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Henry Miller: A Study (2012)
Nov 8, 2019·13 min read
This piece was published in Volume Ten of Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal and earned myself the 2012 Sanderson Prize for "best essay" from the UMass Amherst English department.
Of all the writers in the Western modernist canon, Henry Miller (1891–1980) will turn out to be one of singular importance and unusual power. Although his popularity is owed as much to the scourge of censorship as to his own talents, in his books he was able to explore new narrative forms while challenging establishment institutions and fashioning an antidote to the way of life they represented. His works were part of a life-long quest in the continuous discovery and construction of a mythology of the self through literature, the function of which is to expose corrupt values at the heart of the modern spirit and awaken the reader to the possibilities of a life that is equated with art.
The stylistic innovations of Miller are comparable to those of Pound and Joyce, and certainly worthy of being uttered in the same breath. They must also be qualified as the catalyst to later techniques such as the automatic writing of Kerouac, or the cut-up methods of Burroughs. The most succinct summary of Miller's writing style is found in a popular online encyclopedia, which credits him with "breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism,philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism" (Shifreen 75). On the first page of Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller establishes himself as counter to all that is ordinarily labeled literary art. He writes,"This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty …what you will" (Cancer 2). It is important for the writer not only to dispense with conventions and expectations, but to begin with a shock intended to rattle the reader and violently pull his or her attention away from any world whose material emphasis does not include the values of the narrator. This type of hyperbolic and provocative introduction is a common feature of Miller's novels, as in Tropic of Capricorn,where the writer proceeds directly to the futility of struggling in a life he did not ask for, and his pity for everybody and everything. But Miller often claimed his books had no beginning or end, and he "detest[ed] all books which run chronologically, which commence at the cradle and end at the grave" (Aller Retour 33). His grievances with the limitations of linear narrative manifested in his own theory, which he called spiral form. It was decisive for him to be able to "resume the narrative at any point" — he felt that "just as life begins at any moment … so the work" (Wisdom 27).
But what are Henry Miller's values precisely? In Black Spring he makes explicit his vision for a life that is ecstatic or transcendent, writing: "moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines — these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm." A world without those concepts is necessarily one without certain forms of strife, but if that state of affairs remains impossible to achieve, then the simulation of revelation in the reader is an acceptable substitute to the writer. James M. Decker, in his introduction to Henry Miller and Narrative Form, describes how "certain works of art function as catalysts for a type of hyper-consciousness that constitutes the 'true' goal of the artist" (Decker 5) and notes that this was intimated and understood by Miller. As if answering his own question,Miller confides to us at the beginning of Tropic of Capricorn: "nothing would be altered, I was convinced, except by a change of heart, and who could change the hearts of men?" The writer of literature, with direct access to the mind of the reader, is positioned auspiciously to influence a revolution in thinking that can only occur at the level of each individual. Decker elaborates that Miller "abhors the logic of the many and seeks to communicate with the few." Ever the individualist and philosopher, Miller nonetheless does not pretend to have all the answers, but through all his works his philosophy remains rather consistent — that is, paradoxical and contradictory. The narrator of Tropic of Cancer appears to be a proponent of disorder, chaos, and anarchy. He cries for "more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, for grander failures" while demanding a "coup de grace," lamenting that "not one man,in these last hundred years or so, has been crazy enough to put a bomb up the asshole of creation and set it off" (Cancer 1). We might conjecture that he is to become that man through acts of unreserved artistic expression; that he is trying to incite the reader to greater dimensions of creatively inspired action, or both, with the writer leading by example. Some of the more fundamental threads in Miller's work are non-conformity, anti-materialism and eschewing reliance upon any economic order. The same narrator says he has "no money, no resources, no hopes" and yet he is the "happiest man alive" (Cancer 1). There were several long periods in Henry Miller's life when he lived day-to-day off the generosity of others, not knowing where his next meal would come from. Being close to starvation seems to have enabled him to focus on his art, to feel the human condition more acutely, and remain disentangled from the systems and people he abhorred.
While delineating Miller as a writer, it would be useful to define those systems, which basically embody modernity, capitalism, and early 20th-century America. One mode that occurs frequently in his texts is the diatribe, the target of which is usually any force "that hinder[s] intellectual and spiritual freedom" (Decker 17). Decker notes that Miller "learned to despise his nation's most sacred institutions — its schools, churches and businesses — as hypocritical and enervating" (Decker 3). The context of America at the time of his writings is one of post-industrialization, the rapid mechanization of labor processes, the conquering of the frontier, and attendant to those conditions the average man "faced brutal working conditions . . . and little prospect of attaining prosperity" (Decker 3). Being confronted in the first half of his life with prevailing national attitudes like the work ethic — perceived as empty, soulless and self-defeating — would be integral to Miller's evolution as a person who would adopt a jeremiad-like tone in his indictments against "the environmental forces that branded him a failure as husband, employee and citizen" (Decker 2). The biographical journey that he undertook in order to become a writer is as interesting as anything he wrote. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author describes his life with his second wife, June: "I was supposed to be working on a novel, writing this great novel, but actually I wasn't getting anywhere."¹ Before his arrival as an expatriate American in Paris, Miller was a person who merely desired to be a great writer, but whose development as such was totally stultified. He hardly wrote a word of serious literature, the kind that he could be proud of, until he was 40 years old. It seems reasonable to assume the author was paralyzed by a type of cultural anxiety brought on by the expectations of American society and doubts about being able to live up to his literary idols; a paralysis which was practically undone when the market crash of 1929 threw into question the foundations of the economic system, his wife left him,and he was finally able to discard all ideological pretensions. In Tropic of Cancer he references a time "a year ago, six months ago, [when he] thought that [he] was an artist." and then affirms "I no longer think about it, I am" (Cancer 1). Although it involves a long delay with experiences of tribulation and apprehension, this liberation from inhibitions is the same freedom which Miller wishes to model for his reader. It fits appreciably with his ideal of how a 'Zen' artist is supposed to work: "he's had a long preparation of discipline and meditation, deep quiet thought about it… it might be for months, it might be for years. Then, when he begins, it's like lightning, just what he wants — it's perfect."¹
The equal amount of time Henry Miller spent not writing or being published was highly advantageous, because it permitted him to absorb a comprehensive reading of the modernists and internalize the tides of early-20th century literature before turning out his own books. At the same time as technological "progress" is reshaping society, developments such as the stream-ofconsciousness novel, Freudian psychoanalysis, and art movements like Dadaism, Surrealism, and Cubism are influencing the author. For Henry Miller, the dissolution of culture and crumbling of civilization is only proceeding more rapidly "thanks to our improved technic and efficiency" (Sextet 17). In several texts he makes reference to his reading of Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, the prescient thesis of which influenced his views heavily, but this is only one specter of influence in a highly literate life. In Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch he proclaims,"one's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things" (Big Sur 25), while in the collection Sextet he adds "everything hinges upon how you view the world" (Sextet 18) Therefore, a retreat from industry back to traditional practices of reading and writing, tied to Enlightenment ideals concerning freedom of speech and thought, is one way of reaching a vital mindset which can convincingly counteract the inherent decay of modern society and the bankruptcy of the American dream. As the literary iconoclast, it is convenient that Miller has already traced what he calls his "genealogical line" for us, from The Books in My Life:
