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‘The approach has been conducted more like this year’s presidential politics.’ DR. KENNETH CHAVIN, a South Carolina transplant surgeon

A nation divided, even on organ transplants For liver patients, it’s life and death. Still, the policy is clouded by regional alliances. By Liz Kowalczyk GLOBE STAFF

Transplant surgeon Dr. Adel Bozorgzadeh wants to heal patients, not watch them die. He had already lost four patients since summer — all on the wait list for a liver. Another one, 42-year-old Michael Champigny, had sur-

vived a life-threatening infection before Thanksgiving and urgently needed a new liver, too. But Bozorgzadeh can never predict when — or even if — that will happen. What he does know is that his patients at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester could get trans-

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The number of patients nationwide waiting for a liver transplant as of earlier this month.

plants faster if they were allowed to use donor livers from Georgia and South Carolina, where the supply is greater.

Bozorgzadeh passionately supports a proposal by the organization that oversees US transplant policy to dramatically alter how donor livers are distributed. T he idea is to fly livers from states in the South, Midwest, and Nor thwest that TRANSPLANTS, Page A13

Inauguration gives big donors second chance with Trump After sitting on sidelines for election, GOP benefactors open up wallets By Annie Linskey GLOBE STAFF

WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump ran for president, most of the Republican Party’s biggest donors sat out, believing he couldn’t win or troubled by what he was saying on the campaign trail. Or both. Now that he’s won there’s a new opportunity for those donors to make up for that lost time: It’s called the inauguration. These quadrennial festivities are always a time for donors to curry favor by giving

lavishly, particularly when a new president is being feted. President Obama’s second inaugural essentially allowed unfettered giving, after a $50,000 per person limit in his first. President George W. Bush’s inaugural also accepted sizable checks from supporters. But this time the dynamic is magnified because Trump had so little support from the major players in his party during the primaries and even after he sec ured the nomination and rolled to an improbable victory. DONORS, Page A8

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CAROLING, CAROLING — Twins Nathan and Claire Cunningham joined Lucy Booma (right) at the annual Christmas Eve event at Hastings Park in Lexington.

Politics and faith collide, and a church’s unity is tested

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Peter Butler and Melissa Ananias, getting married next month, met in a Wrentham jury room.

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RAMINGHAM — The Rev. Gregory Morisse stepped up to the pulpit. It was five days after Election Day, and just before Advent, the season of preparation for Christmas. He looked out over the sanctuary of The Plymouth Church in Framingham, its tall, arched windows letting in morning light. The church is affiliated with the liberal United Church of Christ, but he knew his congregation had diverse political views. He hadn’t talked about the election from the pulpit. Until now. His message was stark: President-elect Donald Trump, he declared, had “appealed to the worst in America.” Inexplicably, he said, it was white Christians who had brought this “deplorable” man to power. Now, they had to “wake up,” for they had work to do: They must stand with the downtrodden and the marginalized. CHURCH, Page A10

It’s the age-old story: boy gets jury summons, girl gets jury summons . . .

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WRENTHAM — Even by the standards of jury-assembly rooms, the basement space at Wrentham District Court is grim, calling to mind a driver’s ed classroom or maybe an interrogation den, with exposed pipes, stained carpeting, and bleak lighting. Suffice it to say, it was not where Melissa Ananias or Peter Butler expected to find love — or, for that matter, where anyone has expected to find it. Ever. On that Tuesday morning, two years ago in October, Melissa arrived uncharacteristically early. Pete, uncharacteristically, cut it close.

She was 45 and had been divorced eight years, a single mother from Needham with two daughters in elementary school. Match.com, JDate, blind dates, she had tried them all, dismissing most guys quickly, not one of them ever reaching the point of meeting her girls. Pete was 44 and also had two kids. Divorced officially for 21 days, he was was trying out Match.com; only later would he realize he had seen Melissa already, quickly clicking past her because she had two cats. He was allergic. But now she stood out to him amid the groggy faces as he ducked through the low doorway. She noticed JURY DUTY, Page A10

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‘Patriots Day’ is not just a movie. It’s personal In the middle of the red-carpet premiere of “Patriots Day,” the new film about the Marathon bombings, some Boston firefighters in the audience got up and left the theater. For some of them, the scenes of carnage on Boylston Street brought back overwhelming, traumatic memories. Others were bothered that the scene in the movie didn’t reflect what they experienced as first responders, that they and other firefighters who helped save so many lives that day had been airbrushed out of the story. For those firefighters, this was not just a movie. This was personal. From the moment that the director Peter Berg and the Dorchester-born star Mark Wahlberg announced they were going to make the film, it was obvious that the toughest audience was going to be here, at the epicenter of the events depicted in “Patriots Day.” There are some who think the film was produced too soon, others who think it should not have been made at

Kevin Cullen all, and many who had no burning desire to see a Hollywood version of what they experienced first-hand. For so many who live in and around Boston, the question this holiday season is not whether they should get a gift card for grandma; it’s whether they should see “Patriots Day.” Because for them, this is personal. If you live in or around Boston, you probably know someone who was deeply affected by the bombings. You may know a victim or a survivor or someone who helped the injured, or you know someone who knows them. Brian Pomodoro, a lieutenant with the city’s Emergency Medical Services, was at the corner of Boylston and Dartmouth streets when the bombs went off. He and his EMS colleagues saved lives that day, but he has no interest in seeing the film, even though it lionizes first responders like him. He’s talked to other EMS colleagues, police officers, and firefighters who responded to the bombings and believes most feel like he does, that the film is unnecessary, that what

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happened should not be fodder for entertainment. The ubiquitous publicity for the film has been hard to avoid. “I haven’t slept all week and cannot bring myself to watch the news or listen to the radio for fear of catching a glimpse,” said Pomodoro, who was successfully treated for post-traumatic stress after the bombings. I was not inclined to see the movie, either, before an editor suggested I write about it. I went to the AMC Loews across from Boston Common. A young guy at the bottom of the escalator took my ticket, tore it and handed back half. “Enjoy,” he said. It was an innocent remark. But it highlighted the inherent contradiction in applying the Hollywood treatment to a local tragedy, one in which I knew so many who suffered grievously. You don’t enjoy it. You endure it. It’s well-made and acted and, the snub of the firefighters aside, is a paean to first responders and the medical personnel who did so much to help the wounded and limit the death toll, to the investigators who hunted down the bombers, to the resilience of the survivors and the city. It melds real video footage with theatrical footage to great effect. It captures the painstaking, elaborate investigation that involved local, state, and federal authorities. The scene in which a young Chinese entrepreneur, Dun Meng, is carjacked by the bombers has a searing, authentic tension, even though we know how it all ends. Some critics have noted that the scene depicting the firefight in Watertown is over the top, with pipe bombs thrown by the Tsarnaev brothers flipping cars in the air. But it does convey the remarkable courage under fire shown by Officer Joe Reynolds and Sergeant John MacLellan, the first two Watertown police officers to confront the bombers, as well as Sergeant Jeff Pugliese’s bravery and tactical genius in flanking Tamerlan Tsarnaev before

shooting and tackling him. Wahlberg says the film is personal for him, too. He’s from here. He said he wanted to do the film before someone else less sensitive to local sensibilities did one. He wanted to get it right. The film gets a lot of things right, but the little stuff that isn’t right, that won’t get noticed in Peoria, does get noticed here. When authorities decided

The Marathon film gets a lot of things right, but the little stuff that isn’t right, that won’t get noticed in Peoria, does get noticed here. the body of 8-year-old Martin Richard, the youngest of the victims, could not be moved until a thorough forensics investigation was completed, Boston Police Captain Frank Armstrong led a group of Boston police officers who stood watch overnight so Martin would not be alone. In the film, a uniformed state trooper is shown standing watch over Martin’s covered body. In the scheme of things, that’s not a big deal. But, again, it is noticed around here. Omissions get noticed, too. The friends and family of Dennis “DJ” Simmonds, a Boston police officer who died a year after the bombings from a brain aneurysm that was related to a head injury he suffered during the Watertown firefight, are miffed that he is not mentioned in the film or even its credits. Wahlberg plays a composite character, meant to be a melding of several police officers, and his appearance at every pivotal moment is implausible. Having so much invested in a single character cuts against the essence of the communal

response to the bombings. There was no one great hero in all of this, but many. But, then, this is a Hollywood movie, not a documentary, and Hollywood needs a hero. One of the officers that Wahlberg’s character is based on is Dan Keeler, a recently retired Boston police sergeant detective. Keeler took a strong leadership role on Boylston Street in the immediate aftermath of the bombs. He kept Ring Road open, critical for medical evacuations, and ordered the race shut down at Hereford Street, to prevent Boylston from being clogged with runners. Keeler was also there, in tactical gear, when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was taken into custody. Keeler told me he hasn’t seen the movie, and while he will eventually, he isn’t in a rush. “I hear good things about the movie,” Keeler said. “But the real heroes are the individuals who lost limbs and deal with it every day, most of them with a smile on their face.” Jessica Kensky, who lost her legs, and her husband, Patrick Downes, who also lost a leg, are portrayed in the film. At a press conference after the premiere, Kensky was asked if the filmmakers got it right. Her response was profound. “This was really traumatic,” she said. “This permanently changed lives, permanently ended lives. And so ‘right’ isn’t something you can achieve with survivors, but respect is.” She believes the film is respectful. That’s good enough for me. I hope that a movie I never wanted to see makes a boatload of money. Then the filmmakers can donate some of the profits to finish Martin’s Park, the accessible children’s park overlooking Fort Point Channel that will be named for Martin Richard. The park is about $3 million short right now. In Hollywood, that’s short money. Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at cullen@globe.com

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LAGOS, Nigeria — The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria’s president declared Saturday. His victorious statement came as the militant group claimed a successful attack on an army barracks in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state and said it ‘‘killed and wounded many.’’ The communique on social media said the attack took place Thursday, the same day President Muhammadu Buhari said troops defeated Boko Haram in its Sambisa Forest stronghold in neighboring Borno state. It was an indicator that despite Buhari’s announcement, Nigeria is unlikely to see an end soon to the deadly suicide bombings, village attacks, and assaults on remote military outposts in northeastern Nigeria carried out by the country’s homegrown Islamic extremist group, one faction of which is allied to the Islamic State. Already, there are reports that the insurgents have been regrouping in Taraba and Bauchi states, south of their northeastern stronghold in Borno state, and taking advantage of a decades-old conflict in central Nigeria between mainly Muslim nomadic cattle herders and Christian farmers. In a statement, Buhari commended Nigerian troops for ‘‘finally entering and crushing the remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents at Camp Zero,’’ which is located deep within the Sambisa Forest. He announced the ‘‘long-

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Libyan hijackers’ intent still unclear VALLETTA — It’s too early to say whether the two Libyan men who hijacked a Libyan plane with 117 people on board and diverted it to Malta had any links to terror groups, Malta’s police commissioner said Saturday. The hijackers did not make any demands when they were holding the crew and passengers of the Afriqiyah Airways plane before surrendering to Maltese authorities, police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar said. Earlier claims coming from the plane’s pilot that the two men had demanded asylum in Europe and wanted to create a new political party are being disputed by officials. The men, who Malta state television TVM said had threatened to blow up the plane with hand grenades, were being held for arraignment while the investigation was ongoing. No time or date has been set for their court appearance. In addition to questioning the hijackers, police interviewed all 117 passengers and crew on the flight before they returned to Libya on Saturday on another Afriqiyah Airways plane. The two Libyan hijackers had diverted the domestic flight Friday, and the standoff ended peacefully after hours of negotiations. (AP)

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WWII bomb leads to huge evacuation FRANKFURT — More than 54,000 people in the southern German city of Augsburg must leave their homes Christmas morning while authorities defuse a giant 1.8-ton aerial bomb from World War II. The city’s medieval cathedral and City Hall are within the area to be sealed off. Police say it’s impossible to say how long it will take to make the bomb safe. Schools were opened for people who needed housing. Finding bombs from the war is not unusual in Germany, but this evacuation is one of the country’s largest in response to such a problem. (AP)

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Two face charges of terrorism in court LONDON — Two people have appeared in a London court charged with a variety of terrorism-related offenses. Munir Hassan Mohammed is charged with preparing an act of terrorism, being a member of the Islamic State extremist group, and possessing instructions about how to build an explosive device inside a mobile phone. The 35-year-old did not enter a plea at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Rowaida El Hassan, 32, faces similar charges. They were arrested with four other people this month. (AP)

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Nigeria has been fighting Boko Haram for seven years, mainly in the nation’s northeast region. awaited and most gratifying news of the final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave’’ and declared ‘‘the terrorists are on the run, and no longer have a place to hide.’’ The Sambisa Forest was where Boko Haram was believed to be holding some of more than 200 schoolgirls kid-

‘The terrorists are on the run, and no longer have a place to hide.’ MUHAMMADU BUHARI, president of Nigeria

napped in April 2014 from a school in the town of Chibok — a mass abduction that brought the Islamic extremists world attention and sparked an international social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls. ‘‘Further efforts should be intensified to locate and free our remaining Chibok girls still in captivity. May God be with them,’’ Buhari said.

Nigerian troops have freed thousands of Boko Haram captives this year, but none of the Chibok girls among 276 seized from a government boarding school. Dozens of girls escaped within hours of their abduction. In October, 21 Chibok girls were freed through negotiations between the government and Boko Haram, brokered by the Swiss government and the International Red Cross. In May, one Chibok girl escaped on her own. Some 197 remain missing. The freed girls have indicated that several others have died in captivity from diseases and a snake bite. Boko Haram’s seven-year Islamic uprising has killed more than 20,000 people, spread across Nigeria’s borders, driven some 2.3 million people from their homes, and created a massive humanitarian crisis. The United Nations has warned that 5.1 million people are in danger of starving in northeast Nigeria, including in areas too dangerous to reach because of Boko Haram ambushes.

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Guy Erlich tended to the plants on his West Bank plantation. Below, he uses resin, dried and crushed, from the commiphora plant to make myrrh.

In Holy Land, frankincense, myrrh making a comeback Israeli farmer works to revive ancient plants By Ruth Eglash WASHINGTON POST

KIBBUTZ ALMOG, West Bank — Guy Erlich is a pioneering Israeli farmer, but not in the way you might imagine. Instead of developing new crops or innovative biotechnolog y, Erlich is engaged in a grass-roots project: reviving ancient plants mentioned in the Bible. Think frankincense and myrrh, plus a few others. At his farm on Kibbutz Almog, a West Bank settlement a stone’s throw from the Palestinian city of Jericho and a few miles from the Dead Sea, Erlich is growing ancient plants once used to make holy balms, perfumes, and natural medicines. Frankincense and myrrh, along with gold, are forever intertwined with the Christmas story as the gifts the wise men took to the baby Jesus in the city of Bethlehem, just 20 miles away. While frankincense endured, myrrh almost disappeared after the fall of the Roman Empire. The balsamon tree, whose extract was used to make myrrh’s exotic perfumes and embalming oil, no longer grew on the banks of the Dead Sea, where ancient Hebrew farmers worked. Although various species of the plant — known scientifically as commiphora — were found in other places in the Middle East, as well as in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, the myrrh industry was all but dead in the Holy Land. Eight years ago, Erlich heard about the legendar y balm of Gilead, a species of myrrh even more powerful and once abundant on the Dead Sea’s shores. ‘‘I was looking for a business project, and on a family visit to the Dead Sea it hit me that this was it,’’ he said. Some called him crazy, Erlich said, as he searched for the plant over the next few years. Then he learned of a botanist who had smuggled it out of Saudi Arabia. Somehow, one sapling had ended up in Jerusa-

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GENEVA — The number of people who have died trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean in 2016 is onethird higher than in any other year, the United Nations said Friday. Mo r e t h a n 9 0 m i g r a n t s were feared dead after the two latest boat sinkings between Libya and Sicily on Thursday, the UN reported, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of migrants killed in 2016 as they attempted the journey, compared with the 3,771 deaths recorded last year. “This is the worst annual death toll ever seen,” William Spindler, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency, told reporters in Geneva, adding that

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lem’s botanical gardens, but the tree had failed to flourish in the city’s cool air. It was sent to the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel’s southern desert, where Elaine Solowey, head of the center for sustainable agriculture and a biblical plant expert, began to study it and try to revive it. Solowey named the three important incense trees during that period as frankincense, myrrh, and the balm of Gilead, which was cultivated only by the Dead Sea. ‘‘These trees were very medicinal back then, but even today we know that frankincense is powerful as an anti-cancer plant and is used as an anti-inflammatory,’’ she said. Today, the trees are a threatened species, Solowey said. In the places where they grow abundantly, such as Yemen and Somalia, their resources are over-tapped and there is little conservation. When Erlich reached out to Solowey eight years ago, she agreed to give him one small plant. That is what he used as the nucleus of his business. Today, he has more than a 1,000 commiphora plants; its relation the boswellia, whose resin is used to make frankincense; and numerous other types of biblical greenery growing on an expansive plantation. His plot of land, on the outskirts of the kibbutz, sits way below sea level in the humid and dusty Jordan Valley. For now, his plantation is fairly sparse, except for an area he’s named the Hill of Frankincense. Two years ago, Erlich

planted hundreds of commiphora or myrrh saplings and several rows of frankincense trees. They appear to be flourishing. Erlich also runs a visitors’ center where he showcases his plants. He reeled off a list of botanical phrases and names and explained that he brought them here from Mexico, Oman, Yem e n , In d i a , a n d S o m a l i a , a m o n g ot h e r p l a c e s . Ev e n though they are related, frankincense and myrrh look quite different. The myrrh is a thorny plant with leathery leaves, and its sap comes out clear and dries into reddish crystals. Frankincense is more treelike, and its resin is milky, creating cloudy white marbles when dried. When burned, both of the saps produce potent smells ranging from musk to citrus. Although Erlich’s goal was to make money, he now believes that reviving these spiritual balms and medicines could also serve as a uniting factor. ‘‘ They are holy for Jews, Christians, and Muslims,’’ he said. Some believe that the myrrh the three wise men carried was the oil used by Jewish high priests to anoint the kings of Israel. Muslims still use incense derived from these plants in their holy sites and use the resin for health purposes, he said. ‘‘I’m not a religious man, but I am happy to be bringing back something from the past,’’ Erlich said. ‘‘Thousands of people used this plant for thousands of years. There must be something special in it.’’

Migrant deaths on Mediterranean soar By Nick Cumming-Bruce

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14 people, on average, drowned in the Mediterranean every day this year. At least 55 people and perhaps as many as 70 are believed to have drowned when a rubber dinghy crammed with 120 to 140 people collapsed, tumbling passengers into the icy water. In a second episode, 40 people are missing after a second boat sank. The sinkings came on a day when coast guards brought ashore 264 people after rescuing them from two other vessels, Spindler said. The soaring toll has starkly underlined the increasingly perilous conditions faced by migrants fleeing war, hunger, and economic hardship, as the number of deaths has risen even though the number of

people making the trip has plunged. As of Wednesday, 358,403 people had made it to Europe after crossing the Mediterranean this year, down from more than a million last year. The rising fatality figure attested to the declining seaworthiness of the boats provided by traffickers and to changes in their tactics, Spindler said. Rubber dinghies that are meant to carry 20 to 30 people are habitually packed with more than 100, he noted. To avoid detection, smugglers have also resorted to mass embarkations and to sending larger numbers of people at the same time, making the work of coast guards and rescue vessels more difficult.

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Catholic order chastises pope Malta conflict bares schism within church By Nicole Winfield ASSOCIATED PRESS

VATICAN CITY — The Order of Malta, the ancient Roman Catholic aristocratic lay order, has told Pope Francis that his decision to launch an investigation into the ouster of an official over an old condom scandal is ‘‘unacceptable.’’ In an extraordinary rebuke of the pontiff, the group said late Friday that the replacement of its grand chancellor was an ‘‘act of internal governmental administration of the Sovereign Order of Malta and consequently falls solely within its competence.’’ Francis on Thursday appointed a five-member commission to investigate the Dec. 8 ouster of Albrecht von Boe-

selager amid suggestions that Fra n c i s ’ o w n e nv o y t o t h e group, conservative Cardinal Raymond Burke, helped engineer it without his blessing. Burke has emerged as one of Francis’ top critics. One charge used against von Boeselager concerned a program that the order’s Malteser International aid group had participated in several years ago with other aid groups to help sex slaves in Myanmar, including giving them condoms to protect them from HIV infection. Church teaching bars the use of artificial contraception. Von Boeselager has said as soon as the order’s headquarters in Rome learned of the condom distribution, two of the projects were immediately halted. A third continued, he said, so as not to deprive a poor region of Myanmar of all basic medical services. The project eventually ended after

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the Vatican’s doctrine office intervened. Burke is a hardliner on enforcing church teaching on sexual morals. As a result, the dispute roiling the order reflects the broader ideological divisions in the Catholic Church that have intensified during Francis’ papacy, which has emphasized the merciful side of the church over its doctrinaire side. Von Boeselager has said he was asked and then ordered to resign Dec. 6 during a meeting with Burke and the order ’s leader, who suggested that the resignation was ‘‘in accordance with the wishes of the Holy See.’’ He said he subsequently learned that the Holy See had made no such request. T h e O r d e r o f Ma l t a h a s many trappings of a sovereign state, issuing its own stamps, passports, and license plates and holding diplomatic relations with 106 states, the Holy See included. The Holy See, however, has a unique relationship with the order since the pope appoints a cardinal to ‘‘promote the spiritual interests’’ of the order and its relationship with the Vatican. Francis appointed Burke to that position in 2014 after removing him as the Vatican’s supreme court justice. Kurt Martens, professor of canon law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, says the pope’s investigation was complicated, given the sovereign nature of both the order and the Holy See under international law. ‘‘The way it has been perceived, it’s as if they’re looking into the order, and that’s why there is the backlash from the order,’’ he said. The knights trace their history to the 11th-century Crusades with the establishment of an infirmary in Jerusalem that cared for people of all faiths. It now counts 13,500 members and 100,000 staff and volunteers who provide health care in hospitals and clinics around the world.

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For Iraqi Christians, a pall follows liberation of villages Fears still keep many from their ancestral homes By Sergey Ponomarev and Tim Arango NEW YORK TIMES

QARAQOSH, Iraq — Despite their hometowns having been recently freed from the Islamic State, the Christians of Iraq are still in a state of mourning as Christmas approaches. Old towns on the edge of Mosul, where Christians lived for many centuries, have become wastelands. Most churches are badly damaged and ransacked. When a liberating soldier hoists a cross atop a church, or a priest returns to take stock of the losses and light a candle, the scene feels more sad than hopeful considering the widely felt sentiments of displaced Christians that they will never go home. Some of the early gains in the campaign to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, which began in mid-October and is grinding into its third month, were the liberations of historically Christian villages and towns, including Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian city, and Bartella. There were early feelings of jubilation. Some families returned to celebrate alongside some of the Christian militia fighters who participated in the battles. But it quickly became apparent that rebirth for the Christian community in Iraq is unlikely, given how few seem to want to return. “There is no guarantee that we can go back and be safe,” said Haseeb Saleem, 65, a Christian from the Mosul area who left more than two years ago and now lives in the Kurdish city of Irbil, the regional

capital. Saleem echoed a deeply felt belief among Iraq’s minorities that the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, by removing a dictatorship that at least promised them security, marked the beginning of the community’s demise in their own country. “Before 2003, believe me, my neighbor didn’t know what I was,” he said. “No one could ask, are you Sunni? Or Shia? Or Muslim? Or Christian?” In 2003, an estimated 1.5 million Christians lived in Iraq. By the time the Islamic State swept through northern Iraq in 2014, that figure had fallen to roughly 400,000.

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Since then, many thousands more have left the country or fled to the relative safety of the Kurdish region. There, in Irbil, Christians are clustered in the neighborhood of Ainkawa, and many of the displaced were taken in by local churches. The neighborhood is perhaps the last center of a vibrant Christian culture in Iraq; shops these days are filled with Christmas decorations, and it is always easy to find wine or pork. W h e n t h e Is l a m i c S t at e seized Mosul and outlying areas in the summer of 2014, the militants stole the money, jewelry, and property of Christians, and gave them a choice if they wished to stay: either convert to Islam or pay a special tax. Nearly every Christian left

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President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan in May. Some Japanese news media suggested that the Pearl Harbor trip could even lift Abe’s approval ratings and give him the confidence to call an election in January. The Japanese public is also aware of the importance of a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor at a time of uncertainty in its country’s relationship with the United States. Although the premier’s visit to Pearl Harbor was in the planning stages even before the US presidential election, Donald Trump’s win scared Japanese leaders because he had spent time on the campaign trail castigating Japan for not paying enough for its own defense. And when Obama made a visit to Hiroshima in May, Tr u m p p o s t e d o n Tw i tt e r : “Does President Obama ever discuss the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor while he’s in Japan? Thousands of American lives lost.” Abe is technically not the first sitting prime minister to visit the Pearl Harbor memorial (Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida apparently visited the memorial during a stop in Hawaii in 1951), but he will be the first to participate in a public ceremony there. He is not expected to apologize for the attacks, much as Obama did not apologize for

the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Instead, Abe will most likely repeat the repentance and condolences he offered in April 2015 when he addressed Congress. In Japan, Pearl Harbor is often defined as one bookend of a war that ended with the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which some Japanese see as morally absolving the country of its aggression. Guidelines from the Ministry of Education for teaching history stipulate that students learn that “Japan caused tremendous damage to many countries, especially in Asia, and that Japan also suffered unprecedented damages in the Tokyo air raids, the Battle of Okinawa and in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” While most Japanese students visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki at least once during their school years, Pearl Harbor merits just one or two lines in most textbooks. “The younger generation knows the term Pearl Harbor, but the y don’ t know much about it,” said Katsutoshi Chujo, a middle school history teacher near Tokyo. “Most young people don’t know much a b o u t t h e w a r. T h e y k n o w about Japan as a victim in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Tokyo air raids.”

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TOKYO — As recently as five years ago, a Japanese prime minister was in Hawaii for an economic summit meeting but pointedly stayed away from Pearl Harbor. In the coming week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will fly to Hawaii for the express purpose of visiting the site of the surprise attack on a US naval base 75 years ago that killed 2,400 Americans and drew the country into World War II. It is a sign of how far public opinion in Japan has moved that Abe can make the trip to the memorial, accompanied by President Obama, to offer condolences to the victims. Fo r d e c a d e s , Ja p a n h a s struggled to reckon with its wartime history, and the Pearl Harbor attack has been cast as a tragic but inevitable response to a US-led oil embargo that would have devastated the Japanese empire. Because of domestic political opposition, it has been all but impossible for Japanese leaders to visit Pearl Harbor until now. In 1994, when Emperor Akihito tried to visit the memorial — atop the remains of the USS Arizona, the US battleship on which the worst losses occurred — protests from Japan’s nationalist right wing prompted him to alter his plans. But after Abe, who is a conservative politician with strong ties to nationalist groups, announced his plans this month, the reception in Japan was largely positive. Even the far-right Sankei newspaper — though grumbling that Abe should first revisit Yasukuni, a shrine in Tokyo where war criminals are buried — described Abe’s trip to Hawaii as “an opportunity to refresh a commitment to deepen the US-Japan friendship and contribute peace to the world through a tranquil ceremony.”

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UN Security Council, declared that settlements built on land Israel has occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war have ‘‘no legal validity’’ and are a threat to the possibility of creating two states — one for Israelis and one for Palestinians. The 15-member council passed the resolution 14 to 0, with the United States, in a break from standard practice, abstaining rather than vetoing. It was the first resolution adopted by the council on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years. The vote also sparked strong reactions among US lawmakers. On Saturday, Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told CNN he will ask

‘The resolution is distorted. It states that the Jewish quarter and the Western Wall are occupied, which is absurd.’ BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli prime minister

Congress to rescind funding for the United Nations unless it repeals the settlements resolution. ‘‘If you can’t show the American people that international organizations can be more responsible, there is going to be a break,’’ Graham said. ‘‘I can’t support funding a body that singles out the only democracy in the Middle East who shares our values.’’ In a statement after the vote, Netanyahu said the Obama administration had ‘‘not only failed to protect Israel against this gang-up at the UN, it has

colluded with it behind the scenes.’’ He called the resolution shameful and said Israel would not abide by its terms. For the first time since the US election, Netanyahu stated clearly that he looked forward to working with Trump, ‘‘to negate the harmful effects of this absurd resolution.’’ Netanyahu and his ministers have generally refrained from making public statements about Trump, but subtle words and gestures have suggested that the Israeli leadership is buoyed by the new administration. They now seem eager to see the back of Obama, who has clashed regularly with Netanyahu over numerous issues, especially the settlements. Roughly 400,000 Jewish settlers live on 125 settlements and 100 outposts in the Israelioccupied West Bank. Over the past six months, Israel has announced plans to add hundreds of units to existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, each time drawing rebuke from the White House. More recently, right-wing voices in Netanyahu’s government have pushed legislation to legalize settlements built on privately owned Palestinian land, a step also frowned upon by the Obama administration. Trump, on the other hand, has indicated he might bring a fresh approach to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Last week, he nominated a close adviser and outspoken supporter of Israel’s settlements, New York lawyer David Friedman, as ambassador to Israel. And on Thursday, he tweeted that ‘‘The resolution being considered . . . should be vetoed.’’ The potential change in direction might explain why there was such urgency to bring the resolution to a vote Friday, as well as the US decision not to veto it.

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Trumps scurry to unscramble business links President-elect set to dissolve foundation By Eric Lipton and Maggie Haberman NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — Realizing that his presidency could face potentially crippling questions over conflicts of interest, Donald Trump and his family are rushing to resolve potential controversies — by shuttering foundations and terminating development deals — even as the president-elect publicly maintains no legal conflicts exist. The list of actions contemplated — with some already executed — is long, but the planned dissolving of the Donald J. Trump Foundation might be the most resonant, given the enormous controversies surrounding the nonprofit, which is under investigation by the New York attorney general. Trump released a statement Saturday that he intends to dissolve that foundation. But a spokeswoman for the New York state attorney general’s office said Saturday that any move to close it required state approval, given the ongoing investigation into how the foundation spends its money and courts donations and given the state’s order that it stop fundraising. “The Trump Foundation is still under investigation by this office and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation is complete,” Amy Spitalnick, the press secretary, said. In recent days, the president-elect and his aides had said he intends to distribute the assets of his personal charity and then close it down. He has examined a plan to hire an outside monitor to oversee the Trump Organization and has terminated some international business projects. “This is a process that my father and my family are taking incredibly seriously,” said Eric Trump, who will help oversee the Trump Organization and who announced last week he was terminating fund-raising for his own charity, the Eric Trump Foundation. Even with these steps, Donald Trump will enter the White House with a maze of financial holdings unlike those of any other president in US history. Many ethics experts still say the only way he can eliminate his most serious conflicts is to liquidate his company, and then put the money into a blind trust — a move the president-elect has so far rejected as impractical and unreasonable. The potential roles that his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, may play in the administration are particularly vexatious. Both have business operations that could benefit from their government roles — even if they are not involved in the businesses on a day-to-day basis. Ivanka Trump’s business is so tied to her name that any posit i o n s h e mi g h t t a ke in th e White House or informal role she might play as an adviser to her father could benefit her company, which she will still

own. And because Donald Trump refuses to release his tax returns, the extent of his potential conflicts remains unknown. “Yes, it would be hard to sell the business — there would be some personal discomfort,” said Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen, a liberal nonprofit group that has mocked Trump’s efforts to “drain the swamp” of Washington special interests. “But he ran for president of the United States and won, so those considerations can’t be weighted very heavily.” The hurried effort to clean up some of the family’s potential conflicts stands in contrast to the public statements by Trump since his election that as president he would not be subject to conflict of interest laws and could eliminate most questions by turning his business operations over entirely to his children.

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But in recent weeks, as public scrutiny of the presidentelect’s global business operations has intensified, Trump, his family, their executives in New York, and a team of outside lawyers have been working to eliminate many of these potential flashpoints — a task so complicated that Trump had delayed announcing the details. Trump gave little thought to what to do with his business in the event of a victory on Election Day. But embarrassing reversals by his children highlighted concerns that access to the incoming administration could be for sale and pressed the family to respond. A charity auction for coffee with Ivanka Trump, his daughter, was canceled, and Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect’s sons, pulled out of another charity event that asked donors to give as much as $1 million in return for access to their father and a hunting expedition with his sons. In interviews late last week, executives at the Trump Organization, advisers on the Trump transition team, and members of Donald Trump’s family said they were determined to move aggressively in the remaining days before the inauguration to clear as many of these potential conflicts as possible.

And many on Trump’s forming White House staff come from the political periphery — if they have political experience at all — meaning most Washington power players don’t have the kinds of connections to the Trump world that they would have had if Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton won. That makes the importance of forging connections even greater. “This year there will be an influx of donors who might not have given to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign giving money to the inaugural, given the surprise of his victory,” said Ryan Williams, a Republican strategist who wasn’t part of the Trump effort. Or, as another Republican put it: “It’s the only way in.” Trump’s team so far has shown a great willingness to accept this “kiss and make up” money and some supporters who labored trying to raise money for the campaign over the past two years are suddenly finding themselves to be very popular. “People call you up and say, ‘I’d like to do $100,000, or $250,000 or $1 million,’ ” said one person raising money for Trump’s Presidential Inauguration Committee. “ You don’t have to call a lot of people. . . . They’ll reach out to you.” The person, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the effort, added: “It’s a well-worn path for anyone who was on the wrong side.” The person warned that getting into the new administration's good graces isn’t cheap, particularly for the bomb throwers among Trump critics. Ponying up for a $100,000 package “isn't going to move the needle,” the person advised. “One hundred thousand is a nice amount. . . . It used to be more.” The top package to the Trump inauguration costs $1 million and comes with tickets to nine events over the four-day inaugural period — which is fairly standard, according to several who’ve organized presidential inaugurations. “It’s a good way to mingle,” the person said. “If you do the

million-dollar package, you’re going to come to a lot of events where people are close to the administration.” The events include a “leadership” luncheon, billed as an “exclusive event with select Cabinet appointees;” a “ladies luncheon” where participants have “an opportunity to meet the ladies of the first families,” a “candlelight dinner,” where Trump will stop by, and premier access to an inaugural ball, according to a copy of the “underwriter package benefits” obtained by the Globe. Million-dollar donors also receive reservations at “premier inaugural hotels” — but must pay for those rooms on their own. As of last week, the person fund-raising for the Trump committee said $50 million had already been committed toward a goal of about $75 million. To put that in context, Trump’s campaign raised about $250 million for his election efforts over roughly 17 months. Obama raised $43 million for his 2013 inauguration and a record $53 million for his first inauguration in 2009. “The inaugural events are, to a large extent, privately funded so as to not use taxpayer dollars,” said Boris Epshteyn, a spokesman for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. He added that any extra funds that aren’t used will be donated to charitable organizations. The committee, he said, is not accepting donations from state or federal registered lobbyists. Some event ideas surrounding the inauguration have caused embarrassment — an invitation was drafted for an “Opening Day ” package of events that included a hunting trip with Trump’s family members and a “camouflage and cufflinks” party. The problem: The tickets, which cost as much as $1 million for the top level, benefit a “conservation” charity that was just set up two weeks ago by friends of Trump’s children. The package was first reported by TMZ, the celebrity website. President-elect Trump’s team played down the event, with spokeswoman Hope Hicks saying the Opening Day pack-

age included “merely initial concepts that have not been approved or pursued by the Trump family.” But some version of it is still going forward. Ivanka Trump also attracted a raft of bad headlines after a coffee with her was auctioned off to benefit her brother Eric’s charity. The bidding reached nearly $60,000 for time with Trump’s daughter before The New York Times began calling the campaign, and the venture was subsequently stopped. Ho w i m p o r t a n t i s i t f o r those trying to forge connections in the Trump world to give to the inaugural events? “Now anybody who wasn’t in, they need to find a way in,” said one top Republican fundraiser who isn’t part of Trump’s team. “Nobody was with Trump. Nobody thought he would win,” said the person, who requested anonymity to speak freely about Republican attitudes. “Have you ever seen a campaign where you had so many significant donors sitting out?” The signals from Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence have been magnanimous — they’ve suggested that they’ll be open to healing the wounds from the primary and general election. But in Trump’s complicated inner circle, it’s not as clear that even a hefty gift to the inauguration will be enough. Trump named 20 people to the finance offshoot of his Presidential Inaugural Committee, a group that includes several longtime friends and business associates such as Phil Ruffin, who co-owns the Trump International hotel in Las Vegas. Billionaire backers on the list include casino magnates Steve Wynn and Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. It’s led by Thomas Barrack, a longtime Trump friend based in Los Angeles. One eyebrow-raising pick is Elliott Broidy, who was part of a pay-to-play pension scandal in New York. Broidy pleaded guilty in December 2009 to showering New York state officials with nearly $1 million in gifts in order to obtain about $250 million in investments from New York’s pension fund. He cooperated with the investigation and was rewarded with

a sentence that didn’t include jail time. Over the summer Broidy was named as vice chairman to Trump’s Victory Fund, a fundraising arm of the campaign. Trump is hardly the only incoming president to offer incentives and special access to donors around inauguration time, but the new administration is open to much larger don at i o n s t h a n t h e l a s t o n e . Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, meaning donations aren’t tax deductible. Gifts over $200 will become public within 90 days of the event. Obama limited individual donors to $50,000 apiece and banned any corporate donations for his 2008 inauguration, which came in the midst of a market collapse. “We set a very strict clear line [that] this is about supporting a great historic moment but it is not about buying access,” said Steve Kerrigan, who was the chief of staff to Obama’s 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee and then the CEO to his 2013 event. Still, Obama’s team loosened the restrictions significantly for his second inauguration, allowing corporate donations and seven-figure checks from individual donors. Lobbyists were banned from giving. “I suppose it is a great way to get back in the good graces, if you are outside the good graces of the president-elect. But there has to be a very fine line drawn,” Kerrigan said. But the political dynamic was very different for Obama when he came into office, because many of the rifts created during the primary contests had already been healed. That meant donors who gave to Clinton during the early phases of the 2008 election had already begun ingratiating themselves to Obama by giving to his campaign. “We had folks who gave a lot to the campaign and the inauguration, who were happy to just have standing tickets to a historic event,” Kerrigan said. Annie Linskey can be reached at annie.linskey@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @annielinskey.

President-elect tweets praise for Putin’s attack on Clinton, Democrats WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump publicly praised Russian President Vladimir POLITICAL Putin late on NOTEBOOK Friday for attacking Trump’s former Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. In a striking statement that seems to further align Trump with Putin, the incoming US president tweeted that he agreed with the Russian leader’s assessment that Clinton and the Democratic Party generally have not shown ‘‘dignity’’ following widespread losses in the November election.

‘‘‘Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: ‘In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity.’ So true!’’ Trump tweeted of Putin’s comments, apparently referencing statements the Russian made at his year-end news conference. Trump’s expressed admiration of Putin came only hours after he released to the media a warm letter the Russian sent him. The Friday night tweet sparked cries of alarm from former US officials and other Trump critics on social media. Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia un-

der President Obama, tweeted Friday night: ‘‘So now the President-elect and an autocrat in the Kremlin team up to trash an American. Unprecedented. Will Republicans speak up.” WASHINGTON POST

House GOP proposes rules in reaction to Democrats’ sit-in US House Speaker Paul Ryan and his Republican lieutenants want to hit fellow lawmakers with fines and potential ethics violations if they engage in live-streaming or other disruptions on the House floor. The move is a belated response to this summer’s 25-

hour sit-in by Democrats protesting Republican inaction on gun-control legislation. Under the proposed rules, which was seen by Bloomberg News, members could face a $500 fine through paycheck deductions for a first offense of using electronic photography or audio or visual recording, as well as for broadcasting from the chamber’s floor. A $2,500 fine would be leveled for each subsequent violation. The new rules also clarify which conduct is to be deemed disorderly or disruptive during floor proceedings, including blocking access by other mem-

bers to microphones or what is known as “the well” — the front of the chamber. “These changes will help ensure that order and decorum are preserved in the House of Representatives so lawmakers can do the people’s work,” AshLee Strong, a spokesman for Ryan, said in an e-mail. BLOOMBERG NEWS

Trump spokesman takes a pass on White House job One of Donald Trump’s senior communications staffers says he will not take the job of White House communications director after all.

Jason Miller said in a statement Saturday that he’s decided not to accept the role offered to him by Trump so he can spend more time with family. Miller was one of the main spokesmen for Trump’s transition team. He says he and his wife are expecting their second daughter in January and ‘‘this is not the right time to start a new job.’’ Miller says he has handed all of his responsibilities to incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who will serve as communications director as well as press secretary. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Politics, faith collide and church is tested CHURCH Continued from Page A1

Pat McFerrin, the church treasurer, got up from his usual s e at p a r tw ay t h r o u g h a n d walked out. Rebecca Reiner, the stewardship council chairwoman and a Hillary Clinton supporter, exchanged wide eyes with a conservative-leaning friend sitting nearby. In the back pew, Glenn Pruszinski felt, for the first time since the election, a surge of hope. “It felt right,” Pruszinski said later. “I’m glad he did it. I’m not surprised there’s pushback.” In the days that followed, that pushback would change Plymouth Church, forcing the 175 or so active members and their pastor to confront difficult questions: What should they do when the powerful forces dividing the nation showed up in their sanctuary? In this season of waiting, what did their faith require of them? How much disagreement was too much? Morisse, a vivacious and musical 38-year-old pastor who has served Plymouth Church his whole career, had spent the days after the election taking calls from members distressed about the results. Even so, he was prepared for the minority who wanted Trump to win to disagree with his sermon. McFerrin, a retired Raytheon engineer and a Republican, did not like Trump’s coarse manner, but he’d appreciated the real estate mogul’s business experience, and Trump was offering change. There was no way he could back Clinton, whom he viewed as corrupt. Trump was not, in McFerrin’s view, a racist, as he’d been portrayed. What he told Morisse: I thought that sermon was inappropriate. Politics, he added later, do not belong in church — especially not in a sermon, where the conversation was a one-way street. Reiner, a nonprofit fundraiser with two young children, felt torn. She could not under-

stand how a country that had paid so much attention to bullying in schools would choose “the biggest bully in the room” as president. “And the hate that [Trump] was able to play on . . . was repugnant to me,” she said. “I said to more than one person, ‘My Christian values won’t let me support someone who espouses this stuff.’ ” So Reiner agreed with the central message of Morisse’s sermon. But his tone rattled her, and some of his words alienated people she loved. “It sounded like that e-mail you write when you’re really angry, but that you don’t send,” she said. That afternoon, Reiner took a phone call from a friend in tears, who told her some mutual friends felt stung by the sermon. The next day, a family emailed to rescind their annual pledge; they wouldn’t be back. Reiner responded with a heartfelt note saying she was sorry they felt unwelcome. The night he gave the sermon, Morisse sent an e-mail to the congregation acknowledging the controversy but professing his love and respect for everyone in the church. “This is what I hoped for,” he wrote. “This is waking up. Not that we would all agree; not that I or any of us will be perfect, but that we will take the events of each day with conviction and devotion and apply the wisdom of our faith.” The Leadership Council scheduled a forum to discuss Morisse’s sermon the next Sunday. They expected the few families who strongly disagreed with the sermon to show up. To their surprise, about 65 people did, representing a wide range of viewpoints. What happened next was, in this age of poisonous polarization, a minor miracle: For two full hours, they talked about their reaction to the sermon. They did not shout. They did not interrupt. Nobody stormed out. They spoke, and they listened to one another. Mary Whittemore, another

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Amy Moore and her daughter, Samantha, 6, sat in the balcony for a service at The Plymouth Church in Framingham. longtime member and a Clinton supporter, was struck by the sincerity in the room. “What they had to express was heartfelt and genuine and important to them,” she said. Listening stoked her curiosity, not just for deeper conversation across political lines with people she had known for years, but about her own convictions. She found herself contemplating, she said, “What do I really think about some of these policy issues? And what can I do in my small teeny, tiny little world . . . to make the bigger world better?” Louise Savary, a longtime member who voted for Trump, had felt wounded by the pastor’s incendiary sermon. Afterward, he had told her he saw everyone as a child of God. It didn’t feel like that, she replied. Still, she felt it was important to attend the forum. She missed much of the meeting because she had to run back home for a mattress delivery but returned in time to say her piece: “I love you,” she told Morisse, “but you crossed a line.” Yet she was comforted when Morisse said he wished he hadn’t called Trump “deplorable,” a word Clinton used to

describe the half of Trump supporters who she said were bigoted — a charged word, one woman said, she would prefer to never hear again. And Morisse apologized for referring to Trump supporters as if “they” were an undifferentiated mass, and somehow outside the congregation. In the end, Savary concluded, as she sat thinking about it

‘If I had just preached kumbaya, there wouldn’t have been any scratchy urgency to speak.’ REV. GREGORY MORISSE, The Plymouth Church in Framingham

at her kitchen table the other day in the fading afternoon, “I think it has made us stronger.” Reiner, though, can’t forget that some of the people hurt most weren’t part of the conversation — they didn’t want to come back. She misses them. Her kids wonder where their playmates have gone.

The dialogue, for some, complicated relationships even as it deepened them. Pruszinski, a member of the governing council and a congregant for 30 years, still finds it baffling that some took offense at Morisse’s words. He realizes now that he did not know some of his fellow members as well as he thought he did. “I just am afraid that there’s a danger that events will outpace our ability to reconnect and reconcile,” he said. “It’s, what, a month since the election, but we have so many more reasons now to be concerned about what happens next.” He draws hope from the words the congregation reads when a child is baptized — as it did the last Sunday of Advent, when they welcomed an infant and a 7-year-old girl into Christian life with the sacred rite: We are, by this affirmation, inseparably bound to them. “It turns out we actually have some work to do to make that a reality,” Pruszinski said later. Morisse, for his part, sees the imperfections in his sermon more clearly now. But he meant to provoke conversation and stir his congregation to action. “If I had just preached kum-

baya, there wouldn’t have been any scratchy urgency to speak,” he said. “And I think people needed to speak.” He is saddened that three families have not been back, and may be gone permanently. And he knows this may not be the last hard conversation about public life. The church, he says, must continue to protect the vulnerable, whoever is in power. “If Trump and his administration continue to take such bold stances, I suspect I will find myself again struggling in the murkiness of politics and partisanship,” he said in an email. Last Sunday, Christmas was the focus. A profusion of poinsettias decorated the altar, the children’s “cherub” choir sang, and after church, people lingered over coffee and trays of Christmas cookies. Morisse’s sermon that day was about the harsh circumstances in which, according to Christian scripture, Jesus entered the world. “And yet God will be with us,” he said, “and we will be in it together.” Lisa Wangsness can be reached at lisa.wangsness@globe.com

A meeting in a Wrentham jury duty room, and the verdict is love JURY DUTY Continued from Page A1

him, too — tall and blue-eyed, in a crisp dress shirt and fleece — but tried not to stare, turning back to her book. Why not, he thought, as he walked past rows of empty seats and picked the one beside her. She had ignored the first notice for jury duty but was suddenly glad that she had put on her “going out in the world outfit” and tucked Altoids into her purse. She normally worked from home in sweats, as an owner of day-care centers. When he flouted the rules by pulling out his phone to check his work e-mail, she playfully tsk-tsked him. And the conversation began to flow, as they discussed the bleakness of the room — the sad vending machine beside them, the table adorned with bathroom keys affixed to germy-looking sticks — and the disruption of jury duty, throwing off his travel as head of a health-care consulting firm, keeping her from being home with a dying golden retriever. An officer called a short break, and she went out to her SUV and called a friend. She said only half-jokingly that she was in love; she didn’t actually know the guy’s name or what “his deal” was, but he wasn’t wearing a ring. “Melissa, how can you be in love?” her friend asked. “It’s not even 10 in the morning!” When they went back in, the conversation felt “electric,” as he put it later, the two discovering they shopped at the same Whole Foods, enjoyed the same restaurants — Davio’s in Chestnut Hill, Masala Art in Needham. Pete urged Melissa to try the dosa next time. It felt “just on the edge of flirting,” she

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Melissa Ananias and Peter Butler and their children from previous marriages: Emma Ananias, 12 (far left), Luke Butler, 13, Ava Butler, 14, and Gabriella Ananias, 11.

thought, as she tried to interpret whether the engraving she glimpsed on his iPad (Love Mom, Luke, and Ava) referred to his wife or mother. They joked about what they might have done to get out of jury duty and hit on the idea of showing up in costume, with Halloween three days away. “What would you wear?” he asked, and loved her answer, a human gumball machine. He found a way to mention t h at h e w a s d i v o r c e d , a n d quickly she did, too, amid talk of raising preteens, and chatter about that vending machine beside them. If she was going to be stuck at court, she was defin i t e l y ge tt i n g D o r i t o s ; h e wished they had Kind bars, which she had never tried. Then she went one by one around the room, predicting

who would get empaneled. “What about me?” he asked. “Oh, you’re definitely picked,” she said. “And I’m going home.” A judge came in, Stephen Ostrach. He thanked them all, telling them to feel good even if they were not picked. He salted his talk with practiced jokes, and they scarcely noticed that no one else was grinning like they were. Then the call came to go up to the courtroom, and on the stairs she predicted again that she’d be free for lunch — and would go to Masala Art to get the dosa. So he told her she’d better text a picture. And then she felt a little panic, realizing she still didn’t even know his name, just as they were being funneled into different rows. Turning around, she saw him reach forward with a scrap of

paper. “Pete,” she read, along with his number. Sure enough, he got picked, she didn’t, and she flashed him a knowing smile. On the way out, she willed herself not to trip, and hoped her fingers wouldn’t smudge his number. She texted from the steps — something like, “Sure is beautiful out. Hope you have fun in there” — and he replied during the courthouse lunch break. Soon they were texting like teenagers, planning to meet for dinner that night at Patriot Place. He went straight from court, stopping to buy a toothbrush and toothpaste and a Kind bar for her, brushing his teeth in the parking lot. They both worried the magic would be gone outside the court, but they picked up where they left off. Melissa tried to get

Pete to divulge details of the case — a two-day trial on a charge of elder abuse, as it turned out — but he stayed tight-lipped, joking that maybe Melissa was a plant to test him. Soon they were laughing and surveying the crowd at Davio’s, sure that they recognized faces from court. They had a second date the next weekend, and by December they were calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend, something neither had done in ages. For the holidays — Hanukkah for her and Christmas for him — he gave her jewelry, plus a gumball machine and a bag of Doritos. On New Year’s Eve she encouraged him to come to her annual party and bring his kids. She asked their favorite foods (Luke, sushi; Ava, mac and cheese) and got both, eschewing the boxed mac she typically made for her daughters Emma and Gabriella for a three-cheese version, homemade. They both marveled at how quickly all four kids took to one another, running to the basement playroom like “long-lost cousins.” Soon the kids were locking themselves in the car at the end of family dinners to prolong the night, looking forward to sleepovers. She sensed a ring was coming, expected it when they spent a rare weekend alone at Pete’s cottage in June 2015. But he knew she would want to share the moment with her daughters, so he waited until everyone was there a few weeks later, popping the question on his fishing boat at sunset. They put planning how to blend families ahead of planning a wedding. Pete rented a home within walking distance of Melissa’s; soon, her house was the after-school gathering

place, even when he was at work. Last spring they put in an offer on a house under construction a few blocks away, and in July they all moved in, five bedrooms and three baths packed onto the second floor. Downstairs, a long kitchen island serves as homework central, and a sectional couch stretching across the living room fits them all — two adults, four kids 11 to 14, a golden, a Great Dane, and two cats. Pete now takes one Allegra allergy pill a day. On Jan. 7, Pete, now 46, and Melissa, 47, will marry at the UMass Club in Boston, before a sweeping view at sunset. All six will walk down the aisle and participate in the ceremony, pouring sand from personalized glass jars into a larger one, marked “family.” Several months ago, Melissa called the court and eventually got a message to Ostrach, the judge who presided that day. He was delighted by the story, too — love blooming in a place associated with sorrow and anguish — and though he was on sabbatical and had only ever officiated a few weddings, he said he would be honored to officiate theirs. For the cocktail napkins, Melissa reprinted her jury-duty notice — the “second summons,” the one she obeyed after ignoring the first. Now all her single friends are watching the mail, hoping for a similar card from the courts, and asking her something rarely associated with jury duty: Do you think I will meet someone there? Eric Moskowitz can be reached at eric.moskowitz@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeMoskowitz.

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Strategy shifting on mass weapons Special forces will be in charge, but debate continues By Dan Lamothe WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — US Special Operations Command will take a new, leading role coordinating the Pentagon’s effort to counter weapons of mass destruction, reinvigorating a longrunning debate about how the military should handle threats posed by everything from nuclear weapons to chemical agents such as sarin. The decision was approved by President Obama at Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter’s request in August but is still taking shape in the Pentagon and could be finalized in January, defense officials said. Numerous aspects of the mission to counter weapons of mass de-

‘The change reflects careful consideration of how best to address what is clearly a national security priority.’ GORDON TROWBRIDGE, Pentagon spokesman

struction will shift to Special Operations Command from US Strategic Command, which then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld assigned to the mission in 2005. The decision means yet another job for Special Operations, whose elite troops have been used heavily by Obama to strike the Islamic State and other militant groups. The command will coordinate the development of a ‘‘coherent’’ Defense Department response to weapons of mass destruction, said a senior military official, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the mission. Special Operations will not be granted any new legal authori-

ties for the mission but will have new influence in guiding how the Defense Department responds to threats of weapons of mass destruction. Pentagon spokesman Gordon Trowbridge said the decision shows how seriously the Pentagon takes countering weapons of mass destruction. ‘‘Changes to combatant command authorities are not undertaken lightly, and in this case, the change reflects careful consideration of how best to address what is clearly a national security priority,’’ Trowbridge said. The move follows longstanding complaints that Strategic Command, which oversees space operations, missile defense, and nuclear missions, has not devoted enough personnel and emphasis to the job. It also comes as others question whether Special Operations has been given too much power, in part due to a decision first acknowledged by Carter in October to have Joint Special Operations Command, the most secretive part of the group, coordinate all US efforts to track foreign fighters globally. One senior defense official who has worked on the mission to counter weapons of mass destruction said that Strategic Command ‘‘has rarely invested the necessary political and intellectual capital’’ to push for issues pertaining to countering weapons of mass destruction. The official attributed that to the Pentagon not having US forces designated specifically to countering weapons of mass destruction and an ‘‘overall low sense of priority as compared to its other missions.’’ The question, the senior defense official said, is whether Special Operations will effectively address all concerns about weapons of mass destruction given its ‘‘narrow interests’’ focusing on potential terrorism involving the weapons. Trowbridge disputed those concerns, saying regional combatant commands, such as Central Command and Pacific Command, will continue to execute missions to counter weapons of mass destruction, with Special Operations synchronizing ef-

Tragedy drives man to give ‘haven’ to babies across US By Frank Eltman ASSOCIATED PRESS

LEVITTOWN, N.Y. — To untold numbers of children, he’s simply Uncle Tim. Nearly 3,300 babies across the country who otherwise might have been abandoned and perhaps died have found homes in the past 17 years, thanks in part to the efforts of Tim Jaccard, a retired New York police ambulance medic who grew weary of responding to calls of dead infants abandoned in trash cans and alleys. ‘‘To hold a newborn infant in your arms and have to pronounce that child dead is heartwrenching,’’ said the 66-yearold father and grandfather. ‘‘My gut feeling was that I was being sent on these particular calls to try and see what’s going on and change it. I had to stop this insanity.’’ Not only did he help spearhead a movement in all 50 states to enact ‘‘safe haven’’ laws that give mothers the option of leaving their newborns at police stations, hospitals, or firehouses without fear of prosecution, he also founded the national Baby Safe Haven organization that acts as a go-between to make such drop-offs as safe as possible. Leaving a newborn at a firehouse door in the freezing cold, for example, could still be dangerous for the infant. Mothers can instead call a national hotline (1-866-510-BABY) and arrange a safe handover. Some give birth at a hospital and surrender the child to Baby Safe Haven representatives who work with local social services agencies. ‘‘What he’s doing is ensuring that mothers are able to move forward with their lives,’’ said Tracey Johnson, executive director of the National Safe Haven Alliance in Washington, D.C. ‘‘And the kids get the gift of life.’’

According to the alliance, 3,298 babies had been turned over nationwide in 17 years with the help of Baby Safe Haven, including 167 so far this year. The holiday season often sees an uptick in the numbers. In one memorable case from last year, Jaccard said a distraught mother had called the Baby Safe Haven hotline seeking information about New York’s law just minutes before a healthy newborn boy, his umbilical cord still attached, was left at the manger of a Nativity scene at New York City church. The reasons for such cases are as varied as the children, Johnson said, dispelling a notion that the mothers and fathers are young teenagers. Some are college students reluctant to tell their parents and can’t raise a child alone. Many are women in ‘‘toxic relationships,’’ with spouses already abusing older children in the home and want to shield a new baby from that fate.

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forts across the Defense Department ‘‘just as [Strategic Command] has done.’’ A d e f e n s e o ff i c i a l w i t h knowledge of the discussions said the decision amounts to a ‘‘rebalancing of priorities’’ as other missions under Strategic Command’s control, including cyberwarfare, take resources. Strategic Command commanders, the official said, are ‘‘busy cats, and they have huge responsibilities in terms of managing our strategic response. ‘‘They’re responsible for, if necessary, waging nuclear war,’’ the official said. ‘‘That’s a huge responsibility.’’

Special Operations has long had a hand in efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction and trains extensively to respond in case a nuclear weapon ends up in the hands of terrorists. According to the book ‘‘Relentless Strike,’’ a best-selling history of Joint Special Operations Command published last year, virtually every joint readiness exercise the unit ran by the 1990s involved the counterproliferation of nuclear weapons, with special attention paid to the seizure of weapons that enemies might hide underground. That mission has continued to evolve.

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have more donors to places like Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, and parts of California, which have higher demand. But since it was released for public comment in August, the plan has quickly become one of the most divisive in transplant history. More than 1,000 comments, many in outraged opposition, have poured in to a government website. Many argued that rural patients have inferior access to health care in the first place, and that this will exacerbate the problem. “Keep Georgia livers in Georgia!’’ wrote several opponents. One man from the Midwest accused transplant centers in the Northeast and elsewhere of “taking the easy way out by trying to poach our organs’’ rather than increase donations in their own cities. The debate has strained longstanding relationships among medical colleagues and pitted patients against one another. Surgeons in the Southeast and Midwest have suggested that doctors in the Northeast exaggerate how sick their patients are to win better access to organs, which go to the sickest patients first. Meanwhile, physicians in the larger cities say that their colleagues at the smaller transplant centers are more worried about their program’s bottom line than a fair system for patients. D r. K e n n e t h C h a v i n , a South Carolina transplant surgeon, noted in online comments that the debate echoes the tone of the recent national election. “ The approach has been conducted more like this year’s presidential politics,’’ he wrote this fall. “It has been divisive and polarizing unlike any issue in transplant or anything I have seen in my career.’’ Given the opposition, the United Network for Organ Sharing committee that crafted the proposal has gone back to the drawing board on a plan that it had already researched and vetted with surgeons for two years. But many surgeons are pessimistic that they can reach a consensus, given the fact that previous attempts to fix geographical disparities in liver transplants have erupted in disagreement too. Dr. James Markmann, chief of transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, supports the recent proposal, which would help his patients, but said it’s time for “an impartial arbitrator to decide what is the best thing to do for the country. Those who have [ t h e l i v e r s ] d o n’ t w a n t t o share.’’

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Michael Champigny, 42, badly need a liver but had to wait weeks even though he had landed in the intensive care unit with a serious abdominal infection.

There are 11 US regions, with 58 organ bank service areas. New England, Region 1, has 2 organ banks.

The ratio of eligible donors to patients on the waiting list by region. New England (region 1) has the lowest ratio, meaning patients generally wait longer for transplants and are sicker by the time they get them.

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A liver recovered by the New England Organ Bank would first be offered to any adult or pediatric status 1A or 1B patients region-wide. These are urgent patients who will die within 7 days, are on ventilators and in the ICU, among other factors.

If there is no patient in that category who can use the liver, then the liver is offered to a patient in the organ bank service area with a score of 40. If there is no one who fits that criteria, then it is offered to a patient in the broader region with a score of 40. It goes back and forth from organ bank service area to region for each score down to 35. If no patient takes the liver, then it goes back to the organ bank service area for patients from 15 to 34. It then goes to the broader region for those patients.

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sicker, at 28 — though surgeons in rural areas argue the number is inflated because of the wider use of a practice in the Northeast that gives patients extra points for certain medical conditions. The proposal released in August seeks to combine nearly the entire East Coast from Georgia to Maine into a single region. Livers from organ banks in the Southeast would be offered to the sickest patients in the Northeast before they go to moderately ill patients in the Southeast — and vice versa. I t ’s a b o l d c h a n g e t h a t

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If no one has taken the organ at this point, only then would it be offered nationally to status 1A and 1B patients and then to those with a score of at least 15. When organs get this far they are almost always poorer quality. Some programs will take them if a particular patient is desperate.

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The sickest patients are A1 or 1B; the rest are assigned to scores between 6 and 40, with 40 being the most ill.

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Filling a desperate need? The benefits of liver transplants are indisputable — patients who are expected to die within weeks can instead live decades. The number of deceased liver donors in the US has risen steadily in recent years; about 6,800 transplants were performed in 2015, a 13 percent increase over 2010. B u t t h a t s t i l l h a s n’ t b e e n enough to keep up with demand, creating a waiting list that stood at 14,520 patients earlier this month. Currently, livers from people who have died generally go to patients in the service area of the local organ bank and then to the broader geographical region — there are 11 in total — with the sickest patients getting top priority. Livers rarely leave a region — unless they are poorer quality and not wanted by patients there. D o c t o r s g i v e p at i e n t s a “medical urgency score,” from 6 to 40; the higher the number, the more likely the patient will die within three months — and the higher their ranking for a transplant. The wide national variation in supply and demand has led to inequities in how long patients must wait for a liver and how sick they must be to get one — if they get one at all. In Georgia and South Carolina, patients have an urgency score of 22 on average when they receive a liver, according to the organ sharing network. In Massachusetts, they are far

Chances of getting a liver transplant vary by region

How livers are distributed to sick patients

could benefit patients like Champigny. Suffering from fatigue and jaundice, the former construction worker went to the emergency room two years ago. Tests showed his liver was badly damaged; Champigny said he took a lot of Tylenol to treat chronic sciatica and that he sometimes drank too much. Last summer, he dropped 60 pounds from his 200-pound frame and grew too exhausted to work, climb stairs, or even shave. He was devastated when Bozorgzadeh told him a new liver was the only option.

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*Patients are given an urgency score from 6 to 40, with 40 being the sickest. SOURCE: OPTN/UNOS Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee JAMES ABUNDIS/GLOBE STAFF

“I had no idea it was that severe,’’ he said. When he was cleared for the wait list at UMass Memorial a year ago, his urgency score was below 20. Then, before this Thanksgiving, he landed in the intensive care unit with a serious abdominal infection. His score shot up to 32. That still wasn’t high enough to get a liver in New England that week, where Bozorgzadeh said there were about 20 patients ahead of him. But Champigny rallied. Days before the holiday, he perused food magazines in his hospital bed, planning his family’s Thanksgiving menu and hoping to spend it at home with his wife and 9-yearold son. If he lived in Georgia or South Carolina, his surgeon believes he would have had his transplant far sooner. Finally, last week, Champigny got his transplant. “It’s absolutely mind-boggling how unfair this system is,’’ said Bozorgzadeh, standing by his patient’s bedside in November. “There is no way to know how long it will take.’’

Or serving the privileged? Brenda Mitchell was waiting for a new liver too — in Atlanta. She said that while she is not urgently ill, she is “slowly dying’’ from liver disease. Mitchell echoed a common criticism of the recent proposal — that because organs would travel further in some cases, their quality would not be as good, or at least that would be the presumption by surgeons. “Deserving recipients who are 20 minutes from the hospital, and gravely ill will have to die so a person 1,500 miles away can receive the degraded organ hours later. How is this fair?’’ she wrote to the organ sharing network. Dr. Prabhakar Baliga, chairman of surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, said families frequently donate their deceased relatives’ organs specifically to help neighbors. He worries that donations in his region will plummet if the system is changed. “People wanted to donate blood to save the lives of people [injured in] the Boston

Ma rat h o n . B u t s u p p o s e i t could save more people in South Carolina?’’ he said. “Would you really feel as motivated to do that?’’ One reason there is a greater supply of donated livers in Southeastern states relative to demand is that residents die at younger ages from strokes, car accidents, and gunshot wounds, surgeons said. Residents also generally have less access to medical care than those in the Northeast, which can also lead to lower demand if people with liver disease never make it onto a transplant wait list. Sending livers up north is “leveraging an area of greater need to one of greater privil e g e ,’ ’ s a i d D r. R a y m o n d Lynch, a transplant surgeon at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Bozorgzadeh doesn’t see it that way. He is galled by a video on the University of Kansas Hospital website, in which Dr. Timothy Schmitt , chie f of transplantation, encourages patients who need liver transplants to come to his center, which has “some of the shortest waiting times in the country.’’ This, too, could create economic disparities, the UMass Memorial surgeon said. Patients who have money, such as the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, can travel for extended periods. Jobs left his home in Northern California in 2009 to get a liver transplant in Tennessee, where the supply-to-demand ratio was more favorable. Schmitt said the University of Kansas Hospital video is several years old, and the wait there is no longer short enough to attract much national business. Anyway, “all of these things are just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,’’ he said. “If you want to do more transplants you have to have more donors.’’ Meanwhile, Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, a San Francisco transplant surgeon and chairman of the committee that proposed the recent plan, said his group will try to redraw the lines again and propose a new plan by next August. There is no choice, he said, given that the federal government ordered in 2000 that the United Network for Organ Sharing ensure that transplants are not medically futile, that they are based on sound medical judgment, and that access does not vary by geography. The last “is the only thing we have not made any progress on over the last 16 years,’’ he said. Liz Kowalczyk can be reached at kowalczyk@globe.com.

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A tradition that means even more CHELSEA — This year, Christianity’s first story seems to mean even more. Far from home, a lowly man and his pregnant wife are on a desperate search for a refuge, a place where the woman can give birth to a child who would change the world. They are viewed with hostility and suspicion until, finally, they find shelter in a stable. For hundreds of years, Latino churches around the world have reenacted this quest on each of the nine nights before Christmas. The processions, called Las Posadas — The Inns — end with strangers finding the welcome Mary and Joseph did not, as honored guests in a parishioner’s home, where they gather to pray and sing and eat together. On a Saturday night, members of San Lucas church in Chelsea, joined by those from other Episcopal churches in Westwood and Mattapan, trudged up a steep, snowy hill, holding each other to avoid slipping. At the

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Top: Bernardo Padilla and Miriam Cano carried the statue of Mary and Joseph to the home of Irma and Manuel Castellon in Chelsea. Above: Suyapa Perez prays during a Las Posadas ceremony.

head of the procession, statues of Mary and Joseph were held aloft. They all crowded onto the front porch of the Castellon home, on Franklin Street. “In the name of heaven, I ask you for shelter, For my wife is tired, She can go no farther,’’ they sang in Spanish. “I am no inn-keeper. You two cannot stay here. He might be a scoundrel,” the Castellons sang back. Back and forth they went, playing the parts of beseeching pilgrims and the skeptical hosts, until finally, the Castellons gave in, threw open the door, and the pilgrims filed in, up the stairs to the second-floor apartment. The place was cozy, the smell of cooking tamales wafting through the living room. Irma Castellon had spent days making 200 of them for the night’s feast. The people prayed together, in Spanish and English, and sang hymns and carols. It was warm and crowded, every seat and every spot on the floor taken. There have

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By Laura Crimaldi Since February 2015, Ronald Grey said he’d been living like a deployed soldier. His nightly resting spot was a bunk bed at the New England Center and Home for Veterans in Boston, where he kept everything he owned in a wall locker and shared a bathroom with other former military members. That all changed Friday when Grey was handed the keys to a furnished studio apartment on the fourth floor of the center’s Court Street facility, with views of City Hall Plaza, Faneuil Hall, and the control tower at Boston Logan International Airport. “The view. I can’t get it out of my mind,” Grey, 52, said Saturday. “It’s world class. Incredible.” Grey is among more than 30 home-

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory to operate on Boston University’s medical campus in the South End, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. Scientists in the National Emerging Infectious Diseases lab would have clearance to study the world’s deadliest pathogens, such as Ebola. The biolab still needs to win approval from the city’s health commission before that research can begin. “It’s an important step; we’re excited that they have recognized the quality of our people and facilities, but we still need to wait on the rest of the process,” said Ronald B. Corley, the lab’s director. The spread of Ebola and, more recently, the Zika virus, has shown how quickly pathogens can travel around the world, Corley said — and there are some we have not even discovered. “This isn’t a closed circle. There are many pathogens out there that, as we encroach on the wilderness areas and forests, as we change the environment, we’re going to run into more and more,” Corley said. “Every little bit we learn helps us solve the problems for the next one.” The Boston Public Health Commission said in a statement that it has been reviewing safety plans and procedures at the lab since 2013. The commission “will continue to carry out a rigorous review process of Nation-

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An exhausted yet exhilarated Globe Santa reported in early this morning with an accounting of his rounds on Christmas Eve: He had delivered more than 22,000 packages containing presents, books, and clothes to 19,938 homes in 192 communities across Greater Boston where 35,570 deserving children were waiting on the dawn. So 8-year-old Raya, whose mother has died and whose father is blind, is smiling today because her little brother, who is 6, can forget about crying for a while and enjoy playing with his toys. And a single mother

waiting anxiously for a new heart in her home west of Boston was able to watch as her 4year-old boy dashed down the stairs this morning to find some holiday magic under the Christmas tree. Then there is the young mother of three from the North Shore who wrote to Globe Santa about the additional responsibility she took on this year: the care of her addicted sister’s four children. Finances are tight, so could Santa help her to make sure all the kids got a visit on Christmas Eve?, she asked. He could, of course, and he did, as his sleigh swept over the region. But Globe Santa was not alone, either in the spirit of holiday giving, or in the doing of his job. There were the contribGLOBE SANTA, Page B5

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Ice rink reopens after Zamboni crash Boston Winter’s ice skating rink at City Hall plaza reopened early Saturday afternoon after a Zamboni crashed into its wall Friday afternoon, prompting officials to shut down the rink. Tricia McCorkle, a spokeswoman for TD Garden, which manages the rink, said the wall and some of the ice, which had been damaged in the crash, were repaired. The rink will be closed Sunday for the Christmas holiday and will be open Monday for its scheduled hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Zamboni crashed into the wall of the rink around 5 p.m. Friday while the ice was being resurfaced. No one was on the rink at the time, and no one was injured. The Zamboni driver was taken to the hospital to be checked and was released. Officials are still investigating the cause of the crash, McCorkle said.

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Maynard woman, 22, dies in fiery crash MARK LORENZ FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Mayor Martin J. Walsh handed gifts to Chloe Boutin, and her brother, Chris, both 10, Saturday at Fwresh Salon and Spa.

Giveaway spreads holiday joy to kids 1,500 get gifts at event, a legacy of Mayor Menino By Evan Allen GLOBE STAFF

Yadhira Mendez knelt on the gymnasium floor to tear wrapping paper off the Christmas present she had just been handed during the gift giveaway at St. Peter’s Church in Dorchester on Saturday. “It’s a generation doll!” the 11-year-old shouted, looking up to grin at her twin brother, Yuri. “It’s like an American Girl doll, but taller,” she explained. Yuri cradled his own treasures: a yellow car, a Lego set, and a basketball. All around them at the Catholic Charities’ Teen Center, children kicked new soccer balls, skidded skateboards across the floor, and chatted happily about wireless earbuds and EasyBake Ovens. About 400 families — in-

cluding around 1,400 to 1,500 children — were expected to receive Christmas gifts at the 23rd gift giveaway, a tradition started by the late Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and carried on by his family members, who purchased the gifts this year. “It’s just an honor to continue the legacy that he built,” said his granddaughter Olivia Fenton, 17. Olivia’s sister, 18year-old Giulia, said she remembered waking up on Christmas as a child, excited to go see what Santa brought; it was the best, she said, to give that to other children. Families who cannot afford Christmas gifts fill out applications to participate in the giveaway, and the children make wish lists. While the children are always thrilled, the Christmas Eve tradition gives struggling parents the gift of providing for their families, said the Rev. Jack Ahern, who helped begin the effort more than two decades ago.

“A lot of tears, especially in mother’s eyes,” said Ahern. After a bruising election season, he said, some families are afraid and some kids are worried their parents will be deported. With such instability, he said, the gift giveaway “provides a sense of community.” For Jeannie Alicea, who came with her 12-year-old daughter and her 5-year-old son, the gift giveaway meant there would be presents under the tree after a hard year. “I’ve been having a rough time,” she said. “It helps out a lot with me. I feel bad, especially around the holidays, not being able to give my kids a Christmas I think they deserve. So just coming here means a lot.” Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said he was heartened to see so many young people so happy. And the fact that Christmas Eve coincides with the start of Hanukkah, he said, was very special. “It’s beautiful when these feast days coincide, be-

cause that way we’re all celebrating together,” he said. Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans and Mayor Martin J. Walsh, both of whom attended the gift giveaway in the morning, stepped out into the rain after about 45 minutes to walk through the BowdoinGeneva area with a large group of city officials and police officers, handing out gifts to every child they saw. Inside a barbershop, Walsh slipped a Star Wars figure under the white smock of a stunned little boy; Evans posed for endless selfies with a woman who wanted to know, “Got two for my grandchildren?” Evans said he loves the gift giveaway and the walk. He always keeps his fingers crossed for a happy and quiet holiday. “We pray that everyone has a great Christmas,” he said, “and a safe new year.” Evan Allen can be reached at evan.allen@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @evanmallen.

Katherine Lalli, 22, of Maynard died in a fiery single-car crash in Lancaster early Saturday morning, according to State Police. The woman was driving west on Route 2 in a 2008 Toyota Camry when she veered off the road around 3:45 a.m., police said. The car then traveled into the woods and became “fully engulfed in flames,” according to a statement from State Police. The woman, who was the only person in the car, died at the scene.

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Girl, 3, shoots herself with father’s gun A 3-year-old girl accidently shot herself with her father’s unlicensed and unsecured handgun in South Yarmouth Friday afternoon, severely wounding her left hand, police said. The child’s father was identified as Nicholas Alexander Jenner, 30, a military veteran who lives with his parents at 47 Captain Daniel Road, Yarmouth police said in a statement. Jenner has not been arrested but will be summoned to court to face multiple gun charges and a charge of reckless endangerment to a child, Deputy Police Chief Steven Xiarhos said. The child’s mother was in the room while the incident happened. Attempts to reach the Jenner family were unsuccessful Saturday night. The state Department of Children and Families was immediately contacted following the accident and has taken custody of the child, Xiarhos said.

BELMONT

Two water main breaks flood streets Two major water main breaks in Belmont sent water rushing into town streets and left some homes and businesses without water for several hours on Saturday, officials said.The first break occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Brighton Street, where crews were on the scene for much of the day, according to the public works department. The second break was reported around 3:15 p.m. at Washington Street and West Street, near the Chenery Middle School, according to Belmont police. It was unclear how long it would be before water would be back up and running. There were no buildings at risk of damage, according to the public works department.

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Menorah lighting set for Common Chabad of Downtown Boston will be hosting the 33rd Annual Menorah Lighting on the Boston Common on Sunday, a celebration to mark the second night of Hanukkah. The program is free and will include live music, warm beverages, and Hanukkah treats for kids. It will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday next to the MBTA Park Street station on Tremont Street, according to a listing on jewishboston.com.

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Cardinal Seán O’Malley was among the volunteers serving meals and good cheer to the homeless at Pine Street Inn shelter.

At Pine St. Inn, a Christmas meal, blessing By Felicia Gans GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

The archbishop of Boston greeted guests at Pine Street Inn Saturday afternoon, saying grace before their Christmas Eve luncheon and wishing them a Merry Christmas. “Bless especially those who are struggling with homelessness,” Cardinal Seán O’Malley said, giving thanks for the shelter and for the people who work and volunteer with the homeless there. O’Malley said before the luncheon that many challenges “we face as a society are depicted right here at Pine Street Inn.” “The housing shortage, the lack of decent jobs for people, problems of mental health, addiction,” he said. “I’m happy to call attention to the wonderful work that’s being done here and the challenges that we all face

as a society.” About 400 people were served at the festive luncheon, which included orange-glazed ham, sweet potatoes, vegetables, and corn bread. Approximately 200 volunteers helped with preparations throughout the week, and many returned Saturday to help serve the meal, said Lyndia Downie, executive director of Pine Street Inn. Henry Lutz, 8, volunteered with several family members, including his sister and parents. He said the afternoon was fun because he was given a chance to help out others. “We just wanted to do something,” he said. “I hope they stay healthy. I hope Santa brings them good things, like a house.” Downie said a couple guests at the luncheon moved out of Pine Street Inn and into their

Henry Lutz, 8, joined his family in volunteering. own homes over the last year. They returned for this year’s luncheon to see old friends, she said. “I was happy to see them but jokingly, I said, ‘Glad to see you,

but don’t stay,’” she said. “It’s a very tough holiday if you’re homeless,” she added. “Having the cardinal here and sending a message that people haven’t forgotten about you matters a lot.” And it’s a message many guests at Pine Street Inn said they appreciated. Ronald Morel, 68, a Vietnam veteran who has been living at Pine Street Inn for about five months, said he was impressed by O’Malley’s Christmas Eve visit. “People here don’ t have much, or nothing at all,” he said. “It gives them a little ray of hope to know that someone of his status took the time to come out.” Felicia Gans can be reached at felicia.gans@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @FeliciaGans.

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been more people at this year’s posadas than before, said Teresita Cetina, 62, who arrived here from Mexico 40 years ago. Because this year, people are more afraid, more in need of the reassurance that worshipping together provides. “Everybody you talk to, they have that fear,” she said. “A lot of people are moving to the church because of what they’re hearing. . . . We see more people come, trying to believe that things are going to be better.” Better than the talk of deportations and walls, and the suspicion that surrounds Latino immigrants now. Though all they seek is refuge for their families, they know some see them as scoundrels. Edgar Gutiérrez-Duarte, the vicar at San Lucas, said there is great apprehension in his church, with children expressing fears their parents will be deported, and everyone feeling unwelcome in a country they’d considered theirs. “My mom and dad were running away from poverty and civil war,” said Jacky Castellon, 23, a teacher who helped lead the prayers, and ferried tamales to guests. Her parents were born in El Salvador. “For me, this posada means more. We are fearful of what’s going to happen.” Jacky, her two sisters, and her brother are realizing their parent’s dreams: Born here, they are hard-working, devoted to their family and to the church, and dedicated to lives of service. The parish has lost beloved members to deportation. Christmas reminds them of Livio Arias Torres, an activist and guitarist from Venezuela who played the carol “Mi burrito sabanero” (“My little donkey”) with such gusto that church members couldn’t help but dance. Torres, then 70, was arrested by immigration authorities in 2012 and deported. “He made our music so much more alive, and joyous,” Gutiérrez-Duarte said. “Imagine our grief when we had our first posada without him.” The church offers a unity and strength these people desperately need right now. The story of Christmas is in some ways their story. And in case that wasn’t utterly plain on this snowy night, Bishop Gayle E. Harris spelled it out. “Jesus’ time and our time may be different, but they are also the same,” she said. “We are people of God, who want to

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Above: The Rev. Edgar Gutiérrez-Duarte (right) of Saint Luke’s-San Lucas Episcopal Church in Chelsea led the posada at the home of the Castellon family. Below: Monica Castellon (center) and her mother Irma served food to their guests.

have justice, and security, and a home. So let us always remember, as we may be forced to move, and we may have fear in our hearts, that Mary and Joseph had the same experiences we have. We are journeying with them, and them with us. And so we still have hope.”

Though they are understandably fearful, hope was all around them in that crowded apartment, which was thrown open to dozens of strangers, and was full of singing and love and a determination to stand together no matter what may come.

Joel, 12, loves animals and sports Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption. Joel is a sweet and sensitive 12-year-old boy of Hispanic descent who can speak both Spanish and EngSUNDAY’S lish. Joel has CHILD shared he would like a family that has a pet, preferably a dog. Joel likes helping to care for animals and he is described as polite and helpful. Joel enjoys playing basketball and looks up to Michael Jordan because “he won so many trophies and had good sportsmanship and teamwork.” Joel also enjoys learning about magic, playing chess, watching movies, and reading books. Joel would like to be a Marine when he grows up as he would like to help his nation. Joel is currently in the seventh grade and he does well with the frequent breaks and small groups in his classroom. He is described at school as being very friendly and helpful. Joel says his favorite subject in school right now is math because he is learning about long

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Joel equations with exponents and parenthesis. If Joel had three wishes he would wish to be the richest person in the world, stop world hunger, and to be a Marine. Joel will need a family open to maintaining contact with his maternal grandmother. His worker feels he would do best in a single- or two-parent home with older, similar age, or no children. If a family had prior parenting experience that would be ideal, however his worker is open to exploring families that have not yet parented before.

To adopt a child from foster care, you must go through a training, interview, and matching process. To begin, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), for referrals to agencies in your area. After submitting an initial application, a social worker will meet with you, then refer you for the Massachusetts Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (MAPP) training. After completing the MAPP course, you’ll have meetings with a social worker who will conduct your “home study” to explore adoption possibilities with you and begin to match you with a waiting child. It’s important to balance patience with persistence to make a match that will build a lifelong family. To learn more about Joel, and about adoption from foster care, call the MARE at 617-54- ADOPT (617-5423678) or visit www.mareinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call home.”

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“People don’t realize, there is a world of goodness,” Jacky Castellon said. “All these people who came to our house tonight, we don’t know them, but we welcome them, we respect them. We speak different languages, together. That’s what the posadas are about.”

Winter will come. The unluckiest of those who sang together here will know a world grown colder, a world which turns away and closes the door. But here, in the days before Christmas, it was warm and safe. This was a night to be cherished.

“This is one moment where we don’t have to worry about anything,” Jacky Castellon said. Yvonne Abraham is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at yvonne.abraham@ globe.com and on Twitter @GlobeAbraham

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t was an age-old tradition at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: Four times a year, subway and bus drivers would arrive at their garages to find the walls plastered in sheets of paper, filled with the times and dates for thousands of shifts over the coming months. Drivers, in order of seniority, had to fill each one of the time slots in. In all, the process could take up to eight weeks as driver after driver came to mark their shifts. But now that the MBTA and its largest union, the Boston Carmen’s Union, have reached a new collective bargaining deal, the antiquated system is poised to come to an end. The union, which represents about 4,100 workers — many of them drivers who used the system — has agreed to try new scheduling software that cost the MBTA about $430,000. “The electronic roster picking has been a huge priority for us, because we want to build bus service that works for our customers,” Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said last week, as the agency prepared to brief the public on a new contract. Brian Shortsleeve, the MBTA’s acting general manager, said making the system more efficient has been a leading priority. “It’ll enable us to more rapidly change routes and modify routes in reaction to demand,” he said. “Most importantly, we’re going to save millions of dollars and drive productivity.” Computerizing the schedule sounds like an obvious move in this day and age, but the union had resisted the change for years. At one point, the union brought the issue to an independent arbitrator, who allowed the union to keep the system. (The Boston Carmen’s Union didn’t respond to ques-

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tions for this story, but president James O’Brien has said the union is eager to “be part of the solution,” in general, for MBTA issues.) For MBTA executives, who have been eager to cast Governor Charlie Baker and his administration as longawaited reformers for an embattled system, the switch looks like a win. It not only deals a blow to a powerful union, but also saves money.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is Sunday, Dec. 25, the 360th day of 2016. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day. ºToday’s birthdays: Actor Dick Mi l l e r i s 8 8 . A u t h o r A n n e Roiphe is 81. Actress Hanna Schygulla is 73. Rhythm-andblues singer John Edwards (the Spinners) is 72. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 70. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Larry Csonka is 70. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 68. Actress Sissy Spacek is 67. Former White House adviser Karl Rove is 66. Singer Annie Lennox is 62. Reggae singer-musician Robin Campbell (UB40) is 62. Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is 58. The former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, is 58. Rock singer Mac Po w e l l ( T h i r d D a y ) i s 4 4 . Rhythm-and-blues singer Ryan Shaw is 36.

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avoiding such problems. The new system will also allow workers to select shifts through the software program, reducing the need for oversight at an expected savings of about $4.7 million over four years. The change will take time, though. Implementing the system will take at least a year, although officials say they will be testing it in their garages starting in 2017.

MBTA officials have pointed out that paper scheduling allowed some drivers to choose shifts that violated a federal rule prohibiting them from working unless they’ve had 10 hours between shifts. In some cases, the MBTA had to pay some drivers to stay home during those shifts and pay another driver to fill in. Officials estimate the MBTA could save about $2.6 million over four years

Want to take advantage of the MBTA during your holiday revelry? Check the schedules first. On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and Monday, Dec. 26, everything will operate on a Sunday schedule. That means people who are going to work Monday will see fewer buses, trains, and trolleys. But on New Year’s Eve, it’s a different story. First, the best news: You can ride free after 8 p.m. That night, the MBTA will be running subway trains more frequently than on a typical Saturday, to accommodate the droves of people coming in and out of the city. Subway lines will start on a Saturday schedule, then switch to rushhour levels of service between 3 p.m. and 2 a.m. Commuter rail lines will also run more often. It’s tougher luck if you want to take the bus for your party plans, though. On New Year’s Eve, the buses will run on a regular Saturday schedule, which means several lines won’t run. On New Year’s Day and Jan. 2, be prepared for less service again. They’ll be running a Sunday schedule on buses and trains. You can find more details at http://www.mbta.com/events.

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and his wife, Elena, were executed following a popular uprising. ºIn 1990, the World Wide Web was born in Geneva as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the world’s first hyperlinked webpage. ºIn 1991, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a communist superpower that had already gone out of existence. ºIn 2011, a suicide bombing of a Catholic church near Nigeria’s capital left at least 44 people dead. ºIn 2015, Pope Francis, in his Christmas Day greeting from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, encouraged UN-backed peace deals for Syria and Libya and praised those who welcomed migrants.

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great success of eightth-grader Nikhil Kumar at the World Cadets, where not only did he overcome the thousands of miles of travel but also the clear favorite, Indian prodigy R. Praggnanandhaa, to win the U12 group. He also won the recent National Chess Congress in Philadelphia. Though his rating was just 2210, Kumar managed to beat two grandmasters and drew two other titled players, for an undefeated score of 5/6. For this, he gained 110 rating points and won $1,925. We will have to keep a close eye on him in the future as we may have another star. Winners: MIT Winter Open: 1st: Nithin Kavi, 4-0, U1800: 1st: Linh Nguyen, 4-0, U1400: 1st (tie) Isaac Chen, Hoyin Chu, Jason Wyckoff, 3-1 Coming events: Jan. 6-8, 5th annual, Boston Chess Congress, Hyatt Boston Harbor at Logan Airport, http:// w w w. c h e s s t o u r. c o m / bcc17.htm Answer to problem: 1.Qxd7! Rxd7 2.Re8+! (Not 2.Rc8+ Rd8! defends) 2…Kh7 3.Rcc8. The mate threat on h8 forces either Qc1+ or Rd8, leaving White a rook up.

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mother put her family’s circumstances plainly in her letter to Globe Santa: “I am working tirelessly to save money. However, I am having a hard time catching up to my bills. We live paycheck to paycheck. which means having to find ways to pay the rent and buy food versus preparing for Christmas.” Despite the tough times, she added, “the family remains tightly knit , with enough money to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.” She concluded with a sentiment of gratitude that coursed through many of the 22,000 letters that Globe Santa received this year: “Thank you, Globe Santa, for your consideration in advance. It is companies like yours that do amazing things to help struggling parents put the smiles of joy on their childrens’ faces at times like this.” Another mother, single with two girls who received gifts this morning, echoed that sentiment and added a sense of hope about her future Christmases: “I believe that the world works in cycles and that one day I will be fortunate enough to provide another young mother with the joy and hope that I have been provided for so many years.”

The 2016 Grand Chess Tour (www.GrandChessTour.org) has ended with a grand victory by American, via the Philippines, Wesley So. This past week, So won the London Chess Classic by a half point over Fabiano Caruana, winning $75,000 and adding 13 points to his already leading Grand Prix total, which secured his first place finish, earning him $100,000. This combined with winning the Sinquefield Cup in August ($75,000) and his strong performances in June’s rapid and blitz events, Paris GTC, and “ Your Next Move” Belgium, ($45,000) brought his 2016 Grand Chess Tour prize total to an amazing $295,000. Coming in second and third in the Grand Tour were fellow Americans Hikaru Nakamura ($144,166) and Fabiano Caruana ($108,750). The Grand Chess Tour has also just announced that not only will the Parisian and Belgian events be back in 2017, but the Tour will be adding a ne w e vent at the St . L ouis Chess Club, called St. Louis Rapid, which will be a rapid and blitz event, following right after the Sinquefield Cup in August. This new addition will

raise the total 2017 Grand Prix prize fund to $1.2 million. The National K-12 Grade Championships, a 14-section, 1544-player event, has just concluded in Nashville, and just scanning the crosstable, there were a disappointing number of Massachusetts players listed but we did notice some success-

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The last thing on their shopping list — buying a tree By Nicole Fleming GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Arzoris Hernandez and Ekin Ilseven have never had a Christmas tree before — she grew up in Puerto Rico where real holiday trees are hard to come by, and he is a Muslim. But for their first holiday season as a couple this year, they decided to try it. Because he lives in Zurich and she lives in Cambridge, Christmas Eve day was their only opportunity to buy one together. Ilseven had flown in Friday night to visit Hernandez over the holidays. In the pouring rain Saturday, they purchased their first tree at Boston Christmas Trees, a small setup in a lot on Harvard Avenue in Allston. “ We wanted to have the whole experience together,” Hernandez said. The couple had just one ornament as of Christmas Eve afternoon: a pair of little penguins with their names on them, purchased during Ilseven’s last visit. Nearby, co-owner Chris Gregory answered his cellphone. “Boston Christmas Trees! ... Yes, we do ... Well, it depends on the size. T he y range from 25 to 60 or 80 dollars.” Tradition, procrastination, and non-Yule holidays brought a stream of people to tree lots and farm stands Saturday. Gregory had been fielding calls all day from shoppers, quite anxious as many popular Christmas-tree venues had already closed for the season. “Some people have a [Christmas Eve] tradition and

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Brad Freseman of Somerville got ready to drive away with the Christmas tree he bought on Christmas Eve. they plan it,” Gregory said. “Other people — you'd be surprised, a lot of people live check-to-check. This last check is when they’re going to get their Christmas tree.” Lenny Rotman, who owns Boston Christmas Trees with Gregory, said many people buy trees for winter holidays other than Christmas. Russians and Eastern Europeans buy trees for the New Year, he said, and many Christians buy them for the Epiphany. Hernandez said she hopes she won’t accidentally kill her tree before the Epiphany holi-

day, also known as Three Kings Day, on Jan. 6. Knowing this well-established pattern of late buyers, Gregory and Rotman said they purchased extra trees this week to be sure that they had “plenty” for Christmas Eve, their last day of the season. A couple hours earlier at Wilson Farm in Lexington, Alexander Shkolnik of Wilmington, whose family is Russian and Jewish, selected a New Year tree. The New Year tree tradition — a secular wintertime observance — began during the Sovi-

et regime, when religious celebrations, including Christmas, were banned, he said. “Instead, they started celebrating New Year,” Shkolnik said. “Everybody would get a New Year tree and exchange presents. There was a jolly guy wearing a hat. They’d call him ‘Father Frost.’ He would give gifts to the kids.” Shkolnik said he meant to get a New Year tree a week ago, but with three small children during a busy time of year, “it ended up being a last-minute thing.” Mike Crawford, marketing

and promotion manager for Wilson Farm, said the business expects to sell about 30 to 40 trees on Christmas Eve — a “nice little bump” right before the big holiday, he said. “A lot of families will buy it [during] the day and put it together [during the night],” Crawford said. Chandran Seshagiri and Ilana Brownstein brought their 20-month-old son, Bhaskar, as they chose from a line of trees leaning against a fence, marked with a sign that said: “Charlie Brown trees.” Although Brownstein is

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less veterans who moved into the new units a few days ago and will wake up Christmas morning in apartments they can call home. The residences are part of a nearly $35 million renovation and restoration project at the center to expand housing , counseling, education, employment, and dining services for homeless men and women who have served their country. Construction is expected to be completed in March. “The goal was to get people homes for the holidays,” Andrew McCawley, president and chief executive of the nonprofit, said Saturday during a tour with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “We got them done this week.” Thirty-three veterans already had moved in and the remaining four units are expected to be occupied by the end of the year, McCawley said. The units are between 380 and 500 square feet and are equipped with a bathroom, kitchen, bed, dresser, closet, table, and two chairs. Residents share laundry facilities. Seven apartments have special appliances and bathroom configurations for handicapped veterans, and, for the first time, there are units for women, McCawley said.

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Ronald Grey, an Army veteran, moved in to his new apartment on Court Street on Friday. The new units bring the number of permanent residences at the center to 97, he said. Grey, an Army veteran, said he’s been homeless off and on since early 2009 when he was evicted from his apartment after losing his job as a laboratory animal technician at Harvard University. Since then, Grey said he’s spent time in Kentucky, his home state, and Missouri before returning to Boston last y e a r. He w o r k s a t D S W i n Downtown Crossing and as-

pires to resume classes at Harvard Extension School, where he had previously been a student. “I’m so thankful to the New England Center and Home for Veterans for where I am,” Grey said. “It paid off so much [Friday] with getting settled here.” While touring the renovation project, Walsh said the new apartments are part of the city ’s effort to end chronic homelessness among veterans. The city provided $1 million for the renovation, McCawley said.

“ T his is really what you need,” Walsh said. “This is the model.” There are about 250 homeless veterans in Boston, the smallest population the city has seen since 2007 when officials started keeping track, said Laila Bernstein, Walsh’s adviser for the Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness. In 2014, Michelle Obama announced an effort to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. Since then, more than 800 homeless veterans in Bos-

ton have moved into homes, Bernstein said. “There’s still more work to be done. And this project coming on is part of that,” she said. The veterans moving into the new units are the among men and women who have been homeless the longest, said Sheila Dillon, the city’s chief of housing. The new tenants signed leases and received apartment keys after going through a process that included an assessment by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and meetings with representatives from the Boston Housing Authority, Bernstein said. The veterans pay 30 percent of their income in rent, and the rest is covered by federal vouchers for homeless veterans, officials said. The voucher also provides veterans with services from the VA, which has a social worker assigned to the center. Grey spent part of Saturday setting up his new apartment and picking up groceries at Roche Bros. He said he planned to buy a nutcracker and small tree to decorate for Christmas. “It’s going to be like Santa Claus came,” he said. Laura Crimaldi can be reached at laura.crimaldi@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @lauracrimaldi.

Jewish and her husband is Hindu, they both grew up with Christmas trees in their homes, s h e s a i d . B u t t h e y h a d n’ t bought a tree together yet. “We were trying to decide if we really wanted to go to the effort, and whether it would be worth it since [our son is] so little and he’s totally going to pull it over,” Brownstein said. “And then I remembered that Wilson Farm has these Charlie Brown trees, which are the perfect size for our little house.” Brownstein got a bunch of stuffed ornaments — “Lucky me, everything is on sale!” — just in case the small tree was brought down by the toddler, she said. O n C a m e r o n Av e n u e i n North Cambridge next to a bike path, Penny Freseman and her adult children Brad and Christie selected their tree from a lot run by Boy Scouts, shivering as “Do You Hear What I Hear?” played from a white trailer. The family is from Florida, visiting Brad, who now lives in Somer ville, they said. The chilly, rainy Massachusetts weather was an unwelcome distraction from their tree shopping. “ We ’ v e a c t u a l l y n e v e r bought a tree on Christmas Eve before,” Freseman said. “ We’ v e n e v e r b e e n t h i s slacker-y before either,” said her daughter Christie. But regardless of the date and the weather, Freseman said, “We had to get a Christmas tree.” Nicole Fleming can be reached at nicole.fleming@globe.com.

