Man detained in California arson probe - CNN.com

By the CNN Wire Staff

updated 11:04 PM EST, Mon January 2, 2012

54 fires over four days in Los Angeles

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Authorities believe the suspect is a foreign national from Germany
• Harry Burkhart, 24, was charged with one count of arson of an inhabited dwelling
• He will likely face more charges as the investigation continues, the mayor says
• The fires caused some $3 million in damages

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A 24-year-old man was charged Monday with arson in connection with a rash of car and building fires across the Los Angeles area, authorities said.

Harry Burkhart was charged with one count of arson of an inhabited dwelling and will likely face additional charges as the investigation moves forward, said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Arson investigators counted 52 fires, most starting in parked cars, since Friday morning, but none since the man was was detained at 3 a.m. Monday, according to officials.

Burkhart is currently being held without bail.

"These were serious and potentially deadly crimes that needlessly endangered thousands of innocent lives," Villaraigosa told reporters. "These crimes will not be tolerated."

Burkhart is believed to a foreign national from Germany, according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck.

Authorities hope, and believe one arsonist acted alone, but will behave as though he did not until they know for sure, Beck said.

Burkhart's arrest came when a sheriff's deputy stopped a van near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood early Monday, said Los Angeles Fire Capt. Jaime Moore. The van matched the description of a vehicle believed related to some of the suspicious fires and the driver resembled a man seen in a surveillance video near the scene of one fire, he said.

The video showed a man who appears to be in his late 20s to mid-30s, with a ponytail, dark hair and a receding hairline.

No one was killed or seriously injured in the fires, though one firefighter and one civilian sustained minor injuries, said Los Angeles City Fire Chief Brian Cummings. Both he and the mayor estimated the fires caused some $3 million in damages.

Among the homes damaged was one that was once occupied by the Doors frontman Jim Morrison.

Eleven of the fires took place overnight, in the very early hours of Monday: nine within the city of Los Angeles and two in West Hollywood, fire department spokesman Cecco Secci said.

Cars were set on fire in Hollywood and Van Nuys, Moore said.

Los Angeles has not seen such a rash of fires since the city's riots in 1992.

CNN's Irving Last, Josh Levs, Drew Griffin, Stan Wilson and Casey Wian contributed to this report.

Source: http://cnn.com/2012/01/02/us/california-arson/index.html?hpt=hp_t1&imw=Y

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Versioning the android app from Tiapp.xml fails, why?

Hi again. Another question from the newbie; I need to make an update to Android Market and I have followed the guidelines from the programming guide, which says that versioning can and should be done from the Tiapp.xml file instead of making a custon manifest.xml file. Below is what I have included in my Tiapp.xml, but on build time it goes back to version 1, and my .apk file is dismissed upon upload because the version number is wrong. How can I change that? (I am not familiar with making a custom manifest file if that is what is needed...) This is what I have been writing in Tiapp. xml;

<android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">     <manifest>         <application>             android:versionCode="2"         android:versionName="2"         </application>       </manifest>     </android>

I would be most happy to have a helping hand on this (as well ;-)) Many thanks, Dearest Louise

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Taking a punt on Chinese Spring and demise of the euro

It is never the inevitable, always the unexpected, said Keynes. And few years could have illustrated that maxim better than 2011. The Arab Spring and the euro on the brink of collapse were not prominent in many pundits' predictions 12 months ago. Yet these are both major items of unfinished business. After the outpouring of grassroots-led democracy in North Africa and the Middle East, we are still uncertain where the Arab Spring is heading and what the consequences will be. Syria looks to be going from bad to worse: Islamists are set to dominate new parliaments in Egypt and Tunisia; where else will the Arab street rise up?

