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CULTIVATING RESILIENCY THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE

SAILOR 2.0

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

BY THE NUMBERS LGBT PRIDE MONTH

June 25, 2015

Story by Chief Hospital Corpsman Alexis Alvarado

CULTIVATING

RESILIENCY

he adage goes, “Life is 10 percent what happens to you, 90 percent how you react.” So how do you control your reactions? How do we teach ourselves to recover when life deals us a rough hand? Some reactions are perfectly normal. Bereavement is normal and denial may point to other issues to overcome. Devastating news can make you feel, well, devastated. But how do we teach ourselves to – more efficiently - mend when we are temporarily broken? Answers abound! There are countless texts, methods, groups, buzzwords and perspectives that can help solve this riddle, but the only answer that matters is whatever works for you. Is stress ever a good thing? Scientifically speaking, absolutely. There are, actually, two forms of it.

Eustress is beneficial stress. It hones focus and breeds determination. When we have challenges approaching, say an important examination, we become stressed. The prospect of advancement, whether early, tracking, or to defeat high-year-tenure, can stress anyone out. But you can take that stress and use it to your advantage. Use that energy towards studying to achieve your goal. Alas, there is also the bad stress, distress. Distress is one’s normal response to inconvenience, troubling news, things figuratively and/or literally falling apart, etc. Distress is also normal. The ability to adroitly return to normalcy is resilience. Now this is a skill, not a talent. One can willfully polish his or her resilience. The key is introspection, to determine the best path

forward when life conjures up distress in you. So how well do you know yourself? Shakespeare’s Polonius pleaded, “To thine own self be true.” We must understand what intrinsically and extrinsically motivates us. What are your strengths and weaknesses, your stressors and outlets? In continuous process improvement, we learn the rule of whys. You also need to determine the exact source of what is triggering distress. Determine why this source is cause for an emotional response. Lastly, and most importantly, determine the path forward. Develop an accurate sense of self, and a legitimate understanding of the problem. Sun Tzu said, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” We have seen that stress is polarized and may be helpful or frustrating. The foundation of resilience lies in your core, summoning your endurance to, eventually; conquer all of life’s trials and tribulations. So what have you tried, lately? Is the gym an escape from your daily grind? Do you lose yourself in a book to focus your energy into self improvement? Are you an artist? Do you play an instrument? Listen to music? Write prose? Meditate? Indulge in comfort food? Call home? Talk to a friend or mentor? Find the smoke pit? Whatever you chose, remember that whatever you do today determines where you will be tomorrow. So the consensus is to concentrate your disturbance into progress. Progress may be achieved via forging or solidifying familial, romantic, or plutonic relationships, improving or maintaining health, expanding technical or administrative prowess, preserving or resetting balance, producing art or music, or discovering new goals. Gainfully employ the stress’ generated energy toward the future. Discover yourself. Determine the origin of your stress. Respond to the stress, it’s natural, but dominate your stress to better yourself. Finally, learn, don’t linger. The past is the past, and time waits for no one. So subject yourself to your next aspiration, and make it happen.

SAILOR 2.0

BY: MC3 TAYLOR STINSON

NA L O I T NA ESS N E R AWA NTH MO

EVEN WITH TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IS ON THE RISE. MANY SERVING OR VETERAN MILITARY PERSONNEL DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD FAIL TO RECEIVE THE CLINICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT THEY NEED. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT HOW PTSD AFFECTS OUR NATION’S SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.

3 0 0 ,000

VETERANS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD EACH YEAR

TREATMENT FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS SUFFERING FROM POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER HAS COST MORE THAN

$2 BILLION

COMBAT SERVICE VETERANS WHO SUFFER FROM PTSD

30%

12-20%

SO FAR

10%

THERE ARE MORE MILITARY DEATHS BY SUICIDE THAN IN COMBAT

20%

OF NATIONAL SUICIDES ARE COMMITTED BY VETERANS

VIETNAM WAR

GULF WAR

6-11%

AFGHANISTAN (OEF)

IRAQ (OIF)

THE SILENT ENEMY MILITARY SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WITH SYMPTOMS OF PTSD OFTEN FACED REJECTION BY THEIR MILITARY PEERS AND WERE FEARED BY SOCIETY IN GENERAL. THOSE WITH PTSD SYMPTOMS WERE OFTEN LABELED AS “WEAK” AND REMOVED FROM COMBAT ZONES, OR SOMETIMES DISCHAGED FROM MILITARY SERVICE.

WEAK

8% TO 20%

OF MILITARY PERSONNEL DEPLOYED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATC BRAIN INJURY. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES CAN INCREASE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR.

T R EAT ME NT 1 EXTRA DOSE OF CORTISONE ADMINISTERED UP TO 6 HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL TRAUMA MAY REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPING PTSD BY 60%

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT) IS ONE TYPE OF COUNSELING. RESEARCH SHOWS IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TYPE OF COUNSELING FOR PTSD.

BENZODIAZEPINES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TREAT PTSD IN THE FIRST MONTH FOLLOWING A TRAUMA EVENT BUT SSRI MEDICATION CAN BE RECOMMENDED LATER BY A DOCTOR.

EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR) CAN HELP CHANGE HOW YOU REACT TO MEMORIES OF YOUR TRAUMA THROUGH FOCUSING ON OTHER STIMULI LIKE EYE MOVEMENTS.

ONE OF THE MOST RECENTLY DISCOVERED THERAPIES -- ONE THAT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE ALL NATURAL -INVOLVES THE PAIRING OF SPECIALLY TRAINED THERAPY DOGS WITH PTSD VETERANS. SERVICE DOGS ARE TRAINED TO CREATE A BUFFER IN PUBLIC SPACES, WAKING A VETERAN FROM A NIGHTMARE, OR LYING ON THE CHEST OF SOMEONE HAVING A PANIC ATTACK UNTIL THE PERSON IS ABLE TO CALM DOWN.