What’s open, closed on Christmas Day Holiday observed: Sunday, Monday. Retail stores: Closed Sunday, open Monday. Liquor stores: Closed Sunday, open Monday. Supermarkets: Closed Sunday, open Monday. Convenience stores: Some open Sunday; open Monday. Taverns, bars: Open. Banks, stock market: Closed. Municipal, state, federal offices: Closed. Libraries: Closed. Schools: Closed. Mail: Post offices closed; express delivery only. MBTA: Subways, buses, and commuter rail on Sunday schedule. Hingham and Charlestown commuter boats will not operate. The Ride on a Sunday schedule. For more information, call 617-222-3200. Boston traffic rules: Meters not enforced Sunday only. All other parking rules apply. Trash/recycling collection: Trash and recycling will be collected on schedule in Charlestown, the North End, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Bay Village, Fenway, the South End, Mission Hill, the Leather District, Chinatown, and South Boston. Trash and recycling collection will be delayed one day in Allston, Brighton, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Dorchester, Mattapan, East Boston, West Roxbury, and Hyde Park.

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al Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories’ application, including a review of safety and security protocols and an ongoing monitoring and inspection program to ensure that the Level 4 laboratory can operate safely prior to issuing any permits,” the commission said. The biolab, built with a $200 million federal grant the university obtained in 2003, has been the subject of fierce opposition and failed lawsuits from those who fear that research on deadly organisms for which there are no vaccines or treatments is too dangerous for a densely populated area. Longtime civil rights leader Mel King, who was a plaintiff along with his wife in an unsuccessful federal lawsuit attempting to block the biolab, said Saturday he was determined to fight to keep the Boston com-

mission from approving the lab. “We have to take it to the next level,” King said. “I think it’s an incredibly disastrous thing to put on any community. “ There are lots of places where there aren’ t people around where they could do that,’’ he said “But when you get people ego-tripping, they don’t care about what happens to other people.” King, a South End resident and former mayoral candidate, said he would consider another lawsuit, or protests, though he said any efforts to block the biolab had to be organized after careful conversation with other opponents. The biolab is on the Boston University Medical Campus along Albany Street. “Basic research, I think, on some of these very dangerous pathogens has to be done. But the center of an urban environ-

ment is not the place to do it,” said another biolab opponent, Lynn C. Klotz, a Gloucester resident and senior science fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. But Corley said that a fourand-a-half-year risk assessment study had proven the site was safe. And the location — at the center of a network of scientists, doctors, researchers, and academics — allows for the easy collaboration required to study such complicated pathogens. “Pathogens evolve. Pathogens give us surprises,” said Corley. “One of the advantages of having a facility like this at BU is, it’s a research-rich university that has a lot of people who would not think about emerging infectious disease, but who have the expertise and talent to help us to solve the most vexing problems we face.” City Councilor Timothy Mc-

Carthy said the decision to put the biolab in the South End had been discussed for more than a decade by city leaders and biolab experts, and he was sure that researchers will be able to safely and efficiently perform Level 4 research there. “I am very confident that Boston University and this biolab is going to bring scientists and engineers and researchers from around the world and that it’s an absolute positive for Boston,” he said. “Boston University has done a great job of dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s.” McCarthy said his constituents in District 5 in Hyde Park and Roslindale have not voiced any major concerns about the research being done there. The councilor also convened an independent group of researchers to analyze the impact of the lab, and they all encouraged him to support it.

“This is a city that is growing. This is a city that people want to be at,” he said. “This is just one more reason to come here.” Scientists at the biolab have been performing Biosafety Level 3 research since January 2014, according to its website. They had been conducting Level 2 research since early April 2012. The Boston Public Health Commission will review many aspects of the proposed biolab, including its safety manual, risk management plan, disease surveillance plan, and evacuation and emergency response plans. If the Level 4 research is approved, the commission said in its statement, it will work with city, state, and federal agencies to ensure that all research conducted there complies with “all applicable regulations” to protect the health and safety of

workers and residents. Each research project will have to be approved by the Boston Biosafety Committee. Boston Mayor Mar tin J. Walsh said in a statement that he will focus on ensuring the city is safe but did not say whether he supported or opposed the biolab. “The well-being of our residents is my top priority and I will continue to work closely with the Boston Public Health Commission as they continue their process to ensure that the right safety and training procedures are in place before issuing any permits,” Walsh said. Felice J. Freyer of the Globe Staff contributed to this report. Evan Allen can be reached at evan.allen@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @evanmallen. Felicia Gans can be reached at felicia.gans@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @FeliciaGans.

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Age 79, passed away at her home in Concord on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. She is survived by her husband, Michael Beer; her children, Tom Beer of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Shannon Beer Belanger of Newton Centre; and her grandchildren, Michael Belanger and Danny Belanger. Cynthia was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Francis J. Noles and Becky Noles. She attended Ohio University, where she received a degree in journalism, and she worked as a staff writer for the Dayton Journal Herald and the Columbus Citizen-Journal. She was happily married to Mike for 54 years, and had lived in Concord since 1975. Friends are invited to attend a memorial service Friday, Dec. 30 at 3 pm at the First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd., Concord. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations, in Cynthia’s memory, can be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Rd. SW, Lilburn, GA 30047 or at www. lbda.org. To share a memory or offer a condolence, visit: www.concordfuneral.com

Age 84, of Tewksbury, formerly of Chelmsford and Somerville, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 23, 2016. Korean War Army Vet., Retired Mitre Corp. Electrical Engineer. Beloved husband of Pauline F. (Howley). Father of Scott C. Bond of Hudson, NH and Holly M. Martineau and her husband David of Tewksbury. Grandfather of Derek and Kyle Bond, and Nicole and Jason Martineau. Brother of Nancy Bond of Reading and Somerville, George A. Bond of Billerica and the late Lorraine J. (Bond) Thorup and Joseph L. Bond. He also leaves many nieces, nephews, and extended family members. Calling hours are Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 4-8 p.m. at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee St., TEWKSBURY. His funeral will begin Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 9 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by his Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Williams Church, 1351 Main St., Rte. 38, Tewksbury. Interment at St. Mary Cemetery, Tewksbury. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations in Frank’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org, or mailed to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123. www.farmeranddee.com

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ANDREWS, J. Robert Of Lynnfield, December 21. Beloved husband of Jean M. (McCarthy) Andrews. Loving father of John R. Andrews & wife Martha of VA, Kathryn Crook & husband Stephen of Reading, Lynda Gallagher & husband Rick of Merrimac, Sandra Hussey & husband Robert of Maine, Lauren Bunker of Manchester, and the late Roberta Poorman. Also survived by 12 grandchildren & 7 great grandchildren. Predeceased by 5 siblings. Funeral service in the Centre Congregational Church, 5 Summer St., Lynnfield on Wednesday at 11am. Interment, Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody. Visitation for relatives and friends at the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., WAKEFIELD, on Tuesday from 4-8pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to American Parkinson Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305. For obit/ direction, www.mcdonaldfs.com

BARBATO, Ludwig Lawrence “Lud” 92, of Complications of CPOD & Alzheimer’s Disease, in Surpise, AZ, on November 19. A longtime resident of Hingham, MA, Lud was born in Jersey City, NJ, where he graduated from Ferris HS at the age of 16. His college days at Rutgers were interrupted by WWII, where he honorably served the US Army Air Force in the Pacific theater. After the War, he was accepted into the College of Business at the U. of Georgia, where he worked as a Tutor and was awarded a BBA with honors, and, having also earned many credits in liberal arts with distinction, was elected into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Fraternity, one of the first business college graduates to be so honored. After college, he began a career as an auditor for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, rising steadily to the position of Inspector General, first in the Midwest Region [Chicago] then finally the Northeastern Region [Boston], during which time he settled in Hingham, MA where he retired. Following retirement, he worked as auditor for the Sunoco Gas Stations, computerizing the bookkeeping system. He volunteered teaching computers in the local schools, and, an avid music lover, he inaugurated and taught an Opera Appreciation Program at the Hingham Senior Citizens Center, conducting annual weekend tours to the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. He was also a generous contributor to many Missionaries. Lud is preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Josephine [deMarco], siblings Marydorothea Farley [Leonard], Alfred [Gladys Hulse], Claire Nahra [David], Anthony [Virginia Brown], Mario, and Jean Najdzin [Chet]. He is survived by faithful and devoted friends and caregivers Lloyd Sargent and husband Patrick Galvin of Surprise AZ and Provincetown MA, a loving brother, Louis, of Westlake, OH.and a caring sister-in-law, Mario’s wife Marie [Gamberini] of Edison,NJ. He is also sorrowfully missed by four generations of nieces and nephews At his request, his cremated remains will be buried in the Family Grave in New Jersey. Services will be private.

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BERGER, Dorris (Reeves) On December 22, 2016. Born in 1926, recently from Orchard Cove, Canton, MA, formerly from Sharon, MA, Dorris grew up in Providence, RI, the fourth of 11 siblings. Married for 64 years to the late Edward Berger; mother of three children: Marci Berger Nemhauser (Robert), Stephen James Berger (Pattie), and Barbara Berger Jackson Berne) ; 5 grandchildren: Jennifer Nemhauser (Matt Offenbacher) , Brian Nemhauser (Rachel), Seth Berger (Heather), Jenessa Berger, Catherine Dale (Josh), and 4 great grandchildren: Isaac, Nathaniel, Russell, and Cora. Dorris is lovingly remembered by her siblings: Shirley Reeves, Norma Rachlin, Abbott Reeves, June Boyce, Eleanor Hoffman, Channing Reeves, Bruce Reeves, Martha Reeves, Ruth Olive Patashnick, and the late William Reeves. Dorris graduated Endicott College, and Bridgewater State University. She was the co-chair of CJP’s Women’s Division and Grand Gifts Campaign, a trustee of the Sharon Public Library and served as an ombudsman for the State Office of Elder Affairs. Dorris was also an active volunteer benefiting the Sisterhood of Temple Israel of Sharon, the Endicott College Alumni Council, the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale, the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in West Roxbury. Her most recent efforts were at Orchard Cove where she volunteered in the Nursing Home. Dorris had an amazing connection with animals, most recently with Lily, a pug belonging to her son and daughter-in law. When living in Sharon, all the neighborhood dogs knew to stop by her house for their treat! She made an impact wherever she went and was beloved by many. Her kindness and compassion for others will be missed. Services in the chapel at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham Street, Sharon, on Monday, December 26, 2016 at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Friends of Sharon Council on Aging, 219 Massapoag Ave., Sharon, MA 02067, or Sharon Public Library, 11 N. Main St., Sharon, MA 02067 or Ilse Marks Food Pantry, 121 Seaver St., Stoughton, MA 02072.

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94, of Scituate, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2016. He was born in Boston in 1922 to parents, Charles and Georgia (Lostaros) Bournazos. He grew up in West Somerville, graduated from Somerville High School in 1940 and attended Tufts University before enlisting in the US Army Air Corps in 1943. He served in Florida, New York and Connecticut as an aircraft engine specialist working on bomber engines during WWII. After completing his military service, Jim joined his family running the Harbor View Restaurant in Scituate Harbor. He joined the US Postal Service in the late 1940s, and was a familiar figure to generations of residents in Scituate where he walked his route until his retirement in 1976. As a member of the Coast Defense Study Group, he traveled across the US and internationally as far as Corregidor reviewing historic military sites. He was also a long-time member of St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church parish council. James is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Victoria Bourne of Scituate, and his brother, Louis Bournazos of Marshfield, and by several nieces and nephews, and their children. James was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Georgia Bournazos and his older brother, Dr. George Bourne of Barnstable, MA. A viewing will be held at Richardson-Gaffey Funeral Home in Scituate, MA, on December 27th from 2PM - 4 PM. The funeral service will be held at St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church in Braintree on December 28th at 10 AM. Interment will take place at Mosswood Cemetery in Cotuit, MA. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the Scituate Food Pantry or to St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church in Braintree. For online obituary and to leave condolences, www.richardson gaffeyfuneralhome.com.

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BRADLEY, Lawrence G. “Larry” Of Winthrop, unexpectedly passed away at the age of 57, on December 20, 2016. Beloved husband of Sandra L. “Sandy” (Hubbard) Bradley. Devoted father to Alexandra E. Bradley and Genevieve C. Bradley. Cherished son of Charles and Elizabeth (DeLuca) Bradley of Winthrop. Dear brother of Diane Tricomi and her husband Bruce of Marston Mills and Kristen Bradley and her husband Neil Desmond of Methuen. Visiting hours will be held at Maurice W. Kirby Funeral Home, 210 Winthrop St., WINTHROP, on Monday, December 26, from 4-8pm. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Church-Winthrop at 10am Tuesday, December 27. Relatives and friends are invited. Cremation to follow will be private. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations in his memory can be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Larry was owner/operator of F/V Sandy B. He was a member and Past Commodore of the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop. He was also a member of the Mass. Lobsterman’s Assoc. and the Winthrop Harbor Mgmt. Committee. For guestbook and directions, please visit: www.mauricekirbyfh.com.

Of Needham, December 21, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Eleanor J. (Timothy) Buchanan for 48 years. Devoted father of Janet E. Taylor of Harwich Port, Brian T. Buchanan and his wife Darci of Newport, RI and John S. Buchanan of Franklin. Grandfather of Ryan, Brooke and Cole Taylor. Brother of Robert S. Buchanan and his wife Jean of Harwich. James was a graduate of Milton High School Class of 1949, former member in the Navy Reserve at the South Weymouth Naval Air Station. Retired from the Mass. Turnpike Authority. Funeral from the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 9:30am followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Joseph Church, Needham at 10am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visitation prior to the Mass, in the funeral home, from 8am-9:30am. Interment private. In lieu of ﬂowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in James’ memory to the Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Pl. Brookline, MA 02445. For directions and guestbook gfdoherty. com.

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BUSSICHELLA, Joseph D. Age 89, a 56-year resident of Winchester, Dec. 22, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Gloria A. (Falcione) Bussichella. Loving father of Joseph K. and his wife Jean of Winchester, and the late Frank. Dear brother of Rose Stuart of Medford. Devoted grandfather of Joseph Bussichella and Michelle Palladino, and great-grandfather of Ava and Jackson Palladino and Beckett Bussichella. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to gather at the Costello Funeral Home, 177 Washington St., WINCHESTER, on Tuesday, Dec. 27 from 9:30-11:30AM, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Mary’s Church, 155 Washington St, Winchester, at 12:00 noon. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations in Joe’s memory may be made to the Winchester Meals On Wheels/Jenks Center, 109 Skillings Rd., Winchester, MA 01890. Late veteran US Navy WWII. www.costellofuneralhome.com

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CINCOTTA, Margaret (McDonough) Of Hollywood, FL, formerly of Waltham, MA. Dec. 20th, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Anthony Cincotta. Devoted and loving mother of Deborah Pelletier and her husband Robert of Hollywood, FL, Mark Cincotta of Hollywood, FL, and Michael Cincotta & his wife Barbara and step-mother of Christine Crooks and her husband John. Cherished grandmother of Isabelle Cincotta, Michelle Pelletier, Julie Chisum & Gregory Crooks. Dear sister of Patricia Andreassi of Milton and John McDonough & his wife Maddie of Pembroke, and the late Thomas McDonough & Elizabeth Dunleavy. In addition she leaves ﬁve adored great grandchildren and many nieces & nephews. Relatives & Friends are respectfully invited to attend Funeral Services in celebration of Margaret’s Life from the Mary Catherine Chapel of Brasco & Sons Memorial, 773 Moody St, WALTHAM, on Thursday morning Dec. 29th at 9:00 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Mary’s Church, 145 School St., Waltham, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham. Visitation will be held prior to the Funeral Mass in the Mary Catherine Chapel of Brasco & Sons on Thursday morning from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Parking attendants will be on duty. For complete obituary, guestbook & additional information please refer to;

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Of Bridgewater, formerly of Canton and P.E.I., Canada, passed away December 23rd surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of 65 years to Jeanne T. (MacDonald). Father of Lynne Weitz (Gary Hutchinson) of Dennis, James “Jay” Cavanagh, Jr. (Barbara “Barbie”) of Canton, Lois Gorman (Chris) of Wrentham, Mark Cavanagh (Lynda) of Clearwater, FL and Maureen Cavanagh (Tim Cutter) of Canton. Brother of Stella Sobey of P.E.I., Leona Adams and Roma Naylor both of Ontario, and the late Mae Sherry, Reta Murphy and Mary Currie. Grandfather of Jerry and Jonathan Weitz, Amanda and James Cavanagh, Rich, Delia, and Kelly Gorman and Ernie Cavanagh. Also survived by 3 great grandchildren. Visiting hours at the Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home, 455 Washington St., CANTON, Wednesday 4-8 pm. Funeral mass at St. Gerard Majella Church Canton Thursday morning at 10. Burial Canton Corner Cemetery. He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus and a devout Catholic. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Doolittle Home, 16 Bird St., Foxboro, MA 02085. For complete obituary and guestbook see www.dockrayandthomasfuneralhome.com

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Of Watertown, December 23. Beloved husband of Sheila A. (White) Colacito. Father of David and wife Lori of Easton, PA, Mark and wife Alexandra of North Attleboro, Deanna Colacito of Andover and Andrea Fijnvandraat and husband Charles of Andover. Grandfather of Christopher, William and Katherine Colacito, Milo Colacito, David and Daniel Blatman, Anna and Sarah Fijnvandraat. Son of Ermete Colacito and Assunta (Viola) Colacito. Brother of of Elva Colacito and husband Szilard Pantyik, Virginia Barker and husband William Barker. Preceded in death by Brothers Salvatore Simone and Guido Simone. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Graduate of Watertown High School Class of 1950, Korean War Air Force Veteran, Graduate of Tufts University Class of 1960. He enjoyed his garden, photography, his getaway home in New Hampshire, and teaching his children to love nature, art, and music. A gentleman of extreme kindness and warm humor will be missed. Most known for his quote, “If it’s not on Channel 2, it’s not worth watching.” A private service will be held at DeVito Funeral Home, 761 Mt. Auburn St., WATERTOWN on Tuesday with Interment to follow St. Patrick Cemetery. Please consider donations in Ernest’s memory to: St. Jude Children’s Hospital 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN 38105 or The Watertown Boy’s and Girl’s Club 25 Whites Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472.

Of Green Harbor, Marshﬁeld, formerly of Watertown, December 23, 2016. Age 85. Beloved husband of the Patricia A. (Collins). Devoted father of Peter F. & his wife Donna of MD, Patricia A. Arone & her husband John of Pembroke, Michael D. & his wife Katherine of Billerica, and the late Robert C. D’Amico. Dear brother of Emma Gaeta of West Roxbury, Lorretta Dunn of Burlington, Barbara Howe of Wilmington, & his late twin brother John A. D’Amico. Loving grandfather of ten grandchildren. Loving greatgrandfather of two. Funeral from the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home at 270 Main St., WATERTOWN, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM, followed by Funeral Mass in the Church of St. Patrick, 212 Main St., Watertown, at 9:00 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Wed. from 4-7 PM. Interment Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Retired custodian of Newton Public Schools.

COLE, Christopher Joseph 69, of South Boston, passed away on December 21, after a long illness. A graduate of Suffolk University, Mr. Cole was a Navy veteran who served on the JFK aircraft carrier. He is survived by a brother, Stephen Cole, two sisters, Julie Kinchla, Mary Mello, a nephew, many nieces and grandnieces. Donations to Boston’s Shelter for Homeless Veterans, Court Street, Boston.

COUFOS, Nicholas G. Of Chestnut Hill, passed away on December 23, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Eugenia (Theophiles) Coufos. Loving father of George Coufos and his wife Karen, Peter Coufos and Eleni Coufos-Meletis and her husband Georgios. Cherised grandfather of Evyenia and Nicholas Coufos and Panagiotis, Yeoryia and Nikos Meletis. Brother of Anastasios Koufos and Panos Coufos. Also survived and loved by man, nieces and nephews. Funeral at the Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church, 25 Bigelow Ave., Watertown, MA, at 11:00am on Tuesday, December 27th. Visiting hours prior to the funeral service in church from 9:30-11:00 am. Burial in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA. Donations in his memory may be made to the above named church or the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. For online guestbook, please visit www.faggas.com

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DAY, Walter I. Jr. Of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 21st, surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of over ﬁfty-four years to Julia R. (Colonna) Day. Devoted father of Karin Day of Lynn, Debra Leary and husband Kenneth of Revere, Daniel Day Sr. and companion Lisa Serpa of Lynn. Cherished grandfather of Kenneth Leary and Daniel Day. Late member of Teamsters Local 25 and longtime crossing guard at the Beachmont School. In accordance with the wishes of the Day family, funeral services are private. In honor of Mr. Day, in lieu of ﬂowers, memorial donations may be made to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan Street, Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923. For more information please visit www. ruggieromh.com. Arrangements under the personal care of Ruggiero Family Memorial Home, 971 Saratoga Street, (Orient Heights) EAST BOSTON.

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73, of Westwood, formerly of S. Boston and Canton, Dec. 22. Survived by his wife Victoria (Wilhelm) and their children, Daniel and Malcolm; his son, Liam, and his wife Petra, of Nuremberg, Germany; his daughter, Kathleen Avila, and her husband Jerry, of Milford; his sisters, Elizabeth Smith of S. Boston, and Ruth Ann Wisnaskas, and her husband Bill, of Whitman; his daughterin-law, Mimi DeVoy of N. Attleboro; his sister-in-law, Wendy Wilhelm, of Westwood; and his grandchildren, Siobhan, Devin, and Fionn. Brother of the late James, John, David, Ronald, and Margaret DeVoy. Visiting hours Tues. 2-4 & 7-9 at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High St., WESTWOOD. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral Weds. at 10 am at the First Baptist Church, 808 High St., Westwood, followed by interment in Old Westwood Cemetery. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations to the Westwood Lions Club, PO Box 432, Westwood, MA 02090 for the Tot Lot would be appreciated. For directions, obituary and guest book, please visit website.

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DOWNES, The Rev. Richard Hill “Dick” 78, of Bedford, Dec. 24, 2016. Beloved husband of Sherry (Bingham) Downes. Survived by his step-sons: Edward Bland of Seattle, WA, Todd Bland of Milton and Richard Bland of Washington D.C. Also survived by six grandchildren. A Funeral Service will be held at the Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester at a date to be announced. www.costellofuneralhome.com.

GEORGIS, Joseph Age 89, of Winchester, December 19, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Marilyn (Nelson) Georgis. Loving father of Daoud J. Georgis of Tampa, FL and Afaf Georgis of Winchester. Dear brother of Jalal Georgis of MI and also survived by 5 grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 11 at 2PM at the Parish of the Epiphany, 70 Church St., Winchester, MA 01890. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Interment is private. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations in Joseph’s memory may be made to the Parish of the Epiphany at the address listed. www.costellofuneralhome.com

GRAY, David Judson Of Arlington. December 19th. Beloved husband of the late Laura Beryl Gray (Stonberg). Son of the late Clifton Daggett Gray Jr. and Alice Carolyn Neily. Brother of Clifton (Marcia) of Plainfield, IL, Brother of Edward of Jefferson City, MO, Uncle of Troy D. Gray (Nikki) of Plainfield, IL, Sarah Gray of Columbia, MO, Al Obman (Karin) of Plainfield, IL, Brandi Thornley (Garreth) of Lockport, IL, A.J. Obman (Suzie) of Streamwood, IL, and Great Uncle of Tyler Gray, Jamila Gray, Eliana Gray, Mason Gray, Lexi Obman, Jenna Obman, Jack Obman and Emily Obman. David served in the US Naval Reserve for over 30 years as an officer and retired as Captain. Relatives and friends are invited to visit in the DeVito Funeral Home,1145 Mass. Ave., ARLINGTON, on Wednesday from 3-7 pm and to a funeral service on Thursday at 10 am in First Baptist Church, Arlington. Please meet at church. Burial to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in memory of David to: First Baptist Church, 819 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA 02476. For directions or to send a condolence visit, devitofuneralhomes.com

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Of Canton, formerly of Brockton, passed away December 16th. Beloved son of the late Pandaleo and Mary Genatossio. Also survived by several nieces, nephews and friends. Relatives and friends invited to attend a funeral service at the Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home, 455 Washington St., CANTON, Wednesday morning December 28th at 9:30 am. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery, Roslindale. Army Veteran of the Korean War. For complete obituary & guestbook, www. dockrayandthomasfuneralhome.com

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Husband of the late Cynthia (Brooks) of Peabody, lost his courageous fight with Lymphoma, on December 23, 2016. He passed peacefully at home with his daughter at his side. He was born and raised in Dorchester, the youngest son of the late Annie Franklin and Morris Gross. He graduated Massachusetts College of Optometry in 1954. He completed postgraduate work in orthoptics, visual training, and subnormal vision. He was appointed Clinical Associate Instructor at Mass Optometric Clinic. He served in the Army Medical Corps at Martin Army Hospital, Ft. Benning, GA. Bob practiced optometry in Malden and Peabody for over 45 years. He was a Legion of Honor recipient from Malden Kiwanis for 50 years of service. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Lions Club, and Masons. An avid photographer, he had a passion for traveling and fishing. In his later years, he was active in MetroWest Social Group and Moving On Group, which afforded him tremendous enjoyment. He is survived by his loving daughter, Stacey B. Gross, son-in-law, Mark E. Lewis and granddaughter, Alexa Lewis. Dear brother of Gertrude Kagan and the late Alfred Gross. Uncle of Rhonda & Jim Foster; Barbara & Ed Kenty; Sheryl & Steven Dropkin; Harris & Ellen Krafchick. Beloved cousin of Esther Epstein and family; devoted friend of Dr. David and Judy Schurgin. He has touched the lives of many, always wanting to make them smile. Services at Goldman Funeral Chapel, 174 Ferry St. (off Route 60), MALDEN, on Monday, December 26th at 12 Noon. Interment in Chelmsford. Condolence calls may be made at his late residence following interment until 8 pm. In lieu of flowers, please direct donations to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA 01923. For on line condolences and directions, please go to:

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HARRINGTON, Joan E. (Kelly) Of Newtonville, died unexpectedly but peacefully in her sleep, on Dec. 22, 2016. A wake will be held Tues., Dec. 27 at Magni FH, NEWTON, from 4-8pm. Funeral Mass Wed., Dec. 28 at 12 Noon in Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Newton. In lieu of ﬂowers, Joan would have preferred a donation be sent to the Friends of the Newton Free Library, (www.newtonfreelibrary.net/friends/) Complete notice to appear on Monday, December 26, 2016.

HARRINGTON, John F. Of Saugus, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Dec 22. Funeral Thursday; visiting hrs. Wednesday, 4-8. Complete notice in Tuesday’s edition. For more info: www.ruggieromh.com.

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Of Watertown, December 20, 2016, age 79. Devoted mother of Cathleen Marie Hickey & her husband David of RI, Ruth A. Wisialko & her husband Albert F. of Westwood, Martin L. & his wife Virginia of Watertown, Robert E. & his wife Taryn S. of Watertown, Michael J.K. & his wife Marta of Allston, and the late Catherine Mary Helsmoortel. Dear sister of James R. Doyle of GA, Kenneth E. Doyle of ME, and the late Jeanne A. Mercer & Janet L. Rountree. Loving grandmother of David & Ethan Hickey, Albert, Joseph, & Nicholas Wisialko, Kristen DiVecchia-Helsmoortel, & Michelle Joy Helsmoortel. Funeral from the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home at 270 Main St., WATERTOWN on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 at 9 AM followed by Funeral Service in the Mount Hope Christian Center, 51 Lexington St., Belmont at 10 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Tuesday from 4 -7 PM. Interment Ridgelawn Cemetery. For complete obituary & guestbook, please visit: www.macdonaldrockwell.com.

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JOHNSON, Carol Hyde Recently of Arlington, passed away Friday, December 23rd of complications arising from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85. He is survived by his former wife, Susan Johnson, their three children, William Johnson, Rebecca Johnson and Shannon Ames, his son-in-law Benjamin Ames, his grandchildren Isabel and Teddy Ames, his niece and her husband Laura and Dan Schultz, his nephew and his wife Easley and Beth Johnson and his grand-nieces Elizabeth Johnson, Kate Schultz and Bess Flick and her family, his grand-nephew Allen Johnson, and his long-time companion Jill Montgomery. Known as “Tad” to most, his favorite recent family event was his grand-nephew’s wedding to Beth Foxwell. Tad was known for his kindness, his silly side and his great appreciation and thirst for knowledge. Tad was an anesthesiologist who began his career at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, serving in that role at the first pediatric open heart surgery performed there. He worked for many years at the Cape Fear Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, NC, eventually retiring to Brunswick, ME. Tad was born in South Carolina and spent most of his youth in and around Brevard, NC. He was a proud graduate of Christ School in NC and the University of the South, otherwise known as Sewanee, in TN. He was proud of his youngest daughter for following in his footsteps into the medical world. He shared his passion for duck hunting and fishing with his son and nephews. He shared a love of rowing and art with his oldest daughter, even though he supported Jessie Helms when Helms was trying to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts. Tad was a collection of contradictions that made him endearing and beloved to his friends and family. His Christmas attire, including rainbow striped toe socks and suspenders, will be missed this holiday and all those to come. In lieu of flowers, consider donating to Christ School (christschool.org). An informal reception will be held at the Ames’ home in Arlington on December 28th from 5-7. To send an online condolence visit, devitofuneralhomes.com

JOYCE, Marie F. (Malloy) Of Wakefield, Dec. 20. Beloved wife of the late John J. Joyce. Loving mother of Marie Duncan & husband Jim of York Beach, ME and John “Jay” Joyce of Delray Beach, FL & Cape Neddick, ME. Adoring grandmother of Kellie Spinney & husband David of Newbury, NH. Also survived by great grandchildren Nina & Alex Spinney, as well as dear nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by dear daughter-in-law Kathleen (Murphy) Joyce. Funeral from the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., WAKEFIELD on Wednesday at 10 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in Most Blessed Sacrament Church, 1155 Main St., Wakefield at 11 a.m. Interment, Forest Glade Cemetery, Wakefield. Visitation for relatives and friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Marie’s name may be made to Jimmy Fund, “Memorial Gifts,” PO Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168. For obit/guestbook, www.mcdonaldfs.com

JOYCE, Thomas E.

Of Milton, died peacefully on December 21, 2016, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, on July 16, 1926, the son of Irish immigrants, Michael Angelo Joyce and Mary Laffey Joyce. Thomas was married to Helen Joyce of Boston, in October, 1948, who preceded his death in 1997. She was the love of his life. He was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and was employed at numerous jobs throughout his life including but not limited to Pittsburgh Pirate employee, merchant marines, US Postal Service, Boston Public school teacher, business owner, etc. Thomas is survived by his children Rose Lawrence and her husband Edward of Natick, Stephen Joyce and his wife Bobbi of Los Alamos, New Mexico, Peter Joyce and his wife Alison of Milton and his four grandchildren Conner Joyce of Seoul, South Korea, Colleen Joyce of Milton, Kevin Joyce of Dorchester and Brianna Joyce of Brooklyn, NY. Michael Joyce was his eldest son who preceded his death in 2014. Thomas leaves many close friends from Milton Bowling, Saint Agatha Church and his hometown of Pittsburgh. Thomas literally travelled the world in the Merchant Marines and throughout his life which brought him much joy. He devoted the latter part of his life to his grandchildren and cherished the time he spent with them. A special thank you from the family goes out to Beacon Hospice and the caretakers from Its Good To Be Home who allowed Tom the ability to be comfortable in his own home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Saint Agatha Church, 432 Adams Street, Milton, Tuesday, December 27 at 10:30 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Visitation at Dolan Funeral Home, 460 Granite Avenue, EAST MILTON SQUARE, Monday 4:008:00 PM. Interment Milton Cemetery. For those who wish, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders at Doctorswithoutborders.org For information and directions, www.dolanfuneral.com

KNEISEL, Winifred (Whittemore)

Of Waltham, December 22, 2016. Wife of the late Frederick T. Kneisel. Mother of Fred W. Kneisel and his wife, Marcia of Littleton, NC and Helen M. Harrison of Inverness, FL. Sister of Louise Pickett of Tampa, FL. Also survived by three grandchildren and ﬁve greatgrandchildren. Family and friends will honor and remember Winifred’s life by gathering for her Memorial Service at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27th in Trinity Church, 730 Main Street, Waltham. Memorial donations may be made to the Waltham Historical Society, c/o Francis Cabot Lowell Mill, 190 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453. For complete obituary, guestbook and directions, please visit: www.JoyceFuneralHome.com

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KUZNIEWSKI, Rev. Anthony J., SJ

Professor Emeritus of history at the College of the Holy Cross, died on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 at the Campion Health Center in Weston, Mass. after a swift battle with cancer. A beloved member of the Holy Cross community for 37 years. Widely regarded for his distinguished scholarship and exceptional teaching, as well as his mentorship and ministry to Holy Cross student athletes. Born in Carthage, Mo. on Jan. 28, 1945, to the late Anthony J. and Alice E. (Tomaszewski) Kuzniewski, he graduated magna cum laude from Marquette University, and earned a master’s and doctorate from Harvard University and a master’s of divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago. Ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 9, 1979. Preceded in death by his sister Susan Kuzniewski Reifsnyder and survived by his devoted niece Anne Reifsnyder of Milwaukee and nephews, Michael Reifsnyder of Omaha, Neb. and Tom Reifsnyder of Osaka, Japan. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations can be made in his memory to The Nativity School of Worcester, 67 Lincoln St., Worcester, Mass. 01650. Wake and funeral will be held in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross on Monday, Dec. 26. Wake will begin at 1 p.m. with funeral mass immediately following at 2 p.m. A brief graveside service and burial will take place in the Jesuit cemetery on the Holy Cross campus following the funeral mass.

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LANG, Paul Ernest Of Melrose, MA, originally from Blasdell, NY, December 17, 2016, age 74; husband of Yae (nee Aibara) Lang; son of the late Ernest and Elizabeth (nee Adrian) Lang; father of Amy Lang of TX and Sarah (Jody) Lang of IN; brother of Suzanne (Frank) Gigliotti of NY, Marjorie (Arthur) Wohlabaugh of NY and the late Charles (late Catherine) Lang; also survived by six grandchildren and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Visitation will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St., MELROSE, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 4:00-7:00PM, followed by a Funeral Service at 7:00PM. Interment will be private. For obituary, directions, or to send a message of condolence please visit www.gatelyfh.com

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LIN, Cathy Shou-Jen

Age 73, of Natick, MA, peacefully passed away on December 17, 2016. She and her devoted husband, Frank Tzu-Shen Lin, were married for 46 years. She was the loving mother of her two daughters, Patricia Lin and Nancy Lin. She is survived by her granddaughter, Sanya Lin Dierkers; her son-in-law, Greg Diekers; her brother, David Lu and her two sisters, Shou-Yi Lu and Shou-Dao Lu. Cathy was an empathetic, generous soul with a big heart. Her braveness and strength in ﬁghting ovarian cancer inspired her friends and family. Cathy will be deeply missed and forever loved. May she rest in eternal peace. The Memorial Service will take place at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 14, 2017, at the First Unitarian Society, 1326 Washington St., Newton, MA 02465. The receiving hours will be held afterwards from 12:30-2:30 PM. In lieu of ﬂowers, Cathy has requested donations be made to the Xaverian Missionaries, 101 Summer St., Holliston, MA 01746.

MALLIO, Nancy H. (Hamilton) 85, of Winchester, Dec. 20, 2016. Beloved wife of William J. Mallio. Loving mother of Bartholomew R. and his wife Janine of King’s Park, NY, Andrew W. and his wife Kristi of Westford, MA, and Matthew J. and his wife Sara of Littleton. Dear sister of Mary Janet Mart of NY, Thomas A. Hamilton of Millbury, MA, and Richard F. Hamilton of PA. Devoted grandmother of Colin, Caroline, Michael and the late Aidan. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to gather at the Costello Funeral Home, 177 Washington St., WINCHESTER, on Tuesday, Dec. 27th, from 4-8PM, and again on Wednesday at 9AM, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Eulalia’s Church, 50 Ridge St, Winchester, MA 01890 at 10AM. Interment will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. If desired, donations in Nancy’s memory may be made to St. Eulalia’s Church at the address listed above. www.costellofuneralhome.com

MATOS, Benito Of East Boston unexpectedly on Dec 19. Services on 12/27 from 4-8 for more info www.ruggieromh.com

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MacDONALD, Thomas Gregory “Tom” Passed away Tuesday, Dec. 20 2016, at the age of 72, after a full life and a brief illness. For a full obituary and details on his memorial service, please visit: www.farleyfuneralhome.com.

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On December 19, 2016, Jeanette went gently into that good night. Beloved Mother of Jamie Murphy and Lauren Johnston of Needham. Grandmother of Daniel and Paige Johnston & Ryan and Kyle Carroll. Sister of Steven Bertacchini. Almost as important in her life, were her dogs Zoey and Onx and her bird, Andrew of 24yrs. Please join us in celebrating Jeanette’s life on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the Robert J. Lawler and Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Centre St., WEST ROXBURY, from 4:00 to 6:00PM. A service will be held at 5:30PM. Bring your “Jeanette stories”! Our gratitude for the care and comfort provided by The Tippet Home in Needham. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations can be made to MSPCA. Guest book and complete obituary at www.lawlerfuneralhome.com

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LYDON, Lorraine R. Of Medford, Dec. 21, age 87. Sister of the late Rita Nicoli, Mary T. “Marie” Nary and John T. Lydon, Jr. and sisterin-law to the late John M. Nicoli and Frederick L. Nary. She is survived by her sister-in-law Katherine Lydon. She was the longtime companion of the late William “Junior” McLaughlin. Her funeral will be held from the Beals-GeakeMagliozzi Funeral Home, 29 Governors Ave., MEDFORD at 8:30 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated in St. Raphael Church, 514 High St., Medford, on Wednesday at 9:30 AM. Relatives and friends are most welcome to attend. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 8 PM. Interment, Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. For additional information, please visit: www.magliozzifuneralhome.com.

MURPHY, Jeanette P.

Of Revere on December 23, 2016. Beloved wife of Mucci Martocchio of Revere. Cherished mother of Brian Abcunas and wife Colleen of Wakefield, and Lindsay West and husband Derek of NC. Loving daughter of the late Thomas Morgan and Barbara (Gardyna). Dear sister of Donna Sano and husband Jeff of Salem, Mike Morgan and wife Kathy of Lynn, and the late Thomas Morgan and wife Linda of Revere. Karen is also survived by her adoring grandchildren Sam, Harry, and Teddy Abcunas. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home 128 Revere St, REVERE, MA 02151 on Monday, December 26, 2016 at 6:00pm. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visitation will be held on Monday prior to the service from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Karen’s name to the New England Center for Children, Attn: Support NECC, 33 Turnpike Rd, Southborough, MA 01772. In support of children with autism. Private interment. For guest book visit www.Buonfiglio.com.

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80 years old, of Topsﬁeld, formerly of Quincy & Brewster, MA, passed away on Tuesday December 20th. She was a resident at Atria Marina Bay in Quincy for the last 5 years & most recently a resident at the Masconomet Health Center in Topsﬁeld. She was born in Lynn & spent her early years living in Swampscott. She was the daughter of the late Stanley & Lois (Wells) Napierski. A graduate of St Johns School of Swampscott & St. Mary’s Class of 1953 & Regis College, Marilyn was a retired elementary school teacher having worked in the Brockton Public Schools for many years. Marilyn loved to travel & spent most of her leisure time traveling to destinations around the world. She loved the ocean & often took long walks along the Cape Cod beaches near her home. She also loved to paint & would often paint scenes from her travels & seascapes. Marilyn had a large circle of close friends who were very dear to her, many of whom she traveled with on her many vacations, & a special few that she remained close to since her childhood. She is survived by her sister, Nancy Joyce, of Washington & four nephews, Peter Joyce of Oregon, & David Joyce, Allan Joyce & Kevin Napierski, all of California. She was predeceased by her three brothers, S. Patrick, Alan & John Napierski. Relative & friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday December 28, 2016 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Swampscott at 10:00 AM. Visiting hours at the church from 9:00 - 10:00 AM. Interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Lynn. Funeral arrangements by the Nadworny Funeral Home 798 Western Ave. LYNN. For guest book please visit www.nadwornyfuneralhome.com

PACELLA, Florence Ann (Marotto)

PERITO, Shirley M. (Tibbetts)

RIZZO, Filippa C. “Phyllis” (Adragna)

Of Needham, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Marlborough Hills Healthcare Center in Marlborough MA. She was 87. Born in Lowell, Shirley was the daughter of the late Phillip and Antoinette (Arpin) Tibbetts. The beloved wife of the late Guy F. Perito she was the loving mother of Guy and his late wife Lynne Rousseau of Marlborough, Karen and her husband Michael Bailey of Northborough and Richard and his wife Diane Perito of Malden. Sister of the late Dottie and Dick. Dear grandmother of Joseph, Michael and Daniel Perito. A Private Mass of Christian Burial and Interment will be held for her family. In lieu of ﬂowers donations in Shirley’s name may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472. To share a memory of Shirley, please visit www.eatonfuneralhomes.com

Of East Boston, formerly of Medford, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 21st. Beloved wife of the late John F. Rizzo. Devoted mother of John F. Rizzo and wife Carole of Swampscott, Elizabeth Rizzo Flanders of Swampscott, and Stephen F. Rizzo and wife Nicole of East Boston. Dear sister of Frank Adragna of FL, Joseph Adragna of Wakeﬁeld, and the late Catherine Macedo. Cherished grandmother of Brianna, Gabrielle, Stephanie, Samantha, Sabrina, Veronica, Stephen Rizzo, Jillian and Kaitlyn Flanders. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Family and friends will honor Mrs. Rizzo’s life by gathering at the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home, 971 Saratoga Street, (Orient Heights) EAST BOSTON, on Monday, December 26th, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. and again on Tuesday morning at 8:30 A.M. before leaving in procession to Sacred Heart Church, 303 Paris Street, East Boston, for a funeral mass in celebration of Mrs. Rizzo’s life at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with Mrs. Rizzo being laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. In honoring Mrs. Rizzo’s life, in lieu of ﬂowers, memorial donations may be made Joslin Diabetes Center, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215. The funeral home is handicapped accessible, with a children’s lounge available. Courtesy valet parking at the front entrance and ample off street parking with attendants in our parking lots. For complimentary transportation to the funeral home for visitation please call 617-569-0990. For more information please visit www.ruggieromh.com.

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PERKINS, Patricia A. (Bianco) Of Newton, Dec. 22nd, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Arthur D. Perkins. Devoted and loving mother of Paul Perkins of Newton, Tom Perkins of Newton and Judy Terhune and her husband Bob of Marshﬁeld. Cherished grandmother of Lawrence Lawrence. Dear sister of James Bianco of Newton, Nancy Bianco of Newton, Betty Hagan of MN, and the late Angelina Cucinnotta, Viola Sturniolo, Samuel, Dominic and Joseph Bianco. In addition she is survived by many nieces, nephews and her dog “Jack”. Relatives & Friends are respectfully invited to attend a Funeral Service in celebration of Patricia’s Life in the Mary Catherine Chapel of Brasco & Sons Memorial, 773 Moody Street, WALTHAM, on Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Newton Cemetery. Visiting Hours will be held in the Mary Catherine Chapel on Tuesday from 3 – 7 p.m. Parking attendants on duty. In lieu of ﬂowers expressions of sympathy may be made in Patricia’s memory to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St, Framingham, MA 01701. For complete obituary, guestbook & additional information please refer to;

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ROBICHAUD, Nella M. (Scannell) Of Arlington, MA, on December 17, 2016, peacefully at the age of 95. Devoted wife of the late Edgar J. Mother of Edgar John Jr. of Arizona, Martin of Lynn, Bernadette of Colorado, Daniel of Burlington and Philip of Reading. Complete notice to follow in May 2017, when we schedule a “Celebration of Life” for Nella. For a more detailed obituary and additional information, please visit http://www.keefefuneralhome.com/

PICARDI, Aldo Of Georgetown, formerly of Saugus, age 72, December 20. Loving husband of Alice (Theodore) Picardi. Beloved father of Marc Picardi & his ﬁancé Kristen of Georgetown, Michelle Schepis & her husband Gary of Georgetown. Cherished grandfather of Gabriella, Isabella & Sarina. Dear brother of Maria Picardi of Italy, John Picardi of Saugus, Robert Picardi of Revere & the late Juliana Dragani. Relatives & friends are invited to attend visiting hours in the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., SAUGUS on Tuesday, 4-8 p.m. Funeral from the funeral home on Wednesday at 9 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Anthony’s Church, 250 Revere St., Revere, at 10 a.m. Entombment Woodlawn Mausoleum, Everett. Please omit ﬂowers. Donations in Aldo’s memory may be made to Northeast Animal Shelter, 347 Highland Ave., Salem, MA 01970 or to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., Ste. B102, Danvers, MA 01923. For directions & condolences www.BisbeePorcella.com.

ROBINSON, Anna R. (Williams) Of Windham, NH, December 20, 2016. Beloved mother of Roscoe Robinson, Jr. and his wife Vickey and the late Daniel Robinson, and his wife Rebecca. Sister of Ann, Ethel, Ella, James, David and the late Leroy, Quincy, Floyd, Harry, Ben and Mary. Also survived by grandchildren Gianna, Danielle, Brandyn and great grandchildren Daniel and Dominik. A Life Celebration will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Dolan Funeral Home, 1140 Washington St., DORCHESTER LOWER MILLS. Relatives and friends invited. Visitation 10:00-11:00 AM. Interment Fairview Cemetery, Hyde Park. For information and directions: www.dolanfuneral.com.

PIPER, Karen Louise (Breed)

86, of Dedham and Pembroke Pines, FL, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of the late Ronald W. Pacella Sr. Born on November 5, 1930 in Dorchester to her parents the late Joseph and Josephine Marotto. Florence graduated from Girls Dorchester High in 1950 and began her career in bookkeeping for many years of her life. Married in 1952 to her beloved husband Ronald for 64 years, she is survived by her 5 children, Ronald and Cheryl Pacella of Foxboro, Joseph and Rosemarie Pacella of Mansfield, Victor and Maureen Pacella of Dedham, Donna and Philip Hunt of Mansfield, and Christine and David Iadarola of Norton. She is the proud Nana of 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren whom she loved and cherished daily. Florence was an active and engaging woman, who for many years was a member of numerous organizations and dedicated her time to charitable organizations. She enjoyed making many memories with her family in her summer home in Hull at the beach and Yacht Club. Florence had a passion for making puzzles and word searches, and her love of dogs. Florence enjoyed clothes shopping and always took great pride in her appearance. Visitation at the George F. Doherty & Sons Wilson-Cannon Funeral Home, 456 High St., DEDHAM, Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 9-10:45am followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Mary’s Church, Dedham at 11am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Florence’s memory to The Arthritis Foundation, P.O. Box 96280, Washington, DC 20077 800-283-7800 www.arthritis.org or to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 800-628-0028 www.aspca.org. Online guestbook and directions at gfdoherty.com.

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Age 78, of Harvard, Dec. 21, 2016. Beloved wife of James U. Piper. Loving mother of Jeananne C. Piper Grady and husband Alexander of Hingham, Jessica L. Piper Leahy and husband Michael of Boston, and the late James and Jonathan Piper. Also survived by her niece, Gail, nephews, Charles and Kenneth and brother in-law, William Piper. She was predeceased by her sister, Shirley Sylvester and brother in-law, M. Harry Piper. Family & friends will gather to honor and remember Karen on Wed., Dec 28 from 5-7 pm in the Badger Funeral Home, 347 King St., LITTLETON. Her memorial service will be held on Fri., Dec 30 at 10:00 AM at Park Street Church, One Park St., Boston. Interment in Locust Grove Cemetery, Merrimac, will be private. Donations in her memory may be made to the Park Street Church Missions Fund, Boston, MA 02108 or the Salvation Army, 650 Dudley St., Boston, MA 02125. To share a memory or offer a condolence, visit: www.badgerfuneral.com

98, of North Reading, formerly of Andover. Entered Eternal Rest December 24, 2016. Devoted husband of the late Ruth (Bauer) Sanders. Beloved father of Shelley & her husband Thomas Diffily and the late Howard Sanders. Cherished grandfather of Jared Diffily, Eric Diffily and Jessica Sanders. Proud great grandfather of Leighton and Lucas. Dear brother of the late Paul Sanders, Carl Sanders, Max Sanders and Sally Master. Services at Lebanon-Tifereth Israel Cemetery, Route 128N (between Route 114-Exit 25 and Endicott St -Exit 24), PEABODY, on Tuesday, December 27 at 11:00 AM. Condolence calls may be made following the interment at the Diffily Residence until 8PM. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to The Massachusetts Chapter Parkinson’s Association, 72 East Concord St., C-3, Boston, MA 02118. For online condolences & directions, go to:

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SICARI, Rosetta (Poli)

89, formerly of North Andover and East Boston, died Monday, December 19, 2016, at Rosewood Nursing Center in Peabody, MA. She was born in Augusta, Sicily on February 24, 1927 to the late Dominic and Vincenza (D’Amico) Poli. Mrs. Sicari immigrated to the United States in 1955, along with her husband and two children. She was employed as a seamstress for women’s clothing in the garment district of Boston until her retirement. The widow of the late Luciano Sicari, she is survived by her son Sebastian J. Sicari and his wife Toni of Boxford, MA. and her daughter, Sylvia (Sicari) Helms and her husband Wayne of Troy, Alabama. In addition, she is survived by ﬁve grandchildren: Michael and Robert Sicari, Michael and Nickolas Helms and Kimberly (Helms) Norman and seven great-grand children. Also among her survivors is her sister Lillian (Poli) Ancona of Augusta, Sicily. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at 10:00 AM at St. Michael Church in North Andover, MA. The burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA. Family and friends may call on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, from 3 PM to 6 PM at the Conte Funeral Home, 17 Third Street, North Andover, MA 01845. Memorial contributions in Rosetta Sicari’s name may be made to St. Michael Church, 196 Main Street, North Andover, MA. 01845.

On December 20, at age 86. With the Sisters of Notre Dame for 68 years. Born in Salem, daughter of John F. and Margaret (O’Neil) Donovan. 1963 graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston with a master’s degree in History from Boston College. Teacher in Notre Dame afﬁliated schools in Eastern Massachusetts for more than 35 years. She taught History at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth; Julie Billiart Central High School in the North End of Boston; St. Mary’s High School, Cambridge; Hudson Catholic High School, Hudson; and the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro. She was also on the staff at St. Mary of the Annunciation School in Danvers. In retirement, Sister Margaret lived many years in Ipswich. Predeceased by her brother, John F. Donovan. She leaves her sister, Kathryn Donovan of Arlington; a sister-in-law, Kathryn Donovan, a niece, Kathryn, a grandniece Kieran, a grandnephew Brendan; and her sisters in religion, the Sisters of Notre Dame. Calling hours Tuesday, December 27, starting at 1 p.m. with a prayer service at 2 p.m. at the Notre Dame du Lac Chapel, 555 Plantation St., Worcester. Funeral Mass will follow at 3 p.m. in the chapel. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame, 30 Jeffreys Neck Road, Ipswich, MA 01938.

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SMITH, Eileen T. (Ronan) Of Canton, December 21st. Beloved wife of the late Frederick L. Mother of Jean M. Gentille of N. Attleboro, Thomas N. Smith of S.C., William F. Smith of W. Roxbury, and Timothy B. Smith of Duxbury. Sister of Marion Quigley of Peabody and the late Phyllis Connors, Regina Roche, Bernard, Leo and John Ronan. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends invited to attend a Funeral Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church, Canton, Tuesday morning at 10:30. Visiting hours omitted. Burial Knollwood Memorial Park, Canton. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made in her memory to a charity of your choice. For complete obituary and guestbook see www. dockrayandthomasfuneralhome.com

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Radio Star Lisa Lipps Of Andover, formerly of Stoneham & Melrose, December 20, 2016, Age 59. Daughter the late Philip & Ellen (Ilmonen) Tedesco . Sister of MaryEllen Doyle & her husband Henry of Melrose and the late Philip & William Tedesco. Aunt of Christopher Doyle, Sean Doyle, Jessica Doyle and Erin Bunten. Visitation will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St., MELROSE, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 9:00-10:00AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Church, Herbert St., Melrose, at 10:30AM. Relatives & friends are respectfully invited to attend. Interment at Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose. In lieu of ﬂowers memorial contributions may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1 Bulﬁnch Pl, Boston, MA 02114 or @ www. Wish.org. For obituary, directions or to send a message of condolence please visit www.gatelyfh.com

TORRA, Bonita E. “Bonnie” (Ferragamo) Of Medford, December 21st. Beloved wife of the late Frank Torra. Devoted mother of Lucille E. Pisano and her husband Richard of ME, Joseph M. Torra and his wife Molly of Somerville, Elizabeth T. Covino and her husband David of Salem. Loving grandmother of Adam T. Pisano, Damian T. Pisano and his wife Jamie, all of S. Berwick, ME, Alexandra Covino of NYC, Andy Covino of Salem, Julia and Celeste Torra, both of Somerville. Dear sister of Marina Regan of Whitman. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to visit with the family on Tuesday, December 27th, from 9:30-11AM at the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., MEDFORD, followed by a Funeral Mass celebrated in St. Francis of Assisi Church, 441 Fellsway West, Medford, at 11:30AM. Services will conclude with interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. Memorial contributions may be sent in Bonita’s name to the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, by contacting the Commandant’s Ofﬁce at 617-887-7115 or the Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472. To leave a message of condolence, please visit www.dellorusso.net.

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VACCARO, Dominic A.

Of Brockton, December 22, 2016. Beloved husband of Phyllis T. (Snyder) (Schrottman) Vaccaro of Brockton. Father of Linda Coletti of Walpole and Robert Vaccaro of Plainville. Stepfather of Ava Montella of North Easton, Wayne Schrottman and his wife Beth of Milford and Alison Perry and her husband John of Mansﬁeld. Brother of John Vaccaro and his wife Grace of Dedham, Barbara Attaway of Dedham, Betty Cook of Westwood and the late Leo Vaccaro and Rose Balmain. Grandfather of David Vaccaro, Danielle Montella, Rachel and Emily Schrottman, and Lindsey Perry; Great-grandfather of Sheridan Vaccaro and Joseph Vaccaro. Brother-in-law of Ronald Snyder of Stoughton and his daughter Amanda Shain. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Noon in Kane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 605 Washington St., (Rte.138), EASTON. Interment, with military honors, will follow in Sharon Memorial Park, Sharon. Visiting hours on Monday from 4-8 p.m. For directions, condolences and complete obituary, visit: www.kanefuneralhome.com.

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Age 87, of Wilmington, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on December 21, 2016. Frank was the beloved husband of Jeannette A. (Morreo) Valente, devoted father of Francis “Frank” Valente & wife Cheryl of Salem, NH, Alexander Valente & wife Gemma of North Reading, Linda Catalano & husband Stephen of Epsom, NH, Daniel Valente & wife Susan of Tewksbury, Pamela Valente of Kensington, NH, Michael Valente of Atkinson, NH, and Charlie Valente & wife Michele of Wilmington. Loving grandfather of 24 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Cherished son of the late Alessandro and Elizabeth (Angelosanto) Valente, dear brother of Madaline LaVine of Wilmington, the late Ann Storella, Marie Zuccola, Jeanette Raetano, Joseph Valente, and Alexander Valente. Frank is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Visiting Hours: Family and friends will gather at the Nichols Funeral Home, 187 Middlesex Ave. (Rte. 62), WILMINGTON, on Thursday, December 29th at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Thomas of Villanova Church, 126 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington, at 11:00 a.m. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. Visiting hours will be held at the Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 28th from 2:00-4:00 & 5:30-8:30 p.m. In lieu of ﬂowers donations in Frank’s memory may be made to the Winchester Hospital Foundation, Center for Cancer Care, 611 Main St., Winchester, MA 01890. Frank was the founder and former owner of Aluminum Age Inc. in North Reading.

94, a long-time resident of Needham, died peacefully on December 16, 2016 in the presence of her two daughters and niece Elaine Ficcardi at her daughter’s home in Medway. Louise was predeceased by her husband William E. Whitehead and her two brothers, Gino and Arthur Ficcardi. She is survived by her daughter, Janice and husband, Robert Mosher of Medway and daughter Nancy and husband Kenneth Hartshorn of Medway, her grandchildren, Scott and his wife Elizabeth and their two children, Matt and Michaela; Robert and his wife Amy and their two children, Emma and Ryan; Alison and her husband Daniel Murphy and their daughter, Abigail, and many extended family members and friends. Louise was well known in the Needham community. She worked at Calvert’s Dept. Store in Needham for 41 years and volunteered at BIDHMC for twenty years helping those in need. She enjoyed spending time with family, friends and could be spotted walking around town throughout her 94 years. She was a member of Carter Memorial Methodist Church. A memorial service will be held in the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 Highland Ave, NEEDHAM, on Wednesday, December 28th at 1:00PM. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations in Louise’s memory may be made to Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation at ccfa.org. For obit, directions or to share a memory of Louise, please visit www.eatonfuneralhomes.com

85, of Malden, formerly of Carlisle, Dec. 19. Beloved wife for 32 years of the Rev. Roger W. Wootton. Loving mother of Joan Deborah Owens of West Barnstable, Peter R. Owens and his wife Carolie Chapman Owens of Portsmouth, NH, Susan Irene Friedenfeld of Ely, MN, Ethan J. Owens and his wife Stephanie Keene of Buxton, ME and Emily J. Bachand and her husband Allen Jr. of Harwich. Loving grandmother of Jesse, Nathan, Lucy, Lily, Sam, Julien, Rachel, Marley, Rhyse, Ryder, Ben, Dillon, Jack, Maxwell and Nicolas. Sister of Lt. Col. Jac Passant (Ret.) and his wife Suzanne of Pagosa Springs, CO. Also survived by her former husband Martin F. Owens of Stow, MA. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 8th at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord. In lieu of ﬂowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Alley Cat Allies, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-2525. www.alleycat.org. Air Force Veteran, Korean Conﬂict. For obituary and on-line guest book visit www.deefuneralhome.com.

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WINER, Bertram

Of Wayland, MA. Died December 3rd after a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Miriam (Mimi) Feldman Winer, sons Jonathan and Joshua, daughters in law Libby Lewis and Margaret Sheehan, and grandchildren Lauren, Nathaniel, Luke, Charles, and Molly. His son Matthew predeceased him by 11 years. He has over 100 nieces and nephews from multiple generations. In addition to being a devoted father and husband, he enjoyed a stellar academic and medical career. He was a graduate of Boston Latin School, Yale University, and New York Medical College. Following Medical school he served in The Army Medical Corps in Panama for 2 years. Over his many decades as a physician, he made signiﬁcant contributions in the area of hypertension research and was a devoted and skilled caretaker to his patients. His interests were far reaching and he embraced them with a high level of enthusiasm and adventure. They included but were not limited to golf, chess, duplicate bridge, sailing, deep sea ﬁshing, and writing political and other essays for his men’s breakfast group. His love and interest in family was always paramount. Private services have been held. Donations in his memory may be made to: The Matthew S.T. Winer MD Award Fund c/o Attn. Catherine Hogan 9 Hanover St. Suite 2 Lebanon, NH 03766.

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Of Reading, MA, passed away on the evening of December 20, 2016. Cherished and beloved son of Gregory J. and Kathleen (Perry) Zager of Reading. Devoted brother of Katie J. Zager and Erin E. Zager of Reading. Loving grandson of Alfred and Jean Perry of Reading. He is also survived by several loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral from the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home, 25 Sanborn St. (corner of Woburn St.) READING, on Tuesday, December 27 at 9:30AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill St., Reading, at 10:30AM. Burial is private. Funeral Home visiting hours Monday from 4:00PM-8:00PM. For directions and on line guest book visit johnbdouglassfuneralhome.com.

ZICH, Doris (Rosenberg) Age 99, of Newton, on December 24, 2016. A gracious woman who appreciated all of her blessings, joyful indomitable spirit, fully engaged in life, a great friend, who made everyone around her feel special. Beloved wife of the late Arthur Zich. Devoted mother of Marjorie Birnbaum and her husband Buzz and Jonathan Zich and his wife Nancy Davidoff Kelton. Loving grandmother of Jeffrey Birnbaum and his wife Kristen, Matthew Zich, Rebecca Zich, and the late Jill Birnbaum. Cherished great-grandmother of TJ, Katelyn, and Brendan Birnbaum. Dear sister of Alan Rosenberg, Herbert Rosenberg, Nathaniel and Nelly Rosenberg, and Audrey Goldberg. Services at Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon St., Brookline, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 1:00 pm. Following interment at the Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery, East Boston, memorial observance will be at the home of Marjorie and Buzz Birnbaum Tuesday until 8:00 pm. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made to Temple Ohabei Shalom.

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Piers Sellers, 61, British climate scientist turned astronaut By Harrison Smith WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist for NASA who remained optimistic about the fate of the Earth despite the grim climate change models he oversaw and who gained American citizenship to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, died Friday in Houston. He was 61. Dr. Sellers, who had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in October 2015, went public with his diagnosis in a New York Times column in January. He wrote that while he had hoped he would see solutions to the problem of climate change in his lifetime, he was devoted to continuing his climate research until he died. ‘‘There is no convincing, demonstrated reason to believe that our evolving future will be worse than our present, assuming careful management of the challenges and risks,’’ he wrote, sounding a note of optimism in spite of increasingly drastic changes in the global temperature and precipitation patterns that he studied. ‘‘History is replete with examples of us humans getting out of tight spots.’’ Dr. Sellers had worked on global climate problems from 1982 to 1996 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and at the University of Maryland, College Park. He wrote more than 70 papers, using computer models to delve into the relationship between the biosphere — the region of the Earth inhabited

by humans and other organisms — and the atmosphere. He was also a lead scientist for Terra, a NASA satellite launched in 1998 that monitors the state of the Earth’s climate and environment. All the while, he applied to become a NASA astronaut. The corps is open only to US citizens, but Dr. Sellers said he wanted, at the very least, to keep his name before the astronaut selection board. He acquired dual citizenship in 1991, and five years later became part of NASA’s largest astronaut training group. The class of 44 so cramped NASA’s training facilities it was humorously nicknamed ‘‘ the Sardines.’’ In three space flights from 2002 to 2010, Dr. Sellers logged 35 days in space, including 41 hours in six space walks. Some lasted as long as seven hours, including a walk in 2006 during which Dr. Sellers tested new emergency repair techniques and materials using caulk guns, putty knives, and his ‘‘favorite spatula’’ from home, according to the Times. ‘‘The best practice for this is to have an old house in Houston,’’ he joked during the mission. Later in the walk, he lost his spatula, which mission control spotted drifting away from the shuttle and tracked by radar. Dr. Sellers returned to the Goddard center in 2011, overseeing scientists researching climate and weather as deputy director of the center’s sciences and exploration directorate

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Dr. Sellers’ final flight, on Atlantis in 2010, delivered a module to the space station.

and as acting director of its Earth sciences division. He made a point of using his experiences as an astronaut to further people’s awareness of climate issues. Asked what it was like going into space, he told a United Nations interviewer in 2011 that even as a climate scientist, he was surprised to see how thin the atmosphere was. ‘‘That really brought home to me how easily mankind can affect its own environment. The stuff we

‘A lot of people think of modernism as cold and clinical or bold and colored, and Risom’s was neither.’ RICHARD WRIGHT, auctioneer with Wright modern design house

Jens Risom, modernist designer By Jacob Bernstein NEW YORK TIMES

NEW YORK — Jens Risom, the Danish furniture maestro who helped bring midcentury modern design to the United States through his work with Knoll Studio, died Dec. 9 at his home in New Canaan, Conn. He was 100. His death was confirmed by a friend, Mark Jespersen. Defined by sharp Scandinavian lines and fused with the rustic aura of Shakerism and US arts and crafts, the armless, affordable chair that became Mr. Risom’s signature in 1942 was one of the first mass-produced modernist furniture pieces introduced in the United States and not Europe. It both introduced Knoll as one of the world’s most enduring quality furniture brands and helped make great mass design palatable to US consumers, who continue to buy Mr. Risom’s chair 74 years later, in every possible color and fabric, through Knoll and Design Within Reach. Today, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum all have Risom selections in their permanent collections. Hundreds of high-end vintage dealers collect and sell Mr. Risom’s black leather benches and walnut magazine stands on the antiques website 1stdibs. A recent auction for six vintage wastepaper baskets by Mr. Risom netted $10,625 with Wright, the country’s leading modern design house. “A lot of people think of modernism as cold and clinical or bold and colored, and Risom’s was neither,” Wright auctioneer Richard Wright said in an interview. “It’s quiet and warm.” Jens Risom was born in Copenhagen. His father, Sven, was a successful architect in the neo-Classical style, and his mother was a homemaker. In the 1930 s, Mr. Risom studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, now known as the Danish Design School, which was for Danish cabinetry makers something akin to matriculating at Harvard. One of his teachers was Kaare Klint, father of Danish modernism. Mr. Risom’s class-

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The armless, affordable chair produced by Knoll Studio became Mr. Risom’s signature in 1942. mate Hans Wegner went on to become perhaps the most renowned chair designer of the 20th century. Shortly before Germany’s invasion of Denmark in 1940, Mr. Risom immigrated to the United States, took a job at a small textiles firm, and met Hans Knoll, a German immigrant whose parents worked in the furniture business. “ Without knowing it, he was looking for me and I was looking for him,” Mr. Risom told Wallpaper magazine in 2008. “He wanted to get into manufacturing quality furniture.” Materials were hard to come by during the war, so Mr. Risom designed a chair with simple wooden legs and for upholstery used nothing other than surplus parachute straps. The surprise was that Mr. Risom’s creation — one of 15 pieces he designed for Knoll’s debut collection, and perhaps too humble to ever be described as a masterpiece — was almost comfortable enough to sleep in. But Mr. Risom would not be doing that — not then, at least. Just as Knoll was taking off, he was drafted into the Army and shipped off to Europe, where he served with the Third Army as an interpreter under General George S. Patton after the Allied invasion at Normandy. In his spare time, he redecorated the platoon’s barracks. Mr. Risom returned to New York after the war. There, Knoll was involved romantically and professionally with a furniture

designer named Florence Schust, who held a view of modern design that was in direct opposition to Mr. Risom’s. W h e r e Mr. R i s o m w a s a Dane seduced by the allure of homey Americana, Schust — soon to be Knoll — was a Michigan-born disciple of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who had returned from a stint at the Architectural Association in London transfixed by the chilly austerity of the German Bauhaus movement. Mr. Risom left Knoll in 1946 and began Jens Risom Design, which showcased his residential and office furniture in advertising campaigns by Richard Avedon that presaged the Madison Avenue aesthetic of the early 1960s. If Mr. Risom was somewhat eclipsed by contemporaries like Wegner, that was partly because he “wasn’t a showy or verbal polemical designer,” said Juliet Kinchin, curator of modern design at the Museum of Modern Art. Ultimately, however, the design world embraced his work again. In his later years, Mr. Risom served two five-year terms as a trustee of the Rhode Island School of Design and was knighted in Denmark by Queen Margrethe II. An enduring partnership with upscale furniture dealer Ralph Rucci brought renewed attention to his work, as well. Mr. Risom’s first wife, the former Iben Haderup, died in 1977. His second wife, Dr. Henny Panduro Madsen, died in 2015. He leaves two daughters, Helen Risom Belluschi and Peggy Risom Bull; two sons, Thomas and Sven; a brother, Niels; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two stepchildren, Helle Jacobsen and Dr. Michael Madsen. To Wendy Goodman, design editor of New York magazine, there was a certain logic to the way Mr. Risom went to the United States and helped remind people there about the beauty of its unfussy design history. “Maybe it takes someone coming here to do that,” she said, “because he romanticized the freedom and the openness of America, and that’s what’s so wonderful about his furniture.”

breathe, there’s not much of it. It’s a very thin atmosphere. We better pay attention.’’ Piers John Sellers was born in Crowborough, a town in the south of England. The son of a British army officer, he grew up on military posts around the world. Dr. Sellers said he dreamed of going into space ever since he saw images of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth in 1961. Through a British air force

cadet program, Dr. Sellers learned to fly gliders before he could drive. He received a bachelor’s in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976 and a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds in 1981. He moved to the United States one year later, starting work at Goddard as a research meteorologist. His marriage to the former Amanda Lomas ended in divorce. He leaves a daughter,

Imogen Shelton of Austin, Texas; and a son, Thomas of Houston; his mother, Lindsay Sellers of Guildford, England; four brothers; and a grandson. Dr. Sellers flew on the shuttle Atlantis in 2002, carrying out three space walks as part of the assembly of the International Space Station. Three months later, the shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry, killing all seven astronauts on board, including three with whom Dr. Sellers had trained. His 2006 mission on Discovery was partly designed to test safety measures that would prevent similar accidents. His final flight, on Atlantis in 2010, delivered a module to the space station. Dr. Sellers was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to science. He proclaimed himself ‘‘gobsmacked.’’ ‘‘I’ve no regrets,’’ he wrote in January. ‘‘As an astronaut I space-walked 220 miles above the Earth. Floating alongside the International Space Station, I watched hurricanes cartwheel across oceans, the Amazon snake its way to the sea through a brilliant green carpet of forest, and gigantic nighttime thunderstorms flash and flare for hundreds of miles along the equator. From this God’s-eye-view, I saw how fragile and infinitely precious the Earth is. I’m hopeful for its future.’’ Ever loyal to his profession as a scientist, he concluded: ‘‘And so, I’m going to work tomorrow.’’

Rick Parfitt, 68, guitarist for Status Quo By Gregory Katz ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Rick Parfitt, a hard-rocking British guitarist and songwriter who had multiple hits over the decades with the rock band Status Quo, has died in Spain at age 68. His manager, Simon Porter, and Mr. Parfitt’s family said in a statement that Mr. Parfitt died in a hospital in Marbella, Spain, on Saturday from a severe infection. ‘‘We are truly devastated to have to announce that Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has passed away at lunchtime today,’’ the statement read, asking for privacy for the family and the band. T h e s t at e m e n t s a i d Mr. Parfitt had been hospitalized since Thursday because of complications from an earlier shoulder injur y stemming from a fall. It said he had been looking forward to starting a solo career after he stopped touring with the band because of medical issues including a heart attack this year. Status Quo formed in the 1960s and kept legions of devoted fans throughout the years. His partnership with Francis Rossi provided sparks on stage and in the studio. They were most popular in Britain but had followers in dozens of countries.

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Mr. Parfitt was known for his aggressive style, often played on his white Fender Telecaster or other similar models. Mr. Parfitt was known for his aggressive style, often played on his signature 1965 white Fender Telecaster or other similar models. He wrote s o m e o f S t a t u s Q u o’s b e s t known songs, including ‘‘ Whatever You Want’’ and ‘‘Backwater.’’ The band’s website said Mr. Parfitt was known as ‘‘ The Womorr,’’ which stands for ‘‘the wild old man of rock and roll’’ but added that had changed to ‘‘mild’’ over the years. The band played one of the biggest concerts in history when they opened the Live Aid show in London in 1985, rip-

ping into a version of ‘‘Rockin’ All Over the World’’ that left the crowd delirious. Mr. Parfitt’s face aged over the years, but he retained his long blonde hair, denim outfits, and no-holds-barred rockand-roll style. He slowed down a bit after quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1997 but stayed on the road with the band until this year, when a heart attack forced him to stop touring. Mr. Parfitt divided his time between Spain and London. Porter said Mr. Parfitt leaves his wife Lyndsay and four children: Tommy, Lily, Rick Jr., and Harry.

Léo Marjane, 104, French music hall star By William Grimes NEW YORK TIMES

NEW YORK — Léo Marjane, a star of the French music hall in the 1930s and ’40s, whose heart-wrenching ballad “Alone Tonight” became a signature song of occupied France, died Dec. 18 in Barbizon, France. She was 104. The cause was a heart attack, her son, Philippe de Ladoucette, told Agence France-Presse. Ms. Marjane’s warm contralto and intimate, impassioned delivery made her one of the great music-hall stars of Paris, a rival to the legendary Mistinguett. A fan of American jazz and a frequent visitor to the United States, she recorded American standards like “Over the Rainbow,” “September in the Rain,” and “Begin the Beguine,” a departure for a French singer at the time. On recordings, she was often backed by two of France’s jazziest orchestras, led by WalBerg, the stage name of Volde-

mar Rosenberg, and Raymond Legrand. She had her first big hit with the romantic ballad “The Chapel at Moonlight” in 1937. “ That record sold like hotcakes,” Ms. Marjane told the radio station France Culture in 2012. She quickly became a fixture at the top music halls. She recorded nearly 200 songs, but none had the effect of “Alone Tonight,” which expressed the heartache of couples torn apart by the war. “I’m alone tonight with my dreams,” it began. “I’m alone tonight without your love.” Ms. Marjane continued to perform during the occupation, a sore point with her countrymen after the war. She was brought before a civil court and charged with collaboration for appearing at cabarets frequented by German officers and singing on Radio Paris, a Nazi propaganda station. “Who did not sing?” she said in 2012. “I’d like to know. Those who say they didn’t have

no memory. I had to earn a living.” She was cleared of all charges, but the damage was done, and her career never really recovered. After a period of selfexile in Britain and Belgium, she returned to France and resumed recording. She updated her repertoire with songs by younger composers like Charles Aznavour, Léo Ferré, and Gilbert Bécaud, but her records failed to sell. She was born Thérèse Maria Léonie Gendebien on Aug. 26, 1912, in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Her father was a diplomat, and she spent her early years in Germany and Austria, studying violin and piano at the Vienna Conservatory. After winning the Artistica singing contest in Marseille at 15, she began singing comic songs as part of a duo, under the name Rita Karoly. Before long she was appearing on her own at Parisian music halls. Her stage surname combined “Marie” and “Jeanne.”

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Boston’s forecast 6 A.M.

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High pressure nosing in from Canada will give the region a tranquil but chilly Christmas Day. Mainly clear and cold but still quiet during the night.

HIGH 36-41 LOW 21-26

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Some sun, then turning cloudy with a shower in spots in the afternoon as the next storm system approaches. More showers around during the night. HIGH 38-43 LOW 36-41

6 A.M.

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Mostly cloudy and not as cool as the storm system starts to move away from the region. It will be a milder day. Clearing and turning colder at night.

HIGH 50-55 LOW 28-33

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The next storm system will move into the region. This will bring considerable amounts of clouds to the area along with rain. Snow may mix at night. HIGH 39-44 LOW 29-34

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New England forecast TODAY: High pressure will bring plenty of sunshine to the entire region but it will remain chilly. Clear and cold at night. TOMORROW: The next storm system will spread PRESQUE ISLE more clouds into the area with some showers by 21/-4 later in the day and at night. EXTENDED: Some clouds will linger MILLINOCKET Tuesday as the storm system departs. 25/3 Colder air will arrive on Wednesday despite sunshine.

Map key

BANGOR 27/5

NEWPORT 24/2 BURLINGTON 28/11

AUGUSTA 28/7

BERLIN 28/-5

MONTPELIER 26/2

MT. WASHINGTON 9/4 LEBANON 29/6

RUTLAND 31/6

BAR HARBOR 32/10

PORTLAND 33/11

LACONIA 30/8 MANCHESTER PORTSMOUTH 33/16 BRATTLEBORO 35/14 33/6 NASHUA 36/12 PITTSFIELD 34/12 BOSTON 38/23 WORCESTER PROVINCETOWN SPRINGFIELD NEW 36/17 39/11 PROVIDENCE 41/28 BEDFORD 43/22 43/21 HYANNIS 42/25 HARTFORD 41/15 NEWPORT 42/27 BRIDGEPORT OAK BLUFFS NANTUCKET 43/28 43/28 46/26

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

New England marine forecast

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Marblehead

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Scituate

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Almanac 75/63 47/32 65/36 83/66 46/32 55/39 42/40 39/28 59/41 50/30 29/18 59/45 53/39 36/15 36/30 27/15 62/54 85/68 49/37

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Canada & Mexico Cancun Edmonton  Halifax Mexico City Montreal Quebec Toronto Vancouver

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Christmas star – A. MacRobert Brilliant Sirius the Dog Star is up in the southeast these nights by 8 or 8:15 p.m., twinkling vigorously. Binoculars may show it flashing in vivid colors.

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Various Christmas bird counts were conducted during the past 10 days, with highlights cited below. ºStellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary: Sightings included a pomarine jaeger, 66 common murres, 99 razorbills, and four Atlantic puffins. ºBoston: Reports featured 62 wood ducks, a Barrow’s goldeneye, 413 hooded mergansers, 34 double-crested cormorants, 40 great blue herons, 33 Cooper’s hawks, seven bald eagles, two whitewinged doves, four snowy owls, four short-eared owls, 22 belted kingfishers, five merlins, eight peregrine falcons, an ovenbird, and five orangecrowned warblers. ºQuincy: Counts included a canvasback, 303 ringnecked ducks, an Iceland gull, four ruby-crowned kinglets, three American pipits, and 96 snow buntings. ºWestport: Highlights featured 177 gadwalls, 49 harlequin ducks, three brown thrashers, a blueheaded vireo, a blue-gray gnatcatcher, and a Nashville warbler. ºWorcester: Counts included a Barrow’s goldeneye, four sandhill cranes, and a Lapland longspur. ºPlum Island: Reports from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge included 10 red-necked grebes, two rough-legged hawks, 52 razorbills, two black guillemots, and 13 crossbills. ºMiscellaneous: Reports this week included a pink-footed goose in the fields along Route 133 in Ipswich; snow geese in Beverly, Danvers, and Topsfield; a redhead at the Cambridge Reservoir in Waltham; a tufted duck at Kenoza Lake in Haverhill; a great egre t at Wes t Island Beach in Fairhaven; three sandhill cranes at the William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park in Boston; two white-winged doves at the Fenway Victory Gardens in Boston; a Townsend’s solitaire on Choate Island in Essex; two painted buntings at Nantucket; and 18 red crossbills in Salisbury. For more information about bird sightings or to report sightings, call MassAudubon at 781-2598805 or go to www.massaudubon.org.

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Erin Robertson wins ‘Project Runway’ South Boston’s Capo restaurant was festooned with sunshine-colored balloons Thursday night, symbolically shining down on the evening’s honoree, Erin Robertson. And on a dark winter’s night, it did feel bright and sunny for Robertson, 29, the Cambridge designer and textile artist who that night was voted winner of “Project Runway.” Inside the restaurant lounge, Robertson — who was decked out in a dress that matched the balloons — was glowing. “What I love is fun,” she said. “I’m always trying to be fun, fun, fun.” In fact, Robertson loves fun so much that she presented her final collection on the Lifetime fashion competition as “Project Funway.” Actress, singer, and finale guest judge Zendaya summed up Robertson’s style and her collection: “As fun and as kooky as it was, it felt very ex-

pensive and very cohesive at the same time.” At the viewing party Thursday, Robertson was joined at Capo by fellow contestants — and Boston-area locals — Cornelius Ortiz and Nathalia JMag. Since breaking into the fashion scene while attending the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Robertson has made her mark as an eccentric young designer with a strong vibe of humor and levity. She once created a dress for a MassArt show that was topped with Doritos. On “Project Runway,” she constructed a bright yellow dress (notice there’s a yellow theme in her life) made of bubblegum and wigs. “I just love colors,” she said. Born and raised in Utah to a Mormon family, Robertson dropped out of high school and moved east, eventually landing a job as a dental assis-

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Erin Robertson (in yellow) with (from left) Jordan Pianedosi, Christian Restrepo, and Michaela Bosch during the Project Runway watch party. tant at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. It was there that a co-worker inspired her to start thinking about fashion, which eventually brought her

to MassArt in 2012. By 2013, her sophomore year, Robertson had won the CDFA/Teen Vogue Target Scholar award, a prestigious

accolade for a young designer — and one that earned her the attention of the fashion world. The light, color-filled aesthetic has always been central to her designs, especially in her emphasis on yellow. In the fashion world, she is drawn to Delpozo and Kenzo, two fashion houses known for their use of color. But then there is her whimsy. Robertson hands out business cards shaped like bananas. The fruit is woven into her fashion as well, adorning dresses and even the phone case she carries. When asked about the banana obsession, she simply said, “It’s a really great fruit.” On “Project Runway,” Robertson came out strong but late in the season there was buzz on the social media that she had lost her edge and would not prevail. Last night’s victory was a vindication. Designer and “Runway” judge Zac Posen lauded the winner: Robertson “is humor and she is craft. To me, she’s the full package.”

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Olivia Culpo (center) joined the Holiday Pops on cello for a song.

You never know who might show up at Holiday Pops. During Friday’s matinee performance at Symphony Hall, Ryan McAvoy, a Boston native who suffers from cystic fibrosis, played with the orchestra. (The early Christmas present was arranged by the folks at Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island.) And then in the evening, former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo joined conductor Keith Lockhart on stage to narrate Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas (’Twas the Night Before Christmas.)” But that’s not all. As Culpo was leaving the stage, she was approached by Pops cellist Ron Lowry, who apparently knew that the 24-year-old model used to play the cello. (Her mom, Susan, plays the viola.) Culpo gamely took Lowry’s instrument and joined the orchestra on a rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Cheering Culpo on — and waiting backstage when she was done — was her boyfriend, Patriots receiver Danny Amendola.

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Keith Lockhart with Olivia Culpo and Danny Amendola.

Globe correspondent Tommaso S. Auerbach contributed. Read local celebrity news at www.bostonglobe.com/names. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.

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‘I just want to make art. And let you hear it. That’s all I want for Christmas.’ KESHA, singer, in a letter to fans on Instagram

In ‘Dare to Dream,’ Disney princesses skate for their lives By Don Aucoin

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Merchandising tie-ins, theme parks, Broadway musicals: Disney is so relentless about squeezing every possible dime out of beloved movie characters that it’s prudent to approach each venture spawned by the entertainment empire with a certain wary skepticism. But that can sometimes be hard to sustain in the face of the thing itself. Take the calculating but nonetheless beguiling “Disney On Ice presents Dare to Dream,’’ which offers just enough of those expertly engineered moments of enchantment that are central to the Disney aesthetic. “Dare to Dream’’ features figureskating performers who portray Disney “princesses’’ and a host of other characters from “Tangled,’’ “Cinderella,’’ “Snow White and the Se ven Dwarfs,’’ and “The Princess and the Frog.’’ The stylishly executed ice show at Agganis Arena is presented by Feld Entertainment Inc., which licensed the rights to the Disney characters and storylines. As suggested by the title, the princesses in “Dare to Dream’’ are intent on finding themselves, often by

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breaking free from constricting roles and repressive authority. Underscoring that theme are the jumps, spins, and lifts that are gracefully executed by the lavishly costumed performers as they sweep across the ice, enacting scenes from the animated films. Whether performed as solos, duets, or precisely synchronized ensemble routines, the skating sequences in “Dare to Dream’’ verge on the balletic. The protagonists include Cinderella, who remains a doughty underdog you can root for; Tiana, from “The Princess and the Frog,’’ though her storyline is vaguely sketched in a New Orleans sequence highlighted by a parasol-twirling ensemble; the golden-

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Snow White meets her Prince in Disney’s “Dare to Dream.”

tressed Rapunzel, from “Tangled’’; and Snow White, who promises to “sew and sweep and cook’’ for the Seven Dwarfs if they’ll take her in (get this young lady a copy of “The Feminine

Mystique,’’ stat!). It is when the focus shifts to Rapunzel that “Dare to Dream’’ really takes off. Portrayed by the immensely talented Taylor Steele, Rapunzel chafes un-

der the thumb of a control-freak mother figure while initially resisting the charms of the rascally Flynn, played by Joe Jacobsen. Their romantic attraction eventually provides the pretext for some heart-in-your-mouth high flying on aerial silks by Steele and Jacobsen, as well as some of the show’s most dynamic skating routines. Also on hand in “Dare to Dream’’ are Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck. If you’re an adult, the breathless yelping of Mickey et. al. as they introduce scenes is likely to get on your nerves. If you’re a kid, you might well wonder who the heck they are. Kids, of course, are the target audience of “Dare to Dream,’’ and the performers played to them on Friday night, when numerous little girls were attired in princess gowns. After being offered a poisoned apple by the Evil Queen, Snow White asked the audience: “Should I take a bite?’’ The fervent reply came back instantly: “Noooo!’’ Alas, their sound advice went unheeded. Don Aucoin can be reached at aucoin@globe.com.

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FOXBOROUGH — Let’s hope there is not a false sense of security that is serving as insulation for the Foxborough Bubble. The real season isn’t going to be as easy as Saturday’s early Christmas gift from the NFL’s schedule-maker — “competition” in the form of the wretched New York Jets. It’s not going to feature a parade of unproven, unqualified, or underwhelming quarterbacks, which is what the Patriots have faced the last six weeks with the notable exception of Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco. There won’t be any more walkovers like the Patriots’ 41-3 annihilation of the NYJ at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. The Patriots should be commended. They are playing their best and most balanced football of the season, peaking for a playoff run. But they’re going to be confronted with better teams and better quarterbacks in the playoffs, the only season that matters in these parts. And it’s hard to shake the feeling that some of these feelgood performances are not just attributable to the Patriots’ excellence, but the capabilities, or lack thereof, of the quarterbacks they’re facing. The next backup up on the buffet of pedestrian passers the Patriots have feasted upon is Miami Dolphins QB Matt Moore. All it takes is one bad day against one good quarterback and the season ends before the NFL’s high holiday in Houston, Super Bowl LI. Unless everything breaks for the Patriots — like the fibulas of Tennessee’s Marcus Mariota and Oakland’s Derek Carr did on Saturday — lifting the Lombardi Trophy is going to require the Patriots beating high-caliber, competent quarterbacks in back-to-back games. There aren’t many of those left in the AFC, especially with Mariota and Carr felled by injury. There is a difference between clowning the latest in a long line of Jets wannabe QBs in Bryce Petty and doing it to Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in a playoff game, followed by (gulp) Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, or Russell Wilson in the Super Bowl. Proven playoff quarterbacks have been a rare sighting on New England’s schedule. Petty was the latest of the plebeian QBs the Patriots have faced. The Fightin’ Belichicks have faced only three quarterbacks this year who have a playoff victory on their résumé — Carson Palmer of the Arizona Cardinals, Seattle’s Wilson, and Flacco. Wilson and Flacco are the only two the Patriots have faced who have more than one postseason victory. They’re 13-2 overall, but 1-1 against proven playoff performers. Since their Sunday Night Football loss to the Seahawks Nov. 13, a game in which Wilson threw for 348 yards and three touchdowns and led Seattle to scores on seven of its nine drives (discounting a kneel-down), the Patriots defense has not allowed an opponent to top 400 yards of offense. No opponent has generated 350 yards of offense. The Patriots haven’t allowed a touchdown the last two games, and Flacco and Co. needed a pair of special teams miscues

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by the Patriots just to find the end zone. The defense is playing its best football of the season. It’s not only keeping teams out of the end zone. It’s demoralizing them. However, the caveat is that over the last six games they haven’t faced an offense ranked higher than 17th in the league in total offense when they played them. The Jets entered 21st in total offense and 30th in points per game. They lived up to their billing. On a sodden Saturday, the sun eventually came out, but the Jets never came to play. The J-E-T-S were a J-O-K-E. They got roasted like chestnuts on an open fire. The Jets were down, 27-0, at the half. New York entered the game with the worst turnover differential in the NFL (minus-19) and 30 turnovers, the second-highest total in the league. They lived up to their reputation as gift-givers. Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler responded to his Pro Bowl snub with two interceptions and a fumble recovery. Petty evoked memories of (Off the) Mark Sanchez with his bumbling play. On the Jets’ first series, the piteous Petty essential sacked himself on third down, backing into left tackle Ben Ijalana. On the second series, he made a terrible decision trying to fit a throw into a covered Robby Anderson. It was intercepted by Butler at the Jets’ 47, the first of four Patriots takeaways that led to 24 points. The Patriots turned that pick into a 5yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to Martellus Bennett, the first of Brady’s three touchdown passes in the first half. The second-best quarterback at Gillette on Saturday was Jimmy Garoppolo, who replaced Brady with 27 seconds left in the third quarter and the Patriots up, 34-0. The Jets’ first six offensive plays gained negative-6 yards. After the second turnover, a fumble by Khiry Robinson that led to a 22yard field goal, the Patriots had more points (13) than the Jets had offensive plays (12) with 11:13 left in the first half. On that fumble, Petty injured his shoulder tackling Butler. He left the game with a coveted 0.0 passer rating. He was replaced in the second quarter by deposed Jets starter Ryan Fitzpatrick, who finished 8 of 21 for 136 yards with two interceptions. What can you learn about the Patriots on a day like this? “That we’re focused,” said safety Duron Harmon. “This game is long. I’ve seen it over and over again. You can be up 21 and then the next thing in the fourth quarter it’s a 3point game, and it’s an all-out fight. For us to come in here and be focused enough for us to play a solid four quarters and not let up, man, it’s exciting.” The Jets’ ineptitude reigned at Gillette. On the first play of a rebooted third-quarter drive, referee Gene Steratore announced a false start against the Jets by saying, “False start, everyone but the center.” You just don’t get that type of high comedy from humorless NFL officials often. This game was laughable. At some point in the playoffs, the Patriots will be confronted with quarterback play and an opponent that are not.

Bob Glauber is a columnist for Newsday OXBOROUGH — Compared to nearly a year earlier, when they faced the Patriots in another Week 16 matchup, it is difficult to imagine a more diametrically opposed set of circumstances for the Jets. Remember Dec. 27, 2015, when the Patriots and Jets played at MetLife Stadium, with New England headed to yet another playoff season and the Jets closing in on a postseason berth of their own? Ryan Fitzpatrick took the Patriots to overtime with yet another outstanding game in what turned out to be a career year, and the Jets won it in spectacular fashion on a touchdown drive to start the extra session. A 26-20 win against their longtime nemesis put the Jets in position for a win-andyou’re-in scenario the following week against the Bills, giving Fitzpatrick and Brandon Marshall a chance to reach the playoffs for the first time. It also gave Todd Bowles a chance to put the finishing touches on one of the best rookie seasons by any Jets coach. As fate would have it, though, that Week 16 win over the Patriots would represent a high-water mark for the franchise, because it has been a long and painful downward spiral ever since. Fitzpatrick blew up in the fourth quarter the following week against the Bills, the Jets failed to get to the playoffs, and they have been a mess ever since. Just days short of a year since that dramatic win over the Patriots, the Jets were humiliated by the team that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady built, losing on Saturday at Gillette Stadium, 41-3, in yet another brutal reminder of the chasm that exists between the Jets and the perennial Super Bowl-contending Patriots. The Jets have dropped three of their last four games and have been outscored by a combined 116-26 in those losses to the Colts, Dolphins, and Patriots. Saturday’s loss was reminiscent of the 45-3 shellacking by New England they suffered near the end of the 2010 season, but at least they were a playoffworthy team that year. They came back to beat the Patriots in the divisional round of the playoffs in one of the biggest wins in franchise history. This time they are limping to the finish line in epically embarrassing fashion at 4-11 heading into next Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Bills. And if the contrast

Jets receiver Brandon Marshall was a bystander as Patriots cornerback Eric Rowe intercepted this pass in the second quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at cgasper@globe.com.

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with their next-to-last game in 2015 was striking, it will be a similar scenario at MetLife Stadium a year after Jets-Bills went so wrong and started the stunning descent. Rex Ryan could be coaching his final game for the Bills, and while Jets owner Woody Johnson hasn’t indicated what he might do with Bowles after the season, he surely will be wondering what his next move will be as his team finishes a demoralizing season before what could be a half-empty stadium for the New Year’s Day finale. Bowles’s appearance on the sideline was the only positive moment on what turned out to be an otherwise brutal afternoon. The coach was stricken on Friday after suffering complications from gallstones and kidney stones, and he didn’t make the trip with the team later that day. After a brief hospitalization, Bowles was cleared to rejoin the team, and he opted to remain on the sideline for the game. “Gallstones got stuck in the pipe,” Bowles said afterward. “A lot of pain, and [it] went from there. I had to pass some tests and be feeling somewhat normal to get out there.” Unfortunately for Bowles, there was no concurrent emotional lift that made a difference in the game. The Jets were awful from the start, with Bryce Petty throwing an interception and getting sacked twice before suffering a dislocated shoulder while making a tackle after Khiry Robinson’s fumble. “All losses are tough, but if you make mistakes [against the Patriots], they’re going to embarrass you,” he said. “To get embarrassed the way we did is never fun, not just as a football player but as a man.” Fitzpatrick took umbrage at the suggestion the Jets have quit on the season or on their coach. “We got beat today. We got embarrassed,” he said. “We got embarrassed, but there aren’t quitters in this locker room.” The Jets are just a shell of what they were a year ago, an aging roster that has been gutted by injuries along the offensive line, at running back, and in the secondary. It’s a dismal time for a franchise that has become all too familiar with that word over the decades since Joe Namath won the only Super Bowl for the Jets after the ’68 season. One more week to go, and it’s on to 2017. Will it get any better? Too soon to know. About the best you can say is it can’t get much worse.

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No. 1, they want to finish strong Ben Volin ON FOOTBALL FOXBOROUGH — Tom Brady had a message for his teammates last Sunday immediately following the big win in Denver: There will be no repeat of 2015 for the Patriots. “We got on the airplane, and we said, ‘Look, we’re finishing strong,’” Brady said Sunday shortly after the Patriots thoroughly pounded the Jets, 41-3. “Last year, we didn’t finish strong. We didn’t like the way things ended. We need to keep playing well down the stretch.” Every Patriots fan remembers how 2015 ended — with a thud. The Patriots were 12-2, and only had to win one game against the Jets or Dolphins, two teams that missed the playoffs, to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. But they lost in overtime to the Jets, then tripped over themselves in Miami in Week 17, while the Broncos won out and stole away the No. 1 seed. The Patriots had to travel to Denver for the AFC Championship game instead of playing it at home, and the Patriots lost a game, 20-18, that they probably would have won in the friendly confines of Gillette Stadium. Fast forward 12 months, and the Patriots find themselves in the same predicament. They were 12-2 entering Saturday’s game. They get the Jets and Dolphins to close out the season. The Week 17 game is also in Miami, site of last year’s bizarre loss, when the Patriots ran the ball 18 of the first 20 snaps of the game. The Patriots spent all of last week talking about how they wouldn’t limp to the finish line again. Saturday’s 38-point win over the Jets was a good start. “Last year, whatever we

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A fired-up Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leaves the field at Gillette Stadium in high spirits after beating the Jets. thought of how good of a position we were in and, ‘blah blah blah,’ the season didn’t end the way we wanted it to,” defensive captain Devin McCourty said last week. “The biggest thing is learning from those experiences. Obviously those games have no bearing on this year’s games but just learning of, ‘What did you do that week?’, ‘Did you go the extra step to try to prepare?’, ‘Did you go the extra mile at the toughest part of the season — two games left, Christmas, New Years, holidays — just trying to put in a little extra?’ So I think obviously

Coach [Bill] Belichick reminded us of that, and I think as guys that were here last year and veterans, we’ve got to try to urge the team to have that sense of urgency.” This year isn’t quite a mirror image of last year. The Patriots are much healthier this time around, with Rob Gronkowski as the only key player on either side of the football to suffer a season-ending injury. They’re a more complete team on offense, with the ability to run the ball 35-plus times per game, as they have done in each of the past two

weeks. They’re deeper at the offensive skill positions with Michael Floyd joining Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan, Martellus Bennett, Dion Lewis, LeGarrette Blount, and others. And the offensive line has been healthy and productive, with five players starting at least 14 games this year. A Patriots win or a Raiders loss in Week 17 will secure home-field advantage for the Patriots this time. “Right now, we’re playing pretty decent,” defensive tackle Alan Branch said. “I thought we were playing well last year,

but then we started losing at the end of the season.” It wasn’t just the last two games of the season where the Patriots faltered. After starting 10-0, they uncharacteristically dropped four of their last six regular-season games, including a baffling loss at home to Philadelphia. “Everybody knows that the season can go sour real quick, and it did last year towards the end of December,” Branch said. “So we just want to make sure we keep playing our best ball toward the end of the season.” To that end, the Patriots are

riding a six-game winning streak since losing to Seattle in November, and they do appear to be playing their best in all three phases as the season reaches its crescendo. The offense is finding its groove without Gronkowski, and after forcing just two turnovers over a seven-game stretch, the Patriots’ defense has now forced 12 turnovers in their last five games, including four against the Jets on Saturday. “We’re really trying to harp on that, just finishing strong now,” safety Duron Harmon said. “I wouldn’t say redemption, but it’s definitely, you want to go out with a better feeling than we did last year. Just the fact that we didn’t play the way we wanted to down the stretch, we want to get back to that, playing great football in December so it can carry over.” Bill Belichick was in a bit of a dour mood in Saturday’s postgame press conference, but he’s certainly not down on his team. It’s just that he remembers how last year ended for the Patriots — back in September he called the Week 17 loss to Miami “sickening” — and he doesn’t want his players getting overconfident. “Of course it’s all good right now, but when we go back into the film we’ll know that we messed up some stuff here and some stuff we need to fix,” Harmon said. Monday’s film session might have a negative tone, with the coaching staff pointing out some of the Patriots’ flaws in their 41-3 win over the Jets. “Oh, trust me — all the flaws,” Harmon said. “Flaws that we didn’t even know we had in the game. But they’re going to find them, and they’re going to make sure we learn from them.”

