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Coastside library redevelopment proceeding

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Prompted by a citizens’ referen-dum to overturn Belmont’s contro-versial zoning amendments, the CityCouncil will now begin to outline apublic engagement process as itseeks to improve regulations gov-

erning how property owners remod-el their homes.

On Tuesday night, the CityCouncil will discuss how to proceedwith further outreach to the commu-nity over the coming months. At theheart of the debate is a range of pos-

sible changes to codes governinghow single-family home remodelssuch as parking requirements,replanting as well as removal of trees, home sizes and secondaryunits.

After studying the issue and con-ducting 10 public hearings, thecouncil passed the amendments ear-

lier this year. A group called AskBelmont Citizens, however,expressed concern about theimpacts of the new rules and gath-ered about 2,200 signatures on two

Home zoning,remodel rulesback on tablePublic engagement sought for Belmont’scontroversial amendments to ordinances

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A San Bruno dentistry student ishoping to make the smiles of Jamaican families a little whiter andbrighter, through an online fundrais-ing campaign which will pay for hiscommunity service journey.

Ricardo Wassmer, 23, is $120 shyof the $1,900 goal he has set onGoFundMe.com, that is slated tofinance his part of a nine day visitnext month to Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

Wassmer, a San Francisco nativewho has lived with his family in San

Bruno for thelast 15 years,said he expectsto spend theentirety of thetrip to the islandnation offeringmu c h - n e e d e doral hygienecare to resi-dents.

He is one of

roughly 30 students from theUniversity of California at SanFrancisco dentistry program whoare planning to visit Jamaica, but the

school is not contributing financialsupport, which is why he is relyingon the generosity of others.

Though Wassmer, who is in histhird year of the dental educationprogram, said he is uncertain howmany patients he will treat duringthe trip, he is prepared to serve asmany as he can.

“I don’t want anyone to not getcare,” he said.

Most of the patients he will see in

Jamaica have minimal, and in somecases no, regular access to dental

Helping the whole world smileLocal student looks to offer dental care to other nearby nations

PHOTO COURTESY OF Ricardo Wassmer

Local dentistry student, Ricardo Wassmer, right, will provide free dental care during a nine day visit next monthto Ocho Rios, Jamaica

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The current Half Moon Bay library, built in 1971, will beredeveloped into a larger state-of-the art facility.

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Coastside residents are a step closer toreceiving a new library after the Half Moon Bay City Council voted to hire anarchitect Tuesday night.

The proposed $22 million project is acollaborative effort between the city andcounty, with the San Mateo CountyBoard of Supervisors agreeing to fund

half the cost. The current library, built in1971 in the heart of downtown nearschools and seniors, will be redevelopedinto a larger state-of-the art facility.

“There’s an available site now that’sgoing to provide services to the maxi-

mum number of people in a location thatreally works best for kids and seniors,”said Supervisor Don Horsley. “Librarieshave really reinvented themselves.They’re really community centers andthey’re great for people to learn how tospeak [a language], or to use computersto send out resumes, or for kids to dotheir homework. They’re not what theyused to be, they’re really vital communi-ty resources.”

The council voted 3-1-1 to approve a$2.2 million contract with Noll & TamArchitects — a firm chosen after alengthy review by a working group com-prised of Councilwoman DeborahPenrose, county Library Joint Powers

Authority representatives, city staff,Supervisor Carole Groom and membersof the community.

Councilwoman Debbie Ruddockvoted against the contract while Penroseabstained. Both said they were confidentin the architect, but were deterred by cit-izens who felt they hadn’t been includedin the selection process and have con-cerns with the proposed size as well asscope of the library.

“My objection is that the process isgoing so fast, that there has been no realconcrete assurance that we will have aprocess prior to design, which includes

Half Moon Bay hires architect, some seek more public input opportunities

Ricardo

Wassmer

By Erin BaldassariBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

With record-setting high tempera-tures and severe drought conditions

this summer, fires raging across thestate are putting a strain on BayArea fire districts that are sendingpersonnel to help battle the blazes inother areas.

Friday morning, some 12,000firefighters were battling 17 wild-fires across California, the largest of which, the River Complex fire in theShasta-Trinity National Forest, isover 50,000 acres, Cal Fire spokes-woman Lynne Tolmachoff said.

Roughly half the firefighters, or

Bay Areafire departments feelingstrain of activity across the state

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England’s King Richard III was killedin the Battle of Bosworth Field, effec-tively ending the War of the Roses.

“There are mighty few peoplewho think what they think they think.”

— Robert Henri, American artist

Singer Tori Amos is52.

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Members of the Chamusca forcados group perform during a bullfight at Campo Pequeno bullring in Lisbon, Portugal.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in themorning. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.South winds 5 to 15 mph.Saturday night: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fogafter midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.Sunday: Cloudy in the morning thenbecoming partly cloudy. Patchy fog in themorning. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Southwest windsaround 5 mph.

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In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on theDelaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Conventionin Philadelphia.In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexicoa territory of the United States.In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozenBritish vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came tobe known as the America’s Cup.In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Belgium.In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death,apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to theAnglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corp. conducted its first exper-imental television broadcast, using a 30-line mechanical system.In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice PresidentRichard Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by theRepublican National Convention in San Francisco.In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle survived an attempt

on his life in suburban Paris.In 1968, Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the startof the first papal visit to South America.In 1972, President Richard Nixon was nominated for a secondterm of office by the Republican National Convention in MiamiBeach.In 1985, 55 people died when fire broke out aboard a BritishAirtours charter jet on a runway at Manchester Airport inEngland.In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot todeath in Oakland, California. (Gunman Tyrone Robinson waslater sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.)Ten years ago: The last Jewish settlers left Gaza, making way forthe Palestinian government. During a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Salt Lake City, President George W. Bush com-pared the fight against terrorism to both world wars and othergreat conflicts of the 20th century.

On “I Love Lucy” (1951-1957)Ricky Ricardo was the bandleader at the Tropicana Club.

During the sixth season of the show,Ricky purchases the Tropicana Club andrenames it Club Babalu.

***The first Hard Rock Cafe opened inLondon in 1971.

***The first corporation in the world tohave more than 1 million stockholderswas AT&T.

***French movie director Roger Vadim(1928-2000) was the author of the 1986book titled “ My Life with the ThreeMost Beautiful Women in the World.”The women were Brigitte Bardot (born

1934), Catherine Deneuve (born 1943)and Jane Fonda (born 1937).

***The winner of the annual Indianapolis500 automobile race wins the Borg-

Warner Trophy. The 5 foot 4 inch trophyis made of sterling silver.

***From 1940 to 1975, the average heightof Americans increased by more thanthree inches.

***Clarence Birdseye (1886-1956) was aman ahead of his time. He created thetechnology of frozen food in 1924.Freezers in the home became commer-cially available in 1940.

***Farrah Fawcett (born 1947) was themost popular pin-up in the mid-1970swhen her poster sold more than 8 mil-lion copies. Do you remember the colorof Farrah’s bathing suit in the famousposter? Do you remember what televi-sion show launched her acting career?See answer at end.

***Some insurance companies are refusingto give homeowners insurance to fami-lies that have certain breeds of dogs. Themost common dogs that raise liabilityand are therefore “blacklisted” areRottweilers, pit bulls and chows.

***The country with the highest divorcerate is Belgium where 59.8 percent of

marriages end in divorce. Libya has thelowest divorce rate with 0.24 marriagesper 1000 ending in divorce.

***In the movie “Revenge of the Nerds,”(1984) the nerds formed their own fra-

ternity called Lambda Lambda Lambda.***

According to a career search website,the biggest mistake a person can makeduring a job interview is answer theircellphone. Other blunders to avoid dur-ing a job interview are arriving late,dressing inappropriately and biting yournails.

***The object of the 1981 video game“Frogger” is to guide frogs safely acrossthe highway through traffic and across ariver full of alligators. The game wasoriginally going to be titled “HighwayCrossing Frog.”

