'it does not please me'. Indeed, for much of this period, as Strange Beauty shows, insofar as German art was studied in England it was used as a kind of art historical phrenology for the German national character. Only three major collectors had anything approaching serious German collections: Carl Krüger, George Salting and Prince Albert. These would, as we learn, go on to form the nucleus of the National Gallery's German holdings.
Strange Beauty therefore partially explores the strange story of the National Gallery's acquisitions policy. It's one of their annual collections-based exhibitions and, in this context, the critical re-evaluation of its own history is a much-needed reminder that each item in the collection has a provenance, and a story, all of its own.
Rooms 2 and 3 are densely and beautifully hung, conveying something of the treasure trove quality of the original private collections of German art. Displayed alongside the oil paintings familiar to the National Gallery are miniatures, medallions and works on paper, a visual treat that evokes an exciting sense of discovery in the visitor and importantly, introduces media otherwise not seen in the permanent collections.
But, when you get to Rooms 4 and 5, and the display of Holbein's The Ambassadors and Christina of Denmark and Cranach's Venus and Cupid, this all falls away. Rather than pursuing apparently fruitful comparisons with nineteenth-century artists such as Ford Madox Brown, who (its label tells us) considered Hans Baldung Grien's Portrait of a Man (bought 1854) to be so detailed it was 'mapped, rather than painted', it asks largely pointless questions such as 'Should art be beautiful?' Two German visitors next to me seemed quite confused by this. 'It's only the English who don't like Cranach,' one said to the other.
Though, as works of art, these paintings can stand on their own, the failure of the framing narrative at Room 4, coupled with the shortage of major loans makes it look a lot like the (free) permanent collection's own Room 4, currently being decanted for the upcoming Veronese show.
A short introduction explaining the concept behind collections-based exhibitions, detailed study and re-evaluation of the permanent collection, might have been all that was needed. The whole final room is given over to inviting audience participation, a gimmick which is not quite successful enough to hide our suspicions that they simply ran out of paintings. When I saw the show there was a merry little visitor game beginning, with the hashtag #connedoutof7quid. Cynical, perhaps, and, I thought, broadly unjustified, but the exhibition certainly did seem to peter out. That's something a show that ends with The Ambassadors should never do.
Kirsten Tambling is an MA student at the Courtauld
Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance is at the National Gallery until 11th May 2014.


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This week in Best of Publib covers the week of October 26th through November 1st. This week includes questions about collection development, thought provoking discussions about intellectual property rights and enemies of libraries , reference librarian development, and the value of library Ph.d programs. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include:
- Topic » Creative display ideas – Robin Shader in Georgia would like your ideas for a display workshop – Abbey Dunlap has many!
- Topic » Best book of the year – David Faulkner wants to know – What has been your favorite ___ this year? – Not just for books!
- Topic » PLA Room Share wiki for 2010 – Kathleen Hughes and Brenda Dowling want you to 'get a room'.
- Topic » Intellectual property rights – Michael McGrorty points to this Chicago Tribune article – cd ownership – Is ripping from a Library CD ripping off?
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- Topic » Community resource websites – Kim Braun in Chester, PA would like examples of community resource websites. Looks like a job for Drupal!
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- Topic » Shelving plan expertise – Pam Kiesner in Bellingham, WA asks for the best method of reshelving – What is most efficient?
- Topic » Ph.D. Program in Library Science – Judith Turner questions the real value of the Ph. D – Is the MLS the real terminal degree?
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Everyone knows the value in good table etiquette. Small bites, napkin on lap, and elbows off the table make for a polite, standard meal. However, every once in a while it's okay to let your hair down, throw away your fork, and have fun with your food. Here are some restaurants that are a bit more playful with their meals.
9 Pell St. / Chinatown
There's no shortage of dumpling options in NYC. However, one Chinatown staple has a dumpling that, if you're not careful, will bite back. Joe Shanghai's infamous soup dumplings are not for the uninitiated, as incorrectly ingesting one of these bad boys can leave you with a scalded mouth for days. But if you know the proper procedure, you'll enjoy one of the tastier and trickier dumplings in the city. And if you don't, there's a fantastically cheesy video on their website that will show you the correct way to go about it.