SOURCES: DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS: HTTP://WWW.PTSD.VA.GOV/PROFESSIONAL/PAGES/PTSD-SUICIDE.ASP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: HTTP://WWW.HEALTH.MIL/DHB/DOWNLOADS/SUICIDE%20PREVENTION%20TASK%20FORCE%20FINAL%20 REPORT%208-23-10.PDF HTTP://WWW.PTSD.VA.GOV/PTSD/PROFESSIONAL/PTSD-OVERVIEW/EPIDERMIOLOGICAL-FACTS-PTSD.ASP HTTP://WWW.PTSD.VA.GOV/PUBLIC/WHERE-TO-GET-HELP.ASP HTTP://WWW.PSYCHIATRY.ORG/MENTALHEALTH HTTP://WWW.PTSDUNITED.ORG/PTSD-STATISTICS-2/ HTTP://WWW.CONTENT.TIME.COM/TIME/MAGAZINE/ARTICLE/0,9171,2030897,00.HTML.

June 1970 | On the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the nation’s first gay pride parades are held in four cities – New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Aug. 28, 1989 | Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was well recieved by a crowd of approximately 100,000 three days after admitting to a relationship with a man.

Nov. 27, 1978 | Harvey Milk became the first openly gay man elected to office when he won a seat on San Francisco’s Board of Advisors. He urged gays to come out and fight for their rights. Milk was assasinated but his legacy lives on. California designated May 22nd as a day of special significance in his honor.

1993 | President Bill Clinton enacts “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Under it, an estimated 13,000 people were expelled from the U.S. Armed Forces.

Apr. 30, 1997 | Ellen Degeneres comes out on her television show, “Ellen.” Her coming out heralded an era of other gay celebrities following suit.

2012 | Army Reserve officer Tammy Smith was promoted to Brigadier General. She also publicly acknowledged her sexuality, making her the first general officer to come out while still serving. Today she serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Reserve.

On April 28, 2014, the Pentagon released an update to the DoD Human Goals Charter, which for the first time included language related to sexual orientation in the section dealing with the military.

Dec. 22, 2010 | The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) Repeal Act became law. Certification occurred in July 2011, and full implementation of the Act occurred in September 2011. LGBT military members can now serve openly, with honor and integrity.

BY THE NUMBERS LGBT PRIDE MONTH

The Department of Defense (DoD) joins the nation in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Month, observed during June. During this time, the Department recognizes lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civilians for their dedicated service to both the DoD mission and to our nation. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEOMI.ORG HUFFINGTON POST AND NY TIMES | INFOGRAPHIC BY MC2 DANICA M. SIRMANS

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One of the largest issues faced by the LGBT community is discrimination. Send a message that discrimination is not tolerated.

RACE

LGBT people of color are 2x as likely to experience discrimination than white LGBT people.

HOSTILITY AT SCHOOL 2 in 4 LGBT students heard homophobic remarks from school personnel.

3 in 4 LGBT students are harrassed for their sexuality at school.

LGBT YOUTH HATE VIOLENCE Everyday five LGBT people are victims of hate crimes.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015

NATO REFOCUSES ON THE KREMLIN, ITS ORIGINAL FOE CAMP ADAZI, Latvia — After years of facing threats far beyond its borders, NATO is now reinvigorating plans to confront a much larger and more aggressive threat from its past: Moscow. This seismic shift has been apparent in military training exercises in this former Soviet republic, which is now a NATO member and on the alliance’s eastern flank, bordering Russia. On a recent day, Latvian soldiers conducted a simulated attack on dug-in enemy positions in a pine forest here as two United States A-10 attack planes roared overhead and opened fire with 30-millimeter cannons. Two days before, a B-52 dropped nine dummy bombs radioed in by the Latvians on the ground — all just 180 miles from the Russian border. The symbolism of the B-52s, stalwarts of the Cold War arsenal, was lost on no one. The bombers were put to use for the first time over this former Soviet republic to show resolve on the new front between NATO and Russia, the heir of the Soviet war machine. “If the Russians sense a window of opportunity, they will use it to their advantage,” said Estonia’s chief of defense, Lt. Gen. Riho Terras, who recently mobilized 13,000 soldiers across his tiny country in a separate exercise. This week, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter is traveling through several NATO capitals before sitting down on Wednesday and Thursday with other defense ministers in Brussels to debate how to counter a resurgent Russia. “There’s a hope this is all a bump in the road and with a little bit of tweaking we can get back to the status quo,” the former American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said in a telephone interview. “In my view, that’s naïve. Putin’s not going to change his position, and he’s not going away.” ERIC SCHMITT and STEVEN LEE MYERS

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Confederate Protests Spread Nationwide COLUMBIA, S.C. — What began as scattered calls for removing the Confederate battle flag from a single state Capitol intensified with striking speed and scope on Tuesday into an emotional, nationwide movement to strip symbols of the Confederacy from public parks and buildings, license plates, universities, Internet shopping sites and retail stores. The South Carolina legislature, less than a week after nine parishioners were shot to death in a black church in Charleston, voted overwhelmingly to debate removing the Confederate flag from its State House grounds. In Tennessee, leaders from both parties said a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and an early Ku Klux Klan leader, should be moved out of the State House. In Virginia, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, ordered that the Confederate flag no longer appear on license plates, and leaders in Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee vowed to do the same. In Mississippi, the Republican House speaker,

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Kuniharu and Barbara Kubodera attended a rally in Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday. Philip Gunn, called for taking a Confederate battle cross off that state’s flag. “We must always remember our past, but that does not mean we must let it define us,” he said in an announcement that stunned many in Jackson. “As a Christian, I believe our state’s flag has become a point of offense that needs to be removed.” For decades, the images have

been opposed by people who viewed them as symbols of slavery, racism and white dominance, and supported by those who saw them merely as reminders of generations-long Southern pride. Yet the new calls, after the church massacre last week, came with surprising force and swiftness. The demands straddled lines of partisanship and race, drawing support even from Southern conservatives who for years had defended displays of the flag as a matter of regional pride. The movement also reached beyond the political sphere. Amazon and eBay announced on Tuesday they would no longer allow the sale of Confederate flags and similarly themed merchandise, joining Walmart and Sears, which had already done so. “To see all of this happening, all of a sudden, it speaks of some fundamental change in the country,” said Kerry L. Haynie, a political scientist at Duke University. “It is surprising in the sense that there have been calls for this for years. But it took this tragedy to spur this type of change.” (NYT)

