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By Julie Montanaro
February 28, 2013
The First District Court of Appeals has overturned the arson convictions of Jonathan and Christopher Howard.
The brothers were found guilty in juvenile court last year in connection with a fire at a Golden Eagle home back in June 2011. The state fire marshal ruled it an arson and the judge agreed, but the brothers claimed all along it was an accident.
"I think at the end of the day, they simply wanted their side of the story to be heard and they're grateful that the appellate court agreed with them that this was simply nothing other than an accident," said attorney Michael Ufferman, who handled the appeal.
The brothers's attorneys contend they rang the doorbell and set off fireworks, but the launch tube accidentally tipped over and the fireworks went through the front window instead of into the air.
The appeals court judges overturned the convictions for felony arson on Wednesday. The opinion said "we conclude the evidence failed to negate appellants' reasonable hypothesis of innocence that the incident was purely accidental."
The Howard's attorney says the ruling has been a long time coming.
"They've had to go through a trial, an appeal. Those are not cheap and they're not fast. They were blasted in the media. They were taunted at school. They suffered. They suffered a lot," trial attorney Matt Willard said.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, Florida - April 13, 2012 - 6pm -
A husband and wife say they were awakened to the sound of a door bell, a barking dog, and an explosion.
That explosion has now resulted in two teens being convicted of arson.
The teens say they were playing a game called, "Ding Dong Ditch." That's where you ring someone's door bell and run. Last summer, Jonathan and Christopher Howard added a twist, by adding fireworks to the prank.
That prank ended with a house on fire, and the teens on trial.
Prosecutors say the damage may not have been the plan, but, the plan still caused the damage. They say that's arson.
Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers says, "The state has clearly met its burden."
Jonathan and Christopher Howard were found guilty Friday of what their attorney called, "a prank gone wrong."
The attorney says on June 27, 2011, Jonathan rang the door bell at this Golden Eagle home in Tallahassee, while Christopher lit fireworks on the street.
The teenagers were supposed to run away leaving only a fireworks show.
John Stout lives in that home. On the stand during trial, he says, "I saw a big orange flame coming up in the room. I immediately called for my wife to go get the children out of the house. The room was engulfed within a few seconds."
The defense says the firecracker toppled over, and mistakenly flew into the Stout's home.
John's wife, Sarah Stout, said on the witness stand, "There was a hole about baseball-sized in one pane of the window. I just started blasting water into that hole, bringing the flames-down. They were already lapping up curtains and taking the room out. I just started spraying through that hole like a carnival game almost."
Willard/Defense Attorney AT 1:04 QUICK
The defense attorney says, "The reality is this, accidents happen every single day in this country."
Juvenile Justice is going to make a recommendation on the teens' sentencing, and the judge is scheduled to sentence them on May 17th.
Judge Gievers told the teens to go to school and stay out of trouble until then.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, Florida - April 13, 2012 - 1:05pm -
Judge rules both boys are guilty of first degree arson. Judge Karen Gievers made the decision. Judge Gievers will decide on May 17th on what will be done with the teens after hearing a recommendation from Juvenile Justice.
Stay with WCTV for much more on this story. Further information about this case can be read below.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, Florida - April 13, 2012 - 12:49pm -
The defense has asked for a dismissal or J.O.A., a Judgment of Acquittal. The defense says there's lack of evidence.
Court is in a brief recess.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, Florida - April 13, 2012 - 12:18pm -
The state has rested. The defense is doing closing arguments.
The defense said the boys wouldn't have rang the homeowners' door bell if they intended to burn home. The prank was only for the homeowners to come out and see the fireworks going on in the street. The prank went wrong when the fireworks toppled over and flew into the home.
12:34pm -
The State is doing closing arguments now. The prosecutor says the teens are responsible for arson because they intentionally lit the fireworks.
[UPDATE] by Lanetra Bennett - Tallahassee, Florida - April 13, 2012 - Noon -
Two teens accused of launching fireworks into a home are on trial.
Jonathan and Christopher Howard are charged with arson.
The trial is taking place inside courtroom 3E. Jonathan and Christopher Howard are accused of starting a fire that gutted a room in a Golden Eagle home. The defense attorney says it was a prank gone wrong. The prosecutor says pranks gone wrong are still criminal.
The owners of the home, Sarah and John Stout, took the stand this morning. They described their home as "significantly damaged."
Authorities say on June 30, 2011, the two teens lit fireworks in front of the Stout's home, which cause the home to catch fire.
The defense attorney says the teens did not mean to cause damage.
UPDATED 9.27.2011 by Julie Montanaro
Two teens accused of a prank that set a Golden Eagle home on fire are scheduled to appear in court again on October 18th.
Deputy State Attorney Georgia Cappleman says the Howard brothers' cases will be handled in juvenile court. She "does not anticipate them being direct filed" in adult court.
Cappleman says potential penalties in the case could range from probation to commitment to a juvenile justice facility.
Cappleman says the state attorney's office is not allowed to comment on the specifics of juvenile court cases.
Two Tallahassee teenagers accused in a July 4th prank that set a house on fire are scheduled to appear before a judge this morning.
16-year-old Jonathan Howard and 14-year-old Christopher Howard are charged with felony criminal mischief.
Deputies say on June 28th, a family was sleeping in their Golden Eagle home when the brothers rang the doorbell and hurled fireworks through their window. It sparked a fire inside causing thousands of dollars in damage.
The teens' attorneys say it was a prank gone wrong and the family was not targeted.
UPDATED 9.2.2011 7pm by Julie Montanaro
A Tallahassee family is still trying to recover from a 4th of July prank gone wrong. It's relieved that two neighborhood teens have been arrested, but scoff at the suggestion that it was an accident.
The Stouts say their lives been turned upside down since a firecracker came flying through the window and set their home office on fire.
They lived in a motel for more than a month and they still have trouble sleeping at night.
"The impact has been pretty tremendous on our kids. They can't be in a room alone. They won't walk down the hall at night without one another," John Stout said.
Thursday 14 and 16 year old brothers Christopher and Jonathan Howard were arrested and accused of felony criminal mischief. Their attorney says the boys meant to set off those fireworks in the sky, but the tube fell over and the fireworks wound up piercing the front window.
"It was just an unfortunate accident," Howard family attorney Lisa Hurley said.
"Did they know that family? Did they in any way target that family?"
"No they didn't. It was just a prank gone wrong," Hurley said.
"Do you buy their claim that this whole thing was an accident?" we asked the Stouts.
"No, based on the fact that they don't live on this street or anywhere near our house and it was 11:30 at night and did purposely ring our doorbell and based on the claim that they accidentally tipped this thing over or whatever in the street which is clearly half a football field from the window it went through ... it's not possible. It just sounds to me that it was intentional."
The Stouts say the price tag for repairs has topped $100,000 dollars.
The Howard brothers have their first court date September 27th.
UPDATED 9-1-2011 10:07pm by Donnitra Gilbert
"Someone could have been killed, someone could have been killed without a doubt," says Victim Sarah Stout.
Sarah Stout gave WCTV an interview back in June of 2011, just hours after fireworks went flying through the window of her Golden Eagle Home.
Since that time, the Stouts and police have been trying to figure out who did it. On Thursday, September 1st, the young men involved in the 'prank' turned themselves in.
"There were some juveniles doing pranks in the neighborhood," says Leon County Sheriff's Office Spokesperson James McQuaig.
Deputies tell us 16-year-old Jonathan Howard and his 14-year-old brother Christoper Howard, are both charged with felony criminal mischief.
