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President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney had plenty to discuss at Monday night's foreign policy match-up:
There's an ongoing war in Afghanistan, civil war in Syria and a tense standoff between Iran and Israel. Terrorism is still an issue, as evidenced by the recent embassy attack in Libya. And then there is a perceived threat from China.
But what are the facts behind the claims made by the candidates? Here's a round-up of CNN's fact checks from Monday's debate:
Obama accused Romney of initially being against a withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in 2014.
The claim: "In the same way that you initially opposed a timetable in Afghanistan, now you're for it, although it depends," Obama said.
Conclusion: Mostly false. Romney agrees with a 2014 withdrawal deadline but has added the caveat that he would seek advice from commanders on the ground at that point, leaving the door open to possibly staying longer. What Romney has disagreed with was the announcement of the withdrawal deadline, not the deadline itself.
– CNN's full fact check on the 2014 Afghanistan deadline
Related: What unanswered questions do you have?
Obama asserted that it cost the United States less to help oust Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi than it did to run two weeks of the 2003-2011 war in Iraq.
The claim: "Keep in mind that I, and Americans, took leadership in organizing an international coalition that made sure that we were able to - without putting troops on the ground, at the cost of less than what we spent in two weeks in Iraq - liberate a country that had been under the yoke of dictatorship for 40 years."
Conclusion: Comparing only Pentagon expenditures, two weeks of military operations in Iraq generally appear to have been more expensive than the U.S. military role in the seven-month Libya operation.
– CNN's full fact check on the mission costs
The contention that Obama apologized to other nations for American behavior has been mentioned repeatedly by his critics, including Romney at Monday's debate.
The claim: "The president began what I have called an apology tour, of going to various nations in the Middle East and criticizing America."
Conclusion: Romney's claim is false. The president has mentioned past U.S. mistakes and flaws during speeches about the larger issues of building bridges to other countries. But he has never apologized or gone on an "apology tour."
– CNN's full fact check on the claims of an Obama apology tour
Obama made the case that al Qaeda in Pakistan is decimated while Romney argued they are on the rise in other countries.
The claims:
Obama: Al Qaeda's core leadership has been decimated.
Romney: This is a group that is now involved in 10 or 12 countries, and it presents an enormous threat to our friends, to the world, to America, long term, and we must have a comprehensive strategy to help reject this kind of extremism.
Conclusion: Both claims are true. Al Qaeda's core leadership has been seriously weakened, but the affiliates remain active, particularly in Yemen and North Africa, where the threat to Western interests and plotting against the homeland remain strong. Romney's claim that al Qaeda is in 10 to 12 countries is in the ballpark, and the administration would seem to agree that poses an enormous threat.
– CNN's full fact check on the state of al Qaeda
Related: Who was history's best foreign policy president?
The claims:
Obama: "You say that you're not interested in duplicating what happened in Iraq," said Obama, a Democrat who opposed the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. "But just a few weeks ago, you said you think we should have more troops in Iraq right now. ... You said that we should still have troops in Iraq to this day."
But Romney, who supported the invasion, said Obama wanted to keep U.S. troops there longer - he just couldn't get the Iraqis to go along. "There was an effort on the part of the president to have a Status of Forces Agreement, and I concurred in that, and said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on," Romney said. "You thought it should have been 5,000 troops," he told Obama. "I thought there should have been more troops, but you know what? The answer was we got no troops through whatsoever."
The conclusion: Each man's attacks are rooted in fact. The Obama administration did attempt, unsuccessfully, to extend the presence of a scaled-back U.S. training mission in Iraq, while Romney has said Washington should have kept a considerably larger force in Baghdad.
– CNN's full fact check on Iraq
Obama said Romney had criticized his administration for being too tough against China, and bringing a protectionist case at the World Trade Organization.
The statement: Obama cited a case in which the Chinese "were flooding us" with cheap tires. "And we put a stop to it and as a consequence saved jobs throughout America. I have to say that Gov. Romney criticized me for being too tough in that tire case; said this wouldn't be good for American workers and that it would be protectionist," Obama said.
The conclusion: In the tire case above, Obama is correct in his characterization of Romney's position. In the larger case of what to do about U.S.-China relations, both candidates have promised to get tough. But that will hardly be the last word.
– CNN's full fact check on the China tire case
More from CNN's debate coverage:
– 5 things we learned
– Global reaction: Disappointment
– Opinion round-up: Obama in command, Romney plays it safe
Obama said that Romney opposed a timetable, CNN says that indeed, Romney opposed a scheduled deadline; what kind of crack are you smoking that this is a false statement?
What's false is CNN's summary of Obama's actual quote, which does not match what Obama actually said. Someone in CNN needs to brush up on their reading comprehension skills. I guess that's why there's no by-line: no one want to be credited with shoddy work.
Clearly the crack you are smoking is much more desirous. Obama's comment wasn't "mostly" false, it was 100% false. Let me help you understand where your reading and comprehension skills just aren't at the level you think they are. The statement is clear, just like Romney has be very clear about this, what Romney "disagreed with was the ANNOUNCEMENT of the withdrawal deadline, NOT the deadline itself."
Romney has repeatedly stated that it was wrong to announce to the world and Al Qaida exactly how long they just need to hold out until the American's will be gone from Afghanistan so they can make their surge.
How are we supposed to vote for a President when the candidates lie so much. You can't tell me that they don't know the facts...and yet they distort them to try to destroy their opponant. I'm so sick of this nonsense. No one has any principles any more, they are all beholding to their benefactors, they don't care what the people REALLY want, only what they can do to promote themselves in any way (right or wrong) that they can. This country is going to pot an the politicians are to blame. We are no longer a Democracy!
It's sad that a power-hungry candidate would do anything to get himself elected. It's totally irresponsible to spread spurious claims and facts. That's where the checks-and-balances mechanisms come in place to expose inappropriate behaviour.
What about Romney's claim that Syria is Iran's link to the sea? The two countries do not border with each other and Iran has a huge sea link to the south. It doesn't make sense.
I wondered about that too and I assume he meant the Atlantic Ocean (via the Mediterranean Sea).
Yeah, That kind of threw me for a loop too. does he have a map or google earth or anything? Straits of Hormuz(is that the correct spelling?) right to the indian ocean...Persian Gulf...does that ring any bells for 'Ya Mr.Romney....?
'APOLOGY' TOUR, Conclusion: Romney's claim is false. "he has never apologized or gone on an "apology tour.""
So, the fact checker actually thought the claim is that he actually went on a tour named "apology tour."?
For any dummy who may have thought that as well, let me explain. "apology tour." was the phrase coined to denounce the apologetic, anti-American rhetoric Obama fed other countries.
I agree with Fillo...it wasn't a tour called "Apology Tour 2009" The phrase is used to describe the nature and tone of the diplomatic mission, which was in this case, apologetic of the US "bad behavior" in the region (in the sense "we're sorry we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan") which is what he takes issue with. America should not apologize for defending its interests. When Terrorist groups attack US Citizens and our interests, on our soil or abroad, it is not only our right but our duty to ensure that such tyranny against our interests be brought to swift, assured justice. The methods may not have been perfect (honestly I prefer Obama's Special Forces approach to all-out invasions) but we certainly should not be apologizing for responding to terrorist threats and despotic dictators in the best manner intelligence dictates to our leaders at the time. We may have to agree to disagree, both on what an "apology tour" means and on whether or not Obama did exactly that when he took office three and a half years ago (I recall being disgusted at the time).
it absolutely was an apology tour when he went to cairo and other places and spoke ill of the prior administration and america's actions (circa. 2000 to 2008). it was tasteless, no other president had disrespected a predecessor in that way, and it was an apology tour to 'improve americans' image abroad' ....which didn't work mind you. but keep defending him cnn
Some education would do you good.