1537 N. Milwaukee Ave. / Chicago
Syringes, nitrogen and ... ice cream? At iCream, residents of the Windy City can create their own ice cream flavor instantly. Using liquid nitrogen to speed-freeze your personal selection of dyes, extracts and flavors, this cafe creates your combination in a matter of seconds. With everything from the taste to the appearance of your dessert being customizable, the only limit to your choices is your own imagination, and whether you really feel like eating purple peanut butter ice cream.
657 Harrison St. / San Francisco
A meal at Supperclub is not something easily explained. Incorporating art, drinks, music, a tasting menu, and you, this bayside experience is a constantly shifting cornucopia of sensory stimulation. "An evening at Supperclub has been successful when all your five senses have been tickled," says owner Ber van deer Leden. A visit here is more akin to a hallucinatory club experience than a simple meal, with performers who change their routine every night and constantly inject you into their show. But to forget their menu would be a shame, with delicious offerings for carnivores, vegetarians and vegans. Just remember to bring your glowsticks.
1417 S. Robertson Blvd. / Beverly Hills
With dessert, it seems you're either given a little bite that's gone before you know it, or something so huge it takes a week to finish. Sweet E's has mastered the art of the mini, giving you just enough without leaving you wanting more. With creative designs and loads of options, this Beverly Hills hotspot has become a staple in L.A. Make sure to read the menu carefully, as certain options on the menu are made exclusively for your canine companion.
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NASCAR LMSC Project Build - Racing Our Late Model Stock Car
CT Hits The Tracks In North Carolina With Drivers Dalton Zehr And Willy Evernham
Our Late Model stock car project has been an opportunity to apply much of the technology that we preach in the pages of Circle Track to a real race car. The culmination of that effort is to actually race the car. So we put together a plan to travel to North Carolina and race the car to see if all of our hard work has paid off. The results were amazing.
We had been planning our trip since we tested the car in Orlando at the SpeedWorld track. My idea had always been to have Dalton Zehr drive the car at tracks around Mooresville, North Carolina, and also to find a local driver from that neighborhood to drive it, too. I had been talking to my longtime friend Brian Wheeler, who is from the Daytona Beach area and now a part of the Evernham Motorsports Nextel Cup group. He hooked us up with Willy Evernham Jr. The pairing of these two young drivers was perfect.
THE DRIVERSTo start out, Dalton and Willy are both young, up-and-coming drivers who are about the same age and identical in size, which helps a lot when switching back and forth in testing and between races. Neither one had a lot of experience in these cars. Dalton had never raced one nor even been to the racetrack where he would race.
The two teams hit it off from the very start. Both crews worked together on the car at the Late Model shop run by Evernham Motorsports. We had to remove about a hundred pounds of weight from the car and then set the ride heights and weight distribution on the surface plate. Willy and crew had all of the necessary equipment and the operation went very smoothly. Willy's crew chief, Sebastian "Ski" Skierski, took charge and made short work of preparing the car to our specs.
THE RACETRACKSThe two tracks we chose were Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, North Carolina, just outside Hickory, and Hickory Speedway in Hickory. Both provide great racing action and the competition level is very high. We had a NASCAR-legal Late Model stock car that is indigenous to the mid-Atlantic region, which draws drivers from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Tennessee.
These two tracks are legendary in their history of operation. Hickory is a very early NASCAR track where the legends who helped make NASCAR such a success competed. We were thrilled to be in this neighborhood to say the least. We found, to our liking, that outside teams are readily accepted.
Tim Southers runs the program at Tri-County while Sherry Clifton operates Hickory. Both were very hospitable in welcoming the CT crews to their tracks. We have to say that you will definitely find straight-up tech and mostly caution-free racing at these tracks because the tech officials uphold the rules and the drivers respect one another. It was somewhat different from the racing we usually see in some other parts of the country, where a 50-lap race can take over an hour due to numerous cautions for overzealous driving. Anyway, here's how it went.
TRI-COUNTY MOTOR SPEEDWAYWe all decided it was probably best to let Dalton run the car Friday night at Tri-County, which was offering twin 50-lap races, and let Willy run Saturday night at Hickory, where he has a lot of past experience. The Tri-County track offers an early practice session from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the day of the race and then a regular practice at around 6 p.m.
Both drivers ran the car in the early session and liked what they felt. The track was obviously hot and slick, a common occurrence in the summer there, and we had to drop the Panhard bar half an inch to reduce wheelspin off the corners. We would raise it back up for the later practice and the race.
The cars that would eventually qualify first and second for the races were there at the early practice. So we could compare our times to theirs. We were within less than half a second in lap times on old tires, so we felt good about our chances of running well once Dalton had a chance to settle in and get some practice laps under his belt.
