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POPE: NOW’S THE TIME TO END INDIFFERENCE

Obama mayseek ways to

control guns

Making New Year’s resolutions a reality

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By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

To become happier, healthier orwealthier in the new year, mentalhealth, fitness and financialexperts recommend establishingsimple goals and developing sus-tainable methods to achieve them.

As the p ace of modern l ife seem-ingl y speeds ever faster, many San

Mateo Countyresidents may findit difficult to bal-ance the demandsof their families,careers, socialresponsibi l i t ies

and other obligations.To avo id succumbing to t he vari-

ety of pressures which can lead tostress, overeating, retail therapy

or a variety of other commonunhealthy decisions, many pro-fessionals suggest taking a moremanageable approach to the dailyroutine.

“It’s not a bad thing to pick alife that works for you,” said Dr.Diana Wertz, a San Mateo-basedpsychiatrist who focuses on thera-py.

Due to the spotlig ht on t he con-

stant drive to accomplish morewhich can permeate the culture of Silicon Valley, Wertz said somelocal residents may feel the needto strive for a lifestyle which isnot attainable or satisfying.

Rather than attempt to con-form to the potentially damag-ing social norms, Wertz insteadsaid she encourages her p atientsto feel more comfortable in

their own skin.“I focus on helping people

understand what works for them i sOK, and it doesn’t have to workfor everyone else,” she said. “Layaside comparisons, that causes alot of unhappiness.”

To help identify what really mat-ters, Wertz suggested spending a

Experts offer guidance on how to establish goals and develop methods to achieve them for 2016

By Kevin FrekingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HONOLULU — President BarackObama is lo okin g for ways to keepguns out of th e hands of “a danger-ous few” without depending onCongress to pass a law on thefraught subject of gun control.

He’s says h e’ll meet his attorneygeneral, Loretta Lynch, on

Monday to see what executiveactions might be possible. Stepsto strengthen background checkscould come this week.

“The gun lobby is loud and wellorganized in its defense of effort-

lessly availableguns for any-one,” Obamasaid in hisweekly radioaddress. “Therest of us aregoing to haveto be just aspassionate andwell organized

in o ur defense of our kids.”He said he gets so many lettersfrom parents, teachers and chil-dren about the “epidemic of gun

President looking at what executiveactions might be possible withoutdepending on Congress to pass law

Barack Obama

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Skaters enjoy thetemporary ice rink at theFitzgerald Ball Field in SanMateo’s Central Park. Thebusiest nights for the rink have been Friday andSaturday nights. Parentswith small kids, teenagers

and older adults can beseen having fun on the coldice. The rink’s last day is Jan.10. Left: Jared Anstett fromSan Mateo hands out skatesat the Central Park ice rink.

HOLIDAYS ON ICE

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The San Mateo City Council isseeking nearly $1 million fromlocal transportation officials toundertake projects aimed at

improving bicycle and pedestriansafety.

The council will meet Monday,Jan. 4, to consider applying forfunds to support a new pedestrian

and bicyclebridge acrossHighway 101on HillsdaleBoulevard aswell as a roaddiet along a por-

tion of SanMateo Drive tocreate bikelanes — two

projects outlined in the city’s

plans to promote safety andencourage commuters to ditchtheir vehicles.

“Our Pedestrian and Bicyclemaster plans that we approved acouple years ago are a step in theright direction,” said Deputy

Mayor David Lim. “I’m happywe’re consi dering funding sourcesoutside of our general fund to

San Mateo City Council seeking grants for bike and pedestrian projectsCouncil to also discuss community choice aggregation, tall building rules


Burlingame officials are inter-ested in improving bike connec-tivity throughout the city, withthe help of grant money offeredby the county’s TransportationAuthority.

The Burlingame City Council

stands Monday, Jan. 4, toapprove a resolution supportingthe upgrade of a bike route alongCalifornia Drive, which is a pop-ular route for riders to access the

city’s train stations and commer-cial districts, according to a cityreport.

Burlingame seeks grant for bike paths

David Lim

See BIKE, Page 20See PATHS, Page 20

See GUNS, Page 8

See RESOLUTIONS, Page 8

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Actor Taye Diggs is45.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1900U.S. Secretary of State John Hayannounced the “Open Door Poli cy” tofacilitate trade with China.

“Love doesn’t grow on trees like apples inEden — it’s something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.”

— Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish author

Actor CubaGooding Jr. is 48.

Actor Dax Shepardis 41.

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A man wearing a costume paddles with a dog as he participates in a traditional New Year’s Day swim in Dunkirk, France.

Saturday : Partly cloudy in the morningthen becoming sunny. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid50s. East winds 10 to 20 mph.. .Becomingsouth in the afternoon.Saturday night: Partly cloudy in theevening. A chance of rain in theevening... Then rain likely after midnight.Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.Sunday : Rain likely. Highs i n the upper 50s. East winds 10

to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.Sunday ni ght : Rain likely in the evening... Then a chanceof rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeastwinds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.Monday : Cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper 50s .Monday night: Rain likely. Lows around 50.

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In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S.Constitution.In 1893 , the U.S. Postal Service issued its first commemo-rative stamp to honor the World’s Columbian Expedition andthe quadricentennial of Christopher Columbus’ voyage.In 1921, religious services were broadcast on radio for thefirst time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sundayservice of the city’s Calvary Episcopal Church.In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington,New Jersey, on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmannwas found guilty, and executed.)In 1942 , t he Philippine capital of Manila was captured byJapanese forces during World War II.In 1955, the president of Panama, Jose Antonio RemonCantera, was assassinated.

In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launchedhis successful bid for the presidency.In 1971 , 66 people were killed in a pileup of spectatorsleaving a soccer match at Ibrox (EYE’-brox) Stadium inGlasgow, Scotland.In 197 4 , President Richard Nixon signed legislation requir-ing states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour as away of conserving gasol ine in t he face of an OPEC oil embar-go. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987;federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.) “Singing cow-boy” star Tex Ritter died in Nashville at age 68.In 1981 , police in Sheffield, England, arrested PeterSutcliffe, who confessed to being the “Yorkshire Ripper,” theserial killer of 13 women.In 1986, former baseball owner Bill Veeck, remembered forhis well-publicized stunts and promotional gimmicks,including an exploding scoreboard and a dwarf pinch-hitter,died in Chicago at age 71 .

More than half of the grapesgrown in California are used forwine and juice. One-third of

California grapes become raisins.***

The girl on the box of Sun Maid raisinscarries a basket full of grapes.

***The most popular grape used to makeraisins is the Thompson Seedless grape.William Thompson created his name-sake grape in 1872 on h is farm in YubaCity, California.

***It takes 4 pounds of fresh grapes tomake 1 pound of raisins.

***It takes 20 pounds of fresh tomatoes tomake 1 pound of sun-dried tomatoes.

***When refrigerated, a jar of sun-driedtomatoes in oil is good for up to oneyear. The oil congeals from the cold, butreturns to l iquid in room temperature.

***In 1893, the Supreme Court ruled that

the tomato is a vegetable. At the time,imported vegetables had a 10 percenttariff, while i mported fruit were import-ed duty-free, so it was necessary to clas-sify tomatoes as one or the ot her.

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Tomatoes are the most popular foodgrown in America’s backyards. Morethan 85 percent of home gardeners planttomatoes.

***Potatoes are the most widely consumedvegetable in the United States, next islettuce, then tomatoes.

***Iceberg lettuce used to be known ascrisphead lettuce. In the 1920s,California farmers began shipping thelettuce under mounds of ice to keep itcool and crisp, thus the name change toiceberg.

***Do you know where most of nation’slettuce is grown? See answer at end.

***

One-quarter of the lettuce grown in theUnited States gets bagged. FreshExpress, based in Salinas, California,invented the salad-in-a-bag technology,and is the leader in the RTE (ready to eat)market.

***R.J. Grunts restaurant in Chicago iscredited with having the first salad barin the nation in 1971.

***Chicago is the original home of thedeep-dish style pizza. Created by IkeSewell in 1943 at his restaurant PizzeriaUno, the pizza was so popular that theowner opened a second restaurant aroundthe corner, called Pizzeria Due. Therestaurants are still in business.

***Domino’s Pizza started in 1960 with

one restaurant in Michigan, originallycalled DomiNick’s. By 1978 they hadexpanded to 200 restaurants. Today,there are 7,500 Domino’s pizza loca-tions around the world.

***

Pepperoni is America’s favorite pizzatopping.

***A pizza topped with Canadian bacon andpineapple is called a Hawaiian pizza.

***Early European explorers thought thepineapple looked like a pine cone withflesh like an apple, so they named itpineapple.

