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I can't post a url b/c can't post real json url.. so here's my code with a dummy url...
$.getJSON("http://dummySubdomain.domain.com/movies.json?callback", function(json) {
why do I get error,
callback is not defined.....
I got that code from here, http://davidwalsh.name/jsonp(and http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/02/09/beginners-guide-jquery-based-json-api-clients/ )
I don't have that problem here...
(I used "jsoncallback" here, instead of just "callback" did this a few years ago, I don't remember why.....(I tried using just "callback" on this flickr page.... but then nothing prints... (but I don't get error... oh brother... I love JSON.....)
thank you....
PS: sorry, I need to change this... not getting error anymore, but nothing prints.. (oh man...)the json url is correct as I can load it directly on the browser and see the content....
this is my code now...
$.getJSON("http://dummySubdomain.domain.com/movies.json?callback", function(json) {
$('div').html('json: ' + json); // this line does not get executed at all, nothing prints (neither does the console.log() but I don't get any errors)
oh brother.. ok, changed one thing.....
$.getJSON("http://dummySubdomain.domain.com/movies.json?callback=?", function(json) { console.log(json); $('div').html('json: ' + json); // this line does not get executed at all, nothing prints (neither does the console.log() but I don't get any errors) });
(added '=?' after 'callback' (wanted to highlight this, but can't find how to change font color here....)
now again get error....
callback is not defined
thank you...
I'm still struggling w/this JSONP thingie....
here is example with 'local' jsonhttp://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.htmlwhich works fine...
from my localhost am trying to do JSONP with this urlhttp://mayacove.com/dev/json/json/usersp.jsonthe code is here...http://mayacove.com/dev/json/usersp.html(code I'm using from my localhost..)but it's not working...
get error:
callback is not defined....
how come I don't have that problem here??http://mayacove.com/dev/json/flickr.html
thank you.....
Some of the issues that I notice in that code are:
What is nameOfJSOn and where is it defined?
$('body').prepend('<h1>' + nameOfJSOn + '<\\/h1>');
What is that variable called value? Should it be data?
$.each(value, function (i, val) {
You're closing off $.each for both value and for data - when you only open it fr one of them. One of these two is superfluous and is messing up your structure.
}); // $.each(value)
}); // $.each(data)
both 'nameOfJSOn' & 'value' are defined here:
$.each(data,function(nameOfJSOn,value) {
first loop inside getJSON() method... (line 47)
right above this line:
what? wouldn't I be getting syntax error?I'm using the same method as here,http://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.html(only diff is this one is JSONP..)
also, have another JSONP here, http://mayacove.com/dev/json/flickr.htmlthat works fine... what is the difference with this one?
thank you very much.....
You're right, my fat fingers cut a line too much on my tablet, when cutting out all of the blank lines for which to better see things.
Nothing seems to be wrong with that code - can you show us an example of the JSONP call that you are doing that is resulting in your error?
thank you Paul...
That doesn't seem to be valid JSON code - what should happen instead is that a URL is called with ?callback=someFunctionName, and that callback name is then wrapped around the JSON data.See for example the code demonstrating this at https://gist.github.com/cowboy/1200708
oh brother.. I don't get this..it's the same as what I have here:http://mayacove.com/dev/json/json/users.json
that I grab "locally" from http://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.html
aren't you supposed to wrap it in that "callback" thingie for JSONP???
(JSON syntax is correct... it validates in Lint.. (as long as it's not wrapped in the "callback" thing...;-)
The JSON data is supposed to remain as data. The service that you request the data from (a .php file, or something else) is what wraps the callback function around the data.
Here's an example.
You make a JSON request to domain.com/users.php - the users.php file creates the JSON data, or retrieves it from somewhere else, and echo's out the following:
"users": [
When you make a JSONP request to domain.com/users.php?callback=processData - the users.php file creates the JSON data, or retrieves it from somewhere else, just as above. It then uses the callback information from the URL, and wrapsthat name as a function call around the JSON data, so that the users.php file ends up outputting:
"users": [
I should also mention, that because you are requesting the JSON data from the same domain that you are on, that you have no need to use JSONP. The reason for using that is as a security work-around, for when you are attempting to obtain JSON data from a domain that is different from yours.
users.php? where do you see that?????????
there's no back-end involved here at all...(this is running in my Tomcat, but the request for the JSON content is just the url to the JSONP... that's it......;-)
again, how come it works fine here?http://mayacove.com/dev/json/flickr.html
and not in my other example?
as for how I grab the content in the JSON, I do it exactly the same way as I do here,http://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.html
which works fine.. everything here is exactly the same except for the url to the JSON....(one is regular JSON, other one JSONP wrapped in "callback" thing... )
That was an example, for the purpose of demonstration.
May I ask, why are you experimenting with JSONP when you currently have no reason to use it? I suggest that you stick with JSON and leave JSONP until you have the time and/or patience to learn more fully about it.
to answer your question about the domain:
when I run usersp.html in my localhost (Tomcat) I'm not in the same domain, right?
I'm posting usersp.html just so you see the code,but in reality it needs to work in my localhost... and it's not...
again, get error:
callback is not defined....
this one,http://mayacove.com/dev/json/flickr.htmlworks from my localhost.....
[quote="maya90,post:14,topic:32265"]get error:
Ahh, okay. What happens with JSONP is that the result is placed inside of a script tag on your page, so that it ends up being:
Do you have a function called callback, that you have setup to handle that JSON data? If not, then that I presume is what the error message is referring to.
I looked this up yesterday (is it tomorrow already?? lol...)
and saw many entries in Stackoverflow..... I find this confusing...
so: I have to write a fn called "callback" in my <script> tag (can't do unobtrusive??)and run what code in it ????
how come I don't need any of this here?http://mayacove.com/dev/json/flickr.html(again, this one pulls the content fine in my localhost....)
on the other hand, the JSON for this one, (http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=cat&tagmode=any&format=json)is not wrapped in that "callback" thing.....
so am, let us say, mildly confused here?
(but for what I need to do in my situation with JSONP right now, the JSON being provided to me remotely is wrapped in that "callback" thing, so I have to work with that...)
ok, is this confusing enough now? :~))
thank you very much for your help.....
PS: ok, I see, I have to do the callback fn thing you say because the JSONP I'm pulling from is wrapped in that callback thing, right?
ok, thank you very much.....
That is correct. Because you are attempting to retrieve the JSON content from another domain, the web browser does not allow that to happen as a normal JSON request. So instead, that data must be wrapped in a function call and plonked in to a <script> tag. The browser will then run that function, passing that JSON data to the function.
So if it was not callback(...) but instead doStuffWithData(...), your error message may-well instead say:
doStuffWithData is not defined....
For which you would need to have previously defined a function, such as:
function doStuffWithData(data) {
// do stuff with data in here
So I suggest that you do that with that callback function name that you have in your file.
@paul_wilkins - I was playing around with the code that maya90 shared last night and trying to solve that 'callback in not defined' error. In the end, I discovered that you can get around the fixed callback function with jQuery, but it seems a bit clunky:
url: 'http://mayacove.com/dev/json/json/usersp.json',
dataType: "jsonp",
type: "GET",
cache: true,
jsonp: false,
jsonpCallback: "callback",
success: function(data){
so the only other way would be to create your own function with the same name as the callback?
Yep, something as simple as this would do:
function callback(data) {
dataType: 'jsonp',
url: 'http://mayacove.com/dev/json/json/usersp.json'
Or if the page you're your requesting it from is capable of dealing with the proper callback notation, something like this:
function handleJSON(data) {
dataType: 'jsonp',
url: 'http://www.domain.com/somefile.php?callback=handleJSON'
so I think I have to redo my entire code for
to something like the response here, maybehttp://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.html
all because of the JSONP I'm pulling from is wrapped in a "callback()" method....
oh man, this is grand......:-(
oh well, I need to learn how to do this....;)( any other ways you can think of doing this? that may be, better or whatever?)
so everything that I now have in getJSON() method has to go into a function that I call when the page loads?doesn't seem too different from calling getJSON() onload...;-)I'm still missing something here....