Charleston Unites but Seeks Lasting Change CHARLESTON, S.C. — From the porch of her bungalow, Cheryl Lee pointed to the houses on the block that had transitioned from black ownership to white. Lee, 54, a lifelong resident of this neighborhood on the Charleston peninsula, has heard the concerns of fellow black residents about the changing face of their community, though she does not necessarily share them. She is aware of the lagging results at the mostly black high school near her home and has received awkward glares from potential employers who seemed shocked that she was black when she showed up for job interviews. Racial divisions continue to run deep in this city, where the black population has plummeted in recent decades. But the massacre of nine black people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church last week by a young white man spouting racist

views has drawn an outpouring of solidarity, with blacks and whites sharing church pews, marching together and standing side by side at vigils. Whether this charged moment is fleeting or produces lasting change is less clear. “Will the unity stand?” Lee asked, pausing briefly. “Time will tell.” There is hope — many cheered Gov. Nikki R. Haley’s call on Monday to have the Confederate battle flag removed from the State House grounds. But also skepticism — Lee, for one, says she doubts whether the Republican-led legislature will indeed vote to remove the flag. Several Charlestonians said they were skeptical about whether the shooting would spur meaningful action to address racial disparities in things like housing, education and police treatment. “Next year’s an election year — of course it’s going to seem as

though it’s a wake-up call,” said Antoine, a 32-year-old black convenience store owner here who asked that his last name be used so as not to attract unwanted attention. “But is it really? Why did it take this to be a wake-up call?” The Rev. Alonza Arthur Washington, a community activist, said he thought that people would be drawn to the ballot box as the shooting and other episodes raised issues of racial disparity. It was time, he said, to work on closing the gap between rich and poor, through measures like expanding Medicaid and paying low-wage workers more. He also said he hoped that gun control would be addressed. “This kind of incident in Charleston just shows how people are ready to stand together for good,” he said. “Those are the kinds of things that are going change the political climate.” JOHN ELIGON

INTERNATIONAL

Iranian Leader Hardens Stance On Nuclear Talks TEHRAN — With exactly a week left before the deadline for a final agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program, the country’s supreme leader appeared to undercut several of the central agreements his negotiators have already reached with the West. In a speech broadcast live on Iran state television, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demanded that most sanctions be lifted before Tehran has dismantled part of its nuclear infrastructure and before international inspectors verify that the country is beginning to meet its commitments. He also ruled out any freeze on Iran’s nuclear enrichment for as long as a decade, as a preliminary understanding announced in April stipulates, and he repeated his refusal to allow inspections of Iranian military sites. American officials said they would not be baited into a public debate with the ayatollah, who has the final word on nuclear matters. But with Western foreign ministers hinting that the negotiations may go past the June 30 deadline, both American and European officials have said in recent weeks they are increasingly concerned about the possible effects of the ayatollah’s statements. Even if the remarks were made chiefly to mollify hard-liners and military leaders, officials say, they could sharply limit the flexibility of Iran’s chief negotiator, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as he heads into the week when the most difficult concessions are likely on both sides. It is possible, experts say, that the ayatollah’s statements over the past two months, seemingly stepping back from major commitments made by Zarif’s team, are choreographed to bolster Iran’s negotiators, who can argue that they cannot deviate from the supreme leader’s strictures. “My best judgment is that this is about leverage,” said Cliff Kupchan, the chairman of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm in Washington. “I think what he’s shooting for is the most sanctions relief he can get as soon as he can get it, and the least intrusive inspection regime going forward.” THOMAS ERDBRINK and DAVID E. SANGER

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015

Heat Wave’s Unlucky Timing Prompts Crisis KARACHI, Pakistan — Karachi’s poor learned long ago to cope with the many adversities that afflict Pakistan’s most crowded and chaotic city, including flooding, street violence and political crises. But since a suffocating heat wave descended on Karachi three days ago, killing at least 650 people, they have found no respite and no escape. “It’s so hot,” said a security guard, Shamim ur-Rehman, 34, as he sat on a cot, beleaguered. “There is no fan, there is nothing.” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared an emergency on Tuesday as the death toll from the heat wave soared, with overwhelmed hospitals struggling to treat a surge of casualties and morgues filling to capacity. The army set up emergency treatment centers in the streets and the provincial government closed schools and city offices. The Edhi Foundation, which runs an ambulance service and Karachi’s largest morgue, said it had collected over 600 bodies in recent days. “The first to die were the people on the streets — heroin addicts, beggars, the homeless,” said Anwar Kazmi, a spokesman for the service. “Then it was the elderly,

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particularly those who didn’t have anyone to take care of them.” In many ways, the emergency is the product of a perfect storm of meteorological, political and religious factors in Karachi. Chronic shortages of water and electricity have exacerbated the impact of the heat wave, which has brought temperatures up to 113 degrees in a city of 20 million people. The health dangers are further exacerbated by the demands of the annual Ramadan fast, when most Muslims abstain from eating or drinking water during daylight hours. In Karachi, that means about 15 hours with no source of hydration — a factor that has particularly af-

En route to a hospital on Tuesday in Karachi, Pakistan, where 113-degree weather has killed 650 people.

fected manual laborers and street vendors. Officials said a majority of the victims were men over the age of 50, especially day laborers from lower-income groups. Although Karachi residents are used to dealing with other emergencies — stockpiling groceries, for example, during bouts of street violence — they seemed at a loss for how to manage the extended heat wave. One small glimmer of good news came from the weather service. Although hot weather is due to continue through this week, officials said, a small amount of rainfall was predicted for Karachi and surrounding cities for late Tuesday night. SABA IMTIAZ and DECLAN WALSH

In Brief Policy Shift on Hostage Ransom President Obama on Wednesday will announce that the government will no longer threaten criminal prosecution of the families of American hostages who are held abroad by groups like the Islamic State if they attempt to pay ransom for the release of their loved ones. The change is part of a broad overhaul he is ordering to fix what the administration has acknowledged is a broken policy on United States captives, senior administration officials said. In a presidential directive and an executive order enshrining the changes, Obama also plans to make clear that while he is keeping a longstanding federal prohibition against making concessions to those who take hostages, the government can communicate and negotiate with captors holding Americans or help family members seeking to do so in order to ensure their safe return. (NYT)