He didnt apologize he said he disagreed with the previous administrations stance/ policies. He said someone was wrong its not the same as apologizing
And what about Romney's statement that Syria is Iran's passage to the sea? Wha? Why didn't you fact check that? Or that Romney said he was for a managed bankruptcy, but would not have used government money to leverage it? Like there was private money available then?
Did it ever dawn on CNN that the word I am sorry or I apologize . is not the only way to apologize to other countries in the way he categorized our behavior from the past administration ?
Even in fact checking they can't interpret speeches honestly.
Like "Acts of terror" in reference to extremism after 9/11/01 by the President in the Rose Garden was Fat checked as the correct words "Act of War" in reference to the Benghazi debacle.
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Commission calls for EU-wide ban on amphetamine-like drug '4-MA'
The European Commission today proposed an EU-wide ban on '4-MA', a synthetic substance with similar physical effects to amphetamines. The Commission asked EU Member States to prevent the drug spreading freely across Europe by submitting it to control measures. 4-methylamphetamine – or 4-MA – is already illegal in 10 EU countries (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom). It has been associated with 21 deaths in four EU countries in 2010-2012 alone.
"4-MA is produced and distributed by criminal gangs and is known to kill," said Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner. "It has been detected in 15 EU countries and is already banned in 10. EU-wide action will help to stop it spreading and harming young people all over Europe."
At least 21 fatalities have so far been reported in four Member States (Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) where 4-MA was detected in post-mortem samples, either alone or in combination with other substances, especially amphetamines.
The Commission's proposal today would ban the manufacturing and the marketing of 4-MA, making it subject to criminal sanctions all over Europe. EU governments must now decide on whether to put these measures into force, voting by a qualified majority in the Council.
4-MA is a synthetic stimulant, whose effects are comparable to those produced by amphetamines. It is mostly produced in powder or paste form, but has also appeared in tablet and liquid form, often in mixtures containing amphetamine and caffeine. 4-MA is usually sold as amphetamine and therefore most users are unaware that they are consuming this substance.
A scientific risk assessment carried out by the Lisbon-based European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) showed that 4-MA can have important adverse effects, such as hyperthermia, hypertension, anorexia, nausea, headache, insomnia, paranoia, anxiety and depression. 4-MA has no established medical value or other known legitimate purpose. It is a controlled substance in 10 EU countries: Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The Commission's proposal follows a procedure for risk-assessment and control of new psychoactive substances set up by Council Decision 2005/387/JHA. The Council asked for this risk assessment on 24 September 2012.
In 2010 the Commission proposed and achieved an EU-wide ban on the ecstasy-like drug mephedrone (see MEMO/10/646). On 25 October 2011, the European Commission announced an overhaul of the EU rules to fight illicit drugs, particularly new psychoactive substances, which imitate the effects of dangerous drugs like ecstasy or cocaine and are a growing problem (IP/11/1236). A legislative proposal is expected during 2013.
The EU identified a record number of 73 such substances in 2012, up from 24 in 2009. They are increasingly available over the internet and have rapidly spread in many Member States, which face difficulties in preventing their sale.
According to a Eurobarometer survey in 2011, new substances that imitate the effects of illicit drugs are increasingly popular with 5% of young Europeans saying they have used them. The figures are the highest in Ireland (16%), followed by Poland (9%), Latvia (9%), the UK (8%) and Luxembourg (7%). The Eurobarometer revealed that across all 27 EU Member States, a large majority of 15 to 24 year-olds are in favour of banning these substances.
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Amy Watts is off for a birthday dinner tonight, at a joint too classy to have a TV above the bar (two Manhattans and she gets all CAPSLOCK!, three and she loves spats).
Reality sets in! Week two begins.
Grand entrance: No eliminations last week, so all the stars are still with us: Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough, Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold, Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson, Lisa Vanderpump and Gleb Savchenko, D. L. Hughley and Cheryl Burke, Zendaya and Val Chmerkovskiy, Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd, Alexandra Reitsman and Mark Ballas, Dorothy Hamill and Tristan MacManus, Wynonna Judd and Tony Jovolani, Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess, and Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff.
Tonight Brooke has gone full Kardashian in magenta jersey with midriff windows and flatironed hair.
First up: Ingo and Kym doing the quickstep. In rehearsal, Kym tells him to dance like he has a penny up his butt. They're dressed in black and white '40s wear and his shiny shoes are easy to track on the floor. It's a sweet, cheerful number. Len is grinning! and says bingo! good frame but hit and miss footwork. Bruno declares it a bonanza of tricky steps. Carrie disagrees with Len and says his frame was off, which sets off a squabble at the judges' table that Tom cuts short by sending the couple up the stairs. Scores: 6, 7, 7, with the 6 from Carrie, for a total with last week's scores of 40 out of 60.
Tom teases us with high jinks and high drama to come.
Dorothy Hamill and Tristan MacManus, who Tom calls "Mr. Hair Gel," are next. Dorothy confesses the jive terrifies her the most, and rehearsal reveals a pinched nerve, a weak ankle, and a good bit of doubt. They dance to Chantilly Lace but the vocalist is no Big Bopper. Dorothy is wearing pretty wingtip flats, which make her dancing less ballroom and more jumping-around-the-living-room-in-bedroom-slippers. Toward the end she gets stuck on an under-the-legs slide and by the end it's clear she's mostly glad to have it done. Bruno is so disappointed he stays in his chair but kindly gives her notes to work on. Carrie says her problem was fear more than her ankle and hopes she hangs in. Len laments undelivered promise and says he thought she was going to go from the slide into "Splash" (celebrity diving show, whatever) and the audience boos.
Jacoby Jones and Karina get the first jazz dance of the season. He says, "I wasn't nervous in the Super Bowl, do you think I'd get nervous for this?" and Karina gives him a shove. She's too smart to pull his finger during rehearsal but he cuts one without help. Karina brings in some friends, a troupe of tiny girls, and yes, Jacoby in their midst is as cute as you'd think. They taunt him mercilessly.
They start with Karina on Jacoby's shoulders, under a very tall trenchcoat, in sepiascope. Music is Five Guys Named Moe. Karina's costumers have forgotten her shirt. It's a fun dance, with mirrored footwork and some comedy lifts. His mother's in the audience, looking lovely in black velvet.
Carrie is smiling and says the dance was rocking! and Jacoby's lines are fantastic. Jacoby makes a show of fixing his posture for Len and seems to have overheard Kym telling Ingo to dance like he has a penny up his butt. Len says the dance was fun and full of razzamatazz, and that jazz will play to Jacoby's strengths, which he hopes will carry to his other numbers; he loved it. Bruno is out of his chair and says it had wit, charm, and energy.
Brooke asks if Karina or the mini dancers were tougher; Jacoby says it was like being in a house where they took up all the bathrooms. They taught him his jazz hands.
Judges scores: Carrie Ann: 8; Len: 7; Bruno: 8. 23 out of 30, combined with last week's scores to make 43 out of 60. Jacoby says not bad, he's got some more work to do.
Tom says last week Len dared Victor the boxer to knock his socks off, which seems unwise. Victor says the jive is tough, with lots of coordination. Lindsay (the other blonde from last season's "So You Think You Can Dance," Whitney's friend) talks him out of a sulk-off when it gets hard.
They sparkle in red and Victor does a standing leap over her shoulders, but Victor's moves are more enthusiastic than precise. Len says it has energy and fun but his socks are still in place; speed came in and style went out. He calls it scruffy. The audience boos. Bruno says Victor is a runaway train but says parts looked like a zumba dance and tells him to hit the beat, not go through the beat, and keep his feet under him; and his advice on where Victor should keep his butt makes Carrie hit her head on the desk. She would like to give Victor bonus points for charisma but the footwork won't let her.
Up in the box, Victor tells Brooke that Lindsay works so hard, it makes him feel bad. Sixes all around from the judges, so 36 out of 60.
