ROUGH RIDER USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
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July 26, 2015
CHANGE OF COMMAND NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE HELM
CO’S GUIDING PRINCIPLES
SEVEN GO-TO VALUES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER
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Plane captain, Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Dayone Myers, directs a pilot assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 during pre-flight checks on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anna Van Nuys
The official party salutes the national ensign during a change of command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Capt. Daniel Grieco was relieved by Capt. Craig Clapperton as commanding officer of Theodore Roosevelt. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor L. Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt Hosts
Csg-12 change of Command Ceremony by MC3 Taylor N. Stinson
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ommander, Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 12 held a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), July 21. Rear Adm. Andrew Lewis relinquished command of CSG 12 to Rear Adm. Roy J. Kelley during the event. “Every morning when I get up, I’m in the habit of giving thanks for my many blessings in life and reflecting on where I’ve not met the bar, and endeavoring to do better each day” said Lewis. “Each of us has a calling in life and I have a calling to be a husband and a father and I am most thankful to my wife and the family we have together. But I can’t just be a father and a husband, because you can’t provide for your family without working. I’m incredibly blessed to be given the opportunity to serve the U.S. Navy and serve my country. It’s something I’ve been doing for the last 30 years and I’m more excited about what I do now than I was 30 years ago.” Vice Adm. John Miller, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, provided remarks as the ceremony’s guest speaker. “[Rear Adm. Lewis] doesn’t accept the ‘because
we’ve always done it that way’ answer,” said Miller. “He questions the procedures and makes improvements possible in everything he does. His list of improvements, significant milestones and achievements is impressive. Under his superb leadership, CCSG 12 completed a dynamic and challenging fleet response training plan and deployed to the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Arabian Gulf. The strike group flawlessly navigated more than 110,000 nautical miles including 83 strait transits, and safely executed 6,500 sorties encompassing more than 9,000 flight hours and 6,100 arrested landings. The strike group contributed significantly to Operation Inherent Resolve and expertly communicated the Navy’s role in national security interests.” Lewis, who will go on to serve as Vice Director of J3 Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C., reflected on accomplishments throughout his tour of duty. “This command and this experience of service has been the most motivating of my career,” said Lewis. “I’m thankful and grateful for the young Sailors and Marines who I have had the honor to serve alongside in this tour. When I look into their eyes, I see an
enthusiasm for excellence, a desire for self-discipline, and a sense of service that is very motivating. They are the reason that we continue to serve and they are the reason we will continue to win this fight. It’s because of the young Sailors and Marines working hard every day, and they’re motivated and excited about what they do. It’s been a pleasure serving alongside you.” Kelley is taking command after completing his first flag tour as Chief of Naval Air Training. “Today I am indeed honored to be joining this incredible team at such a critical point in your deployment,” said Kelley. “Carrier Strike Group 12, the work you do here is incredibly important. Your presence here demonstrates our country’s commitment to the region. Your near-perfect execution of air missions creates conditions that enable trust and
cooperation.” Kelley was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1986. Kelley’s first command tour was with the Diamondbacks of VFA-102 aboard Theodore Roosevelt in 2001, to include a record-setting deployment with 3,346 combat hours during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Kelley’s second command tour was with Carrier Air Wing 7 in 2009 where he made two deployments aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in support of OEF. Lewis has flown more than 100 combat missions in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Deny Flight, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. He previously served as the Director of Fleet Training (N7) at Fleet Forces Command and as Commander, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon, Nevada.
Theodore Roosevelt Holds
Change of Command Ceremony by MC3 Anna Van Nuys
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he aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) held a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay, July 21. Capt. Craig Clapperton relieved Capt. Daniel Grieco, who served as Theodore Roosevelt’s commanding officer from February 2013 to July 2015. “For me, this journey started in January of 2013 when I walked the brow of the Big Stick for the first time in Newport News shipyard, and I was as motivated as any leader could possibly be,” said Grieco. “Over the two-and-a-half years that I’ve been here, it has been truly amazing to watch this team conquer, rebuild, train, learn and succeed at every single challenge that has been thrown at it. [Our achievements] have been accomplished on the backs, talents, skills and determination of the finest Sailors our Navy has ever seen, the Rough Riders. Each and every visitor that comes to TR agrees, the motivation and spirit of this crew is second to none. While I’m admittedly biased, I couldn’t agree more. It has been my greatest privilege and honor to serve as commanding officer
of Theodore Roosevelt. It has been an immensely humbling and rewarding experience, one I will forever be grateful for.” Rear Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander, Carrier Strike Group 12, provided remarks as the ceremony’s keynote speaker. “In a moment, we’ll pin an award on you and that award will include an impressive list of accomplishments,” said Lewis. “Those accomplishments were those of the crew and I’m certain you will say as much. However, the mark of a truly superior leader is one that highlights the accomplishments of its people. It sets the atmosphere that encourages extraordinary results, and [Capt. Grieco] that’s what you’ve done. Furthermore, I want to thank you for being a team player and a team leader. You truly understand the meaning of a band of brothers. I want to recognize what a great tactician you really are. You’ve done a fantastic job and it’s been an absolute pleasure to serve alongside you. Your leadership amongst your peers has been absolutely superb.” Lewis presented Grieco with the Legion of Merit
for meritorious service while serving as Theodore Roosevelt’s commanding officer. Grieco oversaw a turning point in Theodore Roosevelt’s history. Taking command amidst the ship’s midlife overhaul known as Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), Grieco successfully ushered Theodore Roosevelt through its extensive refit and returned her to the fleet as an operational aircraft carrier. Since leaving RCOH, Theodore Roosevelt has steamed more than 107,000 nautical miles and successfully conducted more than 16,000 launches and recoveries. Theodore Roosevelt is now a front line asset on deployment in the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations. Grieco and Clapperton then read their orders in keeping with Navy tradition, officially changing
command. Clapperton addressed his crew for the first time immediately after assuming duties as Theodore Roosevelt’s commanding officer. “I am humbled as I say thank you and promise continued operational excellence and support to our warfare commanders,” said Clapperton. “I will challenge the best crew on the best ship in the most powerful Navy in the world to continue to improve themselves and their ship. I cannot begin to express how honored and humbled I am to have the opportunity to serve as the commanding officer of USS Theodore Roosevelt. To say that I am looking forward to sailing and serving with each of you, and to be part of the Rough Rider family is a vast understatement, and there are simply not enough words to fully express my gratitude and appreciation.”
