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Reviews for FINAL FANTASY® XIV: A Realm Reborn™ Digital Collector's Edition (NA)
Great game for MMORPG fansBlowumup69 | July 3, 2015 | See all Blowumup69's reviews »
I have been playing this game for almost a year now and with everything new coming out I can not stop playing it. I have quite a few friends that have tried to stop play but it never works, we all love the current grind. I have played other rpgs, like WOW, Dragon Nest, Neverwinter, Jade Dynasty... and a few others. I will always come back to this game.
FFXIV: ARRCorokke | Feb. 6, 2014 | See all Corokke's reviews »
I think this game is simply beautiful to look at. Being able to play on the maximum settings is nothing less than astonishing in my mind. I never played the 1.0 release so I'm unable to comment on the visual improvements to the 2.0 version, but I really can't say enough about how great ARR looks. My MMO background is fairly light, I've only played Final Fantasy 11 and World of Warcraft. I played FFXI pretty hardcore for about 9 years, and WoW more casually off and on up to Cataclysm. The game play of FFXIV compared to these two, and probably most MMOs, is about the same in terms of control, however, the streamlined controller hotbar support is very nice. I'm a keyboard and mouse person myself, but I had the urge to test it out and I wouldn't have had any trouble playing with the controller if I were the type of person to break out of my ways. The game has received a number of content updates despite its still relatively new state. The game producer has a regularly scheduled Q&A in which he discusses future plans for the game, as well as concerns that have been brought up on the official forums. I think this is a great thing to do, as it is important for the developers to listen to their users in order to provide the best gaming experience possible.
Rising from the ashesKoRReaction | Dec. 1, 2013 | See all KoRReaction's reviews »
Graphics: One of the best looking MMO's I've ever seen. Simply beautiful to look at. We are talking desktop wallpaper good. A good variety of locations and climates from frozen tundras to deserts to jungles. Different weather effects such as rain or fog as well as a day/night cycle really immerse you into Eorzea. Sound: Fantastic musical score that gives you that classic Final Fantasy feeling. All other in game sounds are good but won't blow you away. Combat: Traditional MMO combat here same as it's been since Everquest. Early game is fairly easy but around level 30 - 35 the difficulty really ramps up. Story: Classic good vs evil story, with some twists that keep things interesting. Overall: Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn doesn't reinvent the genre it combines a lot of things that you would see in WoW and GW2. But it does everything really, really well. Giving one of the most solid MMO experiences I've had in awhile. Weather you are a Final Fantasy fan, MMO fan or both this is a must buy. The developers deserve strong praise for what they were able to do with this title.
An MMO RebornArmiga | Aug. 27, 2013 | See all Armiga's reviews »
The relaunch of this game sees many vast improvements over it's previous incarnation. The visuals and sounds invoke that classic Final Fantasy feeling and the classes and jobs are straight out of the lore people know and love. You choose from one of many different classes, from warriors, to magic users, to crafting, and then you depart into the world to level up solo or with friends as you make your way towards the end of Eorzea's corners. While this game does little to break tradition or evolve the medium, it does everything previous MMOs have accomplished and does it well. There are many ways to level up and spend your time in Eorzea. You can queue in the dungeon finder, you can do random zone events which reward EXP and Gil, you can raise and fight along side your own trusty Chocobo, you can do leves which are short missives similar to quests, or you can go the traditional way and quest to your heart's content. One nice feature they implemented is the ability to change your job and class on a whim, so no more rolling alts to try out other classes; you can do it all on one character. To help compensate for any quests you might have already done on one class, all classes that are below your highest level recieve a 50% EXP boost to make the journey to level cap a bit easier the second time around. Overall, while Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn does little to revolutionize the genre, it combines a lot of features the genre has created over the years and combines them into one game and delivers a great experience with that classic Final Fantasy feeling some people out there are sure to love.


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- Title
- Particles size, hydrophobicity and flotation response
- Author(s)
- Crawford, Russell J.
- Abstract
- Quartz particles of various discrete particle size ranges have been methylated to varying known mounts using trimethylchlorosilane and their flotation behaviour has been assessed in a modification of the Hallimond tube. For each particle size there is a definite degree of. surface coverage below which the particles do not float. A 'flotation domain' is identified which shorvs that both coarse (-100pm) and fine (-10pm) particles require a greater degree of surface coverage to initiate flotation than do intermediate (-40pm) particles. Water contact angles have been measured on quartz plates and powders which have been methylated (under the same conditions) with trimethylchlorosilane. Both advancing and receding water contact angles measured on quartz plates as a function of degree of surface methylationare in good agreement with the angles predicted by the Cassie equation. Advancing water contact angles measured on quartz particles as a function of degree of surface methylation are also in good agreement with angles predicted by the Cassie equation up to surface coverages of'about 70%. The angles measured at higher surface coverages are less than those anticipated by the Cassie equation. The flotation behaviour of the particles has been compared with that predicted by existing flotation theories. It has been shown that coarse particle behaviour is predicted by the kinetic theory of flotation proposed by Schulze. Fine particle behaviour, however, only qualitatively agrees with Scheludko's theory of fine particle behaviour. Calculated induction times, in conjunction with observed flotation behaviour, indicate that the bubble-particle attachment process is most efficient for particles of about 38pm in diameter ander the set experimental conditions used in this study. Flotation rate trials were performed for three particle size ranges and rate constants were evaluated for the various degrees of surface coverage. It was found that the dependence of rate constant on particle size is essentially linear.
- Publication type
- Thesis (Masters)
- Research centre
- Swinburne Institute of Technology. Department of Applied Chemistry
- Publication year
- 1986
- Keyword(s)
- Flotation; Particles; Surface chemistry
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 1986 Russell J. Crawford.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [John Ralston]
- Thesis Note
- [Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science by Research, Swinburne Institute of Technology, 1986.]
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Weigh-in #002 – January 10, 2014
First of all, next week, I am moving to a Saturday weigh-in. Tina and I have decided to have a Biggest Loser style competition and Saturday morning will be a bit easier than Friday morning (as we don't go to work on Saturday mornings).
This week has been okay. I started the year off doing Whole30, and I'm afraid I have fallen back on the grain and sugar wagon. It's hard; I'm not saying I'm giving up, but Whole30 has not worked for me just yet. The sugar beast has its talons in me hard.
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- Weigh-in #002
- January 10, 2014
- Weight: 405.8
- Change from Last Week: –1.2 pounds
- Change from Highest: –6.2 pounds
Not as good as it should have been, certainly, but still a loss. Next week will be stronger.
Tina and I are going to put $10 in a pot. The person with the highest percentage of weight loss each week gets that $10 to spend on whatever he or she would like. For me…
Garbage Pail Kids!
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May 6, 2016
A military official says militants have fired rockets into a U.S. base in Afghanistan, damaging the plane of the chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff while he was on a visit.
The top American military chief was not near the plane at the time of the attack and no one was injured.
NATO spokesman Jamie Graybeal says the attack Monday night at Bagram Air Field outside Kabul did not affect U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey's mission in Afghanistan. He says Dempsey had left by Tuesday morning, though it was unclear if he left on the same plane.