Wynonna next; she was surprised by how much fun she had last week, but her goal for this week is not to pee her pants because she's scared of the jive. Tony says this week they're mall cops, "so bored with pulling people over for fashion sense that they just want to dance." Wynonna says the quickstep is the hardest physical work she's done in a long time; we have scenes of great emotion.
They enter the ballroom on police segways, with flashers. Tony has clearly escaped the Village People and Wynonna is on the run from playing Big Mama in a road production of Chicago. They're dancing to the Neutron Dance but the choreography is soft, without any punch or daring.
Tom says Tony is a Super Mario Brother lookalike. Bruno says Wynonna's assets need security at all times, but their quickstep ended up as a casual stroll. Carrie says her frame and movement are beautiful but Wynonna is playing it very safe. Len says she's entertaining but never got out of first gear. The audience boos.
Wynonna tells Brooke she needed her handcuffs to put on Len, but Len clearly feels unjustly accused. Carrie: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6; she's tied with Victor.
Tom says as soon as Wynonna mentioned handcuffs, Len said "Call me" (this is where Amy would say I LOVE TOM, with double-Manhattan capsies).
After last weekm Val says Zendaya was so great he'll let her slouch as much as she wants. Zendaya is having Bambi-legs on dance heels.
They're in 1920s costumes, with Zendaya flashy in gold fringe. Can't beat 16; she's long-limbed and lovely. They don't quite look like a father-daughter team, but certainly Val would be a much older brother. Like buttah! Tom says.
Carrie starts with a whoop and says Zendaya killed that number. Len says Zendaya will be back next week and Bruno leaps up and says "A STAR is BORN" and re-enacts his favorite part.
Brooke brings up the age thing again and for Zendaya to say age is nothing but a number, it's just cruel. Carrie: 9; Len: 8; Bruno: 9; 26 out of 30, or 50 out of 60 with last week's scores. Tom says "Imagine how good she'll be when she's 17!"
Andy and Sharna are dressed as the Mad Hatter and the Red Queen, which implies more schtick, less steps, though I liked his Bertie Wooster realness in last week's foxtrot. Andy says it's the first time he's been through an exorbitant amount of stress without drinking, so good for him. Sharna's letting him add some moves but his contribution is the demented worm.
As the Mad Hatter, Andy points at the Queen and declares "Off with YOUR head!", totally off-book. They're dancing to Poker Face, and Andy is still a bit pancake-handed as Carrie said last week, but the costumes and the exaggerated Gaga moves work well together.
Tom says it was fun-crazy. Len says it was a lark, and praises Andy's commitment; he says Andy's not the best dancer and the audience warms up to boo but Len appeases the beast by saying the number was a lot of fun. Bruno says it was outlandish and crackers, then does the Gaga move, and Carrie pulls the shoulder drape of her gown into a Gaga hood. She says Andy was lucky to get jazz, because that let him nail it.
Andy says Sharna believes in him so much he lives in her reality. Scores: Carrie: 7; Len: 6 (to boos); Bruno 7, so 20, with last week's scores 37 out of 60. Andy is pleased enough to kiss Brooke's head.
Tom says that last weekm Bruno called Sean's dance "a Chippendale's version of a foxtrot, because some people see what they want to see," and yes, Amy, I love Tom too. This week Sean is wearing a lifeguard tee shirt and Peta is in a bikini with a shredded fringe, all in a bright sunny yellow. Rehearsal clips show Peta yelling at Sean in a very Helena Bonham Carter manner; Sean tells Peta he hasn't showered for two days and offers her a high-five to show his manky ampit.
The dance starts with Sean giving Peta CPR in way that evokes the phrase "pneumatic blonde." He will dance very well at his wedding reception, but he's more good-natured than good.
Bruno yells "SHARK! SHARK!" and demands Sean save him; Len looks like he'd rather be seated at a table nearer the door. More seriously, Bruno says the dance was more Lindy hop than jive. Carrie says it's clear Sean isn't feeling the music. Len said it was too much about sharks and not enough about the dancing; an audience members yells "Why are you so cranky?" and really people, leave Len alone! He has standards, and by God somebody needs them in this decadent age. Scores: Carrie: 7; Len 6; Bruno 7; 20 for a 39 out of 60.
Alexandra and Mark have the quickstep; Mark says she can't do the podium smile and demonstrates cartoony happy faces. They're a well-matched pair, dancing to "Jumpin' Jive"; Mark ends the dance face down in Aly's cleavage and dude, she's too young to legally drink, so careful there. Carrie calls it the best quickstep of the night, Len gets cheers from the audience by saying terrific, well done, and Bruno says it was like watching a little magic blue bird in full flight, but she needs to watch her top line. Scores: Carrie: 8; Len: 8; Bruno: 8; 24 out of 30, or 45 out of 60.
In rehearsals, Gelb promises to be a little Russian dictator; there's a really painful moment of Lisa trying to do the splits. In case Gelb hasn't noticed, she doesn't do this sort of physical thing in her restaurant every day, but really, wouldn't it bring in customers if she did?
Gelb is dressed like the lost Village Person, the Airline Pilot, and Lisa is dressed like a stewardess in a 1940s gentleman's comic. They're dancing to "One Way or Another," and she's smiling and with it but really it's like Johnny Castle calling out Baby's mother. The dance dents Lisa's pillbox hat. Len says it was a little wooden and the audience boos, but he adds that it was neat and precise. Bruno says she has to contain and place her movement and grabs Len to demonstrate. Carrie administers the Lift Warning and compliments Lisa's refinement. Scores: Carrie: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6, so 18 out of 30 and 36 out of 60. Tom invites us to fly the Giggy skies but Lisa left the dog home this week (#freegiggy).
DL and Cheryl are ready to redeem themselves after last week's disastrous cha-cha. In rehearsal DL says it's gone to "Hunger Games" in tights. Rehearsal footage is DL tantrums.
It's clear DL knows the dance better this week; he's not looking to Cheryl for what the next step is. Bruno compliments his work, but DL is no Fred Astaire; Tom reminds us that Fred's dead, so DL is one up to start. Carrie says she can see all the work and Len says the point of the show is to improve each week, which DL has done.
DL tells Brooke he and Cheryl were doing Whitney and Bobby imitations this week, but no restraining order. Scores: Carrie: 5; Len 5: Bruno: 6; so 16 for tonight and 28 out of 60 overall. DL says they used up all the fours last week so there was nowhere to go but up.
Final dancers are Kellie and Derek doing jazz. Derek adds some cheerleading moves and says the judges will either love the routine or they're not going to get it. Derek, you are not smarter than Len. Stop it.
Kellie is wearing sparkly Daisy Dukes and Derek is shirtless. It's the mating dance of Lil' Abner on Mars, with a big glowy stick, and the floor is fogged up enough to cover that pesky footwork thing. Carrie gives them a standing ovation and says it was freeeegyan amazing so she didn't swear. Len says dance is more than footwork, it's interpretation, and this was a fire to last week's spark, for week two. Bruno says it was modern dance at its finest and babbles on about achievement for a bit.
Kellie has cut Derek with the spangles on her costume. Next week's theme is prom night, but Derek doesn't know what that might mean because he never went to his. Scores: Carrie: 9; Len: 8; Bruno: 9, so 26 out of 30 and 47 out of 60 and Derek says "Thanks, y'all!" as if the shirtlessness wasn't enough to tell us he's playing hick tonight.
At the end of the night Zendaya is on top of the leaderboard and DL is on the bottom. Brooke promises us retro songs and styles for next week's prom-night spectacular, but Tom seems as doubtful at the prospect as I am. First elimination tomorrow!


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Kevin Durant won the NBA's H.O.R.S.E. tourney yesterday, something I totally missed. For his troubles, he won a trophy (plaque?) with a mini pony on it. I need to get one of these made for the person who submits the best future MPotD.
