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Monday Aug. 27, 2012 Vol XII, Edition 8
SYRIAN MASSACRE
WORLD PAGE 8
PREVIEWS OF
M-A, MILLS
SPORTS PAGE 11
LAWMAKERS TO
TACKLE PENSIONS
STATE PAGE 5
MASS BURIALS AS TENSION CONTINUES
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Funding education in California
has taken numerous hits in recent
years making it no surprise that two
propositions on the November bal-
lot are aiming to raise funds for
schools.
Statewide, two propositions are
hoping to provide funding for
schools propositions 30 and 38
called Schools and Local Public
Safety Protection Act and Our
Children Our Future respectively.
The challenge for voters will be
deciding which, if either, of the
propositions should be supported
this November. Proposition 30 is
being proposed by Gov. Jerry
Browns ofce. Without it, he prom-
ised massive mid-year trigger cuts
to education. Proposition 38, known
as the Molly Munger initiative, has
always had strong support from the
California State PTA.
The rst thing to understand is
only one measure will be success-
ful. Both tax measures would not go
into effect. Instead, the one with the
most votes will win. However, both
propositions could be defeated.
Generating money is a bit different
depending on the measure but both
propose an increase in income
taxes.
Proposition 30, for example, will
increase the personal income tax on
people making over $250,000 for
seven years starting in 2012.
Currently, the states personal
income tax rate is 9.3 percent. That
will increase to 10.3 percent to 12.3
percent for individuals making at
least $250,000 or couples making
$500,000 or more. In addition, the
measure would increase the
statewide sales tax by .25 percent to
7.5 percent for four years.
Throughout the state, the average
sales tax would be 8.4 percent,
should the measure pass, according
to the states Legislative Analysts
Ofce.
The measure promises to raise
revenue estimates vary between
$5.4 billion to $9 billion depending
on the year to be used for main-
Voters will decide ed props
Competing measures have similar goals, different approaches
See PROPS, Page 22
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
San Mateo and two other counties
will not forfeit extra property taxes
to the state under a proposal by
Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San
Mateo, that tweaks an early redevel-
opment cleanup bill and means
more than $1 million annually for
local schools, cities and special dis-
tricts.
The trailer bill eliminates the pro-
vision that counties with excess
Educational Revenue Augmentation
Funds after funding local schools
not receive the
balance. For San
Mateo, Napa and
Marin counties,
that part of the
redevelopment
agency bill
passed in June
meant the loss of
$3.2 million.
Obvi ousl y,
the three counties were upset, Hill
said of the restriction. I couldnt
come to any rational reason why this
Hill proposal will
save county more
than $1 million
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Finding the right partner be it in
business, friendship or romance can
be a challenge.
Working with that person often
adds another challenging element.
However, talking to Gregory Van
Sudmeier and Lee Foster only gen-
erates praise for the other. The hus-
band and wife duo works together at
home but also in the artistic world.
More recently, their partnership has
focused on productions at Foster
Citys Hillbarn Theatre. As of this
month, they will add the Fremont
Art, a family affair
See HILL, Page 22
See DUO, Page 23
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Hard hats and orange vests are
seen on most people working on the
soon-to-open Aloft hotel in
Millbrae.
About a month away from actual-
ly welcoming its rst guests, much
work has been completed on the
remodel. Renovation of the former
Clarion site called for moving the
entryway to the eastern side of the
building, updating rooms to offer
sleeker amenities and introducing a
more modern feel overall. Once
open at the end of September, the
253-room hotel will bring in rev-
enue thats been on hold for the city.
Were so thrilled. It will be such
an asset for our city, said Mayor
Marge Colapietro, who added she
hopes the new hotel will also create
extra business for local businesses
and restaurants.
But rst, there is still work to be
done.
From the outside, a person pass-
ing by might notice the signature
swoof the blue raised area atop
the roof. Theres nothing inside, but
Nearly Aloft
HEATHER MURTAGH/DAILY JOURNAL
The former Clarion Hotel in Millbrae will reopen soon as the Aloft Hotel.
Bill will tweak early redevelopment bill
Jerry Hill
Hillbarn duo to also lead Fremont Symphony
A weekly look at the people who
shape our community
Renovation of aging Clarion Hotel nears completion
See HOTEL, Page 22
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The Times of London published an edi-
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Doing whats right isnt the problem.
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In 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the
Revolutionary War as British troops attacked American forces,
who ended up being forced to retreat two days later.
In 1859, Edwin L. Drake drilled the rst successful oil well in
the United States, at Titusville, Pa.
In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa blew up; the resulting
tidal waves in Indonesias Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000
lives in Java and Sumatra.
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United States, was born near Stonewall, Texas.
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submarine, was launched from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
in Maine.
In 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found
dead in his London at from an overdose of sleeping pills.
In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three
other people, including his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas,
were killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explosion claimed
by the Irish Republican Army.
In 1989, the first U.S. commercial satellite rocket was
launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. a Delta booster carry-
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Ten years ago: President George W. Bush met at his Texas
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Almanac forecast: Wintry
weather and mystery
LEWISTON, Maine The weather
world is full of high-prole meteorolo-
gists like NBCs Al Roker and the
Weather Channels Jim Cantore. But the
guy making the forecasts for the
Farmers Almanac is more like the man
behind the curtain.
Hes cloaked in mystery.
The publisher of the 196-year-old
almanac, which goes on sale this week,
takes great pains to protect the identity
of its reclusive weather soothsayer, who
operates under the pseudonym Caleb
Weatherbee. Calebs real name and
hometown are a secret. And so is his
age-old formula used for making long-
term weather forecasts.
The mystery mans forecast for the
coming winter suggests that people from
the Great Lakes to northern New
England should get out their long johns
and dust off their snow shovels because
its going to be cold and snowy. Its also
supposed to be wet and chilly in the
Southeast, and milder for much of the
rest of the nation.
Even just to speak to the forecaster,
the almanac would agree only to an
unrecorded phone call with the man
from an undisclosed location.
Its part of the mystique, the
almanac, the history, said Editor Peter
Geiger of the current prognosticator, the
almanacs seventh, who has been under-
ground since
starting the job in
the 1980s.
The weather
formula created
by almanac
founder David
Young in 1818
was based on
planetary posi-
tions, sunspots
and lunar cycles. Since then, historical
patterns, weather data and a computer
have been added to the mix.
In an election season, the almanac
dubbed its forecast a nation divided
because theres a dividing line where
winter returns for much of the east, with
milder weather west of the Great Lakes.
Scientists generally dont think too
much of almanacs formula.
Ed OLenic, operations chief for
NOAAs Climate Prediction Center,
declined to knock the almanacs
methodology but said sun spots and
moon phases arent used by modern-day
meteorologists.
Im sure these people have good
intentions but I would say that the cur-
rent state of the science is light years
beyond what it was 200 years ago,
OLenic said from Maryland.
In this years edition, the almanacs
editors are contrite about failing to fore-
cast record warmth last winter but they
suggested readers should go easy on the
publication and on Caleb because
nobody forecast 80-degree weather in
March that brought the ski season a
rapid end in northern New England.
Lets face it the weather was so
wacky last year. It was so bizarre, said
Sandi Duncan, managing editor, point-
ing out that NOAA and Accuweather
also missed the mark.
Indeed, NOAA and Accuweather did-
nt project the extent of the warm winter.
We missed it too, to put it bluntly,
said Tom Kines, a meteorologist at
Accuweather in State College, Pa. It
was a weird winter last year.
The Maine-based FarmersAlmanac is
not to be confused with the New
Hampshire-based Old Farmers
Almanac. Both issue annual forecasts,
with the Old Farmers Almanac sched-
uled for next month.
Geiger, who keeps a copy of
Weatherbees secret weather formula in
a secure location, is quick to point out
that theres more to the almanac than
just weather forecasts. Hearkening to its
old traditions, the folksy almanac fea-
tures recipes, gardening tips, jokes, facts
and trivia, and a guide to a simpler life.
For example, who knew that you
could clean your toilet by pouring in
Coca-Cola instead of harsh chemicals,
or that putting a spoonful of vinegar in a
pets water dish keeps eas at bay?
As for the weather, almanac readers
say its all good, clean fun.
Its a fun publication to get and to
read, to watch and see how accurate it
is, said Wanda Monthey of Alexandria,
Va. Its a lot like a game.
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W
hen World War II broke out, there
were less than 400,000 service
men ready to defend the United
States. The population of the United States
was 132,164,469, however most of this popu-
lation was on the West and East coasts. The
Americans were able to muster up six ghter
planes when the Japanese attacked and they
began engaging in dogghts, but were shot
down almost immediately. Most of the air-
planes never got off of the ground and were
destroyed by the Japanese. There were new B-
17s arriving from San Diego and they were
immediately attacked. The B-17s were not
armed and most were destroyed almost imme-
diately. Most of the remaining B-17s we had
were destroyed in the Philippines in their rst
engagement of the war. Airplanes and man-
power were needed immediately ... and just
about everything else to ght a war for which
we were not prepared.
Luckily, Congresswoman Edith Nurse
Rogers had introduced a bill in Congress in
May of 1941 that allowed creation of an all-
volunteer womans corps in the Army (The
Air Force was still under the control of the
Army). It wasnt, however, until May of 1942
that Congress approved a bill creating the
Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). It
wasnt until that this bill had transformed the
WAAC to the Womens Army Corps (WAC)
that the women attained Army military status.
They enlisted for the duration and six
months.
In 1940, Nancy Harkness Love (a test pilot)
and Jacqueline Cochran had made separate
proposals to the Army Air Force to begin a
womens program utilized for ferrying aircraft
from factories to airports, pull drones and aer-
ial targets to relieve male pilots from this duty
as they were needed at the front. They were
both refused at rst but, on Sept. 10, 1942,
Loves proposal was accepted. Jackie
Cochran was outraged at this pick and, on
Sept. 15, 1942, her plan was also put into
motion. It wasnt until July 1943 that the two
plans were merged and the WASP, or Women
Airforce Service Pilots, was formed.
Each WASP had a pilots license and had
about 1,400 ying hours. They were immedi-
ately retrained in the Army way during 30
days of orientation and then were assigned to
various ferrying commands. The women were
not trained for combat but their course of
instruction was almost the same as that used
for aviation cadets. The WASPs were consid-
ered civil service and did not receive military
benets. On June 21, 1944, a House bill to
give WASP military status was narrowly
defeated. Immediately they began ferrying
light aircraft and primary trainers such as
Stearmans and PT-19 Fairchilds. They quick-
ly rose to check out larger aircraft including
pursuit planes such as the P-38 and P-51.
Dec. 20, 1944 marked the end of the WASP
program. At the conclusion of the WASP pro-
gram, 915 women pilots were on duty with
the AAF: 620 assigned to the Training
Command, 141 to the Air Transport
Command, 133 to the numbered air forces in
the continental United States, 11 to the
Weather Wing, nine to the technical com-
mands and one to the Troop Carrier
Command. The G.I. Improvement Act of
1977, signed by President Jimmy Carter, gave
the WASP corps full military status for their
service. In 1984, each WASP was awarded the
World War II Victory Medal. Those who
served for more than one year were also
awarded American Theater Ribbon/American
Campaign Metal for their service during the
war. On July 1, 2009, President Barack
Obama and U.S. Congress awarded the WASP
the Congressional Gold Medal.
After the WAACs were formed in May of
1942, the women service for the Navy was
organized The WAVES (Women Accepted
for Volunteer Emergency Service). The
women Air Force service WASP (Women Air
Force Service Pilots) was formed in
September 1942. The Marines got on board in
1944 without a nickname. The Marine com-
mandant said none was needed. Being a
Marine says it all.
Because of all of the hassle related to
women being allowed into the services,
President Harry S. Truman signed the
Womens Armed Services Integration Act in
1948, allowing women to serve directly in the
military. On Oct. 15, 1948, the rst eight
women were commissioned in the regular
Navy.
During the war, almost 400,000 women
served in the armed forces. By the end of the
war, there were few noncombatant jobs in
which women did not serve. The attitude of
women serving over my dead body that was
accepted before 1941 quickly dissolved when
the women of the United States proved they
could serve our country as well as males.
Rediscovering the Peninsula by Darold Fredricks
appears in the Monday edition of the Daily
Journal.
Women in the services World War II
AUTHORS COLLECTION
BURLINGAME
Theft. A female reportedly shoplifted fra-
grances from a store on the 1200 block of
Burlingame Avenue before 12:48 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Theft. Registration tabs from a vehicle was
reportedly stolen from the 1400 block of
Rollins Road before 7:57 a.m. Tuesday, Aug.
21.
Theft. Lawn furniture was reportedly stolen
from the 1800 block of Barroilhet Avenue
before 6:22 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Burglary. Someone reported that the rear
window of their car had been broken and their
laptop and briefcase stolen on the 1500 block
of Bayshore Highway before 9:48 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 20.
Fraud. A report was made to document a case
of embezzlement on the 1500 block of
Bayshore Highway before 12:28 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 20.
Theft. A woman reported her credit cards
were stolen at a store on the 1800 block of El
Camino Real Highway before 9:38 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 20.
Theft. A woman reported her ex had stolen
her cell phone on the 900 block of Laguna
Avenue before 8:35 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20.
BELMONT
Solicitor. Someone was given a warning for
soliciting at Buena Vista Avenue and Cipriani
Boulevard before 8:57 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.
DUI. A man was was arrested for driving
under the inuence on Belmont Canyon Road
before 8:03 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20.
Vandalism. Someone reported damage done
to their car when someone tried to break in on
Irene Court before 10:52 a.m. Monday, Aug.
20.
FOSTER CITY
Petty theft. Someone was taken into custody
for taking a $249 Garmin GPS at the Costco
Wholesale on Metro Center Boulevard before
4:04 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.
Petty theft. A report was made for an attempt-
ed theft of fuel on East Hillsdale Boulevard
before 2:41 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.
Vehicle burglary. Someone broke into a vehi-
cle through the driver side window and stole a
garage access pass and $25 in cash on E.
Hillsdale Boulevard before 2:04 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 18.
DUI. A man was arrested for driving under
the inuence at Catamaran Street and Shell
Boulevard before 4:08 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.
Police reports
Damn news!
A person was seen cursing and kicking
newspaper racks on the 1200 block of
Burlingame Avenue in Burlingame before
3:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22.
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STATE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO Dozens of small to
moderate earthquakes struck the south-
eastern corner of California on Sunday,
causing minor damages to structures
and rattling nerves in a small farming
town east of San Diego.
The largest quake registered at a mag-
nitude 5.5 and was centered about three
miles northwest of the town of Brawley,
said Robert Graves, a geophysicist with
the U.S. Geological Survey. Another
quake Sunday registered at magnitude
5.3.
More than 30 additional earthquakes
with magnitudes of at least 3.5 jiggled
the same area near the southern end of
the Salton Sea, Graves said.
The type of activity that were seeing
could possibly continue for several
hours or even days, Graves said.
At the El Sol Market in Brawley, food
packages fell from the shelves, littering
aisle ways.
Several glasses and a bottle of wine
crashed to the oor and shattered at
Assaggio, an Italian restaurant in
Brawley, said owner Jerry Ma. The
shaking was short-lived but intense, he
said.
It felt like there was quake every 15
minutes. One after another. My kids are
small and theyre scared and dont want
to come back inside, said Mike Patel,
who manages Townhouse Inn & Suites
in Brawley.
A TV came crashing down and a few
light xtures broke inside the motel,
Patel said.
A Brawley Police Department dis-
patcher said several downtown build-
ings sustained minor damage. No
injuries were reported.
The rst quake, with a magnitude of
3.9, occurred at 10:02 a.m. The USGS
said more than 100 aftershocks struck
the same approximate epicenter, about
16 miles north of El Centro.
Some shaking was felt along the San
Diego County coast in Del Mar, some
120 miles from the epicenter, as well as
in the Coachella Valley, southern
Orange County and parts of northern
Mexico.
USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said
earthquake swarms are characteristic of
the region, known as the Brawley
Seismic Zone.
The area sees lots of events at once,
with many close to the largest magni-
tude, rather than one main shock with
several much smaller aftershocks,
Jones said.
The last major swarm was in 2005,
following a magnitude-5.1 quake, she
said.
Sundays quake cluster occurred in
what scientists call a transition zone
between the Imperial and San Andreas
faults, so they werent assigning the
earthquakes to either fault, Graves said.
Series of quakes rattle SoCal
Gas prices up 7 cents over 2 weeks
CAMARILLO The average U.S. price of a gallon of
gasoline has jumped 7 cents over the past two weeks.
Thats according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices,
released Sunday, which puts the price of a gallon of regular at
$3.76.
Midgrade costs an average of $3.91 a gallon, and premium
is at $4.04.
Diesel rose 13 cents to $4.05 a gallon.
Of the cities surveyed in the lower 48 states, El Paso, Texas,
has the nations lowest average price for gas at $3.32. Chicago
has the highest at $4.22.
In California, the lowest average price was $4.03 in
Bakerseld. San Francisco has the highest at $4.13. The aver-
age statewide for a gallon of regular was $4.09.
Multiple victims in small plane crash at Tahoe
RENO, Nev. A small, single-engine plane crashed short-
ly after takeoff from the airport on Lake Tahoes south shore,
and authorities say several people were killed.