Cold Reception for Debt Blueprint Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece faced anger and resistance on Tuesday from members of his own radical left political party, complicating his efforts to strike a deal this week with Greece’s creditors, as some lawmakers and party officials criticized concessions by the Greek side. Tsipras returned to Athens on Tuesday after negotiations

in Brussels brought predictions that a deal would be completed by the end of the week. Less clear, if critical in the eyes of Greek leaders, is a potential European promise for future debt relief. Tsipras is now scheduled to return to Brussels on Wednesday to meet with the leaders of Greece’s creditors on the sidelines of a meeting of European finance ministers, after a request for further discussions on European concerns about the proposed deal. (NYT)

U.S. Said to Spy on the French WikiLeaks published documents Tuesday that it says shows the United States National Security Agency eavesdropped on the last three French presidents. There was no immediate confirmation of the accuracy of the documents released in collaboration with Liberation, a French newspaper, and the investigative website Mediapart. A WikiLeaks spokesman, Kristinn Hrafnsson, said he was confident the documents were authentic, saying that WikiLeaks’ previous mass disclosures have proved to be accurate. WikiLeaks listed the contents of what it said were five selected “top” intercepts of communications involving French presidents — on subjects including a United Nations appointment, the Middle East peace process, and the handling of the euro crisis — between 2006 and 2012. (AP)

NATIONAL

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015

Trade Accord, Once Blocked, Nears Passage WASHINGTON — President Obama’s ambitious trade push is back on track, after several neardeath moments, in large measure because top Republicans stood by him. The Senate on Tuesday narrowly voted to end debate on legislation granting Obama enhanced negotiating powers to complete a major Pacific trade accord, virtually assuring final passage Wednesday of Obama’s top legislative priority in his final years in office. The procedural vote of 60 to 37 just reached the minimum needed, but final Senate passage will require only 51 votes. With congressional support for “fast track” authority, the president can press for final agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a legacy-defining accord linking 40 percent of the world’s economy — from Canada and Chile to Japan and Australia — in a web of rules governing Pacific commerce. His administration can also bear

down on a second agreement with Europe — known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership — knowing that lawmakers will be able to vote for or against those agreements but will not be able to amend or filibuster them. The Atlantic agreement is not expected to be completed until the next administration is in office, but the trade negotiating powers would stretch for six years — well into the next presidency. Together those two accords would put much of the globe under the same trade rules, not only lowering tariffs and other import barriers but also creating new standards for Internet access, intellectual property and investor protections. “This is a very important day for our country,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. and the majority leader, whose deft procedural maneuvering was largely responsible for the outcome. “America is back in the trade business.”

Most Democrats — along with labor unions, environmental groups and liberal activists who fought the bill — disagreed, saying that such trade agreements had resulted in lost manufacturing jobs and lower wages for American workers. “It is a great day for the big money interests, not a great day for working families,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. But 13 Democrats sided with Republicans to end the debate and get to a final vote on trade promotion authority. Tuesday’s vote was the second time the Senate had blocked a filibuster of fast-track authority, but this time the bill was shorn of a separate measure to offer enhanced retraining and educational assistance to workers displaced by international trade accords. That measure faces a crucial procedural vote on Wednesday as well. JONATHAN WEISMAN

Set for Bigger Stage, Walker Faces Revolt at Home MADISON, Wis. — As Gov. Scott Walker prepares to announce his campaign for president next month, promising to bring what he calls “big bold leadership” to Washington, as he did in Wisconsin, he faces a cloud over that story line: Republicans back home are in revolt. Leaders of Walker’s party, which controls the Legislature, are balking at his demands for the state’s budget. Critics say the governor’s spending blueprint is aimed more at appealing to conservatives in early voting states than doing what is best for Wisconsin. Lawmakers are stymied over how to pay for road and bridge re-

pairs without raising taxes or fees, which Walker has ruled out. The governor’s fellow Republicans rejected his proposal to borrow $1.3 billion for the roadwork, arguing that adding to the state’s debt is irresponsible. “The governor rolled out $1.3 billion in bonding,” said Scott Fitzgerald, the Senate majority leader. “It’s not been well received, is the best way to put it.” The stalemate forced Walker last week to move the announcement of his all-but-certain presidential candidacy. For months, he said it would come after he signed a budget — timing meant to contrast his ability to get things done

with Washington dysfunction. But on Thursday, Walker said he would announce after “the end of the budget year.” That is, any time after June 30, the last day of the fiscal year. With lawmakers saying they might not finish their work before mid-July, he will not wait for a finished budget. It is unclear if Walker’s feud with his Legislature will ripple out to perceptions beyond Wisconsin. Polls suggest that he is the early front-runner in Iowa and a top-tier candidate nationally, because of his reputation with conservatives built on defeating public-sector unions and surviving a recall election in his first term. (NYT)

Ruling Against Obama Would Damage Health Care Legacy WASHINGTON — The night his administration’s Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, President Obama described the victory the way he hopes historians will: as a “stone firmly laid in the foundation of the American dream.” But his prospects for a legacy of expanding health care coverage for generations have rarely seemed as uncertain as they do today. The Supreme Court is expected to rule by the end of the month

on a critical provision of the Affordable Care Act — insurance subsidies for millions of Americans — and even Obama’s closest allies say a decision to invalidate the subsidies would mean years of logistical and political chaos. “Will that have, in the history books, an impact on the president?” said Kathleen Sebelius, who as secretary of health and human services led the fight in Congress to pass the health care law.