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The Dec. 30, 2009, death of Robert Kresge, 81, of Kunkletown, has been removed from the list of unsolved cases.
The Dec. 30, 2009, death of Robert Kresge, 81, of Kunkletown, has been removed from the list of unsolved cases.
Kresge had been knocked to the ground during an incident described as "road rage" 11 days earlier on North Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg. He hit his head when he fell and was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where his family had him taken off life support.
Kresge and Mark Hernandez, 37, of East Stroudsburg, were involved in the Dec. 19, 2009, incident on North Courtland Street. Monroe County District Attorney David Christine recently said there are no conclusive grounds to charge Hernandez.
Kresge was driving on King Street toward North Courtland while Hernandez was driving on Berwick Heights Road, likewise toward North Courtland.
Both vehicles met at the V-shaped intersection of King and Berwick Heights. Hernandez said he saw Kresge looking left to turn right from King Street onto North Courtland and that Kresge never once looked right.
The vehicles collided and both drivers exited.
Hernandez said the taller, heavier Kresge approached him in an aggressive, threatening manner, started arguing with him and pushed him. Hernandez said he tried to calmly reason with Kresge and that Kresge then threw a punch at his face.
Hernandez said he threw his own hand up in a defensive gesture when Kresge threw the punch and he accidentally knocked Kresge to the ground. Hernandez said he tried rendering first aid to Kresge when he saw the older man hit his head on the ground and that he stayed with Kresge until an ambulance arrived.
A Monroe County native and 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran who served in the Korean War, Kresge was on his way to visit his wife of more than 60 years at Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home in Hamilton Township when the incident occurred. His family has never believed he was the aggressor.


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Sri Lanka's struggle for peace comes to Springfield
Government declares war's end, but 300,000 remain captive
More than 50 people assembled on the steps of the Capitol Friday, wearing tan, gray and blue T-shirts that carried their message: Break the Silence in Sri Lanka.
The crowd — with members young enough to ride in strollers and old enough to be grandfathers — chanted "Stop the genocide" and "We want justice." They wielded American flags and handmade signs that reported the number of deaths, rapes and detainees in the war-torn island country. They even hit the street, passing out fliers to drivers stopped at the intersection of Second and Capitol.
Despite the afternoon's stifling heat, these Sri Lankan natives and descendants showed up to rally behind Kannan Sreekantha, Vijay Sivaneswaran and Ramanan Thirukketheeswaranathan, three college students who are walking from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to call attention to the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka.
The trio left the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago on May 26 and headed south for Springfield. Sreekantha, the team leader of Break the Silence USA, told the crowd that they chose to rally in the capital city because it's a "symbolic place of peace." It was here where Abraham Lincoln promoted equality and where the United States promoted its first black president, he said.
"We hope to raise awareness with the general American population to what is happening in Sri Lanka," Sreekantha said. "The international community is meeting silence — the same thing happened in Darfur. We want to break the silence."
Sreekantha left Sri Lanka with his family in 1993 and described his homeland as anything but peaceful. According to the group's estimates, which are supported by Amnesty International, the brutal ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese government and minority Tamil groups has killed at least 20,000 civilians since April.
In May the government declared victory over the Tamils after 25 years of fighting. More than 300,000 "internally displaced peoples" are still held in military-led internment camps without adequate food, water or medicine and nearly 1 million others have fled to neighboring countries. Despite the war's end, Amnesty International and BTS USA report that the government continues to use heavy weapons against civilians in the camps and refuses entry by international humanitarian aid organizations and media.
BTS USA hopes the 1,000-mile journey will give a voice to the oppressed Sri Lankan people by encouraging the U.S. and the international community to establish relief efforts and investigate allegations of war crimes and genocide in the country.
"We are here because of what happened in the past, but still continues to happen today," Linda Arun Robert, a Chicago attorney who helped lead the Springfield rally, said. "So every American citizen can join us and ask for action on behalf of Sri Lankan people."
From Springfield, the three men will travel east through Indianapolis; Cincinnati; Dayton, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Cambridge, Mass. Wheeling, W.V.; and Pittsburgh before reaching Washington, D.C., during the week of Aug. 9.
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Chicago's Alleys Turning Green
Chicago's alleys are being retrofitted to reduce flooding and runoff.
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A new initiative will help make Chicago's 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) of alleyways more sustainable. The miniature streets behind homes and buildings, used mainly for garbage collection and parking access, keep main roads cleaner and less congested but are prone to flooding. The city's innovative Green Alley Program promotes improved construction techniques and materials that can improve drainage, reduce runoff, and relieve strain on the city's aging sewer system.
Model "green" alleyways in Chicago have been re-surfaced with permeable or porous pavement, a relatively new technology that allows water to seep through asphalt, concrete, stone, or plastic. After filtering through a stone bed, the water can then recharge local water tables, instead of becoming polluted runoff that flows off the road into streams and rivers. The new alley surfaces are made with recycled material and light-colored pavement that reflects heat, keeping them cool on hot days and reducing the "urban heat effect." The alleys also use energy-saving overhead lighting that directs light downward to minimize light pollution.
Retrofitting the alleys to be more green can cost two to three times as much as the conventional method. But the alternative option—connecting Chicago's alleys to the city's sewer system—would be equally expensive, with fewer benefits, according to The Chicago Green Alley Handbook. There are indications that permeable paving can be replaced less frequently than the older alleyways and will save residents the costs that come with frequently flooded basements.
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Chicago has more miles of alleyways than any other city in the world—enough to pave five midsize airports. Experts say the new initiative is one of the most ambitious public street-retrofitting projects in the nation. "The alley is not only functional, but an educational green landscape that is helping a city experiment with design and different ways to handle water," Michael David Martin of Iowa State University's Department of Landscape Architecture told the Tribune. Chicago expects to have 46 green alleyways completed by the end of the year.
This story was produced by Eye on Earth, a joint project of the Worldwatch Institute and the blue moon fund. View the complete archive of Eye on Earth stories, or contact Staff Writer Alana Herro at aherro [AT] worldwatch [DOT] org with your questions, comments, and story ideas.


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WASHINGTON, July 2, 2013 - In a blog post on June 18, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration highlighted its interactive map of broadband projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The map displays projects by the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and State Broadband Initiative, which are funded by $4 billion investment from the 2009 Recovery Act. The NTIA released the map in 2012, but recently updated it with data taken from last year's progress reports submitted by recipients of grants from these two NTIA programs.
The map displays high-speed broadband infrastructure that has been created or are planned for future construction as a result of the programs as well as the institutions that are connected to and benefit from the build outs. These institutions include schools, libraries, healthcare facilities, public safety entities, and other institutions. The data also tracks the amount of computer and internet training provided through the programs.
According to the most recent data, NTIA projects have built or upgraded 86,000 miles of network infrastructure, connected over 12,000 various institutions, installed more than 41,000 work stations in public computer centers, providing more than 12 million hours of digital literacy training to over 4 million people and recorded over half a million new residential broadband subscriptions.
The map allows users to zoom in on particular regions to see the exact projects that have been completed or planned. A "state dashboard" further breaks down information about institutions, connection speeds, adoption rates, and other details about each individual state. Users can also apply filters to the map based on connections speeds and institution type. The map can also display information on congressional districts and population density.
The NTIA blog suggests using the map in conjunction with other data, such as employment statistics or regional economic indicators. To this end, the map includes a map layering functions that allows users to overlay the NTIA's map with data from other sources.
"We hope that other government agencies, academic researchers, non-profits, commercial carriers and other stakeholders will come up with innovative applications for the map and the data underlying it," said the NTIA said in its post.
Additionally, the NTIA has launched a simplified, mobile version of the map which can be viewed on smart phones.