Ben Volin can be reached at ben.volin@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin

Not a Pro Bowler? Butler showed them By Nora Princiotti GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

FOXBOROUGH — Earlier in the season, when the Patriots were getting turnovers at a much slower clip than the 12 they’ve taken away in the last five games, some players, and even coach Bill Belichick, said the team just had to continue playing sound defense, turnovers or not. If the ball was out, that was a good sign, even if the Patriots weren’t recovering possession. Not Malcolm Butler. Close wasn’t good enough. Butler had something else in mind. Something more like the performance he pulled out of his stocking Saturday, when he intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble in the Patriots 41-3 win over the Jets. “I’ve been hoping for a game like this. It finally came,” Butler said. Butler intercepted Bryce Petty in the first quarter, batting the ball intended for Robby Anderson and catching it on the way to the ground. Then he made a heads-up play to recover the fumble forced by linebacker Elandon Roberts less than eight minutes of game-clock later. Butler finished the hat trick at the end of the third quarter, picking off Ryan Fitzpatrick, who had replaced the injured Petty (shoulder), and running it back 21 yards. Butler would take a performance like that any week of the season, but he sure doesn’t mind the timing. He redeemed one of his worst games of the season, Nov. 27 against the Jets, when he gave up a 40-yard pass and a touchdown to receiver Quincy Enunwa. Butler was in close coverage for both catches but didn’t get his hands on either pass. “I just had the mentality to make sure I didn’t drop any balls this game and it didn’t happen,” Butler said. “I struggle with the Jets, man, there’s something about those Jets, but just glad to get the win.” He also shouldn’t mind that the stellar showing comes the week after he was left off the list of nominees for the Pro Bowl. Butler now has two more passes defensed (16) and two more interceptions (4) this season than he did all of last season, when he was selected to the Pro Bowl. “If I would have made it, it would have been motivation, if I didn’t, it was going to

be motivation, so either way I go it just works itself out,” Butler said. The way Butler and his teammates have been playing, it might not have worked out for him to go to the Pro Bowl, anyway. The Patriots defense hasn’t given up a touchdown in more than two games, and had the Jets feeling so snakebitten they elected to kick a field goal while trailing by 41 points. “ You’ve got to take what you can get sometimes,” Butler said. Now that his players have been coming up with the ball more often, Belichick acknowledged how pivotal those plays can be. “There’s nothing that correlates more to winning than turnovers. Number 1 is points, No. 2 is turnovers,” Belichick said. The Patriots have gotten at least one turnover in each of the last five games and, according to Butler, that means there should be more to come. “Once you start doing things week in and week out, good things week in and week out, it starts to become contagious,” Butler said. “You know, the turnovers, not giving up points, just playing good football overall.” A little intra-squad competition helps. Cornerback Eric Rowe, who had the Patriots’ other interception Saturday, joked he wanted a second one to pull even with Butler. “In my head I was like, ‘Man, he has two. I want more.’ We don’t really look at it like that, but in my head today I was like ‘Man I need one more so I can stick with him’,” Rowe said. The two may be friendly rivals, but they’re also loyal teammates. Rowe said Butler should have made the Pro Bowl. “He did get snubbed and he knows that, but he knows ultimately it’s kind of about what he’s doing for the team and obviously, he’s playing at a really high level right now, especially this last little stretch,” Rowe said. “I mean, we talked about it and he was like ‘Man, I should have made it,’ but he’s like, ‘Whatever.’ Obviously he knows the team is more important. It’s kind of one of those — I think it’s like a popularity vote at the time. He says it’s whatever.” Nora Princiotti can be reached at nora.princiotti@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @NoraPrinciotti.

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Whether patrolling the secondary or invading the backfield, Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler was a thorn to the Jets Saturday. He intercepted two passes, including one by Ryan Fitzpatrick (14), and recovered a fumble.

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DECEMBER 25, 2016

G l o b e

Patriots 41, Jets 3 PATRIOTS 41 JETS 3 1

10 17

JETS PATRIOTS

At Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 66,829. Time: 2:48. Net yards rushing NYJ

111

114 Net yards passing 128

NYJ

211

Total net yards offense 239

NYJ

325

Time of possession 25:17

NYJ

34:43

First downs

NYJ

14 7

21 6

1 1-11

3 11-18

Total Rushing Passing Penalties Third down

Conversions

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By Jim McBride GLOBE STAFF

FOXBOROUGH — Hey Santa, you skip Matt Lengel’s house, Tom Brady’s got your back. Brady delivered the perfect present in the form of an 18-yard touchdown pass to Lengel in the second quarter of New England’s 41-3 victory over the Jets Saturday at Gillette Stadium. There’s nothing Lengel’s going to find under the tree this morning that’s going to beat that. It was the first career touchdown, on his first career reception, on his first career target, for Lengel, who had a cup of coffee at Parsons Field before Northeastern shuttered its football program in 2009. “It’s No. 1 all-time on the present list,’’ said Lengel. “And my birthday’s on Dec. 27th, so it’s No. 1 on both lists.’’ Lengel’s touchdown was part of a 27-point first-half New England blitz as the Patriots took advantage of three turnovers to deliver the early knockout. Jets quarterback Bryce Petty’s Gillette Stadium debut was shortlived. He went 0 for 3 with an interception before leaving with a shoulder injury. His replacement, Ryan Fitzpatrick, didn’t fare much better, completing 8 of 21 for 136 yards and a pair of interceptions. Brady, meanwhile, was his efficient self. He completed 17 of 27 passes for 214 yards, 3 TDs, and

zero interceptions before giving way to Jimmy Garoppolo late in the third quarter. Brady didn’t have to do a ton of heavy lifting because the Patriots stuck with a balanced approach and ground out 114 yards on 40 carries. It wasn’t pretty but it was pretty effective at killing the clock and crushing the Jets’ spirits. Just when the Jets thought they had made a stand, the Patriots would convert on third down (11 of 18). LeGarrette Blount churned out 50 yards on 20 carries, but did hit paydirt twice, collecting his 16th and 17th touchdowns of the season. Dion Lewis spun and twisted his way to 52 yards on 16 carries, and James White ripped off a 14-yard gainer on his only run. Lengel’s moment was the signature play of the day and he was mobbed by his teammates after making the catch. Not a soul in the stadium thought Lengel would be on the receiving end of the pass — except for one. “I saw where the safeties were and I took off on my route and I thought, ‘I think I might get this,’ ’’ said Lengel. “So I just tried to do everything necessary in my route to make sure I got open for To m a n d g l a d I c o u l d c o m e through for my team there.’’ Brady acknowledged he wasn’t looking Lengel’s way immediately but he was happy for the way it turned out.

“I’m not going to say he was the first option,’’ Brady said with a grin. “But it was pretty cool.’’ Lengel, who was plucked off the Bengals practice squad in November, said everything took him by surprise but he did remember to keep the ball. “When you’re in the moment, everything kind of slows down. It’s not until afterward that you really can enjoy it,’’ he said. “I turned around, saw the ball, and I just tried to revert back to everything I’ve ever learned since I started playing football in the second grade — just catch the ball and secure it.’’ Lengel secured the ball and the Patriots secured the win, their fifth straight to improve to 13-2. Other observations from New England’s final regular-season game. R The Patriots defense is peaking at the right time. For the first time under Bill Belichick, the Patriots have held their opponent without a touchdown in back-to-back weeks. “That’s the first time I heard that,’’ said cornerback Logan Ryan. “That’s cool. Hopefully we’ll make it three straight.’’ R They held the Jets to 239 total net yards and allowed them to convert just 1 of 11 third-down chances. R New England cashed in on its takeaways. After struggling to take the ball away from their opponents

for a good chunk of the season, the Patriots have turned it on, collecting 12 takeaways in the last five games. Against the Jets, Malcolm Butler had a pair of interceptions and a fumble recovery and Eric Rowe had a pick, too. The hosts turned those into 24 points. “We’ve been putting the emphasis on [takeaways] since Week 1,’’ said Rowe. “We know in the beginning of the season we weren’t getting as many, but now we kind of kept with it during practice, making it a huge emphasis and now they’re coming in bunches.’’ R The offensive line continues to make strides. Having a consistent five players — rather than a rotation — is paying huge dividends. They are creating space for the backs and allowing minimal penetration to the pocket. “I think they’re competing,’’ said coach Bill Belichick. “It’s not perfect. One of the things that helps the passing game is the running game and so it’s a lot easier to pass protect when the defense has got to deal with the running game, too. But our pass protection has been generally good. The running game has been productive. There’s been balance there.’’ Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globejimmcbride.

0-0

0-2

4-6

Attempts

Passing

Average gain Comp.-att.-int.

3.8 8-24-3

2.9 18-29-0

Avg. gain per pass play Sacked-yards lost Plays, pass and rush Avg. gain per play Total Punt returns-yards Kick returns-yards Int. returns-yards Number-average Had blocked No.-yards No.-lost

4.9 2-8 55 4.3 64 2-7 4-57 0-0 4-45.0 0 6-77 1-1

7.0 1-9 70 4.6 37 3-16 0-0 3-21 4-46.8 0 3-20 1-0

Total offense

Lengel catches first pass — a touchdown — as Patriots deliver beating to Jets

2-3

Red zone efficiency Rushing

A surprising target, Patriots tight end Matt Lengel makes sure to secure the ball for an 18-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

On the receiving end

Fourth down

Return yards

Punting Penalties Fumbles

Scoring summary FIRST QUARTER New England 3, NY Jets 0 Stephen Gostkowski 29 yd FG. Drive: 9 plays, 42 yards, 4:31. New England 10, NY Jets 0 Martellus Bennett 5 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards, 4:17. SECOND QUARTER New England 13, NY Jets 0 Stephen Gostkowski 22 yd FG. Drive: 8 plays, 24 yards, 2:42. New England 20, NY Jets 0 Matt Lengel 18 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 4 plays, 54 yards, 2:07. New England 27, NY Jets 0 James White 25 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 4 plays, 87 yards, 1:05. THIRD QUARTER New England 34, NY Jets 0 LeGarrette Blount 1 yd run (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards, 7:40. FOURTH QUARTER New England 41, NY Jets 0 LeGarrette Blount 1 yd run (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards, 3:03. New England 41, NY Jets 3 Nick Folk 29 yd FG. Drive: 13 plays, 64 yards, 6:08.

JETS STATISTICS

PATRIOTS STATISTICS

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Powell......................15 60 4.0 K.Robinson ...............8 22 2.8 Wilds .........................4 14 3.5 Enunwa .....................1 12 12.0 Fitzpatrick ................1 3 3.0

Lg 12 10 6 12 3

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Passing Att. Com. Yds. TD Int. Fitzpatrick ........ 21 8 136 0 2 Petty.................... 3 0 0 0 1

Lg 30

Pass receiving Tar. No. Yds. B.Marshall......... ....... 2 28 Powell ................ ....... 2 14 Enunwa.............. ....... 1 30 Peake ................. ....... 1 27 D.Smith .............. ....... 1 20 Sefrian-Jenkins. ....... 1 17

Avg. 14.0 7.0 30.0 27.0 20.0 17.0

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Lewis .......................16 52 3.3 Blount......................20 50 2.5 J.White ......................1 14 14.0 Garoppolo.................3 -2 -0.7

Lg 49

In 20 2

TB 0

Punt returns No. Avg. FC N.Marshall ..............2 3.5 1

Lg 4

TD 0

Kickoff returns No. Avg. N.Marshall ................... 4 14.3

Lg 20

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Patriots running back James White gets past Jets linebacker David Harris for an easy-looking TD in the second quarter.

AFC

All

Div.

Conf. Remaining games

d-New England

13-2

4-1

10-1

Passing Att. Com. Yds. TD Int. Brady................. 27 17 214 3 0 Garoppolo........... 2 1 6 0 0

Lg 35 6

Avg. 17.8 10.7 9.7 9.5 22.0 18.0 6.0 5.0 0.0

Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. Butler..................... 2 21 10.5 Rowe...................... 1 0 0.0

Lg TD 35 0 25 1 16 0 14 1 22 0 18 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 Lg 21 0

TD 0 0

Lg 51

In 20 1

TB 0

Punt returns No. Avg. FC Edelman ..................2 6.0 0 C.Jones ....................1 4.0 0

Lg 8 4

TD 0 0

Punting

No. Avg. Allen.........................4 46.8

TD 0

Tackles-assists-sacks Miles 5-7-0, Harris 3-4-0, Richardson 1-7-0, Wilkerson 2-5-1, Lee 2-5-0, L.Williams 1-6-0, Skrine 5-1-0, Pryor 2-4-0, Middleton 2-2-0, Jenkins 0-4-0, Revis 2-0-0, Simon 1-1-0, Bishop III 0-2-0, Ron.Martin 0-2-0, Petty 0-0-0, W.Johnson 0-0-0, Burris 1-0-0, R.Anderson 00-0, D.Smith 0-0-0

Tackles-assists-sacks Roberts 5-6-0, Van Noy 1-6-0, McCourty 33-0, Flowers 0-6-0, Harmon 3-1-0, Chung 13-0, Ryan 1-3-0, Branch 1-2-.5, Ninkovich 12-0, Ebner 0-0-0, Long 1-1-1, Rowe 1-1-0, Sheard 0-2-.5, McClellin 0-2-0, Valentine 02-0, J.Jones 0-0-0, King 0-0-0, Grissom 0-0-0, M.Brown 0-1-0, C.Jones 0-1-0, Butler 0-0-0

NFL playoff picture Six teams in each conference — the four division winners plus two wild-card teams — make the playoffs. The two division winners in each conference with the best records get firstround byes.

TD 0 2 0 0

Pass receiving Tar. No. Yds. Edelman ............ ....... 5 89 J.White............... ....... 3 32 Mitchell.............. ....... 3 29 Bennett.............. ....... 2 19 Hogan ................ ....... 1 22 Lengel ................ ....... 1 18 Floyd .................. ....... 1 6 Lewis.................. ....... 1 5 Develin............... ....... 1 0

Lg TD 17 0 8 0 30 0 27 0 20 0 17 0

Punting

No. Avg. Edwards ..................4 45.0

Lg 9 12 14 0

Drive chart JETS No.

Qtr

Time rec’d.

Began

Plays

Net First yards downs

Poss. Result time

at Miami

15:00

NY 21

-5

2:13

Punt

8:16

NY 21

-1

0:57

Int Punt

p-Oakland

12-3

3-2

9-2

at Denver

Pittsburgh

9-5

3-1

7-3

Baltimore, Cleveland

3:02

NY 25

2:42

14:01

NY 34

-4

0:06 Fumble

11:13

NY 21

5:17

MFG

4:53

NY 23

0:06

Int Punt

*Houston

8-6

5-0

6-4

Cincinnati, at Tennessee

Kansas City

10-4

4-0

7-3

Denver, at San Diego

Miami

10-5

4-1

7-4

New England

2:40

NY 25

1:10

Baltimore

8-6

4-0

7-3

at Pittsburgh, at Cincinnati

0:25

NY 25

0:25

Half

Denver

8-6

1-3

5-5

at Kansas City, Oakland

12:00

NY 18

0:58

Punt

Tennessee

8-7

1-4

5-6

Houston

3:22

NY 14

2:55

Int

Indianapolis

7-8

2-3

4-7

Jacksonville

12:24

NY 25

6:08

4:10

NY 23

2:20 Downs

No.

Qtr

Time rec’d.

Began

Plays

Net First yards downs

Poss. Result time

12:47

NE 47

4:31

7:19

NY 47

4:17

0:20

NE 13

1:19

Punt

13:55

NY 28

2:42

5:56

NE 24

1:03

Punt TD

NFC

All

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Conf. Remaining games

c-Dallas

12-2

3-2

8-2

Detroit, at Philadelphia

d-Atlanta

10-5

4-1

8-3

New Orleans

Detroit

9-5

3-2

7-3

at Dallas, Green Bay

d-Seattle

9-5-1 2-2-1 5-5-1 at San Francisco

p-NY Giants

10-5

3-2

7-4

at Washington

Green Bay

9-6

4-1

7-4

at Detroit

Washington

8-6-1 3-2

6-5

NY Giants

4:47

NE 46

2:07

Tampa Bay

8-7

6-5

Carolina

1:30

NE 13

1:05

15:00

NE 25

3:00

Punt

3-2

* — Not including late game p — Clinched playoff berth d — Clinched division c — Clinched home field TIEBREAKERS: The first three tiebreakers within a division are head-to-head, division record, and record vs. common opponents; the first three for a wild-card spot involving teams not in the same division are head-to-head, conference record, and record vs. common opponents.

PATRIOTS

11:02

NE 37

7:40

0:27

NY 22

3:03

6:16

NE 25

2:06

Punt

1:50

NE 33

-2

1:50

End

DECEMBER 25, 2016

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Patriots 41, Jets 3

Floyd appreciates his warm reception He makes first catch as member of team

man, running back D.J. Foster, quarterback Jacoby Brissett, and offensive tackle LaAdrian Waddle.

Praise from Revis

By Jim McBride

Darrelle Revis, who won a Super Bowl with the Patriots two seasons ago before rejoining the Jets, was asked to assess his old club. “They’re going to the playoffs,’’ he said. “ ’Nuff said.” But then he said more. “They’re a great team. Tom and Bill [Belichick] have always done well, done well winning games. When you’re winning consistently, it’s contagious. Everyone’s consistent, day to day, game to game. You don’t accept anything less. I’ve been a part of it. It’s a great feeling.’’

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FOXBOROUGH — Michael Floyd heard the cheers and he appreciated them. The newest Patriot PATRIOTS made his Gillette StaNOTEBOOK dium debut in Saturday’s 41-3 throttling of the Jets. He played 18 snaps — 16 in the second half — and caught one pass, a 6-yarder from Jimmy Garoppolo in the fourth quarter. He actually caught the first ball thrown to him, a sideline pass from Tom Brady on the first play of the second possession of the game, but he came down out of bounds. “Just to have support from the crowd and my teammates, I think it means a lot of a guy out there on the field just to know that everyone is supporting you and they want to see you do well,’’ he said. Floyd got another cheer when he made his catch. “It feels great,’’ he said. “The capabilities and goals that they have on this team is great and I’m happy I’m on this team and can contribute whenever I can.’’ Floyd said his familiarity with the Patriots offense — which is similar to the one he learned at Notre Dame — and his new teammates have made his transition a little easier. “Well that was seven years ago with Charlie [Weis] . . . but I would say about 60 percent of it is something that I remember,’’ said Floyd. “So that helps me a lot and also the other wide receivers in the room, they really help me out because they know the ins and outs and the details of every route and every run play. They help me out if I have any confusion.’’

Jones back in mix Cyrus Jones returned to active duty after sitting out last week. The rookie cornerback/returner saw action on both fronts in the second half. Julian Edelman returned punts in the first half before giving way after the Patriots had built a 27-0 lead. Jones has struggled this season with five fumbles on returns. He was

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Patriots wide receiver Michael Floyd is tackled by the Jets’ Buster Skrine after his only reception of the game. glad to get another chance. going great. I think my character’s “It felt good, better than being on been tested and I think I’m bouncing the bench, that’s all I can say,’’ said back.’’ Jones, who fielded one punt cleanly and returned it 4 yards. He also played Second chance James White had three receptions, some solid corner in the later stages. increasing his season total to 56. Only Jones said he appreciates the support he has received through his tough two Patriots backs have reached 60: Tony Collins stretches. (77 in 1986) “I know evand Leroy erybody Thompson (65 around here Patriots at Dolphins in 1994). still has a lot Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS White of confidence dropped one in me. I’m not pass early on the first rookie but bounced back with a 25-yard scorthat has struggled. I didn’t forget how ing strike from Brady before halftime. to play football overnight,’’ he said. “We all make physical mistakes,’’ “Things just happen sometimes. But said Brady, when asked how imporyou just got to take it in stride and I tant it is to go back to a guy who has a feel like you build your character drop. “I think James has gained so through adversity. It’s easy to have a much confidence of everybody over positive outlook when everything is

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the course of his time that I have no problem going back to him because he always finds a way to get open and he always comes down with it.’’

Hightower sits Dont’a Hightower, who has been nursing a knee injury the last few weeks, was held out of the game. It was a common sense decision considering the Pro Bowler’s value to the defense and the slick field conditions. In Hightower’s absence, Kyle Van Noy wore the green dot and made all the calls. He had a strong performance with seven tackles. It also meant increased playing time for rookie Elandon Roberts, who collected a game-high 11 tackles. Also inactive for the Patriots were special teams captain Matthew Slater (foot), receiver Danny Amendola (high ankle sprain), cornerback Justin Cole-

The win was Belichick’s 200th regular-season win with the Patriots. Only four others have posted 200 regularseason wins with one franchise, including George “Papa Bear” Halas (318 with the Bears), Don Shula (257 with the Dolphins), Tom Landry (250 with the Cowboys), and Curly Lambeau (207 with the Packers) . . . Belichick is also the only coach in history to record six seasons with at least 13 wins (2003, ’04, ’07, ’10, ’11, and ’16) . . . Each of the previous seven meetings between the clubs had been decided by 7 points or fewer . . . The Jets’ receiving duo of Brandon Marshall (2) and Quincy Enunwa (1) combined for three receptions . . . The Patriots were 4 of 6 in the red zone . . . New England has allowed three firstquarter touchdowns this season and have gone six straight games without allowing one . . . The Patriots are 6154-1 all-time vs. the Jets . . . Brady’s 23 wins against the Jets are his second most (26 against the Bills) . . . The Patriots improved to 4-2 all-time on Christmas Eve . . . Referee Gene Steratore had a couple of laugh-out-loud moments. The first came when he inadvertently left his mic open and let a dirty word slip during a conversation with a fellow official. The subject was the cold weather. The second came when he called a false start on “everyone except the center’’ against the Jets. Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com

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Jets quarterback Bryce Petty (left) absorbed heavy first-quarter punishment from the Patriots before exiting. New York wide receiver Charone Peake (right) couldn’t corral this pass.

Jets add insult to injury in sad performance By Everett Cook GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

FOXBOROUGH — After taking two sacks in his first two dropbacks of the game, Jets quarterback Bryce Petty fired his first pass directly into the rain-soaked turf. After an incompletion, his next pass was so underthrown that intended receiver Robby Anderson had to play defense halfway through his route to try to keep the ball out of the hands of cornerback Malcolm Butler, who fought off the coverage for an interception. Somehow, it only got worse for Petty and the Jets from there. He didn’t complete a single one of his three passes before exiting the game in the second quarter with an injured left shoulder, which happened as he unsuccessfully tried to secure a ball running back Khiry Robinson had fumbled. Petty’s replacement, Ryan Fitzpatrick, threw two interceptions.

At halftime, New York had the same number of completions, three, as turnovers. In an eventual 41-3 loss, the Jets didn’t score until the fourth quarter. “Obviously all losses are tough, but to come here vs. a team that, if you don’t play well and make mistakes, especially here, they’re going to embarrass you,” Fitzpatrick said. “So to get embarrassed the way we did is never fun, not just as a football player, but as a man.” It wasn’t just the quarterbacks. One play after allowing Tom Brady to waltz around in the pocket before completing a 28-yard pass to Julian Edelman, the Jets were whistled for having too many men on the field. Patriots tight end Matt Lengel corralled not just the first touchdown of his NFL career, but his first catch. And with time winding down at the end of the first half, the Jets took a

timeout instead of allowing New England to run out the clock. Three plays and a 47-yard pass interference call later, Brady found James White in the end zone to put the Patriots up, 27-0. “We thought we had it before the year, we thought we did, but that’s on paper,” wide receiver Brandon Marshall said when asked if the Jets had the talent to compete with the Patriots. “It’s one thing to have it on paper and another thing to go out there and do it.” One season after a surprising 10-6 campaign, the 4-11 Jets have come crashing back to Earth. They have one win in their last seven contests, needing overtime to beat the one-win 49ers, and have lost their last two games by a combined score of 75-16. “This team is very similar in terms of guys that returned last year that beat the Patriots, so I think some of it just goes to show you how big confi-

dence is in this game,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think there’s talent on every team, but confidence goes a long way. We’ve had a hard time this year in general, there’s not one thing you can put it on, but there just wasn’t a whole lot of confidence out there today as we started losing. That goes for everybody.” As tough as Fitzpatrick and Petty had it, they were not the only Jets with issues. Instead of traveling with the Jets to Foxborough on Friday, coach Todd Bowles was admitted to a hospital on Friday with an undisclosed illness. He rejoined the team on Saturday and coached from the sideline. After the game, Bowles said that he’s dealing with kidney stones, gallstones, and a gallbladder issue, all of which won’t be resolved until the offseason. He said he wasn’t sure if he’d be coaching today and is in a lot of pain, a sentiment that was not taken

lightly in the locker room. “There were a lot of guys that were scared,” Marshall said. “We thought that . . . we thought it was bad. Really bad. Obviously he’s OK, but it’s scary when you have to go to the hospital. There were a lot of guys who were frightened.” Several Jets, including former Patriot Darrelle Revis, appeared miffed at their team’s performance, because there isn’t just one problem to solve. When a team suffers its worse loss since 2013, everyone and everything are to blame. “The effort was there, just like every other game,” Marshall said. “We just didn’t play well. It’s everything. It’s players, coaching, making plays, calling the right plays. That’s sports. It’s everything.” Everett Cook can be reached at evcook4@gmail.com.

B o s t o n

S u n d a y

DECEMBER 25, 2016

G l o b e

NFL Week 16

Browns nab first victory ASSOCIATED PRESS

On the verge of infamy and more embarrassment, the Browns triumphed. Forget 0-16. Two losses from an imperfect season, host Cleveland survived a last-second field goal attempt and got its first victory of the season after 14 losses on Saturday by beating the San Diego Chargers, 20-17. San Diego’s Josh Lambo missed a 45-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Browns (1-14) their first win in 377 days. When the kick sailed right, Cleveland’s small crowd erupted in celebration and Browns players poured off their sideline as if they had just won the Super Bowl. Several players dropped to the turf in disbelief and relief. ‘‘Finally getting that win . . . definitely felt amazing,’’ star offensive tackle Joe Thomas said. ‘‘You don’t want to say it was like our Super Bowl, but it really was.’’ The Browns avoided becoming the second team to go 0-15, and no longer have to worry about joining the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams to lose all 16 games. Cleveland built 10-point lead in the third quarter and hung on — defensive tackle Jamie Meder blocked a potential tying field goal with 3:49 left — to give Hue Jackson his first win as Browns coach. The Chargers (5-10) lost their fourth straight. Raiders 33, Colts 25 — Derek Carr threw three TD passes in the second quarter before leaving in the fourth quarter with fractured right fibula, putting a serious damper on Oakland’s home victory. The Raiders (12-3) are playoff-bound, but Carr’s injury leaves a dark cloud. Now Oakland must prepare for life with Matt McGloin at quarterback. Carr got hurt with Oakland leading, 33-14, early in the fourth quarter when he was sacked by Trent Cole. Indianapolis (7-8) allowed touchdowns on five straight drives. Jaguars 38, Titans 17 — While host Jacksonville ended a nine-game losing streak, Tennessee lost quarterback Marcus Mariota for the remainder of the season because of a broken right fibula. Blake Bortles threw for 325 yards and a touchdown, and was on the receiving end of a 20-yard trick play that sealed the win with 5:25 remaining. The Jaguars (3-12), playing inspired football under interim coach Doug Marrone, won for the first time this season at EverBank Field. The Titans (8-7) needed a victory to set up an AFC South title game next week against Houston. Instead, Tennessee needed the Texans to lose to Cincinnati Saturday night to stay in the division race. Mariota left late in the third quarter after being sacked by rookie Sheldon Day. Packers 38, Vikings 25 — Aaron Rodgers threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns, Jordy Nelson shredded Minnesota’s secondary for 154 yards receiving and two scores, and host Green Bay won its fifth straight game to set up a winner-take-all showdown next week with Detroit for the NFC North title. Green Bay (9-6) built a 28-13 lead at halftime, with Rodgers accounting for all four scores. He finished 28 of 38, and scrambled for a 6-yard touchdown late in the second quarter. Falcons 33, Panthers 16 — At Charlotte, N.C., Matt Ryan threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns, Tevin Coleman had 135 yards from scrimmage, including a pivotal 55-yard fourth-quarter TD run, and Atlanta (10-5) clinch its first NFC South title since 2012. The Panthers (6-9) were eliminated from playoff contention. Saints 31, Buccaneers 24 — Mark Ingram rushed for two scores and a game-sealing first down in the final minutes, and host New Orleans (7-8) put a considerable damper on Tampa Bay’s playoff aspirations. The Buccaneers (8-7) needed a win to keep pace with Green Bay for the final NFC wild-card spot, but couldn’t keep up with the Saints’ explosive offense. Cardinals 34, Seahawks 31 — Chandler Catanzaro hit a 43-yard field goal on the final play as Arizona (6-8-1) won at Seattle. The Seahawks (9-5-1) rallied from a 31-18 deficit, scoring two touchdowns inside the final three minutes to pull even at 31-31. But after Paul Richardson’s 5-yard TD with 1:06 left tied it, Steven Hauschka missed the extra point. Redskins 41, Bears 21 — Kirk Cousins threw for a touchdown and ran for two more as visiting Washington (8-6-1) gave its fading playoff hopes a boost. 49ers 22, Rams 21 — Colin Kaepernick hit Rod Streater with a 10-yard TD pass with 31 seconds left, and Kaepernick ran for the winning 2-point conversion to lift San Francisco (2-13) in Los Angeles. The 49ers had lost 13 straight.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Ravens at Steelers 4:30 p.m., NFL Broncos at Chiefs 8:30 p.m., NBC

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WINLESS NO MORE — Ed Reynolds (39) and Briean Boddy-Calhoun (20) were off to the races in celebration of Cleveland’s first victory after 14 losses. It was not without suspense. The Browns blocked a 32-yard field goal attempt with 3:49 left, and the Chargers’ Josh Lambo (2) missed a 45-yard field goal attempt as time expired to give Cleveland its first win in 377 days.

AFC

JAGUARS TITANS

EAST d-New England Miami Buffalo NY Jets

W L 13 2 10 5 7 8 4 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G Conf. .867 27.1 15.7 10-1-0 .667 23.3 23.0 7-4-0 .467 25.9 23.2 4-7-0 .267 16.3 26.6 3-8-0

Div. Streak 4-1-0 W6 4-1-0 W3 1-4-0 L1 1-4-0 L2

NORTH Pittsburgh Baltimore *Cincinnati Cleveland

W L 9 5 8 6 5 8 1 14

T 0 0 1 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G Conf. .643 24.4 19.7 7-3-0 .571 21.9 18.8 7-3-0 .393 20.6 20.9 4-6-0 .067 16.0 28.3 1-10-0

Div. Streak 3-1-0 W5 4-0-0 W1 2-3-0 L1 0-5-0 W1

SOUTH *Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville

W L 8 6 8 7 7 8 3 12

T 0 0 0 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G .571 17.9 21.0 .533 23.8 24.1 .467 25.8 24.8 .200 19.9 25.1

Conf. 6-4-0 5-6-0 4-7-0 2-9-0

Div. Streak 5-0-0 W2 1-4-0 L1 2-3-0 L1 2-3-0 W1

WEST p-Oakland Kansas City Denver San Diego

W L 12 3 10 4 8 6 5 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G .800 27.3 24.1 .714 22.8 19.6 .571 21.4 18.4 .333 25.5 25.7

Conf. 9-2-0 7-3-0 5-5-0 4-7-0

Div. Streak 3-2-0 W2 4-0-0 L1 1-3-0 L2 1-4-0 L4

NFC EAST c-Dallas p-NY Giants Washington Philadelphia

W 12 10 8 6

L 2 5 6 9

T 0 0 1 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G .857 26.1 18.4 .667 19.4 18.3 .567 25.7 24.3 .400 22.7 21.2

Conf. 8-2-0 7-4-0 6-5-0 4-7-0

Div. Streak 3-2-0 W1 3-2-0 L1 3-2-0 W1 1-4-0 W1

NORTH Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

W L 9 5 9 6 7 8 3 12

T 0 0 0 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G .643 21.5 20.4 .600 26.7 24.3 .467 19.3 19.8 .200 17.9 24.1

Conf. 7-3-0 7-4-0 4-7-0 3-8-0

Div. Streak 3-2-0 L1 4-1-0 W5 1-4-0 L2 2-3-0 L3

SOUTH d-Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina

W 10 8 7 6

L 5 7 8 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G .667 33.5 24.9 .533 22.5 23.5 .467 29.1 27.7 .400 23.5 25.7

Conf. 8-3-0 6-5-0 6-5-0 5-6-0

Div. Streak 4-1-0 W3 3-2-0 L2 2-3-0 W2 1-4-0 L1

WEST d-Seattle Arizona Los Angeles San Francisco

W L 9 5 6 8 4 11 2 13

T 1 1 0 0

Pct. PF/G PA/G .633 21.9 17.9 .433 24.9 23.7 .267 14.5 23.3 .133 19.1 30.3

Conf. 5-5-1 5-5-1 3-8-0 2-9-0

Div. Streak 2-2-1 L1 3-1-1 W1 2-3-0 L6 2-3-0 W1

* — Not including late game p — Clinched playoff berth d — Clinched division c — Clinched home field

SUNDAY’S GAMES Baltimore at Pittsburgh

4:30

Denver at Kansas City

8:30

MONDAY’S GAME Detroit at Dallas

8:30

NEXT SUNDAY’S GAMES New England at Miami

Chicago at Minnesota

New Orleans at Atlanta

Jacksonville at Indianapolis

NY Giants at Washington

Green Bay at Detroit

Houston at Tennessee

Baltimore at Cincinnati

Carolina at Tampa Bay

Oakland at Denver

4:25

Cleveland at Pittsburgh

Arizona at Los Angeles

4:25

Dallas at Philadelphia

Kansas City at San Diego

4:25

Buffalo at NY Jets

Seattle at San Francisco

4:25

REDSKINS BEARS Washington (8-6-1)...14 10 Chicago (3-12) .............0 14

41 FALCONS 21 PANTHERS 7 10 — 0 7 —

41 21

First quarter Was — C.Thompson 7 run (Hopkins kick), 7:43. Was — C.Thompson 17 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), 0:57. Second quarter Was — FG Hopkins 29, 10:07. Chi — Langford 1 run (Barth kick), 6:20. Was — Cousins 9 run (Hopkins kick), 1:41. Chi — Meredith 21 pass from Barkley (Barth kick), 0:34. Third quarter Was — Cousins 1 run (Hopkins kick), 3:05. Fourth quarter Was — FG Hopkins 20, 12:53. Chi — Thompson 3 pass from Barkley (Barth kick), 1:21. Was — Brown 61 run (Hopkins kick), 0:57. Was Chi Total yards......................................478 458 Penalties-yards ............................ 7-73 4-52 Time of possession ................... 32:35 27:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Was, Brown 8-82, Kelley 19-76, Cousins 5-30, C.Thompson 3-20; Chi, Howard 18-119, Langford 7-19, Prosinski 1-2 PASSING—Was, Cousins 18-29-0-270; Chi, Barkley 24-40-5-323 RECEIVING—Was, Jackson 5-114, Garcon 494, Grant 3-25, Kelley 2-6, C.Thompson 1-17, V.Davis 1-13, Crowder 1-3, Brown 1--2; Chi, Meredith 9-135, Jeffery 5-92, Thompson 3-34, Brown 2-19, Braunecker 2-19, Bellamy 1-11, Howard 1-9, Langford 1-4 INTERCEPTIONS—Was, Norman 2-37, Breeland 2-6, Blackmon 1-79 MISSED FIELD GOALS—Chi, Barth, 22 (Blocked)

Atlanta (10-5).............13 Carolina (6-9)...............0

Tennessee (8-7)...........0 Jacksonville (3-12) ....10

38 RAIDERS 17 COLTS 7 9

3 7 — 6 13 —

17 38

First quarter Jax — Lee 21 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 11:03. Jax — FG Myers 29, 4:03. Second quarter Ten — Matthews 3 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 8:59. Jax — Ivory 1 run (kick failed), 1:57. Jax — FG Myers 48, 0:11. Third quarter Ten — FG Succop 42, 12:24. Jax — FG Myers 56, 8:13. Jax — FG Myers 50, 2:59. Fourth quarter Ten — Walker 14 pass from Cassel (Succop kick), 8:42. Jax — Bortles 20 pass from Lee (kick failed), 5:25. Jax — Ramsey 30 interception return (Myers kick), 5:17. Ten Total yards......................................263 Penalties-yards ............................ 6-49 Time of possession ................... 27:29

Jax 415 4-45 32:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Ten, Murray 14-42, Henry 4-13, Mariota 2-3; Jax, Ivory 14-45, C.Grant 9-27, Bortles 3-7, Yeldon 2-5 PASSING—Ten, Cassel 13-24-1-124, Mariota 8-20-0-99; Jax, Bortles 26-38-0-325, Lee 1-1-020 RECEIVING—Ten, Douglas 5-48, Sharpe 348, Matthews 3-31, Walker 3-23, Henry 2-22, Wright 2-21, Murray 2-18, Fasano 1-12; Jax, A.Robinson 9-147, Walters 5-45, Ivory 4-69, Lee 3-37, Koyack 2-12, Ellis 2-10, Bortles 1-20, C.Grant 1-5 INTERCEPTIONS—Jax, Ramsey 1-30

Indianapolis (7-8)........0 7 7 11 — Oakland (12-3).............0 19 14 0 —

Ind Total yards......................................391 Penalties-yards ............................ 4-22 Time of possession ................... 23:55

25 38

First quarter GB — Nelson 21 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 7:13. Min — FG Forbath 22, 3:37. GB — Adams 20 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 1:49. Second quarter Min — FG Forbath 26, 12:30. GB — Nelson 2 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 8:11. Min — Thielen 71 pass from Bradford (Forbath kick), 7:24. GB — A.Rodgers 6 run (Crosby kick), 0:24. Fourth quarter GB — FG Crosby 48, 14:55. GB — R.Rodgers 13 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 9:02. Min — Diggs 3 pass from Bradford (kick failed), 4:20. Min — Thielen 8 pass from Bradford (rush failed), 0:32. Min Total yards......................................446 Penalties-yards ............................ 8-70 Time of possession ................... 31:01

GB 348 3-21 28:59

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Min, McKinnon 11-50, Asiata 634, Bradford 2-5, Thielen 1-4; GB, Montgomery 9-23, A.Rodgers 2-13, Michael 4-4 PASSING—Min, Bradford 34-50-0-382; GB, A.Rodgers 28-38-0-347, Hundley 0-1-0-0 RECEIVING—Min, Thielen 12-202, Rudolph 6-53, McKinnon 5-35, Diggs 4-29, Asiata 3-30, Patterson 2-13, C.Johnson 1-16, Morgan 1-4; GB, Nelson 9-154, Allison 4-66, Adams 4-44, Montgomery 4-17, Cook 3-37, R.Rodgers 2-20, Janis 1-8, Michael 1-1

Oak 459 10-93 36:05

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Ind, Gore 13-73, Turbin 6-18, Luck 4-12, McAfee 1-0; Oak, Washington 1299, Richard 6-66, Murray 15-40, Carr 1-8, McGloin 3-(-3) PASSING—Ind, Luck 19-29-2-288; Oak, Carr 20-30-0-228, McGloin 2-3-0-29 RECEIVING—Ind, Doyle 5-46, Hilton 4-105, Allen 3-31, Moncrief 2-30, Turbin 2-11, Swoope 1-45, Gore 1-12, Dorsett 1-8; Oak, Crabtree 7-90, Cooper 4-72, A.Holmes 3-33, Richard 3-13, Walford 2-20, Murray 2-11, Washington 1-18 INTERCEPTIONS—Oak, Allen 1-4, Nelson 1-0

Miami (10-5)............. 7 Buffalo (7-8)............. 0

0 12 — 0 10 —

25 33

Second quarter Oak — A.Holmes 1 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 14:57. Ind — Moncrief 24 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 9:49. Oak — Walford 5 pass from Carr (kick failed), 5:50. Oak — Richard 4 pass from Carr (kick blocked), 0:18. Third quarter Oak — Washington 22 run (Janikowski kick), 10:48. Oak — Washington 22 run (Janikowski kick), 8:40. Ind — Turbin 3 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 5:18. Fourth quarter Ind — Luck 11 run (Hilton pass from Luck), 7:40. Ind — FG Vinatieri 42, 2:33.

DOLPHINS 38 BILLS 25

PACKERS VIKINGS Minnesota (7-8)...........3 10 Green Bay (9-6).........14 14

33 SAINTS 25 BUCCANEERS

7 14 3 7 14 10

34 31 3 — 0 —

34 31

First quarter Mia — Ajayi 2 run (Franks kick), 6:24. Second quarter Mia — Drake 45 run (Franks kick), 13:34. Buf — Watkins 38 pass from Taylor (Carpenter kick), 5:06. Third quarter Mia — Parker 56 pass from Moore (Franks kick), 12:05. Buf — McCoy 19 run (Carpenter kick), 6:46. Mia — Stills 6 pass from Moore (Franks kick), 3:14. Buf — Clay 18 pass from Taylor (Carpenter kick), 1:12. Fourth quarter Buf — FG Carpenter 28, 5:51. Buf — Clay 7 pass from Taylor (Carpenter kick), 1:20. Mia — FG Franks 55, 0:06. Overtime Mia — FG Franks 27, 0:47. Mia Total yards......................................494 Penalties-yards ............................ 2-15 Time of possession ................... 33:40

Buf 589 5-35 40:33

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Mia, Ajayi 32-206, Drake 4-56, Landry 1-0, Moore 1-(-1); Buf, McCoy 24-128, Gillislee 11-91, Taylor 12-60, Felton 1-1, Bush 1-(-8) PASSING—Mia, Moore 16-30-1-233; Buf, Taylor 26-39-0-329 RECEIVING—Mia, Parker 4-85, Stills 3-35, Landry 3-29, D.Williams 2-51, Sims 2-10, M.Gray 1-20, Ajayi 1-3; Buf, Clay 8-85, Watkins 7-154, McCoy 5-17, Woods 3-43, Felton 214, Goodwin 1-16 INTERCEPTIONS—Buf, White 1-0 MISSED FIELD GOALS—Mia, Franks, 46 (Hit Left Upright); Buf, Carpenter, 46 (Wide Right), 45 (Wide Right)

33 16

First quarter Atl — Perkins 26 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 10:57. Atl — FG Bryant 51, 6:09. Atl — FG Bryant 48, 0:35. Second quarter Car — FG Gano 31, 10:17. Atl — Tialavea 1 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 5:34. Third quarter Car — FG Gano 40, 9:23. Atl — FG Bryant 29, 3:34. Car — Benjamin 26 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 0:00. Fourth quarter Atl — Coleman 55 run (Bryant kick), 13:19. Car — FG Gano 31, 9:43. Atl — FG Bryant 50, 1:55. Atl Car Total yards......................................408 302 Penalties-yards ............................ 6-45 4-24 Time of possession ................... 32:45 27:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Atl, Coleman 9-90, Freeman 1353, Ryan 2-9; Car, Stewart 11-50, Newton 8-36, Whittaker 3-30, Tolbert 1-3 PASSING—Atl, Ryan 27-33-0-277; Car, Newton 18-43-2-198 RECEIVING—Atl, Freeman 8-35, J.Jones 460, Sanu 3-56, Coleman 3-45, Gabriel 3-15, Perkins 2-34, A.Robinson 1-15, Toilolo 1-10, DiMarco 1-6, Tialavea 1-1; Car, Olsen 6-59, Benjamin 4-63, Ginn Jr. 3-29, Whittaker 1-14, C.Brown 1-12, Manhertz 1-10, Funchess 1-9, Stewart 1-2 INTERCEPTIONS—Atl, Collins 1-37, Poole 124 MISSED FIELD GOALS—Atl, Bryant, 30 (Blocked)

7 14 6 15

3 — 3 —

24 31

First quarter NO — Ingram 6 run (Lutz kick), 0:57. Second quarter TB — Brate 12 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 10:50. NO — FG Lutz 42, 6:45. NO — FG Lutz 34, 0:00. Third quarter NO — Ingram 14 run (Lutz kick), 14:01. TB — Rodgers 3 run (Aguayo kick), 8:38. NO — Cadet 11 pass from Brees (Ingram rush), 6:20. TB — Evans 34 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 1:52. Fourth quarter NO — FG Lutz 21, 11:55. TB — FG Aguayo 35, 2:00. TB NO Total yards......................................349 417 Penalties-yards ............................ 7-63 7-59 Time of possession ................... 28:24 31:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—TB, Rodgers 15-63, Winston 314, Sims 3-12; NO, Ingram 18-90, Hightower 829, Kuhn 1-3, Brees 4-1 PASSING—TB, Winston 23-35-2-277; NO, Brees 23-34-0-299 RECEIVING—TB, Evans 7-97, Sims 4-30, Shepard 3-61, Huff 2-24, Myers 2-21, Rodgers 2-15, Brate 1-12, Humphries 1-12, Cross 1-5; NO, Thomas 6-98, Cooks 5-98, Fleener 2-30, Snead 2-21, Cadet 2-16, Phillips 2-15, Ingram 2-3, Hightower 1-11, Kuhn 1-7 INTERCEPTIONS—NO, Byrd 2-35

BROWNS CHARGERS

San Diego (5-10) .......10 0 Cleveland (1-14)..........7 10

20 17

7 3

0 — 0 —

17 20

First quarter SD — Gates 1 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 10:49. Cle — Crowell 8 run (Parkey kick), 5:12. SD — FG Lambo 43, 1:49. Second quarter Cle — Crowell 4 run (Parkey kick), 12:39. Cle — FG Parkey 49, 4:46. Third quarter Cle — FG Parkey 27, 10:58. SD — Ty.Williams 1 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 6:04. SD Cle Total yards......................................356 251 Penalties-yards ............................ 9-92 4-44 Time of possession ................... 27:31 32:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—SD, Farrow 9-28, Hillman 8-7, Rivers 1-0; Cle, Crowell 16-54, Griffin III 6-42, Johnson Jr. 7-28 PASSING—SD, Rivers 24-47-1-321; Cle, Griffin III 17-25-0-164, Kessler 2-3-0-11 RECEIVING—SD, Gates 8-94, Ty.Williams 464, Farrow 4-29, Benjamin 3-75, Inman 3-44, D.Watt 1-16, Hillman 1--1; Cle, Barnidge 5-42, Crowell 4-4, Pryor Sr. 3-36, Johnson Jr. 2-21, C.Coleman 2-15, DeValve 1-21, Hawkins 1-21, Vitale 1-15 INTERCEPTIONS—Cle, Taylor 1-17 MISSED FIELD GOALS—SD, Lambo, 32 (Blocked), 45 (Wide Right)

CARDINALS SEAHAWKS Arizona (6-8-1).............7 Seattle (9-5-1)..............0

7 3

34 31

0 20 — 7 21 —

34 31

First quarter Ari — D.Johnson 2 run (Catanzaro kick), 7:52. Second quarter Ari — Nelson 80 pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick), 3:53. Sea — FG Hauschka 27, 0:15. Third quarter Sea — Kearse 2 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 8:20. Fourth quarter Ari — D.Johnson 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 13:32. Sea — Baldwin 42 pass from Wilson (Reece pass from Wilson), 8:49. Ari — D.Johnson 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 6:47. Ari — FG Catanzaro 42, 4:10. Sea — Graham 37 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 2:48. Sea — Richardson 5 pass from Wilson (kick failed), 1:00. Ari — FG Catanzaro 43, 0:00. Ari Sea Total yards......................................370 391 Penalties-yards ............................ 7-85 5-40 Time of possession ................... 26:18 33:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Ari, D.Johnson 28-95, Palmer 1-(-1); Sea, Wilson 10-36, Collins 7-28, Rawls 8-8, Baldwin 2-6 PASSING—Ari, Palmer 16-26-0-284, Fitzgerald 0-1-0-0; Sea, Wilson 29-45-0-350 RECEIVING—Ari, D.Johnson 4-41, Fitzgerald 4-31, Nelson 3-132, Gresham 2-40, B.Golden 122, Jo.Brown 1-12, K.Williams 1-6; Sea, Baldwin 13-171, Richardson 4-42, Kearse 4-37, Collins 4-19, Graham 2-43, Lockett 2-38 MISSED FIELD GOALS—Ari, Catanzaro, 53 (Short); Sea, Hauschka, 45 (Blocked)

33 16 7 3 10 — 3 10 3 —

Tampa Bay (8-7) .........0 New Orleans (7-8) ......7

31 24

49ERS RAMS

S.F. (2-13) .....................7 Los Angeles (4-11)....14

22 21

0 0

0 15 — 0 7 —

22 21

First quarter SF — Hyde 19 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick), 9:01. LA — Gurley 1 run (Zuerlein kick), 4:07. LA — Austin 30 run (Zuerlein kick), 2:33. Fourth quarter LA — Higbee 2 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 10:32. SF — Kaepernick 13 run (Dawson kick), 5:06. SF — Streater 10 pass from Kaepernick (Kaepernick rush), 0:31. SF LA Total yards......................................323 177 Penalties-yards ........................ 11-100 5-45 Time of possession ................... 31:03 28:57

MATT LUDTKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aaron Rodgers earned a Lambeau Leap for his TD run, and lots of fan love for his four TD passes.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—SF, Hyde 13-38, Draughn 10-17, Kaepernick 6-15; LA, Gurley 23-67, Austin 326, Goff 2-4, M.Brown 1-2 PASSING—SF, Kaepernick 28-38-1-266; LA, Goff 11-24-2-90 RECEIVING—SF, Streater 6-63, Draughn 648, Kerley 5-62, Celek 4-39, Hyde 3-24, Burbridge 2-15, Harris 1-14, Harper 1-1; LA, Kendricks 3-36, Gurley 3-20, Austin 2-14, Higbee 2-5, Britt 1-15 INTERCEPTIONS—SF, Brock 1-39, Robinson 1-0; LA, Davis 1-29

DECEMBER 25, 2016

B o s t o n

S u n d a y

G l o b e

NFL Week 16 WEEKLY LEADERS PASSING

C-A

Yds.

Int.

34-50

382

E. Manning, NYG

38-63

356

R. Wilson, Sea

29-45

350

A. Rodgers, GB

28-38

347

T. Taylor, Buf

26-39

329

B. Bortles, Jax

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325

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323

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23-46

322

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23-34

299

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288

C. Palmer, Ari

16-26

284

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171

13.2

154

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154

22.0

O. Beckham, NYG

150

13.6

A. Robinson, Jax

147

16.3

C. Meredith, Chi

135

15.0

J. Nelson, Ari

132

44.0

D. Jackson, Was

114

22.8

T. Hilton, Ind

105

26.3

B. Cooks, NO

19.6

M. Thomas, NO

16.3

M. Evans, TB

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ETC. Key injuries R Raiders QB Derek Carr suffered a broken right fibula and is out indefinitely. R Titans QB Marcus Mariota was carted off the field in the third quarter with a fractured right fibula. CB LeShaun Sims was evaluated for a concussion. R Jets QB Bryce Petty hurt his left shoulder, and TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins injured his hamstring. Neither player finished the game. R Browns QB Robert Griffin III sustained a concussion in the fourth quarter, and CB Joe Haden hurt his neck in the third quarter and did not return. R Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett was carted off the field with a serious right leg injury in the second quarter. R 49ers running back Carlos Hyde exited with a knee injury. R Jaguars RBs T.J. Yeldon (ankle) and Chris Ivory (hamstring) had to leave the game.

Notables R Panther Greg Olsen became the first tight end in NFL history to record three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. R The Jaguars’ Blake Bortles and Marqise Lee became the first quarterback-receiver combination to throw TD passes to each other in the same game since 1985, when the Bears’ Jim McMahon and Walter Payton accomplished the feat. R David Johnson set the Cardinals season record for rushing touchdowns with 16. John David Crow set the previous mark of 14 in 1962. R Kenny Britt became the Rams’ first 1,000-yard receiver since Torry Holt in 2007. R The Raiders’ Sebastian Janikowski had made 266 of his previous 267 extra-point attempts before missing twice in the second quarter. R The Buccaneers deactivated running back Doug Martin — a first-team All-Pro last season — in what team officials called a coach’s decision. Martin had not been on the team’s injury report.

Miami gets closer to playoffs Ajayi goes over 200 again in OT victory By John Wawrow ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dolphins 34 O R C H A R D PA R K , N.Y. — Jay Ajayi ran Bills 31 f o r 2 0 6 y a r d s a n d broke loose for a 57-yarder in overtime to set up Andrew Franks’s 27-yard field goal with 47 seconds left to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 34-31 win over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. In winning for the ninth time in 10 games, the Dolphins (10-5) inched closer to their first playoff berth since 2008. Miami can secure the AFC’s final wild-card berth as early as Sunday if Denver loses to Kansas City. Denver needs to win its final two games to make the postseason. The Dolphins host the Patriots in Week 17. The Bills (7-8) were eliminated from contention and extended the NFL’s longest active playoff drought to 17 seasons. Buffalo’s drought is tied for the fifth longest in NFL history, and

longest since the New Orleans Saints went 20 years before qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history in 1987. Ajayi is the fourth player in NFL history to have at least three games with at least 200 rushing yards in a season. Earl Campbell, O.J. Simpson, and Tiki Barber are the others. ‘‘It’s about running hard through the whole game and finishing strong,’’ Ajayi said. ‘‘Division rival game, December game, a lot was on the line. Tensions were high today.’’ Franks forced overtime by hitting a career-best 55-yard field goal with six seconds remaining. The Bills overcame a 14-point deficit three times before taking their first lead with 1:20 left. That’s when Tyrod Taylor converted a fourth-and-goal by completing a 7-yard pass to Charles Clay in the end zone. The Bills squandered a scoring chance on the first possession of overtime when Dan Carpenter missed wide right from 45 yards with 10:03 remaining. Carpenter also missed wide right on a 46-yard attempt in the first quarter.

Two of Ajayi’s 200-yard games have come against Buffalo. He had a careerbest 214 yards rushing and a score in the Dolphins’ 28-25 win over Buffalo at Miami on Oct. 23. ‘‘Like, come on,’’ Bills safety Corey Graham said in frustration. ‘‘I’ve never been part of anything like that. I’ve never seen anything like that. I don’t get it.’’ Though the Bills vowed to contain Ajayi, he broke loose on the first play from scrimmage on Miami’s second and final possession of overtime. With Miami backed up at its 15, Ajayi took the handoff and stiff-armed defensive lineman Leger Douzable at the line of scrimmage in finding a crease off left tackle. It didn’t help that the Bills only had 10 players on the field when Ajayi took off in overtime. No one took into account that cornerback Stephon Gilmore was pulled from the game and placed in concussion protocol. The Bills’ defense squandered what was a record offensive outing. Buffalo finished with 589 total yards to beat the previous team mark of 582, set against Miami on Sept. 1, 1991.

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Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi eclipsed 200 yards rushing for the third time this season and second time against the Bills’ defense.

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Carr, Mariota suffer broken fibulas ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks suffered broken legs on Saturday. The Raiders’ Derek Carr was hurt in the fourth quarter of Oakland’s 33-25 win over the Colts, twisted to the ground by Indianapolis linebacker Trent Cole on a sack. Carr stayed on the ground for several minutes in pain as trainers came out to treat him, and he was carted off the field. Raiders coach Jack Del Rio announced the severity of Carr’s injury after the game, and said Carr will have surgery Sunday for a broken right fibula and is out indefinitely. The Raiders are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2002. ‘‘As soon as I got out there, he said, ‘I think it’s broken,’ ’’ Del Rio said. ‘‘Seeing him go down like that, it hurt us,’’ linebacker Bruce Irvin said. ‘‘It didn’t even feel like we won.’’ Fourth-year quarterback Matt McGloin took over for Carr and was 2 of 3 for 29 yards. A few hours earlier, Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota broke his right fibula in a 38-17 loss to Jacksonville. Coach Mike Mularkey said Mariota will need a minimum of six weeks to recover.

Mariota was injured late in the third quarter when Jaguars rookie Sheldon Day sacked him as he scrambled on a first-down throw, grabbing him around the ankles. The quarterback signaled to the Tennessee sideline and pounded the ground as trainers rushed to his side. They positioned an air cast on his leg and lifted Mariota onto a cart. Matt Cassel will be Tennessee’s starting quarterback for next week’s regular-season finale against Houston and into the playoffs, if the Titans make it. Cassel finished Saturday’s game 13 of 24 for 124 yards, with a TD pass to Delanie Walker as well as a pick. Mariota completed 8 of 20 passes for 99 yards and a touchdown before the injury. Mariota missed the final two games of the 2015 season with a sprained knee.

High marks Two other quarterbacks earned more positive headlines Saturday. The Falcons’ Matt Ryan threw two touchdown passes in a 33-16 win at Carolina, giving him 33 for the season. That broke his own franchise record of 32, which he set in 2012. Ryan’s two scoring throws went to tight ends Joshua Perkins and D.J. Tialavea, who was signed

from the practice squad earlier in the week. In so doing, Ryan set an NFL season record by throwing at least one touchdown pass to 13 different receivers. Aside from his sparkling performance in a 38-25 victory over the Vikings — 347 yards passing, four TDs — Aaron Rodgers grabbed a spot in the Packers’ record book by hooking up with Jordy Nelson for their 58th and 59th touchdowns as teammates. They entered the day tied with the duo of Brett Favre and Antonio Freeman.

It’s not how you start The Vikings’ season was already going downhill long before their team plane got stuck in the grass on the way to the gate at a Wisconsin airport on Friday night after making a safe landing, forcing a delay of more than five hours. Now Minnesota (7-8) is out of the playoff race. Saturday’s loss at Green Bay sealed that fate, even after the Vikings started the season 5-0. ‘‘I think when you look at it, there were just a lot of mistakes, self-inflicted wounds and they came back to bite us and we weren’t able to overcome those at times,’’ quarterback Sam Bradford said of the team’s slide.

Minnesota outgained the Packers, 446-348, but made too many mistakes to catch up. ‘‘Trying to think of all them but there was a lot,” said coach Mike Zimmer.

Concern for Floyd Leonard Floyd has provided flashes of hope throughout another lost year for the Bears, but there’s now reason for concern as the season winds down. Floyd, a rookie linebacker, was sidelined by a concussion for the second time in a month in the first half of Chicago’s 4121 loss to Washington Saturday. It was unclear exactly when Floyd got hurt. He was carted off from the sideline early in the second quarter with a towel over his head. There were questions about Floyd’s size (6 feet 6 inches, 240 pounds) and strength heading into the draft, and he also had surgery on each shoulder during his career at Georgia. But the Bears traded up to grab him ninth overall. Floyd is tied for second on the Bears with seven sacks in 12 games. But he also was evaluated for a concussion after a scary collision late in a Nov. 20 loss to the Giants sent him to the hospital. He missed one game with a neck injury.

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ON SECOND THOUGHT

ON HOCKEY

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Time for schools to get tough This is the thick of highworry season for high school seniors and their parents. Those college admissions letters arrive in the mail, full of acceptances, denials, and deferrals, and the anxiety is palpable. It’s a bear. We went through it in our family a couple of years ago, and all along the way I kept thinking there had to be a better, more sensible, relaxed, dare I say humane, way to go about it. Not that I had the answer, of course, and even if I did, big

deal, because the process made clear to me that academia had all the answers. The best schools, it seemed, only took the best and brightest, leaving me to wonder, if the best schools only accepted perfect kids, why did the world still have so many problems? Shouldn’t perfect colleges, stocked anew with genius kids every year, wipe out war, disease, aging, and all forms of suffering in, you know, a couple of semesters? Heck, the best schools charge upward of $70,000 for all the fixin’s these days. So many sharp kids paying so much money at such perfect in-

Scoring continues to escape Bruins

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Ten weeks into what is no longer a new NHL season, it’s pretty clear how the Bruins, if they’re going to avoid a third straight postseason scratch, are going to survive. No surprise, they are strong in net. Somewhat surprisingly, they are stout and stingy on defense, an impressive turnaround from their struggles of 2015-16. Their weak link, one not likely to change for their remaining 46 regular-season games, remains putting the puck in the net. They have

spent the better part of three months saying that the goals are coming, just hang in there, but it has turned into a slow and sometimes torturous drip of reality that, barring a trade or a league-wide collapse of everything we know about the brick-and-mortar goaltending trade, they are short on scoring moxie and touch. Of the two, it’s the lack of moxie that is probably the most concerning for the Black and Gold. Touch is a skill, and a vanishing one in the Generic ON HOCKEY, Page D5

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overabundance of bowls, the games attract eyeballs. Case in point: Earlier this month, watching Kentucky freshman Malik Monk put up 47 points at North Carolina in Las Vegas was like seeing something go viral in real time. The game was an instant classic. It drew a 2.4 rating. The same day, San Diego State handed Houston a routine beating, 34-10, in the relatively innocuous Las Vegas Bowl, with Sam Boyd Stadium three-quarters full. It drew a 2.6 rating. BC FOOTBALL, Page D8

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hen the calendar hits late December, Bill Belichick starts preparing his team for its annual Super

Bowl run. For a quarter of the coaches in the league, it’s time to start updating the résumé. The NFL’s hiring and firing season is upon us with only two weeks left in the regular season. The Rams and Jaguars already have fired Jeff Fisher and Gus Bradley this month. History tells us that several more teams will dump their head coaches following the last game of the season on Jan. 1. The NFL has had eight new head coaches in three of the last four seasons, and seven new head coaches in 2014. Which coaches and general managers are on the hot seat? Who are this year’s top candidates? For insight, we picked the brains of a couple of closely connected league sources: R The 49ers are in line for a full house cleaning. Trent Baalke has been the 49ers’ GM since 2011, but the roster is a mess and the Niners are expected to find new leadership at the top. The new GM will have say over the next head coach, and it’s unlikely that Chip Kelly returns. R Rams GM Les Snead has survived for now, but our sources expect the Rams to make a change there, as well. Snead has had five years to build a winner, but the Rams have the worst offense in the NFL. And it would be hard for Stan Kroenke to sell excitement and premium seats for his new football stadium by keeping the architect of some lousy Rams teams. R Rex Ryan’s firing in Buffalo is viewed as a near-certainty, even though Ryan might become the first Bills head coach to string together two consecutive eight-plus-win seasons since Wade Phillips in 1999 and 2000. But the Bills haven’t taken the leap that new ownership expected when they hired Ryan before the 2015 season, and the Bills’ defense has fallen back to the middle of the pack. The real question is whether the Bills also fire Doug Whaley, who has been GM since 2013 and hasn’t been able to find a consistent quarterback. R Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has maintained that he won’t fire Hue Jackson after one season, but all bets are off. Jackson was put in a horrible situation as the Browns punted on the offseason and began a total rebuilding process. But with Jackson calling fleaflickers from his own goal line (which was intercepted, of course), and with the success of the Cavaliers and Indians this year, this season is a really tough sell for Browns fans. R There are two health situations that bear monitoring — Denver coach Gary Kubiak and Arizona coach Bruce Arians. Kubiak suffered a mini-stroke in 2013 while on the field with the Texans, and this year had to be hospitalized for precautionary reasons after a game against Atlanta. With a Super Bowl win on his résumé, Kubiak might prioritize his health over coaching. Arians was hospitalized twice this year — for stomach pains in August and for chest pains in November. He’s 64 years old and his family is concerned about his health. R Mike McCoy has had a rough year in San Diego, but he is expected to survive. The Chargers have placed 17 guys on injured reserve this year, including key players such as Keenan Allen and Manti Te’o, yet McCoy has kept the Chargers competitive. R The Bengals bottomed out after an impressive five-year run of playoff appearances, and Marvin Lewis’s time as head coach is in jeopardy after 14 seasons. We hear the Bengals might move Lewis to a position upstairs and promote defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, who has been with the Bengals since 2005, to head coach. R The Bears are a mess at 3-12. John Fox is 9-22 in his two years as head coach and might not get a third. R Jim Irsay gave contract extensions to coach Chuck Pagano and GM Ryan Grigson last offseason but neither is safe, especially if the Colts miss the playoffs again. R The three big coaching names are the three we know well: Jon Gruden, Jim Harbaugh, and Nick Saban. Gruden is at the top of most teams’ wish lists, and the Rams would love to get him to bring buzz to LA. But while Gruden has been open about missing the competition and being on the sidelines, we hear he’s very much content with his life at ESPN and would only return to coaching if he believes he has a legitimate shot of winning a Super Bowl. The Rams probably don’t

qualify on that front. Harbaugh has been adamant that he’s remaining at Michigan, and we have a hard time seeing him bail on the Wolverines after two seasons. Saban is the one to watch, especially if Irsay shows up with a big pile of money and total authority over the Colts’ operation. Saban appears happy at Alabama, but his lack of success in the NFL has to eat at him, and the Colts have the franchise quarterback that could make a jump back to the NFL attractive. R Josh McDaniels should have his choice of jobs this year and he is likely to take one. There’s talk about McDaniels going somewhere in a package deal with Jimmy Garoppolo, but that’s not as high on McDaniels’s priorities as are the team’s ownership, organizational structure, and talent on the roster. The Jaguars and Cardinals, should that job come open, look to be the best fits for McDaniels. Don’t expect him to take a job in the AFC East or with any of the Patriots’ rivals (such as the Colts). Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia is expected to be a candidate but isn’t as hot a name as McDaniels right now. R Two others with previous head coaching experience should get serious attention this year, too: Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Spagnuolo helped turn the Giants from the 30th-ranked scoring defense to third this year, while Haley has done great work with Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers’ offense. Two other former coaches should get interviews, as well — Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur. The Jaguars have also spoken with Tom Coughlin, but at 70 years old an overseer type position in the front office is probably more realistic. R The Fritz Pollard Alliance has recommended a crop of minority coaches: Bills offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn, Titans offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie, Cardinals offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin, Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards, Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, and Falcons assistant head coach Raheem Morris. Austin appears to have the best shot of the bunch. The alliance also recommended three GM candidates: the Giants’ Martin Mayhew, the Cowboys’ Will McClay, and the Dolphins’ Chris Grier. R Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott almost took the Browns job last year and should be a hot candidate again this year. Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan has done a tremendous job this year but is still dealing with the fallout from some bad years in Washington and Cleveland. Players and coaches swear by Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub, who has interviewed for head coaching jobs in the past, but a special teams coach hasn’t been hired for a head job since John Harbaugh in 2008. Washington offensive coordinator Sean McVay and Green Bay offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett are two names generating a lot of buzz, but they might be a year or two away from landing a head job. And, of course, there’s the yearly possibility that the Saints will trade Sean Payton, although he signed a five-year contract extension last offseason. R As for GMs, Packers director of football operations Eliot Wolf, the 34year-old son of Hall of Famer Ron Wolf, is a hot name. The Packers wouldn’t give him permission last year to interview with the Lions, a job that went to former Patriots exec Bob Quinn. Chiefs director of personnel Chris Ballard, Jaguars director of player personnel Chris Polian, and Texans assistant GM Brian Gaine are other names that will generate interest.

MISERY DOESN’T LIKE COMPANY

Lions were on the Browns’ side The members of the 2008 Detroit Lions had reason to celebrate on Saturday. And not because they’re still the only team in NFL history to go 0-16. The Browns finally won a game, defeating the Chargers, 20-17, on Saturday in the Browns’ home finale. Some players from the 2008 Lions were actively rooting for the Browns to win, just so they didn’t have to share in the ignominy.

Arms race

The goals of defensive linemen are to clog running lanes and pressure the quarterback. Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap has added another element — batting down passes. The sevenyear veteran has defended 15 passes, one off the record for a defensive lineman. (The NFL began recording passes defensed in 2001.) COMPILED BY MICHAEL GROSSI

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“I don’t want to have anyone have to go through that,” Lions long snapper Don Muhlbach, one of two remaining players from the 2008 team, told the Detroit Free Press. “I just remember how rough that was. Just every week, having to just — it just kept building and building. That’s not football, in my mind. There’s too much other stuff going on, too. I hope they get one.” The 2008 Lions aren’t the 1972 Dolphins, who pop champagne bottles every year when the last unbeaten NFL team finally wins a game. “That’s not company that you want to share,” former Lions linebacker Ryan Nece said. “We want these guys to win. We’re not hoping that they’re sharing our record or sharing what we went through. That’s not something that you wish on anybody.” The Browns are now 1-14, and will simply go down as another forgettably awful team. The Browns could be just the 10th team to finish a season 1-15 if they lose next week at Pittsburgh, and the first since the 2009 Rams.

TACKLES

League examines game broadcasts NFL leadership has spoken openly about the need to examine all aspects of game broadcasts and the speed of the game as viewer habits continue to change. This weekend’s games served as a test pilot of sorts as the NFL tinkers with the number of commercial breaks, per a league e-mail obtained by the Globe. In 13 of the 16 games this weekend, the NFL removed one commercial break per half, and added slightly more time to other commercial breaks. NFL broadcasts normally have 11 commercial breaks per half — five breaks per quarter and one between quarters, with flexibility to move breaks around. But this weekend’s games only had 10 breaks per half, with longer breaks at the end of the first and third quarters and at the twominute warning in each half. The tinkering trimmed about 1 minute, 50 seconds in each half, and it’s good to see the NFL trying to improve its product. But to really speed up the games, the NFL needs to improve its instant replay system, which often takes several tedious minutes.

Extra points

11 PASSES DEFENSED

pointspreads in modern NFL history, nor even in the recent Patriots-Jets rivalry. The Patriots were favored by 20½ points in a December 2007 matchup they won, 20-10. The largest NFL pointspread since 2000 is 24 points by the Patriots against the Eagles, also in 2007. The Patriots needed a late touchdown from Laurence Maroney to squeak by with a 31-28 win. R Per former sports agent and current CBS analyst Joel Corry, the Patriots get the best bang for their bucks. Their average yearly salary for starters is a little over $3.825 million per player, 30th-highest in the league. And if you haven’t heard, the Patriots just clinched their eighth straight division title. No wonder the other owners hate the Patriots. The Jets are at the other end of the spectrum, paying $5.2 million per starter, fourth-most in the NFL. R Per numberFire, Logan Ryan’s interception of Trevor Siemian inside the red zone last Sunday was the fifthmost-impactful play in the NFL last week. They calculate that Ryan’s pick increased the Patriots’ odds of winning by 14.29 percent. R Jets receiver Brandon Marshall, a potential salary cap casualty, didn’t take the bait when asked by the New York Daily News about joining the Patriots next year so he can finally make the playoffs and chase a Super Bowl. “That’s intriguing, but that wouldn’t be my team,” Marshall said in a candid discussion about his future. “I would be a rental player.” But here’s doubting that relationship would ever work. Marshall would have trouble adapting to the all-work, no-play environment of the Patriots, and would also have to drop his lucrative “Inside the NFL” gig. The Patriots also have Julian Edelman, Hogan, and Mitchell for next year, and might try to bring back Michael Floyd, too.

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Belichick overdue for league award Bill Belichick hasn’t won the Associated Press Coach of the Year award since 2010, and probably won’t again this year, as voters tend to like fresh names and Adam Gase, Ben McAdoo, Andy Reid, Jason Garrett, and Jack Del Rio are all worthy candidates. But once again we’ll make the case for Belichick to win the Executive of the Year award, which he has never won. Between trading for Martellus Bennett, trading Chandler Jones, signing Chris Hogan and Chris Long, drafting Joe Thuney and Malcolm Mitchell, and making several in-season trades that have all panned out to various degrees (Jamie Collins, Eric Rowe, Kyle Van Noy), Belichick once again has pushed all the right buttons. R That was quite a big number for the Patriots Saturday, favored by 17 points over the Jets. But it doesn’t qualify in the top 10 largest

St. Louis lost the Rams to Los Angeles, but the team still might be more popular in its former home. St. Louis beat Los Angeles in TV ratings for last week’s Rams-Seahawks game, 10.6 to 10.2. Of course, 10.2 percent of Los Angeles’s population is still a lot more than 10.6 percent of St. Louis’s population. But the Rams’ initial struggles in LA, both on the field and in capturing the fans, should give the NFL pause about adding a second team to LA, most notably the Chargers . . . Nice year off the field for the Giants — getting caught up in a domestic violence scandal with kicker Josh Brown, then getting punished last week for illegally using walkie-talkies on the sideline. Not to mention, they really shouldn’t have been testing the Steelers’ footballs on their sideline a few weeks ago, as we all know that is against league rules . . . Dak Prescott was an incredible 32-of-36 passing last Sunday against Tampa Bay for an 88.9 completion percentage. It was the second-highest completion percentage in NFL history (minimum 30 attempts), behind Oakland’s Rich Gannon in a 2002 game against Denver (34 of 38, 89.5 percent). Ben Volin can be reached at ben.volin@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.

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Hockey Holiday break It’s been 45 years since the NHL played on Christmas, and that’s not likely to change any time soon. The last time the league dropped the puck on the holiday, the Bruins were amid a dream season — Phil Esposito led the NHL in points and goals (for the third straight year), Bobby Orr was the assist leader and MVP (for the third straight year), and Boston won its ﬁfth Stanley Cup title (and last prior to 2011) while topping the league with 119 points. And ﬁttingly, the Bruins won on Christmas, 5-1 over the Flyers at Boston Garden, the midpoint of an 11game unbeaten streak. COMPILED BY SEAN SMITH

After Bobby Clarke gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead in the ﬁrst period, it was all Bruins. Orr scored less than a minute into the second, and that triggered a Boston binge. Ken Hodge and Esposito struck to give the Bruins a 3-1 lead after two, and the Black and Gold poured 22 shots on net in the third while Gerry Cheevers wrapped up a 22-save victory. Hodge ﬁnished with a goal and three assists, and Wayne Cashman had a goal and two helpers.

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n 2010, the Bruins had no choice but to draft Tyler Seguin with the second overall pick. The explosive center with the limitless offensive ceiling was coming off a 106-point season for the Plymouth Whalers. He was named the OHL’s most outstanding player. Three rounds later, the Bruins drafted Craig Cunningham for a different reason. With the No. 97 pick, Cunningham became Black-and-Gold property because of a tenacity that let him squeeze maximum production (97 points in his draft year) out of a minimalist package. That same savagery is one reason Cunningham is alive. On Wednesday at Tucson’s BannerUniversity Medical Center, Cunningham made his first public appearance since nearly dying on Nov. 19 before the Tucson Roadrunners’ game against the Manitoba Moose. The exBruins prospect, who played 34 NHL games for his original organization, spoke quietly but firmly to describe the likely end of his playing career. “As of right now, I think I’m probably done,” Cunningham said in a news conference. “We’ll see when I get back from rehab how it goes. As of right now, with the level I was playing at, I don’t think I’ll ever get back to playing pro. But anything can happen.” Cunningham knows that firsthand. If not for the 26-year-old’s spirit and conditioning and the world-class care he received, Cunningham would be dead. For the past month, everyone in the hockey community had been thinking about Cunningham, from longtime friend and former junior teammate Milan Lucic to Torey Krug, who played with the forward for one season in Providence. The news was that Cunningham was in rough shape initially but had stabilized after treatment. On Wednesday, Cunningham, mother Heather, and his doctors disclosed the degree of the trauma he had suffered. For reasons that remain unknown, an otherwise fit Cunningham had gone into ventricular fibrillation. That may be medical jargon to most of us. But the folks in white coats don’t like those words. One doctor I know bluntly explained the gravity of the condition. “V fib,” the doctor wrote, “is not compatible with life.” Cunningham’s heart had become useless. Upon reaching Cunningham after his collapse, Roadrunners trainer Deven Alves recognized his player was in deep trouble. So did the firefighters on the ice, who were performing the national anthem as part of a bagpipe band. Alves cut away Cunningham’s jersey and equipment to begin chest compressions. According to the Arizona Daily Star, medical personnel, both at Tucson Convention Center, the team’s rink, and nearby St. Mary’s Hospital, performed CPR for approximately 85

minutes. Cunningham was also injected with epinephrine and norepinephrine. Nothing was improving Cunningham’s condition. His lungs were bleeding. Because it was not getting enough oxygen, the blood in Cunningham’s heart was black. Dr. Zain Khalpey, who had gotten the call from Dr. George Haloftis from St. Mary’s, initiated his team to use an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (ECMO). Banner-UMC in Tucson is the only facility in Southern Arizona with the device. The ECMO circulates a patient’s blood through an oxygenator, which acts as an artificial lung. Most patients who need an ECMO are likely to die without it. Khalpey and his team started the procedure at St. Mary’s. Cunningham was then transported to Banner-UMC, where he required more surgery to decompress his heart, which was enlarged because of his condition. According to the Star, the procedure, which also requires an ECMO, had been done only three other times. Cunningham’s kidneys were affected. According to TSN, Cunningham’s left leg is compromised following insertion of ECMO tubes. Upon discharge from Banner-UMC, Cunningham will require rehabilitation before going home. But Cunningham is alive, partly because of the fierceness that got him into the NHL for 63 games, and because of the help he received. “They caught oncoming problems in their early stages, made difficult decisions without hesitation, and acted effectively under extreme pressure when they were caught between a rock and a hard place,” Heather Cunningham said. “They had run out of options and had to create new options by pushing the boundaries of things they have tried and implemented before. Most of all, they have refused to give up in spite of hopelessness. They’ve given Craig a chance to recover that continues to exceed anything that could ever have been expected. These people are nothing short of a gift to mankind. I will remember the gift they have given me every time I look at my son.”

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Backes excels at deflections In Boston, when it comes to tipping shots, there is David Backes and everybody else. None of the Bruins matches Backes’s skill at staking a netfront claim, seeing a puck approach, and tipping it in. Backes is among the best in the business, belonging to a class that includes Joe Pavelski and Thomas Vanek. Ken Hitchcock, Backes’s former coach, credits the forward’s excellence as a schoolboy baseball star in devel-

oping his hand-eye coordination. It is a craft Backes makes appear easy because of the work he applies at his trade. Backes regularly practices tipping during and after on-ice sessions. Yet for as good as Backes is at tipping pucks into the net, it’s something he doesn’t get to do as often during five-on-five play. Of his eight goals, Backes has deflected two five-on-five shots past opposing goalies (Sergei Bobrovsky and Roberto Luongo). The opportunities that took place at a more regular clip during Backes’s first years are decreasing because of how coaches emphasize blocking shots, occupying the net-front area, and reducing clean looks for net-front tippers — to say nothing of how good goalies have become. “It used to be there was a defenseman or two that were really keen on getting in lanes and blocking shots,” said Backes, who became an NHL regular in 2006-07. “Now, everybody on every team is expected to be in lanes and negate pucks from getting to a net-front guy.” Pinpoint accuracy is required for players to get clean tips on net. Against the Panthers on Thursday night, Ryan Spooner had to thread a wrister from the right half-wall through two layers — Vincent Trocheck as the man-on-man closer, then Michael Matheson and Colton Sceviour as secondary blockers. Even then, had Backes not gotten ideal body position against Mark Pysyk, it would have been hard for him to tip Spooner’s shot into the net. It’s easier for Backes to find space during power plays, where he’s tipped two shots into the net. Four penalty killers don’t occupy as much space as five bodies, whether at the points or down low, to reduce deflection opportunities. Five-on-five play, however, is another thing. Regardless of whether teams play zone defense or man-toman, shots are challenged and tippers are boxed out of position. For players such as Backes, what was once a dangerous component of their arsenals does not regularly come into play. It’s prompted Backes to adjust his net-front strategy. Because pucks aren’t getting through cleanly, Backes is identifying different soft spots in which to set up his stick. Sometimes he flashes the blade of his stick outside the shooting lane. Even from a bad angle, a redirected puck can do more damage than one that thuds off a shotblocker. Backes is also repositioning himself instead of pitching his tent in front of the net. Sometimes he looks for openings higher in the slot to give himself better odds of getting his stick on the puck. He’s also turning to face the goalie instead of operating almost exclusively with his back to the net. When shooting lanes close down, point men fire pucks off the end boards. Upon an active carom, forward-facing grinders are positioned better for a quick shovel past the goalie than those with their backs turned toward the net.

“If everyone’s fronting you to try and block the shot, you can put it off the back end wall and have it bounce in front of the net,” Backes said. “Then you’re in a better position to box them out in front for those loose pucks. Just different tactics you can start — action, counteraction — against some of those tactics.”

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Lucic struggling at even strength Through 35 games, Milan Lucic is Edmonton’s No. 3 scorer with 10 goals and 14 assists. The ex-Bruin is on pace to score 56 points, almost right in line with his 20-35—55 output last season with Los Angeles. Half of Lucic’s production, however, has taken place on the power play. In Edmonton’s 3-2 win over Arizona on Wednesday, Lucic scored his fourth power-play goal by hammering home a close-range strike on Mike Smith. Lucic is averaging 2:59 of power-play time per game, second-most on the team behind Connor McDavid (3:11). The left wing is seeing more man-advantage opportunities than he did in LA, where he averaged 2:07 of PP time per game. The curious thing about Lucic’s first year as an Oiler is how he hasn’t produced with the same efficiency at even strength, especially considering he’s been riding with McDavid and Jordan Eberle on Edmonton’s first line. You would think a pee-wee could average a point per game with McDavid as a center. But it hasn’t been that easy for Lucic. The former Bruin is averaging a career-worst 1.22 five-onfive points per 60 minutes of play, according to www.corsica.hockey. In comparison, McDavid is averaging 2.64 points per 60. It hasn’t been easy for Lucic to play 200-foot hockey at McDavid’s pace. Last season, Lucic played with Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter, two heavier centers who play at normal tempo. Lucic averaged 2.11 points per 60 minutes of five-on-five play. Todd McLellan has tolerated Lucic’s even-strength inconsistency. The Edmonton coach may be running out of patience.

Shields up It’s a good bet that Adam McQuaid, who’s been wearing a shield for most of December, will make it a permanent addition to his wardrobe. McQuaid had not been a regular visor man. He originally put one on to protect some cuts from additional damage. But the shield came to McQuaid’s aid on Dec. 12 in Montreal when a collision with Andrew Shaw and Phillip Danault sent the Bruins defenseman facefirst into the glass. The visor helped absorb some of the impact. McQuaid had been wary of wearing a visor because of his fighting duties. But with fighting’s decline and how some scrappers are also shielded up, McQuaid may do the same. That leaves Zdeno Chara

and Matt Beleskey as the only Bruins to play shield-free.

Bishop latest Lightning casualty Tampa Bay’s injuries continue to pile up. The Lightning’s latest casualty is Ben Bishop, out 3-4 weeks because of a lower-body injury. Tampa is already without Steven Stamkos following knee surgery. If any team can survive injuries to two of its best players, it’s the Lightning. Jonathan Drouin is finding his game to assume some of Stamkos’s production. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa’s future full-time ace, will get a head start on his No. 1 duties by carrying Bishop’s workload. The Lightning are out of the top eight but are closing on the Bruins for third place in the Atlantic Division. Given their talent and experience, the Lightning remain well positioned to overtake the Bruins. At this point, it’s likely that both wild-card teams will be from the Metropolitan Division.

Loose pucks The NHL has yet to reschedule Monday’s postponed game between the Red Wings and Hurricanes, which was scrubbed because of trouble with PNC Arena’s cooling system. According to the News & Observer, $81,145 in repairs were made in August and September for refrigerant leaks. It will be hard for the teams to find a makeup date because of the compressed schedule . . . Former Boston University forward Wade Megan, recalled by St. Louis, scored a goal in his first NHL game on Thursday. The Blues brought up the grinder from the AHL to replace Paul Stastny, who was placed on injured reserve. The 28-year-old Megan has 13 goals and 11 assists in 28 games for Chicago, the Blues’ farm team. Megan was originally Florida’s fifth-round pick in 2009 . . . Ex-Bruin Gregory Campbell, cut loose by the Blue Jackets earlier this month, will play for Team Canada in the upcoming Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. Campbell will be teammates with fellow ex-Bruin Shaone Morrisonn, who has played in the KHL the last three seasons. Morrisonn last played in the NHL for Buffalo in 2011-12 . . . Official publication date of John Scott’s biography, “A Guy Like Me: Fighting To Make The Cut,” is Dec. 27. Scott wrote the book with longtime Sports Illustrated writer Brian Cazeneuve . . . Shawn Thornton’s original plan was to retire after 2016-17 and learn the business side of the league under the watch of Panthers owner Vinnie Viola. That plan will be scotched pending Viola’s confirmation as Secretary of the Army, the post to which he was nominated on Monday. On second thought, the Pentagon may be a more appropriate place than the rink for No. 22 to crack his knuckles. Fluto Shinzawa can be reached at fshinzawa@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeFluto. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.

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by virtue of their franchiseboosting Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett trade that garnered them three first-round picks from the Nets and the right to swap another. They chose Jaylen Brown No. 3 overall to enhance their improving roster. This season, the Knicks trail the Celtics by a half-game as they scrap to approach firstplace Toronto in the Atlantic Division. The Celtics and Knicks are rivals, but this really hasn’t been a rivalry for years. These teams are considered the NBA’s original model franchises and they clashed for Eastern supremacy in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, with the Knicks knocking off the 68-win Celtics with an injured John Havlicek in the 1973 Eastern Conference finals en route to their most recent championship. That was 43 years ago. Future Hall of Famers filled both rosters. The teams played in storied arenas. The cities held disdain for each other, and while that hatred still exists at Gillette Stadium and on the baseball diamond, the CelticsKnicks rivalry has dissolved. When the Celtics flourished in the 1980s, who were their primar y rivals? The 76ers. When the Knicks made championship runs in the mid1990s, who were their primary competitors? The Pacers and Heat. The reason this matchup has lost its intrigue is the teams have seldom flourished at the same time. Last season, the Knicks were expected to push the Celtics in the Atlantic before their freefall. This season, Knicks president Phil Jackson traded for former league MVP Derrick Rose, signed aging center Joakim Noah, a teammate of Celtics forward Al Horford at the University of Florida, and added former Celtic Courtney Lee and Brandon Jennings to join Anthony and Porzingis. The result has been inconsistency, but also enough success to become a playoff contender. Meanwhile, the Celtics continued their methodical rebuild by signing Horford to a four-year, maximum contract. The Celtics’ ascension has occurred because president of basketball operations Danny Ainge decided to strip the organization by moving Pierce and Garnett for draft picks, something the Celtics’ faithful understood because the Big Three couldn’t last forever. The Knicks have taken a dif-

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ferent approach, much to their detriment. Because it is New York, Knicks current (Jackson) and previous management believed it would be a premium free agent destination. The Celtics don’t know how that feels, because of the franchise’s history of having to trade for or draft their premium players. Until Horford signed with the Celtics, Boston was only attrac tive to free agents who wanted to play for Doc Rivers. The Knicks scored big with the drafting of Porzingis, Jackson’s most astute move in his rocky tenure as president. But they haven’t been able to use the draft to rebuild because of trades that gutted their firstrounders or moves such as the Anthony deal, which cost them Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler. What’s more, the last Knicks draft pick to make an All-Star team as a Knick was Mark Jackson in 1989-90. So their primary means of building and remaining competitive has been free agency, which in today’s NBA is a risky proposition, especially when major chips such as LeBron James and LaMarcus Aldridge, or lesser ones such as Greg Monroe, choose other teams. Although they are improved, it’s inaccurate to call

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the Knicks a team on the rise. Anthony is 32. Lee is 31. Rose is a hard 28. Noah is a declining 31. Eventually New York is going to have to surround the 21year-old Porzingis with other young and emerging talent, and prepare for Anthony to take a lesser role. Until then, they are a potential playoff team, perhaps good enough to reach the second round, but hardly skilled enough to compete with Cleveland or Toronto. The Celtics, on the other hand, have built through the draft and free a g e n c y, a r e c o n s i d e r a b l y younger, and have hopes of pushing the Cavaliers and Raptors. But on this day they are just about even, separated by a halfgame. And because the teams are geographically close, it is considered a rivalry. But it’s been 43 years since this matchup has meant something considerable to both teams. They are franchises with distinct philosophies heading in different directions. For now, they intersect, and the collision should make for an entertaining Christmas Day matchup.

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we give up more than two it’s tough for us to win. “We have to find the way to get that scoring 30, where shooters rarely see open ice and playmaking into the scoring areas is an all-but-lost touch, whether it’s confidence, that killer inart. stinct, we have to find a way.” As Krug noted, it helps their cause that two But moxie? That comes down first to the presence of mind to get to the front of the net, forwards with some scoring touch, David Pasthen the will to withstand the heat that comes trnak and Frank Vatrano, made it back into the with staying there, and yes, the skill or touch or lineup the last two games. But it takes more. “That helps us a little bit,” Krug said. “But it’s basic grit it takes to get the puck by the goalie. Absent all that good stuff, which indeed has got to come from all four lines.” been absent for the Bruins these 10 weeks, it’s “It’s a bit frustrating at the moment,” added just going to be more of the same for a club that David Backes, the pricey offseason free agent has scored only 83 times, or 2.31 goals per acquisition, who has eight goals in 31 games. “Especially personally, I’d like to contribute a game. As of Saturday morning, little more. I had a few great Day 1 of the league’s three-day chances the last couple of Hurricanes 3, Bruins 2 games. I’ll certainly own that. holiday break, that 2.31 figure If I bur y them, maybe the ranked the Bruins 25th in the Friday night game At PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C. game’s got a different feeling to NHL. Only New Jersey, DeFIRST PERIOD troit, Buffalo, Arizona, and it.” Boston 1, Carolina 0 — Spooner 5 (Krug, Krejci) 9:13 Colorado had lower averages. O n e o f B a c k e s ’s p r i m e No penalties SECOND PERIOD missed chances came ThursThe common thread among Penalty — Carolina, Pesce (holding) 2:31 Boston 2, Carolina 0 — Marchand 10 (Spooner, day night in Florida, where he those clubs: not one currently Krug) 3:17 (pp) Penalty — Carolina, Slavin (high-sticking) 9:11 owns a playoff seed. Three of popped free at the left post and Boston 2, Carolina 1 — Staal 7 10:12 Penalty — Carolina, Teravainen (high-sticking) them — Arizona, Colorado, held his ground. Set up perfect12:54 THIRD PERIOD ly with an Austin Czarnik feed, and Buffalo — soon will begin Penalty — Boston, McQuaid (slashing) 0:35 Penalty — Boston, Carlo (elbowing) 4:42 Backes watched his shot slide to consider whether it’s pruCarolina 2, Boston 2 — Faulk 7 (Lindholm, Staal) 6:48 dent to continue fighting on, under goalie James Reimer OVERTIME or whether to sweeten their and go right through the Carolina 3, Boston 2 — Teravainen 9 (Lindholm, Faulk) 3:01 crease. No goal. position (i.e. turtle) for the No. No penalties SCORE BY PERIOD The next night, after the 1 overall pick in the June draft. Boston ................................1 1 0 0 — 2 Carolina..............................0 1 1 1 — 3 Such is what a lack of scorHurricanes erased the Bruins’ SHOTS BY PERIOD ing can do, even now in the 2-0 lead, Backes moved to the Boston ..............................15 14 4 0 — 33 Carolina..............................8 4 10 1 — 23 right hash marks and just game’s fast-leg, dead-puck era. Power plays — Boston 1 of 3; Carolina 0 of 2. Goalies — Boston, Khudobin 1-5-1 (23 shots-20 missed tipping home a long“Heartbreaking” was how saves). Carolina, Ward 12-8-6 (33 shots-31 saves). Referees — Frederick L’Ecuyer, Francois range Brandon Carlo wrister. Bruins coach Claude Julien laSt.Laurent. Linesmen — Kory Nagy, Darren Gibbs. Attendance — 12,924 (18,680). Time — 2:29. beled his club’s inability to “One of those ones, it’s just build upon leads Friday night, not going in, and again, I own that,” said Backes. “It’s not in after watching his charges fritter away a rare 2-0 advantage in what became a the back of the net and we are still searching for 3-2 overtime loss to the Hurricanes. “It’s heart- those games when you’re really on it, and now breaking sometimes how hard we work and I’ve got three days to think about it before I get an opportunity to go out and make good on it.” how we are not capable of extending leads.” The Bruins are back at work Tuesday night Shots are not the issue. The Bruin land shots aplenty, with Friday’s 33-23 edge being among in Columbus, where the revived Blue Jackets their more modest nights on the firing range. are doing business as the No. 1-rated team in They made 51 attempts on net overall. They the NHL with 50 points. The sons of John Torhave had nights in the 70s, 80s, and even 90s. torella, who crafted his reputation as a shotBut without the grunt work, either to take away blocking czar, have scored 108 times in 32 a goalie’s line of sight or turn loose pucks into games (average: 3.38) and Friday night won depositable goods, the numbers don’t mean their franchise-record 12th straight game. They fire a cannon in Columbus every time much. “We’ve been frustrated for a while,” said To- the Blue Jackets score. The Bruins bring but a rey Krug, their most active-shooting blue liner, deafening silence. who has but one goal to show for his 106 shots that have made it to the net. “We can’t score Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at more than two goals right now, and we know if kevin.dupont@globe.com. Continued from Page D1

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Knicks thumbnails R When, where: Sunday, noon, at Madison Square Garden, New York. R TV, radio: CSN, ESPN, WBZ-FM (98.5). R Scoring: Carmelo Anthony 22.5, Kristaps Porzingis 19.9, Derrick Rose 16.8. R Rebounding: Joakim Noah 7.8, Porzingis 7.6, Anthony 6.0. R Assists: Brandon Jennings 5.5, Rose 4.4, Anthony 2.9. R Head to head: This is the second of four meetings. The Celtics won the first, 115-87, Nov. 11 in Boston. R Miscellany: The Knicks have won their last two following a three-game skid. They’re coming off a 106-95 win over visiting Orlando Thursday in which Kyle O’Quinn had 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench . . . Porzingis left Thursday’s game against the Magic with what the Knicks called a “contused right knee” but is expected to play against the Celtics.