The only prediction one can make with confidence is that Israeli/Palestinian relations will at best be becalmed this year. With the US presidential elections due in November, no candidate will advocate pressurising the Israeli government to halt settlements or make any meaningful concessions to enable progress to be made on this most intractable and long-running of territorial disputes. The arc of instability running from North Africa to the Chinese border poses a range of other problems. Beside Syria, Iraq now unoccupied by foreign military for the first time in eight years shows every sign of descending into civil war as the majority Shia, prompted to some extent by Iran, seek to reverse the iniquities of the Sunni-dominated Saddam era. Revenge attacks can in turn be expected from al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

Which brings us to Iran. Israel has successfully prosecuted an undeclared war against Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions by assassinating several key Iranian nuclear scientists and sabotaging some of the key Iranian nuclear installations. Yet they are incapable of doing more than delaying Iranian plans. It will require a sustained and intense military action to destroy the whole nuclear programme. And the consequences would extend far beyond the immediate region. It would take a bolder figure than Obama to order a pre-emptive strike on Iran -- though if Iran were to attack Israel as a result of some real or imaginary offensive, that would be a different matter.

Further to the North and East in the sweep of the arc, Afghanistan and Pakistan start the year in dreadful shape. You wouldn't want to bet too much money against another military takeover in

Pakistan, though the dire state of the economy makes the prospect a particularly unappetising one. For the rest of the international community an unstable nuclear-armed Pakistan is another nightmare scenario. In Afghanistan the western allies keep lowering the bar of the definition of a successful exit. Power-sharing with the Taliban wasn't part of the original script. Certainly few women's groups will be happy at the outcome; and for the widows and families of the war dead, the inevitable question poses itself. What was it all for? For President Obama facing re-election the essential requirement will be the further drawdown of US troops as he promised two years ago in the same breath he announced a surge.

In Russia Vladimir Putin will be hoping to resume the presidency he gifted to his protege Dmitry Medvedev in 2008. Russian voters angry at the electoral fraud in the parliamentary elections in December may want to register their displeasure at being taken for granted.

Two other Security Council permanent members may see changes in their leadership in the next year or so. China's communist party will appoint a new premier, almost certainly a more orthodox conservative figure, to succeed the reformer Wen Jiabao in early 2013. While the communist party's Faustian pact with its people -- we guarantee rising living standards but will never relinquish the party's monopoly on political power -- is not at immediate risk, China's ever patient population cannot ultimately be denied their access to the Chinese Spring. Whichever year that will be; even if 2012 is not it.

And then there is the French election and its importance for the euro. Mr Sarkozy is at a low ebb in the polls. But his main challenger, the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande, suffers from an Ed Miliband-like charisma deficit. The outcome of this election is perhaps the most critical for a Europe faced with a meltdown of the euro. Hollande is unattracted by the financial treaty Sarkozy and Merkel cobbled together last month and has promised to renegotiate it. He may find an unlikely ally in David Cameron or even Enda Kenny. But the European Union and the eurozone are now in thrall to the markets and credit-rating agencies. They may not have the patience to wait for the EU's typically laborious treaty negotiations (never mind renegotiations) to conclude.

If the euro does implode, with dire consequences for both its members and its major trading partners, especially the UK, it's likely that a new hard currency will emerge from the wreckage. This time there will be no accommodation for those whose public finances are less than robust or for those who flout the new ultra-strict criteria. Ironically it is the current arch priests of financial orthodoxy, Germany and France, who were among the first to break the Maastricht criteria and being 'bigs' did so with impunity in 2005, unlike Ireland which was hauled over the coals. Unfair. But the world is unfair, which is why it's not fanciful to think of or plan on the return of the punt.

Sir Ivor Roberts is President of Trinity College, Oxford, and a former British ambassador to Ireland, Italy and Yugoslavia

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Billericay Gazette published Billericay sports coach Matthew Leonard jailed for sex offences

A SPORTS coach from Billericay has been sentenced to seven years in jail for a string of online child sex offences.

Matthew Leonard, 21, from Upland Close, pleaded guilty to 15 offences, including inciting children to commit sexual acts online and possessing indecent images of children.

1. JAILED: Former sports coach Matthew Leonard has been sentenced to seven years, after pleading guilty tor a range of online child sex offences

Leonard confessed to a further ten offences following his arrest by police in April, but the court heard the actual number of his victims was as high as 80.

The former sports coach used the social networking site 'Habbo Hotel' to contact the majority of his victims, the youngest of whom was ten years old.