Boccaccio, Petronius, Rabelais, Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau, Maeterlinck, Romain Rolland, Plotinus, Heraclitus, Nietzsche, Dostoievsky (and other Russian writers of the Nineteenth Century), the ancient Greek dramatists, the Elizabethan dramatists (excluding Shakespeare), Theodore Dreiser, Knut Hamsun, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Elie Faure, Oswald Spengler, Marcel Proust, Van Gogh, the Dadaists and Surrealists, Balzac, Lewis Carroll, Nijinsky, Rimbaud, Blaise Cendrars, Jean Giono, Celine, everything I read on Zen Buddhism, everything I read about China, India, Tibet, Arabia, Africa, and of course the Bible, the men who wrote it and especially the men who made the King James version, for it was the language of the Bible rather than its "message" which I got first and which I will never shake off. (124)
His notable fixation with the East and the Orient can be interpreted in light of how all his linguistic ability is treated as emanating from an unknown, metaphysical source. The appeal of the possibilities and lessons offered by Eastern belief systems was not part of an exploitative discourse of the modern appropriating the primitive, but rather they presented an alternative set of practices and assumptions about what is important in life, which also melded well with the improvisatory impulses of the Jazz Age. It allowed him to supplant the authority of the Christian god with his own inventions; hence,he jokes that his aim is to "get near to God, that is, to get nearer to myself" (Capricorn 305). Miller's early infatuation with Arthur Rimbaud and D.H. Lawrence, both artists who ran up against convention and were misunderstood during their lives, led him to attempt a tome of critical studies on each author. The classic words of Rimbaud — "the poet makes himself into a seer by a long, involved, and logical derangement of the senses"² and the exhortation of Baudelaire to be always drunken bear a remarkable resemblance to something Miller writes in The Wisdom of the Heart: "The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware,joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware" (Wisdom 2). Henry Miller claimed the anti-authoritarian attitudes of Nietzsche, the radicalism of Dostoevsky, and the egoism of Whitman all for himself. His texts abundantly emulate, mirror,and source from those of the historical writers he admires. Katy Masuga posits that Miller "aligns himself with writers both in order to become oriented for embarking on the process himself, and…to reflect on how writing operates as a disruptive process, one that inhibits the flow of life while simultaneously appearing to establish that flow" (Masuga 181).
One of the most intriguing aspects of Miller's books is how easily he is able to shift between his real life and a fictional persona that could be termed a supraself. The raw material of Miller's storytelling was of course his own life and experience. In translation to page the substance and content of that experience, especially characters, often become exaggerated or caricatured,which, while making it difficult to assert historical or biographical fact, effects a text that is more dynamic and potent. Masuga finds that Miller's autobiographical project essentially "disrupts conventional modes of writing by blurring the lines between his own writing, the writing of others, and the 'real' world in which he,both as the narrator and as the writer, finds himself" (Masuga 181). Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Sipper describes Miller's fictional persona as "graphically erotic, elliptically surrealistic, unevenly anarchistic, combatively philosophical, abidingly romantic, downright funny — and always deeply felt."³ At a certain point,the actual Henry Miller becomes indistinguishable from his narrative voice, because of how successfully he was able to marry his life to his art.
The main component that allows Miller's inherently digressive spiral form to comprise a compelling text is the anecdote — an element borrowed from oral tradition. In relating an anecdote to the reader, Miller was able to circumscribe the entirety of his memories, acquaintances, and impressions, insert himself at any spatial or temporal point — any one of which might stir associations leading to another anecdote, and depart from it just as easily. He was adept at extracting material ranging from his childhood to the moment of writing without the need for the imposition of a linear narrative. Although incorporating the advances of authors like Joyce and Proust who experimented liberally with time and memory, this style actually could be likened to an intimate epistolary correspondence. And yet, the readership is very nearly a non-entity in Henry Miller's conception of literature. The idea of writing for an audience or a public taste, or literature as a commodity, is detestable to him. Writing for Miller is not intended to reflect reality or establish truth, but is rather a continuous motion towards no destination at all; it is part of a constant spiritual becoming. It is not performed for monetary gain, fame, or posterity. He recognizes that "there is no arriving at the destination of being a writer … that the task of writing itself is incapable of ever being completed" (Masuga 183). As long as the multifaceted and sometimes imaginary experience of life can be represented in words then there will be a text. Masuga's elucidation of the purpose of Miller's writing is that it is imperative "for seizing the world, for getting a grasp on it in the sense of the way things function, how they are considered,understood, used and valued" (Masuga 186). Miller is writing as a necessity in order to live; even as the act of writing interrupts the course of living, crucially his literature is about the interplay between the two. In Tropic of Cancer, Miller announces "I am the hero, and the book is myself" (Cancer 59), and in Nexus he declares his intent to write "the book of life" (Nexus 217). In summary, Miller "sought to explore his identity on a scope few other authors ever attempted" (Decker 1).
Despite this ambitious achievement, Henry V. Miller's reputation and place in the modern canon has been marred by two primary misunderstandings: that his works are autobiography, and that they are obscene. With his simultaneous expression of the avant-garde and multifarious "celebration of people, texts, and places that … advance him on the path of pure being" (Decker 4) Miller's texts tend to defy categorization. But classification of his works under the rubric of autobiography would be naïve and problematic because of the way that autobiography intersects with many other genres. According to Decker, readers should "view the texts not as transparent renderings of raw biographical data, but as metaphoric transformations of experiential material" (Decker 6).
The function of sexual anecdotes and fantasies in Miller's work is rather more complicated. Tropic of Cancer is famously thought of as being a dirty book due to its history of being banned and declared "obscene" until that was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court decision of 1964, in which Justice Brennan, finally redeeming the novel, declared: "material dealing with sex in a manner that advocates ideas, or that has literary or scientific or artistic value or any other form of social importance, may not be branded as obscenity and denied the constitutional protection." ⁴ Tropic of Cancer's importance to the overturning of censorship and the testing of obscenity laws in this country cannot be understated. The criticisms launched by feminist writer Kate Millett in her 1970 book Sexual Politics — that Miller treats women with anxiety and contempt — are both incendiary and not exactly true, because sexual episodes occurring in that book are not emphatically misogynistic; they are clearly symbolic and subversive. Sex occupies a special place in Miller's hierarchy of ideas, as the premier procreative and pleasurable act, while women, I would argue, are better appreciated, understood, and depicted with nuance in Miller than the works of his contemporaries. But the fundamental principle that his experimental prose style suggests is "the infinite number of perspectives within any given … segment of time" (Decker 16). Miller's musings, dreams and gratuitous sexual outbursts in that novel are just strategies that interrupt a realist mode, techniques which furthermore need to be investigated as exceptional to the traditional conventions of literary evaluation. They are emblematic of Miller's contention that writing should include all elements of life, including those that had been previously censored and excluded.
¹ The Art of Fiction №28. Paris Review, Summer-Fall 1962. Interviewed by
George Wickes. Web.<http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4597/the-artof-fiction-no-28-henry-miller>.
² Rimbaud,Arthur. Letter to Paul Demeny
³ Sipper, Ralph B.. "Miller's Tale: Henry Hits 100." Los Angeles Times. N.p., 1991. Web. <http://articles.latimes.com/1991-01-06/books/bk-10584_1_henry-miller>.
⁴ Grove Press, Inc., v. Gerstein, 378 U.S. 577 (U.S. Supreme Court June 22,1964).
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GOJO CH 85: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM (1)