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Basketball Deal with Nets the gift that keeps on giving Gary Washburn

s the college season progresses, the right for the Celtics to swap picks with the Nets becomes a significant factor in the future of the organization. The Nets are quickly sinking. Under new coach Kenny Atkinson, they play hard, have their moments, but are finding ways to lose. Brooklyn has the NBA’s worst record and are a cinch for the draft lottery. So the Celtics will certainly exercise their right to swap picks with the Nets, giving Brooklyn a likely pick in the 20s in exchange for potentially the No. 1 overall pick. Not only does Brooklyn’s decline add to the value of that pick, this incoming freshman class, tabbed as the best of the decade, has lived up to its potential so far. College basketball is filled with talent, especially in the backcourt, where the Celtics may have their choice of franchise-caliber point or shooting guards. While New England isn’t a college basketball haven, local fans need to check out some college games as conference play begins. One of those players could become the next great Celtic. Perhaps the college talent available may dissuade Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge from moving that pick in a deal, or it may encourage other teams to increase offers to a premium player for that pick. Here is a look at some of the nation’s top college players as Celtics faithful once again prepare for an intriguing lottery: Markelle Fultz, Washington — Hidden in the Pacific Northwest because the Huskies aren’t ranked, Fultz has been splendid as a freshman. The 6foot-4-inch, 195-pound product from the Washington, D.C. area is averaging 22 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 6.3 assists. It’s hard to determine how good Fultz has been because the Huskies have played a soft schedule and he makes everything look easy. Expect him to emerge as a potential No. 1 overall pick if he matches up well against top Pac-12 players. Lonzo Ball, UCLA — Called “Jason Kidd with a jump shot,” Ball is a smooth facilitator and one of the main reasons the Bruins are No. 2 in the country. He does everything well, is unselfish, and has a high basketball IQ. He dominated the California high school scene, so this was not unexpected. He is projected as a one-and-done and some folks say he’s UCLA’s best guard since Russell Westbrook. Malik Monk, Kentucky — That was Monk scoring 47 points against North Carolina last week. The freshman from Arkansas has scored in double figures in every game. He drained eight 3-pointers in his monster game against the Tar Heels. He is slight but the Celtics have been seeking a pure scorer at shooting guard since the departure of Ray Allen. Josh Jackson, Kansas — The swingman has been steady for the Jayhawks — perhaps not as flashy as his cohorts but there have been comparisons to Paul George. He is averaging 15.6 points and 6.5 rebounds. He struggles from the 3-point line and on free throws but is loaded with potential. De’Aaron Fox, Kentucky — The Katy, Texas, native is fast — really fast. He’s a flashy and athletic point guard who can push the ball and also score. Kentucky has had a storied history with point guards, and Fox compares with all of them after a handful of games. Would he be ready to start immediately in the NBA? Probably not, but he’s a serious prospect. Dennis Smith Jr., N.C. State — He suffered a torn ACL in high school, but Smith has been dynamic for the Wolfpack, averaging 19 points and 5.5 assists. Like Fultz, he hasn’t gotten as much national exposure as Fox or Ball, but he could emerge as the best of the bunch by season’s end.

COMING ON STRONG

Thunder’s Adams emerges as a force Steven Adams was considered a risk when he was drafted out of the University of Pittsburgh by the Thunder in 2013. He averaged just 7.2 points and 6.3 rebounds in college and despite his NBA size, there were questions about whether he was ready for the rigors of the league. Adams decided to enter the draft after one season. His decision has turned out well as he has emerged as one of the NBA’s top defensive centers and enforcers. He’s averaging a career-

best 11.7 points this season for Kevin Durant-less Oklahoma City. Adams was in the same draft as the Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk and visited Boston for one of his pre-draft workouts. He wasn’t available when the Celtics drafted 13th — he was taken 12th by the Thunder. Adams said he knew he was taking a risk by leaving Pitt but viewed the process as a life experience. “I didn’t even know I’d make it, mate, to be honest,” said the New Zealander. “I didn’t even know I’d be drafted. From college, I thought I’d just give [the NBA] a crack and work as hard as I can. Luckily for me I was able to be put into an organization and group of guys that just wanted to help me grow.” Adams said he didn’t know he would be a lottery pick, despite his 7foot frame. He was raw at Pittsburgh, considered a player with potential but hardly a one-and-done candidate. “Probably a couple of days before when they gave out the invitations to [the green room],” Adams said when asked when he believed he could be a lottery pick. “It was pretty cool. I didn’t even know I’d be drafted. At the time I just thought I’d have fun with the process and it was probably the best time of my life flying around to different organizations and just working out for them. I really enjoyed that and since I did that, I would have come away with a win anyway even if I didn’t get drafted, just because of the experience.”

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The Rockets are shooting 3-pointers at a record pace. Houston is the only team in league history to attempt at least 50 triples in a game, and they’ve done it three times this season. COMPILED BY MICHAEL GROSSI

TREVOR ARIZA Nov. 25 | 117-104 win at Sacramento 2-pointers: 19-35; 54.3% 3-pointers: 21-50; 42.0% Overall: 40-85; 47.1%

Dec. 16 | 122-100 win vs. New Orleans 2-pointers: 18-33; 54.5% 3-pointers: 24-61; 39.3% Overall: 42-94; 44.7%

MAKING HIS MARK

Morris settling down in Detroit Marcus Morris appears to have found a home in Detroit. The Pistons are his third team in five-plus seasons and he has become the starting small forward. Morris is usually a matchup issue for opponents because of his 6foot-9-inch, 235-pound frame and ability to shoot from the perimeter. Morris wasn’t happy in his first NBA home in Houston. He was traded to join his twin brother, Markieff, in Phoenix. That combination worked well for a while, so much so that both agreed to four-year contract extensions for a hometown discount. But after Marcus became disenchanted with his role, he was traded to Detroit. Markieff felt betrayed and he was dealt to Washington at the deadline last February. Although they are no longer teammates, the Morris brothers seem to be in good situations. “It’s been great. I enjoy the city, I enjoy the atmosphere,” Marcus said. “I like Detroit. I’d like to stay here.” After pushing the Cavaliers in their first-round playoff series last season, the Pistons were expected to make major strides. Instead, they have been wildly inconsistent, losing seven of their last 11 games, including four consecutive double-digit losses. The talent is there, with six players averaging in double figures and their top three scorers age 24 or under. But with youth comes inconsistency and difficulty in adjusting to roles. Also, former Boston College standout Reggie Jackson missed the first six weeks of the season after knee surgery. “It comes with growing pains,” Morris said. “Every team starts somewhere. Every great team always grows together. It happens. I think we’re all trying to take that next step together.” Coach Stan Van Gundy has not hidden his disappointment in the team’s recent play, calling last week’s 31point loss to Chicago “disgusting.” Van Gundy is a fiery coach who is brutally honest with players. He also was given the title of president of basketball operations to reshape the Pistons. “I enjoy him, a high-intensity guy,” Morris said. “He’s always into the game. He’s always locked in. He’s all about winning. It’s a good thing.” Morris was considered a potential franchise cornerstone when he left the University of Kansas. He has worked himself into a productive starter for a growing team. “I am always going to be me, no matter what,” he said. “The scenery might change but not the person. Guys look up to me, and I kind of like leading by example.”

MIXED REVIEWS

Knicks, Bulls are works in progress The Knicks and Bulls made major moves to enhance their teams by ac-

Dec. 17 | 111-109 OT win at Minnesota 2-pointers: 22-45; 48.9% 3-pointers: 17-51; 33.3% Overall: 39-96; 40.6%

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JAMES HARDEN quiring Derrick Rose and Dwyane Wade, respectively. The moves have been moderately successful at best. The Knicks are in the middle of the playoff pack in the Eastern Conference, with Rose averaging 16.8 points, 4 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in 25 of the team’s first 29 games. Wade, meanwhile, is averaging 19.3 points and shooting a career-high 32.9 percent from the 3-point line. But the Bulls have looked putrid in stretches this season, with Wade commenting that too much pressure is placed on All-Star Jimmy Butler. ESPN analyst Hubie Brown was asked about the Knicks’ offseason moves, which included acquiring Joa kim Noah via free agency. Noah, who averaged 12.6 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 5.4 assists in his best season for the Bulls in 2013-14, has been reduced to 21 minutes per game, 4.7 points, and 4.4 shot attempts per game. “Rose and Noah missed almost the entire camp, OK,” Brown said. “Then both guys have been injured since they started the season. But give the Knicks

back to when you change, like they had to change, a point guard and a two-guard, and a center on your starting unit, then that complicates your bench flow. “Wade has been doing a solid job, but what they lack is a good backup at that position.” Brown said putting together super teams or a collection of standout players who are accustomed to being No. 1 options is a difficult endeavor. The Warriors, however, have made the transition look seamless, with Ste phen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kev in Durant all likely headed for the AllStar Game and the Warriors 26-4 entering the weekend. “Give Durant his due. No one thought that he would take the necessary last shot,” Brown said of Durant being a closer in Golden State. “When Boston went out and got Ray Allen and made the big trade for [Kevin] Garnett — when they joined Paul Pierce, every one of those guys averaged between 22 and 24 shots. When they came to Boston, they win the championship, and all three guys went into 14 shots a game. “Coaches know how tough that is, all right. Because the player, at the status that they are — at the all-NBA level — when you ask a guy to step all the way back and accept five or six less shots than he’s accustomed to getting, he has to buy into that. And Durant has done a magnificent job doing that, because he’s taking, believe it or not, as of today, 16.7 shots where Curry and Thompson are averaging 17. Now, who would have thought that? “Yet, because of his incredible ability to get to the line and shoot a high percentage, he’s right up there at 25.7 [points per game]. So you’ve got to give him a ton of credit for how he has blended.”

a lot of credit now, the Knicks are 1513. Now, the Knicks are 10-4 at home. Well, any time that Rose plays, they naturally have much better offensive flow, and they’ve got a guy that can get you 16, 18 points. Now, will he remain healthy? Will Noah remain healthy? That’s the question. “The Wade factor, as they move through the season, one of the Jekyll and Hyde teams is Chicago. Because you look at that and say, Chicago right now is only [14-14]. Why do they play in spurts? They have six guys up front, meaning the starter and the backup. Then [Bobby] Portis as a seventh guy.” The Bulls have been one of the more frustrating teams in the league, having started strong only to lose at home to the likes of the Lakers and Wizards, and back-to-back losses to the Bucks by a combined 37 points. “They have excellent frontcourt talent, but then in the backcourt, the Wade-Rajon Rondo combination is good some nights,” Brown said. “Their last game they were terrific, the entire unit was terrific, but previous to that they were struggling. So I always go

The Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame released its list of nominees and it’s hard to envision more than one or two former NBA players being inducted in this year’s class. Players such as Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber, Tim Hardaway, Mark Aguirre, and Terry Cummings are eligible for induction but none of those players would be considered cinches. And in McGrady’s case, his résumé may be hurt by the fact he did not play in college. For standout NBA players who may be on the Hall of Fame bubble over the years, a great college career has increased their chances since pre-professional careers are considered. But there have been questions over recent years about Hall of Fame qualifications and whether the committee has lowered its bar for induction. For years, many former NBA and ABA players complained about the induction process with many college coaches seemingly being elected in the middle of their careers, causing resentment with former players waiting for their call. College coaches were not taking the spots of player candidates but it seemed more difficult for bubble players from the 1960s and ’70s to be inducted. Now the Hall seems to be making up for that by electing players such as Mitch Richmond, Dikembe Mutombo, Bernard King, Alonzo Mourning, and Yao Ming. The question is whether that trend will continue . . . George Karl likely coached his last NBA game after some excerpts were released from his book “Furious George,” which ripped players such as Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, and Ke nyon Martin from their days with the Nuggets. It’s not that Karl would be blackballed for such a book if he had previous major success, but having led only one team to the NBA Finals (the 1995-96 Sonics) and having flamed out in his last coaching job in Sacramento, Karl would find it difficult to get another job under normal circumstances. But airing out his grievances only leads to the perception that Karl is bitter. Karl has had a history of decaying relationships with his former players, including Ray Allen, who played for Karl in Milwaukee . . . There will be no immediate adjustment to the one-and-done college rule in the new collective bargaining agreement, but commissioner Adam Silver said a committee will be formed to determine whether it still remains a viable rule. There could be a slew of oneand-dones in this year’s draft, including UCLA’s Lonzo Ball and Kentucky’s Malik Monk. Gary Washburn can be reached at gwashburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.

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Baseball Castillo’s Christmas wish came true Nick Cafardo

ho knows what angst Rusney Castillo has lived with the past three years? Oh, he’s a rich man, the Red Sox giving him a $72.5 million contract based on his unlimited potential after a successful career in Cuba. But the last two-plus years have left doubts. Castillo, who has been taken off the 40-man roster, also has been banished to Pawtucket, becoming one of the highest-paid players in Triple A history. And he has been branded with the B-word — bust. But what if there has been a reason? What if Castillo has had to live with the fact that he had no idea when he’d reunite with his now4-year-old son, Rusney Jr.? Or whether he’d ever see his mother, Taimi Peraza, again. Last week, that angst came to an end. Attorneys Gregg Clifton and Matt Martinez of Jackson Lewis LLP in Phoenix facilitated a reunion for Castillo with his son and mother over the holidays in Florida. The attorneys were able to get a difficult-to-obtain visitor visa after they presented the case to the United States Embassy in Havana. After two long months of waiting, Castillo’s family obtained the temporary visas for this visit. Visitor visas for Cuban citizens are not frequently granted, so this was a great win. Certainly it will be a very special holiday for Castillo and his family. “It’s a heartwarming Christmas story,” said Clifton, who represented Tom Glavine, David Wells, Bronson Arroyo, B.J. Surhoff, and others during a long career as a player agent. “For Jackson Lewis, Matt, and me to be able to play a small role to put Rusney and his family together is just touching for all of us.” Castillo was expected to be one of the most talented players to come out of Cuba. While the Red Sox never saw Castillo in a game before signing him, his workouts for scouts were phenomenal. It was thought by then-general manager Ben Cherington and his staff that Castillo had a great chance to become one of the top players in baseball. But Castillo’s assimilation to a new culture has been difficult. The anguish of being separated from his young son and not knowing when and if he’d be able to see him couldn’t have helped. According to Clifton, Castillo’s family is only allowed to stay in this country through the holidays, but they can visit Castillo on limited stays for the next five years. Red Sox president Dave Dom browski said the organization has not decided whether Castillo will be in the major league camp next spring. The Sox are in a tricky situation with Castillo in that while he’s off the 40-man roster, his money doesn’t count toward the luxury tax threshold. It is the same with veteran righthanded hitter Allen Craig, who is scheduled to make $11 million next season at Pawtucket. The Red Sox also could cut ties with both players, though they provide coverage for the Triple A roster, with the hope that one or both could eventually help the major league team. Castillo played five seasons for Ciego de Avila in Cuba, hitting .315. In 2010, he hit .324 with a .928 OPS with 18 home runs, 79 RBIs, and 29 stolen bases. That was the player the Red Sox thought they were getting. The one area in which Castillo has distinguished himself in the major leagues is on defense. He is a natural center fielder who can also play the corner spots well. In 317 major league at-bats, Castillo has hit .262 with seven homers, 35 RBIs, and a .679 OPS. In spring training last season, Castillo was thought to be Boston’s starting left fielder. But he soon lost that job when he didn’t perform. The prevailing opinion among many in the Red Sox organization, and some outside of it, is that Castillo needs a change of scenery and a fresh start. Whether the Red Sox attempt to move Castillo remains to be seen, as they’re paying him through 2020. The Red Sox would love to see Castillo with his head on straight and reaching the potential they saw in him when they signed him. At the time, the Red Sox seemed to be reacting to losing out on Jose Abreu to the White Sox the year before, not wanting to be left out of the popular Cuban hitting market. But as Castillo started playing in games, there was that pit-of-the stomach feeling that the Red Sox got the wrong guy. They made up for it by signing fellow Cuban Yoan Moncada, who was coveted throughout baseball, but they

traded him this month to the White Sox in the Chris Sale deal. “I guess we’ll see if not having his family around has weighed on him,” said one American League executive of Castillo. “Boston gave him a lot of money, but it wasn’t as if other teams weren’t willing to step up for him. I’m not sure any teams ever got as high as Boston did, but there were substantial other offers out there for him. You never know how this family situation affects a kid like that. If his head is clear, who know if he performs better? I guess we’ll find out in 2017 if that had anything to do with it.”

WRITTEN IN THE STARS

Hoping book performs well Rick Peterson is one of the true innovators in pitching. In his new book “Crunch Time,” written with human performance expert Judd Hoekstra, Peterson outlines leadership qualities and mechanisms that allow not only pitchers but people from all walks of life to perform at crucial times. “What strikes me about Rick is just how open he is to new ideas and challenging traditional thinking,” Oakland Athletics vice president and general manager Billy Beane writes in the book’s foreword. “That’s what reframing is all about — choosing to see the world through a different lens that enables you to bring out the best in yourself and others. Rick reframed how to best achieve maximum pitching performance, especially in pressure situations. He showed that performing in the clutch is not a case of ‘you have it or you don’t.’ Rather, it can be learned. “He successfully brought out the best in the budding young stars of our pitching staff — the Big Three of Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, and Mark Mulder. Perhaps even more importantly, he helped the other less-physically-gifted pitchers like Chad Bradford and Cory Lidle maximize their potential and their contributions to our team. Baseball is a game with razor-thin margins of victory. Being able to get all your players — from the top of your roster to the bottom — to consistently perform to their potential in pressure situations is frequently the difference between winning and losing.” Peterson has been a major league pitching coach with the A’s, Brewers, and Mets, and has also worked for the Orioles as their minor league pitching director.

Apropos of nothing 1. The Indians are getting very close to being a superpower in the American League and should be a worthy challenger to the Red Sox for league hierarchy. They just got their hands on the premier free agent hitter in the game in Edwin Encarnacion, at three years and $60 million. He essentially replaces Mike Napoli as their first baseman/DH. Their pitching, if healthy, and it appears it will be (Dan ny Salazar and Carlos Carrasco both indicated they are 100 percent), isn’t glamorous like that of the Red Sox but is effective. The Indians now have an elite power hitter, a top starting rotation and bullpen, and a world-class manager and front office. The Indians were also very interested in Jose Bau tista but may be out of that hunt with the signing of Encarnacion, who was also being pursued by the A’s. 2. When you hear things like this, you wonder what the player is thinking. Jason Hammel jumped ship from the reputable Octagon agency to Aces simply because he thought the process of getting him signed was slow. It appears Hammel’s expectations for a big contract were unrealistic. He had a very good year for the Cubs (15-10, 3.83 ERA), pitching only 166„ innings and going seven innings or more in only six of his 30 starts. But the market hasn’t developed for him yet compared to, for example, Rich Hill (three years, $48 million). 3. Red Sox first base coach Ruben Amaro Jr. really likes Josh Tobias, the second baseman acquired from the Phillies in the Clay Buchholz deal. Amaro was the Phillies’ GM when they drafted Tobias. “He’s not a guy you look at initially and say, ‘What a great prospect,’ ’’ said Amaro. “You watch him over a period of time and he just grows on you. He hits well. He does everything well. Dave [Dombrowski] asked me about him and that’s exactly what I told him.”

Memories of Christmas week past Normally, Christmas week isn’t a busy time for baseball. The Winter Meetings have wrapped up, and a free agent signing here or there might be consummated. But not always. Here are some of the bigger happenings during the week leading to Christmas in baseball history. COMPILED BY RICHARD McSWEENEY

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End of an era DEC. 20, 2001

Losing a legend DEC. 25, 1989

Yankee great Billy Martin, manager of the team in ﬁve separate stints, dies in a car crash in upstate New York. He was 61.

The Jean Yawkey Trust sells the Red Sox to a group headed by John Henry, ending the Yawkey family’s control of the club that dated to 1933.

Deadline issues DEC. 20, 1980

The Red Sox fail to tender contracts to stars Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn by the Dec. 20 deadline, and the pair ﬁle grievances demanding to be declared free agents. The Sox trade Lynn to the Angels before his grievance is heard; Fisk wins his grievance and signs with the White Sox.

Decisions, decisions DEC. 23, 1975

Arbitrator Peter Seitz rules for pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally, ending baseball’s reserve clause system that binded players to one team and ushering in free agency.

Striking a blow DEC. 24, 1969

Tough break DEC. 23, 1967

“Impossible Dream” team ace Jim Lonborg, fresh off a Cy Young-winning season that helped the Red Sox reach the World Series, tears ligaments in his left knee skiing in Lake Tahoe. He’s never the same again in Boston and is traded to Milwaukee after the 1971 season.

4. It’s the time of year when you remember great people you’ve appreciated along the way. One of those is Sam Mele, the longtime Red Sox player and scout, and former manager of the Twins, who is 94 years old and one of the finest people I have met in this business. The Quincy resident still watches the Red Sox. 5. Milford’s Chris Colabello gets a second chance with the Indians, signing a minor league deal last week. Colabello served an 80-game suspension for a PED violation while with the Blue Jays last season, then was banished to the minor leagues, where he couldn’t get untracked. If Colabello reverts to his 2015 form (.321 batting average, .886 OPS), the Indians have another righthanded power bat they can use against lefties. Another solid move by Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti, who keeps proving he’s one of the smartest and underrated executives in the game. 6. The last time I spoke to the A’s Billy Beane he thought there was progress on a new stadium plan in the Bay Area. It’s a story that never ends.

Curt Flood, traded by St. Louis in the offseason, writes to commissioner Bowie Kuhn, seeking free agency. “I do not feel I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes,” Flood wrote. He went to court — including the Supreme Court — but lost and retired in 1970.

Updates on nine 1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C, free agent — Saltalamacchia, like many other free agents, gets antsy at this time of year, wondering where they might be playing next season. “We’ve had interest by a couple of teams but we haven’t made a decision yet,” said the former Red Sox backstop. Saltalamacchia hit only .171 with 12 homers for the Tigers last season. Several teams are in the market for a backup catcher. The Braves, Saltalamacchia’s original team, may have some interest. 2. Josh Hamilton, OF, free agent — Hamilton was scheduled to work out for the Rangers this past week. If things went well, Hamilton was going to be signed to a minor league contract with a major league invitation and likely have a chance to make the Rangers, who released him last season. Hamilton, who underwent reconstructive knee surgery in June, will be paid $24 million next season (the final year of a five-year, $125 million), $22 million of which will be paid by the

Angels. Hamilton was one of the game’s great players for years after a history of drug abuse, but he has broken down. He does have a chance to win a job with the Rangers as a left fielder or DH. 3. Mike Napoli, 1B/DH, free agent — The Rangers have always admired Napoli’s leadership skills, as did the Indians a year ago, and the Red Sox before that. Napoli had a career year with 34 homers and 101 RBIs last season, but he finds himself looking for a job. The Orioles are also said to have interest if they can’t reunite with Mark Trumbo. 4. Mark Trumbo, 1B/DH, free agent — Unless Trumbo comes down on his salary demands he will not be with the Orioles, the team with whom he revived his career last season, leading the AL with 47 home runs and 108 RBIs. The Orioles won’t break the bank on a four-year deal and they like the idea of getting a draft pick if another team (Colorado?) signs him. The Orioles keep insisting they’re not interested in Jose Bautista because of the bat-flipping incident, but he makes the most sense for that lineup. The Orioles are seriously considering a Trey Mancini/Pedro Alvarez platoon. 5. Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Red Sox — Pedroia, who had knee surgery after the season, has had no issues and has made very good progress in his rehab. He said in a text, “I’ll be ready, don’t you worry.” Pedroia had a superb season both at the plate and in the field, but injured his knee diving for a ball in Toronto. That occurred in August and he continued to play for the rest of the season. 6. Jose Bautista, 1B/OF/DH, free agent — Interest in Bautista has come from the Rays and Indians (though that may have changed with the signing of Edwin Encarnacion). With newfound money after the Clay Buchholz deal, the Red Sox may resurface. The Rays never seem a likely destination, but the team has had a good relationship with the Octagon family of agents, who delivered injured All-Star catcher Wilson Ramos. There have been negotiations, and the Rays’ interest seems real if the money isn’t crazy. 7. Clay Buchholz, RHP, Phillies — Buchholz has a chance to become the leader of that pitching staff, but the one downside to the deal for the Phillies is that it blocks one of their young pitchers from getting a chance in the majors. The Phillies seem to be building up to the point where they can start spending money and augment their young talent with serviceable and even outstanding veterans. 8. Jose Quintana, LHP, White Sox — The White Sox are trying to make a similar deal for Quintana that they did with Chris Sale. The Pirates appear to be in the lead, even after signing Ivan Nova. If the White Sox can pull this off, the likely targets would be pitching prospect Tyler Glasnow and outfielder Austin Meadows. The White Sox could also have interest in first baseman Josh Bell, but they have Jose Abreu. There are reports of the Yankees being involved, but it would have to be for some of their more redundant prospects. They do have a lot of shortstops in their system. Quintana is only 27. 9. Bobby Valentine, athletic director, Sacred Heart University — “Bobby V” said he’s received “a new education” since his name appeared as a possible ambassador to Japan for the Trump administration. Valentine does have a relationship with Donald Trump but has not said whether there has been official contact. He denied any contact with Trump’s transition team a week ago. Valentine spent parts of six years as manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, and won a Japan Series.

Extra innings

From the Bill Chuck files — “Since he began his career in 2008, new Marlins reliever Brad Ziegler has appeared in 604 games, the only pitcher since that date to appear in at least 600 games. He has pitched 596„ innings and allowed only 23 homers, the same total as new Red Sox reliever Tyler Thornburg in 219„ innings.” . . . Also, “Concern about too many lefty starters for the Red Sox seems overrated: At Fenway Park last season, righthanded batters hit .282 with a .804 OPS. Lefthanded batters hit .277 with a .803 OPS.” . . . Christmas happy birthdays to Hideki Okajima (41) and Rick ey Henderson (58). Nick Cafardo can be reached at cafardo@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @nickcafardo. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.

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The numbers weren’t an aberration. March Madness may be college sports’ biggest spectacle, but more people tune in for bowl season. And therein lies the value in Boston College matching up with Maryland in a battle of 6-6 teams in the Quick Lane Bowl Monday at Ford Field in Detroit. “There’s a lot of national interest in these games,” said BC athletic director Brad Bates. “ T h e y ’r e g r e at m at c h u p s , they’re exciting. They’re not all great games, but as we’ve seen in the first week of bowl games, there have been some really good games.” Still, such a flood of postseason games leads to the question, how much do they actually mean? The issue became more apparent earlier this month when stars Christian Mc Caffrey of Stanford and Leonard Fourne tte of LSU made it known that, with their NFL futures in mind, they would skip their teams’ bowl games. “I’m not in favor of any of that,” said Eagles coach Steve Addazio said. “I don’t understand that.” For Addazio, there are tangible benefits for BC being in a bowl. The 15 additional practices are essentially gold to the fourth-year coach, a chance to further develop players. At the same time, the unique experience — in BC’s case, they’ll be hosted by the only bowl owned and operated by an NFL franchise — is a reward. “The feeling when you go into a city and everyone knows that you and the other team are there to play a game, everyone recognizes you, everyone knows that you had a decent season, you were able to get to a bowl game, you were able to do what you could do,” said BC senior running back Myles Willis. “Everyone’s excited to have you and they want to host you in the city.” But what schools bank on as much as the experience is the visibility. To Sports Business Journal media writer John Ourand, that exposure is invaluable. “I think that the main value for schools like Boston College and Maryland is promotional value,” Ourand said. “It helps get the name of the school out there. It helps for recruiting, because all of a sudden you have teams that are going to have a national window on a national television network and it’s going to bring in big ratings. “In the whole scheme of television sports, the NFL by far brings in the biggest ratings. No. 2, by far, is college football. The worst college football bowl game is going to bring in more viewers than some of the best college basketball games that are on the schedule.” The stigma for most bowls outside of the College Football Playoff and the New Year’s Six is that they’re largely meaningless. But inside the Eagles’ locker room, getting back to a bowl is by no means an empty accomplishment. In the week leading up to its final regular-season game, BC weighed the worst-case scenario. The Eagles sat on five wins and didn’t necessarily need to get to six in order to reach a bowl. The team’s Academic Progress Rating put it in position to be selected if not enough teams reached bowl eligibility. Three teams with sub-.500 records were invited to bowls, but a win over Wake Forest in the regular-season finale made sure the Eagles weren’t one of

them. “I can speak for us,” said quarterback Patrick Towles. “I can say that we’re extremely excited. And I think that when you go through as much adversity as we did, I don’t know how we’d be if we didn’t have this kind of sixth game to play for. You’d like to think we’re motivated enough to want to win every game, no matter what we’re playing for. But I think we are. It was small, but there was still a light at the end of the tunnel that we could get to six. Having that to work toward was huge for us.” Some incentives for reaching a bowl are more financial. Around the Atlantic Coast Conference, bonuses for coaches who lead their teams to bowls range from $25,000 to $125,000. The details of Addazio’s contract aren’t public, but he received $75,000 in bonuses and incentives a year ago, according to tax returns filed by BC, likely for reaching the Advocate V100 Bowl in 2013, and for the team achieving a certain Academic Progress Rating. In theory, a bowl game is also lucrative for the schools involved. The reported payout for this year’s Quick Lane Bowl is $1.45 million for each school. But as Dan Wetzel explained in his pre-College Football Playoff takedown of the bowl system, “Death to the BCS,” those payouts can be misleading. Wetzel wrote, “When athletic departments compare actual payouts with expenses, the collective profits are dramatically slimmer than advertised, and the bowl system is more shakedown than moneymaker. The majority of bowl games leave schools in the red, requiring conferences to pool bowl payouts and take revenue generated by BCS games to cover the losses from lower-tier ones.” The recruiting windfall varies, but BC seemingly benefited from returning to a bowl game when Addazio arrived in 2013. In the years prior, BC was one of the worst recruiting schools in the country. Their 2013 class was ranked 89th by Rivals.com. But Addazio led the Eagles to the Advocate V100 Bowl that year in his first season. In 2014, BC didn’t have any five-star recruits, but its class was ranked 43rd by Rivals. The 2015 class, recruited after the Eagles reached the Pinstripe Bowl, was ranked 49th. Last year, BC saw the consequences of missing a bowl game. Addazio’s third recruiting class plummeted to 82rd, a setback a rebuilding program cannot afford. Even as a 6-6 team, returning to a bowl game is critical for a team trying to regain credibility. “It’s really important to us,” Addazio said. The NCAA won’t add bowl games for at least three years, but there are cities looking to host them. Ourand said the frustration over so many games is understandable, to an extent. “People are still watching and there’s a tier system in the bowls,” he said. “I think if you put too much emphasis or stock into some of these games, yeah, it might look like too much. But if you just view this as just an exhibition game between two teams that won six games and nothing more than that — an exclamation point on a season that was not necessarily bad, certainly not great, but not bad — I don’t see it as too much. “More importantly, I know ESPN doesn’t see it as too much because it brings in a lot of revenue and a lot of viewers.”

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HOCKEY GIRLS NONLEAGUE Weymouth 3...........................Hingham 2

WRESTLING NONLEAGUE Hingham 52..............................Sharon 27 Hingham 63.......... Somerset Berkley 10 Marshfield 43.............St. John’s Prep 33 St. John’s Prep 63.........Bristol Aggie 19 St. John’s Prep 40.................Duxbury 27 St. John’s Prep 64................Pembroke 9 R For updated scores and highlights, go to bostonglobe.com/sports/high schools.

NBADL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Maine .......................10 6 .625 Westchester .............9 6 .600 Delaware ...................8 7 .533 Greensboro ...............5 12 .294 Long Island ...............5 12 .294 Erie .............................4 11 .267

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NBA Sunday Favorite...............Line .............Underdog BOSTON.................2 ........At New York Golden State.........2 ........At Cleveland At San Antonio.....9 ................Chicago At Oklahoma City4½ ............Minnesota LA Clippers........... 6 ........At LA Lakers COLLEGE BASKETBALL Sunday Favorite...............Line .............Underdog Utah.....................13½ ................Stephen Illinois St...............4½ .....................Tulsa San Diego St.........5½ ..... San Francisco At Hawaii............... 11 ................So. Miss College Football Monday Favorite................Pts. .............Underdog Miss. St................14½ ............Miami (O) Maryland...............2 ..........................BC N.C. State..............5½ ............Vanderbilt Tuesday Army.................... 11 .........North Texas Temple................ 11½ ........Wake Forest Wash. St..............10 ............Minnesota Boise St..................7 ...................Baylor Wednesday Pittsburgh.............5½ ............ N’western Miami.....................2½ ...........W. Virginia Texas A&M...........2½ .............Kansas St Utah........................7 .................Indiana Thursday S. Florida.............10 ...........S. Carolina Virginia Tech........7 ..............Arkansas Colorado................3 ................Okla. St. NFL Sunday Favorite................Pts. .............Underdog At Pittsburgh........6 .............Baltimore At Kansas City......3 ..................Denver Monday At Dallas................6½ ..................Detroit

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SATURDAY’S RESULTS No games scheduled FRIDAY’S RESULTS Fort Wayne 106...................Delaware 97 Maine 106...................Grand Rapids 104 Raptors 116....................Westchester 95 Santa Cruz 102..............................Erie 74 Canton 94..........................Windy City 84 Sioux Falls 103.............................Iowa 84 Austin 116.............Rio Grande Valley 97 Oklahoma City 101Northern Arizona 97

BASEBALL Los Angeles (AL): Claimed P Blake Parker off waivers from Milwaukee. Arizona (NL): Designated OF Peter O'Brien for assignment. Claimed C Juan Graterol off waivers from Cincin nati. FOOTBALL Baltimore (AFC): Placed LB Kamalei Correa on injured reserve. Signed LB Brennen Beyer from practice squad. Detroit (NFC): Signed CB Alex Carter from practice squad and WR Rashad Ross to practice squad. HOCKEY Colorado (NHL): Reassigned G Spen cer Martin to San Antonio (AHL). New Jersey (NHL): Assigned F Luke Gazdic and D Seth Helgeson to Albany (AHL). Vancouver (NHL): Recalled F Yan Pavel Laplante from Alaska (ECHL) to Utica (AHL).

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SATURDAY’S RESULTS No games scheduled SUNDAY’S GAMES No games scheduled MONDAY’S GAMES St. John’s at Toronto..............................3 Hartford at Bridgeport...........................7 Providence at Albany.............................7 WB/Scranton at Binghamton........ 7:05 Hershey at Lehigh Valley.................7:05 Syracuse at Rochester..................... 7:05 Rockford at Iowa....................................8 Chicago at Milwaukee...........................8 Stockton at San Jose............................. 8 Bakersfield at Ontario......................... 10 Tucson at San Diego............................10

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Southwest Division Sioux Falls...............12 3 .800 — Rio Grande ..............11 7 .611 2½ Texas..........................9 6 .600 3 Oklahoma City........10 7 .588 3 Austin.........................7 10 .412 6 Iowa............................2 14 .125 10½

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Locals head US junior hockey Boston College forward Colin White and Boston University defenseman Charlie McAvoy were named alternate captains of the United States team that will compete in the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto. The tournament opens Monday and runs through Jan. 5. Wisconsin’s Luke Kunin was named captain. Other local college players on the US squad announced Saturday include goaltenders Jake Oettinger (BU) and Joseph Woll (BC); defensemen Casey Fitzgerald (BC) and Adam Fox (Harvard); forwards Pat rick Harper, Jordan Greenway, Clayton Keller, and Kieffer Bellows, all of BU, Erik Foley (Providence), and Tage Thompson (UConn).

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Harris wins award Linebacker Connor Harris, who set an NCAA record for career tackles with 633 at Division 2 Lindenwood (St. Charles, Mo.), was named recipient of the Cliff Harris Award, given annually to the top defensive player in small-college football. The award honors Cliff Harris, who went undrafted out of Ouachita Baptist and later played safety in five Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.

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Royals sign Parnell The Royals signed former Mets closer Bobby Parnell to a minor league deal, according to Baseball America. Parnell, 32, has struggled to get his career back on track after having Tommy John surgery in 2014. He signed a minor league deal with the Tigers last season and struggled in six major league outings before being released . . . A day after Mel Stottlemyre was “fighting for his life,” the former Yankees AllStar pitcher is doing better, his son told the New York Post. Stottlemyre has been battling bone marrow cancer since 1999. “Our family has been overwhelmed with joy at the amount of love and prayers for my father and family,” Todd Stottle myre wrote on Facebook. “Please know that the greatest warrior I have ever known is doing a lot better. He is recovering at God speed and he is looking forward to getting out of the hospital.” Stottlemyre, 75, was a three-time 20-game winner for the Yankees and was a five-time All-Star. He pitched for the Yankees for 11 seasons (1964-74), and was their pitching coach for four World Series titles (1996, 1998-2000) and also was the pitching coach on the Mets’ 1986 world championship team.

stitutions. I mean, c’mon, and my cable connection still goes down too often, my car battery dies on cold mornings, and my flu shot does the job, oh, maybe three out of every five years? Where, exactly, is the progress? I’ve dwelled on progress quite a bit these last eight weeks or so because of sports and what’s happened in that time at a handful of fine schools: Harvard, Columbia, Amherst, Princeton, and Washington University in St. Louis. In case you missed it, all of those schools, whose average acceptance rate is about 9.5 percent, recently shut down various men’s athletic teams because of their alleged vulgar, misogynistic, and often racist attitudes and/or behaviors. Some allegedly very bright male athletes, proficient in an array of sports and academics, acted like total morons, particularly in regard to women on campus, resulting in each school shutting down those teams for the season and issuing the standard boilerplate statements of how they won’t tolerate sexism or racism or whateverelseism on their campuses. Harvard men’s soccer was first, with its nowinfamous “scouting report” dating to 2012 that, among other things, had the Crimson men rating the looks of their counterparts on the school’s women’s soccer team. Beyond their oh-so-novel 1-10 ratings, these bright guys also posted their musings over what sexual positions the women likely preferred. All of this was posted, by the way, on a Google document that remained searchable for more than four years, until the Harvard Crimson, the student-run newspaper, broke the story at the end of October. If Objectification 101 were a course, straight A’s for these adult dolts of Harvard men’s soccer. Days later, it was Columbia’s turn, its wrestling team suspended for similar sexually explicit and racist texts written by team members. Not even two weeks ago, Amherst dinged its men’s cross-country team for, yep, misogynistic and racist comments contained in a team-wide email chain over a period of years. On Dec. 15, Princeton closed down its men’s swimming and diving squad when it was made privy to material it deemed vulgar, offensive, misogynistic, and racist. Finally (but please, hold your tickets), Washington University in St. Louis shut down its men’s soccer team after finding its guys took the chosen Harvard route, targeting the WU women’s team with degrading, sexually explicit comments. Five pretty good schools there, which isn’t to say I think for a second that elite schools have a monopoly on misogyny or stupidity or worse. A New York Times story in November about the Harvard incident noted that the Association of American Universities surveyed 27 campuses and found that more than 1 in 5 (23 percent) female students reported being victims of nonconsensual sexual contact by force, threats of force or incapacitation. In the Times story, Mary Waters, chairwoman of Harvard’s sociology department, referred to the existing “rape culture” on US campuses. “Even at a college with very smart and generally very politically progressive students,” added Dr. Waters, “you can still have this kind of really unexamined male entitlement.” Unexamined male entitlement. Bingo. Or, as Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins labeled it in light of the Columbia (wrestling team) findings, “Perfect examples of entitled club-thuggery.” When does it stop? Perhaps never, because male physical dominance and objectification of females no doubt goes back to the cave-dwellers, which says a lot about these particular male student-athletes all these millennia later, doesn’t it? But a good place to start would be with the presidents, chancellors, and deans who run these colleges and universities. They need to stop with their knee-jerk “zero tolerance” malarkey when such episodes occur and deal consequences beyond the wrist slap of terminating a team’s season. Oh, the humanity, a schedule cut short by two or three games, a potential postseason scrubbed. If these school administrators, some of whom are women, truly wanted to stop this kind of misogyny, they would identify the guilty, name them publicly, and then toss them out of school. That’s zero tolerance. That’s protecting women. That’s creating a culture of honor and trust and decency that frankly should have been stitched into the tweed of these schools decades, if not centuries, ago. Why suffer these fools any longer? There are a lot of good, eager, qualified young men out there who can take their place. Some of them, no doubt, are excellent athletes who don’t have to be socially reprogrammed to figure out “locker room” talk, body-shaming, and vulgar sexual objectification isn’t some collegiate rite of passage or, help us, a steppingstone to adulthood. Lost in the Harvard story was an op-ed piece in the Crimson, written by six members of the women’s soccer team who were freshmen in 2012, the year the men originated the scouting report. The women, class of 2016, should be commended for their eloquence, and for their courage in speaking out. Their names are: Brooke Dickens, Kelsey Clayman, Alika Keene, Emily Mosbacher, Lauren Varela, and Haley Washburn. “Finally, to the men of Harvard Soccer,” they wrote, “and any future men who may lay claim to our bodies and choose to objectify us as sexual objects, in the words of one of us, we say together, ‘I can offer you my forgiveness, which is — and forever will be — the only part of me that you can ever claim as yours.’ ” Kids, young men, and women alike, athete or non-athlete, may you open your college admissions letters with their courage, their forgiveness, and their conviction. Kevin Paul Dupont’s “On Second Thought” appears regularly in the Sunday sports section.

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ne of the hottest products of the holiday shopping season isn’t cuddly, stylish, or even especially new. It’s a cylindrical speaker, launched in 2014, that links to a Wi-Fi network and contains a genie-like personality called Alexa. With five days before Christmas, the speaker, made by Amazon, was no longer available on the e-tailer’s website. Amazon won’t specify how many of the devices — officially known as the Echo, but often referred to as Alexa — have been sold. But a market research firm, Consumer Intelligence Research

Partners in Chicago, estimates the number at 5 million since 2014. That’s not chopped liver, but by comparison, Apple sold about 6 million iPhones in their first year, at much higher prices. But as the $179 (list price) Echo and its less-expensive sibling devices find their way into homes, a growing number of software developers are creating “skills,” or apps, that expand what the Echo can do. Amazon employees locally have been given the mission of spurring more skill-building for the Echo, and gatherings of ar-

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Roxana Rivera Roxana Rivera, the head of 32BJ Service Employees International Union Local 615, had an exceptionally busy fall. In one sixweek period, she negotiated three new contracts raising janitors’ wages to between $20 and $25 an hour, bringing the number of local custodians who won pay raises this year to 15,000. In all, Local 615 represents 18,000 janitors, security guards, and trade workers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, and the union is working to organize hundreds more contractors at Logan Airport. Rivera spoke to the Globe’s Katie Johnston about her 21-year career with SEIU, during which she has organized hunger strikes and a 150-mile, 10-day pilgrimage to call attention to the plight of janitorial workers.

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The janitors who clean downtown office buildings and classrooms at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT are among the highest-paid custodians in the country, thanks to the work of the union that became 32BJ. Momentum started building in 2002, when members of what Rivera refers to as an “invisible workforce” — people making, on average, $9 an hour — went on strike for 30 days. Since then, contract by contract, the workers have been getting higher pay and more protections. But it always starts with a fight to be recognized, and believed, Rivera said. “First, employers will just ignore workers, and then they’re like, ‘Well, you’re lying.’ Then slowly we build the workers’ stories and it builds credibility enough for us to be taken seriously, and then we’re able to win.”

Rivera was born and raised in what is now Silicon Valley, the daughter of immigrants from El Salvador. Her father, a machinist, and her mother, a waitress, didn’t have union benefits such as health care — they paid all their medical bills out of pocket. Eventually. “I remember when my brother got appendicitis, [my father] had to go to his boss and ask him for money to pay for the operation. My mother, because of the secondhand smoking at restaurants, she basically got bronchitis and pneumonia. . . . She was in the ICU, and my parents paid that bill over a number of years after. I think it took them 10 years to pay that bill.”

Rivera dropped out of San Jose State University in 1994 a semester before graduating to join a campaign against Proposition 187, which aimed to make undocumented workers ineligible for public benefits. Around the same time, a group of Spanish-speaking parents at a school where Rivera tutored asked for her help to stop police from rounding up day laborers. Rivera went with the parents to City Hall in Mountain View to talk to officials about the issue and was shocked by the mayor’s response. “She just said on the mike, ‘I’ve never seen so many brown faces in all my life.’ Those were moments that kind of changed me . . . realizing that I was going to have to fight for the type of community I wanted to be living in.”

Rivera worked with a lot of community groups in the run-up to a major Los Angeles janitors strike in 2000 and found herself pleading with religious leaders to support the many lowwage Latino workers in their parishes. “I remember going to priests and saying, ‘You have to do more than baptisms and first communions. Their employer turns their back on them; you can’t have the church turning their back on them, too.’ ”

With Donald Trump’s administration poised to take over in January, Rivera says she is gearing up to fight even harder for workers’ rights. Trump’s labor secretary pick, Andrew Puzder, has voiced opposition to raising the minimum wage and expanding overtime pay, and labor leaders fear Trump will appoint National Labor Relations Board members who could make it harder for workers to organize. “We’re going to have to do the things that we have been doing but on a bigger scale. Our first conversations with workers may have to be about striking from the jump-start because we’re not going to have any other way to continue to improve the lives of working people.”

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ea software developers began taking place in Cambridge this year, meeting at Amazon’s office in Kendall Square. The Echo comes with a set of core capabilities, such as delivering weather forecasts or adding items to a shopping list, all guided by spoken commands. (Like, “Alexa, what was the Celtics score last night?”) But you can also use your voice, or the Alexa mobile app, to add new skills to the Echo, much as you’d install an app on your smartphone. A skill from Fidelity Investments serves up stock quotes; the travel booking service Kayak can give you airfares or hotel prices for a trip. Amazon says there are about 6,000 of these add-on skills so far, but many of the early skills have been created by hobbyists learning how to create software for the device — like four different skills that let you ask Alexa for info about MBTA bus and train arrival times. Others have been built by small startups seeking to connect with customers on a popular new device. (By contrast, there are now more than 2 million apps for Android and iPhone users to choose from.) Earplay is a Boston startup that had been focused solely on building iPhone apps to deliver interactive audio stories. They’re a bit like radio dramas where you get to play a character. The Echo “sort of changed everything,” chief executive Jonathon Myers said. “It showed us there would be a

huge audience that would want the kinds of experiences we were creating.” The company launched a skill in August. The Brookline liquor delivery startup Buttery also produced its first Alexa skill during the summer, working with Raizlabs, a Boston mobile app development firm. It lets you hear details about your most recent order, placed with Buttery’s mobile app, and reorder it by speaking. (Buttery’s betterfunded rival, Drizly, hasn’t yet launched an Alexa skill.) Blink, an Andover-based startup that makes a $99 wireless home security camera, released an Alexa skill in September that allows its customers to arm the camera by speaking, or ask when it last was triggered by movement in its field-ofview. “The kind of person who buys a home monitoring system is the kind of person who tends to buy an Alexa,” says Alexis Tzannes, a cloud engineer at Blink. He says the tie-in to the Echo is “definitely a significant marketing benefit” because Amazon.com is Blink’s primary sales channel. The Boston travel startup Lola has been developing an Alexa skill that will help users access flight and hotel information, and another Boston company, Beco, has one that will help office workers find a vacant conference room. Neither has been publicly released yet. Lola chief executive Paul English says, “I don’t think people are using the third-party skills with Alexa yet. I just don’t think we’ll have volume.” In

September, English hired Bryan Healey to work for the company. Healey had led a team at Amazon’s Cambridge office that created much of the software that helps the Echo understand spoken language. Larger companies this year also have started to take an interest in the Echo. “We’ve seen an uptick in interest from big companies,” says Joel Evans, cofounder and vice president of Mobiquity, a Waltham software development firm. Mobiquity has built skills for clients like BabyCenter and Purina, offering information about pregnancy and dog breeds, respectively. “It’s a bit similar to the way big companies regarded mobile in the early days — is this a toy or is this something real? But now, they want their brand to be appropriately represented on the Echo.” Evans adds that the firm is working on another skill for a hotel chain that will serve as “a virtual concierge,” letting you turn on the lights or turn off the TV and get information about the property. Evans is the organizer of the Boston Echo/ Alexa Developers Meetup, which often features demos of newly created skills and talks from Amazon staffers. The Echo is facing one new competitor, Google Home, which launched this fall, and others are on the way. In October, Samsung acquired a San Jose startup called Viv Labs, which was developing new technology for Alexa-like “conversational interfaces.” That technology will soon show up

in Samsung’s product line. (Viv’s founders were earlier responsible for the creation of Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant.) Microsoft has partnered with the speaker maker Harmon Kardon on an Echo-like device that will debut in 2017. The makers of all those devices will be angling to attract software developers to extend what the products can do out of the box. Amazon will need to up its game in 2017, in three ways. Its mobile app and website are disorganized, amateurish, and offer little guidance about the best skills to install; it’s like shopping at Kmart versus Nordstrom. Second, once you’ve installed a bunch of skills, Alexa offers absolutely no help in organizing them or remembering what you have. (When I ask, “Alexa, what skills have I installed?” Alexa is either confused or offers up a list of popular skills like Whale Facts.) Finally, the company ought to be more aggressive in promoting how well the Echo is doing. “It’s amazing that Amazon hasn’t been open with the information about the numbers it has sold,” English at Lola says. “It’d motivate app developers to create more apps, which would in turn motivate people to buy more Echos.” Sales of the Echo haven’t been an issue, it seems, during the 2016 holiday season. But the fourth quarter of 2017 will be a different tale entirely. Scott Kirsner can be reached at kirsner@pobox.com. Follow him on Twitter @ScottKirsner.

Markets Treasuries mark weekly gain Treasuries capped the first weekly gain since the election, while US stocks posted modest gains in thin trading before the holidays. Gold fell for a seventh week, while crude settled at the highest in 17 months. The S&P 500 Index closed 0.4 percent below a record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher to 19,930. Trading volume was 54 percent lower than the 30-day average at that time of day. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged lower as US data did little to alter perceptions on the economy’s strength, while China signaled it’s open to slower growth. Crude ended at $53.02 a barrel in New York. Financial markets showed little movement on the last trading day before the Christmas holidays as investors assess the post-election rally that’s added trillions to the value of global equities and lifted the dollar to a multiyear high. Chinese President Xi Jinping indicated he’s open to economic growth slowing below the government’s 6.5 percent target. While trading in European equities was 40 percent lower than the 30-day average, the removal of a legal cloud over Deutsche Bank AG and rescue of Monte Paschi in Italy lifted banks in the region.

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When you don’t hear back from a job interviewer By Elaine Varelas GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Q: Last month, I accepted a buyout offer from my company, and I’m currently freelancing while I look for a new full-time position. I had a good job interview recently and followed up a few days later thanking the interviewer. During the interview, he said he was interested in my candidacy and wanted to bring me back in to meet with more people. I haven’t heard anything since. Should I do more to find out where I stand? A: Out of sight, out of mind. Stay in front of this person. Your goal is a live conversation

to express your interest and gauge theirs. Remember, this job might be your top priority, but it’s not your contact’s top priority. You don’t know what their to-do list looks like. Be patient and assertive. Often the person who was the most recent contact is the person who moves ahead. Showing your level of interest and eagerness is worthwhile. Sometimes an interviewer isn’t getting back to you because they’re pursuing another c a n d i d at e . Yo u c o u l d b e a strong number two candidate, and they might be deliberately slowing down your process and

speeding up somebody else’s; this way, they can come back to you if the other candidate doesn’t accept. A lot could be going on, but there’s nothing worse than not knowing, so continue in your efforts to contact this person. You might consider making contact through an admin to get a clue about the situation: Is your contact available or is he or she traveling? Can the admin get you on your contact’s calendar to speak at a scheduled time? Just communicating with the admin could help if that person encourages your contact to return your call. It’s common to feel like re-

peated attempts at contact become annoying and that you’re at risk of leaving a bad impression. But it doesn’t have to be all or nothing — find a balance. How many calls make you a pest and how many calls make you an interested candidate? Sending an e-mail every hour all day is a pest. Sending an email or voicemail every third day conveys a level of interest. Calling before hours or after hours is a great approach, too — your contact might be more likely to pick up the phone if you aren’t catching them at the busiest part of their day. When do you accept silence

as confirmation that you’re no longer being considered for the job? It depends on how much time and effort you have invested. The rule of thumb is to expect an equal reaction to your action — if you only sent a letter or e-mail, you’re not likely to get a response. If you had a phone interview, you might get something from a recruiter, the manager, or an admin. If you’ve had a face-to-face with one or more people, you deserve a conversation (and if not, that reflects poorly on the organization looking to hire someone). The best thing to do is make sure you know what the next step in

the process is before you even leave the interview. Say something like, “If I don’t hear from you, can I call you within the next week?” By doing that, you have something concrete on which to base your follow-up. Definitely do more to find out where you stand — staying top of mind for the interviewer is in your best interest, so put in another follow-up call. Elaine Varelas is managing partner at Keystone Partners, a career management firm in Boston, and serves on the board of Career Partners International.

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fered larger declines among the 20 biggest brands that IRI defines as craft beer. Boston Beer, in fact, is on track to report its first annualrevenue decline since 2003, when the brewer was onefourth its current size. Net revenue dropped nearly 8 percent in the first nine months of 2016, to $687 million, and Boston Beer’s sharesare trading in the $170 range — almost half of

‘[Boston Beer is] starting to realize that they’ve avoided the problems long enough. Now they have to address them.’ CHRIS FURNARI, editor of the Brewbound industry newsletter

their early 2015 peak. Koch, 67, isn’t panicking, or even sounding less optimistic. He says the company he launched 32 years ago in his kitchen can soon return to growth — without abandoning the benevolent approach to younger rivals. “We can all prosper as an industry,” he said. “That doesn’t mean everybody is going to be up every year. That means we are all better off if we help each other.” But Koch and his top lieutenants — chief executive Martin Roper and chief financial officer Frank Smalla — found themselves on the defensive in October during their most recent earnings call. They warned about how retailers are cutting back on shelf space for craft beers. They also pointed to the steps they have taken this year to boost sales: the addition of a fifth seasonal beer to the 2017 rotation, the hiring of a chief marketing officer for the first time, and the decision to make the most dramatic changes to Sam Adams’s packaging in the brand’s history. It’s not like Boston Beer is in imminent danger. The company — which employs about 1,450 people, including 250 in Boston, and in breweries in Pennsylvania and Ohio — remains financially healthy. It tallied a profit of more than $30 million in the last quarter alone. And in terms of production levels, it is either the largest or second-largest craft brewer in the country, depending on how the rankings are calculated. But Boston Beer is getting squeezed on one end by the giants — AB InBev, Constellation Brands, MillerCoors — that have been busy gobbling up or investing in an unprecedented amount of craft brewers. On the other end, it’s having a tough time winning over millennials who prefer to support local microbreweries with more of a buzz. “They’re the No. 1 craft

brewer with the No. 1 craft franchise, but it’s been around for 30 years,” said Benj Steinman, president of trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights. “Everything these days is moving in craft to local, local, local.” Koch knows his company is far too large to be ever again be hyperlocal. But he doesn’t think of Boston Beer as an establishment brand that’s lost its edge. To make his point, he cites the company’s annual track record for churning out more than 60 different drinks — some old and some new. New products cooked up at the company’s test brewery in Jamaica Plain have, until now, helped maintain consumer interest, even as the flagship Boston Lager has fallen out of favor with more adventurous drinkers. There was the national rollout of Angry Orchard cider in 2012, which almost overnight gave Boston Beer the lead position in the hard cider market. The better-late-than-never rollout of Boston Beer’s first IPA for the masses, Rebel IPA, happened in 2014. And the company’s Traveler shandies and Coney Island hard root beer have met with success in recent years. Both of those were developed by Boston Beer’s Burlington, Vt.-based Alchemy & Science incubator division, soon to be called A&S Brewing. This year, Boston Beer tried to do it again, with the launch of the Truly Spiked & Sparkling hard seltzer line, and a new group of nitrogen-infused beers. But the revenue declines in recent quarters indicate the new products aren’t attracting enough customers. “If I were a betting man, I would probably say there are more declines to come,” said Chris Furnari, editor of the Brewbound industry newsletter. “They’re starting to realize that they’ve avoided the problems long enough. Now they have to address them.” One of the biggest problems

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Adam Romanow, above, founder of Norwood’s Castle Island Brewing, has seen his company’s business explode this year. At left, Jim Koch says the company he launched 32 years ago in his kitchen can soon return to growth. Boston Beer Co. is on track to report its first annualrevenue decline since 2003.

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Boston Beer faces is outside of its control: a consumer habit sometimes referred to as “beer promiscuity.” Many of today’s beer drinkers don’t necessarily stick with one brew for long, a trend that’s affecting other established brewers, not just Boston Beer. “You see much less brand loyalty, more willingness to accept and try new flavors, new brands, new styles,” said Adam

Fleck, an equity analyst at Morningstar who tracks Boston Beer. That’s creating openings for small brewers, far and wide, to drain some of Sam’s market share. Among the beneficiaries are people like Adam Romanow, founder of Castle Island Brewing. At this time last year, his Norwood company’s beers couldn’t be found in any bar

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Market share for the top 20 craft brewers, as defined by IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm. Some are independent operations; others are owned by large conglomerates.

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Blue Moon Samuel Adams Sierra Nevada New Belgium Leinenkugel Specialty Lagunitas Shock Top Shiner Deschutes Goose Island Stone Bells Ballast Point Kona Sweetwater Founders Firestone New Glarus Dogfish Head Redhook

MillerCoors Brewing Boston Beer Co. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. New Belgium Brewing Co. MillerCoors Brewing The Lagunitas Brewing Co. Anheuser-Busch Inbev The Gambrinus Co. Deschutes Brewery Anheuser-Busch Inbev Stone Brewing Co. Bells Brewery Inc. Constellation Brands Craft Brew Alliance Inc. Sweetwater Brewing Co., LLC Founders Brewing Co. Firestone Walker Brewing Co. New Glarus Brewing Co. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Craft Brew Alliance Inc.

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taps. Today, they’re in more than 175 Massachusetts establishments. But today’s upstarts know they’ll soon face pressure from tomorrow’s taste-setters. “For the most part, they’ll buy one or two kegs of a given brand,” Romanow said of bars and restaurants, “and then they’re on to the next one.” That’s why he and others promote products only available at their breweries; they are a way to encourage consumers to keep coming back, to stay engaged, to feel like they are in on something special. Boston Beer does offer brewery tours in Jamaica Plain, but they’re primarily aimed at one-time visitors. Romanow also points to another issue Boston Beer confronts when trying to court millennials: its age. “I’m 31,” Romanow said. “My dad was drinking Sam Adams when I was a kid. For a lot of people who are drinking craft beer right now, it was their dad’s beer.” Unlike mass-production brewers, Boston Beer has long avoided major making acquisitions as a way to bulk up. It took over two small beer businesses through its Alchemy & Science group, including the Coney Island brand. But nothing that would move the needle in the direction of significant growth. “We helped start the whole craft beer movement,” Koch said. “We don’t need to buy our

way in.” His love of beer is deep — Koch says he still tastes at least 80 different batches of beer a week and regularly drinks one or two beers after work. Deep, too, are his business acumen and marketing expertise: He has a law degree and MBA from Harvard, and spent years advising companies while at Boston Consulting Group. Bump Williams, an industry consultant who advises Boston Beer, said he remains confident in Koch’s abilities. “Jim Koch is a combat general,” Williams said. “One of Boston Beer’s greatest strengths is Jim Koch.” Williams said he expects revenue will return to an upward trajectory in 2017, though double-digit percentage growth likely is out of reach in the near future. Of course, no one can run a company forever. Questions about a succession plan or a possible sale occasionally surface. But Koch, who is the company’s chairman and controlling shareholder, maintains he’s not going anywhere. He insists Boston Beer’s best days might still be ahead. “This little revolution that Sam Adams helped start 32 years ago has taken hold all over the world,” he said. “How can I not want to keep doing what I’m doing?” Jon Chesto can be reached at jon.chesto@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jonchesto.

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This charitable Santa is certainly on the nice list By Cindy Atoji Keene GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Technically, today’s column should be called “Off the job,” given that the subject, longtime mall Santa Wendell W. Ritchie of Longmeadow is finally getting some welldeserved time off. Ritchie is so legit he has official “Santa” vanity plates on his red Dodge Caravan. Not “SantaC” — that sounded too much like Zantac, the heartburn medicine — not “Santa3,” or even “Clauz.’” He’s been spotted as the guy in the red suit for more than 16 years around Springfield, including at the Eastfield Mall, Holyoke Mall, Eastern States Exposition’s 1800s village, and Bright Nights at Forest Park. A retired computer programmer, Ritchie, 72, has had thousands of children sit on his lap — “some with loaded diapers.” The Globe spoke with Ritchie about what it’s like to be the jolly old elf every Christmas season. “I have an authentic white beard, spectacles, and the requisite belly. This whole Santa thing started over a decade ago when my wife noticed kids peeking around corners at me, whether it was the supermarket or a restaurant. I was oblivious to the whole thing. Then one Christmas, my wife gave me a Santa suit. I was like, ‘What am I supposed to do with this?’ She sent me out to

visit the neighbors on Christmas Eve. The first house I visited, the little girl opened the door, turned, and immediately ran up to her bedroom. I never saw her again that night. I visited a couple more kids down the street and kind of enjoyed the whole thing. Then I saw a ‘help wanted’ ad for Santa, and that was that. “I’m not the usual elfin character that Santa is supposed to be — I’m 6’5” and 290 pounds — but I noticed that once the red suit is on, as far as kids are concerned, I’m Santa. I’ve had some mobility issues lately, so I’ve unfortunately had to cut back on private parties, which require more standing. “Santas can earn $175 an hour or more, but I have never taken money for my work. I contribute whatever I make to the Springfield Rescue Mission. I do this for very selfish reasons — it’s a real upper for me to brighten someone’s day and bring back the wonder and magic of Christmas. “When kids sat on my lap this year, they asked for Hatchimals, drones, video game consoles, and toys and games. Some asked for dogs, cats, and rabbits and an occasional ferret. One little girl, whose dad had passed away, asked for him to come back. What could I say? I answered, ‘I think he’s in heaven now and watching over you.’ There’s no good answer you can really ever

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give. I also had a 50-year-old woman playfully sit on my lap with some friends, but then she came back with tears in her eyes and said, ‘You know, that was the first time I ever sat on Santa’s knee.’ “One year, my cat died during the holiday season, and I was very unhappy about it. The day it happened, I went and sat in Santa’s chair as usual, and somehow, although I never said anything, the kids knew I was sad. They reacted to me in a

more subdued way. There must have been something in my face or eyes. “If you ask me, ‘Is there really a Santa Claus?’ oh, yes, there is a Santa Claus, and he lives in your heart. As long as you keep that there, it will make you happy, even during the darkest times. Santa lives, and it’s not just in me.” Cindy Atoji Keene can be reached at cindy@cindyatoji.com.

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“When kids sat on my lap this year, they asked for Hatchimals, drones, video game consoles, and toys and games,” Wendell W. Ritchie says.

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How to safely get rid of prescription drugs Many drugstores, hospitals, clinics, narcotic treatment programs, and long-term-care centers will take leftover and expired medication at any time.

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You probably don’ t give much thought to the unused medications taking up space in your medicine cabinet. But those leftover pills are far from harmless. Taking them incorrectly or accidentally could land someone in the emergency room or even prove deadly. Of particular concern are leftover narcotic painkillers such as Oxycontin, Percocet, and Vicodin. Here are several ways to safely get

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rid of unwanted and expired medication year-round. Return it to a pharmacy Many drugstores, hospitals, clinics, narcotic treatment programs, and long-term-care centers will take leftover and expired medication any time of the year. Some locations might also offer mail-back programs. To find an authorized program near you, go to DisposeMyMeds.org or DEAdiversion.usdoj.gov and search for “drug disposal.” Or call the DEA’s Registration Call Center at 800-882-9539. Walgreens has made this especially convenient by offering self-service kiosks, which the chain introduced earlier this year. The kiosks are free, anonymous, and secure: Simply place unwanted and expired medication — including controlled substances — in the top slot and walk away. Dispose of it at home If your pharmacy won’t accept your medication and drop-off at an authorized location is not an option, you can toss most pills in your household trash (with the exception of narcotic painkillers), provided you take a few precautions. First, remove the drug from its original container and mix it with a substance that makes it less recognizable, such as coffee grounds, kitty litter, or sawdust. Then place the mixture in a sealable plastic bag or other container that won’t leak and put it in the trash. As an added precaution, before you discard the prescription bottle, remove the label entirely or scratch away the personal information. Take precautions Recent data suggest that, when it comes to addressing accidental or intentional misuse, there’s a lot of work to do. In a survey of people who were recently prescribed opioids, published in JAMA Internal Medicine in June, 60 percent of respondents reported holding on to the drugs for future use. Almost half said they weren’t aware of how to properly store or dispose of opioids. Leftover prescription painkillers can be fatal if ingested by someone in your home, including children, so they shouldn’t be tossed in the trash, Fo o d a n d D r u g A d m i n i s t r a t i o n spokeswoman Lyndsay Meyer says. For example, Meyer said, “Too much fentanyl can cause se vere breathing problems and lead to death in babies, children, pets, and even adults, especially those who have not been prescribed the medicine.” The best way to handle leftover narcotic painkillers, such as fentanyl, hydrocodone (Vicodin and generic), meperidine (Demerol and generic), morphine, or oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet, and generic), is to take them to a pharmacy or authorized take-back location. But if you can’t get there, leftovers of those and other controlled substances listed on the FDA’s website can be flushed down the sink or toilet, Meyer says.

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Even with property coverage, damages can be costly.

Insure yourself against the worst of winter’s wrath By Sarah Shemkus GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

We buy insurance for peace of mind, to be confident that storm damage to our homes or a wrecked car won’t wipe us out financially. With a New England winter arriving, that security is a valuable thing. In 2015, winter storms caused $3.5 billion in insured losses nationwide, according to numbers from the Insurance Information Institute. But if we don’t take some sensible steps to protect our property, insurance might not be enough. Even with proper coverage, damages can be costly, and neglecting to keep up with home maintenance can compromise an insurance claim. “Insurance companies, if they have notice that you were not taking the right steps, they could use that against a consumer,” says John Chapman, the state’s undersecretary for consumer affairs. To prepare your house for the rigors of winter, inspect the underside of your roof for leaks and remove any blockages from gutters or downspouts. To prevent carbon monoxide backup in your home, clear any obstructions from dryer vents and put fresh batteries in your carbon monoxide and smoke detectors. Make sure your water pipes are properly insulated to avoid freezing; try to keep the inside temperature at 60 degrees or higher to keep the water flowing, Chapman says. Trim back any overhanging tree branches on your property that are close to the house or power lines. And when the weather outside is frightful, clear walkways and driveways of snow and ice to prevent slips and falls — and potentially costly injuries and insurance claims. To protect your car, start with the tires: Make sure they are inflated to the proper pressure for maximum safety on icy roads, and check to make sure you have a spare tire and working jack. Keep your vehicle stocked with jumper cables, salt or sand, a first aid kit, flares or reflective triangles, blankets, a flashlight, and a snow brush. After a storm, clear all the snow and ice from your car before hitting the road. It sounds obvious, but . . . “We’ve all encountered that guy in front of you with the flying ice and snow that creates a real threat to other people on the road,” Chapman says. Chapman also encourages consumers to call their insurance agents to review their policies. “Being prepared means it’s important to have that conversation,” Chapman says. “Ask about what your policy covers and what it doesn’t cover.” Consumers also can contact the Division of Insurance consumer services office at 617-521-7777. Got a consumer question or complaint? Contact Sarah Shemkus at sarah.shemkus@gmail.com.

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JUDGE RULES CITY NOT REQUIRED TO HOLD UBER, LYFT TO SAME STANDARDS AS TAXIS

A federal judge has ruled that Boston is not required to hold digital-age transportation services such as Uber and Lyft to the same rules as taxi companies, using a new state law to dismiss a case against the city from a group of cab owners. The cab companies had argued in their lawsuit that Boston was violating their equal protection rights by holding them to strict standards while not regulating the Uber drivers they compete with. Taxi companies follow a number of municipal rules that include a permitting process, vehicle standards, and fare rates set by the city. US District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton had previously shown some sympathy to the equal protection argument. In March, he declined to dismiss the claim and said ride-hailing services and taxi companies share many similarities. In a decision issued Wednesday, however, Gorton dismissed the claim, saying it was made irrelevant when the Massachusetts Legislature brought drivers for Uber and similar companies under state oversight and largely prohibited local governments from creating their own rules for those services. Gorton said that means Boston now cannot be expected to govern Uber and Lyft. — ADAM VACCARO

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BERKSHIRE BANK SUED OVER ALLEGED $1.4 MILLION CYBERSCAM

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BOSTON FLOWER EXCHANGE CLOSES OUT LAST HOLIDAY SEASON IN THE SOUTH END

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For vendors at the century-old Boston Flower Exchange, the holiday season is wrapping up — in more ways than one. The last of the poinsettias, wreaths, and festive cut greens have been taken out of the sprawling warehouse, the end of a 45year run as a new owner prepares to build a tech-office campus on the Albany Street property. A vestige of early 20th century commerce, the iconic wholesale cooperative, founded in 1909 at a nearby location in the South End, might be a casualty of gentrification, but it will live on in a new city, and under a new name. All but two wholesalers will move to a 65,000square-foot facility on Second Street in Chelsea and operate as the New England Flower Exchange. Abbey Group, which is buying the Boston Flower Exchange property, reportedly for more than $40 million, also bought the name. Just 6 miles north, the Chelsea location was the closest property they could find suitable for industrial use. — KATHELEEN CONTI

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NEW BIOGEN CHIEF WANTS TO STRENGTHEN DRUG PIPELINE

The incoming chief executive of Biogen Inc. told stock analysts Tuesday that he’ll conduct a review of the company’s operations with the aim of strengthening its pipeline of drugs in development, and he called efforts to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease the Cambridge biotech’s “No. 1 challenge and opportunity.” Michel Vounatsos, who will take over Jan. 6, said he’ll outline his vision when the review is completed over the next few months. While he said he wants to invest in the company’s research efforts and its people, he also hinted at broad changes — including leadership changes — but stopped short of offering specifics. “A new CEO has to build his team,” Vounatsos said in his first conference call with analysts. Vounatsos, 55, who joined Biogen as chief commercial officer in April, made it clear he wants to expand Biogen’s roster of drug candidates through partnerships with other drug makers and acquisitions of drug development programs — and, possibly, by buying other companies. But he provided no details about companies or drug development areas that Biogen, the world leader in multiple sclerosis medicines, might be considering. — ROBERT WEISMAN

WATERTOWN MAKER OF WIRELESS BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS ALLIES WITH GENERAL MOTORS

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GE CHOOSES NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL AS PREFERRED PROVIDER FOR HIP, KNEE REPLACEMENTS

Berkshire Bank was the alleged target of an increasingly common type of cyberheist this fall that bilked a longtime customer out of more than $1 million, according to a lawsuit filed last week. Jim Jacobs, a Florida-based modern art dealer, filed suit in US District Court in Springfield alleging that the bank’s inadequate fraud detection systems allowed criminals to steal $1.4 million from his account and move the money to Hong Kong through two wire transfers in October. Jacobs, who has ties to the Western Massachusetts art community, opened his personal account with Great Barrington Savings Bank in 1980, before it merged with what eventually became Berkshire Bank, now an $8 billion institution. According to the lawsuit, over the years Jacobs’s account grew significantly, and he was assigned a personal banker at Berkshire Bank who handled his transactions — a common practice among financial institutions looking to cater to high-net-worth clients. Over the course of a week in October, the personal banker fell for three fake, or spoofed, e-mails from somebody pretending to be Jacobs. The imposter directed the banker to transfer $580,000 and $826,000 into two separate banks in Hong Kong, suggesting the payments were related to the work of abstract painter Agnes Martin, according to the lawsuit. Berkshire Bank failed to verify that Jacobs was actually making the requests, according to the lawsuit. The transactions should have raised red flags at Berkshire Bank because Jacobs had never done business with the companies receiving the money, nor their Hong Kong banks, in the past, according to the lawsuit. — DEIRDRE FERNANDES

WiTricity Corp., a Watertown-based maker of wireless battery charging systems, has allied with General Motors Corp. to test a system that recharges electric vehicles without plugging them in. WiTricity’s technology, initially developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, uses an electromagnetic field, rather than an electrical cable, to pump power into a car’s battery. The car simply drives onto a charging pad to make the connection. The pad must be connected to a power supply. “GM wanted to work with us, to show how well it would work integrated into a real car,” Witricity chief executive Alex Gruzen said. Carmakers around the world are developing wireless electric chargers. In response, SAE International, a global automotive industry group, is creating technical standards for such systems. The WiTricity-GM tests will help ensure that WiTricity’s systems comply with the SAE standards. Many wouldbe buyers resent the hassle of having to plug in their cars at night and fear being stranded if they forget. Gruzen said WiTricity’s wireless charging system should be available for purchase by the end of 2017. — HIAWATHA BRAY

General Electric Co. has selected New England Baptist Hospital as a preferred provider of hip and knee replacement surgeries for its employees, a new twist in the efforts by big companies to control health care costs. The agreement, one of the first of its kind for a Boston hospital, allows GE to contract directly with the hospital instead of going through a health insurer. Under the arrangement, GE will waive out-of-pocket costs and cover travel expenses for any employee who chooses to have hip or knee surgery at the hospital in Boston’s Mission Hill. The deal might be most appealing to GE’s roster of about 5,000 employees in Massachusetts, but it will be open to all of GE’s 100,000 workers nationwide. GE, starting with a 2013 deal with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, has named six other preferred hospitals for joint care in other states. It has a similar arrangement with a health system in Ohio for maternity care, and it is looking for additional hospital partners. — PRIYANKA DAYAL MCCLUSKEY

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TECHNOLOGY/ ENGINEERING

The Green Engineer, Inc. has a vacancy for an Energy Modeler to design, research, plan, supervise and perform engineering studies including energy and daylight analyses for environmentally green projects; Use engineering standards to analyze information, develop and oversee projects, recommend solutions and evaluate results; Use computer modeling software to evaluate HVAC systems and controls for energy and environmental performance; Advise clients on procedures to comply with Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act (MEPA) requirements, provide energy simulations and reports showing compliance with MEPA greenhouse gas emissions protocol, and propose mitigation measures to reduce environmental impact of new projects; Provide consulting on LEED/ASHRAE energy and indoor air quality requirements and on local utility incentive programs; Work with clients, other engineers, contractors and government agencies to provide documentation showing compliance with industry and governmental standards; Assist clients in Life Cycle Cost Analysis of energy efficiency options for projects; Oversee workload distribution to meet project goals, and ensure compliance with deadlines, quality, policies and procedures. Forecast, implement and oversee internal budgets; Perform data collection through energy and environment monitoring devices for project facilities to evaluate operational effectiveness; Keep up to date with simulation tools and new technologies in the industry. Master’s degree in Architecture, Building Science, or Architectural Engineering with concentration in building energy performance and climate-responsive architectural design required. Also required: Two years of experience in architectural/engineering occupation; Demonstrable ability in eQUEST, THERM, Ecotect, AutoCAD, Revit, Sketch up, Rhinoceros 4.0, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign); Knowledge of LEED Reference Standards and ASHRAE Standards including 90.1, 62.1 and 55; Knowledge of building energy analysis and daylight modeling; Understanding of post-occupancy measurement and verification (M&V) of building energy use; Knowledge of International Performance Measurement & Verification Protocol (IPMVP) for M&V; Certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEP AP). Place of Employment: 54 Junction Square Drive, Concord, MA 01742. Hours: 9am – 5pm, M-F. Please apply at: https://careers-hrknowledge.icims.com/jobs/1118/ energy-molder/job Associate Scientist

Computer

sought by Amgen. Reqs: Master’s degree + 3 yrs exp; and Knwldg of HPLC (HighPerformance Liquid Chromatography); Exp w/ DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) & TGA (Thermogravitometric Analysis); and Exp in utilizing specialized formulation platforms or w/ other modalities in addition to small molecules. Job Site: Cambridge, MA. Send resume w/ ref #A3ASPB to: Global Mobility, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Mailstop B-21-2-A, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. No phone calls or e-mails please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. w/o sponsorship. EOE.

Technical Program Management, Global Service – Hopkinton, MA. Apply business acumen in understanding EMC’s strategic direction and alignment of products in emerging Technologies Req’s exp with Technical Escalation Management. May be assigned to various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States. Mail resume to- ATTN: Job Code 174016BR, EMC Corp, 228 South St., Mailstop 1/C-36, Hopkinton, MA 01748 (Include Job Code 174016BR on resume/cvltr). EOE.

Associate Scientist

Computer

Senior Solutions Engineer(s)

– Hopkinton, MA. Work with cross-functional teams to design, architect, and build repeatable solutions for the field sales organization, partners and customers. Exp must include: 1) OS/ DB migration of client data center to cloud data. May be assigned to various unanticipated sites throughout the US. Mail resume toATTN: Job Code 173908BR, EMC Corp, 228 South St., Mailstop 1/C-36, Hopkinton, MA 01748 (Include Job Code 173908BR on resume/cvltr). EOE.

Wellington Management Company LLP – Marlborough, MA.

Senior Software Engineer

Design, code & unit test back office SW apps. for Performance & Benchmark Tech. team, w/ specific focus on Benchmark mgmnt & processing apps. Req. Master’s deg. (or foreign equiv.) in CS, Comp. Engg or rel’d fld +2yrs of exp. in enterprise SW devel. Will accept Bach. deg. +5yrs of desc. exp. Send resume to: Amy Neve, Sr. Global Mobility Analyst, WMC LLP, Req. 76057, 280 Congress St., Boston, MA 02210.

Senior Manager(s)

Computer/IT

Senior Technical Consultant

wanted in Newton, MA to develop & deliver CRM technical/business solutions to clients. Meet w/, & develop client’s business & technical challenges. Understand & communicate clt’s needs, project team’s goals, & build custom package solutions for clts. Design, code/configure, & conduct unit-testing modules. Develop functional & technical specifications, unit & system test scripts, & deployment plans. Use Microsoft CRM application; web technologies such as ASP, VB/Script, JavaScript, JSP, & .NET (C#/ASP.net/ XML) & DB platforms; & SQL Server 2005/2008, SSRS, SSIS. Use BizTalk, SharePoint, or Performance Point & exp in custom business app design & dvlpment. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Computer Sci or Mgmt Info Sys +2 yrs of expe in job offered or as S/w Engineer. Send res to: K Ramerini, AKA Enterprise Solutions, 875 6th Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10001.

Biotech/R+D/Science

STATISTICIAN (AKA PROGRAMMER ANALYST) (MULTIPLE OPENINGS)

Perform statistical analysis. Use SAS, SPSS, STATA, & Splus. Send resume to: Steve Pepper, Hebrew Rehabilitation, 1200 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA 02131

B o s t o n

TECHNOLOGY/ ENGINEERING Computer/IT Interested candidates send resume to: Google Inc., PO Box 26184 San Francisco, CA 94126 Attn: A. Johnson. Please reference job below:

Software Engineer

(Cambridge, MA) Design, develop, modify, &/or test software needed for various Google projects. #1615.19419 Exp Incl: C++; MapReduce; Python; distrib syst; multithreading; API dev; HTML5; Linux &/or Unix; SQL; algorithms; HLS; RTMP; HTTP; MPEG-4 &/or WebM &/or FLV; Go; GDB; Monitoring; Shell Scripting &/or Perl; & noSQL. Computers

Senior Software Engineer

Allscripts Healthcare, LLC. May work at Burlington, MA worksite/ telecommute from anywhere in U.S. & report electronically to Burlington, MA worksite. Design, code, test & document healthcare applications in the areas of SW dvlpmnt & maintenance. On call for 1wk every 4wks. Reqs BS in Comp Sci/IT/rel/ equiv & 4yrs of SW dvlpmnt exp to incl 4yrs: WPF to build graphical user interfaces & Infragistics WPF Controls; WCF for service calls; C#; MS SQL Server; writing SQL queries & SQL query tuning; MS Visual Studio; .NET framework; XML docs; Helios Server; UML Activity Diagrams; & Team Foundation Server. Apply: www. allscripts.com Ref# 20169494. Database Admin

Database Administrator IV, Kronos Inc., Chelmsford, MA

Oversee the design & functionality of computerized databases incl. base definition, structure, documentation, long range req’s, operations & protection. Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equiv.) in Comp.Sci., Electrical or Electronics Engin’rng, or related req’d & 5 yrs exp. as an Oracle application Database Administrator. Review full job description & req’s & apply at “Careers” page at www.kronos.com under “Database Administrator IV” in Chelmsford, MA (Req. #2016-14392). Engineer

Embedded Firmware Engineer

(Vicor Corporation; Andover, MA) Apply experience w/ embedded C & Assembly, along w/ experience w/ computer architecture & analog & digital hardware skills for microprocessors & microcontrollers. Apply skills in gathering user req’mts & designing/supporting customer solutions. Min. req’s: B.Sc. (or equiv. deg.) in Elec. Eng., Comp. Sci., or Comp. Eng. + 4 yrs. exp. in position offered, or relevant role as SW engr. or programmer analyst. Send resume: Lisa DeRusha, HR Generalist, Vicor Corporation, 25 Frontage Rd., Andover, MA 01810. Ref. MG2209-87. Engineer

Associate Design/Product Development Engineer

(Vicor Corporation; Andover, MA): Apply theoretical expertise in principles of high freq. switching power supply topologies for DC-DC converters in R&D env’t. Must be familiar with rel. modeling tools (SPICE & Matlab) & able to troubleshoot & resolve power electronics glitches. Min. reqts: B.Sc. (or equiv. degree) in Electrical Eng’g, Power Electronics, or rel. discipline (No exp. req’d). Send resume: Lisa DeRusha, HR Generalist/Employment Specialist, Vicor Corp., 25 Frontage Rd., Andover, MA 01810. Ref. AG 2209-90. Sr. Technical Consultant

Sr. Technical Consultant

(Medfield, MA) to work remotely from anywhere in US to provide tech consulting ser to cust, incl req definition, s/ware desgn, solutions arechitecture develpmnt. Must hv MS in CS, info tech or any engg & 2 yrs exp in job offd or dev s/ware solutions using Autodesk tech; or BS in same & 5 yrs exp in same. Send resume to Scott Heide, Engineering Intent Corp., 14 Dover Farm Rd., Medfield, MA 02052, ScottHeide@ engineeringintent.com.

TECHNOLOGY/ ENGINEERING Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS INC. Work in Boston, MA. Design & dvlp new features in our world-class, next generation SaaS offering. Reqs a Bach’s Degree (or fde) in Comp Sci, Comp Apps, Info Systms, or rltd fld. Reqs 5 yrs exp in Spring framework, Spring MVC, or Struts2. Reqs 5 yrs exp in at least 1 of the following RDBMS databases: MySQL, Oracle, or SQL/PL-SQL. Reqs 1 year exp dvlping User interfaces using HTML, JavaScript, JQuery and/or AngularJS. Must’ve the following: exp w/ search technologies Elastic Search or Solr; exp w/ Java, JavaEE, and 1 of the following: Python, Groovy or Scala; & exp in Linux/UNIX envrnmnts; & exp in Web API Development (REST, SOAP). Mail resume to: Bradford Wilkins, Vice President – Human Resources, Altisource Solutions, Inc., 1000 Abernathy Road NE, 400 Northpark, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30328. Engineer

Principal Customer Success Engineer

(Actifio, Inc. – Waltham, MA) As subject matter expert to Actifio’s clients & the Customer Success Engineering team implements successful deployments & successfully integrates (installation, data connectivity, analysis & performance of) the application. Handles all escalations from CSE team & develops fixes & hot fixes. For full description, reqs. & to apply go to http://www. actifio.com/company/jobs/ Reference Job ID PCSE-MP1 Engineer

Sr Systems Engineer

On Tech Ops team, role offers full range IT operational exp from managing high-capacity servers & networking equip to being involved w/ latest technology platforms in Big Data arena. Rqrs: BS CS, EE, or rel & 8 yrs prgrssve post baccalaureate exp in Enterprise LINUX system administration w/ knowl of installations, security, performance-tuning, & basic shell scripting. Also rqrs exp supporting 24x7 Internet-facing web infrastructure; understanding of JBoss, JMS Messaging, & Solr search; exp w/ automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef or an equivalent; demonstrated application of advanced system structures & commands in LINUX environments. (TCP/ IP, DNS, SMTP, shell scripting, etc.); strong written & verbal communication skills; strong technical, organizational & interpersonal skills working as part of a team; exp w/monitoring & alerting systems such as Nagios, Open NMS; exp w/ OpenStack or KVM virtualization technologies; exp managing Hadoop clusters, Cassandra, & Solr services; exp w/CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) & creating RPM packages; rqrs Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE); exp implementing & working w/FOSS application stacks (httpd, JBoss, Hadoop, Solr, Cassandra) in Linux environments. Position is based in Waltham, MA. Apply to Zoom Information, 307 Waverley Oaks Rd, Waltham, MA 02452 or hr@zoominfo.com Software Engineer III (GIS)

Software Engineer III (GIS)

In Boston, MA to translate reqmts into technical dsgns. Must hv MS in CS, comptr info sys, any engg or rel field & 3 yrs of exp in job offrd or in softwre dev using .NET/C#. & WPF or Silverlight tech, schemas using MS SQL Server 2008, Spatial tech; bldg & integrating Web ser; bldg & generating dynamic & static map layers; & resolving performance issues of mapping components built for multi-user based services; or bachelor’s deg in same & 5 yrs exp in same. Apply online at http://jobs.jobvite.com /air-worldwide/job/oKUs4fw U or apply by resumes to Alina Ostrovski, AIR Worldwide Corporation,131 Dartmouth St., 4th Flr, Boston, MA 02116, aostrovski@air -worldwide.com. Refer to job #2016-12 RF Design Engr Integrated Device Tech has

RF Design Engr

opening in Westford, MA. Apply online at idt.com, Req #8656.

S u n d a y

TECHNOLOGY/ ENGINEERING Engineer

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

– (job location: Boston) - Define & implement software quality assurance (QA) processes, methodologies & technologies. Analyze & ensure req’s & user story acceptance criteria are acceptable for test case creation. Develop QA test strategies, test plans, test cases & test scenarios using risk analysis & dependency analysis techniques. Conduct responsive design QA testing. Record test results & defects using Atlassian JIRA. Assist in root cause analysis for production incidents. Perform cross-browser, accessibility, & device testing using Agile & Scrum methodologies. Conduct software testing using Firebug, Weblogic, HTML, Java, & SQL Server. Req’s: Master’s in Information Technology & one yr of exp in position offered or as Quality Assurance Lead. All req’d exp must have included conducting responsive design QA testing; recording test results & defects using Atlassian JIRA; performing cross-browser, accessibility, & device testing using Agile & Scrum methodologies; & software testing using Firebug, Weblogic, HTML, Java, & SQL Server. Contact: Carmen West, McGraw-Hill Global Education LLC, 860 Taylor Station Rd, Blacklick, OH 43004. Engineer

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Kronos Inc., Waltham, MA

Design & implement test automation for the next generation UI. Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equiv.) in Electrical & Electronics Engin’rng, Comp.Sci. or related req’d & 5 yrs exp. as a Software QA Engineer. Review full job description & req’s & apply at “Careers” page at www.kronos.com under “Software Quality Assurance Engineer” in Waltham, MA (Req. #201614394). Engineer

Senior Q/A Engineer

(Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge, MA): Perform system-level tests & develop automation for Akamai’s technologies; validate & verify Web Experience offerings to provide robust & scalable e-business infrastructure & cost effectiveness for global customer base at the enterprise level. Min. req’s: Master’s in Comp Sci, Comp Eng, or related field + 3 yrs tech exp + req skills. Alt: Bachelor’s in same + 5 yrs tech exp + req skills. Send resume: Caitlin Cygan, HR, Akamai Technologies, Inc., 150 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. Ref. SL-AS-SQAE-1216. An EOE. Engineering

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

SimpliSafe, a wireless consumer electronics company focusing on home security, is looking for a Mechanical Engineer. Position requires: • Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and • 2 years’ experience in SolidWorks, Rapid Prototyping, Design for Manufacturing & Assembly, Sheet Metal Design, and plastic injection modeling design and techniques. Position entails travel to China at least twice per year. Please send resume to SimpliSafe, attention Fabien LaPointe 294 Washington St., 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02108. Please refer to job code #YZ16 in your cover letter. Engineering

Design Verification Engineer

(Job #KBCUJ08540-4) & Principal Wireless Systems Engineer (Job # KBCUJ09522-2). Worksite: Woburn, Massachusetts. Send resume & reference job title & code to HR, MediaTek USA Inc., 2840 Junction Avenue, San Jose, CA 95134. Software Engineer

Software Engineer – Dedup

(Actifio, Inc. – Waltham, MA) Maintains & enhances Actifio’s data storage layer (deduplicating object store). Understands & analyzes performance & stability reqs. Designs solutions & develops code to implement them. For full duties, reqs., & to apply go to: http://www.actifio.com/ company/jobs/ Reference Job ID SE-PA1

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TECHNOLOGY/ ENGINEERING

DECEMBER 25, 2016

TECHNOLOGY/ ENGINEERING

Engineering

IT/Software Development

RAID, Inc. has a vacancy for a Director of High Performance Computing (HPC) to direct the design and development of solutions for HPC systems. Responsible for overseeing HPC engineers in operational maintenance, support and upgrades for operating systems and servers. Must oversee complex internal prototype solutions, plan and deploy robust and scalable HPC infrastructure with both physical hardware and software solutions. Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent plus 2 years’ experience in same/ similar position in the HPC are required. Experience must include providing technical sales solutions involving Linux cluster technologies and optimization techniques; designing and deploying High Volume storage; deploying parallel file system such as Luster, Gluster, GPFS and Windows Storage Spaces; and experience administering HPC clusters. Must have demonstrable knowledge of: High Performance Computing (HPC) application development; Linux and HPC administration skills on CentoOS, RedHat and/ or Ubuntu; Standard Cluster management tools: Scyld, xCAT, Bright, etc.; BIOS turning and firmware optimizations; MPI, Intel Compliers. Place of employment: 200 Brickstone Square, Suite 302, Andover, MA. Hours: 9am - 5pm, M-F. Send resume and cover letter to: Robert Picardi, President, RAID, Inc., 200 Brickstone Square, Suite 302, Andover, MA 01810.

(Waltham, MA) Analyze customer systems & service reqmnts to set up customer web site using e-Retail & ePersonalise. Identify specific actions necessary to integrate Amadeus products/ services. Determine & document adaptations to Amadeus products & services. For existing airline web sites, maintain good customer satisfactn through regular evolutn activity & excellent productn support services. Guarantee that customized products/solns meet specified reqmnts. Dvlp plans & priorities to address resource & operational challenges. Suggest alternatvs/imprvmnts/new techniques in processes, flows, operational models & plans. Reqs: Bach deg in Comp Sci, Engineering, or related field, +5 yrs sftwr engineering exp in the IT Travel industry, incldng eRetail & e-Personalise solutions & web development using HTML/CSS, JavaScript. Will accept a Master’s in above listed fields +3 yrs exp as described above in lieu of Bach +5 yrs exp. Must have unrestricted legal authority to work in the U.S. Mail resume: M. CortesMejean, Amadeus North America Inc, 1050 Winter St, 3rd Flr, Waltham, MA 02451. EEOE. Ref: 557.

DIRECTOR OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC)

IT/Software Development

AUTOMATION QA ENGINEER

Automation QA Engineer: Responsible for supporting verification of Electronic Health Record SaaS based app. Min reqs: BS in Comp Sci or Eng + 4 yrs exp as QA Engineer or related position in leading software dev environ w/ exp troubleshooting & resolving software issues. For full job desc & reqs, see http://amazingcharts.com/company/ careers/. Multiple openings, full-time; position located at 111 Huntington Ave, 4th Fl., Boston, MA. Apply online, job code AC110316. No phone calls.

IT/Software Development

SERVICE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

(Waltham, MA) Leverage, improve, design & implement services that automate app provisioning, while mnging the underlying infrastructure as service for all layers incldng computing, storage, & network. Develop standardized automaton to control, build, artifact & deploy mngd services (integrated into loosely coupled toolchains) to form a common & continuous deployment pipeline to ensure the App teams’ ability to deliver according to customer needs. Address issues such as capacity planning, change mgmt, problem mgmt, incident mgmt, release mgmt, performance improvmnt, & automation & tool development. Implement automation for kickstarting, monitoring, mgmt, & support. Actively interface w/sftwr developers, network engineers, systems, storage, project mgmt & database administrators; provide second tier on call support as req’d. Reqs: Bach deg in Comp Sci, Engg, or related field +3 yrs sftwr development exp in the IT travel industry, incldng 1 yr exp w/the Ultra High Availability (UHA) app platform & development cycle & service oriented architecture design patterns. Must be proficient in C++, Java, Python & CouchBase. Master’s in above listed fields +1 yr exp as described above will sub for Bach +3 yrs exp. Must have unrestricted legal authority to work in the U.S. Mail resume: M. CortesMejean, HR, Amadeus Global Operations Americas Inc, 1050 Winter St, 3rd Flr, Waltham, MA 02451. Ref: 2031. EEOE.

Software Engineers

Sought by ARM, Inc. in Acton, MA to create IP models. Req MS in Comp Engg or rltd + 1 yr exp. Exp w/: VLSI, Linux, Verilog, RTL, C++, Synpsys Verdi, SystemC, & TLM2. Apply @ www.job postingtoday.com #90031

Senior Software Engineer

SR. IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER

Senior Software Engineer

Scientist

Data Scientist

Waltham, MA - Analyze data, spot trends, create data forecasts, & make recommend. based on data analysis. Rvw travel data from multi sources using different approaches to discover advantages & insights in travel industry & recommend ways to apply data findings. Perform data analysis & automation for data production, & create custom data analyses. Reqs Bach’s deg Comp Sci, Statistics, Math, rltd fld, & 3 yrs sftwr dvlpmnt & data analysis exp in IT travel industry incl: solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches, Python, analysis tools, relational db’s & SQL, large data sets, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, & in data structures, distribtd computing, & data storage. Will accept Master’s deg Comp Sci, Statistics, Math, rltd fld & 1 yr exp stated above. Must have unrestricted legal authority to work in U.S. EEOE. Mail Resume to: M. Cortes-Mejean, HR, Amadeus North America, Inc., 1050 Winter Street, 3rd Floor, Waltham, MA 02451. Reference: Job ID 402.

(Vicor Corporation; Andover, MA): Develop high quality software over the SDLC, design, integration, devel., testing, deployment & support. Min. req’s: B.Sc. or equiv. degree in Comp. Sci., Comp. Eng., or rel. discip.; at least 3 yrs. of exp. either in position offered or in relev. eng. role(s). Must have solid math skills coupled w/ Python; ability to work w/ HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery. Send resume: Lisa DeRusha, HR Generalist/Employment Specialist, Vicor Corporation, 25 Frontage Road Andover, Massachusetts 01810. Ref. TP2209-80.

SimpliVity Corporation seeks

IT Infrastructure Solutions Product Manager

for our Westborough, MA office. Job duties: Test and build application and virtualization solution white papers and reference architectures on OmniStack software systems using VMware and Hyper-V virtualization technologies. Support, design and deploy IT infrastructure solutions for hyperconverged software for data storage products. Participate in pre-sales and post-sales assessment tool and methodology development. Assist with sales demonstrations. Job requirements: Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science plus 2 yrs exp in job offered or as Software Engineer. Exp w/ data storage architecture and virtualization technologies. To apply, please mail resume to SimpliVity Corp., Recruiting Dept., 8 Technology Dr., 2nd FL, Westborough, MA 01581 EOE

Structural Engineer

Sought by Lin Associates, Inc. (Brighton, MA) to perform structural analysis & design for buildings & bridge projects. Req. Master’s in Civil Eng. w/structural eng concentration & 2 yrs exp. Mail resume/cvr ltr to Michael Lin, Lin Associates, Inc. 2001 Beacon St. Ste 310, Brighton, MA 02135.

