ROUGH RIDER USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
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COALITION OF SAILORS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS
SAILOR 2.0 STUDY HABITS
BY THE NUMBERS DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
JULY 16, 2015
by MC3 Taylor L. Jackson
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very Friday morning, a group of more than 200 junior Sailors gather on the forward mess decks of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to discuss ideas for promoting a healthy lifestyle and good decision making. The Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) is a Navywide organization composed of Sailors from seaman to petty officer third class and below, whose aim is to guide their fellow Sailors on a path to success by avoiding destructive decisions. “Our goal is to make a positive difference in this command,” said Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Brandon Tillett, president of Theodore Roosevelt’s CSADD. “We want to give the junior Sailors onboard a chance
to be a part of something with purpose.” One of CSADD’s most important outreach functions is to host awareness events in coordination with other organizations onboard. CSADD and TR’s Second Class Petty Officer Association (SCPOA) hosted an around-the-world basketball shootout, June 6, to promote awareness about the dangers of alcohol. Tillett provided facts and statistics about the effects of alcohol consumption as CSADD and SCPOA members attempted to make baskets while wearing drunk-goggles. “CSADD acts as a liaison to all of the awareness programs onboard,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Alejandro Lazo. “We get input from the
program department before we host any of these events, and we invite other organizations to get involved with us.” CSADD is an independently-run organization that relies entirely on its members to accomplish its goals. Though Tillett is the organization’s president, he says it is the members that actually run the organization. “When I first joined CSADD a little over two years ago we only had around 20 members,” said Tillett. “Today, we’re roughly 350 strong. With that many people, there are always good ideas floating around.” CSADD organizes events every week and everyone onboard is invited to attend. CSADD members, such as Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jose Flores, encourage Sailors who are new to the ship to get involved with CSADD as a way of getting to know the ship and crew in a positive environment.
“We have a lot of diversity in CSADD, and just about every department is represented here,” said Flores. “We want to provide avenues for new people to learn the ship and get them in touch with people that can help with qualifications as well.” To become an active member of CSADD, Sailors must attend at least two meetings and events each month. Meetings are held each Friday at 9 a.m. on the forward mess decks. CSADD is always open to new members, and each new member ensures that the legacy of the program will continue to inspire future generations of Sailors. “Each member of CSADD and all of our senior leadership have built a strong foundation for us to continue guiding our Sailors on the right path,” said Tillett. “The cooperation and motivation of our team shows that we are meant to grow.”
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WHO’S WHO COUNTRIES + MEDIA TR has welcomed more than 342 foreign nationals, U.S. military leaders and media aboard for tours, briefs and exchanges important in fostering and strengthening relationships. Building partnerships through presence, guests from Cyprus, Greece, Morroco, Spain and more visited TR. Notable press syndicates include BBC, Bild, CCTV and Reuters. Vice also visited the ship and produced a feature that aired on HBO.
VICE ADMIRAL JOHN W. MILLER | U.S. NAVCENT/5TH FLEET A Naval Academy graduate, Vice Adm. Miller reported to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. FIFTH Fleet in 2011. Miller visited TR, July 7.
COMMAND MASTER CHIEF (SW/AW) SCOTT FLEMING | U.S. NAVCENT/5TH FLEET Command Master Chief assumed his current duties as CMC of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. FIFTH Fleet in Jan. 2014.
By the Numbers | distinguished visitors aS USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) APPROACHES THE HALFWAY POINT OF HER WORLD TOUR, WE REVIEW THE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WE’VE FORGED AND FOSTERED.
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Denmark United Kingdom Portugal Spain Morocco
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some notable names and faceS FIRST SEA LORD ADM. SIR GEORGE ZAMBELLAS | UNITED KINGDOM The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff is the Royal Navy’s professional head and Chairman of the Navy Board. Visited TR, Mar. 23.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | SAUDI ARABIA Second Deputy Premier, Deputy Crown Prince, Minister of Defense serves as advisor to Prince Mohammed bin Salaman. Visited TR July 7.
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WORLD LEADERS STRIKE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN TO CURB NUCLEAR PLANS AND LIFT SANCTIONS Accord Is Based on Verification, Not Trust, Obama Says VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. The deal culminates 20 months of negotiations on an agreement that President Obama had long sought. Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran remains a bigger question. Obama, in an appearance at the White House that was broadcast live in Iran, began what promised to be an arduous effort to sell the deal to Congress and the American public, saying the agreement is “not built on trust — it is built on verification.”
He made it clear that he would fight to preserve the deal from critics in Congress who are beginning a 60-day review, declaring, “I will veto any legislation that prevents the successful implementation of this deal.” Almost as soon as the agreement was announced, its harshest critics said it would ultimately empower Iran rather than limit its capability. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called it a “historic mistake” that would create a “terrorist nuclear superpower.” A review of the text of the agreement showed that the United States preserved and, in some cases, extended the nuclear restrictions it sketched out with Iran in early April. Yet, it left open areas that are sure to raise fierce objections in Congress. It preserves Iran’s ability to produce as much nuclear fuel as it wishes after year 15 of the agreement, and allows Iran to conduct research on advanced centrifuges after the eighth year. Moreover, the Iranians won the
Iranians reacted with a mix of jubilation, cautious optimism and disbelief that decades of a seemingly intractable conflict could be coming to an end. ARASH KHAMOOSHI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
eventual lifting of an embargo on the import and export of conventional arms and ballistic missiles. American officials said the core of the agreement lies in the restrictions on the amount of nuclear fuel that Iran can keep for the next 15 years. The current stockpile of low enriched uranium will be reduced by 98 percent, most likely by shipping much of it to Russia. That limit, combined with a two-thirds reduction in the number of its centrifuges, would extend to a year the amount of time it would take Iran to make enough material for a single bomb should it abandon the accord and race for a weapon — what officials
call “breakout time.” By comparison, analysts say Iran now has a breakout time of two to three months. But American officials also acknowledged that after the first decade, the breakout time would begin to shrink. It was unclear how rapidly, because Iran’s longer-term plans to expand its enrichment capability will be kept confidential. The concern that Iran’s breakout time could dramatically shrink in the waning years of the restrictions has already been a contentious issue in Congress. MICHAEL R. GORDON and DAVID E. SANGER
Republicans Promise Fight to Derail Deal, but a Veto Looms WASHINGTON — Before Congress had even begun its official review, Republican leaders vowed Tuesday to kill President Obama’s nuclear accord with Iran, setting up a fierce fight to save his signature diplomatic achievement. Congress will have 60 days to review the deal, after which the legislators can pass a resolution of approval, pass one of disapproval or do nothing. Obama would veto a resolution of disapproval, and the opponents could derail the agreement only if they could muster the required two-thirds vote of Congress to override his action. “I want to go through this process and make sure we fully understand what we’re voting on,” said Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “In the end, those who believe this truly is going to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weap-
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President Obama defended the nuclear deal with Iran. on will vote for it. Those who believe that is not the case, and the world is not going to be safer — in some ways it may pave the way for them to get a nuclear weapon — will vote against it.” Corker, the chief author of the review act, strongly implied that he was in the latter camp.