Dempsey was in Afghanistan to discuss the state of the war after a string of disturbing killings of U.S. military trainers by their Afghan partners.
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I saw the Hunger Games movie on Saturday and it was awesome! I am going to review the movie and tell you my opinion.
It is very intense. Before warned that it has a PG-13 rating. The movies topic, teens fighting to the death for public entertainment is about a PG-13 rating, don't ya think?
The Reaping scene is very intense. Prim is very nervous and for any of you that are extremely emotinal this might pull a few tears.
The training and interviews are pretty funny. They are not that bad. Peeta proclaims his love for Katniss which might make a few of you roll your eyes and encourage her to shoot him in the arena. For those of you who didn't read the books [shame on you!] this is Peeta's strategy to protect him and Katniss. Turns out it wasn't a strategy for Peeta. The conversation Katniss has with Peeta the night before the Games is prety interesting and not super emotional. Try not to get to attached to any of the characters 'cause 22 of them don't make it out alive.
The scene where Katniss is getting ready to be launched into the Arena is pretty intense.
The minute before the Games begin is really intense. As soon as the gong sounds, beware! A lot of people die. Cato is an extremely violent killing machine. All the scenes in the Arena are intense. The wildfire scene, tracker jackers, and close range fighting are pretty awesome and violent. If you are scared of wasps, cover your eyes during the tracker jacker scene!
The scene where Rue dies IS SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO sad. Rue is one of the only people Katniss cares about and her death is really sad.
The mutt scene is scary 'cause the mutts come out of the middle of nowhere and Cato is really bloody and he now knows that he's not going to win the games so the realization that you're going to die probably is depressing. When he dies it is pretty gruesome.
WARNING: This movie is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. A lot of the tributes die with their eyes open so it's really weird.
Overall the movie is very good. The actors are really good, the script is almost exactly like the book. The clothes,costumes,reapings,arena scenes and other parts are almost exactly like the book.
The girl who plays Katniss is awesome. She plays Katniss perfectly. Jennifer Lawrence is awesome! Josh Hutcherson is almost exactly like Peeta with wit,charm and care. Haymitch is really funny. Effie is really weird and funny with her perfect manners and "colorful' makeup.
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All city of Roseville offices are closed Monday, Oct. 8, for Columbus Day, but some facilities and services remain operating. Police and fire personnel are on duty, trash pickup remains on the regular schedule and Roseville Transit services will operate normally. Roseville Sports Center, Mike Shellito Indoor Pool, Adventure Clubs and all city parks are also open.
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To make a utility bill payment, customers can put the payment in the box at Civic Center, pay over the phone at (916) 773-5300 or online at www.roseville.ca.us/billpay.
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Is your head spinning from all the "Yes on This" and "No on That" political ads on TV? The League of Women Voters of Placer County and AAUW Roseville-South Placer will present a program on propositions and initiatives on the November ballot and answer attendees' questions. Being an educated voter - that's a message we can all approve of.
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Corn on "Hardball": Obama's Rise In Swing State Polls
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On Monday, MoJo DC bureau chief David Corn chatted with guest host Michael Smerconish on MSNBC's Hardball about Obama's recent uptick in swing state polls.
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Teal Hunting
You watch the skies with anticipation as the sun peeks over the horizon. The air is silent until you hear what sounds like a glider passing only inches over your head.The air fairly sizzles with the sound of raw speed. Looking up, you spot a flight of small ducks bearing the iridescent wing patches of blue-winged teal.
The soul-stirring sound of these winged rockets is one that many dedicated duck hunters never hear. That's because teal hunting usually occurs very early in the fall. It is so different in many respects from later season hunting that many waterfowlers simply aren't geared for it mentally. It seems so out of place to don lightweight, green-colored camo and to wear mosquito repellent for a duck hunt. It seems more like dove hunting than waterfowling.
Teal provide a great way for duck hunters to get motivated for the main portion of duck season. It's also a lot cheaper to hunt the early teal season than it is to hunt ducks in cold weather. It requires less gear, and hunting areas are usually easier to reach. As a bonus, skill with a duck call is less crucial with teal than with mallards, gadwalls, pintails and other fall ducks.
Your Teal Hunting Outfit
Basic teal hunting gear starts with lightweight waders or hip boots. The ones you use for fishing during the spring and summer will suffice. Any dark color pants will work, since they will be mostly covered by waders or boots. Because you'll be hiding in green foliage, wear a dark green or camouflage shirt or jacket that blends with green leaves or mud.
I prefer a shirt heavy enough to thwart pesky mosquitoes because I can tolerate heat more than being bitten by insects. A mosquito head net is inexpensive, yet priceless. It protects your neck and face from gnats and mosquitoes, and camouflages your face. Top off your outfit with a dark camo cap and hat, and you are ready to hunt teal.
Teal Equipment
A spread of only 12 to 15 mallard hen decoys makes a suitable spread for teal. Know the depth of the water you will be hunting over, and rig the weights accordingly. Normally 2 to 3 feet is plenty of string for teal decoys. It's better to be too long than too short when it comes to rigging weight strings.
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New Zealanders enjoy a fantastic lifestyle - but we are also outward looking, travelling abroad and exporting our quality products and services all over the globe. A long-established democracy, New Zealand has a safe and stable political environment. We are a multi-cultural society, reflecting many years of migration from all parts of the globe. The largest non-European group is the indigenous Maori, the tangata whenua - the people of the land. We are also home to many people from the Pacific Islands and Asia.
If you want to hear from someone who made the trip to New Zealand for study, watch this video.
It shows an interview with Bashayer Yankesar, who was awarded a KASPTT scholarship in Saudi Arabia, which entitled her to come to New Zealand to study UCOL's Bachelor of Fashion, and take her knowledge back with her. She graduated in March 2013, and in this video she talks about life in New Zealand - its challenges and joys.
New Zealanders are famous for their warm hospitality to overseas visitors and you'll be safe studying here. We are friendly, welcoming, love travel and enjoy meeting people from other cultures. And as a young country we are also known for our positive, 'can do' attitude - a pioneering spirit, which is behind some of our biggest achievements on the world stage.
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Crash.Net WRC News
Loeb pulls away in Cyprus after Gronholm spins
23 September 2006
Two time world rally champion, Sebastien Loeb has seized the lead on the Cyprus Rally, the twelfth round in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship, after Marcus Gronholm spun in SS14.
Loeb began the day trailing the Finn by 6.4 seconds and initially the Ford driver seemed to have the edged, stretching his advantage to 10.2 seconds following the first two tests.
Seb though came back in the next two stages to ensure they concluded the morning loop having taken two stage wins each. As such the gap was reduced to 8.5 seconds heading into the mid-day service at Lemesos. The second loop though proved decisive and while Loeb was only 0.6 seconds quicker than Gronholm in SS13, the Finn made a mistake in the next test and while he was still second quickest, he conceded 8.9 seconds, something that crucially handed Loeb the lead. The Kronos Citroen ace then put the hammer down in SS15 and SS16, to end the leg 21.8 seconds in front, giving him a good cushion to take into the final day.