“I’m sure. I know Republicans like to focus on how this would be a great blow to the president. But for heaven’s sake, they would have a mess on their hands.” In the Supreme Court case, King v. Burwell, conservatives have challenged the federal government’s right to subsidize premiums for people who signed up for insurance through a federally run health marketplace. MICHAEL D. SHEAR

In Brief Marijuana Labeling Is Often Inaccurate An analysis of 75 edible marijuana products sold to patients in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles found that labels on just 17 percent accurately described their levels of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient, researchers reported Tuesday. Sixty percent of the products had less THC than their packages advertised, and 23 percent of them had more THC than claimed. “We need a more accurate picture of what’s being offered to patients,” said Dr. Donald Abrams, the chief of hematology and oncology at San Francisco General Hospital. He was not involved in the new study, which was published in JAMA. (NYT)

College Is Saved, But Is Not in Clear Marina Biel was 16 when she first set foot on the campus of Sweet Briar College, and when she enrolled last fall as a freshman engineering student, she said, “I had my four years planned out, and everything was perfect.” Perfection came to an unpleasant end in March when Sweet Briar, a women’s college in Virginia, announced it was closing for financial reasons, and Biel, 18, decided to transfer to a big state university. But now — in a surprise reversal — a judge has cleared the way for Sweet Briar to remain open for at least another academic year. (NYT)

Dick Van Patten, TV Dad, Dies at 86 Dick Van Patten, the cheerful, round-faced actor best known for his role as the firm if harried suburban father at the center of the hit television series “Eight Is Enough,” died on Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 86. The cause was complications of diabetes, said a spokesman, Jeffrey Ballard. “Eight Is Enough,” based on a memoir by Tom Braden, starred Van Patten as Tom Bradford, the patriarch of a family of eight children. It was among the top-rated shows on television during its four-year run on ABC, from 1977 to 1981. Van Patten’s other main claim to fame was his presence in comedies by Mel Brooks. (NYT)

BUSINESS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015

THE MARKETS

Lawmakers Spread Anger in Airbag Recalls would no longer use Takata products to replace the recalled airbags in 4.1 million of its cars. The executive, Scott G. Kunselman, said the automaker would instead use airbags made by TRW. Fiat Chrysler’s concern, Kunselman said, was Takata’s use of ammonium nitrate as a propellant — an ingredient that Takata continues to use despite a mounting toll of deaths and injuries. “You want a safe propellant so you’re going to a company that doesn’t use ammonium nitrate?” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked. “That is accurate,” Kunselman replied. During the hearing, Blumenthal called for Takata to start a compensation program for victims of faulty airbag inflaters, which can explode in high heat

and humidity and spray shrapnel onto drivers and passengers. Lawmakers were also sharply critical of the performance of federal regulators overseeing auto safety, citing government investigations that found the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had mishandled inquiries about Takata airbags, as well as the long-delayed recall at General Motors last year of defective cars tied to at least 117 deaths. Kevin M. Kennedy, who heads Takata’s North American operations, said the company continued to test its airbags and seek improvements, as part of the Japanese practice known as “kaizen,” or continuous improvement. Blumenthal was skeptical, saying, “Kaizen sounds like a euphemism for trying to avoid exploding air bags.” BILL VLASIC

Qualcomm in Venture With a Chinese Chip Maker HONG KONG — China’s largest maker of chips has a new plan to help it close a wide gap with rivals, and the company has found some unlikely partners to help. The company, the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, also known as S.M.I.C., said on Tuesday that it would form a new company with a leading Belgian microelectronics research center and Qualcomm, the American chip giant, to help it develop and produce new generations of advanced semiconductors that work as the brains of numerous electronics products, like smartphones and servers. Four months ago, China imposed a $975 million fine on Qualcomm, saying it violated antimo-

nopoly law, and forced it to reduce the licensing fees it charges Chinese smartphone makers for its communications chips. While Qualcomm previously helped the Chinese company develop chips, the new deal involves far more advanced technology. The move will help Qualcomm use more companies to produce the chips it designs that power many of the world’s most popular smartphones. The plan is also probably a tactic to improve relations with the Chinese government, according to analysts. “Qualcomm just had a huge settlement with the Chinese government, so from their perspective they need to be able to sell in China,” said Willy C. Shih, a pro-

fessor of technology and operations management at Harvard Business School. “The logic is if they help S.M.I.C. manufacture Qualcomm chips in China, that improves their ability to sell those chips there.” The first goal of the new company is to help S.M.I.C. produce, by 2020, the generation of chips that some rivals are already producing. S.M.I.C. is two generations behind, so that timeline would effectively help the Chinese company catch up on global leaders like Intel, according to analysts. “Money only gets you so far, it’s really know-how,” said Mark Hung, a semiconductor analyst with Gartner, a market research company. PAUL MOZUR

BlackBerry Sales Dive as 2 New Phones Disappoint OTTAWA — BlackBerry’s introduction of two phones aimed at its traditional base of corporate users failed to reverse the company’s slide in the handset market, the company said in releasing its earnings on Tuesday. BlackBerry said it sold only 1.1 million phones in its first quarter, a decline of 500,000 from the previous quarter. The company, led by John S. Chen, also reported an adjusted loss of $28 million, or 5 cents a share, on revenue of $658 million, compared with a loss of $60 million, or 11 cents a share, on

revenue of $966 million in the period last year. From the earnings, it was unclear whether Chen’s strategy of transforming BlackBerry into a company focused on selling software was advancing as quickly as planned. On Tuesday, shares of BlackBerry fell more than 4 percent to $8.81. Colin Gillis, an analyst with BGC Partners, said that Chen’s turnaround plan still remained unproved. “We’re in the early stages of Phase 2,” Gillis said. “Phase 1

was: Make sure we survive as a company. Phase 2 is: Let’s get some growth and move to the software model.” The software and patent licensing business of BlackBerry grew 150 percent, to $137 million, over the previous quarter. But in a conference call with analysts, Chen, the company’s chief executive and executive chairman, said that the bulk of that growth had come from a patent licensing deal with Cisco Systems, as well as one with another company, which he declined to identify. (NYT)

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BUSINESS

Millions of Americans Stuck in Rental Homes WESTFIELD, N.J. — To Johnnie McDowell, the house on Livingston Street seems to taunt him every time he walks by. The two-story home is a bit shabby, and it’s been on and off the market in recent months without finding a buyer. Still, he cannot stop dreaming of a better life for his family as he imagines the extra space inside and the yard. The McDowell family, however, remains squeezed into a rental apartment: a single floor of an oddly configured duplex that McDowell has fashioned into three small bedrooms for himself, his wife, Takiba, and two children. With a monthly rent of $1,400, car payments, unpredictable family expenses, a spotty credit report and an empty savings account, McDowell sees no way to soon pull together a decent down payment. “My wife and I have been wanting to go on the market to buy a house for years now,” McDowell, 41, said. In the past, many families like the McDowells, whose household income is almost $100,000 a year, would already be nestled in a starter home, maybe even on the cusp of upgrading to something bigger on the profits from their first house. But even as the market continues to improve — sales of existing homes in May increased