The young men are the sons of prominent Tallahassee attorney, Tim Howard. But the attorney for the family says it was an accident.
"The Howard brothers voluntarily went down to the Leon County Sheriff's Office and let the law enforcement know their involvement in the activity, it was just an unfortunate accident," says Howard's Attorney Lisa Hurley.
Deputies say the fireworks set fire to curtains and a couch inside the Stouts home, damage that's cost them ten of thousands of dollars.
There's no word on whether the teens will have to pay the Stouts back for the damage.
The teens have already been booked and released. Their first court date is September 27th.
UPDATED 9.1.2011 6:30pm by Julie Montanaro
An attorney for the Howard brothers says this whole thing was an accident. Lisa Hurley says the Stout family was not targeted in any way and the fireworks that exploded in their home were meant to explode in the sky.
"The firework was actually put in a tube and before it ignited, the tube fell over, aiming towards the house. One of the brothers tried to get the tube back up before it ignited but he couldn't get to it in time," Hurley said.
Hurley says the teens have already been booked and released. Their first court date is September 27th at10am.
Tallahassee, FL - The teenagers accused of shooting fireworks into a Golden Eagle home have just been arrested.
Jonathan Howard, 16, and Christopher Howard, 14, turned themselves in around 4:00pm this afternoon. They are charged with felony criminal mischief.
Deputies say back in June, John and Sarah Stout were sleeping at their home when the brothers rang the doorbell and fireworks soared through their window. It sparked a fire inside.
UPDATE 9-1-2011 by Julie Montanaro
Tallahassee, FL - Authorities tell WCTV that two teenagers have turned themselves in to the Juvenile Assessment Center for a fireworks attack on a Golden Eagle home.
The fireworks attack happened in late June (2011) and caused more than 20-thousand dollars worth of damages.
The names nor the exact ages of those involved have been released.
UPDATED 6.28.2011 6:30pm by Julie Montanaro
A Tallahassee family is shocked and furious after someone flung fireworks through their front window.
It started a fire in the house and forced them to grab their sleeping kids and get out.
The Stouts were asleep Monday night at 11:30 when someone rang the doorbell and lobbed a terrifying surprise through the front window of their Golden Eagle home.
"I heard glass shatter and a whistle and explosion inside the house ... that of like a fourth of July firework," Sarah Stout said.
A scorched mattress and pillows litter the front lawn and just take a look inside at the family's home office. Melted blinds. A singed lamp shade. 20-thousand in damage. And a father's worst nightmare ... trying to get his two young children out of the house in the middle of the night.
"It's just like, you'll never quite sleep the same knowing that it was arson," John Stout said.
The Stouts say investigators retrieved fireworks from their home.
Investigators with the state fire marshal's office have ruled it arson.
They joined deputies going door to door looking for leads.
"It was clearly in my mind a prank where it was like a prank gone bad maybe. Thought they ... a kid just thinking they were being funny not realizing what the aftermath could have been," Sarah Stout said. "It's got to stop. Someone could have been killed. Someone could have been killed. Without a doubt."
The Stouts don't have any reason to believe their home was targeted.
Anyone with information is asked to call the state arson hotline at 1-877-NO-ARSON.
UPDATED 6.28.2011 4:15pm by Julie Montanaro
The state fire marshals office has officially deemed this fire an arson.
Anyone with information is asked to call the state hotline at 1-877-NO- ARSON.
[UPDATE] 6-28 1:48pm - LCSO PRESS RELEASE
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on June 27, 2011, the Leon County Sheriff's Office and the Tallahassee Fire Department responded to 2998 Golden Eagle Drive in reference to a house fire. Deputies and
Firefighters arrived and discovered a portion of the residence smoldering. The remaining indicators of fire were extinguished; however, approximately $20,000.00 in damage was done to the home.
Homeowners told deputies, firefighters and investigators with the State Fire Marshal's Office that the family was asleep in the upstairs portion of the residence when they heard the doorbell ring. Before homeowners could get down the stairs, they heard glass break, a bang and then saw fire in a front room. The homeowners were able to get all family members out of the house safely. Arson investigators with the Tallahassee Fire Department responded to the scene and recovered forensic evidence which will be analyzed by the State Fire Marshal's Office. Investigators said the fire was contained primarily in one room of the residence.
This investigation is being worked as a joint arson investigation by the Leon County Sheriff's Office, the Tallahassee Fire Department and the State Fire Marshal's Office.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact LCSO at (850) 922-3300, TFD at (850) 891-6600 or the State Fire Marshal's Arson Tip Hotline at 1-877-NO-ARSON (or 1-877-662-7766).
Tallahassee, Florida - June 28, 2011 - by Julie Montanaro
A family living in the Golden Eagle subdivision got a terrifying surprise late last night when vandals broke a window and tossed fireworks into their home. It set their furniture and curtains on fire.
The homeowners tell us that last night (June 27) at about 11:30 someone rang the doorbell of their home. They then heard shattering glass and an explosion.
The Stouts say someone threw fireworks through the window of their home office, igniting curtains and furniture in the room.
The couple scrambled to get their sleeping children and two dogs out of the house and tried to fight the fire with a hose until firefighters got there.
Damage was confined to that one room and Mrs. Stout says she is thankful a closet full of pictures in the room was spared.
The Stouts believe it was a prank, not any kind of targeted attack, but say someone could have been killed.
Investigators with the Tallahassee Fire Department, the state Fire Marshals Office and Leon County deputies are canvassing the area to see if the neighbors have any information about the incident.
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Iced tea is as American as jazz music and the cotton gin. In the South, where hot, sultry days create a languid pace of life, ice-cold sweetened black tea washes down barbecue, welcomes guests, and caffeinates and cools lunching ladies. And you can be sure Scarlett O'Hara didn't rely on smoothies to provide fortitude until cocktail hour. No ma'am.
Legend has it iced tea was invented during the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904, when a tea plantation owner decided to modify his product to suit the day's sweltering heat. He poured standard tea through iced pipes and the resulting cold drink became a hot commodity. It's a good story, but in reality, women in the South made iced tea decades prior, brewing strong batches of orange pekoe, storing the liquid in the ice chest, then serving it in goblets filled with cracked ice. Slices of lemon were a must. Those women understood an enduring truth: Despite its seeming simplicity, making good iced tea requires a deft hand. Bitter, cloudy or watery iced tea has no place at the table. "Very few understand the art of making iced tea," pointed out The Successful Housekeeper in 1884. "Pour the scalding hot tea on a goblet of ice lumped in, and as the ice melts the tea is weak, insipid and a libel on its name."
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If you prefer a simple chilled tea without ice cubes, served in, say, small ceramic teacups, simply place normally brewed tea in the fridge after brewing, allowing it to cool to room temperature. This method transforms leftover hot tea into a refreshing drink for summer, says Linda Villano of SerendipiTea. "The flavor won't be a full as a tea prepared hot with the intention of icing," she says, "but it's still a good way to make an easy, refreshing drink."
Even though she hails from New York, Villano follows the southern tradition of refrigerating her iced tea in the pitcher she'll use for serving—a glass pitcher, never plastic, to preserve the tea's flavor. "Teas are finicky and sensitive and are going to take on a little bit the flavors surrounding them," Villano says. If you're worried about unwanted flavors floating around the fridge, chill tea in a sealed container, such as a mason jar.