***Johnny Appleseed was an actual person.John Chapman (1774-1845) traveledthroughout the western United States onfoot, clearing land to plant appleorchards. Chapman was a humanitarian,vegetarian and Christian.

***If an apple is less than 2 inches in diam-

eter it is classified as a crabapple.***

An Alaskan King Crab is so large thatone crab can yield more than 6 poundsof meat.

***Delmonico’s Restaurant in New YorkCity created the name “baked Alaska” in1876, naming the dessert in honor of the newly acquired territory of Alaska.

***Meringue is egg whites and sugarwhipped together until the mixture getsstiff.

*** An swe r : California’s Salinas Valleysupplies 80 percent of the nation’s let-tuce, earning the valley the nickname“the salad bowl of America.”

Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs inthe weekend edition of the Daily Journal.Questions? Comments? Emailknowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com or call 344-5200 ext. 114.

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Country musician Harold Bradley is 90. Singer Julius LaRosa is 86. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is 74. TVhost Jack Hanna is 69. Actress Wendy Phillips is 64. ActressCynthia Sikes is 62. Actress Gabrielle Carteris is 55. Moviedirector Todd Haynes is 55. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher

David Cone is 53. Actress Tia Carrere is 49. Model ChristyTurlington is 47. Rock musician Scott Underwood is 45.Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is 41. Actress Paz Vegais 40. Country musician Chris Hartman is 38. Ballroomdancer Karina Smirno ff (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 38.Rock musician Jerry DePizzo Jr. (O.A.R.) is 37.

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FOSTER CITY Reckless driving . A Maryland man was

cited for driving on the wrong side of thehighway near Foster City Boulevard before7:56 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23.Vandalism. A bottle was thrown at a vehi-cle on Menhaden Court before 6:04 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 23.Vandalism. A window was brok en on ChessDrive before 11:58 a.m. Wednesday, Dec.23 .Theft . A vehicle was stolen on PolarisDrive before 10:05 a.m. Wednesday, Dec.23 .Burglary . A vehicle’s window was smashedand a purse containing a wallet and otheritems was stolen on Foster City Boulevardbefore 1:28 p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 22.Shopl i f t ing. A Daly City man was citedand released for takin g $8 0 worth of wine onMetro Center Boulevard before 11:46 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 22.Arres t. A 32-year-old Mountain View manwas arrested for possession of drug para-phernalia and illegal substances on BeachPark Boulevard before 1:13 a.m. Tuesday,Dec. 22.

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Pumpkin spiked latteSeveral men were seen spiking theircoffee with alcohol at a business onMiddlefield Road in Redwood Citybefore 5:56 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21.


Haikus, so nnets, odes and a variety o f dif-ferent genres of p oetry will come into focusover the first month of the new year at theBurlingame Library.

Local students between kindergarten andfifth-grade are encouraged to create their o wnoriginal work and present it at the chil dren’sdesk at the library, 480 Primrose Road, inexchange for a new book of poems.

This is just one of the perks offered duringthe library’s monthlong “poetry is cool”campaign, designed to inspire appreciationfor reading an d writing amon g local st udents ,said Kathy von Mayhauser, the library’sChildren’s Services manager.

“This program encourages them to be cre-ative with writing and receive a book whenthey are creative with their writing,” shesaid.

Beyond the poem for book exchange, l ocalschools will also compete against each otherover which class can write and submit themost original poetry to the library.

The victor of the school competitionstands to win a giant stuffed penguin, thatcould be added to the variety of rewards thathave been offered by the li brary over the last15 years the poetry appreciation programhas been run, said von Mayhauser.

She said the initiative has been a tremen-

dous success and popular among many localschools.

“The schools are very positive about theprogram,” she said.

Though t he five public elementary schoo lsin Burlingame, as well thos e in Hillsboroughand a couple of private schools, typically

participate, von Mayhauser said studentsfrom all over the area are invited to getinvolved.

She said last year more than 400 studentswrote poetry and turned their work into thelibrary.

The competition between the schools canbe a fun way to add a little extra friendly ele-ment to the event as well, s he said.

Parents are often the ones that are mostenthusiastic about rallying school spirit inthe poetry competition, she said.

“We’ve had parents at different schoolswho really got excited and got chil dren excit-ed to participate,” she said.

Teachers who bring their children to thepoetry events get a free book of poetry aswell.

Poetry is valuable because it can play anintegral role in b reeding a passion and appre-ciation for word craft and reading amonglearners, said von Mayhauser.

“Poetry is a beautiful language and the cre-ative mind of a child comes up with beautifulwords to express what they are thinking,”said von Mayhauser.

Another benefit of the program is teachingkids to appreciate types of poetry beyond thetraditional rhyming works with which theyare likely most familiar, said von Mayhauser.

To connect with older children who partic-ipate in th e event, von Mayhauser said somewill get their first expo sure to famous poets

such as Rob ert Frost and Emily Dickinson.There will also be lon ger, narrative p oemswhich could be exciting for fourth- and fifth-graders, she said.

Younger students who come to the librarythroughout January will also have a chanceto hear von Mayhauser read some of herfavorite poets s uch as Jack Prelutsky.

There will be a variety of events targeted atkids of all ages, s aid von Mayhauser.

“We will have something for everyone,”she said.

The month rounds out Sunday, Jan. 31,with an event which allows young poets toread their original works in exchange for acookie.

She said the open mic experience can befun for the whole family, as students appreci-ate the oppo rtunity to th eir poems read for anaudience, and parents get to see their youngpoet try their hand at performance.

“Parents like to hear their children readingthe poetry, and they all get a cookie,” shesaid. “What is better than that?”

Call 558-7400 or visit the city’s websitefor more information.

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WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama’saffection for the White House SouthLawn has grown just like the sweetpotatoes and carrots she plants there.

During seven years as first lady,Mrs. Obama has often used her fami-

ly’s temporary backyard as a grassystage from which to promote alifestyle built around plenty of fresh,nutritious food and lots o f exercise.

But to Mrs. Obama, the 6 -plus acresof manicured grass and gardens aremore than a place to t alk about diet andhealth. It’s a symbolic venue for amother of two from the South Side of Chicago who stepped into the role of presidential spouse with the goal of welcoming more visitors, especiallychildren, to the seat of world power.

“While our family might liveupstairs, the president and I know thatthe White House is t ruly the ‘People’sHouse,”’ the first lady said. “It belo ngsto all of us.”

Military families and students areamong those given priority at White

House events such as the ann ual Fourthof July picnic. Mrs. Obama is alsomore consistent than her recent prede-cessors in using the South Lawn. Mos tfirst l adies used the outside grounds forthe occasional state dinner, annual

Easter Egg Roll or ceremony for a vis-

iting head of state.Girl Scouts hunkered down in tents

for a campout last summer until rainand claps of thunder sent them andtheir chaperones scampering into anearby office building. Mrs. Obama

said it was the first campout ever held

on the lawn.In 2011 , s cores of children surround-

ed Mrs. Obama on the lawn to breakthe Guinness World Record for themost people around the world doing

jumping jacks in a 24-hour perio d.

Michelle Obama’s grassy stageNorthern California issuesburn ban alert for Saturday

SAN FRANCISCO — Northern California air qualityauthorities have declared Saturday its first “spare the air” dayof the winter.

It will be illegal for people to burn wood, manufacturedfire logs or any o ther solid fuel, i ndoors or outdoors, for 24hours.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District says pollu-

tion from wood smoke is among the greatest health threatsduring winter months. It iss ued the warning Friday.

Authorities say wood smoke from about 1.4 million fire-places and wood stov es in t he Bay Area is the sin gle largestsource of air pollution.

San Francisco’s black rhino,oldest in North America, is 45

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Zoo celebrated the45th birthday of the oldest black rhinoceros in NorthAmerica with a special cake of roll ed oats and molasses.

The exact date of Elly’s birth isn’t k nown, as s he was bornin th e wild. But she has lived at the zoo sin ce April 1974.

Zookeepers on Friday prepared a “sweet feed” of oats andmolasses that read “45,” said zoo spokeswoman NancyHayden Crowley.

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Students from local schools helped plant Michelle Obama’s inaugural plot in 2009.

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Gayton J. DeRosaGayton J. DeRosa, born Sept. 15,

1925, died Dec. 23, 2015, peacefullyat his home sur-rounded by family.

The former mayorof San Carlos, hewas 90.