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to their highest pace in six years, the National Association of Realtors reported on Monday, and first-timers make up 32 percent of the buyers — it is leaving millions of Americans unwillingly stuck in rental housing. “It’s more of a new normal,” said Robert J. Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University and a Nobel laureate. “We went through a wrenching experience with the biggest housing bubble and the biggest collapse since 1890.” The nation’s homeownership rate has been falling for eight years, down to 63.7 percent in the first quarter of this year from a peak of over 69 percent in 2004, according to a new report released on Wednesday by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The flip side of the decline in

Johnnie McDowell with his daughter, Erin. He has had his eye on this house on Livingston Street, but its price is unaffordable for his family.

homeownership is a boom in rentals and a significant rise in the cost of renting. On average, the number of new rental households has increased by 770,000 annually since 2004, the center’s report said, making 2004-14 the strongest 10-year stretch of rental growth since the late 1980s. Some economists see signs of a turnaround, with reluctant renters starting to find ways to enter the mortgage market, where interest rates are still at bargain levels. The economists predict home buying will continue to rise as long as the economy keeps growing and unemployment falls further, prodding employers to raise wages faster than inflation. “With each passing year,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, “we’re making progress.”DIONNE SEARCEY

New Impetus on Paid Leave, in Business and Politics Oregon this month became the fourth state to pass a bill requiring that most companies give workers paid sick days to care for themselves or family members. The UpshoT The restaurant chain Chipotle said this month that it would begin offering hourly workers paid sick days and vacation days, joining McDonald’s, Microsoft and other companies that have recently given paid leave to an expanded pool of workers. And in a speech meant to preview her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton put paid leave at the center of her platform. No one, she said, should have “to choose between keeping a paycheck and caring for a new baby or a sick relative.” Long a pet Democratic cause that seemed far-fetched, paid leave suddenly seems less so. With pay for most workers

still growing sluggishly, political leaders are searching for policies that can lift middle-class living standards. Companies, for their part, are becoming more aggressive in trying to retain workers as the unemployment rate has fallen below 6 percent. “More broadly in the country, obviously there’s been more of a discussion about income inequality, wages and benefits,” said Bradford L. Smith, general counsel of Microsoft, which said in March that it would require many of its contract workers to receive 15 paid sick and vacation days. “In this area of paid time off, we’ve concluded that it’s not just good for people, but good for business.” Advocates say they see an opening for a federal policy. “We’ve seen a dramatic shift in the last 12 months,” said Sarah Jane Glynn, director of women’s

economic policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress. As recently as one year ago, Clinton said that while she thought paid leave was “unfinished business,” she did not think it was time for a federal law because “I don’t think, politically, we could get it now.” Proponents generally fight for two types of paid leave: sick leave, for when employees or their children are temporarily ill; and family leave, for when employees need to care for a baby or a seriously ill family member. Polls show that the vast majority of Americans support both. Eight-five percent are in favor of requiring employers to offer paid sick leave, and 80 percent support paid family leave, according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll. CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

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Stocks on the Move Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Green Dot Corp., up $6.21 to $21.52. The bank holding company signed a five-year extension to serve as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s prepaid debit card products program. National Bank of Greece SA, up 10 cents to $1.40. The bank’s stock gained ground as Greece offered economic reforms that its creditors consider closer to being acceptable. Sonic Corp., down $3.51 to $30.71. The drive-in restaurant chain reported worse-than-expected fiscal third-quarter profit, but its revenue met Wall Street forecasts. Facebook Inc., up $3.14 to $87.88. The social networking company’s stock market valuation surpassed that of WalMart, the world’s biggest retailer. BlackBerry Ltd., down 39 cents to $8.81. The phone and software maker reported a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss as revenue from phone sales continues to slide. Second Sight Medical Products Inc., up 49 cents to $16.28. The maker of implantable vision prosthetics reported positive results from an ongoing study of its Argus II retinal system. (AP)

FOOD

Wild Birds Guide Guests to Perches As a schoolgirl in Oakville, on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario, Emily Braun was often dismayed to DINA LITOVSKY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES find a pheasant sandwich in her lunchbox. This was not an extravagance, but her mother’s practical application of leftovers from her father’s hunts. “Sometimes there was still shot in the meat,” said Braun, known as Mimi, an art historian and the longtime curator for a cosmetics magnate. Since then, she has come to appreciate game birds, or at least the ones that adorn a much-loved set of placecard holders that belonged to her mother, who died in 2007. The birds are hand-painted in watercolor on enamel and mounted on silver, most likely produced in the early 1900s by S. Mordan & Company of Chester, England. Braun, 57, long believed that their provenance could be traced back to her grandfather, a painter of miniatures. Then her father (who, at 95, “still has a mind like a steel trap,” she said) explained that her mother had bought them, along with a table, 50 years ago from friends who were leaving town. “It was $5 for the table,” he said. “Can’t remember how much for the place-card holders.” For Braun, the place-card holders connect generations, from her grandfather’s love of miniatures, passed on to her mother, to the place cards that her children decorated with stickers and Magic Marker. (Their works remain in Braun’s private collection.) LIGAYA MISHAN

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Aprons: From the Rabbit Hole to the Kitchen Ever since Alice fell down the rabbit hole in her white pinafore, aprons have been something of a fashion statement. That ruffled bib was her most identifiable accessory, a signpost of the seductive tension between traditional girlhood and rebellion. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Lewis Carroll classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” and as “The Alice Look,” a new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood in London, illustrates, the fashion world has been obsessed by her style since the book was published. Alice showed that an apron, like a handbag or a pair of shoes, is an efficient conduit of identity. And not only on the catwalk, but also in the kitchen. No wonder we have appropriated the once-utilitarian chef’s apron as our own. This, perhaps, explains why, just as there are aprons in fashion, there are fashions in aprons. There are workmen’s aprons, which are the culinary equivalent of streetwear: hardy leather and denim or selvage numbers with grommets and pockets that telegraph a tough chef vibe, the better to carve up a goat and roast it. There are decorative, playful aprons, the signifiers of the playful nature of the kitchen. (Note: There is a difference

Clockwise from above: Hedley & Bemett colorblocked apron, called San Marzano; Stanley & Sons leather lap apron; and a Kate Spade Diner Stripe apron. between the “fun” apron and the “funny” apron; you know, the ones with naked bodies superimposed on the wearer’s body.) And there are tailored, minimal versions that are the culinary equivalent of, say, a Celine bag: so understated that they demand a level of connoisseurship.