The single-engine plane burst into ames upon impact late
Saturday night in a wooded area near South Lake Tahoe, Calif.,
said El Dorado County sheriffs Lt. Pete Van Arnum. The crash
started a 1-acre re that took more than 90 minutes to put out,
he said.
State briefs
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STATE
SACRAMENTO California
lawmakers head into their final
deadline rush this week with some
of the most pressing legislative mat-
ters still to be resolved, or even pub-
licly revealed.
Democratic leaders are pledging
to pass comprehensive changes to
the states overburdened public pen-
sion systems before they adjourn on
Friday, as Gov. Jerry Brown has
been asking them to do. But Senate
President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
said lawmakers are still working out
the details with the Democratic gov-
ernor.
Similarly opaque is a proposal to
overhaul the states $16 billion sys-
tem for providing medical care and
compensation to injured workers.
Brown is supporting the late-
developing workers compensation
negotiations. Business and labor
interests say change is needed to
improve benets for injured work-
ers and keep costs down for
employers.
But supporters have yet to reveal
specific lan-
guage, instead
releasing a 45-
point outline.
The proposed
changes could
increase bene-
ts for disabled
workers by
about $700 mil-
lion while sav-
ing businesses and government
employers twice that amount by
cutting benets for some conditions
and putting less weight on lost
potential earnings.
If it passes, the deal would seek to
make improvements on a round of
reforms passed in 2004 under then-
Republican Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
Lawmakers also are considering
whether last-minute legislation
would be needed to enable the
California Department of Motor
Vehicles to give drivers licenses to
an estimated 350,000 young immi-
grants who are in the country ille-
gally but are now eligible for feder-
al work permits under President
Obamas deferred deportation pro-
gram.
A bill by Assemblyman Gil
Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, would
allow any federal document
received by a person eligible for the
deportation deferral to be used
when applying for a state drivers
license. Cedillos previous propos-
als to allow licenses for all illegal
immigrants have failed or been
vetoed over security concerns.
We obviously still have to com-
plete the pension package. Theres
work being done on workers com-
pensation, said Steinberg, D-
Sacramento. Theres a lot of
important public policy at stake, so
it will be a hustle and bustle, but
what I expect to come out of it are
some important advancements
around education, the economy and
other important subjects.
Lawmakers face a midnight
Friday deadline to send bills to
Brown before they adjourn until
after the November election.
Among the details still being
worked out on public pension
reform are minimum retirement
ages and how much employees con-
tribute to their own benets.
The governor proposed a 12-point
pension plan that raises the retire-
ment age to 67 to match Social
Security and moves new workers to
a hybrid system in which dened
benefits are combined with a
401(k)-style plan like those widely
used in the private sector.
Brown also wants public employ-
ees to contribute a minimum of 50
percent of their pension costs, but
Democrats and labor organizations
want to be able to negotiate the level
of contributions through collective
bargaining.
Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff
complained that the Democratic
majority has dragged its feet as pen-
sion problems worsen beyond the
$150 billion unfunded liability
reported by the states public pen-
sion funds for government workers
and teachers.
We were promised pension
reform, said Huff, R-Diamond Bar.
Theres something oating around
out there. We havent seen what that
is.
Pension reform among issues facing lawmakers
Jerry Brown
Highlights of last
weeks bill action
SB623: Provides a two-year
extension to study whether nurse
practitioners can safely perform a
common method of abortion.
Republican lawmakers called
abortion an inhumane way to end
life while Democrats said they
took offense over Missouri Rep.
Todd Akins statement that
women have enough control over
their bodies to prevent pregnancy
during a rape. The bill passed the
Assembly on a partisan vote and
returns to the Senate for a vote on
amendments.
SB1167: The Senate
approved extending a tax credit
for the lm and television indus-
try, prompting a robust debate by
lawmakers about the states tax
code and how it favors certain
industries. It extends a $100 mil-
lion-a-year credit for two years,
until 2017. The bill now moves to
the Assembly for nal approval.
SB1221: The hotly contested
bill would ban the use of dogs to
hunt bears and bobcats in the
state. Proponents say its wrong
to chase an animal into exhaus-
tion. Hunters defended their
sport, and Republicans said the
bill was part of a broader attack
on hunting. The Assembly
approved the bill on a party-line
vote, and it now goes back to the
Senate for nal approval.
SB1525: Lawmakers sent the
governor a rst-in-the-nation bill
to protect college athletes. It
would require major California
universities to give academic
scholarships to students who lose
their athletic scholarships
because of an injury while play-
ing their sport. The bill applies to
universities that receive more
than $10 million annually in
sports media revenue. Stanford
ofcials objected, saying the uni-
versity is among four schools
being singled out.
AB1436: Despite concerns
about voter fraud, Californians
would be able to register to vote
any time, including on Election
Day, under a bill approved by the
Senate.
Man, 88, says he didnt
support wifes suicide
SAN DIEGO The 88-year-old
man who was arrested shortly after
the death of his ailing wife on suspi-
cion of aiding in her suicide says it
was her decision to die, and she
alone carried out the act.
Alan Purdy tells UT San Diego
(http://bit.ly/PdbeJ2 ) he didnt sup-
port the idea but he knew she was in
crippling pain from an autoimmune
disease and had attempted suicide
before.
He says he watched and cried as
84-year-old Jo Purdy ingested sleep-
ing pills and placed a bag over her
head at their San Marcos home in
March.
Alan Purdy says he was bafed
when he was arrested. He spent a
night in jail before being bailed out
by his son.
San Diego prosecutors determined
last week that the case against Purdy
couldnt be proven beyond a reason-
able doubt.
SAN FRANCISCO The thou-
sands of firefighters making
progress against a series of wildres
across California were facing new
challenges as strong winds raised
concerns that some of the res could
jump containment lines, re of-
cials said Sunday.
The National Weather Service
issued a red ag warning across a
wide area of Northern California,
with forecasters predicting wind
gusts up to 35 miles per hour in
some of the re zones.
The stronger winds come after
reghters were able to improve
containment lines during the past
few days around the Ponderosa Fire,
which is burning about 25 miles
southeast of Redding, or about 150
miles north of Sacramento.
In the past 24 hours the re has
not grown in size, but our main con-
cern today (Sunday) is with winds
picking up, said California
Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection spokesman Daniel
Berlant.
The winds have a lot of potential
to spread this re or to allow it to
spot over the perimeter line,
Berlant said.
The blaze, sparked by a lightning
strike on Aug. 18, was 74 percent
contained after about 43 square
miles.
The wildfire has destroyed 64
homes and 20 outbuildings, mostly
near the tiny community of Manton.
About 300 homes are still consid-
ered threatened, but despite the
increased winds, officials still
expected crews to have the blaze
contained Monday.
A second major re in the region,
this one burning in the Plumas
National Forest since July 29, has
expanded to more than 104 square
miles.
The nearly 1,400 reghters on
the lines have the blaze 61 percent
contained, but officials also
expressed concerns about gusting
winds.
Weve got a lot of wind on the
re right now, said re spokesman
Larry Helmerick, as he spoke from a
tent that he said was being shaken
by the wind.
Were just hoping to hold it
today, because we have today,
tomorrow and maybe part of
Tuesday where we have this wind-
driven stuff, he said.
Fireghters also faced challenges
from the wind as they battled a re
burning outside the Mendocino
County community of Covelo.
One home and ve outbuildings
have been burned since the blaze
stared Aug. 18, and a re engine
was destroyed by the re Saturday,
said fire spokesman Ralph
Gonzales. The four firefighters
assigned to the engine escaped
injury, Gonzales said.
Its (the re) burning in an area
thats really dry and hasnt burned
for years, Gonzales said.
The blaze was 33 percent con-
tained after consuming more than
41 square miles.
Red ag warnings issued as crews battle wildres
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By Thomas Beaumont
TAMPA, Fla. The political
risk was slight for Mitt Romney in
scrapping the rst day of his Florida
convention in the face of Tropical
Storm Isaac: TV networks werent
planning to broadcast it live any-
way.
As the storm veered toward New
Orleans, however, the decision
about what to do next was fraught
with peril. Romney is trying to bal-
ance celebrating his presidential
nomination with being mindful of
the ghost of Hurricane Katrina and
the stain George W. Bushs handling
of it left on the GOP.
You dont want to be having
hoopla and dancing when you have
the nation focused on tragedy and
suffering, said Al Hoffman, a
Republican from West Palm Beach
and former nance chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
The next few days will test
Romneys abili-
ty to both pres-
ent himself to
the American
people as a
plausible alter-
native to
P r e s i d e n t
Barack Obama
and to lead a
party still
smarting from the image hit it took
in the aftermath of the 2005 Gulf
Coast devastation.
Since then, Republicans have
been so sensitive to the political
danger around hurricanes and the
appearance of partying at a time of
trouble that they delayed the start
of their national convention by a
day in 2008 when Hurricane Gustav
bore down on the Gulf, a full 1,200
miles away from where delegates
were gathering in St. Paul, Minn.
Four years later, a storm again has
delayed the start of the convention
and again is barreling toward
New Orleans, the city that Katrina
so badly damaged.
Memories of Katrina hung heavy
over Tampa as Republican delegates
traveled here to anoint the partys
new standard-bearer. All over
Florida a critical battleground
state people were preparing for
the worst. Homes and shops were
boarded up in Key West. About 800
miles northwest in the Florida pan-
handle, the Wal-Mart in Destin,
Fla., had sold out of bottled water.
By Sunday afternoon, Tampa was
cloud-covered and windy outside
the hall where Romney is to accept
the nomination Thursday night.
Inside, tense Romney advisers hud-
dled to gure out how to proceed.
Its a mess all around and its
fraught with risk, said Sally
Bradshaw, a Florida Republican and
longtime senior aide to former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Its not
good for anybody particularly
the people impacted by the storm.
Weather was recognized as poten-
tial trouble when Republicans chose
to hold their convention in Florida
during hurricane season, a decision
made well before Romney locked
up the nomination.
Beyond the safety and image con-
cerns, Isaac presents another wrin-
kle for Romney: It allows Obama to
show leadership and ex the levers
of his administration to help people
bracing for a storm.
As forecasts grew grim, Obama
dispatched the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to assist, and
the White House said the president
was closely monitoring the storm.
The president also told the gov-
ernor to let him know if there are
any unmet needs or additional
resources the administration could
provide, including in support of
efforts to ensure the safety of those
visiting the state for the Republican
National Convention, the White
House said Sunday.
The president had no immediate
plans to visit. But he might as
most presidents do if the damage
is severe. And if he does, Romney
would have to weigh whether to
proceed with his convention or
scrap more parts of it and cede
the limelight to the man who holds
the ofce he wants.
Mindful of the danger of appear-
ing to put politics before safety,
Vice President Joe Biden, the
Obama campaigns surrogate-in-
chief, canceled a campaign swing
through Florida on Monday and
Tuesday.
Back in Tampa, Romneys con-
vention planners were busy working
to cram four carefully scripted days
of speechmaking and celebration
into just three. The announcement
delaying the start of the convention
came late Saturday, with Romney
mindful of the good politics of put-
ting safety before, well, politics.
The safety of those in Isaacs
path is of the utmost importance,
Romney said in a tweet late
Saturday.
Romney faces balancing act with convention, storm
Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON Most
Americans say go ahead and raise
taxes if it will save Social Security
benefits for future generations.
And raise the retirement age, if
you have to.
Both options are preferable to cut-
ting monthly benets, even for people
who are years away from applying
for them.
Those are the ndings of a new
Associated Press-GfK poll on public
attitudes toward the nations largest
federal program.
Social Security is facing serious
long-term nancial problems. When
given a choice on how to x them, 53
percent of adults said they would
rather raise taxes than cut benets for
future generations, according to the
poll. Just 36 percent said they would
cut benets instead.
The results were similar when peo-
ple were asked whether they would
rather raise the retirement age or cut
monthly payments for future genera-
tions 53 percent said they would
raise the retirement age, while 35 per-
cent said they would cut monthly
payments.
Right now, it seems like were
taxed so much, but if that would be
the only way to go, I guess Id have to
be for it to preserve it, said Marge
Youngs, a 77-year-old widow from
Toledo, Ohio. Its extremely impor-
tant to me. Its most of my income.
Social Security is being hit by a
wave of millions of retiring baby
boomers, leaving relatively fewer
workers to pay into the system. The
trustees who oversee the massive
retirement and disability program say
Social Securitys trust funds will run
out of money in 2033. At that point,
Social Security will only collect
enough tax revenue to pay 75 percent
of benets, unless Congress acts.
Lawmakers from both political par-
ties say there is a good chance
Congress will address Social Security
in the next year or two if the White
House takes the lead. Yet so far,
Social Security has not played a big
role in the presidential election.
In previous polls, Democrats have
typically scored better than
Republicans on handling Social
Security. But the AP-GfK poll shows
Americans are closely divided on
which presidential candidate they
trust to handle the issue.
Forty-seven percent said they trust
President Barack Obama to do a bet-
ter job on Social Security, and 44 per-
cent said they trust his Republican
opponent, Mitt Romney. The differ-
ence is within the polls margin of
sampling error.
Charles McSwain, 69, of
Philadelphia, said he trusts Obama
because he thinks the president is
more likely to stick up for the middle
class.
He at least gives the appearance of
trying to help people that arent super
rich, and Romney doesnt, said
McSwain, who works part time sell-
ing real estate.
Poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security
Despite Isaacs soaking,
Keys residents laid back
KEY WEST, Fla. Tropical
Storm Isaac barely stirred Florida
Keys residents from their fabled
nonchalance Sunday, while the Gulf
Coast braced for the possibility that
the sprawling storm will strengthen
into a dangerous hurricane by the
time it makes landfall there.
Isaac was expected to cross the
Keys by late Sunday, then turn
northwest and strike as a Category 2
hurricane somewhere between the
New Orleans and the Florida
Panhandle on Wednesday, the sev-
enth anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina.
GOP convention protesters:
storms wont stop them
TAMPA, Fla. The few hun-
dred protesters gathered under wet
skies in a park about a half-mile
from the GOP convention on
Sunday said an impending hurricane
that is supposed to dump even heav-
ier rains on Tampa wont stop them
from trying to get out their message
that Americas middle class is in
trouble and needs to be restored.
Giant blocks of ice spelling out
the words middle class were melt-
ing on a warm, sticky, rainy day.
Occupy protesters it represents the
melting away of the middle class.
American Taliban seeks
group prayer in Ind. prison
INDIANAPOLIS An
American-born Taliban fighter
imprisoned in Indiana will try to
convince a federal judge that his
religious freedom trumps security
concerns in a closely watched trial
that will examine how far prisons
can go to ensure security in the age
of terrorism.
John Walker Lindh was expected
to testify Monday in Indianapolis
during the rst day of the trial over
prayer policies in a tightly restricted
prison unit where he and other high-
risk inmates have severely limited
contact with the outside world.
Nation briefs
WORLD 8
By Jamal Halaby
AMMAN Dozens of bloodied bodies
were buried Sunday in mass graves in a
Damascus suburb where activists claim more
than 300 people have been killed over the past
week in a major government offensive to take
back control of rebel-held areas in and around
the capital.
The British-based activist group Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said 32 more
dead bodies were found in the streets of
Daraya on Sunday and that they had been
killed by gunre and summary executions.
Among them were three women and two chil-
dren, the group said. It put the toll for the past
week as at least 320.
Another activist group, the Local
Coordination Committees, claimed 300 bod-
ies were discovered Saturday in Daraya and
633 people have been killed there since the
government launched its assault last week.
President Bashar Assad, in comments car-
ried by state media, reiterated his long-stand-
ing claim that a foreign plot was behind the
uprising against his rule and said he would not
allow it to succeed whatever the price might
be.
Britains minister for Middle East affairs,
Alistair Burt, meanwhile, said if conrmed,
the massacre would be an atrocity on a new
scale requiring unequivocal condemnation
from the entire international community. He
added that it highlights the urgent need for
international action to bring an end to the vio-
lence, end this culture of impunity and hold to
account those responsible for these terrible
acts.
Burt said he had discussed the killings with
U.N. and Arab League Joint Special
Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
It was impossible to independently verify
the death tolls because of severe restrictions
on media coverage of the conict. However,
activists and residents have reported excessive
use of force by the regime in major battles,
with indiscriminate shelling from the ground
and the air.
The Local Coordination Committees said
some of those killed by regime forces in
Daraya were buried in mass graves on
Sunday. Video footage posted by the group
showed bloodied bodies wrapped in colorful
blankets lying next to each other with branch-
es of date palms strewn over them.
Another video posted on the Internet and
dated Saturday showed dozens of bodies on
the oor of a mosque in Daraya. Most of the
bodies were bloodied and wrapped in blan-
kets. The anonymous commentator said there
were at least 150 bodies there and blamed a
pro-government militia known as shabiha for
the killings. The authenticity of the two
videos could not be independently conrmed.
The Local Coordination Committees said
an additional 1,755 people had been detained
in Daraya, suggesting that hundreds more
might turn up dead.
On Thursday, troops backed by tanks and
helicopter gunships stormed Daraya after
intense shelling and ghting that lasted days.