In a large square, a group of shinigami wearing different uniforms could be seen acting in concert.
They were the members of the different special departments in the Seireitei.
Even though the mission that was about to happen was average ranked in priority, since it involved such a large-scale deployment, the higher-ups still put a bit of importance on it.
The system of missions in the Seireitei was rather basic but clear.
What mattered was not just the number of divisions necessary and the rank of the highest officer.
Any missions that did not need the intervention of a vice-captain level or higher were deemed as low-class one.
The moment a captain was necessary, it would be considered close to average importance.
The current mission had Gojo, Akon, and Soi Fon as field officers. This was enough to show how much importance the nobles ported to this mission, while at the same time, showing that the Gotei 13 did not really care.
'Even the dead cannot escape from politics. How funny.'
Thinking this, Gojo, with his recognizable blindfold, walked with a relaxed gait. Everywhere he passed, the shinigami would stop a little to nod to him and go back to their work.
Those actions, while subtle, already showed the amount of recognition Gojo enjoyed in Gotei 13.
Gojo was not someone humble, and he never cared about the perception of others. In his opinion, this was nothing more than a waste of time. Perception could change in an instant. The only thing that stayed true was one's own might.
Reaching further in the make-shift encampment, he could see a man wearing a lab coat with three horns on his forehead. He recognized the man easily since he had read the information pertaining to those who would participate.
Beside Akon, he could see the usual mismatched duo of Omaeda and Soi Fon.
The relationship between the two always baffled him. From what he could see, even though Omaeda was a man full of haughtiness and a lazy bum, he was extremely loyal to Soi Fon. At the same time, even though Soi Fon always complained about him, she still trusted him as her right hand.
His approach didn't go unnoticed as the other turned toward him. He could see Omaeda stiffen a little before stuffing his head in his bag of chips. Clearly, he still remembered how their last encounter had ended.
On the side, Akon's sight only briefly paused on him before settling on the woman walking beside him. It was none other than Nemu.
If it was all, Akon wouldn't really care. But he could see that even though Nemu was still wearing the same style of clothes, a short skirt and a slightly open kimono that showed her cleavage, the color of her uniform was not black but rather, pink.
In all the Soul Society, there was only one department that used this set of colors.
'Since when did Nemu join the healing department?'
Even though each department was related to a specific division, it was necessary to mention that in theory, you didn't have to be part of the said division to enter the department.
For illustration, being a member of the 2nd division didn't mean you were automatically a member of the secret force. Furthermore, it wasn't impossible for members of other divisions to join the secret force. In the same way, you didn't need to be part of the 12th division to be part of the research department.
But, all of this was only in theory.
In reality, people could not step on two boats at the same time. For anyone with the slightest ambition, doing so would essentially seal their future prospect. For obvious reasons. After all, even though the divisions of the Gotei 13 worked together, they were pretty exclusive.
It didn't help that officially, Nemu was the vice-captain of the 12th division. Even though in reality he was the one who took care of most things, Nemu was still their vice-captain.
So it came as a shock for him.
Thankfully, as a scientist, his control over his emotions was incredible. Now wasn't the time to deal with this situation.
Soi Fon raised an eyebrow at this sight, but since it wasn't her problem, as long as it did not negatively affect the mission, she did not care.
After Gojo reached them, Soi Fon ignored his cheeky greetings and spoke,
"Now that everyone is here. Explain the procedure."
Akon sighed before pointing to the small detector in his hand.
"Our mission is to explore through the Garganta and eventually enter the Dangai, explore and find our target. Thankfully, our intelligence allowed us to grasp the potential coordinates of the targets and reduced the perimeter we needed to explore. Otherwise, even thousands of years wouldn't have been enough."
Gojo nodded, the Garganta was a sport of large void that connected all the worlds and dimensions. In theory, it should be infinite or near-infinite.
Since everyone was on the same page, Soi Fon took over the discussion,
"Moving through Garganta is a heavy task that requires a certain level of skill. For these reasons, only a very small group of elite individuals would be allowed for missions of this type, or at least that would be the case normally."
She cast a meaningful glance at Gojo.
Since Garganta was a void where the very notion of space was nothing more than imagination, the only way to move through it was to create reishi platforms.
The problem was, even though the percentage of reishi was lower than in Soul Society, it was still high enough that only people at the level of vice-captain at minimum could do so.
"I see. I wondered why I was specially asked for this mission. So, I became a special travel agency."
This was indeed the variable. It would be impossible normally to deploy a large scale platform, but it just happened that Gojo's zanpakuto allowed him to manipulate Reishi.
For Soi Fon, the existence of Gojo at this moment was like a godsend.
After all, no matter how powerful she was, the mission this time wasn't just an extermination one, but first and foremost, a large-scale hunt.
Akon nodded, "Soon we will open a Keikaigi [1] to open the gate and enter Garganta. From our calculation, the Kototsu [2] will not be active for a while. So this the perfect opportunity."
At the mention of the Kototsu, most shinigami that had knowledge of Dangai shuddered a little.
The Kototsu wasn't a particularly powerful monster in itself, but it was like the nemesis for any spiritual creatures, be it Shinigami or hollows.
No spiritual attack could hurt it. In fact, if a zanpakuto touched it, said zanpakuto would be slowly decomposed to nothingness.
If space was meaningless in Garganta, then time became crazy in Dangai.
In that dimension, the current in-time difference was of a ratio of 2000 to 1. What's more, contact with Kototsu would allow a distortion in the space-time continuum and could send people to the past.
When this discovery was first made, shinigami had been pretty ecstatic. Though after hundreds of experiments and thousands of deaths, it was proven that while time travel was theoretically possible, the distortions were so much that one would be immediately and completely atomized during the travel.
Of course, the chances of success weren't zero. They were just so low that it was in the realm of impossibility. This was why, after years of fruitless efforts, the central 46 forbade anyone to enter it and only members of the research department could do regular study.
Gojo sometimes wondered if the members of the central 46 got a hard-on from forbidding things and giving the death penalty to any transgression.
Still, all that did not matter.
What mattered though, was that he could finally enter Dangai.
As for the Kototsu. Even though that thing was a counter to his zanpakuto, he wasn't afraid. Once he obtained the coordinates, he would be able to enter it by himself with his shadow teleportation. As long as he was careful, it wouldn't be a problem to make use of it.
'Well then, time for a new adventure I guess.'
He hoped that those exiled shinigamis wouldn't be a disappointment.
(AN: Remember how I said that time travel through Dangai was a death sentence? Well, Ichigo managed to do it by luck during the Soul Society arc. Entered Soul society 7 days earlier than they should have. Well, he is the mc of Bleach so this level of luck is normal.)
[1]: World tying rite
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kingconnerx313 · 2021-12-05 at 5:48 AM
Thanks!😎
need stars chap (@.@)
MoF · 2021-11-07 at 3:24 PM
Thanks again for this wonderful chapter🔥🔥I really crave for more and pls of you read this, Can I be informed of how many updates can you do in a week??…..So again thanks for the chapter author-san and keep up the goodwork!!
Hikaru Genji · 2021-11-07 at 5:00 PM
Haha thanks for the compliment. My normal schedule is 3 chapters per week. For each story
Hmm, all of this explanation about time travel and the dangai felt reaally suspect. I wonder if the author-san will use the dangai to send Gojo more ahead of the story… after all, with his growing pace, wouldn't he reach or even surpass Yamamoto gramps level in some years?
Manuel · 2021-11-06 at 2:29 AM
Gracias por el capítulo
Thanks for the Chapter keep writing and Great chapter like always and thanks for your hard work and can't wait to read your next chapters
diobrondo · 2021-11-05 at 7:46 PM
Thanks for the chap but the banner is gonna make me lose nnn
Hikaru Genji · 2021-11-05 at 11:14 PM
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An Anime Addict · 2021-11-05 at 7:00 PM
Ichigo is hacks in and on itself. Now i wonder if Gojo will time travel too🤔
It would be interesting to see but i i nder how will the story playout then🤔🤔🤔
Thanks for the chapter