***Chinese philosophy says that all thingsin the universe depend on the interactionof opposing but complementary forces;yin and yang. Yin is the passive, nega-tive force, while yang is the active, pos-itive force.

*** Answer : Farrah wore a red bathing suit in the poster. She starred as Jill Munroein the first season of “Charlie’s Angels”(1976-1981). Prior to show business,Fawcett was voted “most beautiful” byher classmates at WB Ray High Schoolin Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Actress Cindy Williams is 68. Pop musician David Marks is 67.International Swimming Hall of Famer Diana Nyad is 66.Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is 59. Country singer HollyDunn is 58. Rock musician Vernon Reid is 57. Country singerRicky Lynn Gregg is 56. Country singer Collin Raye is 55.Actress Regina Taylor is 55.

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on Bridgepointe Parkway before 9:22 p.m.Tuesday, Aug. 18.Hit-and-run.A bicyclist was struck by a vehi-cle and knocked down at East Poplar Avenueand North Delaware Street before 4:35 p.m.Tuesday, Aug. 18.Theft. A woman’s wallet was stolen fromForever 21 at the Hillsdale Shopping Centerbefore 5:02 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17.Accident. A green motorcycle and a blackNissan Versa collided at Arco Gas on 19thAvenue and South Delaware Street beforeTheft. A man found $3,000 missing from hishome after a construction company had donerenovations two days before on Laurel Avenuebefore 10:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17.

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STAFF AND WIRE REPORT

A Redwood City doctor accused of sexuallyassaulting a female patient during an acupunc-ture session two months ago appeared in courtFriday morning.

65-year-old Randall Neustaedter pleadednot guilty in San Mateo County SuperiorCourt to sexual battery and sexual penetrationcharges stemming from the June incident,according to prosecutors.

During the arraignment, a judge orderedNeustaedter not to perform any acupuncturesessions or have any visits from femalepatients without a medical board-appointedchaperone present, prosecutors said.

Neustaedter is out of custody on $200,000bail. He’ll appear in court next on Oct. 22 fora preliminary hearing.

Earlier this year, a woman bought threeacupuncture sessions with Neustaedter, who

lists himself as a doctor of Oriental medicine, at his

business on WoodsideRoad. The woman hadfound Neustaedter’s busi-ness using the online dis-count service Groupon.

The first two sessionswere uneventful, accord-ing to prosecutors.

On June 25, the day of her third session, the

woman said Neustaedter began fondling hergenitals as he was giving her a massage andthen pressed his erect penis against her arm.The woman became terrified and left the ses-sion, prosecutors said.

When the victim told her friends about theincident, her friends convinced her to call thesheriff’s office.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Neustaedter and

the arrest was published in a local newspaper,according to prosecutors.

Another victim read the article and decidedto come forward to the sheriff’s office,describing a similar incident at the hands of Neustaedter in Dec. 2013, prosecutors said.

A recorded telephone call betweenNeustaedter and one of the victims providedfurther evidence against him, prosecutorssaid.

With the case garnering further news cover-age, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said heanticipates more victims may come forward.

The Attorney General’s Office has filed amotion recommending the court suspendNeustaedter’s license to practice, according toprosecutors.

A defense attorney representingNeustaedter was not immediately availablefor comment.

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LOS ANGELES — An anti-abortion groupreleased a snippet of video on Friday showing aCalifornia company executive discussing fetaltissue for research after a judge ruled the groupcould show the footage even if it was illegallyrecorded.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge JoanneO’Donnell rejected efforts by StemExpress toblock the videos, though she said the companylikely will prevail in its lawsuit claiming its pri-vacy was violated by an anti-abortion activist

posing as a biomedical company employee.

The company that provides blood, tissue andother biological material for medical researchsaid it was considering an appeal, but the little-known Center for Medical Progress didn’t hes-itate to preview its latest covert video targetingorganizations that trade in fetal tissue.

The Irvine, California-based anti-abortiongroup reignited the abortion debate after releas-ing undercover videos last month of PlannedParenthood officials discussing aborted fetalorgans it provides for research.

Abortion opponents said the video showedPlanned Parenthood was illegally harvestingand selling the organs. Planned Parenthood said

it did nothing wrong and the videos were decep-

tively edited to support extremists’ false claims.

Fervent reaction to the videos promptedmembers of Congress to try to kill funding forPlanned Parenthood, which provides healthservices to women such as birth control, sexual-disease screening and abortions. It has also ledto calls for investigations of the center and of Planned Parenthood.

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A homeless man was ordered to stand trialThursday for allegedly beating another man todeath in San Mateo County last year.

Paul Ahern, 54, is accused of beatingMichael Gonzalez, 46, to death during a fight atabout 8:15 p.m. on June 9, 2014, in the 3100block of Middlefield Road in an unincorporat-ed part of San Mateo County near RedwoodCity.

Witnesses told sheriff’s deputies that Ahernyelled repeatedly that he was going to killGonzalez, slammed his head against theground, punched him in the head, slammed hishead into a car and held him in a choke hold for10 minutes, according to prosecutors.

When deputies arrived, they found Ahernstanding 3 feet from Gonzalez, who was lyingfacedown on the sidewalk, prosecutors said.Deputies arrested Ahern.

Gonzalez was pronounced dead at the scene.On Aug. 4, 2014, Ahern was scheduled to

enter a plea for the murder, but criminal pro-

ceedings were suspended todetermine whether he wasmentally competent tostand trial. On Sept. 30, twodoctors concluded Ahernwas not competent to standtrial, according to prosecu-tors.

On Jan. 7, a judge com-mitted Ahern to the

California Department of Mental Health and ordered Ahern be placed atNapa State Hospital. At the time, Ahern alsoconsented to involuntary medication at the statehospital if determined to be necessary by thehospital doctors, prosecutors said.

Ahern was taken to Napa State Hospital inMarch. He has since been returned to court andhas been found competent to stand trial,according to prosecutors.

Ahern’s defense attorney was not immediate-ly available for comment.

Local brief Robert Alan CohnRobert Alan Cohn died June 27 in Gig

Harbor, Wash., surrounded by his family join-ing his close sister (Jackeline Frank) who diedin 2008.

He was a devoted father who enjoyed travel,golf, good friends and vacations in Hawaii withhis family.

He is survived by his loving wife, Ilene JoanCohn (Lindstrom), three sons: Greg (Jennifer),Stuart (Conny), Robert (Kate) — and 5 grand-children: Taylor, Nicholas, Noah, Jessica and

Kassandra.Born July 12, 1926, to Abraham SamuelCohn and Alma Shemanski in Portland,Oregon. He Attended the University of Oregonand proudly served our country during theKorean conflict.

In 1956, Bob and Ilene met at Sam andMaxine Zucker’s. Soon they married and set-tled in San Mateo, California.

In 1961, Bob purchased Ron’s Hawaiian,from Ronald Akana and grew it into a thrivingbusiness. He was president of the HillsdaleMerchants Association, San Mateo Optimists

Club and a proud memberof the San Mateo ElksLodge.

Robert’s memorial willbe held 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. atthe Tahoma NationalCemetery with a celebra-tion of life to follow. In lieuof flowers donations can besent to Mission Hospice

1670 S. Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo, CA 94402.

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TWISP, Wash. — One was a college stu-dent for whom fighting fires was a summer

job. Another had graduated and wanted tomake firefighting his career. The third wasalready a professional firefighter who hadgone back to school to earn his master’sdegree.

Tom Zbyszewski, Richard Wheeler andAndrew Zajac — the three men who diedWednesday when flames consumed theircrashed vehicle in Washington state — weretypical of the wildland firefighters who startout as fresh-faced college kids making as lit-tle as $12 an hour then find themselveshooked on the work.

Four others were injured in the canyon, onecritically. But their firefighting brothers andsisters had little time to mourn as raging firesforced entire communities to flee their homes60 miles away.

The complex of fires grew more than 100square miles in a single day, creating a situa-tion too chaotic to even track how manyhomes had burned.