Obama scheduled a formal news conference on Wednesday to address questions about the accord, while Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is scheduled to meet with House Democrats. There was no similar effort to assuage Republicans, whose repudiation of the Iran deal was a hit not only to Obama but also to conservative leaders that the party usually backs, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, expressed support for the deal both publicly and behind closed doors with congressional Democrats. All Republican presidential contenders who offered an opinion said they strongly opposed the deal. On Iran, the bellicose position
may be the easiest one politically. Republicans saw an opportunity to drive a wedge between Democratic politicians and the Jewish voters who traditionally support them. One senior House Democrat, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal leadership deliberations, said efforts to round up enough Democrats to publicly state support for the deal have come up short of the number needed to sustain a veto. In talks with foreign policy analysts, Jewish groups and other prominent stakeholders whose support or opposition could be pivotal, White House nuclear experts and State Department officials argued that the deal would place strict, verifiable limits on Iran’s nuclear program and cut off Iran’s paths to a nuclear weapon. JONATHAN WEISMAN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
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Kingpin’s Escape Adds to Strains With the U.S. MEXICO CITY — Hours after the world’s most infamous drug lord, Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán Loera, escaped Mexico’s highest security prison over the weekend, the United States offered everything it has — marshals, drones, even a special task force — to help recapture him. But the Mexicans have not given an answer on the extra help, according to Mexican and American officials. They say the delay has undermined efforts to find Guzmán, the billionaire head of the Sinaloa cartel, before his wealth and global connections help him disappear. “We can’t really understand why they are refusing to give an answer,” said one Mexican official, who works in the country’s security apparatus but was not authorized to speak publicly about his government’s deliberations. “We’re just on standby.” Mexican and American officials said the manhunt was being shaped by some of the same struggles over urgency, control and sovereignty that led Mexico to resist extraditing Guzmán to the United States after his arrest in a joint sting operation in early 2014. “It’s frustrating,” said Carl Pike, the former assistant special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Operations Division for the Americas. “It was a lot of work by a lot of really good people to put him in there, and then to just put him in a situation where he can climb in a tunnel and get away?” Here in a country where Guzmán’s previous prison escape in 2001 is still legendary — by some accounts, he left in a laundry bin — breakout attempts were widely seen as inevitable. But Mexico and the United States have long maintained that Mexico is stronger and less vulnerable to cartel manipulation because of their shared responsibility for security. Under Mexico’s last president, Felipe Calderón, American involvement in taking on the cartels increased tremendously, to the point that American surveillance drones flew deep into Mexico and manned American aircraft flew over the country to eavesdrop on suspects. AZAM AHMED and DAMIEN CAVE
Leap of Faith May Take Years to Pay Off VIENNA — In his opening to China more than 40 years ago, Richard M. Nixon made a huge Cold War gamble that he could forge a working relationship with a Communist counNews try that had built a Analysis small arsenal of nuclear weapons and clearly had long-term ambitions for global power. For President Obama, the deal struck Tuesday with Iran represents a similar leap of faith, a bet that by defusing the country’s nuclear threat he and his successors would have the time and space to restructure one of the United States’ deepest adversarial relationships. Little in the deal eliminates Iran’s ability to become a threshold nuclear power eventually. To Obama’s many critics that is a fatal flaw. Yet it is a start, and many who have jousted with Iran see few better alternatives. “The reality is that it is a painful agreement to make, but also necessary and wise,” said R. Nicholas Burns, who drafted the first sanctions against Iran, passed in the United Nations
Security Council in 2006 and 2007, when he was undersecretary of state for policy. “And we might think of it as just the end of the beginning of a long struggle to contain Iran.” Tehran’s nuclear program is just one of its instruments of power to destabilize the Middle East. And there is a risk that Iran’s generals will compensate for the loss of a nuclear program by stepping up their financing of Hezbollah and the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and by flexing their muscles in other conflicts across the region. Within a year or so, they will have a new influx of cash to finance those efforts. Assuming Iran makes good on its promises to ship most of its nuclear fuel out of the country and to mothball nearly three-quarters of its centrifuges, its oil revenue will start to flow. Obama is essentially betting that once sanctions have been lifted, Iran’s leaders will have no choice but to use much of the new money to better the lives of their citizens. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and
the Revolutionary Guards generals, dedicated to preserving the principles of the 1979 revolution, are taking the other side of that bet: that they can use the money and legitimacy of the accord to advance their interests. Then there is the question of whether the deal will eventually lead to some uneasy cooperation in those areas where American and Iranian interests overlap. Yet, the chief goal was always to break away from “a spiral toward conflict,” said Benjamin J. Rhodes, a central player for the past six years on Iran. For Obama, the end of the negotiations with Iran signifies the beginning of a negotiation with Congress, which now has 60 days to approve or disapprove the arrangement. The numbers suggest Obama will prevail; if Congress rejects the accord, he promised on Tuesday to veto the legislation, and he has enough Democrats to win that contest. Yet he clearly does not want the biggest diplomatic achievement of his presidency to turn into yet another political melodrama. DAVID E. SANGER
In Brief Stampede in India Kills 27 At least 27 people were killed on Tuesday in a stampede in southern India, just hours after the start of a religious festival, an official said. More than 30 people were injured, some seriously, said C. H. Narendra, a spokesman for the Health Ministry in the state of Andhra Pradesh, which includes Rajahmundry, one of the cities along the Godavari River where the festival is being held. Twenty-four women and a young boy were among the dead, Narendra said. The stampede occurred about a quarter-mile from the Godavari’s banks, just hours after Andhra Pradesh’s chief minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, opened the 12-day Maha Pushkaralu festival by bathing in the river with a group of other ministers. (NYT)