TECHNICAL Cisco Systems, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following position in Boxborough, MA:

Network Consulting Engineer

Senior Engineer

Sought by Amgen. Reqs: Master’s degree + 3 yrs exp OR Bachelor’s degree + 5 yrs exp; and Knwldg of engg principles of chemical engg & bioprocess equip, incldng single use equip; Knwldg of GMP guidelines (EU & FDA), ICH & PIC/S guidelines; Exp manufacturing processes of biological drug substances & drug product; Exp in due diligence of suppliers & manufactures; Knwldg of statistical anlys; Knwldg of specialized unit ops - cell culture w/ recombinant cells; Exp using: Trackwise; EDMQ; Statistical analysis progs; Process design progs (SuperPro, ScheduiPro, BioV); & Microsoft Excel, Visio, Outlook. Job Site: Cambridge, MA. Send resume w/ ref #A28SB6 to: Global Mobility, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Mailstop B-21-2-A, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. No phone calls or e-mails please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. w/o sponsorship. EOE. Simpson Gumpertz & Heger is looking for a

Computational Designer

for various architectural projects for its Waltham, MA office. Must have MS in Civil/Architectural Engineering or Computational Design & 2 yrs experience with architectural design including 3D modeling software (Revit or Rhino) & parametric control of Grasshopper software in Rhino. Will also accept BS & 5 yrs experience. Send resume to: Stella Mereves-Carolan, SGH, 41 Seyon St, Building #1, Suite #500, Waltham MA 02453.

(Ref.# BOX 20): Responsible for the support and delivery of Advanced Services to company’s major accounts. Telecommuting permitted. Please mail resumes with reference number to Cisco Systems, Inc., Attn: V51B, 170 W. Tasman Drive, Mail Stop: SJC 5/1/4, San Jose, CA 95134. No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

TECHNICAL Oracle America, Inc. has openings for

Technical Analyst Positions

in Burlington, MA. Job duties include: Analyze user requirements to develop, implement, and/or support Oracle’s global infrastructure. Apply by e-mailing resume to mike.solak@ oracle.com, referencing 385.18913. Oracle supports workforce diversity.

Wellington Management Company LLP – Boston, MA.

Senior Systems Analyst

Contribute sys. analysis to trading apps. team by working closely w/ Equity, Fixed Income & FX trading bus. teams & IT stakeholders to define bus. outcomes, prioritize deliverables & develop plans which are managed throughout the reporting lifecycle. Req. Master’s deg (or foreign equiv.) in CS, Engg, Bus., Econ., Fin. or rel. fld +3yrs bus. analysis or sys. analysis exp. in trading, investment mgmnt or fin. services environ. Will accept Bach. deg. +6yrs of desc. exp. Send resume to: Amy Neve, Sr. Global Mobility Analyst, WMC LLP, Req. 76056, 280 Congress St., Boston, MA 02210.

PROFESSIONAL

Admin Mgr

RESEARCH

Emulate, Inc. is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Exec Admin Assistant who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. careers@emulatebio.com

req’d with McKinsey & Co. in Waltham, MA. Leverage knwl &conceptual understndng of core domain concepts & highly specializd & proprietary tools &practices to dvlp & build benchmark databases. Utilize domain knwldg to manage clientbase independtly deliverng against parts of work stream from rqmt gathering to outputdelivery w/ clientspecific report rqmts. Support consultants & clients on data &insights interpretation; perfrm end-to-end process incl tool setup, data extraction, dataqualty control, process mgmt, optimiz & insights generation & documentation Req’sBachelor’s in MIS, Comp Scie or relatd. Min 2 yrs exp as tech analyst with a majortoptier int’l mgmt consulting firm. Exp must include data mgmt & visualization tools(Alteryx, Tableau); cyber security analysis; qualitative & quantitative analysis usingadvnced Excel modeling. Email resume to CO@mckinsey.com ref Job # BG1288. No phone calls please. An EOE.

Exec Admin Asst

Analyst

Supply Chain Analyst

Analyze supply chain processes to identify & recommend changes. Location: Boston, MA. Bach. in Supply Chain Management, Informatics, Sys. Engineering, or related field required. Resumes to: ABP Corp., ATTN: Job ID SCA-6, 1 Au Bon Pain Way, Boston, MA 02210 Business/Strategic Management

OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST

JVT Advisors LLC has a vacancy for an Operations Research Analyst to formulate & apply mathematical modeling & other optimizing methods to design, implement & monitor operational plans for our technical recruiting business. He will develop & implement metrics to monitor productivity & revenue performance; review business to identify & analyze trends requiring attention; develop functional reporting including metrics pertaining to billability, effective sell rates/bill rates, identify operational issues, investigate root causes, & work w/Operations & Senior Management to address issues; create reports to analyze data addressing problems or opportunities; Work closely w/business partners to define business requirements & implement new IT & work closely w/ internal customers to understand current & future needs. Master’s degree in Operations Research, Statistics or Management required + 3 years’ exp in same or similar position. Must have demonstrable knowledge of network engineering tools (Juniper, Bluecoat, etc.), software development programs (Python, C++, etc.), database administration technologies (Informix, Sybase, etc.), and CRM (Customer Resource Management) tools (Microsoft Dynamics, Siebel, etc.). Place of employment: 35 New England Business Center, Andover, MA 01810. Hours: 9am – 5pm, M-F Send resume and cover letter to: Rachel McHale, Operations Manager, JVT Advisors LLC, 35 New England Business Center, Andover, MA 01810. Courtroom

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(Systems/Regulatory), Fresenius USA Manufacturing, Inc., a FMCNA company, Waltham, MA Involved in creation of validation deliverables to support corp. & enterprise Computer Systems implem. in an FDA regulated environ. MS degree in engin’rng or science (any) field req’d & 6 months of exp. performing duties of position offered or as a Validation Engineer. Will accept any suitable combo of educ., training &/or exp. See full job descr. & apply at https://jobs.fmcna.com/ under “SW Quality Engineer (Systems/Regulatory) Job ID# 16000WOX”. Exe/Personal Assistant:

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Research, gather statist. & mkt reports on telecom & finance. mkts, handle scheds, write Chinese history. Job in Boston. FT. BS in CS/eqv, 3y exp. Resp to Annwang Consulting, 3706 Mass Ave, NW, Washington DC 20016. Regulatory Information & Submissions Manager

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Sought by ACUTA, LLC in Marlborough, MA to perform submission publishing activities in accordance with relevant regional agency guidelines, ACUTA SOP’s and work instructions. Must have relevant education & experience. Send 2 resumes & cover letter to 225 Cedar Hill Street, Suite 200, Marlborough, Massachusetts, 01752 REF#8777.002

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(loc. 131 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA). Design/implement automated procedures to acquire weather datasets. Administrate research SQL server database. Req: MS in Comp.Eng, CS, or related, or foreign deg. equiv. Apply to: T.Dreier, HR, AIR Worldwide Corporation, 131 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA 02116 (Ref. to Research Scientist), or at: http://www.air-worldwide. com/Careers/Search-OpenPositions/?p=job%2FoWZt4f wc

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- Boston, MA. Conduct comprehensive research & analysis of Spanish-speaking media outlets across the U.S. & internationally. Req. include BA in Journalism + 2 yrs in job offered & demonstrated knowledge of history, politics, economies & foreign policy of Middle East & Israel-Arab conflict. Public speaking ability required. Fluency in Spanish req, includ. ability to read & write journalistic articles. Position may telecommute FT from home. Mail Cov/res to Assoc. Director - Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America P.O. Box 35040, Boston, MA. 02135-0001. Ref Job #ASEK.

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Sr. Associate Scientist II – Lentiviral Vector Process Characterization

(bluebird bio, Inc. - Cambridge, MA) Plans, designs & executes experiments to support late stage lentiviral vector upstream process characterization. For full description, reqs & to apply go to http://www.bluebirdbio. com/join-the-nest/. Please submit CV & cvr letter. Reference Req ID: 258

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US (Loc: Boston, MA). Resp. for manag. Study Abroad prog in Anatolia College in Greece. Devel. & imple. marketing & social media activities. Req.: BS in Marketing, Edu., or related, or foreign deg. equiv. Visiting Anatolia College in Greece (less than 5% travel) required. Apply to P.Chresanthakes, The Trustees of Anatolia College, 18 Tremont St., Suite 704, Boston, MA 02108; peterc@ act.edu.

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Design, fabricate, alter and repair complex rehabilitative and fine aesthetic implants,crowns, inlays & bridges. Location: Weston, MA w/ occasional travel to symposia required. Bach. in Dental Technology (foreign degree OK) + 2 yrs exp. as dental ceramist + 1 yr training in dental ceramics required. Resumes to: Gnathos Dental Studio, 56 Colpitts Rd, Weston, MA 02493.

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As our first Christmas together approached, we began decorating our apartment with the festive items we owned. We also booked a trip to Minneapolis to spend the holidays with my husband’s family. We were faced with our first dilemma as newlyweds. We had already decided that when we had our own home, we would buy a fresh-cut tree. But what to do this year? We were traveling and on a tight budget, so purchasing a tree seemed unwise. However, Christmas without a tree seemed sad. So together my husband and I considered our options and ended up “getting” what has turned out to be our most memorable and talked about tree. With an old-fashioned slide projector and a picture of my husband’s Christmas tree from the past year, we projected the most beautiful tree onto the expansive great wall of that living room. The colors were brilliant! Even better, we could move the projector and make the tree short and plump or move it back and make it tall and slender. We placed our family gifts “under” the tree. As we headed out this year with our children on our journey to find the “perfect’ tree, we asked our kids whether they would ever consider having a funky projected tree so that size and shape would appeal to all. But my son was quick to remind us that “we want a tree that will fill our home with the scent of Christmas.” So out the door we go to the farm stand up the street.

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Suzanne Berry, an occupational therapist, lives in Milton. Send comments and a 550-word essay on your first home to Address@globe.com. Please note: We do not respond to submissions we won’t pursue.

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Clockwise from top: The kitchen has solid-oak cabinets, laminate counters, and a vaulted ceiling; the pantry; the finished basement offers space for a stacked washer and dryer; and the home, which was built in 1890, was converted into condos in 2015.

ell before the Massachusetts Turnpike was built, this New England Colonial graced its Newton street. Converted into condos in 2015, the home retains its welcoming front porch and its charm. The first step is into the living room, an open space with recessed lights and two large updated windows. The coat closet is on the right. A fan hangs from the 10-foot ceiling, and narrow crown molding, painted a shiny white, travels along the sky blue walls. Down a short hallway off the living room is the larger of the unit’s two bedrooms. It has one window, a white ceiling fan, and a closet with custom shelving that occupies an entire wall. Directly across the hall is a full bath with a ceramic-tile floor and shower surround and a single vanity. The shower offers a bench behind a translucent sliding-glass door. The second bedroom is a few more steps down the hallway on the right. Sunlight pours in from a pair of double-hung windows, and the room has a small inset shelf and a standard closet. The flooring throughout much of the first level is refinished oak, a mix of original and new. The kitchen, found a little bit farther down the hallway, features a vaulted ceiling. The conversion that created the property’s two condo units included adding a bay window here. The cabinets are solid oak, and the gas stove has five burners. The appliances are black, the counters laminate, and

$449,900 Style: Condo Year built: 1890/converted 2015 Square feet: 1,000 Bedrooms: 2 Baths: 2 full Sewer/water: Public Taxes: 5,177 (2016) Fees: $225 per month the flooring ceramic tile. A door off the kitchen leads to a small rear deck overlooking the yard. A stairwell with shelving winds out of the kitchen to the basement. It’s not really fair to call it a basement, though, because it’s a fully integrated part of this home, not a dank utilitarian area, and adds roughly 500 square feet of living space. This basement has carpeting, recessed lights, aboveground windows, and a laundry closet. The primary use is as a game room or study. The second bathroom, with a tub and a shower, is on this level. The southwest-facing property includes a small yard, a storage shed, and a driveway shared with another condo. Parking is tandem, with two spots per unit. Terry Sack of Prudential Edna Kranz Realty Inc. in Newton is the listing broker. As of press time, an offer had been accepted on this property. Follow John R. Ellement on Twitter @JREbosglobe. Send listings to homeoftheweek@globe.com. Please note: We do not feature unfurnished homes and will not respond to submissions we won’t pursue.

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ill McCoy has lived in Norwood since he was 3 years old, and his childhood memories are sweet — literally. He grew up on Oak Road and fondly remembers visiting a candy store next to Norwood Theatre for ice cream and other treats. He also recalls working alongside other high school students at a meat store in town owned by a local family. Now 80, McCoy and his former wife raised three boys in a house on Alandale Parkway. One of his sons still lives there. McCoy, who went on to drive trucks and work at a liquor store in town, now resides on Ledgeview Drive near the Canton town line. “Norwood is one of those towns where anybody born here who starts to leave never leaves,” he said. And, well, even if they do manage to depart, “generation after generation keeps coming back.” As president of the Friends of the Norwood Council on Aging, he should know. McCoy is proud that the group raised funds that put an addition on the senior cen-

ter and for a bus that transports seniors to various locations. Every New Year’s Eve, the Friends hold a dance at the senior center, and “we sell out every year — it’s probably the biggest dance in Norwood on New Year’s,” he said, noting that the center actually hosts dances every month. McCoy, who said he appreciates Norwood’s reasonable residential property taxes ($11.12 for 2016) and the services it provides, praised the town’s general manager, John Carroll, whose tenure is nearing four decades, and the construction of a new high school five years ago. He also cited as pluses: Norwood Hospital, where he gave blood for many years, and such family-friendly events as the Fourth of July and Norwood Day parades, which bring together thousands of community members. “We’ve got so much to be thankful for in Norwood,” he said. “We all have our little gripes, but I would say we really have more than most.” Rachel Lebeaux can be reached at rachel_lebeaux@yahoo.com.

The number of large bells in the carillon cast by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon, England, and contained within the Norwood Memorial Municipal Building tower. Both the carillon and building were dedicated on Nov. 11, 1928, the 10th anniversary of Armistice Day.

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The year Norwood Sport Center opened. The family-friendly, locally owned candlepin bowling alley is still in operation today, runs an array of bowling leagues, and maintains much of its old-fashioned charm.

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The number of visitors Norwood Memorial Airport served in a single year, ranking it highest among the state’s 30 general aviation airports, according to a state Department of Transportation study. The 2013 report pegged the airport’s overall economic impact at $52.2 million. COMMUNITY PHOTOS BY GEORGE RIZER FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Pros & Cons

Norwood Memorial Municipal Building Historical Society

PRO Property tax rate Norwood ranks 295th in the state in residential property taxes, with a rate of $11.12 and an average residential tax bill of $4,443.

Lost Brook Golf Club

Morrill Memorial Library Norwood High School Oak View Mansion

Norwood Memorial Airport Norwood Country Club

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Big-name shopping options — unless you want a car Unlike nearby communities such as Dedham, Westwood, and Foxborough, Norwood does not have a large shopping complex to call its own. But if you’re in the market for a vehicle, you’re in luck: Route 1 in Norwood, known locally as the “Automile,” is lined with dealerships.

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PRO Food choices The town boasts an enviable range of ethnic eateries — everything from Lebanese and Italian to Moroccan and Thai food.

What your money buys in Norwood

$435,000 5 Myrtle St. Year built: 1889 Lot size: 0.22 acre Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 1 full, 1 half Taxes: $3,278 (2016) This 1,208-square-foot Colonial — on a corner lot within walking distance of Norwood Center — is newly renovated but maintains some antique charm. The eat-in kitchen features dark wood and stainless-steel appliances, and the living room offers a built-in entertainment center. The custom-designed bath upstairs boasts a large shower and a restored claw-foot tub that’s original to the house.

$530,000 349 Sumner St. Year built: 1970 Lot size: 0.55 acre Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 2 full Taxes: $5,712 (2016) At 3,422 square feet, this raised ranch offers lots of space for entertaining, including a spacious formal living room, a family room addition with a vaulted ceiling, and a composite deck with a canopy. The kitchen is open, although it could use some updating. A five-room in-law suite makes up the lower level.

Clockwise from top: Officer Paul Leear greeted parishioners as he conducted traffic outside St. Catherine of Siena Parish; Morrill Memorial Library; the Norwood Central commuter-rail station; artist Brian Bigelow assisted a class member with a blow torch as she put the finishing touches on her creation at Luke Adams Glass Blowing Studio; and Norwood Memorial Municipal Building.

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Refinished wood beset by blotchy ‘blooms’

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ROB ROBILLARD

Answers your questions about leaks, chips, cracks, tools, and more.

Q. I’ve sanded and restained all of the woodwork in a three-season sunroom. The section that I did first has one coat of Minwax stain and a layer applied about a week or more later of polyurethane (matte), as there is often condensation on the windows that was creating stains on the wood trim. We also had some leaky skylights and ice dams, so the project couldn’t be avoided. There is now some whitish “bloom” on several areas of the first phase of the project. I don’t know why and need to sort out how to clean it up. Should I apply the polyurethane on the newly stained sections? A damp paper towel works on some of the smaller spots. The room is basically the same temperature as the outside. What do you recommend? ML A. When you apply lacquer, shellac, or another quick-drying finish in humid or damp conditions, it can turn milky because the moisture trapped in the finish didn’t have a chance to evaporate before the finish hardened. A white or hazy finish can also result from: R Too many coats of finish; R Improperly stirred solution; R Application to wood with a high moisture content.

It’s important to stir the polyurethane well; manufacturers add a flattening agent, usually zinc oxide, which disperses reflected light and cuts the gloss. This material collects at the bottom of the can. You’ll need to identify the problem and will probably have to start over. Strip, scrape, or sand the polyurethane and redo. If the hazy look is a small area, you may be able to try this trick. I learned it from my mother-in-law after I left a glass of ice water on a wood table without a coaster (ugh!): R Cover the affected area with mayonnaise; R Leave on overnight, then wash the wood clean. You may notice an improvement because the oil in the mayonnaise leaches moisture out of the finish. R Repeat if you noticed a difference but the cloudiness isn’t completely gone. Q. The entire attic (minus the floor) in our twostory home is insulated with soy foam. Other than the pull-down stairs, there is no way to ventilate. Mold is growing on belongings, and the air smells foul. We are not allowed to have windows in the space. Any ideas for how to ventilate? We have a similar problem in our concrete crawl space as well. SUSAN, Provincetown

A. If there is visible mold, you should call your insurance agency and get a remediation company up there. Depending on your roof design, you may be able to add a ridge vent and lower soffit vents. Ask a contractor or roofer to evaluate your roof for venting options. The Environmental Protection Agency has a useful publication called “A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home.” (It can be found at www.epa.gov/mold. Be sure to click on the “Mold and Your Home” link.) In the guide, the EPA warns of the dangers of mold that grows indoors: “Molds produce allergens (substances that can cause allergic reactions), irritants, and in some cases, potentially toxic substances (mycotoxins). Inhaling or touching mold or mold spores may cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals.” Note: If you clean up the mold, but don’t fix what’s causing it like you are trying to do, it will grow back. Rob Robillard is a general contractor, carpenter, editor of AConcordCarpenter.com, and principal of a carpentry and renovation business. Send your questions to homerepair@globe.com or tweet them to @robertrobillard.

To pick paint that sells, slip into neutral

The Stager

KARA WOODS

Answers your questions on rearranging, decluttering, accentuating, and more.

As a designer and home stager, I’m often asked to weigh in on the selection of paint colors. Sellers and realtors want to know whether a certain color is in style and which color palettes will make their home appeal to a larger number of buyers. Selling a home is all about merchandising. You must create an environment that appeals to your ideal buyer, and that means staying in the neutral and lighter tones when choosing paint colors. That said, you don’t want to cover your home in “builder white.” This palette fails to deliver a warm, personal feel. Instead, consider a “greige” tone (that’s designer lingo for the combination of beige and gray). This neutral blend creates a warm, updated feel that delivers a punch of wow and effortlessly allows buyers to see themselves living in your home. It is this punch of wow that translates into a powerful visual and emotional connection — a connection that often results in an offer.

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For hallways and larger spaces I recommend very soft and light greige tones. The beauty of greige is that the hint of beige adds warmth into what can be a cool gray tone. From Benjamin Moore: “Collingwood,” “Balboa Mist,” “Stonington Gray,” and “Pale Oak.” From Farrow & Ball: “Elephant’s Breath” and “Skimming Stone” (note: The color online does not represent the true hue; it is a warm gray tone). For dining rooms, smaller spaces (such as a powder room), and areas that receive a lot of sunlight These areas command a darker color. The current trend is light walls throughout with a pop of color in the dining or powder rooms. From Farrow & Ball: “Pavilion gray.” From Benjamin Moore: “Smoke Embers,” “Cement Gray,” “Dior Gray,” and “Newburyport Blue.” For trim color: Benjamin Moore: “White Dove” or “Simply White.” I recommend “White Dove” for colors with gray tones and “Simply White” for those with beige tones. For a perfect white: Farrow & Ball: “Pointing.”

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When living in a home, the colors and décor should be whatever appeals to the owner and can be taste specific. Notice in this photo the cozy drapes and the large rolled-up rug. Lots of art remains on the walls, deterring the eye. The caramel color is bold.

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Benjamin Moore has several different levels of paint quality. When preparing a home for the market, I recommend the Regal Select or Ben product line. The price point is $36-$52 per gallon. Both are user friendly and easy to apply with zero volatile organic compounds. Farrow & Ball is a very high-end paint, averaging $100 per gallon. At that price, it may not be the product you want to use when preparing to sell. Finally, when choosing a color, be sure to view it

TIM LEE

When you are selling, you want the room and all its architectural attributes to shine. For example, this room has an incredible fireplace, beamed cathedral ceiling, pretty light fixture, French doors to the patio, abundant natural light, and gorgeous wide-plank wood floors. on perpendicular walls at different times of the day. Paint colors change in sunlight and interior lighting. Kara Woods, an award-winning home staging and

design professional who specializes in the luxury market, teaches at the Academy of Home Staging, and serves as Northeast regional vice president of the Real Estate Stagers Association. Send comments and questions to Address@globe.com.

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by,” he said. It’s painful to see your past through a car window. Tiffany Marie Spinosa, whose childhood home in the western suburbs was sold after her grandfather died, feels wistful whenever she cruises through the changing neighborhood. “We drive by now and again,” Spinosa said. “From the outside, it looks the same besides the garden. It would have been a lot of upkeep; my grandmother did an amazing job with her garden. I heard years ago they filled in the pool in the backyard, which was hard to hear, since all us neighborhood kids [had] so many memories in it. The houses that have the same families living there all look the same, but anything that’s been sold since 2005 is now a giant house in a neighborhood of Capes,” she said. Melrose’s Tanya O’Hara knows how she feels. On a cross-country trip, she and her brother visited their childhood home in Illinois. While it’s uncomfortable to see a beloved home taken over by

new owners, it’s just as bad when the house isn’t even a house anymore. O’Hara’s home is now part of a college campus. “Our gorgeous Tudor was purchased by a university after we moved and turned into offices,” O’Hara said. “It was so sad to go into the bedroom you grew up in and be surrounded by filing cabinets.” Now, O’Hara has a painting of the old home hanging in her own house. I wish I’d had that foresight. My grandparents stayed in their three-story tenement in Lowell until they couldn’t live independently. My grandmother had lived in the house her entire life. When she went to a nursing home with Alzheimer’s disease, she remembered very little, but she repeatedly asked to be returned home, reciting the address by heart. My grandfather stayed in the house alone, even as the neighborhood changed around him. His church up the street closed. The corner salon where my grandmother got her hair done every week shut down, too. Old neighbors moved away. The longtime tenants he

rented apartments to grew frail and decamped to nursing homes themselves. The fabric had frayed. As he was preparing to enter hospice for lung cancer, my mother wondered whether we should move his furniture into storage. There were valuable things, like his mahogany dining room table and grandfather clock, ripe for burglary in a neighborhood that had seen an uptick in crime. But what if he comes home, we wondered, even though we both knew he wouldn’t. Still, we left everything intact, decorated for visitors who would never return, a shell of a home surrounded by strangers and flickering street lights, abandoned rooms frozen in time. My mother and uncle sold the house when he died. The screened-in porch where my grandfather listened to the Red Sox on the radio looks a little weathered. The hedges could use a trim. The only things that remain are trash barrels sitting on the sidewalk, the street number written in big white block letters in my grandfather’s unmistakable Catholic-school hand. I tear up each

time I drive by — but I still make that familiar turn up the hill, past the funeral home and the shuttered church and the abandoned parochial school surrounded by weeds, just to see it again. Homes are our vessels for memories and dreams. They’re brick-and-mortar puzzles of nostalgia, concrete repositories for abstract longing. The squeak of a gate, the creak of a step, the smell of a garden that’s no longer there. They’re the closest thing we have to being able to touch our memories. There is hope, though. Sibel commiserated with friends about his Framingham house during an informal high school reunion, and one pal had an ingenious idea. Feeling the same nostalgic pangs, he flagged his childhood home on Zillow. When it goes up for sale someday, Sibel’s friend has a plan: He’ll stop into the open house as a pretend buyer for one last glimpse at what was once his. Kara Baskin can be reached at kcbaskin@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter @kcbaskin.

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AMESBURY

1 Deer Island St. #1 Condominium Duplex, built in 1792, 2,697 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $645,000 131/2 Whittier Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1870, 1,553 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,530-square-foot lot. $147,000

ARLINGTON

5658 Melrose St. Two-family MltiUnt Blg, built in 1940, 2,883 square feet, 11 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 4,950-square-foot lot. $920,000 69 Westminster Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1925, 1,522 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,480-square-foot lot. $710,000 184 Brattle St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1955, 1,392 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,175-square-foot lot. $470,000 7 Colonial Village Drive #3 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1962, 632 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $205,000

AVON

23 Leos Lane One-family Colonial, built in 1973, 2,000 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 31,545-square-foot lot. $340,000 357 Central St. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,046 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 18,750-square-foot lot. $336,000 45 Oak St. One-family Ranch, built in 1958, 1,306 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,000square-foot lot. $336,000

BEACON HILL

76 Revere St. Two-family Row-Middle, built in 1890, 1,864 square feet, 9 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 651-square-foot lot. $1,550,000 41 Revere St. #5 Condominium LowRise, built in 1900, 310 square feet, 2 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 310square-foot lot. $325,000

BELMONT

181 Claflin St. One-family Old Style, built in 1930, 1,992 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 5,935-square-foot lot. $1,150,000 136 White St. #136 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1910, 1,244 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 4,686-square-foot lot. $360,000

BILLERICA

52 Harjean Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1996, 2,160 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 31,375-square-foot lot. $520,000 216 Rangeway Rd. #1101 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2002, 2,421 square feet, 2.5 baths. $439,900 2 Fountain St. One-family Split Entry, built in 1974, 1,766 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 25,000-square-foot lot. $320,000 19 Wilson St. #19 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1873, 1,098 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. $139,000

BRAINTREE

126 Hollingsworth Ave. One-family Colonial, built in 1941, 2,576 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 13,000-square-foot lot. $780,000 16 Emerald Ave. One-family Split Level, built in 1960, 1,565 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 15,200-square-foot lot. $456,500 150 Elm St. #5 Condominium Condo/ Apt, built in 1969, 938 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $210,000

BRIGHTON

1618 Caltha Rd. Two-family Two Family, built in 1950, 2,444 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 7,113-square-foot lot. $1,000,000 43 Colborne Rd. #6 Condominium Low-Rise, built in 1963, 760 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 760-square-foot lot. $359,000 1999 Commonwealth Ave. #33 Condominium Mid-Rise, built in 1925, 620 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 620-square-foot lot. $320,000

BROCKTON

64 Bassett Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1925, 3,057 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 11,543-square-foot lot. $435,000 93 Bellevue Ave. $332,000 101 Sycamore St. One-family Colonial, built in 1910, 1,304 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 8,189-square-foot lot. $285,000 43 Concord St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1920, 1,052 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 7,754square-foot lot. $250,000 5 Annella Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,088 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 10,934square-foot lot. $229,900 50 Lynn Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,032 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 10,890-squarefoot lot. $165,000 11 Kingman Ave. Two-family Two Family, built in 1900, 1,972 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,846-square-foot lot. $115,000

CAMBRIDGE

1 Berkeley St. One-family Victorian, built in 1857, 6,134 square feet, 18 rooms, 9 bedrooms, 6 baths, on 8,643-square-foot lot. $4,850,000

46 Shepard St. #25 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 424 square feet, 2 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $1,120,000 6 Sherman St. #C Condominium Two Story, built in 1982, 1,090 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $590,000 273275 Concord Ave. #B Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 527 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $325,000 58 Fulkerson St. One-family Row-End, built in 1873, 1,386 square feet, 6 rooms, 1 bedroom, 2 baths, on 1,346square-foot lot. $230,000

CHELSEA

32 Garland St. Three-family Family Flat, built in 1898, 2,927 square feet, 12 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 4,096-square-foot lot. $610,000 6 Albion Place One-family Conventional, built in 1870, 449 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 2,315-square-foot lot. $170,000

CONCORD

70 Simon Willard Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1982, 4,224 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, on 40,200-square-foot lot. $2,350,000 56 Coburn Hill Rd. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1953, 1,512 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 22,178square-foot lot. $705,000 27 Concord Greene #8 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1977, 990 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 1,107,295-square-foot lot. $273,500

DANVERS

9 Drury Lane One-family Colonial, built in 1960, 3,087 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 36,720-square-foot lot. $675,000 22 Collins St. #53 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1988, 1,645 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $335,000

DEDHAM

89 Maple Place One-family Antique, built in 1870, 2,492 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 25,167-square-foot lot. $801,000 28 Beacon St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1940, 1,102 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,500-square-foot lot. $375,000 30 High St. #303 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1972, 920 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $227,000

878-square-foot lot. $441,000 2 Park Place One-family Colonial, built in 1910, 2,264 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 3,550square-foot lot. $279,583

LAWRENCE

17 Ballard Rd. $1,500,000 1719 Jennings St. Two-family Duplex, built in 1930, 3,173 square feet, 11 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 5,292-square-foot lot. $331,000 30 Lansdowne Court Two-family Family Flat, built in 1930, 3,140 square feet, 12 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 6,063-square-foot lot. $235,000 9 Sumner Ave. #B Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1960, 1,135 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $107,142

LEXINGTON

10 Linmoor Ter One-family Ranch, built in 1954, 1,632 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 16,371-square-foot lot. $1,925,000 168 Burlington St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1949, 2,803 square feet, 12 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 76,609-square-foot lot. $1,110,000 11 Lockwood Rd. One-family built in 1930, 1,656 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 5,700-squarefoot lot. $753,600 47 Ledgelawn Ave. One-family Dutch Colonl, built in 1923, 1,971 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 7,705-square-foot lot. $560,000

LOWELL

301 Woburn St. One-family Conventional, built in 1960, 3,367 square feet, 12 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $380,000 200R Market St. #411 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 2,314 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $300,000 30 Boisvert St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 2,256 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,084-square-foot lot. $210,000 48 Jewett St. One-family Conventional, built in 1920, 1,116 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 7,387square-foot lot. $167,000 184 Foster St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1960, 1,855 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 7,000-square-foot lot. $80,000

MALDEN

130 Saint Marys St. #3 Condominium Row-Middle, built in 1887, 1,217 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 1,217-square-foot lot. $768,000 75 Burbank St. #502 Condominium, built in 1899, 474 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 474square-foot lot. $435,000

235 Clifton St. One-family Colonial, built in 1900, 2,676 square feet, 11 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 4,013-square-foot lot. $629,500 32 Taylor St. One-family Old Style, built in 1920, 1,351 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 2,560-square-foot lot. $348,000 136138 Walnut St. #4 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 755 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $239,900

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MANSFIELD

FENWAY

30 Bourne Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1985, 2,640 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 40,000-square-foot lot. $640,000 388 South St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1953, 1,560 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 22,895-square-foot lot. $260,000

FRAMINGHAM

28 Rons Way One-family Colonial, built in 2005, 5,306 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 32,186-square-foot lot. $875,000 969 Waverly St. One-family Colonial, built in 1992, 1,800 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,036-square-foot lot. $384,000 70 Gilbert St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1927, 2,204 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,006-square-foot lot. $329,900

HAMILTON

50 Cunningham Drive One-family Ranch, built in 1953, 2,502 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 14,992-square-foot lot. $590,000 946 Bay Rd. #2 Condominium. $215,000

HINGHAM

9 Flintlock Circle One-family Colonial, built in 1971, 1,896 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 34,972-square-foot lot. $925,000 6 Howe St. One-family Conventional, built in 1900, 964 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 17,455-square-foot lot. $419,000

HOLBROOK

32 Dalton Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1986, 3,681 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 39,398-square-foot lot. $447,000 49 Pleasant St. One-family Old Style, built in 1860, 1,462 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 13,248-square-foot lot. $320,000 46 Juniper Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1950, 1,216 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $210,000

JAMAICA PLAIN

24 Chestnut Ave. Three-family Decker, built in 1905, 3,792 square feet, 17 rooms, 9 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 2,800-square-foot lot. $1,450,000 196 Chestnut Ave. #A Condominium Townhouse, built in 1988, 1,463 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 1,663-square-foot lot. $689,000 2022 Glen Rd. #2 Condominium Decker, built in 1905, 878 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on

115 York Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1995, 4,541 square feet, 13 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, on 44,615-square-foot lot. $940,000 1181 West St. One-family Ranch, built in 1965, 1,242 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 67,082-square-foot lot. $328,500 299 S Main St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1880, 2,370 square feet, 13 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 56,628-square-foot lot. $217,500

MARSHFIELD

122 Marginal St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 2,048 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 48,787-square-foot lot. $1,035,000 737 Careswell St. One-family Colonial, built in 1975, 1,911 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 20,353-square-foot lot. $434,900 140 Acorn St. One-family Antique, built in 1773, 2,052 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 35,637-square-foot lot. $310,000

MEDFORD

7 Sawyer St. One-family Colonial, built in 2006, 3,016 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 8,862-square-foot lot. $950,000 38 Ridgeway Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1925, 1,728 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 8,505-squarefoot lot. $560,000

METHUEN

8 Sierra Court #8 PS NEW CONST. $617,506 95 N Lowell St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1981, 1,936 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 15,000-square-foot lot. $290,000 66 Capitol St. One-family Ranch, built in 1966, 1,456 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 10,396square-foot lot. $160,000

MILFORD

14 Jencks Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1993, 2,330 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 45,080-square-foot lot. $445,000 5 Lena Lane #5 Condominium Condo/ Apt, built in 1991, 1,413 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $165,000 5 Shadowbrook Lane #16 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1970, 1,103 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $115,000

MILLIS

81 Exchange St. One-family Colonial, built in 1937, 2,200 square feet, 8

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built in 1951, 1,625 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,088-square-foot lot. $362,000 26 Daniels St. #6 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1909, 600 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $196,000

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2 Stone Bridge Lane One-family Mansion, built in 2006, 5,120 square feet, 11 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, on 190,793-square-foot lot. $2,800,000 25 Hazel St. One-family Colonial, built in 1927, 1,289 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,657square-foot lot. $565,000 142 Blue Hills Pkwy #2 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 2,417 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $360,000

NEWBURY

1 Wilshire Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 2014, 4,214 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 18,138-square-foot lot. $2,225,000 1 Moody St. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 920 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 19,702-squarefoot lot. $250,000

NEWTON

96 Oldham Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1952, 1,817 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,074-square-foot lot. $2,050,000 550 Dudley Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1934, 2,322 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,624-square-foot lot. $1,050,000 82 Lexington St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1953, 1,456 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 11,170-square-foot lot. $825,000 7 Town House Drive #7 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1967, 1,378 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 25,364-square-foot lot. $565,000 5 Alden St. One-family Colonial, built in 1940, 2,079 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 8,222square-foot lot. $365,950

NORTH READING

7 Sunset Ave. One-family Garrison, built in 1967, 2,166 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 40,946-square-foot lot. $550,000 16 Oakdale Rd. One-family Conventional, built in 1963, 1,183 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 11,326-square-foot lot. $280,000

PLYMOUTH

403 Schooner Way #403 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2008, 2,767 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $925,000 420 Raymond Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 2002, 2,472 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 28,712-square-foot lot. $469,000 23 Billington St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1900, 1,300 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,663-square-foot lot. $272,000 5 Summit Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1971, 1,774 square feet, 1.5 baths, on 34,375-square-foot lot. $210,000 5 Marc Drive #5C4 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1987, 947 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $100,100

QUINCY

11 Hutchinson Lane #11 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2000, 2,654 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. $1,025,000 131 Wilson Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1941, 1,274 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,714-square-foot lot. $480,000 14 Keyes St. One-family Conventional, built in 1943, 864 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 1,089square-foot lot. $255,000 1025 Hancock St. #9G Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1964, 670 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $228,000

READING

34 Bond St. One-family Colonial, built in 1940, 1,893 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 8,316square-foot lot. $550,000 37 John St. One-family Conventional, built in 1927, 1,657 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 5,123square-foot lot. $315,000

ROCKPORT

2 Old Garden Rd. One-family Conventional, built in 1910, 2,980 square feet, 11 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 11,030-square-foot lot. $2,100,000 6 Linwood Ave. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1925, 1,249 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,473-square-foot lot. $300,000

ROSLINDALE

100 Walter St. Two-family Conventional, built in 1890, 2,614 square feet, 12 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 7,775-square-foot lot. $710,000 596 American Legion Hwy #1 Condominium Low-Rise, built in 1965, 606 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 606-square-foot lot. $104,000

SALEM

82 Federal St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1900, 3,464 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 5,587-square-foot lot. $569,900 48 Barstow St. One-family Cape Cod,

52 Boulder Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1989, 3,116 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 20,038-square-foot lot. $629,900 47 Chestnut St. One-family Antique, built in 1760, 1,575 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 11,761-square-foot lot. $328,000 12 Maple St. One-family Conventional, built in 1935, 1,638 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 10,019-square-foot lot. $262,000

SOMERVILLE

133 Powder House Blvd One-family Conventional, built in 1920, 2,353 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 4,204-square-foot lot. $1,450,000 7 Hodgdon Place #7 Condominium Townhse-End, built in 1997, 1,211 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $675,000 729 Somerville Ave. #729 Condominium Duplex, built in 1890, 730 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. $345,000

SOUTH END

1 Ringold St. Three-family Row-End, built in 1899, 2,020 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 1,134-square-foot lot. $3,000,000 354 Columbus Ave. #354 Condominium Row-Middle, built in 2000, 1,101 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 1,101-squarefoot lot. $159,612

STOUGHTON

18 Malcolm Rd. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1960, 1,940 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 15,000-square-foot lot. $380,000 566 School St. One-family Old Style, built in 1915, 2,104 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 30,028-square-foot lot. $305,000 12 Whiting Way #12 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1973, 1,069 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $260,000

TEWKSBURY

65 Meade St. One-family Colonial, built in 2005, 2,694 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 43,560square-foot lot. $612,000 272 Apache Way #272 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1985, 1,274 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 100-square-foot lot. $263,000 105 Mystic Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1925, 692 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 2,400-square-foot lot. $172,500

WAKEFIELD

410 Salem St. #601 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2006, 2,933 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $746,000 234 Water St. #101 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1999, 766 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $250,000

WHITMAN

3 Shelly Lane One-family Colonial, built in 2004, 2,768 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 23,056-square-foot lot. $492,000 728 Auburn St. #B1 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1988, 1,183 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $195,000 30 Oakwood Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1955, 957 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 9,618square-foot lot. $166,000

WILMINGTON

9 Cushing Drive One-family Colonial, built in 2012, 3,128 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 20,555-square-foot lot. $779,900 405 Chestnut St. One-family Ranch, built in 1995, 1,120 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 137,972-square-foot lot. $440,000 8 Brand Ave. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1920, 1,162 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 6,500-square-foot lot. $175,000

WINCHESTER

19 Hinds Rd. One-family Split Level, built in 1960, 1,714 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,034-square-foot lot. $1,700,000 71 George Rd. #71 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1986, 1,350 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $530,000 200 Swanton St. #207 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1966, 822 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $317,000

WOBURN

31 Watson Lane RES DEV LAND, on 13,332-square-foot lot. $852,197 37 Hart St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1958, 1,331 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 10,800-square-foot lot. $405,000 5 Albert Drive #8 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1965, 830 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $239,500 These listings are provided by The Warren Group. Send all comments to Customerservice@thewarrengroup.com.

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GOING MAJOR LEAGUE: Paul Sullivan, Misty (Sullivan Tire’s ofﬁcial greeter), and Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. By Bill Grifﬁth The late Paul Harvey used to host a nationally syndicated radio show with a self-explanatory title, “The Rest of the Story.” However, when Sullivan Tire recently opened its 68th full-service facility, this one in Westford, I thought I was covering a simple story. The plan was to get some background on the business and then have fun talking about vice president Paul Sullivan’s commercials involving a series of Boston sports personalities, notably Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia in recent years. But Sullivan Tire wasn’t always

a big, star-studded operation and therein lies a “rest of the story.” Sullivan tells about how his dad, Bob Sullivan, quit his job as manager of a Boston tire store in 1955 rather than ﬁre two long-time employees. On the way home to Hanson, Bob spotted a small garage for rent in Rockland. “It wasn’t much more than a shack attached to a house,” says Paul. “It belonged to Mrs. Washburn. She’d lost her husband and wanted to rent the space. Dad came home that night without his job but with a plan.” That shack became Sullivan Tire, where the 10 Sullivan children spent

many hours working. “Virtually all the work was done outside,” says Paul. “We could change any tire from the size of a riding lawn mower up to a tractor-trailer and even made our own re-capped tires. My dad grew the business by being a man about town and giving great service. We all grew up working there. You can tell a Sullivan son to this day by looking at the scars on his hands.” It doesn’t take a genius to ﬁgure out that growing to 68 facilities that offer a full range of repair services means the six boys and four girls worked hard.

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Sullivan Tire is the regional distributor for 16 brands of tires and has an adjunct business that sells, services, and installs lifts in garages and repair shops. “We’ve tripled the size of the business since my dad passed in 1992,” says Paul Sullivan. Sullivan mentioned in passing that one of his neighbors growing up in Hanson was Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo. An email to Nick brought an instant response. “We all grew up on Pleasant Street in Hanson. There were a bunch of Italian families on the street, mostly PHOTO: SULLIVAN FAMILY right from the old country. THE BEGINNING: Bob Sullivan founded the family Many came from the same town, business in this tiny garage in Rockland. Miranda. There was one Irish family in the middle of us, the If the owner wants to stay on, too, we encourSullivans. I can’t tell you how much they meant age it. We have respect for what they’ve accomto us. My parents were Italian immigrants, plished, and the equity they have in building and they helped us assimilate to this country,” the business.” Cafardo wrote. Sullivan’s latest addition fits that profile. It’s a “The Sullivans had a big yard, and we had neighborhood baseball and football games there former Wayside Automotive location. But growth was slow at first. Bob Sullivan’s on the weekends. One of the big treats was first two employees were immigrants, one riding in the bed of Bob Sullivan’s pickup truck Italian and one Irish. Both stayed with him until when he’d take us for ice cream. “I saw the beginning of this tire dynasty from retirement. In 1971, the store had seven full-time employthe ground floor,” Cafardo continued, “from ees. Today, that number is 1,500, including 120 that one little shop in Rockland to what we see master technicians. “They can fix anything,” now. I will always have great affection for Paul says Sullivan. and his family for what they did for my family. The Sullivans grew up as Boston sports fans, Wonderful people who have devoted their lives and a series of local figures have been promto doing good for others.” inently associated with the business. They That goal never wavers. included middleweight boxing champ Marvin “We’ve lost four of our siblings so there are Hagler and Major Leaguer Ken Harrelson in the six of us children left,” says Paul. “It’s a motiearly days, and Pedroia today. vating factor for the rest of us. This truly is a “Dustin’s family had a tire business in Woodfamily business, one of the 10 largest in Massachusetts. It’s a compelling story—one started by land, CA,” says Sullivan. “When I asked his dad, my father. He believed in the ethos of hard work Guy, if Dustin ever changed tires, he said, ‘No. He could sweep the place, but he always was in but also that the people working for you had to too much of a hurry to play sports.’” be getting ahead, too.” “Dustin’s a wonderful son, husband, and dad,” Benefits are a big part of that. “Remember Christmas Clubs?” he asks. “It’s called a holiday says Sullivan. “He embodies everything about the way we approach business: working hard, club now, but my dad started that as well as a mutual club to save for education. The company doing the right thing, and having people—fans matches employee savings, the amount growing or customers—respect you.” Cafardo has seen the growth first hand. with time of service. Today, of course, we offer a He wrote, “The Sullivans wound up employfull range of benefits.” ing two men on our street, Pasquale Ferrante It must be working. Twenty-five percent of and Angelo D’Agostino. They worked for SulSullivan employees have been there 10 years or more and there are 42 families with multiple livan Tire for years, retiring some 25 years later. “A few years ago, when I still lived in Hanson, members working. “Lots of second-generation employees, but no third-generation yet,” Paul says. I walked into the local restaurant, the Hitching Older brother Bob is Sullivan Tire’s president. Post, and there was Paul having dinner with Pasquale and Angelo. “He handles a lot of banking and real estate. “It turns out he had dinner with them once a Bill is on the road, calling on our accounts with year after they retired.” Joe, a brother who has special needs, accompaAnd, as Harvey would say, that’s at least some nying him,” says Paul. of “the Rest of the Story.” Growth can have a family aspect, too. “We love to buy family-owned businesses,” he Bill Griffith can be reached at wgriff@gmail.com. says. “Often one of the key factors in the deal is Follow him on Twitter @MrAutoWriter. offering their employees the chance to stay on.

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WRONG ADDRESS: This Lexus, with its special “December to Remember” bow, obviously has taken a wrong turn. It never made it to my driveway. continued from page J1 they’re happy to have cleaned their ride. These are the folks who’ve also applied a nice coat of wax before we got to this point. They’ll do this cleaning even though they know what’s coming. Snow and the many other types of freezing precipitation are one thing. Slush and road salt are another. Personally, I hate seeing any car encased in white (road salt) and can’t wait until it gets cleared off. That’s a winter angst. In summer, my heart breaks at the sight of brake dust-coated alloy wheels that you know don’t get cleaned even once a year. In winter, even a thaw can be a downer for those who like a clean car. Snowbanks melt during the day, the streets get wet, then freeze overnight. As a result, you drive in the wet spray and reapply a new coat of salt on everything and then road crews greet you with a fresh coating of salt the next morning. Having to scrape windshields (and other windows) is one more annoyance. But you have to do it. Try not to turn on your windshield wipers until everything is melted, lest the ice destroys the wiper blades. Yes, I’m one of those who always changed wiper blades each spring and fall. Carrying a rag to clean off headlights and taillights before you set off on each leg of your commute is yet another. Then there’s the task of regularly topping off the windshield washer tanks. It’s why I always appreciate those winters when the ﬁrst snows wait until January—just to postpone all that angst. It always seems that a heavy snowfall in late December means frozen snowbanks along the curbs for the next six to eight weeks. Thankfully, last week’s snow-andfreeze was followed by a warm rain to delay this tradition. It’s this time of year when I admire those folks who’ve swapped out their summer tires for a set of winter tires. It’s also a time when I wonder how many cars have a winter emergency kit. Our friends at AAA sell a 66-piece version (45 are ﬁrst-aid items), but there’s also a folding shovel, emergency whistle, hand warmers, survival blanket,

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The Terrible Trio If you do a lot of winter driving, here are three guaranteed annual experiences. 1. The car in the median strip. You’ve certainly heard folks say, “I’ve got all-wheel-drive. I can get through anything.” Unless they’re buried in a snow pile. Even today’s AWD vehicles can’t stop as well as they can go. Thus, the four-wheel-drive pickup trucks that fly by in the passing lane definitely are candidates to be the ones off the road. 2. The salt chunk dilemma. Many of us make an effort not to tailgate on the highway, figuring the extra space between cars is a margin of safety. Unfortunately, that space is where other drivers will cut in and out. As they do, their tires fire salt chunks back at trailing vehicles (and windshields). 3. The car, SUV, or truck with a foot of snow on its roof. Give them room, because that snow and ice is going to fly off. The worst can be the ice on top of a trailer that flies back without warning and often is impossible to dodge because of traffic in adjoining lanes. The best that can happen is that the driver has to stop suddenly and it all slides forward, covering his hood and windshield.

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New 2017 Maserati Ghibli S Q4 3.0L AWD. Lease for $559/mo w/$4999 down for 39 mos. Taxes, fees, and first payment are additional.Stock #M223870.10000 miles per year. MSRP: $83,075.Lease specials are through Maserati Capital with Tier 1 credit approval. See dealer for details.*Photos for illustration purposes only. Sale ends 1/2/2017.

PACIFICA TOURING

Per Month For ONLY 36 MONTHS! $3,995 cash or trade down

LEASE FOR

MSRP: $35,855; Stk #5308; Chrysler Capital Finance Rebate -$500; N.E. Bonus Cash -$500; 300/300C Retail Bonus -$1,000; N.E. Retail Consumer Cash -$1,500; Returning Lessee Loyalty Retail Bonus -$2,000; Kelly Discount -$2,500 = Buy Price $27,855. SAVE UP TO $8,000.

MSRP: $29,725; N.E Bonus Cash:-$1500; N.E Retail Consumer Cash: -$2000; Returning Lessee Loyalty Retail Bonus Cash: -$2000; Kelly Disc:-$2655; BUY PRICE: $21570; SAVE UP TO $8155 OFF

Leather seating, heted seats/mirrors, navigation, backup camera, front & rear sonar ,dual zone climate control, tow package, bluetooth & more!

APR

2015 NISSAN NV PASSENGER VAN SL

Recent College Grad. -$750

BUY

*See dealer for details. MSRP: $30,065. Commercial Incentive: $700. Kelly Savings & Rebate $2,375. Model #61216. Two or more at this price at each location

Lease

2,795

2017 Maserati Ghibli SQ4

NEW 2016 CHRYSLER

2016 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE 4X4

5 Year or 100,000 MIles Factory Bumper to Bumper Warranty

MSRP $33,225. Kelly Savings and rebates -$6,485 Model #25016. $2,999

2016 NISSAN MURANO S AWD

APR

Recent College Grad. -$750

BUY

for 36 Months in lieu of rebate.

for 36 Months in e. lieu of rebate

cash or trade down. Two or more at this price at each location

Recent College Grad.-$500

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Commercial Vehicles 2016 NISSAN % NV 2500 SV V6

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ONLY 24 Months

gs -$4,315. Model #22216. $2,999 price at each location

2016 NISSAN PATHFINDER S 4x4

JEEP

NISSAN

Residency restrictions apply must finance with dealer same day transaction vehicle admin fee, tax and registration fees additional. Offer expires 1/2/2017

Stock#: M167351.*Photos are for illustration purposes only. Sale ends 1/2/2017.

781.835.3500 JCT 1-93 & 128, Woburn nissanwoburn.com

781.835.3500

781.598.1234

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Kevin Meehan Owner

“If you can dream it, you can drive it.”

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BRAND NEW 2016 CHEVY

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AVAILABLE AT SIMILAR SAVINGS

20,977

8,200

26,477

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Rocky Ridge Trim, Crew Cab, Alloy Wheels • #37267A

BUY FOR OR

PRICED $1,000 UNDER KELLEY BLUE BOOK

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24,377

2014 Buick Verano

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List Price: $27,977 SAVE 5,300

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23,977

Sale ends 12/24/16. Prices listed include all applicable manufacturer rebates and Imperial discounts and include a $2,000 Imperial Trade Assistance Bonus for a qualifying 2007 our newer trade. See us for details. Lease prices include all applicable manufacturer lease rebates with qualifying credit and $2,999 down, first months payment and our Imperial Trade Assistance Bonus along with lease loyalty/conquest if you qualify. 24 months, 10,500 miles per year. Advertised price does not include tax, title, registration, documentation our acquisition fees and cannot be combined with any other discounts or promotions. Not responsible for typographical errors. Not valid with prior sales.

List Price: $19,944

BUY FOR

AT SIMILAR SAVINGS

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32,085 MANUFACTURER REBATE: . . . $2,000 OUR TRADE ASSIT BONUS: . . . $2,000 IMPERIAL DISCOUNT: . . . . $3,708 MSRP:

AT SIMILAR SAVINGS

2016 Lincoln MKC Reserve

. . .

• Touring Trim • Alloy Wheels • PWR Liftgate

SAVE 6,300

SAVE 3,200

2016 Chevy Silverado 1500

OUR TRADE ASSIT BONUS:

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21,977

List Price: $41,855

AVAILABLE

VOTED

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NEW 2017 CHRYSLER

AVAILABLE

starting at:

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#16917

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. . . . . . . . . . .

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starting at:

• V8 Engine • Auto • Alloy Wheels

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RAM 1500

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22,977

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BRAND NEW 2016

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PRICED $1,400 UNDER KELLEY BLUE BOOK

33,565 MANUFACTURER REBATE: . . . . $4,750 OUR TRADE ASSIT BONUS: . . . $2,000 IMPERIAL DISCOUNT: . . . . $2,838

Sale ends 12/24/16. Price reflects all applicable manufacturer rebates and private offers including $500 Chevrolet select market private offer, $2,000 Chevrolet select market targeted purchase private offer, $500 GM lease loyalty private offer, and $500 GM consumer cash program. Price is based on retail purchase with additional dealer discounts including a $2,000 Imperial Trade Assistance Bonus for qualifying 2007 or newer vehicle trade. Lease prices include all applicable manufacturer lease rebates with 30% down cash or trade with qualifying credit and our Imperial Trade Assistance Bonus along with lease loyalty/conquest if you qualify. 24 months, 10,000 miles per year. Advertised price does not include tax, title, registration, documentation our acquisition fees and cannot be combined with any other discounts or promotions. Not responsible for typographical errors. Not valid with prior sales.

SAVE 6,200

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee

. . . . . . . . . . .

2014 Ford Escape SE

13,655 $49/wk. $24,977

17,377

MSRP:

34,035 FORD REBATE: . . . . . . . . $4,750 OUR TRADE ASSIT BONUS: . . . $2,000 IMPERIAL DISCOUNT: . . . . $5,308 MSRP:

AT SIMILAR SAVINGS

17” Alloy Wheels, Turbo, Back-Up Camera • #P10439

• V6 Engine • Auto • 17” Alloy Wheels

AVAILABLE

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10,400

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TRAVERSE LS

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MASERATI

2013 Chevy Traverse LTZ

Heated Seats, Alloy Wheels, NAV, Sunroof, Power Liftgate • #37365

BUY FOR

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BUY FOR

49/wk. $23,777 $120/wk. $22,677 $81/wk.

PRICED $1,900 UNDER KELLEY BLUE BOOK

PRICED $2,800 UNDER KELLEY BLUE BOOK

PRICED $1,000 UNDER KELLEY BLUE BOOK

Pictures are for illustration purposes only. Prices may change if Manufacturer Rebates change. All factory rebates to dealer. Does not include tax, title, reg. or doc. fees. Not valid with prior sales. Not valid with prior sales. Advertised prices include Imperial trade assistance for qualifying 2007 or newer trades (see us for details) and all applicable manufacturer rebates which may include owner loyalty or conquest and may require Manufacturer Financing. Must take same day delivery, paid in full to get sale price. Lease price requires $2,999 down and a $1,000 Imperial Trade Assistance Bonus for qualifying 2007 or newer trades and requires dealer source financing. May also include conquest or GM lease loyalty. Tax, title, registration , acqusition and doc. fee not included. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Not responsible for typographical errors. Sale ends 12/24/16.

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Automotive Dealers HONDA

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D13

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Mercedes-Benz of Natick* Herb Chambers 253 North Main St, Natick 866.266.3870 mercedesbenzofnatick.com

M10

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371 Washington Street, Newton Corner 888-511-5869 www.hondavillage.com

J12

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Kelly Honda*

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HYUNDAI

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Sudbury

B15

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Shrewsbury

D13

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K10

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D13

Kelly Infiniti*

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PORSCHE

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H11

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JEEP

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A16

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G13

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Herb Chambers Chrysler - Danvers*

Audi Shrewsbury

B13

M13

D13

Kelly Ford* 211 Rantoul Street Rte 1 A Beverly, MA 01915 978-922-0059 shopkellyford.com

GENESIS

2 Latti Farm Rd, Rte 20, Millbury 888.293.8449 herbchamberschryslerofmillbury.com A16

353 Broadway, Route 1 North, Lynnfield 781-581-6000 kellyjeepchrysler.net

Herb Chambers BMW of Boston* 1168 Commonwealth Ave, Boston 866.803.9622

M11

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H11

DODGE Herb Chambers Dodge of Danvers*

BUICK

735 Southbridge St, Auburn, MA 877.287.9139

D13

Colonial Buick-GMC*

L11

CADILLAC Herb Chambers Cadillac-Lynnfield* 395 Broadway, Rte 1 N, Lynnfield 866.233.8937

Herb Chambers Cadillac-Warwick* 1511 Bald Hill Road, Rte 2, Warwick, RI 877.206.0272

G24

GMC

66 Galen St., Watertown 888-779-1378 buycolonialgm.com

KIA

299 Littleton Rd, Westford 978-589-4200 bochhondawest.com

Boch Honda Westford*

Ferrari/Maserati/Autosports of NE*

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K14

Herb Chambers Fiat of Danvers*

smart center Boston* Herb Chambers 259 McGrath Highway, Somerville M10 800.359.6562 smartcenterboston.com

smart center Lynnfield* Herb Chambers 385 Broadway, Rte 1 N, Lynnfield L7 844.222.6929 smartcenterlynnfield.com

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61 Powdermill Rd., Acton 978-897-1128 sales@villagesubaru.net

32 Brighton Avenue, Boston 877.884.1866 herbchamberstoyotaofboston.com

141 Derby Street, Hingham 866-237-9636 www.herbchamberslexusofhingham.com

Herb Chambers Toyota Scion*

N15

herbchamberstoyotaofauburn.com

25 Providence Highway Rte 1 “The Automile” Sharon K16 877.338.9671 herbchamberslexus.com

Toyota of Braintree*

Lexus of Northborough*

D11

1130 Providence Hwy Rte 1 “The Automile” Norwood N13 855-278-0016 Herbchamberslincoln.com

866.622.0180

herbchambersmaserati.com

Toyota of Wellesley* Rt. 9, Wellesley 781-237-2970

J12

Toyota/Scion of Watertown* 149 Arsenal St., Watertown 617-926-5200

72 Andover St., Rte 114, Danvers

I12

151 Andover St, Rte 114, Danvers

Herb Chambers Honda Burlington*

N13

L12

Kelly Volkswagen*

978-560-0007 www.kellymaserati.com

978-774-8000 kellyvw.net

Minuteman Volkswagen

Kelly Maserati*

K14

210 Union St., Exit 17 off Rt. 3, Braintree 781-848-9300 www.toyotaofbraintree.com

B15

VOLKSWAGEN

Herb Chambers Maserati* 531 Boston Post Rd, Rte 20, Wayland

M11

809 Washington Street, Rte 20, Auburn 855.872.6999

Herb Chambers Lexus of Sharon*

MASERATI F6

Herb Chambers Toyota Scion*

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H13

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Rte. 9, Northborough

J11

Villagesubaru.com

LINCOLN

Boch Honda* 279 Boston Providence Hwy, RT 1, Norwood 888-364-2550 bochhonda.com

FIAT

L11

Boch Honda Westford*

FERRARI 441 Boston Providence Hwy, Rt1, Norwood 781-769-8800 autosportne.com

LAND ROVER

HONDA

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508-870-3222

107 Andover St., Rte 114, Danvers 877.831.2139

Herb Chambers Dodge of Millbury *

LEXUS

Colonial Buick-GMC*

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66 Galen St., Watertown 888-779-1378 buycolonialgm.com

353 Broadway, Route 1 North, Lynnfield 781-581-6000 kellyjeepchrysler.net

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SMARTCAR

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Herb Chambers Chrysler-Millbury*

H13

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Land Rover Sudbury*

Chambers Motorcars of Natick*

Kelly Jeep*

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A16

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Kelly Chrysler*

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herbchamberschryslerofmillbury.com

93 Cambridge St., Rt 3A, Burlington 866.271.6366

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BMW

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310 Turnpike Rd., Rt 9, Westborough 877.207.6736

L12

2 Latti Farm Rd, Rte 20, Millbury 888.293.8449

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Mirak Chevrolet*

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chambersmotorcarsofnatick.com

196 Great Rd., Rt. 2A, Acton 978-263-7300 actonchrysler.com

Framingham Ford*

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157 W. Central St., Rt 135, Natick, MA 888.920.3507

Acton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram*

Herb Chambers Chevrolet Danvers*

M11

62 Cambridge St., Rte 3A, Burlington 855.845.0576 porscheofburlington.com

Jaguar Sudbury* Herb Chambers

Alfa Romeo of Boston*

Herb Chambers Porsche of Boston* herbchambersporscheofboston.com

JAGUAR

FORD

L10

1172 Commonwealth Ave, Boston 855.778.1912

155 Andover St., Rt. 114, Danvers 978-774-1000 www.kellyinfiniti.com

CHEVY

Kelly Nissan of Woburn*

312 Turnpike Rd, Rte 9, Westborough 855.878.9603

ALFA ROMEO

Kelly Nissan of Lynnfield*

Herb Chambers Infiniti Westboro* herbchambersinfinitiofwestborough.com

D13

275 Broadway - Rte. 1 North, Lynnfield 781-598-1234 kellynissanoflynnfield.com

INFINITI

Auburn

Herb Chambers Nissan of Westboro

420 Cabot St., Route 1A, Beverly 978-922-1405 nissanofbeverly.com

Mirak Hyundai*

Braintree

M11

NISSAN

735 Southbridge St, Rte 12&20, Auburn 888.318.7927 herbchambershyundaiofauburn.com

MINI

540 Lynnway, Rt. 1A, Lynn 781-595-5252 shopkellyhonda.com

Littleton

H13

Mercedes-Benz of Shrewsbury*

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Mercedes-Benz of Burlington *

39 North Road, Bedford 781-275-8000 minutemanvw.com

Wellesley Volkswagen*

MERCEDES-BENZ

231 Linden St., Wellesley 781-237-3553 buywellesleyvw.com

J12

107 Andover Street, Rt 114, Danvers 877-831-2139 herbchambers.com N7

33 Cambridge St, Rt 3A, Burlington 877.842.0555 herbchambershondaofburlington.com J8

Flagship Motorcars of Lynnfield*

Best Chevrolet

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Mercedes-Benz of Boston*

HerbChambers Volvo Cars Norwood

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CHEVY

N15

A16

Herb Chambers, 385 Broadway Rt 1 N, Lynnfield 877.337.2442 flagshipmotorcars.com

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THE REINDEER

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ANTA SETTLED for nine reindeer, but the Yamelo-Nenets region of Siberia has more than 700,000 — an overpopulation that has led to overgrazing and increased risk of anthrax and so-called zombie diseases. To combat such issues, a massive reindeer cull is underway. The initial plan was to slaughter 250,000 animals, but that number has been trimmed to a comparatively gentle 100,000, according to The Siberian Times. Some have voiced concern that the motive behind the Siberian cull — which began in November — is to free up area for the gas industry. A petition has been issued to stop the culling altogether, and those opposed to the cull are hoping that President Vladimir Putin — perhaps buoyed by recent political developments on the world stage — will find it within his heart this Christmas to save the reindeer. Reindeer, red-nosed or otherwise, are regarded as an invasive species in some of the world’s most remote spots, such as South Georgia (a British island territory in the southern Atlantic, about 1,000 miles away from the Falkland REINDEER, Page K4

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Moscow’s ready to rumble

T SHOULD come as no surprise that many Russians will mourn this month, a quarter century after Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union and overnight, one of the great world empires simply dissolved. Today a tense realignment is underway, as a resurgent Russia jostles to the table and upends American nostrums about the postCold War order. Russia has given the United States plenty of grist for worry with its apparent meddling in the US presidential election. President Vladimir Putin’s hackers and propagandists appear ready and willing to work to tip the balance to the right in upcoming European elections as well. While these Russian endeavors are impor-

tant, they’re a sideshow to the main event: a long geopolitical struggle in which the United States briefly gained a dominant position, but which today is more evenly matched. In many respects, Russia’s position has been consistent so long as Putin has been in power. When it comes to terrorists, separatists, or defiant neighbors, force matters more than moral jockeying. Recent events confirm Russia’s view of itself. Aleppo’s rebels collapsed before a Russian-led onslaught. Turkey is desperate to remain in Russia’s good graces; the theatrical assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in an art gallery Monday only brings the two countries into closer cooperation. Incoming President Donald Trump,

meanwhile, appears willing to grant Russia the official recognition that Putin has always craved. Trump and Putin — two macho leaders with empire-sized egos — tempt analysts to reduce the US-Russia relationship to personalities. But the unfolding clash stems from essentials. Russia has considerable hard power, starting with its nuclear arsenal and enormous territory. Its interests conflict with those of the United States and frequently of Europe, through tsarist and Soviet times down to the present. And finally, Moscow’s acerbic rhetoric and commitment to sovereignty and consistency place it in constant opposition in international forums to the INTERNATIONALIST, K3

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Living with addiction, looking for answers We are failing parents who struggle with addiction I WAS pleased to see the Dec. 18 follow-up story about the parents who were arrested last month for reckless child endangerment when police said they were found sleeping off their heroin high in a parked car with their young children present (“Of heroin and heroes,” Page A1). The role played by grandparents such as Bonnie and Ron Bruce, as detailed by reporter Evan Allen, is critical to emphasize in any story about the impact of parental addiction on children. The public health literature is clear that the stress and potential trauma faced by these children is mitigated when they have a broad support network of stable, loving adults. Equally important to emphasize is Bonnie Bruce’s reflection that her daughter is a good mother when sober. I do not doubt that this is true. We are failing parents like Tamara Bruce and Jacob Davis. Instead of arresting and prosecuting them, we should reduce the harm caused by their addiction. Following examples in Vietnam and Ukraine, we could provide primary care, methadone, counseling, and ongoing support to addicted pregnant women, their partners, children, and families. Better yet, we could provide safe injection facilities and follow Switzerland’s model, allowing physicians to prescribe heroin with the goal of helping addicted patients maintain dignity, function, and stability and, eventually, work toward recovery.

JENNIFER BEARD, Somerville

The writer is an assistant professor in the department of global health at the Boston University School of Public Health.

Baker is not holding back in state’s effort WHILE YOUR Dec. 16 editorial “Baker’s puzzling retreat on opioids” correctly portrayed the toll the opioid epidemic is taking on every community in the Commonwealth and acknowledged Governor Baker’s leadership in addressing the statewide public health crises we face, it missed the mark regarding the state’s funding commitments. Since taking office, the governor convened an expert working group to develop an action agenda; championed and signed five major pieces of legislation, including three appropriations bills; has directed his administration to swiftly implement increased access to a full array of treatment and recovery services; and received federal approval to expand Medicaid addiction services. Spending on substance abuse services increased by $18 million this year, not including Medicaid. Since January 2016, the administration has licensed 450 more treatment beds, certified more than 1,700 sober beds, rolled out a prescriptionmonitoring program, ended the practice of sending women to MCI-Framingham for treatment, expanded outpatient treatment, launched a prescription drop-off program, and doubled the number of Learn to Cope family support groups. The $1.9 million reduction cited by the editorial was composed entirely of new, localized legislative earmarks, many of which were vetoed and overridden during the summer. The administration never released these funds, because of declining revenue projections and the requirement that the Commonwealth balance its budget. The opioid epidemic our state is facing had been building for many years before it escalated dramatically in 2014. The Baker-Polito administration is fully committed to investing in the resources necessary to fight this crisis.

MARYLOU SUDDERS, Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services Boston

Address early education’s workforce challenges before thinking bigger IN A perfect world, your editorial calling for universal child care in Massachusetts would, and should, be shouted from the rooftops (“Universal child care for $10 per day,” Dec. 18). However, we live in the imperfect world, where limited public funds demand prioritization. That’s why early-education leaders are narrowly focused, working with legislative leadership and the state Board of Early Education and Care, to ensure quality programs by focusing on our workforce. Massachusetts has a community-based early-education system that serves more than 200,000 children. A thriving Massachusetts economy has left programs unable to attract or retain staff. People are leaving the field in droves to secure better wages. Parents would never accept a turnover of three secondgrade teachers in one classroom during the school year, but this has become accepted practice in preschool classrooms across the state. Given what we know about brain development in young children, we must take on this workforce challenge by increasing wages. The Legislature provided leadership to begin to address this crisis in this year’s budget by including a small increase for early educators. Once quality has been addressed through a stabilized workforce, we should seek a dialogue on how to expand our early-education system.

WILLIAM J. EDDY Executive director Massachusetts Association of Early Education and Care Worcester

Hold the line against using credit cards to buy lottery tickets WHILE ALLOWING the use of debit and gift cards to purchase lottery tickets makes sense, the state lottery should put the brakes on any plans to allow the use of credit cards (“Cashless sales a temptation for lottery,” Page A1, Dec. 22). To be sure, even the most financially irresponsible person can get credit cards and quickly run up suffocating debt. It is a huge problem, and it typically affects those on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. Between the exorbitant interest rates, some as high as 29 percent, and late fees, buying a $20 scratch ticket could end up costing exponentially more. When you buy goods and services with a credit card, at least you have something to show for it, albeit at an inflated price. When you charge a lottery ticket, the odds are you’ll end up with nothing. While credit card sales for lottery products may bring more revenue to the state’s coffers and stave off the loss of market share, they would ultimately hurt the most vulnerable.

SCOTT D. PETERSON, Hingham

Beth Wolfensberger Singer is a Boston-based artist. Her comics appear on her blog, ambitionectomy.tumblr.com.

OPINION STEPHEN KINZER

The Enlightenment had a good run

EMOCRACY IS in retreat around the world. From Poland and Turkey to Russia and the United States, voters have placed their faith in authoritarian leaders. This should not be surprising. In fact, it is remarkable that the democratic ideal survived so long. Three centuries ago, philosophers of the Enlightenment began telling us that reason is more important than tradition, and that people should shape their own lives rather than submitting to leaders. That was an audacious rebellion against all of previous human history. For a time it seemed to be succeeding. Today’s cry of protest, though, is a rejection of the Enlightenment. Voters are making clear that they want to be ruled with a strong hand, not rule themselves. With its emphasis on science, the Enlightenment reshaped the world. Modern prosperity is its legacy — but so is the social upheaval that made prosperity possible. Humanity’s immense material progress has not been matched by moral or political progress. Instead, leadership failures have set off explosions of frustration and discord. Even the two countries where the Enlightenment was born, Britain and France, are being shaken by reactionary movements that reject Enlightenment ideals. From the dawn of humanity until the 18th century, most people were governed by a simple contract: You obey me, and in return I protect and feed you. Enlightenment philosophers rebelled against this traditional order. They proclaimed that each person has an equal right to shape society. Their message was: Defy tradition and convention! Science and reason are the only truths, so think for yourself! All opinions are equally valid! Submit to no authority other than your own conscience! When future historians look back over our age, they may wonder what led humanity to take such a daring plunge. Why did we discard authoritar-

ianism, by which the world had been ruled for millennia, and embrace the wild idea of democratic self-rule? Those historians may report that much of humanity corrected course during the 21st century and returned to the timetested strongman principle. Modern ideas of freedom are based on the principle that the individual is more important than society. That reflects Western values, but it conflicts violently with what most people in the world have believed since time immemorial. Fine-sounding concepts like democracy and human rights have become cudgels that Western countries use to beat their challengers. The cosmopolitanism that is cen-

Our experiment with individual whim as a basis for government is faltering. tral to Enlightenment ideals has produced results that disturb people in many societies. This leads them back toward the ruling system that primates instinctively prefer: A strong chief protects the tribe, and in return tribe members do the chief’s bidding. Most people want to belong to groups. Strong leaders strengthen group identity. Submission gives people a clear place in a hierarchy, while disorder and free will make them anxious and uncertain. “Take but degree away,” Shakespeare warned, “and hark what discord follows.” Our experiment with individual whim as a basis for government is faltering. Popular democracy will survive, but in many places it will fall under the control of greedy elites and cease to be truly popular — as is happening in the United States. Voters cannot help seeing the corruption of their political systems. They express their anger by turning to demagogues

who promise a return to the traditional structures that for centuries gave society a predictable order. Enlightenment ideals are posited as universal, but in fact the impulse to individualism varies enormously across cultures. So does the value placed on reason. In the West it is supreme, but reason offers little basis for morality, rejects spiritual power, and negates the importance of emotion, art and creativity. When reason is cold and inhumane, it can cut people off from deeply imbedded structures that give meaning to life. That makes them angry. Their anger, as we now see, has political results. They are demanding a new kind of leadership, which is actually the old kind: autocratic, atavistic, and unbound by strictures of prudence, truth, or reason. People are concluding that, as the Enlightenment-era skeptic Edmund Burke put it, “prejudice” is preferable to “naked reason” because traditional ways have “latent wisdom.” Western projects that place reason ahead of tradition have cut huge numbers of people loose from their social and cultural moorings. Promoters of those projects were liberators who set out to rid the world of oppressive dogma. In the process, though, they turned reason itself into dogma. That led Westerners to consider ourselves superior to people in other countries. We set out to remake them in our image, using violence when necessary. Today’s global revolt against this arrogance should not be surprising. Enlightenment ideals brought the world much light and wisdom, but they also set off a backlash. It will shape our future. Rationalists and democrats beware. Stephen Kinzer is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, and author of the forthcoming book “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire.” Follow him on Twitter @stephenkinzer.

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United States, with its moralistic style and constant talk of human rights and democracy. “Putin is about restoring his country as a major power recognized by the world,” said Dmitri V. Trenin, a former officer in the Soviet and Russian armies who now heads the Carnegie Moscow Center, an international think tank. No amount of affection between Trump and Putin will change the fact that Russia’s interests never really overlapped with America’s. “The best we can hope for is to turn confrontation into competition,” Trenin said.

rump won’t be the first recent US leader to woo Moscow. Every president since George H. W. Bush has tried to cultivate harmonious ties. Clinton might have helped Boris Yeltsin win a second term. George W. Bush famously waxed rhapsodic about Putin’s eyes. Barack Obama tried to reset. Trump will come into office on a wave of gushing rhetoric. (Of course, all bets are off if some of the more unlikely theories turn out to be true and Trump turns out to be a sort of Manchurian Candidate with preexisting ties to Putin and a secret plan to realign the United States with Russia. But unless and until evidence emerges, we’ll have to chart the future based on what we’ve heard and observed so far.) Through all these zigs and zags, Russia has consistently reasserted its alpha position in the former Soviet space while consolidating authoritarian state power in its heartland. Its techniques and rhetoric — against Chechen separatists, Russian oligarchs, political dissenters, suspected terrorists — won’t play by rules it considers rigged in favor of the West. For Trump, this fundamental divergence means that despite any honeymoon period, the conversations are going to be difficult and full of disagreement. Trump might see eye to eye with Putin when it comes to the Russian president’s reflex to crush dissent, and he may accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea. But Russian expansion will clash with America’s sphere of interests, and new boundaries will have to be negotiated. Russia wants full hegemony in its old sphere of influence, which means a NATO rollback, and it wants a transactional international order stripped of even the rhetoric of international humanitarian law and its moral accoutrements. Meanwhile, the United States will continue to preach a prosperity gospel built on capitalism, democracy, and lower-case liberalism. Putin wants to erase once and for all the image of Russia as the tottering, ex-empire low on cash, trying to bully the world with a limping army whose rusty equipment is staffed by alcoholics with truncated life spans. A multipolar world is full of fuzzy boundaries that breed conflict and uncertainty. The United States might be in first place, but China is gaining, and neither can patronizingly dismiss Russia as a

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“regional power.” The European Union is politically fragmented and economically hobbled, but it remains one of the richest markets in the world and, like Russia, possesses geostrategic depth. The fallacy of the American interregnum after 1991 was that old standards of geopolitical power no longer applied. Now the world has been put back on notice that they do, but that doesn’t answer the specific question: What should the United States do about Russia?

he first step toward a more effective Russia policy is to understand Moscow’s grievances. The sudden collapse of an empire of global scope traumatized many former Soviet citizens. After Gorbachev’s Christmas-day resignation, Boris Yeltsin led an independent Russia into what was supposed to be a bright new age of capitalist democracy. Expert American advisers helped usher in a headlong rush to privatize state-owned industries. Whatever their intention, the

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ican comedy “Spinning Boris.” “Many Russians look at what’s happening now in the United States and giggle that it’s payback time,” MacKinnon said. Russian influence reached its nadir when NATO intervened in Bosnia and Kosovo, which Russia considered parts of its sphere of influence. Putin took power the year after the Kosovo campaign, and doggedly began rebuilding Russia’s military and intelligence prowess. His scorchedearth tactics in Chechnya presaged his approach to Syria. By 2008, Putin felt confident and invaded Georgia, on the pretext of defending the ethnic Russian minority there. The act of aggression provoked apoplectic rhetoric but little else. Meanwhile, analysts say, Putin was frustrated that America didn’t show more gratitude that Russia had not opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and campaign in Libya in 2011. Ever since, he has sought opportunities to exploit Western disarray, as he did with the 2014 invasion of

The first seminal crisis will come when Putin challenges an interest dear to the Trump administration. chaotic process amounted to a looting of some of the former Soviet Union’s prized assets by a tiny circle of corrupt oligarchs. Yeltsin’s inner circle engaged in epic corruption. Some of the experts argued that a flawed sell-off of Communist-era industries was a necessary shock to shed Soviet mores. The result was catastrophic. Citizens lost the social safety net, while gaining very little in return. The visible results of capitalism piled up only for a tiny elite. Added to the quotidian discomfort was a wrenching loss of national status. An ailing Yeltsin lurked out of view, while oligarchs ran riot and former Soviet republics made a mockery of Russia’s former primacy. NATO spread closer to Russia’s borders. “Russia’s brief experience of democratic life was an experience of being pushed around by the United States,” said Mark MacKinnon, a Canadian journalist and author of “The New Cold War.” Yeltsin’s Communist challenger was expected to win in 1996, but a unified front of oligarchs, worried they might lose their privileges, and campaign experts dispatched by Clinton, saved the day for Yeltsin, if not for his constituents. The episode was memorialized in the 2003 Amer-

Ukraine and annexation of the Crimea, and the 2015 intervention in Syria. Russian diplomats have crowed about American fecklessness in Syria and were visibly buoyed when over the Pentagon’s objections the US State Department negotiated an agreement in September — which never was implemented — to cooperate with Russian forces against terrorists in Syria.

he path forward is risky. A belligerent Russia can cause a great deal of destruction and spread instability. Russia threatened Europe’s natural gas supply. It lied about its military activities in Crimea. Its muscle-flexing has rattled Europe and NATO. Turkey challenged Russia, shooting down a fighter plane, and quickly lost the ensuing face-off. Russia played hardball, putting tourism and economic relations on ice until Turkey apologized and scaled back its ambitions in Syria where those ambitions clashed with Russia’s. Russia won that round, and other countries noticed. Some analysts, like Nikolay Kozhanov, an expert at the British think tank Chatham House, have argued that Putin’s most disruptive moves

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came largely as the result of Western mistakes. As a result, Western unity could severely limit Russian capacity. Sooner or later, Russia experts agree that Putin will test Trump. Clashes could come in Poland, or the Baltics, where Trump has suggested NATO is overextended. Tensions could flare in places where Russia already chafes at the proximity of NATO forces, such as around the Arctic and the North and Baltic seas. “Trump will identify his red lines, because Putin is going to test them,” MacKinnon said. “The feeling in Moscow will be, how can we take advantage of this period, now that there’s a leader in Washington willing to let Russia get away with things it couldn’t have otherwise.” On a November visit to Moscow, he said many of his Russian contacts expressed surprise that Trump had won the election. Initial concern that Trump could be a loose cannon turned to glee when he announced a series of Cabinet picks viewed sympathetically by the Kremlin. Derek Chollet, who dealt with the Russians as an official on Obama’s National Security Council, said that Russia will take advantage of the new administration. Putin, he predicted, will do all he can to undermine NATO and the EU, influence energy markets, and drive a wedge between the United States and Europe. “Judging on his rhetoric so far, Trump will be the most pro-Russian president since World War II,” Chollet said. “He likes the art of the deal, but to what end?” We’ll find out where the United States will check Putin’s expansionism when we learn Trump’s priorities, whether they have to do with security alliances, business partnerships, or something else. The first seminal crisis will come when Putin challenges an interest dear to the Trump administration. Perhaps the Russian government will confiscate the assets of an American corporation or clash with NATO forces or invade the Baltic republics or enter a showdown with Europe. Trump will presumably have the advantage, from America’s unparalleled military and the imposing NATO infrastructure, to an economy orders of magnitude richer and more productive than Russia’s. But if America has squandered international goodwill and allowed alliances to fray, those assets will prove as ineffectual as they have in the most recent contests in which Putin has outfoxed the West. The chapter in contemporary history in which America stood alone at the top has come to a close. Russia will return to the top tier, along with the United States, China, and potentially other alliances. But the natural size of its power, whether measured in wealth, military power, or global political influence, is not as great as Putin appears to think it is. Trump might be willing to accept a bigger Russian role than his predecessors, but he’s unlikely to forfeit first place. Thanassis Cambanis, a fellow at The Century Foundation, is the author of “Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story.” He is an Ideas columnist and blogs at thanassiscambanis.com.

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Continued from Page K1 Islands) and the Kerguelen Islands (a French territory in the southern Indian Ocean, more than 2,000 miles from any sizeable human population). These far-flung creatures perfectly capture our conflicting and often contradictory emotional attachment to certain species: They can be both cute and corrosive. These distant reindeer herds, for instance, are of-

Brainiac By Kelly Kasulis

Roses are red; violets are red

INCE THE turn of the 20th century, scientists have examined how humans around the world name colors in an attempt to answer one question: Does our language shape our worldview, or does our worldview shape our language? Hannah Haynie, a postdoctoral associate at Colorado State University, teamed up with Yale linguist Claire Bowern to find out. Their study analyzed a sort of evolutionary tree built from massive data found in field notes, dictionaries, and 20th-century records. The tree visualizes how color names potentially changed over time in the Pama-Nyungan language family, a group of indigenous Australian languages dating as far back as 6,000 years. “It’s just like how, if you look at genes in people, you can look back at how they were transmitted along a tree,” Haynie said. “This brings a bunch of different sciences together to look at how language, our minds, and our world interacts together.” The study tests a longstanding system of “basic color terms” called the Berlin-Kay theory, which came to light when scientists Brent Berlin and Paul Kay published a book in 1969 claiming that the way we divide up the visible color spectrum is hard-wired. The theory has two main parts: Only a few color name combinations show up in the world’s languages, and any new color names will always arrive in the same hierarchical order. A stage-one language, for example, has two colors — black and white (dark and light). Languages that develop more color names will add red next, then green or yellow, and so on — all in a predetermined, universal order. “Normally, you’d think that colors are just something that are out there in the world, right? No matter who you are, that thing over there is red,” said Simon Greenhill, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. “Berlin and Kay’s stuff says, ‘That’s not the case — not all languages have categorized these things, and not all languages care about these distinctions.’ ” But this study reveals a few exceptions to that theory. For one, a language in the Pama-Nyungan family called Kukatj named four colors, but none of them are red. The phylogenetic tree also shows that another language, Wayilwan, may have lost blue as a color term over time, which goes against the idea that there’s a universal way that these words develop. But even though Berlin and Kay’s theory isn’t perfect, most Pama-Nyungan languages still follow its hierarchy. “Perhaps it’s not our language shaping our world,” Haynie said. “Perhaps it’s our cognition and some of its restraints that influence our language — world facts, like the finite spectrum of color or the finite terms we use to describe that.” In other words, our prose is still likely at the mercy of how our brains visually process the world. Kelly Kasulis is the deputy digital editor of The GroundTruth Project. Follow her on Twitter @KasulisK.

ten the descendants of ones transferred from their native terrain in order to provide a food source for people involved with the whaling industry. Where once they were fuel, we now regard whales as noble creatures, worthy of protection. Meanwhile, the species that filled the stomachs of whaling workers — cute though we imagine them to be — has become a pest. Year in, year out, the reindeer went on with life and continued to multiply — to the point where they elicit recurring complaints for destroying land and causing serious

problems for other species. Their growing population has led to tighter competition for food, bringing malnutrition and physical problems for many, along with fatal falls and other accidents while trying to cross natural barriers to reach untouched land, according to a 2010 report by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. “If an area gets overpopulated by reindeer, it will affect the amount of food available to each reindeer,” points out Dag Stian Husby, communication adviser for the Norwegian Environment Agency. “In Norway,

we regulate the wild reindeer population size through annual harvests. The meat from the harvested animals [is] used for human consumption.” Norway saw a horrifying, “X-files”-type incident earlier this year when more than 300 reindeer — which tend to gather very closely during storms — were killed simultaneously by a lightning strike. Another four dozen Norwegian reindeer were killed when a train barreled into them this fall, according to a Norway Today report. A similar incident, with almost the exact number of fatalities, occurred

OPINION RENÉE GRAHAM

Musicians lead the resistance

OBODY WANTS to play with Donald Trump. Or, to be more precise, no one wants to play for Trump. Less than a month before his inauguration, the president-elect and his minions are flapping about trying to convince somebody — anybody — to perform at his various inaugural events. Last week, pop-opera tenor Andrea Bocelli declined Trump’s invitation after some of the singer’s fans threatened to boycott his concerts and albums if he sang a single note at the inauguration. Bocelli’s refusal joins snubs from Elton John, Garth Brooks, and Celine Dion. So far, no A-list performers are willing to do anything that might suggest support for Trump, especially on a day he likely views more as a coronation than a swearing-in. Mark the moment: This is the first perceptible proof of life for an antiTrump resistance that has been more bark than bite since Election Day. This is a silent but effective protest from artists usually thrilled to make a joyful noise. Normally, it likely takes no more than a call or two to get artists to perform at inaugural events, highly coveted gigs that, after all, only come around once every four years. Aretha Franklin sang “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” at President Obama’s first inauguration in 2009. Beyoncé performed her rendition of “At Last” for the Obamas’ first dance as first couple at an inaugural ball that also included Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Sting, Mary J. Blige, and Stevie Wonder. Obama’s second inaugural weekend featured Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Brad Paisley, John Legend, Marc Anthony, and Smokey Robinson. At the inauguration, Kelly

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Clarkson sang “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” while Beyoncé performed “The Star-Spangled Banner.” So far, Trump has booked Jackie Evancho, a 16-year-old former “America’s Got Talent” runner-up, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the latter somehow feeling like yet another swipe at Mitt Romney. Granted, Republicans rarely draw the biggest names for their inaugural bashes. In 1993, Bill Clinton got Bob Dylan; in 2001, George W. Bush got 98 Degrees. (They were the turn-of-the-millennium boy band for those who found Backstreet Boys too musically challenging.) Yet no president-elect has come up as

Nobody wants to play for Donald Trump. empty as Trump, and it must have him in knots. This is a man concocting new math to prove he actually won the popular vote, which he lost to Hillary Clinton by more than 2.8 million votes. It’s not enough that he’s going to be the 45th president of the United States. He has to be the cock of the walk, the man who crushed his opponent, the business genius who believes everyone wants to touch the hem of his oddly tailored suit. Trump is not a man accustomed to the word “no.” Like all bullies, he’s riddled with insecurities, a rich man’s son who expects to get his way through force, lawsuits, or stacks of cash pushed into the right hands at the right time. When a member of Trump’s transition

team claimed last month that Elton John would perform at an inaugural event, John’s publicist issued an unequivocal e-mail smackdown: “He will NOT be performing.” Mind you, John, openly gay for years, once performed with Eminem on the Grammys at a time when the rapper was being dragged for his homophobic lyrics. Clearly, even the Rocket Man has his limits. Now, as these things go, this is small. Celine Dion refusing to warble “My Heart Will Go On” to a sea of tuxedos, gowns, and “Make America Great Again” caps won’t deter any of Trump’s appalling Cabinet picks. Bocelli choosing not to perform “Nessun Dorma” for Donald and Melania’s first dance won’t change any of the dreadful policies Trump is threatening to impose. Yet these musicians’ resistance should not be lightly dismissed, either. It comes as Trump is trying to prove his might and ability to bend people to his will. If Trump can’t convince Brooks to don his formal cowboy hat and strum a few tunes for the new president, how will he fare against world leaders already convinced that he’s a buffoon? It doesn’t matter whether stars are declining Trump’s request because they oppose his rhetoric and proposed policies or because they just want to avoid backlash from their fans. This is tangible defiance that Trump can’t ignore, because it makes him look foolish and ineffectual. And you don’t have to be Alec Baldwin to recognize how deeply that kind of thing wounds the petulant manchild who will be president. Renée Graham is a Globe columnist. Follow her on Twitter @reneeygraham.

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AMID A HEROIN epidemic, one psychologist would like to remind us that psychology — specifically, Pavlovian responses — can save lives. While some overdoses can be attributed to abnormal doses or interactions with other drugs, other overdoses appear to be the result of taking the drug in a novel setting (for example, in a public restroom vs. at home). When users take drugs in places where they have previously done so, familiarity triggers a greater physiological tolerance response. Siegel, S., “The Heroin Overdose Mystery,” Current Directions in Psychological Science (December 2016).

IF YOU FIND yourself being interrogated, don’t just ask for a lawyer; ask for a stenographer. Investigators at a “large Northeastern police department” were asked to examine a mock theft scene, interrogate two mock suspects, and submit a report. The researchers showed the crime scene to suspects before the interrogation, so the suspects would have some knowledge of the scene, while investigators were told both suspects had been seen near the scene. In other words, even though they were innocent, the suspects had been set up. Investigators concluded almost half the suspects were

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in Sweden in January 2014. With the possible exception of St. Nick’s stable, the happiest place for a reindeer seems to be the United States, where “the numbers are so small we’re just trying to keep them alive,” says Mike Jablonski, who has about 50 mountain reindeer on his Antler Ridge Reindeer Farm in Hamburg, N.Y. Jablonski, who knows plenty about these animals but very little about culling them, serves as president of the Reindeer Owners and Breeders Association, which exists for the “betterment of the health and

welfare of reindeer.” He speaks about them affectionately: “They walk like a dog and eat out of your hand.” In return for a place to stay and for meals consisting of carrots, raisins, pellet feed, and forage, the reindeer accompany their owner to holiday events, where children delight in their presence and adults sometimes express surprise that these creatures are not just an invention of holiday lore and actually do exist. Jablonski estimates that there are about 2,000 reindeer in the lower 48 states. They’re all domesticated, he says. “Reindeer

would not survive on their own in the lower 48 states. Either a predator would get to them, or they’d eat the wrong thing and just get sick and die.” Domesticated reindeer can live up to 18 years. In the wild, they might reach a decade — if they can avoid being mauled by a predator, consumed by starvation, fried by lightning, crushed by a train, ravaged by anthrax, or shot down in a mandated cull near one of the earth’s frigid ends.

Reindeer, rednosed or otherwise, are regarded as an invasive species in some of the world’s most remote spots.

Ray Cavanaugh is a freelance writer.

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How the socialist Grinch stole Venezuela’s toys

{ 50 words } Responded to a 1970s building fire on Tremont. A gas explosion in a bakeshop oven. Devastation inside and out. Window blown out, glass on street, automobiles, sidewalk. Inside chairs, tables, ceiling fixtures in complete disarray. But hanging on wall and completely unscathed was framed picture of “Mother of Perpetual Help.” — JOSEPH F. RORKE

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guilty, and in their police reports, investigators tended not to mention their use of pressure tactics. People who later read the transcript of an interrogation were less likely to think a suspect was guilty than people who read only the police report. Kassin, S. et al., “Police Reports of Mock Suspect Interrogations: A Test of Accuracy and Perception,” Law and Human Behavior (forthcoming).

Supply-side economics WHATEVER ITS ENVIRONMENTAL consequences, fracking was a multitrillion-dollar job creator. Finance professors from Wharton, the University of Pennsylvania

business school, assessed the impact of the industry by identifying stocks that reacted most strongly to a major breakthrough in shale oil extraction in 2013, and then comparing their performance with the overall market. This analysis suggests shale oil development during 2012-2015 generated around $3 trillion in stock market value and around 4 million net new jobs. Gilje, E. et al., “Fracking, Drilling, and Asset Pricing: Estimating the Economic Benefits of the Shale Revolution,” National Bureau of Economic Research (December 2016). Kevin Lewis is an Ideas columnist. He can be reached at kevin.lewis.ideas@gmail.com.

HEN THE Cold War ended 25 years ago, the Soviet Union vanished into the ash heap of history. That left the West’s “useful idiots” — Lenin’s term for the ideologues and toadies who could always be relied on to justify or praise whatever Moscow did — in search of other socialist thugs to fawn over. Many found a new heartthrob in Hugo Chavez, the anti-Yanqui rabble-rouser who was elected president of Venezuela in 1998 and in short order had transformed the country from a successful social democracy into a grim and corrupt autocracy. An avowed Marxist and protégé of Fidel Castro, Chavez gradually seized control of every lever of state power in Venezuela. The constitution was rewritten to strip the legislature and judiciary of their independence, authorize censorship of the press, and allow Chavez to legislate by decree. Before long, the government acquired a stranglehold over the economy, including the huge and profitable energy sector. (Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.) With petrodollars pouring in, Chavez had free rein to put his statist prescriptions into effect. The so-called Bolivarian revolution over which he — and later his handpicked successor, Nicolas Maduro — presided, was an unfettered, real-world example of anticapitalist socialism in action. Venezuela since at least the 1970s had been Latin America’s most affluent nation. Now it was a showpiece for command-and-control economics: price and currency controls, wealth redistribution, ramped-up government spending, expropriation of land, and the nationalization of private banks, mines, and oil companies. And the useful idiots ate it up. In a Salon piece titled “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle,” David Sirota declared that the Venezuelan ruler, with his “full-throated advocacy of socialism,” had “racked up an economic record that . . . American president[s] could only dream of achieving.” The Guardian offered “Three cheers for Chavez.” Moviemaker Oliver Stone filmed a documentary gushing over “the positive changes that have happened economically in all of South America” because of Venezuela’s socialist government. And when Chavez died in 2013, Jimmy Carter extolled the strongman for “improving the lives of millions of his fellow countrymen.” In the real world, however, socialism has transformed Venezuela into a Third World dystopia. Venezuela this Christmas is sunk in misery, as it was last Christmas, and the Christmas before that. Venezuelans, their economy wrecked by statism, face crippling shortages of everything from food and medicine to toilet paper and electricity. Violent crime is out of control. Shoppers are forced to stand in lines for hours outside drugstores and supermarkets — lines that rou-

tinely lead to empty shelves, or that break down in fistfights, muggings, and mob looting. Just last week the government deployed 3,000 troops to restore order after frantic rioters rampaged through shops and homes in the southeastern state of Bolivar. In the beautiful country that used to boast the highest standard of living in Latin America, patients now die in hospitals for lack of basic health care staples: soap, gloves, oxygen, drugs. In some medical wards, there isn’t even water to wash the blood from operating tables. Socialism invariably kills and impoverishes. Gushing oil revenues amid a global energy boom could temporarily disguise the corrosion caused by a government takeover of market functions. But only temporarily. The Chavez/ Maduro “Bolivarian revolution” has been economic poison, just like every other Marxist “revolution” from Lenin’s Russia to Kim Il Sung’s North Korea to the Castros’ Cuba. By shredding property rights, dictating prices, and trying to control supply and demand, socialist regimes eventually make everything worse and virtually everyone poorer. Conversely, when governments protect free markets and allow buyers and sellers to interact freely, prosperity expands. For three years in a row, Venezuela has ranked No. 1 on the Cato Institute’s “misery index,” which ranks each of the world’s countries according to a formula that adds its unemployment, interest, and inflation rates, then subtracts its annual change in gross domestic product per capita. With Venezuelan currency virtually worthless — hyperinflation this year is estimated at higher than 700 percent — residents have to resort to humiliating workarounds. Reuters reported this month that Venezuelan women have been flocking across the border into Colombia and selling their hair to earn some money with which to buy food, medicine, or diapers. The government in Caracas, meanwhile, clings tightly to its socialist dogma, blaming the country’s woes on Colombia’s mafia or greedy businessmen. A fortnight ago, government agents raided a toy distributor, confiscating nearly 4 million toys on the grounds that the company was planning to sell them at inflated prices. The regime says it will make the toys available at below-market prices to the poor — thereby ensuring that in Venezuela next Christmas, toys won’t be available at any price. If nothing else, Venezuelan socialism has accomplished this much: It has transformed the Grinch from fiction into reality. Jeff Jacoby can be reached at jacoby@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeff_jacoby.