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Experiment with all types of teas to discover your favorite chilled variety. For example, if you love the ritual of preparing a pot full of high-grade green tea, the ice-infusion method on page 54 can make a cooling summertime alternative. If you're making a big batch to accompany your next cookout, you're probably better off with some no-fuss cold-brewed tea. And feel free to add your own touches to whichever method you choose. For Villano, the process provides an excuse to head outdoors. "Before I serve any iced tea, I like to run out to the garden and clip some fresh rosemary, basil, mint leaves or thyme for garnish," she says. "Everyone uses a lemon wedge, but there's so much more you can do."
Hot-Brewed Iced Tea
This basic brewing method creates a tea concentrate, essential for tea served over ice. Tinkering with ingredient amounts will vary strength and sweetness, but beware of over-steeping, which creates excessive bitterness. To make a stronger tea, increase the amount of tea leaves or bags (premium-quality bags only) or reduce the amount of water.
For a caffeine-free version, use the same ratio of herbal tea to create a tisane (any tea made with ingredients other than leaves from the Camellia sinensis tea bush). Herbal blends are more forgiving than black teas, says Linda Villano of SerendipiTea, because they won't become increasingly bitter with steeping, but will simply increase the intensity of flavors.
1 oz. loose tea or premium-quality teabags
1/2 gallon water
Ice cubes
Sweetener (optional)
Lemon or herb garnish (optional)
Boil water in large, non-reactive saucepan. Remove from heat. Add loose tea or teabags and cover. Steep for no more than 5 minutes. If using bags, remove them without squeezing them, which creates bitterness, and pour tea into a container or pitcher. If using loose tea, pour hot liquid through a strainer or cheesecloth into container. Discard leaves. Add sweetener, if desired, to taste. Cool tea completely before placing in the refrigerator to chill. Serve by pouring tea into glasses filled with ice and garnish. Makes 1/2 gallon.
Ice Infusion
Sebastian Beckwith, co-owner of the Connecticut-based online tea store In Pursuit of Tea, has traveled extensively in Asia to source his company's teas. While there, he discovered that locals in Japan enjoyed this method of brewing cold tea, in which ice cubes and tea leaves commingle at room temperature, gently coaxing the purest flavors from the leaves. The result is a sweet grassy flavor not found in hot tea.
Beckwith warns that this method won't produce a pitcher of tea, but rather small, concentrated doses of tea with intense flavors. "Ice infusions are aesthetically beautiful and require patience," he says, adding that because of the amount of time required to make an ice infusion, locals make them at home and never at restaurants or cafés. Also, the quality of the tea used matters more than with other iced tea brewing methods; Beckwith suggests fine sencha and gyokuro green teas. "With higher-grade teas, you'll be able to experience umami and sweetness simultaneously," he says.
1–2 Tbsp. green tea leaves
2–6 ice cubes made from filtered water
Place tea leaves in a small (4–8 oz.) glass or ceramic teapot. Fill the pot with ice cubes and let sit—preferably somewhere sunny and warm—until ice has melted. Time will vary depending on air temperature. Carefully pour liquid into teacups, being careful to keep leaves in the teapot. Or pour the liquid through a filter into cups and serve. Serve in small, traditional Japanese teacups. Makes 1–2 servings.
Cold-Brewed Iced Tea
Even simpler than the hot-brew method, this technique, adapted from the book Iced Tea by Fred Thompson, produces a similar concentrate for serving chilled tea over ice. This method can also be used to make "sun tea," which involves using direct sunlight to steep tea in cold water.
Cold-brewing removes less caffeine from tea leaves than hot brewing and also works well for tisanes. For sweetening, Thompson recommends using superfine sugar or simple syrup. There are brewing pitchers made specifically for cold brewing. Bodum, for example, makes a good one called the Biasca Iced Tea Jug.
1 gallon cold water
3 Tbsp. tea leaves or herbal tea
Ice cubes
1 cup superfine sugar or simple syrup (optional)
Lemon wedge or fresh herb garnish (optional)
Fill a 1-gallon glass container with cold water. Add tea leaves, cover tightly and shake to combine. Let sit overnight in the refrigerator or place in full sunlight for 3 to 4 hours. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a clean container and stir in sugar, if desired, until dissolved. Chill and serve over ice. Garnish. Makes 1 gallon.

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Quite funny actually.
I was watching it and laughing so hard. The guy either had no idea what was going on or was expecting to be in a photo with the team, either way I've never seen that before.
Rest In Peace Craigos
One of the comments at youtube: "disgusting, i hope the indian team get the motivation to get back at them on the field"
I haven't seen it, but...looking at some of the comments..
'respect for elders' Vs 'officials stealing the limelight from players'.
Then consider that most of the people complaining about the australians actions showed no respect for the 'elder' Darrell Hair, and complained of him making himself the center of attention.
This is the biggest storm in a teacup I've seen in a fair while in cricket. The idea that anyone is actually offended by that is absurd.
It's cold on the outside they say
But the cold leaves you clear while the heat leaves a haze
Who is offended on here?Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
Nobody as far as I'm aware, I'm just commenting generally. Obviously somebody was upset by it, based on the media reaction and so on.Originally Posted by Dravid
Oh, don't worry about that. Indian media are good at making a big deal out of nothing. They are always upset about every little thing that happens, I just started this thread cause I found it interesting.Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
With the media, it is not so much 'upset' as 'here's another story for us to make money (and fools) out of the people'.Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.
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Haha, biggest non-event. "We got knocked out in the early stages of a major tournament again... SHIFT FOCUS!"
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There's an element of truth to what Ponting said at the Airport today. That whenever Australia win, they're accused of being too aggressive / abrasive; and when they lose they're accused of being too friendly. It's almost right on cue, anytime we win something. Just like it's been all over the papers (about us being too friendly) when we finally lost something (the Ashes). Granted, some of the criticism the team cops is deserved. Other times it seems automatic, contrived and petty.
So can we assume Sachin doesn't browse Youtube?
Why would the Indian media shift the focus? I dare say they prefer it when India lose. Sells more stories.Originally Posted by Nnanden
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
haha that was very funny! even the two lovely commentators bagged him
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Fair enough. I reckon bagging the world`s best team is a winner over that though.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Mexico and Mumbai...
New York was not half as electrifying as it used to be. Or I am more blase. But hello.... not blase enough not to behave like a starstruck fan when Beyonce bounced into the hippest venue in town - the incomparable Standard Hotel , in the meat packing district. Despite her 8-feet tall bodyguards, she still managed to meet fans and pose for the waiting paparazzi. Yes, she is dazzling. And her star power makes her RADIATE.... OOOOOF.Too much wattage... but then she isn't the most successful entertainer on earth right now for nothing. I also rushed to catch Brooke Shields as Morticia in the Addams Family... but, I have to say this, she was listless, disinterested and not worth the big ticket prices. Brooke can't dance, sing, or act. Come back Anjelica Huston.You and only you are the real Morticia. Aaaaah... at least the magic of Broadway still works. Chalo, Big Apple may kuch toh baaki bachcha hai....
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- Crazy Blogger said...
wow and u didnt like mexican food?
- July 29, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- Mette said...
I love Mexico <3
- July 29, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Unknown said...
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- July 29, 2011 at 5:57 PM
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`Mere paas dawood hai, tumhare paas kya hai?'
`Mere paas salman hayek hai'
- July 29, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- manisha said...
once had a mexican friend come to mumbai, and he said the same thing - this is just like mexico city. esp. the bright colours people wear!
- July 29, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
Mexican food is quite delicious. Might want to grab a bit at Chipotle if in NY right now... OMG, the bestest fast food, US could come up with!!! Raise hands if you agree...?