Monk’s Death Stirs Protest The death of a Tibetan spiritual leader in a Chinese jail has led to a violent protest by Tibetans demanding the return of his body to his family, according to news reports and an advocacy group. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, one of the most prominent Tibetan spiritual leaders to be imprisoned by the Chinese authorities, was serving a 20-year sentence in Sichuan Province after he was convicted of a series of bombings in the provincial capital, Chengdu, in 2002. The monk’s family learned of his death on Sunday. The next day, thousands gathered to mourn at a government office in Yajiang County in western Sichuan, according to a statement by Free Tibet, an advocacy group based in London. The police fired
shots into the air, used tear gas and beat protesters to disperse the crowds, the group said, and at least 23 people were sent to a hospital for treatment on Monday. (NYT)
Yemeni Force Takes Airport Southern fighters battling Houthi rebels seized control of the international airport in Yemen’s port city of Aden on Tuesday, dealing the Houthis their most significant defeat in the city since they stormed it more than three months ago, witnesses and security officials said. Backed by a column of new, heavily armored vehicles, the southern fighters, who are supported by Saudi Arabia and its allies, also drove the Houthis from the nearby Khor Maksar district, site of some of the bloodiest clashes in Aden since the Houthis entered the city. The sudden loss of territory was an unexpected blow to the Houthis, who have captured territory across the country despite a nearly four-month aerial bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia. (NYT)
Tutu Is Hospitalized Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican archbishop, has been admitted to a Cape Town hospital for a persistent infection, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, named for him and his wife, said Tuesday. It quoted their daughter, the Rev. Mpho A. Tutu, as saying the family hoped he could return home in a “day or two.” The archbishop is 83 and retired from public life in 2011. (AP)
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Water Crisis Brings Out Island’s Creative Side SAN JUAN, P.R. — On an island that is flirting with default, fending off comparisons to Greece and losing its people to the mainland, the biggest problem most people face is something more elemental — one of the worst droughts in Puerto Rico’s history. There has been so little rain here that two months ago the government was forced to start rationing water on the populous eastern side of the island, including in many San Juan neighborhoods. The major reservoir serving parts of the city has dropped nearly 18 feet in recent months. The last time water rationing was ordered on the island was two decades ago. For 160,000 residents and businesses, water is turned off for 48 hours and then back on for 24 hours, sending people into a frenzy of water collection. Another 185,000 are going without water in 24-hour cycles, and 10,000 are on a 12-hour rationing plan. “This is the strictest rationing
we’ve ever had,” said Alberto M. Lázaro, the executive president of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority. The dry weather, which meteorologists say is caused by the Pacific warming pattern known as El Niño, has spread across much of the Caribbean, affecting countries like Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Puerto Rico, some reservoirs have come within 30 days of running out of water. The drought here has cost the water authority as much as $15 million a month as payments have fallen and operating costs have risen, a big hit for an agency already $5 billion in debt. So far, 340,000 households and businesses — about 28 percent of the island’s total — are at times going without water. And the problem is growing worse. The weather is making it difficult for ranchers to feed their cattle, and farmers on the south coast have postponed planting vegetables. Even fish are feeling
the pain. At La Plata reservoir in Toa Alta, thousands of sardines have died from lack of oxygen. Tourists are mostly unaffected, because most of the island’s resort hotels are served by the North Coast Superaqueduct that pulls water from a separate system in the center of the island. Ask any of the worst-hit residents about the water scarcity and they will rattle off the rationing timetable by rote, keeping careful track of when water is turned off and on. Pots, pans, buckets, gallon jugs, liter bottles and garbage cans are scattered about houses like flourishes of conceptual art. So many people have bought cisterns for their roofs, some hardware stores have run out. “Necessity is the mother of invention,” said Carli Davila, 39, who lives in the Hyde Park section of San Juan. “It’s like Cuba. When you are missing stuff, when you have shortages, you definitely move toward the creative side.” LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Sides Issue Last Words in Trial on Theater Killings CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A photo of a 6-year-old girl flashed on screen in the courtroom, and then, the sound of screams and gunshots filled the air. It was a 911 call from inside a midnight movie screening that in July 2012 turned into a scene of chaos, bloodshed and enduring loss. As the jurors on Tuesday looked at the face of Veronica Moser-Sullivan, recorded voices urgently sought help and information: “There’s gunshots!” “What’s the address?” The call cut out. “The picture is her,” George Brauchler, the district attorney said, indicating Veronica’s photograph. Then he motioned to
the defendant, James E. Holmes. “The sound is him.” After two-and-a-half months of testimony from 250 witnesses, prosecutors and defense lawyers each made their two-hour closing arguments on Tuesday. Prosecutors, who are seeking the death penalty, focused on Holmes’ meticulous planning and bloody purpose. Defense lawyers for Holmes, who has pleaded that he is not guilty by reason of insanity, homed in on his delusions, illogical behavior and history of mental illness. Holmes’ lawyers have acknowledged he was indeed the gunman who slipped into the theater on
July 20, 2012, and sprayed bullets at the sold-out crowd in Theater 9, but they say he was operating in the grip of psychotic delusions that he could inflate his self-worth through homicide. If the jurors convict Holmes, they will next begin hearing evidence to decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison. If they find him not guilty by reason of insanity, he will be sent to a state mental hospital. Questions of his guilt will rest on whether jurors believe Holmes was able to act with intent and had the mental capacity to know right from wrong on the night of the shooting. JACK HEALY
Garner Family Says Settlement Won’t End Call for Reform The releases were signed by the relatives of Eric Garner and delivered Monday to the city comptroller — seven signatures on identical two-page forms, with none of the import of the moment apart from one number: $5.9 million. It was the culmination of months of negotiations that ended in what the comptroller’s office described as the largest settlement in the history of New York City over a killing by police officers.