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Southern Sierra > Kern Peak > Climber's Log
Kern Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|From Blackrock
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2016
|Couldn't find a summit register so placed a new one
|Posted Jul 3, 2016 12:50 pm
|day hike
Date Climbed: May 31, 2015
|from blackrock trailhead. up east ridge and down south ridge.
|Posted Jun 1, 2015 12:10 am
|From Blackrock Trailhead
Date Climbed: May 17, 2015
|Dayhike starting at Blackrock TH. Hiked to Redrocks Meadows then turned west towards Cold Meadow and up Kern's South Ridge to the summit. Pretty much a long hike through the forest, but expansive 360 degree views from the summit.
|Posted May 18, 2015 11:33 am
|Templeton Cow Camp
Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2013
|Spent the night near the Kern River after climbing Cartago and Muah the day before. Went up the east ridge and face of Kern Peak in the morning before working my way down the trail and up to Big Whitney Meadow for a second night prior to a visit to Cirque Peak.
|Posted Sep 25, 2013 6:42 pm
|SPS WTC Trip
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2007
|Did this as part of an SPS WTC trip; it was first of two summits for the WTC, the second being Split Mountain.
|Posted Mar 9, 2013 9:55 pm
|Climbed from Haiwee Pass During 2012 Memorial Day Massacre
Date Climbed: May 27, 2012
|Done as part of the 2012 Memorial Day Massacre a 5 day 96 mile 20k gain loop originating from Haiwee Pass on the east side.
We did this on day three after hitting Deer Mountain, Doc, and Indian Head and being unable to reach Hockett Peak on previous days. We spent a rather pleasant night on the shoulder just east of the peak before continuing north to grab Red Hill and Cinder Cone before looping back to the south along Templeton and Monache Meadows.
|Posted Jun 7, 2012 6:49 pm
|Monache Mdws
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006
|Great hike with Jim, saw no one nice golden fishing, great view!
|Posted Feb 27, 2012 12:54 am
|Kern Peak Success
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011
|Climbed on Day 2 of a 3 Day Backpack Trip. Nice challenging climb with great scenery along the way.
|Posted Jul 26, 2011 2:41 pm
|From North
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011
|Nice isolated peak; from Horseshoe Meadows with a backpack in 81F heat. This could be a brutal dayhike from the N.
|Posted Jul 5, 2011 1:01 am
|Bob Burd
|East Face / South Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2008
|With Tom Becht, below. A moderate day, nice views from the summit, too much grazing allowed in what otherwise would be beautiful meadows along the way. Trip Report
|Posted Oct 11, 2008 3:33 pm
|Blackrock TH day hike
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2008
|Nice dayhike with Bob out of Blackrock, about 26 miles r/t. Climbed the East Face (which is really just a talus slope) and descended via the South Ridge. Took a slightly different route back.
|Posted Oct 7, 2008 9:24 pm
|From Blackrock trailhead
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
|Two day trip with a Sierra Club group.
|Posted Apr 22, 2008 2:02 am
|via Jordan Hot Springs
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
|With a big Sierra Club group we took a detour through Jordan Hot Springs for lunch and browsing, to camp at Redrocks Meadows. From the Blackrock TH it was a 2500' drop to the Hot Springs, then 2500' back up to camp. Unfortunately the 2002 fire burned up all our shade leaving us overly exposed. Took the trail most of the way to the peak with views deserving of its former designation as a fire lookout. Took the regular trail, 1800' gain death march back to the cars after that.
|Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:07 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2005
|Dayhike out of the Blackrock TH, just to tick this one off the SPS List. Casa Vieja Meadows were pretty. The rest was pretty forgettable.
|Posted Nov 10, 2005 12:42 am
|Date Climbed: July 1995
|Took a break from fishing and climbed this peak with my brother Jeff. "Buzzed" by protective sage hen when we got too close to her nest on way up.
|Posted Mar 4, 2004 6:03 pm
|Route Climbed: Kern Peak Trail Date Climbed: June 16, 2002
|Fun trip! Most notable moment was seeing a deer being chased by a humongous coyote just feet away from us on our way up to the summit. The coyote got distracted by our group and the lucky deer managed to escape. What an incredible wilderness experience!
|Posted Feb 19, 2004 12:26 pm
|Route Climbed: southern Date Climbed: June 2001
|Trail pass to templeton cow camp, head west, leave the trail, summit up southern slope. Nice views.
|Posted Sep 20, 2003 12:13 am
|Paul Spraycar
|Route Climbed: East Side Date Climbed: July, 1995
|Easy day trip from Tunnel Meadow. No chance of running into other parties in this part of the Sierra.
|Posted Jul 26, 2003 3:54 pm
|Route Climbed: Kern Peak Trail Date Climbed: 5/31/2003
|This was done the the WTC & SPS sections of the Sierra Club. We hiked nine miles in with full packs, made camp at Redrock Meadow and the continued on the seven mile round trip with 3000' of gain. Eleven started and nine of us made the summit. Great views!
|Posted Jun 12, 2003 12:55 pm
|Dave K
|Route Climbed: Kern Peak Trail Date Climbed: June 1, 2002
|I climbed this during a 6-day solo backpacking trip. Lotsa' nice views and solitude.
|Posted Nov 7, 2002 5:31 pm


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April 13, 2009
Happy Easter! Smokin' VMAN & EW Outtakes
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-gasp- kat dennings. she was more of what i pictured bella to bit. juuuust a bit more. she looks great in the photo with rob.. he looks absolutely smoldering.ReplyDelete
as always...drooling...ReplyDelete
she as pale as a vampReplyDelete
yeah, the one w/ him and Kat is SMOKING!!ReplyDelete
as hot as always *swoooon*ReplyDelete
Ooh, I wanna zoomed photo of that group shot - where he's all "I'm too sexy to be playing with my hair" - yum!ReplyDelete
"Everytime I hear people saying I'm hot/sexy I think they should wear glasses!", said Rob.ReplyDelete
I think HE should wear glasses! (and should stop smoke!! >:/ )
Oh my! LOve the cute pics with the vamp teeth.ReplyDelete
I literally GASPED when I saw that picture of Rob with Kat.ReplyDelete
Jianne said it best: he looks "absolutely smouldering."
There are NO other words for it.
Maaaannnnn, that is PAINFUL!!!
who is that girl in the picture w/ rob?????ReplyDelete
Hey, I don't know about anyone else but seeing these new pictures from the set has questioning Rob. He looks sick, no it is not the white face. He looks skinner, even in his face looks more like a little boy then the man of the pictures in VF or even the outtakes here. I don't know if it is the fame that is getting him but he just does not look like the same size as the movie now. Hasn't everyone noticed this yet?ReplyDelete
Hey Rob eat something!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think, linds, it's b/c he doesn't have his scruffy beard in in the new moon pics. Or maybe b/c he's trying to do something to catch up to Taylor Lautner's body. . .either way Rob is still #1 for me <3ReplyDelete
oh my edward, rob pattinson in amazingReplyDelete
he makes smoking look good
which is hard to go
Linds: maybe it's just a preparation thing - for Twilight he inadvertently lost weight from things helping him get into character - i.e. running: a solo sport, which allows for thinking time and helps Edward cope.ReplyDelete
For New Moon, I'm guessing he's needing to be even more "withdrawn" - all the loneliness Edward felt before he met Bella is amplified to the extreme while he's trying to do without her...
Wow, I'm putting way too much thought into this - on a lighter note, does anyone else think it's funny how no-one ever calls him "Eddy" or "Ted", etc?