- July 29, 2011 at 10:13 PM
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- July 30, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- jamesreegan said...
I love Mexic
- July 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM
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- July 30, 2011 at 11:54 AM
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Mexican food is ok! But rather go for Salma Hayek any day!
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August 16, 2009 Berlin Atletic Championship - Usain Bolt breaks his own world record. He ran 100m in 9.58 seconds !!!. His average speed was 10.4384 m/s.
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Usain Bolt Record - 200m sprint race
August 20, 2009 Berlin Atletic Championship - Usain Bolt breaks his own world record. He ran 200m in 19.19 seconds !!!. His average speed was 10.4221 m/s.
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Michael Johnson Record
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By Jack Daniels, PhD
A good measure of how much work you're doing as a runner is how much distance you're covering. It costs just about the same amount of energy to run eight miles in 40 minutes as it does to run eight miles in 60 minutes; you're doing the same amount of work--only the rate is different. However, the amount of work (mileage) that you're performing represents only part of the stress to which you're subjecting yourself. Slower runners spend more time accumulating the same mileage covered by faster runners, and more time on the road means more footfalls, more landing impact, and a greater chance for increased fluid loss and elevated body temperature. Thus, although mileage achieved is a logical starting point, it's also useful to keep track of total time spent running. Keep track of your weekly mileage so that you can use this record as a basis for how much of the various types of quality work you do and so that your training is consistent. Just as you use your current VDOT or (based on current racing ability) to guide your training intensities, you can use your current weekly mileage to set limits on quality sessions--but use time spent running to log points accumulated at various intensities of running. In the case of weekly mileage, remember the principles of stress and reaction (principle 1, page 8) and diminishing return (principle 5, page 12) I discussed in chapter 1. Stay with a set amount of mileage for at least three weeks before increasing your mileage. This gives your body a chance to adjust to and benefit from a particular load before moving on to a more demanding one. When it's time to increase your mileage, add to your weekly total as many miles (or one and a half times as many kilometers) as the number of training sessions you're doing each week, up to a maximum of a 10-mile (15-kilometer) total adjustment. For example, after at least three weeks of 20 miles per week spread over five training sessions, your maximum increase should be 5 miles or 7.5 kilometers--1 mile (or 1.5 kilometers) for each of the five sessions you're doing each week. In this case, you would be moving from 20 to 25 miles per week. A runner who's doing 10 or more workout sessions per week could increase his or her weekly total by 10 miles, after spending at least three weeks at the previous amount. Let a 10-mile (15-kilometer) weekly increase be the maximum mileage change, even if you're running two or more daily sessions seven days a week. Another way of dealing with increases in weekly training load is to add to the weekly total the lesser of 60 minutes per week or 6 minutes multiplied by the number of training sessions you undertake each week. I think that two hours a day of running is quite a lot, and it's unusual for even elite runners to run more than three hours a day (about 30 miles a day for an elite distance runner). Remember that stress is a function of time spent doing something, and that's why a 20-mile run is more stressful for a slow runner than for a faster one. It's not just the 20 miles but the time spent completing those 20 miles. The increased number of steps can wear you down, and the extra hour in the heat or on slick roads can take its toll. To avoid overtraining and injury, slower runners might have to run less total mileage than faster runners. This is an excerpt from Daniels' Running Formula.
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Roseanne Barr didn't make it to the White House, but the comedy star and former presidential candidate promises to be a force in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. Barr has signed on to voice the character of Kraang Prime, who will show up later this year in the season finale.
Barr joins a guest cast that includes Kelly Hu (Arrow) and Cassandra Peterson, the actress best known for portraying TV vampress Elvira. TV Guide Magazine earlier broke the news that Corey Feldman had joined the cast, which includes his fellow The Goonies co-star, Sean Astin.
Nickelodeon hasn't released any information about Barr's character, but the Kraang is an alien species created for the new series based in part on Krang, a villain that has appeared in previous Ninja Turtles TV shows.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is back with new episodes starting Friday, Jan. 25, 7/6c with "I, Monster." In that episode, the Turtles face a new enemy, The Rat King. Nickelodeon will air a Ninja Turtles marathon that night as part of its "Total Turtle Takeover." After that, new episodes will premiere in the show's regular time slot, Saturdays at 11am/10c.
Hu guests as Karai, a rebellious teenager and expert martial artist who stirs up trouble. "As lethal as she is beautiful, Karai brings a whole new level of chaos and complication for the Turtles," says the Nickelodeon description. She first appears in the episode "New Girl in Town," airing Feb. 2.
Peterson voices Mrs. Campbell, a research scientist from the World Wide Genome Project. Her character, who debuts in the Feb. 9 episode "The Alien Agenda," takes a particular interest in April O'Neil.


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Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the men's downhill title at the Alpine skiing world championships Saturday after a powerful run down the Planai course that no one came close to matching.
Watched by thousands of spectators, Svindal kept a near-perfect line down the icy and bumpy course despite foggy conditions that caused problems for several skiers. The Norwegian finished in 2 minutes, 1.32 seconds to win by nearly half a second.
"I knew I could not have skied better here," said Svindal, who raised both arms in the air and shouted out in celebration after his run. "I took a lot of risks. It was a tough race. Visibility wasn't good and the course was difficult. At the finish, I was exhausted, in my head as well."
Dominik Paris of Italy, who leads this season's World Cup downhill standings, trailed Svindal by 0.46 in second. David Poisson of France finished third, 0.97 behind.
Svindal added to his 2007 world downhill title, earning his fifth world title overall. His father Bjoern Svindal was among the first to congratulate the champion in the finish area.
"I knew from the start that he was going to do something special," he said. "He was very focused. I expected a medal as he had already done well in the super-G."
The rest of the field, led by Klaus Kroell of Austria in fourth, finished more than a second off Svindal's winning time. Defending champion Erik Guay of Canada failed to finish, narrowly avoiding a crash and missing a gate.
With 2005 champion Bode Miller sitting out the season to recover from knee surgery, the Americans failed to make an impact.
Less than 2 hours before the start of the race, Andrew Weibrecht posted the fastest time in an additional 50-second training run on the difficult, turning bottom part of the course. But the American only managed 22nd in the race, 3.25 seconds behind Svindal.
"It's definitely one of the rougher courses we ski. The bumps were frozen up," Weibrecht said. "There was flat light, it was overcast, so you were kind of going into stuff and you can't see it."
Marco Sullivan slid off course when his left ski lost contact with the snow in a right turn. He landed in the safety nets and wasn't injured.
"I am not really sure what happened," Sullivan said. "My ski got clicked out. The next thing was I saw the fence coming."
Svindal earned a bronze in Wednesday's super-G, a discipline he has dominated on the World Cup this season. He said it gave him extra motivation for the downhill.
"Winning bronze was nice but I was also a bit frustrated," Svindal said. "I really pushed hard today and avoided major mistakes."
Svindal has now won 11 medals at major championship, still nine short of the all-time record held by fellow Norwegian Kjetil Andre Aamodt, who watched the race from the stands.
Paris, who won the downhill races in Bormio and Kitzbuehel this season, lost time to the Norwegian toward the end but said he had "a great race."
"I tried to go for a medal, but I didn't think I could do it," Paris said. "I saved energy in the upper part because I knew I needed it for that difficult finish section."
Kroell's fourth place left the home nation without a gold medal in a speed event of any major championship since the 2003 worlds, when Michael Walchhofer won the downhill and Stephan Eberharter the super-G.