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Emails Said to Contain Classified Data U.S. Fears Data Taken in Hacking May Expose Spies
WASHINGTON — Government investigators said Friday that they had discovered classified information on the private email account that Hillary Rodham Clinton used while secretary of state, stating unequivocally that those secrets never should have been stored outside of secure government computer systems. Clinton has said for months that she kept no classified information on the private server that she set up in her house so she would not have to carry both a personal phone and a work phone. Her campaign said Friday that any government secrets found on the server had been classified after the fact. But the inspectors general of the State Department and the nation’s intelligence agencies said the information they found was classified when it was sent and remains so now. Information is considered classified if its disclosure would likely harm national security, and such information can be sent or stored only on computer networks with special safeguards. “This classified information
never should have been transmitted via an unclassified personal system,” Steve A. Linick, the State Department inspector general, said in a statement signed by him and I. Charles McCullough III, the inspector general for the intelligence community. The findings raise new questions about Clinton’s use of her personal email at the State Department, a practice that since March has been criticized by her Republican adversaries as well as advocates of open government, and made some Democrats uneasy. Voters, however, do not appear swayed by the issue, according to polls. The inspectors general said the classified information had originated with intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency or National Security Agency. It is against the law for someone to receive a classified document or briefing and then summarize that information in an unclassified email. The two investigators did not say whether Clinton sent or received the emails. If she received
them, it is not clear that she would have known that they contained government secrets, since they were not marked classified. Exactly how much classified information Clinton had on the server is unclear. Investigators said they searched a tiny sample of 40 emails and found four that contained government secrets. But McCullough said that although the State Department had granted limited access to its own inspector general, the department rejected McCullough’s request for access to the 30,000 emails Clinton said were government-related and she gave to the State Department. Campaigning in New York on Friday, Clinton pledged to cooperate with inquiries into her emails, but also said she would stay focused on the issues at the heart of her campaign. “We are all accountable to the American people to get the facts right, and I will do my part,” Clinton said. “But I’m also going to stay focused on the issues, particularly the big issues, that really matter to American families.” (NYT)
Another Angry Face in the Gunmen’s Gallery LAFAYETTE, La. — It was about 20 minutes into the 7 p.m. showing of “Trainwreck,” when moviegoers heard a couple of pops, like a sound effect glitch. But when the sounds rang out again it became horribly clear that this was something else entirely. “From the reflection of the movie, the light, you could see his gun shining,” said Lucas Knepper, who was seated in the same mostly empty row as the man who had begun firing at the 20 or so people in the theater. “And then you could see the flash coming from the chamber.” Two young women lay fatally shot, nine other people were wounded, and with that, on Thursday night, Lafayette, which boasts of being the happiest city in the country, joined cities like Chattanooga scarred by gun violence. The gunman was identified as John Russell Houser. Accounts from acquaintances, law enforce-
ment officials and court records portrayed Houser, 59, of Phenix City, Ala., who also took his own life, as a man with a diffuse collection of demons and grievances who had a particular anger for women, liberals, the government and a changing world. Because he had been accused of both arson and domestic violence, though never prosecuted, he was denied a permit to carry a concealed pistol. His family repeatedly described him as violent and mentally ill; his mental health had been called into question going back decades, and he spent time in a mental hospital. He vandalized the house he was evicted from last year, and tampered with the gas lines in a way that could have caused a fire or explosion. He should not have been allowed to own a gun, said Sheriff Heath D. Taylor of Russell County, where Houser lived. Police identified the women
Houser killed as Jillian E. Johnson, 33, who co-owned, with her husband, two stores that sell toys, jewelry and printed goods, and played in a bluegrass band; and Mayci Breaux, 21, recently a student at Louisiana State University at Eunice, who was soon to start radiology school at Lafayette General Hospital. Using a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, he shot one man four times, but the man survived, the police said. By Friday evening, five victims remained in hospitals. Houser’s instability and fury had been evident for years, said Calvin Floyd, the former host of a television talk show in Columbus, Ga., that frequently featured Houser as a guest in the 1990s. “If you gave me 40 names and 40 pictures of people who might have done that, I wouldn’t have hesitated to point him out,” Floyd said. “I could just sense the anger was there.” (NYT)
WASHINGTON — American officials are concerned that the Chinese government could use the stolen records of millions of federal workers and contractors to piece together the identities of intelligence officers secretly posted in China over the years. The potential exposure of the intelligence officers could prevent a large cadre of American spies from ever being posted abroad again, current and former intelligence officials said. It would be a significant setback for intelligence agencies already concerned that a recent data breach at the Office of Personnel Management is a major windfall for Chinese espionage efforts. After the breach of the records of millions of federal workers and contractors became public last month, some officials in the Obama administration said that the theft was not as damaging as it might have been because the Chinese hackers did not gain access to the identities of American undercover spies. The records of the Central Intelligence Agency and some other agencies, they said, were never part of the personnel office’s databases, and were protected during the breach. Officials said intelligence agencies were taking steps to try to mitigate the damage, but what they are specifically doing is unclear. But intelligence and congressional officials now say there is great concern that the hackers — who officials are now reluctant to say publicly were working for the Chinese government — could still use the vast trove of information to identify American spies by a process of elimination. By combining the stolen data with information they have gathered over time, they said, the hackers can draw conclusions about the identities of operatives. “The information that was exfiltrated was valuable in its own right,” said Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. “It may take years before we’re aware of the full extent of the damage.” (NYT)