Users of the site, aimed at children aged between 8 and 12, attempt to create hotels by purchasing virtual furniture.

Basildon Crown Court heard how Leonard, posing under a false name and age, offered free furniture, or "furni" as he termed it, to young girls.

He would then move conversations on to the instant messenger MSN where he would incite girls to commit sexual acts to a web cam.

Leonard would record the images on to his computer and then threaten his victims with posting them on Facebook or sending them to friends if they refused to carry out further sexual acts, the court heard.

The offences took place from July 2010 up until his arrest in April with his victims coming from across the UK.

After executing a warrant on his house, police found 260 indecent images of children and 16 indecent videos.

Prosecuting, Carolyn Gardiner, told the court how Leonard had told police officers upon his arrest: "It's just pictures and videos, I work with kids, it's not like that."

In the dock, Leonard sat with his head in his hands throughout as he listened to the prosecution.

The court heard how he had told police officers during interview he did not think of his victims as "real kids", saying "you think it's just an image, just a video".

The impact of his crimes also had a bearing upon his family.

His mother, a child minder, was forced to give up her livelihood while Leonard's father tried to commit suicide after his arrest.

Leonard's brother was also known to police for viewing images of children over the internet, the court heard.

In defence, Mark Savage, said his client had become a "person he despises" having mixed with paedophiles while in custody, but said he had shown "genuine remorse" for his actions.

Mr Savage urged the judge to take into account Leonard's young age when imposing the sentence.

"His punishment will go on many, many years beyond what this court can impose," said Mr Savage.

His Honour Judge Jonathan Black took an hour to deliberate over the sentence.

Imposing the sentence of seven years, which included an extension of three years' supervision, Judge Black said Leonard had "ruined his own life" and that he presented a "serious risk to young girls".

Judge Black said he had "no doubt the offences would have continued for much longer had the police not intervened".

As well as his prison sentence, Leonard was also handed a lifetime Sexual Offence Prevention Order, placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and banned from ever working with children in the future.

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2011 was a very good year in local sports

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Today we continue with our look back at 2011 ? a very good year in sports for local teams and athletes. The review will wrap up next week.

MAY

? Saratoga Speedway hosted yet another great doubleheader weekend, with 64 cars (one of the best car counts in years) on the track. Monster trucks California Kid and Rockstar put on an amazing show, destroying motor homes, buses and getting some big air.

? Riders from Trail Bikes Eatmore Sprouts Cycling Team and Comox Valley Cycle Club competed in Race the Ridge, a three-event stage race in Maple Ridge.

? Mark Isfeld Secondary captured the AAA North Island High School Golf Championships for the first time in school history. The golf program has twice finished second at the Island championships and as high as sixth in B.C., but the North Island title had always eluded them until this year at Crown Isle.

? Peter Stubbs had an unbelievable freestyle ski season. Along with being selected to join the BC High Performance Mogul Team for the 2011/2012 season, he competed in his first-ever Canadian Freestyle Series event and first BC Series competition. His results qualified him to represent B.C. at the Canadian Junior Nationals where he placed 22nd in Single Moguls out of a field of 45 of Canada?s best young freestyle skiers. He also won bronze at the BC Freestyle Championships.

? Comox Valley U14 Viperes defeated Gordon Head to win the Island Cup soccer final and advance to the Provincials.

? Goalie Michael Herringer was selected in the ninth round and 188th overall by the Victoria Royals in the WHL Bantam Draft.

?In April the Vancouver Island Society for Adaptive Snowsports (VISAS) wrapped up its season with more than 400 participants in its learn to ski and snowboard program. ?It was a great year on the mountain,? VISAS president Brian Culley said. ?We had the most enrolment ever in this year?s Learn to Ski Festival, and the snow conditions were fabulous.?

Five alpine racers competed at the BC Para-Alpine Championships/Rotary Giant Slalom last month at Whistler/Blackcomb. Meghan Williams of Courtenay won two medals in giant slalom and one in slalom. Courtenay skier Joe Grubwieser won silver in slalom and Ron Greenhorn of Nanaimo won bronze. Chris Lane of Courtenay also competed.