Walchhofer's silver medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics downhill remains the last speed medal for Austria.
"I am very disappointed," said Kroell, last season's World Cup downhill champion who grew up in a nearby village. "I had a big mistake early on and I didn't find my flow because of all the bumps. I just couldn't keep the line."
The women's downhill is Sunday.


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We ended up creating characters for Tunnels & Trolls, and I ran them through The Dungeon of the Rat, a new-ish GM adventure from RPGNow.
Then real life intervened. We've met twice in as many months, both times to run Dragon Age. It's an interesting system and an interesting world, but I'm not sure whether we'll return to T&T, do DA instead, or what. (Including just drift our separate ways.)
That got me thinking about another campaign I'd like to get started,
The GM of my current group wants to take a break, so I've volunteered to run something. Of the five billion options I presented, these seem to be the most popular:
Eldritch Skies, which I reviewed incompetently on RPG.net a couple of weeks ago.RuneQuest (Mongoose Legend, possibly upgrading to RQ6 when it comes out), setting either Elric of Melnibone or Pavis in Glorantha. (Although I've yet to read Age of Treason, and perversely I'm itching to try something Malkioni.)
Three weeks ago, the players and I decided to suspend the Orc Lands campaign, due to the lack of new players and the number of times one absence cancelled the game.
I'm going to move the game to play-by-post at some point, although I'm not sure whether I should continue to run it as BRP.
The Story So Far
The Village of Red Briar
Red Briar resembled an armed camp, thanks to the War Chief, Swift Sword. He's convinced of an imminent attack from the Blood Axe tribe, the Over-Sea Folk, the now-disappeared Shadow Foot tribe, the Stone Home tribe in the mountains, or possibly neighboring Ashen Hand villages. He trust no one ... except Saddle, who humored him as long as possible.
Gray Cloud, the Peace Chief, acquiesces to Swift Sword's every
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(Yes, this log is horribly late. I hope to catch up before next session.)
The Story So Far
All the People of the Ashen Hand have a duty to stand watch at the borders of their lands. Saddle the shaman and Thinks Much the scholar, as residents of Green Plains Village, spent their mandatory two weeks standing watch at a camp near the Swiftwater River, within sight of the Over-Sea-Folk settlement on the other side.
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Moving house is bad enough, but when you are confronted by endless boxes containing random items (a computer lead, the dog's bowl and 3 pair of jeans for example) the stress levels can go through the roof.
Practical Princess can take all of that away from you.
They will organise the packers, supervising each and every box, and then unpack everything the other end so that it all makes sense.
Imagine the heaven of going away while someone else does all the work, and then arriving at your new house to find everything beautifully unpacked and organised, down to the last details.
Even your safety pins all put together in one place and your fridge filled.
All you need to do is open a bottle of (already chilled) champagne.


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|They're so tiny! And yes, they held hands the moment they met.
You may have noticed my lack of posting as of late. It turns out, my twin daughters decided to make their appearance earlier than expected. Needless to say, I have had my hands quite full with this new and awesome role and I will be taking a bit of a maternity leave from The Scorpion and the Frog. But don't worry; I will be back with more stories of the weird and wonderful world of animals next fall.


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Recent events remind us that bad things happen to good people. Too often, senseless tragedies wrench our souls — whether the victims live in our own community or on the other side of the world.
Editor's note: "The Spoken Word" is shared by Lloyd Newell each Sunday during the weekly Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast.
Recent events remind us that bad things happen to good people. Too often, senseless tragedies wrench our souls — whether the victims live in our own community or on the other side of the world.
When such tragedy strikes, we might be tempted to despair, concluding that the world's evil outweighs its goodness.
But there's something else that happens in the wake of horrible events, something that sparks hope: In the process of mourning with those who mourn (see Mosiah 18:9), we remember that we share a common humanity, a brotherhood, sisterhood.
We realize that although we look, believe and think differently, we share this small space in the universe, and we need each other. When one group or individual suffers, we all do. So we help one another through difficulties and trials, because that's the only way we can move forward in the face of suffering.
In reality, then, tragic events can actually reaffirm to us that there are still far more people in this world who love than who hate. More people unite and support than divide and disparage. More people are civil and kind than disrespectful and angry. Yes, we face a steep climb toward the higher ground of forgiveness, but our footholds are compassion, respect and always, always love.
Rabbi Harold Kushner noted that in declaring, "The Lord is my shepherd," the Psalmist was not saying "that bad things will never happen to us. (But) we will not have to face those bad things alone."
"We can get up every morning to face (the) world," Rabbi Kushner continued, "because we know that there is Someone … who cares about us. … God … makes the world seem less frightening. … The newspaper headlines will still speak of violence and tragedy. … But we will be able to face the world with more courage and more confidence because we will not be facing it alone" (see "The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-Third Psalm" published in 2003, page 15).
We're truly in this together. We need voices of peace. We need hearts of love. We need souls that respect our shared humanity — who generate light instead of heat. In other words, we need each other. In the end, hate will not win; goodness will. Ultimately, evil does not rule the day; love does — and always will.
Voices of peace and hearts of love are never alone.


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Determining Storage Performance Needs is Part Science and Part ArtJanuary 12, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Hyper-V, MCSE, Site Editor
Moreover, there's a dirty little secret in the storage industry. If you ask any vendor how many IOPS can be delivered by their devices in real world situations, there's a good chance that you'll get the same answer. Although many vendors will publish IOPS numbers – which I believe is a good practice, as long as the playing field is equal – those numbers are just a snapshot of a single array at a single point in time with a single kind of workload. In the real world, who knows what will hit that array? It's impossible to test for every possible use case.Read More
VMware Metro Storage Cluster Explained – Part 2: The Potential SolutionJanuary 4, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Hyper-V, MCSE, Site Editor
Let's use cross-site mirroring via software RAID. Veritas used the concept of a plex which was just a mirror unit, or unit of protection. In this scenario, we present a same block-size LUN from each site, build a plex on top of each, and then create a volume on top. From this we provision a file system.
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VMware Metro Storage Cluster Explained – Part 1: The ChallengeJanuary 3, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Hyper-V, MCSE, Site Editor
When partnered with Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), it made for simple scalable clusters that could be stretched over distance. Back in the early 2000's, it was possible to deploy up to a 32–node VCS cluster. This was mainly due to the proprietary cluster communication protocols that imposed a lower overhead.Read More


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This week is full of lots of Allegiant information. Here & Now got the chance to sit down and talk with Veronica Roth about the ending of Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy.
Check out the full transcript of the Q&A below:
In the young adult book world, 25-year-old Veronica Roth is one of the youngest and hottest authors. In her "Divergent" trilogy, which is sort of like "The Hunger Games" set in Chicago, the fate of a society rests on the shoulders of a 16-year-old girl who, like all 16-year-olds, must choose to join a faction, even if that means leaving her family behind.
Veronica says she came up with the first faction, the Dauntless, when she learned in a psychology class at Northwestern University in Chicago about exposure therapy, people overcoming fears by confronting them. The Dauntless constantly confront their fears and prize bravery above all. But then Veronica created other factions, and what began as a Utopia becomes dystopia as the factions turned against each other.
A film starring Shailene Woodley is set for release in March, and the last book in the trilogy, "Allegiant," comes out today. What will happen to Tris, our 16-year-old heroine? Veronica Roth joins us from the NPR Studios in New York. And, Veronica, how did you come up with the other factions? There are four more, right?