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Prison ‘El Chapo’ Fled Is a Replica Of Earlier Escape MEXICO CITY — Since the powerful drug lord known as El Chapo escaped from a maximum-security prison through a mile-long tunnel that opened into the shower of his cell, Mexico has been wondering how his accomplices got their hands on the blueprints to operate with such pinpoint precision. The answer could be simple: They may have had them for years. It turns out that the prison is a virtual replica of another lockup that El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquín Guzmán Loera, broke out of in 2001 in an almost equally audacious escape. In other words, he essentially broke out of the same prison twice. The authorities believe that for his first escape — by some accounts, he sneaked out in a laundry cart — Guzmán had the help of a top prison security official who went on to become a trusted member of his Sinaloa cartel. Investigators think that the confederate, Dámaso López, may have taken a copy of the blueprints for the other prison when he left his job around the time of Guzmán’s earlier escape, a senior Mexican law enforcement official said. And since the layout of the two prisons is virtually identical, those blueprints could have come in handy when planning this month’s breakout. The official said that López, who remains at large, was now a prime suspect in the hunt for the people who planned and carried out this month’s escape. On Friday, Mexican prosecutors said three prison employees would face charges in connection with Guzmán’s escape, The Associated Press reported. The tunnel that Guzmán used to escape included ventilation and lighting and extended for about a mile, under the prison walls, ending in a shaft that opened in a hole about 20 inches by 20 inches in the floor of the tiny shower of his cell. There was little room for error. Being off by a foot or two would have meant failure. “Certainly they needed the blueprints,” Interior Secretary Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong said in a news conference last week, although he did not say how Guzmán’s henchmen may have gotten them. WILLIAM NEUMAN
Obama’s Trip to Kenya Starts on Personal Note NAIROBI, Kenya — President Obama arrived on Friday in Kenya, his father’s home country, for the start of a four-day swing through East Africa, combining a personal journey with a geopolitical mission that reinforces a shared campaign against Islamist extremism while wrestling with tough messages about democracy and gay rights. Obama, the first sitting American president to visit Kenya, arrived on Air Force One after dark to a deliberately low-key reception, with none of the pomp that is being saved for daylight on Saturday. He was greeted on the tarmac by President Uhuru Kenyatta and an 8-year-old girl who handed him flowers. He then shook hands with dignitaries along a red carpet and signed a guest book before getting into his armored car. His motorcade ride into the city was eerily quiet, without the sort of throngs often lining the route when an American president visits a country in Africa or elsewhere for the first time. Concerned about security, the Kenyan authorities closed major highways at 2 p.m., and the business district was deserted for much of
President Obama emphasized his ties to Kenya, the land of his father, shortly after arriving in Nairobi, Kenya. Obama gets a hug from his half sister Auma Obama. DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES
the day. Those who did wait along the route in clutches of several hundred at a time recorded the moment of history on cellphone cameras. But that did not mean Kenyans were not excited about the arrival of a major world figure they consider their own. Roads have been cleaned and repaved, flowers planted and lights fixed along every route that Obama will travel. American flags are flying and being sold across Nairobi, the capital. T-shirts emblazoned with Obama’s face are being sold at stores and wooden roadside stalls. “Son of a Kenyan Student Who Changed the World,” screamed
the headline of the newspaper The Daily Nation this week. Another major newspaper, The Standard, ran a 128-page issue on Friday about “the son of a Kenyan father who rose from obscurity to rule the world.” On his ride into the city, Obama passed a billboard that said, “Karibu POTUS,” using the Swahili word for welcome to greet the president of the United States. “He’s a man I admire for his humble background,” said Wilfred Olali, 35, a human rights activist. “Rising from a community organizer to president. That’s in itself really inspirational.” PETER BAKER and MARC SANTORA
In Brief Turkey Strikes 3 ISIS Targets Turkish fighter jets struck three Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in an effort to pre-empt a planned attack on Turkey, a senior Turkish government official said. The airstrikes came the day after Turkey engaged in its first reported direct combat with the Islamic State militant group, and gave permission for staffed American warplanes to conduct strikes against the group from two Turkish air bases. Late Friday, local television channels reported that in a separate operation Turkish jets bombed at least five camps run by Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, although Turkish officials did not confirm those reports and they could not be independently verified. A member of the militant Kurdish Workers’ Party, known as the P.K.K. for the initials of its Kurdish name, speaking from the Qandil Mountains, said that the airstrikes lasted for three hours. “The airstrikes also targeted villages and places where people live,” the P.K.K. official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. (NYT)
Court Backs Wider Surveillance A law that gives French intelligence services sweeping new spying abilities has cleared a final hurdle after France’s Constitutional Council widely approved the legislation. In a ruling published late Thursday, the council said it had struck down only a handful of unconstitutional provisions in the law,