? A hockey tournament in Vancouver last month proved to be just what the WCEHA 2001 Storm needed to start their season. The elite squad is an atom spring hockey team based out of the North Island, comprised of boys from Powell River, Port McNeill, Gold River, Courtenay and Campbell River.

The team played five games over the course of a weekend and ended the tournament with a 5-0 record.

?Once again they were first. But could it have been for the last time?

Moments after ringing the bell at the finish line to claim their 16th Royal LePage Comox Valley Snow to Surf Adventure Relay Race championship, Westerly Hotel Brian McLean Banzai captain Bill Brett dropped a bombshell by saying the 2011 event may be the last time the Banzai will compete in the multi-sport relay race.

?Deb Goodwin skipped her team of Lonnie Schopp (third), Kim Jonsson (second) and Lori Ross (lead) to an undefeated win at a home club playdown. Representing the Comox Valley Curling Club, the team again went undefeated at the North Island Club Challenge in March, qualifying for the Pacific International Cup in Richmond. The April tourney drew 16 teams, including several from the U.S.

Goodwin and company started with wins over California, Royal City, Alaska, Beaver Valley and NWT. Losses to Washington and Kerry Park put them into a tie-breaker against Royal City. The momentum continued in the semifinals where they beat Richmond. In the gold final, the team defeated the Cowichan Rocks to become B.C. champs.

JUNE

?Comox Valley Baseball?alum Bryan Pawlina was invited to the B.C. U17 Select Camp, to be held July 12-15 in Langley.

Forty-five players will be put through their paces for the three days, with the top 20 players?then being chosen to represent B.C. at the prestigous Canada Cup tournament, to be held Aug. 9-15 in Moncton, NB. Pawlina plays for the Parksville Royals of the Premier Baseball League.

?It was an evening of celebration on Thursday, June 2 as close to 250 student-athletes, staff coaches, community members and friends and family of athletes showed up to celebrate another successful year of athletics at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary.

?Courtenay's Mary Wells was off to Athens for the Special Olympics World Summer Games.

?G.P. Vanier Secondary hosted the 25th Annual Athletic Banquet in the gym. The special guest speaker was Bill Village, current principal of Mark Isfeld Secondary, and the man responsible for starting the athletic banquet at Vanier 25 years ago when he was the athletic director. The 2011 inductee to the Athletic Wall of Fame was Andrea Lee (2004-2008). Lee participated on numerous teams for the school and outside of school, one of which is her sport of choice, cross country skiing.

?Avery Snider, a Grade 8 student attending Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School, was selected to the U14 Girls Basketball BC Provincial Team to represent B.C. in international tournaments in the U.S. and B.C.

?The 15th annual Comox Cup Road Hockey Tournament featured 21 teams from all over Vancouver Island competing in three divisions. The tournament has traditionally been held in the parking lot of the Comox Community Centre, but this year several downtown Comox streets were closed off in order to create caged rinks along Comox Avenue. Sales Grinders won the A division, 97.3 Eagles won the B and Courtenay Knights won the C. The MVP Goalie award went to Liam Higgins of the Little River Sales Grinders.

?The 2011 Investors Group Yew Bat tournament wrapped up at Bill Moore Park. Within the six-team 35+ division, the Brian McLean Yankees beat defending champ Victoria.

?Two steady rounds of golf powered Stephen Watson to his third North Island Men's Open championship at the Comox Golf Club. Doug Petrie (Sunnydale) finished two shots back at 140 (69-71). Seven-time winner Greg Koster (Crown Isle) finished four shots back at 142 (74-68) while Tyler Van Anrooy (Sunnydale) was fourth at 142 (71-71) and Jeff Edwards (Glacier Greens) was fifth at 143 (72-71).

?The Simon Fraser University Clan track and field team announced Ryley Carr of Comox would be joining them for the upcoming 2011-12 season. A Highland Secondary student-athlete and member of the Comox Valley Cougars, Carr joins SFU as a very strong competitor in the hammer throw.