He is survived byhis devoted wife of 65 years, Marie,their eight chil-dren, 12 grandchil-

dren, and two great-grandchildren.Gayton grew up in New York andmoved to California in th e late 1940s.He served in the 94th Army InfantryDivisio n as a Master Sergeant in WorldWar II. He attended Stanfo rd Univ ersit yand earned his MBA in accountin g. Heretired from Standard Oil/Chevron after

35 years in the Comptrollers

Department. He served as a councilman

and mayor for the city of San Carlos inthe 1960s and 1970s.

Gayton loved the New York Yankeeswhile growing up, and after moving toCalifornia became an avid 49ers andGiants fan and loved all other types of sports. After retiring from Chevron,he enjoyed gardening and cooking forhis cl an. He was very active in the ICFand Caring Hands for St. CharlesChurch.

A celebration o f his life is s cheduledfor 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, at St.Charles Catholic Church in SanCarlos. Please sign the guestbook atwww.crippenflynn.com.

Ella Louise Phillips

Ella Louise Phillips, born Jan. 24,

1925, died Dec. 25,2015.

She was a resident

of San Mateo,California, age 90.Ella is survived

by her son Paul(Gloria) Phillips of San Mateo,California, and

grandson Bryan (Stephanie) Phillipsand a host of relatives and dear friends.

Family and friends are invited to

attend a Visitation at Sneider &Sulliv an & O’Connell ’s Funeral Home

5 p.m.-9 p .m.Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday,

Jan. 8, Pilgrim Baptist Church, 2 17 N.

Grant St., San Mateo, California.

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Obituaries

By Eric Tucker

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Incendiary rhetoric hasseeped into 2016 presidential politics, sur-faced in the public debate over acceptingSyrian refugees into the U.S. and popped uprepeatedly following attacks by extremistelements in Paris and San Bernardino.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch hasexpressed concern about the potential for an

anti-Islam backlash similar to one that fol-lowed the Sept. 11 attacks and vowed that theJustice Department would punish “actionspredicated on v iolent talk.”

“Advocates are certainly reporting to us anincreased concern around incidents, threatsand potential hate crimes that they’re bring-ing to our attention ,” Vanita Gupta, the headof the Justice Department’s Civil RightsDivision, said in an interview with theAssociated Press.

But the spectrum of hatefulexpression is broad, encom-passing acts that are clearlyillegal — such as firebomb-ing a mosque — as well asvague and distant th reats that,while noxious, might well beprotected by the FirstAmendment.

Establishing the linebetween protected speech anda federal hate crime can bechallenging for prosecutors

and courts and depends on the facts of eachparticular case. Here’s a look at how federallaw treats hate speech:

WHAT DO FEDERAL LAWSHAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?

The signature hate crime statute — theMatthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. HateCrimes Prevention Act — makes it illegal to

physically harm someone based on theirrace, religion, national origin, gender or sex-ual orientation, among oth er characteristics.

DOESN’T THE CONSTITUTIONALLOW ME TO SAY WHATEVER I WANT?

To a large degree, yes. The FirstAmendment offers broad free speech protec-tions and permits membership in organiza-tions, such as the Ku Klux Klan, that espousehateful ideologies.

But while the Constitution gives latitude tohate speech and offensive rhetoric, court deci-sions in the last century have carved out

notable — though narrow — exceptions tofree speech guarantees and authorized prose-cution for language deemed to fall out of bounds.

Comments intended as specific and imme-diate threats brush up against those protec-tions, regardless of a person’s race or reli-gion. So do personal, face-to-face commentsmeant to incite imminent lawlessness, s uchas a riot.

A 1942 Supreme Court decision calledChaplinsky v. New Hampshire — whichinvolved a Jehovah’s Witness who cursed at acity marshal, calling him a “damned fascist”— articulated a “fighti ng words” doctrine thatrestricted insults intended to provoke an“immediate breach of the peace.”

ARE THREATS AGAINST THE LAW?They certainly can be, but that depends on

various factors. Determining what consti-tutes an actual threat — as opposed to a vagueand far-off remark — is a tricky, fact-specificquestion.

A look at how the federal law regards hate speech

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Baptist

PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCHDr. Larry Wayne Ellis, Pastor

(650) 343-5415217 North Grant Street, San Mateo

Sunday Worship Services 8 & 11 amSunday School 9:30 am

Wednesday Worship 7pm

www.pilgrimbcsm.org

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Buddhist

SAN MATEOBUDDHIST TEMPLEJodo Shinshu Buddhist(Pure Land Buddhism)

2 So. Claremont St.San Mateo

(650) 342-2541Sunday English Service &Dharma School - 9:30 AM

Reverend Henry Adamswww.sanmateobuddhisttemple.org

Church of Christ

CHURCH OF CHRIST525 South Bayshore Blvd. SM

650-343-4997Bible School 9:45amServices 11:00am and

2:00pmWednesday Bible Study 7:00pm

Minister J.S. Oxendine

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Lutheran

GLORIA DEI LUTHERANCHURCH AND SCHOOL

(WELS)

2600 Ralston Ave., Belmont,(650) 593-3361

Sunday Schedule: SundaySchool / Adult Bible Class,9:15am;Worship, 10:30am

Non-Denominational

REDWOOD CHURCHOur mission...

To know Christ and make him known.

901 Madison Ave., Redwood City

(650)366-1223Sunday services:9:00AM & 10:45AM

www.redwoodchurch.org

REDWOOD CHURCHOur mission...

To know Christ and make him known.

901 Madison Ave., Redwood City(650)366-1223

Sunday services:9:00AM & 10:45AM

www.redwoodchurch.org

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A young boy from Kurdistan walks in a muddy field called theGrande-Synthe jungle, a camp of makeshift shelters wheremigrants and asylum seekers from Iraq, Kurdistan and Syriagather in Grande-Synthe, France.

By Jim Salter


ST. LOUIS — The worst of thedangerous, deadly winter flood isover in the St. Louis area, leavingresidents of several water-loggedcommuniti es to s pend the first day

of 2016 assessing damage, clean-ing up and figuring out how tobounce back — or in some cases,where to li ve.

Farther south, things were get-ting worse: Record and near-recordcrest predictions of theMississippi River and leveebreaks threatened homes in ruralsouthern Missouri and Illinois.Two more levees succumbedFriday, bringing to at least 11 thenumber of levee failures.

The flood, fueled by more than10 inches of rain over a three-dayperiod that began last weekend, isblamed for 22 deaths. Searcherswere still look ing for five missingpeople — two teenagers in

Illinois, two men in Missouri anda country music singer inOklahoma.

On Friday, water from theMississippi, Meremec andMissouri riv ers was largely reced-ing in the St. Louis area. Twomajor highways — Interstate 44and Interstate 55 — reopenedsouth of St. Louis, meaning com-muters who return to work nextweek won’t have hourslongdetours. Some evacuees wereallowed to return home.

But in the far southwestern tipof Illinois, the 500 or so peoplelivi ng behi nd the Len Small levee,which protects the hamlets of Olive Branch, Hodges Park, Unityand rural homes, were urged tomove to higher ground after theMississippi began pouring overthe levee.

Alexander County Board

Chairman Chalen Tatum said sand-bagging efforts were cut off because it was simply too danger-ous for the volunteers. Far morewater is to come before the Sundaycrest.

“It’s goi ng to g et ugly,” he said.In St. Mary, Missouri, a town of

about 360 residents 50 milessouth of St. Louis, neighbors and

volunteers p laced sandbags aroundhomes after a small agriculturallevee broke. The MississippiRiver was expected to crest thereSaturday at about 3 1/2 feet belowthe 1993 record.

The main culprit in the St. Louisregion was the Meramac River, arelatively small Mississipp i trib-utary. It had bombarded communi-

ties in the far southwestern reach-es of the St. Louis suburbs duringthe week. By Friday, it was relent-ing, but not before some pointstopped the 1993 record by 4 feet.

Two wastewater treatment plantswere so damaged by the floodwa-ters that raw sewage spewed intothe river. A water plant closed atHigh Ridge.

Hundreds of people were evacu-ated in Pacific, Eureka, Valley Parkand Arnold, and many of theirhomes took in water.

Among those were displacedwere Damon Thorne, 44, and his60-year-old mother, Linda, wholive together in an Arnold mobilehome park that washed away aftera small private levee proved nomatch for the surging Meramec.For now, the Thornes are stayingin a Red Cross shelter at a Baptistchurch.

“We’re just basically home-less,” Damon Thorne said. “Wehave nowhere to go .”