which gives French spying agencies the power to use phone taps, set up hidden cameras or microphones, and conduct bulk analysis of metadata, with almost no judicial oversight. The ruling paves the way for the rest of the law to come into effect after it was passed in Parliament last month. Civil rights groups and political opponents of the legislation point out that the new supervisory commission can be overruled by the prime minister. They say that the law lacks sufficient checks and balances. (NYT)
U.S. Expands Aid in Ukraine The United States Army will modestly expand nonlethal military assistance to Ukraine, beginning training this fall for Ukrainian Army personnel in the western part of the country, the Obama administration announced Friday. “This training is part of our long-running defense cooperation with Ukraine, and is taking place at the invitation of the Ukraine government,” Mark Toner, a spokesman for the State Department, told reporters. In April, about 300 American troops arrived in Ukraine to train Ukrainian national guard troops, who fall under the Interior Ministry. As that mission winds down, the new trainers will arrive to work with Defense Ministry troops near Ukraine’s border with Poland. The additional training brings the amount of American military assistance to Ukraine to $244 million, Toner said. (NYT)
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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015
Pay Gap Widening as Top Workers Reap Raises For the first time since the economic recovery began six years ago, white-collar professionals with specialized skills in fields like technology, finance, engineering and software are in the catbird seat. But despite the addition of over 200,000 jobs a month and a decline in the official jobless rate to a postrecession low of 5.3 percent, most American workers still face lukewarm wage growth at best. This feast-or-famine pattern does not simply pit people with less than a college degree against their more highly educated peers. It is also pronounced even within the 32 percent of American workers who are college graduates. Since the start of 2014, median wages for holders of a bachelor’s degree or more have risen 2.7 percent, compared with about 2 percent for all workers. Among the top 10 percent of earners holding college degrees wages are up more than 6 percent. “If you want wage growth, you’re going to need a specific
set of skills,” said Matt Ferguson, chief executive of CareerBuilder, a recruitment software firm. “The B.A. gets you in the door — there’s not much unemployment for people with a college degree — but it doesn’t allow you the wage growth you’d expect.” A study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that pay near the top of the scale in fields like art, entertainment and media was six times what it was near the bottom in 2014, compared with four times in 2007. The best-paid health care professionals earn nearly four times what workers in the lowest tier make, compared with less than three times in 2007. For workers making less than $50,000, wages fell last quarter, while their colleagues in the $75,000 and above category enjoyed a 3.4 percent rise in wages, said ADP, the payroll processing giant. “Overall employment growth is everywhere, but in terms of wage growth, it’s people making more than $75,000,” said Ahu Yildirmaz,
head of the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, N.J. New engineers have long earned much more than humanities majors, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. But engineers from the class of 2014 start with salaries of $65,000 a year versus just under $42,000 annually for liberal arts graduates. Some of the biggest names on Wall Street and in other top professions were undergraduate humanities majors, like Carl C. Icahn, who studied philosophy at Princeton before amassing a $21 billion fortune as a corporate raider and activist investor. “If you go to Harvard, you can take some chances that other people don’t,” like majoring in history, philosophy or English, said Anthony P. Carnevale, a Georgetown University professor who runs the Center on Education and the Workforce. “Harvard will get you into graduate school, so these kids get the best of both worlds.” NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Pluto’s Atmosphere Is Thinner Than Expected Pluto’s thin air may be falling to the ground. The total mass of the atmosphere on Pluto appears to have fallen by half in just two years, scientists working on NASA’s New Horizons mission reported on Friday. “That’s pretty astonishing, at least to an atmospheric scientist,” said Michael Summers, a member of the science team. “That’s telling you something is happening.” Pluto reached its closest approach to the sun in 1989, and the expectation had been that as it moved farther away along its elliptical orbit, temperatures would drop and its atmosphere, mostly nitrogen, would begin to freeze
and eventually disappear. That was a driving motivation for the rush to send New Horizons to Pluto. “We wanted to get there while there was still an atmosphere to study,” said S. Alan Stern, the principal investigator. Astronomers on Earth have been able to get glimpses of Pluto’s atmosphere where Pluto passes in front of a star, watching whether the light of the distant star blinks out suddenly when blocked by Pluto or fades gradually because of the light bouncing off molecules in the atmosphere. New Horizons obtained a snapshot of the atmosphere by looking at distortions in radio signals sent
from Earth passing through Pluto’s atmosphere. What the new measurement “seems to have detected is a potential for the first stages of that collapse just as New Horizons arrived,” Stern said. Even if the atmosphere is collapsing, the view from the night side of Pluto is spectacularly hazy. A photograph showing a silhouette of Pluto surrounded by a ring of sunlight “almost brought tears” to the scientists, Summers said, showing sunlight scattered by particles of haze up to 100 miles above the surface. “This is our first peek at weather in Pluto’s atmosphere,” he said. KENNETH CHANG
Court Drops Coercion Charge Against Former Governor An appeals court in Texas on Friday dismissed one of two felony charges against former Gov. Rick Perry, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president. Perry, then governor of Texas, was indicted last summer on criminal charges of abuse of power and coercion of a public servant. He was accused of trying to use his powers as governor to make an elected official step down after being charged with drunken driving.