?The Bill Moore Park lights were shing bright for the Comox Valley Mens Baseball League as their season officially began.

?The Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race (MOMAR) launched its 12th season with its inaugural race on Burnaby Mountain. Sarah Seads of Courtenay took first place in the solo female category, coming in at 5:27:00.? Courtenay's Lynn Swift and Kathy Campbell placed first in the team of two, female, with a time of 6:33:48.

Comox's Chris Winkelaar and Courtenay's Brad Crowe placed second in the team of two, male category, and 7th overall, with an impressive time of 4:55:35. Andy Quinn of Courtenay placed 13th in the solo male category, crossing the finish line at 5:45:43.

Courtenay's Trevor Espenant and Don Grossman were the overall winners for the 30 km Sport Course, coming in at 3:20:23.

?Riley Wheeldon from Comox secured his Canadian Tour card on Friday at the spring qualifying school at Morningstar Golf Club in Parksville.The 20-year-old Wheeldon started the four-round event with a sparkling 6-under 66 but then scores of 74 and 78 had him in a battle for one of the five cards. He shot a 1-over 73 Friday to finish tied for fourth spot.

?Parksville?s Quality Foods Royals captured lightning in the bat on the May long weekend and made team history by becoming the first local squad to win the BC?s Best Baseball Classic in the tourney?s 17-year history. The local Premier Baseball League team lost 7-1 to the Okanagan A?s?in their tournament opener Friday, but answered with five straight wins, with Comox Valley players Marcus Drewry, Ashton Martin and Bryan Pawlina all factoring heavily in the victories.

JULY

?Some of the hiccups Sunday at Lewis Park were coming from the field, not just the refreshment garden. That's because there were a few upsets as the Comox Valley Mixed Slo-Pitch League playoffs wrapped up another busy season.

?Other than an early season hip flexor injury, 16-year-old Amanda Wakeling has had a strong 2011 season racing on her cross-country mountain bike. Competing at a national level for her bigger races this season, Wakeling competed in three Canada Cups as well as Canadian National XC MTB Championships.

?They were going at it hot and heavy in the hexagon Saturday night at the Comox Valley Sports Centre when the Comox Valley Boxing Club presented Full Throttle Fight Night 3-Redemption. Young amateur mixed martial artists from all over the Island and other parts of B.C. were in town for the event.

?Thrills and spills were the order of the day at the annual Mt. Washington Downhill Longboard Race. With racers hitting speeds in excess of 100 km/h, sometimes even hay bales were not enough to prevent mishaps.

?Seven hard working Comox Valley basketball? girls from Isfeld Secondary combined with two ?dual-citizens? from the USA and a guest friend from Qualicum Beach to form a highly competitive squad of 10 girls at the annual Western Washington University girls summer basketball camp in Bellingham, Wash., July 10-14.

?It was a one-two finish for Vancouver Island riders in the Elite Men division of the 2011 Canadian Mountain Bike Championships in Canmore, Alta. on Saturday. But not the one Geoff Kabush had been hoping for. Tofino native Max Plaxton of Victoria created the biggest upset of the two-day championships by winning the Elite Men?s title and stopping Courtenay native Kabush of Victoria on his quest to make history. The 34-year-old Kabush had a chance to accomplish something no other Canadian mountain biker has ever done ? win a record eighth national title.

?It was an awesome day in Parksville for the team from Surf-SUP at the third race of the Surf-SUP Island Series. A low tide made time for an awesome pre-race clinic led by Stuart Robinson from Surf-SUP lending his knowledge on quick turns and how to ride the ripples.

?No longer feeling the Bern, Brett McLean rejoined the Chicago Blackhawks. During the NHL's "Free Agent Friday" last week, the 'Hawks inked the Comox native, who had been playing for Bern in Switzerland, to a one-year contract.

?A combination of bright sun and shining stars combined to make the inaugural Comox Taxi Team Charity Golf Tournament a success at Glacier Greens. Celebrities Cassie Campbell-Pascal and Ty Wishart were in attendance at the fundraiser.