“Curiouser and curiouser,” as Alice might say? Not at all. You’d feel like a pretender in a chef’s toque or checkered pants, but in an apron of your own choice, you can feel like yourself. It’s simply a matter of taste. In more than one sense of the word. VANESSA FRIEDMAN

Cherries Add a Sweet Touch to Tabbouleh This year, I get two cherry seasons: the one that is just ending in California (and is coming into full swing in other parts of the country), and the one that I enjoyed in late May in France. Every year I visit a dear friend in the Luberon region of Provence. This time, I went earlier, and her cherry trees were heavy with fruit. I love combining cherries with arugula, but this time I had a new idea: a lemony herb salad, much like a classic Lebanese tabbouleh, with lots of parsley and mint, a little bit of fine bulgur, and sweet, juicy chopped cherries standing in for the tomatoes that were not quite in season. Like authentic tabbouleh, it’s primarily an herb salad with a little bit of bulgur and the juicy surprise of cherries in each bite. MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN

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Replacing the tomatoes in this tabbouleh with cherries offers a tasty twist. Yield: serves 4 Æ cup fine bulgur Salt to taste › cup boiling water 1Æ cups, tightly packed, finely

chopped parsley Æ to › cup (to taste), tightly packed, finely chopped mint 24 sweet cherries, such as Bing or Queen Anne, pitted and diced 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (more to taste) 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1› tablespoons pistachio oil Æ cup pistachios, lightly toasted and coarsely chopped 1. Place bulgur in a bowl. Add a little salt, cover with boiling water and let sit for 20 to 30 minutes, until bulgur is tender and has absorbed most of the water. 2. Transfer bulgur to a strainer and press out excess water. 3. Combine the bulgur, parsley, mint and cherries in a large bowl and toss. 4. In a separate bowl, whisk together lemon juice, salt to taste, olive oil and pistachio oil. Toss with salad mixture. Add pistachios, toss again and serve.

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OBITUARY

Don Featherstone, 79, Creator of Pink Flamingo (in Plastic), Dies by the millions; feted in films, on television and in song; and held up as an object of impassioned pride and impassioned prejudice. Featherstone had not contemplated creating an enduring emblem of kitsch in 1957, when his first flamingo sailed off the assembly line, or the next year, when the bird was brought to market. A recent art-school graduate, he was simply heeding the career advice popularly given to young people of the day: Plastics. Donald Featherstone was born on Jan. 25, 1936, in Worcester, Mass. He graduated from the school of the Worcester Art Museum in 1957, and that year, to the chagrin of his professors and the gratification of his creditors, he took a job with Union Products, a maker of

Don Featherstone did not invent Phoenicopterus ruber: Nature took care of that eons ago. But what Featherstone did nearly six decades ago — in the process indelibly altering the landscape of midcentury America — was to cast the creature in plastic and attach slender, rodlike legs for planting it in the ground. Featherstone, a sculptor who died on Monday at 79, was the inventor of the pink plastic flamingo, that flagrant totem of suburban satisfaction and, in later years, postmodern irony. He named it Phoenicopterus ruber plasticus. Less hideous than a garden gnome, more politically correct than a lawn jockey, the plastic flamingo has been flaunted in front yards

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plastic lawn ornaments in Leominster, Mass. His second assignment was a flamingo. Working from photographs in National Geographic, he created a three-foot-high creature, typically sold as one of a pair: one bird upright, the other head down, as if grazing. Union Products ceased operations in 2006, prompting widespread fear that Phoenicopterus ruber plasticus would become extinct. But a few years later the Cado Company, of Fitchburg, Mass., acquired the rights to the Union Products line. It now manufactures many of Union’s lawn ornaments, including the flamingo. Today, a pair generally retails for $20 to $30. Though Featherstone designed hundreds of lawn ornaments for Union Products over time none have exerted the cultural force of the pink flamingo. The bird may not have made him wealthy, but it made him unmistakably proud: For many years, to commemorate the date of their birth, the lawn of Featherstone’s home in Fitchburg was graced with 57 examples of his best-known creation. MARGALIT FOX

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015

EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES

After Obama’s Big Trade Victory Congress is about to give President Obama the authority to sign trade agreements that lawmakers will be able to vote up or down but not amend. Now, it is up to the administration to reach deals with other nations that live up to the high standards on labor rights, environmental protection, access to medicines and other issues that Obama has said he supports. On Tuesday, the Senate narrowly voted to close debate on a bill that would clear the way for Obama to conclude two big trade deals — the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 countries, including Australia, Japan and Vietnam; and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union. The House approved the bill last week and the Senate is expected to approve it on Wednesday. The passage of this bill — primarily with Republican votes — will be a big victory for Obama, who has said trading partners will not put forward their best offers in negotiations if they know Congress can amend any agreements. He has made the case that in addition to increasing trade and bolstering the economy, these deals are strategically important because they will strengthen American ties with Asian, European and Latin American nations. Unions, environmental groups and most Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill. They are worried that the deals the administration is negotiating will hurt workers, make it harder for people in poor nations to buy generic drugs, lead to environmental degradation and provide outsized benefits to big corporations. Obama has dismissed critics of his trade

agenda saying their concerns are misplaced and hypothetical. Because trade agreements are understandably secret while they are being negotiated, it is hard to determine who is right. But now the burden of proof will rest squarely on the shoulders of the president and his trade representative, Michael Froman. To secure broad and bipartisan support for trade agreements, the administration needs to reach deals that address the legitimate concerns raised by many Democrats. The deals must contain strong and enforceable provisions on workers’ rights and the environment. They should bar, or at least strongly discourage, countries from manipulating their currencies to bolster exports at the expense of businesses in other countries. Congress needs to do more, too. The bill that is expected to pass does not reauthorize the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, which provides extended jobless benefits and training to workers hurt by international trade. Republican leaders in Congress must keep their promise to hold votes on a bill that renews the program. It is vital that lawmakers protect American workers hurt by globalization at a time when the United States is negotiating treaties that will increase international trade. As a candidate in his first presidential race, Obama was critical of trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement. He needs to show that he can strike better agreements that benefit the economy, raise labor and environmental standards and strengthen American relations with other countries.