In West Alton, Missouri, aMississippi River town that sitsnear the convergence with thealso-elevated Missouri River justnorth of St. Louis, evacuees could-n’t yet return because floodwaterscontinued to pour over the over-whelmed levee, Mayor WillieRichter said. He estimated thatabout three-quarters of the homeswere damaged.

Nearly 1, 000 residents left WestAlton after the 1993 flood, neverto return.

Some begin picking up pieces in Missouri after flooding

As 2016 dawns, Europe braces

for more waves of migrantsBy Elena BectorosTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATHENS, Greece — Bitter co ld, b iti ng win ds and roughwinter seas have done little to stem the seemingly endlessflow of desperate people fleeing war or poverty for whatthey h ope will b e a bright er, safer future in Europe. As 201 6dawns, b oatlo ads cont inue to reach Greek sh ores and thou-sands trudge across Balkan fields an d country roads headingnorth.

More than a million p eople reached Europe in 20 15 in t hecontin ent’s largest refugee in flux sin ce the end of World WarII — a crisis that has tested European unity and threatenedthe vision of a borderless continent. Nearly 3,800 peopleare estimated to have drowned in the Mediterranean lastyear, making t he journey to Greece or Italy in unseaworthyvessels packed far beyond capacity.

The European Union has pledged to bolster patrols on its

external borders and quickly deport economic migrants,while Turkey h as agreed to crack down o n smugglers o per-ating from its coastline. But those on the front lines of thecrisis say the coming year promises to be difficult unlessthere is a dramatic change.

Greece has borne the brunt of t he exodus, with more than850,0 00 p eople reaching th e country’s sh ores, nearly allarriving o n Greek islands from the nearby Turkish coast.

“The (migrant) flows continue unabated. And on gooddays, on days when the weather isn’t bad, they areincreased,” Ioannis Mouzalas, Greece’s minister responsi-ble for migration i ssues, to ld the Associ ated Press. “This isa problem and shows that Turkey wasn’t able — I’m notsaying that they didn’t want — to respond to the duty andobligation it had undertaken to control the flows and thesmugglers from its shores.”

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few minutes analyzing the gamut of emo-tions experienced throughout the day.

“Is there something you can learn aboutsadness or anxiety? Sit with it,” sh e said.

Dr. Robert Williams, a clinical psycholo-gist who practices in San Mateo, agreed thereis critical v alue found in deep tho ught.

Williams, who is also an asso ciate profes-sor in the counseling department at SanFrancisco State University, said meditationor prayer are among h is keys to wellness.

“Finding five minutes in the morning totune the instrument and be present with yourown self is important,” he said.

Even for families caught in the hustle andbustle, simply stealing a spare momentwhile sitting in th e car after dropping off thekids at school can be a healthy technique,said Williams.

Other ways to be a bit more well in the2016, said Williams, is to get a healthyamount of sleep at night, eat properly, stayin motion and keep in contact with others,while maintaining safety in relationships.

Though the process seem manageable,Williams said it can be challenging to

implement in a consistent and effectivemanner.

“It is a lifelong aspiration,” he said.

Exercise, enjoymentand accountability

As some strive to be more mentallyhealthy in the New Year, one of the mostcommon annual resolutions remains focus-ing on improved physical fitness.

John Fernandez, a p ersonal trainer servingclients in San Mateo, said the first steptoward getting into shape is establishingrealistic goals.

Initially, he suggested setting attainabletargets, such as cutting down meal portionsize, o r counting calories burned when usingthe gym treadmill.

Also look for exercises that are entertain-

ing, because enjoyment is the only way todevelop behavior that is sustainable, saidFernandez.

“To make it a habit, make it fun,” saidFernandez.

As an activity begins to become morecommon, Fernandez encouraged continuous-ly pushing the boundaries of comfort andgradually working out in a more intense fash-ion.

But before it is possible to explore limitsof physical exertion, Fernandez said it isfirst important to h ave a keen understanding

of what it takes to achieve high performanceregularly.

“You have to pay attention to your body,and you have to have a good relationshipwith your body,” he said.

He said he encourages his clients to drawfrom a variety of forms of ins piration whichmay compel them to work out, but that maynot always be enough.

“When you begin to lose motivation,allow discipline t o take its p lace,” he said.

Marylou Metzger, a personal trainer in SanCarlos and Belmont, agreed developing rea-sonable and healthy habits can be integral inachieving fitness goals for th e new year.

“One thing that people are taking on isapproaching fitness and health as a long-term commitment,” s he said.

Acknowledging there are always excuses

to put off exercise, Metzger said sharing tar-

gets with a partner can be a successfulmethod of working toward finding extramotivation when necessary.

“Accountability is huge,” she said.“Whether that is a partner, a trainer, a friendor a support group, I recommend sharing thatgoal with someone.”

Ultimately tho ugh there is not a on e-size-fits-all approach toward exercise that worksfor everyone, said Metzger.

“It really t akes on a l ot of different shapes,depending on th e person and their interests,”she said.

Dollars and senseThe personalized approach works not only

for physical fitness, but financial planningas well, experts claim.

Emilie Goldman, of Tamarind FinancialPlanning in San Mateo, said her initialapproach with clients is to identify their fis-cal limitations.

“Setting up a process where they can bemore intentional abo ut what they are savingand what they are spending,” she said, is atop priority.

Beyond that, Goldman said establishingclear financial obj ectives and setting up pay-ment plans toward reaching them can be aneffective means of establishing positivemomentum. “Have a well-defined goal, and asyou make progress toward it, make it visi-

ble,” she said.

Tracking success can help build towardmore wise financial decisions as well, saidGoldman.

“Once you do th ese things , i t actually getseasier,” she said.

Which is why Goldman said she empha-sizes approaching financial planning in amanageable fashion.

“Start with something that is completelyachievable,” she said. “Don’t start withsomething right o ff the bat and fail immedi-ately.”

Kalvin Sid, an independent financial advi-

sor in San Mateo, agreed simplicity is inte-gral toward wise asset management.

Identifying what really matters is anapproach toward accomplishing austerity,said Sid.

“I think people need to prioritize theirgoals in life first, and what is really impor-tant to th em, not what other people tell themis important to them,” he said. “If peoplestop to evaluate their own priorities first,they wouldn’t be wasting money on thingsthat are less important.”

To have a healthier bank account in thenew year, Sid suggested avoiding consumerdebt as much as possi ble and not falling vic-tim to th e commonly false promises of perksand bonuses offered by credit card compa-nies.

Beyond that, there is no greater way to

ensure financial health than saving morethan on e spends, said Sid.

He noted though that can be challenging,living in an area where wealth is pervasiveand locals may feel pressure to constantlykeep up with their neighbor’s biggest, bestand most recent purchase.

To broaden the perspective of clients, Sidsaid he encourages them to giv e to charity.

“So many people are hurting, that whenyou start giving your money away it willgive you more contentment than buying anew pair of shoes or the latest iPhone,” hesaid.

A philosophical approach to managingmoney, and lifestyle, in 20 16 could be a keyto fulfillment for some, said Sid.

“Live with an attitude of gratitude for whatyou have and learn to be content instead of

desiring more stuff,” he said.

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viol ence” that he can’t “sit around and donothing.”

Obama recently directed staff at theWhite House to look i nto po tential execu-tive actions.

Currently, federally licensed firearmsdealers are required to seek backgroundchecks on potential firearm purchasers.But advocacy groups say some of th e peo-

ple who sell firearms at gun shows are notfederally licensed, increasing the chanceof sales to customers prohibited by lawfrom purchasing guns.

A source familiar with the administra-tion’s efforts said Obama is expected totake executive actio n next week th at wouldset a “reasonable thresho ld” for when sell-ers have to seek a background check. Thatperson didn’t know whether it would bebased on the number of guns sold or rev-enue generated through g un sales.

The source, a member of a gun controladvocacy group, was not authorized to dis-cuss details before the announcement and

spoke on condition of anonymity.White House officials won’t con firm the

timing.In his efforts to work around a Congress

that has often been politically grid-locked, Obama has made aggressiv e use of executive p ower, p articularly o n immigra-tion. It has been an increasingly effectivepresidential tool. And while legal schol-ars are divided on whether Obama hasaccelerated or merely continued a drift of power toward the executive branch,there’s little debate that h e’s paved a pathfor his successor.

Depending on who succeeds him, many

Obama backers could rue the day theycheered his “pen-and-phone” campaign toget past Republican opposition inCongress. The unilateral steps he took toraise environmental standards and ease thethreat of deportation for millio ns of immi-grants in the U.S. illegally may serve asprecedent for moves they won’t cheer.