These are great photos... I just have one question (anyone can anwser this...) Was the girl "The one that is as pale as a vamp (said ^^above^^)" The 2nd to last photo with Rob... was that the same girl that was in Nick and Norah's Infinante Playlist... (if anyone saw that... ) :-)ReplyDelete
Wow, he is gorgeous! I agree with you lorabell, I'd love to see a zoomed in shot of him playing with is hair :).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM
That girl w/ Rob (who was in Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist) movie kinda looks like she could be Stephenie Meyer's daughter. I don't like Rob's scruffy, bum look. I like him clean shaven.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Even though smoking is bad, I can't help but think it looks hot when he does it.ReplyDelete
cant wait for the twilight eclipse movie, twilight saga was great i love it. Check out some rare photos of 'Little Ashes' and 'Twilight' star Rob Pattinson.ReplyDelete


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Please welcome guest author Arlene Marcley. Marcley is the founder and president of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library in Greenville, SC, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to honoring Shoeless Joe Jackson's life and professional career.
The great Ted Williams once remarked, "When I was younger, the Red Sox used to stop in Greenville, SC—that's Joe Jackson's home. And he was still alive. Oh, how I wish I had known that and could have stopped in to talk hitting with that man."
Many of us wish we could have talked with Joe Jackson! There are still folks around the Greenville area who knew Joe. Most of them were kids during the '40s, when they learned to bat and throw from the old man who ran the liquor store on Pendleton Street.
Joe Jackson came from a hard life of southern poverty. He was born on July 16, 1888, in Pickens County, the first of six boys and two girls born to George and Martha Jackson. When Joe was six years old, he went to work at Pelzer Mill sweeping cotton dust off the wooden floors.
In early 1900, George Jackson moved his family to the Brandon community of West Greenville—not far from Fluor Field. Life was tough for the large family, and like so many children of textile mill workers, Joe went to work at Brandon Mill to help his family. There was never time for school, and Joe never learned to read or write. He probably would have spent the rest of his life working in the textile mill except for one thing—baseball.
In 1901, the managers of the Brandon Mill baseball team had watched 13-year old Joe play baseball in pickup games. They were so impressed with his powerful natural swing and follow-through that they got permission from George and Martha to sign the boy to the Brandon Mill men's team.
Between 1901 and 1907, Joe thrilled the crowds with his throwing arm and spectacular catches in left field. They cheered and clapped when he came on deck with Black Betsy, his favorite bat. "Give 'em Black Betsy, Joey! Give 'em Black Betsy!" they yelled. Folks said they could be blindfolded and still know when Joe hit the ball — it had a special crack! When Joe hit a homer, his brothers would scatter through the crowd passing their hats for tips and sometimes made as much as $25.00 a game.
His home runs were known as Saturday Specials, his line drives Blue Darters, his glove, A place where triples go to die, and he could throw the ball more than 400 feet on the fly. Many years later, Ty Cobb told Joe: "Whenever I got the idea I was a good hitter, I'd stop and take a look at you. Then I knew I could stand some improvement."
In 1908, Joe was playing semi-pro ball with the Greenville Spinners. During the first game of a doubleheader, Jackson played in new spikes that quickly wore painful blisters on his feet. In the second game, with the Spinners at bat in the seventh inning, Jackson took off his spikes and walked to the batter's box. No one noticed he had discarded his shoes until he hit a triple. As Jackson slid into third base, a fan of the opposing team shouted, "You shoeless son-of-a-gun!"
It was the only time Joe played shoeless in a game, but he was tagged with the moniker Shoeless Joe, and the name stuck.
It didn't take long for word of Jackson's quick instincts and precise skills on the baseball field to reach the professional league. Connie Mack signed him with the Philadelphia Athletics in August 1908, and then traded him to Cleveland in 1910. The following year Joe batted .408, the highest batting average ever recorded by a rookie.
In August 1915, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox for $31,500 cash and three players. The White Sox were a talented team, winning the world championship in 1917 and the American League pennant in 1919. They were the heavy favorites to beat Cincinnati in the 1919 World Series, but the Reds ultimately took the title.
In response to suspicions that the White Sox were under the influence of sports bookies, Joe Jackson and seven other White Sox players were accused of conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series.
The headline WHITE SOX INDICTED! stunned baseball fans. At the trial in 1921, it took only two hours for a Chicago jury to render a verdict of not guilty on all counts. Despite acquittal in a court of law, and without conducting an investigation, baseball's newly appointed baseball commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, banned Jackson and seven of his teammates from professional baseball for life, sending a no-tolerance message regarding gambling in baseball.
Whether Joe Jackson really helped fix the 1919 World Series has remained a point of dispute for eighty-nine years. Of all the White Sox players, his involvement in the alleged conspiracy seems the least likely. Joe played flawless baseball, hitting .375 for the Series, the highest on either team. He had twelve hits (a World Series record at the time), six RBIs, and no errors in eight games. He accounted for eleven of twenty runs by the Sox, and he hit the only home run in the Series!
Joe told The Sporting News in 1942:
Regardless of what anybody says, I was innocent of any wrongdoing. I gave baseball all I had. The Supreme Being is the only one to whom I've got to answer. If I had been out there booting balls and looking foolish at bat against the Reds, there might have been some grounds for suspicion. I think my record in the 1919 World Series will stand up against that of any other man in that Series or any other World Series in all history.
Following his banishment from professional baseball, Joe and his wife Kate moved to Savannah in 1922, where they owned a successful dry cleaning business. They moved back to Greenville in 1932 and opened a barbeque restaurant on Augusta Street and later a liquor store on Pendleton Street, a stone's throw from Brandon Mill where they both grew up. During ball season, Joe played with semi-pro teams throughout the south, and even with teams in the north.
In 1941, at the age of 53, Joe played in his first and only night game, putting on a hitting exhibition and belting two home runs in the process.
Joe Jackson's last time at bat was the evening of December 5, 1951, when he died at home at the age of sixty-three of a heart attack.
I can say that my conscience is clear and that I'll stand on my record in that World Series. I'm not what you call a good Christian, but I believe in the Good Book, particularly where it says "what you sow, so shall you reap." I have asked the Lord for guidance before, and I am sure He gave it to me. I'm willing to let the Lord be my judge.
Joe Jackson, as told to Furman Bisher,
October 1949 issue of SPORT Magazine
Joe Jackson continues to be one of the most beloved and publicized ball players of all time. Several movies, a Broadway play, songs, poems, countless books, television documentaries, feature articles, and the internet have all spun Joe Jackson into an American icon.
"Shoeless Joe"
Philadelphia Athletics 1908-1909
Cleveland Naps 1910-1915
Chicago White Sox 1915-1920
Position-Left Field Threw Right Batted Left
1911 highest batting average ever by a rookie – .408
1912 Led American League in triples
1913 Led AL in hits Slugging percentage .551
1917 Led Chicago White Sox to World Series victory against New York Giants
1919 World Series batting average .375
Lifetime Batting Average .356, third highest in baseball history


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Berkman departs with strained calf
Astros first baseman exits game vs. Dodgers in eighth
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Astros first baseman Lance Berkman left Thursday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers in the eighth inning with a mild left calf strain. He is listed as day-to-day. Berkman, who went 0-for-3 with a walk, was removed from the game after going hard down the line while trying to beat out a ground ball to first base in the top of the eighth. Berkman was hitting .342 in July prior to going hitless against the Dodgers. "It's been bothering me for a while, to be honest with you," Berkman said. "It's been manageable, but that's as hard as I've run in a while. It doesn't feel great, but hopefully in the morning it will feel better." Darin Erstad replaced Berkman at first base and made a couple of terrific defensive plays, turning a 3-6-3 double play and making a sliding catch down the line. Thursday's game marked the 10-year anniversary of Berkman's first game in the Major Leagues. He leads the Astros in homers (18) and RBIs (55).