On Friday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin dismissed the coercion-of-a-public-servant charge on the grounds that it violated Perry’s right to free speech under the First Amendment. The coercion charge would have carried a prison sentence of two to 10 years. Perry still faces the more serious charge of abusing his official capacity, which carries a potential prison sentence of
five to 99 years. Critics of Perry argue that he overstepped his authority after the 2013 arrest of Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney in Travis County, a Democrat. He threatened to veto $7.5 million in state funding for the public corruption unit in her office unless she resigned. When Lehmberg refused to resign after a jail term for drunken driving, the governor vetoed the money. ALAN RAPPEPORT
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In Brief Autopsy Released in Sandra Bland Death An autopsy released on Friday disclosed details of the death of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail cell on July 13. The autopsy, submitted a day after her death, ruled it a suicide. Bland, 28, tied a trash bag into a knot before using it as a ligature on her neck, the report said. Bland had disclosed a previous suicide attempt to jail officials, and there have been doubts over whether she was appropriately monitored before her death. Bland, an African-American woman from the Chicago area, was arrested by a state trooper during a traffic stop in Waller County, Tex. She was initially pulled over for failing to signal a lane change. The autopsy was signed by Sara N. Doyle, the assistant medical examiner at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. (NYT)
Man Is Charged In Officer’s Killing Prosecutors in Alameda County, Calif., filed murder charges Friday against a Bay Area man accused of shooting a police sergeant in the head during a traffic stop. Mark Anthony Estrada, 21, was charged with murder of a peace officer, lying in wait and discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle in the death of Sgt. Scott Lunger of the Hayward Police Department. Lunger, 48, of Brentwood, was shot Wednesday after he stopped Estrada for swerving and driving erratically. As he radioed in the shooting, another officer shot back, striking Estrada. (AP)
Robot’s Hitchhike Off to a Slow Start A robot’s hitchhiking journey across the United States is off to a slow start. The robot named hitchBOT caught its first ride in Marblehead, Mass., last week, bound for San Francisco, but it still hasn’t left the state. Instead, it has bounced around the Boston area. The robot relies on strangers to transport it from place to place. It’s the creation of two researchers in Canada who wanted to study how people interact with robots. The robot documents its travels on social media. (AP)
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THE MARKETS
New Drug Sharply Lowers Cholesterol Levels maceuticals, which developed the product, said the price was justified by the potential benefits to patients and savings to the health care system that the drug would provide by preventing heart attacks and strokes — though the ability of the drug to do that has not been proved. “We came to a price that is reflective of value, not what the market will bear,” said Elias Zerhouni, head of research and development at Sanofi. In clinical trials, Praluent reduced levels of LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol, by 40 percent or more, even among patients already taking statins, the mainstay pills like Lipitor for controlling blood lipids. In its decision on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved Praluent for patients who
have had heart attacks, strokes, chest pain or related conditions, or have a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol and who require additional lowering of LDL despite taking the highest dose of a statin that they can tolerate. Executives at Sanofi and Regeneron estimate there are eight million to 10 million Americans in those categories. Studies aimed at showing that the drugs prevent heart attacks and strokes are underway, but results are not expected until about 2017. Some doctors say they will use the drugs sparingly or not at all until then. “This is treating a lab value,” said Dr. Rita Redberg, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, referring to lowering cholesterol for its own sake. “I don’t think we should rush into it.” ANDREW POLLACK
Fiat Chrysler Issues Recall After a Jeep Is Hacked WASHINGTON — When the call came to officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, they knew they had a problem they had never faced but had long feared. On the line was Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, with news that two technology researchers had hacked wirelessly into a Jeep Cherokee, through its dashboard connectivity system. They had managed to gain control of the functions of the car: the engine, the brakes and the steering. That revelation set in motion a nine-day flurry of activity by the automaker and the safety agency that ended Friday in a sweeping recall of 1.4 million vehicles. “Launching a recall is the right
step to protect Fiat Chrysler’s customers, and it sets an important precedent for how N.H.T.S.A. and the industry will respond to cybersecurity vulnerabilities,” said Mark R. Rosekind, the agency’s administrator. In an age when the cars on the nation’s highways are increasingly web-connected, it was the first safety recall issued for a hacking threat. And it brought immediate demands on Capitol Hill for action to root out and guard against flaws in other cars. Staff specialists at the agency were particularly alarmed that the hacking allowed someone to essentially crash a vehicle. The researchers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, had given the
of the health insurance industry from five major companies to just three. And that could mean less choice and higher rates for consumers and the employers that provide health insurance. The question now is whether government officials will allow that level of consolidation to pass, with analysts and industry experts noting that the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have become more assertive about challenging a merger combination. For example, after much consumer and in-
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Anthem Strikes a Deal With Cigna for $48.3 Billion Two more of the nation’s biggest health insurers are moving to merge, raising the possibility of a potential fight with antitrust regulators. Anthem said on Friday that it had agreed to buy Cigna for $48.3 billion, striking a deal after a nearly yearlong pursuit. Buying its rival is meant to create a new giant in the sector, gaining greater scale and slashing costs. But the proposed transaction, coming weeks after Aetna said it would to buy Humana for $37 billion, could shrink the top
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dustry outcry, the long-planned $45 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable was called off after regulators indicated they would block the deal. “Economic evidence shows that with fewer competitors, insurance premiums tend to be higher,” said Thomas L. Greaney, an expert on health and antitrust law at St. Louis University. “Less competition among insurers produces higher prices for consumers.” MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and CHAD BRAY