The National Rifle Association o ppos esexpanded background check systems. Theorganization’s Institute for LegislativeAction says studies have shown that peo-ple sent to state prison because of guncrimes typically get guns through theft,the b lack market or family and friends.


GUNS


ALBANY, N.Y. — Want to keep that NewYear’s resolution? A new report says itmight not be so difficult.

Marketing researchers at the Universityat Albany and three other U.S. colleges

have found that asking about positivebehavioral changes — such as will youexercise? or will you recycle? — asopposed to telling or instructing has along-term impact in many areas of life.

Professor Ioannis Kareklas of UAlbany’s School of Business says justasking someone about a certain behaviorcan positively influence a person’schances of doing that behavior in thefuture. And the effect has been shown tolast more than six months after question-

ing.The report in the Journal of Consumer

Psychology is the first comprehensivelook at more than 100 studies examiningthe questio n-behavio r effect.

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By Frances d’EmilioTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VATICAN CITY — Wishing for a year bet-ter than 2015 , Pope Francis on Friday calledfor an end to t he “arrogance of the p owerful”that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society, and to the “false neutrality” towardconflicts, hunger and persecution that trig-gers exoduses of refugees.

In hi s New Year’s h omily, Francis empha-sized the need to ‘’let ourselves be reborn,to overcome the indifference which blockssoli darity, and to leave behi nd the false neu-trality which prevents sharing.”

After celebrating Mass, the pope came tothe window of a Vatican palazzo overlook-ing St. Peter’s Square to offer new year’s

wishes to a crowd of tens of thousands of tourists and Romans cheering him frombelow.

“At the start of the year, it’s lovely toexchange wishes. Let’s renew, to oneanother, the desire that that which awaitsus is a little better” than what last yearbrought, Francis said. “It is, after all, asign of the hope that animates us and

invites us all to believe in life.”“We know, however, that with the new

year, everything won’t change and thatmany of yesterday’s problems will alsoremain tomorrow,” the pope said, addingthat he was making a “wish sustained by areal h ope.”

As he did in his homily earlier in St.Peter’s Basilica, the pope issued a cautionthat “th e enemy of peace isn’t onl y war, b utalso indifference,” and he decried ‘’barriers,suspicions, fears and closures” toward oth-ers.

In the New Year’s h omily in St. Peter’s, hehad reflected on the “countless forms of injustice and violence which daily woundour human family.”

“Sometimes we ask ourselves how it is

possible that human injustice persistsunabated, and th at the arrogance of t he pow-erful con tinues to demean the weak, relegat-ing t hem to the most squalid outski rts of ourworld.”

He continued: “We ask how long humanevil will continue to sow violence andhatred in our world, reaping innocent vic-tims.”

Pope: Now is the time to end

indifference, ‘false neutrality’

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Pope Francis burns incense at the altar as he celebrates a mass at the St. Mary Major Basilicain Rome, Italy.

By Kirseten Grieshaber


BERLIN — A terror warning in Munich onNew Year’s Eve that led to the evacuation of two train stati ons was not a false alert, s ecu-rity officials said Friday, although therehave been no arrests.

The evacuation of Munich’s main trainstation and the Pasing neighbo rhood sta-tion shortly before midnight reportedlyfollowed a warning from a “friendly” for-eign intelligence service that five toseven Islamic State militants from Syriaand Iraq were planning coordinatedattacks on different lo cations i n Munich

including th e two train statio ns.Although it wasn’t even yet clear if any

would-be attackers actually existed, Munichpolice president Hubertus Andrae toldreporters that the terror warning and conse-quent evacuation of the train stations hadnot been “a false alert.”

Bavarian Interior Minister JoachimHerrmann told reporters that as of Fridaymorning the train stations were open againand “we no lo nger have concrete indication sfor a terror threat today or tomorrow at aspecific location.”

However, Herrmann warned that the over-all th reat across Europe remained high afterthe attacks in Paris in November that killed130 people.

Munich terror threat remains

in place, stations open again

By Aya Batrawy


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi

Arabia carried out at least 157 execution s in2015, with beheadings reaching their high -est level in the kingdom in two decades,according to several advocacy groups thatmonito r the death p enalty worldwide.

Coinciding with the rise in executions isthe number of people executed for non-lethal offenses that judges hav e wide discre-tion to rule on, particularly for drug-relatedcrimes.

Rights group Amnesty International saidin November that at least 63 people hadbeen executed since the start of the year fordrug-related offenses. That figure made for atleast 40 percent of the total number of exe-

cutions in 2015, compared to less than fourpercent for drug-related executions i n 2 010.Amnesty said Saudi Arabia had exceeded itshighest level of executions since 1995,when 19 2 executions were recorded.

But while most crimes, such as premedi-tated murder, may carry fixed punishmentsunder Saudi Arabia’s interpretation of theIslamic law, or Shariah, drug-related offens-es are considered “ta’zir”, meaning neitherthe crime nor the punishment is defined inIslam.

Discretionary judgments for “ta’zir”crimes have led to arbitrary rulings withcontentious outcomes.

In a lengthy report issued in August,Amnesty International noted the case of Lafi al-Shammari, a Saudi national with noprevious criminal record who was executedin mid-2015 for drug trafficking .

Saudi beheadings soar in ’15under discretionary rulings

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Expect less and getsome antacid: 2016investment forecastBy Stan Choe


NEW YORK — Investing isbecoming more of a grind.Expect it to s tay that way.

Analysts, mutual-fund man-agers and other forecasters aretelling investors to expect lowerreturns from stocks and bonds in2016 than in past years. They’realso predicting more severeswings in prices. Remember that10 percent drop for stocks thatfreaked investors out in August?It likely won’t take another fouryears for the next one.

The good news is that few

economists are predicting arecession in 2016. That meansstocks and other investments canavoid a sustained slide and keepgrinding higher, analysts say.Next year is expected to lookmore like this year, with gyrat-ing sto ck prices on track to endclose to where they started, thanthe b ull market’s euphoric earlieryears like 2013 and its 32 per-cent surge in the Standard &Poor’s 500 index.

“You have to be realistic andthin k th e outsized runs we’ve had— in 2013, for instance — arepretty unlikely,” said MikeBarclay, portfol io manager at theColumbi a Dividend Income mutu-al fund. “Trees don’t grow to thesky.”

The list of reasons for mutedexpectations is long. Economicgrowth around the world remainsfrustratingly weak, and earningsgrowth for big U.S. companieshas stalled. Stock prices aren’tcheap when measured againstcorporate earnings, unlike theearly years of this bull market.The Federal Reserve also just lift-ed short-term interest rates forthe first time in nearly a decade.Besides making all kin ds of mar-kets more volatile, higher ratescould also h urt prices o f bonds ininvestors’ and mutual funds’ port-folios.

The investment-bank Barclays

gave this succinct title on its100-page outlook report for2016: “Curb your expectations.”

While it’s worth knowing thegeneral sentiment on Wall Street,it’s also worth rememberingfinancial forecasters have a spot-ty reco rd for accuracy.

Analysts cite a long list of risks that could upend their fore-casts. Investments could tank if an unexpected spike in inflationrips through the global econo-my, for example, or if the slow-down in the world’s second-largest economy, China, ends upeven more s evere than feared.

But there is some comfort inthe subdued forecasts — they are

a sign that the greed and maniacharacteristic of past market

peaks, such as the dot-com bub-ble, may not be a problem.

“We think investors will berewarded over the next five to 10

years with decent inflation-adjusted returns,” said Joe Davis,

global head of the investmentstrategy group at mutual-fund

gian t Vanguard. “That said, theywill likely pale in comparison to

the st rong returns we’ve had overthe last five.”

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A man walks past a computer screen displaying share market prices during a trading session in the halls of Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan.

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DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

It has been 20 years since AlfaRomeo stopped selling cars in th eUnited States. That changed inJanuary of 2015, however, when126 dealerships across the nationbegan importing the Alfa Romeo4C. It is a low-to-the-ground two-seater sports car from the Italiancar manufacturer known forstyling, speed and fun.

The 4C in particular seems toembody all those characteristics.There are two not iceable ridges onthe front hood that guide the eyeto the v-shaped grill with the Alfaemblem badge. For the speed, the4C has a four-cylinder enginewhich is turbocharged and pro-duces 237 horsepower. The funcomes from its gearbox which is a6-speed manual with paddleshifters j ust like a race car.

FIAT of Burlingame onCalifornia Drive has sold 12 sofar, s aid sales representative TonyMoyrong. The buyers, he said,“have been young and old. Some

Alfa enthusiasts. Usually whenthey come in they already knowabout the car.”