Ending the Rikers Nightmare Brutality is a decades-old problem in Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, was on the mark last year when he said that ending it would require new policies that would be monitored and enforced by a federal court instead of being allowed to fade when attention inevitably waned. Bharara delivered on that promise on Monday, when the city agreed to sweeping changes to settle a legal battle over abuses at the jail. Bharara documented some of the mistreatment of adolescents at Rikers in a report last summer that depicted a culture of violence in which inmates were battered for minor infractions and often seriously injured by officers who routinely used force for the purpose of inflicting pain — and got away with it because other officers covered up for them. Beyond that, the investigation found that regulations requiring officers to promptly report either using force or witnessing its use by others were routinely ignored. The Justice Department last year joined a pending class action that charged the Department of Correction with failing to supervise officers who committed acts of brutality. The suit,

Nunez v. City of New York, was well along in the litigation process, having been filed in 2011 by the Legal Aid Society and two law firms. After months of negotiations with the city, the parties announced on Monday that they had reached a settlement agreement containing reforms that will be overseen by an independent monitor who will assess compliance and submit periodic reports to the court. Among other things, the agreement requires the jail system to develop new policies for how force is used, reported and investigated; install thousands of new surveillance cameras; and improve staff recruitment and screening. The agreement pays special attention to adolescents on Rikers Island, who were shown to be especially poorly treated in last summer’s Justice Department report. The disciplinary procedures used with them will need to be revamped from top to bottom — and solitary confinement will no longer be allowed for inmates under the age of 18. The settlement agreement is an important first step. But given the city’s past inability to stay focused on this problem, the courts and the Justice Department will need to stay involved until the reform job is done.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Cold War Minus Fun Let’s see, America is prepositioning battle tanks with our East European NATO allies to counterbalance Russia; U.S. and Russian military planes recently flew within 10 feet of each other; Russia is building a new generation of long-range ballistic missiles; and the U.S. and China are jostling in the South China Sea. Did someone restart the Cold War? If so, this time it seems like the Cold War without the fun — that is, without James Bond, Smersh, “Get Smart” Agent 86’s shoe phone, Nikita Khrushchev’s shoe-banging or a race to the moon. And I don’t think we’re going to see President Obama in Kiev declaring, à la President Kennedy, “ich bin ein Ukrainian.” No, this post-post-Cold War has more of a W.W.E. — World Wrestling Entertainment — feel to it. It’s just a raw jostling for power for power’s sake: “You cross that line, I punch your nose.” “Why?” “Because I said so.” “You got a problem with that?” “Yes, let me show you my drone. You got a problem with that?” “Not at all. My cyber guys stole the guidance system last week from Northrop Grumman.” “You got a problem with that?” The Cold War had a beginning, an end and even a closing curtain, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the post-post-Cold War has brought us full circle back to the pre-Cold War. There was a moment when it seemed as though it would all be otherwise — when it seemed that Arabs and Israelis would make peace, that China would evolve into a more consensual political system and that Russia would become part of Europe and the G-8. That was a lifetime ago. When did it all go sour? We fired the first shot when we expanded NATO toward the Russian border even though the Soviet Union had disappeared. Message to Moscow: You are always an enemy, no matter the system. NATO’s toppling of the Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Arab Spring and the Moscow street protests that followed rattled President Vladimir Putin, said Sergei Guriev, the Russian economist. “Putin understood that he lost the Russian middle class and so he started to look for legitimacy somewhere else” — in hypernationalism and anti-Americanism. “Russia will be a big challenge for your next president,” Guriev said. The attraction of the U.S. economy and the bite of U.S. sanctions are more vital than ever in managing the post-post-Cold War game of nations, including bringing Iran to nuclear talks. We may be back to traditional geopolitics, but it’s in a much more interdependent world, where our economic clout is still a source of restraint on Moscow and Beijing. Putin doesn’t disguise his military involvement in Ukraine for nothing; he’s afraid of more U.S. banking sanctions. China doesn’t circumscribe its behavior in the South China Sea for nothing; it can’t grow without exporting to America. It’s why the most important source of stability in the world today is the health of the U.S. economy. We can walk softly only as long as we carry a big stick — and a big wallet.

HOMETOWN HERO

BRYAN E. RODRIGUEZ CHIEF MASTER-AT-ARMS

DEPT/DIVISION: Operations/Security HOMETOWN: Cleveland, Ohio WHY HE CHOSE THE NAVY:

My grandfather was in the Navy and at the time most

of my friends were enlisted in the Navy.

HIS FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB:

Being able to travel and see the world. Living in

Japan, Italy and Bahrain were amazing experiences.

PROUDEST NAVY MOMENT: Becoming a chief petty officer onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt last year.

FUN

SHOUT OUT: Shout out to all the MAs and all the TAD personnel in security past and

FACT

I once rode my Harley Davidson from Faaker See, Austria, to Sigonella, Sicily which is over 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours.

present.

HOMETOWN HERO

VERONICA RIVERA

AVIATION BOATSWAIN’S MATE (HANDLING) AIRMAN

DEPT/DIVISION:

Air/V-3

HOMETOWN: Pasadena, California

WHY SHE CHOSE NAVY: Educational opportunities, travel, experience things that other people don’t normally get to experience.

HER FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB:

The people I have met while in the Navy

PROUDEST NAVY MOMENT: When I got my warfare pin.

FUN

FACT

I love mocha ice cream!

SHOUT OUT: Shout out to the ‘little rascal gang’ (Sanandres, Claudio, Camero, Naval) and V-3

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ARMY GENERAL MADE THIS MISTAKE FIRST?

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PREVIOUS QUESTION: DAVE CHAPELLE TURNED DOWN A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS FILM. ANSWER: FORREST GUMP, FOR THE ROLE OF BUBBA

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