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A brief background: Falwell is a graduate of both Russellville High School and Arkansas Tech University with a behavioral sciences degree. In the spring of 1988, while working on his Masters Degree in Sociology at the University of Central Arkansas, he began his Law Enforcement career with the Russellville Police Department.
During his career, he has held the position of Sergeant over patrol division and Lieutenant in the criminal investigation division. Falwell was promoted to Captain in 2007 and has served as Operational Captain over the patrol division up through the present. He has extensive training in Community Policing, Administrative Resource Allocation, Crime Scene Investigation, and Emergency Management with emphasis on Nuclear Response. He has attended Leadership Russellville, Arkansas Leader, and Law Enforcement Supervisor Training.
He is a a member of the Arkansas Chief's Association and attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy and graduated with the 243 secession.
Falwell is the proud father of Maggie Falwell and attends the First Assembly of God Church in Russellville and manages the security team at the church.


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Three vastly different releases run the gamut from symphonic metal to chillwave bliss
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
Roadrunner Records
Initially, I thought major yawn factor when I heard that Finnish band's seventh album is a conceptual release based on an old composer at death's door. To add to that, it's an accompaniment (not a soundtrack) to a film of the same name comprised of similar themes. Heavy.
Gladly, I misjudged, because they churn out a sort of heavy metal opera that's only Meat Loaf could dream of. The operatic quality is exploded with a heavy guitar assaults and rapid drum smashes. But in all that thrust, the songs are constructed tightly keeping its themes right on course. Singer Anette Olzon sometimes gets outta control with her Abba-esque vocalizing, but the album has a linear quality that kept me interested the entire way through.
Minus the reasoning behind the album, it's simply a grand listen. Even without lyrics, Nightwish pulls off a coherent and conclusive song cycle that's headbanging, quirky and epic.
Three stars
Watch "Storytime"
Beautiful Things
Anthony Green
WEA Creative & Design Group
Indie rocker and Circa Surive singer Anthony Green is back with his second full-length solo of garagey rock and 20something angst. The album opens fine with "If I Don't Sing," an OK rocker that isn't groundbreaking. But second track "Do It Right" is a full-out mess of handclaps and acapella. His voice is too harsh for this kind of singing and really just hurts the ears. And the album's lead single "Get Yours While You Can," displays no real soul to it other than maybe for some good drumming. Otherwise, he could use a Sucrets.
At times, Green is just too whiney that you just wanna smack the shit out of him. But in other tracks, he grows up nicely as in "Get Yours While You Can." Overall, he doesn't deliver much new that Jack White hasn't already given us with much more depth. Green has a long way to go.
Two stars.
Listen to "Get Yours While You Can"
Dark Matters
Expensive Looks
Group Tightener
For a kid who taught himself to DJ and the move into producing, Alec Feld's debut album as Expensive Looks is a big time knock out. The electronic music he creates play as complex symphonies in as little as a 1:49. With much of the same sophistication Washed Out displayed in last year's Within and Without, Feld does the same, but with some dancey undertones. Yet, it's never obnoxious with overdone production and bass beats, nor does it come off as self-indulgent.
The album has its specific tone of dreamy disco but tracks tend to run together. I couldn't tell you the difference between say tracks two and five, but as a whole, it's a collective breath of relief that works a whole lot of magic just over half an hour.
Surprisingly Feld describes the album as "confusion and constant bipolar shifts all for the pursuit of happiness. I kill for euphoria and use it as a venue to get that polar-shifting depressive state across. This isn't about me not being happy; it's more about my frustration with the pursuit of happiness."
And yet, in all its originality and focus, it's pure bliss to listen to.
Four stars
Listen to "Moving Visions"
Expensive Looks – Moving Visions by Group Tightener


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By Rob Katz
There are always a few topics that are unique to each family and how they communicate with each other that invariably gets brought up at every birthday, holiday or family picnic. For my family, one of those subjects has always been baseball. My brothers and I played the game growing up, we watched it and maybe most memorably we debated it with my dad and grandfather for hours with no less fervor in the off-season than if it were at the all-star break in June.
Maybe it's because Father's Day is right around the corner, and now have two sons of my own. Maybe it's because I've been reading Lulu author Dan Migala's new book, "Dugout Wisdom". Whatever the reason, I keep coming back to the fact that playing and talking about baseball has always been an important part of my family.
Baseball has been called a "thinking man's game" – a phrase probably coined by someone who over-analyzed their team's roster, off-season trades and managerial moves – like my grandfather. Growing up in NY, he became a Mets fan because he a) favored the National League better, b) the Giants and Dodgers left NY and moved West and c) he hated the Yankees. He also grew up watching the game before relief pitching became a specialty and double switches were more commonplace in late innings. He disliked the changes, yelled at the TV and swore that the guy making the moves, Mets manager Davey Johnson, was destined to be a "second place manager for life" because of his game management. The year was 1986 and the Mets won the World Series. My grandfather loved every minute of it (although not once did he credit Johnson). My grandfather passed away in 1991 and to this day, if I hear Davey Johnson's name, I find myself thinking of my grandfather with a little chuckle.
Baseball is a game that has been a cross-generational bond over the years. With my boys, I have tried to pass on the family tradition. Luckily, my wife likes the game as well (and her dad and brother are now in the "debates"), so our annual tradition of skipping work and school when we lived in South Florida to watch the Marlins on Opening Day wasn't just approved, it was expected.
This idea of talking about and playing baseball being something that families can share is one of the reasons I love "Dugout Wisdom". Not only can you share stories and life lessons from some of the game's greats like Ryne Sandberg, Whitey Ford, Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan, but with you can also add a personal message to the cover to give "Dad" a special Father's Day gift he will remember. I know I'll be ordering two myself. Thanks Dan and happy early Father's Day to all.


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2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Czech Republic
|United States Department of State
|Publication Date
|30 July 2012
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|United States Department of State, 2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Czech Republic, 30 July 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/502105ca5.html [accessed 23 January 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
July 30, 2012
[Covers calendar year from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011]
Executive Summary
The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and, in practice, the government generally respected religious freedom. The government did not demonstrate a trend toward either improvement or deterioration in respect for and protection of the right of religious freedom. The government continued to provide tax benefits and financial support to registered religious organizations. Members of both registered and nonregistered religious groups were free to worship without government interference. The government took legislative steps to resolve long-standing religious communal property restitution claims.
There were some reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice. There were reports of occasional acts and expressions of anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment. Such incidents included vandalism of Jewish monuments and cemeteries, and opposition throughout the country to the construction or opening of new mosques.
During the year, the embassy engaged with the government on issues related to religious freedom. The U.S. government closely followed the efforts of the government and religious groups to resolve religious property restitution claims. Embassy officials conducted outreach to religious organizations, including Roman Catholic and Protestant groups, the Jewish and Muslim communities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Section I. Religious Demography
The population of 10.6 million is largely homogeneous with a dominant Christian tradition. In a 2011 opinion poll, 32 percent of respondents claimed to believe in God, while 42 percent stated they did not personally believe in God.
According to the 2011 census, there are 2.2 million religious believers in the country. Eleven percent of the population is Roman Catholic; 1.5 percent belongs to Protestant churches; 1.3 percent professes adherence to other religious faiths, including Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism; and 6.7 percent lists no specific religion. Eight percent of the population attends religious services regularly. Leaders of the local Muslim community estimate there are 15,000 Muslims in the country. There are approximately 3,100 persons officially registered as members of the Jewish community, although the overall Jewish population may be larger.
Section II. Status of Government Respect for Religious Freedom
Legal/Policy Framework
The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom.
Religious affairs are the responsibility of the Department of Churches in the Ministry of Culture. All religious groups registered with the Ministry of Culture are eligible to receive tax benefits and government subsidies, although some decline to receive state financial support as a matter of principle and an expression of independence.