“We have lost them, but I don’t know how

many,” Okanogan County Sheriff FrankRogers said. “We’ve got no idea.”

As conditions worsened, emergency offi-cials ordered evacuations in Okanogan, with2,500 residents, as well as Tonasket, a com-munity of 1,000 people, and its surroundingarea.

Not everyone who was told to leave waswilling to go.

“I’ve been up for like 40 hours, and I wasvery nervous, very concerned because (thefire) was going to take everything we have, usand the rest of our friends,” said Al Dodson,

who stayed home despite evacuation orders in

Twisp, 40 miles west of Okanogan.Nearly 29,000 firefighters — 3,000 of them

in Washington — are battling some 100 largeblazes across the drought-and heat-strickenWest, including Idaho, Oregon, Montana andCalifornia. Thirteen people have died.

There are more firefighters on the groundthis season than ever before, and the U.S.government is spending more than $150 mil-lion a week on fire suppression, U.S.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

It’s not enough. Additional personnel andequipment were being brought in from

abroad, and Washington state officials have

called for volunteers who own and can oper-ate equipment such as backhoes and bulldoz-ers.

In addition, President Barack Obamasigned an emergency declaration authorizingfederal help for 11 Washington counties andfour Native American tribes.

Some of the firefighters on the ground arefollowing a family tradition, emulating theirparents or a favorite uncle. Many are collegestudents who need money, find they like thework, and eventually become leaders on firecrews, said Joe Smillie, a spokesman for

Washington’s Department of NaturalResources.

“It’s a lot of people who love the place, wholove protecting it, and it’s a great way tospend the summer,” Smillie said. “It getspassed down almost as a summer tradition ina lot of families. Around the camps, you see alot of children and grandchildren of some of our older firefighters.”

The wages are often about $12 to $18 anhour, and with long days, the pay can add up,he said.

The three firefighters who died were basedin Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, saidforest spokeswoman Carrie McCausland.They belonged to specialized crews thatimmediately assess fire scenes and reportback to commanders.

The crews were in the canyon in two vehi-cles and on foot when the flames raced towardthem. One vehicle made it out safely, but theother carrying the three firefighters who werekilled crashed. The four firefighters who wereinjured were among those who fled on foot,Rogers said.

Wheeler, 31, the oldest of the three, startedfighting fires to save money for college andrealized he could dedicate his life to some-

thing that had meaning, said the Rev. JoanneColeman Campbell, his pastor at WenatcheeFirst United Methodist Church.

“He fell in love with that and decided hewanted to make it his career,” ColemanCampbell said.

This was Wheeler and his wife Celeste’ssecond year living in Wenatchee after he grad-uated in 2013 from Grand Valley StateUniversity in Michigan. He was a seasonalworker with hopes of becoming a permanentwildland firefighter for the U.S. ForestService.

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WASHINGTON — Hillary RodhamClinton is facing fresh worries among electedDemocrats about her use of a private emailaccount while serving as secretary of state, asnew polls signal that the inquiry is taking atoll on her presidential campaign.

The Democratic front-runner’s campaignhas taken steps to defend her against allega-tions she may have put classified informationat risk by using a private email account andserver, arguing she never sent or receivedmaterial considered classified at the time.

Democratic lawmakers said Clinton’s cam-paign has not adequately explained the com-plicated nature of the email review andpanned some of her attempts to use humor totalk about the probe.

Clinton joked at a Democratic dinner inIowa last week that she liked the social mediaplatform Snapchat because the messages dis-appear by themselves. And she shrugged off questions about her server being wiped clean,asking facetiously in Nevada, “Like a cloth orsomething?”

“I don’t think the campaign has handled itvery well,” Florida Sen. Bill Nelson told theAssociated Press on Thursday. “I think theadvice to her of making a joke out of it — Ithink that was not good advice.”

Nelson said if Clinton had received infor-mation that should have been labeled classi-fied or top secret, the person sending theemail would bear the responsibility of making

that clear on the email. “If she is receivingsomething on a private email account and ithas no designation, then how would she knowthat it is classified?” he asked.

In Republican-leaning Kentucky,Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth warned in aninterview with WHAS-TV in Louisville, “Istill think there is a chance that this couldupend her campaign.”

“I just never feel like I have a grasp of whatthe facts are,” Yarmuth said Wednesday.“Clearly she has handled it poorly from thefirst day. And there’s the appearance of dis-honesty, if it’s not dishonest.”

The new concerns follow Clinton’s decisionto turn over her server to federal investigatorswho are trying to determine if the data on itwas secure.

Dems urge Clinton to offer better email explanation


WASHINGTON — Tucked away at hisfamily home in Delaware, Vice PresidentJoe Biden has been huddling with long-time aides and family members, evaluat-ing what it would take to launch a viablepresidential campaign against well-fund-ed Democratic opponents with a hugehead start.

Although Biden has yet to make a deci-sion, his advisers say the vice presidentand his associates have started gaming

out mechanics likefundraising, ballotdeadlines and anearly primary statestrategy. Also underconsideration are thepersonal conse-quences for Bidenand his family, whoare still mourningthe death of the vice

president’s son, Beau Biden, a fewmonths ago.

Much of the deliberation has takenplace this week at the Bidens’ house in asecluded, wooded suburb of Wilmington,said several Biden aides, who requestedanonymity because they weren’t author-ized to discuss the meetings publicly. Inrecent days, longtime Biden confidantesMike Donilon and former Sen. TedKaufman have spent time there, alongwith Biden’s grandson, Hunter Biden,and his sister, Valerie Owens Biden, whohas played a top role in all his previouscampaigns.

Decision nearing, Biden gamesout mechanics of a run in 2016

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John Harold Tallett

January 1, 1922 - August 18, 2015John (Jack) Tallett passed away at his home in Indian Wells, CAon August 18, 2015 at the age of 93. Jack was born on January1, 1922 in Waukegan, IL to Harold and Irma Tallett. They livedin North Chicago where Jack attended the Holy Family grammarschool before attending Waukegan High School. He was a varsity

baseball player in high school and college, where he played atthe University of Notre Dame. He had gone to high school withOtto Graham who played baseball at Northwestern. Jack loved

telling the story that when he hit two home runs past Otto, Notre Dame beat Northwestern. TheWaukegan newspaper wrote that “Jack Tallett hit them and Otto chased them.”Jack also playedsemi-pro baseball during the college summers for the St. Joseph ball club in the Kenosha andRacine, WI league. Scouts from the major league teams became interested in Jack. He receiveda contract offer from the St. Louis Browns of the American League. WWII began and his classaccelerated their schooling by completing a semester in the summer of 1942. He was electedPresident of his class during his senior year. With his class, he graduated from Notre Dame inDecember of 1942 receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Letter s and Law.

Jack was commissioned as an ofcer in the Army Air Corps and became a navigator of a B-24

Liberator in the 746th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group. First Lieutenant Tallett and his bomber group ew 24 missions out of Air Base Stenora near Cerignoa, Italy. On their fth missionon December 11, 1944, the aircraft was hit by ack as they started dropping their bombs over aNazi marshalling yard in Vienna. They rallied their plane away from the target area and attemptedto return to Italy, but, were pulled eastward with two engines on the same left wing out. The10-man crew had to bail out over Yugoslavia. His crew parachuted into the village of Daruvar,friendly territory in a country heavily occupied by the enemy. The villagers and airmen held afuneral for one of his buddies whose parachute did not open. The airmen were escorted to theYugoslavia and Hungary border crossing the Sava River in wooden rafts. They were turned overto the Russian military and the underground. After a month of traveling by train, boat, and onfoot, they made it to Bucharest, Romania, and nally returned to Bari, Italy to join their bombersquadron. LT. Tallett earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters, The World War II VictoryMedal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the Asiatic Pacic CampaignMedal. After the Victory in Europe, Jack’s squadron returned to the United States to prepare forthe invasion of Japan. The war ended before Jack received his orders to the Pacic.