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Gardening Tools
Prepare soil for seedlings and seeds with a trowel. Harvest lettuce, basil, and chives with scissors.
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Growing Lettuce and Radishes
Plant these veggies by patting seeds into the ground in the spring about 6 to 8 weeks before your region's average last frost. Seed websites and packets describe lettuce types by season, telling you what to grow when, depending on where you live. Seeds are fast-growing, so you'll need to wait only a few days before they sprout. You can pull up radishes once they're mature and cut or pick greens frequently to encourage new growth. When the weather gets hotter, the lettuce plants mature and bloom, or "bolt," making them taste bitter. For a crop that will thrive later in the season, try a more heat-tolerant variety such as Lettuce Looseleaf Heatwave, $3.75, burpee.com.
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Get a jump on your patch by planting already-started seedlings. You can order these plants online but common varieties are easily found at nurseries and garden centers. Tomatoes and basil are heat lovers and are damaged by frost or prolonged cool weather so put them in the soil when it warms up (nighttime temperatures should steadily remain above 45 degrees).
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What Seed Packets to Buy
Try these picks from our pro, Rosalind Creasy, but don't be afraid to play around with other types.
Simpson, red salad bowl, oakleaf, kaleTry: Mild Mesclun Mix Greens available at gurneys.com
Baby lettuces, mild chicory, endive, and arugulaTry: Paris Market Mix available at reneesgarden.com
Sweet, crisp, ruffled red leavesTry: Rubane Romaine available at johnnyseeds.com
White, pink, and red round radishesTry: Easter Egg II available at reneesgarden.com
White radishes ready to harvest in 30 daysTry: Icicle available at gurneys.com
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What Seedlings to Buy
Try these picks, also from Rosalind Creasy.
Quarter-size, golden orange tomatoesTry: Sun Gold available at burpee.com
Thumb-size red tomatoesTry: Juliet available at whiteflowerfarm.com
Basil with big fragrant leavesTry: Summerlong available at burpee.comTry: Genovese available at garden centers
Chives with mild onion taste and purple flowersTry: Common chives available at garden centers
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Ghost-like Snowy Owls, watchful Hawks, imperial Eagles, skittish water and shore birds, iridescent Loons, sweet- toned songbirds - An array of avian life found in Alberta, Canada from commonly seen, reclusive, to migratory species. Amazing diversity even elegant and at times exotic in appearance. A few birds from Australia, Hawaii, Mainland USA are also featured.Read More
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Reuters: Apple presses case for Samsung sales ban in appeals filing
Tech giant Apple Inc, battling Samsung Electronics Co over patents in several countries, argued on Thursday that a U.S. appeals court should reconsider its decision to overturn a pretrial sales ban on Samsung for infringement.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in October overturned a pretrial sales ban ordered by a lower court in California. The order was to stop sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
Apple argued that this was inappropriate and asked for an "en banc review," which means that a larger panel of judges would reconsider the decision made by the three-judge panel in October.
The fight is over a single patent – one that allows the smartphone to search multiple data storage locations at once. For example, the smartphone could search the device's memory as well as the Internet with a single query.
Apple argued that the sales ban should be reinstated because it uses the patent in question and competes with Samsung. The three-judge panel had said that consumers did not buy Samsung phones primarily because of the patent, and thus, a sales ban was inappropriate.
It has become increasingly difficult for companies to win sales bans related to patent infringement in recent years. Such sales injunctions have been a key for companies trying to increase their leverage in courtroom patent fights.
Apple, in a different patent lawsuit, scored a sweeping legal victory over Samsung in August when a U.S. jury found Samsung had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages.
The Nexus phone was not included in that trial, but is part of a tandem case Apple filed against Samsung earlier this year.
The case in the Federal Circuit is Apple Inc vs. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al., 12-1507.
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple's request for a permanent sales ban against 26 mostly older Samsung phones, though any injunction could potentially have been extended to Samsung's newer Galaxy products. Koh cited the Federal Circuit's Nexus ruling as binding legal precedent in her order.
In a separate court filing on Thursday, Apple said it intended to appeal Koh's ruling.
From: http://www.reuters.com
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2012-13: Earned second team All-Ivy recognition sitting in the varsity eight that placed second at the Ivy League Championship... Sat in the varsity eight at the NCAA Championship... Recipient of the team's Chris Ernst Award.
Before Yale: One the nation's top young rowers... In 2011 rowed in the Exeter varsity eight that went undefeated during the regular season and won the NEIRA championship, before going on to finish fourth at the US Rowing Youth National Championships... Stroked the 2011 US Women's Junior 8 that won bronze at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam... In 2010, while rowing with Phoenix Racing, won both Scholastic Nationals and Stotesbury Cup in the 2x.
Porter Says: "Abbie is an intense athlete who will thrive in our program. Her high octane, no nonsense personality and inner drive will fit in well with our program."
Why Yale? "I knew Yale was where I wanted to be before I even visited the campus. Yale's academic reputation caught my attention several years ago. I was even more enraptured when I took my official and fell in love with Yale's historic architecture, variety of classes, and the fantastic welcome that the team and other students offered me when I was there. That experience also reassured me that Yale can offer me everything that I'm looking for in a university. I am ecstatic to be a part of its perfect balance of academic rigor and opportunities and athletic expectations and success. Early on, I was sure that this balance and the lessons I will learn from its aspects, both individually and together, will prepare me for any path I may choose to follow in life."
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There's More to Emerging Markets Than Free Money
Debunking myths about the relative performance of developing foreign economies.
One of the worst aspects of monetary excess is that it allows the intellectually lazy to blame the Federal Reserve or some other central bank(s) for everything, including higher food and energy prices . This crowd has some 'splainin' to do when monetary policy becomes even more excessive and commodity sub-indices turn lower as discussed last week.
A similar idea permeates the notion of emerging markets, measured here by the MSCI-Barra Emerging Market Free Index (INDEXNYSEGIS:EMX) the underlying asset for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM). This index has underperformed the US market since October 2010 and Japan since April 2011 by 23.5% and 16.5%, respectively, in USD terms. As we economists say, that is a lot.
Were these underperformances a direct function of carry trade unwindings? Not in the least; the excess carry return between the USD and a basket of emerging market currencies weighted as the equity index has been flat since October 2010, while the excess carry return between the JPY and this basket has increased by 12.1% since April 2011. The comparative return maps are presented below.
But Wait! There's More!
Just as Federal Reserve officials return to the counterfactual argument that the world would be a far worse place had it not been for their actions since 2008, defenders of emerging market performance might chime in that things would have been worse off had it not been for the dual yen and dollar carry trades.
Nonsense: Emerging markets managed to outperform the US by 10.0% between September 2005 and November 2007, a period when the US was completing a series of 17 consecutive rate hikes. They outperformed Japan by 32.9% between September 2005 and the beginning of Japan's massive yen-weakening campaign in November 2012.
We thus have a situation where emerging markets outperformed both the US and Japan before aggressive monetary ease, and underperformed both the US and Japan when carry trades were both open and in the Japanese case expanding. There is much more to emerging markets' relative performance than free money and carry trades. That lesson will apply domestically again at some point just as it did between August 2007 and December 2008 when the US first went to a 0% interest rate policy.
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Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse to headline Memorial Day weekend concerts at Boston's City Hall Plaza.
Tickets for the Boston Calling musical festival go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29. The Memorial Weekend festival, May 23-25, takes place at City Hall Plaza in Boston.
Acts announced so far are: Jack Johnson, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Brand New, The Head and the Heart, Tegan and Sara, Bastille, Jenny Lewis, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, The Neighbourhood, Phosphorescent, Built to Spill, Kurt Vile and The Violators, Walk off the Earth, Warpaint, Cass McCombs, Maximo Park, The Districts, TigermanWOAH!, and Magic Man. An additional star act is to be announced, the organizers, Crash Line Productions, said in a press reelase.