VERONICA ROTH: Yes. I mostly just asked myself the question: Which virtues would I choose to make these groups revolve around if I were the god of this Utopian universe?
YOUNG: So you have the one faction called Candor, those who are honest, Abnegation, those who are selfless – we mentioned Dauntless – Amity, they favor peace above all, Erudite, they prize intelligence. Children who reach the age of 16 have to choose one?
ROTH: Yes.
YOUNG: Where did that come from?
ROTH: I don't know what high school is like for everyone else. But for me, when I was 16, I really did feel like I had to choose the rest of my life because everyone was putting a lot of pressure on all of us to figure out, you know, where we wanted to go to school next or what we wanted to do if we weren't going to school. It was sort of like the decision-making age was shifted back to an age when I really didn't feel like I knew myself all that well. It seemed natural to me to reflect that experience in these books.
YOUNG: And what are you saying about the fact that this is a young woman who does not want to be in the selfless group with her family of birth but chooses the Dauntless who are brave? There's a lot to be said for selflessness. You know, you are living to help others. But that's something that women are often asked to do.
ROTH: Right. I actually tried to write "Divergent" four years before I succeeded in finishing it. But I wrote it from Tobias' perspective. He's our main man.
YOUNG: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
ROTH: And it didn't work. I got 30 pages into the story, and it felt very expected, a little bit boring. But four years later, when I picked it up again and decided to revamp it and see what I can make of it, it occurred to me that it was far more interesting to see a young woman leave this atmosphere where, you're right, she's encouraged to be selfless, which is something that all women, I think, are encouraged to do, to choose something dangerous and bold and crazy for herself. Turning those gender role expectations around was extremely interesting and made the story far more fascinating to me as the writer.
YOUNG: Well, and by the way, we know that men can be selfless as well. But how much did Chicago inspire either the framework of the story, this factionalized society or the terrain? What were some of your inspiration?
ROTH: When I wrote the first draft, the book was not set in any particular location. But as I revise, I realized that it would really benefit from a distinct sense of place and the added reality that that would give the world that Tris lives in. And when I looked at the story I had written, there were these, you know, constantly moving elevated trains and this like marshy used to be a lake place and these rivers running through it, and I realized that I had written Chicago without really realizing it.
So I think it was the trains that really played the biggest role from Chicago in the story because they're almost like a creature. They move constantly, and it's not entirely clear who is driving them. And that really appealed to me because that's been my experience on the L in Chicago.
YOUNG: What do you think it says that young people like yourself and the ones that are devouring your books are so obsessed with this sort of end-times, this dystopian, "Hunger Games," "Divergent" society? What does that mean?
ROTH: I think that's the time when you start to discover that the world is not as pretty and shiny as it seemed when you were a child. So dystopian and futuristic books seem like a way of acknowledging the difficulties that teenagers are encountering, or at least noticing that they exist.
I don't remember who I know who said it, but it was like high school is the ultimate dystopia. I don't know very many people who remember high school with total fondness. And, you know, there's reasons for that.
YOUNG: Well, you alluded to that. I was wondering, is there – was there – I mean, as much as you want to tell, was there something for you, some kind of light bulb – some moment where, oh, the world is what I thought it was, and it – you went down this rabbit hole or…
ROTH: Yeah. I think for me, it was when I was able to see and acknowledge that my parents weren't perfect. It's like a huge coming of age moment. And particularly with one of my parents, a lot of things came to light when I was a teenager that were shocking and required me to admit to myself that even the people who are supposed to love you best and love you the most have secrets and have a whole other life outside of you that is not always rosy.
YOUNG: Well, I don't want to pry, but is it something you can share? Is it…
ROTH: I don't think that would be very kind to the parent that I'm referring to, but…
YOUNG: OK. All right. No. That's – yeah. Mm-hmm. But it was – it obviously set you on this path.
Well, the last book in your trilogy – we often sign nondisclosure agreements to get books ahead of time, but I – we've just never seen this extensive guarding of a book. There's – my name in huge print is on every single page, so I can – there's no way I can copy it or hand it out to anyone. They've done this so that they can trace anything that might be released.
We're not going to – at all – give away the ending of this book, but how closely did you want to guard what happened?
ROTH: I did want to keep it secret for as long as humanly possible, simply because I wanted people to experience the story for themselves and not just be told what happens because I think the process of reading the book is a lot different – it feels a lot different than if you were just told a summary of it.
YOUNG: I tweeted out to many of your different online fan bases, you know, do you have questions for Veronica Roth? And one that came back from one of your fan sites, Divergent Life, they wrote and said: We heard there was a shocking ending. Can you tell us why you did that? As much as you want to, why did you choose that?
ROTH: I, from the very first book, had this ending planned, if I was fortunate enough to write the other two.
YOUNG: Really? You always knew.
ROTH: I knew…
YOUNG: You always knew.
ROTH: Yeah. I knew it was the way it had to go. And someday, I'll talk about the way that this is set up in each book. But I was sure of it from the very beginning, what would do justice to these characters and to this story, and I feel very strongly that this is the best possible ending for this book. And I'm extremely happy with it, even though I know it will be alarming, maybe.
YOUNG: Are you sad to leave this world behind?
ROTH: I am sad. In the middle of writing the book, I was sure I wasn't going to be sad because I was just like, OK, this thing just needs to get done. But now that the day has come, it's very bittersweet. I mean, I'm happy to let go of these secrets and for everyone to know how this story ends, but the series has been special to me. It's changed huge parts of my life. And I have a deep affection for these characters and – I don't know. It's going to be a little – I'm going to have to mope a little bit after this.
YOUNG: Yeah. Well, we can't wait to see what you do next. Veronica, thanks so much.
ROTH: Thank you.


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I've been lurking for some time now and finally took the jump to register and participate
My name is Julia, I am 29 years old and recently moved to Indianapolis.
My husband and I have three fuzzy kids, two cats and T-Bone, our Am Staff mix. She will be 6 this year- time is flying by too fast. She earned her CGC last year and I am toying with the idea of trying to get her certified as a therapy dog.
Hehe, T being a unicorn for Halloween.
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A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo that said the May 7 distributed denial of service attacks threatened by the so-called "hacktivist" collective Anonymous against government and financial websites would be more bark than bite prove to be true.
As of the morning of May 8, NCUA Public Affairs Specialist John Fairbanks said the agency had not received any reports of credit unions being hit with the threatened May 7 attacks. Likewise, targeted credit unions reported no ill effects.
Jeanette Mack, manager, corporate communications for the $54 billion Navy FCU of Vienna, Va., reported all operations were normal. Representatives from the $5.6 billion American Airlines FCU of Fort Worth, Texas; the $27 billion State Employees' Credit Union of Raleigh, N.C.; and the $6.2 billion San Diego County Credit Union also reported no problems.
Mack, SECU President/CEO Jim Blaine and SDCCU President/CEO Teresa Halleck added that their organizations will continue to be prepared for the attacks.
"With [May 7] being the announced date, everybody gears up," Halleck said, "but it could happen any day. So, we are maintaining a state of awareness."