The battle for Daraya showed the regime to
be struggling to control Damascus and its sub-
urbs though the repower available to it is far
superior to anything the rebels might have.
Government forces are stretched thin, with a
major ongoing battle for control of the
nations largest city, Aleppo in the north, as
well as smaller scale operations in the east
and south.
Mass burials in Syria amid massacre report
REUTERS
Syrian opposition activists accused President
Bashar al-Assads army Sunday of massacring
hundreds of people in a town close to the
capital that government forces recaptured
from rebels.
TRIPOLI, Libya Libyas interim interior
minister resigned on Sunday after members of
the newly-elected parliament accused his
forces of neglect when attackers bulldozed a
Su shrine and mosque while police stood by
a day earlier.
Saturdays attack on the shrine was the lat-
est in a string of assaults on Su places of
worship, sparking fears of stewing sectarian
troubles in a country that is still without a
strong central government and largely without
a functioning police or military.
The ofcial Libyan news agency LANA
reported that Fawzi Abdel-Al submitted his
resignation to Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-
Keib.
The spokesman for Libyas security servic-
es, Abdel-Moneim al-Hurr, said Sunday that
the interior ministers resignation had been
accepted by both the prime minister and par-
liament.
Adding to the tension, a security ofcial
told The Associated Press that after lawmak-
ers spoke out against the security forces inac-
tion, Tripolis police and militias who work
together as part of a security committee were
ordered by their superiors to withdraw from
the streets.
Libyas interior minister resigns after attacks
OPINION 9
Leave Romneys
tax returns alone
Editor,
Gene Mullins guest perspective (A
taxing situation: Romneys returns
from the Aug. 23 edition of the Daily
Journal) is a good one.
Romneys returns are irrelevant, they
are beyond the information he needs to
provide by law, which he did. Does
Mullin really believe that the IRS is not
carefully looking at the tax returns pro-
vided? Especially for an individual that
clearly has been very successful? So
please stop harping and lets get on to
the real business at hand. The issue is
not about what Romney has paid,
because he would be in jail if he did
something illegal. Is the tax code
wrong? If it is, lets x it. Its not
Romney's or Obamas fault. However,
throwing good money at something
bad, doing the same old processes and
expecting a different outcome is down-
right irresponsible from both parties.
So the Feds plan pushing another tril-
lion dollars in a third bailout. That is
totally unacceptable. The previous two
QEs were abysmal failures. Why
expect a different outcome this time?
We are just extending the pain and suf-
fering for everyone. In the meantime,
our economy is not getting enough
attention, small businesses do not get
nancing even though trillions of dol-
lars are piled up in all the banks and we
keep harping on a set of tax returns that
really will be used just to vilify
Romney. Get over it and, while you are
at it, ask Obama to publish all of his
records.
Harry Roussard
Foster City
Letters to the editor
Guest perspective
By Jahan Alamzad
T
o merge or not to merge; that is
the question. A wrong answer
will have Shakespearean
tragedy for American Airlines. Before
considering any merger, American rst
needs to gure what kind of an airline
it wants to be after exiting bankruptcy.
American has a sensational legacy as
the airline that transformed the global
commercial air transportation.
Examining the airlines past is instruc-
tive to chart a path forward.
Bob Crandall, of whom legends are
made, arrived at American in 1974 as
new chief nancial ofcer, at a time
that the airline was not much different
than others. He quickly became presi-
dent and was the architect of a spectac-
ular transformation.
That metamorphosis took about 10
years, while the industry went through
dramatic changes as a result of the sud-
den airline deregulation in 1979.
Crandall had a clear grasp of the future
deregulated environment, and even
opposed deregulation. He knew full
well that American needed to be a com-
pletely different airline if it wanted to
survive in the new competitive land-
scape.
By the time the change was complet-
ed, American was breaking every nan-
cial and performance yardstick, and the
competitors were scrambling to learn
and emulate that transformation. When
Crandall retired as chairman and CEO
of the company in 1997, American was
hugely successful and was a fearsome
global competitor, employing tens of
thousands more than the day Crandall
arrived at the airline.
The strategy behind the change was
sophisticated and needed much disci-
plined work. It also required a work-
force that was a mix of the existing
people making the transition to the new
paradigm and a new breed of workers.
It all started by recognizing that
under any feasible circumstance,
American would have a higher cost
structure, unlike its
upstart competitors
or those beneting
from bankruptcy
proceedings. With
that understood,
Crandall then
devised the winning
strategy.
While the cost
structure was high, the unit cost the
cost to y one seat, one mile could
be lowered if the airline expanded. But
American did not want to expand if
each additional ight did not bring
down its unit cost. Be it through reck-
less addition of ights, or equally
senseless acquisitions to grow quickly,
one airline after another vanished post
deregulation. American was not going
to y that path.
Containing costs has two elements:
tight-sted control of expenditures and
automation. The rst part requires
much discipline. Automation not only
includes data processing but also devel-
oping sophisticated models to make
better decisions. And that sophistication
parted American from the rest and
made it shine.
On the revenue front, American could
not have sold every seat at a low fare
offered by discount carriers and remain
protable due to its cost disadvantage.
Market dynamics also prevented it from
charging a premium price for every
seat.
To solve this, American created yield
management, an awesome practice of
increasing revenue by offering multiple
fares on the same ight. Low-cost carri-
ers offering only low fares had a night-
marish experience facing Americans
superiority in yield management. Only
those avoiding direct competition, like
Southwest Airlines, survived.
In bitterness, many of the losers
claimed that Crandall purposefully put
their airlines out of business. A better
description would be that those airlines
put themselves out of business since
they didnt recognize the power of
sophistication, and didnt want to do
the needed hard work. By the time the
competitors woke up, it was too late for
them.
Crandall created the largest computer
network, only next to the Pentagon, and
hired some of the most brilliant minds
academia produced. At its heydays, you
could throw a stone in the American
cafeteria during lunch time, and hit a
person with an advanced degree from
one of the most prestigious universities.
Other CEOs did claim culturing
sophistication in their management
ranks. But the proof was in the pud-
ding. The pudding of other CEOs ended
up being just a puff.
Crandall used to clear his calendar
for the entire afternoon to listen atten-
tively to his operations research ana-
lysts presenting him with highly com-
plicated mathematical models. He had
an amazing ability to soak in those dif-
cult models, discuss them intelligently
and offer constructive comments.
Crandall successfully created a spe-
cial DNA in Americans organizational
body. Other airlines raided American to
lure away its managers, but transplanti-
ng that special culture proved practical-
ly impossible. Besides, Crandall was
the key link in that DNA.
That culture was also not hospitable
for acquisitions, except in extraordinary
circumstances. Thats why American
always championed its organic growth.
A denite argument can be made that
restoring the DNA that Crandall created
during his era is the only clear path
with the least turbulence for American.
That then puts the question of any
merger into perspective. If transplanting
a new organ via a merger proves
incompatible with the restored
American DNA, then the end result will
indeed be Shakespearean tragedy.
A former analyst at American Airlines,
Jahan Alamzad is managing principal of
CA Advisors in San Jose. He lives in San
Carlos.
Past clues for American Airlines future
Ballot integrity or
voter suppression
T
his is an embarrassing time for the United States.
We have one of the lowest voter turnout rates for
established democracies. Since 1988, national
turnout has uctuated from a low of 52 percent to a high of
61 percent in 2004. Meanwhile, turnout in Canada is usually
70 percent to 75 percent and
well over 80 percent in other
democratic industrialized
countries. One of the tenets
of a successful democracy is
citizen participation. We
want to encourage people to
vote or do we? Has voting
become a partisan issue as it
was once a southern issue?
***
Its hard to know where to
start. Since the 2004 elec-
tion, Republican legislatures
in several states, Indiana,
Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania,
to name a few all key in
the upcoming presidential election have enacted a variety
of laws to make it difcult for some to vote. Measures have
included reducing early voting, requiring voter identication
at the polls, intimidating the efforts of organizations, like the
League of Women Voters, to register voters and widespread
purging of voter rolls.
More than 21 million Americans get by without a drivers
license or a passport because they dont own a car or cant
afford to y. That group will nd it much harder to vote in
November. According to some, the new voter ID require-
ments match the historic voter suppression efforts that have
targeted minorities rather than preserving the integrity of the
election. Mississippi led the way in creating barriers by
using poll taxes, literacy tests and elaborate registration sys-
tems to keep African Americans from voting. Today, much
of the new restrictive laws will have the largest impact on
African-American voters.
In Ohio, early voting is no longer allowed three days
before election day or on weekends. Early voting makes it
easier for working people to vote especially those who
may be working more than one job. The long lines of voters
in Ohio in 2004 led to new legislation for early voting. This
was to ease the strain on election workers and to reduce the
long wait at the polls after 8 p.m. on election day. The bill
had bipartisan support and was implemented through the
recent presidential primaries. Then the Republican legisla-
ture decided to restrict early voting in Democratic counties
but extend early voting in Republican counties. There was
such an uproar that Ohios Republican secretary of state
standardized early voting hours but cut out early voting on
weekends and the three days before the election. The target
black voters. According to Jonathan Alter of Bloomberg
News, it was designed to discourage the tradition in black
communities of busing worshippers from church to polling
places. In 2008, blacks made up more than half of the early
in-person voters.
In Florida, a federal court has blocked much of the states
voter suppression law in ve counties. ... A dramatic reduc-
tion in the form of voting that is disproportionately used by
African-Americans would make it materially more difcult
for some minority voters to cast a ballot, the three-judge
panel wrote in its opinion. Meanwhile, the League of
Women Voters has stopped its traditional registration drive.
Harsh regulations require registers to turn in forms within 48
hours or be ned. Since Floridas election law took effect,
about 80,000 fewer voters have registered than during the
same period in 2004. Meanwhile, the states Republican gov-
ernor is in the process of purging up to 180,000 voters to
prevent likely Democrats from voting.
***
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 2008 Indiana mandato-
ry photo ID case that the risk of voter fraud is real and that
states have a legitimate interest in counting only votes that
are real. But evidence included not a single case of in-person
impersonation the only fraud a photo ID can reveal. Ditto
for Pennsylvania where a new state law signed by its
Republican governor requires voters casting ballots in person
to have a photo ID from a limited number of sources such as
a drivers license or a government-issued employee ID. A
Pennsylvania court upheld the law but it is being appealed
on grounds that the ID requirements are stricter than those in
Indiana. In its case, Pennsylvania said there had been no
instances of voter fraud. So what goes? Pennsylvania State
House majority leaders explained, Voter ID is going to
allow Romney to win the state.
***
Perhaps the time has come to implement Section 2 of the
14th Amendment. It says that when the right to vote at any
election for choice of electors for president and vice presi-
dent and for members of Congress is denied, the basis of
representation in that state shall be reduced proportionally.
Meanwhile, all Americans, no matter what their party,
should be outraged by these un-American activities.
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BUSINESS 10
By Bernard Condon
NEW YORK Someone call a doc-
tor. The stock market just lost its pulse.
Prices are barely moving day to day.
Investors are trading far fewer shares
than they did last summer. And the
future looks equally comatose. The Vix,
a sort of crystal ball of stock volatility,
recently hit a ve-year low.
August is usually slow, but this is ter-
rible, says Howard Silverblatt, senior
index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Nothing is happening.
On Wall Street, dull is bad. The
Standard & Poors 500 index has risen
12 percent this year. But the slow trading
is widely seen as evidence that investors
lack conviction, a warning sign that the
rally could peter out or collapse.
The summer of 2012 may indeed
prove the calm before the storm. But
there are reasons to be skeptical, and
enjoy the break:
OUR MEMORIES ARE PLAYING
TRICKS
The market feels dead because last
summer was wild ride. Congress squab-
bled over whether to raise the debt ceil-
ing, the U.S. was stripped of its AAA
credit rating, and people feared another
recession.
Stocks in the S&P 500 climbed and
fell every day by an average 1.42 per-
cent, according to Silverblatt. That
included four straight days on which the
Dow Jones industrial average fell 634
points, rose 429, plunged 519 and shot
up 423.
This summer, stocks in the S&P 500
have moved up or down each day by an
average of 0.67 percent. Historically,
thats just about right. The average daily
stock move since 1928 is 0.75 percent.
COMPUTERS ARE DISTORTING
THE NUMBERS
Trading volume, the number of shares
bought and sold each day, is down by a
fth from last year more evidence
that relatively few investors are pushing
up stocks as Main Street folks abandon
the market.
But Matthew Rubin, director of invest-
ment strategy at Neuberger Berman, a
financial management company, says
ordinary investors may have little to do
with the recent fall in volume.
He says high-frequency traders, who
use computers to prot from split-sec-
ond gaps in prices as stocks gyrate, have
been trading less because prices arent
jumping around as much.
Though theyre relative newcomers to
stock trading, HFTs are behind seven of
every 10 trades, so a small pullback can
have a big impact on volume. A drop in
volume shouldnt make you as nervous
as one did 10 years ago, Rubin says.
RELAX, ITS THE SUMMER
The fall in the Vix, popularly known
as the fear index, could mean investors
are complacent. If you believe trading
lore, stocks could soon fall. As the Wall
Street saying goes, When the Vix is
low, its time to go as in sell.
But the Vix tends to drop most sum-
mers as hedge fund traders and profes-
sional money managers retreat to their
second homes in the Hamptons. The
exception was last year.
The Vix hit a high of 48 in August
2011, nearly double the highs in July
and June, according to FactSet, a nan-
cial data provider. That high was also 2.5
times the high this month.
Theres still plenty to worry about.
After the stock market had one of its qui-
etest days of the year Monday, David
Rosenberg, chief economist at money
manager Gluskin Sheff, sent a report to
investors noting companies are barely
growing earnings and too few stocks are
rising above their 200-day average price,
a sign the rally may not have enough
breadth to sustain itself.
This has been one of the more boring
months, says Ryan Detrick, senior tech-
nical strategist at Schaeffers Investment
Research in Cincinnati. We made the
remark that we should all take next
August off.
But while boring is best avoided on
dates and in novels, it may not be so bad
in investing.
Consider the Vix, which earlier this
month hit 13.45, the lowest since June
2007, six months before the Great
Recession began. Waiting to buy until
the Vix shoots up has a certain logic. The
idea is that in worrisome times, when the
Vix peaks, most everyone who wants to
sell has already done it, so stocks can
only go higher.
This has worked out wonderfully in
some years, like 1999. The Vix that year
was high, rarely breaking below its long-
term average of 20. Better yet, its dips
and rises that year tended to anticipate
those of stocks, meaning you could have
made money if you invested when the
fear index was at its peaks. The S&P 500
rose 21 percent that year.
But as Ken Fisher points out in
Debunkery, his book on market myths,
stocks have done well even when the Vix
has been low and at. In 1995, the Vix
rarely rose above 15, and barely moved.
Stocks rose 38 percent.
Light trading not so worrisome
SHOREHAM, N.Y. A jolt of sup-
port from a popular Web cartoonist has
re-energized a decades-long effort to
restore a decrepit, 110-year-old labora-
tory once used by Nikola Tesla, a vision-
ary scientist who was a rival of Thomas
Edison and imagined a world of free
electricity.
In little more than a week, tens of
thousands of donors from more than 100
countries have kicked more than $1 mil-
lion through a social media fundraising
website to pay for the restoration of
Nikola Teslas Wardenclyffe laboratory,
located about 65 miles east of New York
City.
A small band of followers who have
struggled to establish a science and
research museum and learning center in
his honor are giddy with delight about
the lightning-quick response they have
received.
Web comic helps fuel donations to Teslas NY lab
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Nucky Thompson, meet Jimmy
Buffett. And both of you gentlemen, meet the Mohegan Indians.
An unusual arrangement is coming soon to Atlantic City in
which the operators of Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut
and Pennsylvania will buy a piece of Resorts Casino Hotel and
run its day-to-day affairs.
The deal centers on a $35 million expansion that will bring a
Margaritaville restaurant to the casino, splashing palm trees and
parrots across its facade. But the casinos existing Roaring 20s
theme, adopted to take advantage of interest in the hit HBO
series Boardwalk Empire about Prohibition-era Atlantic City,
is staying, too.
The idea is to bring new excitement (and new customers with
their new money) to a casino that has struggled since nearly
having to close two years ago.
The alliance with the Mohegans and their well-established
casinos in Connecticut and Pennsylvania should give a big
boost to Resorts, which was the rst casino in the United States
to open outside Nevada.
We are really excited about this, said Mitchell Etess, CEO
of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. Its a win-win for
everyone involved.
The arrangement must be approved by New Jersey casino
regulators. A vote has yet to be scheduled, but one could come
next month.
It became necessary following the sudden death of Resorts
co-owner Dennis Gomes in February. A veteran of the casino
industry, and the inspiration for the hit movie Casino, Gomes
had been working to turn Resorts around from years of losses
under previous ownership to bigger, newer competitors in
Atlantic City and in surrounding states.
Mohegans seek
success through
Margaritaville
Monday, Aug. 27, 2012
GIANTS IN ATLANTA: LINCECUM ROUGHED UP EARLY, GIANTS LOSE >>> PAGE 18
New players, same M-A philosophy
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Last we saw the
Menlo-Atherton foot-
ball team, it was trick-
ling off the Terra Nova
High School turf,
heads held high after
battling Serra in the
Central Coast Section
DI title game a bat-
tle they lost.