The Frenchman though isn't taking anything for granted and was quick to point out he was around 30 seconds up on the Finn at the last event in Japan going into the final day, only to see that reduced to just 5 seconds at the finish.
Gronholm meanwhile blamed his tyre choice for his inability to stop Loeb pulling away. He opted for the narrower BF Goodrich tyres in the afternoon, while Seb went for the wider spec. Despite the choice though, the BP Ford driver was still comfortably ahead of the rest of the pack in the afternoon, second quickest in all four tests.
Mikko Hirvonen completes the provisional podium, now a minute or so up on OMV Peugeot's Manfred Stohl, who lies fourth. Mikko was third fastest through three of the four tests in the morning and pretty much matched that consistency in the afternoon, adding another two third quickest times to his tally.
Stohl is also comfortable in fourth, the Austrian over 2 minutes up on the next best driver, although the podium is seemingly out of reach, unless one of the three drivers' ahead has problems.
Further-down the order, Toni Gardemeister moved up a place in the penultimate test, when Chris Atkinson went off the road and got stuck in a ditch. The Aussie dropped down the leader-board as a result, although if he does rejoin under the SupeRally on Sunday, he will do so from ninth, only one place off the final drivers' point.
Gardemeister had a positive day in his Astra-run Citroen Xsara WRC and even managed the third best time on both runs through the Foini-Koilinia stage, the longest of the event at 30.33 km. His only blip a minor off in SS12, which cost him around 10 seconds.
Xavier Pons is next up in sixth position in the third Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC, although the field is well spaced out - the Spaniard a minute further adrift of Gardemeister and over 3 minutes up on Petter Solberg, who is seventh. Pons' day has been plain sailing and he will be eager to maintain his run on Sunday, after a sequence of less than successful events, which culminated with him missing the Rally Japan, after his crash in Finland.
Subaru team leader, Petter Solberg was slowed in the morning by running early in the order and as a result he had to sweep away the loose gravel. That was less of an issue in the afternoon though and having moved ahead of his brother, Henning in SS12, he pulled further in front with the third best time in SS13 and two fourth best efforts in SS14 and SS16.
Henning finished the day on course for the final point, over 2 minutes up on Atkinson who had dropped down following his off in SS15. It wasn't an easy day for the OMV ace though and he began to have problems in SS11, when the engine on his Peugeot 307 starting leaking hot water, which seeped into the cockpit over both him and co-driver Cato Menkerud. The problem continued in the next test and he finished SS12 with the cockpit literally swimming in water. Forced to drive with saturated overalls, boots and gloves, the Norwegian struggled to grip the wet steering wheel and pedals and dropped around a minute through the 11km pass. That problem continued to hamper him on the afternoon loop and his times suffered as a result.
Daniel Sordo rounds out the top ten in the number two Kronos-run Citroen Xsara, the Spaniard on course for the final manufacturers' point, having re-started on Saturday after engine/turbo issues in the penultimate test on Friday. He was lucky though to get to the end of the day having had a 'slow roll' in the first loop in SS10. His Xsara landed the right way up after the incident however, and consequently he didn't lose too much time.
Of the other 'works' drivers, in addition to Sordo and Henning Solberg, Matthew Wilson and Juan Pablo Raies both utilised the SupeRally too this morning, ending the day in eleventh and 17th respectively. Wilson though was again forced out when he had a gear selection problem in the penultimate test and could not turn into a corner 4.5km from the start. It is not yet known if he will be able to re-start.
Wilson's Stobart VK team-mate, Luis-Perez Companc also retired. He had been running seventh overall, when he had power steering problems in SS11 and retired from the leg.
In the Production Car WRC category, Fumio Nutahara is top, over 4 minutes up on his nearest challenger, Aki Teiskonen, while Khalid Al-Qassimi is on course to take third.
Overnight leader, Nasser Al-Attiyah was looking strong until SS11, when he went off the road and was unable to rejoin – assuming he can re-start, he may yet be able to salvage a point or two, as only five of the ten PCWRC drivers' are still going.
Thus far, Nigel Heath has retired - going out on day one, while Andreas Tsouloftas has been excluded. Aaron Burkart, like Al-Attiyah, went out on SS11 - the German will not re-start on Sunday. Spyros Pavlides was another PCWRC casualty he ended the day in SS15.
The action now resumes on Sunday - the final leg is the shortest of the rally with 85.35km of competition. After starting at 07.41, competitors tackle three tests north-east of Lemesos in the hilly and forested Machairas area. They then return to the city for a spectacular asphalt test through the streets of the old town, which will be broadcast live across Europe on television. Two of the morning stages will be repeated before the finish in Lemesos at 16.42.


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Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, July 16.
President Bush is attending a White House Tee Ball Game in the afternoon and hosting a social dinner in honor of Major League Baseball in the evening.
The Labor Department is releasing the Consumer Price Index for June.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Bush administration's detainee policies and their impact on the fight against terrorism.
Americans for Tax Reform announcing its annual calculation for this year's "Cost of Government Day" in which Americans have paid their share of federal, state, and local tax and regulatory burdens. The group says this year's day falls on July 16, four days later than last year.


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Janos and I will do our best to make these discussions on sustainable and self reliant rural cooperatives and producers organizations both lively and useful to all.
Discussion documents:
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FAO's website on cooperatives and producers organisations
World Food Day
Good practices in building innovative rural institutions to increase food security
Agricultural cooperatives: paving the way for food security and rural development (Brochure)
My.Coop - Managing your agricultural cooperatives
The Group Promoter's Resource Book
The Group Enterprise Resource Book
The Group Savings Resource Book
The Inter-Group Association Resource Book
New Strategies for Mobilizing Capital in Agricultural Cooperatives
Computerizing Agricultural Cooperatives: Practical Guidelines
Cooperatives: Has their Time Come or Gone?
Agricultural cooperative development - A manual for trainers
Capital Formation in Kenyan Farmer-owned Cooperatives: a case study


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On the Aesthetic Legacy of Ishmael Reed: Contemporary Reassessments (12/09)
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Paul Kareem Tayyar (Golden West, California) and Sämi Ludwig (UHA Mulhouse, France)
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Under this working title, Paul Tayyar (Golden West, California) and Sämi Ludwig (UHA Mulhouse, France) want to collect the views of young scholars and artists who represent yet another generation cherishing Ishmael Reed's work. After a furious start in the 1960s, Reed found a place in the contemporary African-American canon in the 1970s when some major criticism appeared on his writing. In the 1980s interest in him slackened--although we know that many young scholars in particular love his stories, his poems, and his essays.
These are critics whose assessments we want to collect. The aim of our new book is to give voice to a group of scholars for whom Reed is no longer the young radical (Reed himself made fun of "fifty-years old sixties radicals" in Japanese by Spring), but a very special kind of grey-haired sage. We want to find out what Reed's oeuvre means to the young generation. What is the significance of his aesthetic legacy in 2010? Contributions on any aspect of his cultural relevance are welcome.