The Law on Religious Freedom and the Position of Churches and Religious Associations created a two-tiered system of registration for religious organizations. To register at the first (lower) tier, a religious group must have at least 300 adult members permanently residing in the country. First-tier registration confers limited tax benefits; in addition, it imposes annual reporting requirements, as well as a 10-year waiting period before an organization may apply for full second-tier registration. To register at the second tier, which entitles an organization to a share of state funding, a religious group must have membership equal to at least 0.1 percent of the country's population, or approximately 10,000 members, and provide that number of signatures as proof.
There are 32 state-recognized religious organizations. Only clergy of registered second-tier organizations may perform officially recognized marriage ceremonies and serve as chaplains in the military and prisons, although prisoners of other religious groups may receive visits from their respective clergy. Religious groups registered prior to 2002, such as the small Jewish community, have been granted a special dispensation and are not required to meet the conditions for second-tier registration, such as minimum membership requirements. Unregistered religious groups may not legally own community property, but they often form civic-interest associations to manage their property until they are able to meet the qualifications for registration. The government does not interfere with or prevent this type of interim solution. Unregistered religious groups otherwise are free to assemble and worship in the manner of their choice.
The penal code contains provisions regarding hate crime. It outlaws Holocaust denial and provides for prison sentences of six months to three years for public denial, questioning, approval of, or attempts to justify the Nazi genocide. The law also outlaws the incitement of hatred based on religion and provides for prison sentences of up to three years. January 27 is designated as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The government observes the following religious holidays as national holidays: Easter Monday, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and St. Stephen's Day.
Government Practices
There were no reports of abuses of religious freedom. The government continued to provide financial support to religious organizations with second-tier registration and to sponsor religiously oriented cultural activities. The government continued efforts to resolve religious communal property restitution problems.
Religious organizations received approximately 1.4 billion Czech crowns ($70 million) from the government. Funds were divided proportionally among the 17 religious organizations that have second-tier registration and have elected to receive state assistance based on the number of clergy in each. Of this sum, approximately 1.3 billion Czech crowns ($65 million) went to pay the salaries of clergy. The rest went to church administration and maintenance of church property.
The application for first-tier registration of the Hussite Church, originally filed in July 2010, was rejected in October. The decision was based on the administrative requirement that all applications include signatures from 300 members of the religious organization. After repeated requests, the Hussite Church did not provide this information. A new application filed by the Hussite Church in November was under consideration at year's end. The Ministry of Culture also was considering applications from the Beer Church, Church of Faith, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Greek-Catholic Church.
Missionaries must obtain a long-term residence and work permit if they intend to remain longer than 90 days. There is no special visa category for religious workers; foreign missionaries and clergy are required to meet the conditions for a standard work permit. Missionaries from EU member states are not required to have permits.
Of the 32 registered religious organizations, nine have permission from the Ministry of Culture to teach religion in state schools. According to the ministry, although religious instruction is optional in public schools, school directors must introduce religious education choices if there are at least seven students in one class of the same religious group who request such instruction.
The government continued its effort to resolve religious communal property restitution problems. Jewish claims dated to the period of the Nazi occupation during World War II, while Roman Catholic authorities pressed claims for properties that were seized under the former Communist regime. Although most Roman Catholic churches, parishes, and monasteries were returned in the 1990s, land and forests remained in state possession.
During the year, the cabinet approved a bill regarding religious properties still in state hands. Under the agreement, the government is to return lands worth 75 billion Czech crowns ($4.5 billion) and pay 59 billion Czech crowns ($3.5 billion) in financial restitution for lands that cannot be returned. The government is to pay out the financial portion of the restitution over 17 years, during which it is to gradually phase out direct state support to religious organizations. The bill must still be approved by parliament and signed by the president.
The government has returned nearly all of the state-owned properties claimed by the Federation of Jewish Communities. Two lawsuits in Brno concerning properties in the possession of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs were pending at year's end. The law of 2000 also enables the government to return artworks to the Jewish community, as well as to individual Jewish claimants.
The Endowment Fund for Holocaust Victims, which received 300 million Czech crowns ($15 million) from the state in 2001, continued to assist in the preservation of communal property, educational programs, and community welfare. From these assets, the fund supported numerous social welfare projects. For example, the fund contributed five million Czech crowns ($250,000) to 17 institutions providing health care for approximately 600 Holocaust survivors.
The Ministry of Interior continued to counter right-wing groups espousing anti-Semitic views by monitoring their activities, increasing cooperation with police from neighboring countries, and shutting down unauthorized rallies. In general, public expressions of anti-Semitism were rare, and authorities vigorously pursued Holocaust-denial investigations and prosecutions.
Throughout the summer and fall, leading government officials, local NGOs, and Jewish groups called for the resignation of Ladislav Batora, head of the Ministry of Education's personnel department. Batora had links to anti-Semitic, anti-Roma, racist, and far-right organizations.
The Ministry of Culture sponsored religiously oriented cultural activities through a grant program. The ministry provided 3.2 million Czech crowns ($160,000).
Section III. Status of Societal Respect for Religious Freedom
There were some reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice reflecting anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiments. However, prominent societal leaders took positive steps to promote religious freedom.
There was a small, but persistent and fairly well-organized, extreme right movement with anti-Semitic views. Anti-Semitism also persisted among other elements of the population, including neo-Nazi groups and certain Islamic groups. In general, however, public expressions of anti-Semitism were rare.
During the year, there was continued opposition throughout the country to the construction or opening of new mosques or Islamic centers. Opponents organized petitions and launched social media pages and Web sites, which often included xenophobic and racist statements.
In December the chairman of the Young Christian Democrats of Brno filed an appeal with the Ministry of Culture to cancel the registration of the Center of Muslim Communities after the release of a video showing a member of the Muslim community citing the Qur'an and calling for violence against Jews. Police were investigating the incident at year's end.
The Anti-Mesita (Anti-Mosque) group, which was the driving force behind the anti-mosque petitions in Hradec Kralove and Brno, received a grant of 15,000 Czech crowns ($750) from the Hradec Kralove regional council in July.
In July during a media interview, former prime minister Milos Zeman expressed anti-Muslim views, stating, "a 'moderate Muslim' is a contradiction in terms, much the same as a 'moderate Nazi.'"
There were no reported violent anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim incidents involving individuals; however, the Federation of Jewish Communities reported five anti-Semitic attacks on property and one on a person. The federation's report also listed four cases of "threatening" and seven incidents of harassment. For example, vandals spray-painted an anti-Semitic symbol on a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. According to ministry of interior figures, there were 18 criminal offenses with an anti-Semitic motive.
The activities of groups such as National Resistance (Narodni odpor) and Autonomous Nationalists (Autonomni nacionaliste) were characterized by racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim attitudes, as well as Holocaust denial and the dissemination of Nazi propaganda.
In May the government approved the 2011 Strategy to Fight Extremism, which stressed the importance of preventive measures, especially education. The police were trained to deal with various forms of extremism. Teachers participated in specialized seminars focused on teaching tolerance and respect for human rights and freedoms to elementary and high school students. The Ministry of Interior and other government agencies actively implemented the strategy during the year.
Section IV. U.S. Government Policy
The U.S. government continued to engage the government on religious freedom issues. U.S. government officials also conducted outreach to religious leaders within the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim communities.
U.S. government officials continued to encourage the government and religious groups to resolve religious property restitution claims. Officials worked to emphasize the importance of restitution (or fair and adequate compensation when return was no longer possible) in pending cases regarding property wrongfully taken from Holocaust victims, the Jewish community, and churches. Embassy representatives participated in meetings with representatives from the Ministry of Culture, the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches, and the Federation of Jewish Communities on restitution matters. Embassy officials responded to individual requests for assistance from Czech-American Holocaust victims seeking compensation.