So, coming off the
heels of their latest
CCS title game appear-
ance, the Bears enter the
2012 season with outsiders
expecting more of the same success. Fortunately
for M-A, the system and foundation set by the
last couple of years under head coach Sione
Taufoou is strong.
The key for us is to continue to get better, its
about consistency and competing, Taufoou said.
Our roots are still the same: pride, accountabili-
ty, commitment. Were still standing by those
team values. Nothing changes here. Were trying
to develop that concept of, get better every day,
get better every moment. It doesnt matter if
thats on the football eld or the classroom.
But heres the bad news: M-A enters the 2012
season, high outside expectations and all, with
the task of replacing seven all-league players
including three Players of the Year. In a sense,
Menlo-Atherton 2012 team is a victim of its 2011
success. Those seven players were all seniors.
And M-A wont be getting any sympathy points
from the very tough Peninsula Athletic League
Bay Division nor do they want any.
I dont think you really can replace [those
players], Taufoou said. New people have to step
into their own roles. I think that passion, that
drive, were looking for guys to step into those
roles. We have a couple of guys that are doing a
Mills hopes 2012 is foundation for future
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Mike Krieger, the new head football coach at
Mills High School, spent the summer laying
down the foundation for what he hopes will be the
resurgence of a once-proud Vikings program.
On Saturday, in a scrimmage against Marshall
of San Francisco, Krieger and the Vikings were
nally able to put up the pillars.
We played very well, Krieger said. We
scored a few times and our defense held
[Marshall] from getting into the end zone. I told
the guys after the game that it was a really good
rst step. We saw some good things and we also
some things we need to work on so we can be
ready for the game against Galileo.
Slowly but surely, the rebuilding process is
picking up steam at Mills. And while Saturdays
performance against Marshall wont go down in
the win/loss column, when youre a team that has
gone 3-26-1 the last three seasons, moral victories
are sometimes more valuable.
Im condent in what were doing and con-
dent the coaches are teaching the kids what we
want them to learn and the kids so far executed
what we wanted them to do, Krieger said.
Galileo looms ve days away, and right now,
the pro-set offense implemented by Krieger is
auditioning a pair of quarterbacks. Their com-
mand of the offense is pretty good at this point
with what weve introduced them to, Krieger
said. We have a core belief in the type of offense
we want to run and then based on the players,
what their strengths and weaknesses are, we kind
of focus more plays in one direction or the other.
Well run the ball and do play-action, Krieger
said. Then well have the ability to get into dif-
ferent packages. But thats going to take another
couple of weeks before we get the base offense
where we want it to be.
Krieger said he likes what he sees so far from
his running backs. Antonio Jeffrey, a junior,
showed ashes of promise Saturday. Hes a
smooth runner, Krieger said. Hes got good feet
and hes one of the faster guys on the team.
A point of concern for Krieger is the offensive
line where he said the team is a little thin num-
bers-wise and will be moving some players
around in hopes of lling some of those gaps.
Right now, the bulk of the responsibility falls
on center Erick Garcia, a junior, whos done a
solid job so far on making the blocking calls
when the Vikings break the huddle.
Defensively, itll be all about discipline in Year
One of the rebuild.
Good thing about them is that theyre rallying
to the football, Krieger said. We had two, three,
four guys making tackles yesterday which is
something we hadnt really seen before. We had-
nt been in the situation to see it, but certainly
they executed the defensive plan as well.
Krieger said hes counting on a linebacking
core, led by Anthony Vozaites and Joey Himuro,
to anchor an otherwise young group.
See MILLS, Page 12
Key Players: Evan Perkins (sr.,WR/DB); Nicky Gallagher (sr., LB/OL); Brian Jag-
gers (jr., LB);Tasi Teu (sr., RB/S); Zack Moore (sr., QB);Tom Bucka (sr., OL/DL).
2011 record: 4-1 PAL Bay, 9-4 overall.
2012 schedule (home games in CAPS): 8/31@ El Camino High School, 7
p.m.; 9/7 @ Los Gatos, 7:30 p.m.; 9/15 @ St. Ignatius, 2 p.m.; 9/21 SOUTH CITY,
3:15 p.m.;10/5 ARAGON,7 p.m.;10/12 BURLINGAME,7 p.m.;10/19 @ Half Moon
Bay, 3 p.m.; 10/27 @ Sacred Heart Prep, 1 p.m.; 11/2 TERRA NOVA, 7 p.m.; 11/9
WOODSIDE, 7 p.m.
Key players: Anthony Vozaites (sr.,LB/FB);Bryan Num (sr.,DL);Joey Himuro (sr.,
FB/LB); Antonio Jeffrey (jr., RB/DB); Erick Garcia (jr., OL/DL).
2011 record: 0-5 PAL Lake, 1-9 overall
2012 schedule (home games in CAPS): 8/31 GALILEO, 3:15 p.m.; 9/7 @ Cu-
pertino,7:30 p.m.;9/15 HARBOR,2 p.m.;9/22 HARKER 2 p.m.;9/28 @ Menlo,3:15
p.m.; 10/12 @ Carlmont, 7 p.m.; 10/19 SAN MATEO, 7 p.m.; 10/26 @ El Camino,
3 p.m.; 11/02 @ Hillsdale, 7 p.m.; 11/10 CAPUCHINO, 2 p.m.
DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS FILE
Menlo-Athertons Zack Moore is one of two play-
ers vying for the starting quarterback position
with the season opener less than a week away. See BEARS, Page 12
By Arnie Stapleton
DENVER Peyton Manning
was magnicent in his nal regular-
season tuneup Sunday, throwing his
rst two touchdown passes for the
Denver Broncos in a 29-24 loss to
the San Francisco 49ers.
Manning completed 10 of 12
passes for 122 yards, including TD
tosses of 10 and 5 yards to Eric
Decker, and was nearly perfect. The
two misses were a dropped pass by
Joel Dreessen and an errant pass to
Brandon Stokley, who was held on
the play but didnt draw the ag.
After managing one TD to go
with four turnovers in his rst seven
possessions this preseason,
Manning drove the Broncos (1-2) to
scores on all three of his posses-
sions, then put on his visor with 46
seconds left in the rst quarter after
staking Denver to a 17-0 lead.
Alex Smith threw a 49-yard TD
pass and David Akers kicked ve
eld goals for the Niners (2-1), who
outscored the Broncos backups 19-
0 in the second half but lost wide
receiver Ted Ginn Jr. to an ankle
injury early in the second half.
For the second straight week, the
Broncos backups were awful. In
blowing a 24-10 halftime lead,
theyve been outscored 40-0 after
halftime in the last two games.
Denvers rst drive stalled when
the replacement ofcials failed to
whistle cornerback Carlos Rogers
for a blatant hold on a third-down
pass to Stokley, and the Broncos
settled for Matt Praters 53-yard
eld goal.
Manning was money after that.
He completed all six of his passes
for 83 yards on a long drive that
ended with his first touchdown
throw in orange and blue, a 10-yard
strike to Decker, who beat Rogers
over the middle.
The highlight of drive was a 38-
yard pass to running back Lance
Ball, who left the game with a rib
injury. Manning was blasted by
linebacker Parys Haralson in the
chest right as he released his longest
pass of the preseason. Manning
bounced right up, raced downeld,
lined up in the no-huddle and hit
running back Willis McGahee for
14 yards to the San Francisco 12.
It was the second time Manning,
who missed all of last season with a
neck injury that required four oper-
ations, had been hit hard in the pre-
season, and both times he respond-
ed with a big pass for the rst down.
49ers beat Broncos with all eyes on Manning
See 49ERS, Page 14
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great job. Every team has their own identity,
every individual has their own identity and
everyone is going to nd and needs to nd
their own way of doing things.
The only expectation I really hold on these
kids is PAC (pride, accountability, commitment).
What other people see of our team, Id like to say
were a team that plays with a lot of effort. It
doesnt matter win or lose. Id like to say we have
a bunch of kids that show up, put on their blue
collars and go to work. Were humbled that
everyone has great expectations of us but at the
same time we just want to show up and play hard
play extremely hard.
On offense, the Bears welcome a new
offensive coordinator, who is implementing a
couple new folds into one of last seasons
most dynamic offensive attacks.
The kids are still adjusting but in the long
run were a team that tries to run the ball well
and were going to continue to do that,
Taufoou said. Offensively I dont think much
changes. Were going to run the ball. Were
going to be physical at the point of attack.
The departure of all-league quarterback
Willy Fonua means either Zack Moore or
Royce Branning take over the signal-calling
duties for M-A. Both had their moments in
the Bears scrimmage against Serra, Sequoia
and Encinal. Whomever gets the nod will rely
heavily on wide receiver Evan Perkins.
I dont know if were the biggest team up
front, Taufoou said of his offensive line. Im
looking forward to them playing well. Other
guys are starting to step up in their roles and
its nice to see that people are starting to work
together.
On paper, the biggest hole for M-A will be
on defense, where theyll need to replace four
all-leaguers including the PALs Defensive
Player of the Year.
Were not there yet, Taufoou said. But
were in the process of getting better. Were try-
ing to get better every day. Were trying to com-
pete. We want to put in a lot of effort.
M-A is expecting a big season from junior
linebacker Brian Jaggers. Hes the heart and
soul of the defense, Taufoou said. Hes the one
that lines us up and gets us ready to go.
Another point of interest for M-A this season
will be its special teams unit. Thats something
you cant say about most squads, but given the
fact that the Bears graduated the best kicker and
most dynamic returner in the league, special
teams is denitely something to keep your eye
on if youre a Menlo-Atherton fan.
Its going to be a dog ght just like the last
couple of years, Taufoou said of the PAL Bay
Division. Its a tough league and its swung a
little to where, not were the young group.
Were going to have to battle every week
we really are.
All the talk about replacements makes for
great speculative chit-chat. But rest assured,
Taufoou believes he has the kind of team he can
challenge a preseason schedule that includes
road games against two reigning CCS champi-
ons in Los Gatos and St. Ignatius speaks volumes
to the condence the M-A head coach has with
his team. If nothing else, the Bears will be battle-
tested come their PAL opener against Aragon.
This team needs to nd its own way,
Taufoou said. They need to nd their own way
of getting it done. They need to compete, get bet-
ter every day. We love the guys that left, they left
a great standard and they left some great expec-
tations. Now its the willingness of this group to
step up and fulll those expectations.
Continued from page 11
BEARS
Joey showed really strong commitment
during the summer and as the season has got-
ten underway, Krieger said. Hes got some
senior leadership. Were expecting him to be a
leader on the eld.
The next couple of weeks will be super
important for Mills as they try to build con-
dence heading into their Lake Division open-
er against reigning co-champion Carlmont.
The Vikings have only won one league game
the last three seasons, so It will attempt to
build momentum against four teams that had
losing records last year (a combined 11-29
record) before their first big test against
Menlo School.
I think couple of months ago, a .500 sea-
son would be a successful season coming
from where theyve been the last few years,
Krieger said. But certainly, we would expect
two or three wins in the Lake Division.
MILLS
RENTON, Wash. Terrell Owens NFL
return lasted less than three weeks.
Owens was released by the Seattle
Seahawks on Sunday, part of the league-man-
dated roster reductions from 90 to 75 players.
The 38-year-old posted a message on his
Twitter account shortly before 11 a.m. PDT
that he had been released and the Seahawks
made the move ofcial later in the afternoon.
Im no longer a Seahawk. I THANK the
organization 4 the opportunity, Im truly
blessed beyond belief. My FAITH is intact &
will NOT waiver.
Owens wasnt the only veteran to get cut by
the Seahawks. Offensive linemen Deuce Lutui
and Alex Barron both had their veteran con-
tracts terminated, while Seattle
waived/injured defensive back Roy Lewis
(knee), tight end Cameron Morrah (toe),
defensive tackle Pep Levingston (knee) and
linebacker Jamison Konz (shoulder).
Owens signed a one-
year deal with Seattle (No.
22 in APPro32) on Aug. 7,
following a sterling work-
out that had coaches and
Seahawks staff raving
about how good he looked
for having not played an
NFL game in more than
18 months.
He signed just before
Seattles rst preseason game and made his
debut in the second week against Denver.
But his preseason performance was more
notable for the passes he dropped than any-
thing he caught.
Owens dropped a potential 46-yard touch-
down against Denver on a perfect throw from
Matt Flynn.
He failed to make a catch in any of his ve
targets against the Broncos and then had
another glaring drop against Kansas City on
Friday night.
T.O. released by Seahawks
Terrell Owens
SPORTS 13
By Genaro C. Armas
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.
Arms outstretched in the air with
a smile from ear-to-ear, Noriatsu
Osaka couldnt contain his glee.
Neither could his teammates from
Tokyo after Osakas third home run
of the game put an exclamation point
on Japans 12-2 victory over
Tennessee in ve innings in the Little
League World Series title game
Sunday.
The 12-year-old Osaka added a
triple for good measure, too, to top
off his 4-for-4 afternoon. In a sym-
bolic gesture, Japans players jogged
the traditional postgame victory lap
carrying the ags for both their home
country and the United States.
We had such a great time in
Pennsylvania and we really played a
good game today. It was kind of a,
Thanks, Osaka said through an
interpreter.
Starter Kotaro Kiyomiya struck
out eight in four innings and added
an RBI single for Japan. The game
ended in the fth after Osakas third
homer made it a 10-run game.
We thought we played the best in
the tournament so far, especially to
win by the 10-run rule in the nals,
said 12-year-old Rintaro Hirano,
who homered in the fourth to make it
10-1.
A day after pounding out a 24-16
win over California in the U.S. title
game, the Goodlettsville, Tenn.,
sluggers could only muster two hits
solo shots by Brock Myers and
Lorenzo Butler.
It was a bittersweet nal game for
two teams that grew close during
their two weeks in South
Williamsport. They exchanged cus-
tomary postgame handshakes at the
plate before Japan received the
World Series championship banner
and took their warning-track run.
Tennessee was our best friends in
the U.S. division, Kiyomiya said.
Japans jog nally stopped in front
of the teams giddy cheering section
as proud family members and friends
stood shoulder-to-shoulder to take
pictures through the ineld fence.
There were so many highlights,
including five home runs off
Tennessee pitching.
That was more than enough
offense for 13-year-old ace
Kiyomiya, who had a fastball
clocked in the high-70s, The right-
hander with the hitch in mid-delivery
pitched like a big-league ace in
allowing just one hit.
Regardless, this is still a banner
year for Goodlettsville after its
exhausting victory Saturday over
Petaluma, Calif., for the U.S. cham-
pionship. That game set a record for
most combined runs in the World
Series.
The thrilling victory kept the
Tennessee players and their families
up late into the night.
(The parents) must have partied
harder than the kids did, manager
Joey Hale said. I knew wed be at
today.
Tennessee lost a 10-run lead in the
bottom of the sixth of that game
before scoring nine times the next
inning to nally put away Petaluma
in a Little League classic. Even more
impressively, Butler had three
homers and a record nine RBIs a
feat so unique the 12-year-olds
name became a trending topic on
Twitter.
Butler went deep again off reliever
Osaka in the fth Butlers fourth
homer in two days to cut the lead
to 10-2 and give Goodlettsvile some
home hope. Tennessees mini-mash-
ers have proven they can break out
any time at the plate.
It feels really good and it was
really great, Butler said simply
about his hitting exploits. He said his
three homers Saturday were the
longest he had hit all season.
Its pitching depth sapped,
Tennessee turned to right-hander
Justin Smith to start against Japan
the rst time the 12-year-old had
pitched in the World Series or in
Southeast regional tournament.
Everybody knew our pitching
was depleted and we were bound for
a letdown, Hale said. Im not say-
ing we were going to beat Japan. I
think they were the best team here at
everything by far, pitching, hitting.
But I think last night is how we want
to be remembered.
Leadoff hitter Osaka, 12, didnt
waste any time with a rst-pitch
triple to the right-eld corner in the
rst. Kiyomiya delivered his RBI
single two batters later to get the
scoring started.
Osaka then homered in the second
to left-center, just in front of the
Little League sign above the fence,
before leading off the fourth with his
second homer, this time to center, for
a 6-1 lead.
The Kitasuna league all-star team
from Tokyo won Japans eighth
Little League title and second in
three seasons.
While his players danced around
in delight after the game, skipper
Yoichi Kubo teared up. He kept his
composure after managing a team
that won the World Series in 2001,
but I was crying this time when we
won this game as world champion,
he said.
Japan takes LLWS title, beats Tenn. 12-2
REUTERS
Tokyo,Japan players watch the game from the dugout as they play against
Goodlettsville,Tennessee during the rst inning of the Little League World
Series championship baseball game in Williamsport, Pa. Sunday.
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LONDON The Olympic rings
have disappeared across London,
and the Paralympic symbols hoisted
in their place. Let the games begin
again.
Thousands of athletes have
already arrived for Wednesdays
opening ceremony as the
Paralympics return to their roots.
The familiar face of Oscar Pistorius
and his even more recognizable blades
have helped to take the Paralympic
movement to the masses with 2.3
million tickets already sold.