The amount showed “an appreciation by the city that there was wrongdoing,” said Jonathan C. Moore, the lawyer for the family, even if no wrongdoing was formally admitted. The releases contain no information on how the money should be divided or any mention of the circumstances of Garner’s death. On Tuesday, his relatives were quick to distance themselves from the monetary figure, reached
through a consideration of the pain suffered by Garner during an officer’s chokehold and the lasting impact of his death on his widow, mother and surviving children. In a news conference Garner’s family stressed that the payment would not mute their push for police reform, nor would it soften their loss.“This is not a victory,” said Gwen Carr, Garner’s mother. “The victory will come when we get justice.” (NYT)
In Brief Judge Orders Release Of Video in Shooting A federal judge ordered a suburban Los Angeles city on Tuesday to release video of the police fatally shooting an unarmed man two years ago. The public should be able to see what led the city of Gardena, Calif., to pay $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of the dead man and another man wounded in the shooting, Judge Stephen V. Wilson said. Images from three police car cameras show the killing of Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino, who was stopped by the police as they were investigating a bicycle theft in the early hours of on June 2, 2013. Diaz-Zeferino, 34, was trying to help his brother find his stolen bike. He was shot when he did not obey officers’ commands to stand still with his hands in the air, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney in a report outlining why the office did not charge the officers. (AP)
Black Youth Lag As Peers Progress Black children were almost four times as likely as white children to be living in poverty in 2013, a new report has found, the latest evidence that the economic recovery is leaving behind some of the United States’ most vulnerable citizens. The share of American children living in poverty fell to about 20 percent in 2013 from 22 percent in 2010, according to the report by the Pew Research Center, which analyzed data from the United States Census Bureau. About 38.3 percent of black children lived in poverty in 2013, nearly four times the rate for white children, at 10.7 percent. About 30.4 percent of Hispanic children and 10.1 percent of Asian children live in poverty. (NYT)
Massive Snow Pile Finally Melts Away The last of Boston’s winter nightmare has finally melted away. Mayor Martin Walsh announced Tuesday that Boston’s once-massive pile of filthy snow has officially dwindled to nothing. The pile accumulated into a 75-foot tower of snow after a record-breaking winter that dumped more than 110 inches on the city. (AP)
BUSINESS
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I.M.F., Siding With Greece, Demands Relief FRANKFURT — The International Monetary Fund threatened to withdraw support for Greece’s bailout unless European leaders agree to substantial debt relief. The aggressive stance sets up a standoff with Germany other eurozone creditors. The I.M.F role is considered crucial for any bailout. A new rescue program for Greece “would have to meet our criteria,” a senior I.M.F. official told reporters on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. “One of those criteria is debt sustainability.” Athens has pushed aggressively for creditors to write down the country’s debt, which now exceeds €300 billion. Without it, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has argued the debt will remain
a heavy weight on Greece’s troubled economy. But Germany and other countries are loath to grant Greece easier terms. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out a “classic haircut” on the debt. The I.M.F. is firmly siding with Greece on the issue. In a report released on Tuesday, the fund proposed that eurozone creditors should consider letting Athens write off part of its huge debt or at least make no payments for 30 years. The report was initially submitted to eurozone officials before a weekend meeting to consider the new bailout deal for Greece. The eurozone officials did not adopt the I.M.F.’s debt relief proposals in the tentative agreement they
reached with Greece on Monday. In going public, the I.M.F. is making a tactical move, adding pressure to the negotiations over the bailout deal. But their aggressive position also complicates efforts to finalize a deal, with Greece’s Parliament scheduled to vote on Wednesday whether to accept the creditor’s conditions. As the uncertainty over the deal mounts, Greece’s rapidly growing financial needs only create additional strains on the eurozone at a time when its unity is already shaken. With Greek banks closed and foreign investment at a standstill, the economy is sinking fast, undercutting tax revenue and making it even harder for the government to pay its debts. JACK EWING
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by updates they were making to the software. The problems appeared as soon as trading began. In addition to concerns about the length of the failure, some traders on the floor said it was hard to get information from the New York exchange about the nature of the problem and how long it would take to fix. Senior workers who had served as the go-between with traders during past disruptions left over the last year. “There is frankly a level of experience and expertise that isn’t there,” said a former N.Y.S.E. employee who dealt with the exchange last week on behalf of a new employer, and who was not authorized to speak on the record. NATHANIEL POPPER
Micron Has China as Suitor, but Bid Will Face Obstacles HONG KONG — It is either the first step in the largest takeover of an American company by a Chinese one or a new chapter in the emerging technological cold war between the two countries. Tsinghua Unigroup, a stateowned company that is China’s top chip maker, is preparing a $23 billion bid for Micron Technology, the United States maker of memory chips, according to a person briefed on the matter. The bid would dwarf the price of the closest such deal, the $4.7 billion paid by Shuanghui International Holdings of China to take over Smithfield Foods in 2013.