Dalton qualified cautiously and wound up 11th for the first race. For comparison purposes as to the level of competition, the top five cars that run here week to week are only separated by 20 points for the championship. On top of that, two cars from the Swaim racing family with Travis and Mike Jr. showed up. They are always very competitive, having won many races in and around North Carolina. Tim told me that they had a different winner every week, so we had lots of serious competition to deal with.
In the first 50-lapper, we noticed that the engine was off and Dalton finally came in to have it checked. After going a few laps down, we found a plug wire that had burned through the insulation on a header pipe and was shorting out. We replaced it and went back out to resume running. The car had much better acceleration and we closed out that first race to prepare for the final 50-lapper.
Dalton started 10th in the final race and quickly began to move up. The car was very competitive and we were able to catch cars ahead of us and make passes, although several took a few laps of running side by side. Dalton worked the car as though he had been running this track for years, and we made it all the way to sixth place by the end. The car was untouched and we all felt a huge measure of success. In the end we could run the same lap times as the leader and the setup stayed exactly the same throughout the race.
Tri-County is a somewhat difficult track to learn, so we had to watch how the regulars ran the line through the turns and consult with Dalton to perfect our racing line. He was a trooper and adjusted very well. In the end, he looked like he had been running there for years. I know the other drivers not only respected how he ran them clean, but also how darn fast he was as a rookie in a brand-new car.
I have to say that in that moment after the race was over, I was so proud of Dalton. He showed veteran patience, skill, and determination and in the end looked like he had been racing these cars for years. The NASCAR Late Model stock division was where I started my racing career, and I have seen hundreds of these same cars and drivers run thousands of laps. None looked any better than Dalton and this car. We were all stoked. With that effort having been a great success, it was now off to Hickory.
HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAYSherry runs a tight program at Hickory and those who come to compete can be sure that they will be treated like everyone else. She welcomed us for sure, but we were expected to adhere to the track's rules and we knew the competitors were made to follow those very same rules. This was refreshing after what we've seen at some tracks down south (you know who you are).
Willy was very excited to be here with us and to compete in this car. Many teams greeted us and made comments about what a nice car we had. We again want to thank Billy Hess for offering us his chassis. We couldn't be happier with that choice.
We ran practice to shake the car down and everything felt great. We had to live with the tires we were given and the rear stagger was a little short of what we needed here. But the car handled perfectly and we were ready to race. Willy's own Late Model stock car had suffered an unfortunate incident a month earlier and was still under repair. After sitting out for a while, he was understandably very anxious to get going.
We started 10th in the race, again after a cautious qualifying effort. Willy wasn't about to risk damage to this car before he had a chance to race it, and we all thought that was a very good plan. We didn't come up to North Carolina to necessarily win these races. We wanted to race the car to see what it would do and to get a good feel for how the setup was for both speed and consistency. Getting mixed up with the top 10 cars that were hotly contesting for points wouldn't be a good idea and would probably get us punted into the wall early.
The 50-lap race started and, after a few laps of settling in, Willy began his march up through the field. Every lap was faster than the last as he ran down each car ahead. A few passes were made over the course of two or three laps with side-by-side action. I have to say, the car was a rocket ship those last 10 laps as he pushed hard. We were challenging for fifth when the checkered flag fell and ended up sixth.
The lack of sufficient stagger caused the car to be a little tight off, but we had great speed through the middle and the car turned well due to the proper front-end geometry we had designed. It all worked out as planned. Our first trip to these racetracks was a huge success if you look at the fact that this was a brand-new car and the drivers were not regular competitors at these racetracks, although both could, and did, drive the wheels off the car.
We want to thank Dalton Zehr Racing, with Dalton, Marty, Sonya, Mary Ann, Kenny Hellyer, and Mark Jones, for all of their help in making this happen. We couldn't have done this without their help and dedication.
We also need to say thanks to Evernham Motorsports with Willy, Willie (his dad), mom Barb, along with crew chief Sebastian "Ski" Skierski, Pete Daus, and Jacob Davis, who crewed the car and helped us set it up. They are a very good group to work with and we all had so much fun. Thanks to all of you for helping to make this happen. And thanks, too, to one of our very own, Jeff Huneycutt, for coming to the track to take photos.