Jack married Katherine Pfeiffer in Tucson, Arizona in December 28, 1946. Jack enteredUniversity of Michigan Law School where he received his law degree in 1948. He moved to Fresno,California where he worked for Standard Oil of California until he passed the Bar. The State of

California hired the young lawyer, who worked on State highway right-of-way cases. He and twoother lawyers formed a private practice, Rogers, Vizzard and Tallett, a San Francisco rm that wasinvolved in the condemnation, real estate acquisition and subsequent litigation on behalf of theBay Area Rapid Transit District (BART).

Jack was an avid golfer who belonged to and served as a board member of the Peninsula Golfand Country Club. He also joined the Indian Wells Country Club. In the 1960’s he played in theBob Hope Desert Classic in Indian Wells as an amateur. He enjoyed socializing, especially havingfamily and friends over for a barbeque on his patio. He maintained his quick wit throughout hislife. He liked talking about family history, sports, and politics.

He is survived by his four daughters, Judy Tallett of Palm Desert, Tricia Stromsted (Bob) ofRowayton, CT, Pamela Franssen (Patrick) of Delray Beach, FL, and Janet Tallett Collins (Kevin)of San Carlos, CA. He is also survived by his sister Joan Cook of Lake Forest IL, and his niecesand nephews, Grainger Cook II I, Joanne Miller, Bryan Cook, Susie Moore, and Graham Cook.

Obituary

By Julie Watson


SAN DIEGO — Touting himself as the“The King of Infidelity,” the founder of theadultery site Ashley Madison built his liveli-hood around the unconventional philosophythat cheating is a natural part of married life— yet he says he is a devoted husband, and hiswife of 12 years says she would be devastatedif he was unfaithful.

Noel and Amanda Biderman say they do notpractice what they preach but simply are smartentrepreneurs seizing an untapped market.

“I am printing money, I don’t deny it,”Biderman told the New York Daily News in2014. “That’s what happens when you build a

taboo-focused business.”Their privately held Toronto holding com-pany, Avid Life Media Inc., grossed $115 mil-lion in earnings last year, according to tax doc-uments and figures shared by Biderman withForbes.

Now divorce lawyers are preparing for apotential bonanza from the site’s massivebreach that released the information of its sub-scribers.

It’s a problem the Bidermans say they havenever had to confront because they are in amonogamous relationship, but they recognizeothers do not have that and there is money tobe made from infidelity.

The couple, who have two children, saythere’s nothing wrong in running a site thatallows married people who want to cheat toconnect with others seeking an affair. Users

pay a fee each time they send a message to apotential lover.

They turned down a request by theAssociated Press to be interviewed for thisstory but have spent years appearing on TVtalk shows and making other media appear-ances to promote their site.

The company says in a statement the hack-ers should be judged, not Ashley Madison andits roughly 39 million customers. The hackershave accused the company of filling the sitewith fake profiles and extorting fees for wip-ing profiles that were never truly deleted.

The company has said it is working on beef-ing up its security protocol.

“Regardless of the nature of the content, ourcustomers, this company, and its employeesare all exercising their legal and individualrights, and all deserve the ability to do sounhindered by outside interference, vigilan-

tism, selective moralizing and judgment,” thecompany said. “The individual or individualswho are responsible for this straightforwardcase of theft should be held accountable to thefullest extent of international law.”

Noel Biderman has written books espousinghis views on infidelity, including one pub-lished in 2011 entitled: “Cheaters Prosper —How Infidelity Will Save The ModernMarriage.”

“The reader will be transported to other cul-tures where infidelity is rampant and yetdivorce is virtually non-existent,” says thebook’s promotional material.

That theory may be put to its biggest test yetin the aftermath of the breach. Some lawyerspredict they will be flooded with business,while New York divorce attorney MichaelDiFalco says he believes there will be “a

dozen clients caught by text message for everyclient that might get caught this way.”

CEO of cheating website

says he’s faithful husband

By Jack Gillum and Ted BridisTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — U.S. governmentemployees with sensitive jobs in national

security or law enforcement were among hun-dreds of federal workers found to be usinggovernment networks to access and pay mem-bership fees to the cheating website AshleyMadison, the Associated Press has learned.

The list includes at least two assistant U.S.attorneys, an information technology adminis-trator in the White House’s support staff, aJustice Department investigator, a divisionchief, and a government hacker and countert-errorism employee at the Homeland SecurityDepartment. Others visited from networksoperated by the Pentagon.

Federal policies vary by agency as towhether employees could visit websites dur-ing work hours like Ashley Madison, whichcould be considered akin to a dating website.But such use raises questions about what per-sonal business is acceptable — and what web-sites are OK to visit — for U.S. workers ontaxpayer time, especially those with sensitive

jobs who could face blackmail.Hackers this week released detailed records

on millions of people registered with the web-site one month after the break-in at AshleyMadison’s parent company, Toronto-basedAvid Life Media Inc. The website — whoseslogan is, “Life is short. Have an affair” — ismarketed to facilitate extramarital affairs.

Few connecting from federal networks hadlisted government email accounts when sub-scribing. But the AP was able to trace their

government Internet connections, logged bythe website over five years and as recently asJune. They encompass more than two dozenagencies, such as the departments of State,Justice, Energy, Treasury and Transportation.

Others came from House or Senate computernetworks.

Records also reveal subscribers signed upusing state and municipal government net-works nationwide, including those run by theNew York Police Department. “If anythingcomes to our attention indicating improper useof an NYPD computer, we will look into it andtake appropriate action,” said NYPDspokesman Stephen Davis.

The AP is not identifying the governmentsubscribers it found because they are notelected officials or accused of a crime.

Many federal customers appeared to usenongovernment email addresses with handlessuch as “sexlessmarriage,” ‘’soontobesingle”or “latinlovers.” Some Justice Departmentemployees also appeared to use prepaid creditcards to help preserve their anonymity but

nonetheless connected to the service fromtheir office computers.

“I was doing some things I shouldn’t havebeen doing,” a Justice Department investiga-tor told the AP. Asked about the threat of blackmail, the investigator said if prompted hewould reveal his actions to his family andemployer to prevent it. “I’ve worked too hardall my life to be a victim of blackmail. Thatwouldn’t happen,” he said. He spoke on con-dition of anonymity because he was deeplyembarrassed and not authorized by the gov-ernment to speak to reporters using his name.

Fed workers with sensitive jobs used cheating website

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Ashley Madison founder Noel Biderman poses during an interview in Hong Kong.

By Charmaine Noronha THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO — Two Canadian law firmshave filed a $578 million class-action lawsuitagainst the companies that run AshleyMadison after a hacker group’s data breachexposed some 39 million memberships in theadultery website earlier this week.

Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg LLP,

both of Ontario, said Friday that they filed thelawsuit on behalf of Canadians who subscribedto Ashley Madison and whose personal infor-mation was disclosed to the public. The web-site, with its slogan “Life is short. Have anaffair,” is marketed to facilitate extramaritalrelationships.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the OntarioSuperior Court of Justice, targets Avid DatingLife Inc. and Avid Life Media Inc., theToronto-based companies that runAshleyMadison.com. Its class-action status“still needs to be certified by the court,” thestatement says.

Ashley Madison did not immediatelyrespond to requests for comment. It has said

that the personal details exposed in the initialdata leak can’t be used to prove the infidelityof their clients.

The plaintiff is Eliot Shore, an Ottawa wid-ower. Shore said he joined the website for ashort time in search of companionship after helost his wife to breast cancer. He said he nevercheated and never met up with any members of the site.

Lawyer Ted Charney told the Associated

Press it is the first class-action suit filed againstthe companies in Canada.

Missouri lawyers have filed a class-actionlawsuit in United States district court seekingmore than $5 million in damages. U.S. lawyersfiled a statement of claim late last month onbehalf of an unnamed female plaintiff who saidshe ponied up $19 so Ashley Madison wouldpurge her personal information from its web-site in a process called a “paid-delete.”