In a report released on Tuesday, Credit Suisse said the deal was “highly unlikely to get past U.S. regulators.” Credit Suisse said a trade war was brewing between the United States and China over the production of chips. The political difficulties that could hurt any deal highlight a growing wariness by both China and the United States of technology produced by the other. While Micron is best known for bulk memory products that go into mobile phones and personal computers, the company also contributes to advanced systems for global data centers and
high-performance computing. Micron sells chips with wires just 16 nanometers across, which is near the smallest width commercially available and would likely be considered a leading-edge process technology by United States regulators. When reached by phone for comment, Tsinghua Unigroup’s chairman, Zhao Weiguo, said, “I can only say we are interested in working with Micron.” “Micron does not comment on rumor or speculation,” a company spokesman, Daniel Francisco, wrote in an email. PAUL MOZUR and QUENTIN HARDY
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In S. Korea, a Soaring Reminder of Danger SEOUL — For people hiking in the hills around Seoul, it is an unmistakable sight: the Lotte World Tower taking shape like a gigantic bamboo shoot. If the tower is completed as expected by the end of next year, it will be a sorely needed international landmark for South Koreans: At 1,821 feet, it will be Seoul’s first supertall skyscraper and the sixth-tallest building in the world. But in South Korea, where many people fret about safety standards as well as the expanding power of chaebol, or family-controlled business conglomerates, people are gazing up at the Lotte tower’s soaring height with fear. Since 2013, a string of accidents has bedeviled the $3.3 billion, project, including three construction worker fatalities. The way the construction accidents unsettled the public and officials speaks volumes about a society that is skeptical about the government’s ability to ensure safety. “Public trust is at rock bottom,” said Lee Deuk-hyung, a leader in Weerye Citizens’ Alliance, a civic watchdog on municipal projects. “Experts may say all the problems are minor, but they give people so much worry, the tower is going up like a monumental headache.” The tower is being built by Lotte, South Korea’s fifth-largest
Construction of the Lotte World Tower in Seoul is drawing skepticism about safety and the power of conglomerates. JEAN CHUNG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
conglomerate, with annual revenue of more than $73 billion. Its founder, Shin Kyuk-ho started as a seller of chewing gum and has amassed a business empire that spans Japan and his native South Korea, where it is best known for its hotel, shopping mall and amusement park chains. When completed, the Lotte tower will give South Korea the bragging rights to having the tallest building on the Korean Peninsula. But the project stirred controversy from Day 1. It took Lotte 15 years to win a building permit. Construction began in 2010. But doubts developed about the project, especially after the South Korean ferry Sewol sank in April last year, killing 304 people and deepening public mistrust in the
government’s safety policies. The accident revived memories of another disaster. In 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul collapsed, killing just over 500 people. “When people see the Lotte tower, they relive the Sampoong trauma,” said Chung Lan, a professor of architectural engineering at Dankook University in South Korea, who investigated the Sampoong disaster and the controversy over the Lotte tower. To ease safety concerns, Shin and his son Dong-bin, the group’s No. 2, said they would move their offices into the tower once it is completed. “Much of our problem is because the country has never before built a building this tall,” said Lee Seul-ki, a Lotte spokeswoman. CHOE SANG-HUN
Amazon Dreams Up Sale for a Crowded Calendar Rollback. Doorbuster. Blowout prices. Do those words mean anything anymore? Even Black Friday is getting lost in the blur of perpetual discounts as some of the biggest retailers go head-to-head Wednesday in a new midsummer event. Amazon triggered the latest sales frenzy by announcing a sales event to mark the site’s 20th anniversary. Its Amazon Prime Day, designed to attract more shoppers to its $99 free-shipping membership plan, promises “more deals than Black Friday.” Not to be outdone, Walmart announced its own event the very same day, with “thousands of great deals” and free shipping on orders of $35 or more on its e-commerce site and, in a jab at Amazon, no membership required. The two retail giants join Target, which has offered deals in midsummer for six years with
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sales called Black Friday in July. “It’s madness. They’re like lemmings,” said Robin Lewis, chief executive of The Robin Report, a retail industry publication. “Brands and retailers are beating each other to death for a share of the consumer’s wallet, which at best is growing slowly.” Disappointing numbers out Tuesday from the Commerce Department showed sales at retailers fell 0.3 percent in June from the previous month. This tepid consumer demand will force retailers to keep discounting to get reluctant shoppers to spend more, Lewis said. But the heavy discounts are a drag on retailers’ margins. “This race to the bottom just goes on and on,” he said. It is clear that America is experiencing sales fatigue. There are January sales, Valentine’s Day sales, President’s Day
sales and Easter sales. Mother’s Day sales, Memorial Day sales, Father’s Day sales, and July 4th sales. Back-to-school sales, Labor Day sales, Columbus Day sales, and Veterans’ Day sales. Then there are 40 percent off sales, 70 percent off sales, buy one get one free sales, gift with purchase sales, loyalty programs, price-matching guarantees, and coupons. The king of all sales has for years been Black Friday, the quintessentially American marathon shopping event that has triggered campouts and stampedes. But even Black Friday has started to bleed backward, with sales kicking off in early November and some retailers opening their stores before most families sit down to Thanksgiving dinner. And Black Friday is itself the opening day of more weeks of holiday sales. HIROKO TABUCHI