For more details about Boston Calling, visit www.bostoncalling.com and follow Boston Calling on Twitter, @Boston_Calling, and Facebook www.facebook.com/BostonCalling
Tickets sales for three-day general admission and VIP passes start Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. online at www.bostoncalling.com and www.ticketmaster.com. General Admission 3-Day passes are $150 and VIP 3-Day passes are $250 and a limited number of tickets are available at this price. General Admission and VIP Single Day tickets for Friday evening performances as well as two-day and three-day general admission and VIP passes will go on sale Friday Jan. 31.


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You may be wondering: How does social media advertising fit into the larger advertising ecosystem? How are consumers engaging with social media? The proliferation of social TV? The second screen experience?
With our eyes and your foresight, learn about trends in video, digital and social media to influence today's consumers.
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The Rubik's Cube that is healthcare reform might have become even more puzzling for some people Thursday after the operator of California's online insurance exchange rejected President Obama's call for extending the life of canceled policies.
Covered California said it'll stick with its Dec. 31 deadline. All plans that don't comply with the requirements of Obamacare must go adios by that day.
Unless, that is, they've been grandfathered in.
Color June Maguire confused.
The 88-year-old Mission Viejo resident was among numerous people who have contacted me in recent days to ask what's what with the Affordable Care Act and what's this grandfathering thing all about anyhow?
"It seems like they can't figure everything out," Maguire told me. "It's hard to know what to think."
I'll get to her questions in a moment. First, one easy point to address: the effect of the reform law on Medicare.
Maguire and more than 49 million other Medicare beneficiaries have little to worry about.
"Medicare isn't part of the health insurance marketplace established by ACA, so you don't have to replace your Medicare coverage with marketplace coverage," says the federal government's Medicare.gov website.
"No matter how you get Medicare, whether through original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan, you'll still have the same benefits and security you have now," it says.
Because of Obamacare, higher-income beneficiaries — the 5% who earn more than $85,000 per person or $170,000 per couple — will pay slightly more for prescription drug coverage.
But the vast majority of seniors eventually will see their pharmacy costs go down thanks to the reform law closing the so-called doughnut hole of Medicare Part D, which had forced people to pay the full cost of meds up to a certain amount.
OK, so let's get to Maguire's questions.
"There's a nest of right-wing Republicans in my community," she said. "I hear all sorts of things about Obamacare, and I wonder if many of them are false."
For example, there's the law's "grandfather clause." What is it, Maguire asks, and how does it affect people's insurance plans?
This question is at the heart of the recent fuss over whether Obama lied when he repeatedly said that if people are happy with their current insurance, they can keep it.
"The president oversimplified this to the American people," said Gerald Kominski, director of UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research. "He shouldn't have done this."
The reality, he said, is that it was never up to the policyholder as to whether he or she could keep a particular plan. It was always up to the insurer to continue offering that plan.
Obamacare requires that all plans meet minimum standards for coverage, such as including maternity care, emergency services and chronic-disease management.
A plan that existed prior to March 23, 2010 — the day Obamacare was signed into law — could be grandfathered in even if it didn't meet these standards, but only if the insurer agreed to not make any significant changes, such as raising the deductible or cutting a benefit, and to not enroll additional people.
This means an insurer would have few incentives for grandfathering in a plan. And even if it did, the insurer could still cancel the plan at any time.
Dylan Roby, an assistant professor of health policy and management at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, said the Affordable Care Act was predicated on the idea that, sooner or later, all people in the individual market would make their way to the insurance exchange.
This would happen either because a grandfathered plan went away or because a policyholder realized that he or she could receive superior coverage for not much more money, or in many cases a lower monthly price.
"The law was designed to allow people to keep their crappy, low-benefit, high-deductible plan if they wanted, and if the insurer kept offering it," Roby said. "But the idea was that most people would eventually leave these plans."
Maguire's second question is along these same lines: Why are so many plans being canceled?
More than 19 million Americans have coverage purchased in the individual insurance market, according to an industry trade group.
Approximately 250 million others are covered by their employer or a government entity. Their plans are largely unaffected by Obamacare.
In California, more than 1 million individual policies have been canceled because they don't meet the state's requirements for the Affordable Care Act. Nationwide, the number of canceled policies may be closer to 5 million.
Maguire said she's heard that insurance companies are using Obamacare as an excuse to force customers into more-profitable plans. Since we're talking about health insurers, I wouldn't put anything past them.
But Paul Gertler, a professor of health policy at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, said he hasn't seen anything sinister going on.
"These are the plans that don't meet the minimum requirements of Obamacare and don't qualify for being grandfathered in," Gertler said.
Generally speaking, the people in many of these canceled plans are younger and healthier — the sort of people who can tolerate high deductibles or skimpy coverage because they seldom require medical treatment.
Gertler said many of these folks are crying foul because they're focused solely on price, rather than quality of coverage. Their premiums may rise under Obamacare, he said, but they'll find themselves with significantly better insurance when they need it.
"There's been a big overreaction to these cancellations," Gertler said. "Insurance companies aren't trying to get rid of anyone. They're just complying with the law."
And the law, quite correctly, includes an expectation that everyone should have insurance worthy of the name, and not bare-bones policies that won't do you much good in the event of a serious problem.
Here's my advice to Maguire and others: Whenever someone tells you that Obamacare is a train wreck because so many policies are being canceled, ask where that person's insurance comes from.
If it's not the individual market, where for years people have faced double-digit rate hikes, exclusions for preexisting conditions, loss of coverage when they become sick and limits on insurance payouts, tell that person to chill.
They have no business complaining.
David Lazarus' column runs Tuesdays and Fridays. He also can be seen daily on KTLA-TV Channel 5 and followed on Twitter @Davidlaz. Send your tips or feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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With films such as"Unstoppable"and "Man on Fire," Tony Scott told adrenaline-filled stories about fearless men — spies and cops, race car drivers and fighter pilots — who live by a code and face death on their own terms.
He filled his cinematic landscape with intrigue and action, avoiding computer effects in favor of real-life stunts with speeding trains and screaming jets, even once shutting down the Mississippi River to blow up a ferryboat.
In life, the British director-producer shared many characteristics with his alpha-male action heroes. At age 68, the avid rock climber was planning an ascent on Yosemite's El Capitan and barreling ahead with a slew of film and TV projects, including doing research last week in Nevada for a "Top Gun" sequel with Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer.
As recently as a few weeks ago, he was busily crafting miniature submersibles in his West Hollywood office for the planned film "Narco2 Sub" and was actively casting another drug-trafficking movie, "Lucky Strike."
Director's death: An article in the Aug. 21 Section A about the death of director Tony Scott gave the first name of composer Harry Gregson-Williams as Henry. —
So when Scott leaped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on Sunday, the fatal plunge shocked colleagues who regarded him as a man with few problems and many stories still to tell. Yet some friends also saw the dramatic act as in keeping with Scott's on-my-own-terms approach to work and life that had propelled him from the ranks of TV commercial directors into a central figure in Hollywood's blockbuster economy, with his movies taking in more than $1 billion at the domestic box office alone.
Scott may have been troubled by an illness that few associates knew about. Two people close to the filmmaker said he was suffering from a serious physical ailment at the time of his apparent suicide. The two, who asked not to be identified because of the personal nature of their relationships, said they did not know the exact nature of his illness. A coroner's official told The Times that Scott's wife, Donna, denied that her husband had inoperable brain cancer, as ABC News had reported.
Although several associates interviewed Monday said that Scott in recent months had mentioned back or hip problems, many said they had no indication it was anything other than business as normal for the director-producer.
"He was completely on a high — laughing and energetic," said Elizabeth Gabler, whose Fox 2000 studio division made "Man on Fire" and was developing "Lucky Strike." They were scheduled to discuss script notes Monday morning, she said.