In addition, we welcome creative work that celebrates or is inspired by Reed's career: paintings of characters or places from his novels, poetry written in the style of his verses, personal narratives about how Reed's work has influenced or inspired you.
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Secretary Kerry Travels to Jakarta, February 2014
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Secretary Kerry Travels to Jakarta, February 2014
On February 13-18, Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Seoul, Beijing, Jakarta, and Abu Dhabi to meet with senior government officials and address a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues.
In Jakarta, the Secretary will reiterate that the United States values Indonesia's growing leadership on global challenges and looks forward to continue working with Indonesia on issues including climate change, security, democracy, regional integration, and human rights. He will co-chair the Joint Commission Meeting under the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. He will also underline the importance of our engagement with Asia's multilateral institutions when he meets the ASEAN Secretary General.
Follow Secretary Kerry's travel to Indonesia on our Twitter account with hashtag #MenluKerry. Also, visit our Facebook Page and leave him a welcome message.
Remarks and Press Releases
- Remarks With Indonesian Foreign Minister Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa (02/17/14)
- Remarks on Climate Change (02/16/14)
- Remarks At the Istiqlal Mosque (02/16/14)
- Fact Sheet: U.S.-Indonesia Fourth Joint Commission Meeting (02/17/14)
- Media Note: United States and Indonesia Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Conserving Wildlife and Combating Wildlife Trafficking (02/17/14)
- Media Note: United States and Indonesia Sign South-South and Triangular Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding to Support Developing Countries (02/17/14)
- Secretary Kerry To Discuss Climate Change in Indonesia (02/15/14)
- Secretary Kerry to Deliver Speech on Global Climate Change (02/14/14)
- Background Briefing - Senior Administration and State Department Officials On Secretary Kerry's Trip to Republic of Korea, China, and Indonesia (02/14/14)
- Biography
- Travels with the Secretary
- Secretary Kerry on Twitter
- Fact Sheet: The East Asia-Pacific Rebalance: Expanding U.S. Engagement (12/17/13)
News Coverage
- U.S. Secretary of State: Indonesia's Code of Conduct is the future of Asia's stability. (okezone.com, 02/17/14)
- Indonesia-U.S. Sign the MoU on wildlife protection and conservation. (jaringnews.com, 02/17/14)
- Indonesia-U.S. Sign MoU on South-South Triangular Cooperation. (antarasultra.com, 02/17/14)
- U.S. praises Indonesia in addressing South China Sea conflict. (kompas.com, 02/17/14)
- U.S.-Indonesia sign MoU on combating wildlife trafficking. (okezone.com, 02/17/14)
- John Kerry Conveys Condolences to Indonesia. (republika.co.id, 02/17/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State praises religious tolerance in Indonesia. (okezone.com, 02/17/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State admires the close proximity of Istiqlal and Cathedral. (kompas.com, 02/17/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State visits Indonesian Foreign Minister, discusses the expansion of Indonesia-U.S. cooperation. (solopos.com, 02/17/14)
- Visiting Minister Natalegawa, John Kerry continue the cooperation between President Yudhoyono and President Obama. (liputan6.com, 02/17/14)
- The way U.S. Secretary of State takes a 'selfie' photo with Indonesian students. (viva.co.id, 02/17/14)
- Visiting Marty Natalegawa, John Kerry discuss the comprehensive partnership. (jaringnews.com, 02/17/14)
- Marty Natalegawa to receive the visit of U.S. Secretary of State. (metrotvnews, 02/17/14)
- John Kerry meets the Secretary-General of ASEAN. (antaranews.com, 02/16/14)
- Visiting Indonesia, U.S. Secretary of State meets with the Secretary-General of ASEAN. (kompas.com, 02/16/14)
- Kerry warns of the dangers of climate change. (voaindonesia.com, 02/16/14)
- Before talking about climate change, U.S. Secretary of State took a 'Selfie' with university students. (detik.com, 02/16/14)
- In his speech, U.S. Secretary of State throws out an Indonesian proverb. (okezone.com, 02/16/14)
- John Kerry: "When there's a pain in the foot, the whole body feels it." (viva.co.id, 02/16/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State: Indonesia is vulnerable to climate change. (okezone.com, 02/16/14)
- In Jakarta, U.S. Secretary of State talks about climate change. (viva.co.id, 02/16/14)
- In Jakarta, Kerry to tout climate change action. (thejakartapost.com, 02/16/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State admires the majesty of Istiqlal. (viva.co.id, 02/16/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State admires Istiqlal. (inilah.com, 02/16/14)
- John Kerry visits Istiqlal. (republika.co.id, 02/16/14)
- John Kerry visits Istiqlal Mosque. (tribunnews.com, 02/16/14)
- John Kerry arrives in Jakarta. (antaranews.com, 02/15/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Jakarta. (tempo.co, 02/15/14)
- Visiting Indonesia, U.S. Secretary of State urges cooperation in climate change. (viva.co.id, 02/14/14)
- Secretary Kerry to Visit Jakarta. (okezone.com, 02/10/14)
- Secretary Kerry is Scheduled to Visit Indonesia. (tempo.co, 02/10/14)
- John Kerry to Visit Jakarta This Week. (republika.co.id, 02/10/14)
- U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Jakarta. (antaranews.com, 02/10/14)
- Secretary Kerry Travels to Seoul, Beijing, Jakarta, and Abu Dhabi. (U.S. Embassy Jakarta, 02/10/14)


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Session: 2013/2014
Date: 25 September 2013
Reference: NIA 131/11-15
Mandate Number: Mandate 2011/15 Sixteenth Report
Committee: Public Accounts
Report on nifrs (1.84 mb)
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Executive Summary
1. The Committee applauds the commitment and professionalism of our fire-fighters. It is the fire-fighters and the Service's support staff who have suffered most from the extremely poor leadership provided by senior management in the past. The Committee wants to see the Department, the NIFRS Board and senior management work together to move the Service to a position where its main focus can be on improving performance rather than dealing with the legacy of past mismanagement.
2. In July 2011, a whistleblower, Ms Linda Ford, made a number of allegations of wrongdoing in Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) on a range of financial issues. In August 2011, Ms Ford was suspended by the then Chief Fire Officer Peter Craig, following an allegation that she had breached data security. Her suspension lasted almost a year and she has only recently returned to her former post. The Committee is in no doubt that the decision
by Mr Craig to suspend Ms Ford was directly related to her whistleblowing and it was clearly wrong. As a result of his actions Mr Craig has caused both reputational damage and financial loss to the Service, as well as injury to an individual who had properly raised her concerns.
3. It seems to the Committee that Mr Craig was, at best, indifferent as to whether the suspension was justified or in accordance with proper procedures, since he acted against legal advice to consult HR. The Committee finds that Mr Craig's attempts to justify his decision to suspend Ms Ford are entirely unconvincing and reprehensible.
4. The NIFRS Chair was also involved in the appalling treatment of the whistleblower. He knew that Mr Craig had cited Ms Ford's whistleblowing letter to the Accounting Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (the Department) in the letter suspending her and should have been alert to the possibility of victimisation. Instead he wrongly decided that this was a purely operational matter in which he would not intervene.