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Stocks on the Move Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: WPX Energy Inc., up 71 cents to $11.83. The oil and gas producer is buying RKI Exploration & Production LLC for $2.35 billion, giving it access to the Permian basin. Avolon Holdings Ltd., up $1.22 to $24.95. A unit of China’s HNA Group will pay $429 million for a 20 percent stake in the commercial jet aircraft leasing company. Vince Holding Corp., down $2.24 to $9.72. The fashion company’s C.E.O. resigned, but will remain in her position while the board of directors searches for a replacement. Navient Corp., down $1.94 to $16.42. The student loan company cut its fullyear profit outlook, citing lackluster performance from its private loan portfolio. Micron Technology Inc., up $2.00 to $19.61. China’s Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. is readying a $23 billion takeover bid for the chipmaker, according to some media reports. Google Inc., up $14.55 to $561.10. The Wall Street Journal reported that the technology company is curbing hiring and controlling costs as margins shrink. (AP)
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Roasted Zucchini Makes a Fresh Parmesan Dish There are certain summer fruits and vegetables — tomatoes, sweet corn, figs — to which the phrase “you can never have enough” applies. Zucchini is probably not one of them. By now, those who get baskets from Community Supported Agriculture groups may be searching for more things to do with the zucchini and the rest of the summer squash that is arriving weekly. It will be piled high at my farmers’ markets for weeks to come. I used a few delicious pounds of zucchini this week in a dish modeled on my version of eggplant Parmesan. It is a simple layered casserole with three elements: roasted zucchini, a really good homemade tomato sauce and Parmesan. I don’t bread and fry the zucchini slices, which would be standard in a traditional parm. Roasting, rather than frying, allows me to cut down on olive oil and time. I cut the zucchini in half, crosswise, then into slices, lengthwise. They’re perked up with red pepper flakes so you get a spicy surprise with each bite. Roasting takes 12 minutes. This dish is as much about the sweet, basil-infused tomato sauce as it is about the zucchini. The sauce is simple: fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, a pinch of sugar, a little salt and basil. MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN ZUCCHINI PARMESAN
Time: 1 › hours Yield: 6 servings For the Tomato Sauce: 2 to 2 › pounds fresh ripe tomatoes 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 2 to 4 garlic cloves (to taste) Salt and pepper ⁄ teaspoon sugar 2 sprigs fresh basil
pan, 15 to 25 minutes, depending on consistency. Remove basil sprigs; taste and adjust seasoning. 4. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment. Trim ends off zucchini and cut in half crosswise, then into lengthwise slices, about Æ to · inch thick. Season on both sides with salt ANDREW SCRIVANI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES and pepper and toss with 2 tablespoons For a twist on eggplant Parmesan, use some fresh zucchini. olive oil. Arrange zucchini slices on baking sheets in one layer and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil red pepper flakes. Roast for 12 minutes, until For the Zucchini Parmesan: lightly browned and easily pierced with a 2 to 2 Æ pounds zucchini knife. Remove from oven and reduce heat to Salt and pepper 375 degrees. 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil › to 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (pepperon5. If using a food mill, put sauce through cini), to taste medium blade. If not, pulse sauce in a food flcup freshly grated Parmesan processor fitted with steel blade until just coarsely puréed. Stir in chopped basil. 1. If you have a food mill, quarter tomatoes. If not, peel, seed and chop them. 6. To assemble the dish, oil a 2-quart gratin with olive oil. Spread Æ cup tomato sauce 2. To make tomato sauce, heat 1 tablespoon over bottom of dish. Arrange a third of the olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium zucchini in an even layer over tomato sauce. heat and add onion. Cook, stirring often, until Spoon a third of remaining sauce over zucchitender, about 5 minutes. ni and sprinkle with Æ cup Parmesan. Repeat 3. Add garlic. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, with 2 more layers, ending with Æ cup Par30 seconds to a minute, and add tomatoes, mesan. Drizzle on remaining tablespoon olive salt, pepper, sugar and basil sprigs. Turn oil. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until bubbling and heat up to medium-high. When tomatoes are bubbling briskly, stir and reduce heat to medi- browned on the top and edges. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes before um. Cook, stirring often, until tomatoes have serving. cooked down and are beginning to stick to
Capital Cities’ Ludwig Sings the Praises of the Lowly Wooden Spoon “I don’t hate spatulas,” Spencer Ludwig said, almost apologetically, as if not wanting to hurt their feelings. But when cooking, he always reaches for a wooden spoon. It’s an unflashy choice for Ludwig, who turned 25 last month and plays trumpet with the otherwise synth-dominated band Capital Cities, a specialist in happy pop. He grew up in Los Angeles, the son of a former model and a manager of restaurants that drew shimmering crowds. In live shows, he’s been known to climb atop amps midsolo and pogo exuberantly around the stage in BLK DNM leather pants, his hair a half-undercut, half-mad-Hokusai wave. His treasured wooden spoon is the simplest, most rudimentary of tools, with an oval head so shallow that it’s nearly flat and a long handle that has, over time, worn down to match his grip.