THE FUTURENow that we have completed our mission and raced this car, we feel it only fitting that we turn over the "title" to Zehr Racing in recognition of all of their investment in time and money to get this car completed and to the racetrack. We will follow them as they continue to race the car and compete at different tracks around the southeastern United States.
If you have any questions about the car or how we set it up, write to us either by e-mail or USPS and we will be glad to answer. Read past and future issues of CT to learn the technology we used to prepare our own car. What we did was no different from what we have preached over the past four years in the pages of Circle Track. Good luck, and we hope to see you at the track sometime soon.


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Kremlin disappointed over Obama canceling visit
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin voiced disappointment Wednesday with President Barack Obama's decision to cancel his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said it remains ready to cooperate with the United States on bilateral and international issues.
Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters that Obama's decision reflected America's inability to develop relations with Moscow on an "equal basis."
At the same time, he said the invitation to the U.S. president to visit Moscow next month still stands and added that "Russian representatives are ready to continue working together with American partners on all key issues on the bilateral and multilateral agenda."
The cancellation of the summit underscores U.S. dismay over Russia's harboring of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, as well as disagreements on other key issues, such as missile defense and Russia's human rights record.
Snowden, an NSA systems analyst accused of leaking highly secretive details about the agency's surveillance programs, first fled from the U.S. to Hong Kong, then made his way to Russia. He was stuck in the transit zone of a Moscow airport for more than a month before Russia granted him asylum last week.
Ushakov reiterated the Kremlin's argument that Russia had no choice but to offer asylum to Snowden in the absence of a bilateral extradition agreement. Snowden has been given asylum for one year, with the possibility of extension.
"This decision is clearly linked to the situation with former agent of U.S. special services Snowden, which hasn't been created by us," Ushakov said in a conference call with reporters.
He sought to turn the tables on the U.S., accusing it of stonewalling on Russia's proposal to sign a bilateral extradition agreement.
"For many years, the Americans have avoided signing an extradition agreement," he said. "And they have invariably responded negatively to our requests for extradition of people who committed crimes on the territory of Russia, pointing at the absence of such agreement."
Alexei Pushkov, the Kremlin-connected chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house of parliament, said that canceling the summit would deprive Moscow and Washington of a chance to ease the current tensions.
"The U.S. administration decided to pause on a negative note, but that won't solve problems," Pushkov said, according to the ITAR-Tass. He called the move "irresponsible."
Other lawmakers in the Kremlin-controlled parliament were even less diplomatic.
"If they postpone or cancel meetings over the refusal to extradite one person, international relations will freeze," ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. "Obama's decision is a show of disrespect to Russia."
Communist Ivan Melnikov said, "Obama's move has proven that we did everything right."
"The CIA doesn't want to be put to shame and look like a loser? It's their problem," he said, according to Interfax.


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"Is that beard real!?"
Big kids know that Santa's a good guy — he spreads cheer, brings presents, and loves milk and cookies. But the bearded man dressed in red and white starts out a stranger.
No wonder some little boys and girls are nervous, if not downright frightened, the first time they meet Santa Claus. Ho-ho-hold on a minute. Who is this guy?
1. Brave little girl refuses to smile for the camera.
2. Baby boy cackles at Santa.
3. Little girl wants nothing to do with Santa... or candy canes.
4. Brothers agree: This Santa guy's creepy.
5. Scared baby girl makes friends with Santa.
6. Baby boy tries to figure out if Santa's beard is real.
7. Someone's fur baby, a toy poodle, attacks Santa with kisses.
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Find the beach break 'Playa Norte' in Punta Hermosa (43km south of Lima) and paddle out to the really obvious break (700m paddle) - or go in at Senoritas and do an equal length paddle. Or take a jet-ski!
DistanceIn the city
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
Special accessPaddle > 20mn or Boat
Wave qualityTotally Epic
ExperiencePros or kamikaze only...
FrequencySometimes break
DirectionRight and left
BottomFlat rocks with sand
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Good swell directionNorthWest, West, SouthWest, South
Good wind direction
Swell sizeStarts working at 3m-3.5m / 10ft-12ft and holds up to 5m / 16 ft and over
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movementRising tide
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
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This is one of the biggest waves in South America - holding waves upto 24 feet - bring a Gun in the 9-10 feet range. It draws big wave riders from all over the world and has recently seen tow-in surfing.