5. The alleged data security breach was notified to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in July 2012, almost a year after Ms Ford's suspension. The issue was not finally resolved until May 2013 when the ICO confirmed it would not be pursuing the investigation further. The Committee finds it completely unacceptable that NIFRS allowed the investigation into the alleged data protection breach to continue for as long as it did. The Committee considers that it is deplorable that a member of staff should have a potentially serious disciplinary matter hanging over their head for such a lengthy period: this would place anyone under intolerable pressure.
6. Ms Ford submitted two grievances against Mr Craig in July and August 2011. These were not heard by an independent person as would be expected. Instead Mr Craig personally responded to the first and was involved in responding to the second. The Committee considers that in responding in this way Mr Craig was setting aside due process to an extent that was totally improper. The Chair admitted he had discussed Ms Ford's grievance with Mr Craig and that Mr Craig had told him that he intended to discuss the matter with her. The Chair should have known this was improper and should have ensured this contact did not take place. The Chair also decided to stall hearing Ms Ford's grievances until the investigation into the alleged data security breach was concluded, contravening NIFRS Disciplinary Policies.
7. It was not only Ms Ford's grievance that was badly handled. In October 2011 Dr Carol Ackah completed her independent external investigation of a separate complaint of harassment against a NIFRS director. Dr Ackah commented on unacceptable delays in concluding the investigation which had started in May 2010 and the impression she had of a lack of management momentum in driving the process forward. Dr Ackah also put on record her concern that Mr Craig, who had become CFO shortly after her appointment, had decided to deal with the report himself. Mr Craig had previously ruled himself out of hearing the grievance as he, and other senior officers, had knowledge of the allegations that "could potentially be seen as prejudicial".
8. Dr Ackah upheld the complaint of harassment and provided her report to Mr Craig. A copy was also received by the NIFRS Chair, but he regarded any action arising from the report to be an executive matter and accepted that Mr Craig would deal with it. It appears that little has happened since that point. There are still ongoing discussions about how to deal with the Ackah report.
9. The Committee finds the handling of this case to have been totally unacceptable. It is now over three years since the complaint was made and over 18 months since the investigator's report was received. It is disgraceful that a member of staff who has had a complaint of harassment upheld should have had to wait so long for the matter to be resolved. The Committee finds it concerning that both Mr Craig and the Chair had not acted on Dr Ackah's
questioning of Mr Craig's involvement.
10. In 2001 the Public Accounts Committee reported on NIFRS's predecessor body, the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. The Committee made specific recommendations on maintenance and checking of vehicle logs and best practice in recruitment. This was an extremely critical and hard-hitting report and it is shocking that many of the concerns the Committee had at that time have been raised again in the recent investigations into NIFRS. The Committee can only express its exasperation that 12 years' on it is again addressing these same issues.
11. The Committee welcomes the Department's admission that oversight of NIFRS was deficient. The Committee considers that oversight by the Department seems to have done little to bring about necessary change in NIFRS. All the usual accountability mechanisms were in place, and it may have appeared they were working. However, in reality, this was far from the case. The Audit Office's 2011 recommendations 1 to improve oversight by appointing a specialist fire service adviser and develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to allow for systematic monitoring and reporting of NIFRS performance against comparable fire and rescue services have yet to be implemented.
12. The Committee considers that the Department failed to intervene to address the extremely high turnover in NIFRS at senior management level and prolonged absences of key staff members. As a result of these vacancies, important work was put on hold including introducing key strategies to develop the workforce and to implement the recommendations of external reviews. In 2010, all four senior operational (uniformed) officers were in acting positions. In an organisation with as many significant personnel issues as NIFRS, the failure to substantively fill the HR Director post for more than two years amounts to negligence on the part of all involved.
13. The Committee considers that the Board and its sub-Committees were extremely weak: they failed to challenge senior management and were slow to act. The Committee's view is that where Board members are found to lack the skills and the resourcefulness required to properly challenge management and escalate problems to the parent department, the solution is that they should be removed. The Chair has acknowledged past mistakes. He has also provided assurances that the Board is now providing a proper challenge to the Corporate Management Team.
14. Internal Audit in NIFRS has been under-resourced and under-performing. The responsibility for this lies initially with management and to an extent with the Department, which has a specific oversight role in relation to internal audit. But it is the Audit Committee which is charged with oversight of the audit strategy and audit plans, confirming internal audit is adequately resourced and addressing the key areas of risk. It is clear to the Committee that the NIFRS Audit Committee has not been performing these functions effectively.
15. In November 2009, Mr Craig, then Assistant Chief Fire Officer, accepted a Land Rover under a sponsorship arrangement. When the then Chief Fire Officer, Colin Lammey, became aware of the arrangement, he instructed Mr Craig to return the vehicle to the supplier. Despite Mr Lammey's instructions, Mr Craig did not return the vehicle to the supplier. Instead it was stored at the premises of NIFRS's media supplier and brought back to NIFRS premises when Mr Craig became Chief Fire Officer. It is clear to the Committee that Mr Craig defied the instructions of the Chief Fire Officer and undermined his authority. The Committee finds it worrying that Mr Craig maintains that accepting the vehicle was the right thing to do despite it being clear to others, from the outset, that this action would create a perception of wrongdoing that was likely to be extremely damaging to NIFRS. The Committee considers that
Mr Craig's behaviour demonstrated a lack of understanding of the responsibilities of an Accounting Officer and the standard of conduct expected of someone in that role.
16. The Committee considered a number of cases where very senior officers in NIFRS failed to recognise and properly handle significant conflicts of interest in relation to procurement and recruitment. During the 2011 NIFRS recruitment exercise an appeals process was introduced which resulted in the unfair treatment of some candidates and, potentially, the advantageous treatment of others. The Assistant Chief Fire Officer, who introduced the process without the approval of the Chief Fire Officer or Board, was also a member of the appeals panel, and his son was one of the initially unsuccessful candidates appointed following a successful appeal. In addition, overtime and subsistence payments were made to NIFRS staff involved in the recruitment without regard for safeguarding public funds.
16. The investigation report commissioned by the Department recommended that disciplinary action be considered in this case. However, no disciplinary action was initiated even though the Health Minister told the Assembly that "it would be a travesty" if disciplinary procedures were avoided. The Assistant Chief Fire Officer managing the recruitment exercise retired on ill-health grounds in May 2013. The Committee finds the decision to allow this individual to leave the organisation without having been held to account via a disciplinary process to be negligent.
17. In October 2012, the NIFRS Interim Chief Executive commissioned an overview of the investigation reports published by DHSSPS. This found little evidence to support disciplinary action against individuals referred to in the reports. This Committee considers that any report which considers disciplinary action must be credible and demonstrably independent.