This means that the salesprocess has been quick and unlikethat of a FIAT. Those who havebought a 4C have not had theoption of customizing the car oreven choosing a paint color.

“We sell them the way they’reshipped to us,” said Moyrong.

As for test driving the car,

Moyrong said, “I only drove it acouple of blocks, but not on thefreeway. We’re not allowed to test

drive it on the freeway, even withcustomers. They just buy it off theshelf.”

Buying the 4C off the shelf costs $5 3,9 00 for the coupe modeland $63,900 for the convertibleSpider.

The difference?“They are pretty much the

same,” said sales representativeMoe Mojadiddi.These numbers are the manufac-

turer’s suggested retail prices. A4C with all the extra options willcost around $67,395 and a full-spec Spider like the o ne in FIAT of Burlingame’s showroom costs$76,245. However, play aroundon Alfa Romeo’s website and it ispossible to build a 4C withoptions for $69,900.

Even with these prices,Mojadiddi pointed out that, “thisis li ke a small Ferrari, b ut you pay

one third of the price.”He adds that compared to othersports cars like a Porsche 911, theAlfa is inexpensive and “this issomething new to the market.This car has a history in theUnited States. With Porsche, yousee them all over the place.”

Seeing new Alfa’s all over theplace will take some time. Thereare only four dealers in the BayArea and 15 in California. AlfaRomeo currently has just threemodels in America, but that willchange in 2016 when the fourdoor, 505 horsepower Giulia isimported. Not that that will makenew Alfas more prevalent. TheGiulia, which will have Alfa

Romeo’s “most powerful produc-tion car engine ever” is not likelyto be cheap.

Alfa Romeo comes back to the states

U.S. STOCKSCorporate profit growth hit a wall this year, asplunging prices of oil and metals slammed energyand raw-material producers,the stronger dollarhurt exporters,and economic growth remainedtepid.Analysts expect profits to stabilize next year,but companies across many industries aregroping for revenue growth amid the still-slowglobal economy.Stocks in the S&P 500 are no longer cheap relativeto their earnings, the most common gauge of stock prices.The index is trading at 17.2 times itsearnings over the last 12 months,higher than itsaverage of 14.5 over the last decade.A measurethat looks at price and longer-term earningstrends popularized by economist Robert Shiller,a Nobel prize winner,is also more expensive thanits historical average.

These already high stock prices leave little roomfor them to rise further without some impetus

from the economy or better profits.Investors should also brace for dips.The market’sbig drop in August was so rattling because ithadn’t happened since October 2011, anabnormally long time.Since World War II,investorshave been hit with drops of at least 10 percentevery 19 months,on average.Goldman Sachs strategists are forecasting theS&P 500 will end 2016 at 2,100,which would bea 4 percent rise from Monday’s close of 2,021.Barclays expects the index to rise 9 percent, andDeutsche Bank expects it to rise 11 percent.All would be a step down from past results.TheS&P 500 gained 15 percent annually on averagefrom 2009 through 2014,not including dividends.

FOREIGN STOCKSInvestors have a strong yen for foreign stocks.

They poured a net $208 billion into internationalstock funds in the last year, while pulling $56

billion from U.S.stock funds.One reason for the migration is that investorswant to make their portfolios look more like thebroad market.Foreign stocks make up about half the world’s market value bto stay away from bigcrowds,thousands of people were on the streetsof Munich at midnight to welcome the new yearwith fireworks.Dpa reported massive delays in the city’s publictransportation system after both train stationswere quickly evacuated and trains were no longerstopped there.Cities across Europe have been on edge since aterror attack in Paris in November killed 130people.A few days after the Paris attack,a soccer stadiumin Hannover in central Germany was evacuatedafter a terror threat against a friendly matchbetween Germany and the Netherlands. Theauthorities never reported any findings of explosives or concrete attack plans.

How analysts see 2016 investments

In January of 2015, 126 dealerships across the nation began importingthe Alfa Romeo 4C.

Gadgets around us will keepgetting smarter, like it or not

Our cars, our homes, our appli-ances and even our toys: Thingsaround us are going to keep gettingsmarter. In 2016, we’ll entrust evenmore of our lives and their intimatedetails to machines — not to men-tion t he companies that run them.

You might, for instance, like theidea of turning on your TV with aspoken command — no more fum-bling for the remote! But for that to

work, the TV needs to be listeningall the time, even when you’re notwatching. And even when you’rediscussing something extremelypersonal, or engaged in some oth eractivity to which you’d rather notinvite eavesdroppers.

How much should you worry?Maybe your TV never records anyof your casual conversations. Ormaybe its manufacturer is record-ing all t hat, but just to find ways tomake the TV better at understand-ing what you want it to do.

Why you should considerfreezing your credit reports

NEW YORK — Freeze your creditreports before you get burned.

That’s the message from securityexperts, consumer advocates andsome state Attorneys General. Theysay more people should consider acredit freeze as a way to block iden-tity thieves from opening new cred-it cards and other accounts in yourname. They recommend a freezeeven if your identity hasn’t beenstolen. “It’s much better to shut thedoor before it even takes place,”says Mike Litt, a consumer programadvocate at the nonprofit U.S.Public Interest Research Group.“You can save y ourself so much ti meand headache.”

By Lisa RathkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTPELIER, Vt. — With anexplosion in growth in the craftbeer industry over t he last decade,it’s not enough to simply have apassion for brewing and beerwhen it comes to starting a brew-

ery or working for one as theindustry gets more competitive.

Recognizing that, s ome univer-sities are now offering onlineprograms on t he business of craftbeer.

In the las t decade, th e number of craft breweries has grown to morethan 4,000 in the U.S. today,

from more than 1,400 in 2005,according to the BrewersAssociation.

A lot of breweries started outfive or 10 years ago with a focuson beer, said Gregory Dunkling,director of the University of Vermont’s new online business of craft beer certificate program,

which starts in February. Backthen, a home brewer may havebeen able to create some greatrecipes but didn’t have the busi-ness acumen so along the wayhired staff to cover marketing,sales, the business operation, hesaid. It’s harder to pull that off today.

Universities tap into craft beer growth by offering classes

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PASADENA — Stanford barely missed outon the College Football Playoff, andChristian McCaffrey almost won theHeisman Trophy.

McCaffrey and the mighty Cardinal didn’tmiss a thing in their Rose Bowl romp overIowa.

McCaffrey caught a 75-yard touchdownpass on the opening snap and returned a punt66 yards for another score while setting theRose Bowl record with 368 all-purpose yards,propelling No. 5 Stanford to a 45-16 victoryover the sixt h-ranked Hawkeyes on Friday.

Kevin Hogan passed for 223 yards and threeTDs in his final game for the Cardinal (12-2),who won the Rose Bowl for the second timein three trips over the past four years for thisunlikely football powerhouse.

McCaffrey was sublime in his debut at theGranddaddy of Them All, breaking the all-pur-pose yards record set by Wisconsin’s JaredAbbrederis in 2012.

McCaffrey finished second behindAlabama’s Derrick Henry in th e Heisman vot-ing, but the speedy so phomore left no doubtabout his brilliance with one of the most

dynamic performances in the 102-game his-tory of th e Rose Bowl.

He had 172 yards rushin g, 105 yards receiv-ing and 91 on kick returns, putting an appro-priate cap on the season in which he set theNCAA record for all-purpose yards.McCaffrey also b ecame the first player ever torack up more than 100 yards rushing and 100yards receiving in a Rose Bowl.

Stanford and Iowa finished in the final twospots outside the College Football Playoff field, but the Cardinal showed they belongamong the best with their 12th win in theirfinal 13 g ames.

With a powerful offensive line and a sturdydefense, they also ruined the first trip toPasadena in 25 years for the Hawkeyes (12-2), who followed up their remarkable 12-0regular season with two po stseason lo sses.

A Rose-y result

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Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey celebrates winning the Rose Bowl’s Offensive Player of theGame award after leading the Cardinal to a 45-16 win over Iowa .

By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALAMEDA — A 4,000-yard season, thefranchise single-season touchdown recordand other milestones are all in in reach forDerek Carr heading into Sunday’s seasonfinale at Kansas City.

Predictably, those all take a back seat toCarr’s main ob jective.“I just want a win,” Carr said. “That’s my

main goal, is going in there and makingsure we come out with the victory. I’ve hadsome big stat games that have resulted inlosses, and that’s not why I play thisgame.”

Carr has put up significantly better num-bers and more than twice as many wins inYear 2 as quarterback of the Raiders (7-8),solidifying his role as a b uilding b lock forthe franchise.