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Spencer Ludwig with his beloved wooden spoon. He thinks of the spoon as an instrument not unlike the trumpet, of which he has three on display (and a purple trombone) in his home studio in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn. The spoon is soft and responsive to the touch, he said: “It feels better in the pan. It sounds better.” He uses the spoon to make everything: eggs, fried potatoes, Filipino comfort food. (His mother was born in the Philippines.) By custom, the recipes passed down by his lola (Tagalog for grandmother) are shared only when a member of the family marries, a milestone Ludwig has yet to pass. But for his 24th birthday, he begged his mother to part with at least a few items from her carefully tended archive. She did more: She printed him a whole cookbook, including before-and-after shots of ingredients and finished dishes. On the cover is a photograph of him at age 4, mullet-haired, armed with giant mitts and wielding a wooden spoon. Now he can easily make his
lola’s lumpia and her ground pork and raisins, although he hasn’t yet dared assay her beloved macaroni salmon salad. In April, Ludwig signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records as a solo singer and trumpeter. Since then, he’s been working with different songwriters nearly every day at the small studio apartment he shares with his girlfriend of 10 years. He wants to make Michael Jackson-style pop, he said, “but with a trumpet.” He also hopes to honor the tradition of the singing trumpeter, once brilliantly exemplified by Louis Armstrong and Chet Baker. They are the ones he turns to while cooking dinner, the ones who murmur through the speakers. After a day spent making music, it’s his time to just listen, and stir. LIGAYA MISHAN
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A Far-Off World, Less Distant erupted on Tuesday for the second time. By design, communications from New Horizons ended at 11:17 p.m. the night before, and as planned, the craft remained out of contact for almost 22 hours as it took pictures and collected bountiful other measurements of Pluto and its five moons. The design of the spacecraft did not allow it to perform its observations while communicating with Earth, and the mission team wanted to squeeze in as much work as possible as New Horizons flew within 7,800 miles of the former ninth planet. At a news conference a half an hour later, Bowman said that everything appeared to have gone smoothly. “We didn’t have any autonomy rule firings,” she said, referring to
LAUREL, Md. — After a long day celebrating the arrival of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto and wondering about its fate while it was out of radio contact, mission controllers finally received confirmation Tuesday night that the spacecraft had performed its scientific tasks. On schedule, at 8:52:37 p.m. Eastern time, a message from the spacecraft arrived at Mission Control here at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. “We are in lock with carrier,” said Alice Bowman, the missions operations manager. “Stand by for telemetry.” And a few moments later, when she confirmed that data was coming down, cheers
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actions the spacecraft takes when something goes wrong. “And what that means, in layman terms, is that the spacecraft was happy.” The first round of NASA, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS cheers came TuesPluto’s distinct zones, day morning, as a seen in a new image. countdown clock for the closest Pluto approach, as calculated by the scientists, ticked down to zero. “We’re going to do our 10-9-8 thing, and you can get your flags out,” S. Alan Stern, the principal investigator for NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto, told the people gathered to mark the occasion. “We’re going to go absolutely ape.” Launched in 2006, New Horizons had traveled nine and a half years and three billion miles for a close encounter that was largely completed within hours. And yet that quick reconnaissance of Pluto has transformed what had been a fuzzy dot since it was discovered 85 years ago into a richly textured world, providing insight into the beginnings of the solar system and raw material for new mysteries that astronomers will ponder for years. Astronomers have known for decades of a bright spot on this side of Pluto, and the New Horizons trajectory was chosen in part so it would see the spot in sunlight. As the spacecraft approached, the bright spot resolved into that heart shape. At the end of Tuesday night’s news conference, John Grunsfeld, the associate administrator for NASA’s science directorate, pointed to a Twitter posting by President Obama on his phone: “Pluto just had its first visitor! Thanks @NASA - it’s a great day for discovery and American leadership.” KENNETH CHANG
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EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES
The Best Chance to Rein In Iran The final deal with Iran announced by the United States and other major world powers does what no amount of political posturing and vague threats of military action had managed to do before. It puts strong, verifiable limits on Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon for at least the next 10 to 15 years and is potentially one of the most consequential accords in recent diplomatic history, with the ability not just to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but also to reshape Middle East politics. The deal would have provided more cause for celebration if Iran had agreed to dismantle all of its nuclear facilities. But the chances of that happening were effectively zero, and no one can erase the knowledge Iranian scientists have acquired. As described by Obama and other officials, the deal seems sound and clearly in the interest of the United States, the other nations that drafted it and the state of Israel. In return for a phased lifting of international economic sanctions, Iran will reduce by 98 percent its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, which can be processed further into bomb-grade fuel, and reduce the number of operating centrifuges used to enrich that fuel by two-thirds, to 5,060. Many of the various restrictions in the agreement will be in force for 10 to 25 years. Some will last indefinitely, as will Iran’s commitment under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to never produce a nuclear weapon. It is deeply unsettling that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel derisively dismissed the deal immediately as a “historic
mistake.” He, Republicans in Congress and most candidates for the Republican presidential nomination have opposed negotiations with Iran from the outset yet offered no credible alternative to a negotiated settlement. The Republican presidential hopefuls repeated that formula today — condemnation of the deal with no credible alternative to offer. That said, no one should have any illusions about Iran, which considers Israel a sworn enemy; often condemns the United States; supports Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations; and aspires to greater influence in the region. Once sanctions are lifted, it stands to gain access to billions of dollars from international accounts that have been frozen and from new oil exports and other business deals. American officials say that Iran will get that money over time, and that its immediate priority will be to deal with pressing domestic needs. More important, many American sanctions will remain in place even after the deal is implemented, including those relating to Iran’s support for terrorism and its human rights violations. The United States has to be extremely vigilant in monitoring how Iran uses those new funds and in enforcing those sanctions. Agreeing on the nuclear deal is just the first step. Congress gets to review and vote on it. Powerful forces, like Netanyahu, have vowed to defeat it, and Obama may have to make good on his vow to veto any resolution of disapproval. It would be irresponsible to squander this chance to rein in Iran’s nuclear program.
North Carolina’s Voting Law Goes on Trial It would have been bad enough if the North Carolina Legislature, in a misguided effort to streamline voting procedures, had passed a law that ended up having discriminatory effects. But what happened was far worse. The state’s Republican lawmakers, in passing H.B. 589 in 2013, repealed a series of voting-rights measures that were enacted over the last 15 years to expand access to the polls. Lawmakers claimed that H.B. 589 would reduce fraud and inefficiency in elections. In truth, it is a pile of blatantly discriminatory measures that lawmakers knew would make voting harder for many lower-income citizens. In a federal trial that began Monday, the law’s challengers argue that the law was intended to discriminate against minority voters. The law ended same-day voter registration, and it eliminated a week of early voting. The law also ended out-of-precinct voting. Last October, a federal appeals court reinstated same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting, finding that the law was a “textbook example” of what the Voting Rights Act prohibits. But days later, the Supreme Court stayed that ruling and allowed the entire law to remain in effect for the 2014 election.