The lawsuit argues that the privacy of Canadian members was breached in July whenhackers infiltrated Ashley Madison’s websiteand downloaded private information. The databreach includes users’ personal names, emails,home addresses and message history.

Ashley Madison faces $578MCanadian class-action lawsuit

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referendum petitions. Ultimately, the councilopted to rescind the ordinances instead of placing them on the ballot and is now seekingto address the community’s interest in beingmore involved.

The council will consider outreach methodssuch as a citywide mailer, up-to-date postings

on the city’s website as well as via socialmedia sites, and community engagement ses-sions where staff will answer questions andgather feedback. Hearings before the Planningand Parks and Recreation commissions, andthe City Council will also be conducted.

Some citizens have already raised concernsabout the “Question and Answer” engagementsessions, instead seeking town hall meetingsand a working group that includes members of the public.

Vice Mayor Eric Reed, who serves on acouncil subcommittee that drafted the amend-ments, said the outreach proposal is not set instone and looks forward to discussing how toproceed.

“The whole point of Tuesday’s discussion isto figure out what the right direction is. Wehave some proposals on the table, but the pro-

posals are plastic. It’s going to take a discus-sion to figure out what’s the best way to getpublic input to make these zone text changesthe best they can be,” Reed said.

The ABC group submitted a letter outliningwhat they believe is a more inclusive, “bot-tom-up” process that first identifies any prob-lems with the ordinances, prioritizes theissues and then breaks them down into cate-gories. It also suggests forming an advisorycommittee, conducting a public survey andanalyzing potential impacts.

Since the council met earlier this month,

Belmont resident and ABC member DanielPierce said he’d like to see a process that iscommunity driven and fact based.

“Have it be a legitimately bottom-upprocess in which the public can meaningfullyshape what comes up,” Pierce said. “Q-and-Apublic information sessions are a way for thecouncil to communicate about and justifywhat they’ve already decided to do. … AskBelmont Citizens does not consider that ameaningful level of public participation, sim-ply telling people what they’re going to do.”

Reed agreed it’s critical to be mindful thatthe community wants to be involved andhopes with more outreach, the amendmentswill be further improved. However, as zoningordinances can be complex technical docu-ments, Reed stressed the importance of mak-ing sure everyone is educated on what the

amendments actually entail.“What’s really key is making sure that the

people who have concerns about the zone textamendments, that we’re all speaking the samelanguage. That we’re all understanding whatthe proposals do and do not do,” Reed said.“And I don’t think we’re there yet. So I thinkthe public outreach process contains a veryimportant education component that willmake, I believe, many people feel a lot betterabout the proposed changes.”

Another concern raised by the ABC groupis that the nearly 40 amendments covering

distinct topics were bundled together. As partof the workshops, the council will considerbreaking down the review process into fivecategories — single-family design reviewguidelines, trees, parking, secondary dwellingunits and a floor area cap impacting how largea home can be.

“I think what’s important for us to do is toallow people to mentally separate out the dif-ferent issues,” Reed said. “When people talkabout 40 changes, the reality is there are fivemain buckets. So that is where I think we needto gather more input, is in these five buckets.”

While mindful of those who want moreinput, Reed noted the city did conduct out-reach and hosted public meetings while devel-oping the initial changes that numerous resi-dents supported. Now, he hopes this will be anopportunity to improve.

“I don’t want anyone to forget that this wasa topic at over 10 different public meetings.So this in my mind, is continuing public out-reach,” Reed said. “And see if we can alterthese zone text amendments to be a win winfor everybody.”

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around 6,000, hail from districts across thestate and are called in to battle the blazes aspart of the state’s mutual aid plan, she said.

Some fire crews are also traveling fromoutside the state as well, with crews comingin from Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii,Tolmachoff said.

The U.S. Forest Service has even called infirefighters from Australia and New Zealandto help battle fires throughout the PacificNorthwest, according to Emergency

Management Victoria.

California is already seeing twice as manyfires this year and the season hasn’t evenreached its peak, which typically occurs inSeptember and October, Tolmachoff said.

“This fire season has definitely lived up toeveryone’s predictions so far,” said SantaClara County Fire Department Deputy Chief of Operations Joe Parker.

Locally, fire officials from the Bay Areasay their departments are beginning to feelthe impact of increased fire activity acrossthe state.

“It’s certainly putting a strain on the over-all mutual aid system because of the numberof firefighters out on the line,” AlamedaCounty Fire Chief David Rocha said.

When the Tesla fire broke out earlier this

week near Livermore, Rocha said the depart-

ment put out a request for assistance fromother fire agencies, but those agenciesweren’t able to immediately send the helpthey needed.

“We were pretty thin on resources whenthe fire started,” Rocha said, who said thatcan make a big difference in firefighters’ability to battle the blaze.

As of Friday morning, the Tesla fire wasroughly 70 percent contained at 2,500 acres.

Firefighters from the Contra Costa CountyFire Protection District have already beencalled out for mutual aid 18 times since theend of July, when fire activity picked upstatewide, said Fire Marshal RobertMarshall.

A total of 26 firefighters, from the district’s

roughly 250, have gone out to fight firesacross the state, Marshall said. Although itvaries from day to day, those numbers areconsistent with those seen by the Alamedaand Santa Clara county fire departments,according to data each agency provided.

The San Francisco Fire Department hassent 43 firefighters since July 22 onstatewide mutual aid requests, according tospokeswoman Mindy Talmadge.

Marshall said he’s noticed that the person-nel they send to fires across the state aregone for longer periods of time this year.

Talmadge said firefighters are gone forapproximately 10 days on average.

“These guys have families and kids and allof that,” Marshall said.

In the more remote areas of the state,Marshall said cell phone service is often notavailable, so just keeping in contact withfamily can be hard.

“Just being out in these fires can beexhausting as well,” Marshall said.

When firefighters can’t work their normalshifts, either because they are battling blazeselsewhere in the state or are recovering fromfighting fires, others have to take their placeand they get fewer days off between shifts,fire officials said.

If there’s any silver lining, Parker said it’s

that the increased activity gives firefightersmore experience battling wildfires that theycan then bring back home.

If current weather patterns hold, Parkersaid they’ll get a lot more experience in thecoming months.

“It’s going to keep up until the weatherchanges significantly. A smattering of rain isnot going to do the trick,” he said. “The fuelsare drought-stressed and we are aware of thebigger potential not only of an easier start tofires but also the energy and heat releasedfrom the fires will be greater.”

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By Karin Laub and Albert AjiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAMASCUS, Syria — IslamicState extremists in Syria and Iraq areengaged in the “most brutal, system-atic” destruction of ancient sitessince World War II, the head of the

U.N. cultural agency said Friday —a stark warning that came hoursafter militants demolished amonastery with ancient foundationsin central Syria.

The world’s only recourse is to tryto prevent the sale of looted arti-facts, thus cutting off a lucrativestream of income for the militants,UNESCO chief Irina Bokova toldthe Associated Press.

Recent attacks have stoked fearsthat IS is accelerating its campaignto demolish and loot heritage sites.

On Friday, witnesses said the mil-itants bulldozed St. Elian Monasterywhich houses a fifth century tomband served as a major pilgrimagesite. Days earlier, IS beheaded an

81-year-old antiquities scholar whohad dedicated his life to overseeingthe ruins of Palmyra in Syria, one of the Middle East’s most spectaculararchaeological sites.

Since capturing about a third of Syria and Iraq last year, IS fightershave destroyed mosques, churchesand archaeological sites, causingextensive damage to the ancientcities of Nimrud, Hatra and DuraEuropos in Iraq. In May, they seizedPalmyra, the Roman-era city on theedge of a modern town of the samename.

“We haven’t seen something simi-lar since the Second World War,”Bokova said of the scope of the IScampaign against ancient sites. “I

think this is the biggest attempt, themost brutal systematic destructionof world heritage.”