The wave only works when the swell is big and everywhere else is closing out. Tides are relatively unimportant - if the swell is big enough, then it will work. To add to the fun - the distance from shore makes getting positioned (and staying in position) really hard. Being in the wrong place is bad.
The big pacific swells which rock in tend to have big long sets (15-20 waves / set), which means timing and placement are really important.
If caught inside - watch out also for the reform shore-break on Playa Norte - when Pico Alto is big, this gets bad as well...
Big, powerful and frightening. The only consolation is that the break is a long way out and you are unlikely to hit the bottom. However with half the pacific ocean on your head this probably won't be your main preocupation.
This spot is for experienced big wave riders. If you're not sure of your ability or fitness try some of the other local breaks first (Kon Tiki, Penescal, Punta Rocas...)
A destination in itself for those who like this kind of pleasure. It is in a formidable position with heaps of quality spots within a few kilometers...
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By rob , 02-08-2010
- I stayed in punta hermosa for a while and was surfing playa norte one day on my own when I saw four guys on what looked like longboards it was a very misty day and visibility was maybe 20 metres.o well i thought shit surf for me wont get any waves with 4 longboarders out.It was only when they got closer that i realised that they were all on massive guns.they paddled strait passed me and disapered into the mist.turns out that they were paddling out to pico alto i dont know how they surfed it with such shit visability but they did chargers.and i know it was big having looked at other breaks in the area must have been at least 15 foot although i didnt see it that day
By El Charro , 11-09-2006
Wrong Luzbelito - I don't know what luzbelito is talking about but even my 5 year old niece can ride santos, I've been around and to me (personal opinion) Pico is the baddest,ah, and I'm mexican.
By LuZbelito , 15-03-2006
Santos - Santos is the biggest (of them 3). Pico is prolly the smallest, whcih is not bad considering the other two are mosnters. peruvians will tell you Pico is the biggest thou.
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Agiliance said its program has starter packages available and there is no annual commitment. Annual subscriptions are tied to customer usage, the company said.
The company said the platform may appeal to MSSPs that conduct incident response, security monitoring and frequent data assessments to help firms meet regulatory compliance mandates.
Cognosec, a managed services provider based in Vienna, Austria, is using the Agiliance platform as the management interface for its Tripwire configuration management platform. The MSSP provides compliance and audit services to online gaming companies. The Agiliance platform works well in the gaming industry, which has a complex regulatory environment, Cognosec CEO Oliver Eckel told CRN. It can take vulnerability scanners and scour code tools and integrate it with a company's business processes to provide an organization with its security posture.
"It's complex to manage all your security tools," Eckel said. "We connect it to the business process, map the IT processes and give a business person an idea of where to put their budget."
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Welcome to the PWInsiderElite.com live coverage of the TNA victory Road pay-per-view, live from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.
The opening video montage kicks off the evening and then the fireworks go off, Mike Tenay and Taz welcome us to the event, leading us into our opening battle…
Instead we get Bully Ray making a mad dash to the ring and he immediately tells the fans to "shut up." Bully Ray then orders the referee out of the ring and the fans start a chant of "we want Devon", much to the chagrin of Ray. Bully then asks the crowd if they know who he is and he gets jeered immensely with the crowd yelling "you suck." Bully Ray is undeterred and he announces that he is the talk of the wrestling world and he is trending on Twitter. According to him, he is not trending because he is toughest wrestling in the world, but because he is taking the pay-per-view hostage. Bully Ray says he wants to have his match with James Storm to be a number one contenders match and there is nobody that can get him out of the ring until he gets it. James Storm comes out to give his opponent his answer, but first he says Bully Ray has "chicken legs" instead of big calves. Storm says it will be him who gets him out of the ring by taking him out with the Last Call, Storm says that the match will be a top contenders match and it begins right now.
Match #1 - TNA World Title #1 Contenders Match: James Storm vs. Bully Ray
The action picks up quickly as Bully attacks Storm as he entered the ring, Bully then starts pummeling Storm in the corner. Bully then grabs the beer bottle and he takes a drink, Storm then clobbers him with the Last Call super kick and he gets the three count.
Winner: James Storm
Jeremy Borash is backstage with Austin Aries for a Twitter question, which is "when will Sting smarten up and allow Austin Aries to main event?" Eric Bischoff arrives and he tells JB to take a hike, Bischoff then kisses up to the TNA X Division Champion. Austin Aries then says that every time he is in the ring, it is the main event and the wrestling fans know it.