Carr needs 207 y ards agains t the Chi efs to jo in Ri ch Ganno n and Carson Palmer as t heonly 4,000-yard passers in Raiders history.

He’s three touchdownpasses away from tyingDaryle Lamonica’s sin-gle-season franchiserecord of 34 set in 1969;He needs one TD pass tobreak a tie with RussellWilson and Peyton

Manning for secondmost ever in his first twoseasons.

“I think he’s had a really strong year,”coach Jack Del Rio said. “”It’s one moreopportunity to add on to that. He’s nearingthe franchise record for touchdowns t hrown.He’s t hrown for a b unch of yards. He’s donea great job bringing us back in severalgames. I thi nk he’s had a really stro ng year.It’d be great to end that year on a strongnote.”

The performance this year has ended anydoubts raised when Oakland went 3-13 in

Milestones in sight forRaiders’ Carr in finale

By Rick EymerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA — 49ers running backJarryd Hayne looks forward to warmerweather and spending s ome serious time onthe beaches in Australia, where it’s summer.

The two-time national rugby league

Player of the Year, without any footballexperience of any kind at any level, earnedhis first career start in last weekend’s lo ss atDetroit.

He’ll be in the lineup again Sunday whenthe San Francisco 49ers host the St. LouisRams in the season finale. Then he’ll jumpon a plane for home, catch up with familyand friends, relax by the ocean and set atrainin g schedule design ed to get hi m readyfor a second season with the 49ers.

After spending nine years playing profes-sion al rugby, t he 27 -year-old Hayne decidedto give football a try. His rookie numbersdon’t add up to much — 17 carries for 52

yards and six catches for27 yards — except toshow signs of future suc-cess.

“I never knew what toexpect having neverplayed the game before,”Hayne said Thursday.

“Everything about theseason, just being outthere, has been great. I’m

excited for th e future.”Offensive coo rdinator Geep Chryst is j ust

as excited about h is future.“He’s kind of got that swivel-hip style,”

Chryst said. “He makes people miss. Hispads are a little upright and you get a littleworried that he’s going to get his blockknocked off going so high through the lineof scrimmage. But he’s kind of got a knackfor that.”

Hayne was used as a punt returner through

Hayne is making a successfultransition to American football

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By Ralph D. RussoTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS — Jimmy Kimmel told peopleto watch. Even so ap opera stars on GeneralHospital made not-so-subtle references tomaking plans to watch the CollegeFootball Playoff on New Year’s Eve.

All the prodding and promoting wasn’tenough to convince many fans to tune in.

College football’s move to create a newtradition with semifinal matchups on NewYear’s Eve drew ratings approximately 36percent lower than last season, when the

matchups were held on New Year’s Day.The Orange Bowl between Clemson and

Oklahoma, which kicked off about 4:10p.m. ET on ESPN, drew a 9.7 rating. Thefirst semifinal last season, the Rose Bowlwith Oregon and Florida State on NewYear’s Day, earned a 15.5.

The Michigan State-Alabama CottonBowl drew a 9.9 rating for ESPN comparedto 15.3 for Ohio State-Alabama in theSugar Bowl last Jan. 1.

College Football Playoff executivedirector Bill Hancock told the AP he wasstil l awaiting the results of th e New Year’sDay games.

“It’s just not appropriate to talk until allthe results are in. I guess it’s like asking acoach to talk about a whole game at half-time,” he said.

The dramatic matchups and results o f lastyear’s first College Football Playoff semi-finals led to record-breaking cable audi-ences for ESPN. The face-off betweenHeisman Trophy winning quarterbacksMarcus Mariota and Jameis Winst on i n th eRose Bowl drew 28 millio n vi ewers.

Ohio State and Alabama, two of th e mostpopular programs in college football,played a game that went down to the finalplay. Ohio State upset the Crimson Tide42-35. That game also drew 28 millionviewers. Those games represented thebiggest cable TV audiences ever, until thefirst playoff championship game withOregon-Ohio State topped it with 33 mil-lion viewers.

The matchups of this year’s gamesweren’t as attractive and both turned out to

Stanford scores 35 first-half points to route Iowa in Rose Bowl

Ratings down

for the CollegeFootball Playoff

Derek Carr Jarryd Hayne

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The MontrealForum was the Canadiens’ home for one of themost successful dynasties in professionalsports.

The Bruins and Celtics filled the BostonGarden rafters with championship banners.

The Original Six rivals met at the home of thedefending Super Bowl champions for the NHLWinter Classic on Friday, and it was the visitingCanadiens and their locally grown goalie whomanaged to mimic the New England Patriots’success.

Wearing a mask decorated with a Patriotstheme and autographed by their coach and quar-terback, Mike Condon stopped 27 shots to helpMontreal beat the Bruins 5-1 on Friday at thehome of the reigning NFL champions.

“I’m pretty sure anything Tom Brady touchesturns to gold,” said the Boston-bred goaliewhose father is a policeman who works a secu-rity detail at Gillette Stadium during Patriotsgames. “Hopefully got some mojo on my hel-

met there. I’m a huge fan of his , huge fan of thisorganization, and I’m just happy to pay respectto them on the ice.”

Paul Byron scored twice, and BrendanGallagher returned from two broken fingers toscore a goal and add an assist . David Desharnaisand Max Pacioretty also scored for theCanadiens, who passed Florida and moved into

first place in the Atlantic Division with 47points.

Tuukka Rask stopped 25 shots for the Bruins,and Matt Beleskey scored in the third period toavert the first shutout in Winter Classic history.The four-goal win was the largest for the eventsince it began in 2008.

Both goalies paid tribute to the Patriots andBrady on their masks, and coach Claude Julienworked the Bruins bench in a hoodie straightfrom the wardrobe of his NFL counterpart, Bil lBelichick.

Condon’s mask had pictures of Brady andBelichick, New England’s four Super Bowl tro-phies and their motto: “Do your job.” The twoPatriots icons rewarded his loyalty by signingthe backplate for him; Belichick even listed the

team’s four championships.Condon shut out the Bruins for more than two

periods, gloving Ryan Spooner’s wrist shotwith 0.1 seconds left in the second period toprotect a 3-0 l ead.

“Anytime a player is coming back home, it’sa special place for him,” said Montreal’s MichelTherrien, who also coached Pittsburgh to a win

in the inaugural Winter Classic in 2008 and isthe first NHL coach to win twice. “And we all arehappy about the way he performed.”

Rask had Brady and tight end RobGronkowski on his, along with a scowlingminuteman — in black and gold, rather than thered, white and blue colors that the Patriots sharewith the Canadians.

But the Bruins fell to 0-1 in a building wherethe Patriots have lost only one meaningfulgame in three years.

“We definitely feel like we let everybodydown,” Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenbergsaid. “It was such a big buildup. I’m sure every-body in here wanted to come out on the ice witha little bit more jump and bring a little bit bettereffort. But that wasn’t the case today.”

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quarter.But the biggest difference was the day the games were

played.The FBS conference commissioners who put together the

College Football Playoff in 2012 said they wanted to cre-ate a new tradition b y pl aying the semifin als on New Year’sEve twice every three years over the course of a 12-yearcontract with ESPN. This is year two of that deal.

The decision was mostly to p rotect the interests of fourconferences and two bowls. The Rose Bowl with the BigTen and Pac-12 has traditionally been played in the earlyevening o f Jan. 1. The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferencedecided to have their own Rose Bowl-type relationshipwith the Sugar Bowl and lock in the television time slotright after the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.

Those games have th eir own s eparate TV deals with ESPNand they were set before the playo ff was finali zed. The con-

tracts with ESPN for the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl andCollege Football Playoff will pay th e major college foot-ball conferences about $7.3 billion over the life of thedeals.

ESPN was on board as long as it owned the rights to allthe games, though the network did suggest moving thisseason’s games off Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, an open Saturdaywith no NFL confli cts. But playo ff officials s aid they want-ed to change the paradigm of New Year’s Eve and did notwant to push off getting fans acclimated to their new, if unpopular, i dea.

ESPN and its sis ter network ABC, b oth owned by Disney,did their best to encourage fans to work football into theirNew Year’s Eve party plans. ESPN wore out a promo withKimmel, the late-night talk-show host and comedian,singing a parody of “Auld Lang Syne” with lyrics such as:

“Yes, New Year’s Eve will be so awesomeWatching college football t hrough confetti!Missing out is not an optionSo pl an accordingly.”The spot had party goers in formal wear, b alloons, col-

lege mascots and celebrities — but no one watching a foot-ball g ame.