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Thomas has denied the rumors numerous times over the years, but her vigorous denials have fallen on deaf ears. Mainly because everyone knows Chilli is lying.
The cast of VH1's upcoming TLC biopic joined the original TLC members, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, for the premiere of the VH1 original movie "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story", held at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square Theatre in NYC on Tuesday.
Pictured above are L-R: Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, Drew Sidora, Lil Mama, Keke Palmer and Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins. Rapper Lil Mama plays the late Lisa "left Eye" Lopes, Drew Sidora plays T-Boz, and KeKe Palmer plays the role of Chilli in the much-anticiapted TV movie.


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L&T Finance to exit wholesale lending to focus exclusively on retail loans
L&T Finance's portfolio was built around the conglomerates ambition of getting a banking license over a decade ago. However, the license never materialised as the RBI later decided that industries consuming a lot of banking services cannot back a bank, making L&T abandon its banking aspirations.
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L&T Finance Holdings on Monday said that it will exit wholesale lending and focus entirely on retail loans as part of a major restructuring exercise that will see parent Larsen and Toubro's managing director joining the company's board as its chairperson.
The company will be exiting businesses and assets that are not core to retail lending over the next two years. Half of its Rs 1 lakh crore loan book is towards wholesale lending like funding infrastructure and realty companies.
With SN Subrahmanyan, the MD of L&T, joining the L&T Finance board as its chair, the parent company will closely oversee the lending company's transition into retail-focused player, top L&T executives told reporters here on Monday evening. He takes over from Shailesh Haribhakti, who will continue to be a board member.
"Over a number of years, the only company (in the L&T Group) which hasn't performed and is publicly listed, is L&T Finance," L&T chairperson AM Naik said. "Our own board members are saying, to me at least, that greater L&T involvement is desirable so that we can drive the ideas and strategies that we want to implement in L&T Finance."
The stock of L&T Finance has fallen almost 40% over the past five years. L&T's stock grew over 85% during this period while other listed group companies like L&T Infotech and L&T Technology services have turned multi-baggers.
Naik is not part of L&T Finance's board, it being a business that he doesn't understand well by his own admission. He was speaking in his capacity as the chair of parent L&T.
The move can be seen in-line with the infrastructure-focused conglomerate's push to get out of capital-intensive businesses like owning and financing infrastructure assets like roads and focussing on services instead. L&T wants to leave ownership of assets to players like pension funds while it continues building them.
"We are not interested in financing other (infrastructure and realty) companies. They have lost money and have not been able to pay," Naik said.
As part of the restructuring, L&T Finance will over the next two years organise its business around different retail lending verticals like home loans, farm loans and two-wheeler financing, among other things, with a person in charge of and accountable for each vertical. It will exit wholesale loans and non-core businesses over this period. In December, the company announced that it will be selling its mutual fund business to HSBC AMC for Rs 3,191 crore.
"By the time the U-turn was required to be made, the portfolios were created including the mutual fund business," said R Shankar Raman, the chief financial officer of Larsen & Toubro. Now the company wants to be a retail-lending focussed non-banking finance company (NBFC) and is shedding all assets not essential to this strategy.
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I have spent the last decade of my life as an endless tester of face wash products. I have naturally sensitive skin, and in my younger years I tended toward acne—never heavy, but I always thought even one zit was one too many. I've bought pretty much every kind they sell at the drugstore, Target, and Wal-Mart. I've had expensive, chemical-infused ones prescribed to me by dermatologists. I've bought them off TV. I've tried home remedies like baking-soda scrubs and all different kinds of oils. But the best face wash I ever used, I stumbled upon by accident: baby shampoo.
I know it seems like a joke. I swear it isn't. You see, during one of my more crafty periods of college a few years back, I decided to try that Pinterest recipe for making your own eye-makeup remover. The ingredients were water, baby shampoo, and baby oil. It worked pretty well, and I used it for a while until I just got tired of mixing it up (I'm obviously really lazy). But stopping that project left nearly an entire bottle of baby shampoo in my cabinet, and it just sat there for months.
I don't know how exactly I decided to wash my face with it. I think I was just tired of always worrying about zits, and tired of trying different face washes and spending tons of money on things that didn't work. I Googled it first, to make sure it wouldn't make my face fall off or something, and saw enough results saying that other people had tried it that I felt pretty confident it wouldn't disfigure me. A quarter-sized amount of baby shampoo and a few minutes of face-washing later, my life was changed forever.
It took off every bit of makeup I had on, including my eye makeup. I wear the works, and occasionally have to use a bit more shampoo around my eye area to make sure I don't have raccoon eyes, but I've still found it removes it thoroughly (you can also put a small amount on a cotton ball and remove your makeup that way). It didn't make my skin burn or turn red, and it didn't dry it out or leave any oily or sticky residue. Because it's formulated primarily for use on babies, most baby shampoos are tear-free, so you can rub around your eyes without worrying about burning or irritation. My skin was just… clean.
Use it to clean your makeup brushes.
Replace your shaving cream with it (seriously).
Ditch the Woolite and use it to wash your delicates.
Using baby shampoo every time I wash my face has completely changed my skin: It's clearer (I hardly ever, ever get even one zit anymore), more evenly toned, and softer. I still follow up with a toner (Clinique Mild Clarifying Lotion, and Neutrogena makes a much less-expensive one that works pretty well) and a moisturizer (Clean & Clear makes a great oil-free moisturizer without any drying chemicals). But I've been using those things forever—so I know it's the baby shampoo that's changed my skin. It's now a staple in my beauty routine, and it should in yours, too.