"In a million years, this isn't something I'd have thought he'd do," agreed Mark Bomback, a writer on "Unstoppable" who also worked on "Narco2 Sub" this summer. "I never had an inkling he had any health problems.... You'd think he was making his first film from his level of energy and enthusiasm."
Joe Carnahan, who directed 2010's"The A-Team," which Scott produced, said Scott must have been experiencing an "unbreachable level of pain" and called his death "powerfully sad."
"If there was indeed something terminally ill about Tony, this is the way he would go out: big and facing death, without shrinking away from it," Carnahan said. "He wouldn't wait for death. The idea of death encroaching, coming for him? No, Tony would be the first one to ride out and find the death, he wouldn't wait to waste away. He would have gone right into the heart of it."
Los Angeles County coroner's officials said that an autopsy conducted Monday would look for signs of an underlying health problem. Scott left multiple notes, including in his car on the bridge and in his office; their contents have not been revealed publicly. The filmmaker had been familiar with the Vincent Thomas Bridge and its surrounding area for several years: in 2010, he filmed reshoots for "Unstoppable" in a railroad yard under the span, said the film's assistant production supervisor, Scott Trimble. A 2009 episode of the television show "Numb3rs," which Scott produced, was also shot in San Pedro.
The younger brother of "Gladiator"director Ridley Scott, with whom he was a business partner, Tony Scott was one of the first directors to apply his skills hawking consumer products like cars to selling American movie stars like Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington. The commercial-to-movie path was subsequently followed by Michael Bay ("Transformers") and David Fincher ("The Social Network").
Scott's movies rarely received glowing reviews from critics and he was never nominated for an Academy Award, but his work was widely liked by ticket buyers. Unlike many action directors, who often see their actors as transposable parts, Scott worked repeatedly with some of Hollywood's most acclaimed performers. He often sought out "the most dangerous places in the world" to make movies, and was ambushed in Mexico while scouting locations for "Man on Fire," Gabler said.
"Tony threw you into the movie," said Jack Epps, screenwriter of "Top Gun" and an associate professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. "He took you on a ride — the look, the lenses, the colors. He increased the speed of movies, the rhythm. Coming from commercials, Tony liked a fast movie."
In an interview with The Times on the eve of the release of "Crimson Tide," Scott said: "The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life." But he also saw a parallel with his passion for rock climbing: "The true strength of rock climbing is in the head, not the body.... It's controlling the fear as I do while I'm directing."
Educated in England and a painter in college, Scott made his first film in 1983 — a vampire tale called "The Hunger" starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon. It flopped.
Based on the strength of a Saab commercial he directed that featured jets, Scott was hired by Bruckheimer and producer Don Simpson to direct 1986's "Top Gun," Epps said.
"He had the skill to photograph jet planes flying 400 miles per hour," Epps said. "It was pretty remarkable work. That movie became iconic because of choices he made, and it influenced the way other action movies were shot and edited."
"Top Gun," a profile of Navy fighter pilots, cemented Cruise as one of the industry's biggest stars. The film, which grossed a then-spectacular $354 million worldwide, transformed Scott into a Hollywood A-lister.
The next year, Scott directed Eddie Murphy in "Beverly Hills Cop II" and then went on to make the big-budget thrillers "Days of Thunder," "Crimson Tide," "Enemy of the State" and "Man on Fire," along with edgier fare such as "True Romance" and "Domino."
In an industry that considers most people older than 50 past their prime, Scott was inundated with assignments at the time of his death.
"He seemed like he always seemed: supportive and funny, but at the same time serious about the work," said composer Henry Gregson-Williams, who collaborated with Scott on eight films, the last being 2010's "Unstoppable," and spoke with the director about three months ago. "Tony was always juggling lots of projects.
Tony Scott: An article in the Aug. 21 Section A about the death of Tony Scott gave the first name of composer Harry Gregson-Williams as Henry.
"Tony was always an adventurer," he said. "He was fiercely loyal. And he was very sensitive. Looking at his films, you might not think that. But he was an incredibly sweet, sensitive man."
Scott's most recent television commercial was for Diet Mountain Dew, released this month. It featured Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban trying to tempt a Diet Dew fan with riches, including a speedboat and a helicopter, if he would just give him the last bottle of the soda at a mini-mart. Scott also directed commercials for BMW, Dodge, Italia Telecom, Marlboro, theU.S. Army and Barclays Bank.
"I feel blessed to have known and worked with Tony," said cinematographer Paul Cameron, who shot Scott's "Man on Fire" and "Deja Vu." "He was way beyond a mentor to me. He was by far the most gracious, talented and hard-working man I have ever met."
"In person, Tony was a real man on fire," said Tom Rothman, a chairman of 20th Century Fox, which made a number of Scott's films, including "Unstoppable." "He had indefatigable energy and a burning creative energy. As good a filmmaker as he was, he was a better person. You never had a meeting with Tony that wasn't funny, that wasn't followed up by some handwritten note he would send to you."
Times staff writers Ben Fritz, Steven Zeitchik, Mark Olsen, Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton, Amy Kaufman and Claudia Eller contributed to this report.


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Primorsky sonet (Приморский сонет)
Original Text
Здесь все меня переживет,
Июнь 1958 Комарово
Seaside Sonnet
Translated by Alistair Noon
It will all live longer than me:
even the rickety bird-boxes,
and the air that makes the crossing
in the spring from over the sea.
The voice of eternity speaks,
it speaks with unearthly might,
and the pouring moonshine will find
the tops of the sweet cherry trees.
And the road does not seem hard,
whitening in the emerald glass,
though I won't say where it will end.
Those trunks, where the light shines through,
look more and more like the avenue
in Tsarskoe Selo by the pond.
June 1958 Komarovo


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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:20 am
Post subject: primers
My wife and I have cooked small and large standing rib roasts for over 20 years during the holidays. By the measure of small, I refer to 7-8 lbs, and by large, 16-18 lbs. One must take into consideration the size of the roast and act timely/accordingly to it's mass. A small roast gives much less leeway as to perfection. A large roast will give everyone at the table much more ability to perfect their slice to their individual taste. I try to have my end result (after resting) no more than 134F. This involves anticipating the rate of climb after rest. The hotter the oven, the higher the climb relative the size. No matter what is said ANYWHERE, if you cook a standing rib to no more than 134F (after rest), you can always have a iron skillet on the stove with some near boiling, properly seasoned au jus sauce, you can always dip the slice into the pan for approximately 15-30 seconds per side and make even the most pink-meated fearful person happy at your table, as they will have a slice that is dripping with flavour and a color to match their palate. As a footnote, I try to purposely undercook my roasts just for the purpose of re-heating another day in a saucepan with hot au jus. This turns out to be a perfect manner in which to re-heat and re-live the enjoyment.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:11 am
Post subject: Convection or Non Convection?
Read just about all of this string, quite a few years of good stuff! Looking forward to attempting the techniques described, and most importantly, choosing 200 degrees fahrenheit for the majority of the cooking process.
My question is above -- should I go in convection mode? Not sure of the pros and/or cons of doing so. Many thanks
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:42 pm
Post subject:
I don't recommend / use the convection mode - I think the increased air circulation tends to dry the meat.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:11 pm
Post subject: Merry Christmas!
Another year, another visit to CfE to get the prime rib recipe. I only cook prime rib once a year on Christmas so I always have to come back here to refresh my memory. I follow it to the letter and it always comes out perfect. Just like the recipe says, you get perfectly cooked meat from the bone to the outside.
I wanted to comment about size. It's just me and my daughter so I don't need a large roast, and I don't have a butcher nearby so I rely on the supermarket. I never buy it by size. I learned from watching Julia Child to look at the eye to get it closer to the loin and that's what I look for. Supermarkets don't usually have huge roasts anyway, so I pick the best from what's in the case. I go to the store expecting to spend a lot, but that's OK because it's Christmas. Some years the best one was 4 ribs and I bought that. One year it was a 1 rib roast, but it was absolutely perfect so I bought that. This year I got a 2 rib roast.