Summary of Recommendations
Recommendation 1
The Committee recommends that Departments ensure that, if whistleblowing concerns are passed on to an Arm's-Length Body (ALB), these are properly and promptly investigated. Departments should establish clear protocols in such cases, setting fixed deadlines (20 days would be appropriate) for a meaningful response. The quality of the ALB response and the appropriateness of any recommendations should be reviewed at a senior level in the Department. The outcome of the investigation should be reported back to the individual who raised the initial concerns explaining, where appropriate, what action has been taken as a result. However, where the whistleblowing allegations relate to senior members of staff in the ALB the Department should retain ownership of the investigation.
Recommendation 2
The Committee recommends that public sector guidance on the conduct of investigations into whistleblower allegations should require Departments to maintain frequent contact with the whistleblower throughout the course of the resulting investigation unless there are compelling reasons not to do so.
Recommendation 3
The Committee recommends that all outstanding grievance cases are brought to a conclusion as soon as possible. A timeline for this to happen should be provided to the Committee.
Recommendation 4
The Committee recommends that the Department oversee more effectively by bringing people into its team who have the necessary skills and seniority to properly challenge NIFRS senior management and provide effective support to the NIFRS board. In particular, it should implement the recommendation of the NIAO's December 2011 report and appoint a specialist fire service adviser.
Recommendation 5
The Committee considers that proper succession planning in NIFRS has been completely ignored for too long. The Committee recommends that the Department, the Board and NIFRS senior management work together to identify barriers to recruitment and draw up anaction plan to ensure the organisation is well placed to attract quality internal and external candidates for future senior management vacancies. The Committee would like to see a progress report on this in six months' time.
Recommendation 6
The Committee recommends that the investigation into charity vehicles is completed as soon as possible and reported to the Committee. A copy of the report should also be provided to the Assembly's Health Committee.
Recommendation 7
The Committee recommends that the Department undertake an assessment of the Board and its sub-Committees, with a view to ensuring that only those who comprehend their responsibilities and are equipped to fulfil them continue in that role.
Recommendation 8
The Committee considers that the Internal Audit function within NIFRS must be strengthened and that it is the responsibility of the Department to ensure this happens. The Committee recommends that, as a matter of urgency, NIFRS internal audit is fully resourced and utilised, if necessary using departmental resources as an interim measure. The full internal audit programme must be completed for 2013-14 together with any audits deferred from previous years. Longer-term arrangements for internal audit in NIFRS are under consideration. As an interim measure, audits completed by NIFRS internal auditors should be subject to quality control by the departmental internal audit function.
Recommendation 9
The Committee recommends that, as a point of principle, no public body should accept sponsorship from a company with whom it has a commercial relationship.
Recommendation 10
The Committee recommends that NIFRS and other public bodies ensure that all staff who are involved in procurement and recruitment decisions, or other sensitive posts, are required to declare any potential conflicts of interest. Management must ensure that appropriate action is taken to manage or avoid potential conflicts when these are recorded. It is for DFP to ensure that this is reflected in guidance.
Recommendation 11
The Committee recommends that the question of further action against senior officers is revisited. A review should be undertaken which is professional, independent, properly supported by HR and legal expertise, and free from any perception of a conflict of interest.
1 'Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service: An Organisational Assessment and Review of Departmental Oversight', Northern Ireland Audit Office, 20 December 2011


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A 54-year-old man crossing Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica was struck and killed by a motorist early Wednesday morning near the cross street of Pier Avenue.
Santa Monica Police Department Sgt. Jay Moroso said officers responded to the scene at approximately 12:09 am to find a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle.
Moroso said the preliminary initial investigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle, a 34-year-old female resident of Culver City, was traveling southbound on Lincoln and the pedestrian crossed Lincoln, eastbound, in front of her vehicle.
"The driver stated that she did not see the pedestrian until her vehicle struck him," Moroso said.
Moroso said the male pedestrian sustained major trauma to his body as a result of the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim's name is being withheld pending the notification of family.
"The driver of the vehicle was cooperative throughout the investigation and was determined to not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol," he said. "After being interviewed, she was released pending further investigation."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator Jason Olson at 310.458.8993 or Sergeant Phillbo Rubish at 310.458.8950 or the Santa Monica Police Department (24 hours) at 310.458.8495.
Copyright © 2011 by Santa Monica Mirror. All rights reserved.


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Excursion 5 – Herculaneum, Sorrento & Positano – full day
As excursion 2, but instead of Pompeii visit Herculaneum.
Tour with us and our English speaking driver will greet you directly after your disembarkation,
During the short journey from the port of Naples to Herculaneum, along the highway are breathtaking views as we drive around the base of the only live volcano in mainland Europe, Mt. Vesuvius on one side, with the Bay of Naples to the other. On a clear day you will also see the Isle of Capri and the bay of Sorrento.
In no time at all you will be in Herculaneum!!!!!!!!!
This was the holiday resort of the rich Romans, used by the noble to escape the noise and confusion in Rome. During the disaster of 79 A.D when Mt. Vesuvius erupted the wind was blowing in the direction of Pompeii, Herculaneum was saved, or so they thought! 12 hours later the area was swamped by a landslide of liquid mud. Leaving for us a town frozen in near-perfect preservation, here you can explore Roman villas in their 2 storey state, enjoy frescoes so colourful they look like they were paintedyesterday not 2000 years ago.
After a driving tour through the districts of Sorrento we find 'Piazza Tasso' the main square, from here you will have free time to explore the delightful historical centre, with its numerous churches and shops to suit all, or enjoy a drink in the main square and 'people-watch' with the locals. Sorrento is famous for the production of limoncello, a digestif liquor made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar you will find many shops in the historical area offering free samples. Other agricultural production includes citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives. Inlaid wood craftsmanship/ Intarsio is also developed.
After your visit we will drive you back to Naples port or take advantage of our tour with pick up Naples port, drop off Sorrento Port so you can enjoy the ferry ride back to Naples port, arriving where your cruise ship is docked. Please email for further information and reduced rate.
* 2 hrs in Herculaneum, archaeological site overshadowed by Pompeii but better preserved!
* Drive part of the Amalfi Coast
* Photo stop at the 'Madonna' for the best panoramic view of Positano.
* Free time to stroll the beautiful traffic free lanes of Positano.
* Lunch in a typical Italian Restaurant
* Free time in Sorrento
* Historical lanes of Sorrento, lined with shops selling local souvenirs, giant lemons, inlaid wodwork, cameo & coral jewelry, wine and the local liquor 'Limoncello'
* Enjoy a spectacular 360° view of the bay of Naples from the public gardens.
Looking for a cruise that has Naples as a port of call ?
Here are some of the cruise liners that sail to the port of Naples, Italy:
Seabourn Quest; Norwegian Epic; Norwegian Spirit; Celebrity Solstice; Celebrity Silhouette; Celebrity Equinox; Celebrity Reflection; Ruby Princess; Crown Princess; Grand Princess; Sun Princess; Ocean Princess; Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas, Mariner of the seas, Grandeur of the Seas; Cunards Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary II, P&O Ventura, Arcada, Crystal Serenity, MSC, Costa Cruises.


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In the right WiFi place at the right time – sort of
Oh, but not this time.
Today, I sold my soul to Verizon for the next year - land line and broadband in addition to the wireless account I already had.