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MERICANS TODAY need to see evidence that their government has answers to the problems that afflict them. Across the state and across the country, people are struggling with their daily grind: making it to work, caring for loved ones young and old, saving for a life after work, navigating a nation awash in weapons. Too often, the only thing flowing from the Potomac is pessimism and paralysis. Amid a painfully slow economic recovery and demographic churn, enough voters in a fateful combination of states felt THE CUTTING EDGE so left beOF THE COMMON GOOD hind that they emLAST IN A SERIES OF EDITORIALS braced a populist who promised to wrench back the clock to an earlier era. Donald Trump’s presidency threatens to accelerate the cycle of cynicism. For all those who believe strongly in the moral momentum of progress, the rising populist tide brings with it an alarming, retrograde undertow. There’s a better alternative to jingoist nostalgia: chipping away at a public unease by building public confidence, measure by measure. Massachusetts, home to the nation’s first free municipal public library and first public health department, has never shied from causes — like marriage equality, universal health care coverage, the abolition of slavery — because of their unpopularity beyond the boundaries of the Bay State. New England was built on global exports — chief among them, good ideas. In a series of editorials over the past year, this page has detailed a set of good ideas designed to empower human flourishing and broaden prosperity for decades to come: building digital infrastructure, mobilizing the immobile, registering voters, curbing abuse of the desperate, hailing better regulation, reforming elections, extending access to affordable child care, investing in retirement security, empowering strong families, and ending a gun violence epidemic of our own making. Most importantly, these are ideas that can be enacted at the state, city, and neighborhood levels. Capitol Hill’s recalcitrance is no excuse for Beacon Hill’s inaction.

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HERE IS a common theme here: Too often our laws and customs find themselves in-

adequate to the challenges of a world for which they were not designed and could not have anticipated. The Founders, adrift from an empire in a hostile wilderness, could not have foreseen the AR-15. The city councilors who took aim at regulating taxis at the dawn of the age of automobiles could not have foreseen the navigation revolution and the ride-hailing companies it enabled. The architects of Social Security didn’t anticipate that American life expectancy would increase by two decades by 2016. When the state got its first taste of the lottery revenue, it didn’t anticipate the financial addiction that followed. The public education system was designed for a time when a single income could support a household. Self-government requires routine maintenance to serve an everchanging constituency. Voters and those they elect must act locally and think generationally.

Here are some updates on the issues that the Cutting Edge of the Common Good series addressed this year: • This spring, Verizon announced a $300 million partnership with the city to replace the aging copper wire infrastructure with its fiber optics network, FiOS. By year’s end, 25,000 addresses in Roslindale, Dorchester, and West Roxbury are poised to have access to the high-speed network. Moving forward, the city should urge the company to accelerate the proposed six-year timeline to wire the entire city and keep score of how many homes have fiber access. • This fall, the MBTA announced a pilot partnership with Uber and Lyft to subsidize rides for people with disabilities. If the pilot proves successful, the MBTA should expand these efforts to ensure that all residents are able to participate fully in our civic life. • Over the past year, the state has

passed several common-sense regulations of ride-hailing to allow companies like Uber and Lyft to operate freely, while also protecting customers with background checks on drivers. Boston should continue to embrace this now critical component of our transportation network, including removing restrictions on ridehailing firms picking up passengers at Logan Airport. • This summer, the state Senate passed a bill that would establish 16 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all workers and up to 26 weeks for temporary disability leave. That’s an important step in one chamber, but the full Legislature should return to the measure promptly in the new year and see it enacted into law. • While there was predictable silence from Washington on the issue of controlling the availability of assault weapons, Attorney General Maura Healey moved to tighten restrictions on the weapons in Massachusetts, including cracking down on rifles that have been tweaked just enough to evade the letter of the state’s 1998 assault weapons ban. The state can and should go further in its efforts to keep these dangerous military-style weapons out of circulation. Taken together, these disparate issue areas provide a policy blueprint for Massachusetts that can both address the challenges facing our state and serve — as Romneycare demonstrated — as a model for export to other states or nationwide.

S 2016 dawned, progressives in Massachusetts and beyond had achieved enough of their goals, from nearuniversal health coverage to marriage equality, that they lacked a well-defined policy agenda. This page has outlined such an agenda based around solvable problems that don’t always make a stump speech. Trump’s election — and ability to attract more than 1 million votes in this state alone — shows how much an alternative approach like this is needed, one that defeats pessimism and cynicism one solution, one achievable goal at a time. In an age when far too many people feel their government has failed them, this country badly needs examples of governments that are responsive to today’s problems and can set an example of how to fix them.

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HAVE COAUTHORED a lot of academic essays, but finally, I’ve produced something that everyone absolutely loves. Wow. Just wow. In a recent paper, Harvard law fellow Meirav Furth-Matzkin and I explore this question: Do people’s views about policies shift after they learn that majorities sup-

By Cass R. Sunstein port them? Psychologists call it “social proof”: If you find out that most people like a new product, you’re more likely to buy it. Evidence also suggests that for drug use, energy consumption, and tax compliance, people’s behavior shifts as a result of learning what most other people do. But are policy judgments similarly malleable? Yes. Across a wide range of issues, a lot more people will support a policy if they think that the majority supports it. In our research, Furth-Matzkin and I surveyed hundreds of Americans with di-

verse political views. We presented these people with identical policies. Half were asked to assume that most people supported each policy; half were asked to assume that most people opposed it. When told that most Americans favored a policy presuming that people consent to be organ donors, 56 percent supported that policy. When told that most people opposed the policy, the level of support fell to 43 percent. When told that the majority wanted to require large electricity suppliers to automatically enroll people in greenenergy programs, 73 percent supported the policy. When the majority opposed it, the level of support fell to 65 percent. On policies relating to retirement savings, obesity, fuel efficiency, and even discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, levels of support were significantly influenced by people’s perception of majority opinion — sometimes enough to turn minority support into majority support, or vice-versa. There’s good reason for that. On many

policy issues, people aren’t certain what they ought to think. The views of the majority provide relevant information. People are hardly sheep. While FurthMatzkin and I found that the effect of the majority opinion is significant, it’s not massive: In many cases, the level of approval is about 10 percent higher when the majority supports it than when the majority opposes it. That means that most people stay about where they are. The populationwide shift is produced by a minority whose views depend on what the majority thinks. On some issues, moreover, people’s convictions are fixed and firm. We found that when survey respondents say that they feel strongly about an issue, or report that it relates to their core values, they are much less influenced by what the majority thinks. On policies related to abortion and transgender issues, for example, levels of support are little moved by whether the majority shows support or opposition. Sometimes, people specifically resist the majority view. For example, most

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Americans reject a ban on smoking. But people who tend to favor government paternalism turn out to be significantly more likely to support such a ban when informed that most people oppose it. But the broadest lesson is that knowledge of the majority’s opinion can be a powerful tool for policy makers. If they want more support for a certain policy, they can simply tell the public that many or most people already support it. Donald Trump, for one, appears to know this well. He often emphasizes that his decisions and policies have strong public support. Recently, he said that “we’ve been met with you know, really, very good reviews of the people we’ve chosen.” With respect to Defense Department nominee James Mattis, he added, “the crowd loves him.” Did the president-elect read our paper? Maybe. After all, most people have.

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my sister, my mom, and I stood speechless, bewildered by the kitsch before us. Down the hall was the Little Red Riding Hood suite, deep in a fake forest, that my sister had booked for herself, also unaware of the innuendo. It only took us a few seconds to notice there were no windows in these “suites.” But there was a mirror above the bed. How did my family get here for the holidays? For years we had done transportation acrobatics to see my family

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P H O T O S A N D T E X T B Y C H R I S T O P H E R M U T H E R | G L O B E S TA F F VATICAN CITY (AUGUST) – How do you see the world when you travel? Are you drawn to sunsets? Do you play voyeur and discretely take photos of offbeat people when they’re not looking? Are you a traditionalist who lines your children up according to height and then puts them in front of the Washington moment? Or, are you that person who grabs a selfie stick and becomes the center of the action, no matter where you are? I was walking around Rome in August and spotted a woman taking nonstop pictures of herself in Vatican City. I did what any self-respecting travel writer would do. I started following her around. She proudly walked about with her selfie stick extend-

ed through St. Peter’s Square. She may have smacked a few people in the forehead, but no doubt she left with a phone filled with enough glamorous selfies to keep her mahjong team entertained. The photos we take say more about us than they do about the places that we visit. The filters in our brains choose how we want to remember travel experiences, and how we want others to see us. My photos are meant to convey a sense of location for the stories I write, but I take thousands of photos for myself to remember the beautiful and the bizarre. In the words of Depeche Mode, “Let me show you the world in my eyes.” MORE IMAGES, Page M2

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Positano, Italy (August) I spent a day along the Amalfi Coast in Italy over the summer, and when I wasn’t writing, I was trying to capture its grand vistas. I wasn’t so successful on photographing the natural splendors, but I thought these stacked beach chairs perfectly represented the region’s casual, colorful elegance.

Brussels (July)

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The grand Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert is an imposing 19th century shopping arcade filled with posh stores, and this cat. As I took his picture, he walked toward me, meowing all the way.

I found myself at gay bowling night (who knew?) in a small Florida town. Three drag queens spun in circles as they lip synched in heels on slick, freshly waxed alleys without falling. I bought them a round of shots.

Cologne, Germany (July) I’m not sure why, but I was drawn to this mannequin at the weekly antiques market that runs alongside the Rhine in Cologne. I kept circling her as her eyes whispered, “Look all you want, but you will never be as fabulous as me.” Point taken.

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A pedestrian crossing sign near the beach in Oak Bluffs was transformed to assist mermaids as they made their way through the sea. Sadly, there were no mermaids crossing the day I visited.

The CN Tower is not the loveliest iconic building in Toronto. In fact, I don’t even think it’s in the top 10. But it was almost directly across from my hotel, so I had the chance to photograph it anytime of day.

I take almost as many photos of clever street art and murals as I do sunsets. I was charmed by this penguin who claimed to have been displaced from the city because of the high cost of living.

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Above the Caribbean (December) After a year spent traveling thousands of miles, I experienced my most striking airplane out-the-window moment of 2016 as I landed in Martinique earlier this month. The memory was quickly diminished on the fight home when the man sitting in front of me began trimming his toenails. I have no pictures of that.

Salem, N.H. (August) Maybe it was because I had just stepped off the Untamed roller coaster at Canobie Lake Park, but as I tried to regain my balance with a piece of fried dough and a Diet Pepsi, I thought these prize toys looked like a perfect piece of almost-abstract art.

Caribbean Sea (February) My booziest assignment of the year was cruising on Gronk’s Party Ship. I have pictures of New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski in various celebratory moments, and states of undress. In the end, the cruise was more a gathering for his immediate family, and his family of fans, than a bacchanal sailing.

Westman Islands, Iceland (April) Christopher Muther can be reached at muther@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @Chris_Muther and on Instagram @Chris_Muther.

I never get tired of visiting and taking pictures in Iceland. Last spring I went to a string of islands off the south coast on a brilliantly sunny day. I’m fairly certain it’s the first brilliantly sunny day I’ve experienced in Iceland. I saw a few puffins, but this is the picture that best represented the day.

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HERE SCREAMING SKI DEALS FOR KIDDOS Buy a special pass for your fourth- or fifth-grader and he or she can explore 34 different New Hampshire ski areas. The Ski NH 4th and 5th Grade Snowsports Passport, which runs just $30, includes a one-day lift ticket to 16 downhill ski areas and a trail pass voucher for 18 cross-country areas. Passholders can also benefit from additional deals, such as savings on first-time and beginner lessons, equipment rentals, and lift tickets and trail passes for parents and siblings. Kids don’t have to live in New Hampshire to participate, but there are blackout dates. A portion of the proceeds from each pass goes to Make-A-Wish New Hampshire, a Ski NH partner, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. 603.745.9396, www.skinh.com/deals. SKATE AND LUXURIATE IN BOSTON Stay at the five-star Mandarin Oriental Boston anytime through March and enjoy a family package that includes an ice skating adventure. The hotel’s Skate and Celebrate package includes admission and ice skate rentals at Boston Common Frog Pond, and a child-

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THERE EXPLORE CUBA ON A PHOTO TOUR Make a connection with Cuba’s rich culture and natural world on an 8-day photography tour run by Cuba Unbound. Visions of Cuba, Jan. 8-15, includes a chance to explore Old Havana with its colorful Spanish architecture, visit a crocodile-breeding center, swim in the Bay of Pigs, and learn about conservation efforts at Zapata National Park, known for its wetlands. Learn how to capture these and other adven-

ell, the hype i s o v e r. A l l t h o s e thoughtfully chosen gifts have been opened, and depending on what time you’re reading this, new toys are either a) in a heap waiting to be assembled; b) already assembled, played with, fought over; or c) already broken. And school doesn’t start until next year. If you don’t have ski passes or Disney tickets, panic may be settling in. But we’ve got some family-friendly school-vacation road trips ideas to burn off that cabin fever. A trip to Old Sturbridge Vil lage might be just the right antedote to too much time with a new iPad. Kids feel like they’re walking into another time to explore life as it was in 1830, with live costumed characters, including farmers, blacksmiths, and shoemakers. Wander through some 40 original buildings — homes, a meetinghouse, school, country store, bank, working farm, waterpowered mills, and shops — set on some 200 acres that are also home to chickens, sheep, pigs, oxen, and cows. And, a school vacation special: The National Marionette Theatre will be on site for puppet entertainment, a la 19th century, from Dec. 28-31. (Village admission: under 3 free; under 18 $14, adult $28. 14 Stallion Hill Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830. www.osv.org.) Make an overnight of it and stay adjacent to the museum at the Old Sturbridge Inn & Reeder Family Lodges, which boasts 21st century accommodations, including flatscreen TV, iPhone docks, and free Wi-Fi. Rates vary. 369 Main St., Sturbridge. 508-3475056 or 774-304-1011. www.osv.org/inn. If they loved “Finding Dory,” go see a blue tang fish up close — along with a supporting cast of thousands, including exotic fish, sharks, beluga whales, African penguins, moon jellies, harbor seals, sea lions and more — at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn. Free for kids 2 and under. Ages 3 to 12, $24.99; ages 13 to 17, $28.99; adult $34.99. 55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, Conn. 860-5725955. www.mysticaquarium.org. Or, they might find Nemo and gang at ECHO Lake Aquarium and

Science Center in Burlington, Vt., which boasts interactive exhibits and science education programs that include over 70 species of fish, amphibians, invertebrates, and reptiles. Also, on Dec. 26, Vermont Reindee r Farm makes a special appearance, so kids can meet Dancer, Prancer, and crew. Free for kids 2 and under; ages 3 to 17, $11.50; adults $14.50. 1 College St., Burlington, Vt. 802-864-1848 www.echovermont.org. Think “Polar Express” and hop aboard a vintage train that departs from a circa-1874 Victorian station. The old-fashioned Con way Scenic Railroad departs from the station in the center of North Conway Village, N.H., twice daily through Jan. 1. Both excursions are about an hour round-trip, departing at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 Some school vacation ideas (from top): take a ride through the snow on the Conway Scenic Railroad or take a relaxing swim at the Ocean Edge Resort; spend some time outdoors with the animals at Old Sturbridge Village or spend some time with Santa on the old-fashioned Conway Scenic Railroad.

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tures from photographer Chad Case, whose work has appeared in National Geographic and Outside Magazine. Case will offer in-depth tips on travel photography, from shooting subjects to processing images. Participants will also meet Julio Munoz, a renowned local photographer in the city of Trinidad, and explore the French-influenced Cienfuegos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. $3,985 per person, includes guides, photo workshop, activities, accommodations, ground transportation, and most meals (doesn’t include airfare). 800-624-0482, www.cubaunbound.com. SEATTLE’S ‘EPIC’UREAN EVENT Buy VIP tickets now for the country’s largest single-region wine and food event, Taste Washington, which features more than 225 Washington state wineries and more than 65 Pacific Northwest restaurants. The festival, held March 23-26 at venues throughout Seattle, offers seminars, wine tastings, live cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs, and other events, many of which sell out. The first-ever VIP allaccess tickets are available now (only 50 available), or get $20 off the Grand Tasting event through December (code: 20TASTE). The Connoisseur VIP guarantees access to all of the festival’s signature events, letting you jump to the front of the line, and get reserved seating at the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Chef’s Stage. Individual

sample of ice cream. Free for kids 12 and under. $4 adults. 1281 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Waterbury Vt. 802-882-2040. Closed Jan. 1. www.benjerry.com Ring in 2017 on ice at the Alex & Ani City Center outdoor skating rink in Providence, R.I. The rink is open until 1 a.m. New Year’s Eve, if they — or you — can stay up that late, or starting at 10 a.m. New Year’s Day. Little skaters can hold steady by gripping a penguin skate-aid. (Penguin $11. Fourhour admission is $4 for kids 12 and under; $7 adults. With skate rent al, $10 for kids, $13 for adults. 2 Kennedy Plaza. 401-3315544. alexandanicitycenter.com.) They’re still obsessed with“Jurassic Park”? Dinosaur State Park contains some 2,000 dinosaur tracks — 500 of them enclosed in a geodesic dome — dating back to the Jurassic period, 200 million years ago. Trek more than two miles through a red maple swamp to a traprock ridge with basaltic rock that was once flowing lava. On Dec. 29, see descendants of dinos with a live birds of prey show at 1 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, closed Jan. 1. Free for kids under 5. $2 for kids 6 to 12. Over 12, $6. 400 West St., Rocky Hill, Conn. 860-529-8423. dinosaurstatepark.org. Go tubular at New England Sports Park. Grab an inflatable tube and slip slide away down the tracks. Call ahead, as this one’s weather-dependent. Three-hour pass, $25. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 12 South Hunt Road, Amesbury. 978-388-5788. www.newenglandsportspark.com. Make it a Cape holiday and explores natural wonders at The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, including a special live owl show on Dec. 27, and a “Blizzard of Critters” series of learning events throughout school vacation week. (Under 3 free; 3-12 $5, Adults $10. 869 Main St. Brewster. 508-896-3867. www.ccmnh.org) If you go before Jan. 1, book a room at nearby Ocean Edge Resort, a historic Cape mansion atop bluffs overlooking Cape Cod Bay. Kids can make a splash in the heated indoor pool, and mom and dad can kick back with hot cocktails. (2907 Main St., Brewster. 508-896-9000. www.oceanedge.com. Rates vary.)

event prices vary; The Connoisseur ticket costs $570 per person. www.tastewashington.org.

EVERYWHERE A POCKETSIZE PHOTO PRINTER The lightweight and nondescript Pickit M2 printer looks more like a small gift box than a high-quality printer. The 8.8-ounce device, which measures about the size of an iPhone 6 plus, although slightly thicker (.96 inches), connects quickly and easily to your Apple or Android smartphone via WiFi or to NFC-compatible Android devices. Download the Pickit app and use it to shoot photos or to select images from your gallery or social media sites for printing. The mini printer us-

HEADPHONES THAT FILTER NOISE, BOOST SOUND Parrot’s new Zik 3.0 noise-canceling headphones offer a rich concert halllike audio experience and the ability to filter out everything from noisy hotel neighbors to throttling plane engines. Like their predecessors, these headphones let you pause playback when you slip them off your head, and change tracks and volume or manage phone calls with a simple finger swipe on the right earpiece. Yet this new model comes with a wireless charger (two hours of charging gets you 18 hours of use), a widened headband for added comfort, and fun designs (think leather, crocodile-textured, and colorful). An added bonus: Parrot’s Audio Suite app lets you quickly check battery life while on the go, and adjust the equalizer and other sound effects. $399.99. 877-972-7768, www.parrot.com. KARI BODNARCHUK

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Finding running buddies everywhere By Jon Marcus

Members of the Rio Hash House Harriers, the local chapter of a global running fraternity, pose for a group shot. The Hash House Harriers originated in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, where British colonial officers and expatriates gathered for the precise purpose of running in an exotic foreign place.

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IO DE JANEIRO — Allan Stirling settles in with a pint at a crowded Irish pub of the sort that seem improbably to operate in every city on the planet, and greets — by name and with enthusiasm — many of his fellow patrons. A Brit who married a Brazilian, Stirling is a member of the Rio Hash House Harriers, the local chapter of a global running fraternity. That’s how he’s come to know not only all of these people, including the many other expats who choose to spend an evening in an Irish pub in Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema neighborhood, but also the city itself. After running weekly with the group, “I know more about the geography of Rio than my wife does,” Stirling said, raising his quickly emptying glass to yet another newly arrived running buddy. International running clubs like this one offer travelers an insight to the places that they visit unavailable from guidebooks or escorted tours, not to mention a chance to shake off their jet lag with some physical activity and make instant, interesting friends among the locals. “It’s life in the raw,” said Stirling. “You’re meeting people.” Besides, he said. “It’s a lonely thing to run by yourself.” There are runners, and fast-increasing numbers of running clubs, in the remotest corners of the earth, with networks of new ones starting up or expanding for particular groups including everyone from black women to gays to mothers. They’re easy to find online. Many local running stores have them. So do chains, such as Nike’s — including the Nike Store in Ipanema just down the Rua Visconde de Pirajá from this bar. The Road Runners Club of America and USA Track & Field each lists its affiliated groups in the United States, with links and contact information. Hardcore runners will find likeminded competitors while on the road in ultramarathon, trail-running, and triathlon clubs. There are also niche groups such as Black Girls Run, a do-

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mestic network of running clubs for black women; Moms RUN This Town, with several hundred chapters in the United States and Canada; and the International Front Runners, a coalition of 100 clubs worldwide for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered runners. Most are open, welcoming, and friendly to visitors — and none perhaps as welcoming and friendly as the Hash House Harriers, which originated in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur among British colonial officers and expatriates for the precise purpose of gathering for a run in an exotic foreign place, followed by socializing at a restaurant they called the Hash House. One of the rules is, simply: “Members are friendly to all.”

Today, there are nearly 2,000 chapters, including one at an Australian research station in Antarctica, all replete with odd traditions you’d expect from an activity invented near the twilight of the British colonial era. Designated “hares” in every club map out ever-changing trails along routes usually marked in chalk. But the highlight is the post-run get-togethers, which feature beer and drinking songs such as “I Wonder What’s Under a Scotsman’s Kilt,” among others with less printable lyrics. “It can be quite messy at times,” said Stirling, ordering another beer. Once a year, the hashers run in red dresses to commemorate a traveler who once came right from the airport at a Hash House run in Long Beach,

Calif. — and proceeded to run along in her red dress and heels. Hash House Harriers chapters typically reflect their local cultures. Boston’s, for example, hosts pub crawls on the Friday and Saturday nights before the Boston Marathon, a hangover run on the day before, and a cheering section during the race itself, at which the members hand out beer instead of water. Rio’s has a Carnival hash heavily populated by runners in town for the Brazilian version of Mardi Gras. Its weekly runs are often at night to avoid the heat and take advantage of stops at the occasional bar da esquina, or corner bar, every few kilometers. They often follow the promenades along the city’s astoundingly picturesque beach-

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An oil and gas industry consultant, Stirling has hashed all over the world in his travels, including in Azerbaijan and Dubai, where the club ran in a desert wadi outside of town at night with flashlights, drinking surreptitiously from the back of a four-by-four to avoid offending local religious restrictions on public consumption of alcohol. He even has a hash name: “Stizzer.” “You’ll be well-received,” Stirling said, ordering another pint and by now surrounded by several friends who have joined him at the table. “You just turn up and people welcome you.” Jon Marcus can be reached at jonmarcusboston@gmail.com.

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mily Rooney dreams of traveling to — and learning about — Uganda and Rwanda, but when she wants to relax, there’s no place like her family home on Lake George in upstate New York. The journalist, TV talk show host (“Beat the Press” on WGBH-TV), and former news producer and director, grew up in Rowayton, Conn., and lives in the Back Bay. She has a daughter, Alexis, who lives in Los Angeles. We caught up with Rooney, 66, to talk about all things travel. Favorite vacation destination? Our family home on Lake George in the Adirondacks. It’s the “Queen of American Lakes” – pure, deep, and drinkable. Once there, no need to get back in a car [since] shopping, tennis, and hiking destinations [are] all available by water transportation. Some of the most beautiful antique wooden boats in the world are housed on the lake. Favorite food or drink while vacation ing? My favorite food or drink is anything my twin sister, Martha, makes. Her succotash is to die for. Where would you like to travel to but haven’t? Ever since the tribal civil war in 1994, I’ve wanted to go to Uganda and Rwanda; not on safari, but to understand and see that part of the world. This genocide was largely a population issue, and I’m curious to know if it could happen again, as other tribal conflicts have resurfaced over the decades. One item you can’t leave home with out when traveling? Hey, I’m not em-

Emily Rooney and her twin sister Martha Rooney boating on Lake George. barrassed to admit I can’t leave home without both my cellphone and my iPad. I’m not one of those people who can just “put it down” or turn off the TV for a few weeks at a stretch. Aisle or window? Always a window. I like to look out and, unless it’s overseas, I don’t get up during flights. Favorite childhood travel memory? One of my favorite childhood travel memories was my dad [the late journalist and longtime “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney] taking the four of us kids to the Adirondacks in the dead of winter when I was about 8 years old. The house was closed so we built an igloo on the front patio, lit some candles, hauled out our non-waterproof sleeping bags, and tried to get some rest. It didn’t work. So we busted into the house, he flipped a few breakers, and we got the oven going. We baked some potatoes and slept on the kitchen floor. Guilty pleasure when traveling? I buy something of local consequence when I travel. I also like classic cars, so I watch shows like “Chasing Classic Cars,” “Top Gear,” and “Dallas Car Sharks.” Best travel tip? If you don’t have it already, get Global Entry. Also, if you’re driving . . . drive with your back to the sun. I get sleepy when the sun’s in my face. JULIET PENNINGTON

over the few days between Christmas and the closest weekend. The year we traveled through five states in one day to make it from southern Indiana to northern New Jersey convinced us that something had to change. What fun is holiday travel if that’s all we ever did during our time off ? And so, a new tradition was born. Behold, Hotel Christmas. The first rule of Hotel Christmas? It’s never on Christmas. In addition to our holiday travel time crunch to see in-laws and extended family, my mother and sister were rarely free on Dec. 25. My mother, a recently retired minister, understandably had to work on one of the biggest religious holidays of the year. My sister works in theatre in New York City — another career that rarely allows for multiple days off during the holidays. So five years ago, we agreed to try our own version of Christmas — several days after the fact. We found the next available weekend and spent it holed up with one another at a Hyatt Regency in central New Jersey. At the time, the location was relatively equidistant from our homes, plus we got a terrific rate on a two-room suite as long as we were out by New Year’s Eve. My mother, never one to let timing or schedule get in the way of the holiday spirit, drove from Pittsburgh with a 30-inch fake tree in the backseat. The stockings were hung from bellhop trolley with care. She set up the generic hotel room with holiday crafts and wrapped gifts -- all of which had been deeply discounted starting Dec. 26! In the years that followed, we repeated the tradition. There’s always wine, cheese, and more wine. We open gifts. We empty the stockings. We laugh. In honor of our late Israeli father and keeping with the traditional Jewish celebration of Christmas, we order Chinese food. We go to the indoor pool and splash around like we’re 12 years old. The second rule of Hotel Christmas? Save your money for shopping. We find the most affordable 4- or 5star hotel available, and reserve the rest of our cash for the insane postholiday sales. This rule has brought us to some interesting locations to celebrate the holidays. The most recent Hotel Christmas

was celebrated at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Conn. There was a leafy atrium, spacious rooms, and an indoor swimming pool, all within several miles of a Macy’s and an Anthropologie. The ample shopping is why we celebrated a few times in King of Prussia, a Philadelphia suburb with one of the largest malls in the country. First we stayed at the Hyatt Place, and then at Gilligan’s Island, er, the Radisson. The last rule of Hotel Christmas? Tip housekeeping. It’s a honor and a pleasure to host family during the holidays. It’s also exhausting. So yes, we save whatever wrapping paper and adornments we choose, pack up the bellman cart, and then we check out. We don’t have to do much else in terms of cleaning up. That’s a gift in itself. Is this ridiculous? Perhaps. Privileged? Certainly. Materialistic? Oh, yes.

But at the heart of the whole crazy tradition is this: It doesn’t matter where you are, but who you are with, that makes all the difference. One by one, my mom, my sister, my husband, and I collapsed onto the king-size bed in our Gilligan’s Island artificial-plant filled “tropical paradise.” And as we each looked up, we saw the four of us reflected in a giant heart shaped mirror on the ceiling. We burst into laughter. The mirror evoked the opposite of whatever you want to be thinking about when you pile into a bed with your immediate family. My sister had an idea: Let’s take a mirror selfie. Family holiday photo? Check.

Shira Center (left) and her sister taking advantage of postChristmas sales on one of their Hotel Christmases.

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a s t y e a r ’s u n s e a s o n a b l e warmth put a stutter step in the otherwise steady 10 percent annual climb in sales of ice skating gear over the last decade. Now that El Niño is kaput, New England is looking at colder than normal weather through February. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When the polar vortex gives you plunging mercury, go skating. The new skating path on Boston City Hall Plaza adds yet another option for outdoor skating in rink-rich Metro Boston. But when you’re headed out of town, it’s always worth tossing the skates into the

trunk. You never know when you’ll find a little pocket rink in a park or a shallow pond safe for skating. If you do catch the ice skating bug , here are some spots around New England worth seeking out for smooth gliding, flashing blades, and sprays of ice chips. Double axel anyone? WORCESTER COMMON OVAL, WORCESTER History does not record whether early Worcester settlers skated on the Common once it was laid out in 1669, but Worcesterites certainly flock to the Worcester Common Oval now. The handsome rink sits at the edge of the Common behind the 1898

Italianate Revival City Hall, which makes a stately backdrop. At 12,000 square feet, the rink is actually larger than the Rockefeller Center rink in Manhattan. When you get chilled, the Dogfather food truck sells such warming options as The Hitman (a fire-roasted hot dog with hot sauce, peppers, and sauerkraut) or good old Frito Pie (a mini-bag of Frito chips smothered in hot chili and melted cheese). 455 Main Street, Worcester, 508-929-0777, www.worcestercommonoval.com. Open Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Extended days and hours during school vacation SKATING, Page M7

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bush.com Ski, skate, and snowboard at Vermont’s Stowe Mountain, then dine at the Spruce Camp Base Lodge where fare includes cider-brined turkey breast, Alaskan king crab, grilled salmon, and crepe station. Lil’ skiers might opt for pizza, pasta, or beef sliders. After your chocolate-covered strawberries and pumpkin creme brule, head out for the mountain torchlight parade and fireworks show. Dinner: Adults $80, age 6-12 $25, under 5 free. Reservations required. 802-760-4630. 7412 Mountain Road, Stowe, Vt. www.stowe.com

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Forget watching the ball drop on TV. Try ringing in 2017 from somewhere other than your couch. ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Head to Bretton Woods Omni Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire, where you can downhill or cross-country ski, snowboard, ice skate, snow-shoe, snow tube, zip-line, or jump on a horse-pulled sleigh among other activities. The resort’s New Year’s Eve package includes an invite to one of their New Year’s bashes — from the family-friendly buffet in the Grand Ball Room, to an Italian dinner party or the black-tie Champagne gala. Advance reservations and room stay required. 603-2788989. 310 Mount Washington Hotel Road, Bretton Woods, N.H. Room rates vary. www.omnihotels.com/hotels/bretton-woods-mount-washington Hit the slopes at Sugarbush in Warren, Vt., then start your New Year’s party early with Mad River Distillers whisky samples at the Gate House Lodge’s Castlerock Pub at 3 p.m. Bring Fido for the Annual Dog Parade and Canine Couture Contest. Dig into a family-style Italian buffet dinner at the Gate House Lodge at 6 p.m., then head out to the torchlight parade and fireworks show. Rock out with a live band as the ball drops. Dinner: $35 adults, $17.50 ages 7-12, 6 and under $10. 800-537-8427. 102 Forest Dr., Warren, Vt. www.sugar-

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IN THE OCEAN . . . OR A MANSION The brave — and the exceptionally warm — can plunge into ’17 at the Newport Polar Bear Plunge at Easton’s Beach in Newport, R.I. Proceeds to go A Wish Come True. (Free; donations accepted. Jan. 1 at noon. 175 Memorial Blvd. 401-846-0028.) Make a weekend of it and spend New Year’s Eve at one of Newport’s mansion-hotels. The Hotel Viking, a lavish hotel built during the Jazz Age — with hot tub and heated pool — offers early New Year’s Eve dinner seatings at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. ($99) The 9 p.m. seating includes Champagne toast, party favors, table cocktail service, and live entertainment in the One Bellevue Lounge ($110). All menus include a starter, perhaps the jumbo shrimp cocktail, followed by entree — from roasted prime rib with black tie NEW YEAR'S EVE, Page M7

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weeks. All ages $5, skate rental $3. ALEX AND ANI CITY CENTER, PROVIDENCE At 14,000 square feet, the urban ice in Providence is also bigger than Rockefeller Center. It also gets quite a workout as there are 12 hours of public skating daily. Nestled between a pair of landmark buildings — the yellow brick of 1898 Union Station and the Art Deco vertical thrust of the 1927 “Superman” skyscraper — the rink is surrounded by the spires of the downtown skyline. The pop soundtrack provides plenty of rhythm for carving a figure or just speeding back and forth as if chasing a puck. Serious figure skaters can practice their routines for two hours before the public skate on weekdays. In the early evening, office workers leave their cubicles and take to the ice to dust off figure skating and hockey dreams. 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, 401-5536 4 3 8 , w w w. a l e x a n d a n i c i ty c e n ter.com/ice-skating. Open daily 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Adults $7; 12 and under, 65 and older, military $4; skate rentals $6. Weekday figure skating (8-10 a.m.) $10 for 30 minutes, $18 for 1 hour. FOXWOODS RINK & WINTER PATIO, MASHANTUCKET, CONN. The rink at Foxwoods Resort Casino might be in the middle of the Connecticut woods, but it’s also steps from the Fox Tower Premier Ballroom. That means a certain amount of glitz and glam — in this case, more than 100,00 lights strung in the trees surrounding the ice. A mug of hot chocolate after skating tastes especially good if you score one of the Adirondack chairs clustered around four outdoor fireplaces. 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket, Conn, 860312-3000, www.foxwoods.com/icerink. Open Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Thursday 2-9 p.m., Friday 210 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Extended hours during February school vacation. Adults $10, skate rental $5; ages 12 and under $6, skate rental $2. THE RINK AT THOMPSON’S POINT, PORTLAND Sticking out into the tidal Fore River at the tip of Thompson’s Point just off I-295, this rink has nifty views of the Portland back river on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. A pavilion arches above 10,000 square feet of smooth ice (also bigger than Rockefeller Center), keeping snow off the surface. A simple warming hut is always open, and the heated Beer Yurt (Wednesday-Sunday) has benches and tables for enjoying an adult beverage during breaks from the ice. Many skaters opt to dine in the yurt on hot dogs, ribs, or pulled pork from the Fahrenheit 225 food truck — open Thursday through Sunday the same hours as the rink. 10 Thompson’s Point, Portland, Maine, 207-747-9399, www.therinkatthompsonspoint.com. Open Monday-Friday 2-9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-11 p.m., and Sunday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. All ages $8, skate rental $2.

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NESTLENOOK FARM RESORT, JACKSON, N.H. Horse-drawn Austrian sleigh rides are the specialty at Nestlenook Farm Resort, a 65-acre Victorian estate that looks lifted whole from a Currier and Ives calendar illustration. But around 400 people per day also take a spin on the ice of Emerald Lake, part of the three-acre Victorian Skating Park, which has two picturesque bridges among its features. A small island reached by one of the bridges holds a warming hut where hot chocolate is served by the roaring fire. (The hut is also popular with folks who come to

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snowshoe for the day.) If your blades are a bit nicked and dull, Nestlenook also offers custom skate sharpening. 66 Dinsmore Road, Jackson, N.H., 603-383-7101, www.nestlenookfarm.com. Open Friday noon-8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Extended hours and days during school vacation weeks. Adults $10, ages 6-12 $7, 5 and under free; skate rentals $9 for one hour or $12 per day. See web site for prices on sleigh rides and snowshoeing. LAKE MOREY, FAIRLEE, VT. The lake belongs to the state of

Vermont, and once it freezes solid (usually the first week of January), the ice is open for skating, sledding, ice fishing, and sleigh rides. As a gift to the community, Lake Morey Resort maintains a 4.5-mile skate path around the circumference of the lake — said to be the longest skate path in the U.S. There is also a groomed cross path at the halfway mark for those not up making the whole circuit. When the resort started clearing the path, it had no idea how popular skating would be. Now 1,000 to 1,200 people per day show up to skate. The resort maintains 18 pond

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potato gratin to roast tenderloin with scallop and crab stuffed lobster tail and drawn butter — and salted vanilla caramel crunch cake. 1 Bellevue Ave., 401-847-3300, hotelviking.com. Nearby, T he Vanderbilt Grace, a circa 1909 mansion, hosts a New Year’s party with a five-course dinner, jazz band, and midnight champagne toast. You might start with Prince Edward Island oysters or the ginger-scented pan-seared scallops. Cleanse your pallet with lemon sorbet before your truffle honey-glazed seared duck breast, baked seafoodstuffed lobster or filet Napoleon with whipped purple potatoes. For dessert, try the triple chocolate mousse parfait with candied almonds, the mascarpone cheesecake with ginger ice cream and lavender ganache, or pistachio semifredo with poached pears and honey gelee. Followed by cocktail party from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Dinner 6 p.m., $185 per person. 41 Mary St. 401-846-6200. gracehotels.com/vanderbilt ON AN ISLAND Ring in ’17 like its ’67. Pack your bellbottoms and sail away to Nantucket to party at the island’s whimsical-yet-luxe Hotel Nantucke t + Resor t ’s Ne w

hockey rinks to accommodate the Vermont Pond Hockey Championship in early February. Some of those rinks are often open for recreational skaters or for a pickup hockey game. 1 Clubhouse Road, Fairlee, Vt., 802333-4311, lakemoreyresort.com. Lake open 24/7 for skating. Lake Morey Skate Shack Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission, skate rental $10 (complimentary for resort guests). Patricia Harris and David Lyon can be reached at harrislyon@gmail.com.

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Year’s Disco Ball. From 9 to 1 a.m., you’ll dance to live music, nosh on hors’d’oeuvres, and toast with Champagne as the ball drops. Costume optional; stay not required, but you might want to — the resort is a stunner, and you’ll wake to free breakfast. Ball: $120 per person. Rooms from $325 per night; two-night minimum stay. 77 Easton St., Nantucket, 508-310-1734, thenantuckethotel.com You can also wake to a New Year’s Day walk on the beach. Nantucket Walkabout leads a 4miler through Smith’s Point. Jutting out into the channel be-

tween Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, the island’s westernmost stretch of beach offers a spot to see gray seals and sea birds. Noon. Pickup and drop-off at The Handlebar Cafe, 15 Washington St. $40 per adult, $20 per child. 508422-7466, walknantucket.com CLOSER TO HOME Depending on where you live, this might be a First Night Boston staycation. Boston Seaport’s “Winter On The Waterfront” starts at 1 p.m. with music, art, ice sculptures and rides aboard a vintage firetruck or pilot boat. Take your last meal of

’16 harbor-side at the Envoy Hotel, where fare includes scallop crudo with spicy grapefruit broth, candied orange and fleur de sel; filet mignon with seared foie gras, Japanese eggplant, pomegranate, fig and port demi-glace; roasted sea bass with grilled fennel, heirloom carrots, black lentils and carrot buerre blanc, and dessert selection. $75 per person. Reservations required. 617-530-1559.70 Sleeper St., Boston. http:// theenvoyhotel.com. Lauren Daley can be reached at ldaley33@gmail.com. She tweets @laurendaley1.

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MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Gail and Ernst von Metzsch are the kind of art collectors who purchase paintings serendipitously. If they come across a canvas that speaks to them, they’ll buy it. “Ernst will say, ‘I’m just going to a gallery, I won’t buy anything,’ and then six weeks later, when the show closes, a package will arrive,” Gail says. Ernst, 77, started picking up a painting here and there in the 1970s, before he met Gail, 65. Together, they have built a vibrant collection of artworks, notably local in its focus on contemporary Boston-area artists and landscapes. “As We Gail and Ernst von Metzsch have See It: The Collection befriended of Gail and Ernst von regional artists. Metzsch,” at the New VON METZSCH, Page N6

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Happy holidays: 10 fine films worth finding Last week in this space I wrote about my favorite movies of 2016 and, as usual, a lot of people piled onto the online comments section to agree and disagree and put forward their own picks. One reader went so far as to ask, hey, “how about a list of your top 10 ever that I should have seen but haven’t?” This got me thinking. Many of us have family coming home and/or staying home and/or refusing to leave home for the next week or so. There may be times when everyone wants to watch something, no one BURR, Page N10

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THE ROOTS Philadelphia’s hardest-hustling hip-hop ensemble flaunts its technical prowess and deep musical knowledge nightly as the house band for “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon”; their original tracks combine that know-how with bracingly honest lyrics about the state of the world. Dec. 26, 7 p.m. $62$79.50. House of Blues. 888-6932583, www.houseofblues.com/ boston

Comedy COMPETITIVE EROTIC FAN FIC TION WITH BRYAN COOK Comedians wax erotic on their favorite fictional universes in Cook’s show. He’ll host the competition in the early show and then headline the late show. Dec. 28. Fan fiction at 7 p.m., $10-$12. Bryan Cook at 10 p.m, $5 (or free with ticket to early show). Great Scott, 1222 Commonwealth Ave., Allston. 617566-9014, www.greatscottboston .com

KURT VILE AND THE VIOLA TORS This Philadelphia strummer exists at the forefront of slacker-pop’s new wave, combining hopelessly catchy tunes with fluid riffs inspired by psych’s expanse and indie rock’s crunch. Dec. 29, 8 p.m. $30, $27 advance. Royale. 617-338-7699, www.royaleboston.com; Dec. 30, 7 p.m. $30. The Sinclair, Cambridge. 617-547-5200,www.sinclair cambridge.com MAURA JOHNSTON

A TOAST TO DON GAVIN Gavin has been one of Boston’s funniest standups for decades, so this is a fitting tribute from his peers Tony V and Jimmy Dunn. Proceeds from the event will go to Nahant SWIM, which helps clean up the water around Nahant, where Gavin currently resides. Dec. 28, 8 p.m. $25. Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St., Boston. 617725-2844, www.laughboston.com

Folk & World NATHAN BOWLES “Deconstructivist tradition-bearer” Bowles plays his banjo by his lonesome on this visit, with an emphasis on the Appalachian excursions of his recent release, “Whole & Cloven.” Make some noise to hear that record’s epic, 11-plus minute instrumental lament, “I Miss My Dog.” Bowles is opening for Kurt Vile. Dec. 29, 8 p.m. $27. Royale. 888-929-7849. www.axs.com HAYES CARLL It took him over five years to make “Lovers and Leavers,” and Carll thinks his latest effort comes closer than any other record he’s made to reflecting what he is: a singer-songwriter. He sings and plays ’em Friday, accompanied by significant other Allison Moorer. Dec. 30, 9 p.m. Tickets: $22. 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, N.H. 603-766-3330. www.3sarts.org ELLIS PAUL Paul has been doing this for a while — not only performing, but marking the end of another year with a run of Passim shows. As 2016 winds down, the folksinger celebrates a quartercentury of doing both with his “The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down” tour. Dec. 30- 31, 7 and 10 p.m. $40 (Dec. 30), $50 (Dec. 31). Club Passim, Cambridge. 617-4927679. www.passim.org STUART MUNRO

Jazz & Blues CHARLIE KOHLHASE’S EX PLORER’S CLUB The alto, tenor, and baritone saxophonist’s intrepid band can vary in size and membership, but invariably they lead audiences on adventurous journeys through Kohlhases’s engaging and intricate compositions, as well as interpretations of pieces by the likes of Thelonious Monk and John Tchicai. Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m. $10. Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge. 617-395-1393, www.lilypad inman.com JEB BISHOP, STEVE LANTNER, DAMON SMITH, & MICHAEL EV ANS For the first in a series of concerts featuring the music of trombonist Bishop and bassist Smith, they’ll be joined by fellow Bostonian Lantner on piano, and acclaimed New York City-based percussionist Evans for an evening of improvisations for quartet. Dec. 29, 8 p.m. $10. Outpost 186, 186½ Hampshire St., Cambridge. www.outpost186.com MATTHEW STUBBS & THE AN TIGUAS Stubbs specializes in soul-soaked, bluesy guitar instrumentals. When not leading his own band, he’s touring with the legendary Charlie Musselwhite, as well as performing and recording with numerous other blues, roots, and R&B luminaries. DiCenso/Clark Expedition opens. Dec. 30, 9 p.m. $10. Ryles, 212 Hampshire St., Cambridge. 617-876-9330, www.ryles.com KEVIN LOWENTHAL

Classical BOSTON POPS The Pops celebrates the 30th anniversary of “Back to the Future” with a

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Irregular Landscapes Three terrific Boston painters at the Hynes. Cristi Rinklin juggles styles from art history to digital fantasy in her paintings. Joe Wardwell intertwines lush landscapes with rock lyrics. Sean Downey’s provocative narratives ask more questions than they answer. Pictured: Rinklin’s “Migration 1.’’ Through Feb. 22. Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St. 617-954-2081, www.massconvention.com/community/irregular-landscapes CATE McQUAID

screening of the film and live performance of Alan Silvestri’s score, now updated with about 20 minutes of new music added especially for these performances. Dec. 30-31, 12 p.m., Symphony Hall. 888-266-1200, www.bso.org HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY The Society and the Museum of African American History’s fifth annual freedom-themed First Night Jubilee Day Concert includes excerpts from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” and Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeaus,” as well as “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Life Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” Scott Allen Jarrett conducts. Dec. 31, 1:30 p.m., Boston Public Library. 617-262-1815, www.handelandhaydn.org BOSTON BAROQUE The ensemble’s annual New Year’s Day concerts under music director Martin Pearlman include Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks,” Corelli’s “Christmas” Concerto, and Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, the latter featuring its superb concertmaster, Christina Day Martinson. Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, Sanders Theatre. 617-5851260, www.bostonbaroque.org DAVID WEININGER

Dec. 31. Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, Cambridge. 617-576-9278 ext. 1, www.centralsquaretheater.org FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Austin Pendleton, who was in the original 1964 Broadway cast of “Fiddler,’’ directs a vibrantly alive production that adds up to one of the most rewarding theatrical experiences of the year. Jeremiah Kissel gives it everything he’s got — and that’s a lot — as Tevye, a Jewish dairyman in an early 20th-century shtetl, sweating and struggling to cope with convulsive change in every corner of his life and his world. Through Jan. 1. New Repertory Theatre, Mainstage Theater, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown. 617-923-8487, www.newrep.org DON AUCOIN

Dance 2016 WINTER WONDER DANCE FESTIVAL This Dance Complex intensive includes three performances of “Gumdrops & the Funny Uncle,” which Peter DiMuro’s Public Displays of Motion calls “an alternative family Nutcracker for families of choice.” Created in collaboration with the Theater

Offensive and the School of Classical Ballet, the show features performances and repertoire by festival artists including David Parker & the Bang Group. Dec. 28-30, $12-$33. Dance Complex, Cambridge. 617-547-9363, www.dancecomplex.org NEW YEAR’S EVE NUTCRACK ER Boston Ballet celebrates New Year’s Eve with a special performance of “The Nutcracker” to close out the holiday season. It includes all the choreographic fireworks and grand spectacle we’ve come to expect, plus some unique twists, including a supersize all-star cast and surprise special appearances. Go early for the pre-show brass quintet playing holiday favorites. Dec. 31, $45– $199. Boston Opera House. 617-695-6955, www.boston ballet.org FIRST NIGHT FIRST DAY This treasured annual celebration includes a variety of free dance offerings, from mini-lessons and participatory events to familyfriendly performances. Participants over the course of the celebration include OrigiNation, Chu Ling Dance Academy, Melody Dance Troupe, O’Shea Chaplin

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MATCHLESS & THE HAPPY PRINCE In “Matchless,’’ an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s poignant “The Little Match Girl’’ by Gregory Maguire of “Wicked’’ fame, the young boy who finds one of the girl’s slippers becomes the protagonist of a new story. In Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince,’’ a statue of a prince makes friends with a swallow; both ultimately sacrifice themselves to help the poor. Directed by Debra Wise. Through

Galleries NEW POTS|UTILITY2 Linda Christianson and Jan McKeachieJohnston go back to pottery’s beginning in their use of labor-intensive wood-firing — a field rare for women. McKeachie-Johnston’s rough, fluted vessels look ritualistic; Christianson marks her quieter plates and cups with broad stripes and dots. Through Jan. 7. Lacoste Gallery, 25 Main St., Concord. 978-369-0278, www.lacostegallery.com EDIE BRESLER: WE SOLD A WINNER Nowhere is hope more naked than in the purchase of a lottery ticket. This photographer visited small, family-run stores around America that have sold big winning tickets. Her exhibition reflects on community, hard work, and poor odds. Through Jan. 14. Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Ave. 617-482-0411, www.gallerykayafas.com CATE McQUAID

Museums CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: THE CLOCK A masterpiece of our time, Marclay’s 24-hour montage of clips from film and television is its own timepiece: Almost every clip contains some reference to the actual time as you watch it. Unmissable. Through Jan. 29. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave. 617-267-9300. www.mfa.org

Theater THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS A remount of a production that I considered one of the top 10 shows of 2016. Director Paul Daigneault has reunited his entire original cast, including De’Lon Grant, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, and Brandon G. Green, for Kander & Ebb’s musical about one of the more infamous episodes of racial injustice in the nation’s history. Dec. 30-Jan. 22. SpeakEasy Stage Company, at Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts. 617-9338600, www.speakeasystage.com

Academy of Irish Dance, Lil’ Phunk, and Phunk Phenomenon. Dec. 31, Free. Various Locations. 617-439-7700 KAREN CAMPBELL

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Mighty Mighty Bosstones Boston’s ska-core heroes return for the 19th edition of their Hometown Throwdown, which will showcase acts from all over the globe — including Jamaican ska pioneers the Skatalites and Japan’s hyper-theatrical Peelander-Z — in its opening-act slots. Dec. 28-30, 7 p.m. $26-$39.50. House of Blues. 888-693-2583, www.houseofblues.com/boston MAURA JOHNSTON

GESTURAL ENGINEERING: THE SCULPTURE OF ARTHUR GAN SON A gallery devoted to the ever-popular maker of poetic kinetic sculptures has been reopened after a major upgrade. Many sculptures have been restored, new controls added to make it easier to activate the works, and a new display allows viewers to touch some of the work. MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. 617-253-5927, mitmuseum.mit.edu INVENTING IMPRESSIONISM Many rarely seen works on paper have been pulled out of storage for this exhibition of works from the RISD Museum collection by Berthe Morisot, Paul Cezanne, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Edouard Manet, among others. Through June

DRUNK WITH LAUGHTER Boston standup veterans Joey Carroll and Jack Lynch top the bill at these alcohol-free New Year’s Eve shows. All foolishness will be done sober. Dec. 31, 7 and 9 p.m. $20. Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington. 781-646-4849, www.regenttheatre.com NICK A. ZAINO III

Family FAMILY FRIENDLY COMEDY End 2016 with a laugh at Improv Boston where a talented team of goofballs are guaranteed to get you giggling. The family-friendly comedy show is made up on the spot and there’s no telling what antics will ensue. Dec. 31, 4 p.m. $16 adults, $10 kids ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect St., Cambridge. 617-576-1253, www.improv boston.com/nye FIRST NIGHT FIRST DAYA daylong celebration around downtown Boston, First Night has something for everyone. There’s ballroom dancing, arts and crafts, family fireworks and the Frog Pond skating spectacular, but be sure to schedule some power naps if you’re staying up until midnight! Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. Copley Square, 617-439-7700, www.first nightboston.org ICE SCULPTURES There’s an icebox where my heart used to be, but nothing thaws it quicker than interactive ice sculptures and live street performances! Dine, shop, and hang around the marketplace this New Year’s Eve while you check out the collection of sculptures on display. Don’t forget to take a picture, it’ll last longer! Dec. 31, 1 p.m. Free. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 617-523-1300, www.faneuilhallmarket place.com CARLY SITRIN

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Jan. 6-Feb. 4 “Hand to God” at Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion www.boston theatrescene.com Jan. 6-Feb. 5 “A Doll’s House” at BU Theatre www.huntingtontheatre.org Jan. 12-15 Guster at Paradise Rock Club www.ticketmaster.com Jan. 13 Kings of Leon and Deerhunter at TD Garden www.ticket master.com Jan. 17-29 “Something Rotten!” at Boston Opera House boston.broadway.com Jan. 19-Feb. 5 “Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women” at Loeb Drama Center americanrepertory theater.org Jan. 28 CRASHfest (Air Congo, Bombino, Carrie Rodriguez, Daby Touré, Debo Band, Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band, LADAMA, Orkesta Mendoza, Salif Keita, and San Fermin and NOW Ensemble) tickets.worldmusic.org SONIA RAO

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ey, Internet. Happy Holidays. You’re looking well. Listen, I feel pretty bad about what I said a few weeks ago. All that stuff about how you failed us all by spreading fake news and sealing us off into bubbles and stoking our collective outrage and normalizing lunacy and I’m starting to get mad again, so let’s just forget what I said. The point is: I’m sorry. As rocky as 2016 was — for both of us — I had no right to take out my frustrations on you in front of everyone like that. I know your heart is in the right place/on the right server. Before the Arby’s fire of this election even flared up in the grease traps, you were helping me through the one-two punch of Bowie and Prince, filling my feed with stardust and purple fog. Don’t think I’ve forgotten that. And if I’m being honest, even though this was kind of a gruesome year for us in meatspace, it was actually an awesome year for you. If you had a back you’d deserve a few pats on it. To prove I’m not just trolling, here are five examples of actual good you brought into the world this year. (And I promise it will be better than that Year in Review video Facebook churned out for you.) THE NEW NOW: Even though the livestreaming revolution broke ground in 2015 with the near-simultaneous emergence of Meerkat (RIP) and Periscope, the cameras didn’t really get rolling until 2016. And while an early Buzzfeed experiment on Facebook Live involving a watermelon and hundreds of elastic bands demonstrated audiences will tune in to just about anything if it’s unfolding (or exploding) in real time, the larger impact of the rise of live video — on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, YouNow, and a growing list of other platforms — is the restoration of synchronicity to our online lives. We’ve spent a decade playing catch-up with e-mails, IMs, text messages, expired status updates, and the ever-stretching archives our social media timelines, so this reintroduction of the here and now feels, well, current — and long overdue. HOME IMPROVEMENT: At the outset of 2016, the Internet of Things was just an overused and near-meaningless buzzphrase used to refer to an incoming wave of home automation gadgetry. At the end of 2016, it’s still very much that, but thankfully we don’t have to hear as much because the many little things of the IoT are No Big Thing. Connectivity is now baked into everything from our thermostats and lightbulbs to our wine bottles and sous vide wands. The market has since shifted to sophisticated table brains like Amazon Echo and Google Home and robo-concierges like Alexa and Assistant (respectively) that moderate the dialogue between users and their many smart (but ultimately dumb) doodads. Still, this house party is only just getting started, and I still feel a little thrill when I see advanced home-hackers using

things the Internet did right this year rudimentary computers (like the $40 Raspberry Pi) to devise silly triumphs like a voice-activated fireplace. PASS THE MIKE: Yes, this was a year of painful losses on a legendary scale — woe Bowie and Prince, Cole and Cohen, Wilder and . . . Miss Cleo — but 2016 also saw the Internet raising the profiles of a new wave of artists and thinkers, and it arguably galvanized what feels like a fresh renaissance of bold African-American voices carrying forth the concerns of the #BlackLivesMatter movement by advancing and expanding the discussion on every front. Artists, musicians, and creators like Dev Hynes, Solange and Beyoncé Knowles, Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean, Nina Chanel Abney, and Issa Rae pushed their genres (and audiences) in challenging new directions, while writers

SCORE THE DOCTOR WHO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR RECORDED SOUND Thursday, Dec. 29, is the 200th birthday of Carl Ludwig (1816-95), the German physician who revolutionized the study of physiology. An assiduous, elegant experimenter, Ludwig analyzed bodily processes both humble (urine) and exalted (blood) to demonstrate that the same chemical and physical laws applied to living and non-living materials alike. Along the way, Ludwig inadvertently laid the groundwork for recorded sound. In the 1840s, he invented the kymograph: a soot-coated piece of paper wrapped around a rotating cylinder, across which a needle scratched a continuous record of transmitted movement or vibration. Ludwig first used it to chart variations in the respiration and blood pressure of dogs and horses. But others realized the machine could also make a representation of a sound source — place a tuning fork in contact with the needle, say, and the vibrations produced an undulating line. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville’s phonoautograph, developed in the late 1850s, went a step further, creating graphic representations of sounds carried through the air. Like Ludwig’s original kymograms, Scott’s phonoautograms were intended solely as visual records (though 21st-century computer technology has convert-

Pepe the Frog — my 2016 Thing of the Year — embodied the split personality of our country at this moment in its history. But he also demonstates for us our capacity to change for the better.

and commentators like Baratunde Thurston, MTV’s Franchesca Ramsey, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chinaka Hodge, Vinson Cunningham, and Damon Young and D. Marcellus Wright of VerySmartBrothas.com enforced a new standard of woke online. MIGHTY REAL: 2016 was the year VR and AR (that is, virtual reality and augmented reality) officially escaped the lab — and just in time for an unprecedented demand for replacement realities. The wild virtual critter chase launched by the launch of Pokemon Go! this summer found millions taking a (sometimes literal) crash course in augmented reality’s potential, with Microsoft and the mysterious Magic Leap waiting in the wings to superimpose their vision of the technology on the landscape. Meanwhile, virtual reality has reached Best Buy levels of actual reality. Between Samsung’s GearVR, Facebook’s Oculus Rift, Google’s Daydream (and Cardboard), HTC’s Vive, and an expanding selection of small-timer headsets, all that’s missing is a flood of content (check Steam right now, and just wait for 2017). VR will dramatically change the ways we shop, travel, chill, and socialize, but it may also revolutionize the way we see each other — and right now, any means toward shoring up empathy is worth looking into. COMIC RELIEF: And finally, no matter how bad this year got, dearest Internet, you were always good for a laugh. The past dozen years have shown us that the worst of times bring out the best of memes, and 2016 was no disappointment (and I mean exclusively in this regard). Just off the top of my head there was “Damn Daniel,” “Bernie vs. Hillary”, Ken Bone, Barack and Joe (and the burgeoning canon of other microplays), the (unrelated) amphibious trio of Dat Boi, Evil Kermit, and Pepe the Frog, and, at the buzzer, the heir apparent to Pizza Rat’s 2015 crown of crumbs, Pole-Dancing Rat. But it’s Pepe to whom I keep returning. A laid-back cartoon frog who originated as an innocent (if likely stoned) mascot for feelin’ good (and dropping trou to do #1), Pepe found himself hijacked by racist trolls during the heat of the election season — his signature chill hijacked and replaced with bleary-eyed hate all over Twitter. The happy ending is that Pepe creator Matt Furie went on to counter the co-option of Pepe by teaming with the Anti-Defamation league to cast him in a new role as anti-hate champion. As frogs go, Pepe still looks really high. But as memes go, he’s actually quite profound. This year, Pepe — my 2016 Thing of the Year — embodied the split personality of our country at this moment in its history. But he also demonstates for us our capacity to change for the better. It’s a whiff of hope amidst an otherwise icky swamp. Feels good man.

Michael Andor Brodeur can be reached at mbrodeur@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @MBrodeur.

ed them back into low-fidelity but recognizable sounds). But the possibilities were evident. Thomas Edison’s phonograph got there first — with a cylindrical design that owed more than a little to Ludwig’s kymograph. There was also, potentially, an indirect kymographic influence on music. Even after the advent of the phonograph, the kymograph remained an important tool in studying sound and music. Raymond Herbert Stetson, for instance, a psychologist with a musical bent, utilized it extensively. When Stetson was a Harvard graduate student, with teachers including the legendary William James, his kymograph records of muscle movements underpinned a theory of rhythm perception; later, he turned his kymographic attention to phonetics, analyzing speech and singing as a continuous physical process. Composer and musicologist Robin Maconie has raised the tantalizing possibility of Stetson’s influence on the musical avant-garde. Stetson spent a year in Paris in the 1920s, working with the French phonetician Jean-Pierre Rousselot on ideas of sound that, Maconie suggests, slipped into Parisian intellectual life and thus into the course of 20th-century modern music. (Among Stetson’s classmates under James was writer Gertrude Stein, who also ended up in Paris, central to the era’s cultural ferment.) Maconie has noted how Stetson’s three-part structuring of phonetic syllables echoes in composer Olivier Messiaen’s conception of rhythm. It’s speculation, but of an apposite kind: kymograph-derived concepts, like the apparatus itself, drawing a trace across the spin of sonic history. MATTHEW GUERRIERI

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MAXWELL “blackSUMMERS’night” One of R&B’s greatest talents for two decades running, the singersongwriter showed off his gift for crafting simmering, seductive soul on the follow-up to 2009’s “BLACKsummers’night.” Intricately arranged, with brushed drums and dry horns framing Maxwell’s sharp observations on the ups and downs of grown-up love, “SUMMERS” brings the heat on tracks like the sprawling “Lake by the Ocean” and the jittery “Lost.”

KING “We Are KING” Bringing together the vintagesynth geekery of Paris Strother and the gorgeously entwined vocals of Amber Strother and Anita Bias, this R&B trio (two-thirds of which attended Berklee) crafted a sumptuous debut that reached back to the eras of Quiet Storms and robo-funk jams while also having their gaze zeroed in on soul music’s future, balancing radio-ready gems like the punchy “The Greatest” and the powerful “Oh Please!” with gently blooming psych-soul meditations like “Red Eye.”

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MARISSA NADLER “Strangers” The seventh full-length from Jamaica Plain’s Nadler reinvents the American Gothic ideal, spinning yarns about solitary lives over uneasiness-tinged folk songs. The characters she sings of — the phone-assisted voyeur who narrates “Shadow Show Diane,” the shadow dweller of the title track — have life breathed into them by her spectral voice and arrangements that give the feeling of a dreamlife existence.

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RIHANNA “Anti” A searing look at womanhood from one of the most photographed stars in the galaxy, “Anti” turns its spotlight on the side of Rihanna that isn’t visible in her many paparazzi shots. Whirling through styles — clamorous trap on “Woo,” dub-tinged sourness on “Consideration,” towering balladry on the soaring “Love on the Brain” — “Anti” puts the peculiar type of loneliness and weariness particular to this always-on age on full display. BIGGEST SURPRISE BIRTHING HIPS “No Sorry” Combining post-punk’s spikiness, doom-metal’s sludgy low ends, twist-tie approaches to songcraft, and the confetti-cannon presence of vocalist Carrie Furniss, this Boston band explodes every expectation currently laboring under the rubric of “punk.” Their delightful, breakneck debut turns sighing ballads into platforms for dissonant guitar noodling (“What Am I Today?”) and throws mud in the eye of “women in rock” ideals (“Sex Bias”).

CHANCE THE RAPPER “Coloring Book” Yes, Chance the Rapper injected Kirk Franklin and the Chicago Children’s Choir into hip-hop, but perhaps more importantly, he injected joy in its purest form. From carefree late nights at the skating rink, to the annoying car rides after, to church the next morning, Chance managed to remain wide-eyed when those eyes could’ve easily been weary. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, “We Got It From Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service” Both a tribute to one of hip-hop’s most legendary groups and to the “funky 5-footer” Phife Dawg, who died in February after years of battling diabetes, A Tribe Called Quest’s return brought beautiful closure to the loss of a friend as well as to their own storied run in rap, with beats and rhymes that were politically piercing and painfully heartfelt.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS “Skeleton Tree” This year, three rock titans — David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, and Nick Cave — who had made peeking into the abyss crucial parts of their discography released records that dealt with mortality. Cave’s sweeping, urgent album takes a step back from the murder balladry he’s often engaged in and looks at death from the edges, with abstracted lyrics playing off the grandly dissonant music supplied by his bandmates.

THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN “A Man Alive” In order to fully explore the fallout from her father’s abandonment of her at a young age, Bay Area singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen switched up her sound, enlisting longtime friend Merrill Garbus to add jagged textures and about-to-burst loops to her vibrant pop. Songs like the bare-bones “Meticulous Bird” and the pensive “Astonished Man” are urgent and life-affirming, and the album is a powerful and hook-filled testament to art’s ability to heal.

FRANK OCEAN “Blonde” After waiting impatiently for four years, fans finally got not one but two Frank Ocean albums, and what did they do? Complain about the lack of drums. But the heartbeat of a 29-yearold using the ghosts of David Bowie and Elliott Smith to understand his place in the world was the percussion that drove this beautiful album. The wait was worth it.

NONAME “Telefone” By and large, the voices telling some of Chicago’s most gruesome stories have been male. It was either Chief Keef and King L glamorizing violence like South Side Crypt Keepers, or Kanye and Common using soul samples to get the city to soul search. But in a way that’s warm and inviting, Noname shows what it’s like to grow from a little girl on the playground in Bronzeville to a young woman who saw the problems her home deals with — but who also saw the sunshine in it all.

MIRANDA LAMBERT “The Weight of These Wings” Nashville’s favorite female outlaw defied expectations with this double album, which shows how country music’s central ideals can be communicated through honky-tonkin’ hoedowns and riff-heavy rock anthems alike. Songs like the regret-filled “Vice” and the dream-pop-leaning “Highway Vagabond” would have been alt-rock smashes two decades ago; tracks like the slide-guitar-accented “Well-Rested” and the real-talking “Ugly Lights” show why she’s at the top of country’s game now.

SOLANGE “A Seat at the Table” The third album from Knowles is a testament to the power of unapologetically asserting oneself that gains its strength through its sparse arrangements and arresting lyrics. Balancing declarations of self (“Don’t You Wait,” “Don’t Touch My Hair,” “Don’t Wish Me Well”) with odes to her forebears (the gently bubbling “Junie,” a series of brief chats with her mother and rapper/mogul Master P), Solange has crafted a personal statement that derives its potency from nuanced self-assuredness.

SOLANGE “A Seat at the Table” While Beyoncé has been bending the pop universe to her will, little sister Solange Knowles has been painstakingly exploring the depths of all the joy and aches that come with simply existing in America as a black woman. “The Table” is sensuous, soulful, and still searing in its examinations both internal and external. Funny enough, it connected with black men. Rick Ross and Common both laid verses to the infectious “Cranes in the Sky,” and Kaytranada remixed it. Beyoncé may have grabbed our eyes, but Solange grabbed our ears.

CHILDISH GAMBINO “Awaken, My Love!” With an FX series, “Atlanta,” that was pitch-perfect in its depiction of the black millennial experience, Donald Glover was miles ahead. Dropping this funked-up jam session was just running up the score. We get it Donald — you won 2016.

PINKSHINYULTRABLAST “Grandfeathered” Chaotic and joyful, this Russian shoegaze act’s pile-it-all-on approach to music goes beyond kitchen-sinkdom and into “entirety of the housewares department” territory. The guitar feedback, crashing drums, crackling synths, and giddy utterances of vocalist Lyubov Soloveva would all just be a bunch of noise if not for the band’s keen ear for simple yet potent pop hooks, which anchor the maelstrom.

DAWN RICHARD “Redemption” Freed from the expectations placed upon her by her former group Danity Kane, Richard has blossomed into one of R&B’s most potent innovators. Her third album takes inspiration from the club and the bayou alike, celebrating her Louisiana roots on tracks like the Trombone Shorty-assisted “LA” while asserting her unwillingness to be put in anyone’s box on the sparse “Vines” and steadying a jittery dance-floor-ready beat on “Voices.”

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SCHOOLBOY Q “Blank Face” Sometimes gangsta rap is a cartoon, sometimes it’s a novel. In many ways, ScHoolboy Q puts South Central Los Angeles on display with the same touches as Ryan Gattis in his 2015 novel “All Involved.” From the gang injunctions telling him where to go when he was just a middle-schooler, to the futility of a preacher trying to persuade him to keep a truce on Sundays, to uncles smoking what he was selling, the devil’s in Q’s details. KENDRICK LAMAR “untitled unmastered” More than just “To Pimp a Butterfly” leftovers, “untitled” is a fully formed extension of Kendrick’s massive 2015 think piece. It’s as lush, vivid, and pointed as his Grammywinning opus, in a smaller, possibly more potent dose.

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MAC MILLER “The Divine Feminine” Miller likes pseudonyms. Probably because it’s a way to shake the image of the party-loving rapper that frat packs adore and to truly explore where different sounds can take him. He dropped the “You” EP in 2012 under the name Larry Lovestein & the Velvet Revival. But on “Feminine” he takes the mask off and dives into love, lust, jazz, and funk. No shame in love. 21 SAVAGE AND METRO BOOMIN’ “Savage Mode” In tone and content, 21 Savage takes you on a tour though a tormented subconscious. It feels less like you’re hearing raps and more like you’re hearing the voices in his head. Meshed with Metro Boomin’s sinister ambient beats, it’s like music for the elevators in hell.

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BIGGEST SURPRISE GUCCI MANE “The Return East Atlanta Santa” The Gucci Mane parade was thrown as soon as he was released from prison in May, but you knew he was truly settled once the overflow of releases started coming. He released two East Atlanta Santa mixtapes while serving time, but “The Return” is a specially gift-wrapped stocking stuffer from Ol’ St. Brick.

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DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCI ETY “Real Enemies” This 78-minute CDlength piece for 18-piece orchestra is no less than Argue’s attempt to convey, musically, “a social history of paranoia in the United States since World War I.” Influenced by the 12-tone sounds of ’70s Hollywood cinema, he crafted a piece that was chilling, funny, and rollicking with varied grooves, strong solos, and the occasional drop-in spoken-word from John F. Kennedy, George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the like. Argue and the Secret Society gave the Boston premiere of the “Real Enemies” at the Museum of Fine Arts in October.

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NELS CLINE “Lovers” Cline — a musical polymath perhaps best known as a guitarist with Wilco — brought a special sense of personal intimacy to the idea of largeband orchestration, with help from arranger Michael Leonhart. The material ranges from Rodgers & Hart and Jimmy Giuffre to Sonic Youth’s “Snare, Girl,” interspersed with a good handful

of carefully weighted Cline originals. Cline’s performance at the Newport Jazz Festival with the “Lovers” ensemble was a standout. MELISSA ALDANA “Back Home” Aldana — the 2013 Thelonious Monk Competition winner, and a former Berklee student — continues to assert her authority with this

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CÉU “Tropix” Céu, from São Paulo, has a way of referencing the canon of Brazilian popular music — including samba, bossa nova, Tropicalia, and their derivations — yet never sounding the least bit imitative. Her astute songwriting, great musical taste (with top collaborators from Brazil’s rock and electronica scenes), and uncanny interplay of vocal languor and assertion are here at their peak.

CZERNOWIN: THE QUIET Various ensembles Harvard faculty member Chaya Czernowin deconstructs the possibilities of orchestral music, breaking it down to its atomic components and reforging it in improbable shapes. These five sonic tapestries are woven in subtle gestures that owe as much to sound’s absence as its presence. Don’t try to listen on the T.

BACH: FRENCH SUITES Murray Perahia, piano In his premiere release on Deutsch Grammophon, Perahia gives us an exquisitely sculpted rendition of Bach’s French Suites. Tender and precise, every note seems to dance under his hands. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Ko-

CHES SMITH “The Bell” Composer and drummer/ percussionist Smith — here with pianist Craig Taborn and violist (and former longtime Bostonian) Mat Maneri — is as likely to remind you of Morton Feldman as of Monk, here favoring the transparent textures, serene spaciousness, and repetitive patterns of minimalism. But it also gets loud. That meditative serenity can easily coalesce

PNL “Dans la légende” An immense hit in France, the second album by reclusive brothers Nabil and Tarik Andrieu, from the working-class suburb of Corbeil-Essonnes, confirms their seismic effect on France’s always-busy hip-hop scene. Woozy, melodic, and densely textured, with disabused lyrics that hover between sweetness and bitter profanity, it’s a landmark not just for French pop but for hip-hop overall.

THE DEER’S CRY The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, di rector Redoubtable British ensemble The Sixteen makes the new feel ancient and mysterious, and the old feel fresh and alive. This lush, luminous recording penetrates to the heart of intensely devotional works by Byrd, Tallis, and Pärt.

ÁGOCS: THE DEBRECEN PASSION Boston Modern Orchestra Project with Lorelei Ensemble, Lisa Bielawa and others; Gil Rose, conductor The first recording of assorted works by NEC faculty composer Kati Ágocs. The record’s core is “The Debrecen Passion,” a mystical confluence of the sacred and secular illuminated by the superb Lorelei Ensemble and BMOP. Also sublime is “Vessel,” which utilises the medieval technique of multiple simultaneous texts to create something unmistakably modern.

ERIC HOFBAUER QUINTET “Three Places in New England” A typically evocative piece for orchestra by the ornery early-20th century visionary Charles Ives gets broken down for this lucid, transparent chamber-jazz reading for guitar, trumpet, clarinet, cello, and percussion. It was the third entry in Boston-based guitarist/composer Hofbauer’s “pre-historic jazz” series, following Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” and Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time.”

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ABRAHAMSEN: LET ME TELL YOU Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Barbara Hannigan; Andris Nel sons, conductor The superb Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan shines like a white diamond on the debut recording of this delicate, coruscating piece. With Andris Nelsons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the music induces a cold frisson with every gesture. The recording is only 32 minutes long and feels shorter, but you’d be hard pressed to find a more substantial use of musical time and space.

SHOSTAKOVICH UNDER STALIN’S SHADOW — SYMPHONIES NOS. 5, 8 & 9: SUITE FROM “HAMLET” (LIVE) Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in a crisp, crackling rendition of three Shostakovich symphonies plus the oddly chipper “Suite from Hamlet,” netting the orchestra its second Grammy nomination in as many years. This Deutsch Grammophon recording captures the almost overwhelming effect of experiencing this music in Symphony Hall.

outing, matching the technical control and beauty of her tenor saxophone sound with tough-minded improvisations and group interplay, playing a mix of pieces by herself and trio-mates Pablo Menares (bass) and Jochen Rueckert (drums), plus a gorgeous take on Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin’s “My Ship.” JON LUNDBOM & BIG V CHORD “2016: EPs” Austin-based guitarist Lundbom and his longstanding Big V Chord — saxophonist Jon Irabagon and bassist Moppa Elliott (both of Mostly Other People Do the Killing), saxophonist Balto Exclamationpoint, and drummer Dan Monaghan — originally released these four EPs as digitalonly before collecting them on disc. Combining free improvisation with compositional deliberation, the band moves through rock and funk grooves and hard, bluesy, walking-bass swing, each CD anchored by a vintage Ornette Coleman composition.

MICHAEL FORMANEK ENSEMBLE KO LOSSUS “The Distance” This first big-band project by veteran bassist and composer Formanek reveals him as a master of the format: sustained, churning long forms with continuous development, clear relationships between improvised and written material, details that ring out as part of a clearly articulated whole. Animating the writing are solo contributions from the likes of saxophonist Chris Speed, cornettist Kirk Knuffke, and guitarist Mary Halvorson. CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS “I Long to See You” Here master saxophonist and flutist Lloyd joined his regular cohort of bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland with guitarist Bill Frisell and steel guitarist Greg Leisz for a program with a strong strain of Americana: Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” as well as Lloyd originals, hymns, and folk songs, with guest spots by Willie Nelson and Norah Jones. Lloyd and the Marvels played Berklee Performance Center in January and Scullers in December.

PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP “Habana Dreams” An extraordinary percussionist who settled in the United States nearly 20 years ago, Martínez returned to Havana to record in the legendary EGREM studios, with local artists joining his band on a fiery, soulful Afro-Cuban program. Back in New York, Wynton Marsalis, Ruben Blades, and Angelique Kidjo added material. The musicianship is exceptional, and so is the feeling.

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patchinskaja’s own string orchestra arrangement of Schubert’s immortal “Death and the Maiden” quartet is peppered with other musical memento moris: Byzantine chant, a merry Renaissance Toden Tanz, a Dowland lament, a craggy Kurtág Ligatura. Death never sounded so alive. FIRMINUS CARON: TWILIGHT OF THE MIDDLE AGES Huelgas Ensemble; Paul Van Nevel, director In impeccable, warm tones, Huelgas Ensemble paints a portrait of the Franco-Flemish composer Firminus Caron, a contemporary of Dufay about whom scarce personal information survives. This album’s offerings run the gamut from a contemplative composite Mass to secular chansons such as the plangent “Les despourveu infortune” and the rollicking “Corps contre corps,” which would necessitate an “Explicit Lyrics” sticker were it in English. REICH: MALLET QUARTET, SEXTET, NAGOYA MARIMBAS AND MUSIC FOR PIECES OF WOOD Third Coast Percussion These Chicago-based percussion adventurers ride Reich’s phasing waves with a subtle hint of slink. This is a record so trans-

lucent and playful that the phrases seem to leap out of your headphones, and individual blocks of wood melt into a blissful flow. TAYLOR BROOK: ECSTATIC MUSIC TAK Ensemble New York new-music chamber ensemble TAK pins down the musical magical realism of emerging composer Taylor Brook. These young, fearless players navigate Brook’s mechanized instruments and alternate tunings with fluid grace and confidence. BIGGEST SURPRISE JULIUS EASTMAN — FEMENINE S.E.M. Ensemble Minimalist composer Julius Eastman’s “Femenine” went unheard for decades, following his dismissal from academia, loss of scores, drug addiction, and death in poverty. As a proud gay black man with no patience for establishment politics, Eastman was unapologetically himself in everything he did, and his work is an important reminder that classical music has never been as homogenous as it seems. This recording of a 1974 performance, released on the Finnish label Frozen Reeds, is an invaluable glimpse into an almost-forgotten mind.

PHYNO “The Playmaker” Nigeria’s pop scene, Africa’s busiest and most influential, runs mostly on hits; even the good albums run long, with too much filler. Phyno, who comes from the city of Enugu and raps mostly in Igbo, breaks the pattern with his compelling second album and its nimble flow, toptier guest features, and some retro highlife tracks for extra sweetness. ALSARAH & THE NUBATONES “Manara” Brooklyn-based singer Alsarah has forged a niche making mu-

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around hard beats and fortissimo piano chords. Minimal doesn’t mean no drama. NOAH PREMINGER “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” Tenor saxophonist Preminger — a master with standards and ballads as well as an adventurous composer and bandleader — continued the exploration of the blues that began with last year’s “Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar,” this time with a collection of early Delta bluesmen, in original, imaginative arrangements. Working with the same band (trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Kim Cass, drummer Ian Froman), Preminger lets a little Ornette into his sound to join Coltrane and Rollins. One of the most emotionally satisfying discs of the year. ARUÁN ORTIZ “Hidden Voices” On this trio disc (with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Gerald Cleaver) Cuban-born pianist/ composer Ortiz creates a palette of sound that owes as much to American jazz’s experimental avant-garde as to the musical traditions of his homeland. The material ranges from exploratory originals to traditional Cuban son and a linking of two Ornette Coleman tunes, all delivered with vibrant immediacy. BIGGEST SURPRISE MILI BERMEJO & DAN GREENSPAN “Arte del Dúo” You could look at this album as the culmination (to this point, anyway) of a 40-year musical partnership between singer-composer (and longtime Berklee professor) Mili Bermejo and her husband, bassist Dan Greenspan. Developed over the course of a residency at Cambridge’s Lilypad, the material spans an idiosyncratic blend of Latin-American songs and originals. A little gem, this recording is both daring in its spare intimacy and profound in its fearless, joyful execution.

sic that draws deep on her Nubian culture (she was born in Sudan) while making the most of the cosmopolitan talent base that has cross-fertilized global roots music with electronic experimentalism in her adopted hometown. “Manara” is her group’s most finished achievement yet. LAKOU MIZIK “Wa Di Yo” A one-off project of mizik rasin (roots music) players after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti made music so good, they had to become a fullfledged band. “Wa Di Yo” signals a renewal of the traditional style, long eclipsed by tinny pop, and closes a generation gap, with young players surrounding elders like the spiritualminded drummer Samba Zao. LA YEGROS “Magnetismo” Martina Yegros, from Buenos Aires, is a recent force in the thriving electro-cumbia scene that has given fresh texture and energy to folk music from Argentina and Colombia in particular. Her sound has the style’s alluring swing and propulsion, but her songs add a welcome unruly vibe, treading the edges of soul, punk, and cabaret. SOUM BILL “Zougloumanity” A major figure in zouglou, a spare music of tricky percussions and quasi-rap lyrics that had a major social and political impact in Côte d’Ivoire some 10 to 20 years ago, Soum Bill returns with a lavish double album that has full-band orchestrations, reggae and funk accents, and the plaintive singing style that gives his social protest songs a tender feel. ROKIA TRAORÉ “Né So” The cosmopolitan Traoré is known for her hushed vocals but can raise the volume and pace like the best of her Malian peers. She sings here for Mali, which has suffered several years of war, but also for our broader, battered humanity. The songs range from classic Malian to crossover and a tad preachy — and a mesmerizing cover of “Strange Fruit.” PAPA WEMBA “Forever de génération en généra tion” This is a sad album, because it’s the compilation of fresh work the Congolese superstar Papa Wemba left behind when he died — after collapsing on stage — in April. But it’s a beautiful album too, with young collaborators from Congo, Mali, and Tanzania lending a contemporary, pan-African feel, and Wemba’s exquisite voice guiding the proceedings. BIGGEST SURPRISE ANOUSHKA SHANKAR “Land of Gold” After returning to her roots on a pure sitar album dedicated to her late father Ravi, Anoushka Shankar veers out on a hard-to-classify but stirring disc addressing the global refugee crisis. M.I.A. shows up on a nervy pop track; so does Vanessa Redgrave, reading a text. Best of all is the long suite “Crossing the Rubicon,” where Shankar does all the stretching.

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Britain (Conn.) Museum of American Art through Jan. 8, spotlights more than 80 works by close to 30 artists from their collection. It celebrates the collectors’ love of warm tones and painterly realism, from George Nick’s fiery, ephemeral landscapes to Paul Rahilly’s painstakingly composed still lifes and nudes. The couple, who live in a home with picture windows overlooking the ocean, didn’t set out to collect Boston art. They didn’t even realize their collection had that focus until Douglas Hyland, former director of the New Britain Museum, pointed it out to them as “As We See It” began to take shape. Examine their motivations for buying art, and you’ll see why they buy local. They cherish their relationships with painters. “This extraordinary collection . . . is specific to select artists in an in-depth and focused manner,” says Min Jung Kim, who took over from Hyland as director of the museum last year. “They have really supported many of the artists throughout their careers, developing personal relationships with them, following their lives and techniques.” “Making a painting is very hard,” observes Ernst. “And to do it in a consistent manner. We look at one painting of a painter, and connect them to the others over time.” Painter Steve Hawley met the couple about 15 years ago, when a friend brought Ernst to his Newburyport studio. The von Metzsches visit regularly to keep tabs on what he’s up to, and they commissioned him to paint portraits of two of their children. “They’re classic patrons of the arts, interested in really participating with the artist, with a real, open sense of excitement,” Hawley says. “And they buy it.” For one of their first dates, back in the late 1970s, the von Metzsches went to an opening at the Museum of Fine Arts. Ernst doesn’t remember them discussing the paintings. “With art, there’s not all that much

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Among the paintings from the collection of Gail and Ernst von Metzsch are (clockwise, from top): Eric Aho’s “Guilford Slate” (2008), Paul Rahilly’s “The Violinist” (1980), and Richard Sheehan’s “Untitled” (2006). to talk about,” he says. The art, in short, speaks directly to the viewer; the viewer’s job is to take it in. Growing up in Holland, Ernst visited the Rijksmuseum twice a year with his mother; she took up painting later in life. Ernst came to the United States in 1967 to pursue a PhD in geology at Harvard. In the 1970s, working for the investment firm Wellington Management, he met Stephen D. Paine, a legendary Boston collector who died in 1997. Paine worked there and managed the company’s art collection. He

introduced his younger colleague to New England contemporary art. Ernst, who had dabbled in collecting, started his Boston-based collection with a canvas by Richard Sheehan, who painted street scenes and highway underpasses with easy brushwork and sumptuous tones Now the von Metzsch collection numbers close to 200 pieces. In 1979, Ernst met Gail, a psychiatric nurse who had grown up in Peabody. They married in 1983, and spent most of that decade tending to their two young children, George and Julia.

It wasn’t until the 1990s that the two realized they shared an aesthetic. “We’d go to trash-and-treasure stores in Rockport or Gloucester, and find Cape Ann artists,” Gail says. “We bought two big seascapes for $100 each,” says Ernst. They look for mastery with materials. Earlier this month, their daughter, Julia von Metzsch Ramos, now a professional painter herself, gave Ernst a tube of Phoenician red paint for his birthday. He had taken up painting around the time he and Gail met. “[Julia] gave me a lecture about

what you can do with it, how you use it in different colors,” he says. Technical know-how, mark-making, glowing colors, and astute composition all play a part in the couple’s taste. They don’t favor abstraction, but they like representational works that push toward the abstract. In a catalog essay for “As We See It,” Ernst writes of their affection for the palettes of American Impressionists and painters of the Ashcan School. The American Impressionists, and specifically painters of the Boston School, such as Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson, are a strength in the museum’s collection. “Given the concentration of artists the von Metzsches focus on from the New England area, we could see [their collection] as a continued trajectory of the Boston School artists,” says Kim. An element of sheer visual and sensual pleasure runs through the collection. They don’t want to put social polemic, angst, or violence up in their dining room. “I think Lucian Freud is a great painter,” Ernst says. “But his unwashed nudes in an attic in London — I wouldn’t want to live with them all day.” The collection includes portraits and still lifes, but landscapes and cityscapes take center stage. George Nick has painted a rocky outcropping beside their house. “Maybe we have a strong identity of place,” Gail says. That, along with befriending artists, is what makes a collector of regional art. Indeed, the relationships they form far outweigh whatever value a painting has. They have bought work from artists just out of art school, from artists with no gallery representation, and from artists with long-standing, successful careers. “Collecting art for value doesn’t make any sense,” Ernst says. “If you buy a painting from a living painter, you never waste money, because you’re supporting the artist.” Cate McQuaid can be reached at cmcq@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter @cmcq.

RISE NOW THAT KENICE MOBLEY AND COMEDY HAVE CONNECTED, THERE’S NO TURNING BACK Age: 31 Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. Think of: She’s a big fan of Aziz Ansari, which shows sometimes in her enthusiastic delivery, and her material is reminiscent of Gary Gulman. What caught our eye: Her own sets at The Comedy Studio, and her roast with Emily Ruskowski on Boston’s “Comic vs. Comic” show.

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Light bulb moment: Mobley came to Boston to get her MFA in film production from Boston University, a program she ultimately finished in Los Angeles. She had performed at a couple of open mikes in both cities, but a turning point came when she took a class at ImprovBoston and overheard some students talk about how it was so much fun to try standup. She couldn’t understand the idea of doing it on a whim, of not taking it seriously. “Even though I’ve just done this a couple of times, this seems right,” she remembers thinking. Biggest thrill: Mobley mentions two. She loves to win over an audience that other comics couldn’t crack. And she loves it when a joke almost writes itself, because that’s not how herprocess usually works. “I’ll kind of attack [a premise] from a few different angles on paper, and work it out like a math problem,” she says. “Other times, a joke will just pop into my head almost fully formed, and I love that feeling.” Biggest surprise: She was never the class clown, and she says she’s not even the funniest or most outspoken person in her family. So it surprised Mobley that she found a community of people doing standup from unlikely backgrounds, and it made her wonder why she hadn’t started earlier. “How did I not know this was a thing before this? I didn’t start comedy until I was 27.” Inspired by: When she sees other comedians hustling, it motivates her to work harder. “I know that they’re out night after night after night and during the day they’re just writing more and more material,” she says. “That I respect a ton and that always inspires me to do more.” Aspires to: She’s done comedy in Boston and Los Angeles, and now she’s prepared to take on New York. “I like my material now, but I know I’m definitely still young in the game,” she says. “I want to get better material, create more material, and do it in front of a greater variety of audiences.” For good luck: Eating something before going onstage helps her keep focused. But she also has a more unusual practice to keep her on her toes. “I like needing to go to the bathroom — it cre-

ates an urgency,” she says, laughing. “I will drink a large container of water sometimes before I have to go onstage just so that my body is like, ‘Things are going on! Everything’s happening right now!’ ” It calms the kinds of anxieties that might detract from her performance. “It distracts me from my brain nervousness and makes me focus on body nervousness,” she says. “It’s great! Anything that gets me out of my head.” What people should know: Mobley splits her time between standup, podcasting, and using her filmmaking skills. She wrote and produced the Web series “Allston X-Mas,” and has written, produced, and directed short films. There are two Web series in the works, one with Boston comedian Sam Ike, that will come out in the next year. She also hosts and produces the “Person About Town” podcast. “I want to keep being able to do all three, but I know that different things will take precedence at different times.” Coming soon: She’ll be doing standup at the “Sailor Moon Shoujo Spectacular!” show at Oberon in Cambridge Dec. 29, and she’ll be playing Nick’s Comedy Stop in Boston with headliner Will Noonan on New Year’s Eve. She’ll also be appearing regularly at The Comedy Studio. Links: www.kenicemobley.com, Twitter @kfmawesomeness NICK A. ZAINO III

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BUZZSAW | MATTHEW GILBERT Dear All, Happy holidays to our many, many close friends and relatives! So very much has happened this year, big wonderful things we can’t wait to share with you in this, our annual holiday letter. Of course some of you have already seen our announcements and celebrations as they’ve appeared on our popular Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds, but here’s our fabulous, fun, and generally fantastic year all in one place. We’ve been quite busy, as you’ll see — no sitting back lazily in front of the TV for us!! First of all, our dear cousins Edith and Mary both had excellent news to share this year. Edith and her beau, Bertie, finally got hitched. So proud! And Mary is pregnant with her second child, who’ll join her beloved Georgie (who, by the way, has such a lovely connection with his manny, Thomas “Bawwow”). What is Mary doing in the meantime, before the baby comes? She’s taking a crazy road trip, but she’s on good behavior for sure. And how could I not mention our loyal maid, Anna, who’s had so very many legal troubles in recent years? She now has a child, a boy, after a tricky pregnancy that kept us all on edge. Martha, our cherished friend, has up and moved to Russia! We are so delighted for her, and only wish she’d found more time to celebrate before her departure. She’s one of the most studious of secretaries, but she’s also a dreamer who follows her unfailingly wise impulses. We may not see her for a long time, but we take pleasure knowing that she’ll be with her longdistance comrade, Nina, chilling with their feet up. On the health front, my husband’s brother, Jon, has rebounded from his dire illness thanks to the fine work of Dr. Melisandre, who, by the way, retired after Jon’s case and moved south. We’re so glad that, at her very advanced age, she was still practicing when we needed her! She sure knows how to work her medical magic. Also, Jon, who was adopted, made a lot of progress on finding his birth parents! Mazel tov!

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Clockwise from top left: Michelle Dockery as Mary and Laura Carmichael as Edith in “Downton Abbey,” Judith Light as Shelly and Jeffrey Tambor as Maura in “Transparent,” Sterling K. Brown (left) as Randall and Ron Cephas Jones as William in “This Is Us,” and Alison Wright as Martha in “The Americans.” Speaking of finding birth parents, our nephew Randall, an extremely successful money guy, tracked down his father, William, and they’ve become quite close. Just thinking about them spending time together, so dear to each other now, with Randall so tall

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see him in his next triumphant career move, a play called “Back of an Egg.” Changes, changes. So, you all remember our great and brilliant friend Bernard? He has changed his name! He’s now going by Arnold, for reasons that are very deep and personal for

him and far too complicated to go into here. And Delores, part of that same group of friends? She, too, has changed her name! She now prefers to go by Wyatt, also for reasons too complicated to go into here. She’s a real doll, that lady, as well as a great host (we spent a week out west visiting her!). She is growing into more and more of an activist as time goes on, breaking out of life’s predictable loops. You go Wyatt! We know you’re all hoping for word of our cousins the Pfeffermans, since they’ve been in such transition of late. Let us say that we’ve seen Shelly’s one-woman show, “To Shel and Back,” and it is spectacular. It’s fun but it’s poignant, it’s musical but it’s bittersweet, it’s dark but it’s jubilant, yeah. She and Buzz broke up, alas, but Shelly has 100 Twitter followers and counting, so there. We don’t like to brag, as you all know. Christmas is not a time for boastful self-regard. But we have to admit, our growing friendship with billionaire Bobby Axelrod — we call him just Axe — has been awfully exciting. He took us to Quebec to see Metallica! Yes, I’m sure you’ve all read about his ongoing war with US Attorney Chuck Rhoades. Men! Anyhow, Axe has decided to do a complete redo of his offices, so he’s taken the walls down to their studs. We’re sure it will be gorgeous. We’re all tired of the election, I know, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention the biggest event of the year. We weren’t “with her,” which many of you know since we prayed openly that he would prevail. He is the kind of leader we need, the kind who refuses to play by the rules, a man who will make a lot of necessary changes to the status quo. OK, so he likes the ladies. That’s all just “bro” talk. We promise you, Jonah Ryan is going to be the best Congressman that New Hampshire has ever had. On that note, we’d like to wish all of you happy holidays and best wishes for the coming year, which, we hope, will be as special, wonderful, winning, spectacular, and bountiful as 2016 was for us. Matthew Gilbert can be reached at gilbert@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewGilbert.