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The Tricks to Getting a Table at the Hip Spot What’s the secret for someone who’s affluent and interested in being seen — and maybe sampling the food — at the trendiest restaurants in New York, Los AnWealth geles and Miami? Success at the Matters game often entails calling in all sorts of favors. The actress and socialite Cassandra Seidenfeld said she usually relies on her politeness and reputation for being a generous tipper to get into a New York restaurant the moment it opens. People who have success at the table game will say this: Getting in takes money, but it’s more about soft power than hard tactics. Abraham Merchant, president and chief executive of Merchants Hospitality, said he held a private room at his restaurant Philippe in Manhattan for celebrity clients but would open it up to diners who commit to ordering an expensive wine or spending well on the meal. “Sometimes, people will order a bottle of Château Lafite ahead of time — you’ll get the room then,” he said. “If they’re going to spend $10,000, we’ll give them the room.” This may seem to be over the top just for the privilege of spending a lot of money on dinner. But Herb Karlitz, who runs Karlitz & Company, a marketing firm geared to-
Cassandra Seidenfeld outside of the Arlington Club on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where she has a dinner reservation. NANCY BOROWICK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
ward the food industry, said diners frustrated by this process should get to know the person who can wave them in. It’s rarely the one answering the phone and offering the 5:30 p.m. reservation. “If it sounds like a young kid who’s just a robot, ask to speak to the general manager and be honest and say, ‘Here’s my situation,’ ” Karlitz said. “That probably works a third of the time, which isn’t the greatest odds, but it’s a third better than you had before.” There are, of course, tactics on the ethical edge. Karlitz said his parents used to pretend they had a reservation and shame the maître d’ into seating them. Today, he said, that trick “probably works one out of 10 times, but it’s just not the right thing to do.” The best if most labor-intensive
way to get in may be the old-fashioned strategy used by Barry Weintraub, a plastic surgeon in Manhattan and the Hamptons: He calls in favors. One way is to phone the concierge at the Pierre Hotel, where many of his patients stay. The concierge then calls the restaurant and makes Weintraub’s standing as a fine diner known — among his bona fides are that he has no problem spending $2,000 to $3,000 on a dinner for four, he is a gracious guest and he tips well above 20 percent. “They often have access that a civilian, even a plastic surgeon, might not have,” Weintraub said. But if he wants to go back, he knows what that entails. “You take care of the maître d’,” he said. PAUL SULLIVAN
Filing Turns Talk to Dorsey’s Juggling Skills Maybe Jack Dorsey needs to clone himself. On July 1, the technology entrepreneur took on the challenge of turning around Twitter, the social media site that he co-founded and that he was asked to run as interim chief executive. At the same time, Dorsey has Jack Dorsey filed confidential paperwork to sell stock to the public in the other company where he is chief executive, Square, a mobile payments provider, a person briefed on the action said Friday. The collision of events adds fodder to one of Silicon Valley’s hottest topics: how Dorsey will juggle the companies, and whether he will forgo responsibilities at one to concentrate on the other.
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Those questions have taken on urgency as Twitter, where Dick Costolo departed last month as chief executive, searches for a permanent leader and Dorsey’s name keeps emerging among the possible candidates. Now the filing by Square for an initial public offering further complicates the picture. Dorsey, 38, has said that he will remain in charge of Square. He has large financial stakes in both companies: 26 percent of Square and 3.6 percent of Twitter, according to recent filings. Dorsey has become increasingly active at Twitter, plunging into meetings, shifting the communications strategy and getting involved in hiring. Aaron Zamost, a spokesman for Square, declined to comment. News of the Square I.P.O. filing was earlier reported by Bloomberg. A spokeswoman for Twitter
declined to comment, as did a spokesman for Twitter’s board. Dorsey’s roots at Square stretch to 2009, when he co-founded the start-up with James McKelvey to offer a square credit card reader to small businesses, many of which did not have the time or money to purchase the hardware needed to accept credit payments. Square has expanded into lending and other types of mobile payments. Square Capital, the company’s lending arm, has extended over $100 million to more than 20,000 businesses, the company has said. Square Cash, the company’s peer-to-peer payments app, processes more than $1 billion in transactions on an annualized basis. Last year, Square acquired Caviar, a food delivery service, to offer delivery to businesses that use Square. MIKE ISAAC and VINDU GOEL
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Stocks on the Move Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Visa Inc., up $3.05 to $74.80. The payment processing company’s third-quarter profit jumped 25 percent, helped by an increase in activity on its network. AbbVie Inc., down $2.44 to $68.08. The pharmaceutical company reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit, but revenue fell short of forecasts. Pandora Media Inc., up $2.08 to $15.96. The music streaming service reported a second-quarter loss, but its results beat Wall Street expectations. Unisys Corp., down $3.20 to $16.55. The information technology service provider reported a quarterly loss on lower revenue and costs related to job cuts. Amazon.com Inc., up $47.24 to $529.42. The online retailer reported a second-quarter profit on strong revenue growth domestically and internationally. Starbucks Corp., up 73 cents to $57.29. The coffee chain’s second-quarter profit jumped 22 percent on pricier drinks and food, beating expectations. American Airlines Group Inc., down $2.98 to $39.63. The world’s largest airline reported strong second-quarter profit but warned a key revenue figure will decline in the third quarter. (AP)
MOVIES