Bokova said recent images of archaeological sites under IS controlin Iraq and Syria show signs of widespread illegal digging and loot-ing. “If you look at the maps, thephotos, the satellite pictures of it,you will not recognize one place,”she said. “It is just hundreds of holesall around them.”

There is very little the world cando to stop the extremists frominflicting more damage, she said,

but stopping the trafficking in arti-facts must be a priority.

Bokova spoke hours after IS post-ed photos on social media showingbulldozers destroying the St. ElianMonastery near the town of Qaryatain in central Syria. Thegroup had captured the town in earlyAugust.

A Qaryatain resident who recentlyfled to Damascus said militants lev-eled the shrine and removed churchbells. The man, who spoke on con-dition of anonymity for fear his rel-atives still in Qaryatain might be

harmed, called on the UnitedNations to protect Christians andChristian sites.

Osama Edward, the director of theChristian Assyrian Human RightsNetwork, said shelling of the area bySyrian government troops over thepast two weeks had already dam-aged the monastery. “Daesh contin-ued the destruction of themonastery,” said Edward, using anArabic acronym for the IslamicState group.

A Catholic priest, the Rev.Jacques Mourad, who had lived at

the monastery, was kidnapped inMay and remains missing.According to Edward, Mourad shel-tered both Muslim and ChristianSyrians fleeing the fighting else-where in Homs province.

Activists said that shortly aftercapturing Qaryatain, the Islamic

State group abducted 230 residents,including dozens of Christians.Activists said some Christians werereleased, but the fate of the others isstill unknown.

Bokova said in a statement that“the intentional targeting and sys-tematic destruction of the culturalheritage of Syria is reachingunprecedented levels” and that themilitants’ campaign “testifies of anideology of hatred and exclusion.”

In another attack, IS militantsbeheaded Palmyra scholar Khaledal-Asaad on Tuesday, hanging hisbloodied body from a pole in thetown’s main square. Al-Asaad, along-time site director, had refusedto leave Palmyra after it was overrun

by IS.Bokova told AP that she believesal-Asaad was “brutally murdered”because he refused to divulge whereauthorities had hidden treasuressecreted out of Palmyra before theIS takeover. She would not saywhether UNESCO was aware of where the artifacts were taken, say-ing only “we hope they are in safeplaces.”

She recalled her first visit toPalmyra before the outbreak of theconflict, with al-Asaad escortingher. “He introduced me to this beau-tiful Venice of the desert, as it wascalled,” she said. “We walkedthrough the colonnades, more than akilometer of beautiful colonnades.”

UNESCO chief: IS systematically destroying heritage sites

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Workers arrange antiquities in Damascus, Syria.

White House: No.

2 IS leader killed

in U.S. airstrikeBy Darlene Superville and Hamza HendawiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — The No. 2 leader of the IslamicState militant group was killed in a U.S. military airstrike inIraq earlier this week, the White House said Friday.

Ned Price, a spokesman for the White House NationalSecurity Council, said Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali was travel-ing in a vehicle near Mosul, in northern Iraq, when he waskilled Tuesday.

As the senior deputy to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,al-Hayali was the primary coordinator for moving largeamounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and peoplebetween Iraq and Syria, where IS militants control vastamounts of territory.

The United States is leading a coalition of countries thathave spent the past year striking at IS militants, weaponryand machinery from the air but has made little progress inmeeting President Barack Obama’s goal to “degrade anddestroy” the group, which has also beheaded hostages,including some Americans.

Al-Hayali oversaw the IS in Iraq, where he planned oper-ations over the past two years, including an offensive thegroup launched in Mosul in June 2014. He was a member of al-Qaida in Iraq, the predecessor group to IS.

Also killed in Tuesday’s airstrike was an IS media opera-tive known as Abu Abdullah.

Price characterized al-Hayali’s death as a blow to theorganization because his influence spanned finance, media,operations and logistics for the group. But his removal fromthe scene is unlikely to affect IS operations or weaken thegroup and will most likely lead to even tighter security andsecrecy around al-Baghdadi, whom Iraqi intelligence offi-cials say has mostly kept out of sight since he was woundedin an Iraqi airstrike near the Syrian border.

The IS leader uses hand-delivered mail to communicatewith leaders of the group, shunning the use of more trace-able telephones or email. He has recently, according to theofficials, brought to his inner circle former fellow inmatesfrom his time at the U.S.-run detention facility known asBocca in southern Iraq, where he was held nearly 10 yearsago.

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NEW YORK — Growing concernsabout a slowdown in China shook mar-kets around the world on Friday, driv-ing the U.S. stock market to its biggestdrop in nearly four years.

The rout started in Asia and quicklyspread to Europe, battering major mar-kets in Germany and France. In theU.S., the selling started early and neverlet up. Investors ditched beaten-downoil companies, as well as Netflix, Appleand other technology darlings. Oilplunged below $40 for the first timesince the financial crisis, and govern-ment bonds rallied as investors racedinto hiding spots.

“Investors are wondering if growthisn’t coming from the U.S. or China,where is it going to come from?” saidTim Courtney, chief investment officerof Exencial Wealth Advisors. “This is

about growth.”By the time it was over, the Standard

and Poor’s 500 index had lost 5.8 per-cent for the week, its worst weeklyslump since 2011. That leaves the mainbenchmark for U.S. investments 7.7percent below its all-time high — with-in shooting range of what traders call a“correction,” a 10 percent drop from apeak.

Markets began falling last week afterChina announced a surprise devalua-tion of its currency, the yuan. Investorshave interpreted China’s move as asign that flagging growth in world’ssecond-largest economy could beworse than government reports sug-

gest. On Friday, they got more badnews: A private survey showed anotherdrop in manufacturing on the main-land.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 indexdropped 64.84 points, or 3.2 percent, toclose at 1,970.89.

The Dow Jones industrial averagefell 530.94 points, or 3.1 percent, to16,459.75. That’s 10 percent off itshigh, a correction.

The Nasdaq slid 171.45 points, or 3.5percent, to 4,706.04.

That’s unwelcome news for anyonewith a 401(k) invested in stocks, butthey shouldn’t panic and try to time themarket’s swings, said Quincy Krosby,market strategist for PrudentialFinancial.

“The difficult thing is it’s easy to getout of the market, but it’s difficult to getback in,” she said. “You can take themoney out now, and then you sit andwonder ‘wait a minute is the marketgoing to go up?”’

Traders have been worried aboutslowing growth in China and its poten-tial impact on the U.S.

Those worries are valid, said Jeremy

Zirin, head of investment strategy atUBS Wealth Management.

“But there doesn’t seem to be anysignal that the weakness abroad is slip-ping into the U.S. economy,” he said.

Investors pointed to other reasonsbehind the recent sell-off, such as

falling prices for oil and other com-modities as well as the relatively highprices investors pay for U.S. stockscompared with corporate earnings.

“All of this is coming at a time whenwe haven’t had a correction” in manyyears, Zirin said. The last time the mar-ket slipped into a correction was inOctober 2011.

Until recently, investors seemed will-ing to shrug off any worrying news,confident that low interest rates fromthe Federal Reserve and rising corpo-rate profits would help push stockshigher. As a result, big drops were soonfollowed by big gains and the marketwould continue on its six-year run. TheS&P 500 has more than tripled in valuesince the financial crisis.

Roberto Perli, head of global mone-tary policy research at CornerstoneMacro, said the market’s recent slumplikely means the Federal Reserve won’traise its benchmark interest rate at itsSeptember meeting. Fed officials gath-ering next month will have to weigh theglobal pressures against evidence of asolid U.S. job market and improvingU.S. economic growth.