Match #2 - TNA X Division Title Match: Austin Aries (Champion) vs. Zema Ion
The first title match of the evening begins with the wrestlers having a stare down that ends with Ion slapping Aries, Aries chases Ion out of the ring during a fit of rage. Ion then says that he is ready after applying some hair spray, Ion then gets A Double to chase him and he avoids him with a bunch of float overs. Aries then gets his payback by slapping Ion after a cartwheel, Ion then goes to the top rope and Aries pushed him off to the arena floor. Aries then does his suicide dive to the arena floor to take out Ion, Aries then grabs a fans cell phone and he tweets on it. Aries then takes over on Ion with a missile dropkick from the middle rope, Ion tries to make a comeback and Aries drags him down with a hair pull. Ion tries to escape to the arena floor and Aries grabs him, Ion then propels Aries to the arena floor. Ion goes to the top rope and Aries grabs him, Ion then grabs the upper hand on Aries by draping his throat on the top rope. Ion and Aries exchange punches until Ion takes him down with a sky twister, Ion then Irish whips Aries into the turnbuckles. Aries tries to come back with some elbow strikes and punches, by Ion slows him down with a running elbow and running clothes line that knocks Aries to the arena floor. Ion then takes Aries down with a moonsault from the top rope, Ion bring Aries back into the ring for a near fall. Ion then starts measuring Aries for a stomp and a missed pendulum elbow drop, Aries starts mounting his comeback with an inverted atomic drop and then multiple punches in the corner. Ion then grabs his hairspray to put in his tights while the referee was distracted with Aries, Aries then catches Ion with a knee break up into a uranagi. Aries follows that up by properly connecting with the pendulum elbow drop, Aries then grabs Ion for a suplex and he gets back body dropped instead. Aries then charges at Ion in the corner and he gets met with a boot to the face, Ion then sprays Aries in the face with the spray as the ref was distracted for a two count. Ion then connects with a few power moves for another two count, Ion then places Aries on the top rope for a superplex. Aries counters the hold by hitting Ion with a top rope sunset flip power bomb, a still blinded Aries then hits Ion with a brain buster and the Last Chancery to force a tap out.
Winner: Still TNA X Division Champion, Austin Aries
A promo for the return of the Motor City Machineguns airs.
Match #3 - TNA Tag Team Title Match: Samoa Joe & Magnus (Champions) vs. Matt Morgan & Crimson
The tag title match kicks off with Crimson tagging in Morgan before the first lock up happened, Magnus then pops Crimson with a few punches. Crimson and Magnus then exchange a few clothes lines, Crimson then drags Magnus into the corner to assault him with elbows and punches. Magnus recovers to nail Crimson with a clothes line before tagging in Joe, Joe then brings Crimson in the corner to nail him with a ton of jabs. Joe then snap mares Crimson before clobbering him with a knee drop, Magnus is tagged back in and Crimson quickly goes for cover on the arena floor. Crimson then grabs Magnus as he was leaning over the ropes to drape his throat along the top rope, Crimson then starts choking Magnus on the middle rope. Crimson then goes for the cover while Morgan continues to ask for the tag, Crimson then hurts Magnus with a neck breaker. Crimson continues to work over Magnus before nailing him with a suplex, Crimson then locks Magnus in the chin lock while Morgan begs for the tag. Magnus attempts to fight back with some elbows to the gut before Crimson stops him, Crimson then hurts Magnus with a slam and elbow drop. Magnus tries to fight back again and Crimson flattens him with a spine buster, Crimson then rests while holding Magnus in the cravat as Morgan looks for the tag. Magnus then makes the comeback by catching Crimson with a running clothes line, Magnus then tags in Joe while Crimson again avoids Morgan. Joe comes in and he assaults Crimson with some strikes before making Crimson look like a fool by missing a high cross body, Joe then catches Magnus with a power slam. Morgan then drags Crimson to safety before tagging himself in. Morgan starts attacking Joe and gaining the advantage until Crimson tags himself in, Morgan gets angry and he tags himself in again. Joe and Magnus take advantage of the partners fighting by nailing Morgan with a double team maneuver, Crimson then walks out on Crimson. Morgan attempts to fight back by dropping his foes with a double clothes line, Crimson hits the ring and he takes out Morgan with a spear. Joe and Magnus take advantage by nailing Morgan with their finisher for the three count.
Winners: Still TNA Tag Team Champions, Samoa Joe & Magnus
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