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‘Southpaw’ Lacks a Winning Haymaker challenger (Miguel Gomez) Connoisseurs of boxing taunts Billy at a charity event. sometimes wax eloquent on Words are exchanged, fists the nuances of the sport, but fly, and a gunshot robs Billy boxing movies tend to valof everything he has. Abanue impact over finesse. Few doned by his manager (Curtis genres are so reliably and Jackson, better known as 50 bluntly conventional. Primal Cent), Billy sets out to take stories — rise and fall, ruin back what he can. He walks and redemption, the love of into a scruffy New York gym a good woman — are puncand finds a battered, philotuated by scenes of carefully sophical trainer named Willis choreographed pugilism. with the melancholy mien of Violence and sentimentality Forest Whitaker. dance in the ring, and the auThere isn’t much more you dience leaves satisfied, if not need to know. The plotting exactly surprised. is somehow both flat-footed If Antoine Fuqua’s new and operatic in its absurdity. film, “Southpaw,” were a Character arcs are tangled, boxer, if would be a lot like flattened and foreshortened. its hero, a light heavyweight Common sense is knocked silnamed Billy Hope. Played ly. But Fuqua has never been with downcast eyes and rocka director to let ridiculoushard abs by Jake Gyllenhaal, ness get in the way of visceral Billy is a bleeder and a brawlSCOTT GARFIELD/THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY action. er, an earnest, inarticulate And there are worse things guy with a ferocious punch Jake Gyllenhaal in “Southpaw.” to see at the multiplex than and not much in the way of McAdams playing a tough grace. In case his last name isn’t a broad enough hint, you where the champ grew up. His cookie standing by her man, or might take a moment to read his wife, Maureen (Rachel McAd- Whitaker speaking hard truths, tattoos. “Fighter” and “Father” ams), is also a product of the fos- or 50 Cent smiling sharkishly in a are scrawled along his sinewy ter-care system, and they’ve gone beautiful suit. It wouldn’t be a fight picture forearms. His back says “Fear to great lengths to ensure that their No Man.” Only ironically do the beloved 10-year-old daughter, Lei- without a ruthless businessman, words “Great White” precede his la (Oona Laurence), is protected a gruff coach or a suffering wife. from the kind of life they knew. Bil- And this wouldn’t be a review of name. Not that Billy has much privi- ly throws the punches, and Mau- a boxing picture without a few clichés of its own. I wish I could say lege to check, racial or otherwise. reen “makes all the plans.” But you can’t plan for every “Southpaw” was a knockout, or We first encounter him defending his title with a late-round knock- twist of fate. Unless you’re a even a contender. But it’s strictout at Madison Square Garden, screenwriter, of course, and the ly an undercard bout, displaying which an announcer notes is a few author of the “Southpaw” script, enough heart and skill to keep the blocks (and also “a million miles”) Kurt Sutter, torques this baby paying customers from getting A. O. SCOTT from the Hell’s Kitchen orphanage until it screams. A loudmouth too restless.
Attack of the Retro Video Games Looks a Bit Familiar Poor Washington is having a bad summer. The city was destroyed in Syfy’s “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” and it takes a beating again in theaters with “Pixels,” in which it is attacked by giant versions of 1980s video-game characters. Expect some of those many presidential candidates to begin dropping out of the race this weekend. “Pixels” is a special-effects eyeful burdened by the fact that it is also yet another film in which Adam Sandler plays a man-child who somehow turns the head of an attractive woman. His character, Brenner, was an arcade superstar as a child but grew up to be a schlump. His old skills prove useful when extraterrestrials who misunderstood a message sent into
Josh Gad as Ludlow in “Pixels,” a film directed by Chris Columbus.
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space during Ronald Reagan’s administration attack Earth with giant Pac-Men, Centipedes and such. Josh Gad, Kevin James and Peter Dinklage play his comrades. The special effects are pretty cool, but the film is working nostalgia already thoroughly mined in movies and television. So it’s not as original as it wants to be,
despite having the able Chris Columbus in the director’s chair. When the story shifts to New York for the climactic battle, the unlikely saviors might call to mind the “Ghostbusters” gang — another 1980s reference — and make you wish the film had the wry freshness the original installment of that franchise did. NEIL GENZLINGER
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A Documentary About a Hoax Even knowing the secret of “A Gay Girl in Damascus” doesn’t make this documentary any less tense. That’s a testament to Sophie Deraspe, a director who understands how to let a plot unfold. The film, subtitled “The Amina Profile,” explores the tale of a writer who went online in 2011, around the time of the Syrian uprising. Calling herself Amina, she recounted her struggles with her sexuality against the backdrop of revolution. She was trapped in the country, she wrote, and threatened by the secret police. “She was the type of story that news organizations love,” says
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“A Gay Girl in Damascus” still keeps the stress high. Andy Carvin, who read Amina’s writings when he was working for National Public Radio. “Four words: Gay. Girl. In. Damascus.” Links to the blog were posted on social media and activists rallied around Amina. So did Sandra, a French Canadian who carried on a long-distance romance with her. Semi-spoiler alert: Amina wasn’t who she claimed to be. When suspicions arose, “I attacked people who questioned it,” says an Israeli woman who was a supporter. Yet the blog proved to be a hoax, embarrassing media outlets that covered Amina’s story and demoralizing her followers. It’s easy to be skeptical in retrospect. But Deraspe succeeds in placing the tale in the context of an anxious time. After the discovery is made, less than halfway through the film, the director advances the story by pursuing the deceiver and studying the desires of the duped. Accounts of Internet fraud are common. Yet “A Gay Girl in Damascus” still keeps the stress high. Ultimately, we see that while technology changes, human nature seems set: There will always be false things that we so desperately want to be true. (NYT)
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CURTIS ALBUQUERQUE SQUADRON: VAW-125
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island When did you join the Navy: Jan. 6, 2012 When were you assigned to vAW-125: Sept. 1, 2012 What is your job within your rating: Aviation Electrician’s Mate why do you think you were chosen as rough rider of the week: I completed all my in-rate qualification. I recently earned my EAWS pin and am currently enrolled in the ESWS program. I provide training to plane captain trainees and assist in performing plane captain duties during aircraft launch and recoveries when needed. I am always ready and willing to complete any task towards the success of my work center. what are your goals while you are in the navy: My short-term goal would be to earn my ESWS pin and finish all maintenance qualifications available to me. My long-term goal would be to complete a degree in engineering and become an officer in the Navy. what are your future plans: My future plan is to complete my academic goal and fulfill a career as a naval officer. Planning on making the navy a career: I would like to retire as an officer. What are your hobbies: My hobbies are listening to music, shooting guns and working out.