This week, ABC daytime soap opera “General Hospital”had characters during the s how makin g direct references to

watching t he Coll ege Foot ball Pl ayoff on New Year’s Eve.Social networks were virtually silent about the games

compared to the year before. Last year, 10.1 million peo-ple saw one or more of 2.6 million tweets about the firstgame, according to Nielsen. This year, just 6.5 millionpeople saw one or more of 487,0 00 tweets sent about thegame. The second game was worse: 5.8 million people sawone or more of 464,000 tweets.

Commiss ion ers could change th eir plans and move future

games off Dec. 31, but the next two seasons set up betterthan this one.

The semifinals rotate through six bowl games — theSugar, Rose, Cotton, Orange, Fiesta and Peach. Next sea-son the s emifinals will again be pl ayed on New Year’s Eve,this time in t he Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, and thePeach Bowl in Atlanta. But Dec. 31 is a Saturday.

The Rose and Sugar host the semifinals again on Jan. 1 ,2018, following the 2017 season.

Follo wing th e 201 8 regular season, New Year’s Eve fallson Monday.


RATINGS

By Jonathan Lemire


NEW YORK — New York’s attorney gen-eral has filed a lawsuit asking FanDuel andDraftKings to give back all the money theymade in the state, the latest salvo in anongoing clash with a pair of increasinglypopular daily fantasy sports websites.

The amended lawsuit — filed Thursday, just days b efore a key court date i n the dis-pute — asks the two companies to return themoney to users who lost it during 2015 aswell as pay a fine of up to $5,000 per case.

The sites h ave said they too k in more than$200 million in entry fees from at least

600, 000 customers in New York st ate.Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

asserts that the companies are operating anillegal gambling operation within NewYork and has moved to stop them. He firstfiled a lawsuit i n November and was granteda temporary injunction on Dec. 11 to s topFanDuel and DraftKings from operating

within the state, but that decision wasreversed hours later by an appell ate court.Both s ides are set to argue Monday before

an appellate panel as t o whether the compa-nies can contin ue to operate in New York asthe case proceeds to a trial stage.

In the new filing, the attorney generalzeroed in on user bonuses that he believesare deceptive, saying they offer hundreds of

dollars in bonuses that would unlock onlyafter users spent thousands on the site (thattype of incentive advertising is a commonpractice in Las Vegas casin os).

Schneiderman also has argued that thecompanies, which both have aggressiveadvertising campaigns, misrepresent thechances of winning. In 2013 and 2014,

only 11.7 percent of DraftKings users mademoney, according to the complaint.Both Boston-based DraftKings and New

York-based FanDuel have argued that dailyfantasy is a game of skill, n ot chance, andinsi st that their operatio ns are legal becausethey technically don’t accept wagers andbecause their success doesn’t rely on anyparticular result.

Neither company immediately respondedto a request for comment Friday from TheAssociated Press.

The two sites have come under scrutiny inother states. They stopped operating inNevada after the state’s gaming co mmissio ndeclared what they did was gambling andwould require licenses. Last mon th, Illino is

Attorney General Lisa Madigan moved toblock the sites from operating in that state.Both have countersued.

The companies combined to take in morethan $3 billion in 2015 and have estab-lished partnerships with some of titans of the sports world including ESPN, the NFLand Major League Baseball.

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SANTA CLARA — The St. Louis Rams fin-ish the season with a weeklong stint inCalifornia, and that might just be the startfor this franchise in the Golden State.

That’s if the Rams relocate to Los Angelesin 201 6, of course.

Coach Jeff Fisher has tried to keep anopen line of communication with his play-ers about the process and uncertainty, hop-ing to avoid any potential distractions orquestion s abo ut what the future hol ds.

“The important thing is to communicatewhenever you get information. The issuehere is we don’t have any information,”Fisher said.

Yet, whatever happens next, finishingthis season on a strong note sure wouldmean lot. The Rams (7-8) will try to win afourth st raight game when they pl ay the SanFrancisco 49ers (4-11) on Sunday. St . Louisstayed in the Northern California winecountry of Napa between games after last

Sunday’s 23-1 7 vict ory at Seattle.

The Rams will try for their first three-game winning streak against the 49erssince taking six in a row from 1999-2001,and they seek th eir first four-game winningstreak since seven consecutive victories in2003.

Fisher look s to avoi d a fourth consecutivelosing season during his St. Louis tenure.

“You can jump in to t he offseason p rogramfeeling good about yourself,” Fisher said.“Those th at are eliminated having an opp or-tunity to win the last game, I think it’s apositive thing for you.”

Rookie Todd Gurley isn’t worried aboutwhere his team plays next year. Not yet,though h e didn’t buy a house in St. Louis.

“You can’t control it , s o there’s no reasonto worry about it. That’s how I look at it ... ”he said. “We just want to finish on a goodnote.”

Another future that is unclear is that of 49ers first -year coach Jim Tomsula. He saidhe sees 4 9ers CEO Jed York regularly, but allof their conversations so far have focused

on t he task at hand and not what’s ahead.Tomsula will coach the team until he is

told otherwise, he said.“It’s been the same all year,” Tomsula

said.San Francisco looks to avoid its worst

record since going 4 -12 in 200 5.Here are some things to watch for in the

season finale at Levi’s Stadium:

Gabbert’s audition49ers quarterback Blaine Gabbert wants to

land himself in a stable position. He hasstarted seven games since taking over forthe demoted and now injured ColinKaepernick. The 2011 first-round pick byJacksonville, Gabbert has th rown for 1,6 77yards and nine touchdowns with six inter-ceptions and 24 sacks.

“We haven’t won a lot of games, but Ithink we’ve played pretty clean football,”he said. “I’ve got to do more to win games.”

Gurley’s gameGurley has one more chance to cap his

strong rookie season. He has just one 100 -yard game in the last eight after reachingthe mark in hi s first four starts this year. Hehas run for 1,106 yards so far, and his last100-yarder was for 140 yards Dec. 13against Detroit.

“It’s b een a pretty decent year, b ut I would

like to make the playoffs,” he said. “It’ll besomething I’ll look back at after the sea-son, around about February-March.”

Bowman’s year

Bowman leads the NFL with 145 tacklesand hopes to end the year at the top.

It would be a big deal for Bowman, whomissed all of last season after a serious leftknee injury during the NFC championshipgame at Seattle in January 2014. After all of that, his close friend and defensive matePatrick Willis — they made up a dominant1-2 linebacker punch — walked away fromthe game last spring at age 30.

Will Rams stay in California after season finale?

the first six games of the year, including along of 37 yards in Arizona, which he men-tioned as one of his personal highlights.

“It would have been great to take it to thehouse,” he said. “There are a lot of things Ican look back on. I’m still learning, stilldeveloping.”

Chryst said Hayne is making the samecommon mistakes rookies make, but thatathletically, he has a huge upside. Chrystpointed to a pass route he broke off tooearly against the Lions . It was a simple five-

yard up and break out.

“We got a litt le frustrated with him. Jarrydwas so excited to run his route and we gotthe matchup we wanted on a linebacker,”Chryst s aid. “He didn’t even get b ack to th eline o f scrimmage and he was breaking out.”

The frustration is t empered by his abil ity.

“For Jarryd to come in and play at t he toplevel is really quite a remarkable story,”Chryst said. “He’s b een productive. He madea very nice run on a po wer play. J arryd is anelite athlete. He wants to touch the ball. Youcan think back to all the positive things hedid in the preseason. He’s excited to be outthere and he’s making plays. As he workson fielding punts, he’s going to be a reallyexciting player to watch.”


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Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 21 13 .618 —Boston 18 14 .563 2New York 15 19 .441 6Brooklyn 9 23 .281 11Philadelphia 3 31 .088 18Southeast Division

Atlanta 21 13 .618 —Miami 19 13 .594 1Orlando 19 14 .576 1 1/2Charlotte 17 15 .531 3

Washington 15 16 .484 4 1/2Central Division

Cleveland 21 9 .700 —Chicago 19 12 .613 2 1/2Indiana 18 14 .563 4Detroit 18 15 .545 4 1/2Milwaukee 13 21 .382 10WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 28 6 .824 —Dallas 19 14 .576 8 1/2Memphis 18 16 .529 10Houston 16 18 .471 12New Orleans 10 22 .313 17Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 23 10 .697 —Utah 14 17 .452 8Portland 14 21 .400 10Denver 12 21 .364 11Minnesota 12 21 .364 11Pacific Division

Golden State 30 2 .938 —L.A.Clippers 21 13 .618 10Sacramento 12 20 .375 18Phoenix 12 23 .343

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