A group claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous posted a target list April 24 on website Pastebin, saying its May 7 OpUSA effort would target nine government sites and 133 financial institutions. In addition to Navy Fed, SECU, American Airlines FCU and SDCCU, the credit unions on the list included the $16 billion Pentagon FCU of Alexandria, Va.; the $12 billion Boeing Employees Credit Union of Tukwila, Wash.; the $9.8 billion SchoolsFirst FCU of Santa Ana, Calif.; the $8.2 billion The Golden 1 Credit Union of Sacramento, Calif.; the $5.4 billion Suncoast Schools FCU of Tampa, Fla.; the $8.3 billion Alliant Credit Union of Chicago; the $7.2 billion Security Service FCU of San Antonio; and the $5.8 billion America First FCU of Riverdale, Utah.
CUNA Spokesman Pat Keefe said his trade association, which was the first to alert credit unions to the May 7 attacks, said CUNA was relieved there were few, if any, attacks.
"We had acknowledged from the beginning that there certainly was the possibility that no threat would in fact materialize," Keefe said. "But we continue to strongly believe maintaining the trust of members in the security of their credit unions is worth the effort of advising credit unions of risks to them and their members. In fact, if our cautions to credit unions played any role in diminishing a threat, so much the better."
Brian McGinley, CEO of IDT911 Consulting, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based data risk management firm that has approximately 30 credit union clients, said any credit union could suffer what he called collateral damage if they share service providers with an institution hit by a DDoS attack.
"That's really the key message of why these attacks are different," he said. "Since most credit unions use a third-party IT supplier, the attack, per se, goes through the provider to hit them."
When a DDoS attack floods a website with traffic, he explained, that traffic goes through switches that may be shared by hundreds of institutions, and all could feel the effects. Although the attacks so far have been targeted at online banking programs, McGinley said they could extend to platforms that support teller terminals, systems that open new accounts or those that process loans, he said, because they are delivered through web services. Cloud distribution could also be subject to disruption, he added.
The inclusion of credit unions on the May 7 target list should serve as a wake-up call for all credit unions to initiate meetings with IT service providers to hammer out what communication and technical plans would be implemented were an attack to occur, and what to expect in terms of service levels, he said.
"And, when you're talking about large providers serving hundreds or thousands of clients, if there is an attack, somebody needs to ask who would get priority in getting back up online," he said.
Kevin Prince, chief technology officer at the Santa Ana, Calif.-based technology management firm Compushare, said his firm has worked on an FBI task force for a long time combating Anonymous cyberattacks. But he said the bureau "is having a hard time doing anything about it." He described law enforcement attempts to fight the loose collective like chopping off one head, only to find two more have grown back in its place. Prince, who was a guest on a May 6 CUNA press call, recently released a white paper that reassures small financial institutions they're not likely targets, but nonetheless provides ways to prepare in case they are, or simply worry they may be.
In reality, he said, there's very little a small credit union can do to stop a DDoS attack.
"You can't just tweak the firewall. It simply doesn't work that way," he said.
Instead, Prince agreed with McGinley that credit unions should work with their Internet service providers to stop the attack upstream before it gets to the credit union's website or online banking service, and review third party due diligence.
The white paper, "DDoS Attacks: How Real Are the Risks for Community Financial Institutions," is available for download on Compushare's website.+
Corporate credit unions weren't listed a potential victims, but nonetheless Scott Hunt, the NCUA's director of the Office of National Examinations and Supervision emailed a letter to corporate credit unions May 7 providing information regarding the attacks and instructing corporates what they should do if they are attacked.
In the letter, Hunt said the main May 7 anticipated attack vectors included not just DDoS, but also Structured Query Language injection and cross-site scripting. DDoS attacks could peak at approximately 30 gigabits per second, and could be globally attributed, "with anticipated network spikes of up to nine GBPS originating from Indonesian class C Internet protocol address space."
Hunt told corporates the FBI recommends DDoS mitigation techniques should include limiting the number of sessions from each IPA, reducing connection timeout wait time and analyzing infrastructure with publically available vulnerability scanning tools and patching that include the latest application and security updates.
"An effective configuration/patch management process provides a substantial defense to exploitive hacker tactics like SQLi and XSS and is foundational to an effective information security program intended to assure the safety and soundness of insured institutions," Hunt said in the letter.
The chief examiner of all corporate credit unions and natural person credit unions with more than $10 billion in assets further told the corporates should they experience any significant cyber-attack activity, they should notify their NCUA district examiner and state regulator, if applicable.
"The will allow NCUA to take necessary steps to ensure appropriate defensive actions are taken at other credit unions," he said.
Fairbanks confirmed that no corporates were targeted by Anonymous for May 7, but said because all financial institutions are subject to cyber threats and fraudulent attempts to break in, the regulator "remains diligent in reviewing security controls at credit unions."


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IntroductionNote: there appears to be a newer version of the Akai MPK Mini Editor that is not compatible with the files I provide, or the process outlined below. If you don't have the older version, these instructions may not work for you. If anyone is able to shed some light on the situation I'd be happy to make mention.
In 2011 I picked up the Akai MPK mini, a "laptop production keyboard" clearly focused on portability.
|(image sourced from http://www.akaipro.com/mpkmini)
I haven't used it enough to write a proper review yet, but there was one thing that did annoy me about it right out-of-the-box - it doesn't have any dedicated MIDI support in Reason or Record!
I should explain. MIDI controllers communicate with Reason & Record via a "codec" and a "remote map". The codec translates and associates incoming MIDI messages to specific 'control items', and the remote map is used to map these 'control items' to different Reason device controls.
But what makes your controller really useful is that a properly supported controller will auto-map its controls onto specific Reason device controls as you change devices.
For example, you can have a knob that maps to the first Combinator knob when a Combinator has MIDI focus, but then maps to the LPF frequency slider when you change to a Subtractor. The mapping is device-dependent and Reason takes care of it for you. You can also customise this mapping yourself.
Almost any MIDI controller will work with Reason as there are several 'generic' codecs that simply map keys, wheels, knobs, pads and sliders to generic 'controls'. But sadly if you are forced to use these codecs then you lose the auto-mapping feature - now your control simply generates a MIDI CC message on a fixed channel and this may correspond to... anything.
(Note that you can always use the 'remote map override' feature to assign any control to any Reason control - this can be useful occasionally but it's tedious to set up and does not scale to a full controller).
My Solution
I have created suitable Lua Codec and Map files for the Akai MPK mini. If you use these, you will be able to make almost full use of the device, and the knobs and pads will map to sensible controls on each Reason device. If you wish to customise the per-device mapping, simply edit the .remotemap file and add your own rules.
The latest version supports:
- Compatible with Reason 5 / Record 1.5 to Reason 6.5.3 - may work with future versions too.
- Kong pads - turn off CC and PROG CHANGE, then Pad Bank 1 maps to Kong pads 1-8, Pad Bank 2 maps to pads 9-16.
- Switches - turn on CC and each pad will act as a switch. Pad Bank 1 maps to switches 1-8, Pad Bank 2 maps to switches 9-16. Note that 'toggle' mode for the switches does not work correctly, and probably never will, so the pad lights will not stay lit.
- Prog Change - turn on PROG CHANGE and each pad will generate push-button events. Currently these are set up to send Transport messages:
- 1 - rewind
- 2 - ffwd
- 3 - stop
- 4 - play
- 5 - record
- 7 - change to previous sequencer track
- 8 - change to next sequencer track
- Knobs - eight knobs that are mapped to 'sensible' Reason controls. Note that Knob 1 is the top left knob.
- Keyboard Sustain (Damper Pedal) support - hold the "Sustain" button to activate.
Upgrading to 0.0.3 - important note!
If you are upgrading to 0.0.3 from an earlier version, you must reprogram your controller using the "Akai MPK MINI Editor" as the CC values generated by the pads have changed.