I know, it's not easy getting hyped up the second time, especially since No Man's Sky broke more hearts than Waluigi, but the teaser for Next, the game's next expansion, launches on 24 July 2018 with the long, long awaited multiplayer.
As you can see from Next's teaser, even without the multiplayer - No Man's Sky is definitely not the game it was at launch, in more ways than one. I must admit, it's even more gorgeous than the last time I've seen it and it may be time to give it a whirl come next week.
Of course, we're sure that Hello Games felt the lack of multiplayer much more than any of us did, seeing as how No Man's Sky's playerbase dropped like a rock immediately after launch. Personally, I can't even recall a game whose hype backlashed as badly.
The most faithful No Man's Sky fans stuck around through three major updates and even though each one delivered substantial improvements to No Man's Sky, none of them were multiplayer. Yeah, it was that important, not least for lending itself perfectly to what other games have utilised to make truckloads of fun, which equated to truckloads of money. A win-win, if you will.
No Man's Sky Next will let you team up with friends and explore the vast universe, where you'll be bumping into others freely. Finally turning into the sandbox game it was always meant to be, you'll be choosing whether you'll make science your trade, or simply frolic and slash a few throats while you're at it.
Conveniently, Xbox One owners will have skipped the whole disappointing launch ruckus as they'll be getting the complete No Man's Sky package, Foundation, Pathfinder, Atlas Rises and Next updates included. Hello Games have already announced Xbox One X to be running the game in 4K and HDR.
I've got to say though, it's always nice seeing developers passionate about their games in thick and thin and No Man's Sky is no exception. Perhaps it would only be fair that Next restored the game to what we were told it would be, not what we received. I know, Batman said it better.