Stocks tumble on global slowdown fears

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEExxon Mobil Corp., down $2.44 to $72.13Oil company stocks extended their slide as crude prices dropped below$40 a barrel for the first time since the end of the global financial crisis.Deere & Co., down $7.36 to $83.29 The farm equipment maker reported better-than-expected quarterlyprofit but cut its guidance and issued a weak outlook.Petrobras SA, down 35 cents to $5.27 The Brazilian energy company denied that it was in negotiations with U.S.authorities to settle potential corruption charges.NasdaqIntuit Inc., down $13.65 to $89.28 The maker of TurboTax software surprised Wall Street by saying it plansto sell several businesses, including its consumer finance programQuicken.American Woodmark Corp., up $7.49 to $67.80 The cabinet maker reported better-than-expected first-quarter profiton higher sales volume from growth in new construction.America’s Car-Mart Inc., down $3.77 to $37.91 The auto retailer reported a drop in fiscal first-quarter profit on highercosts, and the results fell short of expectations.Accuray Inc., up 74 cents to $6.58 The medical device maker received a multi-system order from 21stCentury Oncology for its CyberKnife and TomoTherapy systems.Innospec Inc., up $2.79 to $48.98 The maker of fuel additives and specialty chemicals joined the S&P SmallCap 600 index at the close of trading on Friday.

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NEW YORK— The stock market’s steep

decline this week has pushed the Dow Jonesindustrial average into what is known as “cor-rection” territory.

Here are some common questions askedabout corrections and what they mean to aver-age investors:

WHAT IS A STOCKMARKET CORRECTION?

A “correction” is a Wall Street term forwhen an index like the Dow industrials or the

Nasdaq - or an individual stock - falls 10 per-cent from its most-recent high. The Dow lost530.94 points Friday and closed at 16,459,

which is 10.1 percent below its record closeof 18,312 set on May 19. A correction is notthe same as a bear market, which is defined aswhen a stock index or individual stock falls20 percent from its most-recent peak.

IS THE ENTIRE STOCKMARKET IN A CORRECTION?

No. In fact, the Standard & Poor’s 500index, considered a far broader gauge of theU.S. stock market’s health, is down 7.5 per-

cent from its most-recent high. The Nasdaq isprecariously close to being in a correction,down 9.8 percent from its most-recent high,

but that is not by definition a correction.

WHEN WAS THE LASTTIME WE HAD A CORRECTION?

The U.S. stock market entered into its lastcorrection in October 2011, but the market’sdownturn started in late July 2011. That cor-rection was caused by a combination of fac-tors, one being the U.S. government nearbreach of its debt ceiling and subsequent cred-it downgrade from Standard & Poor’s, as well

as fears about Greece’s financial condition.

ARE CORRECTIONS A

NORMAL THING FOR THE MARKET?Stock market corrections have historically

happened every 18 months. The fact that theU.S. market went nearly four years withoutone is historically unusual - it is the third-longest such streak in the last 50 years,according to JPMorgan Asset Management.Even the most bullish of market strategistswill say a correction is ultimately healthy fora market because it removes some of the frothand speculation.

Q&A: What a stock market ‘correction’ means to you


NEW YORK — A barrel of U.S. crudeoil fell below $40 per barrel for the firsttime since the end of the global econom-ic crisis.

Friday’s fall, to $39.86, was just thelatest indicator of a vast shift in the ener-gy landscape over the past year. U.S. Oilbounced back a bit to close down 87cents at $40.45, the lowest close sinceMarch 3, 2009.

The price of oil has fallen for eightconsecutive weeks, the longest streaksince 1986. Oil is down 34 percent fromits high of $61.43 this year, and 62 per-cent from its high of $107.26 last year.

A boom in production has outpacedgrowth in global oil demand. The U.S. is

churning out oil at a rate not seen indecades. Meanwhile, even with sharply

lower prices, Saudi Arabia and otherOPEC nations haven’t cut production.

Production in the U.S. averaged 9.4million barrels in the four weeks endingAug. 14, up nearly 11 percent from ayear ago, according to data released thisweek by the Energy Department. U.S.oil held in storage has reached levels notseen in at least 80 years. Meanwhile,OPEC production averaged 31.5 millionbarrels a day in July, a three-year high.

Adding to the downward pressure onoil prices is a steady drumbeat of eco-nomic data out of China suggesting thatthe world’s second largest economy isslowing. Data released Friday showed a

further contraction in China’s manufac-turing sector and it sent ripples through

global stock markets.The world’s biggest oil producers are

getting hit by falling prices and pes-simism about China and othereconomies that have not recovered fromthe recession like the U.S. has.

Almost all oil companies, from ExxonMobil to BP PLC, have cut spending onexploration in anticipation of a pro-longed period of lower prices. Over thepast 12 months, Chevron shares havelost nearly 40 percent, while Exxonshares are down 26 percent. Companiesthat primarily drill for oil onshore in theU.S., such as Continental Resources,have suffered even steeper declines.

Barrel of U.S. crude drops below $40

By Elena Becatoros


ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s presi-dent asked the main opposition partyFriday to try to form a new government,a day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsiprasresigned and called an early electionnext month to deal with a governingparty rebellion over Greece’s thirdbailout deal.

The opposition has few chances of uniting and forming a government,meaning that after more than five years

of a worsening financial crisis, Greece isheaded for its fifth national election insix years. Tsipras is widely tipped to winthe vote, though if he fails to secure anoutright majority he could have to seek anew coalition that could hamper his abil-ity to govern.

Hardline lawmakers in Tsipras’ radicalleft Syriza party announced Friday theywere splitting from the party and form-ing their own anti-austerity movement,which becomes the third largest group inparliament.

Outgoing government officials say thelikeliest election date is Sept. 20, just

eight months after Tsipras was electedon promises to fight creditors’ demandsfor spending cuts and tax hikes — termshe later agreed to in order to secureGreece a third bailout and keep it fromfalling out of the euro.

It will be the third time this year thatGreeks vote, after January elections anda July 5 referendum Tsipras called urg-ing voters to reject reforms that creditorswere proposing during the bailout nego-tiations.

Greece’s European creditors seemedto take the news, which was widelyexpected, in stride.

Greek opposition tries to form government but election looms

U.S. safety agency probesHonda Accord air bag failures

DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigatingreports that air bags on some older Honda Accords may notinflate in a crash.

The probe by the National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration covers about 384,000 cars from the 2008 modelyear.

The agency says in documents posted Friday that it received19 consumer complaints that the air bag control computerfailed in the Accord, which then was Honda’s top-sellingmodel.

A driver in Belleview, Florida, was injured when his car hit aconcrete wall at 50 miles per hour and the air bags didn’tinflate, according to a complaint filed with the agency. Severalothers complained that the computer had to be replaced to fixthe problem and they were charged around $500.

“This also means that the safety of the vehicle passengersand operators are in jeopardy and potentially face serious injuryor death,” another complainant wrote. People filing complaintsare not identified in the agency’s database.

US Airways to skipPittsburgh for ceremonial final flight

PITTSBURGH — A former county executive says USAirways is insulting the city that helped give it its start.

A ceremonial final flight for US Airways Flight 1939 is slat-ed for Oct. 16 and will land in Philadelphia; Charlotte, NorthCarolina; Phoenix; and San Francisco. It notably ignoresPittsburgh, the city where the airline began.

US Airways recently merged with American Airlines, whichis based in Fort Worth, Texas. An American Airlinesspokesman told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Pittsburghisn’t a hub for the airline.

Former Allegheny County Executive Jim Roddey saidThursday the snub represented “maybe the last and finalinsult.”

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James Harrison made his kids givetheir trophies back. There’s noreward, the Pittsburgh Steelers line-

backer insisted, just for showing up.Sorry, James, you got that one wrong.Rest assured, his 6- and 8-year-old sons

will get plenty of experience dealing with fail-ure over the course of their lives. They’llcome to learn soon enough what a dog-eat-

dog world it is outthere. No need todeprive them of this bitof pride and accom-plishment, even if theyreceived their trophies

merely for taking partin a camp.

We’ll take that overthe alternative, the win-at-all-costs mindset ondisplay at Friday at theLittle League WorldSeries, which endured acheating scandal just

last year, where there’s never a shortage of overbearing parents and 11- and 12-year-oldkids potentially ruining their arms with curve-ball after curveball.