To upgrade, simply follow the Installation procedure again. You do not need to remove the old files, just make sure you overwrite them with the new files from the zip file.
If you have performed any of your own customisation (for example the .remotemap file), be sure to back up your changes before upgrading. You will have to manually reapply your changes afterwards.
The latest version 0.0.3 is available here. It is a zip file. Unzip it somewhere handy.
There are two parts to this installation process. Part 1 involves copying the Remote files to the correct destination on your system. Part 2 involves reprogramming your MPK mini with the provided Preset. You must complete both parts to have a successful installation.
Part 1 - Copy the Remote Files
The files in the Remote directory should be copied into your user's Remote directory:
- OSX: Macintosh HD
/Library/Application Support/Propellerhead Software/Remote it is also possible to install into /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Propellerhead Software/Remote if you want to keep them separate from your main Reason installation.
- Windows XP: C:/Documents and Settings/
Application Data/Propellerhead Software/Remote/ Windows Vista:C:/Documents and Settings/Program Data/Propellerhead Software/Remote/
- Windows 7: C:/ProgramData/Propellerhead Software/Remote
- Remote/Codecs/Lua Codecs/Akai/AkaiMPKmini.luacodec
- Remote/Codecs/Lua Codecs/Akai/AkaiMPKmini.lua
- Remote/Codecs/Lua Codecs/Akai/AkaiMPKmini.png
- Remote/Maps/Akai/AkaiMPKmini.remotemap
But before this will work, you must set up the MPK mini to generate the correct MIDI messages. Now complete Part 2.
Part 2 - Load the MPK mini Preset
The provided Preset ensures that your keyboard produces the correct MIDI messages are received by the Remote codec (which you installed in Part 1). To install the Preset:
- Ensure neither Reason nor Record are running - they may interfere with this process.
- Run the "Akai MPK MINI Editor" (on the CD provided with your controller, or downloadable from Akai's product support page)
- Click "Load Preset" and load the "Reason.preset" file from the Presets directory that you earlier unzipped.
- This will automatically switch the display to Preset Slot 1, but you can upload the new preset to any Slot you wish by clicking the "Preset #" drop-down and select the slot number you want to upload into:
- finally click the "Upload" button, and then click OK:
- You can repeat this upload process for the other Preset Slots if you like, but note that uploading a Preset to a Slot will completely overwrite any data already there.
(Previous versions had four identical Preset files, one for each Slot. However I realised that you can upload one file to any Slot with the above procedure, so now there is just one Reason preset).
In version 0.0.3 I have adjusted the CC values generated by the Pads to start at 65, rather than 64, as the first pad was interfering with the Sustain function.
Because the Lua Codec maps almost every control on the controller to a 'control item', you can customise the device mappings however you want. Simply edit the AkaiMPKmini.remotemap file to associate the MPK mini's controls with whatever Reason device controls you want. More information can be found here.
The available control items are:
- Keyboard
- Sustain
- Knob 1-8
- Pad Button 1-16
- Prog Change 1-16
UpdatesUpdate 28th February 2013 - version 0.0.3 released, see post for details. If you are upgrading, please read this post carefully.
Update 2nd October 2011 - version 0.0.2 appears to work fine in Reason 6 (OSX).
Update 30th September 2011 - version 0.0.2 released, see below for details.
Release HistoryVersion 0.0.3 - 20130228
- Added support for Sustain / Damper Pedal.
- Adjusted base CC for pads from 64 to 65.
Version 0.0.2 - 20110930
- Added support for Transport controls in Record 1.5.
Version 0.0.1 - 20110926
- Initial release, supports AutoDetect, Kong pads, CC pads (switches), Prog pads (transport), and knobs. All four presets are identical.
- Tested in Reason 5 on OSX only.
I am not affiliated or associated in any way with Akai or Propellerhead. I have created these files myself with the files and programs legally available to me.
You download and use these files entirely at your own risk!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License.


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Thursday, June 25, 2015
MoonOld friend watching over us.....
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Beautiful Uranus
On Octobre 30 I finally had a chance to observe Uranus. The sketch is made using the 12 inch Dobson from Orion Optics mounted on an Equatorial Platform. I used a 12mm Nagler. The magnification is 133x and the FOV is 37'. The observation and sketch were made from my backyard, between 22:00 and 23:00 local time. The seeing was somehow stable, but the transparency was bad. With the 2x powermate installed I could barely see a hint of green-blue color on the planets disk. there were no details visible. However, it was a very pleasing observation. Uranus really stood out as a little disk from its starry surroundings.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Enif and Picot 2On Octobre the 21th between 20:30 and 21:30 I observed the bright orange star Enif in Pegasus. I used the 80mm Zeiss with a 20-60 zoom eyepiece, mounted on a Manfrotto-tripod. At maximum zoom (60x) Enif nicely fitted into the same field of view with the asterism Picot 2 (in the upper half of the sketch), which looks like a cooking pan with a lid on it. The sketch was made from my backyard in Landgraaf. The faintest star is of magnitude 10.95, not bad for an 80mm scope.
North is up and East is to the left.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Sketchlight, getting ready to sketch M31 ....I am planning to sketch M31 this autumn. Until now I was struggling with my red lights while sketching at the eyepiece, but think this flexible arm will be the solution
Sunday, September 01, 2013
Mirror cleaning time!Getting the mirror of my dobson ready for the autumn.... and it needed some cleaning as you can see
Monday, August 19, 2013
The beautiful coat hanger......Here's a sketch I made two weeks ago, from my backyard. It is the starcluster Collinder 399, or as most of you will know, "The Coathanger". I made the sketch using 15x80 Vixen binoculars mounted on a mirror mount. The field of view is about 3.5 degrees.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Rigel and BetelgeuseOn february 8th 2011 I made sketches of Rigel and Betelgeuse. Both stars were observed through the Orion Optics 300mm. The sketch of Rigel represents a field of view of 52' and a magnification of 94x (17mm Nagler Type 4). The sketch of Betelgeuse represents a field of view of 37' and a magnification of 133x (12mm Nagler Type 4). South is up and east is to the left.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Observing OrionIn the last few weeks I observed a few interesting objects in Orion. I started in januari with Collinder 70, Orions Belt. Last week I had a look at Collinder 69 and Collinder 72, one of Steven James O'Meara's hidden treasures. Today I added another three wonderful objects to my sketchbook: Rigel, Betelgeuse and Collinder 65.
Rigel was observed with the 12 inch dobson. The double star did not show itself as a double initially, due to a lot of turbulence in the tube (the scope was just outside for a few minutes. However, after switching on the fan, the weaker B companion popped into view, just like that. The image was stable right from the moment the fan started to make a laminar flow in the 12-inch tube. Amazing. Betelgeuse was also observed with the twelve inch, and the deep orange color was simply overwhelming, especially at lowest power. However, in the 85mm Zeiss, the color looked even much deeper than in the 12-inch.
Collinder 65 is a large open cluster, which actually belongs to Taurus, but lies on the Orion-Taurus border. I observed and sketched this large open cluster (3.3 degrees) using the Skywindow and the 8x42 Orion binoculars, field of view 8.2 degrees. Until a few days ago I didn't know this cluster was actually there, but when scanning the area between Collinder 69 and Messier 1, you cannot miss it. You immediately will recognize it as a cluster.
In the next few weeks I hope to publish my observing reports and sketches on http://www.starobserver.eu On the map below you can see where the objects I observed can be found.
image from Voyager by Capellasoft
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