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Hikers along the Appalachian Trail today can count on some sort of shelter approximately every 8-10 miles along their route. Construction of this chain of shelters began in the 1930s, but was not completed until after the Second World War. The original route of the Appalachian Trail in Southwestern Virginia included only one such shelter -- the Rocky Knob build by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937, pictured here. Except for this shelter, hikers along the original route had to camp either in tents or in the ruins of old barns or farm houses along the way. When Earl Shaffer passed through during his first ever thru hike of the AT in 1948, he wrote:
"I finally stumbled into Rocky Knob by starlight and found the shelter was of stone, open on three sides and with a cold wind howling through. I gathered some snags for fireplace wood and a sackful of leaves to cushion the stone floor. The temperature must have been around freezing."
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FVR AND RSA: A TALE OF TWO VISIONARY ENGINEERS
by Melandrew T. Velasco
Filipinos who traverse EDSA are in awe with the improvement in traffic along the historic highway. Thanks to the opening of the Skyway Stage 3 recently which is a game-changing project that will have significant impact on the day-to-day lives of our fellow Filipinos living in Metro Manila.
It is to the credit of the Duterte Administration and San Miguel Corporation led by its president and COO Ramon S. Ang or simply RSA that notwithstanding the difficulties the country is facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Skyway Stage 3 is finally operational. Amidst the euphoria due to the positive impact of the Skyway Stage 3, recognition must also be given to former President Fidel V. Ramos.
During the Cory Administration, Republic Act 6957, the Build-Operate-Transfer Law was enacted on 9 July 1990. It authorized the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure projects by the private sector. Back then, Ramos on 5 May 1994, signed Republic Act 7718, amending the B-O-T law. The law paved way for increased private investments in infrastructure projects. It was during his presidency when government pursued aggressively the public-private partnership initiative. Infrastructure projects under the Build-Operate-Transfer and joint venture schemes were started including the South Metro Manila Skyway (SMMS) Project.
The Skyway Stage 3 that is giving Filipinos the ease of commuting from the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and vice versa is part of the SMMS Project.
To set the record straight and to do away with revisionism done by rabid Marcos supporters, the SMMS Project consists of 4 stages. Stage 1 involved the construction of the 9.5 km Buendia-Bicutan elevated tollway and the rehabilitation of the Magallanes-Alabang section of the SLEX. Construction of Stage 1 began on 7 April 1995. In December 1997, Buendia in Makati, Magallanes, Skyway Toll Plazas A and B, and Bicutan Exits were completed. In October 1999 during the incumbency of President Joseph Estrada, Stage 1 was partially opened to motorists.
CITRA, one of the contracting parties of the SMMS Project, announced on 2 April 2009 that construction of Stage 2 would commence. The continuation of Stage 1, Stage 2 is also an elevated expressway from Bicutan to Alabang over the existing alignment of SLEX spanning 6.88 kms. By June 2009 under the Macapagal Arroyo administration, new pillars and new ramps were put in place.
Stage 3 involved the construction of the Buendia-Balintawak (NLEX) elevated tollway; and, Stage 4, Metro Manila Tollway, is a component of the C-6 road at the eastern corridor of Metro Manila from Skyway at-grade section in Bicutan to NLEX in Marilao.
The project is a component of the STOA (Supplemental Toll Operation Agreement) dated 27 November 1995, approved by Ramos in April 1996, as amended on 18 July 2007, entered into by the government through the Toll Regulatory Board, CITRA and the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) in relation to the Business and Joint Venture Agreement covering the project. CITRA Metro Manila Tollways Corporation is the concession holder and operator of the Skyway Project. It is controlled by San Miguel Holdings Corp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC.
According to the PNCC website, "CITRA and the Company submitted to TRB an Updated Joint Venture Investment Proposal for the said project on May 3, 2011. The TRB, pursuant to its mandate and authority granted under PD No. 1112, has reviewed, evaluated and approved the Updated Joint Venture Investment Proposal for Stage 3."
A Supplement to the Business and Joint Venture Agreement (Supplement to BVA) governing the implementation of the Stage 3 and Stage 4 was executed on 9 January 2012. A Second Supplement to the Business and Joint Venture Agreement (Second Supplement to BJVA) containing the terms and conditions for the implementation of both projects was also executed.
On 6 September 2012, the Restated Second Supplement to the Business and Joint Venture Agreement containing the entire agreement of the parties with the final terms and conditions for the MMS were executed.
On 11 March 2013, materials and equipment for Stage 3 were being moved in preparation for the construction. It broke ground in January 2014 during the incumbency of President Benigno C. Aquino III.
The following month, construction started and programmed for completion after three years. From the original four segments, the project was modified and now has five segments. The original length of the elevated expressway which was 14 km is now 18.68 kms, also a result of modifications. Modifications had to be made to address right-of-way issues.
On 22 July 2019, a portion of Skyway Stage 3, Buendia to Paco was partially opened. Work was halted for a few months with the lockdown in 2020. However, construction resumed on 16 May 2020 in compliance with the construction safety guidelines issued by DPWH on 4 May 2020 contained in Department Order (DO) No. 35 and amended by DO No. 39 dated 19 May of the same year. In December last year, four lanes were partially opened to motorists; and by 14 January 2021, the Skyway Stage 3 was finally inaugurated by President Rodrigo Duterte with six lanes open to motorists.
In April 2019, FVR commended RSA for SMC's commitment to undertake big-ticket infrastructure projects such as the Skyway 3 and the USD15 billion Bulacan International Airport that will generate over a million new jobs, the completed TPLEX project and others in the pipeline during a courtesy call by the latter at the former president's Makati office. FVR described RSA as a "visionary, patriotic and strategic thinker." Also present during the courtesy of Ang were Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System (MWSS) Chairman Reynaldo V. Velasco, National Tobacco Administration director Wilson Victorio, Engr. Alfredo Reyes, Freddie Jalasco and Ramos family biographer Melandrew T. Velasco.
Other projects being undertaken by SMC are water, power and the extension of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) all the way to Laoag, Ilocos Norte as well as the Pasig River Expressway and the extension of Skyway 3 from Balintawak NLEX all the way to Bulacan Airport passing through Tullahan River.
In that meeting, Ramos told Ang, "Continue with the noble task of nation building with the various flagship projects you are pushing for the country and our people. It's seldom that we find a great Filipino, a visionary engineer and an alumnus of the Far Eastern University (FEU) like you." FVR lauded Ang for having successfully engineered San Miguel Corporation to become one of the country's largest conglomerates. The diversification of SMC has enabled it to participate in the government's massive infrastructure program. From being a food and beverage manufacturing corporation, it has embarked in energy, roads, water infrastructure, and recently airports notably the P 700-billion Bulacan International Airport.
Ramos recalled that during his Presidency the privatization of infrastructure projects, whether in the water, power and transportation sectors, were done through several variations of the build-operate-and transfer schemes. This allowed the building of high-priority infrastructure projects where government does not have either the financial or managerial capacity to build and manage new facilities at the rate needed to sustain the vigor of a developing economy.
Ang told FVR that in his book, Ramos is a living Korean War and EDSA hero who fought Marcos and defended democracy from coups nine times during the Cory Aquino presidency and the milestone achievements he made in his six years as President that we all continue to enjoy today.
"Sir, you are one of kind who comes only once in our lifetime and we Filipinos are fortunate to have a leader and a statesman like you who continue to guide this nation," Ang told FVR.
Two years after, RSA has delivered and fulfilled his promise to one of FVR's ardent wishes which is the completion of the Skyway 3. True to his word, RSA has this say: "As the country looks forward to recover from a crisis, this commitment has not wavered. San Miguel is fully committed to helping our country overcome this crisis. A big part of that is to continue, and not hold back, on new investments."
"These projects will deliver hundreds of thousands of jobs and put money in the hands of the Filipinos – sustaining and boosting our economic recovery, even as we build for a much better future," he added.
To paraphrase a quote, it is during difficult times when one learns who really cares; and among those living modern Filipino heroes who have shown they care is RSA.
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Il 21 agosto 2017, alle 5:24  (ora locale) la USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), un cacciatorpediniere della classe Classe Arleigh Burke appartenente alla United States Navy, entrò in collisione con la petroliera liberiana Alnic MC al largo delle coste di Singapore e della Malesia, ad est dello stretto di Malacca. Secondo un comunicato stampa della marina statunitense, la collisione provocò una falla che "causò l'allagamento dei compartimenti adiacenti, compresi i dormitori dell'equipaggio, sale macchine e centrali di comunicazione". Dieci marinai dell'US Navy morirono nell'incidente e 48 rimasero feriti, nonostante la rapida operazione di soccorso coordinata da parte delle autorità portuali di Singapore (Maritime Port Authority, MPA). Anche l'ente della sicurezza dei trasporti di Singapore (Singapore Transport Safety Bureau,  TSIB) iniziò un'indagine sulle cause e circostanze del disastro secondo le direttive del Organizzazione marittima internazionale in quanto Singapore era lo stato costiero adiacente all'incidente, per poi pubblicare i suoi risultati l'8 marzo del 2018. Il 24 agosto 2017 la marina degli Stati Uniti annunciò l'interruzione delle ricerche di eventuali sopravvissuti per concentrarsi sul recupero delle salme nei compartimenti allagati della nave. Entro il 27 agosto i sommozzatori della marina e dell'United States Marine Corps recuperarono le salme di tutte le dieci vittime.  Il McCain ritornò in servizio, dopo le estese riparazioni, nel giugno del 2020.