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Douglas Davidson and embassy officials met with officials of the Prague-based European Shoah Legacy Institute and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to monitor progress in fields specified in the Terezin Declaration, which appealed for governments to address issues relating to the welfare of Holocaust survivors, confiscated real estate, looted art, Judaica, and Holocaust education and remembrance.
The embassy's public affairs section sponsored two interfaith dialogues and provided a small grant to an art exhibition on the Arab Spring, which was aimed at fostering positive images of Islam. The embassy also hosted an iftar (evening meal during Ramadan) for Muslims from the local and diplomatic communities, as well as a Passover seder dinner that brought together individuals from across Czech culture.


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Check out the latest from Hollyscoop:
"Hollyscoop caught up with AnnaLynne at the "Kiss For A Cause" event in Santa Monica where she confessed she's going to hear back about the role "next week."
"My fingers are crossed though," AnnaLynne told Hollyscoop exclusively. "I'm a fan of the books as are my 14 and 12 year old cousins who are obsessed, they would freak if I got it. And I just want to do a film with a small role during my hiatus and then just have the rest of the time off cause I need a break, I want to go to Europe!"


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Prospects showcased at Futures Game
Iannetta, Morillo represent Rockies as World beats U.S.
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
"I was wondering if I'd been traded," Iannetta said with a smile.
Don't worry, Rockies fans. This club isn't going to be giving up catching prospects anytime soon. Game personnel came up with a Rockies cap for Iannetta and informed him after batting practice that work would begin to correct the jersey problem.
Iannetta and hard-throwing right-hander Juan Morillo, both with Class A Modesto, represented the Rockies in the contest. Morillo, from the Dominican Republic, played for the World squad. The World won, 4-0.
This year's Futures stars are rather unique for the Colorado organization. Ten different Rockies have made 11 total appearances since the game was started in 1999. Just one of those, right-handed pitcher Jason Young in 2001 and 2002, did not appear in the Majors the same year he was in the Futures Game. But next season would be the earliest to logically expect to see Iannetta or Morillo. However, both are important figures because their talents fit needs of an organization that wants to build from within.
With rookie JD Closser struggling at the Major League level, Iannetta, 22, assumes the "catcher of the future" mantel. A fourth-round draft choice last year out of the University of North Carolina, Iannetta is batting .291 with nine home runs and 51 RBIs through 64 games for Modesto.
Morillo, 21, who has been with the Rockies' system since 2001 and is protected on their 40-man Major League roster, was clocked at 104 mph by a Chicago White Sox radar gun and is a power arm. Morillo began the year at low Class A Asheville and went 1-4 with a 4.54 ERA -- notching a whopping 43 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings. He is 4-4 with a 3.57 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 58 innings at Modesto.
The confusion over Iannetta was understandable. He was a late injury replacement, and came close to not being able to play himself. On Wednesday against Visalia, a batter lost control of his bat and hit him in the right ear. The injury required about seven stitches. But the way Iannetta's season started, he was wondering if he had a future, much less a Futures Game on the horizon.
Negotiations between Iannetta and the Rockies took a month after last year's draft. Iannetta went to Asheville and batted .314 with five home runs and 14 RBIs. But going into this year, Modesto hitting coach Glenallen Hill gave Iannetta some adjustments to convert from the looping aluminum bat swing he employed in college to a more level wood bat stroke.
The result was a slump that lasted all of April.
"I always knew I had good power like I'm doing right now, but I wasn't using it," said Iannetta, who walked in his only plate appearance on Sunday. "I've worked on getting my backside through and working on my bat path. I was a little loopy at times, a little long with the head of the bat. It's making a big difference.
"In April, I didn't know what was going on. It was like, 'OK, how long is this going to last? Maybe I'm ahead of my time right now, being at a higher level.' April was just miserable, a lot of questioning what was going on. But once May came around, everything started to jell together."
Now Morillo is going through an adjustment that is good for him. His strikeout rate has dropped since being promoted to Modesto, but he is learning to induce ground balls. He throws mostly a fastball, but has a hard slider and is developing a changeup.
"They're just swinging at my fastball and they're hitting it -- not very hard, but they're hitting it," said Morillo, who has been projected as a reliever but said he'll start as long as the Rockies let him. "That's good. I think that helps."
Morillo pitched two years in the Dominican Summer League and hit triple digits with his fastball at Rookie-level Casper in 2003. Going into this year, he had not participated in a full-season league, but the fear that another team would snap up Morillo in the Rule 5 Draft led the Rockies to put him on the 40-man roster for 2005. He said working with Colorado pitching coach Bob Apodaca in Spring Training helped his development.
"I had a lot of fun there," said Morillo, who faced two batters and earned a strikeout and a groundout in the fourth inning on Sunday. "The pitching coach of the big leagues taught me a lot. He told me that when I throw, be smooth. He taught me a lot about mechanics."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Technical Abstract: Winter broccoli (Brassica oleracea, L. Botrytis Group) production was evaluated under three tillage systems, conventional (CT), minimum tillage (MT), and no-till (NT), which were established in August 1994. After three growing seasons, marketable yields were similar among tillage systems, but plant densities at harvest were lower in the NT system compared to the CT grown broccoli plants. No-till-grown broccoli heads compensated for stand differences by producing slightly larger heads (P=0.17). The percentage of marketable yield at the first harvest relative to the total yield was not affected by tillage practice. Floret NO3, chlorophyll, and carotenoid concentrations were reduced when grown by conservation tillage (MT and NT). At the end of the third growing season, the amount of germinable seeds in the upper 0-5 cm of soil was highest in the NT soil. Total plant weed populations were higher in conservation tilled soil. Total N, K, and Mg concentrations in the upper 30 cm soil profile were highest in the NT system. Total C and N, K, Mg, and P nutrient gradients were greatest in NT soil. Upper soil profile Na concentrations were highest in soils subjected to CT. Minimum tillage responses were generally intermediate to those of CT and NT.


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Friedel's eighth shutout leads Spurs to 2-0 decision over Everton.
Dempsey hat trick sparks Fulham to advance to FA Cup fourth round.
Donovan joins Everton, sees Howard score from his penalty area.
Dempsey scores again for Fulham in draw with Chelsea.
Dempsey thrives, but Fulham struggles in EPL, Europa League.
Guzan is sharp in first EPL start, Aston Villa's 2-1 win over Bolton.
Dempsey sets American EPL mark with 37th goal; Fulham edges Liverpool 1-0.
With Bocanegra absent, Glasgow Rangers are stunned by Kilmarnock.
Goodson's first goal sends Brøndby past FC Copenhagen.
Dempsey again daunted by American keeper while Fulham falls to Hotspur.
Dempsey strike sparks Fulham victory, ties McBride for EPL goal record.
Howard makes big saves, leads Everton past Fulham in Premier League.
Minor knee surgery turns major; Holden to miss most or all of Premier League season.
Howard, Friedel, Dempsey participate in bitter English rivalries.
Bocanegra, Edu goals power first-place Rangers past Dunfermline 4-0 in Scotland.
Beasley, Onyewu, Buddle and Altidore all excel for their foreign clubs.
Onyewu makes debut with Sporting Lisbon, hopes to rejoin U.S. men soon.
Bradley will be only American in Italy after joining Chievo Verona.
Altidore, Dempsey each score twice to spur teams to victory.
Bocanegra, Bedoya join Edu for U.S. trio on Glasgow Rangers.
Americans Abroad
(Tuesday, January 24, 2012) -- Midfielder Clint Dempsey is making his case that he's the best American field player ever, notching his second hat trick in three weeks to lead Fulham to a 5-2 victory Saturday over visiting Newcastle United.
He became the first American to record three goals in an English Premier League game.