August has been a groundbreak-
ing month for Pistorius.
The South African will be defend-
ing the three titles won four years ago
at the Beijing Paralympics, just weeks
after becoming the rst amputee
sprinter to compete at the Olympics.
I am incredibly excited to be back
in London, said Pistorius, who
raced in the 400 meters and 4x400
relay earlier this month in the
80,000-seat Olympic Stadium. It
was an incredible experience to com-
pete at the Olympic Games and the
reception from the crowd I will
remember for the rest of my life.
The 25-year-old Pistorius had to
contend with battles on and off the
track to become the poster boy of the
Paralympics, where he will be com-
peting over 100, 200 and 400.
He is massive, London organiz-
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But Coe stressed that the medals
are not nailed on for him at the
Paralympics.
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head to heads, he added.
The thrilling duel should come in
the 100, with Pistorius no longer the
fastest man on no legs.
The Blade Runner experienced
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Even after
a year that didnt come close to his
expectations, Nick Watney wasnt about
to give up on his season.
Amazing how one week changed his
outlook in so many ways.
He beat one of the strongest elds of
the year at The Barclays, on the tough
track of Bethpage Black. Winning the
opening playoff event for the FedEx Cup
guarantees him a good shot at the $10
million prize. And suddenly, playing in
the Ryder Cup becomes a lot more real-
istic.
That all came into play Sunday when
Watney didnt miss a green until the 16th
hole, turned a two-shot decit against
Sergio Garcia into a three-shot lead,
overcame a trio of three-putt bogeys with
clutch birdies, and closed with a 2-under
69 for a three-shot victory.
Its been not quite the year I wanted,
Watney said. But this really makes it all
forgotten. Winning a tournament is hard,
but winning out here and against this
eld was very, very difcult. Im kind of
still on a high right now.
U.S. captain Davis Love III has a lot
more choices for his four wild-card
selections next week.
Watney won by three shots over Brandt
Snedeker, who already was part of the
discussion as a potential pick. Snedeker,
a winner in San Diego and a contender in
the British Open, battled to the end and
made big putts on the last two holes for a
1-under 70 to nish alone in second.
Dustin Johnson, also under considera-
tion as a pick, shot 68 and tied for third
with Garcia, whose
bogey on the final
hole gave him a 75.
Not even Watney
thought he was wor-
thy of being picked
for the Ryder Cup
going into the week.
Im thinking much
more now than I was
coming in, he said.
Coming in here, I didnt deserve to be in
the conversation because I had not
played my way in. Someone told me that
Davis said he wanted a hot player, and
we still have a week to go. But like I said,
Id love to be on the team. But Im not
really concerned with it just because its
out of my control.
Love will announce his picks after the
second playoff event, the Deutsche Bank
Championship, which ends on Labor
Day. Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk are
likely to be two of those picks, and the
other two suddenly are wide open.
Ryder Cup is denitely on my mind,
Snedeker said. But Im not letting it
affect the way I play. Try to win every
golf tournament. It gives me more moti-
vation to do it, and if I do that, I know I
will make the decision easy for them.
Davis has an extremely difficult
choice with a bunch of guys who did not
play well enough over the last two years
to be on the team. You cant go wrong
with any of them. I think that its certain-
ly helped everybody who played well
this week.
Watney, who won for the fth time in
his career, nished on 10-under 278.
In what amounted to a duel with
Garcia for so much of the day, Watney
fell two shots behind after he three-
putted for bogey on the fth hole and
Garcia made a 40-footer for birdie on the
next hole. Garcia, going for his second
straight PGA Tour win, never had much
of a chance after that.
I hit a couple bad shots at the wrong
moments, Garcia said. And unfortu-
nately, I just wasnt feeling comfortable.
Watney two-putted for birdie on the
seventh. On the par-3 eighth, Garcia
scrambled for bogey from the bunker,
while Watney holed a bending, 30-foot
birdie putt to take his rst lead of the day.
Another two-shot swing followed on the
10th, when Garcia three-putted and
Watney hit a beautiful approach to 4 feet
for birdie.
Both were sloppy on the back nine, but
Watney hit all the right shots and seized
control for good with a 10-foot birdie
putt on the 14th.
I made more putts than I made all
year, Watney said.
He credits that to some tips from
Darrell Kestner, the respected club pro at
nearby Deepdale, a lesson set up by a
friend. Kestner worked on his setup,
mainly keeping Watney from leaning to
far back on his heels.
It paid off, Watney said.
Tiger Woods, six shots behind at the
start of the day, never made a move. He
alternated between bogeys and birdies
until the sixth hole, and his round
imploded on the back nine with a three-
putt double bogey on the 12th, a poor
wedge that led to bogey on the par-5
13th, and a tee shot on the par-3 14th that
sailed over the green and one-hopped
against the gallery. He closed with a 76
and tied for 38th.
Watney with a timely win at Bethpage Black
15-year-old Lydia
Ko wins in Canada
COQUITLAM, British Columbia Lydia Ko won the
Canadian Womens Open on Sunday to become the youngest
winner in LPGA Tour history and only the fth amateur
champion.
The 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander closed
with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory. She broke the age
record of 16 set by Lexi Thompson last September in the
Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama, and is the rst amateur
winner since JoAnne Carner in the 1969 Burdines
Invitational.
In January, Ko won the New South Wales Open in Australia
at 14 to become the youngest player to win a professional
tour event, a mark broken by 14-year-old Brooke Henderson
in June in a Canadian Womens Tour event in Quebec. Ko
also won the U.S. Womens Amateur two weeks ago in
Cleveland.
Ko nished at 13-under 275 at The Vancouver Golf Club,
pulling away with birdies on ve of the rst six holes on the
back nine. She opened with consecutive 68s and shot a 72 on
Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the nal round.
Inbee Park shot a 69 to nish second.
REUTERS
Lydia Ko of New Zealand is doused with water by fellow
players after winning the LPGA Canadian Womens Open
golf tournament in Coquitlam, British Columbia Sunday.
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SONOMA Ryan Briscoe got
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out of a pit stop Sunday and held off
the two-time defending Sonoma
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tory since 2010.
After Power led for most of the
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for his seventh career victory
when Power got caught in traffic
following a scary crash for
Sebastien Bourdais and Josef
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Both drivers apparently avoided
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control on cold tires and slammed
Newgarden into a protective barri-
er. Newgarden injured his left
index finger.
Power also lost a few seconds of
his lead on a slow pit stop before
the crash, but said he blamed the
loss on getting held up by drivers
who were dawdling around
because they were a lap down or
whatever.
He barely failed to win his third
straight race in Sonoma after start-
ing from the pole at the track where
he broke his back in 2009, yet
Power also left Sonoma in com-
mand of the championship race. His
second-place finish boosted his
overall points lead to 36 points after
his three closest competitors all had
problems.
Ryan Hunter-Reay was left fum-
ing after Alex Tagliani spun him
out with 10 laps to go, and he fin-
ished 18th. Helio Castroneves was
penalized after making contact
with Scott Dixon on the opening
lap and never got back in the hunt,
eventually finishing sixth, while
Dixon came in 13th after making
contact with Hunter-Reay.
Penske still put its three racers
in the top six after Power, Briscoe
and Castroneves swept the podium
in Sonoma last year.
Briscoe stalled his car during
the celebratory burnout, but other-
wise enjoyed a splendid afternoon
after starting second. Briscoe has
never finished outside the top four
at Sonoma.
Three-time defending champion
Dario Franchitti finished third,
and Rubens Barrichello finished a
career-best fourth. Graham Rahal
was fifth.
Power clinched the Mario
Andretti Road Trophy with another
strong performance, and he moved
into prime position to win the over-
all title despite the loss in his 100th
career IndyCar start. Just 29 points
separated the top four drivers head-
ing into Sonoma, but Power has a
cushion heading to Baltimore next
weekend.
Its tough when you lead so
many laps and have the quickest
car, Power said. I love to win,
but we still got the points and
made the most out of the situation
that it was. I cant help but be dis-
appointed, but full congratulations
to Ryan.
IndyCar had a contact-filled
afternoon after two straight races
run under all green flags. The cir-
cuit had gone 226 consecutive laps
without a caution until the crash.
Bourdais accepted responsibili-
ty for the crash, saying he couldnt
turn his car and picking up debris
on his tires at Turn 7, which was
modified this year into a difficult
hairpin. Bourdais eventually drove
through the dirt and slid into
Newgarden, who hit a barrier
head-on and injured his finger,
which will be re-evaluated back in
Indianapolis.
It was a pretty bad hit,
Bourdais said. I dont know for
sure what happened. The car
refused to turn. Everything was
working out great.
Hunter-Reay had an animated
discussion with Tagliani, who was
penalized for avoidable contact
that left Hunter-Reay stalled on
the track.
Briscoe holds off Power to win in Sonoma
By Jenna Fryer
BRISTOL, Tenn. They
bumped, they banged and a helmet
was tossed, too.
It was just like old times Saturday
night at Bristol Motor Speedway,
where tempers ared again much to
the delight of track owner Bruton
Smith.
Denny Hamlin didnt mind,
either. He used an old-school slide
job to make a late pass for the lead
that led to his rst career Bristol
win. More important, the victory
was the third of the season for
Hamlin and moved him into a four-
way tie for the top seed in
NASCARs championship race.
You struggle
to say what it
means because I
grew up watch-
ing this race and
all the great n-
ishes, Hamlin
said. This is
just a milestone
race that you
always want to
win. Theyve got one of the best
trophies of all tracks and its going
to be one of my prized possessions
and its obviously my biggest win.
Hamlin irted with Carl Edwards
for the lead late in the race, and set
up the move with 39 laps remaining
Saturday night. Hamlin slid his way
past Edwards on a track that was
ground this summer by Smith in an
effort to bring back excitement.
Edwards tried but failed to use a
cross-over move to get back in
front, and Hamlin drove away to
the win.
Thats what you had to do. The
only thing you could do was slide-
job somebody, Hamlin said of the
pass. Bruton ground the track, but
you still had the old Bristol here.
Its one line, you still had to knock
somebody out of the way to make a
move.
Theres two races left before the
eld is reset for the Chase for the
Sprint Cup championship, and
seeding is done by regular-season
wins. Hamlin is tied for the series
victory lead with defending cham-
pion Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson
and Brad Keselowski.
The four would be tied for the top
seed right now, but all want at least
one more win to break the logjam.
Were not done winning yet.
Weve still got a few more to go,
Hamlin promised.
Johnson finished second and
clinched a berth in the Chase, as did
Greg Bife and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Matt Kenseth clinched at least a
wild-card berth.
Jeff Gordon was third giving
Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets
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Marcos Ambrose in a Ford.
Kyle Busch was a quiet sixth,
Clint Bowyer was seventh and Joey
Logano, winner of the Nationwide
Series race Friday night, was
eighth. Kasey Kahne and Paul
Menard rounded out the top 10.
Edwards ended up 22nd.
The race was the first since
Smith ordered a grinding of the top
groove around the track in an
effort to narrow the racing surface.
His goal was to bring back bump-
ing and banging to Bristol after
several consecutive disappointing
crowds.
Although the race wasnt a sell-
out, Hamlin noted this is the
biggest crowd Ive seen here in for-
ever.
But it created many unknowns as
few were sure how the race would
develop.
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NEW YORK Champion at
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bles. Winner again at the All
England Club in both events, four
weeks later at the London
Olympics.
Nobody would blame Serena
Williams if she felt worn down by
this years jam-packed tennis calen-
dar. She doesnt see it that way,
though even with the grind of the
U.S. Open looming.
I look forward to this, Williams
said. Its almost as like a launching
pad for what I want to do for the rest
of the hard-court season.
In a way, yes, Mondays start of
the years last Grand Slam actually
marks something of a new begin-
ning the kickoff of a six-month
stretch on the hard courts that winds
down at the 2013 Australian Open.
Call it mental gymnastics, a cre-
ative way of looking at things or
whatever else might apply. What
cant be denied is that in an
Olympic year, the U.S. Open
considered the toughest test in ten-
nis even under normal circum-
stances is essentially the seasons
fth major.
A lot of them, Jim Courier said,
are running on
fumes.
Indeed, many
top players have
had to double
down on their
tness and nd
new, creative
ways of organiz-
ing their sched-
ules to get ready
for what they
hope will be a two-week grind in
the fishbowl that is Flushing
Meadows.
Defending champion Novak
Djokovic barely took any time off
following his fourth-place nish at
the Olympics. He traveled to
Toronto for a hard-court tuneup,
played six matches and won the
tournament.
Then, he flew to Cincinnati,
played six more matches but lost to
Roger Federer in the final. No
shame there, though that loss to
Federer did include an uncharacter-
istic 6-0 whitewashing in the rst
set.
Mentally, I wasnt there, wasnt
fresh, Djokovic said. It had been a
very busy time starting at the
Olympic Games, and maybe that
caught up with me at the end.
No big deal in Cincinnati. But a
half-hour mental lapse in New York
could mean the end of Djokovics
quest to win what has, essentially,
shaped up as the tiebreaker major
for 2012.
Second-seeded Djokovic won the
Australian Open. Rafael Nadal won
the French Open. Top-seeded
Federer won Wimbledon. Just for
good measure, third-seeded Andy
Murray won the Olympics, meaning
the U.S. Open could essentially
determine the player of the year in
mens tennis.
Some combination of Nadal
absent this year because of a knee
injury and the other three have
occupied every spot in the nals of
the past eight Grand Slam tourna-
ments.
Who has the most to gain over
this fort night? John McEnroe
thinks its Murray, who has the
Olympic gold, but is still in search
of his rst Grand Slam title.
The way it pans out, its conceiv-
able that Murray could make an
argument were he to win this ... that
you could say hes the best player in
the world this year, McEnroe said.
To me, thats an unbelievable
upside.
Murray opens Monday in Arthur
Ashe Stadium against Alex
Bogomolov Jr., of Russia.
Federer, back at the top of the
rankings after 25 1/2 months during
which Nadal and Djokovic took the
spot from him, has a night match
Monday against American Donald
Young, who is 3-21 this season.
Federer says theres a difference
between how he feels now and last
year, when he had two match points
in the seminals against Djokovic,
but lost both and closed out his rst
full season since 2002 without a
Grand Slam title.
I think I felt good last year, but
probably felt that maybe, at times,
the matches were not always on my
racket, he said. Whereas maybe
this time around, I feel like if Im
playing well, I can dictate whos
going to win or lose.
Though the womens game has
been more in ux than the mens of
late seven different winners over
the past seven Grand Slams the
math is essentially the same in
2012: Three of the top four women
No. 1 Victoria Azarenka
(Australia), No. 3 Maria Sharapova
(France) and No. 4 Williams
(Wimbledon) have major titles
this year and all need this one to
break the tie.
Where things differ is in the way
Williams has been playing of late.
She lost a total of 17 games over six
matches in the Olympics, punctuat-
ing it with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over
Sharapova in the nal the kind of
drubbing that would have to come
to mind if the two should meet in
the U.S. Open nal on Sept. 8.
Sharapova had two hard-court
tune-up tournaments on her sched-
ule, but pulled out of both with a
stomach virus.
I think it was a sign my body just
needed to slow down, she said. It
was a lot of travel, a lot of playing.
I had a hectic summer. So, I decided
to shut it down until here, because
we still have a lot to play towards
the end of the year.
Kim Clijsters, on the other hand,
doesnt have to save any energy for
down the road. Win or lose, she says
the U.S. Open will be it for her.
Here, she said, while pointing
to her heart. You feel when its
right.
Clijsters has won her past 21
matches at Flushing Meadows. In
2005, she won the tournament. She
didnt return again until 2009, after
she had gotten married and had a
daughter, Jada.
With virtually no tournament play
under her belt in 2009, Clijsters won
seven matches to become the rst
unseeded woman to capture the
U.S. Open.
Long Grand Slam season wraps up at US Open
Serena
Williams
Notre Dame suspends starting RB Cierre Wood
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Notre Dame suspended starting
tailback Cierre Wood two games for violating team rules, leav-
ing the Fighting Irish without their 1,000-yard rusher against
Navy and Purdue.
Wood led the Irish in rushing last year with 1,102 yards and
scored nine rushing touchdowns while averaging 5.1 yards per
carry.
Sports brief
PHOENIX The lead down to one,
momentum about to swing to the other
dugout, San Diego shortstop Everth
Cabrera went into the hole and came up
with the kind of play that not only makes
the highlights, but changes the complex-
ion of the game.
It also was the kind of play that keeps
winning streaks going.
Edison Volquez pitched seven effec-
tive innings, Cabrera preserved his lead
with a spectacular dive-and-throw in the
eighth inning and the Padres extended
their winning streak to a season-high
seven games with a 5-4 victory over the
Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Thats a huge play, a momentum-
changer, Padres manager Bud Black
said.
San Diego already had plenty on its
side.
The Padres came into the game on a
roll, winning the series rst two games
by a combined score of 14-3 for their
second six-game winning streak in
August.
They kept it going with the same for-
mula: good starting pitching, superb
defense and a bunch of hits.