“Participation in youth sports has beendeclining steadily over the last decade,”said Rick Eckstein, a sociology professor atVillanova University. “If giving kids a tro-phy for showing up and trying to improvekeeps them involved, then it is a good

thing.”Harrison, still going strong in the NFL at

age 37, stirred up a national debate whenhe revealed that he wouldn’t let his kidsreceive a trophy until they had done some-thing to earn it.

“I came home to find out that my boysreceived two trophies for nothing, partici-pation trophies!” Harrison ranted onInstagram. “While I am very proud of myboys for everything they do and willencourage them till the day I die, these tro-phies will be given back until they EARNa real trophy.”

In fairness to Harrison, it’s not surprising

Harrison fumbles

away key lessonfor his two sons

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By Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA — Jimmie Ward iswearing a snazzy new shoe these days.Not that it’s even noticeable.

The San Francisco 49ers are takingextra care to protect their prized defen-sive back’s troublesome right foot afterhis rookie season was cut short last fallwhen he sustained a second fracture andneeded another surgery.

Just this week, Ward joined the full

team drills at training camp — and get-ting used to his special new footwearhas been as big of an adjustment as any-thing as he tries to stay on the field forhis second NFL season.

“At the end of the day, it’s all in mymind,” Ward said. “It feels like I haveno problems so far since I’ve been wear-ing it.”

A padded, plastic casing resembling aclam shell goes over his sock and coversthe surgery area to keep his foot inplace.

Coach Jim Tomsula refers to the shoeas a “turtle shell.”

Ward is moving well, looks physical-ly strong and hardly seems bothered bythe foot. Even after all the frustration of two fractures and surgeries in an eight-month span last year.

“Those actions can tell you wherehis mindset is,” Tomsula said. “He’srunning around, again, a lot of thatstuff was just getting used to that

Niners’ Ward eager to stay on field

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Madison Bumgarner hit his fifth home run and earned his 15th win of the year in the Giants’ 6-4 win in Pittsburgh Friday night.

By Will GravesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PITTSBURGH — The San FranciscoGiants brought in Marlon Byrd to help anoffense in serious need of jolting.

Maybe finding a way to get MadisonBumgarner in the batter’s box semi-regu-larly would help too.

Bumgarner smashed his fifth homer of the season and Byrd drilled his 20th in hisfirst game with the defending World Serieschampions as San Francisco held off thePittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Friday night toclimb within 1 1/2 games of the LosAngeles Dodgers for first in the NL West.

Bumgarner homered in his last start and

added a pinch-hit single on Tuesday. FacingPittsburgh’s Jeff Locke, Bumgarnercrushed a fastball 418-feet over the wall inleft field in the second inning, a two-runshot that gave the Giants an early four-runlead and all the cushion the 2014 WorldSeries MVP would need to improve to 15-6.

“That homer he hit was loud,” Byrd said.“He can swing it. That’s like having ninehitters up there when he’s pitching.”

Of course, Bumgarner is in no danger of losing his day job even if he wasn’t quite assharp as he was in his last appearance atPNC Park, a four-hit shutout in the 2014NL Wild Card game last fall that served asthe springboard to one of the greatest post-seasons in baseball history and propelled

the Giants to a third championship in fiveyears.He labored through the first two innings

before retiring 14 straight at one pointbefore leaving with one out in the seventh.Bumgarner gave up three runs on six hitswith a walk and six strikeouts as the Giantsimproved to 17-3 in Bumgarner’s last 20starts after Aug. 1.

“Command wasn’t as good as we wouldhave preferred but it certainly was goodenough to compete,” Bumgarner said.

Then again, the way Bumgarner is swing-ing the bat at the moment, near perfectionon the mound is hardly required. He leads

Giants power past Pitt

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49ers DB Jimmie Ward, left, played just eight games during arookie season cut short after undergoing foot surgery.

PAULNEWBERRY

By Kristie RiekenTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON — Mike Fiers has

pitched the second no-hitter in the major

leagues in nine days, leading the

Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory over the

Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.Fiers (6-9) struck out Justin Turner on

his 134th pitch to end it and threw hisglove high into the air for his first careercomplete game and the fifth no-hitter in the

big leagues this season. Seattle’s HisashiIwakuma tossed a no-no on Aug 12.

Astros executive Nolan Ryan, whothrew a record seven no-hitters, applaud-ed from a suite as Fiers was mobbed by

his teammates near the mound after fin-ishing the 11th gem in Astros history.

“Oh man, this crowd was going insane,”Fiers said. “It got me pumped up. I felt

great.”Cole Hamels with Philadelphia, San

Francisco’s Chris Heston and

Washington’s Max Scherzer also havethrown no-hitters this season.

A night earlier the Astros were on thewrong end of a gem, getting just a fifth-inning single against Tampa Bay’s ChrisArcher.

Acquired by the Astros at the trade dead-line to help with their playoff push, Fierswas stellar in his first two starts forHouston. This was something else, though.

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By Joedy McCreary THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tiger Woodssigned up for his first WyndhamChampionship knowing a win would defini-tively keep his season from ending.

He’s halfway there.Woods shot a 5-under 65 on Friday to share

the second-round lead with rookie Tom Hoge.“I’m only at the halfway point,” Woodssaid. “Only 36 holes. We’ve still got a longway to go.”

Woods and Hoge were at 11-under 129.Hoge shot a 67.

The sport’s biggest name put himself inprime position to contend for his first victoryin more than two years, one that would sendhim into the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Woods followed his best round since 2013— a first-day 64 — with one almost as good.

He made his big move up the leaderboardon the back nine, with birdies on Nos. 12 and13 and an eagle on the par-5 15th that gavehim a share of the lead.

“I just couldn’t get anything out of myrounds (before this tournament) and a couplelucky bounces here, take advantage of those

opportunities — it’s just the flow,” Woodssaid.

Now he’ll spend Saturday playing with anunfamiliar rookie. When asked if he wouldrecognize Hoge to see him, Woods respond-ed: “No, I wouldn’t. What is it, or him?”

“I look on the Champions Tour leaderboard

and I know every one of those guys because Iplayed against them and Iplayed with them,”Woods said. “Now I comeout here, I don’t reallyknow a lot of people.”

Davis Love III andChad Campbell were a

stroke back. Campbellshot 65, and the 51-year-old Love had 66.

Brandt Snedeker matched the tournamentrecord with a 61 that put him in a group of sixplayers two strokes behind Woods and Hoge.

But for the second straight day, the bigstory at Sedgefield Country Club was Woods.

He missed the cuts in the last three majorsand hasn’t finished better than a tie for 17th atthe Masters. At No. 187 on the FedEx Cuppoints list, he would definitely crack the top125 with a win and qualify for the Barclaysnext week in New Jersey. Depending on howthe math works out, a solo second-place fin-ish also might be enough.

He took advantage of some prime scoringconditions during the first round, shootingthat 64 on a course softened by showers that

morning. That left him two strokes off thelead.And then, playing under a hot afternoon

sun that sped up those undulating greens,Woods almost matched it.

“I wasn’t quite as sharp as I was yesterday,”he said.

He capped that run of consecutive birdieswith a 25-foot putt on the 13th that drew amighty roar from the huge gallery.

Then came his eagle.He placed his second shot about 10 feet

behind the hole and, after his downhill puttfell into the hole, he followed with his trade-mark fist pump.

And as strong as his round was, it also eas-

ily could have been even better.He settled for birdie on the par-5 fifth whenhis 10-foot eagle putt lipped out, then misseda 15-foot birdie putt on the next hole. He lefta 10-foot birdie putt an inch from the hole onthe ninth.

“I’ve shot 59 and I left a couple shots outthere,” Woods said. “The great thing aboutgolf, you can always get a little bit better.”

Love, a former University of NorthCarolina player whose two wins in the tour-nament came across town at Forest OaksCountry Club, played a practice round withWoods on Tuesday. Several times this week,Woods has referred to pointers Love gavehim, notably

Love reeled off three straight birdies earlyin his round before closing

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