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August Wilson (in an undated photo) had one request regarding the film adaptation of his play “Fences”: a black director. Denzel Washington (below, on set) is its director and star.

ugust Wilson’s searing play “Fences” opened on Broadway in 1987, selling out 526 performances and earning Wilson the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award, and the Drama Critics’ Circle Award. The production took in $11 million at the box office, a record for any non-musical production at the time. Paramount Pictures snapped up the film rights that year for $1 million at the request of a young actor named Eddie Murphy, who wanted to play a supporting role. Three decades later, the long-awaited film, directed by Denzel Washington, who stars alongside Viola Davis, opens nationwide on Christmas Day. Wilson died of liver cancer at the age of 60 in 2005, so he is not around to share the glory. But given the play’s enormous success, its soaring language, and universal appeal, why has it taken so long to hit the big screen? Therein lies a tale about one playwright’s dogged insistence on cultural authenticity — and his refusal to back down. Set in Wilson’s native Pittsburgh in 1957, “Fences” tells the story of patriarch Troy Maxson, a veteran of Negro League baseball who couldn’t get a shot at the Major Leagues because of the color of his skin. He is a garbage collector who has done time in jail and harbors deep rage. He battles with his son Cory and wrestles with the mythological Mr. Death, daring the Grim Reaper to try and get him. He is a tragic hero, a King Lear of his time. Wilson and his agent/attorney, John Breglio, met with Murphy at his New Jersey estate. “Eddie was incredibly respectful and deferential to August,” Breglio says. “He was in awe of

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the property.” Murphy was fresh off such box-office hits as “Trading Places” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” and Wilson had just one request: a black director. Wilson later recalled that Murphy told him, “I don’t want to hire nobody just ’cause they’re black,” to which Wilson replied, “Neither do I.” Wilson wrote about that conversation in the October 1990 issue of Spin magazine, which was guest-edited by director Spike Lee and featured an article headlined “The New Black Cinema.” Wilson reiterated his call for a black director — not based on race, but on cultural responsibility. He said that his request was met with “blank vacant stares and the pious shaking of heads” by Paramount executives. Breglio attended the meetings at Paramount and says Wilson was angry and frustrated. And he stood his ground, despite some claims that his demand was a form of reverse racism. Wilson’s widow, Constanza Romero, says the playwright was keen on Charles Burnett, director of the 1978

film “Killer of Sheep.” At one point, a Paramount executive sent the project to director Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”), who is white, and Levinson flew to New York to see the play. But that arrangement didn’t work out. While there was no contractual clause that allowed Wilson to choose a director, his words had power and ignoring them would invite a hornet’s nest of issues. “The people at Paramount were walking on fire,” Romero says. “August had a way of making people hear him and be scared of going against his wishes, and he was not going to be one of those writers who melt into the background.” The notion that no black director was “qualified” infuriated Wilson, who once quit a job at a toy store when the manager warned him not to steal from the stockroom. He wrote, “The skills of black lawyers, doctors, dentists, accountants, and mechanics are often greeted with skepticism, even from other blacks. ‘Man, you sure you know

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or more than 30 years, Laura Dern’s penchant for slightly off-kilter but basically decent characters has created a rich and textured body of work. “Woman Inherits the Earth: The Films of Laura Dern,” continuing this week at the Museum of Fine Arts, isn’t a complete offering of her prodigious output of films, but it’s an impressive sampling of Dern’s daring performances, starting with her earliest leading role at 18 in Joyce Chopra’s “Smooth Talk” (1985). Based on a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, “Smooth Talk” casts Dern as Connie, a self-absorbed teen infatuated with the discovery of her own sexual power. When Connie attracts the attention of a predatory older man (Treat Williams), she finds herself

caught up in a tense adult situation. “Smooth Talk” screens Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. Working with another woman director, Martha Coolidge, Dern earned her first Oscar nomination for “Rambling Rose” (1991), another incisive portrait of a young woman trying to navigate her own blossoming sexuality, this time in 1930s Georgia. Dern’s Rose has been sent to work as a servant for the Hillyer family ostensibly because of her “promiscuity.” Dern’s mother, Diane Ladd, plays the Hillyer family matriarch and also received an Oscar nod for supporting actress. It screens Dec. 29 at 5:30 p.m. Jumping ahead 25 years, the series presents Kelly Reichardt’s much-acclaimed 2016 feature “Certain Women” on Dec. 29 at 8 p.m. Dern plays a harried, well-meaning small-town lawyer trying to deal with an erratic client

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what you doing?’ ” No doubt he would have had quite a few words about last winter’s controversy over the Academy Awards, when only white actors and actresses were nominated for Oscars for the second year in a row, prompting the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. Wilson could wait. He was intent on finishing his American Century Cycle, a series of 10 plays about the African-American experience in the 20th century. Breglio says Wilson routinely turned down screenplay offers. He did write a few versions of the “Fences” screenplay, although the film that was made uses the original script. And Wilson didn’t go to the movies much, although his favorite film was Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather,” partly because he admired the veritas that shined through the lens of an ItalianAmerican directing a film about his own culture. Wilson did want to see his play reach a wider audience. And so it was fortuitous when Washington and Davis starred in a sold-out Broadway revival of “Fences” in 2010. Both actors won Tony Awards. A light bulb went off in Hollywood. Here was a huge star who understood Wilson’s characters deep in his soul. And in 2015, Washington inked a deal with HBO to produce adaptations of all of Wilson’s plays. Washington said in a recent telephone interview from London that he had just learned the full backstory of the big-screen “Fences,” though it is widely known in theater and film circles. Actor Russell Hornsby, who portrays Maxson’s older son, Lyons, in the film, addressed the controversy headon in a separate interview. “It is important to have a black director,” Hornsby says. “It is not just about telling the story, but about cultural specificity. Denzel says he knows what brown hair smells like in the morning. That is cultural specificity, putting on that Vaseline.” Both he and Washington note that Martin Scorsese could have directed “Schindler’s List,” and Steven Spielberg could have directed “GoodFellas,” but the films would have been less authentic. “There are cultural differences, not racial differences, that are specific to African-American culture,” Washington says. And there are touches in the film that ring true to Washington’s own childhood in Mount Vernon, N.Y. — religious icons on the walls, church calendars, advertisements for funeral homes. Plastic slipcovers guard the living room furniture. “We were never allowed to sit on the — quote, unquote — ‘good’ furniture,” Washington says. Wilson would surely appreciate those details. His cycle celebrated the people he knew growing up in Pittsburgh. He captured their values, their rhythms. “He exalted them,” Hornsby s ay s . “ He m a d e t h e m k i n g s a n d queens. Society hasn’t done that. He made us matter in a way that no one ever has.” And it took a star of Washington’s magnitude to get the film done. “I just wish August was around to see it,” says Breglio. “His day has come, finally.”

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in the first of Reichardt’s trio of vignettes (the others star Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, and Lily Gladstone) all set in the desolate open spaces of Montana. Reichardt adapted “Certain Women” from three short stories by Montana native Maile Meloy. The film, which has drawn critical praise, is the latest example of Dern’s career-long collaborations with adventurous directors, including Paul Thomas Anderson and David Lynch. In Anderson’s “The Master,” which will screen on 35mm Dec. 28 at 7:30 p.m., Dern has a small but crucial role as Helen Sullivan, a devout follower and benefactor of cult

leader Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who begins to question Dodd’s teachings and methods. Dern made four films with Lynch, including “Inland Empire” (2006), which closes the series on Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. Dern gives a powerhouse performance as Nikki Grace, a married actress working on a Hollywood film about a love affair in the American South. Nikki becomes involved with her costar (Justin Theroux) and the two rapidly lose track of the line between reality and cinematic fantasy. T h e M FA i s s c r e e n i n g D a v i d Lynch’s personal 35mm print of “Inland Empire.” It will be preceded by

Onscreen play Audiences can feast on more fearless acting with the “National Theater Live” production of Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. After a run on Broadway, the production returned to London’s West End stage where it was broadcast live to movie theaters. The Coolidge Corner Theatre hosts an encore presentation on Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. McKellen and Stewart starred in Samuel Becket’s “Waiting for Godot” in 2009, then reunited with director Sean Mathias for Pinter’s 1975 dark comedy. The actors play a pair of aging writers whose night of drinking and telling tales gradually turns into a power game. The broadcast of “No Man’s Land” will be followed by a question and answer session with the cast and the director. Fo r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n g o t o www.coolidge.org. Loren King can be reached at loren.king@comcast.net.

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A scene from Federico Fellini’s ‘Roma.’

ation on “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”), clerics in increasingly bizarre vestments strut, roller skate, and bicycle along the catwalk, with robes and mitres adorned with mirrors and flashing lights. The silliness gives way to uneasiness, as the costuming becomes macabre, with glittering empty vestments spangled with skulls, skeletons, and cobwebs. Finally the audience falls to its knees in awe and adoration as the show unfurls its piece de resistance: an enormous, radiant monstrance of many subtle colors, pulsating with hallucinogenic malevolence, enshrining a creepy facsimile of the face of Pope Pius XII.

Fellini ends his movie not with an embrace of his beloved city, but a flight from it, or at least from this dead, apotheosize patriarch at its heart. Scores of motorcycles zoom through the empty night streets, zipping past the history of Rome as enshrined in its ruins, down to the autostrada, and like latter-day vandals, into the world beyond. “Roma” is available from the Criterion Collection on DVD ($29.95) and Blu-Ray ($39.95). For more information go to www.criterion.com/ films/28039-roma. Peter Keough can be reached at petervkeough@gmail.com.

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emory is one person’s distortion of the past. History is that of the consensus. The latter may be more reliable and factual, but the former can be more illuminating and cinematic. It can also be, within its subjective limitations, closer to the truth, especially when transformed by a genius such as Federico Fellini in his 1972 masterpiece, “Roma,” recently re-released on DVD by the Criterion Collection. A single documentary can’t contain an entire city with its multiplicity in time and place and its multitudes of souls, but it can express the documentarian’s experience of it. In silent classics such as Walter Ruttman’s rhapsodic day-in-the-life of a metropolis, “Berlin: Symphony of a Great City” (1927), and Dziga Vertov’s dizzying four-city tour, “Man With a Movie Camera” (1929 ), as well as Guy Maddin’s more recent, oddball masterpiece, “My Winnipeg” (2007), documentaries have long employed imaginative means to convey a reality that is more psychological than

materialistic. Psychology for Fellini meant Carl Gustav Jung, whose more mystical alternative to Freudian analysis began to influence the director in the early 1960s. It inspired the near solipsistic selfexploration of his masterpiece “8½” (1963) and the surreal and sentimental “memoir ” “Amarcord” (1973). Fellini ventured with this Jungian point of view into the distant past in “Fellini Satyricon” a grotesque adaptation of Petronius’s satire of ancient Roman decadence, and into the world of today with the seemingly structureless series of vignettes in “Roma.” The vignettes represent the gradual progression of the filmmaker’s consciousness from the fringes of the city, both geographical and psychic, to its ineffable heart. It begins with the authorial voice-over (delivered not by the squeaky-voiced Fellini himself but by mellifluous voice actor Adalberto Maria Merli) describing his first encounter with Rome — an ancient milestone outside his hometown of Rimini, shot at dusk with the silhouettes of peasants — one bearing a scythe, like Death — migrating to the big city.

Fellini learns more about Rome as a schoolboy from his Fascist-era teachers. A pedantic headmaster takes Fellini and his fellow uniformed students to the banks of the Rubicon — now a puny trickle — to reenact Caesar’s fateful crossing and his famous quote “Alea iacta est!” (“the die is cast!”). In a school assembly monitored by priests, slides are shown of various classical artifacts, including an image of the she-wolf that suckled the city’s mythic founders Romulus and Remus. Then the scene disintegrates into laughter and threats of damnation from the scandalized clerics because some trickster has snuck in an image of a woman’s posterior. Finally, on the eve of World War II, the callow, good-natured 18-year-old Fellini (Peter Gonzales) enters the city himself. It is 1939, and his first exposure includes a rooming house and al fresco banquet of urban gluttony, crudeness, high spirits, and picturesque squalor that is like a lower class, Fascistera version of “Satyricon.” As someone comments later about the raucous crudities of a vaudeville music hall, “It is a modern day Saturnalia. A combination of the Circus Maximus and a brothel.” This link between eras is underscored in a haunting image of a nocturnal street fitfully illuminated by a welder’s torch. The shadows of whining stray dogs cast on the wall resemble the sculpture of

the mythical she-wolf from the schoolroom slide show. “But what of Rome today?” asks the laconic narrator. Like the scene in “La Dolce Vita” (1960) in which a baroque statue of Christ is hoisted by a modern-day helicopter over the ruins of a Roman aqueduct, Fellini por trays t he p r e se nt a s interlayered and contemporaneous with the past. Approaching the city along the newly constructed autostrada with his documentary crew riding on a camera crane, Fellini records a traffic jam in a downpour. The scene includes, along with honking vehicles and squashed cattle from an overturned truck, such phantasmagoria as a riderless white steed and a peddler with a cart. Later, the documentarians accompany the supervisor of a project excavating a new Roman subway. Drilling halts when it encounters a chamber containing a perfectly preserved Roman home, with frescos staring from the walls. But once the wall is pierced the air rushes in and the frescoes fade into nothing. That these “documentary” events are mostly shot on Cinecittà soundstages does not, for Fellini, diminish their veracity. Instead, since the world is what is perceived by the imagination through the lens of the collective unconscious, the artificiality of these scenes enhances their reality. There is no question that one of the film’s most entertaining and ultimately frightening sequences is an elaborate artifice. In the decaying palazzo of a moribund princess, an audience of nuns, priests, and church hierarchy assembles to enjoy an “ecclesiastic fashion show.” Backed by Nino Rota’s score (it sounds like a diabolical vari-

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Garrett Zevgetis’s “Best and Most Beautiful Things” tells the story of Michelle Smith, a young woman from Maine whose life has had its share of troubles. Her younger brother died as a child. Her parents divorced when she was 13. And she is legally blind and diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. Many young people with far less to deal with have had trouble making the transition to adulthood, but Smith (who is 22 at the conclusion of the film) perseveres, and finds in her dif-

ferences strength, and in the challenges to her independence ways to achieve freedom and individuality. Living in rural Maine, Smith did not have a community that she felt she belonged to until she attended the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown. There she learned skills, developed friendships, and received guidance from teachers and counselors. But when she graduated, she returned to the uncertainties of a world where she was regarded as abnormal or incapable and which offered few opportunities for employment or ad-

vancement. She felt bereft, but then found kinship and a means of expression from an unexpected source. It’s not an easy road, and it takes some abrupt turns. Zevgetis shows restraint in telling the tale, relating the narrative without intruding on it, employing dramatic ellipses, subtle suspense, and evocative imagery. He allows both Smith and her struggling, supportive mother to relate the ups and downs of her path. Smith’s spirit is charismatic and unbreakable. The title of the film comes from Helen Keller’s statement

that “the best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt by the heart.” By the end of this film, your heart will have had a workout. “Best and Most Beautiful Things is available on iTunes. It will premiere on PBS’s “Independent Lens” on Jan. 2 at 10 p.m. For more information go to www.bestandmostbeautiful things.com. Far from home As most Americans enjoy their holidays, millions flee turmoil in their homelands. Beginning in 2011, the greatest migration crisis since the end of World War II has resulted in untold misery and divisive political challenges. James Bluemel’s documentary “Exodus” lets several of these unfortunates tell their own stories, often through smartphone and video footage they have taken themselves. They come from Syria, Gambia, Afghanistan, and other stricken countries. Thousands die crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy boats, and many of those who survive end up in the limbo of wretched detention camps. They are people like us, who have undergone trauma that few of us can imagine. See “Exodus” on Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS’s “Frontline,” or stream it for free at pbs.org/frontline. For more information go to www.pbs.org/frontline/exodus. Peter Keough can be reached at petervkeough@gmail.com.

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wants to come in halfway on someone else’s favorite TV series, and the On Demand menu is a vast desert of direct-to-cable chum. There’s a need crying out here, not to mention my own desperate need to file one last column for the year. So thank you, briand7, and here are 10 movies that you probably haven’t seen and that you possibly may like. General ground rules: These aren’t necessarily classics of world cinema — just movies I’ve personally enjoyed over the years and that I hope will provide some entertainment, dramatic tension, and/or food for discussion. No four-hour Romanian documentaries about animal husbandry. I’ve noted the On Demand outposts where each film is available; a few require Amazon Prime membership. Only three can be streamed on Netflix, a sign of that service’s increasing uselessness for anything beyond stuff that came out last week. All can be found on DVD, perhaps at your local library. As always, your recommendations are welcome. Oh, and happiest of holidays to you and yours, and best wishes for the new year. May we all learn to be kinder to each other in 2017. “The Counterfeiters” (2007) A nervewracking true-life suspense drama about WWII concentration camp prisoners — etchers, forgers, career criminals — selected by the Nazis to counterfeit British pounds and bring England ’s economy crashing down. Austrian character actor Karl Markovics gets a shot at leading man glory as an amoral survivor who finds the artist inside him waking, along with a pesky conscience. If you liked “The Lives of Others” (2006), you’ll like this. An Oscar winner for best foreign language film. (Amazon, iTunes, DVD) “I Know Where I’m Going!” (1945) One for the headstrong women in your family — that’s all of them, I hope — and certainly a must for any “Outlander” fan. Wendy Hiller doesn’t travel through time here but her character, a young woman off to marry a rich man

order up Cretton’s 2008 Sundancewinning short version by mistake — well, that’s pretty amazing, too. (Amazon, iTunes, DVD, Netflix) “Son of Rambow” (2007) No, it’s not a lost Sylvester Stallone vehicle. Yes, it’s one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen, a lunatic little British coming-ofage comedy about a home-schooled naïf (Bill Milner) with a knack for moviemaking and the class bad boy (Will Poulter, astounding) who has the camera. Screen it with the kids and watch them get ideas. (Amazon Prime, iTunes, DVD)

she doesn’t love, does pass into some kind of enchanted realm when she’s stranded on a Scottish island with a group of eccentric villagers and the dirt-poor local laird (Roger Livesey). Co-directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (“ The Red Shoes”), it has some of the same whimsical DNA as “Local Hero” (1983) and other magical-surrealist comedy romances. (Amazon, DVD) “It’s Always Fair Weather” (1955) So “La La Land” has you ga-ga for movie musicals and you’d like to watch one where the actors actually know how to sing and dance? (Sorry, Emma and Ryan.) This is the least known of the Gene Kelly MGM classics, and for a reason: It’s dark in a way that seemed off-putting in 1955 and seems cheerfully wised-up now. Kelly, Dan Dailey, and Michael Kidd play Army pals who get together 10 years later and discover they hate each other — for a while, anyway. All you have to know is that Kelly tap-dances on roller-skates, all three stars dance with garbage can lids on their feet, and a boxing gym full of pugs serenades long-limbed Cyd Charisse. (iTunes, DVD, and it’s on Turner Classics on Jan. 18 — introduced by “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle.) “Locke” (2013) England’s Tom Hardy is an amazing actor and a big old ball of charisma, and he is literally the whole show here. His character — a tormented architect named Ivan Locke — spends the entire movie driving to London at night to visit the women who’s giving birth to his child while stalling an outraged wife, an angry son, and a skyscraper project on the verge of collapse. How Hardy and director Steven Knight keep us locked into one lonely man on a busy highway isn’t a mystery — it’s just very good filmmaking. (Amazon, iTunes, DVD) “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont” (2005) It’s that rarity, a movie about friendship, in this case between a neglected old lady (Joan Plowright) and the young writer down the street (Rupert Friend of “Homeland”). Based on

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a novel by Elizabeth Taylor (no, not that one) and directed by Dan Ireland, it’s a droll little drama about human connection and a lovely thing on all levels. Those seeking more kink are directed to “Harold and Maude” (1971), and please don’t tell me you haven’t seen that one. (Amazon Prime, DVD)

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“Short Term 12” (2013) Another movie I’ve recommended a lot, especially after Brie Larson hit it big last year in “Room.” One of the actress’s first starring roles, it casts her as the manager of a California halfway house for adolescents, and what sounds like “Dangerous Minds VII” is given vibrant authenticity by writer-director Destin Cretton’s own experiences in a similar facility. Look for future stars Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”), Stephanie Beatriz (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), and Keith Stanfield (“Atlanta”), and if you

“Tucker and Dale vs. Evil” (2010) A comedy for the horror fans, but nongorehounds can enjoy it, too. The conceit: What if the kill-crazy hillbillies in grindhouse classics like “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” were actually misunderstood nice guys who just happened to be standing there when the teenagers tripped and fell into the wood-chipper. It eventually turns silly, but stars Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine keep it going longer than they have any right to. Suggested double bill choice: “ReAnimator” (1984). (Amazon, iTunes, Netflix, DVD) “A Very Long Engagement” (2004) Everyone knows Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie” (2001). No one remembers the movie he made next, a bent WWI epic that stars Audrey Tautou as a woman who just won’t believe her lover (Gaspard Ulliel) was killed on the battlefields of France and who embarks on a multi-year quest to find out what happened. The payoff is worth the two-hour-plus running time, and just when you least expect it Jodie Foster turns up speaking flawless French. (Amazon, iTunes, DVD) “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972) Maybe you’ve seen this already, but maybe it’s been a few decades, and maybe it’s new to everyone else in your house. Peter Bogdanovich’s homage to classic screwball comedies pits nerd geologist Ryan O’Neal against hot force of nature Barbra Streisand, and the cast is stacked with brilliant supporting players. A perfectly insane movie, and worth watching alongside its inspiration, 1938’s “Bringing Up Baby.” (Amazon, iTunes, DVD) Ty Burr can be reached at ty.burr@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @tyburr.

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MOVIE STARS New releases YY Assassin’s Creed The smash-hit video game inspires a stilted, static movie. Super-secret society battles super-secret society — Assassins vs. Knights Templar — with the future of free will at stake. OK, if you say so. A lavishly talented cast — Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling — gets lavishly wasted. In English and Spanish, with subtitles. (115 min, PG-13) (Mark Feeney)

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YYY½ Fences Denzel Washington directed this film version of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with he and Viola Davis re-creating their Tony-winning performances from the 2010 Broadway revival. You don’t get groundbreaking cinema, but what you do get — two titanic actors and a great American tragedy — makes up for that. (140 min., PG-13) (Ty Burr) YY½ Lion The true saga of Saroo Brierley, who wandered away from his Bengali village at 5, was adopted by a family around the globe, and found his way home via Google Earth. It’s a foolproof audience-pleaser of a story, so great

filmmaking craft is neither necessary nor present. With Dev Patel as the adult Saroo, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara. (120 min., PG-13) (Ty Burr) YY½ Passengers In the future (sooner than later at the rate things are going) masses of humanity will emigrate to distant planets. They will travel for a century or more in suspended animation on starships. What happens when a man and a woman wake up 90 years too soon and fall in love? So-so dialogue and a generic plot spoils their paradise. (116 min., PG-13) (Peter Keough) YY Patriots Day Peter Berg’s re-creation of the events surrounding the

2013 Boston Marathon bombing is neither great nor gawdawful. Starring Mark Wahlberg in an invented law enforcement role , it’s professionally made, slickly heartfelt, and offered up as an act of civic healing. At best, it’s unnecessary. At worst, it’s vaguely insulting. (133 min., R) (Ty Burr) YYY Sing This animated feature takes the shabby-theater charm of “The Muppet Show” and burnishes it for the “American Idol” generation. Can-do koala Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) puts on an open singing competition to save his struggling venue, attracting contestants voiced

by Reese Witherspoon, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson, and Seth MacFarlane. It’s a menagerie more fully and memorably realized than in “Zootopia.” (108 min., PG) (Tom Russo) YY½ Why Him? “Father of the Bride” zaniness gets repackaged with dope tattoos and digital-native aesthetics in a James Franco-Bryan Cranston teaming that’s not as wild as intended, but reasonably diverting just the same. If you’ve been a repeat customer for director John Hamburg’s work as cowriter of the “Meet the Parents” series, you should get some laughs. (111 min., R) (Tom Russo)

COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) (12:15, 3:15) 6:15, 9:45 FENCES (PG-13) (3:00) 6:30, 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 5:10 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) RPX G (12:10, 3:30) 6:45, 10:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G (1:55) 8:30 LA LA LAND (PG-13) (12:20) 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 8:15 MOANA (PG) (2:10) 5:15 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) (2:25) 6:00 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 9:35

ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:15, 6:45, 9:30 MOANA (PG) 10:30, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 11:30, 1:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 9:50, 10:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:45, 4:15, 7:00 SING (PG) G 10:30, 1:10, 4:00, 4:45, 6:40, 9:15, 10:15 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 11:15, 2:00, 7:30 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 12:10, 6:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 10:30, 12:45, 1:45, 5:00, 8:15, 9:45, 10:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG-13) G 10:00, 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 11:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 11:00, 2:15, 4:15, 6:00, 7:30, 9:15 LA LA LAND (PG-13) G AMC Independent 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:20 WHY HIM? (R) G 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) G 11:50, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 LION (PG-13) G AMC Independent 11:55, 3:10, 6:00, 8:45 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) AMC Independent 11:20, 2:50, 6:10, 9:20 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:45, 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 HACKSAW RIDGE (R) 3:20, 9:40 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 10:15, 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 FENCES (PG-13) G 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 JACKIE (R) G AMC Independent 10:20, 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 12:50, 3:35, 9:20, 11:55 MOANA (PG) 12:55, 3:40, 6:20 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:40, 12:25 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 7:20 WHY HIM? (R) 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50, 12:30 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:30, 11:55 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 6:40 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 1:45, 4:30, 10:05, 12:45 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:15, 3:25, 6:55, 10:20 FENCES (PG-13) 12:35, 4:10, 7:25, 10:30 SING (PG) 12:40, 3:20, 6:05, 8:45, 11:35 SING 3D (PG) 1:10, 3:50, 6:35, 9:15, 12:05

MOANA (PG) 3:05, 6:20 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50, 12:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 7:25, 10:20 WHY HIM? (R) 12:40, 3:25, 6:15, 9:00, 11:35 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:35, 3:10, 6:25, 9:30, 12:20 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15, 12:40 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 12:50, 4:10 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 7:10, 10:00, 12:40 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 1:35, 4:40, 7:45, 10:40 FENCES (PG-13) 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 10:25 SING (PG) 12:35, 1:10, 3:20, 3:55, 6:40, 7:20, 9:30, 9:55, 12:00 SING 3D (PG) 1:40, 4:25 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 2:45, 6:05, 9:15, 12:15 PATRIOTS DAY (R) 12:45, 3:30, 4:00, 6:45, 7:15, 10:05, 10:35 LION (PG-13) 12:55, 3:35, 6:35, 9:20, 12:05

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ARLINGTON

CAPITOL THEATRE

204 Massachussetts Ave. 781-648-4340 6 www.capitoltheatreusa.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 6:45, 9:45 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 7:20, 9:55 FENCES (PG-13) 8:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 7:00, 10:00 SING (PG) 7:15, 9:40

BELLINGHAM

REGAL BELLINGHAM STADIUM 14 259 Hartford Ave. 844-462-7342-443 5 6 8 DIG www.REGmovies.com

CALL THEATER FOR SHOWTIMES

BELMONT

BRAINTREE

AMC BRAINTREE 10 121 Grandview Rd. 5 6 DIG www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 11:30, 5:00, 10:45 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 2:15, 7:45 MOANA (PG) 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 1:00, 7:15 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:45, 5:30, 10:50 SING (PG) G 10:00, 4:00, 10:30 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 10:50, 1:45, 8:15 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 9:30, 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 11:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7:45, 11:00 WHY HIM? (R) G 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:00 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) G 9:50, 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 8:05, 10:30 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 12:30, 3:00, 5:45, 8:20, 11:00 FENCES (PG-13) G 9:30, 4:30, 7:40, 11:00 FENCES (PG-13) 1:30

BROOKLINE

STUDIO CINEMA BELMONT

COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE

www.studiocinema.com

5 6

SING (PG) 3:30, 6:00, 8:15

www.coolidge.org

376 Trapelo Rd. 617-484-1706

BERLIN

REGAL SOLOMON POND STADIUM 15 591 Donald Lynch Blvd. 844-462-7342-448 5 6 8 DIG www.REGmovies.com

WHY HIM? (R) Advance Tickets Available (1:20) 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) (2:20) 8:30 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G 5:30 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G (2:15) 8:15 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G (12:35, 3:35) 5:15, 6:45, 9:45 SING (PG) G (1:40) 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 SING 3D (PG) G (12:20, 3:25) 6:15, 9:20 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) (3:55) 6:30, 9:10 FENCES (PG-13) (1:00) 4:20, 7:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G (12:30, 3:45) 7:00, 10:15 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G (1:30, 2:45) 4:45, 6:00, 8:00, 9:15 LA LA LAND (PG-13) (12:45) 4:00, 7:15, 10:20 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:10 LION (PG-13) (1:35) 4:30, 7:35, 10:25 MOANA (PG) (12:50, 3:50) 6:50 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) (12:40) MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) (12:10, 3:30) 7:05, 9:35

BOSTON

ARTSEMERSON: PARAMOUNT CENTER 559 Washington St. 617-824-8000 5 8 DOL

290 Harvard St. 617-734-2500

LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 LION (PG-13) 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 JACKIE (R) 11:45, 2:10, 4:30, 6:45, 9:15 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:00

BURLINGTON

AMC BURLINGTON CINEMA 10 20 South Ave. 5 6 DIG www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 10:45, 4:45, 10:20 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 1:45, 7:30 MOANA (PG) 10:05, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 10:10, 12:50, 6:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 3:40, 9:15 SING (PG) G 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 11:00, 1:45, 4:20, 7:20 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:10 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 WHY HIM? (R) G 10:15, 12:55, 3:35, 6:10, 9:00 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) G 10:05 FENCES (PG-13) 10:00, 1:05 FENCES (PG-13) G 4:15, 7:25, 10:35

CAMBRIDGE

APPLE CINEMAS CAMBRIDGE 168 Alewife Brook Parkway.

www.artsemerson.org

5 6 DOL DIG DSS

NO FILMS SHOWING TODAY

www.applecinemas.com

AMC LOEWS BOSTON COMMON 19 175 Tremont St. 617-423-3499 5 6 8 DOL DIG DSS www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 11:40, 5:20, 10:55 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D 2:30, 8:10 MOANA (PG) 10:05, 12:50, 4:30 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 9:45, 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D 11:00 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 SING (PG) 9:30, 10:30, 12:30, 3:15, 6:10, 9:00 SING 3D (PG) RealD 3D 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 6:25 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 11:30, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG-13) 9:00, 12:30, 4:00, 7:30, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D 10:00, 1:30, 5:00, 8:30 LA LA LAND (PG-13) AMC Independent 10:30, 12:40, 1:40, 3:40, 4:40, 6:40, 7:40, 9:40, 10:40 WHY HIM? (R) 11:15, 2:15, 5:10, 8:00, 10:45 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:25, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 LION (PG-13) AMC Independent 10:50, 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50 PATRIOTS DAY (R) G 9:15, 10:15, 12:15, 1:15, 3:15, 4:15, 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 10:15 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) AMC Independent 10:10, 1:15, 7:35, 10:40 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 12:00, 5:30 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 2:45, 8:05 FENCES (PG-13) 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:20 FENCES (PG-13) 9:30 THE WASTED TIMES (NR) AMC Independent 3:30, 10:50

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FILM SCREENINGS 465 Huntington Ave. 617-369-3907 5 8 DOL DIG http://www.mfa.org/programs/film

NO FILMS SHOWING TODAY

SIMONS IMAX THEATRE

New England Aquarium, Central Wharf 617-973-5200 5 8 DIG www.neaq.org

NO FILMS SHOWING TODAY

REGAL FENWAY STADIUM 13 & RPX 201 Brookline Ave 844-462-7342-1761 5 6 8 I K DIG www.REGmovies.com

WHY HIM? (R) Advance Tickets Available (2:00) 5:50, 8:45 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) (1:35) 7:45 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G 4:40, 10:45 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G (1:05) 7:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G 4:10, 10:40 PATRIOTS DAY (R) (12:40, 2:30, 3:45) 5:45, 7:00, 9:00, 10:20 SING (PG) G 5:00 SING 3D (PG) G (2:05) 8:00, 10:50

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:15, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 12:40, 11:00 WHY HIM? (R) 10:30 WHY HIM? (R) 1:00 WHY HIM? (R) 3:30 WHY HIM? (R) 6:00 WHY HIM? (R) 8:30 WHY HIM? (R) 11:00 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 11:30, 6:00, 10:45 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 10:00, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 8:45, 11:00 MOANA (PG) 10:10, 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:20 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 2:30, 11:00 DANGAL (NR) 10:00, 12:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 SING (PG) 10:00, 12:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:05, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00

KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA

1 Kendall Square at 355 Binney St. 617-621-1202 5 6 G DOL DIG DSS www.landmarktheatres.com

LION (PG-13) 5 (1:20) 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 JACKIE (R) 5 (2:00) 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 5 2:10, 5:00, 8:00 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 5 (1:15) 4:10, 5:30, 7:00, 9:40 MOONLIGHT (R) 5 (4:45) MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 5 (1:30) 2:15, 4:30, 7:30, 8:30 FENCES (PG-13) 5 (1:00) 1:45, 4:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 5 (1:40) 4:25, 7:10, 9:45

CHESTNUT HILL

SHOWCASE SUPERLUX 55 Boylston St.

http://www.showcasecinemas.com/

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 11:20, 3:00, 7:00, 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 3:00, 7:00, 10:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:30 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:20 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:20 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 FENCES (PG-13) 2:00, 6:00, 9:00 FENCES (PG-13) 2:00, 6:00, 9:00 SING (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 8:00, 10:40 SING (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 8:00, 10:40

DANVERS

AMC LOEWS LIBERTY TREE MALL 20 100 Independence Way 5 6 8 DOL DIG DSS www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 1:15, 4:00

DEDHAM

SHOWCASE CINEMA DE LUX LEGACY PLACE 670 Legacy Place 800-315-4000 5 6 8 I K DIG DSS www.nationalamusements.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:35 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 11:55, 12:55, 3:10, 4:10, 6:35, 7:40, 9:40, 10:35 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 12:25, 3:35, 7:15, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 1:00, 9:20 MOANA (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 4:05, 6:50 WHY HIM? (R) 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 1:20, 4:15, 7:35, 10:40 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:20, 3:40, 7:05, 10:10 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 3:30, 6:30 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 1:25, 9:25 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 2:40, 6:05, 9:10 FENCES (PG-13) 12:15, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 SING (PG) 1:10, 2:15, 3:55, 4:50, 6:45, 7:25, 9:30 SING 3D (PG) 10:00

FOXBORO

SHOWCASE CINEMA DE LUX PATRIOT PLACE 24 Patriot Pl. 800-315-4000 5 6 8 I K DIG DSS www.nationalamusements.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:35 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 4:55, 7:45, 10:20 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 1:25, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 MOANA (PG) 1:30, 4:10, 6:55 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 4:30, 7:10 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 2:05, 10:10 WHY HIM? (R) 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:45, 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 1:50, 9:50 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 4:45, 7:25 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 2:50, 6:05, 9:05 FENCES (PG-13) 2:15 SING (PG) 1:10, 1:40, 3:55, 4:25, 6:45, 7:15, 9:30 SING 3D (PG) 10:00

FRAMINGHAM

AMC FRAMINGHAM 16 WITH DINE-IN THEATRES 22 Flutie Pass

5 6 8 I K DIG

MILLBURY

BLACKSTONE VALLEY 14: CINEMA DE LUX

70 Worcester Providence Turnpike 800-315-4000 5 6 8 DSS www.showcasecinemas.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:40, 12:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 6:30, 9:40 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 12:30, 3:45, 6:55, 10:10 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 1:55, 4:55, 7:50, 10:25 MOANA (PG) 1:40, 4:20, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:35, 12:15 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 6:25, 9:05, 11:45 WHY HIM? (R) 1:20, 4:05, 6:40, 9:30, 12:05 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15, 12:30 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 1:05, 3:50, 7:05 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 9:50, 12:25 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:35, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 FENCES (PG-13) 3:35, 7:20, 10:30 SING (PG) 12:45, 1:45, 3:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55, 12:30 SING 3D (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25

NATICK

SUNBRELLA IMAX 3D THEATRE AT JORDAN'S FURNITURE - NATICK 1 Underprice Way 508-665-5525 5 8 www.jordansimax.com

CLOSED TODAY (NR)

NEWTON

WEST NEWTON CINEMA

1296 Washington St. 617-964-6060 www.westnewtoncinema.com

SING (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 1:25, 4:10, 7:10 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 5 2:30, 5:25, 8:15 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 5 1:15, 4:20, 7:25 JACKIE (R) 1:00, 3:30, 5:55, 8:15 LION (PG-13) 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:15

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH

SHOWCASE CINEMAS NORTH ATTLEBORO 640 South Washington St. 800-315-4000 5 6 DIG www.nationalamusements.com

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45, 10:45, 12:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 7:00, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:30 MOANA (PG) 1:30, 4:20, 7:05 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30, 12:10 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00, 12:40 WHY HIM? (R) 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40, 12:15 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10, 12:25 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 1:05, 3:55 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 6:55, 9:50, 12:30 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:40, 3:50, 7:20, 10:25 SING (PG) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55, 12:25 SING 3D (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25, 11:55

RANDOLPH

SHOWCASE CINEMAS DE LUX RANDOLPH 73 Mazzeo Dr. 800-315-4000

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The Enthusiast WHAT TO BUY, WHERE TO EAT, WHAT TO DRINK & MORE first time with all these crazy crowds and different lighting situations. It was really a great way to learn. It was kind of my boot camp for the basics of photography. Q. What other types of pho tography do you enjoy? A. After Fenway, I got interested in concert photography. Music has always been a pretty big part of my life, and it’s worked out pretty well so far. I’ve been able to shoot photos at Boston Calling, Firefly Music Festival, and other venues with various artists. I got to shoot Paul McCartney, Disclosure, A$AP Rocky, and John Mayer. Being the rebellious young person I am, I found ways to wait outside or . . . sneak in.

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azi Ferrufino is a UMass Boston student with a portfolio that rivals some pros’. The 21-yearold Arlington native has shot regular people as well as celebrities such as Paul McCartney and Charlie Baker. Maintaining a star-studded Instagram account (@ya___z) is just the beginning for this burgeoning photographer and social activist. Q. When did you first pick up a camera? A. It started two years ago during a blizzard. Before that, I never had any real interest in taking up any type of art as a

potential career or even as a hobby, but the blizzard happened at a time when I was taking a break from college. I ended up picking up for the first time this Fujifilm point-andshoot camera that my dad bought me at a yard sale a few years before. I kind of just went out and started shooting street photography for the first time. After that, I was looking for work, and I saw an ad for a job at Fenway Park for a sales photographer. That job was probably one of the best experiences I ever had. I was thrown in the middle of the hectic Fenway environment with a DSLR camera and was forced to teach myself how to shoot manual for the

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Q. What do you hope to ac complish with your photogra phy? A.Coming from a family of immigrants, with the recent election, it’s kind of motivating me to push myself out of my comfort zone and try to make a difference with my art. My family is from Bolivia, and growing up I was exposed to Bolivian culture pretty heavily so that’s always been a part of my life. When I was a kid I would always be going to rallies or protests that had to do with immigration regulations or something of the sort. It’s always been a thing that’s helped me look at life differently than others, and it’s definitely impacted the way I take my photos. Q. What does your Instagram account represent to you? A. Basically, my Instagram account is a journal of my life. I know a lot of photographers end up clearing all their work and liking to have only their best stuff on, but I’ve managed to keep all of my photos from when I first started to now. It’s kind of my own personal life story.

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ONE LESS EXCUSE TO SKIP YOUR WORKOUT B Y K A RA BA S KI N G L O B E C O R RO S P O N DE N T Laziness, intimidation, plain old burnout — there are plenty of excuses to avoid a good workout. And feeling self-conscious is right up there, what with droopy sports bras, shapeless tank tops, and yoga pants that fit snugly enough to make any exerciser feel like a tube of toothpaste, squeezed in all the wrong places. Enter Aurum, a new workout line from Weston native Alissa Pool that launched this month. Pool runs the Btone suite of fitness studios throughout the area, which specialize in Megaformer workouts. She’ll carry the line at her Wellesley outpost. (Customers can also shop online at www.aurum activewear.com.) “Megaformer is like Pilates on steroids,” she says with a laugh. “It’s set to upbeat music, and you’re standing, moving all around, and it goes by really fast.” As such, she has encountered plenty of women who wanted to feel comfortable twisting into potentially awkward poses. She’s also a mom of teenagers and branched into fitness after her children were born, and she’s sensitive to body-image concerns. “This line is made for women and designed by a team of women who have children. When we set out to design this, we asked: ‘What do women worry about? Does something cut you at the waist? Can you see body parts?’ At the end of the day, every woman wants to look good,” she says. “But with mesh cuts

and things that are in style, you might want to wear them because they’re trendy, but you don’t feel you look good.” As such, her compression leggings have a mid- or highrise waistband, to avoid muffin tops. Tanks and bras come in an ultra-thin, soft twoply fabric; the first layer wicks sweat and a second layer evaporates moisture. “People even sleep in them. [The fabric] just feels so good on your body,” Pool says. For the truly stylish, there’s a shape-smoothing bodysuit with a cutout back and built-in bra, which Pool usually pairs with boots and a blazer post-workout. The term “athleisure” has gotten plenty of play lately, and Pool’s confident that women crave these clothes even when they’re not sweating, thanks to the sheer convenience factor. “Everyone now has more of a healthy lifestyle. They’re moms, working, doing many jobs. You don’t often have the ability to go back home during the day,” she says. Which is why each item is inscribed with an inspirational word like “love,” “strength,” “confidence,” “kindness,” and “mindfulness” for a little midday pick-me-up. And the line’s name comes from the Latin word for gold — maybe in the hopes that even if you’re not a fitness medalist, you’ll still feel a little golden when you slip into her workout wear. Kara Baskin can be reached at kcbaskin@gmail .com AURUM ACTIVEWEAR

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Serving charm and handmade pasta B Y D EV RA F I R ST G L O B E S TA F F Where to Mida, the first solo restaurant from chef Douglass Williams, who has worked at the likes of Coppa, Radius, and Corton in New York. What for Italian-influenced food in a sweet little South End spot (previously Cluckit and Estelle’s). The scene The restaurant is tiny and convivial. Friends toast at two-tops; couples and solo diners belly up to the L-shaped bar. In the open kitchen, Williams and crew prepare small plates and pasta dishes. The soundtrack alternates between Dream Academy and hip-hop. The aesthetic is clean and warm: cream paint and black banquettes, with a few eye-catching lighting fixtures for interest. And the lighting is just so, dim enough to flatter but bright enough to read the menu by. What you’re eating Fried golden ovals of

bluefish bacalao, with olive aioli and roasted lemon paste. An assortment of greens, delightfully charred, in a lightly spicy vinaigrette. Lamb ribs with Luxardo, dill, and crispy ginger. Handmade pasta, from ricotta gnocchi with kale, sunchokes, Parmesan, and bread crumbs to orecchiette with duck confit. Larger plates featuring roasted parsnips and octopus; duck breast with sweet potato, braised red cabbage, turnips, and ginger jus; and more. The dessert list is short and halfway sweet: citrus-poppyseed cake or cheese. Care for a drink? There are cocktails both Italian-ish — the Mida spagliato, a variation on the theme of Negroni — and not, plus thoughtful wine and beer lists. A short selection of aperitivi makes for welcome pre-meal sipping. Overheard Women asking dashing servers to take their pictures, discussions of food deprivation, and oohing over toothsome pasta. “You’re going to love these,”

promises a server with an elegant French accent, dropping off an order of lamb ribs at one table. Another dish follows: “And these are wet towels to wipe your fingers!” The rib eaters exchange glances and laugh: Things are about to get messy. “It is annoying! It is really annoying!” declaims one gentleman, angrily sipping something scarlet with Campari. “When we came here to this country from Russia, there was never any food,” one man tells a friend. “So when we go to these restaurants, we always order too much food. I have such a problem leaving food on the table.” Another table is having the experience of too much food, as well. “Excuse me. We didn’t order this,” one woman says, flagging down a server. “It was an on-purpose mistake,” he tells them, smiling. “I want you to try it.” 782 Tremont St., South End, Boston, 617 9363490, www.midaboston.com Devra First can be reached at dfirst@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @devrafirst.

Openings: Cambridge’s Pagu (310 Massachusetts Ave. at Blanche Street) is to softly open this week and officially open on Jan. 3. Chef Tracy Chang presides over the Central Square restaurant, serving a menu that trots through Japan and Spain. Chang earned fans at Boston’s O Ya and at cult hit pop-up Guchi’s Midnight Ramen. She also spent time in San Sebastian, Spain, cooking alongside chef Martín Berasategui at his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant. Here, she’ll prepare delicacies such as squidink oyster bao, curried-crab croquetas, and Taiwanesesausage fried rice. Drinks maven Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli — from Craigie on Main or Island Creek Oyster Bar — created a beverage program with Basque wines, Spanish ciders, and sake.

Big Tree Hospitality — the group behind Eventide Oyster Co., one of the most beloved restaurants in Portland, Maine — has confirmed it will indeed open a location in Boston (1321 Boylston St. at Yawkey Way) sometime in 2017, says a restaurant rep. Eventide Fenway will offer a “concise and creative seafood menu in a casual counter-service setting,” according to a release. Big Tree also runs the ever-crowded Hugo’s (New American) and The Honey Paw (funky noodles) in Portland.

For downtowners seeking carbs on the go, Blaze Pizza has opened an outpost at City Place (123 Stuart St. at Tremont Street). Thin-crust pies are cooked in a speedy 180 seconds and topped with your choice of 40-ish ingredients, like ranch sauce or vegan cheese.

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Breakfasts: Who needs bagels? Those who crave bao for breakfast should stop into Tom’s BaoBao (84 Winthrop St. at John F. Kennedy Street) beginning at 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday for a new breakfast menu. Enjoy fluffy buns stuffed with morning delights like eggs, cheese, and sausage, plus savory fillings like sweet potato and tofu. Movies: After you’ve binged on everything Netflix has to offer, pop into Jamaica Plain’s Canary Square (435 S. Huntington Ave. at Moraine Street) on Sundays throughout January for $10 drinks, free popcorn, and hits like “Ghostbusters” and “Annie Hall.” Movies start at 10 p.m. KARA BASKIN Kara Baskin can be reached at kcbaskin@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter @kcbaskin.

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Voracious reader and listener

he Harvard College Observatory took a leading role in the nation’s astronomical research not long after it was founded in 1839. That was in large part thanks to a cadre of women hired to tally up and examine the stars they saw in photos of the night sky made through the telescope. In the end, these “assistants’’ changed astronomy, as best-selling writer Dava Sobel recounts in her new book, “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars.” BOOKS: What are you reading currently? SOBEL: I’m reading two books, three if you count the one on tape in the car.

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THE FORCE THAT WAS WITH HIM

first saw George Lucas’s “Star Wars” as a fifth grader in 1977 and was immediately hooked. Droids? Vader? The Force? The filmmaker’s Xwing and TIE fighter dogfights inspired me to assemble plastic-model kits into spaceships and film them with my Super 8 camera against a backdrop of hand-painted stars. With his “Star Wars” movies, Lucas tapped into the mythological and spiritual, rather than the intellectual, side of science fiction. (It should come as no surprise that Lucas was an admirer

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of the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell.) Rather than settling for social or political commentary, like much sci-fi of its time, the space saga served as a morality play and posed archetypal battles between good and evil, mysticism and technology, and fathers and sons. Decades later, the latest turn in the franchise, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” has just landed. Clearly, the “Star Wars’’ industrial complex thunders on like phalanxes of dutiful stormtroopers, recruiting fresh legions of young fans along the way. The secret to Lucas’s success? According to “George Lucas: A Life,” a deeply researched and striking new biography by Brian Jay Jones, the wildly successful movie and technology mogul couples his “fiercely independent” streak with being a “control freak.” He’s also notoriously private. Lucas didn’t cooperate with Jones’s project, nor did many of his friends and colleagues. To stitch together his tale,

Curiously, his favorite character wasn’t Flash Gordon or a superhero, but Scrooge McDuck who, Jones concludes, shaped the businessman Lucas would become: “conservative and driven, believing strongly in his own vision and pursuing it aggressively, while at the same time nursing just a tinge of nostalgia for better times that may or may not ever have existed.” You can almost hear teenage Lucas in the whiny voice of his Luke Skywalker, who in the original “Star Wars” gripes, “If there’s a bright center to the universe, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from.” His podunk home planet of Tatooine feels a galaxy far, far away from any real action, and same for Lucas, who, like Skywalker, dreams of escape. After a near-fatal car wreck in 1962 in his souped-up Fiat Bianchina, Lucas, an indifferent student who loved to race cars, began to take an interest in movies, which ultimately led him to film school at USC. At a Los Angeles student film fest in 1968, Lucas

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BEING FIERCELY INDEPENDENT AND A ‘CONTROL FREAK’ HELPED FILMMAKER GEORGE LUCAS WEND HIS WAY FROM THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FARM COUNTRY OF HIS YOUTH TO A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY BY ETH A N G ILS D O R F G LO B E CO R R E S P O N D E N T

Jones had to rely on previous biographies, interviews, and magazine profiles, which at times make this biography feel more factual and respectful than analytic. Still, overall Jones’s narrative is undeniably spellbinding and will be especially compelling to film nerds. Like any sweeping epic, Jones smartly lays out the back story of our modest hero who grew up in the farming and ranching community of Modesto, Calif., the son of a stationery store owner father and a mother who read him Grimm’s fairy tales. Young Lucas, however, preferred comic books.

I’m reading and loving “The Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben. One of the comments on the book says that you’ll never look at trees the same way, and that’s true. I also have the new Mary Oliver book of essays, “Upstream.” I like her poems a lot and had heard this was really good. BOOKS: What are you listening to? SOBEL: “The Gene” by Siddhartha Mukherjee. He has the patience and knowledge to go through the whole saga with Mendel and Darwin and so on. I took the actual book out of the library because there are places where you are listening, and some things go by too quickly. BOOKS: Do you turn it on when you are in the car for a long drive? SOBEL: Even if it’s 5 or 10 minutes I get a little taste. I’ve been listening to books on tape for years. It’s a great way to read, but it depends on the voice of the reader. Sometimes I start something, and I can’t bear the way it’s read and turn it off. BOOKS: Do you have an all-time audiobook favorite? SOBEL: Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey-Maturin historical novels. The same person reads them all. He could do all the accents, English, Irish. Whatever it was, they were just delicious.

met another ambitious young filmmaker who would figure prominently in his later life, Steven Spielberg. Jones, who wrote “Jim Henson: The Biography,” links Lucas’s quest to master his own destiny to early career experiences: directing his 1971 debut feature, the artsy, Orwellian dystopia “THX 1138” (based on his USC student film), which tanked; and his commercially successful, much lauded “American Graffiti,” which finds its roots in Lucas’s youth. Studios ordered both movies recut. Later, during a 1976 Tunisia “Star Wars’’ shoot, which Jones retells in his

BOOKS: Do you find any type of book is better to listen to than others? SOBEL: Not necessarily. Sometimes I listen to novels. A friend of mine was taking a course in E.M. Forster and was going on and on about him, so I thought I would reread “A Room With a View.” That was another brilliant voice and interpretation.

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‘I’ve been listening to books on tape for years. It’s a great way to read, but it depends on the voice of the reader.’

BOOKS: How often do you read fiction? SOBEL: I’m very heavily weighted toward nonfiction, and mostly toward science. There was a period when I read many more novels than I do now, when I would read new novels that came out. I never do that anymore. Being a slow reader, having so many choices, I definitely go more toward nonfiction. BOOKS: Was there a book or author who influenced you early on? SOBEL: Carl Sagan. He was so intent on making science available to people. He felt scientists had a duty to inform the public about what they were doing, and he was uniquely skilled to do that. Not every scientist is. BOOKS: Is there a science book you wish was more widely read? SOBEL: I really like E.O. Wilson’s autobiography “Naturalist.” It is so informative because people have such stereotypes of scientists. It’s nice to see

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prologue aptly titled “Out of Control,” Lucas complains that stingy 20th Century Fox forced him to cut corners. R2D2 and C-3PO keep breaking down. “Lucas had seen Hollywood tamper with — no, mutilate — his art, not once, but twice now,” Jones writes. “Lucas vowed he’d never cede control over his films to executives at the studios again. What did they know about filmmaking?” With the gobs of cash he made after the explosive box office of “Star Wars,” released four years after “Graffiti,’’ the control freak bought back his control. He invested in his empire, building up his indie film company, Lucasfilm, and later a secluded campus called Skywalker Ranch. He founded industry-changing tech and film production companies, including special-effects wizards Industrial Light & Magic, the high-end sound system THX, and even the animation studio Pixar (later sold in 1985 “at a fire sale price” to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs). With Spielberg, he cospawned his next-most famous franchise, Indiana Jones. And he financed the much-derided second “Star Wars’’ prequel trilogy himself. Some of the most fascinating parts of the book involve the behind-thescenes tidbits. There’s Lucas’s first marriage to editor Marcia Lucas, largely credited with salvaging “Star Wars” in the editing room, his years of single fatherhood to three adopted children, and his second marriage to Mellody Hobson, a much younger, successful money manager. We see early “Star Wars” casting deliberations (Christopher Walken as Han Solo?) and test screenings with Spielberg (who loved it) and Brian De Palma (“What’s all the Force [expletive]?”). Lucas came of age as a director with Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, and other filmmakers who tried with varying degrees of success to upturn the Hollywood major-studio system. Coppola’s indie film empire fell far short of rivaling that of Lucas. But for the godfather of the “Star Wars’’ universe, control has had its drawbacks. Think of the fan backlash after the “Star Wars” prequels or his illfated clunkers like “Howard the Duck.” And Lucas, now 72, has thus far failed to make the “small, personal, arty films he’d been promising to make his entire career.” As the end credits roll on “George Lucas: A Life,” in a remarkable turn of finally letting go, our hero has relinquished Lucasfilm and the keys to the “Star Wars’’ kingdom to Walt Disney Co. Paradoxically still identifying as the “misunderstood little guy,” the filmmaker can count on being remembered for pioneering digital cinema, creating “some of pop culture’s most iconic characters,’’ and remaking the way movies are “made, marketed, and merchandised.’’ If Lucas harbors any lingering regrets, I suspect they are tempered by his Disney deal’s $4 billion payday. GEORGE LUCAS: A Life By Brian Jay Jones Little, Brown, 550 pp., illustrated, $32 Ethan Gilsdorf is the author of “Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks.” Contact him at ethan@ethangilsdorf.com or Twitter @ethanfreak.

how that kind of life gets shaped. BOOKS: What was the most challenging science book you have read? SOBEL: Copernicus’s “On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres.” That is one tough book to read, let me tell you. It about killed me, but I did get through it. BOOKS: If you were to read nonfiction that isn’t science, where would you turn? SOBEL: Biography. I recently read Gloria Steinem’s “My Life on the Road,” which I loved. My goodness I lived through all this stuff, and I wasn’t paying as much attention as I thought. She spoke at Smith College while I was a writer-in-residence there. She’s so unpretentious and so available. To think she’s 82. To think she was a Playboy bunny. BOOKS: Have you found your tastes have changed over time? SOBEL: Sure. A lot of writing is much more graphic than it used to be. I’m not really a fan of that. Not that I’m a prude, but I want to read something that makes me want to escape to it rather than recoil from it. AMY SUTHERLAND Follow us on Facebook or @GlobeBiblio on Twitter.

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sually stories about the Roosevelts come steeped in rectitude — a little noblesse oblige, of course, but mostly nobility and a high sense of obligation. Theodore battled crime and the trusts; Franklin fought economic depression and the Axis powers; Eleanor took on prejudice along with the social and sexual conventions of her time, place, and class. “The War of the Roosevelts’’ isn’t so much about entrenched economic interests, the Nazis, and the plight of the poor and striving. It’s not about cleaning up mean streets as much as it is about mean streaks. Teddy nudges his rival brother — a libertine, to be sure, but mostly a threat to the future president’s unbridled ambition — into a sanatorium. Thus begins a sordid tale of a family both driven and riven. It is neither the plot of a PBS documentary nor a scholarly tome about cleansing the economy and preserving democracy. “The rise of the Roosevelts is the story of a family at war, of survival of the fittest, where the strong devoured the weak and where the nonconformist[s] . . . were brutally relegated to nonexistence,’’ William J. Mann writes in the second paragraph of the book. And away we go! Illegitimate children. Range wars. Renegade family members. Mann’s take on the Roosevelts reads more like a Penny Vincenzi dynastic novel (“Old Sins,’’ published in 1989, or perhaps “No Angel,’’ released in 2000) than a James MacGregor Burns biography (“Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom,’’ which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971). But he does succeed in adding anecdote and antidote to the work of Edmund Morris, the biographer of Teddy, and H.W. Brands, the recent biographer of Franklin. For here is scandal, ambition, mendacity, and the de riguer bastard child and in-law of heretofore unknown Jewish blood. Finally, the Roosevelts are taken down to the level of the Kennedys. Ordinarily such leveling — how the Bushes have escaped this is a mystery, though there still is time — is more gratuitous than gratifying. But Mann does make a convincing case for generations-long tensions that give

new perspective to Franklin’s life as legatee to Teddy and to the troubled union he entered with Teddy’s niece, Eleanor, who would forever be scarred by the virtual loss of her banished father to her uncle’s plots. As always, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Teddy’s daughter, adds spice and spectacle to the tale. At the heart of this volume is an examination of the inner lives of people known mostly for their public lives. Mann, for example, says of Teddy: “For all his desire to be a force for good and for change in the world, the ironic dichotomy of Theodore Roosevelt would be his often brutal control of his family and his inability to countenance different worldviews.’’ Alice harbored “depression, anger, and despair’’ and felt “unwanted and unloved.’’ Of Eleanor: “All her life, she’d been made to feel less than.’’ Mann finishes the thought by not finishing the sentence, only to revive her later as a saintly crusader for lost causes. And while a book like this — a little gossipy, with excursions into pop psychology, written by a biographer of Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, and Katherine Hepburn — might ordinarily be pasted together hastily from secondary sources, the bibliography shows diligence and determination, for Mann consulted an impressive array of primary sources, especially letters written by and to the principals. The result is a chronicle of tensions in every direction and in multiple dimensions: Alice’s contempt for Eleanor; Franklin’s mother’s suspicion of Eleanor; Eleanor’s resentment of her daughter’s enabling of Franklin’s meetings with his mistress in his final months; pretty much everybody’s disapproval of Eleanor’s attire. Then there was Franklin’s polio, which Eleanor unforgettably said allowed her to stand on her own two feet. That last paragraph reflects how Eleanor, more than Teddy or Franklin, emerges at the center of all this — and that is without delving into how Alice resented the notion that Eleanor, not she, became a political heir to her father. But — for once! — Alice remains at the periphery, far more devilish than dutiful. By 1932 she was asking her brother, long a rival of Franklin, to leave his post as governor of the Philippines to campaign against their cousin. But in the end, it is Eleanor who shines. In his final chapters Mann treats her kindly, admiringly. “[T]he shy, awkward, friendless little girl had been transformed into a messenger of hope for the downtrodden all over the world,’’ he writes. “It was as if she had become Gaia, Hera, Athena — a mortal woman no more.’’ There is truth to that, for today Teddy is a distant figure of history, Franklin a receding memory held by dwindling numbers, many of them infirm — and Eleanor was the inspiration for another onetime first lady, who just months ago won the Democratic presidential nomination.

David M. Shribman is executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He can be reached at dshribman@post-gazette.com.

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A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind By Siri Hustvedt Simon and Schuster, 552 pp., $35

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he great enemy of thought and creativity is the received idea,” Siri Hustvedt writes, and woe to the lazy purveyor of unexamined “truths’’ who comes under her sharp scrutiny in this stimulating essay collection. It doesn’t matter who they are or what their credentials are; well-known sociobiologist E.O. Wilson and evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker, both Harvard professors, are among those whose glib certainties she coolly dismantles. Hustvedt, a superb novelist who is also a lecturer in psychiatry at Cornell University’s Weill medical school, is unintimidated. When a neuroscientist at a 2011 conference proclaimed, “Artistic truths . . . are inevitably ‘squishy.’ Scientific truth, on the other hand, is hard, tough, verifiable, and rigorous,” Hustvedt shot back, “And often muddled by dubious epistemological assumptions.” Hustvedt deplores the belief that science is superior because its practitioners deal in objective facts while artists peddle subject i v e e m o t i o n s . No t t h at s h e doesn’t believe in science and fact: Her long central essay about “the intractable mind-body problem” and the lectures for academic audiences collected in the book’s final section show her to be formidably knowledgeable about neuroscience and psychiatry in particular and merciless about conclusions overdrawn from insufficient evidence. She wants scientists to be more modest and more cognizant of their own subjectivity. “All human knowledge is partial,” she writes, “and no one is untouched by the community of thinkers or researchers in which she or he lives.” A serious participant in both artistic and scientific communities, Hustvedt brings a refreshingly interdisciplinary perspective to bear on each. The opening section discusses a broad spectrum of visual, literary, and performing artists — including Max Beckmann, Pedro Almodóvar, Pina Bausch, and Susan Sontag — primarily as a means of establishing concepts that will play an important role in the philosophical and scientific sections that follow. For Hustvedt, art is an active interchange between the work in question and the person looking at it or reading it. “We are not the passive recipients of some factual external reality,” she writes in an essay on Louise Bourgeois. “[W]e bring ourselves with our pasts to artworks.” Moreover, for the artist, “[a]rt is a reaching toward, a bid to be seen and understood and recognized by another.” Art is an intensely social activity, she believes, born in a “between space” where we encounter the words, or images, or sounds created by someone who is not physically present but with whom we are nonetheless making a connection. That between space has a palpable reality,

Hustvedt declares, and not just in art. It is “the world of me and you,” the seedbed of our understanding beginning with the complex, pre-verbal back-and-forth with the mother that fosters an infant’s growing consciousness of self and the development of motor and cognitive skills. She is incredulous that the designer of an “infantlike” robot can characterize this back-and-forth merely as “the simplest kind of human-style social interaction and learning” or that a neuroscientist can contend, “babies are ‘not conscious.’ ” These blinkered specialists (despite the book’s title, not all of them male) unquestioningly accept a premise she rejects as false: the division drawn for the centuries in Western philosophy and science between the world of pure reason attained through our minds and the material world experienced by our fallible, mortal bodies. For Hustvedt, all knowledge is “embodied” (a favorite word): acquired through our senses and shaped by our memories, imaginations, and feelings as well as our intellect. We are neither reasoning machines nor creatures determined solely by biology and genetic coding; these views of human nature are equally reductive, “weighted toward the built-in and the fixed, as opposed to the learned and the changing,” Hustvedt argues. Readers of her 2012 essay collection, “Living, Thinking, Looking,” will recognize many of the themes here, but this time they have an even sharper feminist edge. She’s not as openly angry as the furious heroine of her brilliant 2014 novel, “The Blazing World,” but when Hustvedt quotes Richard Dawkin’s pronouncement, “If you want to understand life, don’t think about vibrant, throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology,” the sexual hierarchy being invoked by “gels and oozes” (a phrase she sardonically repeats several times) is clear. In Hustvedt’s biting assessment, the mind/ body division has been used throughout history to identify women with the (obviously inferior) body and deny them any right to a mind. It’s the most obnoxious aspect of a larger failure to recognize the wholeness of human experience in its complexity, diversity, and ambiguity. Because Hustvedt is comfortable with complexity, diversity, and ambiguity, and because she is first and foremost an artist, some may dismiss her arguments as murky and messy. That is precisely her point: Life is murky and messy, and theories that clean it up too neatly are actually unscientific. “[Q]uestions are normally better than answers,” she states; her provocative and probing essays encourage us to keep asking questions and distrust easy answers.

For Hustvedt, all knowledge is acquired through our senses and shaped by our memories, imaginations, and feelings as well as our intellect.

Wendy Smith, a contributing editor at The American Scholar and Publishers Weekly, reviews books for the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

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ranian French author Parisa Reza’s stunning debut, “The Gardens of Consolation,’’ unfolds over decades of fascinating Iranian history and culture, from the fall of the Qajar dynasty to the nationalization of oil, all seen through the eyes of one remarkable peasant family. Reza immediately gives entry to a rare and unknown world, starting in the early 1920s in the remote mountain village of Ghamsar when illiterate teenaged shepherd Sardar Amir meets 9-year-old Talla and decides to marry her when she becomes 12. Both pin their hopes on a simple life, a home of their own in the suburbs of Tehran, and later a child. Though modern readers may balk at the idea of a child bride being so accepting and even excited by the match, Reza understands the culture of the time, and such a thing is hardly unusual. Marriage is both a great hope and a much needed escape from the grief of Talla’s beloved baby sister’s death, caused by her father’s punishment for wetting the bed. The land is rough and unforgiving, too, and Talla, the first female to ever leave the village, vows never to return. But more importantly, the young love between Sardar and Talla is both tender, believable, and unbreakable, as well as being the cornerstone of the novel. As Iran begins to change, so do the Amirs, who become both disturbed by the suffering they see and exhilarated by modern conveniences. Talla, though, can never bridge the past with the future completely, believing in and fearing ogres and ghosts, seeing signs, omens, and clinging to the old ways. She even embraces the body-enveloping chador because it makes her feel safe, and when Reza Shah forbids the garment in his attempts to modernize Iran, she balks. Why should anyone save God and her husband have auTHE GARDENS OF CONSOLATION By Parisa Reza Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter Europa, 260 pp., paperback, $16

thority over her, she wonders? She’s always gotten what she’s wanted by will or tears, and women’s rights seem an unnecessary puzzle to her. Finally, after many years, to their absolute delight, she and Sardar produce a son, Bahram. Although both Talla and Sardar are illiterate, they want much more for their son. When the shah introduces compulsory free schools, the Amirs know that Bahram, who is bright and special, must go, and he soon shines and is filled with ambition. Bahram pushes to attend 9 th grade, and later high school, and because the shah wants a new elite class, Bahram succeeds in his mission. Bahram goes on to attend prestigious Tehran University, and unlike his apolitical parents, becomes more and more determined to shape his country and himself. He becomes an activist, passionately supporting the reformer Mohammad Mossadegh and getting involved with the National Front, which seeks to throw off foreign involvement in Iranian matters and succeeds in the nationalization of oil. The novel pulls you in like a waking dream. The writing is lush and evocative. Hills are “as crumpled as a camel’s hide.” The sweeping upheaval of politics comes at a blinding rush. Iran is invaded by Soviets and the English. The shah goes into hiding and then is brought back. Starving Russians roam Iran, but are denied food by Talla in case they might be infidels. But perhaps the details that resonate the most are the personal ones: the pure wonder of Sardar getting electricity in his house and being able to listen to the magic of the radio in comfort. For the very first time, an astonished Talla rides a bus with her son. We can’t help but feel their amazement at this new world — and how their lives have changed so dramatically. Still, occasionally, the novel reads like a history lesson and can feel pedantic. Too, Bahram may represent the future, but he still can be disagreeable in his ambition and his callous treatment of women; the way he judges them by their beauty, toys with their affections, and then drops them cruelly is unpleasant. But at its heart, “The Gardens of Consolation’’ is a story about the love of Sardar and Talla and the love of Iran. Politics for the Amirs can be boiled down to the personal, to food, water, and to being together in the beauty of a starlit night. And indeed, this is not so much a story of history, of political upheaval, as a rich, intimate story of people. Caroline Leavitt’s latest novel is “Cruel Beautiful World.’’ She can be reached at www.carolineleavitt.com.

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Former Army medic recalls the rocky road home after Iraq war

vilianized: A Young Veteran’s Memoir,” the Bridgewater native looks at those first few months back. “I think there was a real need for a coming-home memoir,” he said. For Anthony, who enlisted at 17 and turned 21 in Iraq, that included returning to Massachusetts hooked on Vicodin. “I came home with a lot of bad habits,” he said, “just apathetic, just kind of gave up on the world.” And what made it worse was the romanticized version of the war he had just left. Anthony said he wanted “to share true war stories — the stuff behind the scenes, real stuff, real people.” Writing, first on his own and to earn his master’s in creative writing from Lesley, helped him. There’s dark humor in both books, and, he hopes, honesty. “I decided to share my story in hopes that it could help other vets,” Anthony said. “Or anyone, really, who had that dark time in their life.’' Along with Chris Walsh (“Cowardice: A Brief History”), Anthony will read at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at Porter Square Books.

We see them every time we go to the airport: soldiers returning home from war, re-entering the world of civilian life. Sometimes we feel moved to approach the man or woman in uniform, and say, “Thank you for your service.” But how do they really feel? For Michael Anthony, who served in Iraq from 2006 to 2007, coming home after working in a war zone caused many moments of deep disconnect. “From a veteran’s perspective,” he said, “people have no idea what they’re thanking us for.” Once back in civilian life, he added, veterans are shouldering enormous pain that those who haven’t served can’t really imagine. In his first book, “Mass Casualties: A Young Medic’s True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq,” Anthony wrote about his time serving as an emergency-room technician in the Army; now, in “Ci-

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NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS | NINA MACLAUGHLIN Author in the giving spirit

In Forbes Magazine annual rankings of the highest paid authors, James Patterson, who’s sold over 350 million books, took first place for the third year running, having earned a cool $95 million this past year. (Poor Jeff Kinney of Plainville, author of the “Diary of Wimpy Kid’’ series, came in a distant second, netting a mere $19.5 million.) Patterson’s been a benevolent force on the literary scene, donating money to a number of organizations, institutions, and individuals that boost literacy, access to books, and the celebration of reading. For the second year, he’s allotted $250,000 toward his Holiday Bonus Program, which awards $1,000 to $5,000 to employees of independent book stores around the country. Patterson selected 149 booksellers based on nominations from customers, store owners, managers, fellow booksellers, and publishing professionals. A number of local booksellers were honored with a bonus, including Katie Eelman at Papercuts J.P. in Jamaica Plain; Brad Lennon, Serena Longo, and Benjamin Newcomer at Harvard Book Store; Sarah Rettger at Porter Square Books in Cambridge; Valerie Arroyo from the

Cambridge poet wins fellowship Josh Bell, a Cambridge-based poet and BriggsCopeland lecturer in English at Harvard, was awarded a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, one of 37 poets this year awarded $25,000 to put toward “time and space to create, revise, conduct research, and connect with readers.” Bell is the author of two collections, “No Planets Strike’’ (University of Nebraska) and “Alamo Theory’’ (Copper Canyon), which includes poems in the voice of Mötley Crüe’s former front man Vince Neil. (“Sometimes I myself/ wonder what I was thinking then, but those words/ went on to live forever, didn’t they, radioed out/ into the giant midwestern back-

seat”). Bell’s poems are dark, strange, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, often cinematic, in a “Paris, Texas’’ meets “Army of Darkness’’ sort of way. As poet Jorie Graham writes of his work, Bell “reminds us of all that is untranslatably American in our experience, as well as our language.” NEA grants were also awarded to a number of New England literary organizations, including the Alice James Poetry Cooperative in Farmington, Maine; Zephyr Press, in Brookline; the Boston Review; Boston University’s AGNI Magazine; Emerson College’s Ploughshares; the Massachusetts Review, based in Amherst; Orion Magazine, based in Great Barrington; Tupelo Press in North Adams; and Wesleyan University Press in Middletown, Conn.

Brewster Book Store on the Cape; and William Carl from Wellesley Books.

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“The Strays’’ by Emily Bitto (Twelve) “Heritage of Smoke’’ by Josip Novakovich (Dzanc) “Her Every Fear’’ by Peter Swanson (William Morrow)

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Betty Sudarsky of Wellesley Books in Wellesley recommends “Mercury’’ by Margot Livesey (Harper): “Does a marriage implode slowly or does it happen in an instant? A family copes with the dangerous obsession a wife develops for a horse stabled where she works. The story is told by both the husband and the wife utilizing alternating viewpoints and beautifully integrates a Scotsman’s reticence and an American woman’s gusto and ambition. Rich supporting characters enhance this morality tale.” Nina MacLaughlin is the author of “Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter” and can be reached at nmaclaughlin@gmail.com. James Patterson topped Forbes Magazine’s annual rankings of the highest paid authors.

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FICTION 1. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS 2. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen GROVE PRESS 3. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry Fredrik Backman WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS 4. My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout RANDOM HOUSE 5. The Sellout Paul Beatty PICADOR USA 6. The Best American Short Stories 2016 Junot Diaz & Heidi Pitlor (Eds.) MARINER 7. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante EUROPA EDITIONS 8. The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George BROADWAY 9. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins RIVERHEAD 10. The Vegetarian Han Kang HOGARTH

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THE DISCOVERY Who doesn’t love a tugboat? Stubby strivers of the seas, stalwart, strong, and stable, they speak to a need for stability amid the churn. Cambridge architect Paul Farrell channels deep admiration and interest for the tug into a beautiful ode to the workhorses of the waterways in a book that’s been 20 years in the making. “Tug boats Illustrated: History, Technology, Seamanship’’ (Norton) has a scrapbookish feel. Photographs spanning centuries show all sorts of tugs in action; the sketches are done by Farrell himself, showing an architect’s elegant precision. You will learn about the boat, its history, its workings, the way it moves, but more than that the book is a look into a mind’s enthusiasm, and this mind is curious, sharp, engaged, and passionate. “What interests me is the interplay between ideas, the things people build and the environment that shapes how they build them,” Farrell writes. NINA MACLAUGHLIN

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over Moms’ Kitchen, they are also the authors of several cookbooks. Though both are busy mothers of two kids, they fear not the unexpected guest. “People don’t expect to eat, especially on short notice,” Newell Bissex said. “But you want to serve them something, right?” The key is a few easy recipes, all created from staples you can keep on hand: sun-dried tomato tuna bites, holiday rice and tuna cakes, cinnamon-spiced roasted walnuts, and butternut squash soup shooters, all whipped together while wine is poured and the guests mingle. The two demonstrated just how easy the four recipes are to make during a gettogether at Newell Bissex’s home. As the doorbell rang, Newell Bissex welcomed Ginni Wallace of Danvers; Liz Ward of Reading; Hillary Wright of Arlington; Eileen Leonard, originally from Winchester, in from London for the holidays; Jeanne Arsenault of Peabody; Mary FOOD, Page 6

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December dilemma. But while the eightday Jewish festival occasionally overlaps with Christmas Day, the calendar usually keeps them at a respectful — or at least manageable — distance. Not this year. The first night of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas Eve, something that only happens two or three times a century. The last time this happened was 1978. The next time is 2027. We’d need an entire article to explain why, but suffice it to say that the Hebrew calendar is based on the lunar cycle, which means that it’s 11 days shorter than the secular calendar. To keep Jewish holidays in their proper season, every INTERFAITH, Page 6

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Malden seeking new school chief By John Laidler GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

A f t e r p r o t e s t i n g t h at it would not be represented on the search committee to select a permanent school superintendent, the Malden Education Association has learned that the panel will include six of its members. Bonnie Page, president of the union representing 750 teachers, aides, and administrators, said she was told by Mayor Gary Christenson on Tuesday that the 13-member committee will include three teachers and three assistant principals, all of whom are union members. C hris tenson confirmed Wednesday that the committee will include the six union members along with two School Committee members; a

city councilor; a member of the Special Education Parent Advisory Council; a parent; a business person; and a student representative. Page had previously been under the impression that no union members were on the search committee, and had emailed a letter two weeks ago to all members of the Malden Education Association to protest. Interviewed Wednesday, Page said she was pleased the union will be included, but not about how the selections were made. “My executive board feels we should have been consulted about who we would like to represent the union on the committee,” said Page, adding that her board also thinks a union officer should have been one of the representatives. On Dec. 5 at a School Committee meeting, Christenson — who serves as chairman — said

the search committee would include 11 members. The mayor said union pressure did not prompt the move to include more union members. “We are always reviewing and analyzing where we are,” he said. Christenson said he consulted a variety of people, including principals, assistant principals, teachers, and the districtwide PTO, in determining the committee makeup. “ We have done our ver y best to try and incorporate as many of the stakeholders in the process and I think this is a reflection of that,” he said. Page said that after the Dec. 5 School Committee meeting, she asked the mayor why the search committee would not include a union officer. She said he told her the School Committee had opted against that, leaving her with a misperception that no union member would be included.

Christenson said Wednesday the original plan included a teacher and two people from among principals, assistant principals, and directors; the latter two positions are union. He said after a School Committee representative resigned from the search committee, he revamped the lineup to increase the number of teachers and administrators, with a particular goal of ensuring a good representation of teachers from different grade levels. The number of teachers was increased from one to three, while the ranks of administrators grew from two to three, all of them assistant principals. Charles A. Grandson, who was named interim superintendent last June, is expected to apply for the permanent post, Christenson said. John Laidler can be reached at laidler@globe.com.

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The Local comes home to Woburn WHO’S IN CHARGE Owners Tom and Tricia Wynn and Frank and Stacey Santo, all of Wellesley, wanted to add a fourth location to their restaurant group — The Local Kitchen & Drinks — in Newton, Wellesley, and Wayland. They chose Woburn. “I’m from Woburn, born and raised here,” said Frank Santo, who runs day-to-day operations. “My parents and siblings are still here. Everything — the rent, landlord, and location — added up.” Culinary director Brian Bulzachelli oversees the seasonal menu across all locations featuring made-from-scratch dishes, creative cocktails, wine, and a wide list of beers, including Woburn’s own Lord Hobo Brewing Co. THE LOCALE A short ride off Route 128 on Route 3, The Local’s fourth site is in a perfect spot in the Whole Foods plaza, convenient for a bite after shopping, work, or for a night off from cooking. Tricia Wynn designed the interior, with browns and blues that give off a warm, welcoming feel. The night we went, the place was filled with families. Reasonable prices combined with classy decor make for a good date night (even if the kids do come along). ON THE MENU Already, the 100-seat restaurant is jam-

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packed and buzzing. We were OK with a 45-minute wait, but after spotting seats open up at the bar, we grabbed them. The bar menu is worth exploring. Our Drew Barrymore look-alike bartender was an attentive, eager guide, whipping up an Island Getaway ($10), a tropical blend of Myers dark and white rum, grapefruit, pineapple, lime juice, and nut-

meg. The Guinness draft ($6) tasted as good as you’d find in Ireland. Best dish of the night, hands-down, was the crispy Brussels sprouts ($5) on the “Snack Things” menu. I’m no fan of the greens, but this deep-fried bowlful, crunchycrisp on the outside and moist inside served with a soy sauce dip, changed my mind. Some

of the outer leaves of the Brussels sprouts peeled off like homemade chips, another treat. For entrées, my husband Joe had the ale-battered fish and chips ($19), with haddock inside a thick Ipswich Ale IPA batter. Each bite was moist and soft. Also oh-so-tender was my slow-roasted short rib ($20), a generous portion atop a pillow of homemade garlic mashed potatoes and sautéed green beans. At the slightest touch of my fork, shreds of meat fell like glaciers melting in the Antarctic. There’s a great lineup of “Salad Things.” We split the Local Harvest ($11), filled with piles of baby kale, roasted sweet potatoes, red grapes, toasted hazelnuts, pecorino cheese, and citrus dressing. It was enough for two, almost a meal in itself. For dessert, called “Sweet Things” ($8 each), there’s some of the usual suspects like flourless chocolate cake and crème brûlée. But the warm skillet cookie won out. A thick, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it was still warm and crisp, filling the small, hot skillet, and included a scoop of cold vanilla bean ice cream with a ring of chocolate ganache. Next trip will be for brunch (offered Saturdays, Sundays, and Monday holidays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The biggest seller is the “Brunch Things” Chicken & Waffle ($16), with crispy buttermilk chicken, a fluffy waffle, maple butter, and sausage gravy. All “Brunch Things” come with a complimentary mimosa or Bloody Mary. Makes me eager for the weekend. The Local, 350 Cambridge St., Woburn, 7819325910, liveatlocal.com. Kathy Shiels Tully can be reached at kathy@kathyshielstully.com.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR B Y K AT HY S H I E L S TUL LY G L O B E C O RR E S PO N D E NT DAZZLING ZOO LIGHTS Looking for something to do with the kids during school vacation week? You have until Jan. 1 for a wondrous evening stroll through the Stone Zoo in Stoneham to view the spectacular ZooLights, which will bring out the kid in you, too. Make a wish for the new year as you walk along sparkling, tree-lined paths. Make that thousands of wishes. The lights are on from 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $9; free for children under 2. The zoo is located at 149 Pond St. For tickets, visit zoonewengland.org. LIGHT THE CANDLES Families can celebrate the fifth night of Hanukkah on Thursday, Dec. 29, with a free, festive dinner — including latkes and dessert — plus stories, music, and crafts from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly. The evening is sponsored by PJ Library, a free Jewish book-ofthe-month club for children ages 6 months to 8 years. It was created by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and is funded locally by the Salem-based Lappin Foundation and a grant from Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead. Those attending are asked to bring a can of food to be donated to a local pantry. The party and dinner are funded by Temple B’nai Abraham, located at 200 East Lothrop St. Walkins are welcome. For more information or to RSVP, contact Phyllis Osher at 978-740-4404 or posher@lappinfoundation.org. HYSTERICAL TAKE ON HIS TORICAL YEAR Launch the New Year laughing with Jimmy Tingle at The Cabot in Beverly at 8 p.m. on Dec. 31. You can expect the “Jimmy Tingle Making Comic Sense Live on New Year’s Eve” show to provide both a hilarious and thought-provoking take on targets from Donald Trump and the 2016 elections to the technology that drives us nuts. Tickets range from $25 to $55 (top price gets a “meet and greet” with Tingle and glass of champagne after the show. The Cabot is at 286 Cabot St. For tickets, go to thecabot.org or call 866-811-4111. This show replaces a previously planned performance by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. A new date will be announced. Ticket holders will be notified and receive full refunds.

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Sports CAMPUS ANGLE A senior defenseman and captain at Amherst College, Caitlyn Ryan of Burlington played her high school hockey at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham. She collected New England Small College Athletic Conference second-team honors as a sophomore and was first team as a junior last season when she helped the Purple & White to a 22-3-3 overall record, 13-1-2 in conference play. Amherst started this season 1-3-1, but has since won its last two games. Ryan is majoring in Chinese.

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Taylor discovered the perimeter was where he could have the biggest impact. “It’s what I like to do,” he said. “I like to shoot. I wasn’t a good dribbler, so I would shoot the ball and it would go in, but it takes some time and you’ve got to work on it. “For my shot to get where it is now, I’ve been working on it over the years. It’s just constant drills, and that’s where I’m at.” He’s not afraid to take it to the hoop. Three years further along in his career, he’s become a more adept ball-handler. And when his shot is not falling, he uses his other skills to get on track. “If I don’t get the rhythm going, my shot is not going to go down,” Taylor said. “So if I’m missing, I’ll just take it to the rack to get going and then just take some more shots. But if none of them are falling, you’ve just got to take it in the rest of the game.” Taylor’s easy-going disposition is a rare characteristic that supports his role as a shooter. “It’s so valuable,” said Malden coach Don Nally. “He’s a tough kid and he lives for [intense moments] too, he likes having the ball in his hands.” The Golden Tornadoes are not the only team with the privilege of having a 3-pointer threat on their squad. In Lynnfield, the Pioneers have 6-4 senior Louis Ellis, a shooter who — as coach Scott MacKenzie describes it — possesses “parking lot range.” Ellis grapples with the same issues as any other young shooter, mainly maintaining form. Many players can hit shots from the perimeter, but the ones who do it consistently and with impeccable form are the ones that make a routine impact. “Before practice, I’ll do 20

minutes of form shooting, which is me just standing right in front of the rim, dribble straight down, keep the ball on my right side, and then just not hitting the rim, that’s the goal,” Ellis said. “[I] try to get a nice flick of the wrist and just do that for 20 minutes every other practice or so and it helps keep my form where it is.” For Will Parsons of Rowley, a junior at Triton Regional in Byfield, the role of a shooter found him. At 6-2 after hitting an early growth spurt, Parsons grew up playing in the post. But after stepping on the court at Triton and realizing he would no longer be the type of player to run the center position, he had to alter his game. “I stopped growing, and when I started playing freshman year there were a lot of kids bigger than me,” Parsons said. “I had to develop a more versatile game so I could get more minutes.” Few players are relied on to be consistent more than the shooter. They are also the players who often find themselves in the most nerve-racking spot late in a close game. For that reason, the mental aspect is so key. “It’s crucial,” Parsons said. “You’ve got to have a short memory if you want to be one of the greatest shooters. If you miss one, two, three shots in a row, you have got to forget about it.” Added Ellis, “It’s definitely mental. When shots aren’t falling, I’m trying to get to the basket, get to the free-throw line, and see the ball go in a few times. After I see it go in a few times, my mentality [improves] and shots just start falling.” Logan Mullen can be reached at logan.mullen@globe.com.

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CASEY FITZGERALD NORTH READING The second-year Boston College defenseman was one of 27 players named to the Team USA World Junior preliminary roster. Fitzgerald, 19, was selected in the third round by the Buffalo Sabres in this year’s NHL Draft. NORMA WAGGETT SAUGUS The Salem State junior guard was named Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week after averaging 22.3 points and 10.3 rebounds while shooting 51 percent from the field in a 3-0 week for the Vikings.

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er went back to playing forward. He must have seen something and it worked out for me. I was always a very defensiveminded forward so it wasn’t too huge a transition. As soon as I started playing I felt much more comfortable. I could see the ice better. It was definitely a better fit. I love it.

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Q. What is it you like about the sport itself? A. I think the fact it’s so fastpaced and all the flying around you do on about a half-an-inch blade. There are so many different aspects to it. You have to master skating before you can master passing or master shooting. There are so many aspects of it before you get to this level. Over the last 16 years I’m able to see how it led me to Amherst. I’m sure it happens in other sports, too, but it’s so apparent to me now looking back.

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R Make some items ahead of time. The spiced nuts can be stored in an airtight container. Tuna cakes can be made and stored in the freezer, then heated up when guests arrive. R Stock your pantry and fridge. Be a good scout and buy staples like saltines or rice crackers (in case guests are glutenfree), blocks of cheese, frozen shrimp, red sauce, tuna, dried herbs, and chocolate bark. R Holiday eating can be healthy. Skip the fatty, salty chips. Substitute spiced nuts. R Entertaining doesn’t need to be fancy or expensive. Have fully prepared items like a box of soup on hand that you can heat up and garnish with herbs or plain yogurt. R For detailed recipes, go to the “holiday appetizer recipes pantry” blog at mealmakeovermoms.com. JIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF

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about raising my children Jewish, and he didn’t have strong feelings,” said Polay-Wettengel. “The only thing he wanted to keep was Christmas,” because it has been part of his family’s tradition. “There are a lot of people who frown on having a Christmas tree in a Jewish household,” she said. “For us, it’s normal.” The family, which lives in Salem, also hosts Christmas parties, but the fare includes Jewish treats such as latkes and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts). Chana Snyder, who comes from a Christian background, is raising her children in the Jewish faith of her husband, Michael. But the Hanover family does celebrate nonreligious aspects of Christmas. They invited Jewish friends over to help dress up their tree “with a smorgasbord of decorations,” said Chana, including dreidels, pine cones, vacation memorabilia, and ornaments from her Christian childhood. No s t a r o r Na t i v i ty s c e n e , though. The Snyders belong to Congregation Sha’aray Shalom, a Reform congregation in Hingham. Since nearly half its members are interfaith families, the temple decided to reschedule its annual Hanukkah party, normally held around the second night of the holiday, to Dec. 30. “Ultimately for us,” Chana said, the holidays are “about spending time with family, not as much about the gifts and decorations. It’s a chance to beat off the winter blues and enjoy each other.” Family is what connects Korean native Yoo Jin C. Glassman to Hanukkah. The Cambridge resident was raised in an extended family that included relatives of the Buddhist, Catholic, and Episcopal faiths. Her husband, Adam, was raised in a Jewish family, and the couple are raising their two children in the religion. As in past years, the Glassmans are spending Hanukkah in Queens, N.Y., with Adam’s cousins. “I grew up with a big family and everything always revolved around getting together with family and friends, making special kinds of food,” said Glassman, who converted to Judaism at the time of her marriage. While Chrismukkah has become popular shorthand for interfaith celebrations, Cameron cautions against “conflating them both and having it be the theme.”

Rabbi Jillian Cameron of InterfaithFamily/Boston discussed Hanukkah during holiday activities at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Pointing out that as holidays go, Christmas is far more important in the Christian religion than Hanukkah is to Judaism, she advises interfaith couples “to do whatever tradition you have for Christmas in your house or someone else’s house and then you have seven more nights to do Hanukkah in your own space.” But talk about your plans with friends and family, she said. “Don’t just assume things are going to happen,” Cameron said. “Make clear choices about the things you want to do and what’s important to you.” Jonah Berman, who was raised in a Re form Je wish household, and his wife, Beth Keeley, who grew up in a Christian one, are raising their two sons, both under age 4, in the Jewish tradition. But as has been the family tradition, they’ll spend Christmas with Keeley’s family in Rochester, N.Y. The Medfield couple talked with Keeley’s mother ahead of time about Hanukkah starting on Christmas Eve. “Beth’s mom said, ‘Great, so I assume you’ll be bringing the menorah, and we’ll light the candles together.’” Berman said that while his in-laws are “seriously Christian,” that has actually made them more accepting. “They’ve done their homework and really understand that Judaism and Christianity share similar roots,” he said, The Bermans celebrated Hanukkah early with Jonah’s father, Stanley, in Dover. Other relatives at the party included his sister, Jessica Boatright of Roslindale, who is raising her children to be Jewish with her husband, Eric, who grew up Christian (but now is the one in the family who makes latkes from scratch). The Boatrights are spending Christmas with Eric’s parents in Colorado. “We love all our family regardless of their religion. We take opportunities to participate in things that are important to them. That doesn’t chip away at my children’s Jewish identity,” Boatright said. Steve Maas can be reached at stevenmaas@comcast.net.

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any people find it hard to pass by a Salvation Army kettle without dropping in a donation. For me, that applies not only during the holiday season but also during my yearly visit to the Saratoga Race Course in New York, where putting something in the Army’s kettle on the way in is considered a must for good luck. But I got to thinking about the folks staffing the kettles and ringing the bells, and those stopping to donate during the annual Massachusetts campaign that begins around Veterans Day and concludes on Christmas Eve, with a goal of raising $3.5 million. The Salvation Army, which describes itself both as a church and the leading social service provider in the country, says through a spokesman that the money goes to “meeting needs in the community no one else is meeting, such as emergency services, food, clothing, afterschool programs, or senior services.” I wanted to know what makes a good bell ringer. What are the qualities that would encourage shoppers who may already have a pile of holiday bills to stop and part with some of their money? I also wondered what moves people in a high-tech era to participate in a very low-tech campaign, albeit one 126 years old. I took part once many years ago and remember it as meaningful. Surely I could take another turn and put to use what I might learn from veteran bell ringers? I asked Captain Timothy Ross, who has led the Quincy Corps of the Salvation Army since July 2012, whether there was one person who personified the campaign. Without

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Chi Chi rises above her horrific journey It was nearly 10 years ago that I first wrote about a Nigerian teenager who had been so badly burned that even specialists in Boston said they’d never seen worse. Chinonye Omeje was 14 years old when she had an epileptic seizure and fell facefirst into a cooking fire in her village, causing a pot of stew to spill its contents onto her head. Chi Chi, as she is called, was burned beyond recognition. Much of her face was melted away. Her hair went up in flames. Her scalp was scalded. Her right hand was disfigured, along with her neck and chest. She was left blind. As unlucky as that day was, Chi Chi and her mother, Helen, have since been blessed by the kindness of strangers. Discovered in a rural clinic by a Nigerian-born American, Chi Chi and Helen have lived in an apartment in Milton since 2005. Doctors at the Boston Shriners Hospital for Children and later Brigham and Women’s Hospital — some of the world’s top plastic surgeons — have performed dozens of procedures on Chi Chi. She is 27 now, and for the past few years has had a tracheostomy, necessary for the surgeries ENGLISH, Page 2

hesitation, he pointed to Cathy Birchmore, 64, of Quincy. “Anywhere we’re ringing a bell, Cathy is there,” he said. “She’s so professional and consistent, and she knows so many people.” Birchmore has been a Salvation Army volunteer for 42 years, the last 30 ringing the bell at South Shore Plaza in Braintree, where she occupies a prime spot near Sears. She also minds the kettle during the army’s annual Christmas in July fund-raiser, and last month at the Quincy Christmas Parade she was riding on a motorized scooter alongside the organization’s marchers, kettle in hand. Last May, the Quincy Corps honored her for her faithful service. Birchmore said she began volunteering when she was baby-sitting two boys whose grandmother was a volunteer for the Army and urged her to join the cause. The woman died shortly after, but Birchmore stayed on. Diabetes has greatly affected her legs and limited her mobility, but it hasn’t slowed her much. Working at the mall on a recent afternoon, she warmly greeted Tony Ramos, 73, of New Bedford, as he dropped a dollar in the kettle. And she beamed as Aoife Couture, 3, of Plymouth, put in a donation, then took Birchmore’s bell and vigorously shook it as passersby stopped and laughed. Deidre Couture said she was trying to teach her daughter about sharing. “I’m teaching her to share; we’re not too keen on sharing our toys.” Both Birchmore and another bell ringer, Dave Flynn, 30, of Weymouth, said it heartSALVATION ARMY, Page 5

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scary,” said Rabbi Jillian Cameron, director of InterfaithFamily/Boston, part of a national organization headquartered in Newton. Every year, interfaith families face the December dilemma. But while the eight-day Jewish festival occasionally overlaps with Christmas Day, the calendar usually keeps them at a respectful — or at least manageable — distance. Not this year. The first night of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas Eve, something that only happens two or three times a century. The last INTERFAITH, Page 5

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COMMENTARY A meaningful time of year Very moving stories. (Beverly Beckham column, Dec. 18) Lets all figure out a way we can help more people this year!

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Beautiful! Thank you for writing about these awesome people and the good they are doing!

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The proposed Dedham Heritage Rail Trail would convert the derelict rail line that runs from Dedham Square to East Dedham into a linear park and rail trail. Though sadly neglected, this land is public property and should be improved for the enjoyment of all. Here are some of the many ways the rail trail would benefit our town: 1. The trail would be a smooth, level path separated from motorized traffic. It would give people of all ages and abilities a secure place to walk, run, bike, and relax. Kids would be able to use the trail as a safe route to adjacent schools and playing fields. Once it connected to the planned bike path in Readville, commuters could walk or bike to the T and catch the train to Boston. 2. By encouraging active recreation and transportation, the trail would promote healthy lifestyle choices. 3. The trail would make Dedham more attractive to millennials -- younger adults generally prefer to bike and walk rather than drive. It would also increase neighboring property values. 4. The rail line from Readville was once the main travel route from Boston to Dedham. By revitalizing and beautifying this corridor, we would properly honor this important part of our history. 5. The proposal is cost effective. Once Dedham invests in a design and engineering plan, state and federal grants would fund most or all of the several million dollars needed for construction. 6. Right now, illegal dumping, drug use, and underage drinking are rampant on the overgrown rail corridor. Converting this seedy strip into a landscaped park with a paved path accessible to police patrols would discourage these activities and make trail neighbors safer. 7. The trail will preserve the privacy of neighbors. The trail and shoulders will take up only about 14 feet of the 50-foot-wide corridor, leaving more than 15 feet on each side for a buffer of trees and greenery. Neighbors could add fencing if desired. The rail trail would help Dedham to improve the health, recreation, and transportation choices in our town. It is time for Dedham to join the more than 70 Massachusetts communities that already have rail trails!

I am not against cycling nor walking along wooded trails. In fact, many of us enjoy walking around town every week. But the proposed rail trail would infringe upon the basic right of privacy of abutters, which includes many longtime Dedham resident and businesses. A rail trail is typically an attractive notion — until it runs through your backyard. I wonder how many of the proponents would support the project if the route passed next to their properties? Can you imagine how you would feel with an increased volume of cars, foot traffic, and cyclists converging in your quiet neighborhood? The cost is also a concern. Dedham has spent $10,000 of taxpayers’ money for an incomplete feasibility study that has dragged on for months when we have far more important town matters before us. Because the study is not completed, the fall Town Meeting indefinitely postponed a request for additional funds for a circulation study for the project. The overall estimated project cost will far exceed the proposed $1.4 million, in part because of the major bridge work involved. The proposal lacks parking at the bridges and hardly qualifies as the kind of nature walk other towns enjoy, through deep wooded areas, lakes or rivers, and other tranquil settings. This proposal is nothing more than a 1.5mile glorified sidewalk. With so many homes and commercial buildings along the trail, abutters are also very concerned about the potential of break-ins, yard theft, property damage, and the safety of their children playing in their backyards. There will be no lighting, so the trail will be closed from dusk to dawn. Who knows who would be on it during those hours? It will not be usable to get to the Readville train station to Boston or for people to get to Dedham Square to shop, dine, or see a movie after dusk. Dedham has far more pressing issues requiring the financial commitment and attention of its leadership than a costly trail that would be intrusive to abutters. Let’s all walk and bike, but let’s consider other locations like the Striar property, which is far better suited for something like this.

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What a lovely column and a great read to start the day. It’s always the bad people who make the news, but the good people far outnumber the bad and inspire us to be better. Thank you.