San Diego roughed up Trevor Cahill
(9-11) and had at least 10 hits for the
sixth time in eight games. Volquez (9-9)
recovered after a shaky rst inning and
San Diegos bullpen escaped some
sketchy moments of its own. The
defense, particularly up the middle, was
stellar all day, no matter who was pitch-
ing.
The combination lifted the Padres to
their second sweep in the desert this sea-
son and sixth straight win over Arizona,
matching a franchise record against the
Diamondbacks.
Were playing pretty good right now,
Volquez said.
The Diamondbacks are not.
After collecting two runs and three
hits in the rst inning, Arizona had one
more hit off Volquez over the next six
innings.
Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer off
Brad Brach in the eighth to pull Arizona
within one, but Cabrera made his diving
stop at the edge of the grass on a
grounder by Justin Upton.
The Diamondbacks still had a chance,
but Luke Gregerson escaped a jam to n-
ish off the eighth, then pitched a perfect
ninth for his rst save since 2010.
Arizona has lost three straight and ve
of seven. It dropped to 4-10 its last 14
home games.
When you get into streaks like this,
sometimes it doesnt seem fair, Arizona
manager Kirk Gibson said. There (is)
no rhyme or reason, but it is the way it
worked out for us.
Padres beat D-backs 5-4 for 7th straight win
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W L Pct GB
Washington 77 50 .606
Atlanta 73 55 .570 4 1/2
Philadelphia 61 67 .477 16 1/2
New York 59 69 .461 18 1/2
Miami 58 71 .450 20
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cincinnati 77 52 .597
St. Louis 70 57 .551 6
Pittsburgh 68 59 .535 8
Milwaukee 59 67 .468 16 1/2
Chicago 49 77 .389 26 1/2
Houston 40 88 .313 36 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 71 57 .555
Los Angeles 69 59 .539 2
Arizona 64 64 .500 7
San Diego 59 70 .457 12 1/2
Colorado 51 75 .405 19
SaturdaysGames
Colorado 4, Chicago Cubs 3
N.Y. Mets 3, Houston 1
Atlanta 7, San Francisco 3
Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 2
Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 0
Philadelphia 4,Washington 2
San Diego 9, Arizona 3
L.A. Dodgers 8, Miami 2
SundaysGames
N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1
St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 2
Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 4,Washington 1
Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado 0, 8 innings
Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 2
San Diego 5, Arizona 4
Atlanta 7, San Francisco 1
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 74 53 .583
Tampa Bay 70 57 .551 4
Baltimore 69 57 .548 4 1/2
Boston 61 67 .477 13 1/2
Toronto 56 70 .444 17 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 71 55 .563
Detroit 69 58 .543 2 1/2
Kansas City 56 70 .444 15
Cleveland 55 72 .433 16 1/2
Minnesota 52 75 .409 19 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 75 52 .591
Oakland 69 57 .548 5 1/2
Los Angeles 66 62 .516 9 1/2
Seattle 61 67 .477 14 1/2
SaturdaysGames
Oakland 4,Tampa Bay 2
Texas 9, Minnesota 3
Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 3
Cleveland 3, N.Y.Yankees 1
Baltimore 8,Toronto 2
Kansas City 10, Boston 9, 12 innings
Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 4
SundaysGames
Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 2
N.Y.Yankees 4, Cleveland 2
Boston 8, Kansas City 6
Toronto at Baltimore, ppd., rain
Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 3, 7 innings
Minnesota 6,Texas 5
MondaysGames
Kansas City (Hochevar 7-11) at Boston (Matsuzaka
0-3), 11:35 a.m.
NL STANDINGS AL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 14 7 4 46 31 22
New York 13 7 5 44 43 36
Houston 11 6 9 42 38 30
Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30
D.C. 12 9 4 40 41 35
Montreal 12 13 3 39 42 44
Columbus 10 8 6 36 29 28
Philadelphia 7 12 4 25 24 28
New England 6 14 5 23 30 35
Toronto FC 5 15 6 21 29 46
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 15 6 5 50 52 33
Real Salt Lake 13 10 4 43 37 32
Seattle 12 6 7 43 40 26
Los Angeles 12 11 4 40 46 40
Vancouver 10 10 7 37 29 35
FC Dallas 8 12 8 32 33 37
Chivas USA 7 10 6 27 17 32
Colorado 8 16 2 26 33 40
Portland 6 13 6 24 26 43
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturdays Games
Montreal 3, D.C. United 0
Columbus 4, New England 3
Houston 1, Toronto FC 1, tie
Portland 2, Vancouver 1
San Jose 4, Colorado 1
Seattle FC 6, Chivas USA 2
Sundays Games
Los Angeles 2, FC Dallas 0
New York at Sporting Kansas City, late
MLS STANDINGS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 1 2 0 .333 52 63
N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 21 60
Buffalo 0 3 0 .000 27 81
Miami 0 3 0 .000 30 66
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 1 0 .667 73 56
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 76 103
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 79 61
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 79 59
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 61
Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 54 52
Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 64 54
Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 87 55
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 3 0 0 1.000 61 43
Denver 1 2 0 .333 65 62
Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 58 92
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 58 54
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 78 50
Dallas 2 1 0 .667 43 47
Washington 2 1 0 .667 68 56
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 74 55
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 57 65
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 53 55
New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 81 71
Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 59 61
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 1 0 .667 56 79
Detroit 1 2 0 .333 64 62
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 50 69
Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 52 43
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 101 41
San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 55 50
St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 53 75
Arizona 1 3 0 .250 85 103
NFL PRESEASON
@Astros
5:05p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/28
@Colorado
6p.m.
CSN-CAL
10/6
Galaxy
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
10/21
vs.Chivas
6p.m.
NBCSN
9/2
@Chivas
7:30p.m.
CSN+
9/15
vs.Timbers
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/19
@Seattle
7p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/23
@Cubs
11:20a.m.
CSN-BAY
9/2
vs.FCDallas
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/29
RedSox
6:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/1
@Indians
4:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/28
RedSox
1:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/2
@Astros
5:05p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/29
@Indians
4:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/29
Angels
1:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/3
Dbacks
1:05p.m.
CSN-BAY
9/3
@Astros
5:05p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/30
@Cubs
11:20a.m.
CSN-BAY
8/31
@Indians
9:05a.m.
CSN-CAL
8/30
@Cubs
10:05a.m.
CSN-BAY
9/1
RedSox
7:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/31
Juninho, Dunivant lead
Galaxy past FC Dallas
CARSON, Calif. Juninho and Todd Dunivant scored sec-
ond-half goals to help the Los Angeles Galaxy beat FC Dallas
2-0 on Sunday.
Juninho tucked away a feed in the 66th minute from Jose
Villarreal after the rookie forward stripped Dallas defender Matt
Hedges about 15 yards outside the Hoops box and raced past
goalkeeper Kevin Hartman on the left. Juninho rst-timed the
shot into a virtually open net.
Dunivant scored in the 84th after sending a pass to Robbie
Keane in Dallas box, then racing forward for a penetrating ball
from Michael Stephens.
The victory moved the Galaxy (12-11-4) within three points
of second-place Seattle and third-place Real Salt Lake in a tight
battle behind Western Conference leader San Jose. Dallas (8-12-
8) is ve points behind Vancouver in the ght for the fth and
nal Western playoff berth.
Jay Don Blake wins Boeing Classic in playoff
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. Jay Don Blake won the Boeing
Classic on Sunday for his third career Champions Tour title,
beating Mark OMeara with a birdie on the second hole of a
playoff.
Playing the par-5 18th hole for the third time in less than an
hour, Blake tapped in for birdie after OMearas 15-foot birdie
attempt missed on the low side of the hole. Blake and OMeara
also birdied the hole in regulation for matching 4-under 68s that
left them tied at 10-under 206. They missed short birdie putts on
the rst extra hole.
OMeara pulled his second shot on the 498-yard, uphill hole,
into the rough left of the green and his pitch checked up short.
Blake went into the rough behind the green with his second
shot, but his pitch nearly went in.
SAN FRANCISCO Tim
Hudson pitched seven strong
innings for his seventh consecutive
victory and Paul Janish tripled
home two runs to help the Atlanta
Braves beat the San Francisco
Giants 7-1 on Sunday.
Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman
and Juan Francisco homered for the
Braves, who won their second
straight after losing six of seven.
Martin Prado and Brian McCann
also drove in runs for the NL wild-
card leaders.
Hudson (13-4) gave up ve hits
and beat the Giants for the sixth
straight time. He walked one and
struck out three. The right-hander
has not lost since July 1.
Tim Lincecum (7-14) lasted ve
innings, allowing three runs and
seven hits. He walked two and
struck out four.
Brandon Crawford drove in the
only run for the Giants, who
dropped their second straight since
winning ve in a row. Hunter Pence
had three hits and Buster Posey
two.
Lincecum allowed two runs in
the first inning and one in the
fourth, his two worst innings of the
season. Hes given up 25 runs in the
rst and 24 in the fourth. Both of
his walks came within the rst four
batters of the game.
Prado had an RBI groundout and
McCann added a run-scoring single
for one of his three hits.
Franciscos home run put Atlanta
up 3-0 in the fourth and Janishs
rst triple of the year the second
of his career made it 5-0 in the
sixth.
The Giants loaded the bases with
one out in the seventh, scoring on
Crawfords sacrice y.
Heyward and Freeman homered
on successive pitches from Clay
Hensley in the ninth. Heyward,
who has connected in three straight
games, has been involved in all
three back-to-back home runs for
the Braves this season.
NOTES: Braves 3B Chipper
Jones received a standing ovation in
what might have been his nal at-
bat at AT&T Park. He grounded out
to shortstop. ... Prado started at 2B,
his fourth position in as many
games (also SS, LF, 3B). ... The
Braves send LHP Paul Maholm
(11-8, 3.47 ERA) to the mound
Monday night in San Diego. He
ended a four-game losing streak to
the Padres in their previous meet-
ing. ... Hudson is 134-3 when given
at least three runs of support. ...
RHP Matt Cain (13-5, 2.83) goes
for the Giants at Houston on
Monday. Cain is 2-0 against the
Astros this season, which includes
his perfect game.
... San Francisco RHP Eric
Hacker was optioned to Triple-A
Fresno following Saturday nights
game.
The Giants recalled C Eli
Whiteside to take his place. ...
Posey has reached base with a hit or
walk in 34 of his 38 games since
the All-Star break.
Hudson masterful in 7-1 win over Giants
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LOS ANGELES Hollywood may have
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6.The Odd Life of Timothy Green, $7.1
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7.Premium Rush,$6.3 million.
8.2016: Obamas America,$6.2 million.
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SAN JOSE The youngest
juror, a 24-year-old whose favorite
court attire was T-shirts bearing the
names of rock bands, chose a
Beatles sweat-shirt for Fridays dra-
matic unveiling of the $1.05 billion
verdict in favor of computer titan
Apple Inc. One of the oldest was a
retired electrical engineer who, as
foreman, signed the unanimous ver-
dict that Samsung Electronics Co.
copied Apples patented technology
for the iPhone and iPad. Among the
other seven jurors were a homemak-
er, a bicycle shop manager and a
U.S. Navy veteran.
The decision Friday by this panel
of people from many walks of
Silicon Valley life was one that
experts say could dramatically alter
the future of computer tablet and
phone design if the verdict stands.
But the
case also is
part of a
trend that
has accom-
panied an
expl osi on
in the num-
ber of
p a t e n t
infringement cases, especially in the
technology sector.
Increasingly these highly com-
plex disputes are being decided by
juries, rather than judges, and the
juries tend to issue more generous
awards for patent violations.
That has companies on the receiv-
ing end of successful patent
infringement lawsuits crying foul
and calling for reform in the patent
system, but it also has some legal
experts questioning whether ordi-
nary citizens should be rendering
verdicts and xing damages in such
high stakes, highly technical cases.
Thats a great question ... and its
the subject of a fair amount of cur-
rent debate, said Notre Dame
University law professor Mark
McKenna.
Deliberations in the Apple versus
Samsung battle here were far more
challenging than most. The jury was
confronted with hundreds of ques-
tions on a 20-page verdict form that
was more complicated than a U.S.
tax return. They had in the jury
room more than two dozen electron-
ic devices at issue, 12 patents to
decipher and 109-pages of instruc-
tions from the judge on rendering a
verdict.
This case is unmanageable for a
jury, Robin Feldman, an intellectu-
al property professor at the
University of California Hastings
Law School, said before the verdict.
There are more than 100 pages of
jury instructions. I dont give that
much reading to my law students.
They cant possible digest it.
The trial is evidence of a patent
system that is out of control,
Feldman said. No matter what hap-
pens in this trial, I think people will
need to step back and ask whether
weve gone too far in the intellectu-
al property system.
Apple led suit in April 2011,
accusing Samsung of essentially
selling illegal knockoffs of its popu-
lar iPhones and iPads. Apple
demanded $2.5 billion in damages
and an order barring U.S. sales of
the Samsung products in question.
Samsung countered with its own
claims, accusing Apple of using
wireless technology it owned.
The jury rejected Samsungs
claims and refused to award Apple
the maximum amount demanded,
nding that fewer Samsung prod-
ucts violated Apples patent than
alleged.
The jury arrived at its verdict after
less than three days of deliberations,
far swifter than many experts
thought in view of the many com-
plex issues.
The foreman, Velvin Hogan, a 67-
year-old electrical engineer said
Saturday that the panel was method-
ical. We didnt whiz through this,
said Hogan, who relied on his own
experience patenting inventions.
We took it very seriously.
Hogan, who does not own Apple
products, said the rst task was to
determine if Apples patents were
valid. Using his own experience
getting a patent, Hogan said he had
a revelation on rst night of deliber-
ations while watching television. I
was thinking about the patents, and
thought, If this were my patent,
could I defend it? Hogan recalled.
Once I answered that question as
Apple jurors grappled with complex patent issues
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yes, it changed how I looked at
things.
The jury did not completely grant
Apples demand for at least $2.5
billion, Hogan said, but they want-
ed to send a message to the industry
at large that patent infringing is not
the right thing to do, not just
Samsung.
Although the jurors all promised
to weigh the evidence fairly, jury
consultant Ellen Brickman said
Samsung started out the underdog
for several reasons. Apple is based
just 10 miles from the courthouse,
jurors have a predisposition to side
with patent holders and Samsung is
a foreign-based company ghting a
domestic outt during tough eco-
nomic times.
Finally, she noted that many
Americans view Apple and its late
founder Steve Jobs as legendary
innovators. .Apple changed the
world when it came to computers.
Apple changed the world when it
came to phones, she said.
Samsung has vowed to ght the
case all the way to the U.S.
Supreme Court. It will rst ask the
trial judge to toss the verdict.
Failing that, Samsung will appeal to
the Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit in Washington D.C., a spe-
cialized court that hears nearly all
patent appeals.
Apple itself benefited from a
judge last year reversing a jurys
verdict in a patent trial in Tyler,
Texas. A jury had awarded software
company Mirror Worlds $625.5
million after concluding Apple
infringed three patents related to
how documents are displayed on
computer screens.
Mirror Worlds may have painted
an appealing picture for the jury, but
it failed to lay a solid foundation
sufcient to support important ele-
ments it was required to establish
under the law, U.S. District Judge
Leonard Davis wrote in April 2011
in tossing out the jurys verdict.
The number of jury trials, as
opposed to bench trials presided
over exclusively by a judge, has
greatly increased in the last 20
years, a 2011
PriceWaterhouseCoopers study
concluded. It found that only 14
percent of patent trials were held
before juries in 1980, 25 percent in
1990 and nearly 60 percent since
2000.
The consultants attributed that
dramatic rise in part to a tendency
of juries to award higher damages
than judges. The average jury award
was a little more than $10 million
during the last decade while the
average award after a bench trial
was barely more than $1 million.
The number of patent suits in the
technology sector has soared in
recent years.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers report-
ed that 182 lawsuits were filed
between 2006 and 2010 involving
patents in computer hardware/elec-
tronics, software and telecommuni-
cations. That was an increase from
77 led during the previous ve
years.
Losing companies often appeal to
the Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, which received 432 cases
from the federal district courts in
the 12-month period ending March
2011.
The court reported that it reversed
19 percent of those cases, without
differentiating between bench trials
versus jury trials.
The purpose of the patent system
is to encourage innovation, but the
system is still too often exploited in
pursuit of other goals, Steven
Zipperstein, the chief legal ofcer
of Blackberry phone maker
Research in Motion, said in a state-
ment earlier this month. ...This
case clearly highlights the signi-
cant need for continuing policy
reform to help reduce the amount of
resources wasted on unwarranted
patent litigation.
Zipperstein was responding to
U.S. District Judge James Ware
tossing out a $147.2 million jury
verdict against the Ontario, Canada-
based Blackberry maker after a
month-long patent trial in San
Francisco.
The judge said the clear weight
of the evidence couldnt support
the jurys verdict that RIM used the
patented technology of New Jersey-
based software maker Mformation
Technologies.
APPLE
By Colleen Long
When Neil Armstrong walked on
the moon all those years ago, he
made his country believe that any-
thing was possible with ingenuity
and dedication and in the process
became of Americas greatest heroes,
his friends, colleagues and admirers
said Saturday after news that the for-
mer astronaut had died.