?Former Vancouver Canuck Cliff Ronning was demonstrating his custom hockey sticks to participants at a clinic at the West Coast Elite Hockey Academy in Courtenay. Michel Petit (Canuck first-round draft pick in 1982 and 15-year NHL veteran) was provided the coaching on the synthetic ice surface at the WCEHA facility. Other former NHLers do the instructing at other locations, and Ronning notes participants benefit greatly from one-on-one time with the retired pros.

AUGUST

?Taylor Green got a taste of Major League Baseball when he was promoted from the Triple-A Nashville Sounds to the Milwaukee Brewers for a Saturday game against the Chicago Cubs. He did not appear in the game, which the Brewers won 6-4.

?Courtenay?s running duo of Robyn Dicesare and Cathy Livsey spent the end of their summer holidays competing in an epic endurance running challenge called the Gore-Tex Trans Rockies Run in Colorado.

The six-day stage race is a 120-mile high mountain, trail running race that started in Buena Vista, Colo. and ended Friday in Beaver Creek, Colo.

Running as the Extreme Island Girlz, Dicesare and Livsey trained for months at Forbidden Plateau and Mt. Washington but had to deal with altitudes between 9,000 and 12,600 feet during the race.

?He started out at local ball diamonds before moving on to the provincial and college ranks. This season, Carter Bell has stepped up to professional-level baseball with the Yakima Bears of the Class A Short-Season Northwest League. Although the team sports more losses than wins as the regular season winds down, the third baseman said his squad is "turning it around" and getting better.

?The family that boxes together stays together ? in the B.C. Amateur Boxing Association Hall of Fame. The Boyce family ? dad Walter along with sons Tommy, Wayne and Gerald ? were among the 2011 inductees welcomed to the sweet science shrine.

"I was overwhelmed when I heard the Boyce family was inducted. It's quite an honour," said Tommy, who lives in Courtenay. "I only wish my brothers and my father were alive to receive the honours. ?We are the first family to be inducted and although I am the only member still living, I am proud to be part of the family's induction."

?Sam Kreeger of the Comox Valley Kickers is in Calgary for the 2011 Rugby Canada National Championships as a member of the B.C. women's U18 team. The talented athlete also represented B.C. at the nationals in 2009 at Markham, ON.

?Proving he is at home playing on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, Logan Yanick finished second at the CJGA Mizuno National Golf Championship in Waterloo, Ont. After helping Canada with the Euro Junior Golf Cup July 27-29 at St. Andrews, Scotland, the Courtenay golfer was at the Grey Silo golf course from Aug. 7-11 for the national championship.

Competing in the Boy's 14 & Under division, Yanick started Thursday's final round five shots back of leader Jonathan McDonald of Mississauga, ON.

The CJGA Team Canada member, who plays out of Crown Isle, shot a division low 72 Thursday but came up just one shot short, finishing with a +13, four-day total of 297. MacDonald led wire-to-wire to win the tourney with a +12, 296. Isaac Chen of Richmond finished third at +16, 300

?Solid contributions by Comox Valley athletes helped Team BC end the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games with the most impressive medal haul in recent history, earning medals in every sport.

Competing in Kamloops from Aug. 5-14, B.C.'s 345 athletes walked off the fields, courts, pools, course, mountains, lakes?and mats with 130 gold, 68 silver and 63 bronze medals, an increase of 32 per cent over 2007.? The 261 total medals betters the mark of 197 won at the 2007 Games in Strathcona County, AB.

?It's been several seasons since Comox Blizzard baseball stormed across Vancouver Island ball diamonds. But this month three former Blizz players and Comox Valley Baseball Association Cardinals' alumnae were representing B.C. at the Canada Cup in Moncton, N.B.

Bryan Pawlina (Courtenay), Clayton Isherwood (Van Anda) and Josh Croft (Powell River), all members of the Parksville Royals of the Premier Baseball League, helped Team BC earn a bronze medal at the high-calibre tournament.

Canadian Junior national team member Isherwood anchored the pitching staff while Bryan Pawlina joined the pitching staff after a breakthrough season with the Royals. Croft is a former Blizz shortstop who played third and pitched relief for B.C. at the Canada Cup.

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