No matter what size I get, I cook it according to this recipe and it always comes out perfect. I know some think smaller cuts should be cooked like a steak but I cook it like it's a roast. The only deviation I make from this recipe is that I don't sear it at all. I forgot that step one year and I couldn't tell the difference when it was done so I don't bother with that anymore. It still comes out perfect.
Even though I use supermarket cuts of meat, it still comes out better than what I've had in restaurants because this recipe does exactly what it says it will do: produce an evenly cooked roast that is medium rare from the bone to the outside.
Merry Christmas!
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:28 pm
Post subject: Impatient, Non-engineer Cook Pushing the Boundaries
Poor planning has led to a rush job on the 11.5 pound, 5-rib roast. I seasoned the beef the day before. However, I did not have time to let the rib come up to room temp. It has basically gone from the cooler into a 200 degree oven. Since the consensus here is that there is no way to successfully predict how long this will take, I'll update this post with the results. I am going to check the roast in exactly 3.5 hours. I want to pull it from the oven when the internal temp is 125 or so. I wish there was a way to time it so that I knew when to set the table! Dinner may be served anytime between 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm, ugh.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:05 pm
Post subject:
pc of graph paper, time vs temp - that'll put a very graphic representation of how fast the meat is coming up to temp.
hope it turns out well!
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:16 pm
Post subject: Thanks!
I have been visiting this site every Easter and Christmas since 2005 for a refresher course on cooking the best prime rib ever! Just wanted to say thanks for your site, your recipes, etc. . . Happy Holidays to you all!!
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:58 pm
Post subject: my 2 cents
What great site. Over 5 years of discussion on one subject, I love it!
The method I use is similar, but just a little weird.
5-6 lb roast (3 rib) into a cast iron dutch oven (approx 11 in across the top) with about 1/2 in of rock salt in the bottom. 6 cloves of garlic (smashed & peeled) directly under the roast & then...fill the pan with rock salt. Yes folks, all the way up leaving only the very top (fat cap) of the roast exposed. 200 degrees F. for around 3-5 hours until done to your liking. Then brush the salt off the roast, let rest & dig in. No, it does not get too salty, the real drawback is that there is no jus to make a gravy with.
This works well for me, because I can take it out when it reaches 110-120 deg & transport it (pan, salt & roast) to another location. The cast iron & salt hold the heat so it finishes cooking on the way.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:39 am
Post subject: Christmas Dinner
Merry Christmas! Followed the recipe exactly: seared and pink all the way through; used a boneless cut and it turned out great!
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:14 am
Post subject: 18.77 lb Roast
I have done prime rib using the tips I learned on this site for the last few years. This year I also read the serious eats tip on searing after the initial cook and rest period. While searing first also works pretty well, I think the end sear is best.
I got a beautiful roast from Ream's Elburn Market in Elburn IL
I took the 18.77 lb roast out of the fridge the night before and inserted some garlic slivers, and seasoned with my own rub, salt, garlic powder, pepper, a touch of cumin, and a bit of my BBQ rub.
I covered the roast with the wrapping paper, and a few towels, and let it rest to come up to room temp. The interior of the roast was 42F when I took it out, and was 53F when I was ready to start the roast around noon.
I set the oven at 200F, and roasted until the digital thermometer read 123F.
I covered and rested for about 45 Min while we made pop overs and some other veggies. The internal temp rose to about 128F.
We then cranked up the oven to 500F, and crusted the exterior for about 8 minutes.
Rested again for about 15 min, and Carved a perfectly Medium Rare roast.
All of the roasts I have made came out great, but this was the best. I am sold on the sear last method.
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Jim Cooley
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Location: Seattle
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:47 am
Post subject:
Dilbert wrote:
pc of graph paper, time vs temp - that'll put a very graphic representation of how fast the meat is coming up to temp.
hope it turns out well!
I've done that and the graph is not a straight line. Starts out flat and then curves up. Toward the final temp, it increases quite quickly.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:51 pm
Post subject: Low and Slow
This is only my second year of cooking a standing roast but now have a 2-0 record for perfect. This year it was a Kroger bought ~4.5lb, two rib roast, set on a thin wire grate, several inches off a thin aluminum drip pan, tented with aluminum foil most of the time, in the center of a conventional electric oven, targeting and generally hanging around 200F with temps varying from 190F-210F. I vacuum sealed and let it come to temperature in a pot with a little running water. Did not pan sear, just rubbed some rosemary/garlic seasoning all over it. Pulled it out with an internal temp of 127F, temp rose to 130F while broiling a mix of green beans and asparagus (stinky pee). Red almost to the point of looking rare all the way through and TENDER. Me, wife and 4yr old loved it. Surprisingly, there were hardly any drips in the drip pan, if any?
Did a 13lb one from Omaha steaks last year that ended up just a couple degrees warmer. I was so proud of myself that not only did I not mess it up, but it was that beautiful deep pink/red throughout. My dad asked for a pan, being as excited and busy as I was I didn't pay much attention to what he was about to do. He turned the griddle up to high, let it get good and hot, then stuck his half rib serving onto the pan. Not a touch and go, a full on cooked grey throughout
He should have just asked for a cheap sirloin if that's how he wanted it!
I think I will slice some of todays leftovers thin, lightly vacuum seal and heat in 120F ish water then make some aju sauce and hoagie roll sandwiches. I should have Prime rib more often.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:09 pm
Post subject: Data for 4.7 pound rib roast
This is
the way to cook a rib roast.
Here is some data for a 4.7 pound, small-end, pasture-raised rib roast.
Prep ...
Ribs cut off, then tied back on after dry rub.
Prior evening liberally dry rub with Mario Batali's fantastic rub recipe: Ground, dry porcini mushrooms make this a "killer".
Put in fridge, uncovered on plate
Removed 9:00 a.m. and set on kitchen counter uncovered
Preheat oven to 200F, using oven thermo to get accurate. (Oven display said 210F.)
Set roast on rack in uncovered ceramic baking dish
Added 3/8" deep of chicken broth to dish (could use beef broth or water)
Inserted probe of high quality digital meat thermometer (cable connection) into center of roast
Put in oven approximately six hours after removing from fridge.
Cooking time and internal temp (F)...
0:00 -- 54
1:00 -- 72
12:20 -- 79
2:02 -- 102
2:36 -- 117
2:50 -- 122
Removed from oven. Covered with foil and let rest
3:30 -- 131
Sliced and served.
Mmmmm! Mmmm! Mmmm! PURR-fect medium rare with a wonderful crust from the rub.
A few observations ...
There were a couple of un-reformed "medium" diners. For the first time I used the "1-minute warm in just below boiling
" method. (Thanks to a tip on this forum.) Very slick! It made the slice
"medium" although it really wasn't cooked significantly more done than the pink meet. Got rave reviews from the "medium" folks!
The porcini rub may be a bit too much flavor for some. In which case, scrape off the rub just before you place the roast in the oven.
For fantastic
, find the little containers of high-quality paste/gel (
powdered!) base for "
" at better grocery stores. A $5 container makes a cup of traditional
. Blend and thin to taste with the drippings from the pan. (The stock or water in the bottom of the pan will have mostly evaporated and kept the drippings from burning.)
Bon apetit
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:20 am
Post subject: Dem-Glace Gold
The product I mentioned in the previous post is
Demi-Glace Gold
"Classic French Demi-Glace ... Made with Veal and Beef Stock" by More Than Gourmet. 1.5 oz package was $4.69. Makes about 1 cup.
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:19 am
Post subject: rib roast recipe
Awesome recipe thx my xmas dinner came out great!!!!!!!!!!!
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