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juli e n patt o n
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Birthplace: Henrico, North Carolina When did you join the Navy: Mar. 5, 2013 When were you assigned to desron 2: Sept. 23, 2013 What is your job within your rating: Oceanographic forecaster why do you think you were chosen as rough rider of the week: My chain of command puts faith in me every day to get my job done and I try my best to go above and beyond. I contribute to the team and our overall mission and I am willing to go out of my comfort zone to learn new things. what are your goals while you are in the navy: Become a commissioned officer and be assigned to naval special warfare. what are your future plans: Buy a house, have another child and support my wife as she goes through nursing school. Planning on making the navy a career: Yes, I’m a lifer. What are your hobbies: Football, working out, collecting sneakers, drawing and boxing.
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aviation ordnanceman 3rd class
NOAH HORN B AC K department: Training
Birthplace: O’Neal, Nebraska When did you join the Navy: June 12, 2011 When were you assigned to TR: Apr. 27, 2015 What is your job within your rating: G-1 Forklift Operator why do you think you were chosen as rough rider of the week: I’m a hard-working Sailor. what are your goals while you are in the navy: Make second class, go to shore duty and start college courses. what are your future plans: Become a history teacher and move home to Nebraska Planning on making the navy a career: Not right now. What are your hobbies: Reading and playing video games.
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Megan Gillispie SQUADRON: VMFA-251
Birthplace: Houston, Texas When did you join the Navy: Nov. 28, 2011 When were you assigned to VMFA-251: Oct. 30, 2014 What is your job within your MOS: Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, F/A-18C why do you think you were chosen as rough rider of the week: Attitude, exceptional work performance and work ethic. what are your goals while you are in the navy: Return to school after this deployment and earn my bachelor’s degree. Continue to progress in my MOS and the Marine Corps. what are your future plans: Possibly submit for an officer program. Stay Marine. Planning on making the MARINE CORPS a career: Yes. What are your hobbies: Reading, Texas Hold-em, sports and physical fitness.
NAVY NEWS
Final West Coast Frigate, USS Gary, Decommissioned By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Welsh, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Past and current crew, plank owners, former and current commanding officers, namesake relatives and friends and family gathered at Naval Base San Diego July 23 to bid farewell to USS Gary (FFG 51), the last remaining Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate on the West coast after 31 years of service. During the decommissioning ceremony, led by the ship’s Commanding Officer Cmdr. Steven McDowell, guest speakers, Hon. William Albrecht, World War II veteran and a recipient of the Bronze Star, and retired Capt. Dallas Bethea, reminisced on their experience and connections with Gary. Albrecht served aboard USS Franklin (CV 13) with the frigate’s namesake, Cmdr. Donald Gary. He was one of hundreds to be rescued by Gary after Franklin was
heavily damaged by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy on March 19, 1945, which subsequently resulted in then Lt. Gary’s receiving the Medal of Honor. “When USS Franklin was struck by two armorpiercing 500-pound bombs dropped by a Japanese bomber, in recognition of his extraordinary efforts to rescue 300 men trapped in the mess compartment, Gary was awarded the Medal of
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Honor,” said Albrecht. “USS Gary’s shield, crest and motto were set forth by the many accomplishments of Lt. Gary that fateful day.” Bethea, the ship’s second commanding officer, serving from 1986 to 1989, spoke on the many accomplishments and historic milestones of the ship and its first crew. “These are the boys of Gary,” he said. “These are the boys, the men, who were integral in the success of the
ship. They took a ship that was nothing in the shipyard and created a warship. It wasn’t me, my predecessor or successor; it was the boys of Gary. That is the heart and soul of the ship, the men who serve aboard her. Today we, the boys of Gary, are saying goodbye to an old friend, a ship that has served this country with great honor and dedication during her 31-year history in the Navy.” The ship returned from its final deployment in April, following operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. Gary was part of the countertransnational organized crime mission Operation Martillo, a joint, combined operation involving the U.S. and 14 European and Western Hemisphere partner nations which targets illicit trafficking routes in the waters off Central America.
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MAYPORT, Fla. (July 19, 2015) Family and friends observe as the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) arrives at its home port at Naval Station Mayport after completing a seven-month deployment. New York, part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), supported maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mark Andrew Hays/Released)
NORFOLK (July 23, 2015) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Randall S. Smith is honored during a memorial ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Smith served aboard Wasp from May 26, 2011 until July 25, 2014. Smith died from injuries two days after the July 16 shootings in Chattanooga Tenn. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rawad Madanat/Released)
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