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Beverly, fantastic column about fantastic people. Could not think of a better way to start Christmas week. Merry Christmas to all.

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I’m with you, Beverly. We have so much to be thankful for, and the world is full of quiet, loving acts.

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There are angels everywhere quietly doing good, and most times we don’t ever see them but they are there. Merry Christmas to all.

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Thank you for a lovely column! Merry Christmas.

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This is a wonderful column for the Christmas season. Thank God most people are good and caring.

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First, it’s the law you can’t use municipal funds to purchase items with taxpayer monies that don’t benefit all constituents. He purchased flowers from a current sitting city councilor’s business. She votes on his budget. He sent flowers to some of his former constituents but not all. He sent flowers to politicians in other towns. He even sent flowers to his secretary for Administrative Day that taxpayers paid for. The audit was done by the elected City Council Audit Committee. No monies were paid. He didn’t do this voluntarily; he did it to avoid ethics investigations. It’s supposed to come out of personal funds — he is paid $142,00 yearly -— or his campaign funds, of which he currently has $60,000.

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performed pro bono by Dr. Julian Pribaz and his team at the Brigham. Pribaz had participated in the first face transplant at the hospital in 2009. After Chi Chi aged out of Shriners hospital at 21, the Brigham took her on. She has undergone skin grafts, procedures that involved pumping fluid into her back and her head leaving huge humps to be harvested, and day-long surgeries. Throughout it all, I’ve never heard her complain. Her mos t recent surger y was scheduled for Friday, and she and her mother — Helen always sleeps on a cot in her hospital room — expected to be there over Christmas. Devout Christians, they are no doubt singing hymns that can be heard down the hospital hallways. It has been a dozen years since Chi Chi has seen her father, her seven siblings, her nieces and nephews. About 2½ years ago, through donations raised by what I call their Dream Team, Helen flew home to visit her family. Her oldest daughter, who had been watching over the others since Helen left, was infected with HIV by her husband, who had told her that he had malaria when he really had AIDS, which killed him. So much has happened back home during their absence. Nine new grandchildren have been born. Chi Chi’s youngest brother, 12 when the accident happened, is now a strapping young man. Their father, a schoolteacher, has had a stroke and is retired. Coming from a country rife with corruption and poverty, Chi Chi and Helen consider the United States the promised land. Without a cent to their name, they have lived in a furnished apartment. Chi Chi graduated from the Perkins School for the Blind, and has had top medical care and food, clothing, and utilities paid for. A year

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Chi Chi and Helen Omeje at their Milton apartment. ago, Helen had knee replacement surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It’s all been made possible by a network of individuals and nonprofits, who doubtless are struck by Chi Chi’s amazing attitude and contagious laugh, and her mother’s determination to see this through. Members of Bethel Pentecostal Church in Dorchester, which Helen and Chi Chi attend — a congregant picks them up every Sunday — have pitched in. There’s the immigration lawyer who has handled the extended medical visa, the Milton social worker who has scoured sources for monthly rent, the friends and neighbors who take them shopping and deliver goodies, the doctor who dealt with Chi Chi’s epilepsy and so much more, the woman who took them to New York to get passports renewed, the Milton Food Pantry that has helped keep them stocked. In careful script, Helen writes everyone religious cards and thank-you notes, God-blessing them all. Chi Chi isn’t back to her old face — that would be impossible, doctors say

— but she has come a long way. More than anything, she wants to see again. In 2009, Dr. Victor Perez at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami agreed to take what other doctors had called a hopeless case. For the first time in five years, Chi Chi could see her mother’s face. But infection set in, and she has not been able to see in years. Six months ago, Perez evaluated her again. But a hospital social worker says that since Chi Chi aged out of the Ronald McDonald House, the hospital has been unable to find a place — other than a shelter — to house mother and daughter for what could be several visits and an extended period of time. With no promise of success. The social worker suggests that a Boston eye specialist would be a better bet this time around, with Chi Chi also needing to have the skin flaps covering her eyes opened by a plastic surgeon. “People care for others in the United States,” says Chi Chi, who has a “talking computer” and a treadmill that she walks on daily, both donated. Lately, she’s been enjoying an internship provided by the Mass. Commission for the Blind, at a Randolph gas station/store where she is a greeter. Every month, she and her mom attend a support group for burn survivors at Spaulding Rehab. They’ve attended a national conference for burn survivors in Providence, Indianapolis, and Anaheim, with funds raised by other survivors. They know the time is coming to go home. They have mixed feelings. They miss their family, but they know they will miss their Dream Team, too, and their accidental lives in America. To contribute to the Chinonye Victory Fund, send donations to Citizens Bank Mattapan, 1563 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan, MA 02126. Bella English writes from Milton. You can reach her at english@globe.com.

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The historic Swift Hat Shop in Milton, the town’s oldest commercial building, is being targeted for a medical marijuana facility. New England Patient Network of Boston says it would like to renovate the vacant and dilapidated wooden structure, which was built around 1790 for Captain John Swift’s beaver hat business, and open a medical marijuana dispensary. The company’s executive officer, Julius Sokol, said his firm has an option to lease the space and the project would cost an estimated $600,000. “Our goal is to restore the Swift Hat Shop at 98 Adams Street to the beautiful building it once was and provide a safe and comforting place for the patients of the Commonwealth to obtain this much-needed treatment option,” Sokol said in an e-mail.

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A rendering depicts the proposed marijuana dispensary in Milton. “We are cognizant of the fact that this is a polarizing issue,” he said. “At the same time, we are confident that if the residents and officials of Milton learn the facts about the siting and op-

eration of a medical use marijuana facility in Massachusetts, they will realize that this is a good thing for Milton [and] the surrounding economy, Milton’s budget, local businesses, and

most importantly the sick people in and around Milton who desperately need help.” The Massachusetts Department of Public Health requires medical marijuana facilities to get a letter of support or non-opposition from a community’s governing board. Milton selectmen held a public hearing on the proposal on Dec. 6 and continued discussion to Jan. 3, according to Planning Director William Clark, who said there was considerable opposition expressed to the location. The Swift Hat House is in Milton’s historic business district on the waterfront. The site meets all zoning requirements for a medical marijuana business, Clark said. The building’s owner has tried in the past to get permission to demolish the little red building but ran into opposition from the town’s Historic Commission. Johanna Seltz can be reached at seltzjohanna@gmail.com.

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NEW SCHOOLS CHIEF NAMED The Duxbury School Committee has voted unanimously in favor of naming Westwood Superintendent John Antonucci as the next superintendent of schools in Duxbury. Antonucci, who has headed the Westwood schools since 2005, was assistant superintendent for business and finance for two years before that in the Nashoba Regional School District. Antonucci will take the reins from Ben Tantillo, who is retiring at the end of the school year. JEAN LANG

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GRANT HELPS BUY LED LIGHTS Hull is among 29 Massachusetts communities to receive a share of $11.4 million in state money to replace their street lights with LED lighting. Hull Municipal Light received a $143,575 grant, which covers approximately 38 percent of the cost of converting all 1,100 municipal street lights to the energy-efficient lighting, according to a press release from the town. The money will be used to help pay for new LED fixtures, long-life photo electric controllers, and wireless controllers for the fixtures, the release said. JOHANNA SELTZ

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Some of the toys bought by Mortgage Master employees for children through the Toys for Tots program.

an increase of $249.77, or 4.9 percent over the $5,091.58 the owner of an average home valued at $312,943 would have paid in fiscal 2016. JOHN LAIDLER

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CITY SEEKING ONE FLOOD MAP Quincy’s struggle with federal flood maps remains mired in confusion, but it appears to be nearing a conclusion. The city is lobbying the Federal Emergency Management Agency to adopt a single map, but the agency could also continue with its patchwork approach, the city’s engineering consultant told the City Council last week. The latest floodplain boundaries are to take effect April 14, said Joseph Shea, an engineer with Woodward & Curran. Residents can call 617-3761937 for more information.

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PROPERTY TAXES SET TO GO UP Homeowners in Plymouth will see their property tax bills rise about $250 on average this year under the new tax rate set by the town. The fiscal 2017 rate is $16.58 per $1,000 valuation, up from $16.27 per $1.000 last year, according to Anne Dunn, the town’s director of assessing. Based on that rate, the owner of an average single-family home valued at $322,156 would pay an annual tax of $5,341.35 this year,

average home valued at $288,400, according to Town Manager David C. Murphy. Meanwhile, the Town Council has selected Janine Smith, director of finance and acting treasurer/collector in Hanover, as its next accountant.

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NEW TAX RATES, ACCOUNTANT To keep taxes for homeowners as low as possible, the Randolph Town Council has approved a tax classification shift that asks businesses to continue to pay a greater burden of the property tax next year. The shift means about $300 more a year for the owner of an

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MARIJUANA DISPENSARY PLAN Sharon’s Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled to discuss on Jan. 11 a proposal by Four Daughters Compassionate Care to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Route 1. The board held a hearing Dec. 14 on the group’s plan for a dispensary but it did not make a decision. The zoning board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Community Center, 1219 Massapoag Ave. JILL TERRERI RAMOS

STOUGHTON

TOWN MANAGER SLIGHTED The Stoughton Board of Selectmen recently voted not to renew the contract of Town Manager Michael J. Hartman when it expires on June 30, 2017. The vote was 3-1, with chairman David J. Sousa, who made the motion, joining vice chairman Robert M. Cohn and Peter Brown voting in favor, and Robert J. O’Regan voting against. The fifth member,

Joseph M. Mokrisky, was not present. Sousa said Hartman can apply for the job again.

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FIRM GIVES TOYS TO CHARITY Mortgage Master of Walpole collected about 2,500 toys for children in Norfolk and Suffolk counties this holiday season, working through the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots charity program. Employees contributed about $20,000 for the toys, which was matched by the business’s parent company, loanDepot. JOHANNA SELTZ

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DEAL FOR SOLAR ARRAY OK’D West Bridgewater’s Special Town Meeting recently approved a $2.2 million payment in lieu of taxes agreement with a solar developer. The deal negotiated by selectmen with Ajax Solar LLC was adopted on a voice vote. The New York-based firm is constructing a 4.1-megawatt solar array on the roof of a commercial building at 35 United Way.

JOHN LAIDLER For longer versions of these stories and other news, please go to www.bostonglobe.com/south.

Community Bulletin Board BRAINTREE Countdown: Thayer Public Library will host a New Year’s Eve celebration for children on Saturday, Dec. 31, starting at 11 a.m. Youngsters will count down the last minute to noon, ringing in the New Year 12 hours early. No registration is required. The event will be held in the Logan Auditorium. CARVER Tech help: Those looking for help with their new devices — including smartphones, computers, e-readers, and more — can get one-on-one assistance at the Carver Public Library. Call 508-866-3415, ext. 109 to schedule an appointment. DUXBURY Happy Noon Year: The Duxbury Senior Center will host an event to ring in 2017 a bit early, on Friday, Dec. 30, at noon. There will be a performance by the “Singing

information, contact Gregory Hastings at 781-925-3211 ext. 124 or at Gregory@well-springhull.org. MARSHFIELD Health screening: The Marshfield Council on Aging will provide free blood pressure screenings Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m.

Trooper.” The cost is $12 per person. Those interested are asked to register, in advance, at the senior center’s front desk. HANOVER New Year’s Walk: The North and South Rivers Watershed Association invites the public to spend part of the first afternoon of 2017 on a free walk through the wooded property behind the Cardinal Cushing Centers. The event is on Sunday, Jan. 1, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The walk will include a stop by the dam removal site on the Third Herring Brook. HINGHAM Hanukkah celebration: A 9-foot menorah will be lit by Chabad of the South Shore at a public ceremony at the Hingham Shipyard on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 6 p.m. There will be appearances by public officials.

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The Cardinal Cushing Centers will be the starting point for a walk.

HULL Adult learning: Registration is open through late January for Wellspring Multi-Service Center’s HiSET/GED and high school diploma program. The free classes also offer help with transportation and baby-sitting. For

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Every day, police officers re spond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesserknown — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blot ters) in our suburbs. ANGRY SANTA At 12:19 a.m. Dec. 11, Norton police received a call about a man in a Santa Claus suit yelling derogatory names at people standing outside a home on Taunton Avenue. A patrolman who responded reported that he spoke with St. Nick and said “there were some hurt feelings about some people not being invited to the party.” FIT TO BE HUNG At 7:28 a.m. Nov. 30, Saugus police got a 911 call reporting a suspicious package in the ATM area of the Citizens Bank on Main Street. The silver package had writing on it and a wire coming out of it. But responding officers discovered it was just a plastic foam Christmas ornament. YULETIDE SCAM On Dec. 1, Burlington police were called to Best Buy, where the staff reported that a woman who purchased $3,000 in gift cards earlier in the day had returned to buy an additional $3,500 in gift cards. The woman told the store clerk the cards were for a relative in the hospital. Police said later the woman had received a call from a man claiming to be her grandson and requesting $3,000 in gift cards for Christmas. The generous woman dutifully went to Best Buy, bought the gift cards as he requested, and provided the man the cards’ serial numbers over the phone. Officers advised her not to buy any more gift cards, because this was surely a scam.

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Easton used 18 percent less energy in its buildings, vehicles, street lighting, and water and sewer facilities compared with 2009, the year the town became a “green community,” according to the town administrator. Green communities are required to track their energy usage from the time they enter the state program, David Colton said. In 2009, the town and schools used 76 million BTUs, compared with 62 million in 2016, he said. JOHANNA SELTZ

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RANDOLPH Book sale: The Friends of the Turner Free Library are conducting a book sale at the library. Hardcovers cost $2 and paperbacks are priced at 75 cents to $1.50. DVDs, CDs, and other media are also on sale. All proceeds benefit the group’s programs. ROCHESTER Looking ahead: The Plumb Library invites youngsters of all ages to stop by on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m., and write down their wishes for 2017. They can then tie their wishes to the library’s Christmas tree.

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BAH HUMBUG Holiday decorations are common targets for vandals. On Dec. 5, Peabody police were dispatched to State Street Extension where some Christmas lights were vandalized. An officer spoke to the resident and documented the damage. On Dec. 8, Hopkinton police received a call from a resident of Saddle Hill Road who reported her Christmas lights had been damaged. She believed the electrical cord on the lights had been cut and wanted the incident logged. On Dec. 9, Beverly police were informed that some Christmas decorations were stolen from a home on Washington Street. Later that night in Wakefield, police received a call that some youths had stolen Christmas decorations from a yard on Keeling Road. Police searched the area but weren’t able to locate the humbugs. On Dec. 12, vandals were at it again in Peabody. At 1:47 a.m., a man reported seeing “a bunch of teens” on Lynn Street taking Christmas decorations from houses. An officer spoke to the teenagers and told them to return the decorations, warning them that if additional complaints were received, they’d be in trouble. Later that morning at 7:55, police were called to speak with a resident on Bay State Boulevard — just around the corner from Lynn Street — who reported that the family’s Christmas decorations, worth about $300, had been vandalized. On Dec. 13, someone walked into the Dedham police station to report damage to a Christmas display on Lincoln Street. On Dec. 16, Wakefield police received a call from a woman on Fosters Lane reporting that her decorations had been vandalized. TIRED OF IT ALL Let’s face it: The holiday season is exhausting. At 2:17 a.m. Dec. 10, Norwood police stopped to check on a person passed out in a vehicle at McDonald’s on Route 1. Police learned the person was just an Uber driver taking a snooze between fares. Later that same day, at 6:17 p.m., police in Beverly checked on a guy in a parked vehicle on Kernwood Avenue. He, too, was snoozing. At 5:19 p.m. Dec. 12, Norwood police received a call about a suspicious vehicle parked on Fortune Drive. The responding officer reported the driver checked out OK and had pulled over to take a nap. On the afternoon of Dec. 13, Northborough police received a report of an elderly couple slumped over in their vehicle on Shops Way. Police said they were OK — just catching some shut-eye. And at 12:58 a.m. Dec. 15, Pe abody police checked on a “suspicious” vehicle at an auto repair shop on Birney Street — and found the driver sleeping. Emily Sweeney can be reached at esweeney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @emilysweeney.

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who returns to the farm where she grew up. A wine and cheese reception, plus book signing, follows the talk. Paul Pratt Memorial Library, 35 Ripley Road, Cohasset; Sunday, Jan. 8, 4 p.m.; free. The library is also screening the documentary film “Beyond Recognition,” which depicts the struggle of a Native American tribe near San Francisco to protect their ancestors’ burial places from urban sprawl. Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m.; free, refreshments.

BACKYARD HABITAT South Shore Natural Science Center’s knowledgeable naturalists partner with its preschool teachers to present a school vacation program that facilitates children’s discovery of the small animals and their habitats in their own backyard. Called “Habitats All Around Us!” the four-day program features outdoor exploration and art as children discover how animals and people adapt to their changing habitats on winter’s approach. Programs include “Flying South for Winter” on Tuesday, Dec. 27; “Preparing Cozy Underground Homes,” on Wednesday, Dec 28; “Brrr!! Fur Keeps Me Warm!” on Thursday, Dec 29; and “ZZZZZ … See You In The Spring!” on Friday, Dec. 30. 48 Jacob’s Lane, Norwell; Dec. 2730, 9-12:30; $35 per day for members, $40 for nonmembers, additional $2 for extended day, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Register by e-mailing mkurkoski@ssymca.org.

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PAJAMA TIME Children and their families are invited to join the Teen Advisory Group for Pajama Story Time. Advisory group members choose and read the stories. Children are invited to wear their pajamas, bring a favorite stuffed animal, and enjoy hot cocoa. Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St.; Wednesday, Dec. 28, 6 p.m.; free, no registration, www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org. NORTH RIVER WINTER Mass Audubon South Shore Sanctuaries presents the December vacation program “North River Winter Adventures.” Children in grades 1-5 (ages 7-11) are invited to investigate wildlife sanctuary trails looking for tracks, scat, and other evidence of wildlife, experiment with winter adaptations, and explore

the season through play and adventure along the trails. Each day ends with hot cocoa by the fire. North River Wildlife Sanctuary, 2000 Main St., Marshfield; Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 28-30, 9-3; $70, $60 members per day. Register for any or all days (activities vary) at www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/ program-catalog#results:sanctuary=5:keywords=winter%20adventures. OWL PROWL The North River Wildlife Sanctuary also offers “Owl Prowl: Slinking for Strigiformes” on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 7-9 p.m.; $25, $20 members, register at www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/north-river. SUNSHINE’ RETURNS Jonathan Edwards (above), whose 1971 hit song “Sunshine (Go Away Today)” still resonates with faithful followers and new fans, performs live in a return visit to The Spire Center for the Performing

Arts. “It is really gratifying,” Edwards said of his fans, “to hear, ‘Your stuff has meant a lot to me over the years.’” 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth; Friday, Dec. 30, 8 p.m.; $25, www.spirecenter.org. JAM SESSIONS The Spire Center is also hosting one of its “Jazz & Blues Jam Sessions” with the Spire House Band this week. Musicians are invited. Beer and wine are available in the lobby bar. 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth; Wednesday, Dec 28, 7-9:30 p.m.; $5 admission for participants and listeners. SCHOOL DAYS The Milton Historical Society photographic exhibit “Milton Children 1860-1990” begins with a class at the Consolidated School and ends with a class at the contemporary Tucker Elementary School. The photos concentrate on formative years’ events such as riding a bike, climbing a tree, the first day of school, and playing on a sports team to tell a story about childhood in Milton. Included

are sports team photos from Milton High School, Cunningham Junior High School, and Milton Little League. Also photos by photographers Margaret Sutermeister (from the 1890s) and Clifton Fasch (1950s), along with individual photos of children taken by Oxford Studios from late 1940s and early 1950s. Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Ave.; Jan. 1-31; www.miltonlibrary.org. WOODLAND WALK Visitors are invited to start the new year with a woodland walk through the winter woods of Holly Hill Farm and enjoy a cup of “Cindy’s incredible hot cocoa.” Main Barn, 236 Jerusalem Road, Co hasset; Sunday, Jan. 1, meet at 12:45 p.m., walk 1-3 p.m., rain or shine; free, no registration, www.hollyhillfarm.org. BOOK AND FILM Author Amy Hassinger speaks about her new book, “After the Dam,” described as a “resonant feminist drama” about a woman

CASH AND CLINE The Company Theatre presents the award-winning tribute band Cash & Cline: A Tribute to Johnny and Patsy. Terry Lee Goffee as Johnny Cash and Josie Waverly as Patsy Cline perform both legends’ greatest hits such as “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Crazy,” and “I Fall to Pieces.” 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell; Saturday, Jan. 14, 4 and 8 p.m.; $32, www.companytheatre.com. TEEN CONSERVATORY Also at The Company Theatre Centre for the Arts, the Teen Conservatory presents “Carrie the Musical,” based on the novel by Stephen King. The Company Theatre Academy encourages children to build self-confidence through the experience of the arts. Jan. 20-22; $20, www.companytheatre.com. Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.

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andy Thornton of Hanover no longer calls herself the “queen of ketchup.” And starting Jan. 1 on the Food Network, the world can see why. Thornton, a medical assistant at Carney Hospital in Boston, is one of 16 contestants on the network’s “Worst Cooks in America” show, starring Rachael Ray and Anne Burrell. Contest rules preclude contestants from revealing how far into the eliminationbased competition they got; Thornton, 25, said only that finally learning to cook “was a dream come true.” “I was a horrible cook; my poor daughter, Ryland, stopped eating what I’d make,” Thornton said of her dishes, which almost always

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Sharon residents Katya Portnaya and her husband, Igor Portnoy, have owned and run Boston Carriage in Westwood for more than 10 years, buying a company that had been around for 40 years and recreating it as their own. The transportation service books cars and limos for travelers locally but can also serve clients traveling around the world, using a network of other transportation services. We talked to Portnaya. Q. Was acquiring a company during a recession a leap of faith? A. It was, but we just had the confidence to make it work, especially with our customerservice approach. We bought a business that was faltering and down to one client, cofounded Boston Carriage, and built it up to where it is today. Q. What makes your business different from other livery

services? A. We care equally for our employees as well as our clients, offering our office staff and drivers good benefits, paid bonuses, and little things like healthy, organic snacks that I personally buy at Whole Foods every week. For us, it’s not about the bottom line; it’s taking care of your employees and clients. Take care of them, they’ll take care of you. Q. How has business been? A. Up and down, but I’m happy to say we’ve achieved stable growth of about 30 percent annually. And we’ve done it without outside investors; we are four business partners, and Igor and I run the logistics. My hats include hiring, business development, and being treasurer. I’ve hired every member of our staff; I know them and their children. It’s a big responsibility to take care of what is basically a big family.

Q. How do you compete with the Ubers of the world? A. We don’t. The difference between livery and ride-sharing is customer care. At their sites, there’s no customer service number, and if you find one you get an automated response. On our site, you see the number and within three minutes you have a human voice answering questions. At this point, it’s not a competition. Ride-sharing services have their side of the industry; we have ours.

came from the microwave and were heavy on ketchup. “My best friend knew I was bad, and she’s the one who submitted my name for the show. She wanted me to cook better for my family.” The odd part, she said, is that she comes from a family of cooks who regularly have cooking competitions she could never be part of, nor chip in to make anything for holiday feasts. “I just ate,” she said with a laugh. “I never cooked.” The “Worst Cooks” show runs through March 5, pitting teams of inept cooks in a kitchen boot-camp environment that can be harsh but never scripted, Thornton said. “There’s some shouting, but it’s not about fear, it’s motivation; they know you can do it if you buckle down and focus,” she said. “It’s constructive criticism, and it’s the

most intense thing I’ve experienced since childbirth.” Ray “is the nicest person ever, nurturing and caring. You want to call her mom. And Anne [pictured below at right, with Thornton] is more intense, but an amazing teacher and passionate about cooking,” Thornton said. “I learned so, so much.” Thornton said she was never in it to win the $25,000 grand prize, but to “do it for Ryland, to teach her what I didn’t learn growing up, and have a home-cooked meal at the family table.” And the ketchup? It’s not entirely gone. “I dunk rather than slather now,” Thornton said. “And my daughter doesn’t give me the blank stare anymore; she eats what I make and says, ‘That’s good, Mama.’ That’s huge.”

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Q. What are the company’s goals? A. I like the growth we’ve had, and maintaining customer service is at our core. If you grow too fast, you can jeopardize that. The pace we’re at provides a high level of care for our clients and employees. Paul E. Kandarian can be reached at pkandarian@aol.com.

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ens them when parents ask their children to complete the act of donating. “That means there’s another generation coming along that will continue the tradition,” said Birchmore. Flynn, in his third season staffing the kettle, was ringing at the busy Stop & Shop on Grove Street in Braintree. He had some advice on technique. “I like a three-tier ring, kind of lowish, then a rest, then another three rings,” he said. “I’m not trying to break their ears. I want it to be a pleasant sound. It should be a Christmas bell, not a dinner bell.” Drew Forster, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Salvation Army, said his modus operandi as a bell ringer is to try and make eye contact with people as they enter the store. “They may not stop and donate right then, but you’ve made them aware of you, and that may make it harder for them to pass you by on the way out,” he said. Those minding the kettle are often volunteers but in some cases are paid, and Forster said for some it may be their first job reentering the work force after dealing with personal problems. He said there is a short orientation program for new bell ringers, who are urged to smile and be polite, and to help open the door for store customers when appropriate at the 400 kettle locations across the state. “This is a three-way partnership among us, the retailers, and the public,” Forster said. “We have to hold up our end.” Why do people give? Ramos said he has seen firsthand where the money goes. “A lot of folks would be in deep sneakers if it weren’t for the Salvation Army,” he said. Birchmore said many of her donors are regulars who return many times, year after year. About 25 years ago, I did a stint as a bell ringer at a supermarket in Lynn adjacent to an elderly housing complex. I asked donors from the complex why they gave, and to a man and woman they said they were children of the Depression and their memories of the Salvation Army’s helping their families during troubled times — especially around Christmas — were still keen. It’s time to ring the bell again and hear from a new generation, after Ross assigned me to relieve Flynn on a late afternoon. I arrived a little early and watched Flynn as he greeted several regulars cheerfully. I saw how he was surprised and delighted to meet Rose Aurelio of Braintree, who turned out to be the grandmother of Anthony Aurelio, a friend of Flynn’s and a bell ringer in Weymouth. As I began my shift I was making furious eye contact, but things were slow. Then it picked up, and at one point there were several donors waiting in line. Some stopped to apologize, saying they had no change or small bills and would donate the next time. I tried to heed Flynn’s advice to wield my bell gently, but several times the clapper stuck until I found my groove. There were many baby boomers donating. But I was especially happy to see a lot of younger people and children at the kettle. My strategy was to wish everyone both a “Merry Christmas” and a “Happy Holidays,” because I figured not all donors celebrate Christmas. “The diversity of the people we help is matched by the diversity of our donors,” agreed Forster. About a half-dozen people spoke

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time this happened was 1978. The next time is 2027. We’d need an entire article to explain why, but suffice it to say that the Hebrew calendar is based on the lunar cycle, which means that it’s 11 days shorter than the secular calendar. To keep Jewish holidays in their proper season, every few years a leap month is thrown in. Cameron, who lives in Salem, has been navigating the crosscurrents of Christian-Jewish relations nearly all her life. Her father, who was raised in the Conservative Jewish tradition, and her mother, who grew up Catholic, hadn’t at first decided on a religious course for their family. When she was in second grade, young Jillian attended a Hebrew class with a friend. “I told my parents I wanted to keep going,” she said. “I chose Judaism for my family.” The timing of this year’s holidays, Cameron said, “definitely forces families to confront the different traditions.” But that could bring families closer together, rather than pulling them apart. “You might have an opportunity to be together in a different way this particular holiday season,” she said. “Explaining things, sharing these moments, I find, is the best way to divert some of the tension that might exist.” Cameron said she often fields questions from Jewish grandparents about how to become comfortable with seeing a Christmas tree in their children’s homes. If they talk with their children’s spouses, she said, they’ll often learn the trees have cultural but not religious significance. Take, for example, the family of InterfaithFamily’s national communiabout why they gave. Tara Shea of Braintree cited the agency’s reputation for helping people. Michelle Griffin of Dorchester said the same, adding she believes the organization spends the money wisely. Patrick Mullin of Weymouth said he gives “every year for a good cause,”

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held around the second night of the holiday, to Dec. 30. “Ultimately for us,” Chana said, the holidays are “about spending time with family, not as much about the gifts and decorations. It’s a chance to beat off the winter blues and enjoy each other.” Family is what connects Korean native Yoo Jin C. Glassman to Hanukkah. The Cambridge resident was raised in an extended family that included relatives of the Buddhist, Catholic, and Episcopal faiths. Her husband, Adam, was raised in a Jewish family, and the couple are raising their two children in the religion. As in past years, the Glassmans are spending Hanukkah in Queens, N.Y.,

‘There are a lot of people who frown on having a Christmas tree in a Jewish household. For us, it’s normal.’ LIZ POLAY-WETTENGEL

Chana Snyder, who comes from a Christian background, is raising her children in the Jewish faith of her husband, Michael. But the Hanover family does celebrate nonreligious aspects of Christmas. They invited Jewish friends over to help dress up their tree “with a smorgasbord of decorations,” said Chana, including dreidels, pine cones, vacation memorabilia, and ornaments from her Christian childhood. No star or Nativity scene, though. The Snyders belong to Congregation Sha’aray Shalom, a Reform congregation in Hingham. Since nearly half its members are interfaith families, the temple decided to reschedule its annual Hanukkah party, normally

with Adam’s cousins. “I grew up with a big family and everything always revolved around getting together with family and friends, making special kinds of food,” said Glassman, who converted to Judaism at the time of her marriage. While Chrismukkah has become popular shorthand for interfaith celebrations, Cameron cautions against “conflating them both and having it be the theme.” Pointing out that as holidays go, Christmas is far more important in the Christian religion than Hanukkah is to Judaism, she advises interfaith couples “to do whatever tradition you have for Christmas in your house or someone else’s house and then you

while Helen Coakley of Braintree said the kettle reminds her it’s Christmas time. “It’s a part of the season,” she said. “And I know what my money’s going to do.” Sean O’Keefe of Weymouth said he has been donating as long as he can remember. Ross eventually returned to get my

kettle, after “turning in” bell ringers at other locations. I didn’t ask how I fared, but he offered that my collection was “very respectable” for the two hours I worked. With the weather turning meaner by the day, the holiday campaign was winding down. Fighting her diabetes, Birchmore admitted she hadn’t al-

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Five hundred Brockton High School students will receive free mobile devices and data next month from Sprint, as part of the pilot program of the Sprint Foundation’s “1Million Project.” The devices include smartphones and tablets, and the students will also receive three gigabytes of high-speed data per month. The project is intended to help students complete online homework, even if they do not have Internet access at home. About 4,000 students in 11 cities nationwide will receive devices and data. An expansion to a million high school students is planned over the next five years. A Pure Barre workout studio opened at Patriot Place in Foxborough on Dec. 16. Offering 55-minute classes that focus on using a ballet barre to burn fat and shape one’s physique, the studio is located between Olympia Sports and TB12 Sports Therapy Center. Pure Barre has more than 375 studios across the country, including 14 in Massachusetts. The other location south of Boston is in Hingham.

cations director, Liz Polay-Wettengel. She was raised Jewish and her husband, David, is a nonpracticing Christian. “I had very strong feelings about raising my children Jewish, and he didn’t have strong feelings,” said Polay-Wettengel. “The only thing he wanted to keep was Christmas,” because it has been part of his family’s tradition. “There are a lot of people who frown on having a Christmas tree in a Jewish household,” she said. “For us, it’s normal.” The family, which lives in Salem, also hosts Christmas parties, but the fare includes Jewish treats such as latkes and sufganiyot ( jelly doughnuts).

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A new workout studio has just opened at the Patriot Place shopping complex in Foxborough.

the State House on Dec. 6 are given by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, with judges drawn from libraries throughout the state. The plot of “A

Steve Maas can be reached at stevenmaas@comcast.net. ways felt well this year. But even while she was undergoing treatment, she kept showing up for her shifts. “I’m working for God,” she said earnestly. “When you work for God, you don’t call in sick.” Rich Fahey can be reached at fahey.rich2@gmail.com.

year with a Bram Stoker Award, given by the Horror Writers Association to the top works in the horror genre. Also, Walpole resident Nancy Tupper Ling’s picture book “Double Happiness” was included on the Massachusetts Book Awards’ “must read” list.

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has won the top fiction prize in the 2016 Massachusetts Book Awards for his horror novel “A Head Full of Ghosts.” The awards handed out at

have seven more nights to do Hanukkah in your own space.” But talk about your plans with friends and family, she said. “Don’t just assume things are going to happen,” Cameron said. “Make clear choices about the things you want to do and what’s important to you.” Jonah Berman, who was raised in a Reform Jewish household, and his wife, Beth Keeley, who grew up in a Christian one, are raising their two sons, both under age 4, in the Jewish tradition. But they’ll spend Christmas with Keeley’s family in Rochester, N.Y. The Medfield couple talked with Keeley’s mother ahead of time about Hanukkah starting on Christmas Eve. “Beth’s mom said, ‘Great, so I assume you’ll be bringing the menorah, and we’ll light the candles together.’” Berman said that while his in-laws are “seriously Christian,” that has actually made them more accepting. “They’ve done their homework and really understand that Judaism and Christianity share similar roots,” he said, The Bermans celebrated Hanukkah early with Jonah’s father, Stanley, in Dover. Other relatives at the party included his sister, Jessica Boatright of Roslindale, who is raising her children to be Jewish with her husband, Eric, who grew up Christian (but now is the one in the family who makes latkes from scratch). The Boatrights are spending Christmas with Eric’s parents in Colorado. “We love all our family regardless of their religion. We take opportunities to participate in things that are important to them. That doesn’t chip away at my children’s Jewish identity,” Boatright said.

Head Full of Ghosts” revolves around a suburban New England family and its daughter’s struggle with mental illness, and was honored earlier this

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth was one of two Massachusetts hospitals to be named a “top hospital” in an annual list released earlier this month by the nonprofit Leapfrog Group. The methodology used by the group to rate hospitals includes such criteria as readmission rates, quality of maternity care, the use of computerized records, and the level of training of the staff working in the intensive-care unit. The hospital had received three straight “A” safety ratings from the group, but this was the first time that it received a “top hospital” designation, which was given to a total of 115 hospitals nationwide; the only other in Massachusetts was Holyoke Medical Center. JACOB CAROZZA

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Hingham’s Logan Larsen (right) is hoping to match or improve upon the 11 points and 8 rebounds he averaged last season.

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Hingham’s Logan Larsen takes on a tall order in leading the Harbormen By Sam Boyles GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Standing 6-foot-9, Hingham High center Logan Larsen towers over most high school basketball players. And though he draws the most attention from fans when he’s above the rim for a slam dunk or a block, a large part of what makes him an effective player happens at ground level. Larsen’s ability to move his size 15 sneakers allows him to do more than clog the paint. He can run the floor and make spin moves toward the basket out of the post with impressive quickness. Equally impressive are his 16.5 points and 14 rebounds per contest through Hingham’s first two games. When Hingham coach Bob Kniffen first met Larsen, now a senior captain, four years ago, the coach knew he had a player with potential. But he was far from the two-way presence he is today. At the beginning of eighth grade, the lanky youngster was just under 6 feet tall. By the end of his freshman year, he had grown nearly half a foot. Understandably, “he lacked a bit of coordination,” Kniffen said. So Larsen spent his first high school season playing junior varsity, during which, he said, “things clicked, and I realized I had to work to be on varsity.” During the spring, Larsen suffered a knee injury and had to wait until the fall of his sophomore year to resume playing in Amateur Athletic Union tournaments. The time off only made him more determined to improve, and that winter he broke into Hingham’s starting lineup and began learning how to effectively use his size by battling teammate Andrew Staley every day in practice. “Every time I would go to post up, he would push and shove like in games, not dirty, but he won’t go easy on you,” Larsen said. The friendly competition encouraged Larsen to put on more weight and increase his strength during the off-season. While still playing club basketball on the weekends, the honor roll student added CrossFit training to his already busy schedule, which includes early morning seminary at The Church of Jesus

The 6-foot-9 Larsen put on more weight and worked out to increase his strength during the off-season. Christ of Latter-day Saints every weekday before school. His dedication paid off. “The biggest transition for him was sophomore to junior year,” Kniffen said. In last year’s campaign, Larsen averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game, while Staley reached double figures in both categories. Now, with Staley off to college, Larsen hopes to match his double-double numbers. And, despite another jump in his abilities, there’s plenty of size and competition to get in his way. On Jan. 10, Larsen will battle Silver Lake’s Cam Keefe, who at 6-foot-6, 200 pounds will present a physical test for the Hingham big man. Keefe matched Larsen in points per game last season while pulling down six boards, and is one rebound shy of averaging a double-double this year. “When you have a kid like Cam, you take advantage of the height,” said Silver Lake coach Sean Donovan. Keefe is receiving interest from a handful of

Division 3 colleges, and at that level he’ll probably play on the wing, where he can utilize his quick-release lefty jumper, a consistent bucket from 15 feet and in. Defensively, Donovan feels comfortable letting his senior captain cover seemingly every position. “He’s the most versatile player I’ve had,” he said. At the end of January, Hingham will have a rematch against Quincy, which handed Hingham its first loss of the season Dec. 16. Quincy senior captain Ugo Kamalu and sophomore Will Zarges, the tallest players on the roster measuring up at 6-foot-4, shared the majority of defensive duties on Larsen in the recent meeting. Kamalu started by fronting the Hingham center, but on the first play of the game Larsen converted a three-point-play off a feed over the top. Kamalu responded on Quincy’s next possession by drilling a three. “I’ve always been a big man, but I’m starting to transition to a guard now,” Kamalu said, citing improved ball handling and outside shooting as skills he’s preparing for the collegiate level. Zarges tallied his first points of the game on a three as well, and then turned a Hingham turnover into a fast-break lay up at the other end to make it 8-3. The sophomore moved to Quincy from Indiana two years ago and impressed in the league opener Dec. 13 against Plymouth South with 21 points in a win. Though they were beaten over the top on several occasions, Kamalu and Zarges were on top of Larsen every time he put the ball on the floor and contested every shot. On offense, the pair played to their strengths on the perimeter, rather than trying to beat Larsen down low. Their combined six three-pointers drew Larsen out of the paint, which opened up driving lanes for Quincy. Wherever he ends up playing collegiately, Larsen won’t defend too many 6-foot-4 players. Until then, however, he’ll be guarding centers of all styles and sizes. Sam Boyles can be reached at samuel.boyles@globe.com.

NOTEWORTHY BENJAMIN CAREY MIDDLEBOROUGH In his first indoor track meet as a collegian, the Southern Maine freshman won the shot put with a throw of 12.12 meters in the USM Open I on Dec. 10. He was the Rookie Field Athlete of the Week in the Little East Conference.

NICK COMMESSO MARSHFIELD A senior goalie on the Assumption men’s hockey team, the Archbishop Williams grad made 40 saves in a 3-1 win over Western New England, earning Goalie of the Week honors in the Northeast-10 Conference.

JEN GEMMA MILTON A consensus Division 2 All-American for the Bentley women’s basketball program, the 6foot senior forward from Fontbonne Academy graduate averaged 25.5 points and seven rebounds per game in a 2-0 week for the 10-2 Falcons.

Kacie Smith is a fast learner. The sophomore at Stonehill College has been playing field hockey for only four years, but she is already one of the most feared scorers in the nation in Division 2. The 2015 graduate of Norwood High led the Northeast 10 Conference in goals (22) and points (49), ranking second nationally in both categories. The Division 2 East Region Player of the Year, Smith earned NE-10 Player of the Year honors and All America honors this season. Smith started playing field hockey as a junior at Norwood. She participated in USA Field Hockey’s Northeast High Performance Training program following an impressive freshman season at Stonehill in which she totaled 14 goals and seven assists. She has started 39 of the 41 games she has played over her first two seasons, totaling 36 goals and 12 assists for 84 points, already ranking sixth in program history for career goals. Smith established herself as an overall scoring threat at Norwood. She holds the career scoring marks in both hockey and lacrosse, and was team MVP in field hockey as a junior and senior. Q. What was your favorite moment from this season? A. Our 4-0 win against our rival Merrimack back in September. It was our first night game of the season and our Purple and White game, which was very exciting. We had an excellent crowd, and it was some of the best field hockey we played all season. We brought such high energy, and it was overall just a fun game to play in. Q. Any plans over winter break? A. Over winter break I am going to spend a lot of time with my family and friends. I also plan on working and will definitely be working out. Q. How do you get open to score so many goals? A. It is very natural for a forward to be hungry for goals, so I am always looking to get open and get the ball in the net as much as possible. However, I would not be as successful if it wasn’t for the rest of my team. Starting with the defense, they do a very good job of moving the ball up the field, allowing the forwards to use our speed to get open and capitalize on opportunities to score. I anticipate where the ball is going to be and make sure I am constantly moving so it is easy for my teammates to get the ball to me. Q. Any pregame superstitions? A. I am not very superstitious, so I do not have many pregame rituals. I enjoy being around the team listening to music and dancing in the locker room with them. Q. You’ve only been playing field hockey for four years. Is there still room for improvement? A. Going forward I am looking to get faster, stronger, and improve my skills. I am always looking for new things to learn that can make me a better player. The spring semester is a great time to get better and learn because we focus more in individualized skills on top of lifts and fitness sessions, so I am looking forward to that. Q. Do you have a role model in life? A. My role model is definitely my mother [Karen, who died in 2014]. She was the most positive, upbeat, and strongest person I have ever met despite any adversity she was faced with. She is my motivation for everything I do, including field hockey. Every game I go out there and play for her because I want nothing less than for her to be looking down on me and be the proudest mother there is. Q. What will you do in preparation for next season? A. I am going to play a lot of field hockey, run, and lift. I will have a good amount of time during the spring to prepare and I will carry that into the summer. During the summer I work out at Athletic Republic in Norwood, which gets me in shape for preseason. I also play in field hockey summer leagues. Q. What do you like to do when you’re not playing field hockey? A. I like to hang out and have fun with my friends and family. I also enjoy relaxing and watching Netflix.

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Liz Weiss (left, in top photo ) and Janice Newell Bissex demonstrate some of their quick-fix dishes. The pair, both dietitians, call themselves the Meal Makover Moms.

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mack dab in the middle of the holiday chaos, the doorbell rings. Or your phone pings with a text: “Hi. In the neighborhood. OK to drop in for a quick hello?” Unexpected guests. They can happen at any time. After a swift kick to hide loose socks and shoes under the couch, a swipe of the kitchen counter, and a hurried glance at the clock, you check the shelves and fridge. What’s there to grab and toss together in a hurry, without much fuss? Something more substantial than a crumpled bag of potato chips? Swooping in to save the day (or night) are the food fairy godmothers, Janice Newell Bissex of Melrose and Liz Weiss of Lexington. Both are registered dietitians who have become experts on family nutrition. Founders of the blog Meal Makeover Moms’ Kitchen, they are also the authors of several cookbooks. Though both are busy mothers of two kids, they fear not the unexpected guest. “People don’t expect to eat, especially on short notice,” Newell Bissex said. “But you want to serve them something, right?” The key is a few easy recipes, all created from staples you can keep on hand: sun-dried tomato tuna bites, holiday rice and tuna cakes, cinnamon-spiced roasted walnuts, and butternut squash soup shooters, all whipped together while wine is poured and the guests mingle.

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The two demonstrated just how easy the four recipes are to make during a gettogether at Newell Bissex’s home. As the doorbell rang, Newell Bissex welcomed Ginni Wallace of Danvers; Liz Ward of Reading; Hillary Wright of Arlington; Eileen Leonard, originally from Winchester, in from London for the holidays; Jeanne Arsenault of Peabody; Mary Hayward of Melrose; and Lisa and Rick Pearl of Concord. While coats were hung and glasses filled, Weiss decorated a plate for an appetizer, illustrating another lesson. Not having much on hand to serve doesn’t mean it can’t look pretty. Weiss grabbed a bouquet of dill and one lemon, then sliced them up to garnish a plate. “You just want to make the plate look more festive,” Weiss said. Another idea? Repurpose bowls, cups, or platters. Holding up a small glass cup from a punch bowl set, Weiss smiled. “Everyone has these cute little punch bowl cups that you never use. Serve soup in them. “All I did was open this box of butternut squash soup, heat it up, and add a dollop of plain Greek yogurt,” she said. “The soup might be out of a box, but will anyone care when it’s ladled out into the pretty punch bowl cups, then topped or swirled with Greek yogurt, and some chopped, spiced walnuts?” Tuna, a pantry staple, was transformed within minutes into sun-dried tomato tuna bites by simply mixing together light mayonnaise and flavored tuna. (They used Bumble Bee albacore tuna with sun-dried tomatoes and olive oil, available at FOOD, Page 5

Calendar offers test for dualfaith families Synchronized holidays keep parents hopping but with a joyful gait By Steve Maas GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

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It’s the first night of Hanukkah and you’re visiting your daughter’s family to celebrate the holiday. You walk into the living room. And there it is: a tree. “Oftentimes it doesn’t mean what people think it means. It doesn’t mean anything big and scary,” said Rabbi Jillian Cameron, director of InterfaithFamily/ Boston, part of a national organization headquartered in Newton. Every year, interfaith families face the December dilemma. But while the eightday Jewish festival occasionally overlaps with Christmas Day, the calendar usually keeps them at a respectful — or at least manageable — distance. Not this year. The first night of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas Eve, something that only happens two or three times a century. The last time this happened was 1978. The next time is 2027. We’d need an entire article to explain why, but suffice it to say that the Hebrew calendar is based on the lunar cycle, INTERFAITH, Page 5

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Undaunted and uncomplaining, Chi Chi rises above her horrific journey

t was nearly 10 years ago that I first wrote about a Nigerian teenager who had been so badly burned that even specialists in Boston said they’d never seen worse. Chinonye Omeje was 14 years old when she had an epileptic seizure and fell face-first into a cooking fire in her village, a pot of stew spilling its contents onto her head. Chi Chi, as she is called, was burned beyond recognition. Much of her face was melted away. Her hair went up in flames. Her scalp was scalded. Her right hand was disfigured, along with her neck and chest. She was left blind. As unlucky as that day was, Chi Chi and her mother, Helen, have since been blessed by the kindness of strangers. Discovered in a rural clinic by a Nigerian-born American, Chi Chi and Helen have lived in an apartment in Milton since 2005. Doctors at the Boston Shriners Hospital for Children and later Brigham and Women’s Hospital — some of the world’s top plastic surgeons — have performed dozens of procedures on Chi Chi. She is 27 now, and for the past few years has had a tracheostomy, necessary for the surgeries performed pro bono by Dr. Julian Pribaz and his team at the Brigham. Pribaz had participated in the first face transplant at the hospital in 2009. After Chi Chi aged out of Shriners hospital at 21, the Brigham took her on. She has undergone skin grafts, procedures that involved pumping fluid into her back and her head leaving huge humps to be harvested, and day-long surgeries. Throughout it all, I’ve never heard her complain. Her most recent surgery was scheduled for Friday, and she and her mother — Helen always sleeps on a cot in her hospital room — expected to be there over Christmas. Devout Christians, they are no doubt singing hymns that can be heard down the hospital hallways. It has been a dozen years since Chi Chi has seen her father, her seven siblings, her nieces and nephews. About 2½ years ago, through donations raised by what I call their Dream Team, Helen flew home to visit her family. Her oldest daughter, who had been watching over the others since Helen left, was infected with HIV by her husband, who had told her that he had malaria when he really had AIDS, which killed him. So much has happened back home during their absence. Nine new grandchildren have been born. Chi Chi’s youngest brother, 12 when the accident happened, is now a strapping young man. Their father, a schoolteacher, has had a stroke and is retired. Coming from a country rife with corruption and poverty, Chi Chi and Helen consider the United States the promised land. Without a cent to their name, they have lived in a furnished apartment. Chi Chi graduated from the Perkins School for the Blind, and has had top medical care and food, clothing, and utilities paid for. A year ago, Helen had knee replacement surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It’s all been made possible by a network of individuals and nonprofits, who doubtless are struck by Chi Chi’s amazing attitude and contagious laugh, and her moth-

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Since 2005, Brookline has seen an increase of roughly 40 percent in our population of school-aged children. We have added onto existing schools wherever possible but after running out of options, we eventually concluded that we would need to add a ninth elementary school to our inventory. The School Committee and the Board of Selectmen began the process of dealing with increasing enrollment several years ago. In 2015, 11 sites came under consideration. After a number of public presentations, more than 20 publicly noticed board, commission, and committee meetings, and a number of public hearings, the Baldwin School site was chosen. While it is true that the site selection report rated the traffic at the Baldwin location as the worst among the three sites chosen as finalists, at our public hearings we heard about serious traffic issues at each of the sites. The location of the old Baldwin School has many wonderful advantages. It has been a school site for 89 years and is owned by the town. The present small school building has been used for a satellite high school program and as a day care site for teachers for many years. It is adjacent to a gorgeous town park, which offered great recreational space for the children. The site is near Route 9 and somewhat accessible to public transportation and the north side of Brookline. In contrast, the site in Brookline Village is not townowned or for sale. The proposal, which involved sharing the location with a popular grocery store, would not only have cost considerably more, but would also have given the children only a small playground on the roof of the grocery store. The other option was to build the new school alongside the present Baker School. The site is located on the extreme edge of Brookline without any public transportation. To solve traffic issues, it would have required winding a road around the site, above the environmentally sensitive Hoar Sanctuary. It would also have put 1,600 children on a playground about the same size as the existing Baker School playground, which serves half the number of students. The pluses of the Baldwin location simply outweighed the minuses.

Brookline’s children walk, ride scooters, or bike to their neighborhood schools. Brookline supports walkable, neighborhood schools. We do not support busing, redistricting children from other neighborhoods to fill a building, or risking children’s safety navigating one of the worst traffic spots in town. Taxpayer money was spent on consultants who labeled the former Baldwin school site the worst choice for walkability, traffic, and safety. In a close vote, our selectmen and School Committee chose Baldwin anyway. The area has a high rate of auto and pedestrian accidents. For the few children nearby, the walk is unsafe. Children from other parts of town would be redistricted from their walkable neighborhood school and their parents would have to drive them to this site or put them on buses that would add millions to the school budget in perpetuity. The School Committee refuses to develop a redistricting plan that will affect children townwide. The town is forgoing state funding for the project, so if the Baldwin site were chosen, taxpayers would pay a 50 percent higher cost for an up to $95 million project. And the necessity of busing students to the site would add what I would estimate to be $10 million over the course of the bond. The planned high school expansion of at least $100 million will also forgo state funding. The town cannot continually ask taxpayers, particularly those on fixed incomes, to support such irresponsible spending. This shortsighted proposal destroys the Baldwin Playground designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, which is ringed with old-growth trees that he planted. It changes the beautiful tree-lined backdrop at Soule Park, also designed by Olmsted and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, to that of a gigantic school building and three-story parking garage. The town shouldn’t be building over greenspace in the same park where we’re teaching our children about conservation. Developers will likely exploit a new Baldwin School, buying up, and further building up, the already dense and choked Route 9/Baldwin location. An important capital project of this nature cannot be allowed to go so horribly wrong. Town Meeting can and should reject this plan. Let’s apply for state funding and expand in place as the town’s school building BSPACE group recommended in 2013.

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Chi Chi and Helen Omeje at their Milton apartment.

er’s determination to see this through. Members of Bethel Pentecostal Church in Dorchester, which Helen and Chi Chi attend — a congregant picks them up every Sunday — have pitched in. There’s the immigration lawyer who has handled the extended medical visa, the Milton social worker who has scoured sources for monthly rent, the friends and neighbors who take them shopping and deliver goodies, the doctor who dealt with Chi Chi’s epilepsy and so much more, the woman who took them to New York to get passports renewed, the Milton Food Pantry that has helped keep them stocked. In careful script, Helen writes everyone religious cards and thank-you notes, Godblessing them all. Chi Chi isn’t back to her old face — that would be impossible, doctors say — but she has come a long way. More than anything, she wants to see again. In 2009, Dr. Victor Perez at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami agreed to take what other doctors had called a hopeless case. For the first time in five years, Chi Chi could see her mother’s face. But infection set in, and she has not been able to see in years. Six months ago, Perez evaluated her again. But a hospital social worker says that since Chi Chi aged out of the Ronald McDonald House, the hospital has been

unable to find a place — other than a shelter — to house mother and daughter for what could be several visits and an extended period of time. With no promise of success. The social worker suggests that a Boston eye specialist would be a better bet this time around, with Chi Chi also needing to have the skin flaps covering her eyes opened by a plastic surgeon. “People care for others in the United States,” says Chi Chi, who has a “talking computer” and a treadmill that she walks on daily, both donated. Lately, she’s been enjoying an internship provided by the Mass. Commission for the Blind, at a Randolph gas station/store where she is a greeter. Every month, she and her mom attend a support group for burn survivors at Spaulding Rehab. They’ve attended a national conference for burn survivors in Providence, Indianapolis, and Anaheim, with funds raised by other survivors. They know the time is coming to go home. They have mixed feelings. They miss their family, but they know they will miss their Dream Team, too, and their accidental lives in America. To contribute to the Chinonye Victory Fund, send donations to Citizens Bank Mattapan, 1563 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan, MA 02126. Bella English writes from Milton. You can reach her at english@globe.com.

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Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesserknown — but no less noteworthy — inci dents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs. ANGRY SANTA At 12:19 a.m. Dec. 11, Norton police received a call about a man in a Santa Claus suit yelling derogatory names at people standing outside a home on Taunton Avenue. A patrolman who responded reported that he spoke with St. Nick and said “there were some hurt feelings about some people not being invited to the party.” YULETIDE SCAM On Dec. 1, Burlington police were called to Best Buy, where the staff reported that a woman who purchased $3,000 in gift cards earlier in the day had returned to buy an additional $3,500 in gift cards. The woman told the store clerk the cards were for a relative in the hospital. Police said later the woman had received a call from a man claiming to be her grandson and requesting $3,000 in gift cards for Christmas. The generous woman dutifully went to Best Buy, bought the gift cards as he requested, and provided the man the cards’ serial numbers over the phone. Officers advised her not to buy any more gift cards, because this was surely a scam. BAH HUMBUG Holiday decorations are common targets for vandals. A few examples: On Dec. 5, Peabody police were dispatched to State Street Extension where some Christmas lights were vandalized. An officer spoke to the resident and documented the damage. On Dec. 8, Hopkinton police received a call from a resident of Saddle Hill Road who reported her Christmas lights had been damaged. She believed the electrical cord on the lights had been cut and wanted the incident logged.

On Dec. 9, Beverly police were informed that some Christmas decorations were stolen from a home on Washington Street. Later that night in Wakefield, police received a call that some youths had stolen Christmas decorations from a yard on Keeling Road. Police searched the area but weren’t able to locate the humbugs. On Dec. 12, vandals were at it again in Peabody. At 1:47 a.m., a man reported seeing “a bunch of teens” on Lynn Street taking Christmas decorations from houses. An officer spoke to the teenagers and told them to return the decorations, warning them that if additional complaints were received, they’d be in trouble. Later that morning at 7:55, police were called to speak with a resident on Bay State Boulevard — just around the corner from Lynn Street — who reported that the family’s Christmas decorations, worth about $300, had been vandalized. TIRED OF IT ALL Let’s face it: The holiday season is exhausting. At 2:17 a.m. Dec. 10, Norwood police stopped to check on a person passed out in a vehicle at McDonald’s on Route 1. Police learned the person was just an Uber driver taking a snooze between fares. Later that same day, at 6:17 p.m., police in Beverly checked on a guy in a parked vehicle on Kernwood Avenue. He, too, was snoozing. At 5:19 p.m. Dec. 12, Norwood police received a call about a suspicious vehicle parked on Fortune Drive. The responding officer reported the driver checked out OK and had just pulled over to take a nap. On the afternoon of Dec. 13, Northborough police received a report of an elderly couple slumped over in their vehicle on Shops Way. Police said they were OK — just catching some shut-eye. And at 12:58 a.m. Dec. 15, Peabody police checked on a “suspicious” vehicle at an auto repair shop on Birney Street — and found the driver sleeping. Emily Sweeney can be reached at esweeney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @emilysweeney.

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Mayor seeks to avoid ‘sanctuary city’ term By Allison Pohle GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Mayor Setti Warren of Newton and Police Chief David MacDonald have proposed an ordinance detailing how the city will approach policing undocumented immigrants, all while making it clear that Newton is not adopting the label of “sanctuary city.” “We believe that we have sound law enforcement practices and procedures that keep undocumented people, as well as citizens, safe,” Warren said in an interview. “With the term sanctuary city, there are various definitions people around the country have used. We should not adopt terminology that could be attached to policies that have nothing to do with what we’re doing.” Instead, the city will be following a community policing approach called “One Newton,” which Warren said has been in development for a year, but used in practice by the Newton Police Department for many years prior. The policy was unveiled earlier this month, but Warren decided to file the ordinance with City Council on Dec. 16 to make a stronger statement regarding the city’s commitment to undocumented immigrants. “We decided it would strengthen the message if we docketed this as an ordinance as opposed to just filing this with the city clerk,” Warren said. “And we did clarify some language based on recommendations from councilors and the community.” The guidelines initially stated that the Newton Police Department does not proactively seek an individual’s im-

migration status, but would handle situations pertaining to detaining undocumented immigrants on a “case by case” basis. That language caused some concern among advocates for immigrants. In response to feedback from city councilors and advocacy groups, the city revised the language to state that the decision to detain someone is based on the nature of the suspected offense. The guidelines were also updated to reflect that all city employees cooperate with the policy, not just police officers. In addition, the city will produce a yearly report documenting the number of individuals detained on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold or administrative warrant, or who are transferred to ICE custody. Warren stressed that the city will only cooperate with ICE when the individual poses a threat to public safety. “We don’t actively attempt to detain or report undocumented people that live here in Newton,” he said. “The only time we cooperate with ICE is if there is an individual that can cause serious public safety, and those are very rare here.” But some City Council members feel the ordinance doesn’ t go far enough. Emily Norton, Ward 2 councilor at large, was one of eight councilors to sponsor a separate docket item that was filed with the City Council on Dec. 16. The item requests an ordinance that, at minimum, specifies that no city employees inquire into an individual’s immigration status or cooperate with ICE “except in the case where that person has been convicted of a felony, is on a terrorist watch list, poses a seri-

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‘The only time we cooperate with ICE is if there is an individual that can cause serious public safety, and those are very rare here.’ SETTI WARREN Newton mayor

ous substantive threat to public safety, or is compelled to by operation of law.” “In addition to stronger language, we want to have a public discussion

about these options,” Norton said. “So many people are interested, and we want to talk publicly about what a sanctuary city is, and what it does.”

Bellingham begins river dam removal By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Town officials in Bellingham have started work to remove the Old Mill Dam along the Charles River. Demolishing the dam will increase public safety while improving river habitat and water quality, officials said. When the dam is removed, fish and other aquatic wildlife, as well as nutrients and organic materials, will be able to move freely between the Charles River and three of its tributaries, including Mine Brook. The dam, which is owned by the town and is off Pearl Street, has been

deemed a hazard and would cost more than $1 million to repair. “ The dam is a liability for the town,” said Bellingham Department of Public Works director Donald DiMartino. “It is not only a cause of constant concern as we fear an untimely breach, but requires costly periodic inspections.” This project is being led by the town, with funding support from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and technical assistance from the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration and the

Charles River Watershed Association. The association supports the project and hopes it will serve as an example for future dam removal and environmental restoration projects on the Charles River. “We applaud the town of Bellingham — the first town in the watershed to begin a dam removal project — for their initiative and willingness to do what is right for the environment and the town,” said Bob Zimmerman, the organization’s executive director. Jennifer Fenn Lefferts can be reached at jflefferts@yahoo.com.

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OPENINGS, CLOSINGS, EVENTS, AND MORE Walden Behavioral Care’s Milford Eating Disorder Treatment Clinic opened Dec. 8. The facility will provide outpatient treatment for people of all ages and all sorts of eating disorders, offering a team of therapists, dietitians, and mental health counselors. For younger patients, parents can be directly involved with the treatment team. The Walden Behavioral network is one of New England’s largest for eating disorders. Its Milford location is one of seven clinics, two inpatient units, and a residential facility in Massachusetts.

Walden Behavioral Care opened the Milford Eating Disorder Treatment Clinic.

The Merrimack Valley Food Bank has launched a partnership with Middlesex Community College to open food pantries at its Bedford and Lowell campuses. Opened on Dec. 6, the Bedford pantry offers nonperishable food items to currently enrolled students and staff, from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays. The pantry received food donations from its partner food bank and will be holding food drives throughout the semester. It will only be open during the fall and spring semesters while classes are in session.

Employees’ Choice Best Places to Work in 2017. The company won in the small and medium company category. It was the only New England company to win in that category. The Employee’s Choice awards are given on the basis of its employee’s feedback. Liaison scored 4.8 points out of 5. The graduate admission and enrollment management company has been around for over 25 years. Wilson Farm in Lexington raised about $11,000 for the Make-AWish Foundation.

ber. All proceeds will be given to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Massachusetts and Rhode Island in honor of Fred Taylor, a former employee, and Calvin Wilson, a former owner of the farm. The free event, which was open to the public, brought in 13,000 children and adults. Participants were invited to make a donation to the noprofit, which uses its donations to grant wishes to children with lifethreatening medical conditions.

Belmont School Committee chairwoman and Lesley University professor Lisa Fiore accepted the 2017 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award on Nov. 12. The award was presented during the annual Massachusetts Art Education Association conference held on the university’s Porter Square campus. The Belmont resident has taught early childhood education since 2002.

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Belmont Savings Bank Foundation awarded the West Suburban YMCA in Newton with a multiyear grant on Dec. 7. The grant will be disbursed throughout the next three years and will help expand the preschool and early education programs. It will also provide financial assistance to students in need who would not be able to participate otherwise. Family Fun Night events will also continue to be supported by the grant. The YMCA and the foundation have been partners since 2015.

The second annual Wilson Farm HayMaze in Lexington raised about $11,000 during the month of Octo-

Glassdoor, a popular recruiting website, has named Watertownbased Liaison International one of its

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GRANT FUNDS STUDY OF HISTORIC HOUSE The Arlington Historical Society recently received two preservation grants to conduct a study of the Jason Russell House. The Jason Russell House is listed both on the State Register of Historic Places and the National Register, and has both local and national significance as the site of the most intense fighting between retreating British soldiers and local civilians on April 19, 1775. It is currently a historic house museum, owned and operated by the Arlington Historical Society. The society purchased the home in 1923 and has been able to maintain the home, however a considerable amount of restoration work is needed, officials said. The study will document the existing conditions and determine what’s needed to stabilize and preserve the house. The Massachusetts Historical Commission is providing some funds, along with the town’s Community Preservation Fund.

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CONSERVATION COMMISSION HAS VACANCIES TO FILL Medway’s Conservation Commission is seeking new members. The commission’s responsibilities include administering and enforcing the state’s Wetlands Protection Act, along with Medway bylaws and regulations related to environmental issues. The commission reviews proposed projects within 100 feet of wetlands and 200 feet of streams, and also acquires and manages open space for the protection of natural resources and the enjoyment of residents. Commission members are appointed by the Board of Selectmen for threeyear terms and attend about two evening meetings a month, as well as conduct site visits to inspect proposed development sites and potential violations. To apply, residents can send a letter of interest and a resume to the Town of Medway, Board of Selectmen and Conservation Commission, 155 Village St., Medway, MA 02053, or email bgraziano@townofmedway.org or apotter@townofmedway.org

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REGISTRATION OPEN FOR MLK BREAKFAST Belmont’s 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Belmont High School cafeteria. This year’s event will feature Dorothy Stoneman, founder of YouthBuild, a civil rights activist and graduate of Belmont High School. There will also be a panel of Metco alumni and supporters. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Metco program, and its 49th year in Belmont. Donations will be accepted at the breakfast for the Metco Support Fund. Metco is a voluntary program to increase diversity by allowing students in Boston to attend suburban schools. Attendees can register in advance by calling the Belmont Human Rights Commission at 617-993-2795 or sign up at the door. Tickets are $5 per person or $10 per family.

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The burger chain Shake Shack has launched its first mobile-ordering Shack App for iOS at its Chestnut Hill location. Beginning Dec. 12, customers were able to use the app to order from the full menu and schedule a pickup time. The app’s biggest perk is that its users can reduce wait time by skipping the order line. The app has nutritional information for all menu items and location finders. Customers can also use it to order at any other Massachusetts location. An Android app is still in development.

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Belmont Savings Bank Foundation awarded the West Suburban Y in Newton with a multiyear grant.

The words “sanctuary city” are intentionally left out from ordinances filed by the mayor. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to cut millions in federal dollars from sanctuary cities that limit their cooperation with ICE, which would include cities in Massachusetts such as Cambridge and Chelsea. Newton, for example, receives $1.7 million in federal community development block grants annually. Warren said the decision not to use the term “sanctuary” is not about the threat of losing federal funding, but rather because the definition has no legal grounding and is vague. “This is not about terminology; it’s about policing that keeps people safe,” he said. “We’re going to monitor federal policy, and if there’s change that goes against how we conduct community policing , we will resist that change. We believe that we have put a strong docket item forth that will keep our community safe and sends the message that we believe in this form of community policing.” Since Jan. 1, 2011, there have been three ICE detentions out of approximately 2,000 arrests, Warren said. In each of those detentions, the individuals were flagged either by fingerprint record or outstanding warrants in other communities, and in one case the individual had been deported and came back, Warren said. The city councilors’ docket item will be taken up by a committee in the coming weeks, Norton said. The mayor’s ordinance is subject to a City Council vote.

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CEREMONY TO HONOR VIETNAM VETERANS Officials from throughout MetroWest will be honoring local Vietnam veterans who served from 1955 to 1975 during a ceremony on Dec. 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. The ceremony will take place near the Vietnam Memorial Statue, located at the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority headquarters on Blandin Avenue in Framingham. Commemorative lapel pins to eligible veterans from the 15 communities served by the MWRTA will be given out. The event is part of a national initiative to recognize US military veterans who served during the Vietnam War era. Members of the MetroWest Vietnam Memorial Monument committee, along with elected state and local officials, will be in attendance. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Ed Carr at 508-935-2222.

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Kate Phelan and Jeanna Bruno in the new alba boutique location in Wellesley.

The new location of alba boutique opened in Wellesley on Dec. 3. This is the third location for the women’s clothing and accessory store, whose first two stores are in Ridgewood, N.J. and Hoboken, N.J. The store is owned by Kate Phelan, a Weston native. There are both national and local brands on sale. Phelan is currently on the lookout for local jewelry makers. They will be hosting monthly events and trunk shows. Visit albaboutique.com for more information or to shop online. Debora Almeida can be reached at debora.almeida@globe.com.

COMMUNITY READING PROGRAM TAKING IDEAS The Franklin Public Library is seeking community input for its One Book, One Community 2017 initiative. The goal of the program is to help build a better sense of fellowship among Franklin residents through a shared reading experience and subsequent discussions. The library’s collection development team has selected four books — two fiction, two nonfiction — as potential books for the program based on their literary merit, contemporary relevance, and reading enjoyment. The title that receives the most votes will be the townwide read for the year. Voting takes place through Dec. 31. To vote for a particular title, visit the public library’s website at

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TOWN ADOPTS A PLEDGE TO BE TOLERANT In support of efforts in town to promote a welcoming environment for all, the Wellesley Board of Selectmen adopted a tolerance pledge at its meeting on Dec. 12. It says, “The Wellesley Board of Selectmen reaffirms its position that Wellesley is a town that highly values diversity, dignity and respect for all individuals.’’ It also says that the board “opposes expressions of hate, intolerance and discrimination,’’ and urges residents to “continue to exhibit caring and supportive actions in support of our diversity.’’

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RING OUT THE OLD The town of Needham continues its tradition of offering a full roster of events and entertainment to bring in the New Year, one of the biggest New Year’s Eve festivals of its kind in the Boston suburbs. A full-day schedule of events for all ages begins on Saturday, Dec. 31, at 10:30 a.m. and runs through the day and evening until the midnight countdown party. Venues in and around the town center feature such performances as Irish step dancing, story-telling, children’s singalongs, the Tanglewood Marionettes, square dancing, musicians, opera, chamber music, Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band, the Charles River Ballet Academy (dancer Isabelle Lockhart below), gospel, jazz, blues, and poetry. Buttons can be purchased at the venues for $5 and include all events except the 21-and-over countdown party. For a full schedule and more information, go to www.newyearsneedham.org.

ALL IN THE FAMILY The Old Schwamb Mill, the oldest continuously operating woodworking mill site in the United States, offers a look at a different side of the Schwamb family with an exhibit titled “Pianos and the Professor: The Other Schwamb Mill,” running now through March 4. The exhibit explores the life and work of Theodore Schwamb (below), the brother of the woodworking mill’s Charles Schwamb and founder of the Arlington piano case manufactory, and his son Peter Schwamb, a mechanism and engineering professor at MIT. Founded in 1862, the Theodore Schwamb Mill manufactured piano casings and employed dozens of workers, eventually outpacing the frame factory started by Charles. A focus of this winter’s exhibit is the story of Peter Schwamb’s supervision of the construction of a base and housing for the Mount Wilson Observatory telescope in California, the largest telescope in the world from 1917 to 1948. From 1910 to 1918, Peter served as the resident representative of the observatory at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. The exhibit will run through March 4, 2017. Suggested donation: $5. The Old Schwamb Mill is at 17 Mill Lane., Arlington. For hours and more information, call 781-643-0554 or go to www.oldschwambmill.org.

Museum is at 51 Sand Pond Rd., Lin coln. Admission is $14 adults; $12 seniors; $10 students; free for children 12 and under. For hours or more information, call 781-259-8355 or go to www.decordova.org. ART ON THE ROAD A traveling exhibit from Danforth Art Museum called “Figuration in American Art” has been installed at North Hill retirement community in Needham, with 23 pieces on public display now through January 2018. The exhibit explores trends in figuration in American art from the 19th century to the present day, and how these trends have contributed to the trajectory of American art. North Hill is at 865 Central Ave., Needham.

20THCENTURY PORTRAIT The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum presents works by photographer Edward Steichen on exhibit now through March 26. Steichen (1879-1973) is known for his role in expanding the breadth of 20-century photography through his work as a photographer, gallery director, and museum curator. In addition to serving as a military photographer in both world wars, he was a painter, horticulturalist, graphic designer, publisher, and film director. The exhibition includes portraits of celebrities and socialites, still-life photographs of plants and flowers (right), dynamic cityscapes, and commercial advertisements, as well as Steichen’s portraits of fellow artists and writers who were his peers in the avant-garde cultural communities of New York and Europe. The deCordova

On Saturday, Dec. 31, from 7 to 10 p.m., the Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse celebrates New Year’s Eve by combining its monthly spoken-word story-telling and poetry night with a special evening of international folk dancing with The Larger Circle Band (at left), led by Fritz Fleischmann, a virtuoso violinist and veteran of local folk bands. The family-friendly evening includes free hors d’oeuvres and desserts, a cash bar, and an open mike session. The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse is in First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 North St., Medfield. Tickets are $10 in advance ($12 at door), $5 children under 12. For more information and reservations, e-mail lindainwinthrop@gmail. com or call 603-918-0848. RUN IN THE NEW Start the New Year on a brisk note with the Needham Running Club’s New Year’s Day 5k run on Sunday, Jan. 1, at 11 a.m. The race begins at the Needham YMCA Pool Building, 863 Great Plain Ave. Registration is $20 in advance; $25 on race day. To register or for more information, go to www.runneedham.com. Send ideas to NancySWest@gmail.com.

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hen Boston College made Camera Mouse available as a free download in 2007, codeveloper James Gips of Medfield hoped the assistive technology would help as many disabled individuals use computers as possible. Yet even he is surprised by the enduring popularity of the software program, which recently exceeded 3 million downloads. “It’s an incredible number, because we do no advertising,” said Gips, the Carroll School of Management Egan Professor of Computer Science at Boston College. “That was beyond my dreams.” Gips said the idea for Camera Mouse came about almost 20 years ago when he and former Boston College professor Margrit Betke — who now teaches computer science at Boston University — were working on an adaptive technology to follow EagleEyes, which uses electrodes to enable individuals to control any Windows computer with their eye movements. That led to Cam-

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era Mouse, through which users control the mouse pointer on their screen via a computerconnected webcam that tracks their head movements. The technology was originally licensed by Boston College to a start-up company, but the commercial product, priced at $395, did not sell well enough to be profitable. The free version available at cameramouse.org is funded by Boston College, with support from the Philanthropy Committee of Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) and the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.

While new versions and features are released regularly following user feedback, Gips said an unexpected challenge has been convincing skeptics that the program is free, “with no gimmicks or advertisements or registration.” Despite any initial misgivings, however, Camera Mouse was downloaded last month in 128 countries, most commonly the United States, Brazil, Italy, Germany, and nations in the European Union. Closest to home, EagleEyes and Camera Mouse are used at the Campus School at Boston College, a special education day school for ages 3 to 21 with complex learning and health care needs. “It’s fabulous, all these people we’re helping with this technology,” said Gips, who posts some of the moving testimonials he receives to the website. “To hear from these people and their wonderful, dedicated caregivers that Camera Mouse is helping them, even changing their lives, is gratifying beyond words.” Cindy Cantrell may be reached at cindycantrell20@gmail.com.

ince its incorporation in 1976, MetroWest Legal Services in Framingham has provided free civil legal aid to tens of thousands of low-income and other disenfranchised clients seeking legal, social, and economic justice. The organization’s 16 attorneys serve nearly 2,500 clients per year in 36 communities (plus an additional nine through an elder services grant) with prioritized issues of family law, housing, homeless advocacy, government benefits, education, elder law, and immigration. Funding comes from a combination of state and federal government and private funding sources. Executive director Elizabeth Soulé, who joined MetroWest Legal Services as a supervising attorney in 1988, had this to say: Q. Why is legal aid important? A. The court system can be overwhelming even without barriers, such as lack of education, mental illness, addiction issues, or limited English. If you weren’t trained in our legal system, would you try to defend yourself in an eviction

action? How would you know the important things to tell a judge, or even what the paperwork means? A lot of people just give up. It’s about having equal access to our justice system — and it’s not fair that people who can afford to pay for justice get it and those who can’t largely don’t. Q. Does the organization re ceive any assistance outside of funding? A. In addition to our staff, we have a pro bono panel of 175 attorneys who take clients who are eligible for services that aren’t in our priority area, but are still important: uncon-

tested divorces, bankruptcy, or drafting a will, power of attorney, or health care proxy. Last year, private attorneys donated 1,900 hours of free legal services worth about $500,000. Q. Is that combination suffi cient? A. Not even close, unfortunately. It’s really hard when someone comes with the right problems, lives in the right service area, and meets the right income guidelines, and we still have to say we can’t help you because we don’t have the resources. Q. Why does your staff choose to do this type of work? A. Nobody goes into this for the money. They’re doing it because it’s important and they’re committed to the mission. It’s tough work. It’s intense work, but the benefits can literally mean the difference between life and death. MetroWest Legal Services is at 63 Fountain St., #304 in Framingham. For more information, call (508) 620-1830 or visit mwlegal.org.

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supermarkets), spooning it onto mini, whole-grain crackers, decorating each with thin slivers of roasted red pepper crisscrossed on top, and served on the herb-lemon trimmed plate. A little more involved were the holiday rice and tuna cakes, a version of crab cakes that’s just as delicious, but easier. The cooks gleefully admitted “cheating” again, this time using a microwavable pouch of the healthy grain quinoa, then mixing the contents with tuna, eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, and some dried Italian seasoning. Newell Bissex molded small cakes, then sautéed them in a skillet. Served with a topping of red pasta sauce and the green of fresh thyme or basil,

Advice from the moms R Make some items ahead of time. The spiced nuts can be stored in an airtight container. Tuna cakes can be made and stored in the freezer, then heated up when guests arrive. R Stock your pantry and fridge. Be a good scout and buy staples like saltines or rice crackers (in case guests are glutenfree), blocks of cheese, frozen shrimp, red sauce, tuna, dried herbs, and chocolate bark. R Holiday eating can be healthy. Skip the fatty, salty chips. Substitute spiced nuts. R Entertaining doesn’t need to be fancy or expensive. Have fully prepared items like a box of soup on hand that you can heat up and garnish with herbs or plain yogurt. R For detailed recipes, go to the “holiday appetizer recipes pantry” blog at mealmakeovermoms.com. the appetizer looked absolutely festive. Noticeably absent were comments on the healthiness of the small plates, but more on the flavor, convenience, and

ease of cooking recipes on short notice. “I like the tuna rice cakes the best,” Wallace said. “It made me want to check out the flavored tunas. I usually have plain tuna

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which means that it’s 11 days shorter than the secular calendar. To keep Jewish holidays in their proper season, every few years a leap month is thrown in. Cameron, who lives in Salem, has been navigating the crosscurrents of Christian-Jewish relations nearly all her life. Her father, who was raised in the Conservative Jewish tradition, and her mother, who grew up Catholic, hadn’t at first decided on a religious course for their family. When she was in second grade, young Jillian attended a Hebrew class with a friend. “I told my parents I wanted to keep going,” she said. “I chose Judaism for my family.” The timing of this year’s holidays, Cameron said, “definitely forces families to confront the different traditions.” But that could bring families closer together, rather than pulling them apart. “You might have an opportunity to be together in a different way this particular holiday season,” she said. “Explaining things, sharing these moments, I find, is the best way to divert some of the tension that might exist.” Cameron said she of ten fields questions from Jewish grandparents about how to become comfortable with seeing a Christmas tree in their children’s homes. If they talk with their children’s spouses, she said, they’ll often learn the trees have cultural but not religious significance. Take, for example, the family of InterfaithFamily’s national communications director, Liz Po l ay - We tt e n ge l . S h e w a s raised Jewish and her husband,

on hand.” Newell Bissex smiled at making another convert to healthier eating. “That’s from the proteins and good omega-3 fats versus filling up on the empty carbs and salt in junk food, then feeling gross the next week,” she said. For a sweet ending to the par ty, Weiss whipped up a batch of spiced walnuts (you can use almonds or pecans, instead) to satisfy guests’ desire for a little sweet/salty/crunchy some thing . Ne well Bisse x ripped open a bag of chocolate bark. “See?” she said. “It doesn’t have to be fancy.”

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David, is a nonpracticing Christian. “I had very strong feelings about raising my children Jewish, and he didn’t have strong feelings,” said Polay-Wettengel. “The only thing he wanted to keep was Christmas,” because it has been part of his family’s tradition. “There are a lot of people who frown on having a Christmas tree in a Jewish household,” she said. “For us, it’s normal.” The family, which lives in Salem, also hosts Christmas parties, but the fare includes Jewish treats such as latkes and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts). Chana Snyder, who comes from a Christian background, is raising her children in the Jewish faith of her husband, Michael. But the Hanover family does celebrate nonreligious aspects of Christmas. They invited Jewish friends over to help dress up their tree “with a smorgasbord of decorations,” said Chana, including dreidels, pine cones, vacation memorabilia, and ornaments from her Christian childhood. No s t a r o r Na t i v i ty s c e n e , though. The Snyders belong to Congregation Sha’aray Shalom, a Reform congregation in Hingham. Since nearly half its members are interfaith families, the temple decided to reschedule its annual Hanukkah party, normally held around the second night of the holiday, to Dec. 30. “Ultimately for us,” Chana said, the holidays are “about spending time with family, not as much about the gifts and

Rabbi Jillian Cameron of InterfaithFamily/Boston discussed Hanukkah during holiday activities at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. decorations. It’s a chance to beat off the winter blues and enjoy each other.” Family is what connects Korean native Yoo Jin C. Glassman to Hanukkah. The Cambridge resident was raised in an extended family that included relatives of the Buddhist, Catholic, and Episcopal faiths. Her husband, Adam, was raised in a Jewish family, and the couple are raising their two children in the religion. As in past years, the Glassmans are spending Hanukkah in Queens, N.Y., with Adam’s cousins. “I grew up with a big family and everything always revolved around getting together with family and friends, making special kinds of food,” said Glassman, who converted to Judaism at the time of her marriage. While Chrismukkah has become popular shorthand for interfaith celebrations, Cameron cautions against “conflating them both and having it be the theme.” Pointing out that as holidays go, Christmas is far more important in the Christian religion than Hanukkah is to Judaism, she advises interfaith couples “to do whatever tradition you have for Christmas in your house or someone else’s house and then you have seven more nights to do Hanukkah in your own space.” But talk about your plans

with friends and family, she said. “Don’t just assume things are going to happen,” Cameron said. “Make clear choices about the things you want to do and what’s important to you.” Jonah Berman, who was raised in a Re form Je wish household, and his wife, Beth Keeley, who grew up in a Christian one, are raising their two sons, both under age 4, in the Jewish tradition. But as has been the family tradition, they’ll spend Christmas with Keeley’s family in Rochester, N.Y. The Medfield couple talked with Keeley’s mother ahead of time about Hanukkah starting on Christmas Eve. “Beth’s mom said, ‘Great, so I assume you’ll be bringing the menorah, and we’ll light the candles together.’” Berman said that while his in-laws are “seriously Christian,” that has actually made them more accepting. “They’ve done their homework and really understand that Judaism and Christianity share similar roots,” he said, The Bermans celebrated Hanukkah early with Jonah’s father, Stanley, in Dover. Other relatives at the party included his sister, Jessica Boatright of Roslindale, who is raising her children to be Jewish with her husband, Eric, who grew up Christian (but now is the one in the family who makes latkes from scratch). The Boatrights are spending Christmas with Eric’s parents in Colorado. “We love all our family regardless of their religion. We take opportunities to participate in things that are important to them. That doesn’t chip away at my children’s Jewish identity,” Boatright said. Steve Maas can be reached at stevenmaas@comcast.net.

Many people find it hard to pass by a Salvation Army kettle without dropping in a donation. For me, that applies not only during the holiday season but also during my yearly visit to the Saratoga Race Course in New York, where putting something in the Army’s kettle on the way in is considered a must for good luck. But I got to thinking about the folks staffing the kettles and ringing the bells, and those stopping to donate during the annual Massachusetts campaign that begins around Vetera n s D ay a nd c o n c l u d e s o n Christmas Eve, with a goal of raising $3.5 million. The Salvation Army, which describes itself both as a church and the leading social service provider in the country, says through a spokesman that the money goes to “meeting needs in the community no one else is meeting, such as emergency services, food, clothing, afterschool programs, or senior services.” I wanted to know what makes a good bell ringer. What are the qualities that would encourage shoppers who may already have a pile of holiday bills to stop and part with some of their money? I also wondered what moves people in a hightech era to participate in a very low-tech campaign, albeit one 126 years old. I took part once many years ago and remember it as meaningful. Surely I could take another turn and put to use what I might learn from veteran bell ringers? I asked Captain Timothy Ross, who has led the Quincy Corps of the Salvation Army since July 2012, whether there was one person who personified the campaign. Without hesitation, he pointed to Cathy Birchmore, 64, of Quincy. “Anywhere we’re ringing a bell, Cathy is there,” he said. “She’s so professional and consistent, and she knows so many people.” Birchmore has been a Salvation Army volunteer for 42 years, the last 30 ringing the bell at South Shore Plaza in Braintree, where she occupies a prime spot near Sears. She also minds the kettle d u r i n g t h e a r m y ’s a n n u a l Christmas in July fund-raiser, and last month at the Quincy Christmas Parade she was riding on a motorized scooter alongside the organization’s marchers, kettle in hand. Last May, the Quincy Corps honored her for her faithful service. Birchmore said she began volunteering when she was baby-sitting two boys whose grandmother was a volunteer for the Army and urged her to join the cause. The woman died shortly after, but Birchmore stayed on. Diabetes has greatly affected her legs and limited her mobility, but it hasn’ t slowed her much. Working at the mall on a recent afternoon, she warmly greeted Tony Ramos, 73, of New Bedford, as he dropped a dollar in the kettle. And she beamed as Aoife Couture, 3, of Plymouth, put in a donation, then took Birchmore’s bell and vigorously shook it as passersby stopped and laughed. Deidre Couture said she was trying to teach her daughter about sharing. “I’m teaching her to share; we’re not too keen on sharing our toys.” Both Birchmore and another bell ringer, Dave Flynn, 30, of Weymouth, said it heartens them when parents ask their children to complete the act of donating. “That means there’s another generation coming along that will continue the tradition,” said Birchmore. Flynn, in his third season staffing the kettle, was ringing at the busy Stop & Shop on Grove Street in Braintree. He had some advice on technique. “I like a three-tier ring, kind of lowish, then a rest, then another three rings,” he said. “I’m not trying to break their ears. I want it to be a pleasant sound.

It should be a Christmas bell, not a dinner bell.” Drew Forster, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Salvation Army, said his modus operandi as a bell ringer is to try and make eye contact with people as they enter the store. “They may not stop and donate right then, but you’ve made them aware of you, and that may make it harder for them to pass you by on the way out,” he said. Those minding the kettle are often volunteers but in some cases are paid, and Forster said for some it may be their first job reentering the work force after dealing with personal problems. He said there is a short orientation program for new bell ringers, who are urged to smile and be polite, and to help open the door for store customers when appropriate at the 400 kettle locations across the state. “This is a three-way partnership among us, the retailers, and the public,” Forster said. “We have to hold up our end.” Why do people give? Ramos said he has seen firsthand where the money goes. “A lot of folks would be in deep sneakers if it weren’t for the Salvation Army,” he said. Birchmore said many of her donors are regulars who return many times, year after year. About 25 years ago, I did a stint as a bell ringer at a supermarket in Lynn adjacent to an elderly housing complex. I asked donors from the complex why they gave, and to a man and woman they said they were children of the Depression and their memories of the Salvation Army’s helping their families during troubled times — especially around Christmas — were still keen. It’s time to ring the bell again and hear from a new generation, after Ross assigned me to relieve Flynn. I arrived a little early and watched Flynn as he greeted several regulars cheerfully. I saw how he was surprised and delighted to meet Rose Aurelio of Braintree, who turned out to be the grandmother of Anthony Aurelio, a friend of Flynn’s and a bell ringer in Weymouth. As I began my shift I was making furious eye contact, but t h i n g s w e r e s l o w. T h e n i t picked up, and at one point there were several donors waiting in line. Some stopped to apologize, saying they had no change or small bills and would donate the next time. I tried to heed Flynn’s advice to wield my bell gently, but several times the clapper stuck until I found my groove. There were many baby boomers donating. But I was especially happy to see a lot of younger people and children at the kettle. My strategy was to wish everyone both a “Merry Christmas” and a “Happy Holidays,” because I figured not all donors celebrate Christmas. “The diversity of the people we help is matched by the diversity of our donors,” agreed Forster. About a half-dozen people spoke about why they gave. Tara Shea of Braintree cited the agency’s reputation for helping people. Michelle Griffin of Dorchester said the same, adding she believes the organization spends the money wisely. Ross eventually returned to get my kettle, after “turning in” bell ringers at other locations. I didn’t ask how I fared, but he offered that my collection was “very respectable” for the two hours I worked. With the weather turning meaner by the day, the holiday campaign was winding down. Fighting her diabetes, Birchmore admitted she hadn’t always felt well this year. But even while she was undergoing treatment, she kept showing up for her shifts. “I’m working for God,” she said earnestly. “When you work for God, you don’t call in sick.” Rich Fahey can be reached at fahey.rich2@gmail.com.

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Sports CAMPUS ANGLE

ROLLIN’ AT THE RIVERS

JEN NARLEE

Villanovabound Jermaine Samuels leads a Red Wings team with title hopes

MedfieldHigh graduate/ Senior soccer midfielderdefender and basketballforward at Babson College

By Brendan Hall GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

WESTON — Keith Zalaski knew he was inheriting transcendent talent when he left the Division 3 college ranks two years ago to take over the head boys’ basketball coaching job at The Rivers School. He vividly recalls those first “we’re-not-inKansas-anymore” moments with the team’s two stars. During a pickup game that first fall in 2015, Zalaski remembers watching his point guard, Azar Swain, making plays off the bounce, effortlessly orchestrating deft pick-androlls, and saying to himself, “Oh my.” Then there was the first game action for his prized forward, 6-foot-6 wing Jermaine Samuels, handcuffed by minutes restrictions coming off a knee injury during the summer. The future Villanova commit charged down the floor with a hard hesitation move on the game’s opening possession against Phillips Andover, got the basket while being fouled, and Zalaski pondered to himself, “How can I extend those 18 minutes into 32?” “I’ve coached a lot of talented kids, but nobody at the level of either Jermaine or Azar, as far as what they can do on the basketball court,” said Zalaski, a Connecticut native seasoned in the NESCAC as both a player (Amherst) and coach (Tufts). The two first played together in seventh grade, and have been bringing out the best in each other ever since. It’s perhaps the biggest reason, on a long list, why the 5-1 Red Wings are feeling optimistic about their chances of going deep into March in Year 2 under Zalaski. There are lots of things to like all around, from Zalaski’s disarming method of coaching, to the addition of a young transfer with sprouting potential, to the Red Wings’ simplified approach to attacking the basket. But make no mistake, much of this stems from the game-changing ability of Samuels at both ends of the court. A four-star recruit ranked 45th overall in ESPN’s current rankings for the class of 2017, Samuels quickly gave a verbal commitment to reigning national champion Villanova after getting an offer last summer, and signed his National Letter of Intent last month during the early signing period. Scouts rave about the 6-foot-6 Franklin native’s versatility, calling him an ideal fit for Jay Wright’s four-out system with the Wildcats. “I just love the fact that he’s multidimensional; he does a lot of things well,” said ESPN national recruiting director Paul Biancardi. “I think he’s a highlevel competitor. I think he’s got high character, very coachable, good athlete. When he gets inside of 15 feet, he really can score the ball in a number

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Rivers School senior Jermaine Samuels, (above) who stars on both offense and defense, is part of a starting five that coach Keith Zalaski (with Samuels, below) said “is as good as anyone that we’ll see.”

of different ways. I love the way he finishes.” At the next level, Samuels likely projects as a “stretchfour” forward, able to get tough boards inside while also flexing out to the wing to stress the opposition in space. Within the competitive Independent School League, Samuels has the ability to move up and down the lineup. Some nights, that means boxing out a 6-foot-8 center. Other nights, that means guarding the point guard up and down the floor for stretches. Zalaski likes to stress what he calls “easy basketball” in devising the Red Wings’ offensive approach — “one or two dribbles, paint touches, simple kicks, simple attacks,” he said — and the flexibility down low in Samuels allows them to play more freely on the perimeter. As a result, Samuels has seen huge spikes in his rebounding average so far this season, almost double (14.5) what it was last winter (7.5) to go with 16.5 points and 5.5 assists. “We want to run as much as we can,” said Swain, a Brockton resident and Yale commit who currently leads the team in scoring (22.5 points per game). “We have a team this year where it’s hard to match up against us, because we don’t have necessarily any bigs — Jermaine is the tallest one on our team, but he’s not necessarily a big, so it’s hard to match up with us when we run. We’re able to space the floor well.” They’ve been especially torrid over the last week, averaging more than 30-point margins of victory in wins over The Gunnery (Conn.), Beaver Country Day, and Thayer Academy in their own holiday tournament. In the last three games, Zalaski said they’ve averaged an impressive 1.35 points per possession, a good indicator of how effective their decisionmaking and shot selection has been. Combined with juniors Ty Aronson and Andrew Snoddy, and boosted by the transfer addition of ex-Franklin High super-frosh Jay Dieterle, this has the makings of a team that has earned the right to have high expectations for a second NEPSAC championship in four seasons. Swain called it “the most complete team we’ve had in my four years,” while Zalaski said, “I think our starting five is as good as anyone that we’ll see.” Their toughest matchup right now? That might be in their own gym. “[Swain] brings out the best in me,” Samuels said. “We challenge each other every day in practice. It’s like the yin and the yang. He’s going to come out and slash a bunch of shots, get to the basket, and then there’s me. You have to pick your poison.” Brendan Hall can be reached at bhall.espn@gmail.com.

NOTEWORTHY AJ BRODEUR NORTHBOROUGH A 6-foot-8 freshman forward at Penn, he earned Ivy Rookie of the Week honors after netting 10 points and six rebounds in a win over Central Florida. It was the Northfield Mount Hermon grad’s seventh straight game scoring in double figures.

PAYTON OUIMETTE MEDFIELD The Connecticut College sophomore was named NESCAC Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 32 points in an 84-75 win over Roger Williams. She is averaging 12.3 points and 8.7 rebounds for the 8-2 Camels.

INFINITI THOMASWAHEED NEWTON Averaging a team-leading 14.1 points per game for the Holy Cross women’s basketball team, the 5-foot-10 senior guard (Newton North) racked up a career-high seven assists, along with 19 points and five rebounds, in a 69-66 loss to UMass.

Less than two weeks after her final game as a senior captain and four-year starter on the Babson College women’s soccer team, All-New England midfielder/defender Jen Narlee switched uniforms for the final time as a collegian. The transition was seamless. A 5-foot-10 forward on the women’s basketball team, Narlee was a defensive force through the first seven games this season, averaging 11 rebounds per game and also leading the team with 14 steals and 10 blocked shots. She has already been honored twice as the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Defensive Player of the Week. Babson was 6-1 overall (3-0 NEWMAC) prior to the Daytona Beach Shootout Dec. 20-21. “Jen’s an instinctive natural athlete and that’s something you can’t teach,’’ said Babson head women’s basketball coach Judy Blinstrub. “She knows where to position herself, always has her feet moving, which enables her to get to the ball quicker, and she’s a quiet leader. I’m glad she’s back.’’ Blinstrub was referring to Narlee’s second semester junior year when she participated in the Syracuse University/Florence program in Italy and did not play basketball. A soccer and basketball captain at Medfield High and a former Tri-Valley League basketball MVP, Narlee is an inductee to the high school’s girls’ basketball hall of fame. Her senior year, both the girls’ basketball and soccer teams won state Division 2 championships. A 21-year-old marketing and global business management major, Narlee shone down the stretch two seasons ago, helping Babson win the NEWMAC basketball tournament title and gain an NCAA Division 3 tournament berth. Narlee was also an integral part of the Babson women’s soccer team’s drive to that program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015. “She was a rock for our program and a unifying presence,’’ said Babson women’s soccer Nellie Pineault. “Jen always rose to the occasion in the big games.’’ Narlee’s older sister, Alex, played varsity soccer at Medfield High and is an educator. Q. How do you balance athletics and aca demics? A. Having a set practice and game schedule helps me plan out my study schedule. The good thing is that the team is our support system. We do a lot of studying together, sometimes in the locker room and on the buses to or from games and sometimes late at night. Q. What are your plans after graduation? A. I’m looking for a sales role, but I’m open-minded. Sales fits my personality; obviously I’m competitive and I enjoy teambuilding. Q. What is your favorite memory at Med field High? A. My senior year we were on our way to the state finals in basketball and played at the Garden in the semifinals, where we won in overtime. As a passionate Celtics fan it was surreal. Q. Are there similarities between soccer and basketball? A. The major similarity is the team aspect, being on the same page and working toward a common goal. Q. What was it like having Alex as a soc cer teammate for two seasons? A. It was awesome. My being an underclassman and her being an upperclassman and role model made the transition easier for me. She was the goalie and I was midfield. My sophomore year, when Alex was a senior, we won the state championship, so it was the perfect ending to our time together. Q. What did you study in Florence? A. I took courses in business management, Italian Language, and two history courses — the Italian Mafia, and the Etruscans and Romans. I also took a Mediterranean food and culture class. Q. What did you enjoy most about grow ing up in Medfield? A. It’s a tight-knit community with a lot of pride in its athletic programs. If you love sports and you’re active, there’s always a place to hang out with your friends.

MARVIN PAVE

Marvin Pave can be reached at marvin.pave@rcn.com.