When I think of Neil, I think of
someone who for our country was
dedicated enough to dare greatly,
said former astronaut John Glenn,
who went through jungle training in
Panama with Armstrong as part of
the astronaut program and was a
close friend. He said Armstrong
showed exemplary skill and dedica-
tion.
The idea of Armstrong as a humble
pilot who served his country above
all echoed around the country
Saturday, by visitors to museums
that fete his accomplishments and by
his former NASA colleagues.
Armstrong died Saturday at age 82
from complications resulting from
cardiovascular procedures, his fami-
ly said.
In California, visitors and staff at
the Grifth Observatory paused for a
moment of silence. At the Armstrong
Air and Space Museum in
Armstrongs hometown of
Wapakoneta, Ohio, a black ribbon
hung over a plaque of Armstrong in
the museums entryway and a U.S.
ag was lowered in Armstrongs
memory.
Tourist Jonathon Lack, a judge
from Anchorage, Alaska, said he
decided to visit the Air and Space
Museum in Washington, D.C., after
hearing of Armstrongs death.
What really hit me is that he was
in his 30s when he walked on the
moon, said Lack, who is 42. That
made me think about how little Ive
done.
He saw in Armstrongs death a
reminder of an America where peo-
ple dreamed big things and sought to
accomplish the inconceivable.
Armstrong commanded the Apollo
11 spacecraft that landed on the
moon July 20, 1969, capping the
most daring of the 20th centurys sci-
entic expeditions during the climax
of a heated space race with the Soviet
Union.
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent
nearly three hours walking on the
lunar surface, collecting samples,
conducting experiments and taking
photographs. Aldrin, who became
the public face of the moon landing
after shy Armstrong recoiled from
the public eye, said his colleagues
leap changed the world forever and
became a landmark moment in
human history.
Whenever I look at the moon, it
reminds me of the moment over four
decades ago when I realized that
even though we were farther away
from Earth than two humans had
ever been, we were not alone, he
said. Virtually the entire world took
that memorable journey with us. I
know I am joined by millions of oth-
ers in mourning the passing of a true
American hero and the best pilot I
ever knew.
The third astronaut on the mission,
Michael Collins, circled the moon in
the mother ship 60 miles overhead
while the other two went to the sur-
face. He was the best, and I will
miss him terribly, Collins said,
according to NASAs website.
The Apollo 11 command module
Columbia is on display at the Air and
Space Museum, and visitors there
Saturday gathered around it to
remember Armstrong and his accom-
plishments.
Bob Behnken, the chief of the
NASA Astronaut Office, said
Armstrongs historic step was the
reason many became astronauts.
Neil Armstrong was a very per-
sonal inspiration to all of us within
the astronaut ofce, he said. The
only thing that outshone his accom-
plishments was his humility about
those accomplishments.
At New Yorks Intrepid Sea, Air
and Space Museum, a 1960 photo of
Armstrong hangs near the space
shuttle Enterprise showing a
youthful NASA pilot standing and
smiling next to the X-15 rocket plane
he was testing.
On Saturday afternoon, many
among the hundreds of visitors ling
past the mammoth white display did-
nt know he had died.
Im shocked! said Dennis
McKowan, 49, a computer network
engineer from Sunnyvale, Calif., on
a business trip to New York. I used
to skip school to watch the Apollo
launches.
He was a child when he watched
the moon landing.
How do you top that? No one has
gone farther yet.
Krall plays Fly Me to
the Moon for Armstrong
LOS ANGELES Diana Krall
knows how to pay tribute to Neil
Armstrong.
The jazz singer-pianist tenderly
played the standard Fly Me to the
Moon during a Saturday concert at
the Hollywood Bowl.
She once was lucky enough to
share a glass of wine with the rst
man to walk on the moon, Krall said.
The astronaut died Saturday at 82.
Hes probably thinking, Do I
have to listen to that song again?
Krall said lightly, after gazing up at
the night sky from the stage of the
outdoor amphitheater.
The musician, who sent her love
out to Armstrongs family, also had a
message for her husband, Elvis
Costello.
She performed the classic tune
Ive Grown Accustomed to Her
Face, changing the lyric to his
face, then said she sang it with
Costello in mind on his birthday. The
rock musician turned 58 on Saturday.
Happy birthday, EC, Krall said
later as she closed the concert with
the Los Angeles Philharmonic, con-
ducted by jazz man Alan Broadbent.
Armstrong called humble hero who served country
Neil Armstrong commanded the
Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on
the moon July 20, 1969.
WORLD
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its a signature of the companys
hotels, explained Jeffrey Guy, com-
plex director of sales and marketing.
Spots of that blue and yellow add
pops of color to the side of the
building and, to the east side, facing
the neighboring Westin, is the new
lobby.
Sleek, modern furniture with a
playful use of color ll the lobby but
still orange-vested people are hard
at work cleaning, installing ooring
and installing placards. Soon the
area will be where guests go to
check in, grab food on the go at the
Re:Fuel area, grab a drink at the w
xyz bar or play pool. Music is a big
part of the hotel experience, said
Guy, noting that, once turned on, the
four-paneled television screens in
the lobby will have images match-
ing the music playing.
From the window, those in the
lobby will be able to see one of two
backyards in the facility out-
door areas where people can spend
time, said Guy. Those will also
serve as places for live music per-
formances.
Within the rooms, theres a
marked change from the neutral col-
ors and popcorn ceilings of rooms
offered at the Clarion. White sheets,
a retro-styled alarm clock and neon-
colored Golden Gate Bridge art-
work is found inside the rooms.
Each are also tech friendly with at-
screen televisions, places to plug in
Apple products and Wi-Fi through-
out, said Guy.
Most of the rooms are set up and
waiting for nal inspection. Prior to
opening, many of those working on
the facility will get to stay in the
hotel, said Guy. Its a chance to
make sure everything works well
before welcoming paying guests.
Guys favorite part? Trying the
food.
Getting a remodeled hotel has
taken some time.
In 2007, the Planning
Commission approved a request by
Starwood Hotels, which owns the
Clarion, to demolish the hotel and
replace it with three new hotels
Aloft, Element and Four Points,
according to a staff report by City
Planner David Petrovich. In the fol-
lowing years, plans were extended
to allow time to secure nancing for
the project.
In 2010, the Planning
Commission approved a modied,
two-phase redevelopment plan.
Under the rst phase, the Clarion
was to be renovated and rebranded
as an Aloft Hotel.
The Clarion was six stories and
featured 251 rooms with 20,000
square feet of meeting space and
520 parking spaces. Aloft will be
six stories with 253 rooms. Since
the new hotel will be about the
same size, the proposal was found
to be exempt from environmental
review.
At a future, not yet set date, phase
two will include building a second
Element Hotel. Element will also
be six stories with 158 rooms. In
total, the city will end up with 411
hotel rooms an additional 160
rooms.
HOTEL
was inserted.
The withheld funds would be
used by the state to repay local
jurisdictions for the ongoing sales
tax and vehicle license fee revenue
it previously diverted and promised
to fund economic revenue bonds
issued in 2004.
The revenue and tax code entitles
the counties to the extra ERAF so
Hill said June bill created an
absurd situation in which the state
takes locally generated funds today
to pay its future debt to these same
counties.
When the money was diverted
before, Hill said local jurisdictions
were told specifically that they
would not lose any revenue. The
June bill went back on that promise,
he said.
Theres an equity issue here.
They said no one was going to be
harmed, which is not true. Plus, tak-
ing money from the county violates
Proposition 1A, Hill said, referenc-
ing the prohibition on the state real-
locating property taxes that would
cause counties to lose revenue.
Hill said he got a commitment
from Senate Budget Chair Mark
Leno, D-San Francisco, to correct
the mistake and met with the other
counties involved and the depart-
ments of nance and education to
nd out how it got in. Hill claims
the two departments placed the lan-
guage in as a way to hold on to a lit-
tle more money in the budget.
Connie Juarez-Diroll, legislative
coordinator of San Mateo County,
said local ofcials are very pleased
and believe it is the right thing for
our counties.
Hill anticipates the trailer bill
passing out of the Legislature dur-
ing the sessions nal week before
heading to the governors desk.
Gov. Jerry Brown will have until
Sept. 30 to either veto or sign the
bill.
Hill said the excess ERAF is
indicative of the ght between the
state and counties for limited
money.
It just seems as of late money
has become the political currency,
the political football. When it is
scarce, there are a lot of interests
trying to take it and, if they have it,
hold onto it, so we have to be vigi-
lant, Hill said.
Michelle Durand can be reached by
email: michelle@smdailyjournal.com
or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 102.
HILL
taining current programs.
Proposition 38 only deals with the
personal income tax. It raises the
rates on all but the lowest tax brack-
et by 0.4 percent to 2.2 percent from
2013 through 2024. It would raise an
estimated $10 billion to $11 billion
annually. Most of the money raised
will be used for K-12 education and
10 percent to 15 percent, depending
on the year, would support early care
and early education programs,
according to an analysis by the LAO.
Susan Bell, president of the 17th
District Parent Teacher Association
that serves San Mateo, explained the
organization sent a questionnaire to
its members about a year ago asking
what they wanted the focus to be in
the coming year. Education funding
topped the list, at which point the
California PTA became involved
with the Proposition 38 work, she
said. Locally, PTA members helped
gather signatures and were offered a
chance to help with the wording.
Not surprisingly, the Howard
Jarvis Taxpayers Association isnt
supporting either measure. However,
its for different reasons.
Prop. 30 has nothing to do with
education, said Kris Vosburgh,
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Association executive director.
It doesnt create more money for
education, he said. In fact, the state
isnt obligated to cut education if the
measure doesnt pass, he said.
Instead, the state is using the threat
of cutting education in hopes of rais-
ing taxes. Support from unions has
followed, which Vosburgh said is
expected because the proposition
offers job security. Ultimately, he
called the measure dishonest.
Proposition 38, on the other hand,
is straightforward in what it is
attempting to do raise money for
education by taxing most residents,
he said. Vosburgh appreciated the
honesty but said the association
thinks it is the wrong time to be levy-
ing such a tax. Doing so, he said, will
pull money from the private sector.
This week, two school districts
Hillsborough City and South San
Francisco Unied debated the
Propositions. Hillsborough decided
it needed to learn more about the two
measures before taking any stance, if
it takes one at all, said
Superintendent Anthony Ranii. The
South San Francisco Unied School
Board came out in support of
Proposition 30 Thursday. Simply
put, Superintendent Alejandro
Hogan said the district would suffer
nancial challenges if the measure
fails.
Not all districts have made a deci-
sion on either measure. However,
school ofcials do think the topic of
education nance is worth a closer
look.
Scott Laurence, San Mateo Union
High School District superintendent,
said the district has seen about a 20
percent cut in the past few years.
On a global level, we cannot
expect our students to be successful
after high school if we cut days off
the school year and increase class
size. It is also hard because expecta-
tions continue to rise as support con-
tinues to decline, said Laurence.
He thinks the most important fac-
tor in the discussion is about a stable
and timely funding for schools.
The current model is unworkable.
Developing a budget, with part of
your funding potentially coming
from an election ve months after
youre required by law to turn the
budget in, is crazy. This is a short-
term solution to a problem that needs
a long-term solution. We could be so
much more effective and do much
better work if we had a more stable
environment.
Its also worthwhile to note a
smaller change Proposition 30 would
make. If passed, Proposition 30
would also take away the states obli-
gation to repay local groups for
meeting the states open meeting law.
PROPS
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MONDAY, AUG. 27
DanceConnection with music by the
RonBorelli Duo. Freedancelessons6:30
p.m.-7p.m.withopendancefrom7p.m.-
9:30 p.m.Burlingame Womans Club,241
Park Road, Burlingame. Admission is $8
members,$10guests.Light refreshments,
mixers and rafes. Join the club for half
price,$10for therest of theyear.For more
information call 342-2221 or email
dances4u241@yahoo.com.
Bringit KaraokewithAnthony. 8 p.m.
Club Fox,2209 Broadway,Redwood City.
Free.For more information call 369-7770
or visit http://tickets.foxrwc.com.
TUESDAY, AUG. 28
RhumbawithArthur Murray.6 p.m. to
8p.m.200Broadway,RedwoodCity.Free.
Art ontheSquarefeaturing: Edgardo
&Candela - Salsa. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Courthouse Square 2200 Broadway,
Redwood City. Pop/Soul band. Free. For
more information call 780-7340.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29
Stress-Free Dementia Care: Free
Preview. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Twin Pines
Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin
Pines Lane, Belmont. For more
information call 637-2976.
WeightLossChallenge.Noon to 1 p.m.
1730 S. Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo. Eight
weeks and $35 to learn how to safely
achieve the weight loss you have always
wanted. In this powerful 8 week course
youget your ownpersonal coach,group
support, free tness evaluation, proven
tips for weight loss and a chance to win
cash. For more information contact Rick
at rckerri@hotmail.com.
Teen Movie: The Hunger Games. 3:30
p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. For ages 13 to 19.
Popcornwill beserved.Themovieisrated
PG-13. Free. For more information go to
smcl.org.
Peninsula Stroke Associations Open
House. 4:30p.m.to6p.m.1600Trousdale
Ave., Burlingame.There will be speakers
and refreshments.For more information
go to events@psastroke.org.
Ted Atlas presents MOAH lecture
series: AHistory of Candlestick Park.
7 p.m. Museum of American Heritage
Lecture Series,351 Homer Ave.,Palo Alto.
As the 49ers prepare to vacate this
historic sports stadium,join Ted Atlas for
an encore performance as he explores
how Candlestick Park has shaped Bay
Area sports and entertainment. Free for
MOAH members.$10 for non-members.
For more information call 321-1004.
Sinister Blue performs at Club Fox
Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. $5. For more
information call 369-7770 or visit
http://tickets.foxrwc.com.
ArgentineTangoClass.7:30p.m.to8:30
p.m. for beginners. 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
for intermediates.9:30 p.m.to 10:30 p.m.
practice. Boogie Woogie Ballroom, 551
Foster City Blvd.,Suite G,Foster City.Free.
For more information go to
boogiewoogieballroom.com
THURSDAY, AUG. 30
Burlingame Lions Club Membership
Drive. Noon. 990 Burlingame Ave.,
Burlingame.Joinusfor freelunchandsee
what we are all about. Free. For more
Middle School Ice CreamSocial. 3:30
p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. Middle school
students only. Students will be able to
meet the Teen Center staff and get
freebies.For middleschool studentsonly.
Those who attend must show student
identication.Free.For moreinformation
go to smcl.org.
DancinOff theAvenue.5 p.m.to 8 p.m.
Adjacent to Fresh Market on Park Road
off Burlingame Ave. Live music and
dancing. Free.
CookingClass: HealthyLunches.6p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. New Leaf Community
Markets, 150 San Mateo Rd., Half Moon
Bay. Preregistration required. Free. For
more information go to newleaf.com
GroupSeriesDanceClasses.7 p.m.to 9
p.m.BoogieWoogieBallroom,551Foster
City Boulevard, Suite G, Foster City.
International Standard, Level II Class
Learning Waltz 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. All Level
Bachata Class 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
International Standard, Level I Class
Learning Waltz 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. All Level
Salsa Class 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Annual Labor DayFestival of Theatre
and Dance. 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame de
Namur University Theatre, 1500 Ralston
Ave., Belmont. The program will include
short plays, dance performances, lms
and presentations. Some plays contain
adult situations and language. Tickets
available at the door. $10. For more
information go to ndnu.edu.
Maurice Tani and 77 El Deora. 8 p.m.
Angelicas Bell Theatre and Bistro, 864
MainSt.,RedwoodCity.$10-$14.For more
Movies on the Square: Citizen Kane.
8:45 p.m. Courthouse Square, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. This movie is
rated PG. Free. For more information call
780-7340 or go to
www.redwoodcity.org/events/movies.ht
ml.
FRIDAY, AUG. 31
Relay For Life. Leo Ryan Park, Foster
City. To sign get involved call (925) 337-
7268. To sign up go to
RelayForLife.org/FosterCityCA.
Free Wine and Beer Tastings Friday
HappyHours. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. New Leaf
Community Markets, 150 San Mateo
Road,Half MoonBay.Adifferent selection
will beofferedeachweek.Wewill feature
local wines and brews, wines that offer
exceptional value and limited-quantity,
hand-crafted wines. Meet
knowledgeable vendors and educate
your pallet. Must be 21 years of age or
older. No registration required. Free. For
more information email
www.newleaf.com.
FreeConcert. 6p.m.,RotaryPavilion,San
Bruno City Park,corner of Crystal Springs
andOakAvenue,SanBruno.Enjoyclassic
rock by Just for Kicks. Wine and snacks
available for purchase. Free. For more
Music on the Square. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway,
Redwood City. Foreverland, the Michael
Jackson tribute band, will perform. Free.
For more information go to
redwoodcity.org/events.
For Beginners Only BallroomDance
Classes. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Boogie Woogie
Ballroom,551Foster CityBoulevard,Suite
G, Foster City.
Own the Night 2012. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
800 Alma St., Menlo Park. For more
information visit
www.menloparklibrary.org.