After Newcastle took a 1-0 first half lead on a late goal, Fulham came out for the final 45 minutes after a tongue-lashing from manager Martin Jol and turned on the heat. In the 52nd minute Danny Murphy converted a penalty kick draw Fulham level.
Seven minutes later Dempsey scored the first of his three goals, converting a goal mouth cross. In the 65th minute, he made it 3-1 after putting away a nice cross from striker Bobby Zamora.
After Fulham went up 4-1 on another penalty kick and United scored, Dempsey netted his third tally when he controlled near midfield, went on a long run, culminating by sliding the ball past goalkeeper Tim Krul.
Dempsey was named "Man of the Match" and was selected for the Premier League "Team of the Week."
Dempsey has eight EPL goals this season and a career-best 15 across all competitions, including the three he scored three weeks ago in Fulham's 4-0 FA Cup win over Charlton Athletic.
Dempsey's scoring has renewed rumors that manager Arsene Wenger is willing to pay whatever it takes to acquire Dempsey for goal-hungry Arsenal. It's not going to happen, according to Fulham manager Jol, who said, "He has a long contract and that's that."
Elsewhere in the Premier League, Mario Balotelli beat American keeper Brad Friedel in stoppage time to lift league-leading host Manchester City past Tottenham Hotspur 3-2. Spurs had tied the match with two second-half goals, before losing on Balotelli's 95th-minute penalty kick.
United States keeper Tim Howard was partially liable for visiting Blackburn Rovers' late equalizer in Everton's 1-1 draw Saturday.
After a strong match, Howard came out to field a corner kick in the 72nd minute, but became sandwiched between two players and could not get high enough. The ball bounced off several players before it was head on goal. Everton defender Tim Cahill cleared it off the goal-line, but it hit Blackburn forward David Goodwillie in the midriff and the ball bounced into the net.
Once again, U.S. midfielder Landon Donovan was Everton's best player. His crosses were spot on all afternoon and, in the 24th minute, his chip into the box set up Cahill for Everton's only goal.
American defender Zak Whitbread was another hero this weekend, leading a strong Norwich City defense to hold Chelsea to a 0-0 draw.
U.S. keeper Brad Guzan watched from the Aston Villa bench his club fight back for a 3-2 triumph at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
In other Villa news, it appears American defender Eric Lichaj, has nearly recovered from a hip injury that has kept him sidelined all season, but he will not be loaned to Leeds United for the second half of the season. He was at Leeds on loan last season and looked to be heading back, but Villa manager Alex McLeish said he would rather Lichaj stay and fight for minutes behind current starting right back Alan Hutton.
Lichaj played half of a reserve team match last week for his first action this season.
In the second-tier English League Championship, U.S. defender Jonathan Spector helped Birmingham City to a fine effort on a very cold day in a 3-0 decision over Watford.
It capped off a strong week after Birmingham shocked the Premier League's Wolverhampton 1-0 in an FA Cup third-round replay 1-0. Spector went 90 minutes and helped lead a stout defense.
American midfielder Robbie Rogers has been granted a work permit to play for Leeds United. After being turned down initially, as expected, he was granted the needed permit by a special panel.
In the third division League One, American defender Frank Simek was charged with the late goal-mouth foul which led to an equalizing penalty kick for Carlisle United had to settle for a 1-1 draw with visiting Walsall.
American midfielder Anton Peterlin played 72 minutes for Walsall.
American forward Mike Grella did not dress for Brentford Saturday in its 3-2 loss to Huddersfield Town.
In Scotland's Premier League, U.S. midfielder Maurice Edu's third goal of the campaign gave Glasgow Rangers a 1-1 home draw with Aberdeen.
Edu's shot came from the top of the penalty area and deflected into the net. He went the distance, as did U.S. defender Carlos Bocanegra, who was robbed of a last-second winner after Rangers threw everyone forward.
U.S. midfielder Alejandro Bedoya was dressed, but did not play for Rangers.
Germany is back from its winter break and in the Bundesliga, Hannover 96 captain, U.S. defender Steve Cherundolo was back in the lineup, playing well at right back in a 0-0 road draw at Hoffenheim.
The home side had American Daniel Williams play defense and Fabian Johnson playing the final 24 minutes in midfield.
Two Americans are serving suspensions. Midfielder Jermaine Jones was with the U.S. men in California while serving an eight-week suspension for Schalke 04 following a stomping incident.
Defender Timmy Chandler, serving a two-match red-card suspension, did not dress for 1. FC Nürnberg's 2-0 victory Saturday over Hertha Berlin.
In Italy, U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona gave up an early two-goal lead Sunday and settled for a 2-2 draw at Lecce.
In the Netherlands, U.S. striker Jozy Altidore came on for the final 17 minutes for AZ Alkmaar, which allowed a late goal in a 1-1 draw with visiting Ajax.
It was AZ's second meeting of the week with Ajax after defeating the Amsterdam side 3-2 to advance in the Dutch Cup. Altidore played the final 22 minutes in a half-filled Ajax ArenA with the crowd composed of only women and children under the age of 12 in punishment of an Ajax crowd that stormed the field in its last Cup match.
In Belgium's Pro League, U.S. midfielder Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht remained at the top of the table after a narrow 1-0 win at host Kortrijk.
In Portugal, Oguchi Onyewu went the distance Monday night for Sporting Lisbon in a 0-0 draw with Olhanense.
In Mexico, American defender Edgar Castillo went the first 55 minutes for Tijuana, which surprised Chivas at home 2-0.
American defender-midfielder Michael Orozco Fiscal went the distance for San Luis, a 2-0 road loser at Morelia.
U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley is back in the good graces at Puebla, going 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss to visiting Atlante.
U.S. midfielder Jose Francisco Torres went 90 minutes for Pachuca in a 1-1 road draw at Cruz Azul.
American forward Herculez Gomez played the final 15 minutes for Santos Laguna, which defeated Jaguares 1-0 on a late goal.
U.S. defender Jonathan Bornstein did not play for Tigres, who lost 2-1 at Toluca.
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Agreement between the European Union and the United States on the transfer of financial messaging data
This decision provides for the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America, whereby the first makes available financial messaging data to the Treasury Department of the latter, with a view to preventing and combating terrorism and terrorist financing.
Council Decision 2010/412/EU of 13 July 2010 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program.
For the purpose of preventing, investigating, detecting or prosecuting terrorism or terrorist financing, this agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (U.S.) provides for the transfer of:
- financial payment messages that refer to financial transfers and related data, which are stored in the EU by international financial payment messaging service providers (designated providers), to the U.S. Treasury Department;
- relevant information acquired from the U.S. Treasury Department's Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) to EU countries' law enforcement, public security or counter terrorism authorities, or to Europol or Eurojust.
To obtain the necessary data stored in the EU, the U.S. Treasury Department makes a request, and sends any supplemental documents, to a designated provider on U.S. territory. At the same time, it provides a copy of these documents to Europol, which verifies the compliance of the request with the requirements of the agreement and notifies the designated provider accordingly. Once the compliance of the request is confirmed, it will have binding legal effect and the designated provider is required to transfer the requested data to the U.S. Treasury Department.
The U.S. Treasury Department must ensure that certain safeguards, particularly in relation to the protection of personal data, are applied when the provided data is processed. The data may only be processed for the purpose of preventing, investigating, detecting or prosecuting terrorism or terrorist financing. It must be secured from unauthorised access, disclosure and loss, as well as from any unauthorised form of processing. A search of the provided data may only be initiated where there is pre-existing information or evidence indicating that the subject of the search might be connected to terrorism or its financing. All searches and the reasons thereof must be recorded.
The U.S. Treasury Department must delete non-extracted data:
- no longer necessary for the fight against terrorism, based on (at least) an annual evaluation;
- transmitted without having been requested;
- by 20 July 2012 at the latest, if it was received before 20 July 2007;
- no later than five years after receipt, if it was received after 20 July 2007.