The move came just hours after Verizon announced that it would begin offering broadband free access to WiFi hot spots .
Not that it's going to help me much.
For one thing, I'm already mobile - mobile at a cost many customers aren't willing to pay yet, but mobile nonetheless.
For another, the WiFi isn't where I need it to be, even though Verizon "partner" Boingo has more than 100,000 hot spots worldwide.
I checked the hot spot locator on Verizon's Web site, and there's not a one on Fort Irwin. There are none in the tiny town in West Virginia near my mom. There are nine, though, in the town where I'll live for another week - one each at an auto dealer, a grocery store and a hotel. The rest are at Starbucks. WiFi at Starbucks? Shocking.
Which means I won't be abandoning Verizon's much-ballyhooed 3G network anytime soon. In fact, for the 10 days our new house will be without any Internet service, my beloved Blackberry will save my life as I get online the new old-fashioned way: Hooking the computer up to a phone. Kind of cute and retro, isn't it? It's about the same speed, too, at times.
Don't get me wrong. I'm paying $30 a month for Verizon's mobile broadband, and I'd love to be able to use for "free" the solution that Boingo usually charges $9.95 a month for. Not that it's really "free" - Verizon will either make the money back elsewhere or already has written it off as the cost of keeping up with competition.
When rivals announced similar plans back in May, Verizon mocked free WiFi as a marketing stunt. It must have taken Verizon until now to figure out that WiFi can't compete with mobile broadband as long as hot spots are merely tepid or downright cold in much of the country.
People who have to be online for business reasons - and I'm in that category - sometimes get tired of hanging out in coffee shops. They also need reliability. If you've ever sat in a hotel room and pressed your laptop as close as you can to a window in hopes of picking up a signal, you know the reliability isn't there yet.
Not that wireless phones are 100 percent reliable either. Mine works at my mom's only if I stand in the basement with my right foot against a door frame and my left elbow pointed toward the ceiling. But cell signals generally are safer bets than WiFi.
So thanks, Verizon, for the free stuff. I'm sure I'll use it sometime, someplace. But it's not enough for me to drop mobile broadband.
I guess this is going to work out for you after all.
Copyright 2009 Debra Legg. All rights reserved.


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Taking a giant step to fulfill the Olympic dream that eluded him in 1996, Chad Carvin set an American record in winning the 400 meter freestyle at the World Cup meet held at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Carvin, of Laguna Hills, Calif., clocked 3:42.16 for the quarter mile, eclipsing Jeff Kostoff's American record of 3:43.71 set back in 1983. Carvin's time also set a U.S. Open mark, bettering the 3:42.18 swum by Aussie teen sensation Ian Thorpe one year ago. The world record, 3:35.01, was set by Australian Grant Hackett in April.
Carvin's was only one of a several outstanding swims at the World Cup meet, the first in a series of meets held in North and South America, Asia and Europe.
Jenny Thompson and B.J. Bedford were both double winners on the first day of competition. Thompson, who broke Mary T. Meagher's 18-year-old world record in the long course 100m butterfly at the Pan Pacific Championships in August, cruised to wins in the 100 fly and 50 free against tough competition.
In the fly, Thompson swam 57.64, not far off her world mark of 56.90, as she led two other Americans–Ashley Tappin and Richelle Rox–to the wall in under a minute. In the 50 free, her 24.74 edged comeback queen Dara Torres and Holland's Inge De Bruijn, the world's fastest woman in 1998 and '99.
Bedford looked sharp in collecting wins in the 50 and 200 meter backstroke. In the 50, Bedford's 27.90 was a U.S. Open record, erasing the 28.36 set last year by Beth Botsford, the 1996 Olympic champion. In the 200, Bedford handily defeated Lindsay Benko, the 1999 U.S. national champion and France's Roxanna Maracineanu, the 1998 world champion. Bedford's 2:07.71 just missed the American mark of 2:07.46 set by Natalie Coughlin last year.
Kristine Quance-Julian showed her comeback, after having a baby less than a year ago, is for real. Quance-Julian finished a close second in the 100 breast and 200 IM. Romanian Beatrice Caslaru took the medley in a swift 2:11.09, edging Quance-Julian and Slovakia's Martina Moravcova. Moravcova, back in training after a thyroid operation, won the 200 in 1:57.69.
Dara Torres, a member of the 1984, '88, and '92 Olympic teams, and making a comeback at age 32, was a strong second in the 50 free (24.81) and third in the 200 (1:58.32).
Australia's Brooke Hanson won the 100 breast while Cara Lane, a fast-improving American teen, bagged the 800 free by almost five seconds.
Jason Lezak, the 1999 U.S. national champion in the 100 free, tied the American record in his favorite event with a time of 48.19. Sabir Muhammad, who held the mark, finished third. Muhammad took the 50 fly in 23.72, with comebacker Byron Davis third in 24.21.
Ed Moses, the world's fastest 100 meter breaststroker in 1999, won both the 50 and 200 breaststroke races. In the 50, he edged Germany's Mark Warnecke, the world record-holder in the event, by a quarter of a second.
Finland's Jani Sievinen, the world record-holder in both the 200 and 400 IM, won the 400 here in 4:13.44, four seconds ahead of Tom Dolan, who swam in his first meet in almost a year. Dolan also finished second to Carvin in the 400 free.
Double world record-holder Lenny Krayzelburg uncorked a splendid 100 meter backstroke, with his 51.82 less than four-tenths from Jeff Rouse's short course world mark. He needed all of it, too, as Neil Walker finished right behind at 52.18.
Walker had an outstanding first day, finishing second in the 100 free and 100 back, and winning the 100 IM (54.45) over Sievinen, the world record-holder in this event, and Josh Davis, his teammate and the American record-holder.
Mexico's Juan Veloz, a 16-year-old training at Mission Viejo in California, won the 200 meter fly, handily defeating Hungary's Tamas Kerekjarto by almost two seconds.


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A story was circulating last week that the Yankees traded Austin Jackson to the Tigers for Curtis Granderson because they had soured on the minor league outfielder. Mike Francessa, the WFAN all-everything expert, probably gave the story its widest circulation.
Brian Cashman, the Yankees' general manager, said he had heard the story. Cashman also said it's not true.
"How can you sour on a guy who's progressing each year?" Cashman said. "No Yankees people are saying that. I told Jim Leyland in spring training that this guy is going to hit. We just don't know about his power."
Leyland, the Detroit manager, has found Cashman to be a man of his word.
Before Sunday's games, the rookie center fielder was hitting .370, second in the American League; was leading with 47 hits and 15 multi-hit games, was tied for third with 24 runs scored, was sixth in on-base percentage with .420 and was tied for the lead in triples with three.
"We projected him as an everyday player in the big leagues," Cashman said, "We projected him to be a right-handed bat and an above average hitter. We didn't project power. He's an above average defender and he can steal bases."
Soured on Jackson?
"They were not eager to trade him," Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers' general manager, said, "but they knew they had to give up some talent."