H.B. 589 owes its existence to five justices of the Supreme Court, who voted in 2013 to strike down the heart of the Voting Rights Act. Before that destructive decision, North Carolina needed federal approval for any proposed changes to its election laws. Without that requirement, the burden is now on individuals to sue, a costly and time-consuming process. The best result would be for North Carolina to be put back under federal supervision so future attempts to keep people from voting never make it out of the back rooms of the Statehouse. In the past two years, trial judges have struck down voter-suppression measures in Wisconsin and Texas. The trial over North Carolina’s law may be the biggest test of the remaining strength of the Voting Rights Act. The court has heard from citizens who voted for years without difficulty, but whose votes were tossed out or could not be cast in 2014 because of the new law. The state’s lawyers argue North Carolina is behaving no worse than other states that have no early voting, same-day registration or outof-precinct voting. Those lapses are a discredit to those states, but they are not an excuse for North Carolina to turn back its own clock.
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Obama’s Iran Case Only hours after the conclusion of an agreement with Iran to lift oil and financial sanctions in return for curbs on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, President Obama is a man who evinces no second thoughts whatsoever about the deal he struck. In an interview, the president kept stressing one argument: Don’t judge me on whether this deal transforms Iran, ends Iran’s aggressive behavior toward some of its Arab neighbors or leads to détente between Shiites and Sunnis. Judge me on one thing: Does this deal prevent Iran from breaking out with a nuclear weapon for the next 10 years and is that a better outcome for America, Israel and our Arab allies than any other alternative? “We are not measuring this deal by whether it is changing the regime inside of Iran,” said the president. “We are measuring this deal — and that was the original premise of this conversation, including by Prime Minister Netanyahu — Iran could not get a nuclear weapon. That was always the discussion.” Obama made clear to me that he did not agree with my assessment in a column two weeks ago that we had not used all the leverage in our arsenal, or alliances, to prevent Iran from becoming a threshold nuclear power, by acquiring a complete independent enrichment infrastructure that has the potential to undermine the global nuclear nonproliferation regime. “We have cut off every pathway for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon,” said the president. He argued that his approach grew out of the same strategic logic that Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan used to approach the Soviet Union and China. “You know, I have a lot of differences with Ronald Reagan, but where I completely admire him was his recognition that if you were able to verify an agreement that [was negotiated] with the evil empire that was hellbent on our destruction and was a far greater existential threat to us than Iran will ever be,” then it would be worth doing, he said. Obama is the U.S. president who has had the most contact with Iran’s leadership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution there and the onset of the U.S.-Iran Cold War. What had he learned? “Well, I haven’t learned yet to trust the Iranian leadership,” said Obama, “although I think that what John Kerry learned in his interactions with Foreign Minister Zarif — and that then traces back to President Rouhani — is that … the notion that once you put something down on paper that somehow they’re just going to ignore it and try to pocket what they’ve gained — that’s not what we saw during the last two years of the interim agreement. … “I think that we’ve also learned that there are different voices and different forces inside of Iran. … The so-called moderate in Iran is not going to be suddenly somebody who we feel reflects universal issues like human rights, but there are better or worse approaches that Iran can take relative to our interests and the interests of our allies, and we should see where we can encourage that better approach.”
HOMETOWN HERO
Kenneth Carter
CHIEF AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN
DEPT/DIV: Safety HOMETOWN: Fredericksburg, Virginia WHY HE CHOSE THE NAVY:
I was done with school and ready to try something
new.
HIS FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB:
The best part is the people I work with on a
daily basis.
PROUDEST NAVY MOMENT: Being promoted to chief last year aboard TR. SHOUT OUT: Shout out to Safety Department and IM-4.
FUN
FACT
I was in the same kindergarten class as my wife.
HOMETOWN HERO
Shana Simpkins
DAMAGE CONTROLMAN 3RD CLASS
DEPT/DIV: engineering/DC HOMETOWN: Eastern Shore, Virginia WHY SHE CHOSE THE NAVY: I chose the Navy to start a better life for myself.
I
also wanted to be a part of the military and to get my master’s in physical therapy.
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My favorite part is going on deployment
and enjoying different parts of the world.
PROUDEST NAVY MOMENT: Receiving both enlisted warfare pins and becoming Blue Jacket of the Quarter.
FUN
FACT
I love sports, especially the Philadelphia Eagles.
SHOUT OUT: DC division and the rest of Engineering Department.
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WHAT’S ON underway movie schedule
THURSDAY
JULY 16, 2015
Staff Commanding Officer
Times Ch 66
Ch 67
Ch 68
SPARKLE
THE PURGE: ANARCHY
0900
CHASING MAVERICKS
1100
42
BLENDED
TWELVE MONKEY’S
1330
FULL METAL JACKET
STEP UP REVOLUTION
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PT. 2
1530
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
1700
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
POCAHONTAS
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
1830
OUT OF THE FURNACE
THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN
SCREAM
2030
CHASING MAVERICKS
SPARKLE
THE PURGE: ANARCHY
2230
42
BLENDED
TWELVE MONKEY’S
0100
FULL METAL JACKET
STEP UP REVOLUTION
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PT. 2
0300
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
0430
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
POCAHONTAS
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
0600
OUT OF THE FURNACE
THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN
SCREAM
MOVIE TRIVIA
Q: what tv show kept bruce willis from taking a lead role in full metal jacket?
Previous Question: EDNA’S CHARACTER ON THE INCREDIBLES WAS INSPIRED BY WHAT FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNER? Answer: EIGHT-TIME-OSCAR-WINNING EDITH HEAD
JULY 17, 2015 Times
WHAT’S ON underway movie schedule
3 DAYS TO KILL
Ch 67
Ch 68
STRANGE MAGIC
GHOSTBUSTERS
1100
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE
CLOUD ATLAS
1400
SAFE HAVEN
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER
GHOST RIDER
1600
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
INTO THE WOODS
AMAZING SPIDERMAN
1830
ROCKY IV
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2
300
2030
3 DAYS TO KILL
STRANGE MAGIC
GHOSTBUSTERS
2230
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE
CLOUD ATLAS
0130
SAFE HAVEN
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER
GHOST RIDER
0330
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
INTO THE WOODS
AMAZING SPIDERMAN
0600
ROCKY IV
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2
300
0900
Ch 66
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