Extracted data may be retained for only as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was requested. The agreement also defines safeguards to limit the onward transfers of extracted data.
The U.S. Treasury Department must make information obtained through the TFTP that may contribute to the EU's actions against terrorism available to the relevant authorities of the EU countries concerned and, as appropriate, to Europol and Eurojust. If any follow-on information is deemed as necessary to the U.S.'s fight against terrorism, it must be similarly conveyed back. To facilitate these exchanges of information, a Europol liaison officer may be delegated to the U.S. Treasury Department.
A relevant EU country authority, Europol or Eurojust may provide the U.S. Treasury Department with a request to search data acquired through the TFTP and to transfer relevant information if there is reason to believe that a person or entity is connected to terrorism or its financing as defined by the framework decision on combating terrorism and the directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for money laundering.
During the term of the agreement, the Commission will examine the options available for establishing an EU system equivalent to the U.S. TFTP. Once the European system is established, there will be the need to review and possibly modify this agreement and ensure the complementariness of the two systems.
Independent overseers will monitor compliance with the limitations and safeguards of the agreement. They have the authority to review, query and block searches of provided data, as well as to request for additional justifications on the connection to terrorism. One of these overseers will be appointed by the Commission.
Via the national data protection authority, a person has the right to request confirmation that his/her personal data has been processed in compliance with data protection rights. Disclosure of this information may be refused or restricted if necessary for the fight against terrorism or the protection of public or national security. In such cases, a written explanation will be given to the person, together with information on the possibility to seek administrative and judicial redress in the U.S. A person also has the right to request the rectification, erasure or blocking of inaccurate or wrongly processed personal data. To maintain the accuracy of information received or transmitted under this agreement, the data may be supplemented, deleted or corrected by each party. The U.S. Treasury Department provides information on the TFTP on a public website, including on the right of redress.
This agreement enters into force on 1 August 2010 and will remain in force for a period of five years. Afterwards, it will be automatically extended for subsequent periods of one year, unless one of the parties notifies of its intention not to extend it.
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2012 BMW S1000RR First Looks:
The Mothership
The new BMW S 1000 RR.
Scarcely two years after the launch in 2009, BMW Motorrad is now presenting the revised model of this successful supersports bike, now with many optimised details. The primary objectives were even greater riding precision and agility, a punchier power buildup, and a more sensitive response. The revised model of the S 1000 RR has incorporated quite a few feedback reports from national super stock races.
Like its predecessor, the new RR knows no compromise, providing the highest level of sporting character and riding dynamics. The convincing features of the new S 1000 RR are its improved handling with absolute riding stability, supreme engine performance with perfect everyday practicality, and a resounding dynamic performance. The highest level of active safety is safeguarded by the most advanced brake system today on the market, the BMW Motorrad Race ABS. When accelerating, the rider is supported by the Dynamic Traction Control system DTC. Both of these systems have been optimised for the perfect interaction.
There have been no changes to the superior engine power of
142kW (193hp) with a weight of only 204 kilograms including 90% fuel (206.5*weight with Race ABS).
Concept with optimised riding dynamics.
One of the primary objectives pursued for the revised S 1000 RR model was to improve ridability by boosting thrust and enhancing the linearity and harmoniousness of the power and torque curves. The reconfigured throttle improves overall response.
The new, optimised design raises response sensitivity, tightens the twistgrip angle, and reduces the twisting force.
Suspension with improved handling and feedback.
The modifications to the new RR suspension have been instrumental in boosting its riding dynamics. For instance, the upside down fork and the spring strut feature a new internal structure, providing an even wider range of damping forces from comfort to performance.
Moreover, the suspension geometry has been modified with new values for the steering head angle, offset, position of the swing arm pivot, fork projection, and spring strut length to yield even better handling, steering accuracy, and feedback for the new S 1000 RR. This has required modifications to the main frame that also included enlarging the cross sectional area of the intake air guide through the steering head for greater air flow efficiency. This package of suspension optimisations is rounded off by an adjustable mechanical steering damper.
Instrument cluster with new functions.
The engine speed display has been redesigned for better readability. In addition, the display can now be dimmed and provides more functions. For instance, the lap timer can now present ÔÇ£Best lap in progressÔÇØ, and if required, ÔÇ£SpeedwarningÔÇØ can inform the rider when he exceeds a particular speed.
Refined design and new colours.
The new S 1000 RR not only benefits from the advanced developments for the engine, suspension, and cockpit. It has also gained yet another step ahead in terms of design. The tail section now presents a considerably leaner look. There have been some discrete changes to the asymmetrical side panels, and the centre airbox cover now sports side aperture grilles. On the top part of the panels, a new, telling identifying feature takes the form of two winglets that enhance the aerodynamic qualities.
In the most sporting colour combination of Racing red and Alpine white, the RR exudes power and speed even when it is stationary, whereas plain Bluefire lends it a decidedly extravagant look.
Sporty dynamics is conveyed by Sapphire black metallic, and in BMW Motorrad Motorsport colours, the new S 1000 RR testifies to its direct relationship with BMW Motorrad Motorsport. The distinctive RR logo has been slightly modified.
Additional visual accents take the form of wheels painted in glossy black and the red spring in the central strut. The matching swing arm either presents an anodised coating or is kept in black.
Also the ergonomics has been improved in the form of new heel plates for the rider. The stabilisers on the passenger footrests have now been designed for a leaner look.
Extended range of optional extra and special equipment.
For individualising the new S 1000 RR, BMW Motorrad is expanding its range of optional extras and special equipment ex works with a number of attractive features. Riders with a particularly sporty bent can now equip their RR with an HP titanium exhaust system (with or without ABE) or the HP race data logger. Also the heated grips offering two levels and fitted as optional extra can take the bite out of the early morning run on the racetrack or longer rides in cold weather.
The new features at a glance
ÔÇó Optimised torque curve for improved ridability.
ÔÇó Expansion from two to three performance curves (one each for Rain and*Sport modes and an additional one for Race and Slick modes); Rain mode now 120*kW (163*hp).
ÔÇó Reconfigured throttle for enhanced response (particularly gentle and sensitive acceleration in Rain mode, and immediately direct and spontaneous response in Sport, Race, and Slick modes).
ÔÇó Reduced twisting force and tighter twistgrip angle.
ÔÇó Smaller secondary ratio for boosted thrust.
ÔÇó Refined tuning between Race ABS and Dynamic Traction Control (DTC).
ÔÇó Enlarged cross sectional area of the intake air guide through the steering head for greater air flow efficiency.
ÔÇó Better handling, steering accuracy, and feedback.
ÔÇó Revised spring elements for an even wider range of damping forces.
ÔÇó Suspension geometry modified with new values for the steering head angle, offset, position of the swing arm pivot, fork projection, and spring strut length.
ÔÇó New mechanical steering damper adjustable over ten levels.
ÔÇó Forged and milled fork bridge in a new design and with a smaller offset.
ÔÇó Revised design with a leaner tail section, redesigned side panels, centre airbox cover with side aperture grilles, and winglets.
ÔÇó For new colour variants: plain Racing Red with Alpine white, Bluefire, Sapphire black metallic, BMW Motorrad Motorsport colours.
ÔÇó Revised RR logo.
ÔÇó New heel plates and leaner stabilisers on the passenger footrests.
ÔÇó Redesigned LCD engine speed display for better readability and with five dimming levels.
ÔÇó Instrument cluster with the new functions ÔÇ£Best lap in progressÔÇØ and ÔÇ£SpeedwarningÔÇØ; deactivation of ÔÇ£LampÔÇØ fault message when headlamp or number plate carrier removed.
ÔÇó Catalytic converters relocated, so no heat shield necessary.
ÔÇó Expansion to the optional extras and special equipment ex works.