Jackson was selected by the Yankees out of a Texas high school in the eighth round of the 2005 draft. He made progress in each of four subsequent seasons in the minors, but he became expendable, like so many minor leaguers before him, when the Yankees decided they needed a left-handed hitting center fielder. That would be Granderson.
"Two young outfielders, one right-handed' one left-handed, one with power, one with undetermined power," Cashman said of Jackson, 23, and Granderson, 29. "We prefer the left-handed power."
The Yankees, though, would have preferred not trading Jackson.
Was he reluctant to give the Tigers Jackson? "Of course," Cashman said.
Did he have to give Jackson to get Granderson? "Yes. They were trying to find a cheaper replacement. The Red Sox were interested in Granderson, but they didn't have a center fielder to give as we did."
In the earlier years of George Steinbrenner's ownership, the Yankees always seemed to be sacrificing their good young talent for veteran players. However, when Steinbrenner was serving a suspension in the early 1990s, Gene Michael, the general manager, halted the practice, and that's how the "core four" resulted.
Had Commissioner Fay Vincent not suspended Steinbrenner for his use of Howard Spira to try to "get" Dave Winfield, some or all of the group of Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte would not be with the Yankees today.
The trade of Jackson, Phil Coke and Ian Kennedy for Granderson is reminiscent of the raging Steinbrenner years, but Granderson is younger than most of the players the Yankees got in those years.
Jackson was the linchpin of the trade for the Tigers and thus for the three-team deal, which also included the Diamondbacks.
"We liked him as a player, as an all-around player," Dombrowski said. "We liked his bat. We just didn't know how quickly it would produce as a major league regular."
The Tigers, however quickly anointed Jackson a major league regular and they are finding out he is up to the assignment.
"He's done very well for us." Dombrowski said. "One thing he's done more quickly than we might have expected is he's in position where he's swinging the bat well for us and has done a good job for us."
The rookie has teamed with Miguel Cabrera to give the Tigers a potent one-two punch. Before Sunday's games, they were literally one-two: Cabrera was No. 1 in hitting (.371) and Jackson No. 2 (.370), and Jackson was No. 1 in hits (47) and Cabrera No. 2 (43).
Cabrera also led the league with 32 runs batted in and with a .500. average with runners in scoring position. He was also second in on-base percentage (.455), third in total bases (75), tied for third in extra-base hits (18) and fifth in slugging (.647).
If it's possible, Cabrera is redeeming himself from the way he finished last season. With the Tigers trying desperately to hold off the Twins on the final weekend, Cabrera spent Friday night drinking with friends, had a fight with his wife and landed in jail overnight with a blood-alcohol reading that was over the legal limit.
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When 22-year-old Wilson Ramos squatted behind the plate for the Twins as the replacement for the injured Joe Mauer (bruised heel), he had an auspicious debut, stroking four hits in his first game. Just as Mauer was the first catcher in major league history to win three league batting titles, Ramos was the first catcher in history to get four hits in his first game.
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In 1938, on the same days, April 19 and 20, two players turned the three-hit trick. One was Coaker Triplett, an outfielder, who had seven hits in those first two games but had only two more hits in 10 other games that season. He went on to bat .256 in his career, which also included sporadic duty in five World War II seasons.
The other player, also an outfielder, was Enos Slaughter, who got six hits in those two April games and went on to be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Andre Ethier had a week any player would love to have or any team would love one of its players to have. The Dodgers' right fielder has established a penchant for driving in key runs, and that knack was on display in a seven-game span from April 30 through May 7.
- April 30: two-run home run in first inning puts Dodgers ahead, 2-1, en route to a 6-2 victory.
- May 1: three-run homer in third inning puts Dodgers ahead, 3-1, and propels them to 5-1 victory.
- May 2: two homers, single and four runs batted in power Dodgers to 9-3 win.
- May 6: grand slam in ninth gives Dodgers 7-3 win.
- May 7: third-inning single puts Dodgers ahead, 2-1; fifth-inning double gives Dodgers a 3-3 tie in game they win, 6-5.
Ethier has not driven in the most runs in the last three seasons – he is 23rd on the list – but he has driven in the greatest percentage of runs that have won games, put a team ahead or tied a game. Ethier has produced 58.7 percent of his r.b.i. in those instances.
Adrian Gonzalez of San Diego, who is eighth on the 2008-2010 r.b.i. list, has the next highest percentage, 55.3.
For his career, which began in 2006, Ethier has produced 49.4 percent of his r.b.i. in those situations (20 game-ending hits, 112 go-ahead r.b.i. and 32-game tying r.b.I.).
The left-handed hitter leads the majors with 11 walk-off hits since the start of the 2008 season, and last year he became the third player in history (Jimmie Foxx in 1940 and Roy Sievers in 1957 were the others) to slug four walk-off home runs in a season.
In yet another measurement of Ethier's clutch hitting, baseball-reference.com has determined that since the start of the 2008 season he has the majors' most walk-off hits, 11, more than twice the next number, 5 each for Kurt Suzuki and Miguel Tejada.
The 28-year-old does not limit his hitting to clutch situations. He began Sunday's game as the best hitter in the National League, leading in the triple crown categories of hitting (.394), home runs (10, tied) and runs batted in (32). He was also first in total bases (77) and slugging (.740).
Now Alex Rodriguez knows who Dallas Braden is.
Braden was the Oakland pitcher who last month took exception to the route Rodriguez took returning to first base after a foul ball in an Athletics game against the Yankees. Rodriguez ran across the mound, and Braden let him know that he had trespassed on his territory. They exchanged words but nothing else.
"He's a tremendous player and a tremendous talent, and I don't care if I'm Cy Young or the 25th man on a roster," Braden told reporters after the game. "If I've got the ball in my hand and I'm out there on that mound, that's not your mound. You want to run across the mound? Go run laps in the bullpen. That's my mound."
Rodriguez didn't seem to take the matter seriously. "I didn't know he was talking to me, to be honest with you," Rodriguez said. "I thought it was pretty funny, actually."
The Yankees' third baseman said he didn't know who Braden was, but the 26-year-old left-hander introduced himself long distance Sunday. He pitched a perfect game against Tampa Bay, the team that is ahead of the Yankees in the American League East.
The stats freaks who never saw a decimal point they didn't worship were ecstatic last year when Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young award while winning only 16 games.
Felix Hernandez, who won 19 and whose 2.49 earned run average was second to Greinke's 2.16, would have been my choice, but the stats guys "proved" that Greinke was the correct choice because of his statistical standing in formulaic concoctions in which we mere mortals do not imbibe.
I can't wait to see what they will do with Greinke's record this year. He has started seven games and has won none of them. He has lost four. He has a respectable e.r.a. of 2.51, but he is the first returning Cy Young winner, Elias Sports Bureau says, to fail to win any of his first seven starts since Frank Viola in 1989.
In Greinke's April 27 start against Seattle, he allowed no runs in seven innings and left with a 2-0 lead, but the Mariners scored three runs in the eighth against Josh Rupe and won, 3-2.
In his next start, against Tampa Bay, Greinke gave up only one run in eight innings, but it was an Evan Longoria home run and it was the only run of the game.


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