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Subito dopo l'incidente, fonti della marina degli Stati Uniti suggerirono, come probabili cause, il personale di plancia affaticato, cattiva comunicazione fra i membri dell'equipaggio, e un corridoio di navigazione sovraffollato. La CNN, citando un ufficiale della marina rimasto anonimo, affermò che la nave aveva perso il controllo del timone poco prima della collisione ma non era evidente la ragione per cui l'equipaggio non era stato in grado di utilizzare i sistemi di navigazione di riserva.
Questo incidente fu il secondo, dello stesso tipo, in soli due mesi con il precedente coinvolgente la pariclasse della John S. McCain, la USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) e la portacontainer ACX Crystal. Nello stesso giorno della collisione, il Pentagono emanò un ordine per tutte le flotte statunitensi dislocate nel mondo di fare una breve "pausa operativa" per controllare le misure di sicurezza durante le due settimane seguenti ed iniziare una revisione completa delle procedure di sicurezza. Il comandante della U.S. 7th Fleet al momento dell'incidente, il viceammiraglio Joseph Aucoin, fu rimosso dal comando il 23 agosto 2017. Il contrammiraglio Richard Brown fu incaricato di dirigere l'inchiesta della marina sull'incidente.

Il 18 settembre 2017, il nuovo comandante della U.S. 7th Fleet, il viceammiraglio Phillip Sawyer, rimosse dai rispettivi comandi il contrammiraglio Charles Williams, comandante della Task Force 70, la flotta da battaglia della 7th Fleet, ed il capitano Jeffrey Bennett, al comando del Destroyer Squadron 15, la squadra a cui appartiene la USS John S. McCain. Per il 10 ottobre 2017, anche il comandante della John S. McCain, Alfredo J. Sanchez ed il suo primo ufficiale, Jessie L. Sanchez, furono rimossi dal comando. In un comunicato stampa, la U.S. 7th Fleet affermava che "mentre l'inchiesta è ancora in corso, è evidente che la collisione era evitabile, l'ufficiale al comando ha dimostrato scarso giudizio, ed il primo ufficiale ha esercitato un insufficiente controllo sull'addestramento dell'equipaggio."

Nell'agosto del 2019, l'ammiraglio Bill Galinis, che supervisiona la progettazione delle navi della U.S. Navy, affermò che i sistemi di navigazione touchscreen erano "overly complex" (eccessivamente complessi) poiché le imprese di costruzioni navali non ricevono abbastanza indicazioni su come i sistemi dovrebbero funzionare, così i marinai non sono sicuri di dove trovare i principali comandi sullo schermo; questa confusione ha contribuito alla collisione. La marina statunitense ha in programma di sostituire i touchscreen con ruote e leve, su tutte le navi, dalla metà del 2020.

Il rapporto della US Navy
Il 1 novembre 2017, la US Navy pubblicò un "Memorandum for distribution".  a cui erano allegati due rapporti sulle collisioni della Fitzgerald e della John McCain. Il memorandum definiva i limiti legali dei rapporti allegati ed escludeva la trattazione delle azioni delle due navi commerciali coinvolte, la ACX Crystal e la Alnic MC. Il rapporto sull'incidente della John S. McCain ricostruiva così gli eventi:

 Il 20 agosto, vengono condotte delle riunioni preparatorie per l'attraversamento dello stretto di Singapore e viene provata la funzionalità del timone. Subito dopo la mezzanotte viene annotato sul giornale di bordo che uno dei radar non è più in funzione.
 Dopo le 01:00, il giornale riporta più frequenti punti nave condotti all'avvicinarsi della nave agli stretti ed l'ufficiale comandante era presente in plancia.
 Alle 02:16, la configurazione dei comandi della propulsione su i due assi viene modificata. Normalmente la potenza sui due assi viene controllata con un unico comando sulla consolle della nave (Ship's Control Console, SCC), ma, per aumentare la manovrabilità, la potenza sui due assi può esser controllata singolarmente su ciascun asse.
 Alle 04:18, lo stato di allerta della nave fu portato a "Modified Navigation Detail" (personale di navigazione modificato), aumentando il numero del personale in plancia, una normale procedura prevista dalla U.S. Navy all'avvicinarsi delle  dalla linea di costa.
 Dalle 04:27, il punto nave fu determinato e registrato ogni 5 minuti.
 Alle 04:36, il sistema di governo fu commutato da automatico a manuale. Furono effettuate diverse correzioni di rotta, per evitare il traffico commerciale, ma non furono registrate.
 Alle 04:54, la Alnic MC fu individuata sul radar, dritta di prua, ad una distanza di meno di .
 La John S. McCain continuò a fare piccole correzioni di rotta per evitare altri navigli ed alle 05:18 procedeva a  su di una rotta di 230°. Per mantenere la rotta, compensando una corrente di marea, teneva tra 1 e 4 gradi di timone a destra.
 Poco dopo, l'ufficiale di guardia in plancia si rese conto che il timoniere incontrava delle difficoltà a controllare contemporaneamente il timone ed i controlli della propulsione, ordinò il trasferimento del timone alla timoneria secondaria (Lee Helm).
 Alle 05:20:39, il controllo del timone passò alla timoneria secondaria, questa azione riportò il timone al centro.
 Alle 05:20:47, la timoneria secondaria prese il controllo della propulsione su il solo asse di sinistra.
 Alle 05:21, la timoneria secondaria avvisò di aver perso il controllo del timone e l'ufficiale di guardia ordinò di trasferire i comandi alla postazione di controllo diretta, e di munire la timoneria di poppa. I controlli del timone di destra e sinistra furono trasferiti alla timoneria di poppa alle 05:21:13 ed alle 05:21:15, rispettivamente.
 Alle 05:22, la nave stava virando a sinistra ed l'ufficiale di guardia ordinò che le luci di via fossero cambiate per segnalare "nave fuori controllo" per segnalare ai natanti nelle vicinanze che la nave non era in grado di governare.
 Durante il minuto seguente, la timoneria secondaria prese il controllo della propulsione, ma sul solo asse di destra, senza rendersi conto che il comando era separato su i due assi. L'ufficiale di guardia ordinò di ridurre la velocità, ma la potenza fu ridotta solo sull'asse di sinistra, aumentando il rateo di virata a sinistra.
 Il primo ufficiale avvisò l'ufficiale di guardia che la nave non stava rallentando, così l'ufficiale di guardia ordinò un'ulteriore riduzione di velocità che si tradusse in un nuovo aumento del rateo di virata. L'ufficiale di guardia avrebbe dovuto dichiarare di aver preso personalmente il controllo della manovra, ma non lo fece.
 L'ufficiale di guardia ordinò "right standard rudder" (tutto il timone a destra) per virare a destra alle 05:23 e, un secondo dopo, la timoneria di poppa prese il controllo.
 15 secondi dopo, la timoneria principale riprese il controllo con la modalità "Backup manual mode" (modalità manuale di riserva).
 Alle 05:23:24, il controllo della potenza sugli assi venne di nuovo unificato e la nave iniziò a rallentare.
 Tre secondi dopo, il timoniere di poppa riprese il controllo del timone. Sul rapporto della Marina si nota come sia il quinto cambio in due minuti.
 Alle 05:23:44, furono ordinati quindici gradi di timone a destra e la John S. McCain smise di virare.
 Quattordici secondi dopo, alle 05:23:58, avvenne la collisione.

L'interfaccia del sistema di navigazione risultò aver contribuito a confondere i timonieri.

Nessuna delle due navi assolse agli obblighi del regolamento internazionale per prevenire gli abbordi in mare che prevede di suonare cinque brevi segnali sonori o cinque lampi brevi (regola 34(d)) né cercarono un contatto via radio VHF.

Il rapporto censura l'equipaggio della John S. McCain relativamente a due principi: "Seamanship and Navigation" (marineria e navigazione) e per "Leadership and Culture" (comando e cultura). Il primo principiò si ritiene sia stato violato per non aver implementato un maggior livello di allarme richiesto dall'intenso traffico navale presente nell'area, che il personale per la manovra avrebbe dovuto essere convocato prima, e che entrambe le navi non eseguirono le segnalazioni visive e sonore previste e né utilizzarono la radio VHF. Per il secondo principio l'organizzazione della nave risulta carente, specificamente l'ufficiale di guardia non istituì il livello di allerta "Sea and Anchor", il personale di plancia non aveva partecipato alla riunione che pianificava la navigazione prevista, il comando non aveva assegnato alla plancia del personale sufficientemente esperto, l'ufficiale di guardia emise ordini non precedentemente pianificati e che non vennero comunicati a tutto il personale interessato alla manovra, che, a sua volta, non riferì le proprie azioni all'ufficiale di guardia.

Il rapporto del NTSB
Il 19 giugno 2019 il National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) pubblicò il rapporto sull'incidente.  Il rapporto concludeva che la causa probabile dell'incidente era la mancanza di un effettivo controllo operativo da parte della US Navy sulla condotta della John S. McCain che aveva portato ad un insufficiente addestramento dell'equipaggio e l'adozione di procedure inadeguate di gestione della plancia.  Insieme al rapporto furono incluse una serie di raccomandazioni per la modifica delle procedure e degli equipaggiamenti di governo delle navi della marina statunitense.

Il trasporto a Yokosuka

Il 6 settembre 2017, Military Sealift Command stipulò un contratto con la ditta Dockwise, per trasportare la John S. McCain da Singapore a un cantiere navale statunitense presso il porto giapponese di Yokosuka. Le riparazioni, stimate in 230 milioni di dollari, avrebbero avuto la durata di un anno.  La nave fu caricata sulla nave semisommergibile Treasure l'11 ottobre 2017 e partì verso Yokosuka. nel novembre del 2018, la John S. McCain lasciò lo scalo del cantiere per essere trasferita ad un molo per continuare le riparazioni.

La nave rientrò in servizio nella Seventh Fleet solo nel giugno del 2020, quasi tre anni dopo l'incidente, dopo sei mesi di addestramento, al comando del capitano di fregata Ryan Easterday.

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