SaturdayBallroomDanceParty.8 p.m.
to midnight. Boogie Woogie Ballroom,
551 Foster City Blvd., Suite G, Foster City.
There will be a drop-in Cha Cha lesson
until 9 p.m. followed by the dance party.
$10 for lesson and dance. $5 for dance
only. For more information go to
boogiewoogieballroom.com.
AugustMoveNights:WinniethePooh.
Dusk (around 8 p.m.). Twin Pines Park
Meadow, 1225 Ralston Ave., Belmont.
or go to belmont.gov.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 1
49thAnnual KingsMountainArtFair.
8a.m.to5p.m.KingsMountainFirehouse,
13889SkylineBlvd.,Woodside.Continues
through Sept.3.Festival in the redwoods
featuring138juriedartists,30local artists,
local beer and wine, childrens activities,
pancake breakfast with the artists and
lunch prepared by volunteer reghters.
Breakfast until 10:30 a.m. Artist booths
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Street
parking. Proceeds benet the Kings
MountainVolunteer FireBrigadeandthe
local,three-roomelementaryschool.Free
admission. For more information visit
www.kingsmountainartfair.org.
MillbraeArt&WineFestival.10 a.m.to
5 p.m. Broadway, between Victoria Ave.
and Meadow Glen,Downtown Millbrae.
Huge Mardi Gras style festival of music,
art,food,andfunLabor Dayweekend.For
Hues and ViewsExhibition. 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.Portola Art Gallery at Allied Arts
Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park.
Continues at through Sept. 30 Mondays
through Saturday at the same time.
Presents impressionistic oil landscapes
andwaterscapesbyJaredSines.For more
information visit
www.portolaartgallery.com.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 2
13889SkylineBlvd.,Woodside.Continues
through Sept.3.Festival in the redwoods
featuring138juriedartists,30local artists,
local beer and wine, childrens activities,
pancake breakfast with the artists and
lunch prepared by volunteer reghters.
Breakfast until 10:30 a.m. Artist booths
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Street
parking. Proceeds benet the Kings
MountainVolunteer FireBrigadeandthe
local,three-roomelementaryschool.Free
admission. For more information visit
MillbraeArt&WineFestival.10 a.m.to
5 p.m. Broadway, between Victoria Ave.
and Meadow Glen,Downtown Millbrae.
Huge Mardi Gras style festival of music,
art,food,and fun labor day weekend.For
TheJoysofPaintingOutdoorsExhibit.
Noon to 5 p.m. The Coastal Arts League
Gallery and Museum, 300 Main St., #6,
Half Moon Bay.The exhibit is open from
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Spirit Run. 8 a.m. Burlingame
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childrens activities, pancake breakfast
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volunteer reghters. Breakfast until
10:30 a.m. Artist booths open from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Street parking. Proceeds
benet the Kings Mountain Volunteer
Fire Brigade and the local, three-room
elementary school. Free admission. For
more information visit
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Naruto Jeopardy. 3:30 p.m. Belmont
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friends and answer Jeopardy-style
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For more information contact
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Fashions Night Out at Hillsdale
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Symphony to the list as the board recently
announced Sudmeier and Foster as conduc-
tor/musical director and executive director
respectively.
An afnity for the arts isnt really a surprise
for either since both grew up in artistic envi-
ronments. The pair rst worked together in
1984 during a Peninsula Civic Light Opera
production of Anything Goes. She was one
of the virtues Purity, which made Foster
laugh when telling the story. Sudmeier was
working on the music and hoping to solidify
himself as a professional who wasnt sleeping
his way through the chorus girls.
The pair didnt work together again until
2005. In that time, they each had two children
and become respected professionally.
Sudmeier, 55, grew up in Oakland.
My standard story is day care for me was
sitting next to the piano bench while my mom
accompanied choir in the 60s, said Sudmeier.
His father played the bass trombone in a Bay
Area symphony. By rst grade, Sudmeier was
mesmerized by drums. Drums and percussion
became his focus.
My parents had trouble pulling me out of
the practice room, he recalled.
Sudmeier attributed much of his success to
mentors who were willing to push him to take
risks, particularly to take on conducting proj-
ects. Seizing those opportunities was a great
move for Sudmeier. Since starting out,
Sudmeier has made a name for himself. He has
extensive experience with Skywalker Sound at
Lucas-Digital/Lucaslm, which includes con-
tracting for and performing on numerous fea-
ture lm soundtracks. Hes written and pro-
duced numerous television show themes as
well as won a number of awards including a
Grammy nod for his work on the Star Wars
Trilogy with John Williams and the Skywalker
Symphony. Hes worked with a variety of
orchestras and is a professor at Notre Dame de
Namur University.
Foster, 55, similarly found herself with artis-
tic exposure from a young age. After graduat-
ing from high school, Foster decided to pursue
a degree in Chinese studies. Her grandmother
had been an avid student and collector of
Chinese art. At the time, it wasnt yet OK for
Americans to spend time in mainland China.
Instead, Foster spent a year in Taiwan. After
graduation, she began work at the Chinese
Culture Center of San Francisco.
Once communication between the United
States and China improved, art, culture and
performing arts were traded. Foster got lucky
when a lmmaker decided to take her along to
China to shoot a series in China for PBS. While
admittedly working mostly as a gopher who
spoke Chinese, Foster had an amazing oppor-
tunity to experience a country really before
many tourists had access.
Foster continued working with the lmmak-
er for a while after the project was complete
including about a six-month stint in New York.
She then spent 18 years working in the trav-
el business, specically with six different
cruise lines. Foster noted working with those
cruise lines is surprisingly similar to running a
performing arts company.
When she left the travel industry and decid-
ed to come home, Foster enrolled in the
University of San Francisco to earn her mas-
ters in business administration. At the time,
Fosters brother, T. Jack Foster III, was the
president of the Hillbarn Board of Directors.
The community theater company wasnt doing
well. Fosters brother encouraged her to take
the helm while learning the ropes in her busi-
ness classes. Foster admitted that today some-
one with her experience would never be given
the opportunity to lead the local theater. At the
time, there was little choice.
One thing Foster required before taking the
job was that there also be an artistic director to
help. That partnership allowed Foster to learn
the business side while exploring and getting to
know the artistic side until 2009, when she
became both the artistic director and executive
director.
It was in 2005 when Sudmeier and Foster
began to work together again. A show was
closely approaching its opening date and the
music needed some help. Foster called
Sudmeier and asked him to step in. Today,
Sudmeier serves as the resident music director
at both Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek and
Hillbarn, where Foster is the executive director
at both.
Working together has been successful for
them both personally and professionally. In
fact, both have wonderful things to say about
the other.
Sudmeier has always been impressed by the
way Foster works with others. He also trusts
her implicitly. Foster similarly discussed
Sudmeiers talent, which allows her to not even
think about the music.
While working together, Foster began to take
on a new idea using the full-time staff,
which isnt always busy, and sharing services
with other small Bay Area nonprots. Thats
recently expanded to include the Fremont
Symphony.
Working on revamping the Fremont
Symphony has a unique aspect the gift of
time.
During its 2012-13 season, the Fremont
Symphony will not offer any regular orchestra
concerts, but will present the duo pianists
Anderson & Roe in recital in February and the
annual free Childrens Concerts in March.
Fundraising for the Fremont Symphony will
be a focus in the near future.
Fremont Symphony Board President Steve
Pietkiewicz and his wife Edith put forward a
$33,333 challenge grant that requires it to be
matched 2 to 1 in individual donations by
March 31, 2013, with the goal of raising
$100,000.
But rst, the couple needs to focus. Hillbarn
has a show opening this week, Ragtime. It
will be Fosters directorial debut the last
thing she needs to do to earn her masters in
ne arts from Notre Dame de Namur.
On Friday, Aug. 31, Ragtime opens with a
special champagne gala, celebrating the show
and the start of Hillbarn Theatres 72nd sea-
son.
Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays at the Hillbarn
Theatre, 1285 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City.
For tickets or more information call 349-6411
or visit www.HillbarnTheatre.org.
DUO
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Insincerity will be
instantly detected and result in you being labeled a
shallow person. If you cant honestly fnd something
worth praising in another, theres something wrong
with you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Thinking big doesnt
mean a thing unless you put your words into action.
The only way you can achieve noteworthy successes
is to earn them through effort and application.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Instead of viewing
matters realistically, youre likely to color facts to suit
your expectations. Self-deception will result in huge
disappointments.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Even though it
might be hard to convince you otherwise, the world
doesnt owe you any free rides. You shouldnt expect
anything more than what you deserve.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Be mindful of your
behavior, or else it will be far too easy for you to be
overly attentive to someone who doesnt deserve it
while totally ignoring someone who does.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- A commitment you
make might be of little importance to you but quite
signifcant to the person to whom youre making it.
Be sure to honor your word.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Pretending to be
something other than what you are will be detected
by your friends and will make a poor impression on
them. The world will love you more if you are your
own sweet self.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Do not be too disap-
pointed if someone whom youre very fond of does
not live up to your expectations. Leave him or her
some room to be human -- no one is perfect all the
time.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Stop and think before
you open your mouth, or you could experience one
of those embarrassing moments when you say the
wrong thing, at the wrong time, to the wrong person.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Thinking you have to be
a big spender in order to impress someone is barking
up the wrong tree. If you have to drop a lot of dough
to get someones attention, then he or she isnt
anybody you want to know.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- When it comes to one-
on-one relationships, treat everyone as an equal and
forgo all forms of brinksmanship. If you try to put on
any airs or affectations, someone will trump you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Unless you keep pace with
your obligations and duties, you are likely to sweep
certain obligatons under the rug. If you do, youll pay
a hefty price later on.
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30 Fossey friend
31 Bullfght cheer
32 Ms. Gabor
33 U.K. fiers
34 Writer -- Steinbeck
35 Au pairs
38 Eagles lair
39 Mouths
40 Vinyl records
41 Thud
44 Bleak and forbidding
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49 Dazzled
51 Alta. neighbor
52 Ponytail sites
53 Cooks item
54 Paul Ankas -- Beso
55 Acquires
56 Firearms lobby
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3 Jellyfsh habitats
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10 Commanded
12 Blends
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21 Sheet music symbol
22 Type of mitt
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24 Cold -- -- icicle
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26 Exit
27 Grades 1-12
28 Descartes name
30 Geometry problem
34 Makes jokes
36 Smoking or --?
37 Annoying
38 Basilica parts
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42 Ordinances
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24 Monday Aug. 27, 2012
THE DAILY JOURNAL
WORLD 31
By Jorge Rueda
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela After
nightfall on Friday, as red lights
began glowing atop the massive
Amuay renery in western
Venezuela, the odor of sulfur made
its way through the surrounding
neighborhood of working-class
homes and small shops.
Francisco Gonzalez, a stocky
accountant with dark hair, noticed the
smell after 7 p.m. as he climbed the
stairs to his second-story apartment
across the street from the renery. He
had smelled the fumes from gas leaks
many times before, so he didnt think
much about it as he shut the door.
Six hours later, disaster struck. A
powerful explosion ripped through
the neighborhood and engulfed part
of the renery in ames, killing at
least 39 people and injuring more
than 80 in Venezuelas deadliest
renery blast ever.
The rst thing I saw was that the
apartment didnt have windows or
doors or walls, just a oor and a
roof, Gonzalez said. I dont know
how we survived.
In the dark, the 31-year-old man
made his way downstairs to the
street, where he, his brother and sis-
ter-in-law joined terried neighbors.
Some were wounded. Others were
shouting.
When Gonzalez looked at the back
of his right hand, it was bleeding
from gashes.
At about 2 a.m., the halls of the
hospital were lling up with wound-
ed people. Doctors and nurses hur-
ried to treat the most seriously hurt,
while Gonzalez and others sat on the
oor waiting their turn.
Back at the renery, soldiers, re-
ghters and state oil company work-
ers were diving into action. Bodies
were pulled from the rubble and lift-
ed onto pickup trucks.
Stella Lugo, the governor of Falcon
state, went on state television to
update the nation, setting the initial
toll at seven people dead and 48
injured. The toll steadily rose in the
next hours.
When she reached the renery at
dawn, Lugo posted a photo on
Twitter showing balls of re and
black smoke billowing.
Other government ofcials went on
television saying the gas leak had led
to the blast and that the re was being
brought under control. President
Hugo Chavez ordered an investiga-
tion and declared three days of
mourning in the country.
A total of 209 homes and 11 busi-
nesses were damaged in the explo-
sion, and a National Guard post next
to the renery was destroyed, Vice
President Elias Jaua said on Saturday.
He said 18 of the victims were
National Guard soldiers.
On Saturday night, dozens of peo-
ple who had ed their homes in the
neighborhood of La Pastora returned
to streets covered with rubble, twist-
ed scraps of metal and puddles of
spilled fuel.
Gabriela Nunez, a housewife, went
back to her home to gather belong-
ings, saying she was worried about
looters who had stolen goods from
nearby stores hours after the explo-
sion.
That forced us to come back, even
though were afraid, to save what can
be saved and secure our houses,
Nunez said.
More than a day after the blast, the
ames were still raging on Sunday,
sending up a column of dark smoke.
Some oil experts and government
critics were also raising questions,
saying they believe there hasnt been
sufcient maintenance at reneries
and that the situation could be mak-
ing such incidents more likely.
Renery manager Jesus Luongo
denied that, as did Chavez, who
spoke to journalists near the renery
on Sunday.
The president said investigators
havent determined what caused the
disaster.
Lack of maintenance? Who can,
who can say that right now with any
seriousness? Nobody, Chavez said.
He said he had spoken personally
with some of the military ofcers
who were on duty at the time.
They tell me that very night, in the
rounds that were made a few hours
earlier, no substantial leak was
detected, Chavez said.
Amuay is among the worlds
largest reneries and is part of the
Paraguana Renery Complex, which
also includes the adjacent Cardon
renery. Together, the reneries
process about 900,000 barrels of
crude per day and 200,000 barrels of
gasoline.
Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said
the country has enough fuel in stor-
age, 10 days of inventories, to keep
the Venezuelan market fully supplied.
He said res were still burning in two
fuel storage tanks but that other
process areas of the renery were
otherwise unaffected.
Once the ames are completely
extinguished, Ramirez said, we have
the ability to restart our renery in
two days.
Restarting will be a challenge for
Gonzalez, who picked through what
remained of his familys apartment,
sweeping away debris with a
broom. Broken glass littered the
oor along with fragments of the
shattered walls.
Survivors: strong gas odor before Venezuela blast
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The
death toll from Tropical Storm Isaac
has climbed to nine after authorities
in the Dominican Republic reported
two deaths Sunday.
Authorities have already reported
seven deaths in Haiti, the impover-
ished country that shares the
Caribbean island of Hispaniola with
the Dominican Republic.
Early Sunday afternoon,
Dominican police reported that two
men were swept away by ooded
rivers that had burst their banks.
One of the victims was identied as
Pedro Peralta, a former mayor in
Villa Altagracia, a town northwest
of the capital of Santo Domingo.
His body was recovered Sunday by
rescuers on the banks of the Haina
River.
Another male victim, whose iden-
tity was not disclosed, was swept
away by the Yaguaza River, accord-
ing to Dominican police.
In neighboring Haiti, Joseph
Edgard Celestin of Haitis Civil
Protection Ofce offered few details
Sunday on how each person died in
that country but noted that one man
was swept away as he tried to cross
a river in a village in northern Haiti.
In a separate report, Haitis Civil
Protection Ofce said a 51-year-old
woman was killed in the southern
coastal town of Marigot after a tree
fell on her home. A 10-year-old girl
was killed in the village of
Thomazeau after a wall collapsed
on her.
The number of people evacuated
due to ooding also rose. More than
14,000 people have left their homes
throughout Haiti and another 13,500
people were living in temporary
shelters, the Civil Protection Ofce
reported. Some 8,400 evacuees
were in the countrys western
department, the most populous and
where the capital of Port-au-Prince
is located.
A dozen houses were destroyed
and another 269 damaged, the
Haitian government reported. Four
people were injured, including a
man who fell from a tree.
Impoverished Haiti is prone to
flooding and mudslides because
much of the country is heavily
deforested and rainwater rushes
down barren mountainsides.
Hispaniola death toll from Isaac climbs
REUTERS
Fuel storage tanks are seen on re, a day after an explosion at Amuay oil
renery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana Sunday.
TOKYO A powerful typhoon
lashed the southern Japanese island
of Okinawa and surrounding areas
Sunday, injuring four people and
cutting off power to about 57,000
households.
Weather ofcials had warned that
Typhoon Bolaven would be the
strongest to hit the region in several
years, but its gusts werent as pow-
erful as feared. Disaster authorities
reported no major damage as of
early Monday aside from the black-
outs.
The center of slow-moving storm,
the 15th of the season, passed over
the island late Sunday and was
expected to move northwest into the
East China Sea on Monday, possibly
affecting coastal areas of South
Korea by Tuesday, weather ofcials
said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency
said wind speeds near the center of
the typhoon were about 180 kilome-
ters per hour (112 mph), with gusts
reaching 252 kph (155 mph), possi-
bly equaling or surpassing past
records for the area. Public broad-
caster NHK had warned that such
strong winds could overturn cars
and knock over telephone poles.
Powerful typhoon lashes
Okinawa island in Japan
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